ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. N. Davies, to be a Prebendary of St. David's.

Rev. C. Drury, Prebendary of Hereford.

Rev. E. Melvill, Prebendary of St. David's.

Rev. J. Venables, Prebendary of Sa

rum.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

F. N. Rogers, esq., to be Deputy Judge Advocate General.

Rev. T. Hughes, to be Head Master of Woodbridge Grammar School.

FEBRUARY.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

2. The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry sworn of the Privy Council, and sworn Keeper of the Privy Scal, vice the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.

The Marquess of Salisbury sworn, Lord Lieut. of Middlesex ; and the Marquess of Exeter Lord Lieut. of Northamptonshire.

3. Alaister Mackenzie, esq., to be Deputy Sheriff of the District of Port Philip, in the colony of New South Wales.

Thomas Shirley Warner, esq., to be Provost Marshal General of Dominica.

7. George White, esq., Col. in the Portuguese army, to accept the insignia of the Tower and Sword, conferred by Don John the 6th, for his conduct in the Peninsular War.

14. Knighted, by letters patent, Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, of Bombay, esq.

Hercules J. Robertson, esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of Renfrewshire.

23. Admirals, the Hon. Sir John Talbot, Sir Robert Barlow, and Sir Henry Digby, to be G.C.B.; Lieut.-Col. Hugh Henry Rose to be C.B.

William Snagg, esq., to be Solicitor.-Gen. in the Island of Grenada.

24. Lieut.-Col. Hugh Massey Wheler, C.B., 48th Bengal N. I. to accept the insignia of the second class of the Order of the Dooranée empire.

25. Mr. Alexander Thom, Consul at

In Compliment to the King of Prussia; Commander John Washington, of the Sheerwater (when he has served his time), to the rank of Captain. Licuts. Thomas Mitchell, of Formidable, and Hugh Berners, Lightning, to be Commanders.

In consequence of the visit of Her Majesty to Portsmouth, Commanders Blow, Black Eagle; Hay, Queen; and Woodthorpe, Alfred, to be Captains. Lieuts. Blair, St. Vincent; Thomas, Royal George yacht; Græme, Queen; G. J. Hirtzel, Alfred, to be Command

ers.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Clitheroe.-Edward Cardwell, esq. on petition, vice Wilson.

Lewes.-Hon. Henry Fitzroy, on petition, vice Harford.

Salop, South.-Viscount Newport.
Sunderland.-Viscount Howick.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Lord Wharncliffe, to be Governor of the Charter House.

Sir John Herschel to be Lord Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen. Henry Selfe, esq., to be Recorder of Newbury.

Charles Barry, esq., elected a Royal Academician.

Mr. Kippist (late Assistant) elected Librarian to the Linnean Society.

APRIL.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

1. Major-Gen. W. F. P. Napier to be Lieut.-Governor of Guernsey, vice Lieut. Gen. Sir James Douglas.

8. Joseph Tucker Crawford, esq. (now Consul at Tampico) to be Consul-General in the island of Cuba.

Frederick Chatfield, esq. (now Consul in the Republic of Central America), to be Consul-General in the same Republic.

Ewen C. Mackintosh, esq., acting British Consul at Mexico, to be consul at that city.

Francis Gifford, esq., British ViceConsul at Vera Cruz, to be Consul at that port.

Eustace Barron, esq., Vice-Consul at San Blas, to be Consul at that port. William Glass, esq., to be Consul at Tampico.

11. The King of Saxony was declared a Knight of the Garter; and Henry Duke of Beaufort, Richard Plantagenet Duke of Buckingham, James Brownlow Marquess of Salisbury, and Henry Duke of Cleveland were elected and invested Knights of the same Most Noble Order.

Royal Artillery, Brevet Major Rich. C. Molesworth to be Lieut.-Colonel.

13. The Right Hon. John Pirie, of Camberwell, co. Surrey, Lord Mayor of London, created a Baronet.

Knighted, James Campbell, esq., Lord Provost of Glasgow; Henry Thomas de la Beche, esq., F.R.S., Director of the Ordnance Geological Survey of Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology, Department of Woods, &c.; Wm. Drysdale, of Pittuchar, co. Fife, esq.; and Major George Gunn Munro, of the Rosshire Militia, and of Poyntzfield, co. Cromarty.

George Philip Lee, esq. to be Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, vice Sir Edwin Pearson.

14. John Ashford, esq. to be one of Her Majesty's Hon. corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms.

15. Brevet Major-General George, Marquess of Tweedale, K.T., to have the local rank of Lieut.-General, in the Presidency of Madras.

16. H. R. H. Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha to be Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chief Steward of

the Duchy in the counties of Cornwall and Devon.

The 32nd Foot to bear upon its colours and appointments, in addition to the distinctions heretofore granted, the word "Corunna," in commemoration of the gallantry displayed by the regi ment at that place on the 16th Jan. 1809.

18. George Raymond, esq. to be one of Her Majesty's Hon. corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Sams, retired.

20. Royal Artillery, Brevet Lieut.Col. Francis Rawdon Chesney to be Lieut.-Colonel; Brevet Major William Bell to be Lieut.-Colonel; Brevet Major G. B. Fraser to be Lieut.-Colonel.

23. The Rev. Charles Atmore Ogilvie, M.A. to be Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology, and the Rev. Robert Hussey, B.D., to be Regius Professor in Ecclesiastical History, in the University of Oxford.

25. John Marquess of Bute to be High Commissioner to the Gen. Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Francis Merewether, esq. to be Immigration Agent in the territory of New South Wales; J. D. Pinnock, esq. to be Dep. Registrar in the district of Port Philip, New South Wales.

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Edward Howard Gibbon, esq. to be Mowbray Herald of Arms Extraor dinary.

26. Scots Fusileer Guards, Field Marshal H. R. H. Prince Albert, K. G. from 11th Light Dragoons, to be Colonel.

11th Light Dragoons, Lieut.Gen. Sir A. B. Clifton, K.C.B. to be Colonel.

17th Light Dragoons, Col. H. R. H. Prince George of Cambridge, K.G. to be Colonel.

20th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. S. Barns, K.C.B. to be Colonel.

40th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir A.Woodford, K.C.B. G.C.M.G. to be Colonel.

Rifle Brigade, Lieut.-Gen. Sir D. L. Gilmour, K.C.B., to be Colonel Commandant of a Battalion.

27. The Duke of Marlborough to be Lord Lieutenant, and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Oxford; and the Marquess of Londonderry to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county Palatine of Durham.

29. Ceylon Rifle Regiment.-Major James Anderson to be Lieut.-Colonel; Brevet Major Auchmuty Montresor to be Major.

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Brevet Captain T. A. Girling, 91st Foot, to be Major.

esq.

Wakefield.-The Hon. Wm. S. Lascelles duly elected, vice Holdsworth.

Weymouth.-Ralph Bernal, esq., and Wm. D. Christie, esq., duly elected, vice Visct. Villiers and Hope.

Wigan.-Charles Standish, esq., duly elected, vice Crosse.

[The election of F. Villiers, esq., and D. O. Dyce Sombre, esq. for Sudbury, was declared void, and the borough recommended to be disfranchised.]

[The election of Rigby Wason, esq., and George Rennie, esq. for Ipswich, was declared void, and the issue of a new Writ suspended on account of the bribery at their election.]

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. W. F. Raymond, to be Archdeacon of Northumberland.

Rev. T. S. Bowstead, to be a Prebend. of Lichfield.

Rev. H. F. Gray to be a Prebend. of Wells.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. N. Germon, to be Head Master of Manchester Free Grammar School. Rev. J. Woolley, to be Head Master of the Cathedral School at Hereford.

Rev. J. Walker to be Master of Clipstone School, Northampton.

MAY.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

4. Knighted, Cresswell Cresswell, esq., one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas.

10. P. R. Marillier, esq., to be Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate of the district of Somerset, Cape of Good Hope.

11. John Russell, esq., to be one of

Royal Military College, Brevet Lieut.-Col. G. W. Prosser, to be Major, and Superintendent of Studies, vice Proctor.

18. Knighted by patent, Laurence Peel, esq., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta.

Sir Gregory Lewin to be Recorder of Doncaster.

W. T. S. Daniel, esq., to be Recorder of Ipswich.

Rev. R. Coates, to be Master of the Chatham and Rochester Proprietary Classical and Mathematical School.

Rev. G. Stoddart, M.A., to be Master of Reigate Endowed School.

JUNE.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

1. Knighted, George Hayter, esq., Member of the Academies of Rome, Florence, Bologna, Parma, and Venice, Painter of History and Portraits, and Principal Painter in Ordinary to Her Majesty; William Charles Ross, esq., A.R.A., Miniature Painter to Her Majesty; William Allen, esq., President of the Royal Academy of Scotland, and Her Majesty's Limner for Scotland; and, Henry Rowley Bishop, of Albion-strect, Hyde Park, esq.

3. The Hon. Clementina Hamilton, to be Maid of Honour in Ordinary to Her Majesty, vice the Hon. S. M. Cavendish.

7. His Excellency Count Mensdorf, invested with the ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath.

13. Major-Gen. Sir William Maynard Gomm, K.C.B., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Mauritius. 16. Major-Gen. Sir H. R. Sale, K.C.B. to be G.C.B.

17. 60th Foot, Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. T. Cockburn to be Lieut.-Colonel; Capt. J. S. Wilford to be Major.

20. George Graham, esq., to be Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

22. Surgeon-Major Good, of the Scots Fusileer Guards, to Surgeon Extraordinary to H. R. H. Prince Albert.

24. Francis Watts, esq., to be one of the corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms.

be Deputy Surveyor-General in the island of Van Diemen's Land; George Aubert, esq., to be Her Majesty's Attorney-General in St. Lucia; Lieut.-Col. Lothian Sheffield Dickson to be Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate of the district of Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope; and Henry Rivers, esq., to be Treasurer in the same colony.

29. James Archibald Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council; Charles Duke of Richmond, K.G.; William, Earl of Devon; Henry Thomas, Earl of Chichester; Lord John Russell; the Speaker of the House of Commons; Sir Benj. Brodie, Bart.; Robert Fergu son, esq., M.D.; Major Jebb, Royal Engineers; William Crawford, esq.; and the Rev. Whitworth Russell, to be Commissioners for governing the Pentonville Prison.

to be Principal of Brazenose College, Oxford.

Wm. Fishburn Donkin, M.A., to be Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford.

Rev. James Butler, M.A. to be IIcad Master of Burnley School, Yorkshire.

The Rev. John Fletcher to be Master of the King's College School at Nassau, New Providence.

JULY.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

1. Unattached, Brevet Lieut.-Col. T. Falls, to be Lieut.-Col.

Brevet Major R. IIort, 81st Foot, to be Dep. Adj.-Gen. to the Forces in the Leeward and Windward Islands, with the rank of Lieut.-Col.

Brevet Col. J. G. Cuyler, Cape Corps, to be Major-Gen.; Major J. C. Chads, 1st West-India Regt., and Brevet Major G. Proctor, 84th Foot, to be Lieut.-Cols.

4. Capt. the Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew, C.B., K.C.B., to be a naval Aid-deCamp to Her Majesty.

11. Col. Thomas St. Clair, C.B., and K.R.S., to accept the insignia of a knt. Commander of the Order of St. Bento d'Avis, conferred by the Queen of Portugal in testimony of his services during the Peninsular war.

18. The Earl of Dartmouth to be Vice-Lieut. of the county of Stafford.

Lieut.-Col. Justin Shiel, Her Majesty's Secretary of Legation and Chargé d'Affaires in Persia, and knt. of the second class of the Lion and Sun, to accept the first class of the said Order.

Frederick Round Peel, esq., to be Usher of the Order of the Thistle. 19. 79th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Macdonald, K.C.B., to be Col.

20. Rawson William Rawson, esq., to be Civil Secretary to the Governor of Canada; W. F. Coffin, esq., to be one of the Sheriffs for the District of Montreal, in Canada; and James Agnew, esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Clerk of the Crown in the Virgin Islands.

21. Peter-John Fane de Salis, Count de Salis, to accept the insignia, of the third class, of the Red Eagle, which is conferred in approbation of his conduct while in the actual service of his Majesty the King of Prussia, during the insurrection at Neufchatel, in 1831.