The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 1.
Ordetir for fhe Court's going into Mourning on Sunday
next, the 3d instant, for her late Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester, aunt to her Majesty ; viz.:—
The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen,
white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white
shoes, fans, and tippets.
The gentlemen to wear black full-trimmed, fringed or
plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 17th
instant ; viz.:---
The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons,
fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or
white and silver ;tuffs, with black ribbons.
The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist-
coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.
And on Sunday the 24th instant, the Court to go out of
mourning.
COLLEGE OF ARMS, MAY 1.
The Earl Marshal's Order for a General Mourning for her
late Highness the Duchess of Gloucester.
In pursuance of her Majesty's commands, these are to
giro public notice, that upon the melancholy occasion of
the death of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester, her Majesty's aunt, it is expected that all persons
do put themselves into mourning for ten days, to com-
mence from Thursday, the 7th May.
NORFOLK, Earl Marshal.
WHITEHALL, MAY L
The following addresses of congratulation to the Queen,
on the occasion of a birth of another Princess, having been
transmitted to the Right Honourable the Secretary of
State for the Home Department for presentation, were
presented accordingly to her Majesty, who was pleased to
receive the same yesterday.
To her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN.
As Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor, I
most humbly and respectfully approach your Majesty, on
the happy event which has taken place in the birth of a
Princess, to offer, on the part of my brethren and myself,
heartfelt and sincere congratulation ; and to assure your
Majesty that we take a lively interest in everything that
contributes to the comfort and happiness of your most
Excellent Majesty and Royal Consort, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert; and that we earnestly pray that you may
long live, and continue to set a bright example of domestic
happiness and virtue to an admiring and devoted nation.
The above address, with the most profound respect, is
humbly submitted..
CHAS. MOORE, Major, Govr., M.K.W.
Lower Ward, Windsor Castle, April 24.
And the following on the same subject :
From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough
of Bradford, in the West Riding of the county of York.
From the States of the Island of Jersey.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 30.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conga d'elire to
pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of
the C-thedral Church of Norwich to elect a Bishop of that
See, the same being void by the resignation of the Right
Reverend Father in God Doctor Samuel Hinds, late Bi-
shoe thereof; and her Majesty has also been pleased to
recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Honourable
and Reverend John Thomas Pelham, M.A., to ba by them
elected Bishop of the said See of Norwich-
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 28.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles
G. Baylor as Consul at Manchester for the United States
of America.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. W.
Van der Spar to be Consul in Ceylon, and of Mr. Frederic
Schlosser to be Consul in the Mauritius, for his Majesty
the King of the Netherlands.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Henry Charles Ferro as Vice-Consul at Malta for his Ma-
jesty the King of Prussia.
The Qneen has also been pleased is approve of Mr.
George W. Ewen to be Vice-Consul in London for the Re-
public of Guatemala.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAT 1.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
W. Robins as Vice-Consul at Nassau, Bahamas, for the
Oriental Republic of the Uruguay.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 1.
12th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles Anthony
Ferdinand Bentinck tobe Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General
Sir Richard G. Hare Clarges, K.C.8., deceased
60th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Joseph Paterson
to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Lieut.-General Thomas
Bunbury, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 1.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Frederick
Derriere Magens to be Captain, by purchase, vice Levett,
who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Eustace J. Wilson
Patten to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Magens.
Royal Regt. of Horse Guards—Pryse Loveden, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Peach, promoted.
4th Light Dragoons—Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Low,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget,
C. 8., who exchanges, receiving the difference between full-
pay of Cavalry and full-pay of Infantry ; Frederick Simp-
son, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Echalaz, ap-
pointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards.
10. h Light Dragoons- Captain Valentine Baker, from
the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major
William Murray, who exchanges ; Cornet John Fife to be
A 'j utant, vice Cuthbert, resigned the Adjutancy.
12th Light Dragoons--Brevet-Major William Murray,
from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Valen•
tine Baker, who exchanges.
15th Light Dragoons—Cornet Jas. Mann to be Adjutant,
vice Greetham, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
Military Train —Paymaster Thos. Bryson, from the late
Transport Corps, to be Paymaster ; Quartermaster Theo-
philus Greenway, from half-pay of the late Land Transport
Corps, to be Quartermaster, vice Copeland, whose ap-
pointment has been cancelled.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieu-
tenant Walter Stirling has been permitted to resign his
Commission.
3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign C. D. 11. Manclarke, has
been permitted to resign his Commission.
7th Foot—Lieutenant G. 0. Lewis, from the 25th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Kirwan. who exchanges.
18th Foot—Lieutenant E. H. Wilton has been permitted
to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission.
23d Foot—Lieutenant Hubert Delme Radcliffe to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Bathurst, who retires.
24th Foet—Easign Jonathan Christian Thomas, from
the 71st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hill, who has resigned.
ssth Foot—Lieutenant George Kirwan, from the 7th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. 0. Lewis, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant George Skene Hallowes to be Adjutant, vice
Horatio Priestley, promoted.
27th Foot—Ensign Frederick R. Attwood to be Lieute-
nant., by purchase, vice Barnardiston, who retires; Aiskew
Clay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Attwood.
28th Foot—Captain John Arthur Brockman, from the
36th Foot, to be Captain, vice Biddle, who exchanges.
34th Foot—Lieutenant Julius D. Laurie to be instruc-
tor of Musketry.
36th Foot—CaptainWaring Alexander Biddle, from the
28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brockman, who exchanges.
41st Foot—J. E. W. Black, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Blanchard, promoted.
42nd Foot—Lieutenant Adam Ferguson to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Major C. C. Graham, who retires ;
Ensign J. G. G. Stuart to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Ferguson.
48th Foot—Lieutenant H. N. Kippen to be Instructor
of Musketry.
60th Foot—Lieutenant G. C. H. Waters to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Hutchinson, who retires ; Ensign James
Kier° Watson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Waters ;
Ensign William Henry Moseley, from the 821 Foot, to bo
Ensign, vice Orchard, promoted.
71st Foot—Lieut. the Hon. Ralph Harbord to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice A. T. Hamilton, who retires;
Ensign C. T. C. Roberts to be Lituteuent, by purchase,
vice Hon. R. /I arbord.
123 Foot—Lieut. the lion. Somerset R. H. Ward to be
Adjutant, vice Vesey, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
78th Foot—John Nathaniel Gower, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Sinclair, promoted.
82c1 Foot--Lieutenant Henry Chandler Wilkinson to be
Captain, by purchase, vice White, who retires; Ervign
Henry Edward Couper to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Wilkinson ; William Henry Moseley, Gent to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice H. E. Couper.
SS h Foot—William Frederick Hancocks, Gent., to be
Ensign by purchase, vice Albert Dixon, appointed to the
27th Foot.
87th Foot —Assist.-Surgeon Henry Higgins Jones,M.D.,
from the 09th Foot, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Hill, de-

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ceased.
95th Foot—Major J. A. R. Raines, from balf•pay Un-
attached, to be 111:.jor, vice Dennis, who exchanges.
9'2th Foot--Alexander Griy to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Harman, whose appointment has been cancelled.
Ist West India Regicrent—Ensign John M'Auley to be
Lieutenant, without purebase, vim East, deceased ; H.
G. Panter, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice
McAuley.
31 West India Regiment—Ensign J. Tucker tobe Lieut.
without purchase, vice S. C. Page. deceased ; D. F. Mur-
ray, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Tucker ; '
Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Low, 4th
Light Dragoons, to have his Brevet Rank converted into
Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6
1,351 ; l3revet-14tajor J. A Raines, 95th Foot, to have hit.
Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the
Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854.
The promotion of Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. James
John Graham, half-pay Unattached, to the Substantive