The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-18 00:00:00

MAY 17.

This day had audience of her Majesty :
The Count Platen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from the King of Sweden and Norway, to
deliver a letter from his Sovereign ;
To which audience he was introduced by the Right Hon.
Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieutenant-
General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's
Master of the Ceremonies.

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Wm.
Walrond Jackson, D.D , to be ordained and consecrated
Bishop of Antigua, in the room of the Right Rev. Dr.
Stephen Jordon Rig-aud, deceased.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 17.
MEMORANDI:M.—The appointment of Samuel Cockburn,
Esq., to be President and Senior Member of the Council
of Nevis, during the temporary absence of President Sir
Carlo Arthur Henry Rumbold, Bart., will not be carried
into effect. _ _

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 16.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Thomas Erskine May, Esq , Clerk
Assistant of the house of Commons, to be Ordinary Mem-
ber of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions,
of the Most Honeurable Order of the Bath.
WAIL-OFFICE, MAY 18.
The Queen has bean graciously pleased to give orders for
the following appointments to the Most Honourable Order
of thdßath : •
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the
First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the said Most
Honourable Order, via :
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John West, K.C.B.
Admiral Sir Win. Hall Gage, Knt., Vice-Admiral of the
United Kingdom.
Admiral Sir Francis William Austen, K.C.B.
General Sir James Douglas, K.C.B.
General Sir George Scovoll, K.C.B.
General the 14,reDownes, K.C.B.
Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, K.C.B.
Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, K.C.B.
General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.B.
General Sir James Fergusson, K.C.8., and
Lieutenant-General Sir John Bell, K.C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the
Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the said Most.
Honourable Order, viz.:—
General the Hon. Henry Murray, C.B.
Lieutenant-General Philip Bainbridge. C.B.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Erskine Napier, C.B.
Lieutenant-General the Hon. Charles Gore, C.B.
Lieutenant-General Edward Charles Whinyates, C.B.
Lieutenant-General Samuel Burdon Ellis, of the Royal
Marines, C.B.
Vice-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, C.B.
Vice-Admiral Provo William Parry-Wallis.
Lieutenant-General George Judd Harding, C. 8., and
Rear-Admiral Robert Lambert Baynes,. C.B.
THE COLONIAL SERVICE.
WAR-OFFICE, May 18, 1860.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for.
the appointment of
Philip Edmund Wodehouso, Esq., Governor and Com-
mander-in Chief in and over the colony of British Guiana.
James Walker, Esq., Colonial Secretary for the Island of.
Barbadocs.
Colonel Stephen John Hill, Captain-General and Gover-
nor-in-Chief in and over the colony of Sierra Leone.
Edward Jordan, Esq., President of the Privy Council of
the island of Jamaica.
Major Matthew Richmond, sometime Superintendent at
Wellington and Nelson, in New Zealand,—
to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third
Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath.

THE INDIAN' SERVICE.
WAR-OFFICE, May 18, 1860.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the following appointments to the Most Honourable
Oorder of the Bath :
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the
Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the said Most
Honourable Order, viz. :
Frederick James Halliday, Esq., late Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of Bengal.
Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton, Bart., late Political
Agent in Central India.
Major-General Richard James Holwell Birch, C. 8.,
Secretary to the Government of India in the Military De-
partment.
Colonel Peter Melvill Melva', Secretary to the Govern-
ment of Bombay in the Military and Naval Departments;
and
Lieut.-Colonel Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, C. 8., Com-
missioner of Peshawur.
To be Ordinary Members (-1 the Civil Division of the Third
Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable
Order, viz. :
Edward Anderdon Reade, Esq., Bengal Civil Service,
Member of the Sudder Board of Revenue.
Donald Friel' M'Leod, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Fi-
nancial Commissioner, Punjaub.
John Cracroft Wilson, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Judge
of Moradabad.
Edward Thornton, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Commis-
sioner of the Jhelum Division, Punjab.
Henry Cerro Tucker, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Com-
missioner of Benares.
George Udny Yule, Eeq., Bengal Civil Service, Com-
missioner of Bhaugulpore.
Edward Alexander Samuel's, Esq., Bengal Service Com-
missioner of Patna.
It, bert Alexander, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Commis-
siontr of Rohileund.
Frederick Bebb Gubbins, Esq., Bengal Civil Service,
Commissioner of Benares.
Arthur Austin Roberts, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Com-
missioner of Lahore.
George Carnac Barnes, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Com-
missioner of the Cis-Sutlej States.
Arthur Herbert Cocks, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Judge
of Mynpoorie.
Charles John Wingfield, Esq., Bengal Civil Service,
Commissioner of Goruckpore.
Samuel Wauchope, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Commis-
sioner of Police, Calcutta.
Brand Sapte, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate of
Bolundshuhur.
Alonzo Money, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Magistrate
of Shahabad and Gya.
Francis 0 tway Mayne, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Magis-
trate of Banda.
George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, Esq., Bengal Civil
Service, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Oude.
Robert Henry Dunlop, Esq., Bengal Civil Service,
Magistrate of Meerut.
William Ashburner Forbes, Esq., Bengal Civil Service,
Deputy Commissioner, Oude.
Frederick Henry Cooper, Esq., Belga' Civil Service, De-
puty Commissioner, Umritsur.
George Henry Mildmay Ricketts, Esq., Bengal Civil
Service, Deputy Commissioner, Loodianah.
John Henry Bax, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Joint Ma-
gistrate, Ghazeepore.
Thomas Douglas Forsyth, Esq., Bengal Civil Service,
Deputy Commissioner, Umballah.
Allan Octavian Hume, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Ma-
gistrate of Etawah.
Herwald Craufurd Wake, Esq., Bengal Civil Service,
Magistrate of Shahabad.
Brigadier-General George St. Patrick Lawrence, Bengal
Cavalry, Agent to her Majesty's Viceroy and Governor-
General of India in Rajpootana.
Colonel Sir Richard Campbell Shakespear, R nt., Bengal
Artillery, Resident at Baroda.
Lieut.-Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Bengal Infantry, Re.-
sident at Hyderabad.
Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Carleton Marsden, Bengal Re-
tired List, Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepore.
Major Walter Coningsby Erskine, Bengal Infantry, Com-
missioner of Saugor.
Major John Reid Becher, Bengal Engineers, Deputy
Deputy Commissioner, Hazara.
Major Henry Ramsay, Bengal Infantry, Commissioner
of Kumaon.
Major George Walter Williams, Bengal Infantry, Com-
manding Meerut Volunteers.
Major Richard Charles Lawrence, Bengal Infantry, Com-
manding the Lahore Police and Cashmere Contingent.
Major John Wm. Carnegie, Bengal Infantry, Deputy
Commissioner, Oude.
Major William Wilberforce Harris Greathed, Bengal
Engineers.
Captain Hugh Rees James, Bengal Infantry, Deputy
Commissioner, Peshawur.
Captain Benjamin Henderson, Bengal Infantry, Deputy
Commissioner, Kohat.
Robert Staunton Ellis, Esq., Madras Civil Service, De-
puty Commissioner, Nagpore.
Major Samuel Chartres Macpherson, Madras Infantry,
Political Agent, Gwalior.
Maj or Francis Wingrave Pinkney, Madras Infantry,
Commissioner of Jhansi.
Captain 'William Hindley Crichton, Madras Infantry,
Deputy Commissioner, Nagpore.
Captain Charles Eliot, Madras Artillery, Deputy Com-
missioner, Nagpore.
Lieutenant John William Willoughby Osborne, Madras
Infantry, Political Agent in Bewail.
John Nugent Rose, Esq., Bombay Civil Service, Chief
Civil Officer, Sattara ; and
Major William Lockyer Merewether, Bombay Infantry,
Political Agent, Scinde Frontier.

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