The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-22 00:00:00

THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.

" The Oxford" advances fresh claims to the distinction
of being the first in the field with operatic novelties. More
than once, a promise made, but not performed, by one or
other of our Italian ipera houses, has been fulfilled by the
management of this hall. The last instance We may record
is the production of ElJaiz3tti's' "Don Sebastien," which
was in the programme of the Royal Italian Opera for the
past season, but never produced. This opera contains some
of the most dramatic and best concentrated music Doni-
zetti ever wrote, and it is heard to great advantage in the
selection now being played. This selection alternates with
Verdi's " Corsaro" and " Trovatore," the former being
one of those speedy revivals in which Mr. Mor-
ton's musical conductor is so opportune. Two new
musical treats are in preparation. 'I he " Nabucco" of
Verdi, in which Colletti figured so conspicuously
at Her Majesty's, is in active rehearsal, and will,
we understand, be produced next week. A still more
reel arche work is Gluck's " Alceste," a selection from
which is promised, and which will give the general public
tome idea of a composer seldom heard of in this country out
of purely classical circles. The Oxford, therefore, success-
fully maintains its pre-eminence as being the first amongst
music-halls to cull from opera and other large works of
merit, and reproduce them in the form of selections. Seve-
ral modern cantatas have been given in their entirety, also
with distinguished success. We believe it is in contem-
plation to enrich the instrumental force of The Oxford by
the engagement of some solo players of eminence. Master
Drew Dean, the young flutist (who was selected by Mr.
Anderson as solo flutist in her Majesty's band, but was dis-
qualified at the last moment merely on account of his ex-
treme youth), commences an engagement immediately. The
rich unction of Mr. Unsworth, in his celebrated " Stump
speech," continues to render that oration the great nigger
speciality of the day. If the Abolitionists had Mr. Uns•
worth amongst them he would be the very Daniel O'Con-
nell of negro emancipation. In this praise of the artist we
mean no disparagement of his collabora!eur, Mr. Eugene,
who is quite his equal in another line. Indeed, the Rutnsey
and Newcomb minstrels, altogether, will bear comparison
with the best of the sable fraternity who have yet appeared
in this country. This is the last week at this hall of "The
Miraculous Steckel," whose next appearance, according to
the more recent rotation of artistic movements, may be a
the Crystal Palace.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST ErENING.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 20.
The Queen her; been pleased to order a Conge d'Elire to
pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great. Britain
and Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chripter w the me-
tropoliiical church of Canter bury to elect an Archbishop
of that See, the same being void by the death of Dr. John
Bird Sumner, late Archbishop thereof; and 11,:r 111,:jesty
has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and
Chapter the Most Rev. Father in God Dr. Charles Thos.
Longley, now Archbishop of York, to be by them elected
Archbishop of the said See of Canterbury.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 21.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards— Cornet Richd. Francis
Chaplin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice T. Duffield,
who retires ; George Black Leh, ub Rogers, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Chaplin.
6th Dragoon Guards—Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Chas.
Sawyer, to be Lieutenant-t olonel, by purchase, vice
Brevet Col. Henry Richmond Jones, C. 8., who retires
upon half. pay, receiving the former difference between
cavalry and infantry; Captain and Brevet-Major Thomas
Bott to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-
Colonel Sawyer; Lieutenant William Duff Pereira to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Bott ; Cornet William Thomas
Erskine Bookey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Pereira.
17th Lancers— Captain Thomas William Shore Miles, from
73d Foot,to be Captain,vica Brevet-Major Henry Evelyn
Wood, who exchanges, receiving a portion of the former
difference between cavalry and infantry.
Royal Artillery—Second Captain Robert Horsley Rickets
Rowley to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Shadwell Mor-
ley Grylls, placed upon temporary half-pay; Lieutenant
Charles Fysbe Roberts to be Second Captain, vice Row-
GbealzoewtteLjeouft4etni:
ley; Second Captain Henry Chamberiayne Farrell to be
Adjutant, vice Second Captain Edward Keate, who re-
signs that appointment. The position of ieutenant
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Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Pott; Captain pension ; Captain James Edmund Tennant Nicolls to be
Hodgson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Young; Second
Captain and Brevet-Major George Edward Watson to
be Captain, vice Nicholls ; Second Captain and Brevet-
Major James Francis Tennant to be Captain, vice Hodg-
son ; Second Captain and Brevet-Major Julius George
Medley to be Captain, vice John Charles Harris, retired
upon full-pay; Lieutenant .2Eneas Perkins to !be Super-
numerary Second Captain; Second Captain James Pal-
ladio Basevi, from the Supernumerary List, to be Se-
cond Captain, vice! Charles Stewart, promoted ; Se-
cond C'apain aEneas Perkins from the Supernumerary
List, to be Second Captain, vice Brevet-Major Fred.
Richard Maunsell,promoted ; Lieutenant Arthur Moffatt
Lang to be Second Captain, vice Peile, promoted • Lieu-
tenant Edward Wood Humphry to be Second Captain,
vice Watson; Lieutenant Charles Simeon Thomason to
be Second Captain, vice Tennant.
6th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Wm. Grant to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Hill Lucas, who re-
tires; Thomas Wentworth Edwards, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Grant.
12th Foot—Captain John J. Paterson Fox, from the 13th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Harwani, who exchanges.
13th Foot—Captain Coningsby M. Harward, from the 12th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Fox, who exchanges.
14th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Cherry to be „he-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Jenkins, who exchanges.
18th Foot—Captain Robert Montague Hornby, froze half-
pay, late Military Train, to be Captain, vice Wm. Henry
Graves, who retires on half-pay, on appointment as Staff
Officer of Pensioners.
22d Foot—Alex. Stuart, Gent., late Ensign. North Cork
Rifles Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Healy, removed to the 95th Foot.
35th Foot—Jules Robert Bowen Buscarlet, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice E. D. Jones, promoted in the
3d West India Regiment.
37th Foot—Ensign Francis 0 penshaw Sergeant to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Lieut. Wm. Hodgkinson, ap-
p
Mointes Streetd QuartermGen aster of a Depot Battalion ; George
Sergeant. orri, t., to be Ensign, by purchase, vita
49th Foot—Ensign Edgar Lonsdale to be Lieutenant. by
purchase, vice Fredk. Powell, who retires; Philip Alfred
West, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lonedale.
55th Foot—Ensign Francis Barnston to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice George Wildman Yates FitzCirerald, who
retires; the Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Barnston.
59th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Wm. Wynne
Lodder to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Brevet-Col. Burmester, C. 8., retired upon full•pay ;
Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Kendal Bushe to be
Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Lodder;
Lieut. Monteford Spread Morgan to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bushe ; Ensign Edward
Gunter to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Morgan;
Lieutenant John Shepherd to be Adjutant, vice Lieut.
Samuel Lee H. Hamilton Fflnney, who resigns that ap-
pointment.
73d Foot--Captain and Brevet-Major Henry E. Wood,
from the 17th Lancers, to be Captain, vice Thomas Wm,
Shore Miles, who exchanges.
79th Foot—Samuel Charles L. Bucknall, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Glascock, promoted in the 3d
West India Regiment.
91st Foot—Lieut. Francis Pike to be Captain, without
purchase, vice George Kemp Chatfield, deceased; Ensign
Robert Butt Wesley to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Pike; Sergeant-Major Charles Ware to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Wesley.
95th Foot—Ensign Michael Ryan Healy, from 22d Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Arthur Thomas Helme, deceased.
96th Foot—Ensign Alfred Herbert ti orse to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Ajax Manera, who retires ; Frederick
de Sausmares, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Morse.
101st Foo t—Quarterm as ter- Sergeant E. Farrant, to bo
Quartermaster.
102 d Foot--Lieut. Nathaniel John Comins Stevens to be
Instructor of Musketry ; Sergeant-Major T. Moore to bo
Quartermaster.

103 d Foot--;Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Daly to be Quar-
termaster.
104th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Warwick to be
Quartermaster.
106th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Mackey to be
Quartermaster.
109th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant G. G. Elson to be
Quartermaster.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Wm. George Graham
Glascock, from the 79th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice French, promoted ; Ensign Edward Douglas
Jones, from the 3dth Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Thomas Dunn, who retires.
4th West India Regiment—Major Samuel Burgos Lamb to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Peter
John Macdonald, deceased; Captain'George James Ivey
to be Major, without purchase vice Lamb ; Lieutenant
Charles Edward Ascough Evered to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Ivey.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Lieut. Gisborne Homer, to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Andrews, promoted to
an Unattached Majwity, without purchase.
CAVALRY DEPOT.---Capt. Emanuel Bradbury, from the Ist
Dragoon Guards, to be Adjutant, vice Capt. W. Miller,
retired upon full pay.
Mi.DICAL DEPARTAIENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Joseph
Johnston, M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff Assist.. Sur-
geon, vice Sharp, whose services have been dispensed
with ; Assist.-Surgeon Wm. Henry Jenkins, from 14th
Foot, to be Staff Assist.-Surgeon, vice Cherry, who ex-
changes; Robert Wm. Hooper, M.D., to be Staff Assist.-
Surgeon, vice Ward, placed upon half-pay.
UNATTACHED.—Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. the Hon.
Giibert Elliot, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieut-Colo-
nel, by purchase; Captain and Brevet-Major George
Frederick Dallas, from 46th Foot, to be Major, by pur-
chase ; Capt. Edward Wm. Biackett, from the Rifle Bri-
gade, to be Major, by purchase.