72nd Foot, Serjeant-Major James Thompson to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bamfield, promoted in the 11th Foot. Dated 15th October, 1858. 76th Foot, Captain John Geddes, from 23rd Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Gordon, who exchanges. Dated 15th October, 1858. 91st Foot, Lieutenant Henry William Gregg to be Captain, without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased. Dated 28th September, 1858. Ensign Charles Hollway to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gregg. Dated 28th September, 1858. 95th Foot, Ensign Edward W. Bennett has been permitted to resign his Commission. Dated 15th October, 1858. 98th Foot, Ensign George Thomas West to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 15th October, 1858. 99th Foot, Captain Lewis Xavier Leslie, from half-pay 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Grime, retired upon full-pay. Dated 15th October, 1858. Lieutenant Joseph Dinham Molson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leslie, who retires. Dated 15th October, 1858. 3rd West India Regiment, Sergeant John Croly, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mahon, promoted. Dated 15th October, 1858. Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Ensign William Biddulph Pinchard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gorman, promoted in the 14th Foot. Dated 15th October, 1858. STAFF. Major Abraham Collis Anderson, upon half-pay Unattached, to be Fort Major, Edinburgh Castle, vice Brevet-Major William Spring, who has retired upon full-pay. Dated 15th October, 1858. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, C.B., 75th Foot, having completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. Dated 19th Angust, 1858. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Joshua Allen Vigors, retired, full-pay 52nd Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. Dated 15th October, 1858. Captain Lewis Xavier Leslie, 99th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Dated 11th November, 1851. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dorset, Sir Molyneux Hyde Napean, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 7th October, 1858. Francis Bissett Hawkins, Esq., M.D., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 7th October, 1858. Dorset Regiment of Militia. Hubert Churchill Gould, Gent, to be Lieutenant, vice Symonds, resigned. Dated 7th October, 1858. David Alexander Forbes, Gent, to be Ensign, to complete the Establishment. Dated 7th October, 1858. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey. 3rd Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia. Courtenay Forbes Terry, Gent,, to be Ensign. Dated 1st October, 1858. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia. Lieutenant Roger Forrest to be Captain, vice Amiel, resigned. Dated 30th September, 1858. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wilts. Royal Wiltshire Militia. Henry John Phillips, Esq., to be AssistantSurgeon, vice Baker, resigned. Dated 27th September, 1858. Alfred Herbert Brooks, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wemyss, promoted. Dated 27th September, 1858. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Montgomery. Royal Montgomery Rifles. Lieutenant Richard Tanfield Vachell to be Captain, vice Jones, retired. Dated 11th October, 1858. Ensign James Duncan Thomson to be Lieutenant, vice Vachell, promoted. Dated 11th October, 1858. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Carmarthen. Royal Carmarthenshire Rifles. Lloyd Price to be Lieutenant, vice J. Thirlwall, resigned. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. Hampshire Militia Artillery. Second Lieutenant John Annesley Brownrigg to be First Lieutenant, vice Dawson, resigned. Dated 6th October, 1858. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. Shropshire Militia. Adjutant K.R. Murchison, late Lieutenant 58th Regiment, to serve with the rank of Captain, from the 1st August, 1858. Dated 11th October, 1858. MEMORANDUM. Shropshire Militia. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by Ensign Coyne. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of OCTOBER 19, 1858. Downing-Street, October 16, 1858. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain James Robert Mann, R.E., to be Surveyor-General for the Island of Mauritius, and C. Wing, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the said Island. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Scott Tucker, Esq., to be Civil Engineer for the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. (1538). Board of Trade, Whitehall, The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, inclosing a copy of a French Imperial Decree prolonging, until the 30th September, 1859, the exemption from Shipping Dues on cargoes of Grain, Meal, Rice, Potatoes, and Dried Vegetables. (1540.) Board of Trade, Whitehall, THE Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received information, through Her Majesty's Consul-General at Algiers, that the restrictions hitherto existing at the ports of Algeria, as to the tonnage of vessels allowed to carry goods upon which an import duty of 10 per cent. is levied, are hereafter to apply exclusively to vessels engaged in re-exportation. (1544.) Board of Trade Whitehall, THE Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Vice-Consul, at Tangiers, reporting that the prohibition to export Slippers and Haicks (woollen sashes) from Morocco has been withdrawn. (1553.) Board of Trade, Whitehall, The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, inclosing copy |