The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-07 00:00:00

FRO.M TEE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 3.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, unto Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Maurice Fre-
derick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, G.C.8., and the heirs male
of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title
of Baron Fitzhardinge, of the city and county of Bristol.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 30.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John
David Hay Hill, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at
Maranham, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Island of
Reunion.

AUG. 3.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Jose
Antonio de Lavelle as Vice-Consul at Cardiff for her Ma-
jesty the Queen of Spain.
CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 2.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Selkirk—Henry John Montagu Douglas Scott
(commonly called Lord Henry Scott), in the room of Allan
E. Lockhart, Esq., who has accepted the office of steward or
bailiff of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 6.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Henry Ponsford
to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Edward Brodhurst,
who retires; Cornet Randolph R. Luscombe to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Ponsford.
sth Light Dragoons—Lieut. Edward Henry Saunders, on
appointment to a Cornetcy in the Gazette of July 2, 1861,
should have been described as from the 3d West York

Regiment of Militia.
Bth Light Dragoons—Capt. Richard Newsham Pedder,
from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Gur-
ney Hanbury, who exchanges.
10th Light Dragoons—Capt. Gurney Hanbury, from the
Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Richard New-
sham Pedder, who exchanges • Cornet Charles Edward
Frederick, from 2d Magoon duards, to be Cornet, vice
Brougham, promoted.
16th Light Dragoons—Staff Assistant. Surgeon Charles
Alexander Innes, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Andrew Knox Rickards, appointed to the Staff.
Coast Brigade of Artillery—Second Capt. Jas. MacGillivray
to be Captain, vice M'Gorrery, placed on half-pay ;
Lieut. James cott to be Second Captain, vice MacGil-
livray; Sergeant-Major William Lee to be Lieutenant,
vice Scott.
7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign George William Henry
Holyoake to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Har-
dinge Giffard Follet, deceased ; Ensign Charles Tayleur,

from the Bth Foot, to be Ensign, vice Holyoake.
Bth Foot—John James Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Creek, appointed to the 23d Foot ;
Bennett Fleming Handy, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Charles Tayleur, appointed to the 7th
Foot.
10th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Henry Handley, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Malcolm, promoted.
17th Foot—Robert Kiero Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Ravenhill, promoted; William Mogg
Rolph, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice West
Stewart Awdly,whose appointment, as stated in the Ga-

zette of 24th May, 1861, has been cancelled.
.456th Foot—Assistant- Surgeon James Bell Jardine from the
4th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Edward Knapp
Wurtele Smith, M.D., placed upon half-pay,
69th Foot—Captain Patrick Cahill, from the 87th Foot, to
be Captain, vice James Warren Hastings Anderson, who
exchanges.
70th Foot—Ensign William Saunders Ford Feneran to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Beldharn, who re-
tires ; Edward Pearson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Feneran.
71st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Robert Austen Allen,
M D to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Warren, ap-

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pointed to the Staff.
80th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Bowyer Baker, from
the 44th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William
Jackson, deceased.
82d Foot—Ensign Nicholas Mourant Brock to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Graham Mylne, who retires ;
Henry Whalley Nicholson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Brock.
83d Foot—Ensign Reginald Kennett Gibb to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice George William Henry Wardell,
who retires; Ensign George Ernest Ewes Blunt, from
Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Gibb.
87th Foot—Captain James Warren Hastings Anderson,
from the 69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Patrick Cahill,
who exchanges.
90th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Garnet
Joseph Wolseley, from half-pay, late 90th Foot, to be
Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hope Crea-
lock, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached
Lieutenant-Colonelcy.
93d Foot—Ensign Thomas Prince Lloyd, from the 15th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hay, promoted.
97th Foot—Captain Thomas Venables to be Major, without
purchase, vice James William Dewar, deceased ; Lieut.
Jonathan Morgan to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Venables ; Ensign Henry Grantham Fulford to be Lieu-

tenant, without Purchase, vice Morgan.
Ist West India Regiment—Staff-Surgeon Curtiss Martin
to be Surgeon, vice James Davys, appointed to the Staff.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign Archibald Roger to be
Lieutenant, by purchase vice A. G. Smith, who has re-
tired.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign John Francis lenry
Harrison to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tucker,
who has retired ; Irwin Charles Maling, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice John Lever, deceased;
Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Cardell to be Assistant
Surgeon, vice Hugh Deane Massy, appointed to the Staff.
Gold Coast Artillery Corp. Arthur Trefusis
Jones, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain,
vice Daniell, promoted, without purchase, to an Un-
attached Majority; Ensign Arthur Sharp to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Danger, promoted ; Lieut.
Albert Sharp to be Adjutant, vice Danger, promoted ;
Thomas Howard M'Dougall Murray, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Sharp.
SCHOOL OF MUSKETRY.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Bre-
vet-Colonel William Parke, C. 8., half-pay 53d Foot, to be
Commandant and Chief Instructor at Fleetwood ; Captain
Henry Charles Watson, from Paymaster, 47th Foot, to be
Paymaster. _ _

• MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Staff-Surgeon-Major Francis Rc•bert Waring, who retires
upon half-pay, to have the honorary r.►nk of Deputy In-
spector • General of Hospitals, in accordance with the Royal
Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858.

Surgeon James Davys, from the Ist West India Regi-
ment, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Francis
Robert Waring, who retires upon half-pay.
Assistant-Surgeon Charles Carrol Dempster, from the
24th Foot, to be Staff-Assistant. Surgeon, vice Martin
Joseph Burke, M.D., placed upon half pay.
Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Knox Rickards, from the 16th
Dragoons, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robert Aus-
ten Allen, M. D., appointed to the 71st Foot.
Assistant Surgeon John Warren, from the 71st Foot, to
be Staff Assistant Surgeon, vice George Cardell, appointed
to the 3d West India Regiment.
Assistant-Surgeon Hugh Deane Massey, from the 3d
West India Regiment, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Charles Alexander Innes, M.D., appointed to the 16th
Light Dragoons.
The appointments of the undermentioned gentlemen to
be Staff Assistant. Surgeons, which appeared in the Gazette
of the 9th April, 1861. to be antedated. to Ist March, 1861:
Charles Hamilton Harvey.
Alexander Long.
Augustus Frederick Elliot, M.D.
BREVET.

Captain John Money Carter, half-pay Unattached, to be
Major in the Army.
Captain and Brevet Major John Money Carter, half-pay
Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army,
Captain Francis Sealy, half•pay 97th Foot, to be Major
in the A., my.
Captain and Brevet-Major Francis Sealy, half-pay 97th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
The following promotions and alterations of date to take
place in her Majesty's Indian Forces consequent on the
death of Lieutenant-General Sir Mark Cubbon, K.C.B, on
23d April, 1861. viz :
Lieutenant-General James Eckford, C. 8., to date the
24th April, 1861, instead of 29th April.
Major-General Matthew Soppitt, Bombay Infantry, to
be Lieutenant-General.
Major-General Arthur Mitford Becher, C. 8., to date the
24th April, 1861, instead of 29th April.
Colonel John Fordyce, Bengal Artillery, to be Major-
Genera I .
The following officers of her Majesty's Indian Military
Forces, who have retired upon full pay, to have a step of
honorary rank as follows :

TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel Thomas Townsend Pears, C. 8., Madras En-
gineers. _ _

Colonel Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, Bengal Engineers.

TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.

Major Lachlan Macqueen, Madras Cavalry.
Major Samuel White Hennah, Madras Cavalry.
TO BE MAJORS.

Captain Frederick Mayor, Bombay Infantry.
Captain John David Power O'Neill, Madras Infantry.

Captain Henry Heyman, Bombay Infantry.
Captain John Edmonstone Monekton, Madras Cavalry.
Captain Alexander Raitt, Bombay Infantry.
Captain Henry Lancaster, Bombay Infantry.
Captain James May, Madras Infantry.
Captain Stanley Napier Raikes, Bombay Infantry.
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 16th February, 1861 :
Captain John Money Carter, half-pay Unattached ; Capt.
Francis Sealy, half-pay 97th Foot; Captain John F. A.
Hartle, hall-pay Unattached.