The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-21 00:00:00

A GUNBOAT VOYAGE TO CiIINA.

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in the present expedition, dated Ta-lien-whan Bay,
July 6:—" . • . All the ships are up here now and
everything ready. I should like very well to go
home a commander at last after this affair is over,
and get a better ship, for a gunboat is not a com-
fortable command at all, and the Admiral expects a
good deal from them. You see, when they were
built they were intended for gunboats only, "to be
conveyed and supplied by larger vessels ; but our
Admiral makes them quite independent com-
mands, which is better than their being tenders
to larger ships ; yet they have not sufficient
room for stowage as independent commands.
However, I shall stick to her till I am
promoted, which I hope will not be long
first. Now I come to look back to our voyage
out, it seems to me only wonderful that the gun-
boats—both these and the others that came out for-
merly—all arrived safe, for a very little would have
sent them to the bottom, and at once, not like a
large ship that takes a long time to fill. In a heavy
gale the danger is that the sea, having once got the
upper hand, by the boat broaching to or not being
able to lay to, might turn her right over bottom ,
up in a moment; and from what 1 saw myself dur-
ing a westerly gale we had for three days between
the Cape and St. Paul's, 40 S., I should not like to
bring another gunboat out.. Not that I should be
afraid ; but when you have 39 people under your
command, who look to you for the safety of them-
selves and for you to give the necessary orders, it
makes one feel very anxious
In the gale I was up day and night, and, indeed,
during the whole passage out I had not many nights
between the blankets, as I found it better to turn
in on the top of my bed with my clothes on, ready
for a junay on deck in case of anything. One night
I had gone below at 12, it being my custom to re-
main on deck till that hour, but about 2 a.m. I
heard the officer in charge shortening sail, though
apparently there was not too much wind ; but a
moment afterwards I turned out, for, hearing him
give his orders in a quick and anxious manner, I
supposed something was not quite right. I was
instantly on deck, and found the boat struck with
a heavy squall—very fortunate it came up
astern. She was being pressed into the sea
forwards, so that the water was pouring over
her bows, and she going through the waves at a
tremendous pace. The hands were on deck in a
moment, but it was difficult to shorten sail on ac-
count of the volume of wind; so when I saw what
was the matter I put her dead before the wind,
which by daylight was blowing a gale, and got all
snug. At first, when I got on deck, I had such a
sea right over me that I was myself nearly washed
overboard. . . . Well, this was our first gale. . . .
Our second was from the west, and as we were going
east it helped us along. But it was an anxious time
—very different when I was a lieutenant, keeping
watch on other ships. I used then to go and turn
in and forget all about the ships and her danger, if
she was in any, as I had then given up charge
of the deck to another. But here there is no giving
up charge, unless I were sick and went on to the
list ; but ,Who would do that as long as he could
move about ?"

THUM EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'elook.

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVEICTING).

hasW been pleased to present the Rev. Wm.
nto the ry of South Kelsey, in the county and diocese of Lincoln,recto the same being void
by the cession of the Rev. Lewis Parkyn.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 21.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant John Henniker
Lovett to be Captain, by purchase, vice John. Glencairn
Caster Hamilton, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieute-
nant Conwy Grenville Hercules Rowley to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Lovett.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Cuninghana to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Walter Still, who
retires ; Lieutenant Henry Marlow Sidney to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Joseph Henry Anderson, who retires.
Ist Dragoons—Cornet George Lake Harvey to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Finucane, who retires.
6th Dragoons—Charles Borlase, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Rathbone, who retires.
7th Light Dragoons—Richard Archibald Farquharson,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Johnee, promoted.
11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard John Somers to
be Captain, by purchase. vice James Areck Stewart,
who retires ; Cornet Reginald Calvert, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Somers.
13th Light Dragoons—Philip Williams, Gent., to be Cor-
net by purchase, vice Johnson, promoted ; Joseph Bon-
ham Clay, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wilson,
promoted.
16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Francis Joseph Barron to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cowtan, who retires.
18th Light Dragoons--Lieutenant Harmer Hardy to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Loftus, who retires; Lim-
tenant Robert Cuninghame Cuninghame Graham, from
the 144 Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Shaw,
appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons ; Cornet Edmund
Bernard Liebert, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hardy; Edmund Lart, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Goldsmith, appointed to the 7th Dragoons.
Royal Artillery—Staff- Surgeonf Frederick Bone, M.D., to
be Surgeon, vice Dassauville, appointed to the Staff.
Military Train—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bird, from
half-pay Unnattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
George Erskine, appointed Deputy-Inspector of Volun-
teers; Acting Veterinary Surgeons John Marshall Wil-
son, Wm. Appleton, and Robert Marshall, to be Veteri
nary Surgeons.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain John Murray
to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Alfred Tipping, who retires; Ensign and Lieut. Hon.
Charles Ernest Edgcumbe to be Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice Murray; the Hon. Wm. Sholto
Douglas Home to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hon. C. E. Edgcumbe.
3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Law to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Caldecott, deceased; Thos. Wm.
Carpenter, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Law; Lieutenant James H. Le Cocq to be Adjutant,
vice Alfred Benwell Letts, who resigns' that appoint-
ment.
4th Foot—Charles Frederick Hooper, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Bridson, promoted.
sth Foot—Captain Ernest Le Pelley, from the 75th Foot,
to be Captain, vice John Barnett Barker, who exchanges;
James Fergusson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Leslie, promoted.
6th Foot—George Sharp Grimble, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hopkins, promoted.
7th Foot —l' nsign Frederick Charles Keyser to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Gardner, who retires; Francis
Johnston Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Keyser.
Bth Foot—John Dawson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Watson, promoted.
9th Foot—Captain John M o-tley, from Adjutant of a De-
pot Battalion, to be Captain, vice Graham, appointed
Adjutant of a Depot Battalion.
11th Foot—Arthur Frederic Astley, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Ball, appointed to the 59th Foot ;
Richard Cumberlege, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Robinson, promoted.
12th Foot—Captain Arnold More Knight, from the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice Samuel Henry
Harford, who exchanges.
14th Foot—Captain Charles Edward Stewart Gleig, from
half-pay 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Hamilton, who
has retired on full-pay ; Ensign Francis Le Breton But-
ler to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heaton, who
retires.
15th Foot—Robert Reeves, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Grant, promoted.
16th Foot—Reinhold Baker Bald, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Busfeild, promoted.
17th Foot—George Augustua Cox, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice MacGregor, promoted.
21st Foot—John James Rutherford, Gent , to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Ralston, promoted ; Edward John.
Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice MacPher-
son, promoted.
23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Richard Westrop Saunders,
M.D., from the Bth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Morris, deceased.
29,h Foot—Alfred William Matchett, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Berkeley, promoted.
30th Foot—John Peters Charles Lowder, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Boyce, who retires.
36th Foot—Ensign Hardine-'e Richard Stracey to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Le Mesurier, who retires.
47th Foot—Alfred Campbell Blair Hall, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Murphy, who retires; Lionel
Wentworth Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Bell, promoted.
48th Foot—William Beatty, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Brown, promoted.
54th Foot—Major John Charles Hill Jones to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Lieutenant-Colonel
and Brevet• Colonel Charles Edward Michel, retired upon
full pay. Captain Janns Sinclair Thomson to be Major,
without purchase, vice Jones ; Lieutenant Edward Cliffe
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Thomson ; Ensign
Dudley B. Coppin,ger to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Cliffe; Sergeant-Major Lewis Purnell to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Cop-ringer
60th Foot—Captain Joseph Cheese, from half-pay of the
late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Waters,
who exchanges; Francis Seaman Blunt, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Lees, promoted; Henry James
Daubuz, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice llarker,
who retires.
63d Foot—Ensign Francis Thomas Hulton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Vieth, who retires.
75th Foot—Captain John Barnett' Barker, from the sth
Foot, to be Captain, vice Ernest Le Pelley, who ex-
changes ; Lieutenant Montague Cholmeley Morris to be
Captain, by purchase, vice William John James Smith,
who retires; Ensign Charles Finnerty to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice M. C. Morris.
78th Foot—Alexander Herman Adam Gordon, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Swanson, appointed to
the 40th Foot.

79th Foot—George Lyddon Morley, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Baillie, promoted.
83d Foot—Edward Meyricke, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Murphy, promoted.
88th Foot—William Ilibberd Brewer, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Hatfield, promoted.
89th Foot—Luke Henry Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Atthill, promoted.
94th Foot—Lieut. Josiah Robert Rolls to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Gardiner, promoted, by purchase, to an
Unattached Majority.
96th Foot—James King, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Henniker, promoted.

97th Foot—AnthOny Lynch, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Gray, promoted.
98th Foot—Lieut. Sidney Henry Heywood to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Rhodes, who retires; Ensign Charles
Graham Heathcote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Heywood.
99th Foot—Marcus Wm. Kelly, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Eyre, appointed to the 73d Foot.
100th Foot—Cecil Edward Leny Lyon, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Ridout, promoted; Jeremiah
Bingham Kersteman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Davidson, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Frederick Edward Sotheby to be
Captain, by purchase, vice George Robert Saunders, who
retires ; Ensign Lord Edward Cavendish to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Sotheby ; William Duberly,
Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord E. Caven-
dish.
Ist West India Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon King John
Parr, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgen, vice Kelly
appointed to the Staff.
2nd West India Regiment—James F. Hopkins, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Studdert, promoted.
3rd West India Regiment Ensign George Francis
O'Grady to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice: Duncan,
who has retired.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Captain Samuel Henry Harford,
from the 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice Arnold ',fore
Knight, who exchanges.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign and
David Miller to have the rank of Lieutenant; -caliT;
Ernest C. Wilford to be Lieutenant, by Purchaße'
Suckling, who retires.
Edmond Donelan
St. Helena Regiment—Ensign Anthony
ce Furnell, de-
to be Lieutenant, without purchaee
ceased; Thomas Storrar Smith, Ge'nj.: to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Donelan.
Assistant- Surgeon
Royal Newfoundland CeLPOPirtiie,: at—
Leslie ff,
to be Assistant..
Leslie Ogilvy Patterson, it:
Surgeon, vice Skues Staff,
DEPOT BATTALION--U
James Graham from 9th
vig n appointed to the
Captain J. Hartley, appointed
capptaoii
Foot to be Adjutant,
_Quartermaster-Sergeant William
to the 9th Foot.
CAVALRY DEPOT.
Lowe to be Quartermaster, vice John Thompson, who re-
tires upon half-TPTaLt, coLLEGE.—Captain and Breve t-
majoorywArill iag'itoberts Farmer, from 82d Foot te
be
Cap
R Many of Gentlemen Cadets, vice Brevet-Major
Garnet of a
Garnet Man, has retired upon full-pay ; Assistant-
Surgeon:,
P
F. Collins, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, ico Surgeon Melville Neale, M.D., appointed to
v
the 18th Light Dragoons.
UNATTACHED.—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Bird, from the Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain Thomas
George Gardiner, from 94th Foot, to be Major, by pur-
chase.
STAPF.—Captain and Brevet-Colonel Evelyn Henry
Frederick Pocklington, half-pay, Unattached, to be Assis-
tant-Quartermaster-General at head-quarters, vice Brevet-
Colonel Terence O'Brien, Lieutenant-Colonel, on half-pay,
Unattached, appointed to the command of the troops in
Ceylon.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff- Surgeon-Major Gideon
Dolniage, retired upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank
of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals; Staff-Surgeon-
Majcr Robert Smith, retired upon half-pay, to have the
honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals;
Surgeon-Major William A. Da,sauville, M.D., from the
al Artillery, to be Staff-Surgeon-Major, vice Stone,
placed upon halt-pay ; Staff-Surgeon John R. Brush, M.D.,
from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Hardie, appointed
to the 73d Foot; Assistant-Surgeon William M. Skues,
M. i )., from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be
Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henry Walker, placed upon
half-pay ; Assistant-Surgeon James Kelly, from the Ist
West India Regiment, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Patterson, appointed to the Royal Newfoundland Com-
panies; Dispenser of Medicines Frederick Philpot to be
Apothecary to the Forces, vice Schembri, placed upon half-
pay.