The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-04 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 3.

73d Regiment of Foot—Major-General Sir Michael Creagh
to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General C. Grant Fal-
coner, deceased.

7th Regiment Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Christopher
Barton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dowleiggin, who
retires ; Cornet William Macnaghton Erskine to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Caldwell, deceased ; Cor-
net Edward Henry O'Dowd to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Barton.
2d Dragoons —The Commission of Veterinary-Surgeon
Thornton Hart to be antedated to the 4th July, 1855.
sth Light Dragoons—Cornet Alexander Malcolmson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cowan, deceased ;
Lieutenant Richard Farnham Ridley, from the 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Mather, who ex-
changes.
Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Gurney Hanbury to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Wirgman, promoted, by pur-
chase, to an Unattached Majority; Cornet Augustus
Tonnochy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hanbury.
13th Light Dragoons—Ensign Wm. Mitchell Innes, from
the 81st Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Bil-
ling, promoted.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Robert Mather, from the sth
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ridley, who ex-
changes.
15th Light Dragoons—Cornet Walter Theobald Edward
Bentinck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wright,
who retires.
17th Light Dragoons—Ensign Henry Augustin Robinson,
from the 2d Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Gooch, promoted in the 16th Light Dragoons.
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Major Henry Clerk, on the Su-
pernumerary List, to bo Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet-
Major Francis B. Ward to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
W. J. Smythe, placed on the Supernumerary List; Bre-
vet-Major Henry Rogers, from half-pay, to be Captain,
vice Ward ; Paymaster Thomas H. Ratcliff, from half-
pay 9th Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Landers, re-
signed ; James W. Callow to be Veterinary Surgeon,
vice Cochrane, deceased. The name of Lieutenant Ire-
land, of the Royal Artillery, is Edward Clayffeld-Ireland,
and not Ireland only, as previously stated.
Royal Engineers—Brevet-Major Robert Michael Laffan
to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Robinson, placed on the Super-
numerary List ; Second Captain Sidney Baynton Farrell,
on the Supernumerary List, to be Captain; Second Captain
Charles William Barry to be Captain, vice Lafran; Lieut.
John Popham Maquay to be Second Captain, vice Barry.
Military Train—Captain Thomas George Brutton Atkin-
ron, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Bal-
combo, whose appointment, as stated in the Gazette of 4th
Nov., 1859, has been cancelled.
9th Regiment of Foot—Captain William Lawrence
Murphy, from the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice the
non. F. Le Poer Trench, who exchanges.
16th Foot—The first Christian name of Lientonant Rayne
is Charlton, and not Charles, as hitherto stated.
24th Foot—Lieutenant and Quartermaster John Cusack to
be Lieutenant, vice Farquharson, who has resigned ;
Lieutenant John Cusack to be Adjutant, vice Surplice,
who resigns the Adjutancy only.
25th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Stephen Terry to be Cap
tain, without purchase, vice Spoor, deceased ; Ensign
Fuwell Buxton Johnston to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Terry; Lieutenant Thomas Smith, from Pay-
master 97th Foot, to be Paymaster.
31st Foot—Lieut. William Hill James to bo Adjutant, vice
Leeson, promoted.
4lth Foot—Captain the Hon. Frederick Le Poer Trench,
from the 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Murphy, who ex-
changes.
52d Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant. Colonel Charles Albert Deni-
son to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel George Campbell, C. 8., appointed In-
specting Field Officer of a Recruiting Ilistrict ; Captain
Arthur Lennox Peel to be Major, withdut purchase, vice
Denison ; Lieut. Thomas Archer Julian to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Peel.
55th Foot—Lieutenant George Augustus Bayly, from half-
pay 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, pro-
moted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company;
Ensign Charles F. Faber to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bayly, who retires.
56th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Winterscale Long-
heed, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Parr,
appointed to the Staff.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Douglas Mackenzie Shute to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Bird, who retires ; Ensign
Walter De Warrenno Waller to be Lieutenant, by pur.
chase, vice Shute.
61st Foot—Captain William Blackett, from the 98th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Hamilton, who exchanges ; Lieute-
nant John Sloman to be Captain, vice Sadlier, who re-
tires.

73d—Lieutenant Mathew Smith Blyth to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Aitchison, who retires ; Ensign St. John
Dupond Galwey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Blyth ; Peter Trant Foley, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Kirk, whQ retires.
74th Foot—Ensign Thomas Oliver Wingate, from the Bth
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Clowes, deceased.
75th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Rawdon Macnamara, from
the 93d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Brocas, who ex-
changes.
79th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Mackesey to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Newport, deceased.
81st Foot--Assistant-Surgeon James Shand Duncan, M.D..
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mullan,
who exchanges.
86th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Kier Stuart
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet
Colonel Henry Lowth, C. 8., retired upon full pay ;
Brevet Major John Perkins Mayers to be Major, without
purchase, vice Stuart ; Lieutenant James Kenneth Doug-
las Mackenzie to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Mayers.
87th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Henry John Meredyth to
be Captain, witheut purchase, vice Brevet-Major King,
deceased ' • Ensign George Robert Storey to be Lieuten-
ant, without purchase, vice Meredyth.
93d Foot—Lieutenant Reginald Brocas, from the 75th
Foot, to be Lieuteaant, vice Macnamara, who exchanges.
95th Foot—Louis Thomas Kough Gustavinski, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice John Henry Prior,
who resigns; Surgeon John Gibbons, from the Staff, to
be Surgeon, vice Webb, appointed to the Staff.
98th Foot—Captain Thomas Rice Hamilton, from the 61st
Foot, to be Captain, vice Blackett, who exchanges.
99th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Kippen Stewart,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Whitla, appointed to the Staff.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain and Adjutant Richard
Young Olio Major, by purchase, vice McDonald, promoted;
Captain Robert Bennett, from the 63d Foot, to be Adjutant,
vice Young.
RECRUITING DISTRICT..--Brevet-Colonel George Camp-
bell, C. 8., from the 52d Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer,
vice Brevet-Colonel Pole, promoted to the rank of Major-
General ; Brevet-Colonel James Robert Brunker, from
half-pay as Lieut.• Colonel Unattached, to be Inspecting
Field-Officer, vice Brevet-Colonel Charles Franklyn, C. 8.,
placed on the Staff, with tho temporary rank of Major •
General.
Army Hospital Corps—Captain and Brevet-Major Stone-
house George Banbury, from the Medical Staff Corps, to be
Captain ; Captain Richard S. Cole, from the Medical Staff
Corps, to be Captain.
Unattached— Captain Theodore Wirgman, from the 811 i
Light Dragoons, to bo Major, by purchase.
HOSPITAL STlFF.—Surgeon Henry M. Webb, M.B.
from the 95th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Gibbons, appointed
to the 95th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon William J. Malian,
from the 81st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Duncan, who exchanges; Assistant-Surgeon James
Parr, from the 56th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forces, vice Lougheed, appointed to the 65th Foot;
Assistant-Surgeon George Whale, from the 99th Foot, to
be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice William Kippen
Stewart, M D., appointed to the 99th Foot ; Acting As-
sistant-Surgeon John Mills Wills has been permitted to
resign his appointment.
BREVET.

The promotion of Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Augustus
Alnioric Spencer, C. 8., and Brevet-Colonel Arthur Augus-
tus Thurlow Cunyughanie, C. 8., to the rank of Major-
General in the East Indies, to be temporary and local, and
not local only, as stated in the Gazette of the 13th January,
IS6O.
Brevet-Colonel William Anson M'Clevorty, Lieutenant-
Colonel on half-pay Unattached, to have the temporary
and local rank of Major-General in the East Indies.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wilmot Henry Bradford, of the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, having completed five years in
the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding a Regiment,
to be Colonel in the Army.
Captain Archibald Tisdall, of the 35th Foot, to be Major
in the Army.
Captain Compton Alwyne SOAR Picking, 12th Foot, to
be Major ttle 41111 Y,
MESI,OIAANAN.-Thoreas Hunt, Esq., to be Paymaster to
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