The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-25 00:00:00

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-House, July 19.
Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the following Russian ves-
sels captured by her Majesty's ship Tribune.
Fenix, or Phoenix, on the 13th April,.lBsl. •
Abe, on the 13th April, 1854.
Mentor, on the 13th April, 1854.
/Egir, on the 23d April, 1854.
America, on the lst May, 1851.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
gistrar of the High Cunrt of Admiralty, in order that the
. same may be. examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
1 and paid under the sanction of the judge of the said court.
Agents, and all other persons holding powers of at-
torney, prize orders, assignments, or other instru-
m•mts, by v►rtue of which they mar be legally entitled to
claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested with
as little delay as possible to transmit the same, accom-
panied by_the usual documents to the Prize Branch of the
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house. •
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette; of the date proposed for the com-
mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be anuounced.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY
.21.
The Queen has been pleased to approvo of M. Adolfo
Guillemar d'Araron, as Consul-General, at Sierra Leone,
for the King of Portugal.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.lsrael
D. Andrews, as Consul-General, in the British North
American Provibces, for the Unit3d States of America.

WHITEHALL, JULY 21.
The Queen bas been pleased to present the Rev. John
Alexander Mackenzie to the church and parish of Kettins,
in the presbytery of Meigle and county of Forfar, vacant
by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. John Tulloch.
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, JULY 23.
The Lards of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade
have appointed Alfred Tylor, F.G.S., to be a Juror, for
Hardware (Cllss 18), in the French International Exhibi-
tion.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS,

7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia —Simeon
Henry Stuart, Esq., late Lieutenant Royal Canadian
Rifles, to be Captain, vice Ponsonby, deceased ; Lawrence
Fort, Gant., to be Lieutenant.
Fife Militia Artillery—Thomas William Webb, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenant ; Thomas William Disney, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenant.
Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia
Rifles—Cantain Walter Ferrier Hamilton to be Major;
David Finlayson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Ensign William
S wire to be Lieutenant, vice Bell, promoted.
Galloway Rifles, Kirkcudbright -Quota—Lieutenant
Wm. Charles Stewart Hamilton to be Captain, vice Ed-
ward Hunter Blair, retired ; Ensign 2Eueas Blair to be
Lieutenant, vice William Charles Stewart Hamilton, pro-
moted.
Ro'ss, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of
Rifle Militia—William Sinclair Sutherland, Gant., to be
Ensign, vice John Gibson, resigned.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of June 19, 1855 : —]
Hampshire Militia Artillery—Frederick Moffat, Gent.,
late of the European Bengal Fusiliers, to be First Lieute-
nant.