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

ST. JAMES'S PALACE.

The Noblemen and Gentlemen, who purpose to at-
tend the Levees, at St. James's Palace, at requested to
Those Gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby
informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names,
with the name of the nobleman or gentleman who is to
present them, should be sent to the Lord Chamberlain's-
office before 12 on the Monday previous to each Levee, in
bring with them two large cards, with their names
clearly written thereon, one to be left with the
Queen's Page in Attendance in the Presence-
chamber, and the other to bo delivored to
the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name.
order that they may be submitted for approbation; in
being her Majesty's command that no presentation shall
be made at the Levees, but in conformity with the above
regulations.
It is particularly requested, that in every case the names
be very distinctly written upon the cards to be delivered
to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be
no difficulty in announcing them. The state apartments
will not be open for the reception of company coming to
Court, until half-one one o'clock.

WHITEHALL, FEB. IG.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute aud appoint
theJlgbt Hou. 402'4741a sheil, gaiter of the Mint;

William Cotton, Esq.; Commissary-General Sir Edward
Piau Coffin; and Colonel William Nairne Forbes, H. E.
I. C. Bengal Engineers, to be Commissioners to conduct
an inquiry into the Royal Mint; and has empowered
and commanded them to inquire into the report upon
the constitution, management, and expense of the Royal
Mint, and to such alterations as may apgear to them to
be required to ensure the economical and ;satisfactory
execution of the duties belonging to that establishment.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 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
Franc's Earl of Moray, deceased.
DOWNING STREET, FEB. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Lang,
Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the province of South
Australia.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 18.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.

County of Shropshire—Northern Division—John
Whitehall Dod, Eq., 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, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Scott, Feb. 18.
17th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Thwaytes, from 2d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Wedder-
burn, who exchanges, Feb. 18. _ .

19th Foot—George Lidwill, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Taylor, who retires, Feb. 18.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Robert William Lowry to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Collins, who retires; Ensign
Charles Elgee to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowry;
Richard George Ellison, Gent., to be EUsign, by pur-
chase, vice Elgee, Feb. 18.
51st Foot—Thomas Crawford, M.D., to be 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 Plower
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. M`Murdo, of the 78th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, Feb. 18.
MEXORANDLIM.—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 Gazette of Feb. 11, 1848.

73d Foot—For Lieutenant John R. S. Fitz Gerald,
from half-pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Murray,
promoted; read vice Faunt, 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 Lascelles Blake, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.