The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-28 00:00:00

winTEHALL, Jaw. 18.

'I he Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Morris, of Lei-
cester, in the county of Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

The King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire F.
Vernon, Esq., to be Captain, vice Conley, deceased, March 19.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent.

East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry —W. Bahlock,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice W. 0. Hammond, resigned, March 17.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 27, 1840.
Ist Regt. of Life Guards—Ensign and Lieut. G. 11. Caven-
dish, from the Scots' Fusilier Guards, to be Cornet and Sub-
Leuteirint, by purchase, vice Bromley, who retires, March 37.
R. Sitwell, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by
puchase, vice Greville, who retires, March 28.
2d Regt. of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant E. V.
Mackinnon, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peyton, who
retires, March 27-
Second Lieutenant the Hon. C. Maude, from the 60th Foot,
to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mackinnon,
March 27. _

7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet J. Campbell to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peters, who retires, March 27.
R. W. Ark %Tight, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Campbell, March 27.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. A. E. Bromwich
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ogle, deceased ; Cornet
W. A. hyder to be Lieutenant, vice Bromwich, Nov. 30.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. C. F. Havelock
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hilton, deceased, Dec.
12; Ensign E. 13. Cureton, from the 13th Font, to be Cor-
net, without purchase, March 27 ; Cornet P. Dynon to be
Adjutant, vice Havelock, promoted, Dec. 12.
Scots Fusilier Guards—C. W. Mercer, Gent., to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cavendish, appointed to the
Ist Regiment of Life Guards, March 27.
2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign H. Piercy, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Thomas Gravatt, killed in action, Nov.
14;
EnsignjrH. Kippen to be Lieutenant, vice Piercy,
whose promotion, on the 30th December, has been cancelled,
Dec. 30 ; T. J. D. Reed, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Kippen,
March 27.
9th Foot—Lieut. W. F. Ker to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Metcalfe, deceased ; Ensign C. S. Gaynor to be
Lieutenant, vice Ker, Oct. 15; W. G. Cassidy, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Gaynor, March 27.
14th Foot—Lieutenant It. Daly to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Beere, deceased, January 15 ; Ensign R. W. Ro-
mer to be Lieutenant, vice Daly, Jan. 15 ; Ensign A. H.
Elton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Romer, whose pro-
motion by purchase has been cancelled, March 27 ; T. Dowse,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Elton promoted,
March 27.

17th Foot—Lieut. J. T. Nagel, to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Hackett, deceased, Oct. 21 ; Ensign J. L. Croker to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Corry, deceased, June 5.
Ensign E. Croker to be Lieutenant, vice Nagel, Oct. 21.
Ensign L. J. 111‘Pherson, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign,
vice E. Croker, Dec. 6.

24th Foot—Ensign R. W. Travers to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Stack, who retires, March 27.
.1. S. Shore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Travers,
March 27.

53d Foot—Lieut. C. Inge to be Captain, by purchase, vice
O'Brien, who retires ; Ensign G. P. Mansel to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Inge ; J. F. F. Mytton, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Hansel, March 27.
iioth Foot—Lieut. W. H. Tyssen to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Kemp, who retires; Ensign W. Cookson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tyssen ; R. B. Warren, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cookson, March 27.
88th Foot—Ensign E. Norton to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
♦ice G. Maxwell, who retires ; E. W. Lucas, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Norton, March 27.
98th Foot—Captain E. Hunter, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Paymaster, vice Dunlevie, dismissed the service,
March 27.

Ist West India Regiment—E. A. Thompson, from half-
pay of the 42d Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, repaying the
difference, vice Walters, appointed Quartermaster to the 43th
Regiment of Foot ; J. Young, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Thompson, who retires, March 27.
UNATTACHED.---Lieut. G. Woollard, from the 88th Foot, to
be Captain, without purchase, March 27.
AIEMORANDUM. —The date of Lieutenant W. Munro's com-
mission, as the Adjutant of the 39th Foot, is Dec. 28, 1838.