The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-17 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 17.

Corps of Royal' Engineers—Lieutenant-General William
Redman Ord to be Colonel-Commandani of a Battalion,
vice General Sir Charles William Pasley, K.C.8., de-
ceased.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant John William H.
Cunninghame to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-
Colonel Tho eas Ogilvy, wno retires; Cornet and Seth-
Lieutenant Lambert H.oulton Ward to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Cunninghame.
Royal Horse Guards—Cornet Thomas Charles D. Whit-
more to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cecil Edward
Martyn, who retires.
3d Dragoon Guards—Captain Conyers Tower to be Major,
by purchase, vice Sir Henry Marsh, Bart., who retires ;
Lieutenant George Romney Rawlinson to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Tower ; Cornet Thomas Dawson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rawlinson ; George Coul-
son Childs, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hoc-
kin, promoted ; Charles Addison Davies, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Elliot, promoted.
sth Dragoon Guards—Frederick Betty, Gent , to be Cor-
net, by purcha e, vice Benyon, promoted.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Henzell Unett to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Dymond, who re-
tires ; Cornet Daniel Henry Doherty to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Unett.
sth Light Dragoons—Lieutenan!, Richard Jacob Wyrley
Birch to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Murray,
who retires; Cornet Martin Pierce Blake to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Birch.
Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Frederick Henry Maitland,
from the 2d Dragoon Guards to be Cornet, vice Pul-
leyne, promoted; William Henry Field, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice John Gaspard Watkins Le
Merchant, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons.
11th Light Dragoons—Ensign Michael Edensor Heath-
cote from the 22d Foot to be Cornet, vice Thomas Stark
Christie, who retires.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Francis Theophilus
Blunt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major
Chandos F. Clifton, who retires; Cornet Adolphus John
Spencer Churchill Chichester to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, 'vice Blunt.
Royal Artillery—Sergeant-Major Charles Serbutt to be
Quartermaster.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Robert An-
struther to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, Bart., who
retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Themes Ferdinand Fair-
fax to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice
Anstruther ; William Young Lautour, Gent., to be En-
sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fairfax.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Alexander W. Low to he
Captain, without purchase, vice Spencer Peel deceased ;
Lieutenant James William Hassell to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice George Taafe, deceased; Ensign
William M. Davey to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Low; Ensign Thomas Arthur Mills to be Lieu-
tenant without purchase, vice Hassell.
3d Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Benwell Letts to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Harry Arthur Alexander
Breedon, deceased.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Anderson Stebbing to be
Captain, without purchase, vice George Corry, who re-
tires upon full pay; Ensign Edward Emerson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stebbing ; Marmaduke
Stourton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skinner,
promoted. '
10th Foot—Edward Arthur Illingworth, Gent., to be En-
sign, by, purchase, vice Nicholas Whitton, who rettree.
12th Foot—Adjutant J. Kyle, from half-pay, late Land
Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Julius Henry
Stirke, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached
Company; Lieutenant William Henry Crawball, to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant James Fielding
Sweeney, promoted to an Unattached Company, without
purchase.
13th Foot—Captain Gustavus Adolphus Hartman, from
half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice A. G. G, Bell
Martin, appointed to the 92d Foot.
17th Foot—Major Alexander M'Kinstry, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Gilbert Wm
Francklyn, who retires ; Captain Clement H. J. Heigham
to be Major, by purchase, vice M'Kinstry; Lieutenant
John Moore Clarke Travers, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Heighom ; Ensign Henry B. Jackson, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Travers ; Ensign Lambert
Francis Wilson Dwyer, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Robert George Wynne Wrench, who retires; Wil-
liam Lonsdale, Gnt., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Duesbery, appointed to the 75th Foot.
22d Foot—Richard George Lucas, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Michael Edensor Heatheote, appointed to
the 11th Light Dragoons.
38th Foot—Edward Ditma ,s Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, in succession to Lieutenant Mayo, who retires
upon half pay.
40th Foot—Ensign Martin Morphy, to be Lieutenant,
witheut purchase, vice Denis Jackson, killed in action.
43d Foot—Ensign and Adjutant George Garland, to have
the rank of Lieutenant , Ensign Ernest Villiers, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomas Collings
Maguire, deceased ; Ensign Joseph Hogarth, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harry Gorton, who re-
tires; Arthur Campbell Money, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Morley, pro-
moted to an Unattached Company; Hamlet Wade Cup-
page, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hogarth;
Charles Langlands, Gent, to be Ensign, by 'purchase,
vice Charles Salmon, deceased.
47th Foot—Adjutant J. H. Mitchell, from half-pay, late
Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas
Young, promoted to an Unattached Company.
49th Foot—Philip
i Julius Honeywood Ascough Berne,
Gent., to be Ensgn, by purchase, vise Hineks, promoted.
56th Foot—Ensign Michael Clare Garsia, from the Ist
West India Regt., to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Augustus Spiller, appointed Paymaster.
57th Foot—'Ensign Francis Henry Clayton to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Richard E. Brown, who retires.
58th Foot—Ensign John Dunbar, from the Stirling Militia,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Storks, promoted.
61st Foot—Gysert Henry Stockenstrom, Gent. •to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Wedgwood, promoted.'
65th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Jacob Whitbread to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Andrew Nicholson Magrath,
who retires ; Ensign Henry Moseley Muttit to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Whitbread ; Lieutenant Fre-
derick Gordon Thomson, from the Royal Antrim Rifles
Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Muttit.
69th Foot—Ensign Lambert John Robert Disney to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign George Edward
Brace, promoted in the Military Train.
76th Foot—Charles Hilgrove Robin Gossett, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Pearse, promoted.
77th Foot—Edward Beatty, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Oscar Henry Blount, appointed to the 24th
Poet.
85th Foot—Lieutenant William Hallowes to be Captain,
without purchase, vice John Atborpe, deceased ; Ensign
and Adjutant William Henry Drage to have the rank
of Lieutenant; Ensign George Henry Stace to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hallowes.
88th Foot—John Beveridge Gladwin Jebb, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Owen, promoted.
92d Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Christian Monteith
Hamilton to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Macleod. Sutherland, C.B.
who retires upon full pay ; Captain Arthur Gonne Bell
Martin, from the 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-
Major Hamilton.
Ist West India Regiment—First Lieutenant Edwyrt
Thomas, from the Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be
without purchin ase, vice Garsia, promoted the
Foot.
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Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant John Theodore CHaatrt:
vrrigh.t to be Captain, without purchase,
vq, deceased ; Ensign Charles Harringtovcilarri'Jtoohbue
without
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Magill, Gent., to be Ensign,
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Captain Thomas t, Veatch, half
Christopher?t
pay Unattached, to
be Major in the Army.
Captain Edward Ggg ale lf
Major in the A.rmy -pay Unattached, to be
Captain Alexander D '
to be MajJr in the Army.
anvil Cuddy, half-pay Unattached,
Captain. William Hodder -.,eard, half-pay 86th Foot, to
be Major in the Army,
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Viaatta h t ~mistopher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay
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Brevet-Major Thomas George Veitch, half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Brevet-Major Edward H. Glegg, half-pay Unattached,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Brevet-Major Alexander Daniel Cuddy, half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Waiter Saxton Bold, retired full pay, Royal
Newfoundland Companies, to have the honorary rank of.
Major.
Captain George Corry, retired full pay, Bth Foot, to hav
the honorary rank of Major.
Paymaster Benjamin Robert James, Military Train, to
have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal War-
rant of 27th January, 1860.
Major-General Sir Robert Napier, K.C.B, of the Ben-
gal Engineers, promoted on the 15th February, 1861, for
distinguished service, to placed on the fixed Establishment
of General Officers of her Majesty's Indian Forces, from
the 27th April, 1861.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the promotion of Colonel Alexander Gordon, Royal
Engineers, to be Major-General, vice Major-General W.
R. Ord, Royal Engineers, promoted to be Lieutenant-
General, vice Lieutenant-General C. G. Ellicombe, C. 8.,
Royal Engineers, promoted to be General, vice General
Sir C. W. Pasley, K.C.8., who died on the 19th April,
1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Arthur Cole, 15th Foot, to be
Colonel.
Major James Steadman Hawker Farrer, 84th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Richard Plunket Ireland, 3d West India Regi-
ment, to be Maj T.
The following promotions to take place in her Majesty's
Indian Military Forces, consequent on the death of Lieut.-
General Samuel Shaw, of the Bengal Artillery, on the 28th
April, 1861:
to be
Maj
Lieutenant-or-General
General James Eckford, C. 8., Bengal Infantry,
to be
Colo
M nel
jo r- Arthur Mitford Becher, C. 8., Bengal Infantry,
al.
The undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Indian
Forces, retired on full pay, to have a step of honorary rank
as follows :