Office of Ordnance, December 29, 1849.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants.

Richard Oldfield, vice Richards, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Herbert Mark Garrett Purvis, vice Hope, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

William Howley Goodenough, vice Dashwood, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849. Albert Henry Wilmot Williams, vice Brendon, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849. William Smyth Maynard Wolfe, vice De Havilland, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849. Charles Frederick Cockburn, vice Carden, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Henry Hamilton Conolly, vice Wilkinson, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Walter Chidcock Nangle, vice Lukin, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Henry Strover, vice Walker, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Campbell Hardy, vice Walcott, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

William Wilberforce Hagan, vice Burtchaell, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Charles Dickson Fisher, vice Davis, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Lewis Frederick Hall, vice Bredin, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Frederick Cockburn Griffin, vice Bolton, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

John Henry Peile, vice Traherne, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

John Kelly, vice Batchellor, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Charles John Dowse, vice Middleton, promoted. Dated 19th December 1849.

Corps of Royal Engineers.

Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants.

Willoughby Digby Marsh, vice Stotherd, pro-
moted. Dated 19th December 1849.
William James Stuart, vice Noble, promoted.
Dated 19th December 1849.

Whitehall, December 29, 1849.

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto William Wingfield, of Orsett Hall, in the county of Essex, and of Eaton-square, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, one of Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law, and late one of the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery, Her Majesty's royal licence and authority that, in compliance with a direction contained in the last will and testament of Richard Baker, late of Orsett Hall aforesaid, Esquire, deceased, he may take, and henceforth use, the surname of Baker, and bear the arms of Baker, and that such surname and arms of Baker may be taken and borne by such of his issue as shall hereafter succeed to certain estates devised by the said will; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's office, otherwise the said licence and permission to be void and of none effect:

And also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be registered in Her Majesty's College of Arms.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 4, 1850.

Whitehall, January 3, 1850.

THE Queen has been pleased to issue the following Commission for the Promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be holden in the year 1851, videlicet:

VICTORIA, R.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith; to Our most dearly beloved Consort, His Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, and Field Marshal in Our Army-Our right trusty and right entirely-beloved Cousin and Councillor, Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter-Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin William Earl of Rosse, Knight of Our Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick-Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousins and Councillors Granville George Earl Granville, and Francis Earl of Ellesmere-Our right trusty and well-beloved Councillor Edward Geoffrey Lord Stanley-Our right trusty and well-beloved Councillors John Russell (commonly called Lord John Russell), Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, Henry Labouchere, and William Ewart Gladstone-Our

trusty and well beloved Sir Archibald Galloway, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Major-General in Our Army in the East Indies, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, or the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company for the time being-Sir Richard Westmacott, Knight-Sir Charles Lyell, Knight, President of the Geological Society of London, or the President of the Geological Society of London for the time being-Thomas Baring, Esquire, Charles Barry, Esquire, Thomas Bazley, Esquire, Richard Cobden, Esquire, William Cubitt, Esquire, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, or the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the time beingCharles Lock Eastlake, Esquire, Thomas Field Gibson, Esquire, John Gott, Esquire, Samuel Jones Loyd, Esquire, Philip Pusey, Esquire, and William Thompson, Esquire, greeting.

Whereas the Society for the Promotion of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, incorporated by Our royal charter, of which Our most dearly beloved Consort, The Prince Albert, is President, have of late years instituted Annual Exhibitions of the works of British Art and Industry, and have proposed to establish an Enlarged Exhibition of the works of Industry of all Nations, to be holden in London in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, at which prizes and medals, to the value of at least twenty thousand pounds sterling, shall be awarded to the exhibitors of the most meritorious works then brought forward; and have invested in the names of Our right trusty and entirely beloved Cousin Spencer Joshua Alwyne Marquess of Northampton, Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and Councillor George William Frederick

Earl of Clarendon, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Our trusty and wellbeloved Sir John Peter Boileau, Baronet, and James Courthope Peache, Esquire, the sum of twenty thousand pounds, to be awarded in prizes and medals as aforesaid; and have appointed Our trusty and well-beloved Arthur Kett Barclay, Esquire, William Cotton, Esquire, Sir John William Lubbock, Baronet, Samuel Morton Peto, Esquire, and Baron Lionel De Rothschild, to be the Treasurers for all receipts arising from donations, subscriptions, or any other source, on behalf of, or towards the said Exhibition; Our trusty and well-beloved Peter le Neve Foster, Joseph Payne, and Thomas Winkworth, Esquires, to be the Treasurers for payment of all executive expenses; and Our trusty and well-beloved Henry Cole, Charles Wentworth Dilke the younger, George Drew, Francis Fuller, and Robert Stephenson, Esquires, with Our trusty and wellbeloved Matthew Digby Wyatt, Esquire, as their Secretary, to be an Executive Committee for carrying the said Exhibition into effect, under the directions of Our most dearly beloved Consort.

And whereas the said Society for the Promotion of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, have represented unto Us, that, in carrying out the objects proposed by the said Exhibition, many questions may arise regarding the introduction of productions into Our kingdom from Our colonies and from foreign Countries; also regarding the site for the said exhibition; and the best mode of conducting the said exhibition; likewise regarding the determination of the nature of the prizes, and the means of securing the most impartial distribution of them; and have also besought Us that we would be graciously pleased to give Our sanction to this undertaking, in order that