The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-02 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 31.
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The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a do-
snatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Monte
Video, announcing the passing of a law for throwing
open the ports of that Republic upon the River Uruguay
to the flags of all nations, upon precisely the same footing
as the flag of the Republic.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 1. -
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2d Regiment of Dragoons—Captain Charles Russell
Colt, from half-pay 21st Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice
Antrobus, appointed Lieutenant Bth Foot, Sept. 1.
3d Light Dragoons— Captain William Watson, from
half-pay 21st Dragoons, to be Captain, repayinz the diffe-
rence, vice Colt, who exchanges ; Lieut. W. G. Draper tobe
Captain, by purchase, vice Watson, who retires ; Cornet
John Wynter James c;ifford to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Draper ; William • Morrison Bell, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Gifford, Sept. 1.
15th Light Dragoons --John Griffith, Gent., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Moline, promoted on the Staff, Sept. 1.
Ist Regiment of Foot —Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Wil-
liam Huey, from half-pay Gth Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Andrew Brown, who ex-
changes, Sept. 1.
4th Foot—Ensign Alexander Bower St. Clair, from the
40th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, Sept. 1.
sth Foot—Horace Walpole, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Burnaby, appointed to the 51st Foot,
Sept. 1.
14th Foot—Ramsay Harman, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, Sept. 1.
18th Foot—Edward Langford Dillon, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, Sept. 1.
36th Foot— Christopher Hodgson, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Sept. 1.

39th Foot—Henry Bolton Newport, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Geddes, appointed to the 27th Foot,
Sept. 1.
40th Foot—Longeeville Nesbitt Lloyd, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, Sept. 1.

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45thFoot—En.sign Caulfield Francis Beamish, from the
Ist West India Regiment, to be Ensign, without purchase,
Sept, 1.

&Id Foot—Captain Frederick Arthur Walter, from the
Ceylo❑ Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice Oldtield, who
exchanges, Sept. 1.
51th Foot—Captain Francis John Griffin, from half-
pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice Dickson, who ex-
changes, Sept. 1.
55th Foot—Ensign Lea Birch to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Grigg, deceased, Aug. 1; Ensign Thomas
Roxby to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Birch,
whose promotion, on Aug. 11. has been cancelled, Aug. 11;
Ensign John Granville Harkness to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Roxby, whose promotion, by purchase, on
Aug. 13, has been cancelled, Sept. 1.
56th Foot—Ensign Henry George Monk, from the 79th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice De'Carteret, who exchanges,
Sept. 1.

68th Foot—John Horner, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Lillingston, who retires, Aug. O. To be En-
signs without . purchase—Poltimore Ridgway, Gent.,
Aug. 31 ; Robert Wolseley O'Dell, Gent., Sept. 1.
62d Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Colour-
Sergeant Thomas Milsom, from the 36th Foot, Aug. 31;
Robert Scott Machell, Gent., Sept. 1.
63d Foot Alex. Macleay Durnaresq, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Talbot, Promoted in the Rifle
Brigade, Sept. 1.
66th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Wm. Aylmer to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Serocold, who retires, Sept. 1.
72d Foot—Ensign Frederick Montague Alison to be
Lieutenant, without purchase; Ensign Aylmer Spicer
Cameron to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alison, whose
promotion, by purchase on Aug. 18, has been cancelled,
Sept. 1.

76th Foot—John Augustine Palliser, Gent., to be En- I
sign, by purchase, Sept. 1.
79th Foot—Ensign Havilland John Do Carteret, from
the 56th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Monk, who exchanges,
Sept. 1.
80th Foot—Ensign Wm. Turner, from half-pay of the
Sicilian Regiment, to bo Ensign, without purchase, Sept.
1. To be Ensigns by purchase—William Gordon Trevor,
Gent., Aug. 31; Hugh B. Bo'cawen Leveson Gower, Gent.,
vice Turner, who retires, Sept. 1. To be Ensign without
purchase—Frederick Fitz Clarence Goddard, Gent., Sept. 2.
82d Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Alexander
Robertson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Maxwell, who retires; Brevet-Major David Watson to be
Major, by purchase, vice Robertson; Lieutenant John
Gordon to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Watson ; Ensign
Charles Edward Gore Browne to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Gordon ; Henry Dyke Marsh, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Browne, Sept. 1.
85th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Godolphin Rooper to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Haviland, who retires ; James
Murray Grant, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase,
Sept. 1.
91st Foot—Lieutenant John Bruce to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Warren, who retires ; Ensign James Henry
Pobie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bruce ; Thos.

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Green, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dobie,
Sept. 1.

95th Foot—Lieutenant James J. Grant Kingeley to be
Adjutant, vice Brown, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Sent. 1.

311 West India Regiment—To be Ensigns, by purchase
T 1 enry Rowland, Gent., vice Carson, who retires, Aug. 31 ;
William Bice Mulliner, Gent., vice Watson, promoted,
Sept. 1.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain Macartney Home Old-
field, from the 53,1 Foot, to be Captain, vice Walter, who
exchanges, Sept. 1.
Depot Battalion at Parkhurst—Captain Hercules Atkin
Weimar', from the 4th Foot, to bo Assistant-Adjutant.
Sept. 1.