The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-18 00:00:00

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, FED. 14.

This day bad audience •of her Majesty--The Count
de Lavradio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from hie most faithful Majesty, to take leave on
going abroad on temporary absence ; Gen. Almonte, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the
Mexican Republic, to deliver his credentials; and the Count
de Vitzthum d'Eckatadt, Minister Resident from the King
of Saxony, to deliver new credentials as Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Saxon Majesty;
To which audiences they were respectively introduced by
the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 16. •
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Scheult as
Vice-Consul, in the Island of Trinidad, for his Majesty the
Emperor of the French.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Jemmett,
Henry James Ross, John Brown, Alexander Bain, Wil-
liam M'Ewen, Hugh Henwood, James Nibbs, David Jas.
Davison, David William Gibbs, and John M'Donell, Esqs.,
to be Members of the Executive Council of the Island of
Grenada ; and Hugh Henwood, Alexander Bain, and Chas.
Alexander, Esq.., to be Members of the Legislative Coun-
cil of that Island.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint J. Brum.
mell, Esq., to be Registrar-General of Population and
Property for the Colony of British Guiana ; and J. T.
Vaughan, G. Tighe, C. A. Fleming, R. S. Turton, M. S.
Johnston, and W. J. Jeffrey, Esqs., to be District Regis-
trars of Population and Property for that Colony.

CROWN•OFFICE, FEB. 17.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Bute—The Right Honourable James Stuart
Wortley, her Majesty's Solicitor-General.
Borough of Downpatrick—Richard Ker, Esq., in the
room of the Honourable Charles Stewart Hardinge, now
Viscount Hardinge, summoned to the House of Peers.
City of Hereford—George Clive, of Cavendish-square,
in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Sir
Robert Price, Bart., who has accepted the office of Ste-
ward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Northsteacl, in
the county of York.
TREASURY CHAMBERS, FEB. 3.
_ _

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, in
pursuance of the power vested in them by the act of the
17th and 18th years of her Majesty's reign, entitled " An
Act to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Encumbered
Estates in the West Indies," have appointed the Honour-
able Edmund Phipps to be Chief Commissioner, and
Sir Frederic Rogers, Bart., to be Assistant Commissioner,
for the sale of encumbered estates in the West Indies.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 17.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Lieutenant-General Tho-
mas Dyneley, C. 13., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice
Walker, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 17.
let Regiment of Dragoon Guards—William Edward
Mareland, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, in succession
to Lieutenant Mitchell, promoted.

,
2d Dragoon Guards—Veterinary-Surgeon Tom Parinder
Gudgin, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Veterinary-Surgeon,
vice Opie Smith, who exchanges.
7th Dragoon Guards—H. H. Chilton, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Lawrence, who retires.
2d Dragoons—Veterinary-Surgeon 0. Smith, from the
2d Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Gad-
gin, who exchanges.
3d Light Dragoons—Captain the Hon. H. M. Monckton
to be Major, by purchase, vice Foster, promoted by pur-
chase to an unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy ; Lieut. E.
H. Vyse to be Captain, by purchase, vice Monckton.
10th Light Dragoons—John Gore, Gentleman, to be
Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Cuthbert, pro-
moted by purchase to an unattached Company.
Royal Artillery—Lient. Allan May has been permitted
to resign his Commission ; Veterinary-Surgeon James
Brennan has been permitted to resign his Commission.
Royal Engineers— Brevet-Major C. B. P. N. H. Nugent
to be Adjutant, vice Somerset, promoted.
Bth Regiment of Foot—Ensign William Edward Whe-
lan, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Moorhead,
who exchanges.
12th Foot—Ensign Robert Bradshaw Moorhead, from
the Bth Foot, to be Ensign, vice Whelan, who exchanges.
14th Foot—Major Edward J. 11oldworthy, from Depot
Battalion, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir J. E. Alexander, who exchanges ; Ensign G. J, N.
Beamish to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilson, who
retires.

27th Foot—Captain William Croker, from the 98th
J'oot to be Captain, vice Rhodes, who exchanges.
33d Foot—Lieutenant George Birchall Graham to be
Adjutant, vice Ensign Toseland, who resigns the Adjn-
taneyonly.

34th Foot—Captain Arthur Trevor Leake Chapman,
from half-pay 34th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major
G. E. Brown-Westhead, whose Brevet Rank has been
converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal War-
rant of 6th October, 1854.
47th Foot—Captain Jasper Lucas, from half-pay 47th
Foot, to bo Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel.
Lowndes, promoted to the Substantive Bank of Major
General Unattached, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct.,
1854.
49th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edgar Gibson to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Lamb, who retires ; Captain George
Kemp Chatfield, from half-pay 49th Foot, to be Captain,
vice Gibson, placed upon half-pay.
56th Foot—Ensign H. H. Taylor to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Godley, promoted.
64th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. Draper to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colo-
nel J. Stopford, killed in action • Captain G. W. P. Bin
ham to he Major, without purchase, g-
ase, vice Draper ; Lieut.
R. C. M'Crea to be Captain, without purchase, vice P.
Bingham ; Ensign H. Turner to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice McCrea.
73d Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Allen Aitchison to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Bicknell, who retires; Ensign
the Hon. C. R. Maxwell Ward to be Lieutenant, by pur-
m Clarke,n Gent.,
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