The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-10 00:00:00

MARCH 9.

The Queen has boon pleased to appoint Fred. Dundas,
Esq., of Papdalp, in the shire of Orkney, lieutenant and
sheriff principal of the shires of Orkney and Zetland, in the
room of the Hon. John Charles Dundas, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 9. _ _ _

Royal Artillery—Major-General Poole Vallancey England
to be colonel -commandant, vice Lieutenant-General
Alex. Maclilan, deceased.

4th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. James Colquhoun to be cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Fran-
cis Rowland Forster, who retires upon half-pay; Cornet
James C. Douglas to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Colquhoun.
3d Hussars—Edward Joseph Magrath, Gent., to be cornet,
by purchase, vice Richard C. J. Lynch-Staunton, whose
appointment has been cancelled.
7th Hussars—Captain George H. Powell, from 32d Foot,
to be captain, vice Metcalfe, who exchanges, receiving a
portion of the former difference between cavalry and in-
fantry.

lth Hussars Lord Charles G. A. Hamilton to bo cornet,
by purchase, vice George William Smith, who retires.

,stll Hussars—Lieut. Gerald Walker to be captain, by pur-
chase, vice Edwyn Walker, who retires Cornet John
Dennison Hargreaves to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Gerald Walker ; Gentleman Cadet George Nugent Ross
Wetherell, from the Royal Military College, to be cor-
net, by purchase, vice .Hargreaves.

Royal Artillery—Lioutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
William Manley Hall Dixon to be colonel, vice E. C.
Warde, C. 8., removed as a general officer ; Captain and-
Brevet-Major F. W. C. Ord to be lieutenant-colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel Dixon ; Second Captain C. E. Torriano
to be captain, vice Brevet-Major Ord; Lieut. T. Clarke
to be second captain, vice Torriano.

Royal Engineers—Lieut. E. F. S. Lloyd to be second cap-
tain, vice R. M. Smith, placed on the seconded list.
Ist Foot—Lieut. James Blaikie Keith, from:the 69th Foot,
to be lieutenant, vice Norman, who exchanges.
6th Foot—Lieut. Charles Whyte to be captain, by pur-
chase, vice William Charles Frind. Burlton Bennett, who
retires ; Ensign George S. Grimble to be lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Whyte, Gentleman Cadet Cornelius Sul-
livan, from the Royal Military College, to be ensign, by
purchase, vice Grimble.

12th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Wallace, M.D.,
to bo assistant-surgeon, vice George Banks Floyor
Arden, promoted on the staff.
24th Foot—Ensign Ellis Lee to be lieutenant, by purchase
vice Henry Francis Brouncker, who retires ; Gentleman'
Cadet Francis Ponder Porteous, from the Royal Military
College, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Ellis Lee.
25th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Timothy Geoghegan,
from the 89th Foot, to be quartermaster, vice Christo-
pher Kettyles, deceased. _ . .

28th Foot—Lieutenant Gordon Charles Stennett Ducat to
be adjutant, vice Frederick Rance, promoted to a half-
pay company, without purchase.

32d Foot—Captain Edward Metcalfe, from the ith Hussars,
to be captain, vice Powell, who exchanges ; Gentleman
Cadet Charles Frederic Alexander Turnbull, from the
Royal Military College, to be ensign, by purchase, vice
Robert Henry Beresford, transferred to the 39th Foot.
38d Foot—Captain Francis George Stapleton has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com-
mission.

39th Foot—Lieutenant Chauncey Arthur Taylor to be
captaia, by purchase, vice Augustus Frederick Raper,
who retires ; Ensign Charles John Myers to be lieu_
tenant, by purchase, vice Taylor; Ensign Robert
Henry Beresford, from the 32d Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Myers.

47th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Athol-ley William
Forrest, from the Rcyal Military College, to be ensign,
by purchase, vice Dawson Palgrave Turner, who retires,
60th Foot—Ensign Francis Grenville Doyle, from the 63d
Foot, to be ensign, vice Rowland Willis, who retires.
63d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert William Bastow,
from the Royal Military College, to be ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Francis Grenville Doyle, transferred to the
60th Foot.

69th Foot—Lieutenant Luke Norman, from the Ist Foot,
to be lieutenant, vice Keith, who exchanges.
80th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Melville Thompson Neale,
from the Royal Military College, to be ensign, by pur-
chase, vice John Christopher Robinson, who retires.
82d Foot -Ensign James Bird Hutchison to be lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Stephen Pitt, deceased; Gentle-
man Cadet Robert George Boilers, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be ensign, without purchase, vice
Hutchinson.
102 d Foot—Ensign John Blair to be lieutenant, vice
Alexander Cuppage, deceased; Gentleman Cadet Augus-
tus Henry Hornsby, from the Royal Military College,
to be Ensign, vice Blair.
107th Foot -Lieutenant Charles Patton Chambers to be
captain, vice William Colquhoun Stirling, deceased ;
Ensign Walter Cave to be lieutenant, vice Chambers;
Ensign George William Beresford to be lieutenant, vice.
Andrew William Hearsey, who resigns; Gentleman
Cadet Edwin Wardroper, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be ensign, vice Cave; Gentleman Cadet Francis
William Robertson, from the Royal Military College, to
be ensign, vice Beresford.

109th Foot—Lieutenant Edgrd Sperling Beville to be
captain, vice Brevet-Major Astell Thomas Welsh,
seconded on appointment as a district inspector of mus-
ketry in India; Ensign Robert P. Simpson to be lieu-
tenant, vice Beville; Gentleman Cadet Andrew Henry
Macintire, from the Royal Military College, to be ensign,
vice Simpson.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Surgeon-Major John
Burton St. Croix Crosse, placed upon half-pay, to have
the honorary rank of Deputy-Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals ; Assistant-Surgeon George Banks Floyer Arden,
from the 12th Foot, to be staff surgeon, vice Staff Sur-
geon-Major John Burton St. Croix Crosse, placed upon
half-pay.

PURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.—PurTeyor (with the local
rank of principal purveyor in New Zealand) Henry de
Burgh Adams to be principal purveyor.

BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert John Eager, 31st Foot, having
completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel, to be Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of Feb.
3, 1866.

Captain W. Grossman, Royal Engineers, to have the
local rank of Major in China and Japan while employed in
particular service- in those countries.
The following promotions to take place consequent on
the death, on the 26th ult., of Lieutenant-General Alex.
Maclachlan, Royal Artillery :

Major-General William Bell, Royal Artillery, to be
Lieutenant-General.

Colonel, with local rank of Major-General, E. C. Warde,
C. 8., Royal Artillery, to be Major-General.
Captain and Brevet-Major L. J A. Armit, Royal Engi-
neers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain George Drury, Royal Marine Light Infantry,
to be Major.
ADMIRALTY, MARcH, 7.
With reference to the supplement of the London Ga-
zette of July 12, 1864, Captain Arthur Lukis Mansell has
been this day placed on the retired list of his rank.

MARKETS,---This Day.