The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-25 00:00:00

FROM TBE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 22.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
Major-General Robert Percy Douglas to be Lieutenant-
Governor of the Island of Jersey, in the room of Major-
General Mundy, deceased.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 23.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, unto the Right Hon. George William Fox Baron
Kinnaird, K.T., and the heirs male of his body lawfully
begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Kinnaird,
of Rossie, in the county of Perth, with remainder, in default
of such heirs male, to his brother, the Hon. Arthur Fitz-
Gerald Kinnaird, and the heirs male of his body, lawfully
begotten.

DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 23.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Justin
Mac Carthy, Knt., to be Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over the Island of Ceylon and its Depen-
dencies.

FOREIGN. OFFICE, JULY 1.
Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Frede-
rick Guarracino, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Sam-
soon, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Island of Crete.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Aua. 24.
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant the Hon.
James David Drummond to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant
McLoughlin, who has resigned that appointment.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Edward Essex Digby
Boycott, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Beamish, who exchanges , Lieutenant Robert Cunning •
hame Cuninghame Graham, from the 78th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Jackson, who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—Griffith Evans, Gent., to be Veterinary-
Surgeon; James Joseph Meyrick, Gent., to be Veteri-

nari-Suigeon.
Grenadier Guards—Surgeon Charles R. Nicoll, having
completed a period of 20 years' full-pay service, to be
Surgeon .Major, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858.
4th Regiment of Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Col.
George Henry Tyler, from the 13th Foot, to be Major,
vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Thomson, who exchanges.
10th Foot—Captain William Cooke O'Shaughnessy, from
the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Man-
ners, who exchanges.
13th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant. Colonel George
Latham Thomson, from the 4th Foot, to be Major, vice
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Tyler, who exchanges.
14th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Maxwell Lepper,
from the 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fenton, who ex-
changes.
15th Foot—William Naugle, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Garnett, promoted,
21st Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Slingsby Beamish,
from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant (receiv-
ing the former difference between Cavalry and Infantry),
vice Boycott, who exchanges.
26th Foot—Augustus Des Montiers Campbell, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice the Hon. George Grimston
Craven, promoted in the Scots Fusilier Guards.
33d Foot—The Commission as Lieutenant of Lieutenant
James Maurice Shipton has been antedated to the 21st"
February, 1860.
39th Foot--Sergeant-Major Joseph Jobberus to be Quar-
termaster, vice Blurton, appointed Paymaster, 2d Foot.
46th Foot—Ensign William Gordon M'Crae to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Carlow, who retires ; William
Long, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Crae.
54th Foot—John Simeon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Loveridge, promoted.
56th Foot—The third Christian name of Ensign Jones is
Hallatt, and not Hillat, as stated in the Gazette of the
3d August.
63d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Henry Hunt, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Odell, who ex-
changes.
72d Foot—Ensign Thomas Bedford Urquhart, from the
89th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Tanner, promoted.
73d Foot—Ensign Hugh Francis Hacket Gibsone to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Greatrex, who retires.
78th Foot—Lieut. Standish R. Jackson, from the 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant (receiving the former
difference between cavalry and infantry) vice Graham,

who exchanges.
83d Foot—Ensign Michael Murphy to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Minhear, promoted ; Ensign James E.
Brymer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gore, pro-

rooted.
SGth Foot--Captain Edward Dyne Fenton, from the 14th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Lepper,l who ex-

changes.
88th Foot—Lieutenant Ernest Augustus Perceval to be
Captain by purchase, vice Riley, promoted, by purchase,
to an Unattached Majority; Ensign Lewis Mansorgh
Buchanan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Perceval.
2d West India Regivent—Captain Douglas Ernest Man-
ners, from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice O'Shaugh-
nessy, who exchanges.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Ensign James Thomson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Smyth, deceased ;
Robert Gilchrist Marshal, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Thomson.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain William Clive Justice, from
the 75th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Brevet-Major Wol-
man, promoted ; Captain ',V. H. Peter Gordon Bluett,
of the 10th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice
Captain J. M. Lyle, promoted to a Majority in the 29th

Foot.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant-Surgeon Francis
Odell, from the 63d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Hunt, who exchanges.
BREVET.

The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the decease of General the Hon. Sir Henry Murray,
K.C.8., Colonel of the 14th Light Dragoons, on the 29th
July, 1860:
Lieutenant-General Sir John Aitchison, K.C.8., Colonel
of the 72d Foot, to be General.
Major-General Everard 'William Bouverie, Colonel of
the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel John Thomas Hill, from Lieutenant-
Colonel half-pay, 80th Foot, to be Major-General.
Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Donovan,
Cape Mounted Rifles, to be Colonel.
Major William Pym Young, 65th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel.
Captain Neil Innes Mackay, Royal Artillery, to be Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the decease of General Sir Henry 'Wyndham, K.C.8.,
Colonel of the 11th Light Dragoons on the 2d August,
1860 :
Lieutenant-General Jervois, Colonel of the 76th
Foot, to be General.
Major• General the Hon. Thomas Ashburnham, C. 8.,
Colonel of the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel John Longfield, C. 8., from Lieutenant
Colonel half-pay Bth Foot, to be Major. General.
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Frederick Pon-
sonby, Grenadier Guards, to be Colonel.
Major James Nugent, 36th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Co-
lonel.
_Captain Joseph Clarke Childs, Royal Artillery, to be

Major.
The Commissions, as Brevet-Majors, of Captain and
Brevet-Major George Gooch Clowes, Bth Light Dragoons,
and of Captain and Brevet-Major Cecil Rice, 72d Foot, has
been antedated to Dec. 7, 1858.
MEMORANDUM.—The undermentioned exchange, as
stated in the Gazette of Aug. 3, 1860, has been cancelled :
Military Train—Captain George Joy, from the 59th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Wolrige, who exchanges.