The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-07 00:00:00

rtirti i'•74l:tition,

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY

ELECTION.

FOVRTEI DAY.

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THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

At the Court at Windsor, the 4th day of January, 1853,
present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. the Lord President of the Council for the
time being ; the Most Noble the Duke of Argyll, Lord
Keeper of the Privy Seal • the Most Hon. the Marquis of
Lansdowne ; the Right Hon.i the Earl of Aberdeen, First
Lord Commissioner of her Majesty's Treasury ; the Right
Hon. Jehn Russell (commonly called Lord John Russell),
and the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, two of
her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State • the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, her Majesty's Secretary-at-War ;
and the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor
and Under Treasurer of her Majesty's Exchequer, to be a
Committee of Council to superintend the application of
any sums voted by Parliament for the purpose of promot-
ing public education.
TREASURY CHAMBERS, W tiiTEHALL, JAN. 5.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
Passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon.
Cha'des John, Viscount Canning, to be Postmaster-Ge-
neral,

r/REASI7RY CHAMBERS, WHITEHALL, JAN. 5.
, The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
o'ir William Molesviorth, Bart., to be First Commissioner
of Works and Public Buildings.

TREASURY CHAMBERS, WHITEHALL, JAN. 5.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Edward John Lord Stanley of Alderley, to be her Ma-
jesty's Paymaster-General.
WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 6.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to
appoint the Right Hon. George Byng, Viscount Torring-
ton, to be a Lord in Waiting to His Royal Highness,
vice Lord Mandeville, resigned.

CROWN-OFFICE.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR.

LI .13f ENT.
JAN. 5.
City of Oxford—The Right Honourable Edward Card-
well, in the room of Sir Williara Page Wood, gut., Vice-
chancellor.
Borough of Southwark—Sir William Molesworth, of
Fencarrow, in the county of Corn wall, and of Eaton-
Place, Belg,rave-square, in the county of Middlesex, Bart.,
Chief Commissioner of Wc,rks.
Borough of Brighton—Alfred Hervey, Esq., commonly
Called Lord Alfred Hervey, one of the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Treasury.
Borough of MorpetTa.—The Right Honourable Sir
tieorge Gr, Bart., of. Falloden, Northumberland, in the
room of the ey
HonouraLle Edward George Granville Howard,
Who has accepted tb.e office of Steward of her Majesty's
Manor of Northstea.d.

Jan. 6.
District of Burghs of Leith, Portobello, and Mussel-
burg,h.—James Moncreiff, Esq., her Majesty's Advocate
for Scotland.
Borough of Wolverhampton.—Charles Pelham Villiers,
Esq., commonly called the Honourable Charles Pelham
Villiers, Judge Advocate General.
City of 'Lichfield.—Alfred Henry Paget, commonly
called Lord. Alfred Henry Paget, Chief Equerry and Clerk
Marshal to. her Majesty.

Jan. 7.
Borou'gh of Aylesbury.—Richard Bethell, Esq., her
3.fajesty 's Solicitor-General.
City of Gloucester.—The Honourable Maurice Frederick
FitzkArdinge Berkeley, Rear-Admiral in her Majesty's
-N,,,avsi, one of the Lords Commissioners for executing the
°lne'a of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 6.
*The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Y.ight 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 Gutirds—Lientenant 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 Hancock°, 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-
hers Villiers, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Bristowe, who exchanges, Jan. 7.
3d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon David Stewart, from the
41st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Batt, removed to the 14th
Fcrat, 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
Captain, by purchase, vice Edwardes, who retires ; En-
sign Edward Newstead Falkner, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Dickson, Jan. 7.

36th foot—Lieutenant John Rotten to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Antoine Sloet 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.
4811 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 tintrobuS, from
the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Foster, promoted in the
130th Foot, 7, Jan.
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55th Fo-ot—Assistant-Suro.°eon Ethelbert Henry Blake,
M.D. from the Staff to be Surgeon, vice McGregor, who
resigns, Jan. 7.

Ciith-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 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 Mistowe, 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 ; Liere,enant Henry Rat-
rliffe Searle to be Captain, by purchase, vice 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 Army, Jan. 10, 1837; Brevet Major
Thomas Powys, of the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel
in the Army, Nov. /1, 1851.
MEMORANDIIII.—The Christian names of Captain Mee-
ham, of the Ist West India Regiment, are George "Waller,"
and not " Walter," as stated in the Gazette of the 24th ult.