The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 7.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Herbert
Irving Bell as Consul in the Mauritius for his Majesty the
King of Sardinia.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Henry
Darling, Esq., now Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over the Island of Newfoundland and. its dependen-
cies, to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and
over the Island of Jamaica and the territories depending
thereon ; Sir Alexander Bannerman, lint., now
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
the Bahama Islands, to be Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over the Island of New-
foundland and its dependencies ; Sir Carlo Arthur Henry
Rembold, Bart., to be President and Senior Member of
the Council of the Island of Nevis; and Thomas Price,
Esq., now Treasurer for the Island of Antigua, to be
President and Senior Member of the Executive Council of
the Virgin Islands.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Edward
W. Alexander, Esq., to be Colonial Surgeon for the Island
of St. Helena; Thomas Havers, Esq., to be a Member of
the Executive Council of the Falkland Islands, during the
absence of J. It. Longden, Esq. ; John J. Robinson, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Province
of New Brunswick; William Forgan and John Aldoue,
Esqs , to be Members of the Legislative Council of the
Island of Prince Edward ; and Sholto Thomas Pemberton,
Esq., to be a Member of the Council of Nevis.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 9.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Wm. Monsell to be President of the General Board of
Health.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEE. 10.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Aylesbury—Sir Richard Bethel', Knt., her
Majesty's Attorney-General.
Borough of Hertford—The Right Hon. Win. Francis
Cowper, Vice-President of the Committee of Privy Coun-
cil for Education•

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, F. 10.
Royal Artillery—Lieut.-Colonel Henry Joseph Morris
to be Colonel, vice Higgins, removed as a General Officer;
Captain John Travers to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Morris; Second Captain William Boyd Saunders to be
Captain, vice Trevors ; Lieutenant Cecil Brooke Le Mesu-
rier to be Second Captain, vice Saunders.

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Royal Engineers—The second Christian name of the
Lieutenant appointed on 20th Dee., 1856, in the Gazette of
the 23d ult., is Dailey, and not Darby, as previously
stated.

90th Foot—The Christian name of Major Bataston is
Roger, add not Robert, as stated in the Gazette of the 6th
instant.

BREVET.

Colonel Thomas Gordon Higgins, of the Royal Artillery,
to be Major-General, vice Bastard, retired upon full-pay.s
In consequence of the promotion of Colonel Morris, the
undermentioned officers on the retired full-pay list of the
Royal Artillery, to be Colonels, in accordance with the
Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1854 ; Colonel Morris
having stood next below them on the Effective Establish-
ment of the Regiment when they retired, viz :
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herrick Burnaby.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Geddes Walker.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 2.
BREVET.
CORPS OP ROYAL MARINES. . _

With reference to her Majesty's Order in Council of the
13th Sept., 18i4,
Colonel Second Commandant Samuel Hawkins, on re-
tired full pay, to be Major-General, the rank being hono-
rary only.
Lieut.-Colonel Peter Brames Nolloth, on retired full pay,
to be Colonel, the rank being honorary only.
Captain William Lawrence Sayer, on retired full pay, to
be Major, the rank being honorary only.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 6.
Corps of Royal Marines.—The following promotions have
taken place, under her Majesty's Order in Council of the
1 'th Sept., '1854, in consequence of the death of Gen. Geo.
Jones, on the Fixed Establishment of General Officers of
the Royal Marines, viz.:—Lieut.-General Thos. Adams
Parke, C.B. to be General ; Major-General John Rawlins
Cory ton to be Lieut.-General, vice Parke, promoted ; Col.-
Commandant John Alexander Philips to be Major-General,
vice Coryton, promoted.
BREVET.

Major-General William Fergusson, on retired full pay,
to be Lieutenant-General, in consequence of the promo-
tion of Major-General John Rawlins Cory ton, the officer
who stood next below him on the Effective Establishment
at the time of his retirement.
ADMIRALTY, FRB. 6.
Corps of Royal Marines.—The following promotions
have taken place under her Majesty's order in Council of
the ,2d Feb.' 1857 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry William
Parke to be Colonel Second Commandant ; Captain John
Hawkins Gascoigne to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Parke,
promoted.