Father in God, Doctor Henry Pepys, late Bishop thereof; and Her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter, Henry Philpott, Doctor in Divinity, to be by them .elected Bishop of the said See of Worcester.

Downing Street, January 7, 1861.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Samuel' Creelman, Esquire, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Nova Scotia ; and Andrew Nicol, Esquire, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon.

Master of the Horse's Office,

January 1, 1861. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Arthur Henry Paget, Esq., to be Page of Honour to Her Majesty, vice Phipps.

(30.)

Board of Trade, Whitehall,
January 4, 1861.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, translations of notices issued by the Lisbon Board of Health, which have been received from Her Majesty's Consul at that Port, to the following effect:

1. The port of Bahia is considered to be suspected of infection with the yellow fever, as from the 29th November last.

All the other ports of Brazil are considered to be clean, with the exception of Rio de Janeiro and Para, which continue to be suspected.

2. The port of Loanda is considered to be infected with yellow fever, and all the other ports of the province of Angola suspected of the same disease.

War-Office, Pall-Mall,

8th January, 1861.

BREVET.

The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the promotion of Colonel A. B. Stransham, Royal Marines, to be Major-General in succession to Lieutenant-General James Irwin Willes, Royal Marines, deceased :

Brevet-Colonel William Clendon, on the Retired List of the Royal Marines, having at the date of his retirement been senior to Colonel Stransham on the effective list of the corps, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Dated 22nd December, 1860.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Nathan Smith Gardiner, Major half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel. Dated 22nd December, 1860

Major George Mein, Depôt Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 22nd December, 1860. Captain Richard Atkinson, 12th Foot, to be Major. Dated 22nd December, 1860.

The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Major-General Samuel Brandram Boileau, on the 23rd December, 1860: Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John

Rowland Smyth, C.B., from Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, to be MajorGeneral. Dated 24th December, 1860. Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Wells, C.B., 23rd Foot to be Colonel. Dated 24th December,

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Brevet-Major George E. Hillier, half-pay 5th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Dated 24th December, 1860.

Captain Henry William Goodwyn, half-pay Un-
attached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be
Major. Dated 24th December, 1860.

The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieutenant-General Henry Rainey, C.B., Colonel of the 23rd Foot, on the 26th December, 1860: Major-General Thomas Perronet Thompson, Lieutenant-Colonel, half-pay Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-General. 27th December, 1860.

Dated

Major-General Edward Wells Bell, Colonel of the
66th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General. Dated
27th December, 1860.

Brevet-Colonel William James D'Urban, from
Lieutenant-Colonel half-pay Unattached, Colonel
on the Staff at the Cape of Good Hope, to be
Major-General. Dated 27th December, 1860.
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry
George Hart, half-pay Depôt Battalion, to be
Colonel. Dated 27th December, 1860.
Major Anthony Ormsby, half-pay Unattached, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 27th December,

1860.

Captain Edward John Dickson, Staff-Captain at the Isle of Man to be Major. Dated 27th December, 1860.

Commissions signed by the Queen.

1st Administrative Battalion of Shropshire Rifle
Volunteers.

Robert Hanson Coldwell, late Lieutenant King's
Own 2nd Staffordshire Militia, to be Adjutant,