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The conduct of the troops engaged in New Zealand appears to have met with the approval of the authorities at the Horse Guard. Colonels Despard and Wynyard have beenappointed Companions of the Bath ; and Captains Matson, 58th Foot, Reed, 99th Foot, Denny, 58th Foot, Marlow, R.E., and Wilmot, R.A., have been promoted to brevet majorities. Captain Charles Graham, of H. M. S. " Castor," has been appointed a Companion of the Bath. The following naval promotions have taken place, dated 11th January, 1846 : To be Captain, Commander George James Hay. To be Commander. Lieutenant Robert Jocelyn Otway. Lieutenant Maxwell Falcon. Lieutenant Olmries~llandle'Egef(6n. Mr. William David Lock, Acting Mate, and Mr. George Don Murray, Midshipman, will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenants, on their passing the required examinations to qualify their* for that rank.
(From the " Sydney Morning Herald," November 18.) The Russell Ministry was at length finally arranged, and a perfect list will be found among our extracts. Sir Nicholas Tindal, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, having died, Sir Thuma9 Wilde had been appointed lo succeed him. Mr. Jervis thus became Attorney-General, and it was understood Mr. Dundas would be the new Soli-citor-General. The ministry had not made any definite statement of the course intended to be pursued, and its first difficulty appeared likely to be the vexed question of the duty on slave-grown sugar. It does not appear that there had been any further decline in the price of Wool.
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New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 81, 19 December 1846, Page 3
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248LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 81, 19 December 1846, Page 3
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