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London, England, 1860-02-29 00:00:00

GENERAL ORDER.

Dated Horse Guards, Feb. 28.
In consideration of the eminent services of Major-Oene-
ral Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., during the late operations in
India, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to promote
this distinguished officer to the rank of Lieutenant-General
in the army.—By order of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in. Chief,
(Signed) G. A. WETIIERALL, Adjt.-Gen.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 28.
BREVET.—Major-Geueral Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., to be
Lieutenant-General.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 27.
Rear Admiral of the Blue James Hope, C.B , to be Vice-
Admiral of the Blue until further orders, and while em-
ployed as Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and
vessels within the limits of the East India Station.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Aberdeen—Colonel Charles Fraser to be Vice-
Lieutenant.
County of Somerset—Robert James Elton, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant. Ist Somerset Regiment ofMilitia
Henry Gully Foy, Esq , to be Surgeon, vice Hugo, de-
ceased. Bridgewater, or sth Somerset Company of
Volunteer Rifle Corps—John Masters, Doctor of Medi-
cine, to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. Keynsham or
7th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps—
James Ireland Clayfield Ireland, Esq., to be Captain ;
Charles John Simmons, Gent , to be Lieutenant ; Han-
ford Lyne, Gent., to he Ensign. Williton or 9th Somer-
set Volunteer Rifle Corps—John Halliday, Esq., to be
Lieutenant ; John Blornmart, Esq., to be Ensign.
Wells or 10th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle
Corps—John Nicholls, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-
Surgeon. Stogursey or 11th Somerset Volunteer Rifle
Corps--George Fownes Luttrell, Esq., to be Lieutenant;
Robert Guy Evered, Esq., to be Ensign.
City of London.—London Rifle Volunteer Brigade—His
Royal Highness General the Duke of Cambridge„ K.G.,
to be Honorary Colonel.
County of Rutland.—Rutland Militia—John Thomas Keal,
Esq., to be Surgeon.
County of Cumberland.-2d Cumberland Artillery Volun
teers—Thomas Salkeld, Esq., to be Captain Comman•
dant.
Ist Cumberland Rifle Volunteers—Robert Ferguson, Esq.,
to be Captain Commandant. 3ti Cumberland Rifle
Volunteers—Major Charles Hamilton Wake to be-Cap-
tain Commandant.
County of Berks.—Berks Rifle Volunteers-Ist Corps, Ist
Company—Henry Bilson Blandy, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant, vice Charles Stephens, promoted. Ist Corps, 2d
Company—Lieut. Charles Stephens to be Captain ;
Henry Adolphus Simonds, Gent., to be Lieutenant;
Blackall Simonds, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Oxford.-3d Oxford Rifle Volunteers—Timothy
Edward Cobb, Banker, to be Lieutenant ; John Potts,
Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Sussex.— 6th Sussex Rifle Volunteers—The
Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham to be Lieutenant ; the
Hon. Edward Tumour, commonly called Viscount Tur-
nour, to be Ensign. 4th Sussex Rifle Volunteers.—
Inig,e Gell to be Lieutenant ; William Beard to be En-

sign. Bth Sussex Rifle Volunteers—Sir Charles Goring,
Bart., to be Captain.
County of Carmarthen.-Ist Carmarthenshire Rifle
Volunteers—The Viscount Emlyn to be Captain; John
Lewes Thomas Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Frederick
Lloyd Philipps, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Carmarthen-
shire Rifle Volunteers—David John Browne Ed wardes,
Esq., to be Captain.
County of Devon.—Exeter and Soutli Devon Rifle Volun-
teers—George Henry Courtenay to be Captain ; James
Gordon, to be Captain ; John Win. Barris to bo Lieu-
tenant ; Herbert ltocke to be Lieutenant ; George Wick-
ender Cumming to be Ensign; Peter Merrick Hoare to
he Ensign; Sir Edmund Prideaux, Bart., to be Lieu-
tenat-Colonel ; Arthur C. Chichester to be Major; Thos.
Holman to be Captain; Chas. Fox to be Lieutenant; John
Lempriere de he Garde to be Surgeon, vice Harris resigned.
Bth Devon Rifle Volunteers—William Porter to be Cap-
tain ; Hon. Colin Lindsay to be Lieutenant ; George
Newman to be Ensign. sth Devon Artillery Volunteers
—John Eyre Kingdon to be Captain ; William Tombs
to be First Lieutenant ; William Wilcocks to be Second
Lieutenant. 4th Devon Artillery Volunteers —Edward
Vivian to be Captain ; Briscoe Hooper to be First Lieu-
tenant ; John A Hay to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Devon
Ri'te Volunteers--M. J. Collier to be Lieutenant, vice
Dement, resigned ; Thomas Butcher, to be Ensign, vice
Collier, promoted; Frederick Dufty Bewes to be Cap-
tain ; Joseph Norrington to be Lieutenant ; John Hawker
to be Ensign. Royal Ist Devon Yeomanry Cavalry—
Henry William Clarke to be Lieutenanit, vice Robert S.
Dykes, deceased ; John Northmore to bo Cornet, vice
Clarke, promoted ; Richard Preston Bishop to be Cor-
net, vice Jas. H. Buller, promoted. 2d Devon Artillery
Volunteers—T. H. S. Pullin to be Honorary Surgeon ;
13th Devon Rifle Volunteers—Horace Vibart Mules to
be Captain; George Hutchings Jerrard, M.D., to be
Lieutenant ; John Robinson Rogers to be Ensign. 3d
Devon Artillery Volunteers—Maitland Rossiter Coleman
to be Second Lieutenant, vice Cotton, resigned.
County of Northumberland.-Ist Corps of Northumber-
land Artillery Volunteers—Captain Potter to be Captain
Commandant; Second Lieutenant Filter to be First
Lieutenant. Ist Corps of Northumberland Rifle Volun-
teers—Mr. Henry Bell to be Captain ; Mr. George
Fawcus to be Lieutenant; Mr. Charles Alexander Adam-
son to be Ensign.
Cpun Ey Palatine of Lanedteter Artillery Ftcs-itileut of
Royal Lancaster Militia—Win. Skirving, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, vice Thos. Christie, promoted. Bth
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain ohn Hutchinson
to be Captain Commandant; Lieut. W. Hardman Price
to be Captain; Ensign Oliver Ormerod Walker, jun., to
be Lieutenant, vice 'William Hardman Price, promoted ;
T. Lloyd Price, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Chas. Walker,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice 0. Ormerod Walker, promoted.
14th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain Tyndal
Bright to be Captain Commandant; Lieutenant Charles
John Brady to be Captain •, Ensign Henry Jones to be
Lieutenant, vice Charles John Brady, promoted. 23d
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Ely Andrew, Esq., to be
Captain; Joseph Moxon Clementson, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant ; John Nield, Gent., to be Ensign. 41st Lanett-
shire Rifle Volunteers—Richard Patchett, Esq., to be
Captain; Hugh M'Monagle, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Stafford.—Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps,
6th Company—Joseph Walker, Gent., to be honorary
Assistant-Surgeon. 10th Company—Michael Mole
Ashwell, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant. Surgeon. 16th
Company—Joseph Knight, Esq., to be Captain ; Wil-
liam Henry Dutton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John
Smith Mayer, Gent., to be Ensign. 17th Company--
George Pudsey Aston, Esq., to be Captain. 18th Com-
pany—Joseph Barrows, Gentleman, to be Lieute-
nant; Joseph Pearson, Gentleman, to be Ensign
20th Company—Thomas Bagnall, jun., to be Captain ;
Henry 'Williams, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; E. Hooper,
Gent., to be Ensign. 21st Company—Newton J. Lane,
Esq., to be Captain ; Josiah Spode, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant ; Robert Lander, Gent., to be Ensign. 22d Com-
pany—John Harrison, Esq., to he Captain ; Wm. B.
Harrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Robert N. Boyd,
Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Chester-4th Company of Cheshire Artillery
Volunteers—Henry Anthony Grey, Esq., to be Captain ;
Kenneth Fowles, Gent., to be first Lieutenant ; William
Symson Briggs, Gent., late Corporal in the 3d Company
of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers, to be Second Lieutenant.
13th Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—Francis
Dukinfield Palmer Astloy, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles
Charles James Ashton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas
Bazley Hall, Gent., to be Ensign ; Alfred Aspland,
Gent., to be Honorary Assistant. Surgeon.
County of Middlesex.. —South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer
Corps—Evans Macpherson, Esq., late Major 68th Regi-
ment, to be Captain ; the Hon. William Edward Fitz-
maurice, late Major 2d Life Guards, to be Captain;
Francis Henry Atherley, Esq., late Major Rifle Brigade,
to be Captain ; John Walrond Clarke, Esq., late Captain
10th Royal Hussars, to be Captain ; Hon. C. S. Vereker,
to be Captain ; W. H. Wylde, Esq., to be Captain ;
Hugh Hamnsersley, Esq., late Lieut. Uxbridge Yeo-
manry Cavalry, to be Captain; Chas. Appleyard, Esq., to
be Captain ; Charles Frederick Hawker, Esq., to be Cap-
tain; Charles Townshend Murdock, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant; Henry Langley, Gent., late Sub-Lieutenant 2d
Life Guards, to be Lieutenant; Henry Arthur March,
Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Fredk. Cox, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant; St. Pierre Butler Hook, late Captain 83d Regt. of
Militia, to be Ensign ; Herman John Richard Gaskoin,
Gent., to be Ensign ; George Charles Silk, Gent., to be
Ensign ; Thomas Bramah Diplock, Gent., to be Ensign ;
Frederick Dawson Gilly, Gent., to bo Ensign;
William Henry Lammin, Gent., to be Supernumerary
Lieutenant ; George Frederick Parratt, Gent., to be
Supernumerary Lieutenant. West Middlesex Rifle
Volunteer Corps—Laurence Oliphant, Esq., to be Captain.
21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Will. Adams Dewar,
Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas William Angell, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant; Edmund Yates, Gent., to be Ensign ;
dGieeosergxe DRuifineielvdeonlugnereeeGrge—nti.,‘htee bneoEnnsliglin. oma3s2ncdhl4alrildes.
Bruce to be Captain Commandant ; James Thomson,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; Edward Frederick Devenish
Walsho, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Kent.—Kent Rifle Volunteers-12th Company
—Thomas Horn Fleet, Esq., to be Captain; Charles E.
Rashleigh, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; T. Butler, Gent., to
be Ensign. 13th Company—John Robins Harris, Esq.,
to be Captain ; 'William Bristow, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant ; Thomas Wm. Merchant, Gent., to be Ensign;
William Scott, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.
15th Company—The notice of Commission of Ensign
Balston, inserted in the Gazette on 21st February inst.,
should have been as follows :—Thomas Balston, Esq.,
M.A., instead of Thomas Balston, Gent. 18th Company
Henry Bowden, Esq., late Scots Fusilier Guards, to be
Captain ; Clement Satterthwaite, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant; Frederick Henry Norman, Gent., to be Ensign;
25th Company—John Blaxland, Esq. late Colonel 55th
Madras Infantry, to be Captain; William Peter John
Rogers, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Barnes, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
County of Southampton.-2d Company of the Hampshire
Rifle Volunteers—Thomas 'Willis Fleming, Esz., to be
Captain. 4th Company of the Hampshire Rifle Volun-
teers—William Stedman, Gen., to be Honorary As-
sistant Surgeon ; Charles John Longcroft, Gent., tc be
-Lieutenant ; George Birt, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Cornwall-2d Cornwall Artillery Volunteers—
William Henry Box to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon,
vice William Thomas Alexander Pattison, resigned.
6th Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—John Dingly, Esq., to
be Ensign.
County of Surrey.-7th Surrey, or Southwark Rifle Volun-
teers—Captain Francis Marcus Berosford to be Major
Commandant; Evan Wynne Roberts, Esq., to be Cap-
tain ; John Pone Cox, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Charles
Vincent Boys, Esq., to be Ensign.
9th Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Lieutenant Octavius Gin-
maney to be Captain; Ensign Edmund Belfour to be
Lieutenant; Alfred Chaworth Lyster, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant; Thomas Hardwick Merriman, Gent., to be
Ensign; Harold Englebach, Gent., to be Ensign.
15th Surrey Rifle Volunteers (Chertsey Subdi-
vision)—Robert Hay Murray, Esq., to be Lieutenant ;
County of Northampton.-4th Company of the Northamp-
tonshire Volunteerßifle Corps—William Griffiths Hollis,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; George Norman Wetton, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
County of Edinburgh.--Leith Rifle Volunteer Corps—
James Struthers, M.D., to be Surgeon.
City of Norwich Rifle Volunteer Corps.—Simms Reeve,
Esq., to be Captain Frederick Thomas Keitb,
Gent., to le Lieutenant John Goodwin, Gent., to be