The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-13 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 9.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint %Vat. Stevenson,
Esq., to •be Governor and Commanier-in-Chief in and over
the Colony of Mauritius and its dependencies.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 11.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trado and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon,
transmitting a translation of a Decree abolishing the mono-
poly on soap, and fixing the duty upon importation, as
shown by the annexed extract :

ART. I. The monopoly of the manufacture of soap is
hereby abolished in all the kingdom and adjacent islands,
from the Ist July, ISSB, when the present contract ex-
pires, and the manufacture and trade of this article will
be open to all.

Art. 2. Foreign soap, imported through any of the cus-
tom-houses of the kingdom and adjacent islands, shall pay
the following duties : —Common soap, of any quantity, one
mil reis (4e. Gd.) per 100 lbs.
Art. The import levied for the amortization of the
notes of the Bank of Lisbon, by virtue of the laws of 14th
July, 1818, 25th June, 1849, and 20th April, 1850, she'll
henceforth be at the rate of 12 per cent., payable in cash,
upon all the duties levied at the custom-houses of the
kingdom and islands, with the exception of those levied at
the municipal custom-house of Lisbon, which will only be
subject to an impost of 10 per cent., and the fishery tax
5 per cent.

- WAR-OFFICE, PALL-M ALL, MAY 12.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major G. J. Brown,
from half-pay unattached, to be Major, paying the dif-
ference between full-pay of Cavalry and full-pay of Infan-
try, vice Lon, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into
Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct,
1854 ; Capt. W. A. King, from half-pay of the 4th Light
Dragoons to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major G. J. Brown,
whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive
Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854.
Bth Light Dragoons—Capt. Jas. S. Naylor to be Major,
'by purchase, vice Arthur Jas. Lord Killeen, who retires;
Lieutenant C. W. Heneage to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Naylor ; Cornet Peter Charles G. Webster to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Heneage ; Ernest Hahne, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webster.
10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Manners
Townley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Holmes, who
retires; Cornet WM. Mayne to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Benson, who retires ; Edward John Howley,
Gent., to Cornet, by purchase, vice Mayne.
14th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Richard Chap-
man Lofthouse, M.D., from the 86th Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Fasson, promoted in the 53d Foot.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Augustus Henry King to
be Second Captain, vice Hagan, dsceased ; Gentleman
Cadet Hugh Latimer Ellaby to be Lieutenant; Staff-Ser-
geant John Cochran to be quartermaster and Commissary
of Stores, by augmentation.

The date of the permanent rank of Lieutenants Francis
S. Stoney and George O'Connor to be 6th March, 1856,
and not 7th March, as stated in the Gazette of 10th ult.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Anthony Gardner to be
Lientenaut, by purchase, vice A. E. C. Forster, who re-

4th Foot—Captain Thomas Martin to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice autherfoord, who retires ; Capt. Francis Clark,
from the 24th Foot, to be Captain, vice Winniett, who ex-
changes ; Lieutenant John Wimburn Laurie to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Martin.
6th Foot—Ensign James Thomas Nugent, from the 89th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hardinge, who exchanges.
7th Foot—Lientenant Llewellyn Price Tzaherne has
been superseded, being absent without leave.
2 ith Foot—Captain William Winniett, from the 4th
Foot, to be Captain, -vice Clark, who exchanges.
27th Foot—Lieutenant William James Surman, from
the 49th. Foot. to be Lieutenant, vice Cairncross, who ex-
changes; Stall-Surgeon of the Second Class Mark Stanley
Todd to be Surgeon, vice Mostyn, who exchanges.
29th Foot-Lancelot Amelius Shadwell, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase.
33d Foot—Capt..in Edward Barker Prescott, from half-
pay 33d Foot, to be Captain, vice Nugent., who exchanges.
40th Foot—Oliver George Wynyard D'Arcey, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Peonefather, deceased.
44th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Dalrymple Walters to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Thoroton, who retires,.
48th Foot--. Lieutenant William Cairncross, froth the
27th Fool, to be Lieutenant, vice Surman, who exchanges.
53d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Hamilton F£l,BBOD,
from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Dart-
nell, deceased._

66th Foot—George Hewitt Trotman, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Watson, promoted.
71st Foot—John Law, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Roberts, promoted.

85th Foot:—'Major John William Grey to be Lieutenant
Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevot-Colonel Manley
Power, deceased; Captain Robert Mansell to be Major,
without purchase, vice Grey; Lieutenant John Bayley to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Maunsell ; Ensign
Stephen Henry K. Wilson to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Bayley.
86th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Alexander Mac-
kinnon, from the 42d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, viec
Lofthouse, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons.
89th Foot—Ensign William Sheffield Hardinge, from
the 6th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Nugent, who exchanges.
93d Foot—Ensign James Savage has been superseded,
being absent without leave.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Dickson
Mackenzie, to be Instructor of Musketry.

' DEPOT BATTALION.
Lieutenant. Colonel Charles Edward Fairtlough, from
half-pap, 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Geo.
Macbeath, who retires. ,