The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-15 00:00:00

LONDON GAZ.ETT.E-(THIS BVIiNING

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 4.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour o
knighthood upon Colonel Arthur Cotton, Colonel-Com
mandant her Majesty's Madras Engineers.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 14.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon Richard Charles Kirby, Esq., Compa-
nion ot the -Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and late
Accountazt-General of the War Department.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles, Marquis
of Huntly, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the
shire of Aberdeen, in the room of George, Earl of Aber-
deen, deceased.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 11.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Charles
Gibson, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of
Ceylon; John Smale. Esq., to be Attorney-General for
the Colony of Hong Kong ; and Francis Spencer Wigley
to be one of her Majesty's Counsel for the Virgin Islands.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 14.
The Queen, has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-
Colonel Harry Sain't George Ord, R.E., to be Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Bermudas or
Somers' Islands, in America.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-M ALL, FEB. 15.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Lambert Houlton
Ward, from the 85th Foot, to be Corndt and Sub-Lieu.
tenant (paying the difference) vice Berkeley, promoted.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Robert Alfred Loraine
trews to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas John
Mitchell, who retires.
sth Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-
Colonel Charles Cooke Yarborough, C. 8., from half-pay
91st Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel
Sir Thomas Westropp Mc Mahon, Bart., C. 8., who re-
tires upon half-pay; Major the Hon. Somerset John
Gough Calthorpe to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,
vice Brevet-Colonel Yarborough, who retires ; Captain
Frederick Hay Swinfen td be Major, by purchase, vice
the Hon. S. J. G. Calthorpe ; Lieutenant Lawford An-
drews Richardson to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Swinfen; Captain Thomas Yate Benyon to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Richardson.
sth Light Dragoons—Lieut. William J. St. Aubyn, from
the 2d Royal Cheshire Militia, to be Cornet) by pur-
chase, vice Vandeleur, promoted.
6th Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel the
Hon. George Augustus Frederick Liddell, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice -Brevet-
Colonel Charles C. Shute, who retires upon half-pay ;
Major Edmond D'Arcy Hunt to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel the Hon. G. A. F.
Liddell, who retires ; Captain William Sawrey Rawlin-
son to be Major, by purchase, vice Hunt ; Lieutenant
Edward Napier to be Captain, by purchase, vice Raw-
linson.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Roger Dawson Upton to
be captain, without purchase, vice Robert Stanley Wil-
liams Bulkeley, deceased,; Lieutenant William Greaves
Blake. from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant,
vice Upton.
17th Light ,Dragoons —Lieutenant Braithwaite Chamley,
from the 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James George
Scott, who, exchanges.
Coldstream Guards—The appointment of Ensign Henry
Robert Eyrie, frotn the 73d Fost, to be dated the 4th of
January, 1860, as stated in the Gazette of the former
date.
2d Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet Herbert Stoddart
Neild, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign
without purchase, vice Hallahan, promoted.
6th Foot—Major Charles Rowley Platt, from the 46th
Foot, to be Major, vice Charles Parker Catty, Who ex-
changes.
7th Foot—Rowland Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur
chase, vice Geddes, promoted.
13th Foot—The appointment of Surgeon Thomas Ligert-
wood, M. 8., which appeared in the Gazette of the 18th
December, 1860, should be vice Jackson, deceased, in-
stead of vice Jackson, appointed to the Staff.
17th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Archibald James Campbell,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Charles Forbes Leith, appointed to the
45th Foot.
33d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Frederick Spry
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ogilvy, appointed to the
Staff.
37th-Foot—The appointment of Ensign John Reilly, as
Quartermaster, to be antedated to the 31st March, 1860.
40th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Cook to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Justin E. D. MacCarthy, who retires • En-
sign Charles Stepney Perceval E. Mansergh to be lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Cook.
46th Foot—Major Charles Parker Catty, from the 6th Foot,
to be Major, vice Charles Rowley Platt, who exchanges.
The Christian names of Ensign Maydwell are Richard
Lawrence William Moore, and not Richard Lawrence
William Moore Smith, as stated in the Gazette of 13th
November, 1860.
58th Foot—Capt. Robt. Children Whitehead to be Major,
by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Charles William
Thompson, who retires; Lieut. Charles Henry S. Jones
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Whitehead ; Ensign
Richard Dane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Jones.
73d Foot—Ensign James Fergusson from the sth Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Henry Robert Eyre, appointed to the
Coldstream Guards.
81st Foot--Assistant-Surgeon Henry Patrickson Gregory,
from the 84th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bick-
nell, who exchanges.
83d Foot—Lieutenant James George Scott, from the 17th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Braithwaite
Chamley, who exchanges.
84th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Herman Bicknell, from the
81st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gregory, who
exchanges.
90th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Florence Theobald
M‘Garthy to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Limsden, ap-
pointed to the Staff.
91st Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Richard Henry to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Marshall, appointed to the
Staff.
99th Foot—Ensign Edward Egan to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Edward Colpoys Johnson, who retires ;
Lieutenant Rowland John Lenthall, from the 2d Stafford
Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Egan.
3d West Lida Regiment—Lieutenant Claudius Kerr to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Henry
Frederick Saunders, who retires upon full pay ; Ensign
Thomas Franois leamish to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Kerr; Ensign George Lidwill Harnette,
from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant,
.by
purchase, vice Eckford, promoted; Sergeant-Major
James Conran to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Beamish. .
Ceylon. Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Charles William
Joseph Taylor, from the Royal North Lincoln Militia, to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tegart, promoted.
Royal Malta Fencible Artillery—Major Saverio Gatt to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, with local and temporary rank,
and with Major's pay. To be Lieutenants, with local
and temporary rank and with Ensign's pay—Enbiba