The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-30 00:00:00

WAR OFFICE, Duo. 29.

4th Dragoon Guards—To be Lieutenants without pur-
chase—Corsets the Honourable M. Fitz Maurice Deane,
vice Brigstocke, promoted, John Arthur Brans, and
Edward Rowe Fisher, Dec. 29.
sth Dragoon Guards—To be Lieutenants without pur-
chase—Cornets Themes Lewis Hampton and Henry Hird
Hay, Dec. 29.
Ist Dragoons—Cornet Gilbert Metcalfe Robertson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Coney promoted,
Dec. 29.

2,1 Dragoons—To be Captains without purchase—Lien-
tenants Francis Sutherland, vice 'Williams, deceased, Nov.
24 ; Geo. Bucharan, vice Sutherland, whose promotion en
theiSth instant has been cancelled, Deo. 8 ; Herbert Ed-
wards, vice Buchanan, whose promotion on the kith De-
cember has been cancelled, Dec. 15.
To be Lieutenants without purehase—Cornet Duncan
M`Neill, vice Edwards, Dec. 15; Cornet Henry Edwardes
Handley, Dec. 29.
4th Light Dragoons— Cornet John Clark, Riding Mas-
ter, to be Licatenant, without purchase ; Cornet Wm.
Winstanley, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet,
without purchase, Dec. 29.
6th Dragoons—Cornet Alfred Henderson White to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, ♦ice Sir J. M. Stewart, Bart.,
who retires ; John Evans. Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, ♦ice White, Dec. 29.

11th Light Dragoons—Cornet George A. Maddock to be
Lietttenant, without purchase, vice Houghton, deceased,
Nov. 23 ; Lieutenant E. Harnett, from half-pay of the
15th Light Dragoon; to be Lieutenant, vice Maddock,
whose promotion on the Bth inst. has been cancelled ;
Veterinary-Surgeon 'Wm. Partridge to be Veterinary-
Surgeon, vice Uloag, appoiated to the Staff in Turkey,
Dec. 29.

17th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Baring, from the
10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
Dec. 29.

let or Grenadier Regiment of Foet Guards—Battalion-
Surgeon George Brown to be Surgeon-Major, vice Wright,
who retires upon half-pay ; Assistant-Surgeon C. R. Nicoll
to be Battalion-Surgeon, Tice Brown'; Wm. Ralph Lan*,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Nicoll, Dec. 29.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Chris-
topher Edward Blackett, from the 931 Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant and Captain, without purchase, vice Bouverie,
killed in action, Dec. 29.
7th Regiment of Foot—Llewellyn Price Traherne, Gent.,
to be Ensign, itlout purchase, vice Waller, promoted,
Dec. 29.
18th Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
sign Arthur Charles Elliott, from the 94th Foot ; Ensign
Charles James Coote, Dec. 29.
21st Foot—Sackville George Lane Fox, Gout, to 111.1.-

elgt, without purchase, vice Pester, appointed to the Rifle
Brigade, Dec. 29.
23d Foot—James Willianisenj Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Dec. 29.
28th Foot.—To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
signs Henry Clark Worthington, vice Holford, deceased,
Nov. 29; Charles David Ingham, vice Worthington,
whose promotion on the Bth Dec. has been cancelled,
Dec. 8; Thomas Edmund Adams, from the Royal South
Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Ingham, Dec. 29.
30th Foot—Ensign Charles John Moorsom to bo
tenant, without purchase, vice Ross-Lewin, died of his
wounds, Nov. 8; t nsign Joseph Fleming to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Moorsom, whose promotion on the
Bth iust., has been cancelled, Dec. 8. To be Ensigns with-
out purchase—Lieutenant Wm Kerr, from the Nerthamp-
ton Militia, vice Thompson, died of his wounds, Dec. 23,
and Lieutenant Rothes Hastings Neville, from the Royal
South Lincoln Militia, vice Fleming, promoted, Dec. 29.
44th Foot—Ensign Thomas Orton Howorth, from the
3d West York Militia, to be Ensign without purchase,
Dec. 29.
47th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Grange, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Saunders, promoted,
Dec. 29.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Charles George Clarke' from the
South Devon Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Bird, promoted, Dec. 29.
60th Foot—Honourable Richard Prendergast Vereker
to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice Travers, promoted,
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631 Foot—Lieutenant Richard Halliday Archer, from
the South Devon Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Wyberg, promoted, Dec. 29.
68th Foot—Captain Herbert Blount, to be Major, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Harry
Smyth, died of his wounds ; Lieutenant Charles 11. Shut-
tleworth to be Captain, without purchase, vice Blount,
Nov. 21; Lieutenant and Adjutant T. de C. Hamilton to
be Captain without purchase, vice Shuttleworth, whose
promotion on the let Dec. has been cancelled, Dec. 1.
77th Foot—Ensign H. M. L. Colquhoun to he Lieute-
nant, without purcase, vice Maine, deceased ; Ensign G.
E. Leggett to be Lieutenant, without purchase; John
George Skene, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Morgan, promoted, Dec. 29.
91th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Donnie to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevej;.
Colonel Milner, who retires upon full-pay ; Captain Wm.
Henry Kirby to be Major, without purchase, vice Dennis ;
Captain Brotherton Browne, from half-pay, unattached,
to be Captain, vice Whahab, appointed Paymaster ; Lieu-
tenant Justin E. D. MacCarthy to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Kirby ; Lieutenant Henry Hamilton Pratt,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Browne, who retires ;
Ensign William Planer Gaskell to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice MacCarthy ; Ensign G. L. Hedley to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pratt ; Josiah Robt. Rolls,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hedley, Dec. 29.
95th Foot—Brevet-Major Alfred Thomas Heyland to be
Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Champion, died of his wounds ; Lieutenant Charles Henry
Martin to be Captain, without purchase, vice Heyland,
Dec. 1. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign G.
H. L. Brooke, vice Martin, Dec. 1 ; Ensign J. W. J.
Stockwell, vice Brooke, whose promotion en the Bth inst.
has been cancelled, Dec. 8 ; Ensign Norton Knatchbull,
from the Royal Wilts Militia to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Stockwell, promoted, Dec. 29.
98th Foot—Lieutenant Robert James, from half-pay
of the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Browne, ap-
pointed to the 84th Foot ; Ensign Robert Westropp Ellis
to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice James, who retires;
William Blackett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Bilis, Dec. 29.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant C. A. P. Boileau to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, rice Godfrey, deceased,
Nov. 28. ; Ensign Alexander Heywood to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Boileau, whose promotion on the
Bth instant has been cancelled, Dec. 8 ; Ensign F. W.
Fremantle to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hey-
wood, whose promotion on the 22d December, has been
cancelled, Dec. 22. To be Ensigns without purchase—
James Frederick Henley, Gent., vice Norris, promoted,
Dec. 24 ; Ensign John Clerk, from the 6th Foot, vice
Boileau, promoted, Dec. 25 ; Ensign J. C. Pester, from the
21st Foot, vice Honourable A. Anson, promoted, Dec. 26 ;
H. D. Bailie, Gent., vice Talbot, promoted, Dec. 27 • E.
S. G. Woodford, Gent., vice Fremantle, Dec. 28 ; Lieu-
tenant H. A. Striven, from the 4th Middlesex Militia,
Dec. 29.
Ist West India Regiment—John Richard O'Meara Law-
lor, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Beamish,
appointed to the 45th Foot, Dec. 29.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Edward Armstrong
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Savage, deceased,
Oct. 5 ' • Ensign George Gant Beazley to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Armstrong, whose promotion on
the Ist December, 1854, has been cancelled, Dec. 1.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Major Percy Hill to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel
Taylor, who retires ; Captain James Nicol Holmes to bo
Major, by purchase, vice Hill ' • Lieutenant Kenneth
Mackenzie Moffatt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Holmes;
Ensign Edward Wolley to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Moffatt; William Fleming Marson, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Woolley; Lieutenant William
Henry Sharpe to be Adjutant, vice Moffatt, promoted,
Dec. 29.
Provisional Depot Battalions—Brevet-Colonel John T.
Hill, from half-pay 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ;
Major John Johnston' from half-pay unattached, to be
Major; Brevet-Major Donald Angus George Darrach, of
the 51st Foot, to be Adjutant ; Lieutenant John Burke,
27th Foot, to be Quartermaster, Dec. 29.