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London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT,

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 10.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a
Drawing-Room, at St. James's-Palace, on Thursday the
30th iust., at two o'clock.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 27.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conges d'elire to
the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Salisbury
empowering them to elect a Bishop of that see, the same
being void by the death of Doctor Edward Denison, late
Bishop thereof; and her Majesty has also been pleased to
recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Reverend
Walter Kerr Hamilton, M.A., to be by them elected
Bishop of the said see.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 27.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend
George Henry Sacheverell Johnson, M.A., the Deanery of
the cathedral church of Wells, void by the death of Doc-
tor Richard Jenkyns.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Mayer
Grant, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Island of Saint
Vincent.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 25.
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 Consul at Carthagena, re-
porting that the Government of New Granada have thrown
open the coasting trade of that country to Foreign vessels.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 25.
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 Consul at Carthagena,
reporting the imposition of the following tonnage dues
upon foreign vessels, viz. :
On every vessel not exceeding 100 tons, 4 reals for every
Granadian ton.
On every vessel over 100 tons, 4 reals on each of the first
hundred tons, and 2 reals on each ton exceeding that
amount.
This duty will only be levied on foreign vessels at the
first port in New Granada, at which they may touch.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 27-
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 Consul at Lisbon, reporting
that the Board of Health at that place has declared all the
ports of England to be free from infection.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 28.
2d Regiment of Life Guards-Lieutenant Edward Ffol-
liott Wingfield to be Captain, by purchase, vice Totten-
ham, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon.
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Wingfield ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the
Hon. Thomas Hatton George Ferwor to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Awty, who retires, March 28.
Ist Dragoon-Captain Archibald Henry Plantagenet
Stuart Wortley, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be
Captain, vice Digby, appointed to the Grenadier Guards,
March 28.
3d Dragoon Guards- Charles John White, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Allen, promoted on the Staff,
March 28.
9th Light Dragoons-Major Charles John Foster, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Allen, who
exchanges, March 28.
16th Light Dragoons-Major William Warner Allen,
from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Foster,
who exchanges, March 28.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards-Captain
John Almerus Digby, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be
Lieutenant and Captain, vice Pole, appointed to the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, March 28.
Ist Foot-Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from the
55th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robertson, promoted on
the Staff, March 28.
7th Foot-Ensign Edwyn Stanhope Jervois, from the
10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Keightley,
who retires; John Phillipson Langham, Gent., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Sunter, promoted on the Staff,
March 28.
10th Foot-Home Purvis, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Jervois, promoted in the 7th Foot, March 28.
14th Foot-Brevet-Major John Watson to be Major,
without purchase, vice Tidy, who retires upon half-pay ;
Lieutenant David Thomas Armstrong to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Watson ; Ensign Gage Hall Dwyer to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Armstrong • Gentle-
man Cadet Edward William Saunders, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Dwyer, March 28.
15th Foot-Lieutenant William Smith, from half-pay
31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tilghman, appointed
Paymaster of the Regiment ; Ensign George Edward
Hunter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith, who
retires ; John Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Hunter, March 28.
17th Foot-Assistant-Surgeon Walter Simpson, M.D.,
from the 66th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Cruickshank, pro-
moted on the Stiff, March 28,
19th Foot-William Marshall Webb, Gent., to be As-
sitant-Surgeon, vice Longmore, promoted, March 28.
23d Foot -Assistant-Surgeon William Godfrey Watt to
be Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted on the Staff; William
Cattell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Watt, March 28.
35th Foot-Lieutenant Charles Miller Layton to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Berkeley, who retires ; Ensign
Ranulph Charles Lee to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice
Layton ; Albert John Revell, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Lee, March 28.
41st Foot-Lieutenant Edwin Richards to be Captain,
by purchase, vice the Honourable Richard Flandcock, who
retires; Ensign Edward Every to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Richards, March 28.
42d Foot-Wm. Alex. Davidson, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Muir, promoted in the 33d Foot, March 28.
55th Foot-John James Norris, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Croker, promoted in the Ist Foot. March 28.
63d Foot-Staff Surgeon of the St,cond Crane Robert
Lewins, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Nfacdonell, promoted
on the Staff; Wm. Wilson Mills, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Lewins, promoted on the Staff, March 28.
65th Foot-Lieut. Chas. John Ewen to be Captain, by
pus chast, vice Anderson, who retires; Ensign Frederick
Wemyss to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ewen; Walter
Hi ;gin, Gent., to, be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wemyss,
March 28.
71st Foot-Assistant-Surgeon William Barrett, M. 8.,
from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Carr, promoted on the
Staff, March 28.
77th Foot-Assistant-Surgeon Christopher Macartney,
M. 8., to he Surgeon, vice Prendergast, promoted on the
Staff; Ormsby Bowen Miller, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Macartney, March 28.
81st Foot-Major John Hamilton Stewart to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Farrant, deceased;
Captain Henry Edward Soren to be Major, without pur-
chase, vice Stewart ; Lieutenant William Benjamin
Browne to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sorell ;
Ensign Charles James Hughes to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Browne, Jan. 25.
86th Foot-Lieutenant John Jerome to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Croker, who retires ; Ensign Robert John
Wallace to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jerome ;
Francis Drewe Edwards, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Wallace, March 28.
91st Foot-Assistant-Surgeon Miah Wm. Murphy, from
the 80th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Jameson, promoted on
the Staff, March 28.
97th Foot-Edward Malcolm Sinclair, M.D., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Cay, appointed to the Coldstream
Guards, March 28.
Rifle Brigade-Assistant-Surgeon David Reid M`Kin-
non, from the 78th Foot, to Surgeon, vice Anderson, pro-
moted on the Staff, March 28.
Cape Mounted Riflemen-Lieutenant and Capt. Charles
Van Notten Pole, from the Grenadier Regiment of Foot
Guards, to be Captain, vice Stuart-Wortley, appointed to
the Ist Dragoon Guards, March 28.
STAFF.-Brigadier-General William Lennox Lascelles
Fitz Gerald, Lord de Ros, Unattached, to bo Deputy Quar-
termaster-General to the Forces, proceeding on a particular
service ; Brigadier-General James Bucknall Bucknall Eat-
court, Unattached, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the
Forces, proceeding on a particular service, Feb. 21; Major
Thomas Holmes Tidy, from the 14th Foot, to be Deputy
Adjutant-General, at Jamaica, with the rank of Lieut.-
Colonel in the Army, vice Farquharson, who resigns,
March 28.
UNATTACHED.-Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Far-
quharson, Major on half-pay 65th Foot, late Deputy Ad-
jutant-General at Jamaica, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, March 28.
HOSPITAL STAFF.-Deputy Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals John Hall, M.D., to be Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals, March 28.
To be Deputy Inspector-Generals of Hospitals-Staff-
Surgeon of the First Class William Henry Burrell, M.D.;
Staff-Surgeon of the First Class David Dumbreck, M.D. ;
Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Thomas Atkinson, M.D. ;
Staff-Surgeon of the First Class John Forest, M.D. ; Staff-
Surgeon of the First Class William Linton, M.D., vice
Hall, promoted, March 28.
To be Staff-Surgeons of the First Class-Staff-surgeon of
the First Class Peter Robertson, M.D., from half-pay, vice
Burrell, promoted ; Surgeon Alexander Sheriffe Macdo-
noll, from the 63d Foot, vice Dumbreck, promoted ; Sur-
geon William Cruickshank, M.D., from the 17th Foot,
vice Atkinson, promoted ; Surgeon George Gordon Ro-
bertson, M.D., the Ist Foot, vice Forrest, promoted;
Surgeon Joseph Samuel Prendergast, M.D., from the 77th
Foot, vice Linton, promoted; Surgeon Thomas Ross
Jameson, from the 91st Foot ; Surgeon Robert Smith,
from the 23(1 Foot ; Staff-Surgeon of the second class
Richard James O'Flaherty ; Staff-Surgeon of the second
class John Thomas Telfer ' • Surgeon George Carr, from the
71st Foot ; Surgeon Arthur Anderson, M.D., from the
Rifle Brigade ; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class John
Charles Graham Tice, M.D., March 28.
To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second Class-Assistant.
Surgeons Alexander Forteath, M.D., from the 2d Dragoon
Guards, vice Telfer, promoted; George Cunningham Meikle-
ham, from the 51st Foot, vice O'Flaherty, promoted ; Ro-
bert Marshall Allen, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, vice
Lewin, appointed to the 63d Foot; George William Powell,
from the 34th Foot, vice Tice, promoted ; Thomas Moore
Sunter, M. 8., from the 7th Foot; Vere Webb, from the
10th Foot ; Charles Frederick Stephenson, from the 81st
Foot ; Samuel Smith, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment ;
David Anderson, M.D., from the 9th Foot ; Peter Mackey,
M.D., from the 12th Foot; Hampden Hugh Massy, M.D.,
from the 4th Light Dragoons; Mark Stanley Todd, from
the 86th Foot.

To be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces—Assistant-Sur-
geon Thomas O'Kearney Gordon, from the 76th Foot,
vice Barret, promoted in the 71st Foot, March 28.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Brevet-Major
Sterling, Unattached, are Anthony Coningham, and not
Anthony Cunningham, as previously stated.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Nottingham—Edward Thomas Coke, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant.
Royal Bucks or King's Own Regiment of Militia—
Maurice Emmett, Esq., late Captain 48th Regiment, to be
Captain, March 7 ; George Tyrwhitt Drake, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, March 17.
Light Infantry Battalion of the. Royal Sussex Militia—
Lieutenant Sir Percy Florence Shelley, Bart., to be Cap-
tain, vice Gage, promoted, March 23.
Derbyshire Militia-Ist Regiment —To be Captains
William
Milnes, Esq., vice Hunter; George Newdigate,
Esq., vice Bateman ; John Wright, Esq., vice Cox.
To be Lieutenants--John Jessop, Get., vice Emery ;
John Radford, Gent., vice Lambert; John Woolnough,
Gent., vice Wrag,r;.
Royal Flintshire Militia—Second Lieutenant Arthur
Willoughby Crewe Read to be First Lieutenant.
Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Arthur Chap-
man, Esq., to be Lieutenant.
3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Samuel Leo.
Schuster, Esq.; Andrew Green, Esq. ; William Bent,
Esq., to be Lieutenants.
Regiment of Royal London Militia—Lieutenant-Colonel
Samuel Wimple, to be Colonel, vice William Thompson,
deceased ; Lieutenant Christian William M`Niell, to be
Captain, vice George Platt, retired, March 24; Lieutenant
Wawa Robertson, t 9 be Captain, viN *4 awes Lau'