The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 28.

56th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General John
Home Home to be Colonel, vice General the Earl of West-
moreland, G.C.8., deceased.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Henry John
Lloyd Wynne:to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lumley,
who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Hamilton
Sandford Pakenham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Wynne.
6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet William Gair to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Grainger, who retires.
4th Light Dragoons—Ensign Nassau Clark, from the 89th
Foot, to be Cornet, paying the difference, vice England,
promoted.
7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard Newsham Ped-
der to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Brisco, who retires ;
Cornet Arthur Hamilton Scrope to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice.Pedder.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet John Russell has been per-
mitted to resign his commission.
16th Light Dragoons—Benjamin Winthrop, Gent, to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Agg, promoted.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain John Julius
Johnstone to be instructor of musketry, vice Earle, ap-

pointed to the Staff.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Adolphus Halket Ver-
sturmo, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry
H. Smart, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Arthur Trefusis
Jones, from the 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Plasket,
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3(1 Foot—Ensign Shapland Graves to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Wright, deceased.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonsl Frede-

rick Paul Haines, from half-pay unattached, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel vice Brevet-Colonel Greathed, C. 8., who

exchanges.
12th Foot—Ensign William Stephen Henry Dunlevie to

be Lieutenant,-by purchase, vise Page, who retires.
16th Foot—Richard Wood Robinson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Godwin, promoted.
17th Foot—Captain Henry Hawley Smart, from the Ist
Foot, to be Captain, vice Versturme, who exchanges ;
Ensign Alexander M'Neil Caird to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Torre, who retires ; Ensign Henry Charles
Deane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Houghton,
who retires ; John Gaythorne Wood, Genk, to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Caird ; Henry Francis Dent,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bros, promoted.
20th Foot—Major George Bennett to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Eve-
legh, C. 8., who retires ; Brevet - Major Wil-
liam Drummond Scrase Dickins to be Major,
by purchase, vice Bennett; Lieutenant George Blair
Duffin to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dickins ; En-
sign Charles Enys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice

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22d Foot—Anastasius Eugene Tollemache, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Denny, promoted.
23d Foot—Lieutenant John Lawrence to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Radcliff:), who retires; Lieutenant George
Packe to be instructor of Musketry, vice ,Lieutenant
Hutton, who has resigned that appointment.
24th Foot—Lieutenant William Alexander Henry Placket,

from the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jones, who ex:

changes.
25th Foot—Lieutenant John O'Hea to be Adjutant, vice

Sheppard, promoted.
41st Foot—John Wright Westby, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Caulfield, promoted.
47th Foot--Ensign Jerome Richard Murphy, from the 86th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sporrin, who exchanges.
64th Foct—William Edmund. Wilkinson, Gent., to be En-

sign, by purchase, vice Chute, promoted.
55th Foot—Quartermaster Samuel Millward, from half-pay

2d Light Infantry British Swiss Legion, to be Quarter-
master, vice Green, who exchanges.
61st Poet—George Ernest Phillipps Madden, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Ramsey, promoted.
67th Foot—Lieutenant Malachy Nugent to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Arnold, deceased; Ensign Charles
Henry Blachley Turner to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Nugent ; Ensign Henry William Pollard,
from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign, vico Turner.
70th Foot—Captain Robert Eckford, from the 3d West
India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major
Saunders, who exchanges.
76th Foot John Talbot, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Harding, promoted.
70th :Foot—Ensign Garden Duff to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Smith, who retires,
80th Foot—Paul Swinburne, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Howard promoted ; Alfred Richard Bayly
Dowling, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice O'Connor,

promoted.
86th Foot—Ensign John Edmund Monro Sperrin, from the
47th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Murphy, who exchanges;
the Hon. Thomas Joh. Wynn to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Wells, promoted.
88th Foot—Henry Griffith Bowen, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice de Blaquiere, who retiree.
89th Foot—Charles Vernon Hassall, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Nassau Clark, appointed to the 4th
Light Dragoons.
92d Foot—Maurice Thomas Carmichael, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Campbell, promoted.
96th Foot—James Moubray, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Ilogg, promoted.
98th Foot—Edward Houghton, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Simpson, promoted.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Augustus Temple to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gilborne, deceased ;
James Sealy, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Temple; Quartermaster William Thomson, to be Pay-
master, vice Stokely, deceased.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas Macmillan
Pogo to be Adjutant, vice 0' Shaughnessy, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Brevet-Major Henry Frederick
Saunders, from the 70th Foot, to be Captain, vice Eckford,

who exchanges.
STAFF.—Major Robert Carey, from the 40th Foot, to be
Deputy Adjutant-General to the troops serving in Australia,
with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, vice
Brevet-Colonel Niell, deceased.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. The first Christian
name of Assistant-Commissary-General Gaudet is Joseph,
and not James, as stated in the "Gazette" of July 29, 1859.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—The commission of Assistant-Sur-
geon William Broughton Davies, M.D., to bear date sth
September, 1859, instead of 30th September, 1859, as pro.
viously stated.
PURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT. —Purveyor's Clerk, Firs
Class, John Bush to be Purveyor to the Forces, vice Simp-
son, deceased.

BREVET.
The under-mentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent upon the decease of General John, Earl of Westmor-
land, G.C.8., Colonel of the 56th Foot, on the 16th act.,
1859 :
Lieut.-General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier,
K.C.8., Colonel of the 22d Foot, to be General.
Major-General John. Fraser, Colonel of the 37th Foot,
to be Lieut.-General.
Brevet-Colonel William George Gold, half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Major-General.
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel William Macpherson, Captain
half-pay Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be
Colonel.
Major Henry Grierson, 15th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel.
Captain Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Royal Marines, to be
Major.
Brevet-Major George Black, late of the 75th Foot, to be
Lieut.-Colonel in the Army.
The Brevet Rank of Brevet-Major T. B. Spurgin, let
Madras Fusiliers, has been antedated to 19th Jan., 1858.
Brevet-Major 'T. B. Spurgiu, Ist Madras Fusiliers, to be
Lieut.-Colonel in the Army.
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Capt. Jas. Brooke Young Matheson, 52d Regiment Ben-
gal Native Infantry.
Capt. Thomas Trenchard Haggard, Bombay Artillery.
Capt. William Mainwaring Sloane Bolton, 2d Bombay
Native Infantry.
Captain William Murray, 46th Madras Native Infantry.
Capt. Percival Ashley Brown, Ist Madras European
Fusiliers.
MEmor.nrmum.—Lieut. Valentino S. Griffith, having
obtained a First Class Certificate at the School of Musketry
at Hythe, has been appointed by his Royal Highness the
General Commanding in Chief, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry
to the Donegal Regiment of Militia, vice Capt. Elliot, re-
signed.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
Brecknock Volunteer Rifles—John Maund, Esq., to be
Lieutenant of the Ist Company ; Robt. Mikes, Esq., to be
Ensign of the Ist Company.
Bath, or Ist Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps.—John
Randle Ford, Esq., to be Captain; Thos. Frederick Inman,
Gent., to bo Lieutenant; Thomas Wm. ParkcAirey, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
Bathwick, or 2,1 Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps—Ed-
mund Francis Awttey, Esq., to be Captain; Henry Hol-
land Burno, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Attfield,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Taunton, or 3d Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps—William
Ayshford Sanford, Esq., to be Captain ; Arthur Allen,
Gent., to ke Lieutenant; Richard Easton, Gent., to be En-
sign.
West Kent Regiment—of Yeomanry Cavalry—Comet
William Smith Nicholson to be Lieutenant, vice Hayward,
resigned.
3d Company of Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—George Reid,
Esq., late Captain 2d Dragoons, to be Captain; 11Iarshall ,
Valentine Bull, Esq., late Lieutenant 10th Foot, to be
Lieutenant; Henry Sterman, Esq., late Lieutenant, 16th
Lancers, to be Ensign.
2d Company of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers—William
Foulkes Essell, Esq., to be Captain.
I 112th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Wilbraham Taylor,
Esq., to be Captain.
Tha Victoria Rifles—First Lieutenant Barclay Gremlin
to bo Captain, vice Cook, resigned ; Second Lieutenant
William Dickinson to be First Lieutenant, vice Greenhill,
promoted ; Second Lieutenant William Louis Collins to be
First Lieutenant, vice Trew promoted ; Lord John Hay.
Captain, R.N., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Dickinson,
promoted; William Bonsor, Gent., to bo Second Lieute-
nant, vice Collins, promoted; James King Haworth, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenant.
The following Appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the " Gazette of Oct. 18th" inst. :-
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi-
ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Charles Gore
Ring to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Vowel, resigned.

BANKRUPTS.
George Freeman and Henry Bentley 'Mixon, lead mer-
chants;'Blenheim-street, Oxford-street, to surrender Nov.
11, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 15, at twelve„ at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Jolua Henry and William Randell Smith, publicans,