The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-17 00:00:00

TH1111) EDITION,.

SUN OFFICE, Seven

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following appointments were made at the Admiralty
his afternoon :

Lieutenant John Moresby has been promoted to the rank
of Commander.

Master—Edward Mourilyan (additional) to the Indus.
Assistant Stugeons—John L. Palmer (additional), to the

Impregnable; Leonard Lucas confirmed in the Calypso.

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC.
The Queen bas been pleased to appoint the Hon. Wel-
lington-Patrick-Manvers-Chetwynd Talbot, Lieut -Colonel
of The Ist King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia, to
be Sergeant-at-Arms in Ordinary to her Majesty, to -attend
the Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lord'
Commissioners of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the
time being, in the room of Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Per-
ceval, deceased.

WAR-OFFICE; PALL-MALL, DEC. 17.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—John Wallace Hozier, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, ♦ice Ross, promoted.
4th Light Dragoons—Capt. Thomas White Goodrich, from
the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, paying the
difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice George
W. Hunt, who exchanges, receiving the same; Capt.
Archibald Philip Douglas, from the 16th Foot, to be
Captain, paying the difference between Infantry and
Cavalry, vice Benjamin A. Branfill, who exchanges, re-

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ceivini the same.
10th Light Dragoon.s—Lieut James John Wynniatt has
been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of
his Commission.
17th Light Dragoons—Cornet Francis James King to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Seymour, promoted.
Military Train—Ensign William Townley to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Dowling, who retires.
sth Regiment of Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel William
Chester Master to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur-
chase, vice Kennedy, retired upon full-pay; Capt. John
Swaine Hoge to be Major, without purchase, vice
Master; Lieut. John Robson Carlisle to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Hogge.
7th Foot—Ensign H. M. Harding has been permitted to
retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission.
14th Foot—The second Christian name of Lieutenant
Frizell is Brucktield, and not Brackfleld, as stated in the.
Gazette of the 10th inst.
16th Foot—Captain Benjamin A. Braun, from the 4th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice A. P. Douglas, who
exchanges.
22d Foot—Lieutenant George Ralph Hassan, from the
84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Francis E. E. Wilson,
' who exchanges; George Waller Vesey, Captain, Tyrone
Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Young, appointed to tho
23d Foot.
31st Foot—Ensign David Matthew La Touche, from
King's Own Light Infantry Militia, to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Gardiner, promoted.
34th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Newton, from the 58th
- Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Shiffner, who exchanges.3sth Foot—Ensign Henry Edmund Fryer to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vise Ross, whose promotion, by pur-
dhase, on the 7th September, 1853, has been cancelled.
58th Foot—Lieuteeant Bertie Shillner, from the 34th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Newton, who exchanges.
59th Foot—Paymaster F. L. Bennett, from half-pay Depot
Battalion, to be Paymaster, vice Addison, who resigns.
84th Foot—Lieut. F. E:E. Wilson, from the 22d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Hassall, who exchanges.
98th Foot--Lieut. Wm. Blackett to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Knight, who retires.
Rifle Brigade—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Lord A. G.
Russell to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel E. A. Somerset, who retires upon half-
pay Unattached; Captain E. M. Buller to be Major, by
purchase, vice Lord A. G. Russell; Lieut. John Clerk
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Buller ; Ensign T. R.
Parr to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Clerk.
Cape Mounted Rifles—Captain G. W. Hunt, from the 4th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice T. W. Goodrich,

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who exchanges.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Ensign and Adjutant Francis
John Bolton to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign

Thomas G. Danger to be Lieutenant, without purckise,
vice J. H. Thompson, deceased ; Ensign Edwin Hewett
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Danger, whose
promotion on the 26th November, 1858, has been

Celled ; Edward Westropp Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Hewett.
Garrisons—The Rev. David Arthur to be Chaplain to the
Garrison at Fort George.
Hospital Staff—To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—
Patrick Barrett Kearney, Gent., vice Boyd, appointed
to the 56th Foot ; George Smith, Gent., vice Gordon,
deceased; Robert Austen Allen, M.D., vice Schofield,
deceased .

MEmonANDum.—Major-General Edward Studd, Lieu..
tenant-Colonel on half-pay Unattached, has been per-
mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of an Unat-
tached Lieutenant-Colonelcy.
WAR-OFFICE PALL-MALL,_ DEC. 17. _
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MENlORA.NDUM.—Lielitenant Christopher J. Lloyd, of
the Ist West York Militia, having obtained a First Class
Certificate at the School of Musketry at Hy the, has been
appointed by the General Commanding-in-Chief, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, to Act as in-
structor of Musketry to the Ist West York Regiment of