posing of the business then pending in the New Trial and Special Papers. The Court will also hold a Sitting on Friday the 25th day of the said month of February, at eleven o'clock A.M., for the purpose of giving judgments only. By the Court. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1858. This Gazette contains a notification signed by the Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, dated the 19th January, 1859, that the Local Government Act, 1858, has been adopted within the township of Mold, in the county of Flint. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 25, 1859. Downing-Street, January 12, 1859. THE Queen has been pleased to constitute the Colonies of British Columbia and of Vancouver's Island to be a Bishop's See, to be styled "The Bishoprick of British Columbia;" and to appoint the Reverend George Hills, D.D., to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said See. Whitehall, January 22, 1859. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend James Macdonald to the church of the united parishes of Daviot and Dunlichity, in the presbytery and shire of Inverness, vacant by the death of the Reverend Dugald Mackichan, late Minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Reverend John Colvin, to the church of the united parishes of Kirkmabreck and Kirkdale, in the presbytery of Wigtown, and stewartry of Kirkcudbright, vacant by the death of the Reverend John Muir, late Minister thereof. Foreign-Office, January 24, 1859. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. M. B. Henriques as Consul at Adelaide, for His Majesty the King of the Belgians. India Office, January 18, 1859. IT is hereby notified that, in compliance with the enactment contained in the ninth clause of the Act of Parliament "For the better Government of India," passed in the session, holden in the 21st and 22nd year of Her Majesty's reign, chapter 106, a meeting, was held this day, of the Council of India, for the purpose of electing a member in the room of the late Captain John Shepherd; and that at such meeting Colonel Henry Marion Durand, C.B., of the Bengal Engineers, was duly elected to be a Member of the said Council, War-Office, Pall-mall, 25th January, 1859. 3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons, Surgeon William Ord Mackenzie, M.D., having completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be SurgeonMajor under the Royal Warrant, of 1st October, 1858. Dated 4th January, 1859. 4th Light Dragoons, Cornet Alexander Fair Jones to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dated 15th Light Dragoons, Cornet and Adjutant James Cornet Arthur Randolph Mullings to be Lieu- 18th Light Dragoons, Lieutenant John Wynter Second Captain Robert Poole Gabbett to be 1859. Lieutenant Jones Julian Smith to be Second Captain, vice Gabbett. Dated 16th January, 1859. Royal Engineers, Lieutenant Charles Nassau Martin to be Second Captain, vice Williams, placed upon the Half-pay List. Dated 4th January, 1859. 7th Regiment of Foot, Henry Wollaston Rochfort, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harding, who has retired. Dated 25th January, 1859. 14th Foot, Lieutenant Richard Seymour Lemon, from the 1st West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Molony, who exchanges. Dated 25th January, 1859. 21st Foot, Thomas Joseph Atkinson, Esq., late Paymaster East Kent Militia, to be Paymaster, 1859. G vice Urquhart, transferred to 27th Foot. Dated 25th January, 1859. 22nd Foot, Ensign H. Houlton P. Vivian to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peach, who retires. Dated 25th January, 1859. 27th Foot, Captain Barclay Thomas to be Major, by purchase, vice Langley, promoted. Dated 25th January, 1859. Captain Richard John Evans, from 29th Foot, to be Captain, vice Chester, who exchanges. Dated 12th November, 1858. Lieutenant Francis Eastwood Murphy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas. Dated 25th January, 1859. Ensign Frederick Alexander Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murphy. Dated 25th January, 1853. Paymaster John Urquhart, from the 21st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Kidd, placed upon half-pay. Dated 25th January, 1859. 29th Foot, Captain Heneage Charles Chester, from the 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice Evans, who exchanges. Dated 12th November, 1858. 44th Foot, Constantine Maguire, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Foley, promoted. Dated 25th January, 1859. 56th Foot, Ensign William Bell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Watson, promoted in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment. Dated 25th January, 1859. James Landon Watt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Spiller, promoted. Dated 25th January, 1859. 62nd Foot. The names of the QuartermasterSerjeant gazetted to an Ensigncy, on 8th October, 1858, are Frederick Howes Horneman, and not Frederick Jones, as then stated, the latter being the name under which he enlisted. 65th Foot, William Byam, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pennefather, promoted. Dated 25th January, 1859. 78th Foot. The Commission of Lieutenant George Digby Barker, as Adjutant, to be dated 5th November, 1858, instead of 7th December, 1858, as previously stated. 91st Foot, Ensign John Edward Buller to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Blagg, deceased. Dated 15th December, 1858. 99th Foot, Joseph Ward, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Browne, promoted. Dated 25th January, 1859. 1st West India Regiment, Lieutenant Arthur Molony, from 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lemon, who exchanges. Dated 25th January, 1859. Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Lieutenant Henry Edward Gold Coast Artillery Corps, Edward Moore, CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT. The Reverend Henry Press Wright to be Chaplain to the Forces of the Second Class, for meritorious service as Principal Chaplain to the Army in the Crimea. Dated 1st January, 1859, The Reverend J. E. Sabin to be Chaplain to the Forces of the Second Class, for meritorious service in superintending the Department in Constantinople, and the Hospitals connected with it. Dated 1st January, 1859. The surname of the Assistant-Chaplain promoted to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class, with date |