The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-25 00:00:00

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 22.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Liddell,
Esq., to be Colonial Surveyor for the Colony of Sierra
Leone.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Rev.
William Baxter, Master of Arts, to be Colonial Chaplain
for the Colony of Hong Kong.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Rev.
Charles Stephen Hassells, Master of Arts, to be Colonial
Chaplain for her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the
Gold Coast.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Peter
G. Fraser, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Coun-
cil of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 22.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to
appoint Captain Charles Taylor Du Plat, of the Royal
Artillery, to be Equerry to his Royal Highness, vice
Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gordon,
resigned.
Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gordon
to be Extra Equerry.
WESTMINSTER, FEB. 17.
This day, the Lords being met, a message was sent to
the Honourable House of Commons by the Gentleman
Usher of the Black Rod, acquaintinT, them that the Lords,
authorised by virtue of a Commission under the Great
Seal, signed by her Majesty, for declaring her royal assent
to an Act agreed upon by both houses, do desire the imme-
diate attendance of the Honourable House in the House of
Peers to hear the Commission read; and the Commons
being come thither, the said Commission, empowering the
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and several other Lords
therein named, to declare and notify the Royal Assent to
the said act, was read accordingly, and the Royal Assent
given to
An act to explain and amend an act of the last session
relating to the duties of assessed taxes, and to authorise
justices of the peace in Ireland to administer oaths re-
quired in matters relating to income tax.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 24.
2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Harris St.
John Dick, to be Lieutenant, by purchase., vice Sullivan,
who retires, Feb. 24.
Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George Chetwode to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Cust, who retires ; Cornet
Edward Phillips to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Chetwode ; William David, Viscount Stormont, to be' Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Phillips, Feb. 24.
let or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Wood
to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Astell, who
retires; Lieutenant and Captain Edward William Paken-
ham to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,
vice Wood • Ensign and Lieutenant Cameron Neville
Rogge to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice
Pakenham ; Henry Charles Eden Malet, Gent., to to be
Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hogge ; Henry
Lawrence, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb. 24.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.—Assistant-Sur-
geon Charles Vidler Cay, from the 97th Foot, to be Assis-
tant-Surgeon, Feb. 24.
3d Foot—Captain John Alexander Hunter, from the
11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Neville, who exchanges,
Feb. 24.
4th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Frederic Moore Smith,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb. 24.
7th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edward Watson to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires ; Lieu-
tenant William Henry Dominic Fitzgerald to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Carter, who retires; Lieutenant George
Henry Nevill, from the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Leeson, who exchanges ; Ensign Joshua Harry Cooper,
from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Watson, Feb. 24.
11th Foot—Captain Robert Neville, from the 3d Foot, to
los Captain, vice Hunter, who exchanges ; Edward Birch,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cooper, promoted
in the 7th Foot, Feb. 24.
12th Foot.—Lieutenant Augustus Johnnes Leeson, from
the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nevill, who ex-
changes, Feb. 24.
17th Foot.—Lieutenant Philip McPherson to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Bre-vet-Major Begot, who retires ; En-
sign Swinnerton Halliday Dyer to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice McPherson ; William Herbert John Disbrowe,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dyer, Feb. 24.
28th Foot.--Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Brice,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon; Chamney Graves
Irwin, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Marlow, pro-
moted on the Staff, Feb. 24.
30th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Paget Bayly to be
Captain, without purehaso, vice Oliver, deceased ; Ensign
Mark Walker to be Lieutenant, without purchase (and
Adjutant), vice Bayly, Feb. 3; Ensign John Pennock
Campbell, from the 97th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Walker,
Feb. 24.

33d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Mare Muir, M.D.,
from the 42d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Johnston, ap-
pointed to the Staff; St. John Stanley, Gent., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, Feb. 24.
40th Foot--Ensign and Adjutant George Augustus Bent-
ley Buckle, to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Adol-
phus Haggerston Stephens, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Lea, who retires, Feb. 24.
41st Foot—Captain' Augustus Person, from the 42d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Balguy, who exchanges, Feb. 24.
42d Foot—Captain Charles Yelverton Balguy, from the
41st Foot, to be Captain, vice Paterson, who exchanges,
Feb. 24.
50th Foot—Philip Giffard Martel, Gent., to be Assis-
tant-Surgeon, Feb. 24.
59th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Robert
M‘Wharrie, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Braybrooke, ap-
pointed to the Staff, Feb. 24.
77th Foot—Robert Graves Burton, Gent., to be Assis-
tant-Surgeon, Feb. 24.
90th Foot—Lieutenant Garnet Joseph Wolseley, from
the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Butler, appointed to
the Paymastercy of the 67th Foot; Ensign James Herne
Wade to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ward, who re-
tires ; Nicol Grahame, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Ward, Feb. 24.
93d Foot—Robert Menzies, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur-
geon, Feb. 24.
97th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Fenton John Aylmer,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Campbell, appointed to the 30th Foot,
Feb. 24.
Gold Coast Corps—Ensign Aylmer Strangford Craig to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Deane, whose pro-
motion, without purchase, on 3d Eebruary, has been can-
celled ; Colour-Sergeant Robert Carr, from the 87th Foot,
Fbe24. Ensign, without purchase, vice Deane, deceased,
b.
HOSPITAL STAFF,--Surgeon William Braybrooke, from
the 59th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second'Class,
vice M'Wharrie, appointed to the 59th Foot ; Surgeon
James Townsend Oswald Johnson, M.D., from the 33d
Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class; Assistant-
Surgeon Edward Howard, from the 20th Foot, to be Staff-
Surgeon of the Second Class ; Assistant-Surgeon Benjamin
William Marlow, from the 28th Foot, to be Staff-
Surgeon of the Second Class ; Assistant-Surgeon O'Connor
D'Arcev, M.D., from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be As-
sistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Ross, appointed to the
30th Foot, Feb. 24.
To be Purveyors to the Forces.—Purveyor's Clerk Henry
Hamilton Acheson ; Purveyor's Clerk Lucas Ward,
Feb. 24.

ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Deputy Inspector-General Verling, M.D., to be Inspect
tor-General of Ordnance of Hospitals, Feb. 22.

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OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 24.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.--Second Captain John
Richard Anderson to be Captain, vice Cheatham, retired
upon fa-pay; First-Lieutenant Edmund John Cartbew
to be Second Captain, vice Anderson ; Second Lieutenant
William Alexander Patrick Wylie to be First Lieutenant,
vice Carthew, Feb. 24.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 18.
Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieutenant and Quarter-
master John Charles Downie Morrison, to be Adjutant,
vice Forrest, promoted ; First Lieutenant William Edward.
Farmar, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, vice Morri-
son, appointed Adjutant.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment.—John Stratton,
Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 6.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia.—Walter Thursby Pel-
ham, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 20.
sth Regiment of Royal _Lancashire Militia.—To be Cap-
tains—Thomas Strickland, Esq., Feb. 15; Lieut. Daniel
Grant Brereton, Feb. 16 ; Lieut. Philip Gilbert Hamer-
ton, vice Ralph Holden, resigned, Feb. 17. To be Lieu-
tenants—Charles Searle, Gent., Feb. 15; Edward Dwyer,
Gent., Feb. 16 ; Ensign Richard Lomax, Feb. 17 ; Arthur
Holden, Gent., Feb. 18 ; Abraham Alfred Tweedale,
Gent., Feb. 20.