The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 24.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
Krehmer as Consul• General in England for his Majesty the
Emperor of All the Russias.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Max 24.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at
Paris, enclosing a copy of a French Imperial Decree, re-
ducing the import duties upon cocoa oils and sesame seed
imported directly from the French settlements in India,
and of which the origin shall be proved by a certificate of
the local authorities, to the amount fixed by the decree of
the 24th Dec., 1854, with regard to the same articles of the
growth or production of French India.
WHITEHALL, MAY 22.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomai King the
younger, of Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to
be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the high Court.
of Chancery in England.
WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 27.
13th Light Dragoons—Charles Keyworth, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Wood, promoted.
7th Foot—Major Reginald Yonge Shipley to be Lieut.-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Pack, who retires upon
half-pay; Captain R. Wm. Aldworth to be Major,withont
purchase, vice Shipley • Lieutenant Lewis John Fillis
Jones to be Captain, without purchase, vice Aldworth;
Ensign William Cook to be Adjutant, vice Walker, who
resigns the Adjutancy only.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Breon Charles Bordes, from half-
pay 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Neame, who ex-
,-hanges ; Ensign Robert Lewi3 G. M•Grigor, from the
71st Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bordes,
who retires.

11th Foot—Lieut. Philip Doyne Vigors to be Adjutant,
vice Boyd, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
15th Foot—Lieut. Charles J. Watson Allen to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice De Montenach, who retires ; Ensign
William Starke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Allen;
linens James Caulfield Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, by
mrchase, vice Starke.
21th Foot—The surname of Lieutenant Austen is God-
yvin-Austen.

431 Foot—Quartermaster Joseph Denton to be Pay.
•naster' vice M'Crea, who retires upon half-pay, as Lien-
enant 94th Foot. Quartermaster-Sergeant James Den.
on to be Quartermaster, vice Joseph Denton.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Newton Jones Pauli, from the
',TOW, Gloucester Militia, to he Ensign, without purchase,
67th Foot—Lieutenant Emanuel Benjamin Bass, from
,he West Cork Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hugh Robson Evans.
74th Foot—Serjeant-Major George Watson, to be Quer-
,ermaster, vice Daises, who retires upon half pay.
filth Foot—Ensign Richer.] Maybury, from the 31st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gibaut, whose
,remotion by purchase, on Sept. 7, 1855, has been can-

88th Foot—Major Ed ward John Vesey Browne to be
Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel
Shirley, who retires upon h df-pay ; C .ptain the Honour-
dile J. J. Bourke to be Major, without purchase, vice
'3rowne ; Lieut. Win. Little to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Bourke.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Cornet Joseph has been
permitted to resign his Commission.
CAVALRy DEPOT.—Quartermaster T. Smith has been
permitted to retire upo❑ half-pay. . . _

COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT —Assistant Commissary-
General Henry Green has been removed from the Service,
he having refused to obey an order to proceed on duty.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas
Ohaytor Beale, having been appointed to the Osmanli Irre-
;ular Cavalry on 15th February, 1855, his services in the
Army lie(lical Department have been dispensed with
from that date.