The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-01 00:00:00

FROM TIE GAZETTE OF LAST IV-ICl:ff.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of
April, 1861—Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. John Frederick Vaughan, Earl Cawdor,
Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of
Carmarthen, his lordship this day took the oath appointed
to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths 'of allegiance
and supremacy.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of
April, 1861—Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. William, Lord Kensington, Lord Lieut.:-
nant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Pembroke. his
lordship this day took the oath appointed to be taken there-
upon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 29.
The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto
Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.B ' having the
local rank of Lieutenant-General in the East Indies and
China, and late commanding her Majesty's land forces in
China, her Majesty's royal licence and permission that
he may accept and wear the Insignia of the Imperial Order
of the Legion of Honour of the 2d Class, which his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of the French hath been pleased to con-
fer upon him for his distinguished services before the enemy
during the late combined British and French operations in
China.

DOWNING-STREET, Arun 27.
The Queen has been plensed to appoint Freeman Tup-
Rp:, Charles Dickey, and Chas. Whitman, Esquires, to be
Nova Scotia;
of the Legislative Council of the Province of
, coa; Alexander Perceval and Angus
Esquires,the Cto be Members of the Legislative Coun-
field, quire, of) Hong Kong • Nathaniel Butter-
Bermudas, or SomersE Member of' the Council of the
Esquires, to
; and Robert Hutchison and
_ _air.es, to be Members of the Legis-
lativeGeorgeßl an ksen,hor
Council of M jesty's Forts and Settlements on
the Gold Coast.
Her Majesty has also been leased to appoint
William Blyth,Y,squire, to be pleased
Attendant Daniel
of Galle,
in the Island of Ceylon ; 'William Eversley, Esquire, t
Postmaster for the Island of Trinidad ; and SlioltoPeo be
Pem-
berton, Esquire, to be Chief Justice of the Island of m-Do-
minica.

FOREIGN MICE, APRIL 18.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Capt.
Richard Francis Burton to be herlvlajesty's Consul at Fer-
nando Po, and in the Territories on the Western Coast of
Africa comprised within the Bight-of Biafra, and lying.
between Cape Formoso and Cape St. John.
APRIL 30.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Michel
Frat Tole Edmond Verdiar-Latour as Consul at Birming-
ham, and of M. Henri Eugene Astor Edouard Basselier
as Consul at Leeds, for his Majesty the Emperor of the.
French.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 30.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet Samuel Charles
Newton, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet (pay-
ing the difference), vice Callender, who has retired.
2d Dragoon Guards—Captain Augustus Barton White,
from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, vice Silvester Calvert,
who exchanges.
sth Dragoon Guards—Ensign William Bennion Foulkes,
from the Cheshire Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Kington, promoted.
6th Dragoons—Cornet 'William Valentine Ring to bo
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Napier, promoted; Cornet
Hamilton John Wallace to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Billington, promoted.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Wastel Brisco to bo Lieu_
tenant, by purchase, vice Charles Philip Viscount
Royston, who retires.
16th Light Dragoons--Lieutenant Frederick Stoodley to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Francis Paynton Pigott,
who retires; Cornet William John Wauchope to be,
Lieutenant by purchase, vice Stoodley.
Royal Engineers--o Paymaster William Henry Browning,
from the 3d West India Regiment, to le Paymaster,
vice. Charles Wilkinson, appointed to the 3d West India
Regiment.
2d Regiment of Foot—Cheslyn Abney Blyth, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice George Cox, appointed
to the 87th Foot; William Mackie, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Van Honirigh, promoted.
sth Foot—Henry Feriars Huntley, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice James John Peter, appointed to
the 42d Foot.
10th Foot—Lieutenant St. Andrew B. St. John to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Patterson,
who retires upon full-pay ; Ensign George Henry Wynn
Tremenhecre to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
St. John.
11th Foot—Lieutenant William Mclntosh, from half-pay
Unattached, late Land Transport Corps, to bo Lieuten-
ant, vice Benjamin Oliver Johnson, who retires upon.
half-pay; Samuel llalahan, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice James John Peter, appointed to the
sth Foot.
12th Foot—Lieutetiant Sewell Ormsby, from half-pay 6th
Foot., to be Lieutenant., vice James Fielding Sweeney,
promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Com-
pany; Ensign William Lewis Murphy to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Ormsby, who retires.
15th Foot—Captain Silvester Calvert, from the 2d Dragoon
Guards, to be Captain, receiving the former difference
between Cavalry and Infantry, vice Augustus Barn
White, who exchanges ; Ensign De Burgho Ed Hard
Hodge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas
Shirley Ball, who retires.
24th Foot—Ensign Oscar Henry Blount, from the 77th
Foot,. to be Ensign, vice Sinclair, appointed to the 38th
Foot.

49th Foot—Ensign Wm. John Gillespie to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice WM. 3lagee, who retires; Lieutenant
Walter James Tweed, from the Royal North Lincoln
Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gillespie.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Win. Aldersey James Shortt to be
Captain, wit bout purchase, vice Henry Douglas M. Shute,
deceased ; Ensign Henry Francis Emly to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Shortt ; Sergeant-Major George
Cummin to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Emly.
58th Foot—Ensign Richard Pearson Crozier, from the
15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Creagh, appointed to the
SRI Foot.

65th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Baillie to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Thomas George Strange, killed
in action; Ensign Andrew Pagan to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice 13aillie
66th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Austin to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Charles James Fox Gore, who retires;
Ensign Thomas Gambol! to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Austin.
68th Foot—Walter John Clifford, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Bolden, promoted.
84th Foot—Ensign Arthur Henry Messiter to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, Tice Alexander Jason Hassard, who
retires ; Henry Aldridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Mcssiter.

96th FOot—For Ensign Augustus Frederick Arthur Hill,
as hitherto stated, read Ensign the Hon. Augustus Fre-
derick Arthur Sandys.
Rifle Brigade—Captain and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Lei-
cester Curzon to be Major, by purchase, vice Edward
Newdigate, promoted to an Unattached Lieutenant-
Coloneley ; Lieutenant Charles Thomas Bunbury, to be
Captain, vice Brevet-Colonel the Hon. L. Curzon; En-
sign George Stanley Byng to be Lieutenant, by purchase.
vice Bunbury; Henry Studholme Brownrigg, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Byng.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Henry Kean,
from half-pay, Unattached, late Land Transpott Corps,
to be Lieutenant, vice James Gerrard King, who retires
upon half-pay.
3doWest India Regiment—Paymaster Charles Wilkinson,
from Paymaster of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engi-
neers, to be Paymaster, vice William Henry Browning,
appointed to the Royal Engineers.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain and Brevet. Major Lionel
Hook to be Major, without purchase, vice Wm. Charles
Vanderspar, deceased ; Lieutenant Gotha. Mann Parsons
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major
Hook ; Ensign John James to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Parsons; Daniel Rogers Falkiner, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice James.
St. Helena Regiment—Ensign George Henry Evans, from
the Bedford Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Nash, promoted.