The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-07 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

Her Majesty baying been pleased, by an Order in
Council, dated the 2d. of February, 1857, to authorise
the appointment of an additional Colonel, Second Com-
mandant, and Quartermaster•Se:jeant of the artillery
companies of Royal Marines, the re-distribution of the
14 artillery companies will therefore stand as follow :-
1 captain, 4 subalterns, 11 serjeants, 9 corporals, 6
bombardiers, 3 drummers and buglers, 153 gunners,
total 186 ; making the whole establishment—divisional
companies, 13,310 ; artillery companies, 2,604 ; staff,
74 ; total, 15,988.
The 20th Regiment vacated the Clarence Barracks,
Portsmouth, for Aldershot yesterday morning ; the 82d,
from the camp, arrived at Clarence Barracks in the after-
noon.

On Monday the 97th will move from Anglesea Bar-
racks, Portsea, and proceed to Aldershot, whence the
23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers will proceed to occupy An-
glesea Barracks.
Captain W. M. Mansell, of the Chatham Division of
Royal Marines, has been selected to proceed to Nankin,
for the purpose of relieving Captain J. Huskisson, now
serving at that station.

Yesterday 100 non-commissioned officers and men
belonging to the Bth, !nth, 24th, 26th (Cameronians),
27th (Enniskillens), and 37th Regiments, were selected
from the depots of those c-rps at the provisional batta-
lion, and placed under the instruction of Captain W.
Nott, 83d Regirni-nt, for the purpose of acquiring a
knowledge of the Enfield rifle.
Yesterday, the following Lieutenants were promoted
to the rank of Commanders on the reserved half-pay :
Lieut. Charles Antridge (1815), Lieut. A. S. Symes
(1816), Lieut. J. W. Tomlinson (1826), Lieut. C.
R. Bamber (1837), Lieut. T. C. 0. D. Whipple (1840),
and Lieut. IL B. Everest (1844).

Commander W. T. Bate was 'yesterday promoted to
the rank of Captain, and is to retain the command of
the Actaeon.

The Indus, 78, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Houston
Stewart, will protably sail from Plymouth on Tuesday
struck his flag, and proceeds by the mail steamer. In
or Wednesday for the West Indies. The admiral has
consequence of sickness, Capt. John C. D. Hay has
been obliged to resign his appointment, and Capt. Wm.
H. Stewart, of the steam frigate Dragon, goes out in
command of the Indus.
The paddlewheel steam frigate Dragon, 6, went from
Hanpaze into Plymouth Souud on Thursday, and after
remrining there a short time sailed for Portsmouth.
The steam-tug Confiance loft Plymouth on Thursday
for Portsmouth.
The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 21, was launched
from- Devonport Dockyard on Thursday. The ceremony
of christening was performed by Miss I'raed.
The following appoiatments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :
Commander J. H. Selwyn, to the Siren ; Edward R.
131unden, master's assistant, to the Plumper ; and Win.
J. Grundy, master's assistant, to the Megasra.
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TEE EAST INDIA MAIL.—SODTIIAIIPTON, Friday.—
Intelligence was received here to-day to the effect that
the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Colombo has broken two of the blades of her screw,
which will account for her long passage home, The
Colombo brings the heavy portion of the East India
mail, and left Gibraltar for Southampton on the 30th
ult. She must have met with strong head winds, other-
wise she would have arrived ere this, notwithstanding
the accident alluded to, as she is very fast under canvas.
The steam-ship Tagus left this afternoon, under the
command of Captain Christian, in search of the Colombo,
and, if necessary, to render her any assistance.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 6.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieute-
nant Henry Wm. Lee-Jortin has been permitted to retire
from the Service by the sale of his Commission.
let Dragoon Guards—Capt. Jas. Robert Steadman Sayer
to be Major, by purchase, vice Briggs, who retires; Lieut.
Thomas John Mitchell to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Sayer. _ _ _

fith Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry John Wilkin to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires ; Albert
Peel Garnett, Gent., to ba Cornet, by purchase, vice
Wilkin.

13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Daarden to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Clayton, who retires ; Captain
Fitzßoy Donald Maclean, from half-pay 13th Light Dra-
goons, to be Captain, vice Daudet], placed upon half-pay;
Surgeon Robert Carew Anderson, M.D., from the 90th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Home, who exchanges.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Dudgeon has
been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of
his Commission.

2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Henry Grattan, from
the 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hiffer-
man, who retires.
3d Foot—Lieutenant Richard Evans Sleoman has boen
permitted to resign his Commission.
17th Foot—The Christian names of Lieutenant Pres-
grave are " William Frederick Augustus Edward."
18th Foot —Lieutenant Richard Pretyman Bishopp to
be Instructor of Musketry.

21st Foot—Ensign Robert Cook to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Shaw, who retires.
22d Foot—Captain Walter Bk.keney Persse, from the
90th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hammond, who exchanges.
31th Foot—The Christian names of Lieutenant-Colonel
Kelly are "Richard Denis."
43d Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel G. Talbot to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel
Brown, deceased; Brevet-Major D. C. Greene to be Major,
without purchase, vice Talbot ; Lieut. H. Robinson to bo
Captain, witheuepurchase, vice Greene ; Sergeant-Major
G. Garland, to be Ensign, without purchase,; Ensign G.
Garland to be Adjutant, Nice Pakenharn, promoted.
98th Foot—Paymaster A. W. APlienzie, from the An-
trim Rifles Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Martini ap-
pointed to a Depot Battalion.
51st Foot—Lieutenant Edward O'Callaghan to be In-
struCtor of Musketry, vice Captain Agg, posted as Instruc-
tor of Musketry to a Depot Battalion.
56th Foot—Lieutenant William Alexander Godley to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Austin, who retires.
72d Foot—Lieutenant Ernest Henry has been permitted
to resign his commission.
77th Foot—Lieutenant H. M. Lamont Colquhoun to be
Instructor of Musketry.
82d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Blagdon Hale,
from half-pay 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with-
out purchase; Assistant-Surgeon Rowland Winburn Car-
ter, from the 20th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
80th Foot—Ensign Henry Burton Dunn has been per-
mitted to resign his Commission.
90th Foot Lieutenant-Colonel William P. Purnell,
from half-pay of the 9Jth Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase; Major Robert Baruston, from half-pay
Unattached to be Major, vice Grove, whose Brevet Rank
has been converted into Substantive Rank under the
Royal Warrant of the §Pa October 1853 ; Captain PauL
Andrew Lewis Phipps, from half-pat-of 4be elth Foot.
to bo Captain, vice Barnaton, whose Brevet Rank has
been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal
Warrant of the 6th October, 1551; Captain Lawrence N-
D. Hammond, from the 2AI Foot, to be Captain, vico
Perase, who exchanges; Surgeon Anthony Dickson Home,
from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice An-
derson, who exchange,; ; Assistant-Surgeon Charles Rnht-
Nelson, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
05th Foot—Ensign John Nicholas to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice the Honouraule C. M. Hay Forbes, who
retires.

Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert
Newport Tinley, from half-pay of the 39th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Charles Henry
Somerset, who exchanges; Ensign Robert Rorke to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mackenzie, who
resigns.
St. Helena Regiment—Lieutenant John M`Naraee,
from the 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James Scott
Helps, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court
Martial.

DEPOT BATTALIONS.
To be Paymasters—Paymaster Edward M`Mullin, from
48th Foot ; Paymaster Julius Brockman Travers, from
31st Foot.
UNATTACHED.
Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Grove,
90th Foot, to have his Brevet Bank converted into Sub-
stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October,
1851; Captain and Brevet-Major Roger Barnston, 90th
Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive
Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851.
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quent STAFF.
The second Christian name of Mr. Mellish, appointed
Purveyor to the Forces on the Ist November, 1856, is
Whittaker, and not-William, as previously statd.
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Brevet-Colonel W. 11. half-pay 69th Foot, to
be Major-General.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Biddulpb, Unattached, to
be Colonel._

Brevet-Major Robert A. Yule, 9th Light Dragoons, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain John F. lialiburton, 78th Foot, to be Major.
The undermentioned officer having completed three
3 me' actual service on the 19th January, 1857, in the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel
in the army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th October,
1854 :

Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Rainier, 9Sth Foot.
John Roborts, Gent., Acting Staff Officer of Pensioners
in Canada, to have the local rank of Ensign, in North
America, while so employed.

TO Mt LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE AMSIY.
g, 13th Foot.
Brevet-Major Lawrence D'Agnilar, C. 8., Royal
Artillery.
Brevet-Major John Edward Lewis, GBth Foot.
Brevet-Major Richard Francis Waldo Sibthorp, 97th
Foot.