Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset.

North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Webster, promoted. Dated 3rd September 1851.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of SEPTEMBER 9, 1851.

Lord Chamberlain's Office, September 9, 1851.

ORDERS for the Court's going into Mourning on Thursday next, the 11th instant, for His late Serene Highness The Duke Ferdinand of SaxeCoburg and Gotha, Uncle to Her Majesty The Queen, and to His Royal Highness Prince Albert; viz. :

The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets.

The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles.

The Court to change the Mourning on Thursday the 18th instant; viz.:

The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons.

The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and

silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords, and buckles.

And on Thursday the 25th instant, the Court to go out of Mourning.

War-Office, 9th September 1851.

17th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Cornet George Ross to be Adjutant, vice Howard St. George, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Dated 9th September 1851.

5th Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant Albert Ernest Ross to be Adjutant, vice Carter, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Dated 9th September 1851.

7th Foot, Captain Robert Francis Lascelles Jenner, from the 41st Foot, to be Captain, vice Stuart, who exchanges. Dated 9th September 1851. 31st Foot, Gentleman Cadet Thomas Eaton Swettenham, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Benison, appointed to the 64th Foot. Dated 9th September 1851. 34th Foot, Edmund Powell Lettice Mathew, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Ryan, who retires. Dated 9th September 1851.

41st Foot, Captain Robert Stuart, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Jenner, who exchanges. Dated 9th September 1851.

42nd Foot, Lieutenant Thomas Hugh Cockburn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased. Dated 9th September 1851. Ensign William Lear Macnish to be Lieutenant, vice Cockburn. Dated 9th September 1851. Gentleman Cadet Joseph Charles Ross Grove, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Macnish. Dated 9th September 1851.

55th Foot, Lieutenant Robert Grigg, from the 2nd West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fairtlough, promoted to an Unattached Company. Dated 9th September 1851.

63rd Foot, Ensign John Jeken Cockburn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evans, promoted to an Unattached Company. Dated 9th September 1851.

64th Foot, Lieutenant Robert Mockler to be Captain, without purchase, vice James, deceased. Dated 9th May 1851.

Ensign Standish de Courcy O'Grady to be Lieutenant, vice Mockler. Dated 9th May 1851. Ensign Alexander Benison, from the 31st Foot, to be Ensign, vice O'Grady. Dated 9th September 1851.

87th Foot, First Lieutenant Robert Gibson to be Adjutant, vice Maunsell, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Dated 9th September 1851. 2nd West India Regiment, Brevet Major Stephen John Hill to be Major, without purchase. Dated 9th September 1851.

Gold Coast Corps, Major Stephen John Hill, of the 2nd West India Regiment, to be Major, ex officio, so long as he may remain Governor of the Gold Coast. Dated 9th September 1851.

To be Captains, without purchase.

Lieutenant William Mayne, from the 22nd Foot. Dated 9th September 1851.

First Lieutenant Henry Bird, from the Ceylon Regiment. Dated 9th September 1851.

Lieutenant John M'Court, from the 2nd. West India Regiment. Dated 9th September 1851.

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To be Ensigns, without purchase.

Serjeant-Major Alexander Thompson, from the 1st West India Regiment. Dated 9th Sep

tember 1851.

Serjeant-Major Joseph Brownell, from the St. Helena Regiment. Dated 10th September 1851. To be Assistant-Surgeon.

James Davys, Gent. Dated 9th September 1851.

HOSPITAL STAFF.

To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Waller Barrow, from the 19th Foot. Dated 9th September 1851. Assistant-Surgeon James Richard Ffennell, from the 79th Foot. Dated 9th September 1851. Assistant-Surgeon George William Peake, from the 1st Foot. Dated 9th September 1851. Acting Assistant-Surgeon Lawrence Mackenzie. Dated 9th September 1851.

UNATTACHED.

Lieutenant William Haviland Fairtlough, from the 55th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. Dated 9th September 1851.

Lieutenant Henry Roe Evans, from the 63rd Foot, to be Captain, by purchase. Dated 9th September 1851.

MEMORANDUM.

Captain Richard Hayne, on half-pay of the Royal Staff Corps, has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission, he being about to become a Settler in New Brunswick. Dated 9th September 1851.

The Christian names of Second Lieutenant Gregory, of the 60th Foot, are "Arthur Morgan Hood Grosvenor."

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lanark.

Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry (formerly Upper Ward and Airdrie Corps of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry).

Major Commandant William Lockhart to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant. Dated 4th July 1851.

Captain Alexander Macdonald Lockhart to be Major, vice William Lockhart, promoted. Dated 28th July 1851.

Lieutenant George Vere Irving to be Captain, vice Alexander Macdonald Lockhart, promoted. Dated 29th July 1851.

Cornet John George Brown to be Lieutenant, vice Finlay, deceased. Dated 28th July 1851. Cornet Douglas Baird to be Lieutenant, vice Irving, promoted. Dated 30th July 1851. John Chancellor, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Brown, promoted. Dated 28th July 1851.

Charles Edward Hope Vere, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Baird, promoted. Dated 31st July 1851.

Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Anglesey.

Royal Anglesey Militia.

Thomas Love Duncombe Jones Parry, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Henry Jones, resigned. Dated 8th August 1851.