PROMOTIONS. 1795, on a confidential mission to Louis XVIII., then residing at Verona. He then held for some years the office of an Auditor of Public Accounts, and retired on a pension. 31. At Belfast, Mrs. Emerson, mother of Sir James Emerson Tennant. At Liverpool, aged 79, Mrs. Jer rold, mother of Mr. Douglas Jerrold. She was a pensioner on the General Theatrical Fund. PROMOTIONS. 1851. JANUARY, GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. 2. Lieut.-Col. Hugh Henry Rose, C.B. (Consul-General in Syria), to be Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople. William Murray, esq., of Henderland, to be one of the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland. 3. Charles Justin M'Carthy, esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the island of Ceylon. 27. Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Westmoreland, G.C.B. (now Envoy Extraordinary at Berlin), to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna. -Rear-Adm. Sir Edmund Lyons, bt. and G.C.B. (now Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation), to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Stockholm. John Bell, esq. (now British ViceConsul at Oran), to be Consul in Algeria. Sir Chas. Aug. Fitz-Roy, knt., reappointed Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales, and appointed Governorin-Chief of Van Diemen's Land, Victoria, and South Australia, and Governor-General of all the colonies of Australia. Sir William Thos. Denison, knt., reappointed Lieut.-Governor of Van Diemen's Land. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 3. Capt. W. G. Prendergast, of the 8th Bengal Cavalry, to be Major in the army in the East Indies. White, C.B., from the 8th Foot, to be 31. Unattached, brevet Major F Major. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Right Rev. E. Feild, D.D. (Bishop of Newfoundland), Bishopric of Nova Scotia. Rev. H. Binney, D.D., Bishopric of Newfoundland. Rev. W. A. Bouverie, Archdeaconry of Norfolk. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. 3. James Cumming, LL.D., Rector of the Academy at Glasgow, to be one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools signed. in Scotland, vice John Gibson, esq., re Knighted, James William Morrison, esq., late Deputy Master and Worker of the Queen's Mint. 7. William Musgrave, esq., to be first Puisne Judge; and Sydney Smith Bell, esq., to be second Puisne Judge of the Hope. Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Bulkeley, bt., to be Lord Lieutenant of 11. Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams the county of Carnarvon. 14. D. R. Ross, esq., to be Lieut.-Governor of Tobago.-A. Davoren, esq., to be Chief Justice for the Island of St. Christopher. 18. Lemuel Allan Wilmot, esq., to be a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick; and John Ambrose ney-General for that province.-William Street, esq., to be Her Majesty's Attor Sunley, esq., to be Consul at the Comoro Islands. PROMOTIONS. 19. The Marquis of Normanby elected K.G. 21. Charles Sturt, esq., to be Colonial Secretary; Boyle Travers Finniss, esq., Colonial Treasurer and Registrar-General; and George Frederick Dashwood, esq., Lieut. R.N., Commissioner of Police, and Police Magistrate for the colony of South Australia.-F. Newland, esq., to be Stipendiary Magistrate at the port of Adelaide, in the said colony. 22. The Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, bt., created Baron Broughton, of Broughton de Gyfford, Wilts.Arthur Baron de Freyne created a baron of the United Kingdom, by the title of Baron de Freyne, of Coolavin, co. Sligo, with remainders, in default of heirs male of his body, to his brothers, John French, clerk, Charles French, esq., and Fitzstephen French, esq., severally and successively, and to the heirs male of their bodies. 25. Patrick Allan, esq., of Hospitalfield, Forfarshire, and of Hawkesbury Hall, and Elizabeth his wife, only child and heir of the late John Fraser, esq., of Hospitalfield, by Elizabeth his wife, in memory of the said Elizabeth Fraser and her late husband, to take the surname of Fraser after that of Allan, and to bear the arms of Fraser. William Dougal Christie, esq. (now Agent and Consul-General at Mosquito), to be Secretary of Legation to the Swiss Confederation.-George Aikin, esq., to be Consul in the State of California. 28. Knighted, John Thomas Briggs esq., Accountant-General of the Navy. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 6. Royal Engineers, Lieut.-Gen. G. Nicolls to be Colonel Commandant. 7. 23rd Foot, Major-Gen. G. C. D'Aguilar, C.B., from 58th Foot, to be Colonel. -56th Foot, Capt. S. Oakeley to be Major.-58th Foot, Major-Gen. E. B. Wynyard, C.B., to be Colonel.-65th Foot, Major-Gen. S. B. Auchmuty, C.B., to be Colonel.-Staff, brevet Col. J. Freeth to be Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Quartermaster A. Cruickshanks, half-pay, 79th Foot, to be Fort Major at Edinburgh Castle.-Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, A. Smith, M.D., to be Inspector General of Hos pitals, and to be Superintendent of the Army Medical Department. 14. Lieut. Col. R. Airey and Major J. Enoch to be Assistant QuartermastersGeneral, and to be Lieut.-Colonels in the Army. 21. 1st Dragoon Guards, Capt. W. W. Allen to be Major.-2nd West India Regt., Lieut.-Col. A. G. Sedley, from half-pay 63rd Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice W. R. Faber, who exchanges.Hospital Staff, Staff Surgeon of the First Class, A. Melvin to be Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals.-Brevet Capt. C. Dawe, of the 8th Foot, to be Major in the Army. 24. Royal Artillery, Major-Gen. N. W. Oliver to be Colonel-Commandant ; brevet Major C. B. Symons to be Lieut.Colonel. 26. Royal Marines, Col. Second Comm. A. H. Gordon to be Colonel-Commandant; Lieut.-Col. H. Mitchell to be Colonel Second Commandant ; Capt. and brevet Major C. Fegan to be Lieut.Colonel. 28. 43rd Foot, Capt. H. Skipwith to be Major.-61st Foot, Major W. H. Vicars to be Lieut.-Colonel.—Capt. T. L. Dalton to be Major. NAVY PROMOTIONS. 5. Lieut. Fred. Lamport Barnard (1840) to be Commander.-Comm. W. C. Chamberlain to the Cormorant, 6, steam-sloop.-Lieut. William Campbell (1810) to be retired Commander of 1830. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENT. Hon. and Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Tuam, &c., Ecclesiastical Commissioner for Ireland. CHAPLAINCIES. Rev. J. Cartmell, D.D. (Master of Christ's College, Cambridge), in Ordinary to the Queen. Rev. C. Baring (Rector of All Souls', London), in Ordinary to the Queen. Rev. C. J. Vaughan, D.D. (Master of Harrow School), in Ordinary to the Queen. CIVIL PREFERMENTS. Lieut.-Col. F. Abbott, C.B. (late of Bengal Engineers), to be Lieut.-Governor of the East India Company's Seminary at Addiscombe. MARCH. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. 1. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, K.C.B., H.M. Envoy to America, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. --Lord Bloomfield, C.B., H.M. Envoy to Russia.-Lord Cowley, C.B., H.M. Minister at Frankfort. James Macaulay Higginson, esq., Governor of Mauritius. The Hon. John Duncan Bligh, H.M. Envoy to Hanover. 24. The Hon. Beatrice Byng to be one of the Maids of Honour in Ordinary to Her Majesty, vice Hon. Caroline Dawson, resigned. 26. Knighted, John Kerle Haberfield, esq., Mayor of Bristol. 28. Sir John Romilly, knt., to be Master and Keeper of the Rolls and Records in Chancery. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 7. Grenadier Guards, Lieut. and Capt. the Hon. H. H. M. Percy to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel.-81st Foot, Major H. Farrant to be Lieut.-Colonel; Capt. the Hon. R. A. G. Dalzell to be Major. Brevet Lieut.-Col. F. Abbott, C.B. (Lieut.-Governor of the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe), to have the local and temporary rank of Lieut.-Colonel. 14. 74th Foot, Capt. G. W. Fordyce to be Major.- Unattached, Major J. Alves, from the Depôt Battalion, Isle of Wight, to be Lieut.-Colonel.-Brevet Major-Gen. W. Wood, C.B., to have the local rank of Lieut.-General in the Windward and Leeward Islands.--Major H. R. Gore, C.B., 66th Foot, to be Lieut.Colonel in the Army. 15. Royal Engineers, Lieut.-Gen. G. Wright to be Colonel-Commandant. NAVY PROMOTIONS. 21. Vice-Adm. the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., to be Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Adm. C. P. Bateman to be ViceAdmiral of the Blue; Capt. W. W. Henderson, C.B., K.H., to be Rear Admiral of the Blue.-To be retired Rear-Admirals, under the terms proposed 1st of September, 1846: Joseph Digby, Charles Warde, K.H., William Ffarington, James Rattray, and John Allen. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. E. Jenkins, Canonry of St. Nicholas, in Llandaff Cathedral. Rev. J. Sandford, Archdeaconry of Coventry, diocese of Worcester. Rev. I. G. Abeltshauser, LL.D., Prebend of St. Audoen, in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Right Rev. R. Eden, D.D. (Bishop of Moray, &c.), Elgin Episcopal Church, N.B. Rev. J. C. Campbell, Fairwell and Henry VIII. Canonry in Llandaff Cathedral. Rev. W. Carus, Canonry in Winchester Cathedral, and Romsey V., Hants. PROMOTIONS. Commander-in-Chief of H. M. Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast.— Samuel Wensley Blackall, esq., to be Lieut.-Governor of Dominica. 2. George James Turner, esq., Q.C., to be a Vice-Chancellor, vice Sir James Wigram, resigned. 7. Andrew Rutherfurd, esq., to be one of the Lords of Session in Scotland. 8. James Moncreiff, esq., to be Advocate-General for Scotland. · David Ross, esq., now British Vice-Consul at Coquimbo, to be Consul at that Port. 14. Knighted, George James Turner, esq., a Vice-Chancellor; and William Page Wood, esq., M.P., Her Majesty's Solicitor-General.-Sir John Romilly, knt., Master of the Rolls, and Sir George James Turner, knt., a ViceChancellor, sworn of H. M. Privy Council. Matthew Arnold, esq., to be one of H. M. Inspectors of Schools. 28. Lord Bloomfield, K.C.B. (now Envoy at St. Petersburgh), to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin; Sir George Hamilton Seymour, G.C.B. (now Envoy at Lisbon), to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburgh; the Right Hon. Sir Richard Pakenham, K.C.B. (sometime Envoy to the United States of America), to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon. The Earl of Howth to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Dublin. Matthew Davenport Hill, esq., Q.C., Recorder of Birmingham, to be Com missioner of Bankruptcy for the Bristol District. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 7. Royal Artillery, brevet Major T. C. Robe, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. 14. Royal Artillery, Capt. W. W. D'Arley to be Lieutenant-Colonel. 15. 37th Foot, Major-General William Smelt, C. B., from the 62nd Foot, to be Colonel.-50th Foot, Major-Gen. W. F. B. Loftus to be Colonel.-62nd Foot, Major-Gen. Thomas Lightfoot, C.B., to be Colonel.-77th Foot, Major-Gen. George Brown, C.B., to be Colonel. 18. 17th Light Dragoons, Lieut.-Col. J. Lawrenson, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.-Capt. J. D. G. Tulloch, on half-pay of 84th Foot, to have the local rank of Major while acting as Military Superintendent of Pensioners in North America. 25. Brevet Capt. William Osborne, 14th Foot, to be Major in the Army. NAVY PROMOTIONS. 2. Capt. Sir John Hill to be RearAdmiral of the Blue. 8. Rear-Adm. A. Lysaght to be ViceAdmiral of the Blue; Capt. J. Carter to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.-Capt. Peter M'Quhae (1835) to be Commodore of the second class, to relieve Commodore Bennet at Jamaica. - Comm. William Moorsom (1848) to be Captain. 29. Vice-Adm. Sir W. Parker, bart., G.C.B., to be Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Adm. the Hon. Josceline Percy, C.B., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Capt. Henry Meynell to be Rear-Ad miral of the Blue.-Comm. George A. Frazer (1841) to be Captain.-Comm. Frederick B. Montressor to be Captain. Appointments. Rick to the Tartarus steam-vessel, to 2. Lieut. R. H. protect the fisheries on the north coast of Scotland. 8. Comm. Robert Coote (1847) to the Volcano steam vessel on the coast of Africa; Comm. T. A. B. Spratt (1849) to the Spitfire, steam vessel, at Malta. Dr. James Grant Stewart to be Deputy-Inspector in charge of Malta Hospital. 29. Comm. C. Yorke Campbell to the Devastation. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. W. Hallaran, Caherultan, Prebend, diocese Cloyne. Rev. J. H. Singer, D.D., Archdeaconry of Rephoe. Rev. R. Swindall, Chancellor of Ardfert Cathedral. Rev. T. H. Davies, Archdeaconry of Melbourne, South Australia. MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT. Aylesbury.-Richard Bethell, esq. Boston.-J. H. Freshfield, esq. Cork. Mr. Serjeant Murphy. Coventry-Charles Geach, esq. Devonport.-Sir John Romilly (Master of the Rolls), re-elected, Enniskillen.-James Whiteside, esq., PROMOTIONS. Somerset (W.).-W. H. P. Gore Langton, esq. Southampton.-Sir Alex. J. G. Cockburn (Attorney-General), re-elected. MAY. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. 5. The Right Hon. Andrew Ruther furd sworn of the Privy Council. 7. John Montgomerie Bell, esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of Kincardine, vice John Cowan, esq., resigned. 9. James Douglas, esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in the Island of Vancouver and its dependencies. John Rainier, esq., to be Resident Magistrate at Riversdale, Cape of Good Hope. 14. Lieut. Col. William Reed, C.B., of Royal Engineers, to be one of the Gentlemen Ushers to H. R. H. Prince Albert, vice Major-Gen. Godwin, C.B., resigned. 15. Duncan M'Neill, esq., Dean of Faculty, to be one of the Lords of Session in Scotland, vice J. H. Mackenzie, esq., resigned. 20. Lieut.-Col. Thomas Gore Browne, C.B., to be Governor of St. Helena.John Dalrymple, jun., esq., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Wigton, vice Earl of Galloway, resigned. 26. James Duff, esq., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Elgin.-William George Anderson, esq., to be Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall, vice Edward White, esq., resigned. 27. William Hogge and Charles Mostyn Owen, esqs., to be Assistants to Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. G. W. Smith, bart., G.C.B., Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, as Her Majesty's High Commissioner for settling the territories in Southern Africa, adjacent to the eastern and north-eastern frontier of that colony. 28. Richard Cornwall Legh, esq., to be Assistant-Secretary to the Government of Malta, and Clerk to the Council of Government of that Island.Knighted, James Tyler, esq., H. M. Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms. 30. Duncan M'Neill, esq. (one of the Ordinary Lords of Session), to be one of the Lords of Justiciary in Scotland, rice J. H. Mackenzie, esq., resigned. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Richard Armstrong, C.B., to be Commander-in-Chief at Madras. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 9. 53rd Foot, Major W. R. Mansfield to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Capt. C. Lempriere to be Major.-Brevet MajorGen. Sir R. Armstrong, C.B., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the East Indies; Capt. W. Grenfell, Ceylon Rifle Regt., to be Major in the Army. 16. Hospital Staff, Deputy InspectorGeneral of Hospitals, William Hackett, M.D., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals.-Staff Surgeon of the First Class, James Barry, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.-Brevet Col. Henry Somerset, C.B., to have the local rank of Major-General at the Cape of Good Hope. 23. Royal Marines, Lieut.-Col. Robert Mercer to be Colonel Second Commandant; Capt. and Brevet Major R. L. Hornbrook to be Lieut.-Colonel.-62nd Foot, brevet Major W. Matthias to be Major.-2nd West India Regt., Major L. F. Jones, from 62nd Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.-Staff, brevet Lieut.-Col. E. Macarthur to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in New South Wales. 30. Brevet Major W. C. E. Napier, of the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. NAVY PROMOTIONS. 31. Lieut. Samuel Morrish to be Commander.-Lieut. James U. Purchase to be Commander on the retired list of 1816. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. A. Morgan, Chancellorship of Llandaff Cathedral. Rev. W. W. Williams, Canonry in Llandaff Cathedral. Rev. J. H. Marsden, B.D., Disney Professorship of Classical Antiquities, University of Cambridge. MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT. Isle of Wight.-E. Dawes, esq. Leith.-James Moncreiff, eso. |