The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-28 00:00:00

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

With reference to the notice of 4th September, issued by
this Board, notice is hereby given, that the new lightship
on the Copperground Shoal, off Lcelo Island, will skew
her light for the first time on Wednesday evening the Ist
November, half an hour after sunset, provided no unforo•
seen difficulty should arise to prevent it.
Marine Board, the 14th October.
(Signed) STEEN BILLE.
(Signed) SUENSON.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 27.
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The Right Honourable the Lerds of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch, from her Majesty's Consul at Vigo, inclosing
copy of a public notice (a translation of which is subjoined),
relative to the light recently placed on the Cies Islands,
at the mouth of Vigo Bay.
(Copy.) (Translation.)
Light on the'Cies Islands.
The new lighthouse erected on the summit of Mount
Faro, that being the most prominent point on the extreme
south of the centre island, will be lit every night from
!muse') to sunrise, commencing with that of the 19th of
November. The lighthouse is situated in latitude
42° 12' 23" N., longitude 02° 41' 50" W. of the meridian
of the Observatory of Saint Ferdinand.
Its apparatus is of the second order, catadioptrical, with
eclipses from minute to minute. The light is raised 650
Burgos feet above the level of the sea ; it produces a tan-
gent of 31 miles ; but it can be seen at more or less dis-
tance according to the state of the atmosphere and the
height of the observer.
WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 27.
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3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Thomas Hall, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bond, whose appointment
on Sept. 15 has been cancelled, Oct. 27.
11th Light Dragoons—Edward Chudde Cockburn, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Kelly, who retires, Oct. 27.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant
and Captain and Brevet-Majcr Charles Lennox Brownlow
Maitland to bo Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, without pur-
chase, vice Cox, deceased; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon.
A. J. G. Ponsouby to be Lieutenant, and Captain, without
purchase, vice Maitland, Sept. 28 • Ensign Clifton Gas-
coigne, from the 76th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice the Hon. A. J. G. Ponsonby, Oct.
27.

19th Foot—William Godfrey Durham Massy, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Phipps, deceased,
Oct. 27. _ _ .

22d Foot—Captain Francis Pym Harding to be Major,
by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel David Rae
Smith, who retires ; Lieutenant Thomas Young to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Pym Harding ; Ensign Robert
Richardson Ellis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Young; Henry George Lyon Campbell, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice R. R. Ellis, Oct. 27.
23d Foot—Ensign William Owen, from the 58th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Joseph Henry Butler,
killed in action, Oct. 27.
26th Foot—Edward Kempson, Gent, to be Ensign, by
purchase, Oct. 27.
28th Foot—Ensign Josiah Holford, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Haworth, who retires ; Charles Edward
Barrett Lennard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Holford, Oct. 27.
33rd Foot—Ensign Charles Moore Brabazon Siree, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thistlethwaite, de-
ceased, Sept. 15 ; Ensign John James Greenwood to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Siree, whose promo-
tion, without purchase, on the 21st September, 1854, has
been cancelled, Sept. 21; Ensign John Ralph Carr to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Worthington, died of
his wounds, Sept. 24 ; Henry Donovan, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Siree, Sept. 21; John
Douglas Johnstone, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Greenwood, Oct. 27, 1854.
46th Foot—Lientenant Henry William Sibley, from the
32d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Cartmail, appointed to
71st Foot, Oct. 27.
58th Foot—Edward St John Griffiths, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Owen, appointed to the 23d
Foot, Oct. 27.
61st Foot—Ensign Henry George Austin Vicars to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lukis, who retires ; Robert
Lewis Grant McGrigor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Vicars, Oct. 27.
70th Foot—Captain Fredelick Dobson Middleton, from
the 96th Foot, to be Captain, vice Snow, who exchanges,
Oct. 27.
71st Foot—Paymaster Joseph Cartmail, from the 46th
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Ormsby, deceased, Oct. 27.
77th Foot—Thomas Peter Harvey, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Oct. 27.
88th Foot—Lieutenant Nathaniel Steevens to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Stopford, who retires ; Ensign
Henry Hooper Day to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Steevens ; Edward Hopton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Day, Oct. 27.
95th Foot—Assistant-Staff-Surgeon William Browne to
be Surgeon, vice Gordon, promoted on the Staff, Oct. 27.
96th Foot—Captain Arthur Henry Cresswell Snow, from
the 70th Foot, to be Captain, vice Middleton, who ex-
changes, Oct. 27.
HOSPITAL STAFF—Deputy Inspector-General of Hospi-
tals Alexander Cumming to be Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals ; Surgeon Archibald Gordon, M.D., from the 95th
Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, rice Mitchell,
deceased; Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Michael James Griffi u
to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Browns, pro-
moted in the 95th Foot, Oct. 27.
To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Henry Hreve Wool-
house, Gent., vice Griffin, appointed Assistant Staff-
Surgeon ; David Greig, 111. D. ; Joseph Johnston, M.D. ;
Alexander Struthers, M.D.; Charles Robert'Nelson, Gent.;
Augustus John Mackay, M.D. ; Arthur Edwin Temple
Longhurst, Gent. ; Augustus Patrick Meyers Corbett,
M.D., Oct. 27.
MEMORANDUM—The removal of Lieutenant John
Holmes Houston Garmaiell, from the 22d to the 27th Foot,
on the 27th May, 1851, has been cancelled.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 21.
Royal Regiment of Artillery— Second Captain William
James Esten Grant to be Captain, vice Patten, deceased ;
First Lieutenant Walter John Grimston to be Second.
Captain, vice Grant ; Second Lieutenant William Raymond,
Lluellyn to be First Lieutenant, vice Grimston, Sept. 28 ;
Second Lieutenant Henry John Foquea Ellis Ilickes to be
First Lieutenant, vice Singer, deceased, Oct. 4 ; Second.
Captain Charles Stuart Henry to he Adjutant, vice Brand-

ling promoted ; Second Captain Francis William Hastings
to be Adjutant, Fob. 22; Second Captain Edward Eldon
Robert Dynelev to he Adjutant, vice Rogers, promoted,
2,larch 3 ; Second Captain George Colciovigii to be Adju-
tant, vice Field, who resigns the Adjutancy only; Second
Captain Hugh Bent to be Adjutant, vice Paget, who re-
signs the Adjutancy only, March 24.