The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-13 00:00:00

LONDONTTHURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 0, 1856.

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

(From, the Court Newsman.)

The Queen held a Levee (the third this season) yester-
day afternoon in St. James's Palace. A Guard of
Honour of the Life Guards mounted guard in the large
quadrasgle, with the band of the regiment in state nni-
fot m.
Her Majesty's Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-
at-Arms was on duty in the State Saloons, under the
command of the lieutenant. Lieut.-Colonels Nerill and
Cooke, the sub-officers, were on duty with the corps.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty, under the
command of Capt. Parker Rickford, the Exon in Wait-
ing.

.A.er Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
arrived from Buckingham Palace soon after two o'clock,
attended by the Ladiee and Gentlemen in Waiting, and
eeeprted by a detachment of Life Guards. The Great
efLers of Stale received the Queen and Prince.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Se-
rene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, and his
Serene Highness Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar, at-
tended the levee, and were received by the Vice-Cham-
berlain.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Con-
sort entered the Throne-room, attended by the Duchess
of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes ; Lady Churchill,
Lady in Waiting ; the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T.,
Lord Chamberlain ; Earl Spencer, K.G., Lord Steward ;
the Marquis of Abercorn, K G , Groom of the Stole to
his Royal Highness ; the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer
of the Household ; Lord E. Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ;
Viscount Drumlanrig, Conintroller of the Household ;
Lord Cullom Lord in Waiting ; Viscount Torrington,
Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Col. the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse ;
Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Private Secretary to
his Royal Highness ' Mr. F. Cavendish, Groom in
Waiting ; Colonel F. Seymour, Groom in Waiting to
his Royal Highness ; Major Gen. Buckley, Equerry in
Waiting ; Capt. the Hon. Dudley de Roe, Equerry to
his Royal Highness ; and Me,-irs. Cameron and Far-
quharson, Pages of Honour iu Waiting.
The Queen wore a train of white and gold moire an-
tique silk, trimmed with gold blonde and red velvet bows.
The petticoat was white satin, and was also trimmed
with gold blonde and red velvet bows.
Her Majesty wore a coronet of opal and diamonds.
The Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the fol-
lowing presentations to her Majesty took place in the
diplomatic circle :
By the Portuguese Minister--Le Commandeur Pinto
de Soveral, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from her Most Faithful Majesty to his Majesty
the Emperor of Brazil.
By the Austrian Minister—Le General Baron Smola,
le Coloucl (du Genie) Wurmb, le Ca, i aine Wiesiak (Im-
perial navy), and le Lieut.-Col. Count Taafle.
By the Minister from the United States—Capt. H.
W. Benham, of the United States Corps of Engineers.
Mr. Rolt, M.P., presented an address to the Queen from
the women of Woolwich and its vicinity above the age of
21 years, being 2,010 in number, three-fourthe of whom
are of the working classes, humbly entreating her Ma-
jesty to withhold her Royal assent to the prayer of any
petition halving for its object to open the British Mu-
seum, National Gallery, Crystal Palace, or other exhibi-
tions on the Lord'. sDay.
The folioe ig presentations triotc place, the names
having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's
Office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval :
Major Addison, on appointment, Assistant Quartermas-
ter-General, by Visconut Marclinge.
Dr. Agnis, by Lieutenant-General Lautour.
Mr. Ackroyd, on appointment, as Deputy Lieutenant,
West Riding of Yorkshire, by Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P.
Lieut F. Alexander, by Lieut.-Gen, Sir G. Pollock.
Lieut. St. Leger Aldworth, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by Sir C. Wood.
Captain J. S. A. Anderson, by the Chairman of the East
In lie Company.
Major Anderson, on return from the Crimea, and re-ap-
pointment to the Royal Horse Artillery, by his father,
Colonel Anderson.
Lieut. Hon. A. Annesley, on appointment to Grenadier
Guards, by Colonel Wood.
Professor D. T. Ansted, by Sir R. I. Murchison.
Rev. J. Antrobns, on appointment as one of her Ma-
jesty's priests in ordinary, by the Rev. Dr. Wesley.
Captain Anstruther, on promotion, by Colonel Wood.
Mr. L. Aria, by the Right Hon. H. Labouehere.
Lieutenant E. Armstrong, on promotion and return
from the west coast of Africa, by General Wood.
Major T. Atchison, on restoration to Royal Artillery, by
Colonel Sir D. Macdougal.
Lord Aveland, on being created a' peer, by Viscount
Palmerston.
Admiral Ayscough, on attaining the rank of full admi-;
ral, by Sir C. Wood.
Colonel Bainbridge, on appointment to the I.7th Lancers,
by General Sir T. M`Mahon.
Lieut. E. Baldock, by Lord Carington.
Cornet Bayne, by Lord Panmure.
Rear-Admiral Baynes, on appointment en particular
service, by Sir C. Wood.
Lieut.-Colonel W. F. Beatson, lieutenant-general in the
Turkish service, by the Earl.of Elletibirongh. •
Lieut. G. G. Beasley, on promotion and return from the
west coast of Africa, by General Wood.
Capt. A. Bolton, on appointment asGentleman-at-Arms,
by Lord Foley.
Mr. Barker, by the Earl of Abingdon.
Lieut. Benson, on return from the Crimea, by General
Earl Beauchamp.
Lieut. W. T. Batson, on appointment to the Queen's
Royal Antrim Rifles, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Ensign C. Bicknell, by the Earl of Wilton.
Captain Birch, by the Marquis of Salisbury.
Ensign J. Birney, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Captain Blackett, on return from the Crimea, by Vis-
count Hardinge.
Hon. H. Blaine, member of the Legislative Council,
Cape of Good Hope, by the Right Hon. H. L tbouchere.
Major T. F. Blois, on return from India, by Lieut.-Gen.
Sir G. Pollock.
Ensign J. Bonus, by Major-General Sir F. Smith.
Staff Paymaster Beyinam by Lord Pant:mire.
Captain Bradshaw, on promotion and return from foreign
service, by Field-Marshal Viscount Harding'.
Ensign A. M. Braudreth, by the Chairman of the East
India Company.
Major-General Brereton, on promotion and return from
the Black Sca, by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardiuge.
Lieut. H. N. Brown, by Colonel Smyth, M.P.
Lieut. E. W. Brooker, .R.N., on promotion, by Sir C.
Wood.
Captain Sir G. Broke, R.N. on succeeding to the title,
on being nominated to the Order of the Bath, and on re-
turn from foreign service, by Admiral Sir E. Lyons.
Mr. Chetwone Browne, apFolntineat to 11'.30 Royal
Bucks Yeomanry, by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.
Ensign F. E. Brown, on appoiutosent to the Queen's
Royal Antrim Rifles, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Cornet H. Browning, by Colonel Griffith, C.B.
Deputy Assistant Coerimissary General Brownrigg, on
return from the Crimea, by Lord Panmure.
Capt. H. S. Bruce, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Capt. W. Buchanan, by Col. the Hon. E. B. Wilbraham.
Capt. G. Buchanan, on promotion and return from the
Crimea, by General Money.
Lieut. It. Bullen, by the Inspector-General of Fortifica-
tions.
Lieut. Buckley, Rifle Brigade, on promotion, by Major-
General Buckley.
Lieut.-Col. Burrowes, on promotion and return from
the Crimea, by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
Commander E. Burstol, R.N., on promotion. by Sir C.

Wood.
Capt. W. Burton, by Lord Panmure.
Ensign W. H. Burton, by the Chairman of the East
India Company.
Viscount Bury, on his marriage, by the Earl of Albe-
marle.
The Earl of Caithness, on succeeding to the title, and on
appointment as Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness, by
Lord
Panmure.
Captain H. Caldwell, R.N., on nomination as C. 8., by
Rear Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas.
Lient.-Celonel Caldwell, on return from his government
of Red Riversettlement, by the Right Hon. H. Labouchere.
Mr. Campbell, Q.C., on appointment as a commissioner
of charities, by Viscount Palmerston.
Hon. Captain Campbell, by Earl of Candor.
Mr. A. Campbell, by the Duke of Argyll.
Commander H. Campion, R.N., on promotion and re•
turn from the Crimea, by Sir C. Wood.
Lieut.-Generul Cannon (Behrana Pacha), on return from
Turkey, by Lord Panmure.
Cornet W. P. Carew, on appointment to the Royal Horse
Guards, by General Lord Gough.
Rear-Admiral Sir W. Carroll, on appointment as lieu-
tenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital, by Sir C. Wood.
Major F. Cartwright. by his father Colonel Cartwright.
Lieutenant R. B. Cator, R.N., on return from the Black
Sea, and appointment to her Majesty's ship Eurotas, by
Admiral Sir E. Lyons.
Major J. H. Chambers, by Colonel the Hon. E. B. Wil-
braham.
Major-General Sir J. Cheape, by. Lord Harding,.
Mr. Cholmendeley, on his marriage, by the Marquis of
Cholroondeley.
Ensign C. M. Clarke, on appointment to the 57th Regi-
ment, by Major-General Sir G. Wetherall.
Lieutenant C. Clarkson, on return from the Crimea, by
his father, the Recorder of Faversham.
Lieutenant G. E. Clarke, by the Duke of Richmond.
Lieut. and Adjutant Clipperton, by Lord Panmure.
Captain 0. Y. Cocks, by the Earl of Harivicke.
Assistant-Surgeon C. K. Colston, by Colonel Viscount
Hinton.
Captain Cockburne, by Lord Panmure.
Sir H. G. Cotters% by Mr. G. Harcourt Vernon.
Major-Gen. W. Cox, on promotion, by Field-Marshal
Viscount Harding°.
Cornet Crockett, by Lord Panmure.
Captain Crosbie, by the Earl of Clancarty.
Captain Purey Cost, by Lord Colville.
Captain J. A. Daly, by the Marquis of Clanntricar her.
Ma-
Lieutenant Dalyell, R.N., on appointme to
jesty's Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, by Sir C. Wood.
Lieut. F. M. Hall Dare, on return from the Crimea, by
Gen. Lord Downes.
Lieut. Louis de Cetto, on appointment to the Royal Ar-
tillery, by the Baron de Cetto. -
Capt. Desborough, on promotion and return from foreign
service, by Field-Marshal Lord Harding'.
Major-Gen. Despard, by Field-Marshal Viscount Han
dinge.
Lieut.-Col. Dickson, by the Earl of Wilton.
Lieut.-Col. W. M. Dixon. on promotion and appoint-
ment to be saperiatendent of the royal small arms facto-
ries, by Lord Panmure.
Lieut.-Col. Domville, on promotion, by Field-Marshal
Lord Harding,.
Lient. Downes Panter Downes, on change of name, by
Admiral Sir M. Berkeley.
Commander Hon. A. Drummond, R.N., on promotion,
by AdmirolSi; T, C9ohmite.

Captain Hon. J. Drummond, on return from the Black
Sea, by Admiral Sir E. Lyons.
Lieut. D. L. Duval, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Lieut. F. S. Eckerson, by General Lord Downes.
Ensign Eekford, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Lieut. H. Edmeades, on his obtaining his commission,
by Field-Marshal Lord Hardinge.
Mr. Egerton, by t, ield.Marehal Viscount Omni:termer°.
Rev. Dr. Elder, by Lord Panmure.
Lieut. Ezseilen, by Lord Panmure.
Ensign H. R. Faber, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Captain Farmer, on promotion, by Field-Marshal Lord
Hardinge.
Mr. .1. IL Ferguson, by Mr. G. Hamilton.
Lieut. Earner, by his father, Sir E. Filiner.
First Lieut. W. R. Fitzgerald, by the Chairman of the
East India Company.
Liout.-Gen. Fleming, on appointment to the colonelcyof
the 27th Regiment, by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
Mr. J. M. Flockton, by Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose.
Ensign A. Flood, on appointment to the Queen's Royal
Antrim Rifles, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Ensign J. G. Forbes, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Dr. J. Forrest, C. 8., by Lord Panmure,
Captain Foster, by Colonel Begot.
Lieut.-Colonel Franckly, on return from the Crimea, by
Field-Marshal Lard Hardinge.
Lieut. 0. Fraser, on promotion and return from service,
by Colonel Wesley.
Mr. G. Frere, her Majesty's Commissioner under the
Slave Trade Suppression Treaties with Portugal, on his
return from the Cape of Good Hope, by the Right Hon.
H. Lebouehere.
Lieut.. Colonel the Hon. E. Gap, on promotion and re-
turn from the Crimea, by Major-General Cator.
Lieut.-Col. Gardner, by Field-Marshal Viscount Hain
dings.
bra
Mr. Dunn Gardner, by the Earl of Stradbroke. -
Lieut. Gamier, by the Earl of Albemarle,
Major-General Gascoigne, on appoiutineut to the com-
mand at the camp of Colchester, by_Field-MarshalViscount
Hardinge.
Dr. J. L. Ganesen, on appointment to the Queen's Royal
Antrim Rifles, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Major C. J. Gibb, on promotion, by LientaGeneral Sir
J. F. Burgoyne.
Mr. H. Girvan, surgeon R.N., on promotion and. ap-
pointment, by Sir J. Liddell.
Ensign Gladstone, by the Adjutant-General.
Captain H. H. Goold, by Lieut,-General Wright.
Lieut. G. Goolden, R.N., by Sir C'. Wood.
Rev. H. Gosse, by Mr. Northey.
Lieut. F. W. Gough, R.N., on return from service in the
Crimea, by Captain the Hon. H. Koppel, R.N.
Staff Surgeon W. Graham, R.N., by Sir C. Wood.
Ensign Graham, by Major G. Graham.
Major-Gen. P. Grant, on appointment as Commander-
in-Chief at Madras, by the President of the Board of Con-
trol.
Lieut. H. Grant, by General Grant.
Captain H. F. Greville, R.N., on being nominated a
C. 8., the Earl of Ellesmere.
Lieut. Grantham, by Sir F. Smith.
Mr. G. Grimaton, by Lord Hotham.
Lieut. Marquis Guadaone, by Lord Panmure.
Capt. H. F. Custard, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Major J. Gwilt, on promotion, and return from the
Crimea, by Major-General Sir G. Wetherall.
Ensign Halliday, by Lord Panmure.
Mr. tr. Han bury, by the Earl of Verulam.
Ensign C. Hancock, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Copt. Hartwell, on appointment to the Queen's Royal
Antrim Rifles, by the Merquis of Donegal.
Lieut.-Colonel Harvey, on appointment to the Depot
Battalion, Parkhurst, uy his Royal Highness the Duke
of Combridge.
Major F. C. Hassard, on promotion, and return from the
Crimea, by Lieut.-General Sir H. D. Jones.
Brevet Major J. G. Hay, on promotion, and return from
the Crimea, by Lieut.•Gurieral H. Thomas.
Eusiga F. P. Hearn, by Lord Carington.
Lieut.-Colonel Henry, on retnrn'to the Crimea, by Gen.
Sir Hew Ross.
Rev. J. G. H. Hill, by Lord Foley.
Hon. G. R. G. Hill, on appointment to the Royal Horse
Guards, by Viscount Gough.
Ensign G. S. Hills, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Major G. M. Hill, by Viscount Hill.
Captain G. S. Home, on appointment to the star at
Aldershot, by Lieut.-General Kuollys.
Major Hepgius, on promotion, by Colonel Wesley.
Mr. William H. Homes, by the Right Hon. henry
Labouchere.
Captain Hopton, on appointment to the Hon. Corps of
Gentteineo-at-Arms, by Lord Foley.
Lieut.-Colonel Horsford, on being appointed a C. 8., by
the Doke of Richmond.
Captain Hunt, by Lord Panmure.
Ensign W. M. Hunter, on appointment to Queen's
Royal Antrim Rifles, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Lieutenant R. P. Jenkins, R.N., on promotion, and
return from Arctic Service, by Sir C. Wood.
Mr. R. F. Jennings, on appointment to 60th Rifles, by
Lord Gough.
Lieutenant 11. Johnson, by Lord Carington.
Lieutenant R. Johnstone, by the Chairman of the East
India Company.
Captain 0. J. Jones, R.N., on promotion, and return
from the Black Sea fleet, by Sir C. Wood.
Lieut. A. T. Jones, by Lieut.-General Sir U. Jones.
Second Lieut. F. W. Jones by the Duke of Richmond.
Ensign C. N. Judge, by the Chaireaan of the East India
Cernpany.
Mr. J. Kaye, the Chairman of the East India Company.
Lieut. Kenels, by Colonel Viscount Minton.
Brevet Lieut.• Colonel King, on promotion, and return
from the Crimea, by Lieut.-General Sir De Lacy Evens.
Commander I-I. B. King, R.N., on promotion, by Sir
C. Wood.
Dr. C. R. Kinnear, R N., by Sir J. Liddell.
Captain Kiugacote, on promotion, and return from the
Crime t, by Col. Bloomfield.
Lieut.-Col. N. Kiugecote. on return from the Crimea,
by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Tiro Bishop Designate of liiogston, by the Esrl of Devon.
Lieut. G. U. Knox. on return from foreign service, by
Field-Marshal Lord Hardinge.
Capt. Lobaltumidiere, on appointment as Assiistaut Com-
missioner of Police, by Sir G. Gi oy.
Ensign P. Lambert, by the Chairman of the East India
Compene.
Mr. W. Lambert, by the Chairman of the East India
Cool puny.
Lieut. L. Lambert, by Rear-Admiral Baynes.
Lieut. IT. Langton, by the Earl of Eglintun.
Mr. Alderman Lawrence, by the Lcrd Mayor.
Lieut. W. F. Layton, by Colorol Hon. 0. Duncombo.
Lieu!,,,ll. C. Lees, R.N., ou promotion, and return from
the Black Sea, by Sir C. Wood.
Mr. G. Shay,. Lefovre, by his father, Mr. J. S. lefevre.
Mr. Leighton, by his fr.t'uer, Geiieral Sir D. Leighton.
Copt. Leslie, on promotion, by General Lord Gough.
Capt. Leslie, on epoointrnent to Queen's Royal Antri:n
Ritlas, by the Marquis of Douegal.
Lieut. Leslie, by Colonel the Earl of Wilton.
Lieut. S. Lewis, by Mr. Jonas, of Pantglas.
Lieut. B. Lewis, by Mr. Jones, M.P.
Captain G. Lidwill, by Lieut. General Sir W. Rowan.
Viscount Litforti, by Viscount Ils.warden.
Sir M. Lopez, Bart., on ooruieg to the title, by Sir. J.
'Verde Buller.
Captain Lopdell, by the Marquis of Clanricarde.
Captain Lurosilsn, by the Earl of Aberdeen.
Mr. J. W. Lynch, by the Marquis of Clanricarde.
lion. C. Lyon, on appointment as Deputy Lieutenant,
by Lord Panmure.
Major F. B. Lys, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Mr. W. Macarthur, by the Right Hon. H. Labouchero,
when the honour of knighthood was conferred on Mr.
Macarthur.
Captain Macdonald, by Sir D. MgDougell.
Second Lieutenant IL A. Macy, on appointment to the
Royal Marines, by Colonel J. T. Brown.
Staff Surgeon l'A`Grigor, by the District General of the
Army Medial' S partrneut.
Mr. T. H. Mackay, by Lord Panmure.
Lieut.-General Macneil, on return from Madras and ap-
pointment to Bth Regiment, by Field. Marshal Lori
Hai dingo.
Ensign A. T. Mender, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Lieut. A. Markham, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Cornet Mannock, by Lord Panmuro. ,
Liout. C. N. Martin, by LieuteGeneral Sir J. Burgoyne.
Captain Martyn, by the Marquis of Clanricarde.
Lord Massy, by the Earl of Perth.
Ensign B. Mathew, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Lieut.-Colonel Mantle, on promotion and appointment
to the Royal Horse Artillery, by General Sir H. Ross.
Lord George Manners, en leis marriage, by Lord Foley.
Captain Maunsell, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Lieut. Maxwell, on appointment to the Royal Horse
Artillery, by General Sir H. Roes.
Mr. Erskine May, on appointment as Clerk Assistant of
the House of Commons, by Viconait Palmerston.
Captain Mayhew, by Colonel Bigot.
Mr. C. M`Garel, on Appointment as Deputy Lieutenant
of the county Antrim, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Ensign H. R. Mead, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Sir H. Manx' Bart., M.P., on kis marriage, by the Right
Hon. Lord E. Bruce, M.P.
Major Micholl, on promotion, by General Sir Hew Ross.
Sir W. M. E. Milner, Bart., on succeeding to the Baron-
etcy, by Earl Granville.
Mr. Milnes, by Mr. Monckten Milnes, M.P.
Ensign J. W. Mitchell, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Smith.
Mr. G. Mitchinsou, by Lord Wortley.
Major 13. Moffat, on promotion, by tiro Adjutant-General,
Lieut. J. F. Montgomery, on appointment to Queen's
Royal Antrim Rifles, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Major Montreeer, by Lord Panmure.
Ensign H. C. Moore, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Capt. G. R. Mundy, R.N., on being awarded a good-eer-
vioe pension, by Sir C. Wood.
The Earl of Munster, on his marriage, by Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence.
Lieut. A. Murray, on appointment to Queen's Royal
Anf-xim Rifles, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Paymaster Mercer Murray, by Lord Panmure.
Ensign G. S. Murphy, by Col. Earl if Wilton.
Mr. W. J. Myers, by the Earl of Verulam.
Lieut. W. Newsome, by the Duke of Buckingham.
Mr. B. T. Nicolas, on return from the Society Islan
by Lord Stanley of Aliterloy.
Rev. H. D. Nicholson, by the Earl of Verulam.
Ensign Noyes, by Lord n mire.
Sir L. Newman, Bart., by N'iscount Harding..
Lieut. G. T. Nicolas, RN. on promotion, and return
from the seat of war, by Sir d. Wood.
Capt. Noel, on appointment as Deputy Lieutenant for
Gloucestershire, by Viscount Torrington.
Hon. W. M. Noel, on appointmaeht as Depaty Lieuten-
ant for Gloucestershire, by Via • int Torrington.
Capt. Nerbery, by General Sir T. Hawker.
Lieut. J. 2. North, on appointment 3d Light Dragiens,
by Lieut.-General P. A. Latour.
Mr. Northoy, on appointinnt M itigh elatriff of Sum',
)g fr o Zkrl of Lonlatt,

Ensign J. C. O'Brien, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Mr. O'Flaherty, on return from service, and appoint-
ment to Aldershot Camp, by Lieut. General Knollys.
Lieutenant. A. O'Hara, by the Marquis of Donegal.
Capt. Oliver, RN., on promotion, by the Earl of Har-
rowby.
Captain B. Onamanney, R.N., on return from service in
the White Sea and in the Baltic, by Sir C. Wood.
Mr. J. Osborne, by Lord Panmure.
Sir G. Osborn, Bart., on returning from the Continent,
by Earl De Grey.
Lieutenant F. W. Osborne, by Sir W. Somerville.
Major Owen, on promotion, and return from the Crimea,
by Field-Marshal Lord Hardinge.
Lieut.-Col. P. L. C. Paget, on promotion, and on his
marriage, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieut.-Col. Pottle, on promotion, by Major-Gen. Pattie.
Ensign T. R. Parr, by Col. Somerset.
Major Payne, on promotion, and return from the Crimea,
by Colonel Wesley.
Vice-Admiral Sir W. 0. Pell, on promotion, by Sir C.
Wood.
Sir Lawrence Peel, on return from India, by the Presi- ,
dent of the Board of Control.
Major Penn, on promotion, and return from the Crimea,
by Field-Marshal Lord Hardinge.
Lieut.-Col. Perceval, by Lord Panmure.
Mr. C. E. Petra, by Lord Stafford.
Major Phibbs on being appointed a deputy lieutenant for
Lancashire, by the Earl of Ellesmere.
Lieut.-Col. Phillpotts, on promotion, and return from
the Crimea, by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
Lieut. B. C. T. Pim, R.N., by Sir C. Wood.
Mr. Pine, late Lieutenant Governor of Natal, by the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere.
Lieut.-Col. Hugh Lyon Playfair, Provost of St. Andrews,
by Sir George Grey, when the honour of knighthood was
conferred.
Major G. F. C. Pocock, on promotion and return from
the Crimea, by Major-General G. A. Wethersll.
Captain Podbielski, by Lord Panmure.
Captain Portal, on return from the Crimea, and on his
marriage, by Lord Panmure.
Mr. Portal, M.P., on his marriage, by Lord J. Russell.
Lord Powerscourt, by Viscount Combermere.
Lieutenant G. D. Pritchard, by the Inspector-General
of Fortifications.
Lieutenant. E. F. Pritchard, on promotion, and return
from the Crimea., by Colonel Wesley.
Captain Quartley, oa retur n from foreign service, by the
Duke of Beaufort.
Orevet-Major W. P. Radcliffe, on promotion, and re-
turn from the Crimea, by Lieut;
' Gen. H. Thomas.
Dr. William Rae, R.N., on receiving the honour of
C. 8., by Sir C. Wood.
Lord Raglan, by the Duke of Beaufort.
Lieut.-Colonel Rainier, on return from ludia, by Lieut.-
General Darling.
Major Raiues, on return from the Crimea, and appoint-
ment as assistant-quartermaster-general at Colchester, by
Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
Mr. H. C. Reade, by Colonel Eden.
Lieutenant Redmann, by Lord Parimnre.
Lieutenant A. H. Rees, by Colonel the Hon. 0. Dwa•
combo.
Vice-Admiral Sir B. Reynolds, on nomination as K.C.8,,
by Sir C. Wood.
Pear-Admiral Richards, on promotion, by Sir C. Wood.
Ensign Henry Richards, by Major-General Buckley.
Lieutenant W. Rice, on return from the Crimea, by his
father, Mr. E. Rice, M.P.
Ensign Rivers, ley Colonel the Duke of Richmond.
Surgeon Major Richardson, on appointment as Surgeon
to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Ensign Rickman, by Lieutenant-General Sir H. Smith.
Mr. G. Ridley, on appointment as Deputy Lieutenant,
by Sir G. Grey.
Lieutenant Roberts, en return from the Crimea, by Lieut.
General Sir H. Jones.
Captain Sir G. A. Robinson, Bart., on his accession to
tke title, and on his return front ludia, by his uncle, Mr.
F. 1.1. Robinson.
Assistant Commissary General Robinson, on his return
from Kafirlaud, and appointment to the damp at Alder-
shot, by Lisutesaat-General Knollys.
Lieutenant L. Rokeby, on appointment to the Royal
Marine', by Colonel Wesley.
Captain Sayer, on his appointment as Deputy-Assistant
Adjutant-General, by the Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant G. H. Sanders, by Major-General G. A.
Vetherall.
Captain Sanderson, R.N.„ on promotion, and return
from foreign service, by riir C. Wood.
Dr. Sand with, by Lord Panmure.
Lieutenant R. M. Sandford, by the Inspector-General of
Fortifications.
' Mr. Scott, on appointment. as Lieutenant-Governor of
Natal, by the Right Hon. H. Labouchere.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, by Viscount Maidstone.
Mr. W. C. Sim, by his father, Major-General Sim.
Lieut.-Colonel Simmons, her Majesty's Commissioner
with Omer Pasha, on returning to the East, by Lieut.-
General Sir J. Burgoyne.
Capt. Sitwell, by Major-General the lion. Charles Grey.
General Sir J. W. Sleigh, on appointment to a K.C.8.,
by Viscount Hardinge.
Captain M. Smith, on promotion and return from India,
by the Right Hon. S. Walpole.
Ensign C. J. Smith, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
• Major Smith, on appointment to Aldershot, by Lieut.-
Gen. Knollys.
Lieut. It, X. Smith, by the Inspector-General of Forti
fications.
Lieut. W. Smith, by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
Ensign R. G. Smyth, by the Chairman of the East India
.Company.
Ensign A. H. T. H. Somerset, on appointment to the
Rife Brigade, by the Duko of Beaufort.
Lieut. E. Spry, on promotion and return from the Cri-
mea, by Col. Wesley.
Staveley, on return from the Crimea, by Lieut.-
Can. Sir If. Jones.
Liont.-Col. Strange, C. 8., on appointment to the Royal
Horse Artillery, and return to Crimea, by Sir H. Ross.
Lieut. Stroud, 98th Regiment., by Lieut -Gen. Darling.
Hon. Everard Stourtuu, ou appointment to Bth Hussars,
by Lord Stratford.
Mr. Luring() Smith, on appointment as her Majesty's
Consul at Buffalo, U.S., by Lord Glenelg.
Lieut. Win. Taylor, R.M., on promotion and return from
the Crimea. by Colonel Wesley.
Captain Taylor, Bombay Cavalry, by the Chairman of
the East India Company.
Lieut. R. N. Taylor, Madras Army, on return to India,
by Lient—Gen. Taylor.
Mr. Charles Tempest, on appointment as Deputy Lieu-
tenant for Lancashire, by Lord Camoys.
Lieut. Lloyd Henry Thomas, 91st Regiment, on return
from the Cape, by Col. North.
Mr. Jonathan Christian Thomas, on appointment to 71st
Light Infantry, by Colonel North.
Ensign Fred. Gordon Thompson, on appointment to
Qs-ou's Royal Antrim Rifles, by Marquis Donegal.
Ensign Skefflngton Thompson, on appointment to
Queen's Royal Antrim Rifles, by Marquis Donegal.
Ensign Edward Lawson Thouiptan, by '.he Earl of Wil-
ton.
Second Lieutenant Thompson, on appointment to Royal
Marines, by Sir E. Nicolls.
Lieut. Teoruson, Commandant of the Governor-General's
Body Guard, on return from India, by Col. Moncrieff.
Mr. J. Thwaites, Chairman of the Metropolitan Board
of Works, by Sir G. Grey.
Cornet Torriani, British German Legion, by Lord Pan-
Inure.
Eurign H. Tucker, on appointment to 21 Queen's Regi-
ment, by Major-Gen. Robinson.
Lieut. 11. S. Turner, 69th Regiment, by tke Adjutant-
General.
Dr. T. Twiss, on appointment as Regius Professor of
Civil Law in the University of Oxford, by Viscount Pal-
merston.
Col. G. Underwood, Madras Engineers, on promotion,
by Viscount Gough.
Lord H. Vane, on his marriage, by Lord Stanhope.
Capt. Von Kronenfeldt, British German Legion, by
Lord Panmure.
Dr. Wardell, by Baron de Goldsmid.
Ensign T. F. Spenlove Waite, on appointment to 4th
Rey:a South Middlesex Militia, by the Marquis of Salis-
bury.
Major Walker, by Col. the Earl of Wilton.
Lieut. E. J. Walker, by Col. the Earl of Wilton.
Lieut. Ward, British German Legion, by Lord Panmuro.
Mr. B. T. Watkins, Surgeon, R.N., by Sir E. Lyons.
Lieut. G. S. Watson, 88th Regiment, on return from
the Crimea, by the Dnke of Newcastle.
Cornet Whitbread, 2d Light Dragoons, British German
Legion, by Capt. Whitbread.
Assistant-Surgeon C. J. White, on return from the
Crimea, by the Earl of Orkney.
Ensign H. C. Wilkinson, on appointment to the 95th
Regiment, by Earl Vane.
Mr. Josiah Wilkinson, by Lord A. Paget.
Lieut. Hedworth Wilkinson, 4th Regiment, on return
from the Crimea, by Sir J. Bell.
Lieut. D. Williams, by Col. the Earl of Wilton.
Lord Wensleydale, on his elevation to the peerage, by
the Lord Chancellor.
The Rev. E. Wilmot' by Viscount Palmerston.
Lieut.-Col. E. Wilmot, R.A., on appointment to be
Superintendent of Royal Gun Factories, by Lord Pan-
inure.
Lieut. C. Wilson, R.E., by the Inspector General of
Fortifications.
Mr. D. Wilson, M.R.C.S., by Lord Willoughby de
Broke.
Mr. W. J. Windham, by Mr. Smyth Windham.
Major Wolfahrt, British German Legion, by Lord Pan-
MUM
Ensign Reginald Whitting, 68th, or Cambridgeshire
Militia, by Col. the Hon. 0. Duncombe.
Lieut. Ambrose Wolrige, R.M., on promotion, by Col.
Wesley.
Lieut. Hamilton Wolrige, on appoiatment to the Royal
Msrines, by Col. Wesley.
Ensign IL W. Wood, Hon. East India Company's En-
gineers, by the Chairman of the East India Company.
Capt. G. Wright, Royal Marines (Light Infantry), by
Lieut.-General Wright.
Major-General Yaldwyn, by the Chairman of the East
India Company.
Lieut.-Colonel Yorke, Royal Engineers, on appointment
as Assistant-A.djatant General, by the Inspector-General
of Fortifications.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the ladies
and gentlemen of the Royal suite, returned to Bucking-
ham Palace, after the levee, escorted by a party of the
Life Guards.
dc,

NM FUEL COMPANT.—A prospectus WAS issued last
week of an undertaking, to be called the Trinidad Bitu-
minous Fuel Company, with a capital of 50,000/. Its
proposed object is to convert the material supplied by
the large p►tch lake in the island of Trinidad into a fuel
fitted for steam and other purposes ; and, according to
the prospectus, a sum of 6,000 i., together with a perma-
nent royalty of 2s. 6d. per ton, is to be paid to the pro-
prietor of an estate adjoining the lake, by whom the re-
quisite method has been discovered, and who has ob-
tained froze the local Government the exclusive privilege
of the manufacture for 14 yearn.„