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LONDON Q.

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ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Fer-
gusson, Esq., F.R.S., to be Surgeon Extraordinary to her
Majesty.

FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel
Metcalfe Latham as Vice-Consul at Dover for the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburgh•Schwerin.
FOREIGN OFFICE, DBc. 21.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Joseph
Tucker Crawford, Esq., to be her Majesty's Judge, and
Francis Lousada, Esq., to be her Majesty's Arbitrator, in
the Mixed Court established at Havana, under the Treaty
of the 28th of June, 1835, between Great Britain and
Spain, for the abolition of the Slave Trade.
CROWN OFFICE, DEC. 21.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TEE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Meath.—Edwardla—cEvoy, Esq., of Foberti-
nen, in the county of Meath, in the room f Frederick
Lucas, Esq., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC 21.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Richard Myddleton Bid-
dulph, Gent., to be Cornet and sub-Lieutenaut, by pur-
chase, vice
let Dragoons—Cornet W. H. Cutler to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Basset, who retires.
7th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon William Elge-
worth Lynch, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice A. F. H. Lynch, who exchanges.
11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant C. R. Vansittart to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Ennis, who retires ; Cornet
and Adjutant John Yates to have the rank of Lieutenant ;
Cornet Edward Cludde Cockburn to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Vansittart.
Royal Artillery—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class
Hugh Crawford Walshe, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Best,
promoted on the Staff; Assistant-Staff-Surgeon Thomas
Jerram Orton to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Park, pro-
moted on the Staff.

Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Bre-
vet-Major Charles Baring to be Captain and Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-Colonel P. G. H.
Somerset, C. 8., who retires ; Lieutenant and Captain and
' Brevet-Major George Lord Bingham to be Adjutant, vice
Honourable P. Fielding, promoted.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Christopher Peach Pemberton,
Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Mitford, who retires. For George Perry, Gent., to be Ai-
siatant-Surgeon, dated Ist of Jane, 1855, which appeared
in the Gazette of that date, Read Acting-Assistant-Surgeon
George Perry to be Assistant-Surgeon, dated 29th ° of
January, 1855.
4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Winniett
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major C. J.
Bartley, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Sub-
stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Octo-
ber, 1854; Ensign Edward Bromhead to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Winniett ; Lieutenant A. C.
Twentyman, from the London Militia, to be Eusign,
without purchase, vice Bromhead; Lieutenant Richard
Alexander Law to be Adjutant, vice Mettle, who resigns
the Adjutantcy only.
6th Foot—Lieutenant Walter Tyler Bartley to be Ad-
jutant, vice Lee, promoted.
7th Foot—Lieutenant John Mac Henry to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. R.
Heyland, who has been promoted to the Substantive
Rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October,
1851; Ensign M. Watson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Carpenter, promoted.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant T. M. Vincent, from the 2d West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Herrick, who
exchanges.
10th Foot—Ensign Home Purvis to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Beatty, who retires.
17th Foot—Thomas Rochfort Hunt, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Hartwell, promoted.
28th Foot—Ensign Thomas Piuniger, from the EBth
Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase.

31st Foot—Major Robert John Eager, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Major, vice Lumley, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant Robert Place Gould to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Major R. J. Eager, whose Brevet
Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under
the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ; Eus;gn H. R.
Cromartie to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gould;
Lieutenant John B. Phillipson, from the Shropshire Mi-
litia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cromartie.
66th Foot —lthinardt Gun, Gent., to be Ensign without
purchase.

39th Foot—Richard Albert Vence Pope, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Nicholls, promoted.
45th Foot—Arthur G. Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Douglas, promoted in the 96th Foot.
48th Foot —Lieutenant F. C. Trent to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Herbert, who retires.
30th Foot—Brevet-Major Edward George Hibbert to be
Major, by purchase, vice Frampton, who retires.
55th Foot—Ensign Edwin Charles Hilton to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Morgan, whose promotion, by pur-
chase, on Aug. 31, has been cancelled.
58th Foot—Edward Thomas Pinuiger, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Hingeston, promoted ; Lieutenant
Charles Henry S. Jones, from the 4th West York Militia,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pinniger, appointed
to the 28th Foot.

60th Foot—William Henry Napier, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Fox, pro-
moted.

62d Foot—Captain John Charlewood, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice Williams, who exchanges;
Lieutenant Beville Rarnsay to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Charlewood, who retires.

77th Foot—Lieutenant M. A. Waters to be Adjutant,
vice Morgan, promoted.
78th Foot—Ensign James Sinclair, from the 79th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Walsh, promoted.
91st Foot—Nicholas Maurant Brock, Gent., to be En-
si'rm' by purchase, vice Burton, promoted.
92d Foot—Robed Alexander Emmet, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Shafto, who
retires.
97th Foot—Lieutenant George H. Hibbert-Ware to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Henry
George Woods, whose Brevet Rank has been converted
into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th
October ; Ensign C. Wiley to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Hibbert-Ware.
The promotions of the undermentioned Officers were on
the strength of the establishment,and have been ante-dated
to 9th September :—Ensigns D. J. D. Safford, J. C.
Minto, and T. W. Sheppard. To be Ensigns, without
purchase—Serjeant.Major Robert Smith ; Henry Gran-
tham Fnlford, Gent. To be Adjutant—Ensign Robert
Smith, vice Whitehead, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Andrew Green to be Lieutenant,
without purchase. The promotion, by purchase, of En-
-1855, has been cancelled. The promotion of
sign Andrew Green, as stated in the Gazette of the 7th
L. Austin, on the 31st August last, should
have
been gazetted as in succession to Lieutenant Flower,
Lieutenant September,
who has retired.
India Regiment—Edward Smith, Gent., to be
Ist West
Ensign, without purchase.
t_
Lieutenant William Henry
be Lieutenant, vice Yin-
-2d West India Regimen
cent, who exchanges; Edward Thomas Thomas Oldfield, Gent,, to
Herrick, from the Bth Foot
without purchase,
vice J. H. Thomson, promoted;
Thomas Purefoy, Gent.,
be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Harger, promoted. to be Ensign,
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Hurchase, vice Mac-
p
enry Rose Morin Hum-
phreys, Gent., to be Ensign, without
kenzie, promoted.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Captain Robertson Larkins
has been permitted to resign his commission.
PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALlON.—Quartermaster
Johni
Nowlan, half-pay 62d Foot, to be Paymaster.
John Substantive
UNATTACHED. —Captai n and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Rowley Heyland, 7th Foot, to have the
1854. The undermentioned officers to have their Brevet
Rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October,
Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal
Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854 :—Brevet-Major Henry George
Woods, 97th Foot ; Brevet-Major George Cowel Bartley,
4th Foot ; Brevet-Major Robert John Eager, 31st Foot.
STAFF.—Major-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., to
be Quartermaster-General to the Foroes, vice Major-Gene-
ral Freeth, who retires. Colonel the Hon. Percy E. Her-
bert, Unattached, to be Quartermaster-General to the
Forces serving in Turkey and the Crimea, vice Major-
General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., resigned.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff-Surgeon of the First Class
Thomas Galbraith Logan, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-
General of Hospitals, vice M`Grigor, deceased Surgeon
John Bent, from the Royal Artillery, to be Staff-Surgeon
of the First Class, vice Logan, promoted. Assistant-Sur-
geon Thomas Parke, from the Royal Artillery, to be Staff-
surgeon of the Second Class, vice Walehe, appointed to
the Royal Artillery. Assistant-SurgeonArthur Henry
Francis Lynch, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Lynch, who exchanges. &ding As-
sistant-Surgeon Wm. Morris to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Lyon has been permitted
to resign his appointment.

BREVET.
Major• General Sir Richard Dacres, Kcal, Royal Ar-
tillery, to have the local rank of Lieutenant General in
Turkey.
Captain and Brevet• Major C. E. Conyers, 68th Foot,

about to be employed on a particular service in Turkey,
to have the local rank of Lieutenont-Colonel in Turkey
while so employed.
Captain John Charlewood, 62d Foot, to be Major in the
army.
To have the local rank of Major in Turkey—Captain A.
Cathcart, late of the 11th Light Dragoons, employed ou a
particular service ; Captain Alexander Murray, of the
Royal Artillery and the Osmanli Horse Artillery; Cap-
tain Robert Jones Garden, late of the 45th Foot, employed
on a particular service in Turkey ; Captain A. W. Wil-
liams, half-pay unattached, serving with the Cavalry of
the Turkish Contingent.
The undermentioned Quartermasters, retired upon half-
pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, from the date
of their retirement, under the Royal Wfurant of 12th
October, 1855 : Quartermaster John Haviland, half-pay
2d Dragoon Guards; Quartermaster D. Bilham, half-pay
20th Foot ; Quartermaster R. Shean, half-pay 51st Foot ;
Quartermaster Donald Sinclair, half-pay 93d Foot.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 18.
Corps of Royal Marines - First Lieutenant Benjamin
Bousfield Herrick to be Captain, vice Hockings, to retired
full pay ; Second Lieutenant Ponsonby Ross Holmes to be
First Lieutenant, vice Herrick, promoted.
BREVNT.—Captain Robert Hocking!, on retired full pay,
under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council,
13th Sept., 1854, to be Major, the rank being honorary
only.

COMMISSIONS S[GNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia—Ensign Eyre Evans to be Lieutenant, vice
Dakeyn, resigned.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—James Elyard,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbighshire Militia—George
Hawkins Bonner, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wood, re
signed.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Mi-
litia—Lieutenant Robert Heane to be Captain, vice Ben-
gough, resigned ; Ensign George Fowler to be Lieutenant,
vice 'Jamie, promoted ; Ensign Henry Le Patourel to be
Lieutenant, vice Costley, gazetted to the 231 Fusiliers,
Ist Rifle Regiment Royal Cornwall Rangers—Ensign
William Courtsnay Vyvyan to be Lieutenant; Ensig,t
George Glanville Fortescue to be Lieutenant.
Hampshire Militia.—Augustus John Bourke Fellowes,
Gent., to be Ensign.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia.—John Richard Blake, Gent., late 6th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Seaton, promoted.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Deo. 20.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian schooner
Volga, captured on the 19th June, 1854, by her Majesty's
ships Miranda and Eurydice, will commence on Monday,
the 31st December, 1855, in the Prize Branch of the De-
partment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-House."
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 ship, are re-
quested to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the collector of customs or
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-
♦enient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

Captain.. 92 0 7i
Second class
Third class l7 0 0
Fourth class
Fifth class .. 6 1 6

Sixth class £5 9 4
Seventh class
Eighth class
Ninth class 1 4 3
Tenth class 0 12 1

Department of the Accountant-General of the Nary,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 20, 1855.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma•
nines, and to all persona interested therein, that the distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Danish schooner Magle,
captured on the 4th Juna, 1854, by her Majesty's ship
Archer, will commence on Thursday, the 10th Janusiy,
1856, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Ac-
countant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
house."

The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

Flag share £2l 0 5 Sixth class £3 8 1
Captain
Second class
Third class lO Il 6 1 Ninth class 0 15 1
Fourth class
Fifth class ...... ... 315 7 I

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 20, 1855.

Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and
marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Dutch sloop
Minima, captured on the 3d September, 1854, by her Ma-
jesty's ship Archer, will commence on Thursday the 10th
January, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somer-
set-house."

The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

£ s. d. .-C 9. d.
Flag share
Captain lO 4 6 Seventh class 0 8 2
Second class 2 8 9 1 Eighth class 0 4 9
Third class
Fourth class 1 5 0 Tenth class
Fifth class 0 13 11

Department of the Accountant-General of
the Nary, Admiralty, Somerset-house,

December 20, 1855:

Notice is hereby given to the Officers, Seamen, and
Marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian brig, name
unknown, captured on the 27th April,lBs4, by her Majesty's
ship Furious and the ship-of-war Caton, belonging to his
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, will com-
mence on Monday, the 14th January, 1856, in the Prize
Branch of the Department of the " Accountant General of
the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house."
The following are the shares duo to an individual in the
several classes
Flag share

Captain

..... 19 311

Sixth class
Seventh class
Eighth class 0 6 9
Ninth class
Tenth class

Second clams - -

3 18 11

Third class
Fourth class
Fifth class

3 3 0
2 0 6
1 2 7

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, Dec. 23.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and
marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Netherland
galliot De Vroux Alida, captured on the 25th May, 1854,
by her Majesty's ship Archer, will commence on Thursday,
the 10th Juanuary, 1856, in the Prize Branch of the De-
partment of the "Accountant General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house."
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :
e. d.
5 3 2
12 5 2
3 5 2
2 12 0
1 13 5
0 18 8

Flag share,
Captain .:.

2. s. d.
Sixth class
Seventh class
Eighth class 0 5 7
Ninth class
Tenth class

Second class...
Third class ..
Fourth class..,
Fifth class ...

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