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THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVJ?NING)•

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 12.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Francis
Howard Vyse, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Jedo, and
Acting Consul at Kanagawa, to be her Majesty's Consul
at lianagawa.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 19.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John A.
Callender as Consul at Edinburgh and Leith ; of Mr. Chas.
Cotesworth as Consul at Liverpool ; of Mr. George Newan-
ham Harvey as Consul at Cork ; of Mr. Thomas Beynon as
Consul at Newport, South Wales ; and of Mr. Edwin Fox
as Vice-Consul in London, for the Republic of Liberia.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 19.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Stewart Camp-
bell, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Counsel for the pro-
vince of Nova Scotia.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William
Dardis Furlonge, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of
the Island of Montserrat.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 20.
ME.7%IBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
County of Nottingham—Southern Division.—The Hon.
George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, commonly called
Lord Stanhope, in the room of Sydney William Herbert
Pierrepont, commonly called Viscount Newark, now Earl
Manvers, called up to the House of Peers.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 21.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Comet George Henry
Bowyer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James
Gunter, promoted ; Philip Chetwode Browne, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webster, promoted.
Bth Light Dragoons—Richard Chambers, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Collier, promoted.
10th Light Dragoons—Troop-Sergeant-Major John Hill
James to be Quartermaster, vice John Fenn, retired upon
half-pay.
12th Light Dragoons—The surname of the Captain ap-
pointed to this Regiment, from the Ist Dragoon Guards,
on the 30th November, 1860, is " Cuninghame," and not
Cuningham, as then stated.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Michael
Walker Heneage to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Ullick Canning, Lord Dunkellin, who
retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Ellis Philip Fox Reeve
to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice
Heneage ; Joseph Blake, Lord Wallscourt, to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by pusahase, vice Reeve.
4th Regiment of Foot—John Edmund Sinclair, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Freeman, promoted.
6th Foot—Lieutenant John Grahame to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Walter Tyler Bartley, deceased ; En-
sign Thomas Greer Saunders to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Grahame ; Lieutenant Wm. Wastle to be
Paymaster, vice Allan M'Donald, deceased; Wm. Owen
Lanyon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Frederick
Helyar, appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons.
Bth Foot—Martin George Cole, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Madden, promoted.
9th Foot—Robert Henry Nicholson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Josselyn, promoted ; Henry Augustus
Brudeneil Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Forte, promoted.
10th Foot—Captain James Farquhar, from the 48th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Richard Cormic Clifford, who ex -
changes.
11th Foot—Walter Long, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Hare, promoted.
12th Foot—Simon Bagge Triph.)ok, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Bacchus, appointed to the 7th Dragoon
Guards; Henry Duppa Cutbill, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Andrews, appointed to the 74th Foot.
13th Foot—John Moutray Read, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Nunnington, who retires ; William
Frederic Middleton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Brooks, promoted.
15th Foot—Stewart Paxton Majoribanks, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Brunker, appointed to the
26th Foot.
20th Foot—Henry Hays Leeming, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Andrew Halliday Hall, promoted in the
2d 'West India Regiment ; Robert Herne Mardon, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wahab, promoted.
22d Foot—Edmund William Grove, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Nevile promoted.
26th Foot—James Samuel Greer, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Wolferstan, promoted.
29th Foot—Robert John Watson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Croft, appointed to the Ist Dragoons.
34thFoot—William Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice John McCarthy O'Leary, who retires ;
John Macredie Mure, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,

vice French, appointed to the 59th Foot:
45th Foot—Augustine Hugh Lefroy, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Tennant, promoted.
48th Foot—Captain Richard Cormick Clifford, from the
10th Foot, to be Captain, vice James Farquhar, whe
exchanges.
50th Foot—Charles Morant Churchill, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Barker, promoted.
53d. Foot—James Anthony Hussey, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Brown, promoted.
60th Foot—George Thomas Whitaker, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice James Blaikie-Keith, appointed
to the 69th Foot.
61st Foet—Jaines Rogerson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Atkinson, promoted.
63d Foot—Morris Charles Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hulton, promoted.
70th Foot-45leorge Green Cuppage, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase vice Riddell, promoted.
75th Foot—William Scott Richardson, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Finnerty, promoted.
79th Foot—William George Graham Glascock, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coventry, promoted.
82d Foot—James Newman Tanner, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Johnston, promoted ' - Staff-Assistant-
Surgeon John Smeaton Allanby, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Spence, who exchanges.
83d Foot—Ensign Littleton Albert Powys to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Gandy, promoted.
93d Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert
Lockhart Ross to be Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase, vice
vice Brevet-Colonel Alexander Sebastian Leith Hay,
C. 8., who retires; Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant -
Colonel William Donald Macdonald to be Major, by pur.
chase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Ross; Lieutenant
Maxwell Withei'llyslop to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald; Ensign Charles
Dennis Potts to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hyslop;
Edward Boase, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Hastie, promoted.
94th Foot—Robert Lovell Gwatkin, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Blake, promoted.
95th Foot—Henry Francis Sneyd, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Brooke, promoted ; Staff-Assistant-Sur-
geon John. Niven to be, Assistant-Surgeon, vice Sharpe,
appointed to the Staff. The appointment of Staff-Assist-
ant-Surgeon John Smeeton Allanby, M.D., which ap-
peared in the " Gazette" of July 10, 1860, has been can-
celled.
97th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew George Onslow, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Roger Swire, who retires;
Ensign Henry Champante Crespin to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Onslow.
98 h Foot—John Robert Meiklam, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Heathcote, promoted.
99th Foot—Paymaster Frank Potter, Paymaster for
General Service, to be Paymaster vice Charles Schom-
berg Thomas, whose services are dispensed with.
100th Foot—Wm. Ritchie, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Lawrell, promoted.
2d West India Regiment—Thos. Peach, Gent., to be En
sign, by purchase, vice Lloyd, promoted.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign Frederick Thos. Tegart
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Joseph Albert Den-
ton, who retires.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Inspector-General of
Hospitals Chas. Whyte, retired on half-pay, to have the
honorary rank of Inspec'tor-General of Hospitals, under the
Royal Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858. Assist-Surgeon. Robert
Spence, from the 82d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Allanby, who exchanges.
BREVET.

Lieut. James Deacon, Paymaster Ist Foot, to have the
honorary rank of Captain under the Royal Warrant of 27th
January, 1860.
Quartermaster John Fenn, half-pay 10th Light Dra-
goons, to have the honorary rank of Captain.

That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts
and the Bank of England had not come to hand when we
went to press.

THE MAILS.

MAILS DUE.

Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-
Jan. 18.
ampton) .. .. .. • • • • • •
12.
Do. Jan. 6.
-
(via Marseilles)
.
Brazil and Cape Verds .. .. .. .. Dec.
_..
Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. • • Dec. -....
Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. Dec. 29
Cuba and Mexico .. .. .. • • . Dec. —.
Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. • • : . Jan. 1.
Cape of .
Good Hope, &c. .. • • sQ,uton) Jan. 2.
China, Penang, and Singapore (v.iaMarseilles) Dec. 27
.. Dec. 25
Do (via
Gibraltar (via Southampton) Southampton) Jan. 2.
India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (vi 7 via Marseilles) Dec. 27.
Do.
ahatnp/011) .. • • Dec. 25.
India (Bombay), (via Sou.
.. Jan.
4.
Do. (via Marseilles).. .. .. Dec. 21.
Lisbon .. • 's.r Southampton) .. Dec. 25.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4.
Do.
Vigo and Oporto ._. • . .. .. .. Dec. 21.
United States, California, &c. .. .. .. Dec. 26.

liThe oldest bishop in France, Mgr. Philibert de
Bruillard, died on Dec. 15, at Montfieury, near that city, at
the age of ninety-five. He was Bishop of Grenoble from
1826 to 1852, in which latter year he resigned the see on
account of his advanced age.

A St. Petersburg letter of tho 12th says :—" The
Russian capital has assumed its winter dress, and the sea-
son commences well. The temperature is moderate enough ;
no thaws, no hurricanes, or snowdrifts, but excellent sledg-
ing ; in a word, it is impossible to have anything finer at
least for a Russian."
THE ABORIGINES OF NORTH AMERICA.
United States' Commissioner for Indian Affairs,
in his
report, states that during the year the Indians had enjoyed
uninterrupted health ; peace and plenteousness having led
to that result. During the calendar year 2,924,069 dols.
65c. had been paid to various tribes in money, goods, and
provisions. Since 1857 nearly 31,000,000 acres had been
obtained by treaty from the Indians at a cost of 3,726,880
dols., exclusive of 632,400 acres sold in trust for the respec-
tive Indians. Some of the tribes were improving in civili-
sation, but others were insubordinate and dissatisfied,