The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-26 00:00:00

FROM TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

DOWNING-STREET, SAN. 12.

The Queen has been pleased to constitute the Colonies of
British Columbia and of Vancouver's Island to be a
Bishop's See, to be styled " The Bishopric of British
Columbia i " and to appoint the Rev. George Hills, D.D.,
to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said See.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 22.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James
Macdonald to the church of the united parishes of Daviot
and Dunlichity, in the presbytery and shire of Inverness,
vacant by the death of the Rev. Dugald Mackichan, late
minister. thereof.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
John Colvin to the church of the united parishes of Kirk-
mabreck and Kirkdale, in the presbytery of Wigtown, and
stewartry of Kirkcudbright, vacant by the death of the
Rev. John Muir, late minister thereof.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. M. B.
Henriques as Consul at Adelaide, for his Majesty the King
of the Belgians.
INDIA OFFICE, JAN. 18. _ _

It is hereby notified that, in compliance with the enact-
ment contained in the ninth clause of the Act of Parlia-
ment "For the better Government of India," passed in the
session holden in the 21st and 22d year of her Majesty's
reign, chapter 106, a meeting was held this day, of the
Council of India, for the purpose of electing a member in
the room of the late Capt. John Shepherd ; and that at
such meeting Colonel Henry Marion Durand, C. 8., of the
Bengal Engineers, was duly elected to be a Member of the
said Council.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 25.
3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Surgeon William Ord
Mackenzie, M.D„ having completed 20 years' full-pay
service, to be Surgeon-Major under the Royal Warrant

of Ist Oct., 1858.
4th Light Dragoons—Cornet Alex. Fair Jones to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Gifford, promoted in the

18th tight DragOons.
15th Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant James Mann
to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet Arthur Ran-
dolph Mullings to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Buck-
ley, who retires.
18th Light Dragoons—Lieut. John Wynter James Gifford,
from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Gold-
frap, deceased.
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Colonel Francis Dick to be Colo-
nel, vice Armstrong, removed as a General Officer ; Brevet-
Major Robert Corcyra Romer to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice
Dick; Second Captain Robert Poole Gabbett to be Cap-
tain, vice Romer ; Lieut. Jones Julian Smith to be
Second Captain, vice Gabbett.
Royal Engineers—Lieut. Charles Nassau Martin to be
Second Captain, vice Williams, placed upon the half-pay

List.
7th Regiment of Foot—Henry Wollaston Rochfortt Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harding, who has re.

tired. . _
14th Foot—Lieut. Richard Seymour Lemon, from the Ist
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Molony,

who exchanges.
21st Foot—Thos. Joseph Atkinson, Esq., late Paymaster
East Kent Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Urquhart,

transferred to 27th' Foot.
22d Foot—Ensign H. Houlton P. Vivian to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Peach, who retires.
27th Foot—Captain Barclay Thomas to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Langley, promoted ; Captain Richard John
Evans, from 29th Foot, to be Captain, vice Chester, who
exchanges; Lieut. Francis Eastwood Murphy to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas ; Ensign Frederick
Alex. Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mur-
phy; Paymaster Sohn Urquhart, from the 21st Foot, to
be Paymaster, vies Kidd, placed upon half-pay.
29th Foot—Captain Heneage Charles Chester. from the
27th Foot, to be Captain, vice Evans, who exchanges.
44th Foot—Constantine Maguire, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Foley, promoted.
56th Foot—Ensign Wm. Bell to be Lieutenant, by punt
chase, vice Watson, promoted in the Ceylon Rifle Regi-
ment; James Landon Watt, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, N:ce Spiller, promoted.
62d Foot—The names of the Quartermaster-Sergeant
gazetted to an Ensigncy,, on Oct. 8, 1858, are Frederick
Howes Horseman, and not Frederick Jones, as then
stated, the latter being the name under which he enlisted.
65th Foot—Wm. Byam, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Pennefather, promoted.
78th Foot—The commission of Lieutenant George Digby
Barker, as Adjutant, to be dated Nov. 5, 1858, instead of
Dec. 7, 1858, as previously stated.
91st Foot—Ensign John Edward Buller to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice Blagg, deceased.
99th Foot—Joseph Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Browne, promoted.
Ist West India Regiment--Lieutenant Arthur Molony,
from 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lemon, who ex-

changes.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Henry Watson, from
56th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Durnford,
who has retired.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Edward Moore, Gent., to be
Ensign without purchaseAlNS',
DEPART vice DangerME, pNT romoted.
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The Rev. H. P. Wright to be Chaplain to the Forces of
the Second Class, for meritorious service as ptincipal Chap-
lain to the army in the Crimea.
The Rev. J. E. Sabin to be Chaplain to the Forces of the
Second Class, for meritorious service in superintending the
department in. Constantinople, and the hospitals connected
with it.
The surname of the Assistant-Chaplain promoted to be
Chaplain of the Fourth Class, with date 19th Sept., 1855,
is Mahe, and not " Make," as stated in the Gel:tette of 18th
Jan., 1859.