The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

VAR DEPA RTMENT, JAN. 8.

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet George Bull,
from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet without pur-
chase ; and Adjutant vice Sutton promoted.
sth Dragoon Guards—Cornet A. W. Travers to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bolton, who retires.
3,l Light Dragoons—Captain Sir P. A. Halkett, Bart.,
from the 42d Foot, to be Captain, vice Kanntze, who ex-
changes.
Dth Light Dragoons—Captain James Young, from half,
pay 88th Feet, to be Captain, vice Thomas J. Kearney,
who exchanges, receiving the difference between cavalry
and infantry ; Lieutenant Lord Walter Charles M. D.
Scott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Young. who n
tires; Cornet Robert Lesley Parker to be Lieutenant,' by
purchase, vice Lord W. C. M. D. Scott.
loyal Artillery—The nn derrneni lotted Gentlemen Cadets
to be Lieutenants, viz :—Edward Augustus Sleasor, Louis'
Charles Augustus Adrian De Cetto, Henry Anderson,
Charles Trench, Henry Colebrook Lewis, the lion. Ralph
Bare, and Arthur Sutherland Macartnoy.
Royal Engineers The undermentioned Gentlemen
Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz. ; —John Knox Tisdall,
Willi m thistavus Temple Stem, and John Barrett Len-
hard.
R„/,l"'
Sappers and Miners—Lientenant-Colonel Frede-
rick Atigrietus Yorke, Royal Engineers, to bo Assistant
Adjutant-General; Second Captain Francis Edward Cox,
Loyal Engineers, to be Adjutant.; Serjeant-Major Michael
Bradford, Royal Sappers and Miners, to be Quartermaster.
Grenadier Guards—,The Honourable William Edward
Sackville West to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vi,,3 Honourable A. Poulet, promutdd ; Henry Osborne
Gould. Gent., to be Ecsign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Fergußon, promoted.
let Regiment of Foot—Ensign Frederick Alban to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Todd, promoted.
31 Foot—A, L. Cousstnaker to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Charles Hood, whose Brevet
Ran!basbeen converted into Substantive Rank, under
the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ; Ensign John
Awdry to be Li(mtenant, without purchase, vice Cons--
maker.
6tir Foot—Captain H. E, Jones, from the 2,-;th Foot, to
be Captain. vice Spoor, eet,
—0 exchanges.
ith. Foot—Brevet-Major C., E. Watson to be Major,
without purchase, vice Rose, whose promotion without
purchase on nth August, 1855, has been- cancelled ; Lieu-
tenant Chas. R. Mure, hem the 43d Foot, to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Rose, who retires.
14th Foot—Lieutenant William Bangor Bower to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Townsend,deceased ;
F.l)-ign Arthur Molony to be Lieutenant, without pur-
base, vice Bower.
2.. i .t Foot—Serjean t-Msjor William
Honey
Quartermaster, vice Aston, appointed Pant Smith to be
Foot,—Captain N. A. Spoor, from the 6th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Jones, who exchanges.
nth Foot--For Captain Edward Charles, from the

Captain Herbert Russell Manners, from tho 85th Foot,
to ho Major, by purchase.
The undermentioned Officers to have their Brevet Rank
converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal War-
rant of 6th Oct., 1854 :
Brevet-Major Robert Lockhart Ross, 93d Foot.
Brevet-Major Henry Warter Meredith, 41st Foot.
Brevet-Major Charles Hood, 31 Foot.
HOSPITAL STAFF.

To ho Staff-Surgeon of the First Class—Surgeon John
Davies, from the 49th Foot, vice Cameron.
To be St:dr-Surgeons of the Second Class—Assistant.
Surgeon William Watson Somerville, M.D., from the 69th
Foot, vice Alexander Knox, M.D., placed on half-pay;
A ssistant-Surgeon John Duff, M.D., from the 67th Foot,
vice Bows, appointed to the 49th Foot.
To be Assistant-Surgeon —Acting Assistant-Surgeon
Alexander Robert Kilroy.
To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons.—Yorke Hobart John-
son, Gent. ; Benjamin Hall, Gent.; John Alexander
Harvey, Gent. ; John Good win, Gent. ; John Storey,
Gent. ; Edward Wadbam Ward, Gent.; James Bonny-
man, M.B„. John Shoolbraid, M.D. ; Henry Jeremiah
Mayhew, Gent. ; Archibald Hamilton Hilson, Gent. ;
Curtiss Martin, Gent. ; Thomas Brickenden Blandford,
Gent. ' • Washington Patton, Gent. ; George Edward
Whitton, Gent.