The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-16 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, FEB. 12.

Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert
Stephenson, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Commis-
sioners for the promotion of the Exhibition of the
Works of Industry of all Nations to be holden in the
year 1851.

- The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Lieut.-
Col. William Reid, of the Royal Engineers, C. 8., to be
one of the Executive Committee of the raid Commission,
in the room of Robert Stephenson, Esq., and to be
Chairman of the said Executive Committee.
WHITEHALL, nu. 12.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Barley
Holroyde, of Halifax, in the county of York, Gent.,
and Francis Brown, of Market Deeping, in the county
of Lincoln, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
NEW ZEALAND.
Additional instructions, under the sign manual and
signet of her Majesty, have been issued to the Governor-
in-Chief of Zealand, modifying the instructions befure
issued as to the alienation of land, by revoking that part
of the former instructions which prohibited the alienation
of lands gratuitously, so far as regards naval and mili-
tary officers, pensioners, and aboriginal inhabitants,
and further authorizing the Governor-in• Chief, from time
to time, to make such arrangements as may be directed
by the Secretaries of State, for the settlement on Crown
lands of military pensioners, and of the original inhabi •
tants of the colony; provided that nothing therein con-
tained shall apply to the province of New Munster
during the suspension cf the provisions of the 13th
chapter of instructions by the 10th and 11th Victoria.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 15, 1850.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Robert John
Henry, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webb,
promoted, Feb. 15 ; George Campbell Henville Player
Brigstocke, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wallis,
who retires, Feb. 16.
sth Dragoon Guards—George John Bridge, Gent., to
be Corret, by purchase, vice Sidebottom, promoted,
Feb. 15.

9th Light Dragoons—John Brinkley, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Wilkinson, promoted, Feb. 15.
10th Light Dragoons—The Lion. Charles James
Keith, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Williams, pro-
moted, Feb. 15.

Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry John Scroope, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Minchin, appointed to
the 70th Foot, Feb. 15; William Bellew, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Munro, appointed to the 53d
Foot, Feb. 16.

4th Foot—Ensign James Paton, from the 56th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Maunsell, promoted, Feb. 15.
14th Foot—Brevet Major Thomas Holmes Tidy, to
be Major, without purchase, vice Newman, who retires
upon full pay, Feb. 15.
Lieutenant John Peter Hall to be Captain, vice Tidy;
Ensign William Hanbury Hawley to be Lieutenant, vice
Hall, Feb. 15.

15th Foot—Richard Menders, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Todd, promoted, Feb. 15.
Robert Wynne Price, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Walmsley, promoted, Feb. 16.
17th Foot—Arthur Cotton Young, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Crutchley, appointed to 24th
Foot, Feb. 15.
Richard Edmund Williams, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Brice, promoted. Feb. 16.
18th Foot—Captain William Hanmer, from the 44th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Ashton, who exchanges.
Feb. 15.
23c1 Foot—Corbett Holland, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, rico Hughes promoted, Feb. 15.
24th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Lewis Holly-
way, from the.Stalf, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fur-
lon ge, deceased, Feb. 15.
28th Foot—Joseph Gubbins, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Bourne, promoted, Feb. 15.
29th Foot—Ensign George Henry Nevill to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Smitb, deceased, Nov.
30, 1849; Ensign Henry William Somerville Carew,
from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Neville, Feb. 15.
34th Foot—Lieutentant Charles Wilson Randolph to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Packe, who retires, Feb. 15.
Ensign Henry Dalton Probyu to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Randolph ; James Anthony Gardner,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Puget, promoted,
Feb. 15.
George Percy Barnard, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Campbell, promoted, Feb. 16; John
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Westhead, pro-
moted, Feb. 17.
35th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Randolph Ralph Ad-
derley, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Warren, promoted, Feb. 15.
39th Foot—Ensign Thomas Carpendalo Baird, from
67th Foot, to be Ensign; Charles Cunningham Boycott,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrison, who re-
tires, Feb. 15.
42,1 Foot—Major Charles Dunsmure to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Macdougall, who retires ;
Captain, George Burrell Cumberland to be Major, by
purchase, vice Dunsnaure, Feb. 15.
Lieutenant Augustus Paterson to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Cumberland; Ensign James William Bal-
four to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paterson,
Feb. 15.
44th Foot—Captain Thomas Henry Ashton, from the
lath Foot, to be Captain, vice Hamner, who exchanges,
Feb. 15.
46th Foot—Aesistant.Surgeon Edward James Frank-
lyn, from the Staff, to he Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wool-
, house, who resigns, Feb. 15.
4801 Foot-119 Dry Aioluziod Lioglito Grile, Gent,

to bo Ealign, by pn7chase. vice Colthnrst, promoted,
Feb. 15. --
560.1-Toot—James Paton, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, lice Walter Bourke, whose appointment has
been cancelled, Feb. 15.

63d Fout—i'aulyn Reginald Serb°, Marquis of Flast-
ing•, to be by purchase, vice Cerey, promoted,
Feb. 15.

64th Foot—Alfred Jobn Tula., Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice I\lou!trio, promoted, Feb. 15.
67th Foot—Thomas Crrpendale Baird, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Hunt, promoted, Feb. 15.
73d Foot—Francis Freeman White, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice ArCreery, who retires, Feb. 15.
74th Foot—Quartermaster Fergasson Dunbar to be
Paymaster, vice Thomas Eyre Lambert, who reverts to
his former half-pay as a Lieutenant, Feb. 15.
Quartermaster Charles Daines, from half-pay 26th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Dunbar, appointed Pay-
master, Feb. 15.

78th Foot—Major Walter Hamilton to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Douglas, cicce:►ssd ;
Brevet-Major Thomas John Taylor to be Miijor, vice
Hamilton, Oct. 2, 1849.

.Lieutenant Thornas Molyneux Keogh to be Captain,
vice Taylor, Dec. 31, 1849.
Ensign Horatio Gillmore to be Lieutenant, vice
Keogh, Dec. 31, 1849.

Ensign Andrew Cathcart Bogle, from the 72d Foot,
to ha Ensign, vic Gilltuore, Feb. 15.
84th Foot—. Ensign and Adjutant James Pope, fro'?
the 44th Foot, to uu Ensign, rice Young, appointed to
the 22ti Foot, Feb.

91st, Foot--John Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, rice Rae, promoted, Feb. 15.
Rah Brigade—Charles Cholmeley Hale, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drummond, pro-
moted, -Feb. 15.

Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Alexander Bravo
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tittle, who retires;
William Arnold Arnold Wallinger, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Godden, promoted, Feb. 15; William
Manse' Tayler, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice
Bravo, Feb. 16.

BREVET.—Captain Stephen John Hill, of the 2d West
India 14egiment, to be Major in the Army, Feb. 15.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Humphrey Gray, from
the 39th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb. 15.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Horatio
George Martelli, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Holloway, appointed to the 24th Foot, Feb. 15.
MEMoitANDual.—Surgeon George Roche Smith, of
the 2d Foot, has been placed at the bottom of the list
of Surgeons in the Army, on the 12th December, 1849;
the date of his commission is therefore altered to 12th.
December, 1849.

The commission of Captain H. W. Hartley Graham,
of the 3d Wett India Regiment, has been ante-dated
to 2d November, 1849.
WHITEHALL, FEE. 9.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Barley Hol-
royde, of Halifax, in the county of York, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
IVEITEHALL, FEU. 12.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Brown,
of Market Deeping, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to
be a Master Extracrdinary in the High Court of
Chancery.