The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

FR0.21.1 THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

WHITEHALL, OCT. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, appointing Robert Ingham,
Esq.. one of her Majesty's Counsel; William Hutt, Esq. ;
and John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Esq., Captain in her
Majesty's Navy; to be Commissioners for inquiring into
the internal economy and management of Greenwich Hos-
pital, and of the funds by which it is maintained ; and also
whether the resources of the Hospital can be more advan-
tageously applied for the benefit of seamen who have served
in the Royal Navy.

DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick B.
Carter, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Counsel for the
Island of Newfoundland ; George Abercrombie Mitchell,
Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the
Island of Grenada; and Joseph Goodman and Raymond
Drouiihet, Esqs. to be Unofficial Members of the Legisla-
tive Council of the Island of Saint Lucia.
CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 2.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIE PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.

County of Ayr.—Sir James Fergusson. I3art., of Kilker-
ran, in the room of Patrick J ameii Herbert Crichton
Stuart, commonly called Lord Janies Stuart, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PAIL-MALL, Nov. 4.
15th Regiment of Light Di agoons Lieutenant Robert
Lesley Parker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Miller,
who retires; Cornet Phineas Bury to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Parker; Cornet Benjamin Winthrop, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Burre,,l, pro-
moted.
Coast Brigade of Artillery—Second Captain had Adjutant
James Campbell, of the
valid Artillery, to be Major.
To be Captains—Captain, Henry M`Gorrery, from half-
pay of the late Lanz' Transport Corps ; Second Captain
William Handys,,,-e, from half-pay of the late Land Trans-
port Corps ; oecond Captain William Henry, from half-
pay of tl i
Land Transport Corps; Second Captain An-
drew Henry, from half-pay of the late Land Transport
0-,rps•' Second Captain John Mackenzie, from half -pay of
late Land Transport Corps ; Quartermaster Wm. Elliott,
from the Gentleman Cadet Company ; Deputy Assistant-
Commissary James Rogan, from half-pay of the late
Field Train Department. To be Second Captain—Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant John Sweeny, from the Military
Train, vice Campbell, promoted. To be Lieutenants—
Deputy Assistant-Commissary James M'Gillivray, from
half-pay of the late Field Train Department ; Sergeant-
Major James Scott, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major
Robert Kettle, Royal Artillery ; Quartermaster-Sergeant
•David Anderson, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major Chas.
Phillips, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major James Thos.
Cole, Royal Artillery; Sergeant James Thomson, Royal
Artillery ; Sergeant George M'Murray, Royal Arti:,:tery.
Lieutenant James Thomas Cole to be Adjutant , Lieute-
nant David Anderson to be Quartermaster,
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant -Colonel. r:nd Brevet-Colonel
Edward From° to be Colonel,
General Officer; Captain an vice Foster, removed as a
Brevet-Major Spencer
Westmacott, to be Liey:enant
Second Captain George Colonel, vice Frome ;
Edmond L. Walker to be Cap-
tain, vice Westrnae:at
Kelsall to be Se Lieutenant Gustavus Nicolls
`-':,ond Captain, vice Walker; Lieutenant
Peter H. &v.:Lowey to be Second Captain vice Donnelly,
placed on Seconded List. ,
Military, "Train—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Jas.
Pettier Robertson, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with-
out purchase; Captain James Morris Hill to bo Major,
without purchase, vice Robertson; Second Captain St.
John Winans, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps,
to be Captain, vice Hill ; Captain J. Balcombe, from half-
pay unattached, to be Captain.
Coldstream Guards—Arthur Bowen Richards Myers, Gent.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bowen, appointed to the
Royal Hibernian School.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Francis
Lambton to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Holder, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant
Henry George Bowden to be Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice Lambton ; Frederick John Newdigate
Barne, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice owden.
4th Regiment of Foot--Lieutenant James Constable to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Clark, deceased ; En--
si.T. Christopher Rawes Durrant to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Constable.
7th Foot—Lieutenant Heathcote Plummer, to be captain,
without purchase, vice Maskelyne, deceasetl ; Ensign
William John Frampton to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Plummer.
21st Foot—Captain John Henderson, from the 78th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Finlay, who exchanges.
22d Foot—Henry Peregrine Loader, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Pocock, promoted ; Walter Benson
Hatton, Gent., to be gn,by purchase, vice Carey,
promoted.
23d Foot—Lieutenar:t Charles Frederick Gregorie to be
Captain, by
tires. PlWarase, vice Brevet-Major Duff, who re-
40th Foot--:Captain Hans Thomas Fell White to be Major,
thr'at purchase, vice Carey, appointed Deputy-Adjutant-
Pnneral to the Forces serving in Australia ; Lieutenant
Frederick Clinton Herman Stuart Baddeley to be Captain,
without purchase, vice White ; Ensign de Neufville
Lucas to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stuart
Baddeley.
41st Foot—Arthur Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Montgomery, promoted.
42d Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Green to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Lawson, died of his wounds; Ensign
James Edmund Christie to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Green.
48th Foot—St. John Bally, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Chauncy, promoted.
60th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Cox to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice W. K. Murray, who retires.
70th Foot—Henry Bally, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Roger, promoted.
73d Foot—Lieutenant Philip Gibaut to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Shuldham, who retires ; Lieutenant William
Gordon to be Adjutant, vice Gibaut, promoted.
74th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel James Villiers, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Monkland, who exchanges.
Nth-Foot—Lieutenant Seton Ralph Forster, from the 84th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges.
77th Foot—Major George C. Miller, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be 11Iajor, vice Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel
Carden, who exchanges ; Captain Henry Alfred Mac-
donald to be Major, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires;
Lieutenant John George Skene to bo Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Macdonald; Ensign Percy Kirk to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Skene ; Lieutenant Henry
Stewart Weigall to be Adjutant, vice Skene, promoted.
78th Foot—Captain John Finlay, from the 21st Foot, to be
Captain, vice Henderson, who exchanges.
84th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Jason Hassard, from the
76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Forster, who ex-
changes.
91st Foot—Lieutenant William Rust D'Eye to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Rae, who retiros ; Ensign Henry Ha-
milton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D'Eye.
92d Foot—Grant Tomlinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Carruthers, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Lieut. James John Leslie Dun-
can has been permitted to retire from the Service by the
sale of his commission.
The promotion of Ensign Arthur Banffirick Mitchell to
a Lieutenancy, by purchase, from the Royal Newfound-
land Companies, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 21st
Oct,, 1859, has been cancelled..

ITETERINARX DEPARTMENT.
To be Veterinary Surgeons of the First Class, under the
provisions of tho Royal Warrant of the Ist July, 1859 :
Veterinary-Surgeons John Legrew,, 2d Life Guards ; J.
W. Gloag, Military Train; Charles Curtis Brett, Cavalry
Depot, Maidstone ; Richard J. Gedaliah Hurford, 3d Dra-
goon Guards; Matthew Poett, Military Train; James
George Philips, 10th Light Dragoons; Thomas Hurford,
12th Light Dragoons ; John Byrne, Royal Horse Guards ;
John Kingsley, Cape Mounted Rifles ; Thomas Jex, Ist
Life Guards ; Edward Simpson Grey, Bth Light Dragoons ;
F. Delany, Ist Dragoon Guards; William C. Lord, sth
Light Dragoons ; B. C. R. Gardiner, 3d Light Dragoons ;
William Thacker 15th Light Dragoons.
To be Staff Veterinary-Surgeons—Veterinary-Surgeon
of the First Class J. W. Gloag, from the Military Train;
Matthew Poett, from the Military Train; James George
'Philips, from the 10th Light Dragoons; Thomas Hurford,
from the 12th Light Dragoons.
UNATTACHED—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robt. Stuart
Baynes, from the Bth Foot to be Major, without purchase.
BREVET.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the death of Lieutenant-General G. G. Lewis,
C. 8., Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers, on the 24th
October, 1859
Major-General Sir J. M. F. Smith, to be Lieutenant-
General.
Colonel Thomas Foster, Royal Engineers, to be Major-
General.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Forbes, Captain half-
pay Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel.
Major Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, of a Depot Battalion,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Charles Joseph Hadfield, Royal Marines, to be
Major.
" Second Captain Thomas Samuel Poer Field, of the Royal
Artillery, to be Major in the Army.
The Brevet Rank of Brevet-Major Wright Westcott
Davidson, 32d Bengal Native Infantry, has been antedated
to the 16th January, 1849.
Captain Robert lklaxwell Johnstone, Ist Bombay Native
Infantry, to be Major in the Army.
Captain Henry Knightley Burne, 2d Bengal Native In-
fantry, to be Major in the Army.
The Christian names of Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Spur-
gin, who was described in the "Gazette" of 28th October,
1859, as T.B. Spurgin, are " John Blick."
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal Cumberland Militia—William John Robinson,
Gent., to be Quartermaster.
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the
Resignation of the Commission held by Lieutenant William
John Robinson.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Thomas
Mosley Crowder to be Captain, vice Raitt, resigned ; En-
sign Charles Rivers Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, vice Crow-
der, promoted.
Oxfordshire Volunteer Rifle Corps--Joseph Henry War-
ner, Esq., of Balliol College, Lieutenant of the 2d Com-
pany, to be Captain of the 3d Company, vice Cullen, re-
signed ; William Holding, Esq., of St. John's College, to
bo.Lieutenant of
.the 2d Company, vice Warner, promoted.
6th Company of the Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Sir Henry
Fletcher to be Captain.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Fre-
dbrick Joseph Thomas Nantes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Crespin, resigned ; Charles Dowell, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Wells, promoted.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Robert Fair Sproule, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gunning,
resigned.

South Middlosex Rifle Volunteer Corps—The Right
Hon. Thomas Heron Jones, Viscount Ranelagh, to be
Major.

4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Alfred Alexander, Esq..
to be Captain; Edward Russell Cummins, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; John William Docwra, Gent., to bo Ensign.
9th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—The Right Hon. Gran-
ville Augustus William, Baron Radstock, to be Captain.