The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 4.
The Queen has been p!eased to appoint John Hill Bur-
ton, Esq., to be one of the Managers of the General Prison
at Perth, and also to discharge the duties of Secretary to
the said Managers.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 4.
On Sunday, January 6, and on every day henceforward,
on which the Holy Communion is to be celebrated, the
mid-day Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, will
begin with the Litany, Morning. Prayer having been said
at the early Service.
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WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 4.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles
Gabriel Alfred Barnes has been permitted to retire from
the Service by the sale of his Commission.
sth Dragoon Guards—James Dyson Bourne, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry Barley, who retires.
6th Dragoons—James Stocker Grant Smith, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Basl;eryille, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet llenry John Hall has been
permitted to resign his commission.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Francis Bleke Eagle to be
Lieutenant, without pircha,se, vice George Meyrick Dew,
deceased.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Morton Parker Eden to be
Second Captain, vice George Albert Augustus -Walker,
who resigns.
The undermentioned Gentlemen-Cadets to be Lieutenants,
viz. :—Chevaux Morley, George Patrick Alston, James
Gore Booth, Robert M'Grigor Stewart, Henry George
Pilleau, Themes Charles Cooke, John Samuel Foster,
Charles Bent, Joshua Morris Saunders, Arthur Godol
phin Yeatman, Frederick 'William Leo Morier, Harry
Rooke, George Christopher Davie, Henry
Beauchamp Richard Harvey, Alexander Murray Brown,
William M'Clintock, Pemberton Harrison, and Edmond
Bainbridge.
Royal Engineers—The undermentioned Lieutenants with
temporary rank to be Lieutenants with permanent rank,
viz.:—Edmund Stephens, Albany Featherstonehaugh,
John Cosmo Macpherson, Frederick Bailey. The date
of the undermentioned Lieutenants to be 22d June,
1859, and not Ist April, 1859, as previously stated, viz. :
—Lieutenants Arthur Balf our Haig, Henry Cautlay,
Joseph Henry Satterthwaite, Ernest Marsh Lloyd,
Thomas Howard. The undermentioned Gentlemen
Cadets to be Lieutenants with temporary rank, viz. :
Arthur Hill, Francis William Nixon, Edward James
Castle.
Coldstream Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel William
Samuel Newton to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase,
vice Brevet-Colonel Lord Frederick Paulet, C. 8., pro-
moted to the rank of Major-General ; Captain and Lieut.-
Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Montague Steele,
C. 8., to be Major. without purchase, vice Brevet-Col.
Newton • Lieut. and Captain and Brevet-Major Philip
Sambrook Crawley to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Steele; Ensign
and Lieut. Frederick Charles Buller to be Lieutenant
and Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major
Crawley; Ensign Henry Robert Eyre, from the 73d
Foot, be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Buller.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Capt. John Henry Nott, from the
11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Adolphus Halkett Vers-
turme, who exchanges.
2d Foot—George Cox, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Crawford, promoted.
11th Foot—Captain Adolphus Halkett Versturmo, from
the Ist Foot to be Captain, vice John Henry Nott, who

exchanges.
13th Foot—The Christian names of Captain Hall are
Henry Edward, not Edward Henry, as stated in the
" Gazette" of 28th December, 1860.
15th Foot—Lieutenant Henry P. Shafto Orde to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Richard Clancy, who retires ;
Ensign Edward J. Boultbee to be Lieutenant by pur-
chase, vice Orde.
16th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Mackenzie Howes,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Henry Bowyer Smith, deceased.
18th Foot—Captain Charles Frederick Kelly to be Major,
without purchase, vice Anthony William S. Freeman
Armstrong, deceased ; Lieut. Walter Blake Burke to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Kelly; Lieut. Fearnley
to be Captain, by purchase, vice George William Stac-
poole, promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Majo-
rity ; Ensign Charles Goring Minnitt to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Burke ; Ensign St. George Alex-
ander Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fearn-

l.
30theyFoot--Lieutenant Patrick M'Loughlin, from half-pay
50th Foot as Quartermaster, to be Lieutenant, vice
Francis John Connell, appointed Adjutant of a Recruit-
ing District ; Ensign Joshua E. C. C. Lindesay to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Loughlin, who retires.
43d Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Evelyn Arthur Rich, from
the Royal Military college, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Charles William Pole Warner, appointed to
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the 41i!d Foot.
44th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Richard Trimmer to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Leake, promoted in the 70th

Foot.
47th Foot—Captain Charles Compton Abbott, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Thomas
Chandler, who retires upon half-pay.
48th Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon John James Chappell,
M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice J. V. de Boissiere,
M.D., appointed to the Staff.
54th Foot—Ensign Henry Lambard to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice William Arthur Galbraith, who retires.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Morris Hazen to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Robert Crowe, who retires ; En-
sign Nesbit Willoughby Wallace to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hazen; and George Carpenter, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wallace.
61st Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Roger-
son, appointed by purchase on the 21st December, 1860,
is Alexander.
67th Foot—Thomas Rennie Stevenson' Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice John Worthy Chaplin, promoted
in the 100th Foot.
71st Foot—Ensign Arthur Edward Morgan to be Lieute-
-n•nt, by 7111r.-4-1. Q., In en RlKlr,.ohn reoli goo -
87th Foot—Ensign Robert Atkin llickion to bo Licoto
nant, by purchase, vice Holiest, whose promotion, by
purchase, on the 18th December, has been: cancelled ;
Archibald Neil Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Holiest, promoted.
98th Foot—Ensign Richard Townley to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Lieutenant Lance, appointed to the com-
mand of the Eurasian Regiment in India.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Wilberforce Jacob to be
Captain, by purchase, vied Thomas Hollingsworth Clark-
son, appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion ; Ensign.
Charles Bruce Henry Somerset to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Jacob.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign William Villett Rol-
leston, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Burt, who retires.
DEPOT BATTALION.,—Capt. Thomas Hollingsworth Clark-
son, from the 99th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Captain
Innes Colin Munro, who retires.
UNATTACHED. —Major and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. St.
George Gerald Foley. C.B , from Major half-pay Un-
attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ;
Captain George Wm. Stacpoole, from the 18th Foot, to
be Major, by purchase ; Lieutenant Alfred John Ford,
from the 35th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase ,•
Lieutenant James Fielding Sweeney, from the 12th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
MEDICAL DEPARTMEXT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Wm.
Alexander Mackinnon to be Staff 'Surgeon, vice Atkin-
son, deceased Assistant-Surgeon Jean Valleton de
Boissiere, M.D., from the 48th Foot, to be Staff-Assist.-
Surgeon, vice Mackinnon.
CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. William Ponsford
to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class.
BREVET.

Second Captain William James Stuart, of the Royal En-
gineers, to be Major in the Army.
Captain Jacob Glynn Reimers, Unattached, Staff Officer
of Pensioners, retired upon full-pay, to have the honorary
rank of Major.
Lieutenant John Thompson, Paymaster 33d FOO4, to
have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal War-
rant of 27th January.
Paymaster James Marshall, Recruiting District to have
the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of
27th January, 1860.
Paymaster Henry A. Berry, 28th Foot, to have the
honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 27th
January, 1860.
MEMORANDUM.—Major Godfrey William H. Massy,
half-pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the
service by the sale of his commission, he being about to
become a settler in Nova Scotia.