The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-25 00:00:00

THA FYI ES.

Daniel O'Leary, and Thomas Higgins, shoemakers,
were brought befol'e Mr. Yardley, on retuarl., charged
with committing a criminal as,,ault on Bridget Ben-
nett, aged 17 yev.rs.
Evidence having been given,
Mr. YARDLEY committed the prisoners for trial at
the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF

FRIDAY.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 23, 1847.

The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Hon. and
Rev. Henry David Erskine, M.A., the deanery of her
Majesty's cathedral church of Ripon, i❑ the county of
York, and diocese of Ripon, void by the death of Dr.
James Webber.

WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 24.
Ist Dragoon Guards—George Henry Errington, Gent.
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Yorke, who retires,
Sept. 24.
2d Dragoons—Lieut. Sir George Francis Hampson,
Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pigott, who re-
tires; Cornet Heim DaltonWittit Lyon to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Sir G. F. Hampson ; Francis Suther-
land, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lyon,
Sept. 24.
7th Light Dragoons—Thomas Siddell, Gent., to be
Veterinary Surgeon, vice Robertson, deceased, Feb. 3.
11th Light Dragoons Captain the Honourable
Francis John RobertVilliers, from half-pay 89th Foot, t•
be Captain, vice Charles Parke Ibbetson, who exchanges;
Lieutenant George Thomas Duucombe to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Villiers, who retires ; Cornet Robert
Dennistoun to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice bun-
combe ; Walter Stephens Brinkley, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Dennistoun, Sept. 24.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Hawthorn
Johnston Stewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Hamilton, who retires, Sept. 24 ; Cornet and Adjutant
Thomas Irwin to have the rank of Lieutenant, Sept 29 ;
Cornet Soame Gambier Jenyes to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, Sept. 24.
13th Foot—Ensign Henry Rogge to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Oakes, who retires ; Robert Blacken
Montgomery, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Hogg, Sept. 24.
27th Foot—Ensign John Richard Hedges Becher to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reilly, who retires ;
William Cameron Somerville, Gent., to be Ensign by
purchase, vice Becher, Sept. 24.
46th Foot—Charles Edward Eustace, Gent. to be
Ensign, by purchase, -vice Duncan, whose appointment
has been cancelled, Sept. 24.
60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Francis Dawson to be
First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice .4.rmstrong, de-
ceased, June 7 ; Ensign George Clarke. from the 50th
Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Pa.vson, Sept. 24
72d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edward William Gray,
M.D., from 81st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Dunabrcci,
promoted on the Staff, Si pt. 10.
194th Foot—Lieut. Ale:voider Crie Meik to be Capta:n,
without purchase, vice Jones, deceased ; Robert
Thomas Hearn, to be Lieutenant, vice M. ik, May 29 ;
Ensign Henry ltalpli Browne, from the 9:11 Foot, to be
Ensig7i, vice Hearn, Sept. 24.
Rifle Brigade— Major Arthur Johnstone Lawrence to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Beckwith,
deceased; Captain W illiam Sherb.o,,ke Ramsay Nor
to he Major, vice I.....wrence, August 1; Cap-
I tin Michael Taylor D.,,y ie, f;oin hall-pay sth
Font, to be Captain, vice Pollen, deceased ; Cap•
tein William Walter Stephenson, from half- pay o
the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice Norcutt; Lieut.
Maximilian Montague flainitioact to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Doyle, who retires ; Lieutenant Spencer
Stewart to be Captain, by putchase,- vice Stephen-
son, who retires; Second Lieutenant Charles Henry
Spencer Churchill to be First Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hammond; Second Lieutenant Edmund Manning-
ham Buller to he First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Stewart; James Bowles, Gent., to be Second Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Churchill, Sept. 24; Henry Gore
Lindsay, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Buller, ept. 25.
2d West India Regiment Brevet Major Edward
Charles Soden to be Major, without purchase, vice Peck,
deceased ; Lieutenant James Delamain Mends to be
Captain, vice Soden ; Ensign David Aikman Patterson
to be Lieutenant, vice Mends, July 29.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeou David Dumbreck, M.D.,
from the 72d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Ist class,
vice Denis Murray, who retires upon half-pay, Sept. 10;
John Henry Smith, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forces, Sept. 24.
BREVET.—Major Michael Taylor Doyle, of the Rifle
Brigade, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, Jan. 10,
1837 ; Captain Michael Taylor Doyle, of the Rifle Bri-
gade, to be Major in the Army, July 22, 1830; Captain
William Walter Stephenson, of the Rifle Brigade, to be
Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent.
The Right Hon. John Earl of Darnley to be Deputy
Lieutenant ; Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., :to be Deputy
Lieutenant ; John Ashley Warre, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Sept. 3.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry—
John Anderson, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Adam Atkin-
son, promoted.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry
Cavalry—Lieutenant Geoffrey Palmer, to be Captain,
May 4 • Cornet William Brooks, to be Captain Lieute•
nant, Yune 16, 1847; Cornet Edward Levett Darwin, to
be Lieutenant, Nov. 29, 1846; Cornet William Marshall,
to be Lieutenant, May 4; Lord Bateman, to be Cornet,
June 7; the Rev. Anthony Raineock Harrison, to be
Chaplain, Jan. 21, 1847.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 22.

The undermentioned promotions have this day taken
place, consequent upon the death of Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Dashwood, K.C.8.:
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Bullen, K.C.B,
K.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Edward Hawker to be Vice-
Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Sir William Beauchamp
Proctor, Bart., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir William Henry Dillon,
Knt., K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain John Pasco to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.