The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-08 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, MAT 7.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal for appointing the Right
Honourable Edward Cardwell ; William Miles, Esq. ;
William Deedes, Esq.; Ed ward Christopher Egerton. Esq.;
William Nathaniel Massey, Esq.; William Henry Walton,
Esq.; Robert Marshall Straight, Esq.; Robert Upperton,
Esq.; and Acton Tindal, Esq.—to be her Majesty's Com-
missioners to inquire into the costs of prosecutions gene-
rally, and also into the fees payable to Clerks of the Peace
and Clerks to Justices, allowances to Constables, and
expenses of Coroners' inquests.
WHITEHALL, MAY 7.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint
Charles Neaves, Esq., one of the Lords of Session, to be
one of the Lords of Justiciary in Scotland, in the room of
Robert Handyside, Esq., deceased.
WHITEHALL, MAY 7.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one
the Lords of Session in Scotland, to William Penney,
Esq., Advocate, in the room of Robert Handyside, Esq.,
deceased.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 6.
Notice is hereby given, that the officers of the Royal
Navy and Royal Marines, named in the Supplement to the
London Gazette of Friday, the 2d April last, as having re-
ceived her Majesty's permission to accept and wear the In-
signia of the several Classes of the Imperial Order of the
Medjidie, conferred upon them by his Imperial Majesty
the Sultan, are requested to apply for the same to the
Secretary of the Admiralty, between the hours of 12 and 4
o'clock daily, commencing on Monday next, the 10th inst.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 7.

Royal Horse Guards—Lieut. Owen Lewis C. Williams to
be Captain, by purcbase, vice Billington, who retires.
sth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Edward Pulleyne,
Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase.
7th Light Dragoons—The Hoe. Auberon Wm. Edward
Molyneux Herbert to,be Cornet, by purchase, vice Car-
den, promoted in the sth Light Dragoons.
10th Light Dragoons—The appointment of C. B. Hart-
well, Gent., to a Cornetcy, without purcha3e, on the 16th
April, 1858, has been cancelled.
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Major Arthur Vandeleur, from
the Supernumerary List, to be Second Captain, vice
Tomlinson, placed on half pay ; Second Captain Alex-
ander Henry Murray to be Adjutant, vice Greene, pro-
moted.
Royal Engineers—Lieut. Anthony William Darnford to
be Second Captain, vice Phillpotts, seconded.
9th Foot —Lieut. Henry Gipps to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry.
16th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Temple, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Copinger, who
retires upon full pay ; Captain G. J. Peacocks to be
Major, by purchase, vice Temple, who retires ; Lieut.
J. W. Freeman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pea-
cocke ; Ensign J. H. Brabazon to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Freeman ; Sergeant-Major P. M`Cann to
be Ensign, without purchase; R. Walker, Gent.. t• be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Brabazon. The appointments
of Sergeant-Major James Bell and Sydney H. Davies,
Gent., to Ensigncies, without purchase, to bear date
18th and 19th April, 1858, instead of 16th and I 7th of
that month, as stated in the Gazette.
19th Foot Sergeant-Major William Reed, from the Royal
Engineers, to be Ensign, without purchase, and Adju-
tant ; Assistant-Surgeon Donald Macpherson, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
21st Foot—John Blacksley,Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase.
23d Foot—A. Mitchell Molyneux, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
24th Foot—Charles A. Hewitt, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out

25th Foot—Ensign R. S. Paley to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Harrison, promoted.
28th Foot—Captain Robert Knox Trotter, from half-pay
Sub•lnspector of Militia to be Captain, vice Aplin, pro-
moted in a Depot Battalion ; Lieut. John Godfrey Day
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Trotter, who retires ;
Ensign Francis Edward Webb to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Day.
52d Foot—Willoughby Burdett Peter Burrell, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Owen, promoted.
55th Foot --Ensign G. W. Y. Fitzderald, from the 17th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gillies, promoted.
60th Foot—Captain Thomas W. Nesham, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain ; Ensign N. W. Wallace,
from 76th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hodges, promoted ;
the promotion of Lieutenant P. I. Curtis bears date 3d
Aug., 1855, and not 31st Aug., 1355, as stated in the
Gazette of the latter date.
68th Foot—Captain Robert Tolver Gerard, from half-pay
Unattached, to bo Captain, vice Brevet-Major T. de
Courcy Hamilton, whose Brevet Rank has been con-
verted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant
of Oct. 6; Lieutenant Edward R. Fox Vicars to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Gerard, who retires • Ensign
Wm. Algernon Kay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Vicars.

73d Foot—A.ssistant-Surgeon John Anderson, M. 8., from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lucas, deceased.
93d Foot—Lieut. Richard Augustus Cooper to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Dalzell, killed in action ;
Ensign W. S. Mackenzie to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Cooper; Ensign G. F. Robertson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mackenzie, whose
promotion on 13th Deo , 1857, has been cancelled.
98th Foot—Ensign Andrew Stewart to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Clancy, promoted in 15th Foot.
99th Foot—Lieut. Joseph D. Molson to be Instructor of
Musketry.

100th Foot—To be Majors, without purchase—Captain and
Brevet-Colonel Geo. de Rottenburg, and Captain and
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. C. Robertson.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. John Croft Moore to be Captain by
purchase, vice Morgan, who retires ; the Hon. John
Abercromby to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to
Lieut. Moore, promoted ; Lieut. Charles George Slade
to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Palliser, appointed
to the 18th Light Dragoons.

21 West India Regiment--Captain Thomas Hardwick
Smith, to be Major, by purchase, vice Lewis, promoted
in the 31 West India Regiment ; Lieutenant Edmund
Frederick Tarte, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Smith ;
Ensign F. A. Knapp to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Tarte, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Major John Lewes, from the 21
West India Regiment, to be Lieut.-Col., by purchase
vice Brevet-Colonel frArcy, who retires. ,
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Thomas Clark, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.
HOSPITAL STAFF.

Staff-Surgeon of the First Class John Gillespie Wood,
M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First
Class upon full-pay, and attached to the 18th Foot.
TO BE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS TO THE FORCES.
George Richard Woolhouse, Gent., vice Hillman, ap-
po'nted to the 6th Foot.
Charles Benjamin Mosse, Gent., vice Frank, appointed
to the 80th Foot.

Arthur Croker, Gent., vice Comyo, appointed to the
Royal Artillery.
Arthur Henry Francis Lynch, Gont., vice Jenkins, ap-
-dnted to the 84th Foot.

Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Henry Robbins Dew, on half-
pay, has been permitted to resign his Commission.
The appointments of Thomas Wilson Caird, Gent., and
Joseph Henry Jeans, Gent., to be Acting Assistant-Sur
goons, which appeared in the Gazette of the 23d nit., have
bee❑ cancelled.

John Atkinson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the
Forces, vice Tannar, appointed to the Royal Artillery.
The appointment of Staff-Surgeon First Class Templeton
to full pay, and of Staff-Surgeon First Class Dane.to half.

Brevet-Major Thomas W. Newham, 60th Foot, to be
Lieut.-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Robert Knox Trotter, 28th Foot, to be Major in
the Army.

Brevet-Major Robert Knox Trotter, 28th Foot, to be
Lieutenant Colonel in the Army.
Major Henry Copinger, retired full-pay 16th Fnot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary
only.

Captain Robert Tolygr Gerard, 66th Foot, to be Major
in y the Army.

Captain Wm. Marvin,. Chief Paymaster, Royal Artil.
lery, and Royal Engineers, to have the honorary rank o:
Major.

ADMIRAITY, APRIL 29.
Corps of Royal Marines—gentleman Cadet Edward
Owen Browno Gray to be Second Lieutenant.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
3d 'Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Lieut. E. R. Adams to be Captain, vice Pater Broughton,
promoted ; Ensign E. J. Jervis- to be Lieutenant, vice
Adams, promoted.
_Royal Montgomery Rifles—Alezander Milford Suther-
land, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Corrie, appointed to the
2d West India Regiment.

[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of 19th Jun., 1858.]
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Lieut. George Chapman to be Captain,
vice Cook, resigned, retaining his rank.
2nd or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
Militia—Ensign Benjamin Charles Stephenson to be Lieu.
tenant, vice Senior, resigned ;40rancis Byass, Gant., to
be .Ensign, vice Stephenson,-poted. •4'