The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-23 00:00:00

77IIITEHALL, JULY 22.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the diginity of a
baronet in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Sir Allan Napier Macnab, of Dundurn, in the
county of Wentworth, Canada West, Kat.; and to the
heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, ,JULY 19.

The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Cwt. Stephen Ryder
Dampier, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gen-
tleuen-at-Arms, vice Marshall, retired.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JULY 19.

The Right: H.nteiltublo,tlit vlaordaibf: the Committee of

Privy Council for TrAdo dinirtPdvntations have received
through the Secret:l47,d abate for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Plenipotentiaryin China,
announcing that the duties on the importation of cotton
chintzos rind prints into Shanghae, have been reduced to
5 pbr cent. ad valorem.
BOARD OF TRADE, WITITEITALL, JULY 21.
. _ _ _

The Right Honourable the Lords of the.Cerumittee of

Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affailes, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, stating
that the prohibitions zand restrictions upon the importa-
tion of rico from Asia into the continent of Portugal and
the adjacent islands have been abolished.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL. JULY 22.

let Regiment of Life Guards—Charles
William bun-
combo, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Lord C. W. B. Bruce, promoted.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant James M. Burn Mur-
doch has been permitted to retire from the service by the
sale of his commission. The first Christian name of Cor-
net Grainger is Richard.
7th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. S. Carr Standish to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Aytonn, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Edward King to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Steward, promoted in the 2d
West India Regiment ; John Evans, Gent., to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice Grainger, appointed to the 6th
Dragoon Guards.
Royal Artillery-- The scond Christian name of Lieut.
Hobart, appointed on April 7, is Bartle, and not Birtie, as
previously stated ; the surname of the Lieutenant appointed.
on June 21, is Moresby, and not Mousby, as previously
stated ; the appointment of Lieutenant Harry Adair
Tracey to bear date 7th April, instead of 7th July, as
stated in Gazette of 11th inst.

Bth Regiment of Foot—Captain Astell Thomas Welsh,
from the 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Woods, who ex-
changes.
21st Foot—Liutenant C. H. T. Bruce de Ruvignes, from
the B)th Foot, tu. be Lieutenant, vice John Bennett, who
exchanges.
221 Foot—Vaptain Herbert George Bowden to be In-
structor of lifisketry.
34th Foot—The name of the Ensign, appointed on Bth
instant, is Broun, and not Brown, as previously stated.
37th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Thomas Irwin,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, pro-
moted on the staff. _ _

40th Foot—Ensign Freak. Dudgeon, from the Monaghan
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernimerary
to the Establishment), vice Stuart, whose appointment
has been cancelled.

54th Foot—Lieutenant Percy G. Botacld Lake to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Sw6tenham, who retires.
Lieutenant Henry Ridout Floyd, from the 81st Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Humphreys, who exchanges ; Ensign
Thomas Parr to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lake ;
Frederick Keppel FitzP,.oy, Gout., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Parr; Lieutenant Thomas Blakiston Houston
to be Adjutant, vice Lake, promoted..
' [The surname of the Ensign appointed on the Bth July,
1856, is Gossa and not Gossett, as previously stated.]
60th Foot—Lieutenant Conyngham Jones to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Clapcott, deceased ; Ensign Ken-
nett Gregg Henderson to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Jones.

tilst Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant John Dewier to be
Quartermaster, vice Wall, who retires upon half-pay.
69th Foot Ensign Edward Marwood Vincent to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vico Roberts, who retires ;
Montgomery Williams, Gent., to ho Ensign, by purchase,
vice Vincent.

80th _root—Capt. Richard William Woods, from the
Bth Foot, to be Captain, vice Welsh, who exchanges ;
Lieut. John Bennett, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieuten-
ant, vice de Ruvignes, who exchanges.
81st Foot—Lieut. Wm. Humphreys, from the 54th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Floyd, who exchanges ; En-
sign Henry Harrison Briscoe to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Weir, whose promotion, by purchase, on the
18th April, 1856, ha's been cancelled.
821 Foot—The Christian names of Lieut. Budgon are
Edward Hugo.
85th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class John Wm.
Johnston, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Armstrong, deceased.
87th Foot—Lieutenant Sackville George Lane 'Fox,
from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitzgerald, pro-
na-)ted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company.
STAFF.—Brevet-Colonel Edward Robert , Wetherall,
Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster• General to the
Forces serving in Ireland, vice Brevet-Colonel Grooves.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain John Atkinson, from the
89th Foot, to be Assistant Adjutant.
UNATTACEEED.—Brevet-Major the Hon. Somerset John
(*onoh c annul uo, Btla Ligirt-Druoiiours, Cu halo hiz Brevet
Rank converted into Substantiv;Rank, under the Royal
Warrant of 6th Oct., 1851.