The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-23 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 21.

The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Lieut.
Henry Huxham, R.N., commanding her Majesty's gun-
boat Kestrel, her Majesty's Royal licence and permission
that he may accept and wear the insignia of a Knight of
the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, which his
Majesty the Emperor of the French bath been pleased to
confer upon him for his services against pirates in the
vicinity of Chusan, in the course of which he recaptured a
junk belonging to the French Catholic Mission at liingpo,
and was severely wounded.
FEBRUARY 2L _ _ _

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Peter
Cameron to the church and parish of Knock, in the pres•
byiery and island of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant by
the death of the Rev. Alexander S. Bethune. _ _

The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
Donald Mackay to the church and parish of Cross, in tho
presbytery and island of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant
by the transportation of the Rev. James Bain to the church
and parish of Kilfinan.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 22.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Frederick Henry Mait-
land, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vandeleur,
promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Perceval Clark, from the 16th
Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Russell, who has
resigned.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George Gardner, to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Henry White, deceased.
lath Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Bryan Burrell, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice William Veall Greetham, who
retires ; Cornet Frederick Lister Inglis, to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Burrell.
16th Light Dragoons—Cornet George James Gilbard, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Guy Webster, who retires ;
Perceval Clark, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Barron, promoted.
Royal Artillery—The promotion of Second Captain Charles
Dalrymple Gilmour, antedated to Dec. 21, 1860 ; Lieu-
tenant Edward John Ward, to be Second Captain, vice
W. D. Milman, deceased; Lieutenant Alexander Dick-
son Barnaby, to be Second Captain, vice Brevet-Major
Grylls, retired upon half-pay; Lieutenant Wilmot Bur-
rows Edward Ellis, to be Second Captain, vice W. F.
Walker, retired uron half-pay ; Sergeant-Major Joseph
Smith, to be Quartermaster, vice Hamilton, deceased.
9th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Richard Charles Henry
Germon, to be Captain by purchase, vice John Martley,
who retires ; Ensign Edward William Forester Leigh-
ton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Germon.
12th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry
Meade Hamilton, to be Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase,
vice Brevet-Colonel Thomas Brooke, who retires upon
half-pay ; Captain and Brevet-Major Richard Atkinson,
to be Major, by purchase, vice Hamilton; Captain Wm.
Hawley Fisk, from half-pay, unattached, to be Captain,
vice Atkinson ; Lieutenant John Warren to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Fisk, who retires; Ensign Thomas
George D. Latouche to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice

Warren.
13th Foot—Ensign William Westropp Jevers, from the
Limerick County Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Richard Leigh, appointed to the 74th Foot.
21st Foot—Staff-Surgeon Arthur Jackson Greer to be
Surgeon, vice Mackinnon, appointed to the Staff.
29th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Berkeley to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice William Boycott, who has reverted to
duty with his company.
32d Foot—Lieutenant Alexander James Badgley to be

Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Elkins Bennett, who
retires; Ensign Herbert Richard Harding() to be Lieu-
tenant by purchase, vice Badgley.
34th Foot—Ensign Charles Hamilton Webb to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Thomas Howard McDougall
Murray, who retires.
35th Foot—Ensign John Claxton Addison, from the 22d
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Trocke, promoted.
40th Foot—Charles Francis Hulme, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchaser vice Mansergh, promoted.
61th Foot—Lieutenant John Woulfe Keogh, from the
Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Wilson, promoted.
70th Foot—Ensign John Robert Collins to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Garden Duff, who retires.
72d Foot—St. John Thomas Frome, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Barron, promoted.
74th Foot—Ensign Edward Bradby to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Archdale William Chalmers Magrath,
who retires ; Ensign Richard Leigh, from the 13th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bradby.
77th Foot, Staff-Surgeon Francis Holton, M. 8., to be
Surgeon, vice Jones, appointed to the Staff.
85th Foot—Ensign William Chipchase Henderson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lambert Houlton Ward,
appointed to the 2d Life Onards.
88th Foot—Ensign William Scott Richardson, from the
75th Foot, to be Ensign in succession to Lieutenant Row-
ley Miller, deceased ; Frederick Robert Wickham, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Patrick Dwyer, placed
upon half-pay.
94th Foot—Captain Malachi Hanley, from half-pay of the
late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Henry
Hamilton Pratt, who retires upon half-pay. Lieutenant
William Collura to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hanley,
who retires ; Ensign Walter Gregory Buller to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Collum.
3d West India Regiment—Robert Kyle Little, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Collins, who retires.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Charles Cadwell Grantham,
of the 9th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Cap-
tain and Brevet-Major George Tito Brice, 17th Foot,
promoted.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon Henry Higgins
Jones, M.D., from the 77th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice
Greer, appointed to the 21st Foot ; Surgeon David Reid
Mackinnon, from the 21st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon, vice
Holton, appointed to the 77th Foot ; Staff-Assistant-
Surgeon Curtiss Martin to be Staff Surgeon, vice
Abbott, appointed to the 39th Foot.
PURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.—The undermentioned Pur-
veyor's Clerks, of the First Class, to be Deputy Purveyors
under the Royal Warrant of the 24th December, 1860 :
Charles Henry Toiler, Alfred Pope, John Menzies, Henry
Powell, Thos. Maltravers, George Washington Warwick,
Robert Wright, Thomas Roger Vicary, George Hendy
Pooley, John Smith Ravenhill, Andrew Henderson,
Edward Frederick Hemingway, Thomas Warsop Cooper,
Voltaire White, Oswald Frederick Beale, James Wes-
tran Sherman, Stephen Walter Rains, Blair Abbott,
William Jones Birnie, George Johnston, George Ward,
Robert Cattley Baker, Saunders Adamson, William
Gray, John Kent Johnston, Richard Hardinge Stewart,
John Thomson, Charles Hammond, James A Scott, and
William Macken.

BREVET.
Colonel George Moyle Sherer, 73d Bengal Native In-
fantry, to be honorary Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the death of Lieutenant-General John Leslie, K.H.,
Colonel of the 35th Regiment, on the 12th February, 1861:
Major General George Saunders Thwaites, Captain, on
half-pay 57h Foot, to have the rank of Lieut.-General.
Major • General James Thomas, Earl of Cardigan,
K.C13., Colonel of the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut. -
General.
Brevet-Colonel Terence O'Brien, from Lieutenant-
Colonel half-pay Unattached, serving on the Staff of the
Army at Ceylon with the temporary rank of Major-General,
to be Major-General.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Williams Reynolds,
Captain, half-pay Unattached, Deputy-Adjutant-General,
Jamaica, to be Colonel.
Brevot-Major William Francis Drummond Jervois,
Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Lionel Hook, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be
Major.
The promotion to the Brevet rank of Major, of Captain
D. C. Hill, 40th Foot, District Inspector of Musketry, to
bear date the 13th February, 1861, and not 18th January,
1861, as stated in the Gazette of Bth February, 1861.
Captain William H. Fisk, 12th Foot, to be Major in the
Army.
Brevet-Major William 11. Fisk, 12th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army.
Paymaster Thomas Palmer, 19th Foot, to have the hon-
orary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of the
27th January,.lB6o.