The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 4

3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry
Freeman George Coleman, from the 12th Light Dragoons,
to be Lieutenant, vice Hill, who exchanges, Nov. 4.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Wm. Hickes Slade,
from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Penton, who exchanges, Nov. 4.
10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Frederick Thomas
Ongley Hopson, from half-pay 3d Light Dragoons, to be
Lieutenant, vice Stapylton, deceased, Nov. 4.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Penton, from
the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Slade, who
exchanges ; Lieutenant John David Hay Hill, from the 3d
Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Coleman, who
exchanges, Nov. 4.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Topham Clements,
to beLieutenant,withoutpurchase, vice Holliday, deceased,
July 21; Cornet Standish Radley Jackson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Clements, whose promotion, by
purchase, on 12th August, 1853, has been cancelled,
Nov. 4.

3d Regiment of Foot—Captain Robert Neville, from the
51st Foot, to be Captain, vice Bridge, who retires upon
half pay, Nov. 4.
4th Foot—Ensign Thomas Sheppard to be Adjutant,
vice Robertson, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Nov. 4.
18th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Grattan,
C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Coote, deceased ; Brevet-Major Clement Alexander Ed-
wards to be Major, without purchase; vice Grattan ; Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant Edmond William Sargent to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Edwards, May 25.
19th Foot—Lieutenant George Varnham Macdonald, to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Ashworth, who retires ;
Ensign Ramsay Wardlaw to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Macdonald ; William Frederick Hothersal Phipps,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wardlaw, Nov. 4.
.22d Foot—Ensign Thomas Newton Young to be Adju-
tant, vice Bouverie, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Sept. 12.
27th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Stewart White,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
Purchase, vice Viscount Forth, appointed to the 42d Foot,
Nov. 4.

42d Foot—Ensign Malcom Drummond Marquis Drum-
mond de Melfort, Viscount Forth, from the 27th Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Ainslie, deceased, Nov. 4.

45th Foot—Captain Henry John Shaw, to be Major, by
purchase vice Kyle, promoted ; Lieutenant Robert Beck-
ford Johnstone,
tobe Captain, by purchase, vice Shaw ;
Ensign John Cornelius Craigie-Halkett to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Johnstone ; George 'Champagne Close,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Craigie-Halkett ;
Quartermaster Richard Power, from the 60th Foot, to be
Quartermaster, vice Fitz Gibbon, who exchanges, Nov. 4.
56th Foot—Lieutenant George Scott Hanson, to be Cap-
tain without purchase, vice Hare deceased, Sept. 18 ; En-
sign William Alexander Godley to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Hanson, Oct. 21; Gentleman-Cadet, Henry
Fraser Curwen," from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Godley, Nov. 4 ; Gentle-
man-Cadet John Daunt, from the :Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thackeray, de-
eeased, Nov. 5.

60th Foot—Quartermaster Luke Fitz Gibbon, from the
45th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Power, who exchanges,
Nov. 4.

63d Foot—Lieutenant Francis Douglas Grey to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Sheldon, who retires; Ensign Fre-
deric Lattin Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Grey ; vice John William Doveton Lewis, Gent., to
Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, Nov. 4.
64th Foot —Lieutenant Richard Charles 4`Crea to be
Adjutant, vice Bell, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Sept. 12.

74th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Rennell Thackeray to
be Adjutant, vice Falconer, promoted, Nov. 4.
89th Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Frederick
Roberts to be Surgeon, vice Michael M`Dermott, M.D.,
who retires upon half-pay, Nov. 4.
92d Foot—Lieutenant George William Hamilton,
Viscount Kirkwall, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tat-
nail, who retires ; Ensign Maunsell Mecham to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Viscount Kirkwall ; the Hon.
Arthur Annesley to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mecham,
Nov. 4.

Hospital Staff—Assistant-Staff-Surgeon Robt. IVl€Whar-
rie, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice
Roberts, appointed to the 89th Foot ; Assistant. Staff-
Surgeon Thomas Dehane Ligethouse, M.D., to be Staff-
Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Blakeney, appointed to
the Royal Hibernian School, Nov. 4.
Royal Hibernian School—Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class Edward Hugh Blakeney to be Surgeon, vice Elking-
ton, deceased, Nov. 4.
Memorandum.—The Christian names of Ensign Legett,
who was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 69th Foot, on
the 28th October, 1853, are Robert Aufrere, and not Henry
Aufrere, as stated.

r COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEVTENANTS.
Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Ensign Eglin-
ton Ross to be Lieutenant, vice Platt, promoted, Oct. 28.
3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—John Lam-
brick Vivian, Gent., Oct. 27 ; Samuel Arthur Seawell,
Gent., to be Lieutenants, Oct. 28. Samuel Buckland
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 28.
Huntingdonshire Rifle Regiment of Militia—First Lieu-
tenant John Vise Kelly to be Captain, vice Desborough,
resigned ;• Second Lieutenant Henry Jordan Thornhill to
be First Lieutenant, vice Kelly, promoted, Oct. 31.