The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 20.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry
Augustus Cowper, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at
Pernambuco, to be her Majesty's Consul at Porto Rico.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
George Samuel Lennon Hunt, Esq., now her Majesty's
Consul at Porto Rico, to be her Majesty's Consul at Per-
nambuco.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Spenser St. John, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul-
General in the Island of Borneo, to be her Majesty's Con.
sul-General to the Republic of Hayti.

MAY 31.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
Wortmann as Consul at Gibraltar for his Royal Highness
the Grand Duke of Hesse.

WHITEHALL, JUNE 3.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. David
Piper to the perpetual curacy of the New District Chapelry
of Sadberge, in the county and diocese of Durham.
INDIA OFFICE, MAY 30.
The Secretary of State for India in Council hereby gives
notice that the rate of interest payable upon East India
Bonds not notified for discharge will be raised from £4 per
cent. per annu
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ta nt. to 44 10s. per cent. per annum, from and
ae 31st
WAR•OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 4.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Frederick Trench Towns-
hend, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Leyland, promoted.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant George Stephen Le Grice
Stoddart has been permitted to retire from the service by
the sale of his commission.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
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Royal Engineers—Lieut. George Swetenham to be placed
on the Seconded List. The under-mentioned Lieutenants,
with temporary rank, to be Lieutenants, with permanent
rank, viz. :—Lieut. Henry John Wolsteyn Gehle ;
Lieut. Charles William Whinfield ; Lieut. Studley Vidal.
Smith; Lieut. Albert James Hepper •' Lieut. William
Masterson; and Lieut. Reginald F. Morris.
2d Regiment of Foot—Staff-Surgeon Sandford 11I‘Vittie
Lloyd, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice John Handley, ap-
pointed to the Staff.
Bth Foot—Ensign Arthur Cook to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Charles Norris Fry, who retires; Ensign;
William Albert Bridge to :be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice James O'Hara, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Platen
Fleetwood to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant
John Evans Freke Aylmer, who resigns that appoint-

meat. - -
9th Foot—Ensign Ellsworth Fursdon to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Edward D'Oyley Astley, who retires.;
Ensign Richard Gadesden Dunn to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Spencer Lynne, who retires; James Al-.
gernon ad, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Fursdon ; Thornton Warner Clogstoun, Gent., 0 be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Dunn ; Samuel Goodman,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bayly, promoted.
10th Foot—Lieutenant Carteret Andrew Armstrong to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Hurt, who retires ;
Ensign Frederick Robertson to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Armstrong; Alfred Seymour, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Trensenheere, promoted.
12th Foot—Captain Francis John Bolton, from the Gold
Coast Artillery Corps, to be Captain, vice Alexander
McLeod, who exchanges.
13th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Gillett to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Noel H. Bryan Vardon, who retires ; En-
sign Robert Stuart Clarke to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Gillett.
14th Foot—Ensign William Bayford Lindsay to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchs se, vice George Robert Morgan, who
retires.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Molesworth to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Charles Henry Lambert, who retires;
Ensign and Adjutant William Read to have the rank of
Lieutenant; Ensign Duncan Campbell Affieck to be
Lieutent, by purchase, vice Molesworth.
21st Foot—Edmund Eyre Coote, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Carey, promoted.
23d Foot—Ensign Eugene Mervin Roe to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Lieutenant Williamson, who has resigned
that appointment.
31st Foot—Staff-Surgeon David Field Rennie, M.D., to be
Surgeon, vice William Freeman Daniell, M.D., appointed
to the Staff.

35th Foot—Ensign Thomas Broun to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Henry Edmund Fryer, deceased.
48th Foot—Herbert Bowen, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Pennell, promoted.
49th Foot--Greville Ewing M'Clellan, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Russell, promoted.
51st Foot—Staff Surgeon John O'Nial, to be Surgeon, vice
Alexander Smith, M.D., appointed to the Staff,
56th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Walter Staf-
ford to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wm. Cathcart Boyd,
appointed to the Staff.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Stephen Doyne, half-pay
7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice George Ken-
nedy Shaw, promoted without purchase to an Unattached
Company; Ensign Arthur Mort:s t 3 be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Doyne, who retires ; Edward Walter
Home Crofton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Morris; Sergeant Major Richard Storey to be Quarter-
Master, vice Luke Fitz Gibbon, who retires upon half-

pay.
62d Foot—Ensign John Medows Theobald to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Matt. Beachcroft Harrison, who
retires ; Frank Crossman Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Thcobald.
60th Foot—William Bridgman, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Charles Stuart Campbell, whose ap-
pointment has been cancelled.
30th Fo'4—Staff Assistant- Surgeon Thomas Henry White,
M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robert Muir Gil-
christ, appointed to the Staff.
88th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Curran to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Copeland Knipe, ',ap-
pointed to the Staff.
90th Foot—Lieutenant William Knight to be Captain,
without purchase, vice George Herbert Cox, deceased.
2d West India Regiment—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John
Wales to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Harris, deceased.
3d West India Regiment—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John
Butler Hamilton, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
John Gillespie Richardson, deceased.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Captain Alexander M'Leed,
from the 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice Francis John
Bolton, who exchanges.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Staff-Surgeon Major Henry Hadley, M.D., who retires
upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Deputy In-
spector-General of Hospitals, in accordance with the Royal
Warrant of the Ist October, 1858.

TO BE STAFF SURGEONS.
Surgeon William Freeman Daniell, M.D., from the 31st
Foot, vice Staff Surgeon Major Henry Hadley, M.D.
Surgeon Alexander Smith, M.D., from the 51st Foot,
vice David Field Ronnie, M.D., appointed to the 31st
Foot.

Surgeon Richard Edward Fitz Gibbon, from the 2d West
India Regiment, vice John O'Nial, appointed to the 51st
Foot.

Surgeon John Hendley, from the 2d Foot, vice Sandford
McVittie Lloyd, M.D., appointed to the 2,d Foot.

TO BB STAFF ASSISTANT-SITROBONS.
Assistant-Surgeon John Copeland Knipe, from the 88th
Foot, vice Charles William Semple, placed upon half. pay.
Assistant-Surgeon William Cathcart Boyd, from the
56th Foot, vice Masterson, deceased.
Assistant-Surgeon Robert Muir Gilchrist, M.D., from
the 80th Foot, vice Patrick Walter Stafford, appointed to
the 56th Foot.

—Assistant-Surgeon George Simon, M.D., from the 32d
Foot, vice William Curran, appointed to the 88th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon Arnold Royle, from the 53th Foot,
vice Thomas Henry White, appointed to the 80th Foot.
BREVET.
Captain and Brevet Major John Charles Downie Morri-
son, Royal Marines, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army.

Captain Charles Loudon Barnard, Royal Marine Artil-
lery, to be Major in the Army.
Quartermaster Luke Fitz Gibbon, Half-pay, 60th Foot,
to have the honorary rank of Captain.

MEMORANDUM.
The undermentioned officers upon half-pay have been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of their
commissions, under the conditions of the Horse Guards'
Circular Memorandum of the 15th Feb., 1861 ;
Lieutenant-Col. Marcus Dill, half-pay, Royal Engineers.
Captain George Marshall Knipe, half-pay, 36th Foot.

IMPERIAL, PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.)

Tho LORD CIIANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from
lligh Wycombe in favour of this bill.
ROMAN CATHOLIC PAUPERS.

The Marquis of NORMANBY presentedPeiitions from
Torquay and other places, complaining of the grievances of
Roman Catholics in workhouses.
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had received a
petition from Col. Mundy with reference to obtaining a
divorce, and as he had obtained an Anglo-Indian domicile
he prayed their lordships to grant him an act of divorce.
The documents had been forwarded, and he should there-
fore call the parties to the bar in order that the handwriting
might be proved.
Witnesses were then called, who proved the handwriting
to the different documents to be that of Col. Mundy.