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London, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

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(From the Gazette of last Evening.)
BY THE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION.
VICTORIA. R.—Whereas Our Parliament stands pro-
rogued to Thursday the third day of January next ; We,
with, the advice of. Our Privy Council, do hereby publish
and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further pro-
rogued, on the said third day of January next, to Tuesday
the fifth day of February next ; and We have given order
to Our Chancellor, of that part of Our United Kingdom
called Great Britiiu to prepare a Commission for prorogu-
ing the same accordingly : and We do hereby further, with
the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure,
that the said Parliament shall, on the said Tuesday, the
fifth day of February next, assemble and be holden for the
dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens,
and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires' and
Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required
and commanded to give their attendance accordingly at
Westminster, on the said Tuesday the fifth day of Feb-
ruary next.
Given at Our Court at Windsor, this seventeenth day of
December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty, and in the twenty-fourth
year of our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

THE NEW COINAGE.

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BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.
VICTORIA, R.—Whereas we have thought fit to order
that certain pieces of money of bronze or mixed metal should
be ained, which should be called " Penny Pieces," " Half
Penny Pieces," and " Farthing Pieces," every such Penny
having for the obverse impression Our Effigy laureated,
with the Inscription "Victoria. D. G. Britt : Reg: F. D.,."
and for the reverse impression the Figure of Britannia
seated upon a rock in the Sea, her right hand resting upon
a shield and'holding in her left the Trident, with a Ship
and Pharos in the distance, and the inscription " One
Penny," with the date of the year ; and every such
Halfpenny piece having for the obverse impression the
aforesaid effigy and inscription, and for the reverse the
figure of Britannia, with the same emblems as described
for the Penny, and the inscription " Halfpenny," with
the date of the year ; and every such Farthing piece
having for the obverse. impression the aforesaid effigy and
inscription, and for the reverse the figure of Britannia
with the same emblems as described for the Penny, and the
inscription" Farthing," with the date of the year ; all of
which said moneys of bronze or mixed metal have been and
shall be coined in a mixed metal or bronze composed of
copper, tin, and. zinc. And whereas pieces of money of the
description aforesaid have been coined at Our Mint, and
will be coined there. We have, therefore, with the advice
of Our Privy Council, thought fit to issue this Proclama-
tion. And we cio hereby ordain, declare, and command,
that all such pieces of money of bronze or mixed metal, so
coined and to be coined as aforesaid, shall be current and
lawful money ofithe Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and shall pass and be received as current and lawful
money of the said Kingdom, every such Penny piece as of
the value of one penny of present lawful money, every
such Halfpenny piece as of the value of one halfpenny of
present lawful money, and every such Farthing piece as
of the valise of one farthing of present lawful money.
Provided that no person shall be obliged .to take more of
such Penny pieces in any one payment than shall be of the
value of one shilling, after the rate aforesaid, or take
more of such Halfpenny or Farthing pieces in any one
payment than shall be of the value of sixpence after the
rate aforesaid.
Given at Our Court at Windsor, this seventeenth day.of
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and
in the twenty-fourth year of Our reign.
GOD SAVE TILE QUEEN.

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At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of December,
1860. Present; the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.
This day the Right Hon. John Arthur Douglas, Lord
Bloomfield, was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her
Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his
place at the Board accordingly..
WHITEHALL, Prc. 18, 1860.
The Queen has been plr;astZ to, give- a.nd:grant Mato 'Sir
William Verner, Bart.; formerly a Lieutenwt-Celoutl in
her Majeaty's Army, her Royal licence end:authority that
he' may accept and wear the insignia Of a Knight Com-
mander of the Royal- Hanoverian Guelphic Order, which
the late Icing of Hanover. was pleased to confer upon him,
in approbation of his distinguished services in connection
with Hanoverian -Troops of the German Legion employed
against the enemy
.during the Peninsular War and at
Waterloo. ' • - , •
.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
Charles Hinxman, 8.A., to the Rectory of Barford St.
Martin, in the county of Wilts, and 'diocese of .Salisbury,
the same being void by the promotion of the Honourable
and Right Reverend Father in God Duct or Saniud Waldo-
grave to the See of Carlisle.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEe 12.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAM ENT.

Borough of Southwark.—Austin Henry'Layard, of No.
130; Piccadilly, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the
room of Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 18.

•
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Captain Archibald
Philip Douglas, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cap-
tain, vice William Digby Wentworth, o exchanges.
3d Light Dragoons—Dodgson Hamilton Thompson, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Barrett, promoted.
4th Light Dragoons—Captain William Digby Wentworth,
from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Archi-
bald Philip Douglas, who exchanges.
sth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Frederick Walter Carden
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Amyatt Ernie Brown,
who retires; Cornet Alexander Ewing robe Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Carden ; Richard Moore SaAlier, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cotton, appointed to the
99th Foot ; James George Hut Fox, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Chaffey promoted. •
7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Arthur L'Estrange
Hamilton Holmes, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be
Lieutenant, vice Arthur Hamilton Scrope, who ex-

changed.
11th Light Dragoons—Llewellyn Traherne Bassett Saun-
(Meson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Russell,
appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons; John Delacour,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Calvert, promoted.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Arthur Hamilton Scrope,
from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice

Arthur L'Estranie Hamilton Holmes, who exchanges.
16th Light Dragoons—Charles Francis Arnold Howard,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Edwin Andrew
Corbet, who retires; James Herbert Lovell, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Edward Philip Salter, who
retires.

17th Light Dragoons—Lieuttnant Robert Bainbridge to be
Captain, by purchase, vice harles Steel, promoted, by
purchase, to an Unattached Majority; Cornet Henry.
Richard Abadie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bainbridge.
18th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Coxon to be
Captain, by purchase, vice George Eden Jarvis, who re-
tires,. Comet Harold Esdaile Malet to be Licutenant, by
purchase, vice Coxon.
Military Train—Lieutenant Edward Jervis to be Captain,
by purchase, vice George Pilkington Blake, who retires ;
Ensign Kilner Augustus Arthur Brasier-Creagh to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jervis; Samuel Masters
Davies, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Benthall,

promoted. _ _ _
Ist Regiment of Foe—William Collett Sandars, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coccus, promoted.
2d Foot—Lieutenant George Turnor to be Inspector of

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Musketry, vice Page, retired.
4th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Benjamin Lane to be Surgeon,

vice Fisher, placed upon half-pay.
9th Foot—Major Henry James Buchanan, from half-pay
Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Charles Henry Leslie,
who exchanges.
11th Foot—Charles John Wix, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Lewis, promoted.
13th Foot—Staff Surgeon Thomas Ligertwood, M.B. to be
Surgeon, vice Jackson, appointed to the Staff.
15th Foal-William Ernest Anderson Hooper, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Churchill, promoted.
18th Foot—Lieutenant William Thomas Croft, from the
3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant,. vice John
Bland Sawyer, who exchanges.
36th Foot—Thomas Mercer Maxwell, Gent, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Stracey, promoted.
38th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Stokes to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Captain Win. Kidstone Elie's, who has
resigned that appointment; Staff Assistant-Surgeon
Colin Henderson to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lawlor,

appointed to the Staff. _
53d Foot—Ensign Thomas Rendell Morris, from the 92d
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Harry Hutchinson A. Stewart,

who exchanges,
58th Foot—Joseph Barrington Deacon, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Foster, promoted ; Donald George
Aderson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Vice Webb,

promoted in the Military Train.
79th Foot—Ensign Gilbert Walter Coventry to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Crawfurd, promoted.
82d Foot—Captain William Cooke O'Shaughnessy, from
the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Brevet-
Major Samuel Peters_Jarvis, who ratite.,upou half-pay.
87th Foot—Captain James Bailie to be Major, by purchase,
vice Charles Frederick Campbell, who retires; Lieut
Richard Throckmorton to be Captain, by purchase, vice,
Bailie • Ensign John Leigh Hollest to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Throckmorton.
92d Foot—Ensign Harry Hutchinson A. Stewart, from the
53d Foot,. to be Ensign, vice Thomas Rendall Morris,

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who exchanges.
96th Foot—Frederick Noel Hill Rocke, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Curteis, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—The Hon. Bernard Thomas Howard to be

Ensign, by purchase, vice Cary, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Bland Sawyer,
from the 18th Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Wm. Thomas

Croft, who exchanges.
Ceylon Rifle R6giment—John Fielding Willis Kane,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Francis Pearson
Murray, who retires ; Francis James Baker, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Guy William Frederick
L'Estrange, who has retired; Ensign. John Glover has
been permitted to resign his Commission.
UNATTACHED—Captain Charles Steel, from the 17th
Light Dragoons, to be Major, by purchase.

COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.
TO BE ASSISTANT-COMMISSARIES-OENERAL.

• Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General John Moria
M‘Lean. Sutherland. vice Kean Osborn, deceased

Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General Theodore.E meat
M'Clintock, vice Widdrington Tirding, deceased.
Deputy Assistant - Commissary - General Alexander
Walter 1 urner, vice George Shepheard, placed upon retired
pay.
The undermentioned Commissariat Clerks, having passed
the prescribed examination, and having been found to
possess the qualifications considered requisite for promotion
to the yank of Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General, to
be promoted accordingly :—George James Neill, and
Frederick William Callaghan.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Surgeon James Jackson, from the 13th Foot, to be Staff-
Surgeon vice Ligertwood, appointed to the 13th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon Digby William Lawlor, from the 38th
Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice James Stevenson,
whose services have been dispensed with.