The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-09 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.
At the Court at Windsor, the sth day of February,
1850: present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council. Her Majesty in Council wits this day pleased,
upon the representation of the Right Honourable the
Lords of the Committee of Council on Educatior, to
appoint Edward Woodford, Esq. LL.D., to be cue of
her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, in Scotland, in the
room cf Joht: Gordon, Esq., resigned.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 7, 1850.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Victor
Weber as Consul, at Margate, for his Majesty the King
of the Belgians.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 6.
The Queen has been plossed to grant the place of one
c,f the Lords of Session in Scotland to Thomas Maitland,
Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, in
the room of Francis Jeffrey, Esq., deceased.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 7.
The Qin en has been pleaitd to grant the office of
her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland to James
Monoreift; Esq., Advocate, in the room cf Thomas
Maitland, Esq., appointed oLe of the Lords of Session in
Scotland.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 7.
MEMBER RETURNED TO sEItVE IN THIS PRESENT

PARLIAMENT.
Borough of New Windsor—John llatchell, Esq , of
Merrion-q•quare, in th© city of Dublin, her Majuty's
Solicitor-General for Ireland, in the room of John Hay,
Esq. (commonly called Lord Joh❑ flay), who has ac-
cepttd the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of
Noi tbstead.

WAR-OFFICE, FED. 8.
4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Thomas Knott to be
Adjutant, vice Bond, appointed Paymaster, Feb. 8.
6th Foot—Captain Samuel William Henry Hawker,
from the 68th Foot, to Le Captain, vice Somerville, who
exchange:, Feb. 8.
12th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Randal Rumley, from
the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Patton,
appointed Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting Dis-
trict, Feb. 8.
15th Foot—Ensign John Walmsley, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Tod, who retires, Feb. 8.
29th Foot—Brevet-Colonel, the Honourable Thomas
Ashburnbam, C. 8., from hall-pay, 62d Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Armine Simcoe
Henry,Mountain, C. 8., who exchanges, Feb. 8.
34th Foot—Lieutenant Charles William Goldfinch
Burrill, to be Captain by purchase, vice Lang, who re-
tires ; Ensign Robert Campbell, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Burrill, Feb. 8.

37th Foot—Lieutenant RobertPrescottHarrison to be
Captain by purchase, vice Geils, who retires, Feb. 8.
53d Foot—Ensign Bendyshe Walton to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Stokes, who retires; Ensign Donald
Harvey Munro, from the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Walton, Feb. 8.

63d Foot—Ensign Cecil Charles Pole to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Bannatyne, deceased; Ensign
Frederick Edward Gauntlett, from the 67th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Pole, Feb. 8.
68th Foot—Major-General Douglas Mercer, C. 8., to
be Colonel, vice Lieutenant General Charles Nice],
C. 8., deceased, Jan. 31 ; Captain Thomas Henry So.
merville, from the 6th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hawker,
who exchanges, Feb. 8.
70th Foot—Ensign Charles Minchin, from Ist Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Bae, promoted, Feb. 8.
;
rbeytipreu vice Pcto;
retires; Ensign
Ensign Thomas
73d Foot—Captain James Mclntyre, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice Maurice Charles O'Connell,
Bowserb by purchase,
Bow vice who exchanges; Lieut. Win. Lames Febo to he Captain,
Albert Henry Godfrey, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Bower, Feb. 8.
80th Foot —Major-General Henry Daubeney to be
Bower to Mb
iteyurteLwa hn,
Colonel, vice Major-General Sir Edmund Keynton Wil-
liams, K.C.8., deceased, Jan 31.
2d West India Regiment—Quartermaster Charles
Frederick Johnson to be Ensign, vice McHugh, ap-
pointed Quartermaster; Ensign Michael McHugh to be
Quartermaster, vice Johnson, appointed Ensign, Feb. 8.
MEMORANDUM .—The commission of Lieutenant Ito•
bert Villiers Briscoe, in the 25th Foot, has been altered
from the 6th of August, 1847, to the 26th of April,
1848. .

ERRATUM in the " Gazette" of Ist instant.

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COMMISSARIAT.—For " Deputy-Assistant Commis-
sary-general Lionel Routh to be Assistant Commissary-
General, commission dated 29th Loc., 1849," read,
" Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General Leonce Routh
to be Assistant Commissary-General, &c."
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.
The Honourable Charles Pelham Villiers to to De-
puty-Lieutenant, Feb. 1.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding
of Yorkshire.

Henry Edwards, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John
Waterhouse, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 5.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 4.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Shut-
tleworth, of Manchester, in the county palatine of Lan-
caster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in tie
High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 5.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Penberthy,
of Devonport, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.