The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-19 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, AUG, 18.

Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lord Charles Bruce to
be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, Aug 18.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Martin Brown to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, viceßreedon, promoted ; Ensign
Richard Abraham Manners to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice J. A. G. Campbell,promoted, Aug. 18. To be Ensigns
by purchase—John James Heywood, Gent., vice Manners,
Aug. 17; Henry Surtees Bowes Watson, Gent., vice
Brown, Aug. 18.
4th Foot—Ensign John Philip Bohun Forster to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skinner, promoted ; Ferdi-
nand HUI worth Williamson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Forster, Aug. 18.
7th Foot—Serjeant- Major John Mortimer Scott to be
Quartermaster, vice Hogan, deceased, Aug. 18.
9th Foot—Ensign Allen George Douglas to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted; Henry Coiling-
wood Vibort, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Dou las, Aug. 18.
11th Foot—Ensign Francis William Henry Petrie to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Curling, whose retirement
was announced in the Gazette of the 4th August, 1851 ;.
Lewis Henry Harrison, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Petrie, Aug. 18.
13th Foot—Ensign the Honourable James Charlemagne
Dormer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Montgomery,
promoted ; Williani Haslett, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Dormer, Aug. 18.
14th Foot—Ensign Walter Frederick Blunt to be Lieu-

tenant, by purchase, vice Segrave, promoted ; Frederick
Gerard Armstrong, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice
Blunt; Lieutenant Edward D'Heillimer Fairtlough to be
Adjutant, vice Wilson, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Aug. 18.
15th Foot—Ensign Joseph Edward Mortimer to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Hague, promoted, Aug. 18.
16th Foot Ensign James Davis, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Bostock, promoted ; Lewis Stevens Rooke,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchastl, vice Davis, Aug. 18.

18th Foot-Ensign -JOhn William Meurant to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Kelly, promoted ; Thomas Du-
rand Baker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Meu-
rant, August 18. . .. . ,
26th Foot-Ensign G. Wilbraham Northey to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Granville, promoted ; George
Walton Appleby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Northey, Aug. 18.
27th Foot-Ensign William Stuciihouse Church Pinwill
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sladen, deceased,
May 28; Ensign Joseph P. O'Loghlin, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Pinwill, whose promotion on the
231 June has been cancelled, June 23; Ensign Andrew
David Geddes, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice O'Loghlin, Aug. 18.
30th Foot-Ensign Edward Nicholas Hill to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Pocock, promoted; Joseph Fleming,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hill, Aug. 18..
33d Foot-Lieutenant Frank Corbett to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Fanshawe, whose promotion on the 4th
August has been cancelled ; Ensign Francis Du Pre Mon-
tague to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corbett, pro-
moted ; Hon. Raymond Harvey de Montmorency to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Montagu, Aug. 18.
.38th Foot-Ensign Constantine Septimus Gaynor to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vance, promoted, Aug. 18,
42d Foot-10 be Lieutenants by purchase -Ensign
Francis Cunningham Scott, vice Orde, promoted ; Ensign
Sir Peter A. Halkett, Bart., vice Graham, promoted,
Aug. 18. To be Ensigns by purchase-William Henry
Crompton, Gent., vice Halkett ; Adam Ferguson, Gent.,
vice Scott, Aug. 18.
44th Foot-Ensign Michael Bradford to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Cooper, promoted; John Jennings Ken-
dall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bradford,
Aug. 18.
45th Foot-Frederick William Swann Webber, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, Ang. 18.
49th Foot-Captain John M`Vicar, from half-pay, to be
Captain, without purchase ; Lieutenant Herbert Rocke
to be Captain, by purchase, vice 31`Vicar, who retires ;
Ensign John Hopkins to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Rocke, Aug. 18.
51st Foot -Ensign Charles Goddard to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Drought, promoted; Ensign Eustace
Beaumont Burnaby, from the sth Foot, to be Ensign,
without purchase, Aug. 18.
51th Foot -Ensign Thomas Blakiston Houston to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gillum, promoted ; Francis
George Shincliffe Parker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Houston, August 18. •
55th Foot Ensign Thomas Maude Roxby to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Brown, promoted; Charles
Henry Evans, Gant., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Roxby, August-18.
56th Foot-Ensign Francis Charles Hill to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Clutterbuck, promoted ; George Bailie
Farrington; Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hill,
August 18.
57th Foot-Ensign James Hornby Buller to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Arbuckle, promoted ; Ensign
Joshua Cunliffe Ingham to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bland, promoted ; Ensign James Collins Ashwin to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott, who retires,
August 18. To be Ensigns by purchase-John Robert
Wilmot, Gent., vice Buller, August 16 ; Frederic Spencer
Schomberg, Gent., vice Ingham, August 17; Sir Robert
Douglas, Bart, vice Ashwin, August 18.
59th Foot-Ensign Robert Staveley Shinkwin to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Chadwick, promoted ; Benjamin
Henry Burge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Shinkwin, Aug. 18.
60th Foot.- -To be Captains without purchase -Lieuts.
Dunbar Douglas Muter, vice Annesiey, deceased, May 31;
Charles Alexander Boswell Gordon, vice Muter, whose
promotion on 6th June, 1854, has been cancelled, June 6 ;
John Maguire, vice Gordon, whose promotion on the 20th
June, 18.54, has been cancelled, Juue 20. To be Lieute-
nants without purchase-Second Lieutenants Francis Fitz-
patrick, vice Muter, May 31; William Waller Fox, vice
Fitzpatrick, whose promotion on the 6th June, 1854, has
been cancelled, June 6 ; Charles David Cunningham Ellis,
vice Fox, whose promotion on 20th June, 1854, has been
cancelled ; Athol' Charles John Liddell, vice Maguire,
promoted, June 20 ; Francis Steward Travers, vice Fitz-
patrick ; William Augustus Dean Pitt, Aug. 18 ; Lieut.
Francis Dawson to be Adjutant, vice Maguire, promoted,
Aug. 18.
65th Foot-Ensign Lionel Smith Warren to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Slegg, promoted; Henry Stratton
Bates, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warren,
August 18.
72d Foot--Ensign Frederick Montagu Alison to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Honourable H. W. Fitz Maurice,
promoted • P William Henry Campion, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Alison, August 18.
77th Foot-Ensign John Butts. to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice St. George, who retires ; Ensign Matthew
W. Dickson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leslie,
who retires, August 18. To be Ensigns by purchase-
Arthur Finch Dawson, Gent. vice Butts, August 18;
Humphrey Mungal Lamont Colquhoun, Gout., vice Dick-
son, August 18.
79th Foot-Ensign Donald Hay Mcßarnet to b. Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice. Miller, promoted; John Miller
McNair, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Mcßarnet,
August 18.
80th Foot-Ensign Theodore Arundell to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Hume, promoted ; Henry.Hungerford
St. Leger, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arundel,
August 18. -
82d Foot-To be Lieutenants by pnrchase-Ensign John
Sidney Hand, vice Bailie, promoted ; Ensign Robert
Francis Henry Macgregor Skinner, vice Tinling, who re-
tires, August 18. To be Ensile); by purchase-Patrick
Thorp Dickson, Gent., vice Skinner, August 17 ; Cecil
James East, Gent., vice Hand, August 18.
88th Foot-To be Lieutenants by purchase-Ensign
George Robert Beresford, vice 3fauleverer, promoted ;
Ensign George Edward Copley, vice Maynard, promoted;
Ensign Emilius Delme Radcliffe, vice Ernst, promoted;
August 18. To be Ensigns by purchase-William Lam-
bert, (lent., vice Beresford, August 16; Frederick Hall,
Gent., vice Copley, August 17 ; Robert Vernor, Gent.,
vice Radcliffe, August 18.
89th Foot-Ensign John Waldron Gray to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase,' vice Atkinson, promoted ; John
Arthur Barstow, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Gray, August 18.
97th Foot-Capt. Benjamin Geale Humfrey, from half-
pay, 56th Foot, to be Captain, repaying the difference ;
Lieutenant Thomas Venables to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Humfrey, who retires; Ensign Robert Children White-
head to bs Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Venables ; Hales
Wilkie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whitehead,
Aug. 18.
99th Foot-Ensign Thomas Hollingworth Clarkson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires; George
Robert Stewart Black, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchaee,
vice Clarkiion, Aug. 18.
Rifle Brigade--Lieutenant Adolphus Haggerston Ste-
phens, from the 40th Foot, to' be Lieutenant, without pur-
eitregee Aug: 9; Puma gad DAD,. gut., to be &rage, 4

by purchase, Aug. 17; Edward Henry Clive, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 18.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign James Watson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hawtayne, promoted, Aug.
18.
Depot Battalion at Winchester—Captain Samuel Dun-
ning, on half-pay Unattached, to be Assistant-Adjutant,
Aug. 18.
BREVET—The undermentioned Officers to beLieutenant-
Generals, while employed on a Special Service in Turkey;
their Commissions to bear date 18th August, 1854, via.:—
Major-General Sir Richard England, K.C.B.
Major-General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart, R.C.B.
Major-General the Earl of Lucan.
To be Majors in the Army.
Captain Benjamin Geale Humfrey, of the 97th Fooi,
Jan. 10, 1837.
Captain John McVicar, of the 49th Foot, Jan. 10, 1837
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army.
Brevet-Major Benjamin Geale Humfrey, of the 97th
Foot, Nov. 11, 1851.
Brevet-Major John McVicar, of the 49th Foot, Nov.
11, 1851.
MEMORANDUM —The date of the commission in the army
of Lieutenant William Lewis Davenish Meares, formerly
of the 98th and now of the 20th Foot, is 11th Oct., 1853.
The Commission of Ensign Charles Arthur Talbot, of the
Rifle Brigade, has been ante-dated to 10th July, 1854.
The Christian names of Ensign Johnston of the Ist West
India Regiment, are " William Walker Whitehall."
Errata in the Gazette of the 15th August, 854.
31st Foot—For Assistant-Surgeon William Frederick
Porcato Ivey, &c., read Assistant-Surgeon William
Frederick Torcato Ivey, &c.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—For Joseph Fletcher Longheed,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, read Joseph Fleicher
Lougheed.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS
The Hungerford Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut.
William Willes to be Captain, vice Capel Coape, retired,
Aug. 5 ; Cornet George William Barker to be Lieutenant,
vice Wiles promoted, Aug. 7.
Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—Hugh Massey
Ryves, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Philip Homer Page,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Aug. 7.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Alan
Chatnbre, Esq„ late Captain 17th Lancers, to be Major,
Aug. 15.
3rd Regiment of West York Militia—Lieutenant Ed-
ward Nicholson to be Captain and Paymaster ; Lieutenant
Maurice Rogers to be Captain, vice Sutcliffe resigned ;
Ensign Henry Neville Cotton Thurstone to be Lieutenant,
vice Nicholson, promoted . Ensign Francis Patrick Smith,
to be Lieutenant, vice Rogers. promoted ; Gerald Roch-
fort, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Thuristone, promoted ;
Robert John Bell, Gent, to be Ensign, Aug. 11. [This
article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette
of Friday last.]
3rd Regiment of West York Militia—Humphery Brook
Firman, Gent. to be Ensign, Aug. 3.