The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-18 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, FED. 17, 1848.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint General the
Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, Knight, to be Lieutenant and
Sheriff Principal of the shire of Elgin, in the room of
Francis Earl of Moray, deceased.
DOWNING STREET, FEB. 18.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Lang,
Esq., to be Polico Magistrate fur the province of South
Australia.

CROWN-OFFICE, Frn. 18.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.

County of Shropshire—Northern Division—John
Whitehall Dod, Etq., in the room of Edward James
Herbert, commonly called Viscount Clive, now Earl of
Powis, called up to the House of Peers.
WAR OFFICE, FEB. 8.

Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Thomas Edward Bid-
good to be Adjutant, vice Parker, deceased ; Ensign
William Fortescue Scott to be Lieutenant, vice Bidgood,
Adjutant • Alexander Draper, (lent., to be Ensign, vice
Scott, Feb. 18.

17th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Thwaytel, from 2d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice \Vedder-
burn, who exchanges, Feb. 18.
19th Foot—George Lidwill, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Taylor, who retires, Feb. 18.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Robeit William,Lowry to be
Captifin, by perchuse, vice Collins, who retires; Ensign
Charles Elgee to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowry;
Richard George Ellison, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase; vice Elgee, Fe.b. 18.
51st Foot—Thomas Crawford, M.D., to he Assistant
Surgeon, vice Thomas Leopold Belcher, who retires on
half-pay, Feb. 18.
52d Foot—Ensign the Honourable Ernest George
Curzon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Riley, who
retires ; Carisbrooke James Lyon, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Curzon, Feb. 18.

61st Foot—Lieutenant Andrew David Alston Stewart,
from 21st Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Herbert, deceased, Feb. 18.

Ist West India Regiment—Waring Alexander Biddle,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fottrell, who
retires, Feb. 18.

2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Augustus Wed-
derburn, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Thwaytes, who exchanges; Assistant Surgeon William
Henry Brownson, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon,
vice Collings, appointed to the Staff, Feb. 18.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Adolphus Collings, M.D.
from 2d West India Regiment, to be Staff Surgeon of
Secod Class, vice Robinson, deceased, Feb. 18, 1848.
UNATTACHED —Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Plomer
Young, from Major half-pay Unattached, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel without purchase. Feb. 18, 1848.
BREVET.—Captain William C. E. Napier, of the 25th
Foot, to be Major in the Army; Captain William M.
G. hi'Murdo, of the 78th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, Feb. 18.

MintoaaNDam.—The Exchange between Paymaster
Low, of 53rd Regiment, and Paymaster Erskine, of
21st Foot, as stated in the Gazette of Ist October, 1847,
has been cancelled.

The Christian names of Ensign Walsh, of 73rd Foot,
are Thomas John.

Erratum in the Gazelle of Feb. 11, 1848.
73d Foot—For Lieutenant John R. S. Fitz Gerald,
from half-pay 62d Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Murray,
promoted; read vice Faint, killed at the Cape of Good
Hope.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 12.
Corps of Royal Marines—Archibald Alexander
Douglas, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant; Charles Loftus
Tottenham Usher, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant ;
George Laseelles Blake, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.