The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-25 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING),

WHITEHALL, MAY 24.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto
William Martin, Esq., late Chief Justice of New
Zealand.
Francis Brady, Esq., Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
James Hurtle Fisher, Esq., President of the Legislative
Council, South Australia.
Christoffel Josephus Brand, Esq., Speaker of the House
of Assembly of the Cape of Good Hope.
Francis Murphy, Esq., Speaker of the House of Assem-
bly of V ctoria.
Senior Puisne Judge of Victoria.
Redmond Barry, Esq.,
Thomas Maclear, Esq., Astronomer Royal at the Cape
of Good Hope.
Walter Currie, Esq., Commandant of the Armed Mountc'l
Police at the Cape of Good Hope. -
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 24.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major -General
Pringle Taylor, K.H., to be a Member of the Privy Council
of the Island of Jamaica.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Patrick
Kough, John Hogsett, and Robert Kent, Esqrs., to be
Members of the Legislative Council of the Island of New-
foundland.
ger Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Jere-

miah Simpson Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative
Council of the Island of Prince Edward.
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 23.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry
Hamer Gideon as Consul at Et. Helena, for his Majesty
the King of P t gal.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAN, 1860.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain William
Barron (late 96th Regiment), Exon of her Majesty's Royal
Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, vice Captain
Morton Herbert, resigned.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 25.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Lymington--Georre Charles Gordon Lennox,
Esquire, commonly called Lord' George Charles Gordon
Lennox, of Goodwood Park, in the county of Sussex, in the
room of Sir John Rivett Carnac, Baronet, who has ac-
cepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of
Hempholme, in the county of York.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 22.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch
from her Majesty's Minister in China, reporting that the
port of Saigon, in Cochin China, has been opened to fo-
reign trade, the only charge being a tonnage duty of four
dollars a ton.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 25.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards —Assistant-Surgeon John
Noble Shipton, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Robotham, who exchanges.
sth Dragoon Guards—Thomas7 Booth, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vies Lee Mainwaring, promoted in the
Coldstream Guards.
7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Frederick R. Cameron
Crofton, from the 9th Light Dragoons; to be Lieutenant,
vice Erskine, who exchanges; Robert Allen Smyth,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cleland, promoted;
Assistant-Surgeon John Harrison Robotham, from the
2d Dragoon Guards, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ship-
ton who exchanges.
sth Light Dragoons—James Edwin Gwyther, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Birch, promoted.
Bth Light Dragoons—Francis Arthur Hutchings, Gent , to
--be Cornet, by purchase, vice de Winton, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons -- Lieutenant William Macnaghton
Erskine, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant,
vice Crofton, who exchanges.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George William Rayne,
from the 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Smith •
son Lee Wilson, who exchanges.
15th Light ragoons—Cornet Geo. John Hooke Pearson
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bell, who retires.
18th Light Dragoons—Cornet James Clarke Hicks to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Weldon, who retires.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet-Major Samuel Cleave-
land to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Wragge, retired on half-
pay ; Brevet-Major Henry Lynch Talbot to be Captain,
vice Cleo veland; Lieut. Hugh Chetham Lyle to be Se-
cond Captain, vice Talbot; Claudius Buchanan Piers,
Eaq ,to be Paymaster ; Drevet-Lieut.-Colonel Donald
Stewart, late Major, half-pay Unattached, to be Pay-
master. The undermentioned Quartermasters have been
appointed to the Royal Artillery, and not to the Coast
Brigade of Artillery, as stated in the Gazettes of 17th
and 27th April, 18.50. viz.:—henry Behenna, David
Hoge, and Samuel Blair.
4th Regiment of Foot—Major Charles Nasmyth, frombalf-
pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Dominic Jacotin
Gamble, who exchanges ; Captain Octavius Yorke Cocks

to be Major, by purithaSe, vice Nasmyth, who retires ;
Lieutenant John Clarence Boyce to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Cocks ; and Ensign George Studdert to be
Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Boyce.
ith Foot—Richard Spencer Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Ashton, appointed to the 4th Dragoon
Guards; Henry Ferdinand Oakes, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Harrison, promoted.
15th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Smithson Lee Wilson, from
the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice aynie,
who exchanges.
16th Foot—Lieutenant James Davis to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Arthur Platt, deceased ; Ensign
Arthur Edward Cooch to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Davis.
17th Foot—Captain David Latouche Colthurst to be
Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
John George Rawstorn.e, who retires ; Lieutenant
Archibald Hammond Utterson to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Certhurst ; Ensign Edward Arthur Elgin to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Utterson.
20th Foot—Ensign Charles A. Vernon to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Chapman, who retires.
21st Foot—George Henry Anderson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Blaksley. promoted.
23d Foot—William Worsley Worswick, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice William Robert Murray, re •
signed.
24th Foot—Walter Sinclair, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Pearson, promoted.
25th Foot—Francis Gerald Lees, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Harvey,. promoted.
28th Foot—Anthony Smyth, Gent.; to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice O'Brien, promoted.
31st Foot—Andrew Munro, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, ice Parson promoted.
34th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Snith, from the
Staff, to be Assistant •Surgoon, vice Masterson, appointed

to the Staff.
45th Foot—Paule Dane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Kershaw, promoted.
54th Foot—Ensign Wqrren Edward Evans to be Lieute
nant, by purchase, 'vice Fowler, who retires; Ensign
Charles Gooden Loveridge to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Floyd, promoted in the 25th Foot.
62d Foot—Surgeon John h wino-, from the Staff, to be
Surgeon, vice Tupper, deceased.°
71st Foot—Ensign John Younger Allan to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice O'Malley, promoted ; Quarter-
master Robert Anderson to bePaymaster, vice Cartinail,
retired upon half-pay.
75th Foot—Lieutenant James Falkner from Quarter-
master, 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Urquhart,
promoted without purchase to an Unattached Company ;
Ens gn Harry Philip Dawson to be Lieutenant, by I:iur-
chase, vice Falkner, who retires; Robert John k itz•
Gerald Day, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice

Dawson.
80th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Hungerford St. Leger, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Borrowes, appointed Adjutant
of a Depot Battalion; Ensign Samuel Harrison to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice St. Leger.
82d Foot—Ensign Edward Snow Mason to be Lieutenant,{
by purchase, vice Henderson, who retires.
90th F,Jot—John Campbell, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Handy, promoted in the 25th Foot.
94th Foot—Ensign Philip Robert Anstruther to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Chu'e, who retires.
Rifle Brigade—Arthur Arbuthnot, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Grant, promoted.
3d West Indian Regiment—John Robert Mather, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moorh, promoted.
D SPOT BATTALION.

Captain and Adjutant Richard Roney to be Major, by
purchase, vice John Lawrie, who retires.
Captain Erasmus Borrowes, from the 80th Foot, to be
Adjutant, vice Roney.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Assistant-Surgeon Edward Masterson, from the 34th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Smith,
appointed to the 34th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon Grevile Ewing Tait has been per-
mitted to resign his Commission.
BREVET.

Major Samuel E 'gar Owen Ludlow, Madras Engineers
:o be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day
of May, 1860 :
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued £29,509,290 Government Debt £ll,, 15,100
Other Securities .. 3,450,900
I Gold Coin & Bullion 15,U94,39)
Silver Bullion ....

f29,5e!Y,39)

£29,651,393
BANKLNG DEPARTMENT,
Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu
tal £14.553,000 ritics (including
Rest
Public Deposits (in- nuity)
eluding Ex.che- , Other Securities
quer, Savings' Notes
Banta, COMMIS- Gold and Silver
missioncrs of Na- Coin
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

counts) 7,658,533
Other Deposits 12,569,848
Seven Day and
other Bills

691,115

138,761,522
W.

Dated May 24, 1860.