The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-02 00:00:00

BOROUGH OF LEOMINSTER.

The Gazette of last evening contains a notice that, in.
Consequence of John Pollard Willoughby, Esq., having ac-
cepted the office of Member of the Council for India, a new
writ will be issued for the election of a new member, at the
end of 14 days from this date.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT 1.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet R. F. Thonger
to be Adjutant, vice Grant, promoted in the sth Light
Dragoons.
17th Light Dragoons—Brevet-Major Robert White to be
Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel W.
Morris, C. 8., deceased; Lieut. Walter Digby Seymour
to be Captain, without purchase, vice White.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis John Jessop has
been superseded, having absented himself without leave.
4th Foot—Ensign Francis Walter Blake to be lieutenant
without purchase ; Ensign Charles Robin Hammond to
be Lieutenant, without purchase.
sth Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
James Ephraim Perrin, from the 88th Foot ; Ensign
Samuel Richards, from the 74th Foot; Ensign James
Vaughan Cooch; Ensign and Adjutant Charles Sutton.
6th Foot—Lieutenant G. 0. Lewis to be Adjutant, vice
Malan, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward Acton
Gibbon, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Bth Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
J. W. Hughes, from 66th Foot ; Ensign J. E. H.
Wheeler, from 94th Foot ; Ensign J. M. Lovekin, from
Ist Foot ; Ensign W. T. Butler, from 72d Foot ; En-
sign J. E. F. Aylmer, from 33d Foot ; Ensign C. D.
Baynes, from Ceylon Rifles.
9th Foot—Ensign Archibald Shaw, from the 59th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Ensign Chas. Smith
Perry, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
10th Foot—To be Captains without purchase—Captain It.
W. Davies, from 3d West India Regiment ; Lieutenant
Marr Ward, from Ceylon Rifles; Lieutenant George
Ernest Bulger, from 69th Foot. To be Lieutenants,
without purchase—Lieutenant H. Wayne, from 57th
Foot ; Ensign William Betson ; Ensign Theophilus
Scott; Ensign M. J. F. Kenny.
11th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Captain C.
R. Richardson, from 61st Foot ; Lieut. M. Tighe, from
58th Foot; Lieut. J. H. Nott, from 35th Foot; Brevet-
Major John Macpherson, from half-pay Unattached, to
be Captain, repaying the difference ; Lieut. Marcus L.
M'Causland to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-
Major Macpherson, who retires. To be Lieutenants,
without purchase—Ensign B. 0. Johnson, from lot
Foot; Ensign J. H. Bamfield, from 72d Foot; Ensign
G. Edge, from 50th Foot ; Ensign F. J. S. Whiteside to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Causland.
12th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase--Lieut. D.
W. Martin, from the 75th Foot ; Lieut. G. G. Newton,
from the 27th Foot ; Lieut. E. Marcon, from the 69th
Foot ; Lieut. I. C. Munro. To be Lieutenants without
purchase—Ensign Theophilus Henry Oliver, vice Munro;
Ensign S. G. Huskisson, from 80th Foot • Ensign Wm.
Keough, from Ist Foot; Ensign J. 0. Johnson ; Ensign
R. B. Moorhead ; Ensign E. J. Dudgeon ; Lieutenant
Francis Augustus Fitz Gerald to be Adjutant, vice
Munro, promoted.
13th Foot—Lieutenant William Knox Leet to be Adjutant,
vice the Hon. J. C. Dormer, who resigns the Adjutancy
only.
14th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Captain
Edward Dyne Fenton, from half-pay unattached ; Lieu-
tenant William Joseph Gorman, from Ceylon Rifle Regt.;
Lieutenant Henry Cowell, from 75th Foot; Lieutenant
Gage Hall Dwyer. To be Lieutenants, withoutpurchase
—Ensign A. R. Keogh, from 80th Fqot ; Ensign E. J.
Briscoe, vice Dwyer.
.sth Foot—Ensign G. B. Beers, from 62d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase; Ensign Charles Swin-
hoe, from 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
6th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
F. J. Rogers, from 66th Foot ; Ensign J. Pyne, from
Ist Fdot ; Ensign Abraham Anderson, from 44th Foot,
vice Newbatt, whose promotion from 10th Foot, has been
cancelled.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant John Bland Sawyer, from 76th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Beachey, who exchanges ;
Ensign W. H. James, from 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase.
21st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Walsh, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon; Quartermaster George
Thompson, from a Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster,
vice Shuttleworth, appointed to the 51st Foot.
22d Foot—Ensign W. C. Plunkett to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Ensign F. S. Chichester to be Lieu.
tenant, without purchase ; Ensign F. E. Edwards IVib
son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mant, who re-
tires.
36th Foot—Lieut. F. X. de Courcy Orange to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Shaw, who retires ; Ensign E. D.
Newbolt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Orange.
54th Foot—Paymaster Wm. Marriott, from Depot Batta-
lion, to be Paymaster, vice Daniel, who exchanges.
68th Foot—Ensign C. H. S. Jones to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Tighe, promoted in the 11th Foot.
61st Foot—Lieut. Stephen McDonough to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Otter, decease ;
Lieut. Thomas George Dupre Payn to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Richardson, appointed to 11th Foot ;
Ensign Miah Murphyto be Lieutenant, withoutpurchase,
vice McDonough; Ensign Arthur Jolliffe Tuffnell to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Payn.
65th Foot—Lieutenant A. B. Token to be Instructor of
Musketry.
69th /loot—Ensign Redmond B. C. Daubeny to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Bulger, promoted in 10th
Foot.
73d Foot—Ensign W. Clerke to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Farrington, whose promotion by purchase, on
the 16th July, has been cancelled.
74th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Currie to be Adjutant, vice
A. D. Bell, who resigns the Adjutancy only; Arthur
Merdith Duff, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in suc-
cession to Lieutenant Ingles, promoted in the 16th Foot.
75th Foot—Ensign John Thomas H. Butt to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Martin, promoted in 12th Foot
Ensign Augustus L'Estrange to be Lieutenant, vice
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Foot..Beachey, from 18th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice J. B. Sawyer, who exchanges.
3d West India Regiment—Lieut. Robert Wm. Harley to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Davies, appointed to
10th Foot; Ensign Thomas Davies Mahon to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Harley.
DEPOT BATTALION.--Paymaster Samuel Daniel, from.
the 54th Foot, to be, Paymaster, vice Marriott, who ex-
changes.

HOSPITAL STAPP.,—The appointment of Mr. E. Brown
as Acting Assistant-Surgeon, which appeared in the Gazette
of the 17th ult., •has been cancelled.

• BREVET.
Lieut.-Colonel Robert Henry Louth, 86th Foot, to be
Colonel in the Army, for distinguished service in the field.
Lieut.-Colonel J. W. S. Smith, C. 8., of a Depot Battalion,
having completed three years' actual service in the rank of
Lieut.-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal
Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Stopford Claremont,
C. 8., Major on half-pay Unattached, her Majesty's Mili-
tary Commissioner at Paris, to be Colonel in the Army,
under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854.
Brevet-Major John Macpherson, 11th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Macpherson, 11th Foot,
to be Colonel in the Army.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Wm.
Speke, jun., Esq., to be Captain, vic Browne, resigned ;
Cornet Francis George. Bernard to be Lieutenant, vice
Lucas,' promoted.
2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Jolm Edward Thomp-
son, Gent., to be Ensign, vice William Benjamin Wilkin,
promoted.
West York Rifle Regiment' of Militia--William Law-