The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 16.

Staff- The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Major-General the Honourable Sir George Cathcart,
K.C.B. (now serving as a Lieutenant-General at the Cape
of Good Hope), to be Adjutant-General to the Forces, vice
Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, K.C.8., resigned,
with date of Dec. 12.

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 16.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Patrick Alexander
Watson Carnegy, Gont., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Bushman, promoted, Dec. 16.
7th Dragoon Guards—Regimental Serjeant-Major David
Scotland to be Quartermaster, vice Henry Magill, who re-
tires upon half-pay, Dec. G.
Bth Light Dragoons—Surgeon George Anderson, from
the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Foakor, who
each .nges, Dec. 16.

12th Light Dragoons—Surgeon George Northon Foaker,
from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Ander-
son, who exchanges, Dec. 16.
16th Light Dragoons—Robert:Blair, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Dew, appointed to the 14th Light Dra-
goons, Dec. 16.

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Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—The Hon-
ourable Amias Poulett to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchtse, vice Charles Pierrepont Lane Fox, whose retire-
ment was announced in the Gazette of the 25th November,
Dec. 14 ; George Arthur Ferguson' Gent., to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, l)y purchase, vice Wm. Rumbold, whose
retirement was announced in the Gazette of the 25th No-
vember, Dec. 15 ; Somerset Arthur Butler, Earl of Car-
rick, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Charles Brandling, whose retirement was announced in
the Gazette of the 25th November, Dec. 16.
11th Foot—Captain Francis Barry Drew, from the 64th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Goode, who exchanges, Dec. 16.
14th Foot—Lieutenant Julius Chetham Strode, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Proby, who retires; Ensign
and. Adjutant Charles Monck Wilson, to have the rank of
Lieutenant ; Ensign Dawson Stockley Warren to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Strode ; Angus William Hall,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warren, Dec. 16.
27th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. Maur, from
the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Arthur
Augustus Thurlow, Cunynghame, who retires upon half-
pay, 51st Foot, Dec. 16.
30th Foot—Major William Francis Hoey to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Cavan, who retires ; Cap-
tain James Brodie Patullo to be Major, by purchase, vice
Hoey ; Lieutenant Francis Topping Atcherley to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Patullo ; Ensign Augustus Henry
Williamson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Atcherley;
William Young Johnston, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Williamson, Dec. 16.
46th Foot—Captain David Fyffe to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Donald Stuart, who retires ; Lieutenant John
Edward Lyons to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fyffe ;
Ensign Frank John Curtis to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Lyons ; George Dickson Thomas Stockwell, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Curtis, Dec. 16.
60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry Semple to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nicholson, who retires;
John Shuter Davenport M`Gill, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Semple, Dee. 16.
64th Foot--Captain Winter Goode, from the 11th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Drew, who exchanges ; Ensign William
Knox to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alexander, who
retires ; Henry Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Knox, Dec. 16.

82d Foot—Ensign Robert Maulo to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hunte, who retires ; Charles Edward Gore
Browne, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mamie,
Dec. 16.

85th Foot—Lieutenant the Hon. .Edmund John Boyle
to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Warde, who retires ; En-
sign Devereux Herbert Mytton to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Boyle ; Henry James Haydock, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Mytton, Dec. 16.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Owen Bo-
vill to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bennett, who retires,
Dec. 16.

St. Helena Regiment.—John Baldwin Hainault Rainier
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fox, appointed to 61st
Foot, Dec. 16.

BREVET.—Brevet-Captain Francis Tower, of the Madras
Retired List, recruiting for the East India Company's
Setvice, at Liverpool, to have the rank of Captain in the
Army while so employed, Dec. 16.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant John Henry Turner Wartle,
from 4th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, without pur-
chase, Dec.l6.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—John Coote Ovens, Gent., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Mackenzie, deceased ;
John Halyburton Ross, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forces, vice Matthew, deceased, Dec. 16.