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London, England, 1856-03-15 00:00:00

BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION.

Ist P,egiment—Captain Thomas Bcrington to be Major.
31 Regiment--Captain F. A. St. John, of the 60th Foot,
to be Major, vice Crauford, promoted.
4th Regiment—Henry Lewis do la Chaumette, Esq., to
be Paymaster.
sth Regiment—Brevet-Major Robert Bruce, of the 74th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
HOSPITAL STAFF.

To be Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon William
Gordon, M D., from 91st Foot, vice Tovey, appointed to
the 30th Foot; Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Greatorex,
vice Bradshaw, who resigns.
To bo Acting Assistant-Surgeons—William O'Halloran;
William Page; Frederick Oakes; Archibald Dunlop.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon George Fair, M.D., has been
permitted to resign his appointment.
The undermentioned Officers have ceased to do duty,
there being no longer occasion for their services :—Acling-
Assiitant-Surgeon James Maxwell, M.D. ; Acting Assia-
tant-S atom Henry Bed well.
BREVET.

Major Edmund Robert William Winnfield Yates, of the
82,1 Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army ; Lien-
tenant•C.donel James Halkett. of the Coldstream Guards,
to have the temporary rank of Colonel while employed as
President of the Recruiting Committee of the British
Swiss Legion.
The undermentioned Cadet of the East India Company's
Service, to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign
dosing the period of his being placed under the command
of Colonel Sandham of the Royal Engineers at Chatham,
for Field Instruction in the art of Sapping and Mining :
Joseph Herbert Bedford, Gent.
The undermentioned officers and gentlemen to have
local rank in Turkey, while serving with the Turkish Con-
tingent :--Lieutenant .T. Rowland Brookes, late Royal
Marine Artillery, to have the local rank of Captain of
Artillery.
To hare the local rank of Captain—Lieutenant J. W.
Dunne, Osmanli Irregular Cavalry ; Lieutenant R.
Young, Osmanli Irregular Cavalry; Lieutenant W. H.
Ward, Osmanli Irregular Cavalry ; Captain Usher, Os-
tnnzli Irregular Cavalry.
To have the local rank of Lieutenant—Ensign John
Alleyne Holder, late 34th Foot.
To be Quartermasters of the Second Class—Algerson li
Wise, Gent. ; John Henry Temple, Gent.
To have the local rank of Surgeon —George Robert
Cubitt, Gent., vice Smith, who has not joined.
To have the local rank of Assistant-Surgeon—Acting
Assistant-Surgeon Carl Roll, M.D., vice Rooks, removed;
C. H. E. Skinner, Gent., vice Blandford, resigned ; James
Lalor, Gent., Osmanli Irregular Cavalry.
To have the local rank of Voterinary-Surgeon—Robt.
M'lntosh, Gent.
The Brevet promotion of Capt. Geo. Follenins to the
local rank of Major in Turkey, while attached to the Bri-
tish German Legion, to bear date 26th Feb., 1856, instead
of the 7th inst.
The appointment of Seijeant Samuel Bradbury, of the
Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant in the Artillery of the
Turkish Contingent has been cancelled.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTEN ANTS.
Huntingdon—Sir Williamson Booth, Bart., to be De-
puty Lieutenant.
Cardigan—William Chambers, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant. . _

Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia--Walter Beales, Gent., to be Ensign.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Ensign David Bilham to be Lieutenant, vice Fordo, pro-
moted ; Ensign Frederick Charles Cross to be Lieutenant;
Edward Ernest Bromilow, Gent., to be Ensign.
Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Herman Ernest
Galton, Esq., to be Captain.
/d Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Lieut. Milnes to be
Captain, vice Fitz-Herbert, appointed to British Italian
Legion ; Ensign Peat to be Lieutenant, vice Milnes, pro-
ranted.
Dorset Regiment of Militia—W. H. Bower, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Warner, appointed to the 41st Foot.
West Essex Militia—Ensign William Alexander Gilbert
to be Lieutenant, vice Tharp, promoted.
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—As-
sistant-Surgeon Nicholas Conlethus Whyte to be Surgeon,
vice Lomax, resigned.
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of
Rifle Militia— John Maclaren, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
David M'Culloch, resigned.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazctte of Tuesday, March 4.]
00th Stirlingshire,&c., Militia, Highlandßorderers Light
Infantry—John Cranfurd Tait, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Alexander Robert Abercromby Boyd, resigned.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of Friday, March 7.]
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Lieutenant Archibald Iver to be Captain, vice Lovett, ap-
pointed to Ist Dragoon Guards.
Edinburgh County (Queen's Regiment of Light Infan-
try) Militia—Memorandum—The Queen has been gra-
ciously plea.ed, in consideration of the long service of
Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, to permit that officer to
retain his rank and wear his uniform.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 13.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended
distribution of proceeds arising from the slave-vessel, nam
unknown, captured on the 29th Jan., 1854, by her Ma-
jesty's ship Alecto ;—of the slave-vessel Mannelita, and
stores, captured on the 22d May, 1854:by her Majesty's
ship Ferret ;—of the Norwegian schooner Johanna Maria,
captured on the 25th May, 1854, by her Majesty's ship
Archer ;—of the Netherland galliot Jeanne Marie, captured
on the 30th May, 1814, by her Majesty's ship Archer ;—of
the Norwegian ship Nornen, captured on the Ist June,
1834, by her Majesty's ships Archer, Amphien, and Con-
flict ;—of the Danish sloop Fortuna, captured on the 3d
June, 1854, by her Majesty's ship Archer ;—and of tho
Swedish brigantine Elide, captured on the Bth July, 1854,
by her Majesty's ship Cruizer.
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 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 an 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 lithie 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, Somerset
H ouse."
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, tho
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.