The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-01 00:00:00

FROIII THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, DEC. 31.
Orders for the Court's change of mourning on Monday,
the 27th of January next, for his late Ro) al Highness the
Prince Consort, viz .
The ladies to wear black silk dresses trimmed with crape,
and black shoes and gloves, black fans, feathers, and orna-
ments,
The gentlemen to wear black Court dress with black
swords and buckles, and plain linen.
The Court further to change the mourning on Monday,
the 17th of Feb. next, vii.:—
The ladies to wear black dresses with white gloves, black
or white shoes, fans, and feathers, tend pearls, diamonds, or
plain gold or silver ornaments.
The gentlemen to wear black Court dress, twah black
swords and buckles.

And on Monday, the 10th of March next, the Court to
go out of mourning
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 30.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Price,
Esq., to be Lieutonant-Governor of the Island of
Dominica.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 30.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Town of Nottingham—Sir Robert Juckes Clifton, of
Clifton Hall, in the county of Nottingham, Bart., in the
room of John Mellor, Esq., who has accepted the office of
one of the Justices assigned to hold Pleas before the Queen
herself.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 31.

2d Regiment of Dragoons—Captain Charles Jefferys Wat-
son Allen from half-pay, 12th Lancers, to be Captain,
vice Brevet Major James Leith, who retires upon half-
pay.

6th Dragoons—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John
De Montmorency Murray Prior to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Edmund D'Arcy Hunt, who retires;
Captain John Edward Swindley to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Prior ; Lieutenant John Baskerville to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Swindley; Cornet James
Stocker Grant Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Baskerville; Charles Douglas Beresford Creagh, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bennitt, promoted.

12th Lancers--:EaWard Albert Pole, Gene., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Blacker, promoted.
14th Hussars—John Bradney, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice the Hon. F. Amherst, promoted; George
Staunton Lynch -Staunton, Gent., late Lieutenant Hants
Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Browne,
promoted.

15th Hussars—Robert Marcus Briscoe, Gent., to bo Cornet,
by purchase, vice Walker, promoted.
Royal Artillery—Captain Andrew Orr, from the Supernu-
merary List, to be Captain. i,!e", 11-7—r', "-
moved to tne bupernumerary List; Second Captain and
Brevet-Major Frederick Miller to be Captain, vice Bre-
vet-Major Charles Ingilby, removed to the Supernume-
rary List; Second Captain Robert Wolseley Haig, on
the Supernumerary List, to be Captain; Second Captain
and Brevet-Major Charles Henry Owen, on the Super-
numerary List, to be Captain; Second Captain and
Brevet-Major Alderson Milman to be Captain, vice
Brevet-Major Miller, removed to the Supernumerary
List ; Lieutenant Frederick Coulthurst Elton to be
Second Captain, vice Vivian Dering Majendie, removed
to the Supernumerary List ; Lieutenant Charles R.
Franklen to be Second Captain, vice Eden, appointed
Adjutant. ; Lieut. Clennell Collingwood to be Second
Captain, vice Brevet Major Miller; Lieutenant Frede-
rick Augustus Anley to be Second Captain, vice Brevet
Major Milman; Second Captain Morton Parker Eden to
be Adjutant; Sergeant-Major John Pitt to be Quarter-
master ' • Surgeon Ethelbert Henry Blake, M.D., having
completed a period of 20 years full-pay service, to be
Surgeon-Major under the Royal Warrant of Ist October,
1858.

Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Hugh Gran-
ville Fortescue to be ..uieutenant and Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Philip Le Belward Eg,rton, who retires;
Ensign John Barton Sterling, from the Btti Foot, to be
Ensign and Lieutenant, 13y purchase, vice Fortescue.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Assistant. Surgeon Wm. Chalmers,
from the 17th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wm,
White, appointed to the Staff. _ _ _

Bth FootL—ji,hn Mount Batten, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice John Barton Sterling, appointed to the
Coldstream Guards.

16th Foot—i ieut. Charles Pl essly Pender, from the 37th
to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Henry Woodmass, who
exchanges; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Edward O'Connell

to be Assistant-Surgeon.
18th Foot—Ensign Ferdinand Ogilvy Fitz Gerald to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sydny Darvell, who re-
tires; William Edward Chapman, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald Quartermaster John
Staniforth, from half-pay, late 67th Foot, to be Quarter-
master, vice C. Godfrey, appointed to a Depot Bat:alien
21st Foct—Ensign Edward Walker to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Lieut. John Blaksley, exchanged into
the Ist West India Regiment.
34th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Sly, from the 16th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice G. Smith, deceased.
37th Foot—Lieut Charles Henry Woodmass, from the 16th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Pressly Fender, who

exchanges,
38th Foot—Charles Alexander Stuart Monteath, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brady, who retires.
41st Foot—Lieutenant Ashton Henry Warner to be Adju-
tant, vice Isaac King, who resigns that appoinment.
61st Foot—Staff-Surgeon Thomas Ligertwood, M. 8., to be
Surgeon, vice Herbert. Taylor Reade, who exchanges.
70th Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Cay to be Captain. by pur-
chasP, vice Oswald Pilling, who retires; Ensign Henry
Bally to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cay; Charles
Townley Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice

Bally.
87th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Herbert Hugh Smith to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign Vowell, deceased.
98th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Jackson, from half-pay
27th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Gardiner, pro-
moted, without purchase, to an unattached Company;
Ensign William O'Toole to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Jackson, who retires ; Henry William Roberts,
" Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Toole.
Rifleßrigade—StuS-Aabistant-Zul gem/ Mumma litainedy

to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur George St.
George to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Nice Panter, pro.
moted ; Harry Golding, Gent., to be Ensign; by purchase.
vice Mansergh, promoted ; Joseph Guy Knight, Gent.,
late Lieutenant Leicester Militia, to be Ensign, by pur.

chase, vice St. George, promoted.
DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Captain George Hewish Adams,
of the 86th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain
Macdonald, under orders to join the Service Companies of
Ist Battalion, 16th Foot; Quartermaster Cornelius God-
frey, from the 11th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice John
Desmond, who retires on half-pay.
COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Commissary-
General William James Tyrone Power, C. 8., to have the
local rank of Commissary-General in British North Ame-
rica.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.— Surgeon Herbert Taylor
Reade, from the 61st Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, Vice
Thomas Ligertwood, M. 8., who exchanges; Assistant-
Surgeon William White, from the Ist Foot, to be Staff
Assistant Surgesn, vice Joseph Salkeld Johnston, M.D.,
appointed to the 72dd Foot; Assistant-Surgeon St. John
Killery, from the 36th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Robert William Jackson placed upon half-pay.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—The promotion of the
under-mentioned Veterinary-Surgeons, as First Class
Vetinary-Surgeons, to bear date of Nov. 26, 1861, instead
of July 1, 1859 : —F. F. Collins, 16th Lancers ; A. J
Owles, 6th Dragoon Guards ; J. S. Stockley, Royal Artil-
lery; S. P. Constant, stb:Dragoon Guards; H.Withers
3d Hussars.