The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-08 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 6.

The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint Samuel Hobson,
Esq., late Captain of her Majesty's 10th Regiment of
Foot, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen
at Arms, vice Roach, retired.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 7.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William.
Peareth to be Captain, by purchase, vice Carew, who re-
tires ; Cornet Jeremiah Hancocke to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Peareth ; Ensign Arthur James Phillips
Wadman, from the 39th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Hancocke, Jan. 7.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George Charles Selwyn
Durant to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fox, who retires,
Jan. 7.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Henry Phillippe Vil-
liers Villiers, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Bristow°' who exchanges, Jan. 7.
3d Foot--Assistant-Surgeon David Stewart, from the
41st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Batt, removed to the 14th
Foot, Jan. 7.
14th Foot—Surgeon Edgar Dumaresq Batt, from the
3d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice William Wallace, M.D., who
retires upon half-pay, Jan. 7.
30th Foot—Lieutenant Graham Le Fevre Dickson to be
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36th Foot—Lieutenant John Rotten to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Antoine Sleet Butler, who retires, Jan. 7.
41st Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Lamont,
M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Stewart, promoted in
the 3d Foot, Jan. 7.
48th Foot—Captain George Mowbray Lys to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ward,
deceased ; Lieutenant James Mancor to be Captain with-
out purchase, vice Lys ; Ensign John Bedingfield to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mancor, Dec. 27.
50th Foot—Ensign Edward Crawfurd Antrobus, from
the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Foster, promoted in the
80th Foot, Jan. 7,
55th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Ethelbert Henry Blake,
M.D. from the Staff to be Surgeon, vice McGregor, who
resigns, Jan. 7.
60th Foot—Captain Thomas Powys, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain (repaying the difference), vice
Douglas Jone', who exchanges • First Lieutenant James
Fraser to be Captain, by purchase, vice Powys, who re-
tires ; Second Lieutenant Henry James Robertson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fraser, Jan. 7.
80th Foot—Captain Lambert Lyons Montgomery to be
Major, without purchase, vice Sayers, deceased ; Lieutenant
Astell Thomas Welsh to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Montgomery, Oct. 17 ; Ensign Edwin Fletcher Foster, from
the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Welsh, Jan. 7.
81st Foot—Lieutenant Stephenson Simon Bristowe, from
the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Villiers Villiers, who
exchanges, Jan. 7.
Ist West India Regiment—Captain Gordon Skelly Tidy,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice George
Waller Meeham, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Henry Rat-
cliffe Searle to he Captain, by purchase, vise Tidy, who
retires, Jan. 7.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant William
Henry Dodgin Kingsmill to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Brevet Major William Atkin, who retires upon full-
pay ; Ensign Walter James Brittain to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Kingsmill, Jan. 7.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas
Knox Birnie to be Assistant-Surgeon in the Forces, vice
Blake, promoted in the 55th Foot, Jan 7.
BREVET.—Captain Thomas Powys, of the 60th Foot, to
be Major in the Array, Jan. 10, 1837; Brevet Major
Thomas Powys, of the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel
in the Army, Nov. n, 1851.
MEMORANDIT3I.—The Christian names of Captain Mee-
ham, of the let West India Regiment, are George "Waller,"
and not " Walter," as stated in the Gazette of the 24th ult.