The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-17 00:00:00

DEC. 16.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, ap-
puinting William Atherton, Esq., one of her Counsel
learned in the Law, to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 16.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Smith Hill
Child, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice
Chilton, promoted.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Penfold to be
' Captain by purchase vice Macartney, who retires ; Cornet
Montague Cecil Broun to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Penfold.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. William Mare to
be Captain and Lieut. • Colonel, by purchase, vice Wheat-
ley, who retires • Ensign and Lieut. James
' Ethrard Ford
to be Lieutenealt and Captain, by purchase, vice Muro.
let Regiment of Foot—Assist.-Surgeon William White,
from the Staff, to be Assist,-Surgeon.
2d Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Itieb.ard l3cresford Carson, M. 8.,
from the Staff, to be Assist-Surgeon.
9th Foot—Surgeon William Armstrong, from the Staff, to
be Surgeon, vice Nicholson, appointed to the Staff.
10th Foot—Lieut. Samuel Hercules Hayes, from the 21st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Donald, who exchanges.
17th Foot—Brevet-Colonel Gilbert William Franeklyn,
from a Depot Battalion, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Crofton, who exchanges.
21st Foot—Lieut. Henry Alexander Donald, from the 10th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hayes, who exchanges.
24th Foot—Lieut. Robert Napoleon Surplice to be Adju-
tant, vice Hitchcock, promoted.
36th Foot—Lieutenant William C. Hill to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Rice, deceased ; Ensign Aurelius
Taylor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hill.
41st Foot--henry Webb Byng, Gent., to tie Ensign, by
purchase, vice Montagu T. B. Michell, promoted.
43th Foot—William Itichard Vandeleur, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Hall, promoted.
50th Foot—:Ensign Charles Swinhoe to bo Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Sims, deceased.
58th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Hingeston to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Gladwin J, H. Wynyard, who retires.
60th Foot—Captain Richard Andrew Scott, from half-pay
Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice Fraser, promoted; Lieu-
tenant Arthur William Knox Gore to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Scott, who retires ; Ensign Walter Lang-
ford Sainsbury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice C. Y.
Jones, who retires ; Ensign John Barrett Lennard
Nevinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Watts-
Russell, promoted ; John Edward Pratt Barlow, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stainsbury.
64th Foot—Ensign George Robert Daniel to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Turner, promoted in the 70th Foot.
66th Foot—Quartermaster Henry Hammond, from the 86th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Lane, who exchanges.
70th Foot—Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Nathaniel Henry
Charles Massey, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major,
vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Durnford, retired upon
fall-pay ; Captain George A. Ryan to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice the Hon. N. H. C. Massey, who retires ;
Lieutenant George Richards Greaves to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Whigham, deceased ; Lieutenant
Henry Turner, from the 64th Foot, to bo Captain, by
purchase, vice Ryan; Ensign Christopher Garsia to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Greaves ; Lieutenant
Charles Granville Stuart Monteath to be Adjutant, vice
Greaves, promoted.
71st Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Whitworth
Talbot Rich to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase,
vice Robert D. Campbell, C. 8., deceased; Brevet-Major
Henry Loftus to be Major, without purchase, vice Rich ;
Lieutenant -Wm. O'Malley to be Captain, without pur-
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chase, vice Loftus.
73d Foot—Ensign James Fraser to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Shuldham, promoted.
75th Foot—Ensign Frederick Francis Daniell to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice L' Estrange, who retires ; En-
sign Alfred Sinclair Loatham, from the 91st Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Daniell.
86th Foot—Quartermaster William Lane, from the 66th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Hammond, who ex-

Chan mes.
95th &a—Lieutenant George Robertson to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires ; Ensign Lewis
Cubitt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robrtson.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Arthur James
Plunkett to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant
Mackenzie, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant George Stow Beet
has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale
of his commission; Lieutenant John Tucker has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his

Commission.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Hamilton Sabine Pasley, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Currie, promoted.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Brevet-Colonel Hugh Dennis Crof-
ton, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel Francklyn, who exchanges.
HOSPITAL STAFP.—Surgeon Brinsley Nicholson, M.D.,
from the 9th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robinson, appointed
to the 25th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon Patrick McDermott
to be Surgeon, vice Davys, appointed to the Ist West India
Regiment,