The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-20 00:00:00

WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, AuG.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Richard Dunning
Barre Cunninghame, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Ponsford, promoted.
Ist Dragoons—Daniel Finucane, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Hall, promoted ; Frederic Radford, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hallifax, who has retired.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Richard
Oilfield to be Adjutant, vice Campbell, who resigns the
Adjutancy only ; Lieutenant Ed ward Tobias Willoughby
Purcell to be Second Captain, vice Hunter, deceased.
Tho dates of promotion of the undermentioned officEes to
be altered as follows, viz. :—Second Captain F. T. Whin-
yates to 25th June, 1856 ; Second Captain J. H. Black-
burn to 14th July, 1356; Second Captain W. N. Waller
to 19th July, 1856. Assistant-Surgeon James Balfour
Cockburn, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Sparke, who resigns ; Assistant-Surgeon Albert
Hawkins, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Watson, who resigns.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel John Isaac
Mope to be Colenel, vice Budgen, retired on full pay ;
Brevet-Colonel John William Gordon to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Hope; Second Captain Thomas Inglis to be
Captain, vice Gordon ; Second Captain Anthony Reynolds
Vyvyan Crease, from the Supernumerary List, to be
Second Captain, vice Inglis.
3d Foot—Captain Henry William Paget Butler, from
the 85th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cousamaker, who ex-
changes.
10th Foot—Captain John Cater, from the 68th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Jephson, who exchanger.
16th Foot —The second Christian name of Ensign Bra-
bazon, appointed without purchase on the Bth July, is
Henry.
22d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Joseph A drien, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Sawyers, appointed
to the 21th Foot.
39th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Gray has been permitted
to resign his Commission.
40th Foot—Paymaster Henry Butler Stoney, from the
99th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Hoekings, deceased.
49th Foot—Lieutenant William Young to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Rocke, who retires.
53d Foot—Ensign F. J. S. Brockhurst to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Lloyd, who retires ; Robert Prince,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brockhurst.
54th Foot—Captain Francis George C. Probart, from
the 95th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bayly, who exchanges.
66th Foot— A.ssistant-Surgeon James M'Gregor Laing,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Davenport,
appointed to the 6th Dragoon Guards.
68th Foot—Captain Robert George .Tephson, from the
10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cator, who exchanges.
83d Foot—Lieutenant T. Mowbray Baumgartner to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Keogh, who retires ; Ensign
George Lightfoot Huyshe to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Baumgartner ; Nicholas Pennefather, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Huysbe.
85th Foot—Captain Arthur Lannoy Cousemaker, from
the 3d Foot, to be Captain, vice Butler, who exchanges.
91th Foot--Ensign Fenimore Ridgway to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Reynolds, who has reti red ; Charles
Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, purchase, vie Ridgway.
95th Foot Captain Henry Elliott Bayly, from the 54th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Probart, who exchanges.
98th Foot—Ensign David J. Copeland Jones: to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Thos. H. Smith, promoted in
the 2d West India Regiment; Charles Graham Ileathcote,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jones.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Nicholas William Butler has
been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
Commission.

2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas H . Smith,
from the 98th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Char-
nook, who retires.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign William Cod v to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Birch, promoted.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Lieutenant Henry .Nason,
from the Royal Marines, to be Captain.
lINATTACHED.—Brevet-Major Wm. James Gilln m. of
the Ist Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Sub-
stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854. '