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

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 14.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, giving
and granting the office of one of the Justices of her Court
of Common Pleas to Sir Henry Singer Keating, Knt., in
the room of Sir Richard Budden Crowder, Knt., deceased.
DEC. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the "United Kingdom, ap-
, pointing 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 Mure to
bo Captain and Lieut. Colonel, by purchase, vice Wheat-
ley, who retires • Ensign and Lieut. JamesEcivrard Ford
to be Lieutenant' and Captain, by purchase, vice Mure.
let Regiment of Foot—Assist.-Surgeon William White,
from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon.
2d Foot—Assist-Surgeon Richard Beresford 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 Fraucklyn,
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 Food--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 be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Montagu T. B. Michell, promoted.
48th Foot—William Richard Vandeleur, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Hall, promoted.
56th Foot—Ensign Charles Swinhoe to be Lieutenant,
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without purchase, vice Sims, deceased.
58th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Hingesten to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Gladwin J. R. Wynyard, who retires.
60th Foot-i 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 lie 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.
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70 Foot—Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Nathaniel Henry
Cs Massey, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major,
vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Durnford, retired upon
full-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 be Captain, by
purchase, vice Ryan ; Ensign Christopher Garsia to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Greaves ; Lieutenant
Charles Granville Stuart Menteath 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-
chase, vice Loftus.
73d Foot—Ensign James Fraser to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Shuldham, promoted.
75th Foot—Erusign. Frederick Francis Daniell to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice L'Estrange, who retires ; En-
sign Alfred Sinclair Leatham, from the 91st Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Daniell.
86th Foot—Quartermaster William Lane, from the 66th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Hammond, wile ex-
changes.
95th Foot—Lieutenant George Robertson to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires ; Ensign Lewis
Cubitt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson.
let 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
hthe sale
of his ; Lieutenant John Tucker as 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.—Brovet-Colonel Hugh Dennis Crof-
ton, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel Fraucklyn, who exchanges.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Brinsley Nicholson, 31. D.,
from the 9th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robinson, appointed
to the 25th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon Patrick McDermott
to be Surgeon, vice Dave, appointed to the let West India
legiment.

BREVET.
The date of the promotion to be Lieutenant-Colonel in
the Army conferred upon Major Thomas Richard Plumbe
Tempest. late half-pay Unattached, on his selling out of
the 23d Foot, on the 2d instant, to be 9th November, 1846,
and not 11th November,lBsl, as then stated.
Brevot-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Richard Plumbe
Tempest, late of the tad Foot, to be Colonel in the Army.
Captain Richard Andrew Scott, 60th Foot, to be Major

in the Army.
Brevet-Major Richard Andrew Scott, 60th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Major Alexander Robert Manson, 4th Bombay Native
Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Charles Malcolm Barrow, 19th Bombay Native
Infantry, to be Major in the Army.
Captain James Hyde Champion, 24th Bombay Native
Infantry, to be Major in the Army.
Captain Francis John Oldfield, 3d Bombay Light Ca-
valry, to be Major in the army.
Captain Alex. Ross E. Hutchinson, 13th Bengal Native
Infantry, to be Major in the army.
Second Captain Charles Smith Le Marchand, Bengal
Artillery, to be Major in the army.
Second Captain Robert P. Malcolm, Bombay Engineers,
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to be Major in the army.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
upon the death of General Sir Frederick Wm. Trench,
on Dec. 6, 1359 :
Lieutenant-General John Reeve, Colonel of the 61st
Foot, to be General.
Major-General the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel, Lieute-
nant-Colonel on half-pay unattaohed, to have the tank of
Lfeutenant-General.
Mojor-General Marcus Beresford, Colonel of the 20Ih
Foot, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel, the Hon. Robert Bruce, Lieutenant-
Colonel upon half-pay Unattached, to be Major-General.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Blankloy H. Rogers,
Captain on half-pay Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners,

to be Colonel. -
Major John Willett Payne Audin, 16th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Richard Carr Spalding, Royal Marines, to be