The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, -So:en o' Clock.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 3.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel
W. Talbot as Consul at Dublin for the United States of
America:
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Robert Phillips as Consul at. Sydney for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
BOARD :OF TItADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 2.
The,Right Hon. the Lords of ,the Committee of Pri'

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Council fiir Trade and Plantationa have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a De-
spatch from her Majesty's Minister at Naples, enclosing a
translation of a Royal Decree, imposing a light due of four
grani per ton on native and foreign vessels in all tae ports
of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, for the purpose of
meeting the expenses of maintaining lighthouses upon all.
the dangerous points of the coast. . .
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 3.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—The undermentioned- Gen=
tlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz. —Edwin Mar-
shall, Charles Edmund Baker Laacock, Henry Gerdes
Palmer, Marcus F. Henry M'Causland, Thomas Jesson,
Shnon Simpson, Christopher Wm. Townsend, Francis
Fester. Barham, George Augustus Noyes, Henry St.
.John Cole Bowen, Edmund Hill 'Wickham, Robert J. P.
'Saunders, Vincent Wing, Seymour de Lacy Lacy, Morton
Lawrence Portt.r, Frederick Schack, Henry L. Williams,
Win. Reynolds Stirke; Pringle David Barclay, Henry
Graves, Thomas John Jones, Richard Tracey Millett,
JaMes Lancaster 8011, Henry Edivard Baines, Henry T.
.T., &tubs, James Robert lirule, Robert T. Farquhar,
• John Younger, Thus. Mulrenan, Charles John Deshon,
Francis Chas. H. Hallett, Win. Francis Nelson, Hugh
Fife Ashley!Brodie' Edward Ireland, Richard William
Chute, and George Mackenzie Bent Hornsby. •
Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Major Francis Edward
Cox to be Captain, vice Stokes, placed on the Seconded
List; Lieut. Charles John Darrah to be Second Captain,
vice F. E. Cox. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets
to be Lieutenants, with temporary rank—Henry John -
Wolateyn Gehle, Charles Win. Whinfield, Studley Vidal
Smith, Archibald
_Lewis Buckle, Peter Godfrey Tarbet,
Wm. Henry Patten, Wm. Henry Collins,. John Herbert
Smith, Albeit James Hopper, Wm. Masterton, Reginald
Frank Morris, fleet° Harris, Louis John George flier,
Stephen Weston Jenner, Arnold Charles Wallinger,'
Henry Roloini,ou, Augustin Charles Celia Mackenzie,
and Edward Harvey.
MEuoiL next examination of candidates for
direct Commissions in the Army will be held on Wednesday,
the Ist of February next, and following days.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Brecknock—George Phillip Beaven, Esq.,
M.D., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry
Collin wood Ibbotson, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Charles
Powell, promoted; Augustus Shakespear Oliver Massey,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Philip Chetwodo Browne, pro-
moted.-

Kent Rifle Volunteers, Bth Company—John Scott Rus-
sell, Esq., to be Captain; James Hiscutt Crossnian, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant ; Wm. Morphew, Gent ,-to be Ensign.
sth MlddlsQx Rifle Volunteers—James Childs, Esq., to
be Captain.

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Tower Hamlets King's Own Light Infantry Regiment
of Militia—Arthur Usslicr, late a Lieutenant in the Witten•
ford Artillery, to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, promoted.
Oxford. University Rifle Volunteer. Corps—Lieutenant
James S. Cattle w, of St. John's College, to be Captain of
the 4th Coinpany Ensign Charles M. Harvey, of Christ
Church, to be Lieutenant of the Ist Company, vice Catt-
low, promoted ; Ensign Eyre W. Hussey, of ChriSt Church.
to be LicuTA mutt of the 4th Company ; Set eant Walter P.
Gopp, of Merton College, to be Ensign of the let Company,
Vice Harvey, promoted ; Colour-Setjeaut Wm. 4. Halo, of
Balliol College, tube Ensign of the 2d Comp my,-vice Hus-
sey, promoted; Sm-jcant Windham Thomas,' Viscount
Adare, of Christ Church, to be Ensiri the 4th Company-.
4th Company. of Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer3—Nathaniel
C. Curzon, Esq.,' to be Captain. •
Cornwall Volunteer Corps-4th Company Ritle—;ohn
Samuel Hawker to be Captain ; Christoplter Clillds to be
Lieutenant; John Sobcv to be F.asiTn. Company Ar-
tillery—Arthur Austen Davis to be Surt'aou. l,t Section
Artillery—Francis Puckey to be Second Lieutenant. 4th
Company Artillery—Richard Treffiy Kimielt to be Second
Lieutenant. let ::;abdivir.4ion Rille—ifrancis John 'text
to be Lientennut; Richard James Edward Symons to be
Ensign.

3d-Compsny of the Hampshire Rifle Volunteers—
Richard Hugh Smith Ilarry, Esq. (tato Captain iu the 12th
Royal Law.ers), to be Captain.
Lanarkshire Artillery Volunteers—let Company John
Wilkie, Esq., to be Captain; Niniau 13annalyae Stewart,
Gent., to' be First Lieutenant ; Janice Dunlop Kirk-
wood, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Company
—James Mil ford Morison, Esq., to be Captain; John
Samuel l\PDowall, Geut., to be First Lieutenant ;
Duncan M'Donald, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant;
3d Company—James Reid Stewart, Esq., to be Captain;
-Alexander Smith Baird, Gent , to be First Lieutenant ;
George Russell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Lanarkshire Rifle. Volunteers-2d Company John
M'Micken Pagan, Esq., M.D., to be Honorary Surgeon.
12th Company James Gilfillan Anderson, Esq , to be
Captain. 17th Company—William Auld, Esq., to be Cap-
tain ; James Wyllie Guild, Gent., to bo Lieutenant ; George
Cunninghame Monteath, Gent., to be Ensign. 19th Com-
pany—Richard M'Culloch, Esq., to be Captain • Alexander
Buchanan Dick, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 28th Company
—John Latham, Esq., to be Captain ; Daniel Reid, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant; James Boyd Thomson, Gent., to be
Ensign.
Glasgow Northern Battalion of Lanarkshire Volunteers
(consisting of the 4th, 6th, 7th, Bth, 12th, and 13th Com-
panies)—John Tennant, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel ;
James Fyffe Jamieson Esq., to be Major.
Ist Regiment of Royali Cheshire Militia—John Orred,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Hicks, resigned.
7th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers—John Hamilton,
Esq., to be Captain. •
18th Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Lieut.
Robert John Tinley to be Captain.
2d Company Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers—John Smith,
Esq., to be Captain; John Paterson, Gent., to be Lisute -
nant - Alex. Gilmour' Gent., to be Ensign.
lseßegiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Lieut.-Colonel
George Palmer Evelyn to be Lieut.-Colonel Commandant.
South London Rifle Volunteer Corps—Captain John
Boucher to be Major-Commandant ; Henry James Stephen-
son! Esq., to be Captain; Ensign Alexander Lodwick
Irvine to be Lieutenant ; Edward Diksser Rogers, Esq., to
be Lieutenant; George l'hate, Esq., to be Ensign; John
Russell Clipperton, Esq., to be Ensign; Alex. James
Stratton, Esq., to be Ensign; John Thomas Griffith, Esq.,
M.D., to be ,Surgeon.