The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 15.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John
Lyow, M`Lemi, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Mo-
zambique.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 24.
The Queen has been pleasci to appoint Sir II:Barkly,
1t.C.8,) to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in
and over the Colony of Victoria.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William
Snagg, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Islands of Antigua
and Montserrat.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Philip
Barnard .Ayres, Esq., M.D., to be Superintendent of
Quarantine at Flat Island. in the Dependencies of Mauri-
tius; and John Benbovr, Esq., M.D., to be Medical Officer
for the Seychelles
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
Samuel CharlessVoith to the Rectory of Limpsfield, in the
county of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, void by the
promotion of the Reverend Charles Baring, D.D., to the
Bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's consul at Leipzig, report-
ing that the duties on corn, pulse, flour, and brea stuffs,
&c., imported into the States of the German Customs'
Union, have been further suspended until the 31st De-
cember next.

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WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 26.
25th Regiment of Fo3t—Major-Gen. Sir Henry Somer-
set, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir Henry Fre-
derick Campbell, K.C.8., deceased.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 26.
14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Thomas Phillips,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dew, promoted.
Royal Engineers—The surname of the Second Captain,
promoted on the 18th ult., is Fyers, and not Fyors, as pre-
viously stated.
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieu-
tenant Henry Charles Eden Malet, to be Lieutenant and
Captain, by purchase, vice Cust, promoted ; The Hon.
Charles Ernest Edgecumbe, to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Malet ; Norman Leslie Melville, Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. D.
Viscount Stormont, who retires.
Ist Foot—Lieut. Francis Barker Hassard, from the 6th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lawrell, who exchanges.
6th Foot—Lieut. Henry John Lawrell, from the Ist
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges ;
Quartermaster-Serjeant James Cranney to be Qum bermes-
ter, vice Croker, who retires upon half-pay.
19th Foot—Captain Richard Young, from the 98th.
Foot, to be Captain, vice Mitford, who exchanges.
24th Foot—Lieut. Henry Macdonald Burns to be Cap-
tain, without purchass, vice R. A. Croker, deceased ; En-
sign Walter B. Logan to be Lieutenant, withom, purchase,
vice Burns.
25th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Winter Sheppard, from the
97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Manners,,who exchanges.
93d Foot—Lieutenant John James Greenwood to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major William
Pretyman, whose Brevet Rank has bc3n converted into
Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th
October, 1854.
43d Foot—Lieutenant Robert M. Pakenham to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Girardot, who retires ' Ensign
Vere Fane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pakenham;
Ensign Thomas 311G-oun, from the 51st Foot, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Fane; Assistant-Surgeon Arthur
Croker, from the 98th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Browne, promoted in 83d Foot
47th Foot—Ensign Thomas Quinn has been permitted to
retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission.
51st Foot—Frederick Thomas Humfrey, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted ; John Burton,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Goun, appointed
to the 43d Foot.
54th Foot—Lieut. Charles Alex. Thomson to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Francis John
Griffin, who retires upon full pay ; Ensign Joseph Wm.
Hughes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thom-
son.
74th Foot—Lieut. Henry Currie, from the B.lth Foot,
tie be Lieutenant, vice Blake, who exchanges.
83d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Browne, from the
43d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Stephenson, deceased.
84th Foot—Lieut. George Pilkington Blake, from the
74th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Currie, who exchanges.
97th Foot—Lieut. Douglas Ernest Manners, from 25th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sheppard, who exchange;
96th Foot—Capt. Henry Mitford, from the 19th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Young, who exchanges ; Assistant-
Surgeon Jas. M`Neill Beatty, from the Staff, to be Assist.-
Surgeon, vice Croker, appointed to 43d Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Joseph Ashton has been per-
mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Com-
mission. .

Cape Mounted Riflemen—Charles Harrington Harris,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barnard, promoted;
Charles Currie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Car twright promoted.