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Commissions signed by the Vice Lieutenant of the
County of Stafford.
Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers.

1st Administrative Battalion.
3rd Company,

William Kenwright Harvey, Gent., to be Supernumerary Lieutenant, vice Coxon, resigned. Dated 31st December, 1862.

The above appointment is made subject to Mr. Harvey acting as Quartermaster to the 1sty Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers.

2nd Administrative Battalion.

8th Company.

Robert Thornewill, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Anderson, promoted. Dated 31st December, 1862.

3rd Administrative Battalion.

15th Company.

Henry Walker, Gent., to be Honorary AssistantSurgeon, vice Norris, resigned.

December, 1862.

Dated 31st,

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

2nd Carmarthenshire Rifle Volunteers. Ensign John Lewis to be Lieutenant, vice Norton, resigned. Dated 30th December, 1862.

6th Carmarthenshire Rifle Volunteers.

Ensign John Hoyes Barker to be Lieutenant' vice Wilson, resigned. Dated 30th December

Thomas Charles, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Barker, promoted. Dated 30th December, 1862.

MEMORANDUM.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by Captain John James Spedding in the 3rd Cumberland Rifle Volunteer Corps. Dated 22nd December, 1862.

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

1st Administrative Battalion of Cumberland Rifle Volunteers.

Captain John James Spedding to be Major. Dated 22nd December, 1862.

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

1st Levonshire or Exeter and South Devon Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frederick Leman to be Captain, vice Clarke, resigned. Dated 11th December, 1862. Algernon Augustus De Lille Strickland to be Ensign, vice Grissell, resigned. Dated 11th December, 1862.

13th Devonshire Artillery Volunteers.

David Rule to be First Lieutenant. Dated 13th December, 1862.

Thomas Long Colley to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 13th December, 1862.

Captain Charles Larmour Curry to be CaptainCommandant. Dated 13th December, 1862.

10th Devonshire Rifle Volunteers.

Ensign Robert Baker to be Lieutenant. Dated 20th December, 1862.

11th Devonshire Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Arthur William Troyte to be Ensign. Dated 23rd December, 1862.

Royal North Devonshire Mounted Rifle Yeomanry Cavalry.

Lieutenant the Honourable Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis to be Major, vice Sir Arthur Chichester, promoted (erroneously gazetted as Henry Charles Rolle Trefusis). Dated 22nd November, 1862.

MEMORANDA.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by Captain the Honourable Claude Bowes Lyon, in the 9th Forfarshire Rifle Volunteer Corps.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by Captain Edward Griffiths Syms in the 4th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps.

Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers.

1st Administrative Battalion, 3rd Corps. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by Captain George Charles Benn.

Royal Monmouth Militia.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by Lieutenant Rhys Boychan Powel, in the abovenamed regiment.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commissions held by the following Officers, viz. :—

Captain George Enoch Grayson and First Lieutenant Joseph Hargreaves, in the 1st Lancashire Engineer Volunteer Corps.

Lieutenant John Robertson, in the 1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps.

Captain Charles Ellis, in the 3rd Manchester or 40th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps.

Captain James Ewing, in the 71st. Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 9, 1863.

War Office, Pall Mall,

January 8, 1863. THE Secretary of State for War has received a Despatch and its Enclosures, addressed to him by Brigadier-General Staveley, C.B., Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China, of which the following are copies :

SIR,

Head-Quarters, near Kah-ding, 24th October, 1862. I have the honor to report, for your information, that the Chinese authorities having expressed their willingness to place a garrison in Kah-ding, if the allied forces would recapture it for them, the place was taken by storm after a bombardment of two hours, this morning, by the force under my immediate command, mentioned in the accompanying return marked (A), as well as the British

naval force under Captain Borlase, C.B., and the French troops, placed respectively at my disposal by Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope and Captain Fancón, commanding His Imperial Majesty's forces in China, also the so-called Ward's force, -under the command of an American (Colonel Burgoviene), and Lieutenant Kingsley's 67th Regiment, battalion of 500 Chinese, and 6 mortars worked by Chinese, under Lieutenant Cane, R.A., all detailed in return marked (A).

The guns and mortars were got into position during the night, and opened fire so soon as the walls could be seen. At 8 o'clock, two practicable breaches having been made, the French and British each established their bridges, the British under the direction of Lieutenant Knevitt, R.N., and Lieutenant Lyster, R.E., the storming parties of the 31st and 67th Regiments, under the command of Captain Christian, 31st Regiment, then planted their ladders and entered the place without opposition, the enemy escaping by the opposite side of the city.

The place had been considerably strengthened since our last visit, by an outwork made to flank the walls, and protected by a sort of bomb-proof, which however was not proof against 8-inch mortar shells.

I gave over the place to Colonel Burgoviene and his men, and, except the storming parties, none of Her Majesty's naval or military forces were allowed to enter it.

The re-capture of Kah-ding completes the radius of thirty miles round Shanghai, which it was decided should be cleared of the Tai-ping rebels.

I trust that the excellent conduct of the troops under very tempting circumstances, and the very

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