The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-11 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, Nov. 7.

The Queen' has been pleased to appoint Sir William
Gibson Craig, Bart., to be one of the Board of Supervision
for Relief of the Poor in Scotland, in the room of William
Murray, Esq., deceased.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Charles Wil-
liam Fitzgerald, Esq. (commonly called Marquis of Kil-
dare ; Charles Graves, D.D. • Robert Andrews, L.L.D.
one of her Majesty's Counsel ; Henry George Hughes,,
Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel ; and Aichibalcl John
Stephens, Esq., Barrister-at-Law ; to be her Majesty's
Commissioners for inquiring into the endowments, funds,
and actual condition of all schools endowed for the pur-
poses of education in Ireland, and the nature and extent of
instruction given in such schools.

DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Swain-
son, William Henry Kenny, Frederick Whitaker, John
Salmon, Henry William Petro (commonly called the Hon.
Henry William Petra), Henry St. Hill, John Yeedon
Lloyd, Matthew Richmond, Henry Seymour, Ralph Rich-
ardson, Edmund Hook Wilson 13ellairs, John Anderson
Gilfillan, and Francis Dillon Bell, Esqrs., to be members
of the Legislative Council.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert
Mooney and Donald Benton, Esqrs., to be members of the
Executive Council of Prince Edward Island ; Swaminaden
Ederemanesingaw, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative
Council of Ceylon ; and Henry Lettsom Maclean, Esq., to
be a member of the Council of the Virgin Islands.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Thomas
Donaldson Selby, Esq., to be Chief Clerk of the Colonial
Treasury at Hong Kotler ; and Michael Louisson Levey,
Esq., to be Collector of Customs and Superintendent of
the Pilotage of her Majesty's Settlements in the River
Gambia.

PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL-CHAMBER,
SOMERSET-HOUSE, Nov. 8.

The names of those who have been this day nominated
by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
to serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall
William Henry Pole Carew, of East Antony, Esq.
Sir William Berkeley Call, of Whiteford, Bart.
Thomas Graham Graham, of Penquite, Esq.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, NOV. 8.

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, in-
closing the copy of a Royal Order of the Portuguese Go-
vernment, prohibiting the importation of foreign goods
labelled as of Portuguese manufacture.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 9.

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 French Imperial decree from her Majesty's Ambassa-
dor at Paris, which prohibits, until the 31st July, the ex-
portation of wheat and barley from Algeria to foreign
countries.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 9.
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 Marseilles,
reporting that the Board of Health in that city have de-
cided, in consequence of the cessation of cholera since the
31st ultimo, to issue clean bills of health.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 9.
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 Chargé d'Affaires at
Naples, reporting the extension from December, 1834, to
June, 1855, of the permission to import into that king-
dom, free of duty, wheat, barley, oats, Indian corn, pulse,
and flour.
By another decree the exportation of tallow, raw, ma-
nufactured, or in barrel, is permitted on payment of a
duty of 3 ducats per canter.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 10.

Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards Sergeant-Major
James Hayes to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Fletcher,
deceased, Nov. 10.
3rd Light Dragoons—Lieutenant the Honourable Al-
gernon Thomas Moreton, from half-pay of the 15th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Macqueen, who ex-
changes, Nov. 10.
4th Light Dragoons—Cornet Fiennes Wykeham Mar-
tin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hartman' promoted
by purchase, to an Unattached Company, Nov. 10.
6th Light Dragoons—Quartermaster Thomas Anderson,
from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without pur-
chase, and Riding Master, Nov. 10.
12th Light Dragoons--Assistant-Snrgeon Edward Bailey
Tuson, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice
Foaker, deceased, Nov. 10.
17th Light Dragoons—Regimental Serjeant-Major Chas.
James Ffennell to be Quartermaster, vices Yates, ap-
pointed to the 11th Light Dragoons, Nov. 10.
11th Regiment of Foot —Robert William Kinahan,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carr, who retires,
Nov. 10.
12th Foot—Lieutenant John Reynolds Palmer to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Crofton, deceased ; Ensign
Julius Henry Stirke to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Palmer, Aug. 26.

ISith Foot—Lieutenant Henry James Stephenson to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bruce, who re-
tires ; Ensign Richard Pretyman Bishopp to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Stephenson; John Shadwell Theobald,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bishopp, Nov. 10.
19th Foot—Ensign John Henry Kirke to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice H. L. W. Clarke, who retires; Thomas
Bewley Monsell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Kirke, Nov. 10.

22d 'Foot—Captain William Thomas Smith, from the
75th Foot, to be Captain, vice Blackall, who exchanges,
Sept. 13. _ _

6th Foot—Ensign James Armstrong to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Chute, promoted ; Henry Augustus
Barton, Gent., tObeEnsign, by purchase, vice Armstrong,
Nov. 10.
45th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Robert Grantham to

be Captain, by purchase, vice Smyth, whose promotion by
purchase, on the 13th October, has been cancelled, Nov. 10.

49th Foot—Ensign Charles 'FitzGerald to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Bellairs, promoted ; Henry James Davies,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, Nov.
10 ; Lieutenant Arthur Savory Armstrong to be Adjutant,
vice Bellairs, promoted, Oct. 8.
69th Foot—Major Edward Hickey, from the 75th Foot,
to be Major, vice Bourchier, who ,exchanges ' • Quarter.
master Robert Smyth to be Paymaster, vice Dalgety, ap-
pointed to a Depot Battalion, Nov. 10.
70th Foot—Ensign John 'William Madden to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Lyle, deceased, Sept. 8 ;
Quartermaster Michael Thompson to be Paymaster, vice
Mockler, deceased, Nov. 10.

74th Foot—Ensign Norman Scalpa M'Crumwen to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Swailield deceased,
Sept. 8; Ensign Robert Frederick Martin to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice M'Crummen, whose promotion, by pur-
chase, on the 29th Sept., 1854, has been cancelled ; En-
sign Arthur Angelo, from the 6th Foot, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Martin, Nov. 10.
75th Foot—Major Legendre Charles Bourchier, from the
69th Foot, to be Major, vice Hickey, who exchanges, Nov.
10 ; Captain Robert Blackall, from the 22d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Smith, who exchanges, Sept. 13.
81st Foot—Ensign Thomas Mattison Wood to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Lecky, who retires; Daniel Weir,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wood, Nov. 10.
36th Foot—Ensign Richard Charles Brown to bo Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Beatty, deceased, Aug. 18.
91st Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Benjamin Battiscombe to
be Captain, by purchase, vice M'Clintock, who retires ;
Ensign Henry Wm. Gregg to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Battiscombe ; James Blagg, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Gregg, Nov. 10.
93d Foot—Lieutonant Frederick William Burroughs to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Shelton, who retires ; En-
sign Franklin Knight Kirby to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Burroughs; Frederick Arthur Charles Night-
ingale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kirby,
Nov. 10.

Rifle Brigade Lieutenant the Honourable James
Stuart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieute-
nant-Col. Humbley, who retires ; Second Lieut. Leonard
Neill Malcolm to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Yunge,
who retires ; Second Lieutenant Frederick Courtenay
Morgan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ♦ice Stuart,
Nov. 10.

Ist West India Regiment—Lient. Win. John Chain-
berlayne to be Captain, without purchase, vice English,
deceased; Ensign Edward Staines to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Chamberlayne, Aug. 31; Assistant
Staff-Surgeon William Arthur Thomson, M.B. to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Peacocke, appointed to the Staff,
Nov. 10.

2d West India Regiment—Ensign William James Sur-
man to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Elliot,
deceased, Aug. 4.
3d West India Regiment—Serjeant-Major Wm. Cody
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mil, promoted,
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