The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-02 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE. This Evening.

FOREIGN OFFICE, OcT.
30.
The Queen has been pleased to approve 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" Dumfrthe ies,
in the presbytery and county of Dumfries, vacs
ant by
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 of Captain John Edmund Commerell,
R.N., V.C. and Staff Commander Henry Augustus
Moriarty, R.N., 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 Woode 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 be 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,
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tires; Ensign Mallcott Sydney Richardson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Wetherell ; Gentleman Cadet
Henry Charlton Wynn Griffith, from the Royal ili-
tary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Richard-

son.
22d Foot—Ensign John Dallas Edge to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice James Mark Chamber; who retires ; Gen-
tleman Cadet Frederick George Moo;e Ellis, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Edge.
24th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Andrew John Mac-
pherson to be Major, without purchase, vice Louis Howe
Bazalgette, deceased ; Lieutenant John Moore Gurnel
Tongue to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bre-
vet-Major Macpherson ; Ensign Reginald Younghus-
band to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tongue ;
Ensign Edward H. Randolph to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Younghusband, whose promotion by pur-
chase has been candled ; Gentleman Cadet James F.
Carthew, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Randolph.
45th Foot—Lieutenant Robert J. Callwell to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Richard Blair, who retires ; Ensign
Henry John de Berniere Smart to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Callwell ; Ensign Percy Charles Heath from
the 77th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Smart; Lieutenant
John Olpheit Gage to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. R. J.
Callwell, promoted.
53d Foot—Reginald Allgood Hall, Gent., to bo Ensign, by
purchase, vice Sydney Edward Underwood, whose ap-
pointment has been cancelled.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Mills to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Charles John Clark, who retires ; Ensign
Edmund Broderip to ba Lieutenant, by purchase,
Foot,
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Mills; Ensign Hamlet Dalton Wade, front the 59th F
to be Ensign, vice Broderip.
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TAIEST. Maitland Fitzß°Y* _Staff Assistant-Surgeon John
MEDICAL DEPAIt,
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STAFF.—Lteuteu b
F. j ['son, Bart., upon half-pay, late sth
w to be Staff Surgeou.
Henry F•
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Foot, to D°eputy Adjutant-General to the Forces
Jamaica,' vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel A.
Ase.rvNienlgsoinn, appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General,
Nova Scotia.

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

OCT. 31.

The undermentioned officers have been this day pro-
moted to the rank of Chief Inspector of Machinery afloat,
with seniority of 6th July, 186 G, viz. :—John Ward,
Esq., George Murdock, Esq., Walter William Dinnen, Esq.,
Walter William Williamson, Esq., and Robert Nicoll,
Esq.
With reference to the " London Gazette" of the 9th inst.,
the promotion of Lieut. Robert Synge to the rank of Re-
tired Commander, under the provisions of the Orders in
Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1861, and 2lth
March, 1866, has been cancelled.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 1.
William Fasken, Esq., M.D., has this day been pro-
moted to the rank of Staff Surgeon, with seniority of 12th
July 1866.
Lieutenant Eder Henry Blake has been this day pro-