The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-21 00:00:00

ING-BOOMS, AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE.

The ladies, who purpose to attend her Majesty's Draw-
ing-rooms, Atm requested to bring with them two large
cards, with their names clearly written thereon, one to be
left with the Queen's Page in Attendance in the Ante-
room, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamber-
lain, who will announce the name to her Majesty.
Those ladies who aro to be presented are hereby in-
formed, that it is absolutely necessary that their names,
with the names of the ladies who are to present them,
should be delivered at the Lord Chamberlain's office on
Tuesday, the 31st of May, for the first drawing-room ; on
Saturday, the 11th of June, for the second drawing-room ;
and on Tuesday, the 21st of June, for the third drawing-
room, on each day before twelve o'clock, in order that
they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation, it
being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall
take place unless the name of the lady presenting, together
with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the
card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which names
shall correspond with these previously sent into the Lord
Chamberlain's office.

It is particularly requested that in every case the names
be very distinctly written upon the, cards to be delivered
to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no
difficulty in announcing them.
The state apartments will not be open for the reception
of company coming to Court until half-past one o'clock.
• FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 17.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert
Hardy, as Consul at Barbadoes, for the Republic of Peru.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. W.
J. M. Lange as Consul, at Newcastle, and the ports of the
River Tyne, for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 18.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed --Dudley Coutts Majori-
banks, of Upper Grosvenor-street, in the county of Mid-
dlesex, Esq. • and John Forster, of St. James's-street, in
the city of Westminster, Esq., in the room of John Staple-
ton and Matthew Forster, Esqrs., whose election has been
adjudged void. •

bor-ough of Maidstone—William Lee, Esq., in the room
of George Dodd, Esq., whose election has been adjudged
void. _ •

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 20.

17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Philip Mus-
grave to be Lieutenant, by purchase, viee Tollemache, who
retires ; Cornet Augustus Stafford Jerningham, from the
7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Musgrave, pro-
moted, May 20,

sth -Regiment of Foot—Captain John Macdonald, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain (repaying the differ-
ence), vice Massy, who exchanges ; First-Lieutenant Ar-
thur Watson Palmer to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Macdonald, who retires; Second Lieutenant William
Leach to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Palmer,
May 20.
38th Fort—Lieutenant Charles Frederick Torrens Da-
niell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Holden, who
retires ; Ensign ompton Alwyne Scrase Dickins to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daniell ; Ensign Thomas
Brodie Wardlaw, from the 59th Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Dickins, May 20.
42d Foot—Brevet Major Thomas Tulloch to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel
Frazer, who retires upon full pay; Lieutenant John Walter
Wedderburn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Tulloch;
Ensign William Crofton Ward to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Wedderburn ; Ensign John Gordon Camp-
bell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Menzies, who re-
tires ; Ensign Sir Peter A. Halkett, Bart., from the 81st
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Campbell ; Ensign Montague
Ainslie, from the Ist Foot, to be Ensign,. vice Fletcher,
who retires, May 20.
59th Foot—Christopher Joseph Henry Tolcher, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wardlaw, appointed to
the 38th Foot, May 20 ; Jas. Francis Hickie, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Rogers, appointed to the 81st
Foot, May 21.

81st Foot—Ensign John Thoritton Rogers, from the
59th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sir P. A. Halkett, appointed
to the 42d Foot, May 20.
94th Foot—Captain Wm. John Dorehill, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice Geo. Dorehill, who ex-
changes, May 20.

95th Foot—Wm. Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, May 20.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles Beevor
Daveney, has been. permitted to retire from the Service by
the sale of his Commission, May 20.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Charles Augustus Shiell, Gent., to
be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Fyffe, appointed
to the 30th Foot, May 20.
BREVET.—Captain John Macdonald, of the sth Foot, to
be Major in the Army, Jan. 10 ; Brevet-Major John Mac-
donald, of the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army, Nov. 11.

MEMORANDA.—The removal of Ensign Frederick Henry
Hope, from the Ist Foot to the 42d Foot, on the 6th May,
has been cancelled.

The second Christian name of Ensign Backhouse, of the
70th Foot, is Deering, and not Derinzy, as stated in the
Gazette of 13th May, 1853.
The Surname of the Ensign appointed to the 95th Foot,
on the 13th instant, is Bazalgette, and not Bagalgette.
The Surname of the Ensign appointed to the Canadian
Rifle Regiment, on 13th instant, is Wolley, and not
Woolley.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 20.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Robert
Parker Radcliffe to be Captain, vice Saville, retired on
half-pay ; First Lieutenant John Everett Thring to be
Second Captain, vice Radcliffe ; Second Lieutenant James
Lyons to be first Lieutenant, vice Thring, May 20.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Lieutenants, with
temporary rank, to be Second Lieutenants, with perma-
nent .rank, viz. :—Charles William Townsend, Dec. 17;
Oliver Haldam Stokes, June 23.