The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-18 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, JULY a

Mr. Secretary Labouchere has appointed Mr. William
Strachey to be ex-officio Director of the Ceylon Railway
Company, on behalf of the Government of Ceplon.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 17. '
89th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles George
James A, bnthnot to be Colonel, vice General Sir Charles
Bulkeley Egerton, G.C.M.G., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 17.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant

Henry John Lloyd Wynne to be Lieutenant, by- pur-
chase, vice Townsend. who retires.
2d Dragoon Guards—The surname of the Lieutenant-
Colonel promoted on the 16th June, 1857, is Brisco, and
not Briscoe, as previonsly stated.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Henry John Wilkin, from
the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Shells,
who exchanges.
2d Dragoons—Lieut. Duncan McNeill to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart., who retires ;
Ensign William G. Blake, from C9th Foot, to be Cor-
net, paying the difference, vice Armstrong, who ex-
changes; Francis Lamb Pbilp, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, in succession to Lieut. McNeill.
4th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon William Carte,
from the Staf, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cullen,
appointed to the Rifle Brigade.
7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Francis Gregg,
from half-pay as Paymaster of a Depot Battalion, to be
Paymaster, vice Barton, who retires upon half-pay as
Captain.
11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Frederick Shells, from
the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Wilkin,
who exchanges.
15th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry V. Wright, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Steele, promoted to an
Unattached Company; Arthur Randolph Mullings,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wright.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant Riot ard Roynon
Jones to he Second Captain, vice Parkin, who retires,
upon half-pay. Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants—
Arthur Harness, "Eugene Hay Cameron, Henry de
Stuteville Isaacson, and Henry Colo Magenis.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be Lien-
tenants—Alex. Chas. Hamilton, Harry Parnell Cole,
Bayard Clarke Cochrane.
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. R. A. G. Dalzell, C. 8., from half-pay of a
Pro visional Depot Battalion, to be Captain, vice Brevet-
Colonel the Hon. Geo. Cadogan, C. 8., whoi exchange, ;
Lieutenant and Captain Charles Wilson Randolph, to
be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
the Hon. R. A. G. Dalzell, C. 8., who retires; Ensign
and Lieutenant William Lewis Stuckley Buck to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Morant, who
retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Edward Henry Clive to
be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, viceßandolph;
Thomas Ferdinand Fairfax, Gent., to be Ensign and
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Back.
15th Foot—Ensign H. P. S. Ordo to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Mortimer, who retires.
19th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel G. Mundy, C. 8., from
half-pay 33d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
25th Foot—Major A. Pitcairn, from the 42d Foot, to be
Major, vice Priestly, who exchanges.
28th Foot—Lieutenant D. A. Baby, from the 98th Foot,
to be Captain, by purclibse, vice Garstin, who retires ;
Lieutenant W. E. Harness, from the 94th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Collura, who exchanges.
29th Foot—Ensign William Montqf,,ue Cochrane, from

the 89th Fool to be Ensign, vice Mitchel', who ex-
changes.
31st Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Trefusis Jones to be In-

strnetor of Musketry.
38th Foot---Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Conyngham Kelly,
from half-pay 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
39th Foot--Lieutenant William Gammell to be Captain,

by purchase, vice Adams, who retires ; Ensign Charlet;
Hereford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gammell.
42d Foot—Major Edward Ramsden Priestly, from the
25th Foot, to be Major, vice Pitcairn, who exchanges.
46th Foot--Lieutenant William Thomas' Waldy to be

Captain, by purchase, vice Lyons, who retires.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Ernest PeakeNewman to be In-

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structor of Musketry, vice Brevet-Major Elgee, who has
resigned the appointment.
52d Foot—Surgeon Andrew Acres Stoney, from the 94th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Cowan, who exchanges.
54th Foot.—Lieutenant Charles Cullen Maunseil to 1..” Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Powell, who retires ; Ensign
William Ker Gray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Maunaell.
55th Foot.—Ensign Thomas Dunn to be Instructor of
Musketry.
67th Foot.—Ensign Thomas Dawson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Welland, who retires •, Gentleman Cadet
Charles William Creyke, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dawson.
76th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Bletterman Caldwell,
from Unattached, to be Lientenant-Colonel, vice Bre-
vet-Colonel Clarke, who exchanges • Major and Brevet-
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Clifford Lloyd to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Caldwell, who retires ;
Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Frede-
rick Cooper Scott to be Major, by purchase, vice Lloyd;
Lieutenant John William Preston to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Scott ; Ensign George Edward Corrance
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Preston ; Alexander
Jason Hassard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Corrance.
77th Foot—Lieut. H. M. L. Colquhoun to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Chawner, who retires.
79th Foot—Lieut.-Col. R. C. H. Taylor, C. 8., from a Pro-
visional Depot Battalion, to be Lieut.-Col. ; Capt. T. B.
Butt to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col.
Clephane, who retires ; Lieut. D.. M`Donald to be Capt.,
by purchase, vice Butt.
87th Feet - Lieut. John Hallowes t e be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Robertson, who retires • Second Lieut. W.
C. Mackinnon to be Lieut., by purc'hase, vice Hallowes.
88th Foot—Capt. Lewis John Fillis Jones, from half-pay,
7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Beresford, who exchanges.
89th Foot- —Ensign Robert Bnlkeley Baldwin to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Parsons, who retires ; Cornet
James J. Armstrong, from the 2d Dragoons, to be En-
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Surgeon Thomas Cowan, M.D., from the 52d Foot, to
be Surgeon, vice Stoney, who exchanges.
Ist West India Regiment—William Ormsby, Gent. to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Nowlan, promoted..
2d West Regiment—Lieutenant Richard Henry Willcccks,
from the 64th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Rookes, who retires; Lieutenant Rokeby Steele Wil-
kinson Jones to be Adjutant, vice Carvell, who has
retired.

BREVET.
Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., to
have the local rank of General in the East Indies.
The undermentioned officers of the Royal Artillery
having completed three years' actual service in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels in the Arioy, under
the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1854, viz.:—
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Fitzgerald Crawford.
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dick.
The undermentioned officer having on the 20th day of
June, 1857, completed three years' actual service in the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel
in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854 :
Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Unett, 3d Light Dragoons.
Lieutenant John Chadwick, upon half-pay of the 15th
Light Dragoons' and Adjutant of the Royal Hospital at
Kilmainham to have the honorary rank of Captain in the
Army. _

The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the death of the following officers :
Major-General the lion. Geo. Anson, Colonel of the 55th
Foot, General and Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies,
died 27th May, 1857.
Lieutenant-General Sir Wm. L. Hurries, C. 8., Colonel
of the 68th Foot, died 3d June, 1857.
TO HAVE BANK OF MAJOR-GENERAL.
Brevet-Colonel T. R. Swinburne, upon half-pay as Major
Unattached.
Brevet-Colonel G. Whichcote, upon half-pay as Major
Unattached.
Brevet-Colonel Jas. A. Butler, upon half-pay as Major
Unattached.

TO BE MAJOR-GENERAL.
Brevet• Colonel Thomas H. Johnston, from half•pay,
76th Foot.

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as Captain, Unattached.
TO BE COLONEL.
'TO RE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL.
Major
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur C. Legge,
upon
half-pay.,
Higginson Teush-Hecker, 15th Light
TO BE MAJOR.
Captain George Butler Stoney, upon half-pay, 20th
Dragoons h a f.
Foot, and Staff Officer of Pensioners.
The uuder-mentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent upon the death of General Sir Charles Bulkeley
Egerton, G.C.M.G., on Bth July, 1857 :
Brevet-Colonel Henry Aitchison Hankey, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Major-General.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William Long, upon half-
pay as Captain, 9th Foot, to be Colonel.
Major John Ward, upon half-pay Unattached, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.