The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-31 00:00:00

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M THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY

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OSBORNE-HOUSE, AUG. 26.
ie clay had audience' of her Majesty—the Prince di
Carini, Envoy Extraordinary from the King of the King-
dom of the Two Sicilies, to deliver his letter of recall ; the
Commander Don Eduardo Targioni, to deliver his creden
tials in the same character ; and Doti Jose de la Cruz Cas-
tellanos; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary from the Dominican Republic, to deliver his creden-
tials; to which they were respectively introduced by Viscount
Palmerston, K.G., First Lord of her Majesty's Treasury.

- WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 30.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to g►ve orders for
the appointment of the undermentioned Officer of the
Army of his Majesty the King of Sardinia, to be an Hono-
rary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class,
or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
viz.:—The Chevalier Genova Thaon de Revel, Major of
Artillery, some time Sardinian Commissioner at the Head
Quarters of the British Army in the Crimea.
WHITEHALL, Aua. 29.
The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Rev. Thomas
Gamier, 8.C.L., the Deanery of her Majesty's Cathedral
Church of Ripon, void by the death of the Hon. Henry
David Erskine, D.D.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 20.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Chas.
Cunningham, Esq., now British Nice-Consul at Galatz, to
be her Majesty's Consul at Galatz.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Oloff John
Truter, senr., as Consul-General in the British possessions
in South Africa for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 30.
let Regiment of Life Guards—Capt. the Hon. D. C. Fitz-
Gerald Do Roe to be Major and Lieut.-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Hogg, who retires; Lieut. Lord Charles W.
B. Bruce to be Captain, by purchase, vice De Roe ; Cor-
net and Sub-Lieutenant John Henry Reginald Lord
Earlsfort to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bruce ;
Henry John Robert Osborne, Gent., to be Cornet and
Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Earlsfort.
4th Dragoon Guards—Brevet •Colonel Arthur Cavendish
Bentinck, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieuten-
ant .Colonel, Tice Forrest, who exchanges.
7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel William Charles
Forrest, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieuten-
ant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Bentinck, who ex-
changes.
11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Tempest to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Shells, who retires ; Cornet
Francis De Burgh to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Tempest.
10th Regiment of Foot—Captain Andrew Cathcart Bogle,
from the 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice Robertson, who
exchanges.
13th Foot—Captain Thomas Chevalier Robertson, from the
10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bogle, who exchanges.
18th Foot—Lieutenant William Thomas Le Brun has been

permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
commission.
20th Foot—Robert Nicholas Bird, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Bowlby, promoted.
21st Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Holt to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Lee, who retires ; Ensign Samuel Hercules
Hayes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blennerhasset,
who retires; Ensign Edward Russell to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Holt, promoted.
24th Foot—Charles James Bromhead, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Bland, appointed to the 62d Foot.
33d Foot—Lieutenant John Trent to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Quayle, deceased ; Ensign
Henry . Boyd to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Trent.
48th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Cumming to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Welby, who retires ; Ensign Charles
Henry Chauncy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Cumming.
49th Foot—Ensiwn Alex. Dingwell Fordyce to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Blackmore, who retires.
56th Foot—John Philip Burnett, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice M'Dowall, who retires.
61st Foot—Ensign Edward Waugh Rumsey to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Daly, who retires.
69th Foot—Alexander Irvine, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Mitch,dl.lnnes, appointed to the Rifle
Brigade.
71st Foot—Edward Gordon Lillingston, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Kane, promoted.
99th Foot—Lieut. William John Kempson to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Melson, who has retired.
DEPOT BATTALION.

Captain William Henry Cairnes, 48th Foot, to be In•.
structor of Musketry.
Quartermaster Alex. M'Gregor, from the 42d Foot, to
be Quartermaster, vice Simpson, appointed Paymaster,
41st root.

BREVET.

Captain Henry Francis, of the 64th Foot, to be Major in
the Army.
The Commissions of the under-mentioned Officers, of
her Majesty's Indian Forces, to bear date as follows, viz. :
Major-General Charles Wahab, Madras Infantry.
Major-General James Manson, Bengal Infantry.
Major-General George Twemlow, Bengal Artillery.
Major-General Thos. Assheton Duke, Madras Infantry.
The underrnentione t promotions to take place in her
Majesty's Indian Forces consequent on the death of
Major-General Lewis Wentworth Watson, Madras In-
fantry, sth May, 1859;
Major-General James Steuart, C. 8., Bengal Infantry,
19th July, 1855:

TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.

Colonel Nathaniel Jones, Bengal Infantry.
Colonel James Clarke Charnock Gray, Bengal Infantry.
The second Christian name of Captain Tennant, Bengal
Engineers, promoted to the brevet rank of Major, in the
"Gazette" of the 11th March last, is Francis and not
Frederick, as therein stated.
Tho commission of Brevet-Major Thomas Raikes, Ist
Madras European Fusiliers, to be dated 21th March, 1858,
instead of 20th July, 1858, as previously stated.
The undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Indian
Forces, retired on full pay, to have a step of honorary rank
as follows, viz.:—

TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel Clements Blood, Bombay Artillery.
Colonel Thomas Batman] Chalon, Madras Infantry.
Colonel Sir Thomas Seaton, K.C.8., Bengal Infantry.
TO BE COLONELS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Ramsay, Bengal Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Graham, Bombay Engineers.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Major Charles Henry Burt, Bengal Infantry.
Major Gregory Haines, Madras Infantry.
Major Thomas Rudiman Steuart, Bombay Infantry.
Major Henry Temple Hillyard, Madras Infantry,
Major Frederick Caesar Hawkins, Madras Infantry.
TO BE MAJORS.

Captain Frederick Gray, Madras Infantry,
Captain Edward Magnay, Bengal Infantry.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Merioneth.—John Nauney, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
County of Worcester.—James Timmins Chance, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—William Parker
Howell, Esq., to be Captain, vice Hawkins promoted ,
Lieutenant Roland Davies to be Captain, vice Joshua
Oldham. resigned.
Northumberladnd Regiment of Militia Artillery—Altera-
tions in dates of Commissions—William Gethrin to be
Second Lieutenant. Dated 3d of June 1859, instead of the
7th June, 1859, as formerly gazetted ; Percy Charles Stan-
hope to be Captain. Dated 7th of June, 1859, instead of
Ist July, 1859, as formerly gazetted.
Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Benjamin Winthrop,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Muntz, promoted ; Sir Charles
Mordaunt, Bart., M.P., to be Cornet, vice Sheldon, re •
Signed ; the Hon. Hugh Somerville to be Cornet, vice
Chamborlayne, resigned.
Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—Lieut. William
Augustus Norton, resigned. 2d Regiment—Ensign James
Franklyn, resigned.
4th Company of Lancashire Volunteer Rifles—Servetus
Aitken, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 6th Company—Frank
Ashton, Esq., to be Captain. Bth Company—John Hutchin-
sen,Esq., to be Captain; William Hardman Price, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant; and Oliver Ormerod Walker, the'
younger, Gent., to be Ensign.
Hampshire Militia Artillery—George Staunton Lynch to
be Second Lieutenant, vice Mansel, promoted.
North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Wharton Wat-
son, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Archibald Roger, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Grier, resigned ; Thomas Acres Ogle,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice W. H. Bower, promoted.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign George Alex-
ander Patten to be Lieutenant, vice Powell, resigned.