The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-18 00:00:00

BREVET.

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The undermentioned Gentlemen having been selected
for service in the Irregular Cavalry, under the command
of Major-General Beatson, to have local rank in Turkey,
while so employed
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To have the rank of Captain.—William de Norman,
Eici (attached to the Artillery) ; Lieutenant Richard
Francis Burton, 18th Regiment Bombay Native In-
fantry.

To be Surgeon of the Second Class.—Algernon C. W.
Norton, Esq.
To be Veterinary Surgeons, attached to the Horse Ar-
tillery.—J. K. Lord, Gent. ;G. G. Nixon, Gent.
BREVET.
The undermentioned Officers and Gentlemen having been
selected for service in the Force, under the command of
Major-General Beatson, to have a step of local rank in Tur-
key while so employed :
To be Majors—Captain Godfrey Rhodes, 91th Foot ;
Charles Thomas Wemyss, Esq., late Captain 17th Foot;
Edward Shelley, Esq., late Captain, 16th Lancers.
To be C Iptains —John Cox, Esq., late Lieutenant, 2d
West India Regiment ; Edward James Money, Esq., late
Lieutenant, East India Company's Service.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—The appointment of Dr. F. H. Brett
as an Acting Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, with Local
Rank in Turkey, has been cancelled from the Ist July,
BRITISH FOREIGN LEGION. —ln the Gazette of the 10th
Au;ust for Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John
Fr .ncis Pamer, &e., read Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-
Colonel John Francis Power.

EMORANDUIL—The christian name of Colonel Hudson,
Military Agent to the Italian Legion, is Joseph, and not
James, as stated in the Gazette of the 10th inst.
ROYAL CHELSEA HOSPITAL.—In the Gazette of the 10th
inst., for Serjeant-Major James Ferrier, to be Quartermas•
ter, read SerjeanL-Major James Farrier.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal Berks Militia—Captain Rowland Bentinck Codd,
late 17th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Lynch, resigned.
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia—Nicholas Wrixon, E4q., late Captain in her
Majesty's 21st Regiment, to be Paymaster, from June 11,
1855, vice Patterson, appointed to the Rifle Brigade.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Rifle Regiment of King's Own St,ffordshire Militia—
Rowland Hugh Cotton, Gent., to be Ensign.
Leicestershire Regiment of Militia—James W. Minchin,
Esq., late Captain in the 62d Regiment of Foot, to be
Captain; Theobald F. Langstaff, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon.

Ross, Caithness, Sutherland. and Cromarty Regiment
of Rifle Militia—Lieutenant Chas. Munro to be Captain,
vice Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Bart., resigned ; Godfrey
Wentworth Davidson, Gent., to he Lieutenant, vice Charles
Munro, promoted ; Ensign George S. Smith to be Lieute-
nant, vice Win. Houston, resigned.
East Suffolk Milit;.a, Artillery Corps—Second Lieute-
nant John Nathaniel Gower to be First Lieutenant, vice
Daniel, transferred to the 18th Foot.
Regiment of Royal London Militia—Ensign Edward
Sackville Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Edward Charles
Grant, promoted ; Edward Arthur Robinson, Gent., to bo
Ensign, vice Alfred Peachey, resigned ; Frederick Peto.
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Alfred Benwell Letts, resigned ;
John Thomas Henry Be- t, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Graham Gilmour, resigned ; Augustus Bolle de Lasalle,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Frederick Blenkarn, resigned.

ADMIRALTY, AUG. 13.
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Notice is hereby given to the officers and crow of her
Majesty's ship Tribune, and to all other persons interesfsed
therein, that, in th,, advertisement published in the Lon-
don Gazelle of the 20th and 24th July, 1855, giving notice
of preparations making for the intended distribution of
certain Russian vess Is, five in number, captured by her
Majesty's ship Tribune, one of such vessels the " Fenix"
or " Phcenix,' was wrongly describe:l as having been cap-
tured on the 13th, instead of the 12th April, 1854, which
last mentioned is the correct date of capture.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, Aug. 16.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian schooner Geb-
ruder, captured on the 29th April, 1854, by her Majesty's
ships Amphion and Cruiser.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidatecl, against the said proceeds are re-
quired to transmit the particulars of any such demand to
the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order
that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by
that officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of
the said Court.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little
delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied
by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the
Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy,
kdmiralty. Somerset House."
Doe notice will be given, by future advertisements in.
the London Gaze:le, 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
%vill be announced.

Dapartment cf the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somersetlionse, Aug. 16.
Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
'otion of proceeds arising from the eight Russian schooners
captured on the 17th May, 14354, by her Majesty's ships
inphion and Conflict.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand unliquidated against the said proceeds are required
m transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
;istrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
-ame may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
ind paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said court.

Department of the Accountant General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, Aug. 16.
Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested therein,
That preparations are now making for the intended distri-
hution of proceeds arising from the Russian brig laden
with !mit, captw ed on the 24th April, 1854, by her
SL j sty's ship Firebrand.
Ag.,nts or other persons having any just and legal de-
maud, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are re-
quired to transmit the ptrticulars of any such demand to
he Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order
tat 'lie same may be examined, tax?d, and allowed by
h,t officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of
the said Court.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, Aug. 16.
Notice•is hereby give❑ to the Officers, Seamen, and Ma-
►ines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the following Russian
prizes, two captured on the 13th April, one on the 23d
and one on Ist May, 1854, by her Majesty's ship
Tribune, will commence, on Monday the 27th August,
1855, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Ac-
countant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset
11011°O."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of
any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are requested
to present the same at this office.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE-MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, August 16.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and
marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the dis-
tribution of proceeds arising from the following Russian
prizes, two captured on the 13th of April, one on 23d of
April, and one on the Ist of May, 1854, by her Majesty's
ship Tribune, will commence on Monday, the 27th of Aug.,
1855, in the prize branch of the department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
house :"-
Abo, captured on the 13th April, 1854.-The following
are the shares due to an individual in the several classes :
-Flag share, 100/. 17s. 7d. ; captain, 239/. lls. Ild. ; se-
cond class, 39/. N. ld. ; third, 311. lls. 3d. ; fourth, 201.
ss. 10d.; fifth, 11/. ss. 6d.; sixth, 10/. 2s. lld ; seventh,
61. 15s 3d. ; eighth, 3/. 7s. 7d. ; ninth, 2/. ss. ld. ; tenth,
1/, 2s. ea.
Mentor, captured on the 13th April, 1854.-The follow
ing are the shares due to an individual in the several
classes :-Flag share, 107/. 2s. Bd. ; captain, 254/. 9s.
second class, 41/. 17e. 10d. ; third, 33/. 10s. 3d. ; fourth,
21/. 1 s. 10d. fifth, 111..95, 44. ; sixth, 10/. 15s. 6d. ;
seventh, 71.3 e 81.; eighth, 3/. lls. 10d.; ninth, 21. 7s. 104.;
tenth, 1/. 3s. 11d.
.gir, captured on the 23d April, 1854.-Tbe following
are the shares due to an individual in the several classes :
-Flag share, 39/. Is. ; capt .in, 921. 14s. 10d. ; second
e:ass, 151. 4i. 101.; third, 12/. 3s. 11d.; fourth, 71. 16s.
10d.; fifth, 41. 7s. 2d. ; sixth, 31. 18s. sd. ; seventh, 2/. 12s.
441.; eighth, 1/. 61. 2d.; ninth, 17s. 6d.; tenth, Bs. 11.
Amerika, captured on the Ist May, 18'54.-The following
are the shares due to an indivividual in' he several classes:
-Flag share, 31/. 8s; captain, 741 lls 6d ; second class,
121. 5s 6d ; third, 9/. 16s 5d ; fourth, 61. 61. 3d ; fifth,
:3/. lOs 2tl; sixth, 3/. 3s 2d ; seventh, 2/. 2s 2d ; eighth,
1/. is ; ninth, lis ; tenth, 7s.
Notice is hereby also given to the officers, seamen, and
rnarkee, and to all persons interested therein, that the dis-
tribution of priceals arising from the Russian vessel ,Pri-
mus, captured on the Bth May, i 854, by her Majesty's
ships Valorous a-id Vulture, will commence on Fii lay, the
31st August, 1.855, in the prize branch of the department
of the " Accountant G: rieral of the Navy, Admiralty, So-
merset fi,use."
The following are the shares clue to an individual in the
several classes :-Flab, 5 1. is 8.1 ; captains (each), .6s/. lbs
5d.; second class, 141. 10s ; third, 11/. 12s ; fourth, 71. 9s;
fifth, V. 2s ; sixth, 3/. 14s sil ' • seventh, 2/. 9s 7d ;
eighth 1/. 4s 10d ; ninth, lbs 7il ; tenth, 8s 11.
Agents Rua other persons holding powers of attorney,

prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by' virtue
of which they be legally entitled to claim the share of

tory ogfie,r, 6e3,11W1, urtrine, or other person who miy
desire to receive his share from the collector of Customs or
of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required
to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On Prize
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in
which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely
stated, as well as the place of the nearest collector of Cus-
toms, or of Inland Revenue; from whom it would be con-
venient to receive such share of prize mosey.;