The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, AUG. 12.

The Qneen has been pleased to present the Reverend
E Harst(m, M.A., to the Vicarage of Sherborne, in
the county of Dorset, and diocese of Salisbury, void by the
death of the Reverend John Parsons.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Benjamin
Hall, Bart., to be President of the General Board of
Health.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 14.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto William Ogle Carr, Esquire, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylon.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AuG. 12.
The Right Honourable 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 Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Florence, re-
porting that the duty on the exportation of oak timber
from the Roman States was to be doubled from the Ist
instant.

WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 15.
3d Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Nathaniel Thorn,
C. 8., from the 20th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Si;
Henry King, C.B. and K.C., deceased, July 25.
20th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Henry Thomas,
C. 8., from the 94th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-Gen.
Nathaniel Thorn, C. 8., removed to the 4d Foot, July 25.
91th Regiment of Foot— Lieut.-General the Hon. Henry
Edward Butler to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Henry
Thomas, C. 8., removed to the 20th Foot, July 25.
sth Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon George Mc-
Culloch, M.D., from the 2nd Life Guards, to be Surgeon,
vice Pitcairn, promoted on the Staff, Aug. 15.
6th Dragoon—Surgeon James Monet, from the 9th Foot,
to be Surgeon, vice 11'G-rigor, promoted on the Staff,
Aug. 15.
Bth Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Anthony Dick-
son Home, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Somers, promoted on the Staff, Aug. 15.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant
and Captain John Francis Cust to be Adjutant, vice Elli-
son, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Aug. 15.
6th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Robert Hudson,
M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ivey, promoted in the
31st Faot, Aug. 15.
9th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Edward
Le Blanc to be Surgeon, vice Mouat, appointed to the 6th
Dragoons, August 15.
31st. Foot Assistant-Surgeon William Frederick Par-
cato Ivey, from the 6th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Mar-
shall, promoted on the Staff, August 15.
54th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Youell, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,' vice Baxter, promoted' on
the Staff, August 15.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff-Surgeon of the First Class
CharleaHumfrey to be Deputy-Inspector-General
of Floapitsatlasif, August 15.
To be
from
the
of the First Class—Surgeon John
Marshall
Pitcairn, f e 31st Foot ; Surgeon George Kincaid
me_ from the sth Dragoon Guards ; Surgeon
Alexamler
ullgor, M.D., from the 6th Dragoons,
Aug. 15.
To he Staff Sur
Surgeon James geons of the Second Class—Assistant-
Dragoons, vice LeTlQbar Moline, from the 15th Light
sista.nt-Staff Surgeon A'enapPointed to the 9th Foot ; As-
Huish, M.D. ; Assistant-
Surgeon Francis Hastings :133:.nx.ter, M.D, from the 54th
Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon
Bth Light Dragoons„kez. tits. my Somers, M.D., from the
To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—Assistant-Sur-
geon William Browne, from theebOattihe.Foot, vice Hudson,
Davenport,
appointed to the 6th Foot •
amen
I)Dragoons ;
Gent., vice Home, appointed to the Bthjl3,
William Bradshaw, Joseph F 1 her
Gent. ; Albert Hawkins, Gent. ,Thomas r L"gbeed,
Gent., Aug- 15. amesßiddle,
To be Purveyor to the Forces—Medical Clerk Selkirk
Stuart, Aug. 15.

BREVET.
Brevet-Colonel Gustavus Charles Du Plat, of the Royal
Engineers, about to be employed on a special service
be Brigadier-General while so employed, Aug.l2. '- T 0
Lieutenant-Colonel William Fenwick Williams, C.B. of
the Royal Artillery, to be Colonel, with local rank in rui-
key, while employed on special service in that country,
Aug. 7.

ALG. li, I__4. ' instant, has
ADMIRALTY,
death, on the bt instant,
The following promotion,
on the .
dated the 7th.
h
of
taken place consequentßear-Admiral Charles Hope :—Captain Henry Eden to be
Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
And the following Captains, on the Retired List, have
been promoted to be Retired Rear Admirals on the terms
_ ember, 1546,
proposed in the Landon Gazette of the Ist Se pt
without increase of pay :—Captain Robert Fatten ; Capt.
Robert Aitchison.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Northumberland Artillery Militia—William Macbay,
Eeq., to be Adjutant, July 15.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia -
William Frederick Northey, Esq.. to be Captain, vice
Auchmuty, resigned, July 28 ; William Robertson, Esq.,
late Captain Royal London 31ilitia to be Captain, vice
Robbins, resigned, August 1p; Evan Duncan M`Gregor,
Gent:, to be Ensign, vice Mackay, resigned, August 9.
11 or Royal Westminster Light liafantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Major John James Glossop to bo Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Cannon, resigned, Aug. 10.
ENDP9hire Regiment of Xiliti4 7a1316.ba Archibald

William Dickson, late 17th Re went,; to be Captain,
August 4.
Royal Wiltshire Militia—Henry Leslie Hunt, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, Aug. 4 ; Thomas Reader Clark-on, Gent.,
to be Ensign, July 31; Edward Paton, Gent., to be En-
sign, Aug. 1.
Cambridgeshire Militia—Henry Frederick Wimper,
Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Hush Robson Evans, Gent., to
be Ensign, Aug. 10.