The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

Colonels S Stanhope and Angerstein, Lieut.-Colonels G.
Hamilton and Hon. J. Lindsay, on their promotion, and
Li. utenant W. Modraut, on his appointment, by Colonel
Home
Lieutenant. Color el Spencer, on being appointed a C. 8., mid
return from the Sutlej, and Majors Longworth and Gorvock.
on their return from the Sutlej. by General Sir C. Halkett.
Ensigns J. Fuller and G Watson, by Colonel Sir F. Smith
Captain Tyler, on promotion, by Major-General Sir Job°
Burgoyne
Captain George Balfour, late Consul at Shanghae, on return
from China, by Viscount Palmerston
Captain St. George, on promotion, by the Earl of Gosford
Captain Warre, A.D.C.. on promotion, and returning from
North America, by Major-General Sir William Warre
Captain Patrick Ogilvie, by Major-General Sir De Lacy
Evans, K. C. B.
Captain Gascoigne, by Colonel Owen, C.B. and K.H.
Captain Kirkland, on his appointment to be Military Secretary
to the Commander of the Forces in North America, by
Lieut.-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, G. C. B.
Cantain Macpherson, by Lieutenant Colonel Lord William
Pattie
Captain Troubridge, by Sir Augustus Clifford
Captain Pierrepont Mundy, on his return from the Welt
Indies, by his father General Mundy
Captain J B. Mann, on returning from the Cape of 13°'4
Hope, and receiving the appointment of Brigadier Major in
South Wales, by Lieutenant General Sir Robert Arbuthnot.
Commander Rowley, on his promotion, by Sir Charles RovfleY
Contain the Hon. A. M. Jones, R.N., by Mr. W. Downing
Bruce
Major Bowdon Vassall, on promotion, by Lieutenant-General
Paul Anderson
Major George, on being appointed a Companion of the Bathe
by Lieutenant-General Sleigh, C.B.
Major Stevens, on promotion, by Colonel Owen, C. B. ,
Major Tomkyns• on promotion. by Major. General BradsbaW,
Major Carter. by the Earl of Fife
Commander Frederick Johnston, R. N., on his promotions b$
his father, the Right lien. Sir Alexander Johnston
Commander Arther Cumming, R.N., by his father, Genets.
Sir H. J. Cumming
Commander M'Ciintock Bunbury, R.N., M.P., by Vigoard
Reresford
Lieut. George Fowler, R.N., on appointment to her Majesty
yacht, William and Mary, by Commodore Sir Gordon
Bremer
Captain T. Locke Lewis, by Colonel Sir Frederick Smith. ICIL
Captain T. Renny, on his return from India, by illajorsGer4
M‘Leod
Lieut. Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper, on promotion. by Sit
Denis Le Marchant, Bart.; Al. P.
Lieut. Charles Rowley Platt, on his return from India, by
father, Mr. Samuel Platt
Ensign F. W. Peile, by Colonel Sir Frederick Smith. 101:4
Ensign G. S. Whitmore. on appointment to Cape MottP"
Riflemen, by Colonel Weare, A.D.C.
Lieutenants Suart, R. C. Germon, and J. H. Babingtont 61
Sir J. Hobhouse
General Sir G. Drummond, on his appointment ; Lieutenant:
Generals Wyndham, on promotion, Sir B. D'Urban sod .5,11
W. Cotton. on their appointments; Major Generals Culser"
Fox. and Ewart, on their promotions, G. D. Pitt, on Pr el
motion and appointment. and Fenton, on promotion e°
return from India; and Colonel Munins, on promotion, TO
the Commander in Chief
Ensigns G. Chapmant, B. Hutchinson, A. Johnstone, 1);
Horne, R. Sankey, A. Garnett, and R. Roberts, by ColoAel
Sir F. Smith.
Lieutenant-General Thacker:ay,' on' appointment and; reef(
tion; Major-Generals Robbins, Macdonald, J. Grant, 1;
Parker, on their promotion ; Colonels Lewis, Rudyard,
F. Smith, Lieutenant-Colonels Anderson, Hope, Freer, La
Gordon, and Matson, on their promotion and return frorab;
Bahamas; Captains C. Broke, on promotion; R. Tylden,
Ford, and E. Ford, J. Tylden (on his appointment); Cate
S. Fox, Lieutenants Franklin, on return from foreign fr..
vice) Gibbons and Gabbett (on their appointments), r,
o,
bes, and Childers (on his commission), Street, Dynely,l6lo,
and Woolsey (on their promotion), and H.Williarnsci
Wilkins, B. Wilkinson, C. Sedley, J. Liddell, G. Sorel]; A,
Lambert, G. Belson, C. Barry, R. Warren, Norie, end
APKensie, by the Marquis of Anglesea
Major-General Jones, on promotion, Admiral C. Oglef_,
promotion, Rear-Admirals Powis and Austen, on ptn,
tion ; Sir T. Ussher; Captains A. Branch, Moubray' tr,
Fremantle, H. Stewart, on their appointments
Gltsse, on promotion, and return from foreign ‘er;
vice ; Honourable R. Gore, M. P. , on promo
Commanders—Jenner (on promotion ), H. Otter, A. Beets,r
(on their appointments), G. Morritt, A. Woodley, Buie'
and A. Key (on their promotions and return from F°ll,
Service), W. Hoare, and G. Harvey; Commodore Sir
Bremer, on return from foreign Service, and appointment
command at Woolwich ; Lieutenants—R. Moubray (00 ft,
,
torn from Foreign Service), Robert Moubray (on prom'
tion 1, and W. Heath, by the Earl of Auckland
Lieutenant Stephen Pott, Bengal Engineers, on return ft°
India, by Major-General M'Leod I
0/
Lieutenant Taylor, Royal Marines, en appointment, by Co
Parke, C.B.
Lieutenant Smith Barry, and Cornet J. A. Digbj, by Gen
Sir Henry Cumming, K. C H.
Ensign G. H. Goddard, on appointment to Royal Wilts
and Ensign William Hutton, by the Right Hon. Sit J•
Hobhouse
Major-General Howard Vyse, on his promotion, by Lieuleo°lll
General the Hon. Henry Lvgon
Lieutenant-General Sir David. Leighton, K.C.8., on prole
tion. ly General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.B.
Lieutenant-General Cleiland, on promotion, by Lieutenant
General Sir William Mac Bean, K.C.B.
Colonel Maclean, on promotion, by Lord George Lennox d
Colonel Henry Montagu. on promotion, by Col. B. Druel°34o
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gaspard Le Merchant, /CC. 5.F.,!..s
his appointment as Governor of Newfoundland, by Earl is.a
Lieutenant-Colonel Milner, on his return from Foreign Saw'
by the Hon. Colonel Wingfield Strafford
Lieutenant Boyce, R.N., by his father, Mr. Boyce r,j,
Lieutenant Kennedy, on return from foreign service, by '—
Parke, C. B. of
Lieutenant L. Nicholson, on promotion, by the -.•°'
Lovelace
• ff,
Lieutenant F. E. Cox. on appointment to the Royal Engin°
by Sir Robert Sheffield
Lieutenant Charles Sutton, by the Duke of Rutland
Lieutenant C. T. Mitchinson, by the Earl or ministers
Lieutenant E. S. Mercer, on return from India, by his Whit'
Colonel E. S. Mercer
Cornet Pakenham, by Major-General Brotherton, C.B.
garnet Stisted, on appointment to the 3d Light Dragoons. tit
Colonel Middleton
Ensign F. R. Maimed, by Lord Monson
Lieutenant Charles Peregrine Teesdale, on his appointment to
the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, by General Fox
Lieutenant H. T. Siborne, of the Royal Engineers, by Car
taro Siborne
Lieutenant Colonel A. Cunynghame, on promotion and sr
pointment, by the Hon. G. Rice Trevor
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Lieutenant Colonel Phillips, C. 8., on return from eery:
India. by Viscount Falkland
Majer-General Thomas, on promotion, by General Sir JO°
Kempt, G.C.B. Sir
Lieut.-General Nicholls. on promotion, by Lieut.-Generhl
Jasper Nicolls, K.C.B.
Major-General Sir Francis Cockburn, on promotion, by )fa,
jor- General Sir James Cockburn
.1 Sir
Lieut.-General Dyson, on promotion, by Lient.-Genene•
Willoughby Cotton, G.C.B. K. C.H.
Ensign Coghill, by Rear-Admiral Sir Josiah Coghill
Lieutenant Hayes, late of the Bundelkund Cavalry, 00 ".
turn from Scinde, by Lieut.-General Sir J. L. Lushingtol4
Cornet Wyndham Spencer Portal, North Hants Cavil*
the Right lion. Sir George Grey Si I'
Ensign and Lieutenant Albert Evelyn Rowley, on his ape
ment to the Grenadier Guards, by Sir Charles Rode,' Sif
Lieutenant Rosa, Royal Engineers, by Major-General
Hew Ross
Lieutenant Charles E. Taylor, 35th Regiment Madras 111'
fantry,the Marquis of Doegall
Major-General
Lieutenant
P. Antrobus, 9thnLancers, by
Brotherton, C.D.
•
Lieutenant B. D. Wemyss, 3d West India Regiment, on Ills Iv
turn from abroad, by the Right Hon. Lord Reay ,ifht
Colonel Baumgardt, Inspecting Field Officer, by the .• "
Hon. the Earl of Cardigan
ot°
Ensign Francis B. Drew, 40th Regiment, en return r,
foreign service, by Lieutenant-General Sir A. Woodford
Colonel Simpson, on return from India, and being apP°lll
Commander of Chatham by Lord Strafford
Lieutenant the lion. J. J. Bury, of the Royal Engineers'
the Earl of Charleville
her'
Lieutenant Henry Clerk, Royal Horse Artillery, by his fat
Sir George Clerk C
1/'
Lieutenant Delacombe, Royal Marines, by Colonel Owen, b,,
Lieutenant Lord Adolphus Vane on appointment as A-11"
by General Sir Willoughby Cotton Rol
Lieutenant Arthur H. H. Mercer, 60th, or King's
Rifles, on exchange, by Lieut.-General Sir W. G. DID
Lieutenant Philip Harris, Royal Marines, by Col. Parke, ,r.
Lieutenant Gordon. Royal Engineers, on promotion, by D's'-
;o
Gen,ral Sir John Burgoyne or
Lieutenant Ferguson Davie, on appointment to the Grecs
Guards, by his father, Colonel Sir H. F. Davie otil
Lieutenant G. F. Atkinson, Bengal Engineers, on his re-
t
from India, by the Earl of Limerick
ere
Lieutenant Francis, 29th Regiment, on promotion and ref
from India, by General Lord Strafford
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
suite, returned to Buckingham Palace attar the Levee. ,„.40
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the '4""
yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. °
sles
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Frederick of sk
visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House''
Jamey
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited i"
Duchess of Giou,.ester yesterday, at Gloucester House. do
A deputation from a meeting held in Leeds, on The" of
last ( Feb. 18), on the subject of the Government measures
Erincatien, had an interview with Lord John Russell yester,d..6l,;
at his official residence. in Downing-street. The Noble 1.401,„-rJ
accompanied by the Lord President of the Council an,d,.,•—bss
Morpeth. The deputation con.isted of Mr. Henry ru'osss
Bradford),j(svvochialnliiea:Williams
ros(:lHeeydtulsid(e)
the
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Johnth theElyfleeting ;
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Edward
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Baines,Lee m
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and Mr. William Smith (Sheffield).
A deputation from different railway companies, including alt,
Hudson. !M.P., Mr. Glyn, Chairman of the London
North-Western Company, and Mr. Charles Russell, M;iess
Chairman of the Great Western Company, had au inteec'e of
with the Right Hon. Edward Strut yesterday, at the 01%
the Commissioners of Railways.

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RURY•LANE TIIR•TRE.—Miss Rainforth tip
her first appearance in Mr. Wallace's new Opera of Ma—iti
to-night, and we have no doubt that her great poi,'",10,
will cast an additional charm over this delightful opera.
WOOLWICIL—EXPERIMENTS IN THE
RMARSIOI%„,..
Colonel Rudyerd, director of the Royal MilitaryePosit°i;i
Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., director of the Lao%
ratory Department ; and Major Pester, tire-master in of .-
Laboratory, assembled in the Woolwich marshes on XVI ths
afternoon, to witness experiments with concussion Oleo, ,
invention of Mr. Tyre, of the proof department in the itc"..,,
Arsenal. There were four shells fired from 32-pounder gu.;
and three shells from an 8-inch gun. Three of the shells fr°7
the 32-pounder guns burst on striking, and one did not bat
The first shell fired from the 8-inch gun burst about 40 Yar r;
from the mouth of the gun ; the second fell abort, and
touching the ground ricocheted to the top of the mound, ica
buried itself in the earth, without bursting; the third grsitsj,
the ground before reaching its destination, and ricocb!!_e,
striking the top of the target, and burst at the same ti
Experiments were also carried on with concussion fuze7r,
Friday and Saturday last, invented b Mr Tyre and I
Blanch, and others are about to take plyace,
to have a concussion fuze that can be depended uP°ll,'
great object being to insure that none of the shells au°.ch
burst during their flight, or short of the object against Ifni
they are directed.
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FUNERAL OF MR. RORERT STEEL.—Y-- -,r for
afternoon the remains of this much-respected man (w"°' to
upwards of 20 years ably fulfilled the office of Secratarey_.
the London Daily Newspaper Compositors' Society)nwyr
terred in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Lambeth, tae_,Phis
a; it is desiratbh:
senee of a very numerous and respectable assemblage The
fellow-workmen, by whom he was universally respectVe 01
deceased was a firm :•upporter of the rights and privoitcrot
the business, and always endeavoured through life t
a reciprocity of good feelings between the employer Lau ‘"
'etilpl9Yl(i.