PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Jan. 1. Jioji Rao Scindia, Maharajah of Gwalior; G.C.B. H.R.H. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; G.C.S.I.; Ram Singh Maharao, Raja of Bundi; Jaswant Singh, Maharajah of Bhurtpore; Ishri Prasad Narain Singh, Maharajah of Benares;. and Azim Jah, Prince of Ascot; G.C.S.I. Shivaji Chatrapati, Rajah of Kollapore; J. Fitzjames Stephen, Esq.; Raja Anand Rao Puar of Dhar; Arthur Hobhouse, Esq.; Man Singjee Raj Sahib of Drangdra; E. C. Bayley, Esq.; The Jam Shri Vibhajee of Nannagar; Sir George E. W. Couper, Bart.; and Rear-Admiral R. J. Macdonald, K.S.I. John Thomas, Baron Redesdale; Earl of Redesdale. 6. Sir Arthur Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B.; Governor of Queensland. 24. W. P. Burrell; AssistantJudge and Vice-Consul at Constantinople. 30. W. Hudlestone, Esq.; Member of Council at Madras. May 1. Sir Henry Thurston Holland, Bart., C.M.G., M.P.; William Wellington Cairns, Esq.; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse, C.M.G.; and William Fitzherbert, Esq., C.M.G.; to be Knights Commanders of the Orders of St. Michael and St. George. Cornelius Hendricksen Kortwright, Esq.; Lieutenant-Colonel William Crossman, R.E.; Henry Lushington Phillips, Esq.; and Colonel Antonio Mattei, R.M.F.A.; to be Companions of the said Order. 2. Guiseppe Gasen, LL.D.; to be one of the Judges for the Island of Malta. 10. Frederick Palgrave Barlee, Esq.; Lieutenant-Governor of British Honduras. John Robert Kindersley; Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Madras. 11. Thomas Legh Claughton; -- Bishop of St. Albans. May 30. A notice in the Gazette stated that the Queen, "in consequence of the growth and advancement of her Colonial Empire," has been pleased to repeal the existing statutes of "the most distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George," and, by new statutes bearing this date, has ordained that the Order shall, as hereto. fore, consist of the Sovereign, a Grand Master, and three several classes of members, namely:- Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commanders, and Com panions; that the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, shall not exceed thirtyfive in number, in addition to extra members, being Princes of the Blood Royal, descendants of King George I., and honorary members consisting of foreign Princes and persons; that the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, shall not exceed 120 in number; and that the Third Class, or Companions, shall not exceed 200 in number. Her Majesty further ordains that the persons to be admitted as ordinary members of the Order shall be "such subjects of Her Majesty, whether natural born or naturalised in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any of Her Majesty's colonies or dependencies, as may have held or shall hereafter hold high and confidential offices, or may have rendered or shall hereafter render extraordinary and important services to Her Majesty as Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, within or in relation to any of Her Majesty's Colonial possessions, or who may become eminently distinguished therein by their talents, merits, virtues, loyalty, or services." The following were the promotions and appointments made upon the reconstitution of this Order :- H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Extra Knight Grand Cross. Prelate of the Order, the Bishop of Lichfield. Mr. Charles Cox, Chancellor; R. G. W. Herbert, Esq., and the Hon. R. H. Meade, of the Colonial Office, Secretary and Registrar. The Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross. Knights Commanders- Major-General Sir H. G. S. Ord; Sir R. Barry; Sir H. W. Parker; J. B. Darvall, Esq.; S. Walcott, Esq.; W. C. F. Robinson, Esq.; Major R. M. Mundy; Major-General P. L. M'Dougall; Major-General J. H. Lefroy; Major-General E. S. Smyth; Brigadier-General R. M. Laffan; J. Robertson, Esq.; A. Blyth, Esq.; and Mr. Henry Parkes. Companions-J. T. F. Callaghan, Esq.; W. Robinson, Esq.; H. R. Janisch, Esq.; G. Dundas, Esq.; G. W. Des Voeux, Esq.; F. P. Barlee, Esq.; J. Trutch, Esq.; C. C. Graham, Esq.; J. Douglas, Esq.; E. D. Baynes, Esq.; J. S. Bushce, Esq.; W. A. G. Young, Esq.; G. B. Colin, Esq.; F. N. Broome, Esq.; A. W. Moir, Esq.; J. d'A. Dumaresq, Esq.; G. Vane, Esq.; T. Russell, Esq.; J. H. Keens, Esq.; J. Smith, Esq.; A. Murray, Esq.; S. Fleming, Esq.; J. Palliser, Esq.; Major D. R. Cameron; Captain S. Anderson; Captain G. A. French; D. Currie, Esq.; Captain L. F. Knollys; A. J. L. Gordon, Esq. June 8. Mr. James Mure; Consul for the Balearic Islands, to reside at Palma. Knights Commanders - Admiral George Elliot; Lieutenant-General A. Borton, C.B.; Lieutenant-General R. Waddy, C.B.; Vice-Admiral F. B. P. Seymour, C.B.; Lieutenant-General H. D. White, C.B.; Major-General W. S. R. Norcott, C.B.; Major-General C. Lysons, C.B.; Major-General C. L. D'Aguilar, C.B.; Major-General J. T. Airey, C.B.; Major-General A. Taylor, C.B.; Major-General M. Galwey, C.B.; Major-General G. W. G. Green, C.B.; Rear-Admiral W. H. Stewart, C.B.; Major-General T. Hurdle, C.B.; Inspector-General Hospitals and Fleets W. R. E. Smart, C.B., M.D. Companions Lieutenant-General J. H. E. Dalrymple; Major-General A. Huyshe; Major-General Lord A. G. Russell; Major-General C. J. Foster; Rear-Admiral R. James, Lord Gilford; Captain J. Bythesea, R.N., V.C.; Captain A. Wilmshurst, R.N.; Captain W. G. Jones, R.N.; Captain G. A. C. Brooker, R.N.; Captain W. Horton, R.N.; Captain H. W. Hire, R.N.; Captain J. H. Marryat, R.N.; Captain H. F. M'Killop, R.N.; Captain H. Campion, R.N.; Captain E. Hardinge, R.N.; Captain W. Graham, R.N.; Captain A. H. Hoskins, R.N.; Captain H. H. Beamish, R.N.; Captain E. Seager, Inspecting Officer Auxiliary Cavalry; Colonel A. C. Robertson, Brigade Depôt; Colonel R. B. Hawley, half-pay, These promotions and appointments in the Order of the Bath were in honour of Her Majesty's birthday. late 60th Regiment; Colonel G. C. Vialls, Brigade Depôt; Colonel W. C. R. Macdonald, M.S.C.; Colonel G. B. Rodney, Royal Marines; Colonel W. F. Lord Abinger, Scots Guards; Colonel J. T. Walker, Royal (late Bombay) Engineers; Colonel O. E. Rothney, C.S.I., B.S.C.; Colonel C. C. G. Ross, B.S.C.; Captain R. C. Allen, R.N.; Colonel T. C. Lyons, half-pay, late Brigade Depôt; Colonel A. J. H. Elliot, Unattached; Colonel R. Biddulph, R.A.; Colonel C. C. Johnson, B.S.C.; Colonel O. Wilkinson, Bengal Cavalry; Colonel F. R. S. Flood, 82nd Regiment; Colonel E. W. Bray, 4th Regiment; Colonel T. A. Cox, 3rd Regiment; Colonel C. E. Oldershaw, R.A.; Colonel J. Elliott, late Royal Marines; Lieutenant-Colonel J. Edwards, R.E.; Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Delafosse, 101st Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel N. W. De Courcy, Royal Marines; Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets W. T. Domville, M.D.; and Deputy-Commissary-General A. W. Downes. B. - 27. Baron Bernhardt von Tauchnitz; Consul-General for Saxony, Grand Duchy of Saxe Weimar, and the Duchies of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Saxe Meiningen and Saxe Altenburg, to reside at Leipsic. 27. Randal Eden Webster; Member of the Council of the Bermudas or Somers Islands. 28. Edwin Farrington, Esq.; Member of the Legislative Council of the Virgin Islands. Sept. 3. Patrick Henderson, Esq.; Consul for the Pachalics of Adana, Aleppo, and Tripoli, to reside at Aleppo. 6. Frederick Bernal Bernal, Esq.; Consul at Santos. William Henry Ravenscroft, Esq.; Auditor and Accountant-General and Controller of the Revenue for the Island of Ceylon. Tunis; Ordinary Members of the Second Class or Knights Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Dec. 10. Charles Henry Stewart, Esq., Senior Puisne Judge of the Colony of Ceylon; and John Thomas Emmerson, Esq.; Ordinary Members of the Third Class or Companions of the said Order. 13. Henry Stewart Cunningham, Esq., Barrister-at-Law; Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, in Bengal. 17. The Rev. Thomas Valpy French, D.D.; Bishop of Lahore, in the East Indies. The Rev. Jonathan Holt Titcomb, D.D.; Bishop of Rangoon, in British Burmah. ness the Duke of Connaught; one of the Grooms-in-Waiting to Her Majesty. Dec. 27. George Dundas, Esq., C.M.G.; Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of St. Vincent; a Member of the Execu tive and Legislative Councils of that island. 28. Augustus Frederick Gore, Esq.; a Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Tobago. 31. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Elliot, G.C.B.; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Embassy of Austria. The Right Hon. Austen Henry Layard; Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plentipotentiary to the Sublime Ottoman Porte. Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, K.C.M.G.; Governor of the Straits Settlements; and Major-General Sir Harry St. George Ord, K.C.M.G.; Governor of Western Australia. BEDFORDSHIRE.-Charles Magniac, of Colworth, Sharnbrook, Bedford, Esq. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE.-John Brown, of Elwyn Orchard, CHESHIRE.-Thomas Unett Brocklehurst, of Henbury Hall, Esq. CUMBERLAND.-Jonas Lindow Burns-Lindow, of Irton Hall, Esq. DERBYSHIRE.-Rowland Smith, of Duffield Hall, Esq. DEVONSHIRE.-John Fleming, of Bigadon, Esq. DORSETSHIRE.-Ernest Clay Ker-Seymer, of Hanford, Esq. DURHAM.-Sir Hedworth Williamson, of Whitburn Hall, Bart. ESSEX.-John Robert Vaizey, of Attwood, Halstead, Esq. |