The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-04 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 3.
Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold a Court
at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 7th March next,
at two o'clock, for the special and exclusive reception of
Officers of Volunteer Corps, who may be desirous of pre-
senting themselves before her Majesty.
Due notice will be given of the regulations to be observed
upon this occasion. SYDNEY, Lord Chamberlain.•

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 3.
Notice is hereby given that the Queen will hold levees
at St. James's Palace, upon the following days, at two
o'clock, viz :—Wednesday the 15th inst., Thursday the
23d inst., and Wednesday the 28th of March next.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEE. 3.
Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold a Draw-
ing Room at St. James's Palace, upon Saturday, the 24th
of March next, at two o'clock.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 21.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Frank
Parish, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Buenos Ayres,
to be her Majesty's Consul at Buenos Ayres.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Hugo
Wilson as Consul-General in London for the Argentine
Confederation.

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Henr7
Adams (Attorney-General), and William Hepburn Renme
(Auditor-General), Esqs., to be Members of the Legislative
Council of the Island of Hong Kong.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Frederick
William Green, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative
Council of the said Island of Hong Kong, whilst executing
the duties of Attorney-General for that Island.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 1.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Pontefract—Hugh Culling Eardley Chil-
ders, Esq., in the room of William 0 verend, Esq., who
has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern
Hundreds.

Borough of Beverley—James Robert Walker, of Sand
Hutton, in the county of York Esq., in the room of Ralph
Walters Esq., whose election for the said borough has
been determined to be void.
FEB. 2.

County of Forfar—The Hon. Charles Carnegie, in the
room of -Adam Duncan Haldane, commonly called Viscount
Duncan, now Earl of Camperdown, summoned to the Hous•
of Peers.

Borough of Scarborough—John Dent Dent, of Ribston.
Hall, in the county of York, Esq., in the room of the Hon.
Wm. Henry Forester Denison, now Lord Londesborough,
summoned to the House of Peers.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 3.
Artillery Company of London—The commissions of the
following officers are renewed for a further period of five
years :—Captain Peter Morrison, Captain John Biden,
Captain William Bokenham, Captain William Chicken
Jay, Captain William Jeremiah Jordan, Lieutenant Adol-
phus John Lewis, Quartermaster George Bailin, Physician
Henry Jeaffreson. Lieutenant John William Parker Field,
Instructor of Musketry, to have the rank of Captain; Ser-
geant John Blockley to be Lieutenant, vice Harrison,
whose commission is cancelled, for continued absence with-
out leave.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 3.
73d Regiment of Foot—Major-General Sir Michael Creagh
to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General C. Grant Fal-
conar, deceased.

7th Regiment Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Christopher!
Barton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dowlsiggua, who
retires ; Cornet William Macnaghton Erskine to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Caldwell, deceased ; Cor-
net Edward Henry O'Dowd to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Barton.
Dragoons—The Commission of Veterinary-Surgeon
Thornton Hart to be antedated to the 4th July, 1855.
6th Light Dragoons—Cornet Alexander Malcolmson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cowan, deceased ;
Lieutenant Richard Farnham Ridley, from the 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Mather, who ex-
changes.
Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Gurney Hanbury to be
Captain, by purchase, vies Wirgman, promoted, by pur-
chase, to an Unattached Majority ; Cornet Augustus
Tonnochy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hanbury.
13th Light Dragoons—Ensign Wm. Mitchell Ines, from
the 81st Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Bil-
ling, promoted.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Robert Mather, from the sth
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ridley, who ex-
changes.
15th Light Dragoons—Cornet Walter Theobald Edward
Bentinck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wright,
who retires.
17th Light Dragoons—Ensign Henry Augustin Robinson,
from the 2d Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Gooch, promoted in the 16th Light Dragoons.
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Major Henry Clerk, on the Su-
pernumerary List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet-
Major Francis B. Ward to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
W. J. Smythe, placed on the Supernumerary List ; Bre-
vet-Major Henry Rogers, from half-pay, to be Captain,
vice Ward ; Paymaster Thomas H. Ratcliff, from half-
pay 9th Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Landers, re-
signed ; James W. Callow to be Veterinary Surgeon,
vice Cochrane, deceased. The name of Lieutenant Ire-
land, of the Royal Artillery, is Edward Clayfield-Ireland,
and not Ireland only, as previously stated.
Royal Engineers—Brevet-Major Robert Michael Laffan
to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Robinson, placed on the Super-
numerary List; Second Captain Sidney Baynton Farrell,
on the Supernumerary List, to be Captain ; Second Captain
Charles William Barry to be Captain, vice Laffan; Lieut.
John Popham Maguey to be Second Captain, vice Barry.
Military Train—Captain Thomas George Brutton Atkin-
ron, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Bal-
combe, whose appointment, as stated in the Gazette of 4th
Nov., 1859, has been cancelled.
9th Regiment of Foot—Captain William Lawrence
Murphy, from the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice the
Hon. F. Le Poer Trench, who exchanges.
16th Foot—The first Christian name of Lieutenant Reyne
is Charlton, and not Charles, as hitherto stated.
24th Foot—Lieutenant and Quartermaster John Cusack to
be Lieutenant, vies Farquharson, who has resigned;
Lieutenant John Cusack to be Adjutant, vice Surplice,
who resigns the Adjutancy only.
25th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Stephen Terry to be Cap
tain, without purchase, vice Spoor, deceased ; Ensign
Fowell Buxton Johnston to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Terry ; Lieutenant Thomas Smith, from Pay-
master 97th Foot, to be Paymaster.
31st Foot—Lieut. William Hill James te be Adjutant, vice
Leeson, promoted.
411th Foot—Captain the Hon. Frederick Le Poer Trench,
from the 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Murphy, who ex-
changes.
52d Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant• Colonel Charles Albert Deni-
son to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel George Campbell, C. 8., appointed In-
specting Field Officer of a Recruiting District ; Captain
Arthur Lennox Peel to be Major, without purchase, vice
Denison ; Lieut. Thomas Archer Julian to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Peel.
55th Foot—Lieutenant George Augustus Bayly, from half-
pay 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, pro-
moted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company;
Ensign Charles F. Faber to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bayly, who retires.
56th Foot—Assist ant-Surgeon James Winterscale Loug-
heed, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Parr,
appointed to the Staff.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Douglas Mackenzie Shute to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Bird, who retires ; Ensign
Walter De Warrenne Waller to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Shute.
61st Foot—Captain William Blackett, from the 98th Foot,
te be Captain, vice Hamilton, who exchanges ; Lieute-
nant John Sloman to be Captain, vice Sadlier, who re-
tires.
73d—Lieutenant Mathew Smith Blyth to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Aitchison, who retires ; Ensign St. John
Dupond Galwey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Blyth ; Peter Trent Foley, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Kirk, who retires.
74th Foot—Ensign Thomas Oliver Wingate, from the Bth
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Clowes, deceased.
75th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Rawdon Macnamara, from
the 93d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Brocas, who ex-
changes.
79th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Mackesey to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Newport, deceased.
81st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Shand Duncan, M.D..
from the Staff, to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mullen,
who exchanges.
86th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 'William Kier Stuart
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet
Colonel Henry Lowth, C. 8., retired upon full pay ;
Brevet Major John Perkins Mayers to be Major, without
purchase, vice Stuart ; Lieutenant James Kenneth Doug-
las Mackenzie to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Mayers.
87th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Henry John Meredyth to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major King,
deceased ; Ensign George Robert Storey to be Lieuten-
ant, without purchase, vice Meredyth.
93d Foot—Lieutenant Reginald Brocas, from the 75th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alacnimara, who exchanges.
95th Foot—Louis Thomas Kough Gustavinski, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice John Henry Prior,
who resigns ; Surgeon John Gibbons, from the Staff, to
be Surgeon, vice Webb, appointed to the Staff.
98th Foot—Captain Thomas Rice Hamilton, from the 61st
Foot, to be Captain, vice Blackett, who exchanges.
99th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Kippen Stewart,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Whitla, appointed to the Staff.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain and Adjutant Richard
Young tobo Major, by purchase, vice McDonald, promoted;
Captain Robert Bennett, from the 63d Foot, to be Adjutant,
vice Young.
RECRUITING DISTRICT.—Brevet-Colonel George Camp-
bell, C. 8., from the 52d Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer,
vice Brevet-Colonel Pole, promoted to the rank of Major-
General; Brevet-Colonel James Robert Brunker, from
half-pay as Lieut. •Colonel Unattached, to be Inspecting
Field-Officer, vice Brevet-Colonel Charles Franklyn, C. 8.,
placed on the Staff, with tho temporary rank of Major•
I General.
Army Hospital Corps—Captain and Brevet-Major Stone-
house George Bunbury, from the Medical Staff Corps, to be
Captain ; Captain Richard S. Cole, from the Medical Staff
Corps, to be Captain.
Unattached— Captain Theodore Wirgman, from the 8•*
Light Dragoons, to be Major, by purchase.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Henry M. Webb, M.B.
from the 95th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Gibbons, appointed
to the 95th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon William J. Mullen,
from the 81st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Duncan, who exchanges ; Assistant-Surgeon James
Parr, from the 56th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forces, vice Lougheed, appointed to the 65th Foot ;
Assistant-Surgeon George Whitla, from the 99th Foot, to i
be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice William Kippen
Stewart, M.D., appointed to the 99th Foot ; Acting As-
sistant-Surgeon John Mills Wills has been permitted to
resign his appointment,
BREVET.

The promotion of Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Augustus
Almon is Spencer, C. 8., and Brevet-Colonel Arthur Augus-
tus Thurlow Cunynghame, C. 8., to the rank of Major-
General in the East Indies, to be temporary and local, and
not local only, as stated in the Gazette of the 13th January,
1860.

Brevet-Colonel William Anson M'Cleverty, Lieutenant-
Colonel on half-pay Unattached, to have the temporary
and local rank of Major-General in the East Indies.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wilmot Henry Bradford, of the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, having completed five years in
the rank of Lieutenant-Ca:lnel Commanding a Regiment,
to be Colonel in the Army.
Captain Aroyibald Tindall, of the 35th Foot, to be Major
iu tl-, Army. -

Captain Compton Alxvyne Serase Dickins, 12th Foot, to
be Major in the Army.
11.1.0;01i4NDA.—Thomas Hunt, Esq. be Paymaster to
119 loyal Artillery and Royal Engineers in China;

Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Geddes Bull has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of an Un-
attached Majority, he being about to become a settler in
Canada.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 3.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles, Viscount
Eversley, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Hampshire Yeomanry
Cavalry, to be oae of her Majesty's Aides-de-:;amp for the
service of her Yeomanry Force, with the rank of Colonel in
that Force.