The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following -promotion and appointment were made
this afternoon at the Admiralty:—
Chaplain—The Rev. Samuel K. Stothert, of H.M.S.
Edinburgh, to the Illustrious, vice Jelly.
Mr. George Love has been promoted to the rank of Pay-
master.

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING.)

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 22.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the amintment of Samuel Petrie, Esq., Director 'of the
Commissariat Department of her Majesty's Army, to'be an
Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Claws,
or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 25.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give'orders
for the appointment of the undermentioned Officei of his
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, to be au
Honorary 'Member of the Military Division of the Third
Clas or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of
theßath, viz. :-- -
M. Jean Nicolas Enene Melchior, Major du Regiment
d'Artillerie a pied de la Garde Imperiale.
WHITEHALL, Nov 26.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Ktngdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto Charles Clifford, Esq., the .Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the colony of New Zealand.
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FOREIGN-OFFICE Nov. 23
•
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ed-
ward Herries, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Lega-
tion at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation
at Brussels.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Henry Page Turner Barron, Esq., now paid Attach 6 to her
Majesty's Legation at Brussels, to be Secretary to her
Majesty's Legation at Lisbon.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry
Eugene Angelucci as Vice-Consul at Bombay for his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of the French. ••
COUNTY OF HEREFORD,
In consequence of the death of Thomas William Booker
Blakemore, Esq., late M.P. for the county of Hereford,
a warrant will be issued for the election of a new member
at the end of 14 days from this date.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 26.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—George Batley! Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Metcalfe, appointed to
the 7th Light Dragoons.
4th Dragoon Guards—The first Christian name of Lord
Seymour, appointed to a Cornetcy, in the Gazette of the
29th October, 1858, is Edward, not Louis, as previously
stated. •
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieut F. A. Weatherley to be Ad-
jutant, vice Graham, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
7th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. James Vance Cleland to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Goff, who retires ; Cornet E.
Molyneux to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cleland.
7th Light Dragoons—Cornet Edward Metcalfe, from the
2d Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet; vice Steuart, pro-
moted; Edmund H. Kennard, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice the Hon. C. Molyneux, promoted.
17th Light Dragoons—George Berkeley Belcher, Gent.,
Accountant in the late Land Transport Corps, to be
Paymaster, vice Bennett, who reverts to half-pay as
Paymaater of a Depot Battalion.
4th Regiment of Foot—Henry Albert Fuller, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Hammond, promoted.
sth Foot—George Toddrick Bea.sley, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Cooch, promoted.
Bth Foot—Ensign James SeagerWheeley to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Black, deceased ; Ensign Robert
D. Forbes Shirreff to be Lieutenant, vice Wheeler, whose
promotion from the 94th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of
Oct. 1, 1853, has been cancelled ; Ension John Coleberd
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wheeley, whose pro-
motion, by purchase, on Oct. 15, has been cancelled.
13th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Drewe Edwards, from the
86th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, who ex-
changes.
14th Foot—Stainsby Henry Pigott, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Francis Fox Robinson, super-
seded, being absent without leave.
16th Foot—Lieutenant John Pennefather, from the 72d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Crane, who exchanges ;
Ensign George Witlani to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hogge, promoted.
18th Foot—Charles Orchard Cornish, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
20th Foot—Ensign Robert Foster-Melliar to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Carden, promoted.
21st Foot—Lieutenaut John Finlay, from the 78th Foot,
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Weekes, whose
promotion from the 178th Foot, on the 10th Sept. 1858,
has been cancelled.
37th Foot—Major Edward .D. Atkinson to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Skelly, who
retires ; Captain Robert Prescott Harrison to be Major,
by purchase, vice Atkinson.
41st Foot—Montagu Thomas Ball Michell, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Gwynne, promoted in
the 20th Foot.
49th Foot—William Stevenson, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Gilson, promoted in the 22d Foot ;
John Holmes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Dolmage, promoted in the 22d Foot.
58th Foot—Lieut. Henry Hingeston to be Instructor of
Musketry.
65th Foot—Ensign Falcon Peter Leonard to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Wemyss, deceased.
71st Foot—Ensign James Hay Campbell to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Browne, romoted ; Lieut. James Hay
Campbell to be Adjutant, vice Cowburn, deceased; Assis-
tant-Surgeon John Warren, from the Staff, to be Assis-
-tant-Surgeon, vice Pirrie, who resigns.
72d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Arthur Crane, from the 16th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pennefather, who ex-
changes.
78th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Wickham Pym Weekes to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Foster, deceased ;
Ensign Alexander Ewing to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Weekes ; Ensign Thomas Hinde Thompson
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ewing, whose
promotion on the 10th Sept., 1858, has been cancelled;
Henry Swanson, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase,
vice Thompson.
40th Foot—Ensign Samuel Pollock Muirhead, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Keogh, promoted in
14th Foot.
86th Foot—Ensign Stephen Wm. Sewell to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Coates, deceased ; Lieutenant
Duncan Stewart, from the lath Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Edwards, who exchanges ; Ensign Charles Keane
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sewell, whose
promotion on Bth 858, has been cancelled.
89th Foot—Augustus Oct.,Wm. Pike, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice the Hon. W. H. B. Ogilvy, whose
transfer from the 26th Foot, has been cancelled.
90th Foot—The second Cluistian name of Ensign Carleton,
appointed on 12th Nov., is Hone, and not Home, as pre-
viously stated.
95th Foot—Capt. John Webbs Butt, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice Bre-
vet-Major Alexander J. J. Macdonald, who exchanges ;
Lieut. Charles Frederick Parkinson to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Butt, who retires ; Ensign Wm. Pearson
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parkinson ; William
George Remfry Herd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Pearson.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Lieut. James T. W. Andrews
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Craig, who retires
upon half-pay ; • Ensign and Adjutant Francis John Bol-
ton to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Thomas G.
Danger to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice An-
drews.
DEr °T. BATTALION.—Captain Archibald J. Oliver
Rutherford, 70th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Sergeallt Major John
Davies to be Quartermaster.
UNATTACHED.--Bievet-Lieut.-Colonel Charles Holden,
from Captain, on half-pay Unattached, and Staff Officer
of Pensioners, to be Major without purchase.
' BREVET. '
Captain John Wells Butb, 95th Foot, to be Major in the

Arni.
Brekvet-Major John Wells Butt, 95th Foot, to be Lieu,
tenant-Colonel in the Army.
The following promotions to take place consequent on
the promotion of Colonel Ord, of the Royal Engineers, to
be Major-General, in succession to Major-General Sir
William Reid, K.C.8., deceased :
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Blacklin, Captain
on half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel.
Major William Wynne Lodder, 56th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel.
Captain John Bayly, Royal Engineers, to be Major.
The following promotions to take place consequent on the
death of Lieut.-General Thomas Lightfoot, C. 8., on 15th
November, 1858:
Major-General Edward Byam, Colonel of the 18th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel Henry Eyre, half-pay Unattached, Com-
mandant at Chatham, to be Major-General.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Walter. Campbell, Captain
upon half-pay Unattached, and Staff Officer of Pensioners,
to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major Bertram Charles Mitford, Captain upon
half-pay Unattached, and Town Major of Malta, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Pearson Scott Thompson, 14th Light Dragoons,
to be Major.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Royal Anglesey Regiment of Light Infantry—Adjutant
E. 0. Pearse to serve with the rank of Captain.
Royal Radnor Militia—Richard Winstanley Ormerod,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edward Williams, appointed to
the 69th Foot.
2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Richard
Marker to be Captain, vice Lumsdex, resigned.
Dorset Regiment of Militia—Ensign Robert Clayton
Brown to be Lieutenant, vice Henning, deceased.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Ensign
Robert Baynes Reed to be Lieutenant, vice William
Stevens Perry Keene, resigned ; Ensign William Clarke to
be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Hunt, resigned.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—John Davie Ferguson
Davie, late Captain in Grenadier Guards, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel Corninandant, vice Drewe, resigned.
Devon Militia Artillery,--Thomas Reynolds Arscott to be
- - Second Lieutenant.
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PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Na'y,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Nov. 22.

Notice is hereby given to all persons interesteo, therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of the award voted by Parliament for 'rile destruc-
tion of pirates in the China Seas by her tlajesty's ship
Hornet on the 19th March, 1857 ; and tb e, award for sal-
vage services rendered to the merchant v ssel Abyssinian,
by her Majesty's ship Tortoise, between the 16th May and
19th July, 1806.
Agents or other persons having a.ny just and legal ee-
mend, unliquidateo, against tho said proceeds are require I
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, a:ad allowed by that officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court.
*-• Agents and other persons holding powers .of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the sh: re
belonging tcoany captor, arc requested, with as little delay
as possible, to transmit the same, aceouraanied by the usual