The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-10 00:00:00

WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 9.

17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet George
Ross to be Adjutant, vice Howard St. George, who re-
signs the Adjutancy only, Sept. 9, 1851.
sth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Albert Ernest
Ross to be Adjutant, vice Carter, who resigns the Ad-
jutancy only, Sept. 9, 1851.
7th Foot—Captain Robert Francis Lascelles Jenner,
from the 41st Foot, to be Captain, vice Stuart, who ex-
changes, Sept. 9.
31st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Eaton Swet-
tenham, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
vice Benison, appointed to the 64th Foot, Sept. 9.
34th Foot—Edmund Powell Lettice Mathew, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Ryan, who retires,
Sept. 9.
41st Foot—Captain Robert Stuart, from the 7th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Jenner, who exchanges, Sept. 9.
42d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Hugh Cockburn to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased; En-
sign William Lear Macnish to be Lieutenant, vice Cock-
burn; Gentleman Cadet Joseph Charles Ross Grove,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Macnish, Sept. 9.
55th Foot—Lieut. Robert Grigg, from the 2d West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Fairtlough, promoted to an Unattached Company,
Sept. 9.
63d Foot—Ensign John Jeken Cockburn to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Evans, promoted to an Unat-
tached Company, Sept. S.
64th Foot—Lieut. Robert Mockler to be Captain,
without purchase, vice James, deceased; Ensign Stan-
dish de Courcy O'Grady to be Lieutenant, vice Mock-
ler, May 9; Ensign Alexander Benison, from the 31st
Foot, to be Ensign, vice O'Grady, Sept. 9.
87th Foot—First Lieut. Robert Gibson to be Adju-
tant, vice Maunsell, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Sept. 9.
2el West India Regiment—Brevet Major Stephen John
Hill to be Major, without purchase, Sept. 9.
Gold Coast Corps—Major Stephen John Hill, of the
2d We't India Regiment, to be Major, ex officio, so long
as he may remain Governor of the Gold Coast, Sept. 9.
To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant William
Mayne, from the 22d Foot; First Lieutenant Henry
Bird, from the 01. len Regiment; Lieutenant John
M'Court, from the 2:1 West India Regiment, Sept. 9.
To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Sergeant-Major
Alexander Thompson, from the Ist West India Regi-
ment, Sept. 9 ; Sergeant-Major Joseph Brownell, from
the St. Helena Regiment, Sept. 10.
To be Assistant-Surgeon.—James Davys, Gent.,
Sept. 9.
HOSPITAL STIFF.—To be Assistant-Surgeons to the
Forces—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Waller Barrow,
from the 19th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon James Richard
ifennell, from the 79th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon George
William Peake, from the Ist Fuot; Acting Assistant-
Surgeon Lawrence Mackenzie, Sept. 9.
UNATTACIIED.—Lieutenant William Haviland Fairt-
lough, from the 55th Foot, to be Captain, without pur-
chase ; Lieutenant Henry Roe Evans, from the 63d
Foot, to bo Captain, by purchase, dated Sept. 9.
MEMORANDUM.—Captain Richard 'Jayne, on half-
pay of the Royal Staff Corps, has been allowed to retire
from the service by the sale of his commission, he being
about to become a settler in New Brunswick, Sept. 9.
The Christian names of Second Lieutenant Gregory,
of the 60th Foot, are "Arthur Morgan Hood Grosvenor."
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry (for-
merly Upper Ward and Airdrie Corps of Lanarkshire
Yeomanry Cavalry) Major-Commandant William
Lockhart to be Lieut.-Colonel-Commandant, July 4;
Captain Alexander Macdonald Lockhart to be Major,
vice William Lockhart, promoted, July 28; Lieutenant
George Vere Irving to be Captain, vice Alexander Mac-
donald Lockhart, promoted, July 29; Cornet John
George Brown to be Lieutenant, vice Finlay, deceased,
July 28; Cana Dough. BAN to be Lieutenant, vice