The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-10 00:00:00

APRIL, S.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don M. B.
Sampson as Consul in London, and of Don Samuel Phibbs
as Consul at Liverpool, for the Argentine Republic.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 9.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Minister at Turin, reporting that British spirits
will, in future, be admitted • into Sardinia at the same re-
duced rates of duty as those levied on Hanse Towns spirits
under the Supplemental Convention between Sardinia and
the Hanse Towns, of 20th Sept., 1860, viz.--In casks of
strength exceeding 22 deg., 101 per hectolitre; in casks, of
or below 22 deg., 5f 50c per hectolitre; in bottles not ex.
seeding 1 litre 10c per bottle.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 9.

2d Regiment of Life Gliards—Lieutenant Francis Wood.
II gate, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry John
Lloyd Wynne, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
George Augustus Curzon to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Woodgate.
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards Lieut. Wm. Bruce
Armstrong, to be Captain, by purchase, vice William
Wentworth Lamb, who retires ; Cornet Arthur Hare
Vincent, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Armstrong.
6th Dragoons—Lieutenant George Luck, from the 15th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Motile, who ex-
changes.
9th Light Dragoons—First Lieutenant John Chaytor, from
the Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be Captain, without
purchase,
vice Oliver Ormered, appointed to the 75th
oat.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Burdon, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Tepham Clements,
who retires ; Cornet John Saunders, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Burden.
Ist Regiment of Eoot—Captain Henry B. Harrison Rocke,
from the 43d Foot, to be Captain, vice Frederick Augus •
tus Smith, who exchanges.
2d Foot—Surgeon Henry Clinton Foss, to. be Surgeon-
Major.
4th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Tanner, to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Laurie, promoted-by purchase, to an unat-
tached majority ; Ensign Walter Stewart Brown, to ba
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tanner. . .
6th Foot—Edward Pakeriam Robert Harnilten, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice A. C. Hall, promoted ;
Staff-Surgeon Cohn Matheson Milne Millar, M.D., to be
Surgeon, vice Ivey, whose appointment, as stated in the
Gazette of the sth February, 1861, has been cancelled.
7th Foot—Lieutenant Corbet John Coventry, from the East
Kent Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bolam,
' who retires. .
9th Foot—Ensign William Henry Spooner, from the 42d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John
Aplin, cashiered by sentence of a general court-martial..
10th Foot—John Skelton Brougham, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Montfort, promoted.
11th Foot—George William Westropp, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Williams, promoted.
12th Foot,—Affred Bayly Dowling, Gent.,. to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Whipple, promoted.
tsth Foot—Lieut. Wm. Moule, from the 6th Dragoons, to
be Lieutenant, vice George Luck, who exchanges;.
Arthur Kernmis, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Richard Collingwood Robinson appointed to the 60th
Foot ; Richard Pearson Crozier, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice William Henry Hudson. who retires.
17th Foot—George James Maillard, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Godfrey Wills Burleigh, who retires.
31st Foot—Rowley Richard Conway Hill, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Andrew Munro, who retires.
33d Foot—Ensign Alfred Handcock, from the 12th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Easton, promoted.
34th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Christy Robin-
son, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Pennington, appointed
to the Staff.

42d Foot—Ensign William Sanders Walter, to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice William Thomas Fraser, who re-
tires; George Thomas Maitland, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Fielden, promoted in the 44th
Foot.

43d Foot—Captain Frederick Augustus Smith, from the
Ist Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry B. Harrison Rocke,
who exchanges.
46th Foot—Quartermaster Serjeant William George
Street, to be Quartermaster, vice Georgo Sanderson,
deceased.
47th Foot—Serjeant-Major Edward Downey, to be Quer,
termaster, vice William Mclntosh, who retires on half-
pay.
49th Foot—Lieutenant Harry Denham, T. Sarary, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Rolland V. S. Grimston, who
retires ; Ensign Thomas Cowper Hincks, to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Savary.
50th Poot—Archibald Scott Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice M'Gregor, promoted. '
53d Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Charles Pye, to have the
rank of Lieutenant; Ensign Henry John.Beckwith, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Porter, who
retires; Clayton Barnett, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Beckwith.
61st Foot—Lieutenant Robert Hutton, to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Robert Greig, who retires ; Ensign Ed-
ward Ellis l3orton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hutton.
64th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon, John Livingston
Power, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Le Febure, ap-
pointed to the Staff.
66th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Nicholas Avent, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, -vice Hemphill, appointed to the
Staff.
67th Foot—First Lieutenant. John Sadlier Brereton, from
the Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Baker, promoted; Captain Henry Shep-
pard, from the Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be Pay-
master, vice Captain John Andrew Pope, deceased.
72d Foot—Surgeon William. Campbell Seaman, M.D., to be •
Surgeon-Major.
75th Foot—Ensign James Stuart Thornton Dnesbery,
from the 17th Foot' to be Ensign, vice Morris, promoted.
76th Fobt—William Thomas Durham, Gent., to be En-
sign by purchase, vice Baitleet.
79th Ern-
sign,
William Barclay Gordon Cleather.
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Francis Gore Currie,
who retires ; Ensign Robert M'Gowan Borthwick to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cleather; Henry Frede-
rick Rowley, Gent„ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Borthwick.

81st Foot—Lieutenant Robert John MacDonell to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Richard Swift,
invalided home.
S7th Foot—Captain Montague C. Browning, from the 89th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Robert Gibson, who ex-
changes.
89th Foot—Captain Robert Gibson, from the 87th Foet, to
be Captain, vice Montague C. Browning, who ex-
changes.
91st Foot—Ensign William Grant to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Gurney, promoted ; Quartermaster-
, Sergeant Peter Murray to be Quartermaster, vice James
Paterson, who retires upon half-pay.
96th Foot—Alfred Herbert Morse, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Albert Jackson Harcourt, who retires.
lst West India Regiment—Lieutenant Arthur George St.
George, from the Fermanagh Militia, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Smith, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Duncan Tylden
Chisholm, from the East Kent Militia, to be Ensign by
purchase, vice Rudd, promoted.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant William
Henry Surman, to be Captain, by purchase, vice George
Mignon Innes, who retires; Ensign Thomas Harmand
Bond, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Surman.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Lieutenant Thomas G. Dan-
ger, to be Captain without purchase, vice de Ruvignes,
promoted to an Unattached Majority.
RECRUITING DISTRICT.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel James Pattoun
Sparks, C. 8., from the 38th Foot, to be Inspecting Field
Officer, vice Brevet-ColonelEdward Basil Brooke, appointed
to command the troops in the Windward and Leeward
Islands.

Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Sir John Jones,
K.C.8., from the 60th Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer,
vice Brevet-Colonel J. Rowland Smyth, C. 8., promoted
to the rank of Major-General.
UNATTACHED.

Captain John Wimburn Laurie, from the 4th Foot, to be
Major, by purchase.
Capt. Charles Henry Theodore Bruce de Ruvignes, from
the Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be Major, without
purchase, having completed three years' service on the
Gold Coast.