The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-09 00:00:00

mated to retire from tho service by the sale of his com-
mission.

49th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class James
Hamilton Bews to be Surgeon, vice Davies, promoted on
the Staff.

51st Foot—Capt. Henry Edmund Austen, from half-pay
Sub-Inspector of Militia, to be Captain, ♦ice Crookshank,
who exchanges ; Lieut. Chas. Acton to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Austen, who retires ; Ensign Dunlop Gloag
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Acton ; Wm. Henry
Saunders, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gloag.
53d Foot—Lieut. B. Walton to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Wedderburne, who retires.
63d Foot—Lieutenant K. B. Stuart to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Fraser, deceased ; Ensig❑ G. de Lacy
Lacy to be Lieutenant without purchase, ♦ice Stuart.
65th Foot--Andrew John Hicks, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lewis, promoted.
67th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Augustus Shiell,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Duff, pro-
moted on the Staff.

68th Foot—Ensign C. E. Beaty-Pownall to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Watson, who retires.
69th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Robert
Crawford to be Assistant-Surgeon.
76th Foot—The restoration from half-pay 88th Foot to
full-pay of Captain James Young, vice Senhouse, who ex-
changes, as also the two brevet steps of the former officer,
as well as the promotion of Lieutenant Preston, as stated
in the Gazette of the 28th ultimo, have been cancelled.

82d Foot—Ensign Frederick Helyar, from the 40th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
81th Foot—Captain Honourable Augustus H. A. An-
son, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice Stewart,
who exchanges.
85th Foot—Lieutenant Montagu Barton to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Manners, promoted by purchase, to an
Unattached Majority.
89th Foot—Ensign Netterville J. Barron to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice J. W. Gray, deceased •, Lieu-
tenant James Pott, from the Edinburgh County Militia,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Barron.
92d Foot—Ensign Alexander Forbes Mackay to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Beetham, who retires ; William
Grisdale Hicks, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Mackay.
93d Foot—Lieut. It. S. Williams to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Major R. L. Ross. whose Brevet
Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the
Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851; Ensign Fiteßoy
McPherson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wil-
liams ; Lieut. W. F. Fullerton, from the 2d Royal Lanark
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice McPherson.
95th Foot—Captain C. J. Patterson, from the 2d West
India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Hill, who exchanges ;
Captain G. Brown, of the 95th Foot, to be Paymaster,
vice Wethered, appointed to a Depot Battalion.
Rifle Brigade—Captain It. C. Stewart, from the 81th
Foot, to be Captain vice Hon. A. H. A. Anson, who ex-
changes ; Lieut. W. Norris to be Captain, by purchase,
vice the Hon. H. W. Campbell, appointed to the Cold-
stream Guards ; Ensign G. M. L. Egerton to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Norris ; E. H. Chamberlain,Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Egerton.
2 1 West India Regiment—Captain William Hill, frora
the 95th Foot, to be Captain, vice Patterson, who ex-
changes.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Alexander Moore
Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Donald, appointed to the 10th Foot.
Gold Coast Corps—Henry Butts Bernard Owen, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Andrews, promoted.