The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-27 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 25.

With reference to the promotions which appeared in the
London Gazette of 21st September, 1858, the following ad-
ditional promotions have been made, to date 17th Sept.,
1858, in consequence of the successful operations in the
Gulf of Pechili :
Mr. John E. Scudamore to be Master.
Mr. James B. McAvoy to be Paymaster.
Mr. James Coade,
Mr. James W. German, and
Mr. James Roffey,
to be Acting Chief Engineers.
Mr. Joseph Jolliffe to be Acting First Class Assistant
Engineer. .
Mr. William Burgess to be Second Class Assistant Engi-
neer. _ . . . . . . _

Mr. Charles Hetherington to be Acting Second Class
Assistant Engineer.
Mr. Thomas Parker to be Second Class Assistant Engi-
neer. _ .

Mr. Henry H. Skelton to be Acting Second Class As-
sistant Engineer.
Mr. Thomas Turner to be Boatswain, First Class.
Mr. James M'Laughlin to be Boatswain, Second Class.
Mr. William Tipper to be Boatswain, Second Class.
Mr. Thomas Boyd to be Acting Gunner.
Mr. William Lockyer to be Acting Boatswain.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Our. 26.
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Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Digby Hanmer Richard
Wingfield, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bennet,
promoted. -
2d Dragoon Guards—Howard James Barton, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase, vice O'Beirne, promoted.
4th Dragoon Guards—Augustus Gladwyn Churchill Inge,
Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase
Ist Dragoons—George Herbert Woodard, Gent., to be Cor-
net, without purchase, vice Marriott, appointed to 4th
Dragoon Guards.
2d Dragoons—Thomas Hunt, Gent., to be Cornet, without
purchase.
4th Light Dragoons—David Henry Doherty, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase, vice Franklyn, appointed to
Bth Light Dragoons.
sth Light Dragoons—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class,
Henry Huish, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Barron, who
exchanges.
13th Light Dragoons—George Croft Huddleston, Gent., to
be Comet, by purchase, vice Bush, promoted.
16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Mowbray Skeates, from
half-pay late Transport Corps, to be Cornet, without
purchase ; Moreton Eagle Harmar Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Skeates, who retires ; Thomas Francis
Agg, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Thos.
Brown, appointed Riding Master.
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Colonel Arthur Joseph Taylor to
be Colonel, vice Hardinge, removed as a General 0 fficer ;
Captain Robert Parker Radcliffe to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Taylor ; Brevet-Major Edward Moubray, from the
Supernumerary List, to be Captain, vice Radcliffe; Brevet-
Colonel George Maclean to be Colonel, vice Willis,
removed as a General Officer; Brevet-Major Thomas
Knox to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Maclean ; Se-
cond Captain Thomas Picton Warlow (Supernumerary)
to be Captain; Second Captain Philip Bedingfeld to be
Captain' vice Knox; Lieutenant Francis Lyon to be
Second Captain, vice Bedingfeld ; Brevet-Colonel Wm.
Harrison Askwith (Supernumerary) to be Colonel ;
Brevet-Colonel Franklyn Dunlop, C. 8., to be
Colonel, vice Anderson, removed las a General
Officer ; Captain Charles Wright Younghusband to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Dunlop ; Second Captain
Richard Paget Campbell Jones to be Captain, vice
• Younghusband ; Lieutenant Markham le Fer Taylor to
be Second Captain, vice Jones; Assistant-Surgeon John
Robinson, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Taylor, appointed to the Staff.
Royal Engineers—Lieut. Jno. Clayton Cowell to be Second
Captain, vice Lambert, deceased. The date of the pro-
motion of Second Captain W. D. Marsh to be altered to
Aug. 13 the date of the promotion of Second Captain.
W. J. Stuart to be altered to Aug. 20.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Wm. Newcomen Watts,
from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice
Brown, who exchanges lEnsign Clement John Sncyd,
from the 2d Stafford Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Lovekin, promoted in the Bth Foot.
2d Foot—To! be Captains, by purchase—Lieutenant Wm.
Webber Martin, vice Lord Charles Edward Hay, who
retires ; Lieutenant John Charles Tyrwhitt Drake, vice
Squire, who retires.
sth Foot—John J. Troup, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Holt, promoted.
6th Foot—Paymaster Allan McDonald, from the Royal
South Down Militia, to be Paymaster, vice - Timbrell,
placed on half pay.
7th Foot—Captain Richard Barter, from the 24th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Disney, who exchanges; the Commis-
sion of Lieutenant G. 0. Lewis, as Adjutant, to bear date
11th August, 1858, instead of Ist October, 1858.
12th Foot—Lieut, John Lunan Wilkie to be Captain, by
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purchase, vice Studdert, who retires ; Ensign Lambeit
John Robert Disney, from the 2d Staford Militia, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Oliver, promoted.
14th Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant Henry Geldart
Metcalfe, from the Royal North Lincoln Militia, to an
Ensigncy without purchase, on the sth Oct., has been
cancelled ; Lieutenant Henry' Metcalfe,. from the Royal
North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Jackson, appointed to 86th Foot.
18th Foot—Major Oliver Barker D'Arcey, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Major, vice Radcliff, promoted, with-
out purchase, to an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy ;
Lieutenant Thomas Durand Baker to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Lousada, who retires.
21st Foot—Ensign George Gilmour, from Ist Foot, to bo
Lieutenant, without purchase.
22d Foot—Lieutenant E. W. Bishop, from the 2d West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fogo, who ex-
changes.
23d Foot—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign Fre-
derick Gerard, vice Blane, promoted ; Ensign Lorenzo
George Lysons, vice Lewis, who retires ; Captain George
Wildes, from the East Kent Militia, to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Richards, promoted.24th Foot—Captain Edgar John Disney, from 7th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Barter, who exchanges.
27th Foot—Lieut. Henry B. Patton to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Barnes, who retires • Ensign A. ay to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Patton.
32d Foot—Ensign Timothy Morris to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase; Lieut. Henry Sparke Stabb to be Adju-
tant, vice Thomson, killed in action.
42d Foot—Major Edward Ramsden Priestley to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Cameron, de-
ceased; Brevet-Major John Drysdale to be Major, with-
out purchase, vice Priestley ; Lieutenant Wm. Lawson
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Drysdale.
50th Foot-=Ensign William Henry Wilson to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Murphy, deceased.
60th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Alexander Lamb, from

the Staff, to be Assisfant-Surgeon, vice Stretton, de-
ceased.
81st Foot—Sergeant-Major Thomas Roers to be Ensign,

without purdiase, in -succession to Lieutenant Hunter,
promoted in 24th Foot.
84th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant
John Penton, vice Chute, deceased ; Lieutenant R.
Torrens Pratt, vice Penton, whose promotion on 24th
August, 1858, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant Robert
Barry, vice Pratt, whose promotion on 10th September,
1850, has been cancelled. To be Lieutenants, without
purchase—Ensign H. S. Jones, vice Penton, promoted ;
Ensign George Benjamin Wolseley, vice Pratt, promoted;
Ensign Charles Thomas Horan, vice Wolseley, whose
promotion on 7th September, 1358, has been cancelled ;
Ensign William Charles Driberg, vice Barry, promoted ;
Ensign and Adjutant George Lambert, to have the rank
of Lieutenant ; Ensign Seaton Ralph Forster, vice Dri-
berg, whoie promotion on 17th September, 1858, has been
cancelled. The promotion, without purchase, on the 24th
August, 1858, of Ensign H. S. Jones, has beencancelled.
The promotion, without purchase, on the 10th Septem-
ber, 1851, of Ensign Charles Thomas Horan, has been
cancelled. •
93d Foot—The Commission of Lieut. Fitz Roy.McPherson,
as Adjutant, to bear date 16th April, 1851, instead of 2d
July, 1858, as previously stated.
99th Foot—,Ensign Edward Beevor Batcheler to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice ,Molson, promoted.
Rifle Brigade=Ensign W. G. Swinhoe to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice P. L. C. Phillips,dece ased ; En-
sign A. B. G. S. Hill to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Swinhoe, whose promotion, without purchase, on
7th Sept.,BsB, has been cancelled ; Ensign Albert
Divett Rickman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill,
whose promotion, by purchase, on 7th Sept. 1858, has
been cancelled ; James Dunlop, Gent., to be Ensigi,
without purchase, vice Travers, promoted ; Leopold
Richard Seymour, Gent., to be Ensign, without par-
chase, vice Swinhoe.
Ist West India Regiment—Captain J. M. Brown, from the
Ist Foot, to be Captain, vice Watts, who exchanges; J.
Bourke, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Mawe, promoted.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign S. T. Corrie to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice .De Yancey, deceased;
Lieut. T. M. Fogo, from 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice

Bishop, who exciianges ; C. D'Obree Bowers, Gent., to be
Ensign without purchase, vice Pierson, resigned.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—W. P. Hodnett, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Pinchard, promoted.
UNATTACHED —Major William Radcliff, from the 18th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase,
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Luke Barron, M.D., from
the sth Light,Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class, vice Huish, who exchanges ; Assistant-Surgeon
Arthur Henry Taylor, from the Royal Artillery, to-be
Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Holton, promoted on
the Staff.