The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-04 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

WHITEHALL, DEC. 2, 1841.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Noble
Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K. G.,
to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the shire of Rox-
burgh, in the room of the Marquis of Lothian, deceased.

The following article is substituted for that which appeared

in Tuesday's Gazette.]
WHITEHALL, Nov. 29, 1841.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight
of the United Kingdom of Great Br►tain and Ireland unto
Colonel Richard Doherty.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 3.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Lock East-
lake, Esq., to be Secretary to the Commission for inquiring
whether advantage might not be taken of the re-building o
the Houses of Parliament, for promoting and encouraging the
Fine Arts.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Albert William
Woods, Esq., the office of Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod
of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath (to which
is annexed that of Brunswick Herald), void by the decease of
George Frederick Beltz, Esq.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 3.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain E. C. Hodge
to he Major, by purchase, vice Makepeace, who retires ; Lieu-
tenant F. Meynell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hodge ;
Cornet M. K. Tynte to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Meynell, H. A. Allen, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Tynte, Dec. 3.
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. J. C. Kennedy
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hunter, who retires; Cornet
J. Crofts to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kennedy ; A.
D. \V igsell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Crofts,
Dec. 3.
3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Brevet Col. G. Middle-
ton, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with-
out purchase, Dec. 3.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—W. B. L. Sleigh, to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Routh, who retires, Dec. 3.
3d Regiment of Foot—Captain A. A. T. Cunynghame, from
the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Austin, who exchanges, Dec. 3.
Bth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Maitland, M.D., from 83d
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice P. Fraser, who retires upon half-

pay, -Dec. 3.
9th Foot—F. Sievewright, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice M'Caskill, promoted, Dec. 3.
11th Foot—Gentleman Cadet W. D. Lord Kimbolton,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Wellings, deceased, Dec. 3.
13th Foot—Ensign J. F. P. C. Scott to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hughes, promoted in the 80th Foot, Dec. 3.
14th Foot—Ensign T. Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Holmes, whose promotion has been cancelled,
Nov. 16.
18th Foot—Lieut. W. T. Colman, from the 55th Foot, to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Dillon, promoted, Dec. 3.
2.3 d Foot—Second Lieutenant and Adjutant T.Ellis, to have ;
the rank of First Lieutenant, Dec. 3.
26th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel T. S. Pratt to be '
Lieut. - Colonel, without purchase, vice James, deceased;
Brevet Major G. Hogarth to be Major, vice Pratt ; Lieutenant
R. Thompson to be Captain, viers Hogarth, Aug. 28 ; Ensign
C. H. Rhys to be Lieutenant, vice Thompson ; Ensign C.
J. S. Wallace, from the 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Rhys,
Dec. 3.
41st Foot—Lieut. G. S. Montizambert to be Adjutant, vice
Vaughan, promoted, Dec. 3.
42d Foot—Lieut. Lord C L. Kerr to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Kinlock, whose promotion has been cancelled ;
Nov. 16.
47th Foot--Gentleman Cadet G. Phillips, from the Royal
Military C,11„ c, to be Ensign; without purchase, vice Clarke,
promoted, Dec. 3.
55th Foot—Ensign R. Wilton to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Colman, promoted in the 18th Foot; Gentlee
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man Cadet J. Lloyd, from the Royal Military College, to h
Ensign, vice Wilton, Dec. 3.
60th Foot—Captain G. J. Austin, from the 3d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Cunynghame, who exchanges, Dec. 3.
66th Foot—Lieut. F. Smythe, from 95th Foot, to be Lieut.,
vice Godby, who exchanges, Dec. 3.
74th Foot—Ensign G. C. Fitzgerald. from 46th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Edwards, appointed to the 98th Foot, Dec. 3.
801 h Foot—Lieut. IL G. Hughes, from 13th Foot, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Raitt, promoted, Dec. 3.
83d Foot—J. Macbeth, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Maitland, promoted in the Bth Foot, Dec. 3.
95th Foot—Lieut. C. H. Godby, from 66th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Smythe, who exchanges ; Colour- Serjeant
John Holt, from 29th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Rogers,
appointed to the 98th Foot, Dec. 3.
98th Foot—Lieut. T. H. Lovett to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Wallace, who retires; Ensign J. H. Albouy to be Lieut.,
by purchase, vice Lovett; Ensign S. H. H. kdwards, from
74th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Albouy, Dee. 3.
3d West India Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon J. Tonnere
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Foulis,promoted
to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Dec. 3.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—The Rev. H. L. Chepmell
to be Chaplain, vice Wheeler, deceased, Dec. 3.
Hos PITAL STAFF—Assistant-Surgeon A. Foulis, from the
3d West India Regiment, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class, July 2.
To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—J. R. Ffennell,
Gent., Nov. 20; J. Trench, Gent., Dec. 3; D. Stewart,
Gent.. Dec. 3.
BREVET—Major R. C. Pollock, on half-pay Unattached, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov.
Captain L. C. A. Meyer, Riding .Master 23 at the Cavalry
Depot at Maidstone, to be Major in the Army, with local and
temporary rank while so employed, Nov 23.
MEMORANDUM.--The Christian names of. Ensign Hurford,
appointed to the 65th Regiment, in the c 4 N0v.19,
Gazette" of ov.
I are James Thomas.

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The commissions of the under-mentioned Officers, in. the
50th Regiment, to be antedated from June 18 to Apra 1,