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PROMOTIONS.

1846.

JANUARY.

PROMOTIONS.

30. George Frederick Street, esq., to be Puisne Judge of New Brunswick; William Wright, esq., to be AdvocateGeneral, and William Boyd Kinnear, esq., Solicitor-General for that province. Samuel Turner Fearon, esq., to be Registrar-General and Collector of Chinese Revenue for the island of Hong Kong.

31. Lord Glenlyon, to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, vice the Earl of Hardwicke.

ARMY APPOINTMENTS.

30. 2nd Dragoon Guards, Major Wm. Campbell, to be Lieut.-Colonel; brevet Major Power Le Poer Trench, to be Major.-4th Light Dragoons, Major William Parlby, to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. Lord George A. F. Paget, to be Major.

FEBRUARY.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

2. Edward Walter Bonham, esq., to be Consul at Calais; Norman Pringle, esq., to be Consul at Stockholm.

4. Joseph Gibson Gordon, esq., to be Provost Marshal for the Virgin Islands.

8. The Marquess of Abercorn, K.G., to be, Groom of the Stole to H. R. H. Prince Albert.

11. Knighted, Roderick Impey Murchison, Knight of the first class of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, &c., Fellow of the Royal Society, V. P. G.S. and R. Geogr. S., Member of the Imp. Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburgh, Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, Hon. Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Royal Irish Academy, &c. &c.; and Doctor John Richardson, R. N., F.R.S., Medical Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets.

13. Col. H. R. Ferguson, and Frances Julianna his wife, only surviving sister to the late Sir H. P. Davie, Bart., to take the name of Davie after Ferguson. The sisters of the Earl of Portarlington, to have

the titles and precedence to which they would have been entitled in case their father, the late Captain Henry Dawson Damer, had survived his brother the late Earl. Sir Chas. Augustus Fitzroy, Knt., to be Captain-General, and Governor-inChief, of New South Wales. Clarence Thomas Wylde, esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Swellendam, in the Cape of Good Hope. Walter Harding esq., to be Crown Prosecutor for the district of Natal, in South Africa.

16. The Hon. Henry John Rous, Capt. R. N., to be one of her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of High Admiral, vice Capt. the Hon. W. Gordon.

19. The Earl of Lincoln, to be one of the Visitors of Maynooth College.

24. Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy, Knt., to be Governor and Commander-inChief of North Australia.

25. The Marquis of Abercorn, K. G., and the Right Hon. James Archibald Stuart Wortley, sworn of the Privy Council, Daniel Peploe Peploe, of Garnstone, esq., to be Sheriff of Hertfordshire, vice J. F. Vaughan.

26. Brevet Major George Hutt, Bombay Art., brevet Major Robert Henderson, Madras Eng., and brevet Major Joshua Tait, 6th Bombay N. Inf., to be Companions of the Bath.

The Earl of Lincoln, to be Chicf Secretary for Ireland.

The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Freemantle, Bart., late Chief Secretary for Ireland, to be Deputy Chairman of the Board of Customs.

C. J. Knowles, esq., Q. C., to be Attorney-General of the county palatine of Lancaster.

Henry Martley esq., Q. C., appointed legal adviser to the Irish Government.

ARMY APPOINTMENTS.

6. Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Lieut.-Col. H. Simmonds, from the St. Helena Regiment, to be Lieut.-Colonel.-St. Helena Regiment, Lieut.-Col. J. Ross, to be Lieut.-Colonel.-- Royal Engineers, Major-Gen. E. W. Durnford, to be Colonel Commandant.-West Kent Militia, Capt. T. G. Monypenny, to be Major; Capt. T. T. Hodges, to be Major.

13. 4th Foot. Gen. Sir T. Bradford, G. C.B., from 30th Foot, to be Colonel

PROMOTIONS.

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MARCH.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

2. Charles John, Viscount Canning, Alexander Milne, esq., and the Hon. Charles Alexander Gore, to be Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings. Richard Stevens, esq. (now Vice-Consul at Samsoon), to be Consul at Tabreez; Benjamin Barrie, esq. (now Consular Assistant at Madrid), to be Consul at Alicante.

3. Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, K. C. H., to be a Groom in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, vice Duncombe.

5. Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, C.B., to be Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert, vice Anson; General Sir G. Anson, to be Extra Groom of the Bedchamber; Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, Grenadier Guards, to be Equerry, vice Wylde; Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Equerry, vice Bowater.

9. Captain Charles Hotham, R. N., to be K. C.B.

10. Lieutenant-General Earl Cathcart, K.C.B., to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and of the island of Prince Edward, and GovernorGeneral of all Her Majesty's Provinces on the continent of North America, and of the island of Prince Edward.

11. Hon. S. T. Carnegie, and Ralph Neville, esq., to be Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.

18. Charles John, Viscount Canning, sworn of the Privy Council.

19. The Right Hon. Charles John, Viscount Canning, to be an additional Fine Arts Commissioner.

28. Theophilus Shepstone, esq., to be Diplomatic Agent to the native tribes residing within the district of Natal, in South Africa. John Maclean, esq., Captain in the Army, to be Diplomatic Agent to the T'Slamble, Congo, and Fingo tribes, on the eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope.

30. Viscount Canning, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Right Hon. John C. Herries, and Sir John Mark Frederick Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Eng., to be Commissioners for investigating and reporting upon the various railway projects of which the termini are proposed to

PROMOTIONS.

be established within or in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis.

Lord Lyttelton to be Under Secretary of State for the Colonies.

ARMY APPOINTMENTS.

13. 7th Dragoon Guards, Major-Gen. Sir George Scovell, K. C. B., to be Colonel; 7th Dragoons, Major General Sir William Tuyll, to be Colonel. - 13th Foot, Major General Sir W. M. Gomm, K. C.B., to be Colonel.

20. Staff, brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, John Bloomfield Gough, of the 3rd Light Dragoons, to be Quartermaster-General to the Queen's Forces in the East Indies. Brevet Captain John St. Leger, 2nd West India Regiment, and Captain Thomas Hurdle, Royal Marines, to be Majors in the Army.

27. 61st Foot, Captain J. B. Thomas, to be Major.-Brevet, Captain C. Randall, 1st Foot Guards, to be Major in the army; Captain T. F. Tait, of 2nd Bengal European Regiment, to be Major in the army in the East Indies.

31. 9th Foot, to be LieutenantColonels, Major G. L. Davis, Major C. Barnwell; to be Majors, brevet Major C. Douglas, brevet Major M. Smith.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

To be retired Commander-. W. Lester.

Appointments.-Captains Sir T. Herbert, K. C. B. (1822), to the Raleigh; R. B. Watson (1842), to the Brilliant. Commanders J. C. Pitman (1842), to the Childers; E. Crouch (1843), to the Devastation.

With reference to the successful engagement at Punta Obligado, by the combined English and French Naval Forces, the following naval promotions have taken place, dated the 18th Nov. 1845, the day of the action, viz.-To be Captain, Commander B. J. Sullivan; to be Commanders, Acting Commander E. A. Inglefield, Lieutenant R. J. T. Levinge, C. F. Doyle, Lieutenant A. C. Key.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Bridport.-Alexander D. R. W. Baillie Cochrane, esq. (re-elected.) Gloucestershire. (East.)-Marquis of Worcester.

Mayo Co.-Joseph Myles M'Donnell, esq.

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GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

1. Viscount Canning, to be one of her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into and considering the most effectual means of improving the metropolis, and of providing increased facilities of communication within the same.

2. To be Companions of the Bath :Col. Thomas Reed, 62nd Foot, Col. the Hon. Thomas Ashburnham, 62nd Foot, Lieut.-Col. Thomas Ryan, 50th Foot, Peter John Petit, 50th Foot, Marcus Barr, 29th Foot, Thomas Bunbury, 80th Foot, John Byrne, 31st Foot, Charles Barnwell, 9th Foot, Robert Blucher Wood, 80th Foot, James Spence, 31st Foot, and Capt. James Hope, commanding her Majesty's steam-frigate Firebrand; also the under-mentioned officers in the service of the East India Company,-Major-Gen. Walter Raleigh Gilbert, to be K. C. B., and Lieut.-Cols. David Harriott, James Parsons, J. S. H. Weston, W. J. Gairdner, William Burlton, William Garden, Patrick Grant, James Stuart, Richard Benson, George Brooke, George Hicks, William Mactier, William Geddes, George Gladwin Denniss, and Edward Huthwaite, of the Bengal army, to be Companions of the said Most Hon. Military Order.

7. Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, G. C. B., Governor-General of India, created Viscount Hardinge, of Lahore and of King's Newton, county of Derby; General Sir Hugh Gough, Bart, G. C.B., Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's forces in the East Indies, created Baron Gough, of Chinkeangfoo, in China, and of Maharajpore and the Sutlej, in the East Indies.

Major-Gen. Sir Henry George Smith, K.C. B., to be G.C. B.; Norman William Macdonald, esq., to be Captain

PROMOTIONS.

General and Governor-in-Chief of Sierra Leone.

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John Thomas Graves, of the Inner Temple, esq., Barrister-at-law, to be an Assistant-Commissioner of Poor-Laws; John Ball, of Dublin, esq., Barrister-atlaw, to be an Assistant-Commissioner of Poor-Laws for six months from the 2nd day of April, to carry the provisions of the Irish Poor act into execution.

9. Major-Gen. Sir Henry Geo. Wakelyn Smith, of Aliwaul, on the Sutlej, G.C.B., created a Baronet.

16. Ambrose Poynter esq., Architect, of Park Street, Westminster, and John Shaw, esq., Architect and Surveyor of Christ's Hospital, to be Official Referees of Metropolitan Buildings.

18. Francis Martin, esq. (Norroy), to be Clarenceux king of arms; James Pulman, esq. (Richmond herald), to be Nor

roy.

23. The Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Aberdeen.

24. Matthew Charles Howard Gibbon, esq., to be of Richmond Herald; Alexander Stewart, esq., to be Master of the Rolls for the province of Nova Scotia.

ARMY APPOINTMENTS.

2. Royal Regiment of Artillery: to be Colonel Commandant, Major-Gen. Hon. W. H. Gardiner; to be Colonels, Lieut.Colonel G. Cobbe, Lieut.-Colonel A. H. Mercer; to be Lieut.-Colonels, brevet Majors P. Sandilands, B. Willis, B. H. V. Arbuckle, brevet Lieutenant-Colonel T. G. Higgins, brevet Major T. F. Strangways. Royal Engineers: to be Colonel Commandant, Major-General Sir George Whitmore, K.C. H.; to be Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonel G. Grayton, K. H., Lieutenant-Colonel R. Thomson; to be Lieutenant-Colonels, brevet Majors, P. Cole, E. Matson, J. C. Victor, C. Grierson, T. E. Fenwick, L. A. Hall, P. Hule.

3. Grenadier Guards, Lieutenant and Captain F. W. Hamilton, to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel.-Unattached, Capt. H. W. Paget, from 56th Regiment, to be Major.-Brevet, to be Majors in the army, Captain G. Rawlinson, 1st West India Regiment, Captain J. V. Fletcher, 14th Foot, Captain W. Dungan, 10th Light Dragoons. -10th Light Dragoons : Major J. C. Wallington, to be LieutenantColonel without purchase; to be Majors without purchase, Captain H. F. Bonham,

Captain J. Tritton, from 3rd Light Dragoons.-8th Foot, Major J. Longfield, to be Lieutenant Colonel; Capt. E. H. Greathed, to be Major.-24th Foot, Major J. Stoyte, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain R Marsh, to be Major.-32nd Foot, Major J. T. Hill, to be LieutenantColonel; brevet Major G. Browne, to be Major.-Brevet, to be Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the army, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. T. Ashburnham, 62nd Foot, LieutenantColonel C. C. Taylor, 29th Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Cureton, 16th Light Dragoons, Lieutenant-Colonel M. White, 3rd Light Dragoons.-To be LieutenantColonels in the army: Major J. W. Nunn, 80th Foot; Major W. T. Shortt, 62nd Foot; Major G. Congreve, 29th Foot; Major C. W. M. Balders, 3rd Light Dragoons. To be Majors in the army: Capt. J. Tritton, 3rd Light Dragoons; Captain J. R. B. Hale, 3rd Light Dragoons; Captain C. F. Havelock, 9th Foot; Captain A. Borton, 9th Foot; Captain A. St. George A. Stepney, 29th Foot; Captain the Hon. C. R. S. West, 21st Foot; Captain J. Garvock, 31st Foot; Captain E. Lugard, 31st Foot; Captain S. Fisher, 3rd Light Dragoons.-To be Aides-de- Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the army in the East Indies Lieut.-Colonel H. M. Wheeler, 48th Bengal Native Infantry; LieutenantColonel J. M'Laren, 16th Grenadier Bengal Native Infantry.-To be LieutenantColonels in the army in the East Indies : Majors H. Sibbald, 41st Native Infantry; L. S. Bird, 24th Native Infantry; Major W. Alexander, 5th Light Cavalry; W. H. Wake, 44th Native Infantry; D. Birrell, 1st European Regiment; H. R. Osborn, 54 h Native Infantry; R. Codrington, 49th Native Infantry; T. Polwhele, 42nd Native Infantry; I. H. Handscomb, 26th Native Infantry; P. Grant, 59th Native Infantry; R. J. H. Birch, 17th Native Infantry; F. Brind, Horse Artillery; G. Campbell, Horse Artillery; P. Innes, 14th Native Infantry; J. G. W. Curtis, 37th Native Infantry. To be Majors in the army in the East Indies: Captains P. O'Hanlan, 1st Light Cavalry; S. Nash, 4th Light Cavalry; R. Houghton, 63rd Native Infantry, H. Garbett, Artillery; Captain J. L. Taylor, 26th Light Infantry; E. F. Day, Artillery; W. B. Thomson, 67th Native Infantry; R. Horsford, Artillery; R. Napier, Engineers; F. W. Anson, 18th Native Infantry; J. R.

PROMOTIONS.

Pond, 1st European Light Infantry; C. E. Mills, Artillery; G. Johnston, 46th Native Infantry; G. Carr, 21st Native Infantry; C. J. F. Burnett, 2nd European Regiment; P. Hay, 54th Native Infantry; W. B. Holmes, 12th Native Infantry; Æneas J. Mackay, 16th Native Infantry; R. T. Sandeman, 33rd Native Infantry; G. Short, 45th Native Infantry; H. Palmer, 48th Native Infantry; D. Pott, 47th Native Infantry; G. H. Swinley, Artillery; A. Macdougall, 73rd Native Infantry; A. M. Becher, 61st Native Infantry; J. F. Egerton, Artillery; J. Christie, 3rd Light Cavalry.

6. 73rd Foot, Major-General Sir John Grey, K. C.B., to be Colonel.-Colonel Sir H. G. Smith, K.C.B., on half-pay Unattached, to have the local rank of Major-General in the East Indies.-Col. C. R. Cureton, 16th Light Dragoons, to be Adjutant-General to the Queen's Forces serving in the East Indies.

14. 12th Foot, Major S. F. Glover, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain J. M. Perceval, to be Major.-20th Foot, Major F. Horn, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, brevet Major C. Smith, to be Major.-23rd Foot, Major R. P. Holmes, to be LieutenantColonel, Captain J. Enoch, to be Major.

-24th Foot, Captain H. W. Harris, to be Major.-42nd Foot, brevet LieutenantColonel J. Macdougall, to be LieutenantColonel; Brevet Major D. Frazer, to be Major.-45th Foot, Major A. Erskine, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Charles Hind, to be Major. --59th Foot, Captain H. H. Graham, to be Major.-71st Foot, Major W. Denny, to be LieutenantColonel; Captain A. R. L'Estrange, to be Major.-91st Foot, Major J. F. G. Cambell, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain D. Forbes, to be Major. - 97th Foot, brevet Lieutenant-Colonel N. L. Darrah, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain the Hon. H. R. Handcock, to be Major.Rifle Brigade, Major H. F. Beckwith, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain C. D. Egerton, to be Major.-3rd West India Regiment, Major C. H. Doyle, from 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

18. 95th Foot, Major J. R. Raines, to be Major; brevet Captain Frederick White, to be Major.

28. 10th Dragoons, Major H. F. Bonham, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.-8th Foot, General Sir Gordon Drummond, G. C.B., to be Colonel; Captain F. S. Holmes, to be Major.-15th Foot, General Sir Phineas Riall, to be Colonel.-24th Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Brookes, to be

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