The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE.-TEIS EVENING.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 29th
clay of February, 1868. Present, the Queen's Most Excel-
lent Majesty in Council. This day George Ward Hunt,
Esq., was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Ma-
jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place
at the Board accordi,gly.
At the Court at Osborne house, isle of Wight, the 29th
day of February, 1868. Pruent, the Queen's Most Ex-
cellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was
this day ploas.id to d Iliver the Groat Seal to the Right
Honourable Hugh MacCalmout, Lord Cairns, whereupon
the oath of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain was, by her
Majesty's command, administered to hint, and his lordship
took his place at the Board accordingly.
At the Court at Os'aorna House, Isle of Wight, the 29th
day of February, 1868, present, the Queen's most excel-
lent Majesty in Council. 11 r Majesty having been pleased
to appmnt the Right Hon. George Ward blunt, Chancellor
and Under TriNvuter of her Majesty's Exchequer, the
usual oath was this day administered to him.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 29.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appoint-
ing the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, the Right
Honourable George Ward Hunt, the Honourable Gerard
James Noel, Sir Graham Graham Montgomery, Bart., and
Henry Whitmore, Esq., to be Commissioners for executing
the offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain,
and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.
Lite Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting to the Right
Hon. George Ward Hunt, the offices of Chancellor, and
Under Treasurer of her Majesty's Exchequer.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 29.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Hon. Edward Robert Lytton, now Secretary to her Ma-
jesty's Legation at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Ma-
jesty's Legation at Madrid.
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAnex 3.
Tho Queen has been pleased to approve of Sonhor Fran-
cisco Vau Zeller as Consul-General in Loudon fur his
Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 3.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant F. Henry Huth, from
the 19th Hussars, to bo Lieutenant, vice Nethercote,

who exchanges.
6th Dragoon Guards—Floranee Thomas Stephen
Rippin-
gall, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase.
Ist Dragoons—Surg•on William Henry Muschamp, from

the 10th Foot, to be Surgeon.
6th Dragoons ieutenant Thomas Blackwood, front the
4th Foot, to bo Lieutenant.
16th Laue,rs - Staff Surgeon Charles Alexander Tunes,
M.D., to bo Surgeon •Staff Assistant-Surgeon James
MiCully, 11. D., to bo issistant-Surgeon.
19th hussars-Lieutenant John Nethercoto, hem the 1 t
Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant.
21st Hussars-Major R. Bannatyno M'Leod to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel ; Captain H. E. Forbes to bo Major ;
Lieutenant C. E. Farquharson to be Captain ; Cornet
C. R. Chase to be Lieutenant ; Cornet E. S. Neave to
be Lieutenant.
Royal Engineers-Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
John Summerlield Hawkins to be Colonel ; Lieutenant-
Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Jamas Holt Freeth to be
; Captain Charles Cornwallis Chesney, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel • Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel Charles Brisbane Ewart to be Lieutenant-
Colonel ; Second Captain William lichens (late Bengal)
to bo Captain ; Second Captain Edward Coysgarne Sim
to be Captain ; Lieutenant Charles John O'Neill Fer-
guson to be Second Captain ; Lieutenant John Eckford
(late Bengal) to be Second Captain.
4th Foot -Lieutenant Burton John Daveney, to be Lieu-
tenant; Staff-Surgeon Charles Dodgson Madden to be
Surgeon.
10th Foot-Staff-Surgeon George McGusty Carolan to be
Surgeon; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Robert Hyde to be
Assistant-Surgeon.
12th Foot-Captain Arthur Walker, to be Captain ; Lieu-
tenant Robert Edward Dawson, to be Captain ; Ensign
Arthur French to be Lieutenant; Ensign Geffery Law-
rence Eliot, to be Ensign.
nth Foot-Ensign Crosbie Barton to be Lieutenant ;
Gentleman Cadet Granville Sharpe, to be Ensign.
3ith Foot-Lieutenant Lutley Jordan to be Captain ; En-
sign Henry Walter Phillips to be Lieutenant.
62d Foot-Lieut. Killigrew Wodehouse to be Instructor
of Musketry.
69th Foot-Major George Messiter to be Lieutenant-
Colonel ; Captain and Brevet-Major Francis Blood to be
Major; Lieut. Edward Marwood Vincent to be Captain;
Ensign William Andrew Aitchison to be Lieutenant.
81st Foot-Lieut. Barry Man has been permitted to retire
from the service by the sale of his commission.
87th Foot-Ensign Arthur Terry to be Ensign.
2nd %Vest India Regiment - Ensign Charles John Sidney
Hawkins to be Lieutenant.
3d West India Regiment-Lieutenant Villiers Layard to
be Captain ; Ensign Walter Forster Camplin Gray to be
Lieutenant; James Ritchie, Gent., to be Ensign ; Jas.
Kirkwood, Gent., to be Ensign.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment-Lieutenant Alfred Randall to be
Captain ; Ensign John Quarry to be Lieutenant.
Cavalry Depot -Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Burgoyne
Cureton to be Commandant; Brevet-Colonel James
Robert Steadman Sayer, 0.8., to be Assistant Com-
mandant.
Medical Department-Deputy Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals Richard Dane, M.D., to be Inspector-General of
Hospitals; Staff-Surgeon Major Edward Menzies to be
Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals.
BREVET.
Captain and Lieutenant Colonel Augustus William H.
Meyrick, Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Colonel ; Colonel
Charles Francis Skyring and Colonel Conolly M'Caus-
land, to have the honorary rank of Major-General ; Capt.
Douglas W. Labalmondiere to be Major ; Capt. and Brevet
Major D. W. Labahnondiere to be Lieutenant-Colonel ;
Major James Harwood Rocke, 18th Foot, to bo Lieutenant
Colonel ; Major George Edward Watson having retired
on full pay to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel ; Quarteimaster Henry Penson, retired half-pay,
Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of captain ;
Surgeon-Major Joseph Joe, C. 8., to have the honorary
rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.
The following promotions to take place in succession to
Lieut.-General William Longworth Dames, Colonel of
sth Foot, who died on the 20th February, 1868:-Major-
General Samuel Braybroke, Colonel of 99th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-General ; Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
David Elliot Mackirdy, from 69th Foot, to be Major-
Goneral.
MEMORANDA.-The retirement from the service, under
the Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861, by the
sale of the Commission of Major Henry M'Manus Sall,
half-pay, late 22d Foot, which appeared in the Gazette
of 12th July, 1867, has been cancelled.
The undermentioned officers have been permitted to
retire from the service by the sale of their Commissions,
under the Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861 :
-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Biggs, half-pay,
Foot L Capt. Douglas W Labalmondiore, half-pay,. P. late 60th
45th Foot.

ADMIRALTY, FEn. 29.
John Harold Ilefferman, Esq., has this day been pro-
moted to tho rank of Chief Engineer in her Majesty's
Fleet.

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