The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-01 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEc. 25.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas
M. Persse, as a Consul at Galway for the United States
of America.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 29.

MRI4I,IIERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TYE ?RESENT FAR-

LIAXENT.

Borough of Sunderland—Sir Hedworth Williamson,
of Whitburn•hall, in the county of Durham, Bart., in
the room of David Barclay, E3.q., who has accepted the
office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
DEc. 30.

Borough of Calne—The Right Hon. henry Petty
Fitzmaurice, commonly called Earl of Shelburne, one
of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 30.
6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Josiah Marshall Heath
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Buchanan, who
retires ; William Brough Phillimore, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Heath, Dec. 31.
7th Dragoon Guards—Fitzroy George Smith, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Adams, promoted, Dec.
31.

9th Light Dragoons—Cornet William Frederick
Richards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kortright,
who retires; Cornet John Henry King, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Roberts, who retires, Dec. 31.
3d Regiment of Foot—Captain Edward Kingsley,
from half-pay 58th Foot, to be Captain, vice 11.Kie,
promoted; Lieutenant James William Richardson, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Kingsley, who retires;
Ensign Augustus Edward Ellice to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Richardson; Charles Kavanagh, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ellis, Dec. 31.
12th Foot—Lieutenant William Longtield to be Cap-
tain, by purchase,:vice Duff, who retires; Ensign Thomas
Garner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Longfield;
Benjamin Samuel Adams, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, viee Garner, Dec. 31.
16th Foot—Ensign Charles Coote Grant to be Adju-
tant, vice Bennett, who resigns the Adjutantcy only,
Dec. 31.

26th Foot—Lieut. Robert Thomas Hearn, from 94th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Blair, who exchanges,
Dec. 31.

35th Foot—Brevet Major John Hildebrand Oakes
Moore to be Major, by purchase, vice Deedes, who re-
tires; Lieut. Thomas Teulon to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Moore; Ensign Charles Miller Layton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Teulon; John Harris, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Layton, Dec. 31.
40th Foot—Captain Henry James Vincent Kemble,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Alexander
Abercromby Nelson, who exchanges ; Lieut. John An-
struther Macgowan to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Kemble who retires ; Ensign Thomas Wilson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macgowan ; Henry Fow-
ler, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilson,
Dec. 31.

41st Foot—Assistant Surgeon David Stewart, from
the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon, Vice Hart, deceased,
Dec. 31.

43d Foot—John Lawrenee Johnston, Gent., to be
Assistant Surgeon, vice Agar, appointed to the Staff,
Dec. 31.

48th Foot—Brevet Major Hunter Ward to be Major,
by purchase, vice Cole, promoted: Captain William
Turnour Granville, from 55th Foot, to be Captain, vice
Henry, who exchanges; Lieutenant Robert Warburton,
to be Captain, vice Ward; Ensign Magnus Forbes Mor-
ton, Herbert, to be Lieutenant. by purchase, vice War-
buton; Richard Morgan Hall, Gent., to be Ensign by
purchase, vice Herbert, Dec. 3L
54th Foot—Ensign Pridaux William Gillum to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Redmond, who retires ;
Edward Thomas Shiffner, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Gillum, Dec. 31.

55th Foot—Captain Clifford Felix Henry, from 48th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Granville, who exchanges,
Dec. 31.

58th Foot—Ensign Leslie Jenkins Thompson to be
Lieu tenant,without purchase,viceSim monF,deceased, Aug.
18; Gentleman Cadet Simpson Hackett, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, vice Thompson, Dec. 31.
68th Foot—Brevet Colonel Sir Robert Burdett, Bart.,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Lord William Paulet, who exchanges; Major
Richard William Huey to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Sir R. Burdett, who retires ;
Brevet Major Richard Leckonby Phipps to be Major,
by purchase, vice Huey ; Lieutenant Henry Harpur
Greer to be Captain, by purchase, vine Phipps ; Ensign
Frederick Stuckeley Savage to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Greer ; Thomas Henry Leckonby Hele
Phipps, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice savage,
Dec. 31.

73d Foot—Ensign Christopher Harison to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Hall, who retires; Richard
MacCulloch Peard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Harison, Dec.3l.

79th Foot—Ensign William Cuninghame Cuning-
hame to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice H. A. ➢Murray,
who retires; Andrew llill, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cuninghame, Dec. 31.
92d Foot—Lieutenant George Warrender to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart, who retires; Ensign
John Cunningham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Warrender; George Henry Benny, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Cunningham, Dec. 31.
94th Foot—Lieutenant David Hunter Blair, from 26th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hearn, who exchanges,
Dec. 3L

96th Foot—Lieutenant George Frederick Campbell
Bray, from 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Barclay,
promoted, Dec. 31.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles Walter
Grange to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dickson, who
retires; Ensign Henry Ratcliffe Searle to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, ♦ice Grange, Dec. 31.
UNATTACHED.—Major Robert Cole, from 48th Foot,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase; Brevet Major
Patrick M'Kie, from 3d Foot, to be Major, without pur-
chase, Dec. 31.

HOSPITAL STA.Pp.—Assistant-Surgeon Rowland Agar,
from 43d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Stewart, appointed to 41st Foot, Dec. 31.
BREVET.—Captain Edward Kingsley, of the 3d Foot,
to be Major in the Army, July 22, 1830; Major Edward
Kingsley, of the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant• Colonel in
the Army, Nov. 9.
MEMORANDIIM.—The commission of Lieut. William
George Spiller, of 53d Foot, has been dated Sept. 14th,
1847, instead of July sth, 1846.
Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Alexander O'Reilly has
been allowed to retire from the Army, by the sale of an
Unattached commission, he being about to settle at the
Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 31.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 21.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Charles
John Ellis to be First Lieutenant, vice S. 13. Ellis, de-
ceased; Second Lieutenant William Sandom Davis to be
First Lieutenant.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 27.
Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second Comman-
dant John M'Callum to be Colonel Commandant,vice E.
S. Mercer, deceased; Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Powell
to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice M'Callum, pro-
moted; Brevet Major George Butt Bury to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Powell, promoted; First Lieutenant and
Adjutant Joseph Oates Travers to be Captain, vice
Bury, promoted; Second :Lieutenant Edmund Charles
Doraville to be First Lieutenant, vice Travers, promoted.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 27.
The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Admiral Sir George
Parker, K.C.B.
Admiral of the White Hon. Sir John Talbot, G.C.8.,
to be Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H.,
to be Admiral of the White.
Vice-Admiral of the Red George Barker, to be Ad-
miral of the Blue.

Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Thomas Briggs,
G.C.M.G., to be Vice Admiral of the Red.

Vice-Admiral of the B117;13u11:eie; ifackworth Praed
to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Henry Gordon to be Vice-
Admiral of the Blue.

Rear-Admiral of the White Charles Philip Butler
Bateman to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Ussher, C. 8.,
K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Manley Hall Dixon to be Rear-Admiral
the Blue.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles John
Newby, Gent., of Newport and Hyde, i❑ the Isle of
Wight, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Conrt
of Chancery.