The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-25 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 23.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles John
Bayley, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in• Chief in
and over the Bahama Islands.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Humphry
Sandwith Esq., C. 8., to be Colonial Secretary for the
Island of Mauritius.

.CRO WN-OFFICE, FEB. 23.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Kent— Western Division—Charles Wykeham
Martin, Big., in the room of Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart.,
deceased.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 10.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed David Black, of
Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Gentleman, to be a
Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of
Chancery in England.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-lIALL, FEB. 24.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards.—Francis George
Augustus Fuller, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Bulkeley, promoted.
11th Light Dragoons.—Lieutenant Arthur Lyttleton
Annesley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dallas Yorko,
who retires; Cornet William Cuninghame to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Annesley; William Edward Shaw,
Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Dimsdale,
deceased.
16th Light Dragoons—W. R. Corballis, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Duffield, appointed to the sth
Dragoon Guards.

MILITARY TRAIN.
To be Captains—Capt. T. Rowland, from half-pay Ist
Foot ; Capt. H. Hope A'Court Inglefield, from half-pay
14th Foot ; Lieut. T. Penton, from 12th Light Dragoons.
To be Ensign—Cornet N. Burslem, from the Land
Transport Corps.
Royal Artillery—Staff-Surgeon of the 2d Class Matthew
Combe, M.D., to be Surgeon.
Ist Foot—Lieutenant Charles J. Tuffnell Oakes to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Kirk, who retires ; Captain
Thomas John Gregory, from half-pay Ist Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice Oakes, placed upon half-pay.
14th Foot—Edward John Briscoe, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Beamish, promoted ; Lieutenant George
Bridges has been permitted to retire from the service by
the sale of his commission ; Ensign Iver M`lver to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mathews, promoted.
18th Foot—Ensign Chas. Norris Fry to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Shaw, whose promotion on the 9th Jan.
has been cancelled.
21st Foot—Lieut. Wm. Cairnes to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry; Chas. Robin Hammond, Gent., to be Ensign with-
out purchase, vice Cook, promoted.
For John Urquhart, Esq., late Paymaster British Swiss
Legion, to be Paymaster, vice Ha.wker, appointed to a De-
pot Battalion, which appeared in the Gazette of the 30th
ult., read Capt. John Urquhart, late Staff Paymaster
British Swiss Legion, to be Paymaster, Sze.
24th Foot—John Moors Gurnell Tongue, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Birch, promoted.
30th Foot—Lieut. Henry L'Estrange Herring to be Ad-
jutant, vice G. H. Sanders, who resigns the Adjutancy
only.
43d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Coke Glover to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Bruere, deceased; Ensign Thomas
Elmes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Glover ;
Ensign Jdhn Evelyn Kingston Morley, from the Rifle Bri•
gade, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Elmes, pro-
moted.
46th Foot—Captain Richard Lluellyn, from half-pay,
46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Womwbell, whose Brevet
Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under
the Royal Warrant, Oct. 6, 1854.
54th Foot--Dudley B. COppinger, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice F. A. Campbell, appointed to 60th
Foot.
56th Foot—Julius Lovell, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice H. H. Taylor, promoted.
60th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class George
Waterloo Pennington Sparrow, from half-pay, to be Sur-
geon, vice Eaton, placed upon half-pay.
66th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Thomas Hughes to be
Instructor of Musketry.
67th Foot—Serjeant-Major John Staniforth, to be
Quartermaster, vice Crispin, who retires upon half-pay.
73(1 Foot—Serjeant-Major Jonathan Gortly Scott to be
Quartermaster, vice Carson, who retires upon half-pay.
79th Foot—William Henry M`Causland, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Adcock, promoted.
90th Foot—Lieutenant Leonard H. Lloyd Irby to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Close, who retires ; Ensign
George Edward Perryn to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Irby; John Williamson, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Perryn.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign William Alexander
Dobie, from the 79th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice oote promoted.
2d Weal India Regiment—Charles Edward Russell,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice D'Arcy, de-
ceased.
Cape Mounted Rifles—Walter J. Wyatt, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Rorke, promoted.
STAFF—Veterinary-Surgeon George Western has been
permitted to resign his commission.
PnovlsioNAL BATTALION (Chatham). —To be Majors.—
Major A. Wombwell, from half-pay Unattached ; Major
H. D. Ellis, from half-pay Unattached.
UNATTACHED.
Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel W. Sankey 47th
Foot, to have the Substantive Rank of Major, under the
Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854.
Brevet-Major A. Wombwell, 46th Foot, to have his
Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the
Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
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Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Patrick Joseph Clarke,
from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class;
Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William Thomas Black,
from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class,
vice Reynolds, appointed to the Military Train.
To be Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon John
Wood, from the Military Train; Assistant-Surgeon Wil-
liam Henry Muschamp, from the Military Train ; Assis-
tant-Surgeon Samuel Pratt Woodfull, from the Military
Train.
BREVET.
Brevet-Colonel Godfrey Charles Mundy, upon half-pay
Unattached, to have the local rank of Major-General while
in the command of the troops in the Island of Jersey.
The undermentioned Quartermasters, retired on half-
pay, to have the honorary ranktof Captain, under the
Royal Warrant, 17th Dec. 1855:
Quartermaster George Crispin, half-pay, 67th Foot.
Quartermaster John Carson, half-yay 73d Foot.
ADMIRALTY FEB 20.
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Corps of Royal Marines.—The following promotions
have taken place, under her Majesty's Order in Council of
the 13th Soptc.nber, 1851, in consequence of the death of
Lieut.-General Sir John Owen, K.C.8., on the Fixed
Establishment of General Officers of the Royal Marines,
viz. ;—Major-General S. B. Ellis, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-
General ; Colonel-Commandant F. Graham, C. 8., to be
Major-General, vice Ellis, promoted.