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London, England, 1856-07-18 00:00:00

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Colony of Natal," and to appoint John Scutt, Esq., to bo
Lieutenant-Governor of the said colony.
DOWNING-STREET, JULY 1,6.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Eawa:rd Kenny,
Esq., to be the Senior Member of the LegisVati e
Dve Council
of the Provinco of Nova Scotia, ; Georg
Wel-tb
Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of Ne-
vis ; and Richard Pine, Esq.. to be Queen's Advocate and
Police Magistrate fur her Majesty's Set; lements in the
River Gambia.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENAT.
Radnorshire—Thomas !!Walsh,i Esq., to be De-
puty Lieutenant ; Arthur Esq., Uo be Deputy
Lieutenant.
Glamorganshire—Lewis Llewelyn Diliwy n, M.P., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry—William Capel Clarke
Thornhill, Esq., late Captain 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
to be Lieutenant, vice Hammersley, resigned!.
let Devon Regiment of Militia—Major F. B. Drewe,
late 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant,
vice Hon. J. W. Fortescue, resigned.
2d Devon Regiment of Militia—Augustus W. Rood to
be Lieutenant, vice Briggs, appointed to 68th Regiment;
Henry Swete Archer to be Lieutenant, vice llodgkinson,
appointed to 72d Highlanders.
City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery
Militia—
George Roland, jun., Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice Alexander Tait, promoted.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONET..
Department of the Accountant-Genera/ of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, July 17.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, se; amen' and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution of proceeds arising from salvage services rendered
to the Washington, by her Majesty's ship. :Star, between
the 18th and 21st of September, 1354. will commence on
Thursday, the 31st of ,Tuly, 1.56, in the Prize Branch of
the Department of the " Accountant-Ge neral of the
Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
pia) orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitle 1 to claim the share
of any captor, serving in the above-named .ships, are re-
quested to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his hare from the Collector of Customs
or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re-
quired to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On
Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lou-
don," in which letter his own place of residence is to be
precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collec-
tor of Customs, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would
be convenient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to all individual in the
several classes :
Commander
Third class
Fourth class
Fifth class 6 7 4 Tenth 0 12 9
Sixth class 5 14 G

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
De?artment of xlie Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, July 14.
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 vessel
Victoria, captured on the 20th September, 1855, by her Ma-
jesty's ship Nile and her tender the Redwing gun-boat; the
Magpie gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's R. nip Orion; and
the Ruby gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship Majestic.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated oiagainst the said proceeds, aro re-
quired to transmit the particulars of any sueda, demand to
the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order
that th 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, Admiralty, Somer-
set-house."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London arzzdte, of the data 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 announced.