1 officer and 2 of the privates were killed by the sun; 1 private died since of his wounds. 1st Lancers.-1 officer, 1 non-commissioned officer, 4 rank and file, 8 horses, killed; 1 officer, 7 horses, wounded. H.M.'s 95th Regiment.-2 rank and file, killed; 3 officers, 2 non-commissioned officers, 12 rank and file, wounded; 1 private killed by the sun. 10th Regiment N.I.-1 non-commissioned officer, 4 rank and tile, wounded; 1 Bheesty wounded besides.

Total.-2 officers, 3 non-commissioned officers, 11 rank and file, 19 horses, killed; 6 officers, 6 non-commissioned officers, 25 rank and file, 13 horses, wounded.

JOHN HILL, Captain. Brigade-Major, 3rd Brigade R.F.F. M. W. SMITH, Brigadier,

Commanding 3rd Brigade R.F.F.

War-Office, October 5, 1858.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Rawson William Rawson, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Cape of Good Hope, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

Downing-Street, September 27, 1858.

The Queen has been pleased to direct that letters patent be issued under the Great Seal for` reconstituting the Bishoprick of New Zealand, and for appointing the Right Reverend George Augustus Selwyn, D.D., to be Bishop of the said See, and Metropolitan of New Zealand; for erecting the Bishoprick of Wellington, and for appoint

ing the Venerable Charles John Abraham, Archdeacon of Waitemata, to be Bishop of the said See; for erecting the Bishoprick of Waiapu, and for appointing the Venerable William Williams. Archdeacon of Waiapu, to be Bishop of the said See; for erecting the Bishoprick of Nelson, and for appointing the Reverend Edmund Hobhouse, M.A., to be Bishop of the said See; and for placing under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of New Zealand the See of Christchurch, now under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Australia.

War-Office, Pall-Moll,

5th October, 1858.

2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards, Captain John Theodore Ling, from 18th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Jarvis, who exchanges. Dated 5th October, 1858.

Cornet J. W. Z. Wright, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jarvis, promoted. Dated 5th October, 1858. 5th Light Dragoons, John O. Gowan Smith, Gent, to be Cornet, without purchase. Dated 5th October, 1858.

7th Light Dragoons, Serjeant William Bray to be Riding Master, vice Bell, deceased. Dated 5th October, 1858.

13th Light Dragoons, Cornet Walter P. Bagenal, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet. Dated 5th October, 1858.

15th Light Dragoons, Serjeant-Major Benjamin Holloway to be Quartermaster, vice Walter Clarkson, who retires upon half-pay. Dated 5th October, 1858.

18th Light Dragoons, Captain George Eden Jarvis, from the 2nd Dragoon Guards, to be

Captain, vice Ling, who exchanges. Dated 5th October, 1858.

2nd Regiment of Foot, Ensign Richard William Stokes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jessop, superseded, Dated 5th October, 1858. 10th Foot, Ensign C. H. Newbatt to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 2nd October, 1858. 11th Foot, Ensign William Clegg, from 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 5th October, 1858.

13th Foot, Lieutenant William Lea Smith, from the 1st Stafford Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bolger, promoted. Dated 5th October, 1858.

Paymaster Harry Lee Carter, from the Oxford
Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Mahon, appointed
to the 6th Dragoons.
Dated 25th August,

1858.

14th Foot, Lieutenant Andrew Alfred Le Mesurier to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bower, who retires. Dated 5th October, 1858. Ensign Francis Forbes Atkinson to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 5th October, 1858. Lieutenant Henry Geldart Metcalfe, from the Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice C. H. Jackson, appointed to the 86th Foot. Dated 5th October, 1854. Lieutenant Henry Augustus Williams, from the Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wood, deceased. Dated 6th October, 1858.

15th Foot, Ensign Russell Harris Vieth, from the 4 th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 5th October, 1858.

16th Foot, Ensign Robert Jones Birch, from the 85th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 5th October, 1858.

17th Foot, Lieutenant John Crawford Langford, from the 27th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Travers, whose promotion, from 70th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of 10th September, 1858, has been cancelled. Dated 5th October, 1858.

18th Foot, Lieutenant Walter Carroll, from the Dublin City Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Watt promoted. Dated 5th October, 1858.

21st Foot, Serjeant-Major James Ferguson, from a Depôt Battalion, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted. Dated 5th October, 1858.

22nd Foot, Ensign Jonas Dolmage, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 5th October, 1858.

23rd Foot, Lieutenant Henry Olivier Lloyd, from the Oxford Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated 5th October, 1858.

24th Foot. The Commission of Captain W. V. Munnings to be dated 17th April, 1858, in lieu of 28th May, 1858, as previously stated.

48th Foot, Ensign G. N. R. Goddard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brooke, promoted. Dated 5th October, 1858.

Lieutenant Edward Feneran to be Instructor of Musketry. Dated 14th August, 1858.

53rd Foot, Assistant-Surgeon William Ashton, M.B., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, promoted on the Staff. Dated 5th October, 1858.

58th Foot, Ensign Richard Newton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stapp, who retires. Dated 5th October, 1858.

Frederick Florence Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, promoted. Dated 5th October, 1858. 10 I

1858.

59th Foot, Assistant-Surgeon Walter Crisp, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dauney, deceased. Dated 5th October, 1858.

70th Foot, Lieutenant Oates Joseph Travers to be Captain, without purchase, vice Evatt, deceased. Dated 18th July, 1858.

Ensign George Aislabie Hilton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Travers. Dated 18th

July, 1858.

Ensign William Henry Ralston to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hilton, whose promotion on 23rd July, 1858, has been cancelled. Dated 23rd July, 1858. The promotion of Ensign William Henry Ralston, without purchase, as stated in the Gazette of 24th September, 1858, has been cancelled.

77th Foot, Captain Frederick Arthur St. John, from half-pay 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice Acton, who exchanges. Dated 5th October, 1858.

84th Foot, Colour-Serjeant John Nally to be Quartermaster, vice Donelan, appointed Paymaster. Dated 5th October, 1858.

86th Foot, Lieutenant John George Dartnell to be Adjutant, vice Cochrane, promoted in the 16th Foot. Dated 5th October, 1858. 89th Foot. The transfer of Ensign the Honourable W. H. B. Ogilvy, from the 26th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the 17th September, 1858, has been cancelled. Dated 5th October, 1858. Rifle Brigade, Lieutenant James Frederick Henley to be Captain, by purchase, vice BrevetMajor Atherley, who retires. Dated 5th October, 1858.

Ensign Henry E. Richards to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henley. Dated 5th October,

James T. Richard Lane Fox, Gent., to be Ensign,