The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-26 00:00:00

BREVET.

The undermentioned Promotions to takeplace, consequent
on the death of General Sir John Slade, Bart., G.C.H.,
Colonel of the sth Dragoon Guards, on the 13th August,
1859 :
Lieut. •General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.8., K.C.M.G.,
Colonel of the 83d Foot, to be General.
Major-General Francis J. Davies, Colonel of the 67th
Foot, to be Lieut.-General.
Colonel Sir Charles T, Van Straubenzee, K.C.8., half-
pay, 3d Foot, serving on the Staff, with the temporary rank
of Major-General in command of the Forces in China, to be
Major-General.
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel John Wegg Major, on half-pay
42d Foot, to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major William M'Donald, 26th Foot, to be Lieut..
Colonel.
Captain E. M. the Earl of Longford, 2d Life Guards, to
be Major.
Captain W . C. Russell, of the Bengal Artillery and
Commissary of Ordnance at Allahabad, to be Major in the
Army.
Captain Henry Finch, of the 31st Bengal Native In-
fantry, to be Major in the Army.
Paymaster William Young, of a Depot Battalion, having
retired upon half-pay of Quartermaster previous to the de-
claration of war with Russia, and who had completed in all
a service of thirty years, ten of which as Quartermaster, to
have the honorary rank of Captain.
WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 26.
GENERAL ORDER.—No. 734.
Horse Guards, Aug. 26.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to command that
the undermentioned Assistant-Surgeons of her Majesty's
Indian Army be promoted to the Brevet Rank of Surgeons,
from the 7th September, 1858, in consideration of their
services during the siege of Lucknow :
Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Fayrer, M.D.
Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Bowen Partridge.
Assistant-Surgeon Henry Martineau Greenhow.
Assistant-Surgeon Robert Bird.
By command of his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief.
(Signed) W. F. FORSTER, Deputy Adjt.-Gen.
ADMIRALTY.—Auo. 25.
CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.

Mr. Henry Fuller, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Mr. James Leeky, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Mr. William Taylor Miller, Gent , to be Second Lieu-
tenant.

Mr. James Maurice O'Connor, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant.

Mr Ringrose Drew Tully, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
enant.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
County of Westmoreland—To be Deputy Lieutenants—
William Moore, Esq., William Hopes, Esq' Frederic
Gandy, Esq., Matthew Benson Harrison, Esq., William
Wilson, Esq., Arthur Shepherd, Esq.,:Williarn Brougham,
Esq., William Henry Wakefield, Esq., and Frank Atkinson
Argles, Esq.
North Riding County York—Henry William Ferdinand
Bolekow, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
City of York—William Dalla Husband, Esq., Lord
Mayor of York, to be Deputy Lieutenant.
2d West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—
William Fenton Kenny, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sir
W. R. C. Cooke, Bart., promoted.
County of Brecknock—To be Deputy Lieutenants—
David 'Morris, Esq., M.P. ; John Maund, Esq. ; and Cap-
tain Henry Gore Lindsay.
Brecknock Volunteer Rifles—Captain Henry Gore Lind-
say, late Rifle Brigade, to be Captain of the Ist Company.
Brecknock Royal Regiment of Militia—Edward Tyrrel
Lewis, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Moriscoe Lloyd
Fredericks, resigned.
Artillery Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—
Second Lieutenant "Widenham Francis Fosbery to be First
Lieutenant, vice Thomas Gawne, resigned.
Ilford Volunteer Rifle Company—John Coope Davis,
Esq., to be Captain.
Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—John Curtois
Adolphus Bones lo be Second Lieutenant, vice Elliston,
promoted.
Ist Company of Dorsetshire Volunteer Rifles—Henry
Augustus Templar, Esq., to be Captain; Henry Saunders
Edwards, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Hounsell,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Northumberland and Newcastle Regiment of Volunteer
Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Charles Edward Cookson,
to be Captain, vice Butler, resigned ; Cornet Matthew
Charles Woods to be Lieutenant, vice Cookson, promoted ;
Thomas Salkeld Bramwell, Gent., to be Cornet, vice
Woods, promoted,