The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-15 00:00:00

WHITEHALL,' JAN. 13.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
bo passed under the Great Sell of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto James Andrew,
Earl of Dalhousie, K.T., tho office of Constable of her Ma-
jesty's Castle of Dover; and also the office of Warden and
Keeper of her Majesty's Cinque Ports ; and the office of
Admiralty within the said Cinque Ports and their Mem-
bers; and likewise all wrecks of the sea whatsoever.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
he passed under the Great Seal, granting unto William.
Monsen, Esquire, the office of Clerk of the Ordnance of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

CROWN-OFFICE.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

JAN. 13.
County of Dumfries.—Tho Right Hon. Archibald Wil-
liam Douglas, commonly called Viscount Drumlanrig,
Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household.
County of Haddington.—The Hon. Francis Wemyss
Charteris, one of the Lords Commissioners for executing
the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain,
and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.
County of Cavan.—Sir John Young, Bart., of Bailie-
borough Castle, in the said county of Cavan, Chief Secre-
tary to the Lord-Lientpnant or Ireland.
ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JAN. 12.

The Queen has been pleased on the nomination of the
Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Frederic William
Hamilton, Esq., late Captain of the 12th Royal Lancers,
one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms,
vice Morison, retired.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 14.

Ist Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Knox
Birnie, from the Staff, to he Assistant-Surgeon, Jan. 14.
6th Foot—Lieutenant James Wallace Dunlop Adair,
from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bennett, who
exchanges, Jan. 14.
20th Foot—Lieutenant George Bennett, from the sth
Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Adair, who exchanges, Jan.
14. ,

21st Foot—Lieutenant John Francis De Carteret, from
the 3rd West India Regiment,• to be Lieutenant, vice
Savage, who exchanges, Jan. 14.
31st Foot—Lieutenant Honourable Eyre Chal loner Henry
Massey, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fodder, who re-
tires ; Ensign Robert Place Gould, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Honourable E. Massey ; Ensign William
George Herbert Taylor Fairfax, from the 9th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Gould; Assistant-Surgeon John Meane, from
the 20th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Jan. 14.
46th Foot—Ensign John Augustus Fane to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Sir Arthur Henry Dillon,
Bart., deceased, Dec. 31.

74th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Lapsley, fionl
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robinson, ap-
pointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. 14.
85th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Fisher
Bartley, to be Asaistant-Sur,eon, Jan. 14.
92d Foot—Ensign John Allan M‘Donald, to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Miller who retires, Jan. 14.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Savage,
from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice de Carteret, who
exchanges, Jan. 14.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 13.
Ordnance Medical Department.—Surgeon Dempsy to be
Senior Surgeon, vice Richardson, retired on half-pay ;
Assistant-Surgeon Elliot to be Surgeon, vice Dempsy ;
Temporary Assistant-Surgeon Wright to be Assistant -Sur-
geon, vice Elliot, Jan. 1.
The following article is substituted for the one which
appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, the 11th January :
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County
Palatine of Durham.

Richard Lamb, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Jan. 1.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ross-shire.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Bart., Sir Kenneth Mackenzie,
Bart., Keith William Stewart Mackenzie, younger, Esq.,
Louis Mark Mackenzie, Esq., James Falconer Gillanders,
Eaq., William Cruickshank Robertson, younger, Esq.,
Kenr eth Mackenzie, younger, Esq., John Andrew Shaw
Mackenzie, Esq., and John St. John Munro, younger,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, Dec. 24.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.

King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Cap-
tain James Scott Walker, lato of the 88th Regiment of
Foot, to be Major, vice Grant, promoted, Jan. 11.
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Comthission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire.

Royal Radnor Militia—Edward Mawthill Tearno, Gent.,
to be Surgeon, Jan. 8.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding

of Yorkshire,

3d Regiment of Westl.rork Militia—Theophilus Smith
to be Ensign, Jan. 4; Frederick Durham to be Ensign,

Jan. 8.

2d Regiment of West York Militia—Lieutenant John
Michael Barstow to be Captain ' • Lieutenant Wormley
Edward Richardson to be Captain ; Robez i Stansfield, Esq.,
late 17th Foot, to be Captain ; Ensign Thomas Holy Holds-
worth to be Lieutenant, Jan. 8.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

King's Own 2d Reg,iment of Staffordshire Militia—The
Hon. Dudley-Francis Stuart Ryder, commonly called Vis-
count Bandon, to be Captain • Charles Oldham, Esq., to be
Captain ; William Thomas focker, Esq., to be Captain ;
Robert Hargreaves,
' Esq., to be Captain ; Charles Garnett,
Esq., to be Captain • Edward Mayne, the younger, Esq.,
to be Captain, Jan. 5.