The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-31 00:00:00

STAFF.

Major-General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett,
K.C.B.' to be Adjutant-General to the Forces, vice Lieut.-
General Sir George Augustus Wetherall, whose
term of Staff Service has expired.
Captain and Brevet-Colonel John Jarvis Bissett, of the
Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Deputy Quartermaster-
General to the Forces serving at the Cape of Good Hope,
vice Captain and Brevet-Colonel Edward Selby Smyth, 2d
Foot, whose term of Staff Service has expired.
PURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.—Purveyor's Clerk of the
First Class John Macfarlane to be Purveyor to the Forces,
vice George Pratt, placed on the retired list.
BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John Lawren-
son, half-pay 6th Foot, to have the temporary rank of
Major-General, while holding the appointment of Inspec-
tor-General of Cavalry in the United Kingdom.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Lord George
Augustus Frederick Paget, C. 8., half-pay unattached, to
have the temporary rank of Brigadier-General, while in
command of a Brigadk
Colonel Sir Robert Napier, K.C.8., of the Bengal En-
gineers, to have the local rank of Major-General in China.
Brevet-Major Richard Parke, Royal Marines, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Mowbray Thomson, 453c1 Regiment Bengal Na-
tive Infantry, to be Major in the Army.
Captain William Godfrey Rayson Masters, Royal Ma-
rines, to be Major in the Army.

The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent,
on the promotion of Colonel Francis Warde, Royal Ar-
tillery, to be Major-General, in succession to Major-
General Henry Charles Russel, Royal Artillern uhu
died on 7th March, 1860 :
Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Charles Forrest, 7th Dragoon
Guards, to be Colonel.

Brevet-Major Walter Warde, half-pay Unattached,
Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Samuel IL S. Ingletield, Royal Artillery, to be
Major.

The undermentioned promotions to take place under tho
previsions of the Royal Warrant of the 27th January,
1860 :

TO HAVE THE HONORARY RANK OF MAJOR.
Captain George Thorne George, Paymaster, 4th Light
Dragoons.
Paymaster Henry Duberly, Bth Light Dragoons.
Paymaster Richard J. Elrington, 10th Light Dragoons.
Paymaster James G. H. Holmes, 12th Light Dragoons.
Paymaster Edmund Bentley Frith, 13th Light Dragoons.
Paymaster Wm. Featherstonhaugh, 14th Light Dragoons.
Paymaster Blayney Townly Walshe, 15th Light Dragoons.
Paymaster George Frederick Rosser, 16th Light Dragoons.
Paymaster William John Bampfleld, Ist Foot.
Paymaster Oliver Nicolls, 2d Foot.
Paymaster John Conies, 18th Foot.
Paymaster William Brumell, 25th Foot.
Paymaster John Mills Howson, 35th Foot.
Paymaster Henry Seymour Michell, 49th Foot.
Paymaster Mark Matthews, 57th Foot.
Paymaster Francis Levett Bennett, 59th Foot.
Paymaster James Howes, 64th Foot.
Paymaster John 'Williams Marshall, 65th Foot.
Paymaster Rowland Webster, 72d Foot.
Paymaster David Francis Chambers, 75th Foot.
Paymaster William Frederick Nixon, 81st Foot.
Paymaster John Dennis Swinburne, 83d Foot.
Paymaster Charles Fade Neatly, 86th Foot.
Paymaster Stephen Blake, 93d Foot.
Paymaster Luke Fitzgerald Bernard, Royal Canadian Rifle
Regiment.
Paymaster Vincenzo Rizzo, Royal Malta Fencible Regt.
Paymaster Edward George Cubitt, Cavalry Depot.
Paymaster John Stephenson, Cavalry Depot.
Paymaster Ed win Griffiths, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster Francis Feneran, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster Hugh Somerville S. I3urney, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster John Wheatley, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster Julius Brockman Travers, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster Charles Boyce Roche, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster Thomas Miller Creagh, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster George Thomas Benson, Depot Battalion,
Paymaster George Pott Erskine, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster Stephen Lawson, Depot Battalion.
paymaster Ernest Augustus Hawker, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster Morris R. Campbell, Depot Battalion.
paymaster Robert Thomas Browne Boyd, Depot Batta-
lion.
Paymaster Alexis Corcoran, Detachments, at Portsmouth.
Captain Charles Scarlin Naylor, Paymaster Convalescent
Establishment, Yarmouth.
Paymaster John 11. Matthews, Invalid Depot, Chatham.
Paymaster John M. lienaedy, Invalid Depot, Chatham.
Captain Henry B. Adams, Paymaster, Recruiting District.
Paymaster Charles H. Pierce, Recruiting District.

Paymaster Charles J. Furlong, Recruiting District.
Paymaster James Robinson, Recruiting District.
Paymaster Robert Collins Craigie, Recruiting District.
TO HATE THE HONORARY RANK OF CAPTAIN.
Paymaster John Biggs, 4th Dragoon Guards.
Paymaster Charles Sewell. 6th Dragoon Guards.
Paymaster Henry Dixon, Ist Dragoons.
Paymaster William Archibald Kidd, Royal Artillery.
Pay master Francis Edwin Maunsell, 4th Foot.
Paymaster Frederick Blanco Forster, sth Foot.
Paymaster Graham Egerton Huddleston, Bth Foot.
Paymaster Andrew Sievwright, 9ch Foot.
Paymaster William Macdennel!, 14th Foot.
Paymaster Richard Milbank Tilghman, lsth Foot.
Paymaster John Matthew Gibbs, 20th Foot.
Paymaster Thomas Smith, 25th Foot. •
*Paymaster James Twibill, 38th Foot. •
Paymaster Samuel Benison, 39th Foot.
Paymaster John David Blythe, 45th Foot.
Paymaster Henry William-Sibley, 46th Foot.
•
Paymaster John Nowlan, 50th Foot.
Paymaster Francis William Fellows, 52d Foot.
Paymaster William Marriott, 54th Foot.
Paymaster Francis Fitzpatrick, 60th Foot.
Paymaster John Andrew Pope, 67th Foot.
Paymaster Robert Smyth, 69th Foot.
Paymaster Michael Thompson. 70th Foot.
Paymaster Joseph Cartmail, 71st Foot.
Paymaster Robert Thomas Hearn, 76th Foot.
Paymaster William Fortescue Scott, 77th Foot.
Paymaster Joseph Webster, 78th Foot.
Paymaster Robert Scott, 89th Foot.
Paymaster Henry Leigh, 9Sth Foot.
Paymaster John Edward Large, Rifle Brigade.
Paymaster Michael William Lade Coast, Rife Brigade.
Paymaster Henry Dudley, Ceylon Rifles.
Paymaster John Gregory Gurney, Cape Mounted Riflonin.
Paymaster Daniel Bartlett, Recruiting District.
Paymaster Edward M‘Mullin, Recruiting District.
Paymaster Samuel Williams, Depot Battalion.
Paymaster George Bodle, Depot Battalion.Paymaster Alexander Fair, Depot Battalion.
* The promotion of Paymaster James nth Feat,
to the honorary rank of Captain, withthe date of 2d March,
1860, has been cancelled.
MEHORANDUM.—In the Gazette of 27th inst., the letters
" M.D." were erroneously inserted after Deputy Inspector..
General Longmoie's name.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Ms.RcH 30.
NOTICE,—From and after the Ist July next, the mini-
mum age of candidates to be examined for direct Com-
missions in the Army will be fixed at eighteen year..
BANKRUPTS.
James Elgar, grocer, Flatten, Huntingdonshire.
Charles Noble, builder, Northampton.
Henry Coney, builder, Townsbend-road, Regent's-park.
Henry Joseph Smith, corn dealer, Newbury' Berifshira.
Thomas Simmons, warehouseman, Cheapudo, City.
Peter Taylor, licensed victualler, Saffron Weldon, Eases.
Charles Austin Gibson, timber merchant, Bristol.
Abraham Wootton, timber merchant, Walsall, Slafford.
John Legge, beer retailer, Walsall, Staffordshire.
George William Neales, uphqlsterer, New Oxford-attest.
William Sharp, jun., underwriter, New Broad-atreet.
Joseph Oldroyd, blanket manufacturer, Batley, Yea-
shire.
Thomas Mills, web manufacturer, Leicester.
Christopher Langridge and Joseph Midgley, drys alters,
Manchester.