Jan. 1. Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto George Edward Adams, Esq., Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms, the office of Lancaster Herald, vacant by the promotion of Sir Albert William Woods, Knt., to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms.

3. William Ramsay Scott, William Adamson, and Horoah Kay (Whampa), Esqrs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements.

4. Mr. James Duncan Sim, C.S.I., to be a member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George.

12. The Right Hon. Edward Sullivan to be Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, in the room of the Right Hon. John Edward Walsh, deceased.

15. To be an Ordinary Member of the First Class Knights Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George:-The Right Hon. Baron Lytton, formerly Secretary of State for the Colonies.

To be Ordinary Members of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Order :-John Rose, Esq., late Finance Minister for the Dominion of Canada; Thomas Wilton Clinton Murdoch, Esq.,one of Her Majesty's Commissioners for Colonial Land and Emigration.

18. A congé d'élire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Manchester, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Dr. James Prince Lee, late Bishop thereof; the Rev. James Fraser, M.A., recommended to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Manchester.

Jan. 22. Anne, Duchess of Sutherland (Countess of Cromartie), to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of Elizabeth Georgiana, Duchess of Argyll, resigned.

Letters Patent under the Great Seal, nominating the Ven. Henry Mackenzie, D.D., Archdeacon of Nottingham, to be Bishop Suffragan of the See of Nottingham.

26. The place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland granted to Adam Gifford, Esq., Advocate, in the room of George Dundas, Esq., deceased.

Letters Patent under the Great Seal, nominating the Ven. Edward Parry, M.A., Archdeacon of Canterbury, to be Bishop Suffragan of the See of Dover.

Feb. 1. Major-Gen. William Erskine Baker, of the Royal (Bengal) Engineers, a Member of the Council of India, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

12. Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting unto Admiral Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, K.C.B., the office or place of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby, G.C.B., promoted to be an Admiral of the Fleet.

Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting unto Admiral Sir William James Hope Johnstone, K.C.B., the office or place of Rear Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of the said Sir Provo William Parry Wallis.

14. Walter Baring, Esq., now Attaché to Her Majesty's Embassy at Vienna, to be a Third Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.

Feb. 21. William Grant, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of Her Majesty's Settlement of Sierra Leone, on the Western Coast of Africa; Edward Dalton Shea, William John Sinclair Donnely, and Robert John Pinsent, jun., Esqs., to be members of the Legislative Council of the Island of Newfoundland; Joseph Trounsell Gilbert, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the colony of British Guiana; and John Warde Straton, Esq., to be AuditorGeneral, and Revero Mayo, Esq., to be Treasurer, for the Island of Jamaica.

The Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A., preferred to the Deanery of the Cathedral Church of Rochester, void by the death of Dr. Robert Stevens.

24. James Caird, Esq., one of the Enclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, and Colonel John Graham McKerlie, Chairman of the Board of Public Works in Ireland, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

Colonel George A. K. D'Arcy (formerly Governor of Her Majesty's Settlement on the River Gambia, on the Western Coast of Africa), to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Settlements in the Falkland Islands and their dependencies.

25. M. Werner Munzinger to be an Honorary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

26. Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Creat Britain and Ireland unto John Lucie Smith, Esq., C.M.G, Chief Justice of the Island of Jamaica.

March 12. Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Michael Roberts Westropp, Esq., Chief Justice of Her Majesty's High Court of Judicature at Bombay.

19. A congé d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Chichester, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Dr. Ashurst Turner Gilbert, late Bishop thereof; the Rev. Richard Durnford, M.A., recommended to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Chichester.

April 1. Sir Richard Couch to be Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, Bengal; Sir Michael Roberts Westropp to be Chief Justice of the High Court of

Judicature at Bombay; and James Kernan, Esq., Q.C., to be a Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras.

April 6. The Rev. Henry Parry Liddon, M.A., to the place and dignity of a Canon Residentiary of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London, void by the promotion of Dr. Thomas Dale to the Deanery of Rochester.

8. Colonel Henry Ponsonby, one of Her Majesty's Equerries in Ordinary, to be Private Secretary to Her Majesty, in the room of Lieutenant-General the Hon. Charles Grey, deceased.

28. Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Charles William Fitzgerald, Esq. (commonly called Marquis of Kildare), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Kildare, of Kildare, in the county of Kildare.

May 2. Nawab Faiz Ali Khan, Minister of the Maharajah of Jeypore, G.C.S.I., to be a Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.

4. The Right Hon. John Earl of Stair, K.T., to be Her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

9. James Bryce, Esq., to the place or office of Professor of Civil Law in the University of Oxford, in the room of Sir Travers Twiss, D.C.L., resigned.

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13. The Rev. Nathaniel Woodard, to the place and dignity of a Canon of Her Majesty's Cathedral Church of Manchester, void by the promotion of the Right Reverend Doctor Richard Durnford, late Canon thereof, to the See of Chichester.

The Rev. George Henry Greville Anson, M.A., to the Archdeaconry of Manchester, void by the promotion of the Right Reverend Doctor Richard Durnford, to the See of Chichester.

14. Lieutenant-General Sir William Rose Mansfield, K.C.B., G.C.S.I., late Commander-in-Chief in India, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

16. Sir Francis Smith, Knt., to be Chief Justice, and William Lambert Dobson, Esq., to be Puisne Judge of the

Supreme Court of the colony of Tasmania; and Michael Connal, Esq., to be Surveyor-General, Colonial Engineer, and Engineer for Government Railways for the Island of Mauritius.

May 18. The Right Hon. James Anthony Lawson, by Her Majesty's command, was sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly.

28. To be Knights Grand Gommanders of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India :

His Highness Mohender Sing, Maharajah of Puttiala.

The Nawab Salar Jung Bahadoor, K.C.S.I., Minister of the Hyderabad State.

To be Knight Commanders :

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His Highness PrinceGholam Mahomed. William Grey, Esq., Bengal Civll Service, Lieutenaut-Governor of Bengal. To be Companions:

Esq.,

Alexander John Arbuthnot, Madras Civil Service, Member of the Council of the Governor of Madras.

Edward Clive Bayley, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Secretary to Government of India, Home Department.

The Rajah Jye Kishen Doss, Deputy Magistrate at Allyghur.

Colonel Michael Dawes, late Bengal Artillery.

Colonel Henry Errington Longden, C.B., late Adjutant-General of the Bengal Army.

Colonel Henry Edward Landort Thuillier, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery, Surveyor-General in India.

Colonel John Cumming Anderson, Royal (late Madras) Engineers, formerly Chief Engineer at Lucknow.

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Colonel Martin Dillon, C.B., Brigade, Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief in India.

Baboo Shiva Persad, of Benares Educational Department.

The Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald Wellesley, M.A., Dean of Windsor, to be Her Majesty's High Almoner, in the room of the Right Rev. Dr. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, resigned.

June 11. Letters Patent under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Thomas O'Hagan, Chancellor of that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron O'Hagan, of Tullahogue, in the county of Tyrone.

14. Colonel John Cameron, of the Royal Engineers, Executive Officer, Ordnance Survey of the United King

dom, and Captain Alexander Ross Clarke, of the Royal Engineers, Superintendent of Trigonometrical Work and Initial Levelling, Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

Major-General George Balfour, C.B., of the Royal (Madras) Artillery, Assistant to the Controller-in-Cief, War Department, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

July 6. Lord Justice Sir William Milbourne James and Sir Barnes Peacock were, by Her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and took their places at the Board accordingly.

Her Majesty having been pleased to deliver the custody of the Privy Seal to the Right Hon. Charles Viscount Halifax, the oath of the Keeper of the Privy Seal was this day administered to him, and his Lordship took his place at the Board accordingly.

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. John, Earl of Kimberley, to be one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, his Lordship was this day, by Her Majesty's command, sworn one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State accordingly.

William Wellington Cairns, Esq., (now Lieutenant-Governor of the Islands of St. Christopher and Nevis), to be Lieutenant-Governor of the colony of British Honduras.

7. Jules Louis Colin, Esq., to be Procureur and Advocate-General for the Island of Mauritius.

Joseph Lister, Esq., to be one of the Surgeons in Ordinary to Her Majesty in Scotland, in the room of James Syme, Esq., deceased.

11. Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, K.C.B., Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, K.C.B., (being the Controller of Her Majesty's Navy), Captain John Hay (commonly called Lord John Hay), R.N., C.B., and the Rt. Hon. Robert Adam Philips Haldane, Earl of Camperdown, to be Her Majesty'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.

July 12. Sir Thomas Watson, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., to be one of the Physicians in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Sir James Clark, Bart. M.D., F.R.S., deceased.

George Burrows, M.D., F.R.S., to be cne of Her Majesty's Physicians Extraordinary.

21. Charles, Marquis of Huntly, to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Robert Adam Philips Haldane, Earl of Camperdown, resigned.

28. To be Ordinary Members of the Third Class, or Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George: -Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Craufurd Elphinstone, R.E., C.B., Governor to His Royal Highness Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert; Donald M'Lean, Esq., Member of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and Minister for Native Affairs in that Colony.

Aug. 1. The Hon. Power Henry Le Poer Trench, Audley Charles Gosling, Esq., Henry Nevill-Dering, Esq., Edwin Henry Egerton, Esq., and the Hon. William Augustus Curzon Barrington, now Third Secretaries, to be Second Secretaries in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.

4. Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, appointing George Mellish, Esq., one of Her Ma jesty's Counsel, to be a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery, in the room of Sir George Markham Giffard, deceased.

9. Edward Thornton, Esq., C.B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

12. Sir William Heathcote, Bart., and Lord Justice Sir George Mellish, were, by Her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their places at the Board accordingly.

24. The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, formerly Civil Secretary and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the

Province of Canada (now forming part of the Dominion of Canada), to be an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and St. George.

31. Colonel Edward William Carlile Wright to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third

Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

Sept. 21. To be Ordinary Members of the Third Class or Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George: :William Osborne Smith, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Militia in the Dominion of Canada, and Deputy Adjutant-General of Militia, Fifth District, in that Dominion; Archibald McEachern, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Militia, in the Dominion of Canada, and commanding the 50th Huntingdon Borderers in that Dominion; Brown Chamberlin, Esq., Lieutenaut-Colonel of the Militia in the Dominion of Canada, and commanding the 60th Missisquoi Battalion in that Dominion; John Fletcher, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Militia in the Dominion of Canada, and Brigade-Major of St. John's Militia, Brigade District, in that Dominion.

Oct. 12. Sir William Tite, Knight, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

16. Colonel George Henry, Earl of Mountcharles, to be Equerry in Ordinary to Her Majesty, vice the Marquis of Hertford, resigned.

Nov. 5. William Alexander Parker, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Island of St. Helena; and James Kirk, Esq., jun., to be a member of the Privy Council of the Island of Tobago.

24. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Osborne Creagh-Osborne, of the 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

26. The Right Hon. William Nathaniel Massey, the Right Hon. Charles Stewart, Viscount Hardinge, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Sir John Somerset Pakington, G.C.B., the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel, Lieutenant-General in the Army; the Right Hon. William Francis Cowper-Temple, Sir John Salusbury Trelawny, Sir Walter Charles James Richard Collinson, Esq., C.B., ViceAdmiral in the Navy; Charles Buxton, Esq., Myles William O'Reilly, Esq., Peter Rylands, Esq., Anthony John Mundella, Esq., Thomas Henry Huxley, Esq., LL.D., President of the Geological Society, Professor of Natural History in the Royal School of Mines; Robert Gregory, Clerk, M.A., Canon of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London ; John Frederick Denison Maurice, Clerk, M.A., Professor of Moral