The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-30 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 30.

3d Regiment of Lightbragoons—Sergeant-Major Charles
E. Nettles to be Comet, without purchase.
9th Light Dragoons—Charles Browne Bashford, Gent., to
be Cornet, without purchase, in succession to Lieut. A.
S. Jones, promoted in the 18th Light Dragoons.
11th Light Dragoons—John Coare Swaine, Gent. to ba
Cornet, by purchase, vice J. A. Stewart, promoted.
16th Light Dragoons—Richard F. Morrison, Gent., to be
Corset, by purchase, vice Corballis, promoted.
18th Light Dragoons—Captain William Betson, from
half-pay as Quartermaster 15th Light Dragoons, to be

Pay Master.
Military Train—Captain John MeCourt to be Maj or, by

purchase, vice Biovet-Lieutenant Colonel Heylc;n,-who

retiros.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Sergeant-Major William
Norton of tho Royal Horse Artillery to be Riding-
Master.
Curps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Edward Loftus
Bland to be Second Captain, vice Nevillo, killed in
action.
Ist Regiment of Foot--Brevet-Major F. R. Mein to be
Major, by purchase, vice Marindin, who retires; Lieut.
Henry G. White to be Captain' by purchase, vice Mein;
Lieutenant R. L. S. Curtois to be Captain, by purchase,

vice Thursby, who retires.
21 Foot—Lieut. William Henry Spencer to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Lowe, appointed
to 74th Foot ; F►ancis Charles Murhall Griffith, Gen'.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gosset, promoted.
3d Foot—Ensign R. B. Morony to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Smelt, promoted in 21st Foot.
4th Foot--Lieutenant Thomas B. Houston, from 54th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Reid, ap-
pointed to the 23d Foot ; Paul Bridson, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice W. C. Vyvyan, who
resigns ; James Browne, Sent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Liston, whose appointment has been

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cancelled.
sth Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—John John-
son Bradshaw, Gent. ; Frsneis Heathcote Denny Brome,
Gent. ; Frederick Arthur Forsyth, Gent.
Bth Foot—Charles Dudley Ryder Madden, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Kinsman, whose appoint-
ment has been cancelled.
10th Foot—Lieut. W. H. P. Gordon Bluett to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Fresson, appointed to the 21st
Foot. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Hargood
Thomas Snooko, Gent. ; William Perry James, Gent. ;
Charles James Barnett, Gent. ; Ernest Archibald Ber-
ger, Gent.
11th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—James Far-
quhar Oliver, Gent. ; William Arthur Irwin, Gent.
12th Foot— -To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Edward
Fiddes, Gent.) Townsend George Gun, Gent. ; Henry

J. Macbonnell, Gent.
13th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Alexander
Maemanue Rowan,Gent. ; Arthur McGillicuddy Denny,

Gent.
14th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James E. Alexander,
from 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bell, who
exchanges. The second Christian name of Ensign
Frizell is Brookfield, and not Brickfield, as stated in the
Gazette of the 26th instant.
15th Foot—Lieut. Robert Thomas P. Cuthbert to be In-
structor of Musketry ; Horatio George Maxwell, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
17th Foot—To be Ensign, without purchase—Henry
Scrynigeour Wedderburn, Gent. ; Thomas Braden,
Gent.
18th Foot—Captain Bentinck H. Cumberland, Aldridge-
pay, Mourou s Regiment, to be Captain, vice
appoiuted to the 20th Foot; ea
ten Lit John Robert
Blacker to be Captain, by purchase vice Cumberland,
who retires.
19th Foot—Quartermaster John James Macdonald, late of
the 2d Jager Corps, British German Legion, to be Quar-
termaster.
20th Foot—Lient. Charles Gustavus Rochfort to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Le Cou-
tenr, who retires ; Ensign Conroy Fahie to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Vaughan, promoted;
Lieut. C. F. _Houghton, from the sth Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase.
21st Foot—Ensign W. H. Kor to be Lieutenant, without
ohalf-pay. s
purchase, vice Clerke, promoted. To be Ensigns with-
out purchase—F. SG. Jackson, Gent.; S. H. Hayes,
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t y ueha
Gent. ; E. Bussel, Gent.' vice Ker.
2 ?rdoFcook
Foot —Captain
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attached, to be Captain, without purchase •
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MI-
Patton promoted ; Comet G. Wohl
of the late Land Transport Corps, to
front half-pay
23d Foot—Lieut.-Col. Edward Vr)s, to be Quartermaster.
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,D. Bell, from the 14th
Alexander who vice Sir James E.
En •
be Lieutenant, with exchanges; sign J. H. WalwYn to
out purchase,
vice
Monsell, pro-
moted; Frederick Gerard,
Gent., to be Ensign without
purchase, vice Walw
24tti P t YD.
to be
onel Augustus G. Blachford, B uo revet-Col
Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase. To be Majors with-
out purchase—Captain Louis /lowa 13azalgette, vice
Blackford; Cavtain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Joseph Henry Laye, from 58th Foot.
Ensign be
29th Foot—Alfred Fawcett, Gent,, to gn, without

purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Valpy, promoted
in 21st Foot.
36th Foot—Cyrus Day, Gent., to beEnsign, without put.
chase, vice Scott, promoted ; Paymaster William Can-
sabon Freud, late of the 4th Middlesex Militia, to be
Paymaster, vice Stuart, who retires on half-pay.
47th Foot—Captain Sir W. Henry Clerke, Bart., from
half-pay, 42d Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-
; Major Charles Elgee, whose Brevet Rank has been
converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal
Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ; Lieutenant Edward
Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir w. H.
Clerke, Bart., who retires ; Ensign John James Scott to
belLieutenant, by purchase, vice Croker.
48th Foot.—Pulteney Edward Bowlby, Gent., to be En.
sign, without purchase, in succession to Lieut. Coventry,
appointed to the 15th Foot.
51st Foot.—Empson Edward Middleton, Gent., to be
Easign, without purchase, vice Crowe, promoted; Dud.
ley Villiers Stuart, Gent., to be Ensign, without pm-
chase, vice Walker, promoted.
53d Foot.—Robert Brown, Gent., to bo Ensign, without
purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Davern, promoted
in 22d Foot.

53th Foot.—The third Christian name of Ensign Riley is
Daniel.
6tth Foot—Ensign D. Gardiner to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Ryan, promoted.
67th Foot—Miles Charles Seton, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Munro, promoted.
74th Foot—To be nsigns, without purchase--Chas. John
Rolleston, Gent., in succession to Lieut. Stoddart. pro.
moted in 18th Foot ; Norman Magnus MacLeod, Gent.,
in succession to Lieutenant Davies, promoted in the 20th
Foot.

78th Foot—Ensign R. Clay to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Gillmore, promoted in 23d Foot ; James
Baron Baillie, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vise Clay.
80th Foot—Lieut. J. J. Dudgeon to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Holdich, promoted in
the 20th Foot; Ensign W. B. B. Christie to be Lieu-
tenant, without purohase, vice Dudgeon ; Ensign Wil-
liam Maclean to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Fraser, promoted in the 23d Foot. To be Ensigns, with-
out purchase—Clements Moffatt Bond, Gent., vice
Christie ; Walter Philip Walshe, Gent., vice Maclean.
81st Foot--Cowper Rochfort, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, in succession to Lieut. King, promoted in
21st Foot.
82d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—John Butler
M`Kenna, Gent., vice Ryan, promoted ; Wm. Reeves
Banbury, Gent., vice Moseley, appointed to the 60th
Foot.
83d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—James
Edmund Brymer, Gent., in succession to Lieutenant
Marsh, promoted in the 21st Foot.
86th Foot—Matthew Edward Leadbitter, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieut. E. M.
Jones, promoted in 20th Foot.
87th Foot—To ba Ensigns, without purchase—George
Robert Storey, Gent., in succession to Lieutenant G. G.
G. Munro, promoted in the 20th Foot ; Adrian Augustus
Von Boverhoudt, Gent., in succession to Lieutenant
Shadwell, promoted in 23d Foot.
91th Foot—Ensign R. J. M. St. George to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Lewis, promoted in the 20th
Foot ; John Hunter Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice St. George.
96th Foot—Ensign E. Johnston, to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Lees, promoted in 23d Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Charles Francis Blackett, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Ames, promoted.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign S. Halahan to be Lieu- .
tenant, without purchase, vice Sharpe, promoted in
20th Foot ; John James, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Halahan.
Caps Mounted Riflemen —Ensign H. R. M. Humphreys to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Palmer, promoted
in 21st Foot.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—To be Ensigns, without
purchase—Ensign T. C. Wilson, from the 74th Foot,
vice Barrow, promoted; Edward Whyte, Gent., vice
Savaze, promoted; Samuel Rennalls Jackson, Gent..
vice Onion, promoted; Frederick John Atkinson Dunn,
Gent., vice Armstrong, promoted.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Major and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel
William Devenish Devorell to be Lieutenant-Colonel,

without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Eyre, appointed
CJmniandant at Cha:ham.
STAFF.—Brevet-Colonel Charles Bingham, Assistant Ad-
jutant-General of the Royal Artillery, to be Deputy
Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet-IL.j or Francis Locker Whitmore,
of the let Foot, to have his Brevet converted into Sub-

stantive Rank:under the Royal Warrant of 6th October,

1854.
iiSSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class
Edward John Burton, M.D., from half-pay, to
be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, upon full pay
and attached to th 3 Cavalry Depot at Canterbury.
To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Percy Lee, Gent. ;
Joseph Thomas Mitchell, Gent. ; William War-
man Coleman, Gent. The appointment of 'Acting
Assistant-Surgeon J. J. Brown, M.D., as stated in the
Gazette of 12th February, has been cancelled.
BREVET.

Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. F. Colborne, C. 8.,
upon half•pay as Major, Unattached, Assistant Quarter•
muster-General at Gibraltar, having completed three
years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant• Colonel, to
be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warranto of 6th
Oztober, 1854.

Captain Sir W. H. Clerke, Bart., 47th Foot, to be
Major in the Army.
Brevet-Major Sir William Henry Clerks, Bart., 47th
Foot, to be Lient.-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Henry Bentinck H. Cumberland, 18th Foot, to
be Major in the Army.

Brevet-Major Bout7in3k H. Cumberland, 11th Foot, to
boiLieut,-Colonel in the Army.
Captain John Summerfield Hawkins, of the Royal
Engineers, to have the local rank of Major in North Ame-
rica, while employed on a particular service.
Paymaster Vim. T. Stuart, having retired upon half-
pay 3Gth Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain.
The under-mentioned promotions to take place eons°.
quent on the death of Major-General Frederick C. Griffiths,
onlrsethe Caorleohn' e 1 JosephlB 58
Bv Clarke, upon half-pay as Lieut.-
Colonel Unattached, to be Major-General.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Gibson, upon half-pay
as Major Unattached, to ba Colonel.

Brevet-Major Archibald Campbell, 30th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Co onel.

Captain Alexander Cunningham Robertson, Bth Foot,
to b 3 Major.
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The undermentioned promotions to take place cone.
quent on the death of Major-General Cecil Bisshopp, C. 8.,
Colonel of the 16th Foot, on 21st March, 1838 :
Brevet-Colonel Sir J. Gaspard Le Marchant, upon half.
pay as Lieutenant-Colonel Unattached, to. be Major.
General.

Lieut.-Colonel Edward Last, 21st Feot, to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major Mortimer R. S. Whitmore, upon half-pay„
as Captain of the late 19th Light Dragoons and Staff Meer
of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Captain Edwin Gream Daniell, Bth Foot, to be Major.
The promotion of Capt. A. C. Robertson, Bth Foot, toile.
Major in the Army, on 24th inst., has been cancelled, he
havibg been promoted on the 16th inst., in succession to the
late Major-General Griffiths.

For C'Apt. Richard Chas. German, Bengal Native Infan•
try, to be Major in the Army, as stated in the Stipplemen-
tary Gazette of the ii4th inst , read Capt. Richard Charles
Germon, &c. _

For Captain James Francis Eaton Travers. of the Royal
Artillery, to be Major in the Army, as stated in the sup.
plementary Gazette of the 21th inst., read, Captain Fre.
derick John Travers, &o.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENALNit.
Tower Hamlets—John Godfrey Bellingham Hudson,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
County of Norfolk—Stephens Lyne Stephens, Esq,, to
bo Deputy-Lieutenant.
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militi—John
Wallace Pilkington Lowe, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Brakeley, resigned; Clement John Sneyd, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Cooper, promoted.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Henry W. Coyne,
Gant., to be Ensign.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Edward
James Pasmore to be Lieutenant, vice Parke, resigned ;
Ensign Thomas Lyford Champion to be Lieutenant, vies
William Joseph Tibbs, appointed to the 11th Foot.
Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Major Robert Hind.
ley Wilkinson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Higgins,
resigned • Captain William Cooper Cooper to be Major,
vice Wilkinson, promoted; Lieutenant William Pritzler
Newland to be Captain, vice Cooper, promoted ; Ensign
Robert Macdonald Chambers to be Lieutenant, vice Manx
Smith, promoted ; Richard Sambrook Crawley, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice Newland, promoted.
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia.
—Charles Hamilton Bell, Gent., to be Ensign, Tie.
Charles Wallinger, resigned.
EdwardWe West
GlCoeannit Regimentirkpa
Kirkpatrick
to be Cavalry.—CornetLieutenant, vies Hat.
dinge, resigned; John William Roper, Gent., to be Cor•
net, vice Kirkpatrick, promoted.