The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-09 00:00:00

Mai 8.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Michel
Spartalis as Consul-General in London for his Majesty the
King of the Hellenes.
WHITEHALL, MAY 8.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
he passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the
Most Noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, K.G. ;
Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, G.C.B. ;
Vice-Admiral Charles Eden, C.:B. ; Vice-Admiral
Edward Gennys Fanshawe ; Captain John Hay (com-
monly called Lord John Hay), C.B. ; and George
John Shaw Lefevre, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commis-
sioners for executing the office of Lord High Adm"al of
the said United Kingdom of Great Britaiu and Ireland. and
the dominion; islands, and territories thereunto be-
longing.

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 5.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Alexander Camp-
bell Lowe, Esq., to ba Colonial Secretary for the Turks
and Caicos Islands. •

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 8.
9th Regiment of Lancers—Lieutenant William Savile to
be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant B. W. Cave-Brown-Cave,
promoted.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant George Gilbert Stewart
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Shot-lock Vignolles
Willis, who retires ; Ensign Francis Robert Stanton to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart ; Robert
Harris Carnwath Dalzell to be Ensign, by purchase, Tice
Stanton.
9th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Smith Perry to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Donald Hay Macßarnet, who retires ;
Ensign Daniel Dickinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Perry ; Herbert Durell Terry, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Dickinson.
16th Foot—Quartermaster Samuel Haden, from half-pay,
late 6th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice James Winter,
superseded for being absent without leave.
19th Foot Captain Henri Campbell, from the Bengal
Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice Albert Seagrim, who
exchanges ; Lieut. G. Vesey to be Captain, by purchase,
vice G. Clay, promoted to a half-pay Majority by purchase ;
Ensign T. Bosville Emerson to be Lieutenant, by pur-
purchase, vice Vesey; John Henry Barnard, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Emerson.
53d Foot—Ensign John Guillum Scott 'to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice David James Kilgour Sangster, who
retires; Albert Augustus Phipps, Genf., to be Ensign,
HL iyeduete nuaanrtri-
by purchase, vice Scott.
55th Foot—Captain John Richard illlßlo to be Major, by
CsonimlteolcYbe
purchase, vice Richard England, promoted to a half-pay
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p purchasein by p;
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;
Ensign the Honourable Duncombe Ple dell Bouverie to
be Lieutenant, by purchase,• Y
v..ce Herbert Richard
Hudson, who retires ; Ensign Edward Item/ Clode
Braddon, to be Lieutenant, by •
pui chase, 'vice Harrison;
Philipby
Eyton, Gent., to be Ensign, purchase Hoc. D. P. ouverie. , vice
the
88th Foot—Ensign John William Maffett to be Lieu ten-
n
ant, by purchase,_ vice Henry Burney Tasso Wood -
retires; Homy Francis Turnbull, Gent., to be o
Ensign,
by purchase, vice Maffett.
97th Foot—Lieutenant David J. Dickson Safford to be
Captain, without purchase, vice William Richard An-
nesley, seconded on appointment as Captain Instructor
at the Schools of Musketry ; Ensign Frederick Henry
Vigne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Safford ;
John Shakespeare Langlands, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Vigne ; Lieut. Frederick Henry Vigne
to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Robert Smith, who resigns
the appointment.