The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

DEC. 16.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, ap-
pointing William Atherton, Esq., one of her Counsel
learned in the Law, to be her Majesty's SolicitA.sr-General.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC.. 16.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Smith Hill
Child, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice
Chilton, promoted.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Penfold to be
Captain by purchasevice Macartney, who retires ; Cor.let
Montague Cecil Broun to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Penfold.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. William Mure to
be Captain and Lieut. •Colonel, by purchase, vice Wheat-
ley, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. James Edward Ford
to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Mure.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Assist-Surgeon William White,
from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon.
2d Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Richard Beresford Carson, M. 8.,
from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon.
9th Foot—Surgeon William Armstrong, from the Staff, to
be Surgeon, vice Nicholson, appointed to the Staff.
10th Foot—Lieut. Samuel Hercules Hayes, from the 21st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Donald, who exchanges.
17th Foot—Brevet-Colonel Gilbert William Francklyn,
from a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutr-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Crofton, who exchanges.
21st Foot—Lieut. Henry Alexander Donald, from the 10th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hayes, who exchanges.
24th Foot—Lient. Robert Napoleon Surplice to be Adju-
tant, vice Hitchcock, promoted.
36th Foot--Lientenant William C. Hill to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Rice, deceased; Ensign Amelius
Taylor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hill.
41st Foot—Henry Webb Byng, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Montagu T. B. Michell, promoted.
48th Foot—William Richard Vandeleur, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Hall, promoted.
56th Foot—Ensigns Charles Swinhoe to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Sims, deceased.
58th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Hingeston to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Gladwin J. R. Wynyard, who retires.
GOth Foot—Captain Richard Andrew Scott, from half-pay
Staff Corps, to bo Captain, vice Fraser, promoted; Lieu-
tenant Arthur William Knox Gore to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Scott, who retires ; Ensign Walter Lang-
ford Sainsbury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice C. Y.
Jones, who retires; Ensign John Barrett Lennard
Nevinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Watts-
Russell, promoted ; John Edward Pratt Barlow, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stainsbury.
64th Foot—Ensign George Robert Daniel to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Turner, promoted in the 70th Foot.
66th Foot—Quartermaster Henry Hammond, from the 86th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Lane, who exchanges. '
70th Foot—Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Nathaniel Henry
Charles Massey, from half-pay Unattachedito be Major,
vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Durnftii, retired upon.
full-pay ; Captain George A. Ryan to lier*ajor, by pur-
chase, vice the Hon. N. H. C. Massey, ;will° retires ;
Lieutenant George Richards Greaves to 'be Captain,
without purchase, vice Whigham, deceased; Lieutenant
Henry Turner, from the 64th Foot, to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Ryan; Ensign Christopher Garsia to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Greares; Lieutenant
Charles Granville Stuart Menteath to be Adjutant, vice

Greaves, promoted.
71st Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Whitworth
Talbot Rich to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase,
vice Robert D. Campbell, C. 8., deceased; Brevet-Major
Henry Loftus to be Major, without purchase, vice Rich ;
Lieutenant Wm. O'Malley to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Loftus.
73d Foot—Ensign James Fraser to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Shuldham, promoted.
75th Foot—Ensign Frederick Francis Daniell to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice L'Estrange, who retires ; Eu-
signAlfred Sinclair Leatham, from the 91st Foot, to bt
Ensign, vice Daniell.
86th Foot—Quartermaster. William Lane, from the 66th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Hammond, who ex-
changes.
95th Foot—Lieutenant George Robertson to be Captain*,
by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires ; Ensign Lewis
Cubitt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Arthur James
Plunkett to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant
Mackenzie, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant George Stow Beet
has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale
of his commission; Lieutenant John Tucker has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his

commission.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Hamilton Sabine Pasley, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Currie, promoted.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Brevet-Colonel Hugh Dennis Crof-
ton, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel Francklyn, who exchanges.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Brinsley Nicholson, M.D.,
from the 9th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robinson, appointed
to the 25th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon Patrick McDermott
to be Surgeon, Tice Davys, appointed to the let West India
Regiment.