The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-16 00:00:00

TRO,II THE GAZETTE OF _LAST NIGHT.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 14.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan Fair
as Vice-Consul in London for the Argentine Republic.

The Gazette of this evening contains the Speaker's war-
rant rfor issuing a writ for the election of a member to serve
in Parliament for the borough of Leicester, in the room of
the late j oseph William Noble, Esq., fourteen days after
this notice.

WAR-CPTFICB, PALL-MALL, JAN. 15.
23d Regiment of root—Lieutenant-General Sir William
J. Codrington, K.C.8., from the 54th Regiment, to be
Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Henry Rainey, C. 8.,

deceased.
54th Regiment of Foot —.Lieutenant-General Mildmay
Fane, from the 96th Regimel2t, tobe Colonel, vice Lieut.-
General Sir W. J. Codrington, K.C.8., removed to the

23d Regiment.
9Gth Regiment of Foot—Major-Genei'al George Macdonald
to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-GeneWl Fane, removed to

the 54th Regiment.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—George Allen Butlin, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase' vice Twentyman, promoted.
6th Dragoons—Ensign S.t Aubyn Henry Player from the
23d Foot, to be Cornet, in succession to Lieutenant the
Hon. Edward Roden Bourke, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Edward Parrett Hodges
Curteis, from the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wil-
liam Naper Carleton, who exchanges.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Henry Wil-
liam Verschoyle to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel,
bylpurchase vice Henry Edward Montresor, who retires;
Ensign and Lieutenant Alfred Molyneux Byng to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Verschoyle ;
Alexander Louis Ricardo, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieu-

tenant, by purchase, vice Byng.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Frederick de
Lamare Morison, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant
John Richard Palliser, deceased.
3d Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Edward Charlion Dickson,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hearn, promoted.
4th Foot—Captain Augustus Nicholas Wilson, from the
86th Foot, to be Captain, vice William Fagan, who ex-

changes.
6th Foot—Gentlemen Cadet Horace Richard Le Marchh.nt
Carey, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Saunders, promoted.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Reginald Whitting to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Newall, who retires; Ensign Richard
Chute to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whitting.
10th Foot—Lieutenant John Ball to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Douglas Ernest Manners, who retires; En-
sign Abraham Richard Montfort to be Lieutenant, by

purchase, vice Ball.
11th Foot—Ensign William Joseph Tibbs to be Lieuten-
ant, without purchase, vice William Norman, super-
seded for being absent without leave; Gentleman Cadet
James John Peter from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Tibbs.
17th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William
Gordon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Brevet •Colonel Arthur Lowry Cole, who retires upon
half-pay ; Major Honeyman Mackay, from half-pay "Un-
attached, to be Major, repaying the difference, vice Gor-
don ; Captain and Brevet-Major George Tito Bi ice to be
Major, by purchase, vice Mackay, who retires ; Lieu-
tenant William Henry Parker to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Brice ; Ensign Herbert Kerr to be Lieuten ant, by
purchase, vice Parker ; Ensign Harvey Lambert Man-
ning Ravenhill, from the 70th Foot, to be Ensign, vice

Kerr.
19th Foot—Captain W►n. M'Gregor Archer from the 78th
Foot, to be Captain, vice George Forbes, who exchanges.
23d Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Win. Adolphus Fitz
George from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Player, appointed to the 6th Dragoons.
32d Foot —Lieutenant Francis Arthur Thomas, from half-
pay 85th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Mant Gilby,
who retires upon half-pay ; Lieutenant Randle Jackson,
from the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Arthur Bishop,

who exchanges.
40th Foot—Andrew Duerow, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Henry Swanson, appointed to the 14th Foot.
53d Foot—Captain Gustavus L. Basset, from the 72d Foot,
to be Captain, vice John M. Macneill, who exchanges.
54th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Wood, M.D.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Youell, appointed to the

Staff.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Burnet Bell Forsyth to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Richard Harcourt Robinson, promoted,
by purchase, to an unattached majority; Ensign Charles
Gosling to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forsyth.
72d Foot—Captain John Maxwell Macneill, from the 53d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Gustavus Lambert Bassett, who

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exchanges.
77th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Bishop, from the 32d Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Randle Jackson, who exchanges.
78th Foot—Captain George Forbes, from the 19th Foot, to
be Captain, vice William M'Gregor Archer, who ex-

changes.
86th Foot—Captain William Fagan, from the 4th Foot, to
be Captain, Nice Augnstng Nicholas Wilson, who ex-

changes.
li9th Foot—Duncan Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Urquhart, appointed to the 72d Foot.
94th Foot—Ensign William Edward Montague, from the
2d Foot, to be Ensign, vice James Brown, promoted.
96th Foot—Lieutenant William Napier Carleton, from the
9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward
Barrett Hodges Curteis, who exchanges.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Francis Adam Knapp
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Davidson, who retires ;
Ensign Andrew Truelove Edge td be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Knapp.
UNATTACHED.—Captain Richard Harcourt Robinson,
from the 60th Foot, to be Major, by purchase.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Acting-Deputy-Assis-
tant-Commissary-General Foster Shortt, having completed
the prescribed period of Service on the Coast of Africa, to
be confirmed in the rank of Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-
General. _ _