The Sun. — 1865-02-08 (London, England)

WAR OFFICE, FEB. 7. Royal Regiment of Artillery—The appointment of Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Campbell McTavish which appeared in the Gazette of 20th September, 1864, has been cancelled. Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Alex. Caulfeild to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase. vice George Henry Grey, who retires—Charles Henry, Earl of March, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Caulfeild—Assistant-Surgeon Gilbert Prout Girdwood has been permitted to resign his commission. 14th Regiment of Foot- Ensign Henry Swanson to ho Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Jarvis Willis, who retires—Gentleman Cadet William Charles Barne, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Swanson. 18th Foot—Lieut. William Albert Le Mottee to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fairfax Fearnley, who retires— Ensign John George Butts to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Le Mottee—Ensign John Cookson Fife, from 76th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Butts. 20th Foot—Captain George Edward Francis to be Major, without purchase, vice George Walter Baldwin, murdered in Japan; Lieutenant Henry Francis G. Webster to be Captain, without purchase, vice Francis ; Ensign Charles Thomas Doorly to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Webster; Ensign Henry Hays Leeming to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Robert Nicholas Bird, murdered in Japan; Ensign Walter Russell Langton Brackenbury, from 100th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Doorly ; Ensign William Frederick Rudman, from the Military Train, to be Ensign, vice Leeming. 48th Foot—Surgeon George Augustus Frederick Shelton, M. 8., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to bo Surgeon-Major, under the Royal. Warrant of Oct. 1, 1864. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Barnston to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Osborne Samuel Delano-Osborne, promoted. 56th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Thomas Thompson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Gordon Cumming, who retires--Ensign William Frederick Hillatt Jones to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thompson - Gentleman Cadet William Raymond Knox, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jones. 60th Foot—Ensign Richard Collingwood Robinson to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles F. Faber, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet Crawford Lewin Allan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robinson. 61st Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Macfarlane, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice James Thomas Gilfoyle, who retires. 71st Foot—Staff-Surgeon Major William Barrett, M. 8., to be Burgeon; vice William Simpson, M. 8., deceased. 76th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Albert Arthur Ronald Logan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Cookson Fife, transferred to the 18th Foot. 100th Foot Gentleman Cadet Nesham Yelden Lloyd, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Walter Russell Langton Brackenbury, transferred to the 20th Foot. Rifle Brigade—The surname of the Ensign appointed on the 17th ultimo is " Lyttelton," and not " Lyttleton," as then stated. 2d West India Regiment—Gentleman Cadet Charles Henry Warner, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice James F. Hopkins, promoted, without purchase, in the 4th West India Regiment, 3d West India Regiment—Gentleman Cadet Samuel Thos Atkinson Dunn, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Duncan Tylden Chisholm, promoted—Gentleman Cadet Walter Roberts, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Charles Fiederick William Moir, promoted.