The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-18 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MnT 16.
This day had audience of her Majesty :—His Excellency
Mirza Djaafer Khan, Ambassador Extraordinary from his
Majesty the Shah of Persia, to take leave of her Majesty en
the expiration of his embassy; George Mifflin Dallas, Esq ,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the
United States of America, to present his letter of recal ;
And Charles Francis Adams, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of
America, to deliver his credentials ; to which audiences they
were respectively introduced by the Viscount Palmerston,
K.G. and G.C. 8., acting for her Majesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieut -
General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's
Master of the Ceremonies.

INDIA OFFICE, MAY 16.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, nominating the Rev. Frederick Gell, 8.D., to
the Bishopric of Madras, void by the death of the Right
Reverend Thomas Dealtry, D.D.
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 14.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George
Fagan, Esq., now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and
Consul-General to the Republics of Guatemala, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador, to be her Majesty's
Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of
the Equator.

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 17.
Corps of Royal: Engineers—Lieutenant-General William
Redman Ord to be Colonel-Commandant of a Battalion,
vice General Sir Charles William Pasley, K.C.8., de-
ceased.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant John William H.
Cunninghame to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-
Colonel Tho nes Ogilvy, wno retires; Cornet and Sub-
Lieutenant Lambert Houlton Ward to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Cunninghame.
Royal Horse Guards—Cornet Thomas Charles D. Whit-
more to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cecil Edward
Martyn, who retires.
3d Dragoon Guards—Captain Conyers Tower to be Major,
by purchase, vice Sir Henry Marsh, Bart., who retires ;
Lieutenant George Romney Rawlinson to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Tower; Cornet Thomas Dawson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rawlinson ; George Coul-
son Childs, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hoc-
kin, promoted ; Charles Addison Davies, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Elliot, promoted.
sth Dragoon Guards—Frederick Betty, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purcha-e, vice Benyon, promoted.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Henzell Unett to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Dymond, who re-
tires ; Cornet Daniel Henry Doherty to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Unett.
sth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard Jacob Wyrley
Birch to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Murray,
who retires ; Cornet Martin Pierce Blake to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Birch.
Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Frederick Henry Maitland,
from the 2d Dragoon Guards to be Cornet, vice Pul•
leyne, promoted; William Henry Field, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice John Gaspard Watkins Le
Merchant, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons.
11th Light Dragoons—Ensign Michael Edensor Heath-
cote from the 22d Foot to be Cornet, vice Thomas Stark
Christie, who retires.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Francis Theophilus
Blunt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major
Chandos F. Clifton, who retires; Cornet Adolphus John
Spencer Churchill Chichester to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Blunt.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Robert An-
struther to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, Bart., who
retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Thomas Ferdinand
Fair-
fax to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice
Anstruther ; William Young Lautour, Gent., to be En-
sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fairfax.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Alexander W. Low to he
Captain, without purchase, vice Spencer Peel deceased;
Lieutenant James William Hassell to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice George Taafe, deceased ; Ensign
William M. Davey to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Low; Ensign Thomas Arthur Mills to be Lieu-
tenant without purchase, vice Hassell.
3d Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Benwell Letts to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Harry Arthur Alexander
Breedon, deceased.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Anderson Stebbing to be
Captain, without purchase, vice George Corry, who re-
tires upon full pay ; Ensign Edward Emerson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stebbing; Marmaduke
Stourton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skinner,
promoted.
10th Foot—Edward Arthur Illingworth, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Nicholas Whitton, who retires.
12Th Foot—Adjutant J. Kyle, from half-pay, late Land
Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Julius Henry
.Stirke, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached
Company; Lieutenant William Henry Crdkvhall, to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant James Fielding
Sweeney, promoted to an Unattached Company, without
purchase.
13th Foot—Captain Gustavus Adolphus Hartman, from
half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice A. G. G, Bell
Martin, appointed to the 92d Foot.
17th Foot—Major Alexander M'Kinstry, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Gilbert Wm.
Francklyn, who retires ; Captain Clement H. J. Heigham
to be Major, by purchase, vice M'Kinstry; Lieutenant
John Moore Clarke Travers, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Heigh-m; Ensign Henry B. Jackson, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Travers ; Ensign Latnbart
Francis Wilson Dwyer, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Robert George Wynne Wrench, who retires; Wil-
liam Lonsdale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, v;,ce
Duesbery, appointed to the 75th Foot.
22d Foot—Richard George Lucas, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Michael Edensor Heathcote, appointed to
the 11th Light Dragoons.
38th Foot—Edward Ditmas, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, in succession to Lieutenant Mayo, who retires
upon half-pay.
40th Foot—Ensign Martin Morphy, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Denis Jackson, killed in action.
43d Foot—Ensign and Adjutant George Garland, to have
the rank of Lieutenant Ensign Ernest Villiers, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomas Collings
Maguire, deceased ; Ensign Joseph Hogarth, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harry Gorton, who re-
tires ; Arthur Campbell Money, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Morley, pro-
moted to an Unattached Company; Hamlet Wade Cup-
pan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hogarth ;
Charles Langlands, Gent, to be Ensign, by ,purchase,
vice Charles Salmon, deceased.
47th Foot—Adjutant J. H. Mitchell, from half-pay, late
Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas
Young, promoted to an Unattached Company.
49th Foot—Philip Julius Honeywood Ascough Berne,
Gent., to beEnsign, by purchase, vice Hincks, promoted.
56th Foot—Ensign Michael Clare Garsia, from the Ist
West India Regt., to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Augustus Spiller, appointed Paymaster.
57th Foot— Ensign Francis Henry Clayton to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Richard E. Brown, who retires.
58th Foot—Ensign John Dunbar, from the Stirling Militia,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Storks, promoted.
61st Foot—Gysert Henry Stockenstrom, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Wedgwood, promoted
65th oot—Lieutenant Edmund Jacob Whitbread to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Andrew Nicholson Magrath,
who retires ; Ensign Henry Moseley Muttit to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Whitbread ; Lieutenant Fre-
derick Gordon Thomson, from the Royal Antrim Rifles
Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Muttit.
69th Foot—Ensign Lambert John Robert Disney to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign George Edward
Brace, promoted in the Military Train.
76th Foot—Charles Hilgrove Robin Gossett, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Pearse, promoted.
77th Foot—Edward Beaty,, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Oscar Henry Blount, appointed to the 24th
Foot.
85th Foot—Lieutenant William Hallowes to be Captain,
without purchase, vice John Athorpe, deceased ; Ensign
and Adjutant William Henry Drage to have the rank
of Lieutenant; Ensign George Henry Stace to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hallowes.
88th Foot—John Beveridge Gladwin Jebb, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Owen, promoted.
92d Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Christian Monteith
Hamilton to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel tiobect Macleod Sutherland, C. 8.,
who retires upon full pay ; Captain Arthur Gonne Bell
Martin, from the 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-
Major Hamilton._

Ist West India Regiment—First Lieutenant Edwyn
Thomas, from the Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Garsia, promoted in the 56th
Foot.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant John Theodore Cart-
wright to be Captain, without purchase, vice John Har-
vey, deceased; Ensign Charles Harrington Harris, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cartwright; John
Magill, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Harris.
Royal Newfoundland Companies Lieutenant Arthur
Saunders Quill to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Walton Saxton Bold, who retires upon full pay.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Thomas Young, from the 47th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
BREVET.
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Macleod
Sutherland, C. 8., retired full pay 92d Foot, to have the
honorary rank of Colonel in the Army.
Captain Christopher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay
Unattached, to be Major in the Army.
Captain Thomas George Veitch, half pay Unattached, to
be Major in the Army.
Captain Edward 11. Glen, half-p
Major in the Army ay Unattached, to be
Captain Alexander Daniel Cuddy, half-pay Unattached,
to be Major in the Army.
Captain
iAniaWtiihollreiacAmhrmristovpher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay
Hyo.dder Heard, half-pay 86th Foot, to
be
Unattached, to be Lieutenant- Colonel in the Army.
Brevet-Major Thomas George Veitch, half-pay Unat-
Brleaveotr.
tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Brevet-Major Edward H. Glegg, half-pay Unattached,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Brevet,Major Alexander Daniel Cuddy, half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Walter Saxton Bold, retired full pay, Royal
Newfoundland Companies, to have the honorary rank of
Major.
Captain George Corry, retired full pay, Bth Foot, to have
the honorary rank of Major.
Paymaster Benjamin Robert James, Military Train, to
have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal War-
rant of 27th January, 1860.
Major-General Sir Robert Napier, K.C.8., of the Ben-
gal Engineers, promoted on the 15th February, 1861, for
distinguished service, to be placed on the fixed Establish-
ment of General Officers of her Majesty's Indian Forces,
from the 27th April, 1861.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the promotion of Colonel Alexander Gordon, Royal
Engineers, to be Major-General, vice Major-General W.
R. Ord, Royal Engineers, promoted to be Lieutenant-
General, vice Lieutenant-General C. G. Ellicombe, C. 8.,
Royal Engineers, promoted to be General, vice General
Sir C. W. Pasley, K.C.8., who died on the 19th April,
1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Arthur Cols, 15th Foot, to be
Colonel.

Major James Steadman Hawker Farrer, 84th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Richard Plunket Ireland, 3d West India Regi-
ment, to be Maj r.
The following promotions to take place in her Majesty's
Indian Military Forces, consequent on the death of Lieut.-
General Samuel Shaw, of the Bengal Artillery, on the 28th
April, 1861

Majorqiezieral James Eckford, C. 8., Bengal Infantry,
to, be Lieutenant-General.
Colonel Arthur Mitford Beckett', C. 8., Bengal Infantry,
to be Major.Goneral.
Wil9 wAlownoincsi 94cofq of her Mojegtro IA .• •

Forces, retired on full pay, to hare a step of honorary rank
as follows :

TO BE COLONELS.

Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Dunbar Barton, Bengal
Cavalry.
Lieutenant-• Colonel Richard Crewe, Madras Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Spiller Watkin, Bombay In-
fantry..

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Fitzmaurice, Madras Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Bontein, Bengal Infantry.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.

Major R bert Henry Miles, Bengal Infantry.
Major Henry Stockley Grimes, Bengal Infantry.
Major William Bisset, Madras Infantry.
Major William Forster Cormack, Bombay Infantry.
Major James Edward Verner, Bengal Infantry.
Major Peter Grenville Cagalet, Madras Infantry.
Major Robert Henry Sale, Bengal Infantry.
Major Charles William Bannister.
TO BE. MAJORS.
Captain Thomas Mouat Cameron, Bengal Infantry.
Captain Alexander George Tod, Madras Cavalry.
Captain Thomas Richard Teschemaker, Bombay Ar-
tillery.
The Brevet Commission as Major of Captain William
Gray, Ist Bombay Fusiliers, has been antedated to the
30th November, 1859.

MEMORANDUM.
The undermentioned officers upon half-pay have been
permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of their
commissions, under the conditions of the Horse Guards
Circular Memorandum of Feb. 15, 1861 :
Captain and Brevet Colonel Frederick Thomas Maitland,
half-pay, Royal Staff Corps.
Captain Christopher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay,
Unattached.

Captain Thomas George Veitch, half-pay, Unattached.
Captain Edward H. Glegg, half-pay, Unattached.
Captain Alexander Daniel Caddy, half-pay, Unattached.
Captain William Hodder Heard, half-pay, 86th Foot.