The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-28 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, MAY 28.

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Hon.
and Rev. Augustus Duncombe, M.A., the Deanery of the
MetropoliticalChurchof York, the same being void by the
death of Sir William Oookburn, Bart, D.D.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 28.

2d Regiment Dragoon Guards—Captain John-. Griffith
Price to be Major, without purchase, vice J. P. Smith,
killed in action ; Lieutenant G. H. Allfrey to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Price; Cornet_H. John de
Montmorency to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Allfrey.
6th Dragoon Guards—The Commissions of the under-
mentioned officers to be antedated to 15th November,
1857:—Captain Stillman, Lieutenant and Adjutant
Graham, Lieutenant Grainger.
3d Light Dragoons—Cornet John Unett to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Dymond, promoted.
sth Light Dragons—Assistant-Surgeon John Atkinson,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
6th Dragoons—Cornet the Hon. W. 0. B. Annesley to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dawson, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Richard Shaw to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Hutchinson, died of his wounds )
Cornet Samuel Ashton Pretor to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vise Shaw ; the Commissions of the late Capt.
French. as Captain, and of Lieut. Evans, as Lieutenant,
have been antedated to 20th June, 1857.
10th Light Dragoons—The surname of the Cornet appointed
in the Gazette of the 21st inst., is Houstoun, not Houston
11th Light Dragoons—Somerset Saunderson, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Somers, promoted.
18th Light Dragoons—Riding-Master Edward Greatrex,
from the sth Light Dragoons, to be Riding-Master.
Military Train—Ensign Nathaniel Rnrslem to be Lieut.,
without purchase, vice Gibson, promoted ; Lieut. James
Milne to be Instructor of Musketry.
Royal Artillery—To be Assistant-Surgeons —Assistant-
Surgeon Samuel Pratt Woodfull, from the Staff ; Assis.
tent-Surgeon Edward Hardinge, from the Staff ; As-
sistant-Surgeon James Daltera, from the Staff ; Assis-
tant-Surgeon Alexander Dudgeon Gulland, M.D., from
the Staff, vice Harris, deceased ; Assistant- Surgeon
Eugene Francis O'Leary, from the Staff, vice Voss, pro-
moted on the Staff.
Scota Fusilier Guards—Captain Richard Augustus Cooper,
from the 93rd Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice
Knollys, who exchanges.
Ist Regiment of Foot—The promotion of Captain E. A.
Stuart to bear date 30th March, 1858; instead of 23d
April, 1853, as previously stated.
4th Foot—George William Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice James Browne, appointed to the
21st Foot.
6th Foot—Lieutenant W. C. F. B. Bennett to be Cap.
tain, by purchase, vice McCleland, who retires ; Ensign
Eimund Hall, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Bennett.
7th Foot—Frederick Charles Keyser, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Tibeaudo, promoted.
10th Foot—Abraham Richard Montfort, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase • Lieut. Percy Beale to be Adju-
tant, vice Sir H. M. Havelock,f Bart., promoted in the

18th Foot.
11th Foot—Lieut. W. D. Naper to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Tibbite, who retires; Ensign John A. Miers
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Naper ; George
Coote, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davies,
promoted.
13th Foot—P. W. Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice England, promoted ; D. T. Persse, Gent.,
to be Ensign, withontpurchase, vice Palmer, promoted.
14th Foot—Ensign F. W. Harington, from 17th Foot to be
Ensign. The Commission of Lieut. J. Glancy, as Adju-
tant, to bear date 19th February, 1858, instead of 23d
April, 1858, as previously stated.
15th Foot—Ensign C. Willis, from 49th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase ; Ensign C. E. Layard to be
Lieutenant, without purchase.
16th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Sly, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
17th Foot—Frederick Wm. Harington, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Enderby, promoted in the sth
Foot; Edward Jackson Harris, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, appointed to the 55th
Foot ; Henry Grey MacGregor, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Harington, appointed to the 14th
Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon James Oreer Cuppage, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
18th Foot— Edmund Charles Pichard, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Macgregor, promoted ; Assistant-Sur-
geon William Isaac Spencer, from the Staff, to be
Assistant-Surgeon.
19th Foot—Edgar Angelo Dickenson, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice O'Rorke, appointed to the 60th
Foot.
20th Foot—Ensign Owen Tudor Burne to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Morehead, promoted in the 15th
Foot; Assistant-Surgeon John Henry Gouldsbury
Meares, from the 59th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon.

22d Foot----Jaraes Fiaser, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase.
23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Richard Wm. Berkeley,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
24th Foot—Captain John Henry Lutman, to ba Major,
without purchase; Lieut. Win. Vesey Munnings to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Lutman; Ensign James
B. Scott, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Munnings; John Fletcher Caldwell,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bannatyne,
appointed to the Bth Foot. The Commissions of Capt.
de Montmorency and Lieut. Scott to be antedated to
Bth July, 1857. The Commissions of Capt. Holahan and
Lieut. Johnstone to be antedated to 21st July, 1857.
28th Foot—Ensign N. Fitzstubbs has been permitted to
retire from the Service, by the sale of his Commission.
31st Foot —A. G. S. Maynard, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice M'lntyre, promoted.
37th Foot—Francis 0. Sergeant, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hawkes, promoted.
48th Foot—William Rapp Tudor, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice E. Hall, promoted in the 6th Foot.
49th Foot—George Shirley, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Scott, promoted in the 24th Foot ;
Robert Oliver Aldworth, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Willis, promote in the 15th Foot.
57th Foot—Francis Henry Clayton, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Wayne, promoted.
59th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Knaggs, from the
Staff, to ba Assistant-Surgeon, vice Meares, appointed
to the 20th Foot.
72d Foot—The Commissions of Major Rocke, Captain
Stewart, and Lieut. Pennefather, to be antedated to 6th
March.
75th Foot—Lieutenant J. C. Justice to be Adjutant, vice
Barter, promoted in the 24th Foot ; the commission of
Captain W. J. J. Smith to be dated sth, not 4th Oct.,
1857, as previously stated.
76th Foot—Ensign George Wm. Wigelsworth to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Robinson, who retires; Ernest
Regby Bartleet, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Wigelsworth.
77th Foot—Oscar Henry Blount, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Jordan, promoted.
78th Foot—The Commissions of Captain H. T. Mac-
pherson to be dated 6th, not sth, of October, 1857, as
previously stated ; the Commission of Lieutenant Wm.
Thomson to be antedated to the 19th July, 1857.
82d Foot—The Commission of Lieutenant Ryan to be
dated 30th, not 29th, November, 1857, as previously
stated.
93d Foot—Lieutenant Edward Welch to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Charles William McDonald, killed
in action ; Lieutenant and Captain Wm. Wallingford
Knollye, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain,
vice Cooper, who exchanges.
96th Foot—Lieutenant Elias William Dixon Gray to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Mundell, promoted.
97th Foot--Brevet-Lieut.-Col. F. Burton to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Ingram, killed in action;
Brevet• Major C. R. Chichester to be Major, without
purcase, vice Burton ; Lieut. R. K. Little to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Chichester; Ensign E. M.
Cookesley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Little.
98th Foot—James George Ballantyne, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted.
2d West India Regiment—Frederick Ludwig Mathews,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice de. Lancey, pro-
moted.
Royal Canadian Rifles—Ensign W. F. Field to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase. To-be Ensigns, without pur-
chase- Ensign Thomas B. Thornett, from the Gold
Coast Artillery Corps ; Edward Rodney Cecil Pechell,
Gent., vice Field.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—T. G. Danger, Gent., to
be
tEnesißogny,awlicthaonuatdian Riflepurchase, vice Thornett, appointed to
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Regiment.

HOSPITAL STAFF.
ASSISTANT-BURGEONS TO THE FORCES.
AlbertTO EBS. K. Prescott, Gent., vice Sharpe, appointed to
the 95th Foot.
William Astle Hope, M.B.
Richard Thomas Golty Catton,
Gent.
John Bradshaw, Gent.
Joseph Salkeld Johnston, M D.
George Simpson Cameron Gent.
Stephen Henry Marshall, Vent
John B >utflower, Gent. *
Thomas Turville Gardner, Gent.
BREVET.
The Christian names of Captain and Brevet-Major
utEvans,
Ist Bombay Fusiliers, who was promoted to be L °next-
Colonel in the Army in thu Gazette of 11th instant,
'`William Edwyn," and not " Edwyn"- are
only, as therein
stated.
The under-mentioned Officers, having completed three
years' actual service, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,
to be promoted to be Colonels in the Army, under the
Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 :
Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Montgomery, let Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Evelegh, C. 8., 20th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. H. ray-or, C. B , 79th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Somerset, C. 8., Rifle Brigade.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanly Cavalry—Col -
net Henry Small to be Lieutenant, vice Walton], resigned ;
Cornet Philip Chetwode Browne to be Lieutenant, vice
Nash, resigned.
Royal Westmorland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia
—Henry Shave Jones, Gent., to be Captain, vice Bell,
resigned.
Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign
Reginal i Octavius Day to be Lieutenant, vice Eastwood,
removed ; James Dalton .Paytherch, Gent., to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Davey, resigned.
2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Adjutant
R. C. Holmes to be Captain.
let Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—As-
sistant-Surgeon John Ley Hichens to be Surgeon, vice
Woolhouse, resigned.
Worcester Regiment of Militia—William Mason, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Ramus, resigned; Roland Davies,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Hilton, resigned.
Wid rasa of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—John
me edm -mnayd, Gent., to, be Lieutenant, vice Watts, re
The Victoria Rillea--HenrY Jacob Jordan, Esq., to be