The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-24 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 23.

2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Musgrave
James Bradley Dyne, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to
be Lieutenant, vice Clemente, appointed to the 15th Light
Dragoons, Dec. 23.
3d Dragoon Guards—Cornet Thomas Wright to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Winterbottom, deceased ;
Serjeant Major William Blenkinsop to be Cornet, without
purchase (Riding Master), vice Wright, Dec. 23.
4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Gustavus Adolphus
Hartman, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
vice Warde, promoted without purchase to an Unattached
Company, Dec. 23.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Charles David Rich to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Toung, who retires 3 • Cornet
Robert Blair, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet,
vice Rich, Dec. 23.
10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Oliver Bird,
from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Dyne, appointed to the 2d Dragoon Guards, Dec. 23.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Clements, from.
the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Bird, ap-
pointed to the 10th Light Dragoons, Dec 23.
19th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Edward Chippin.-
dall to be Captain, by purchase, vice Moore, who retires ;
Ensign Peter Godfrey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Chippindall ; Henry Mitford, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Godfrey, Dec. 23.
27th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Carnegie, from 7th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Kidd, appointed Paymaster, 27th
Foot.

40th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Henry Christopher
Wise to be Captain, by purchase, vice Morley, who re-
tires ; Lieutenant Frederick Samuel Blyth to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Candler, who retires ; Ensign Frederick
Clinton Herman Stuart Baddeley to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Wise ; Edward Henry Melville Tod, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Baddeley ; Charles Fre-
derick Brooke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Dec. 24 ;
Ensign George Augustus Bentley Buckle, to be Adju-
tant, vice Wise, promoted, Dec. 23.
58th Foot—Thomas Fitzgerald, Gent., to be Znsign, by
purchase, vice Johnstone, who retires, Dec. 23.
60th Foot—Major Charles Howe Spence to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, without • purchase, vice Nesbitt, deceased,
Oct. 2 ; Captain the Honourable Henry Littleton Powys to
be Major, without purchase, vice Spence ; First Lieute-
nant Randal Joseph Feilden to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Powys ; Second Lieutenant George Bliss Mac
Queen to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Feilden Dec. 23.
62d Foot—Ensign Adolphus Alick Wombwell to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Roberts, who retires ; Beville
Ramsay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Womb-
well, Dec. 23.
63d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel John Stoyte, from In-
specting Field Officer of a Recruiting District to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, vice Pole, who exchanges; Major Exham
Schomberg Turner Swyny to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Stoyte, who retires ; Captain Patrick Linde-
say to be Major, by purchase, vice Swyny ; Lieutenant
Henry Ferguson Barclay, to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Lindesay ; Ensign Edward Joseph Hunt, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Barclay ; Thomas Kyd. Morgan, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hunt, Dec. 23.
71st Foot—Captain George William Hamilton, Viscount
Kirkwall, from 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice Horne, who
exchanges, Dec. 23.
92d Foot—Captain James Horne, from 71st Foot, to
be Captain, vice Viscount Kirkwall, who exchanges, Dec.
23.

97th Foot—Lieutenant Saptimus Moore Hawkins, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Gowan, who retires ; Ensign
Osborne Barwell Cannon, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hawkins ; Douglas Alexander M'Gregor, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Cannon, Dec. 23.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign Herbert Kelly John-
stone Waldron, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bovill,
promoted, Dec. 23.

3rd West India Regiment—Charles Brisbane Higman,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Quill, pro-
moted, Deo. 23.
STAFF.—Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Cunliffo Van Not-
ten Pole, from 63d Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer of
a recruiting district, Vice Stoyte, who exchanges, Deo. 23.
BREVET.--The under-mentioned Cadets of the East
India Company's Service, to have the local and temporary
rank of Ensign, during the period of their being placed
under the command of Colonel H. D. Jones, of the Royal
Engineers, at Chatham, for Field Instruction in the art of
Sapping and Mining :—Edward Burnes Holland, Gent. ;
John Le Mesurier, Gent. ; Patrick Murray, Gent. ; Alex-
ander Mc Neill, Gent. ; Francis Latter Tandy, Gent. ;
William Adolphus Baker, Gent. ; John Hubbard White,
Gent. ; Hector Tullock, Gent. ; William Carr Hamond,
Gent. ; John Ord Hasted, Gent., Dec. 23.
[Erratum in the Gazette of 16th instant.]

85th Foot—For, Lieutenant the Honourable-Edmund
John Boyle to be Captain, by purchase, vice Warde, who
retires, Dec. 6,—Read, Lieutenant the Honourable Ed-
mund John Boyle to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas
Robbins Ward, who retires, Dec. 16.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 22.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Thomas
Bland Strange to be Lieutenant, vice Garvey, deceased,
Nov. 21 ; Second Lieutenant Francis Lyon to be First
Lieutenant, vice Leonard, deceased, Nov. 29.
MEMORANDIISI.—The date of Lieutenant William Carey's
promotion has been altered to Nov. 20.