The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-03 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Evening.

FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to approvo of M. W. C.
van Oordt as Consul at Hong Kong for his Majesty the
King of the Netherlands.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James
Fraser to the church and parish of St Michael"s Dumfries,
in the presbytery and county of Dumfries, vacant by the
transportation of the Rev. John Duncan to the church and
parish of Scoonie.

WAR OFFICE, Nov. 2.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment ot. Captain John Edmund Commerell,
R.N., V.C. and Staff Commander Henry Augustus
Moriarty, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Divi-
sion of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath.
3d Regiment of Hussars—Cornet Chalies E. Nettles to have
the rank of Lieutenant; Cornet William Woodo Clarke
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Gordon Le-
vett, who retires.
9th Lancers—Troop Sergeant-Major John Crowdy, from
Staff Cavalry Depot, to bo Riding Master, vice Norman
Sharpe Stevenson, who retires, upon temporary half-
pay.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Leopold R.
Seymour to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant and Captain
A. Walter Thynne, promoted.
Bth Regiment of Foot—Captain John Vere Wm. Henry
Webb to be Major, without purchase, vice Geo. Edward
Baynes, promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy,
. .

wiihout purchase.
16th Foot—Lieutenant Robert W. May Wetherell to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Horace Ximenes, who re-
tires; Ensign Mallcott Sydney Richardson to bo Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Wetherell ; Gentleman Cadet
Henry Charlton Wynn Griffith, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be Lnsign, by purchase, vice Richard-

son.
22d Foot—Ensign John Dallas Edge to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice James Mark Chambers, who retires ; Gen-
tleman ada Frederick George Moore Ellis, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vie('
Edge,
Mac:
24th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Andrew John
pherson to be Major, without purchase, vice Louis,Hrouvie?
Bazalgette, deceased ; Lieutenant John Moore.ete-t_rel-
Tongue to be Captain, without purchase„uvlii__L,-
vet-Major Macpherson ; Ensign Reginald ! Tougguu"e';
band to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
Chase,
Ensign
vice Edward
yb
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.giht sn
chase has been candled ; Gentletnain-erg
i to be Ensign
Carthew, from the Royal Military C° ou:flatlet Jam©s F,
without purchase, vice Randolph;
Ilwell to be Captain,
bdaonl Randolph
wt oil bn es
whose
pi e uu..te vnji :not bbyy Ppuurr:
45th Foot—Lieutenant Robert J..
to Lieutenant, by pur-
Henry John do Bernier° S
.fflna ',erg Charles Heath from
chase, vice Callwell ; En.sl4 n
, vice Smart; Lieutenant
the 77th Foot, to be
01-33bsel'idjutant, vice Lieut. R. J.
by purchase, vico Richard Brlr(l,3bsevho retires ; Ensign
John Olpheit Gage t
Callwell, promoted.
11 ood hall, Gent., to be Ensign, by
53d Foot—Reginald
A g Edward Underwood, whose ap-
purchaser vice Sy cancelled.
pointment hastbfne,nnt Edward Mills to be Captain, by
57th Foot— -Lvlceedu.‘ Charles John Clark, who retires • Ensign
ip to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
1 Hamlet Dalton Wade, from the 59th Foot,
M"ls; ERsignvice Broderip.
to be Ensign,
h Foot—Lieutenant Charles Pierson Cramer to to Ad-
60t- vice Lieutenant William Henry Moseley, who
jutant,
ointment.
resigns the app , ,
PEudrnchuansdc'Bro ei
h FoOt—Georgo Campbell, to be E nsign, by pur-
77Ch ase, vice Percy Charles Heath, transfered to the 45th
Foot.
79th Foot—Ensign James Moray Brown, from the 84th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Farquhar M'Crae, who retires.
81th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Vincent Gardiner,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice James Moray Brown, transferredto•the 79th

Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Edward John Fryer to be Cap-
fain, by purchase, vice Daniel Bishop Davy who re-
tires ; 'nsign Hugh Maitland Fitzßoy to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Fryer ; George Frederick Edmon-
stone Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hugh
Maitland Fitzßoy.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John
Sparrow to be Staff Surgeon.
HALF-PAY.—Major George Edward Baynes, from the
Bth Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase.
STAFF.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Sir
Henry F. F. Johnson, Bart., upon half-pay, late sth
Foot, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces
serving in Jamaica, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel A.
A. Nelson, appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General,
Nova Scotia.

Royal MarinADMIRALTY, Oc-r. 30.
Marine Light Infantry.—Second Lieutenant
Edward Selby Innes to be First Lieutenant, vice Ruther-
ford, resigned