The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-26 00:00:00

LONDON G.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 26.

Evening.)

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Earl Granville to be Chancellor of the University of Lon-
don, in the room of the Earl of Burlington, resigned.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Jose
Joaquin de Mora as Consul-General in London ; of Don
Lorenzo Juan Gutierrez as Consul at Hong gong; and of
Don Manuel Gomez de Avellaneda as Consul at Malta, for
Her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
The Queen has been also pleased to approve of Mr.
Gideon S. Holmes as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope,
for the United States of America.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, DEC. 26.

2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Robert
Blair, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Chadwick, who exchanges.
3d Dragoon Guards—The Christian name of Troop-
Sergeant Major Don, appointed to a Cornetcy, without
purchase, and Adjutancy, on the 12th December, 1856, is
James, and not William, as previously stated.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John De Heley Chad-
wick, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant,
vice Blair, who exchanges ; Samuel Ashton Pretor, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gifford, promoted in the
6th Dragoon Guards.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Staff-Sergeant James Mutch
to be Quartermaster and Commissary of Clothing; for
Gentleman Cadet George E tward Langham Somerset
Sandford to be Lieutenant, which appeared in the Gazette
of the 11th ult., read Gentleman Cadet George Edward
Langham Somerset Sanford.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Chalrner3 to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Adams, deceased ; Ensign
Charles Squirl to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Chalmers.

4th Foot—Ensign George M. Billington to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice the Hon. H. N. G. Massey, who retires
David Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bil-
lington.

29th Foot—John Edward Longdet.‘, Esq., late Paymas-
ter, Turkish Contingent, to be Paymaster, vice Jameson,
deceased.

40th Foot—Ensign John Vander Horst Rees, from the
90th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Handy, who exchanges.
43d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Croker has been
permitted to resign,,his Commission.
44th Foot—The Ch,istian name of Mr. Abbott, who was
permitted to resign his Commission as Ensign on the 12th
instant, is John, and not William, as previously stated.
47th Foot—Ensign Spencer Edward Orr to be Lieut.,
without purchase, vice Mallett, deceased ; Ensign George
Onrry Clarke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morres,
who retires; Samuel Heywood, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Clarke ; Gentleman Cadet Francis Thomas
Elwood, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Orr.

57th Foot— Ensign Samuel F. Sewell to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Macartney, deceased ; Gentleman
Cadet Charles Henry Cox, from the Royal Military Col-
lege. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sewell.
62d Foot—Ensign James O'Hara to ba Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Duff, who retires; Reginald Whitting,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Hara.
72d Foot—Ensign James William Fitzgerald Butler has
been permitted to resign his commission.
90th Foot—Ensign Samuel Roden Handy, from the 40th
Foot, to lie Ensign, vice Rees, who exchanges.

CAVALRY DEPOT (Maidstone).
For Capt. William Miller, from half-ply of the 2d Dra-
goons, to be Adjutant, which appeared i❑ the Gazette of
14bh Nov., 1856, read Capt. William Miller, on half-pay,
&c.