G.C.B., to be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to be one of H.M.'s Principal Secretaries of State (for the Colonial Department). Chichester Samuel Fortescue, Esq., M.P., to be a member of H.M.'s Most Hon. Privy Council. April 22. Thomas George Baring, Esq., M.P., to be Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the room of the Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce. The Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce to be Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education. The Most Noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, K.G.; Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, K.C.B.; RearAdmiral Charles Eden, C.B.; Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick; Rear-Admiral the Hon. James Robert Drummond, C.B.; and Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Esq., to be H.M.'s Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging. re Letters patent under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baroness, unto Elizabeth, Countess De La Warr, the name, style, and title of Baroness Buckhurst, of Buckhurst, in the county of Sussex, during her life, with mainder after her decease, of the dignity of Baron Buckhurst, in the county of Sussex, unto the Hon. Reginald Windsor Sackville West, now second surviving son of the said Elizabeth, Countess De La Warr, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, with other remainders over. May 7. The Hon. Edward Morris Erskine, Secretary to H.M.'s Embassy at Constantinople, to be H.M.'s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Hellenes. The Right Hon. Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven, K.T., to be H.M.'s High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. May 24. The Very Rev. Francis Jeune, D.C.L., Dean of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, to be Bishop of Peterborough. George Granville William, Duke of Sutherland, and George William Frederick, Marquis of Ailesbury, to be Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. June 14. The honour of Knighthood conferred upon William Shee, Esq., one of the Judges of H.M.'s Court of Queen's Bench. Sir Robert Anstruther, Bart., to be Lieut. and Sheriff-Principal of the shire of Fife, in the room of James Hay Erskine Wemyss, Esq., deceased. June 22. The Right Hon. Richard Edmund St. Lawrence, Earl of Cork and Orrery, K.P., to be H.M.'s Lieutenant of the county of Somerset. The Hon. Henry Thomas Manners Sutton to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the island of Trinidad and its dependencies. June 27. The Rev. Charles Henry Bromby, M.A., to be Bishop of the colony of Tasmania, in the room of the Right Rev. Francis Russell Nixon, D.D., resigned. . July 1. Major-General Sir Henry Knight Storks, K.C.B., and G.C.M.G., late H.M.'s Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. July 4. Letters patent under the Great Seal, appointing the Most Noble Charles Henry, Duke of Richmond; the Right Hon. Edward Henry Smith Stanley (commonly called Lord Stanley); the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, D.C.L., Judge of H.M.'s High Court of Admiralty; the Right Hon. Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Knight; the Right Hon. Thomas O'Hagan, H.M.'s Attorney-General for Ireland; James Moncrieff, Esq., H.M.'s Advocate for Scotland; Horatio Waddington, Esq.; John Bright, Esq.; William Ewart, Esq.; Gathorne Hardy, Esq.; George Ward Hunt, Esq.; and Charles Neate, Esq.; to be H.M.'s Commissioners to inquire into the provisions and operation of the laws now in force in the United Kingdom, under and by virtue of which the punishment of death may be inflicted upon persons convicted of certain crimes, and also into the manner in which capital sentences are carried into execution. The Rev. James Amiraux Jeremie, D.D., to the Deanery of H.M.'s Cathedral Church of Lincoln, void by the promotion of Dr. Francis Jeune, to the Bishopric of Peterborough. July 12. Lieut.-General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, Bart., to be Lieut.-Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. July 15. Edward John Eyre, Esq., to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the island of Jamaica, and the territories depending thereon. July 22. The Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granted to Sir Charles Lyell, of Kinnordy, in the county of Forfar, Knight. July 29. Anthony Musgrave, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Newfoundland and its dependencies. George Berkeley, Esq., to be Lieut.Governor of the Island of St. Vincent. Aug. 12. The dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted to Thomas Burch Western, Esq., of Rivenhall, in the county of Essex, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. Aug. 30. The honour of Knighthood conferred upon David Ross, Esq., Lord Provost of Perth. Sept. 16. The Right Hon. Sir Andrew Buchanan, K.C.B., H.M.'s Ambassador Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia, to be H.M.'s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of All the Russias. The Right Hon. Lord Napier, K.T., H.M.'s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of All the Russias, to be H.M.'s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia. Oct. 6. John Maclean, Esq., C.B., to be Lieut.-Governor of the colony of Natal. Rawson William Rawson, Esq., C.B., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands. Oct. 14. Henry Marquis of Lansdowne to be a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Nov. 11. The Hon. Peter Scarlett, C.B., late H.M.'s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Hellenes, to be H.M.'s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Mexico. Nov. 15. Major-General Sir Henry Knight Storks, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Malta and its dependencies. Nov. 25. The Right Hon. Edward, Lord Belper to be H.M.'s Lieutenant for the County of Nottingham, in the room of the Duke of Newcastle, deceased. The Right Hon. Beilby Richard, Lord Wenlock, to be H.M.'s Lieutenant of the East Riding of the county of York. Nov. 30. The honour of Knighthood conferred upon Thomas Henry, Esq., Chief Magistrate at Bow-street. Dec. 11. Earl Spencer to be a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Dec. 20. The Right Hon. Henry, Baron Taunton; the Right Hon. Henry Edward Smith Stanley (commonly called Lord Stanley); the Right Hon. George William, Baron Lyttelton; Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bart., C.B.; the Very Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D.; the Rev. Frederick Temple, D.D.; the Rev. Anthony Wilson Thorold, M.A.; Thomas Dyke Acland, Esq.; Edward Baines, Esq.; William Edward Forster, Esq.; Peter Erle, Esq., one of H.M.'s Counsel; and John Storra, Esq., M.D.; to be H.M.'s Commissioners to inquire into the education given in schools not comprised within H.M.'s two former Commissions, bearing date respectively June 30, in the 22nd year, and 18th July in the 25th year of H.M.'s reign, and also to consider and report what measures, if any, are required for the improvement of such education, having especial regard to all endowments applicable, or which can rightly be made applicable thereto. THE QUEEN'S MINISTERS. THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minis- Home, Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Foreign, Earl Russell. Colonial, Right Hon. E. Cardwell. War, Earl de Grey and Ripon. India, Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bart. First Lord of Admiralty, Duke of Somer set. Postmast.-Gen., Lord Stanley of Alderley. Pres. of Board of Trade, Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson. Pres. of Poor Law Board, Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Earl of Clarendon. THE PRIVY COUNCIL. President, Earl Granville. Clerk in Ordinary, Arthur Helps. Vice-Pres. for Education, Right Hon. THE PRIVY SEAL. Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Argyll. Patent Clerk, Ralph Eden. THE TREASURY. Lords Commissioners, Viscount Palmerston, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir William Dunbar, Bart., Lieut.-Col. Luke White, and E. H. K. Hugessen. Secs., Hon. H. Brand and Right Hon. Assistant-Sec., G. A. Hamilton. THE EXCHEQUER. Chancellor, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. SECRETARIES OF STATE. Home-Principal Sec., Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart. Under Secs., T. G. Baring, M.P., Horatio Waddington.-Private Sec., Hon. G. Waldegrave Leslie. Foreign-Principal Sec., Earl Russell. Under Secs., A. H. Layard, Edmund Hammond.-Private Sec., Hon. G. F. S. Elliot.-Assist.-Sec., Jas. Murray. Colonial-Principal Sec., Duke of Newcastle.-Under Secs., C. S. Fortescue, Sir Fred. L. Rogers, Bart.-Private Sec., G. D. Engleheart. War-Principal Sec., Earl de Grey and Ripon.-Under Secs., Marquis of Hartington, M.P. and Major-Gen. Sir Edward Lugard.-Assist.-Under Sec., Captain D. Galton.- Chief Clerk, Henry R. Drewry.- Private Secs.-to Principal Sec., B. M. Seton; to Marquis of Hartington, Robert Henry Hobart; to Sir Edward Lugard, W. R. Buck.- Accountant-Gen., W. Brown. India-Principal Sec. and Pres. of Council, Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bart.Priv. Sec., A. G. West. Under Secs., Lord Dufferin, Herman Merivale.-Assist.-Sec., Sir James C. Melville. Sec. of State, Ireland, Sir R. Peel, Bart. THE ARMY. Horse Guards-Commander of the Forces, Duke of Cambridge.-Military Sec., Major-Gen. W. F. Foster.-Priv. Sec., Col. Hon. J. Macdonald.-Adj. Gen., Major-Gen., Sir J. Y. Scarlett.-Quartermaster-Gen., Major-Gen. Sir Richard Airey.-Judge-Advocate Gen., T. E. Headlam.- Chaplain- Gen., Rev. G. R. Gleig. Director-Gen. of Medical Dep., James Brown Gibson. THE NAVY. Admiralty-Lords Commissioners, Duke - Astronomer-Royal, Prof. Airy.Chief Constructor, E. J. Read. Priv. Sec. to First Lord, Capt. A. P. Ryder. Civil Departments Accountant-Gen., Jas. Beeby.-Comptroller, Rear-Adın. R.S.Robinson.-Storekeeper-Gen., Hon. R. Dundas.-Comptroller of Victualling, Chas. Richards.-Director-Gen. of Medical Department. Sir J. Liddell. PAYMASTER-GENERAL. Paymaster-Gen., Right Hon. W. Hutt. BOARD OF TRADE. President, Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson. Vice-President, Right Hon. Wm. Hutt. Secretaries, J. Booth and Sir J. E. Tennent. Statist. Dep.-Director, A. W. Fonblanque. Comptroller of Corn Returns, H. F. Jadis. Marine Dep., T. H. Farrer. Science and Art Dep., Henry Cole. Meteorological Dep., Rear-Adm. R. Fitz Roy. Railway Dep.-Inspectors, Capt Tyler, Col. Yolland, and Capt. F. H. Rich. Designs Office-Registrar, C. Johnson. Joint Stock Reg. Office-Reg., G. Taylor. Gen. Reg. of Seamen-Reg., J. H. Brown. DUCHY OF LANCASTER. Chancellor, Earl of Clarendon. OFFICE OF WORKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Commissioners, Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, the Secretaries of State, the President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade. Private Sec., Alfred Bonham Carter.- Sec., Alfred Austin. Assist-Sec., G. Russell. -Solicitor, John Gardiner.--Architect and Surveyor, Jas. Pennethorne.-Surveyor of Works, H. Arthur Hunt. WOODS AND FORESTS. Commissioners, Hon. C. A. Gore and Hon. J. K. Howard.-Solicitor, H. Watson. THE MINT. Master, Thomas Graham.-Deputy and Comptroller, W. H. Barton.-Chief Medallist, James Wyon. BOARD OF CUSTOMS. Chairman, Right Hon. Sir T. F. Fremantle, Bart.-Dep., F. Goulburn, Hon. Grenville, C. Q. Berkeley, W. R. Greg, and R. W. Grey. Sec., Francis G. Gardner.-Solicitor, F. J. Hamel. BOARD OF INLAND REVENUE. Chairman, W. H. Stevenson.-Deputy, SHERIFFS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES. ENGLAND. (Excepting Cornwall and Lancashire.) BEDFORDSHIRE-Robert Henry Lindsell, of Biggleswade, Esq. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE-George Onslow Newton, of Croxton CHESHIRE - John Ralph Shaw, of Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, Esq. DERBYSHIRE-Sir Henry Des Voeux, of Drakelow, Bart. DEVONSHIRE -The Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle, of Stevenstone. GLOUCESTERSHIRE-Goodwin Charles Colquitt Craven, of Brockhampton Park, near Cheltenham, Esq. HEREFORDSHIRE - Colonel Robert Feilden, of Dulas Court. HERTFORDSHIRE-Sir Astley Paston Cooper, of Gadebridge, Hemel Hempstead, Bart. KENT-George Field, of Ashurst Park, near Tonbridge Wells, Esq. LEICESTERSHIRE-Edwyn Burnaby, of Baggrave Hall, Leicester, Esq. SHROPSHIRE - David Francis Atcherley, of Marton Hall, near Shrewsbury, Esq. COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON-James Winter Scott, of Rotherfield Park, Alton, Esq. STAFFORDSHIRE-Thomas Thorneycroft, of Tottenhall Wood, Wolverhampton, Esq. SUFFOLK-Sir George Nathaniel Broke Middleton, of Nacton, Bart. SURREY-Thomas Price, of Heywood, Cobham, Esq. SUSSEX-William Leyland Woods, of Chilgrove, Chichester, Esq. WARWICKSHIRE-James Beech, of Brandon, Esq. WESTMORELAND-Matthew Thompson, of Kirkby Stephen, Esq. WILTSHIRE John Lewis Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury, Esq. YORKSHIRE-Frederick Charles Trench Gascoigne, of Parlington Park, Aberford, WALES (North and South). ANGLESEA-William Massey, of Cornelyn, Esq. BRECONSHIRE-Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, of Glanusk Park, Bart. MONTGOMERYSHIRE-Major-General William George Gold, of Garthmyl Hall, Esq. CORNWALL-Day Perry Le Grice, of Trereife, Penzance, Esq. LANCASHIRE- -Sir James Phillips Kay Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall, Bart. |