The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-22 00:00:00

VAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 20.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-
General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., to be Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over the City and Garrison of
Gibraltar.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 22.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Edward Ilanning Lee, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Townshend, promoted.
9th Lancers—Lieutenant Charles Brome Bashford to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Staunton Starkey,
who retires ; Cornet Henry Augustus Candy to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Bashford.

Royal Artillery—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Edward Joseph
Crane to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Fletcher,
removed to the Staff.
3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Montagu Fawkes to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. J. Wilfrid
Hewitt, who retires ; Ethelred St. Barbe Sladen, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purch.se, vice Fawkes.
9th Foot—Ensign Thomas Farley to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Patrick William Hackett, who retires ;
William Bowen Evans, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Farley.
12th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Donald Hamill S tewart,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Robert Mitford, transferred to the 73d
Foot.
19th Foot—Ensign William Robert Thornhill to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Arthur Westbrook° Burton,
who retires ; Gentleman Cadet Frederick Augustus
Remmington, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Thornhill.
21st Foot—Lieutenant Frederick George Jackson to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Henuis Green, who
retires ; Ensign Frederick Tweed to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Jackson; Gentleman Cadet James Ed-
ward Porteous, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Tweed.
37th Foot—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John
Richard Heiden to be Major, by purchase, vice Raymond
Richard Pelly, who retires ; Lieutenant John Edward
Whitting to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Heaton ; Ensign Charles Stewart Hardy
to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whiffing ; George
Lewis Leeds, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hardy.
44th Foot—Ensign George Bain to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Henry William Heane, deceased ; Gen-
tleman Cadet Henry Clayton Cowell, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Bain.

46th Foot—Staff Surgeon Thomas Macdougall Bleckley,
M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Alexander George Montgo-
mery, deceased.
60th Foot—Ensign John Henry Gumbleton to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Frank Sadlier Brereton, who
retires; Henry Philip Miles Wylie, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Gumbleton.
63d Foot—Ensign Thomas Foster to be Lieutenant, by
purchade, vice Henry Christopher Thomas Beadnell, who
retires ; Gustavus Rae, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Foster.

70th Foot—Ensign Edward Pearson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Robert Addison Clarke, who retires ;
Gentleman Cadet. Frederick Harvey Maturity, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Pearson.'

73d Foot—Ensign George Stanley Orred to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Richard John Airey, deceased;
Ensign Robert Mitford, from the 12th Foot, to be En-
sign, vice Orred.

76thliFoot—Staff-Surgeon Allen Bryson, M.D., to be Sur-
geon, vice Surgeon-Major John William Mosiyn, M.D.,
deceased.

86th Foot—Ensign Henry Rowland Spencer Chatfield to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Yardley, who
retires ; Replier Campbell Moore, Gent., to be Ensign,
bj purchase, vice Chatfield ; Lieutenant Henry Row-
land Spencer Chatfield to be Adjutant, vice Thomas
Yardley, who retires.
91st Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Edward M'Callum, from
the 39th Madras Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice
Charles Dynoley Baynes, transferred to the Madras
Staff Corps. . . . . -

94th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Wm. John Page to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Wallace, placed upon half-
pay.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Edward Henry Chamberlin to
be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant George Rogers, whose im-
paired state of health renders him unequal to the per-
formance of the duties of the appointment.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Richard
Hungerford to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Allen Bryson,
31. D., appointed to the 76th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon
Joseph Rutherford, 31.8., from the Royal Artillery, to be
Staff Asstant-Surgeon, vice Charles Haines, appointed
to the 10th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon William Fletcher,
from the Royal Artillery, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Edward J. Crane, appointed to the Royal Artillery
Assistant-Surgeon William Robert Wall, from the Royal
Artillery, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice William
J. Page, appointed to the 94th Foot.
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BREVET.

Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Latham
Thompson, 82d Foot, having completed the qualifying
service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel,
under the Royal Warrant of the 14th October. 1858.
Captain Henry J. Wahab, Paymaster, 94th Foot, to have
the honorary rank of Major.
The following promotions to take place in successien to
General Sir James Fergussion, G.C.8., Colonel of the 43d
Foot, who died the 4th September, 1865:
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Chas. Yorke, G.C.8., Colonel Comman-
dant of a Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, to be General.
Major-Gen. Montague Cholmeley Johnstone, Colonel of
the 88th Foot, to be Lieut.-General.

TO HAVE THE HANK OF MAJOR-GENERAL.
Brevet-Colonel Henry Sykes Stephens, Captain half-pay,
Un attached.
Brevet-Col. Jas. M'Queen, Major, half-pay, Unattached.
Brevet-Colonel Chas. Smith, Major, half-pay, Unattached.
Brevet-Colonel Francis Wostonra, Major, half-pay, Un-
attached.
Brevet-Colonel Edgar Gibson, Major, half-pay, Unat-
tached.
Brevet-Colonel Edward Last from Lieut.-Colonel, re-
tired full-pay, 21st Foot, to be Major-General.
Captain and Brevet-Major Chas. Henry Spencer Church-
hill, 60th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel.
Captain H. Lambert Fulke Greville, Royal Artillery, to
be Major.
Tne undermentioned promotions to take place in her
Majesty's Indian Military Forces consequent on the death of
Lieutenant-General George William Aylmer Lloyd,
c. 8.. Bengal Infantry, June 4, 1865.
Lieutenant-General Westrop Watkins, Madras Infantry,
July 22, 1865.

Lieutenant-Generll Henry. Fisher Salter, C. 8., Bengal
Cavalry, Aug. 21,1865.

TO BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS.
Major-General Francis Turnly Farrell, Bombay In-
fantry.
Major-General William Henry Marshall, Bengal In-
fant•ry.
Major-General Robert Alexander, Madras Infantry.
TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.

Colonel Philip Harris, Bengal Infantry.
Colonel James Travers, V.V., Bengal-Infantry.
Colonel, with rank of Colonel Commandant, William
Erskine Baker, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers.
The undermentioned officers, who have retired on full-
pay, to have a step of honorary rank as follows :
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Major Lauchlan Macalister Mackenzie, Madras Infantry.
Major Francis Albany Brooking, Madrat Infantry.
TO BE DEPUTY INSPECTOR-GENERALS OF HOSPITALS.

Surgeon-Msjor George Paton, M.D., Bengal Establish-
ment.

—Surgeon-Major Charles Murray Henderson, Bengal
Establishment..

Surgeon-Major Alesauder Charles Macrae, Bengal Esta-
blishment.

MEMCILINDVIL—Major Joseph Brownoll, upon hall-pay,
late Otii West India Relent, has been permitted to retire

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from tho service by the sale of his commission, under the
conditions of Horse Guards' Circular Memoranduraof Feb.
15, 1861.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 20.
James Walker Hewitt, Esq., has this day, bepn promoted
to the rank of Chief Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet. '
Mr. Charles M'Keever has this day been promoted to the
rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet.