The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-01 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 29.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William'
John Stevens as Consul at Malta for his Royal Highness
the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
WHITEHALL, Jaw. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of
the Lords of Session in Scotland, to Robert Macfarlane,
Esq., Advocate, in the room of Alexander Wood, Esq.,
resigned.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 31,
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Lewis Paxton Walsh to be
Second Captain, vice Robert Boyle, removed to the
Supernumerary List ; Lieutenant William Rooke to be
Second Captain, vice George Malcolm Pasley, placed
upon half-pay; Lieutenant Robert David Dewar Hay
has been permitted to resign his Commission; Assistant-
Surgeon George Sharp has been permitted to resign his
Commission.
The second christian name of Lieutenant Turnbull is
Wilmot, not William, as stated in the Gazetto of Jan. 7.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Edward Coysgarne Sim to
be Second Captain, vice Lonsdale Augustus Hale, placed
on the Supernumerary List.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.
The Rev. Daniel Donovan to bo Chaplain of the Fourth
Class.

INDIA OFFICE, JAN. 30.
The following extracts from General Orders issued by
the Government of India, regarding the payment of the
Delhi Prize Money, aro published for general informa-
tion :

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" His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, is
pleased to authorise the immediate issue of a Ist distribution
of the Delhi Prize Booty, at the rate of 86 rupees, each
share.

" The General Prize Committee will prepare as soon as
practicable, statements showing the names of the European
officers and soldiers entitled to share who have left India,
and the amount payable to each, for transmission to her
Majesty's Secretary of State for India, in order that the
sums due to parties in England may be passed to them at
the earliest possible date.
"Prize money being admissible only in the ranks in
which individuals actually served, promotion with back rank
gives no.claim to share in rank higher than that in which
service was performed. Officers and men who died,
were killed or left the army before Delhi, in consequence of
sickness or wounds, are entitled to share in the rank they
actually held on the date they died or left, and those present
at the capture of Delhi or Jhujjur are entitled in the ranks
they held on the 20th September and 18th October, 1857."
SCALE OF SHARES FOR EUROPEAN OFFICEItS AND
SOLDIERS,

Shares.

Major-General
Brigadier .. .. . • . •
Colonel or Lieutenant-Colonel
Major • • • • • . • • •
Surgeon • • . • •• • •
Paymaster •• • . .. • •
Captain
Adjutant
Assistant-Surgeon .. .. ..
Interpreter and Quartermaster ..
Ridingmaster .. • • ••
Lieutenant over 7 years' service ..
Lieutenant under 7 7 9
Quartermaster •• •• ••

0• OS 411 76
51

••
•• I
10

9
• • it
61
Ensign.. .. 51
" Together with any additional shares to which they or
any of them may be entitled in virtue of additional pay for
length of service.

" Nozn.—Officers on the TAvisional, Personal, and
General Staff to have shares according to their Staff pay
added to the half-pay of their respective ranks.

Staff Sergeants • • • • • • ..
Brigade and Colour-Sergeants ..
Sergeants • • . • •• •• GO
Corporals • • •• •• • • • •
Bombardiers .. .• •• •• ••
Privates • • • • • • •• 90
Drummers .. • • • • • •
Buglers • • • • • • • • • •
WARRANT OFFICERS.

Shares.
3
21
2

Shares.

Commissary of Ordnance ..
Deputy.. .. • • • •
Assistant-Commissar3 of Ordnance
Deputy Assistant ..
Conductor .. • •
Apothecary .. • •
Sub-conductor • •
Hospital Steward ..
Assistant Apothecary
-• • .
Steward • • ..j 2
Hospital Apprentice
Due notice will be given when the above shares of Officers
and Soldiers are payale in this country.

•• • •

AVERAGE PRICE OP SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or 11Iuscovado Sugar, corasuted
from the returns made in the week ending Jan,
2.?), 1862,
exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
Per. cwt.
From the British possessions in America 245. 64dMauritius ................
East Indies
Average price of the three foregoing .. 245. Lid.

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BANKRUPTS.
Aaron Brown, baker, West Shefford, Berks
Thomas
Frederick Charles, watchmaker, DavieEi-street,
Berkeley.square