The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-26 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, JUNE 24.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Most Noble
Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon. Sir
John Taylor Coleridge, Knt., the Rev. Wiliam Charles
Lake, M.A., the Rev. William Rogers, M.A.,Gold win
Smith, Esq., M.A , Nassau William Senior, sq., M.A.,
and Edward Miall, Esq. , to be her Majesty's Commissioners
to enquire into the present state of Popular Education in
Enzland, and to consider and report what measures (if
any) are required for the extension of sound and cheap
elementary instruction to all classes of the people.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 25.

sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Vornet George Frede-
' ric Heyworth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Len-
nard, who retires.
sth Light Dragoons—Thomas Joseph Fitz Simon, Gent.,
to be Cornet, without purchase.
6th Dragoons—Lieutenant William Stratford. Sleigh to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Cunliffe, who retires; Cornet
the Hon. E. R. Bourke to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Sleigh.
17th Light Dragoons--Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class
James Kellie, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Mockler, who
exchanges.
Military Train—Lieutenant W. E. Cater to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Swaby, who retires. To be Adjutants
—Lieutenant W. Banks, vice Hunt, promoted ; Lieut.
Joseph Harris, vice Cater, promoted.
Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieut. Philip Smith to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice W. P., Earl
of Sefton, who retires ; Arthur Philip Viscount Mahon
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase vice Smith.
2d Regiment of Foot —Assistant-Surgeon Stephen Henry
Marshall, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Moffatt, promoted on the Staff.
10th Foot—Ensign Richard S. Bagge, from the 66th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Whaite, pro-
moted.
13th Foot—Robert Stuart Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Airey, appointed to the 24th Foot.
17th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry B. Jackson, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Hunt, promoted.
19th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John T. U. Coxen, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Harris, promoted.
20th Foot—Ensign Owen Tudor Burne to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Little, deceased; Ensign Stephen
Egan, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Borne,
whose promotion, on the 28th May, 1858, has been can-
celled ; Ensign S. Johnstone to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Egan, whose promotion, June 15, 1858,
has been cancelled. To be Ensigns, without purchase--
Gentleman Cadet George B. Gibbs, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, vice Johnstone, promoted ; Gentleman
Cadet Charles A. Vernon, from the Royal Military Col-
-214°
Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Gentleman
Cadet W. C. Ralston, from the Royal Military College,
vice Patrickson, promoted; Gentleman Cadet W. R. Mac-
Pherson, from the Royal Military College, vice Furlong,
promoted; Gentleman Cadet Howard Plestow Cox,
from the Royal Military College, vice Bainbridge, pro-
moted.
24th Foot—Lieut. Robert Champion Streatfield to be Pay-
master.
26th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry P. Wolferstan, from
the Royal Military College, vice Toke, appointed to the
06th Foot.
30th Foot—Captain Richard Weld Litton, from the 31st
Foot, to be Captain, vice Harcourt, who exchanges ;
Gentleman Cadet Pelham T. Pelham, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Pulleine, promoted in 24th Foot.
31st Foot-- Captain J. S. Chandos Harcourt, from the
30th Foot, to be Captain, vice Litton, who exchanges.
32d Foot—Ensign James Thomas Gray to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Crane, deceased.
331 Foot—Lieutenant John Owens to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Major C. E. Mansfield, whose
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank,
under the Royal Warrant, 6th October, 1854.
34th Foot—Ensign Bertie Shiffner to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice O'Loghlin, deceased ; Ensign Francis
Wood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Byron, pro-
moted.
35th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon Richard Thomas Golty Cat-
ton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Clarke,
deceased.

38th Foot—Capt. Patrick McLeod Petloy, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Hume,
whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive
Rank, un'ter thA 8.,70 Warrant of the fith Oct.. 1854 ;

Lieut. Henry Charles Evans to he Captain, by pai-,11,13.,

vice Petley, who retires ; Ensign S. Ap. E. Parry:.
Jones, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evans.
47th Foot—Captain Henry Call Lodder to be Major, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James
Villiers, promoted to the substantive ra de of Lieut.-
Colonel, under the Royal Warrant 6th October, IS:A ;
Captain Henry Charles Bird, from half-pay Ceylon
Regiment, to be Captain, vice Lodder, promoted ;
Lieutenant J. M. Straton to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Bird, who retires ; Ensign John J. Dunne to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 6tr%ton.
49th Foot—Robert Emslie Henry, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, Tice Cobham, promoted.
51st Foot—Ensign William Henry Saunders to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Wolley, deceased ; Gentle-
man Cadet Robert Stratford, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Saunders.
53d Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class James
Simpson Grant, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Fasson, ap-

pointed to the Staff.
60th Foot—Gentleman Cadet, Henry M. Pryor, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,

vice Mackenzie, promoted.
78th Foot—Ensign C. FL Bindon, from 26th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cassady, promoted
in 21st Foot.
86th Foot—Captain Thomas Vincent, from half-pay Royal
York Rangers, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major A. C.
Anderson, promoted, without purchase, to an Un-
attached Majority; Lieutenant Robert Edward Henry
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vincent, who retires ;
Ensign Gilbert Sidney Jackson to be Lieutenant, by

purchase, vice Henry.
90th Foot—The promotion of Ensign Savory, on the Ist of
Oct., 1857, has been cancelled To be Liouteziants, with-
out purchase--Ensign Henry B. Savory, vice Grahame,
killed in action ; Ensign Louis W. Wilmer, vice Nuun,
killed in action ; Ensign G. A. Agnew, vice Preston, died
of wounds ; Ensign Anneeley Eyre, vice Haydock, pro-
moted ; Ensign George Gregg, vice Carleton, deceased ;
Gentleman Cadet David Patterson Murray, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Chute, deceased. _ _

93d Foot—HenryThOrnas Butter, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Robertson, promoted.
95th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry V. Brooke, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Macnee, promoted.
97th Foot—Lioutenant James Hudson to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Ingrate, appointed to the 100th
Foot.
Rifle Brigade— Gentleman Cadet Robert Hamilton Lloyd

Anstruther, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Cooper died of his
wounds.
2nd West India Regiment—John William Lloyd, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Knapp, promoted.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Assistant-Surgeon John Bout-
flower, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Hassard, promoted on the Staff.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—William Thos. Philippe
Bernard, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Surman, promoted.
Royal Malta Foncible Regiment —To be Ensigns, with
local and temporary rank—F. Gatt, Gent., vice S. de
Piro, promoted ; Joseph Speranza, Gent., vice Monta-
naro, promoted.

STAFF.
Brevet-Colonel W. Sullivan' C. 8., from half-pay Unat-
'ached, to be Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting Dis-
trict, vice Adair, who exchanges.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Surgeon Edward Mockler, from the 17th Light Dragoons,
,o be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Kellie, who
exchanges.
Surgeon Charles H. Fasson, from the 53d Foot, to be
Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vic.e Grant, appointed
to he 53d Fcot,
TO BE STAFF-SURGEONS OF THE SECOND CLASS.
Assistant-Surgeon D. C. Wodsworth, from the 12th
Light Dragoons.
Assistant-Surgeon William Sim Murray, M. 8., from
the 66th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon William Armstrong, from the 54th
Foot.

Assistant-Surgeon George Peacocke, M.D., from the
74th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Carey, from the 64th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon Archibald Henry Fraser, from the
75th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon George Edwin Gains, from the 69th
Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon John Edward Moffatt, from the 2d
Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon Henry Bolton Hassard, from the
Cape Mounted Riflemen.
Assistant-Surgeon John Hoffman, M.D., from the Staff.
The appointment of Dr. Watkin S. Whylock, 75th
Foot, as Acting Staff Assistant-Surgeon, to be dated 6th
November, and not the 23d July, 1832, and his Commis-
sion as Staff Assistant-Surgeon to be dated 27,th Decem-
ber, instead of 26th November, 1852.
BREVET.

The following promotions to take place consequent on the
death of General Sir Thomas Hawker, K.C.H., Colonel of
the 6th Dragoon Guards, on the 13th Juns, 1858 :
Brevet-Colonel George 3.foncreiff, Scots Fusilier Guards,
to be Major-General.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Plunkett Dunne,
Major on half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major John Blaquiere Mann, Captain on half-
pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain J. Summerfield Hawkins, Royal Engineers, to
be Major.
The undermentioned officer having completed three
yesrs' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to
be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal
Warrant of Oct. 6,1851 :
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Robert Rollo, on half-pay Unat-
tached, Assistant-Adjutant-General, Canada.
Captain Thomas Vincent, 86th Foot, to be Major in the
Army.
Brevet-Major Thomas ViLcent, 86th Foot ,to be Lieut.-
Colonel in tho Array.