The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

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LONDON GAZEIVE—(rnis Evening.)

WINDSOR-CASTLE, JAN, 16.
His Royal Highness The Prince has been pleased to
appoint. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Frederick Ponsonhy,
Grenadier Guards, to be Equerry to his Royal Highness.
. WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.
The Queen nas been pleased to grant unto Arthur John
Pack, Esq., Companion of the Most Honourable Order of I
the Bsth, Lieutenant-Colonel in her Majesty's Army, and
Assistant-Quartermaster-General to the Army in the Cork
District, her royal licence and authority that he and his
issue may take and henceforth use the surname of Reynell.
in addition to and before that of Pack. , And to command
that the said royal concession and declaration be registered
in her Majesty's College of Arms, otherwise to be void and
if no effect.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 15.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, enclosing
a copy of a Portuguese Royal Decree reducing to five per
cent. ad valorem the duties on the importation into Portu-
gal of charcoal and other fuel, as fixed by Article 4 of the
recent decree.
WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JAN. 1.5.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieut. and Captain the Hon.
Roger Mostyn to be Instructor of Musketry.
3d Regiment of Foot —Ensign the Hon, James Wilfrid
Hewitt, front the 4th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Eames, who
exchanges ; Lieut. Eristace Greg has been permitted to
resign his Commission.
4th Foot—Ensign Richard Fairfax Eames, from the 3d
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hon. J. W. Hewitt, who ex-
changes.
Bth Foot—Captain Richard Raphael Meade, from the
94th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hartley, who exchanges.
21st Foot—Lieutenant Henry Wellington Hartford,
from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
de Ruvignes, who exchanges.
234 Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Wells, from the
25th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel
Lysons, who exchanges.
24th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Carroll Dem mat er,
from the 4th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hollo-
way, appointed to the Staff.
25th Foot—Brevet-Colonel Daniel Lyeons, from the 23d
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wells, who exchanges.
30th Foot—Lieutenant Charles John Moorsom to be
Instructor of Musketry.
40th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Mines, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ligertwood, promoted
ea the Staff.

46th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John George Fraught,
from the Hospital Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Dempster, appointed to the 24th Foot.
51st Foot—Ensign Riland W. Oldham to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Gloag, who retires; Robert Norton Cobb,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Oldham.
62d Foot—Captain G. W. Bulkeley Hughes, from half-
pay 62,1 Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Cooch,
whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive
Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854.
65th Foot —Assistant-Surgeon William Snell, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Park, promoted to the
Staff. _ _ _

74th Foot—The surname of the Ensign promoted to a
Lieutenactcy, by purchase, in the Gazette of the 9th inst.,
is Deere and not Dear, ae previously stated.

77th Foot—Lieutenant Rawland Broadhurst Hill to be
Adjutant, vice Le Feuvre, resigned.
81st Foot—Sydney William Bell, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Sehlotel, promoted.
89th Foot—Lieutenant Savage Hall to be Captain, by
purchase. vice Brevet-Major Mercer, who retires ; Captain
Edmond Morris, from half-pay 89th Foot, to be Captain,
♦ice Hall, placed upon half-pay ; Assistant-Surgeon Julius
Wiles has been permitted to resign his commission.
94th Foot—Capt. Richard Wilson Hartley, from the Bth
Foot, to be Captain, vice Meade, who exchanges.
95th Foot—Lieut. John North Crealock to be Instructor
of Musketry.
99th Foot—Lient. Allan Macdonald to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Montgomerie, who retires ; Ensign Win.
John Kempson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mac-
donald ; James Wardle Harman, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Kempson ; Lieut. T. Hollingsworth Clark-
son to be Adjutant, vice Macdonald, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—Lient. Henry Martin Moorsom to be
Instructor of Musketry.
2d West India Regiment—Lieut. Charles Henry Theo-
dore Bruce de Ruvignes, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Hartford, who exchanges.
Gold Coast Corps—Ensign Charles Hewett to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Kysh, appointed Paymaster
91st Foot.
D2POT BATTAr.roxs--To be instructors of Musketry—
Captain W. J. M. Caninghame, Rifle Brigade ; Captain
George H. Twenalow, 7th Foot; Captain Edmond W.
Sargent, 18th Foot ; Captain John Drysdale, 42d Foot ;
Captain William Joseph Carden, 77th Foot ; Captain
John Charles Sweny, 91st Foot; Captain Alex. Bruce`"
Wallis, 33d Foot ; Captain James Spratt, 68th Foot ;
Captain John S. Swann, 54th Foot ; Captain Stephen B.
Gordon, 45th Foot.

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UNATTACHM—Major George Robeson, from the Ist
West India Regiment, to be Lieut.-Colonel, without pur-
chase ; Brevet Major Charles Cooch, 62d Foot, to have his
brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the
Royal Warrant, 6th Oct., 1851.