The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-11 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF

FRIDAY.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 10, 1847.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of the Marquis of Normanby, her
Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten-
tiary to the King of the French, to be an Ordinary
Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or
Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath.

:WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 10. •
6th Dragoon Guards—John Davis Sheraton, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gwyn, promoted, dated
Dec. 10.
3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Heathcote Stisted
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burton, appointed
to the 16th Light Dragoons; Michael Cusac Smith,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stisted, Dec. 10.
7th Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant. Colonel
George Blomefield, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Major, vice G. P. Bushe, who exchanges ; Captain
Charles Hagart to be Major, by purchase, vice Biome-
field, who retiree ; Lieutenant William Viscount St.
Lawrance to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hagart;
Cornet Colmore Frind Cregoe Colmore to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Viscount St. Lawrance; Henry
William Meredyth, Gent., to be Cornet, by prebuilt,

vice Colmore, Dec. 10.
1110th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Freville
Surtees to be Captain, by purchase, vice Barry, who re-
tires; Cornet Benjamin Ay lett Bran fill to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Surtees; John Rawlinson Cuthberth,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Branfill, Dec, 10.
16th Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
John Rowland Smyth to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice MacDowell, who retires; Captain George
O'Halloran Gavin to be Major, by purchase, vice Smyth;
Lieutenant Charles John Foster to be Captain, vice
Gavin; Lieutenant James Gubbins Archer Burton, from
the ad Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Foster,
Dec. 10.

Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet
Colonel George Todd, from half-pay unattached, to be
Captain and Lieutenant• Colonel, vice E. D. Wigram,
who exchanges ; Brevet-Major Lieutenant and Captain
the Hon. Robert Edward Boyle to be Captain and
Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Todd, who retires;
Ensign and Lieutenant Francis William Newdigate to
be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Boyle ;
Arthur George Bethel Thellusson, Gent., to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Newdigate, Dec. 10.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Brevet Colonel the Hon.
Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Francis Hugh George Seymour, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant and Captain Arthur Edward Onslow to be
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vica
Pennant, who retires' I Ensign and Lieutenant
Henry Green Wilkinson to be Lieutenant,
and Captain, by purchase, vice Onslow; Ensign Hugh
Fitzhardiage Drummond, from the 57th Foot, to be
Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilkinson,
Dec. 10.
3d Foot—Captain Donald Meent Cameron to be Major,
by purchase, vice Eaton, who retires ; Captain Lord
Charles Lennox Kerr, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Captain,vice Edward Henry Moore Kelly,who exchanges;
Lieutenant Frederick Francis Maude, to be Captain by
purchase, vice Cameron; Lieutenant Hugh Smith, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Charles Lennox Kerr,
who retires; Ensign Cortlandt Taylor to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Maude; Ensign Octavius Cobb
Rooke, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith;
Ensign Robert Sandford Warburton, from the 30th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Taylor; George Robert Gray, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rooke, Dec. 10.
4th Foot—Lieutenant William Wilby to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Shortt, who retires; En-
sign James White Minchin, from the 95th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilby, Dec. 10.
10th Foot—Ensign Cuthbert Barlow to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Manse], who retires ; Henry Bag-
shavre Harrison Rooke, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Barlow, Dec. 10.
18th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Trevor Irwin, from
the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Doran, appointed Adjutant, Dec. G.
20th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Gillespie Wood,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice James Mori-
son, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 10.
29th Foot—Ensign John Sheridan Henderson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dowson, appointed
Quartermaster; Colour Sergeant William D. Chapman
to be Ensign, vice Henderson; Lieut. Charles Suther-
land Dowson to be Quartermaster, vice Kneebone, de-
ceased, Dec. 10.
30th Foot—Thomas Mapleton Fitz Patrick, Gent. to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warburton, appointed to
the 3d Foot, Dec. 10.
32d Foot—Ensign Rowland Edward Louis Henry
Williams to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Money
Kyrie, deceased, Sept. 23; Ensign Henry Donatus
O'Callaghan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ack-
land, who retires; Edward Chippendale, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Callaghan, Dec. 10;
John Birtwhistle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Pearson, appointed to the 95th Foot, Dec. 11 ; Samuel
Hill, Lawrence, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Williams, Dec.
12.
44th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Walter to be Captain
by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires ; Ensign Edward
Ogle Streatfield to be Lieutenant, by purchase,viceWalter ;
George Augustus Elliot, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Streatfield, Dec. 10.
57th Foot—James Franklyn Bland, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Drummond, appointed to the
Scots Fusilier Guards, Dec. 10.
78th Foot—Major Edward Twopeny to be Lieute-
nant Colonel, by purchase, vice Forbes, who retires;
Brevet Major Walter Hamilton to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Twopeny; Lieutenant Frederick Edmund
Caldwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton;
Ensign Thomas Anderson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Caldwell, Dec. 10; Ensign Robert Bogle to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pattison, promoted in the
Royal Newfoundland Companies ; Joseph Webster.
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bogle, Dec. 11;
John Simon Francis Dick, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Anderson, Dec. 12.
81st Foot—Ensign Frederick Sidney de Vere Lane
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray, who retur ;
George Betts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Lane, Dec. 10.
84th Foot—Major David Russell to be Lieut.-Colonel,
4 by purchase, vice M‘Bean, who retires ; Brevet Major
Charles James to be Major, by purchase, vice Russell;
Lieutenant Charles F. Seymour to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice James; Ensign James Edmund Leahy to be
Lieuntenant, by purchase, vice Seymour; Edmund Kerr
Vaughan Arbuckle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Leahy, Dec. 10.
86th Foot—Ensign Orlando Robert Hamond Orlebar
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wood, who retires;
Edward Leet, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Orlebar, Dec. 10.
95th Foot—Ensign Richard Lyons Otway Pearson,
from 32d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Minchin, promoted in
tie 4th Foot, Dec. 10,