The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, Nov. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Thomas
Protheroe, to be one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to her
Majesty.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 15.
The Qneen has been pleased to grant the place of one of
the Lords of Session in Scotland to Robert Handyside,
Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, in the
room of Adam Anderson, Esq., deceased.
The Queen has also been pleased to nominate and appoint
the said Robert Handysido to be one of the Lords of Jus-
ticiary in Scotland, in the room of the said Adam Ander-
son, deceased.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of Solici-
tor-General for Scotland to James Cranfurd, Esq., Advo-
cate.

CROWN OFFICE, N0v.17.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

City of New Sarum—Major-General Edwai d Pery Mick-
ley, of New Hall, in the county of Wilts, Esquire, in
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the room of Charles Baring Wall, Esq., deceased.
Nov. .

The name of the Peer chosen to represent the Peerage of
Scotland in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, in the room of Alexander
George Lord Saltoun, deceased :—The Earl of Seafield.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 18.

2d Regiment of Life Guards—Edward Stratton Fitz-
baxdinge Berkeley, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieuten-
ais t by purchase, vice Howard, who retires, Nov. 18.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—James Baker, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hare, whose retirement
was announced in the Gazette of the sth Aug., 1853,
Nov.
18.
lat Dragoons—Wm. Henry Cutler, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Redmayne, appointed to the 14th Light
Dragoons, Nov. 18.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Chadwick, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, to an Unattached Company ;
Cornet Leonard Redmayne, from the Ist Dragoons, to be
Cornet, vice Chadwick, Nov. 18.
17th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Frederick Windham
Lukin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams, who
retires • William Scott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Lukin, Nov. 18.
41st Foot-- Lieutenant and. Adjutant Robert Cary Bar-
nard to be Captain, by purchase, vice Eggington, who
retires, Nov. 18.
50th Foot—William Wensley Bond, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Boileau, appointed to the Rifle Brigade,
Nov. 18.
56th Foot—Ensign William Whitmore, to be Lieute-
tenant, without purchase, vice Sykes, deceased, Oct. 21 ;
Gentleman-Cadet Andrew Smythe Montagu Brown, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Whitmore, Nov. 18.
87th Foot-- Lieutenant Joseph Noble Beasley, from the
2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Elliot,
who exchanges, Nov. 18.
95th Foot—Lieutenant John Neptune Sargent, to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Rogers, who retires upon
full pay; Ensign and Adjutant George Brown, to have
the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Robert Garrard, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sargent ; Gentleman-
Cadet Francis George Cocksedge Probart, from the Royal
Military College, Co be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Garrard, Nov. 18. .

Rifle Brigade —Second Lieutenant James Rowles, to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Waddington, who re-
tires ; Ensign Charles A. Penrhyn Boileau, from the 50th
Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rowles,
Nov. 18. _ _ _

2d West India Regiment—First Lieutenant John Elliot,
from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Beasley, who
exchanges, Nov. 18.
3d West India Regiment—Alfred Augustus Richardson,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pringle, de-
ceased, Nov. 18.

Gold Coast Corps—Aylmer Strangford Craig, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, deceased, Nov. 18.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Richard Pretyman Apthorp,
from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase;
Lieutenant and Adjutant John Mullin, from the 4th Dra-
goon Guards, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Shields
(whose promotion on the 10th June has been cancelled),
Nov. 18.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Peter Divorty, M 8., to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice M`Wharrie, promoted,
Nov. 18.
MEMORANDA.—The promotion of Lieutenant Thomas
Shields, from Adjutant of a Recruiting District, to an
Unattached Company, without purchase, as stated in the
Gazette of 10th June, 1853, has been cancelled.
The proper designation of the Ensign appointed to the
42d Foot, on the 4th November, 1853, is Malcolm Drum-
mond Viscount Forth.
Captain Price Clark, upon half-pay Unattached, has
been permitted to retire from the Army, by the sale of his
commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada,
Nov. 18.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 15.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Robert
Talbot to be Captain, vice F. Wodehouse, deceased ; First
Lieutenant Gaspard Le Marehant Tupper to be Second
Captain, vice Talbot : Second Lieutenant Thomas Mahon
to be First Lieutenant, vice Tupper, Sept. 26 ; Second
Lieutenant Charles Edward Stirling to be First Lieutenant,
vice the Hon. G. V. A. Ellis, deceased, Oct. 3.
Corps of Royal En gineers —Brevet-Maj or Benj a.min Spicer
Stehelin to be Lieutenant-Colonel,vice Phillpotts, deceased,
Sepi. 19; Second Lieutenant Alfred George Goodall, with
temporary rank, to be Second Lieutenant, with permanent
rank, Dec. 17, 1851.