The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-05 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, MARCII 3.

The Qneen has been pleased to present the Reverend
Donald Mackinnon to the Citurch and, Parish of Strath, in
the Presb3 tery and Isle of Skyo, vac,nt by the death of
the Reverend John Mackinnon, late Minister thereof.
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WHITEHALL, MARCH 3.

The queen has boon pleased to appoint Win. Charley
Harris, Esq., Chief Cotistable of the county of Hants,
and Capt. Douglas Willi3►rn Parish Labalmondiere, In-
specting Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police, to be
the Assistatit-Commisidoners of Police of the Metropolis.

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 1.
Corps of Royal '.Marines—Seconti Lieutenant Alfred H.
Pascoe to be first Li4uteuant, ♦ice Nasun, resigned his
Commission.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTEN ANTS.
Oxfordshire Regiment4of Militia—Henry Atkins Bowyer,
Gent., to be an Ensign, vice Clark. retired: , - •
Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Wm. Cluistophor
Seymour, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brown, promoted ;
John Early, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Archibald, appointed
to the 50th Regt. of Foot.
let Cornwall Rifles—:Lientenant Falbert Archer to be
Captain,
.vice Glanville. resigned.
Inverness, Banff, Elgin,-and-'.Nairn Reginient of High-
land Light Infantry Militia—The Hon. Lewis Alexander
Grant tube •Captain; Tiee•William Duff, who retires'
90th, Stirlingshire, &e., Militia, Highland Borderers
Light Infantry—John Crawford Tait, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant,' vice Alexander Robert Abercromby Boyd; re-
signed ; Francis Pringle, Gent., to be Ensign, -vice
Francis Fawkes, appointed to the 71st Regiment of Foot.
let Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Lieutenant Sir Henry
Orlando Robert Chatuberl'atn, Bart., to .be Captain. vice
Roberton, deceased; Ensign William Mitchell to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Crawford, promoted; Ensign Rebert Savery
Rouse to be Lieutenant, vice Chatnberfain, promoted
George Paiilet, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Macdonald,;
James ; Jaes McGregor, Gent., to be Enkiln; vice.
Mackenzie, appointed to 'oth • Foot ; John Cameron
Pander; Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hussey, appointed to
:49th Foot ; Aleiander Martin Edmiston, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Mitchell, promoted.
2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Ensign Robert Pollock to
he Lieutenant, vice Eddington, appointed to 92d Foot ;
Ensign James Begg to be Lieutenant, vice William Ful-
Iwton Fullerton, appointed to 92,1 Foot ; John Forbes,
nt., to be Ensign, vice John Pollock, resigned ; John
Mariette, Gent., tube Ensign, vice -Eddington,
promoted.
Hertfordshire Militia—Ensign Augustus Temple to be
Lieutenant ; Ensign Edward Dorricer Newbolt to be Lieu-
tenant-, Ensign Henry Joseph Toulmin to be Lieutenant.
South Herte Yeomanry—Stevenson Arthur Blackwood,
Esq., to be Cornet; Henry Sambrook Crawley, Esq., to
be Adjutant.

NOTICE OF. INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
• NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Derirtment of the.Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 3, 1856.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma
tines, and to all persons interested therein, that distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian schooner,
no name, No. 12,044, captured .on the 29th May, 1855,
by her Majesty's ship Merlin, will commence on Mon-
day, the 17th March, 187,6,- in the Prize Branch of the
Depattment 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 ships, aro 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 bo addressed "On
Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lon-
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. .
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The following ere the shares due to an individial in the
several classes :

£. s. d.
3 14 0
2 9 5
1 4 8
0 16 5
0 8 2

£. d
Flag share 15 6 5 Sixth class
Captain 36 8 0 Seventh class ...
Second 'class -14 7 7 Eighth
Third class
Fourth c1a55...... 7 711 Tenth class
Fifth class
B ANKRUPTS.
William Bennett, victualler, Margaret-street, Caven-
dish-square, Middlesex. to surrender March 17 and April
8, at two. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, of ci id as-
signee, Ablermanbury ; Reed, Ironmonger-lane;' eh-ea/a-
side. city.
William Homer, publican, Birmingham, March 14-and
April 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District-Court.
Bittleston, official assignee. Birmingham ; Palmer, Bir-
mingham ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
Robert 'Newton, baker, Birmingham, March 17, and
April 7, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Cheshire, Bir-
mingham. '
James Baker' linen-draper, South-street, Exeter, March
13, at one. and April 10, at sloven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hirtzal, official assignee, Exeter ; Friend, Exeter ;
Stogden, Exeter.
Charles Edward Bird, merchant. Oil Broad-street,
March 14, at half-past twelve, and April 30, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as-ignee, Coleman
street-buildings; Messrs. J. and J. B. Linklater and
Rack wood, Siae-lane.
Thomas Hill, licensed victualler, City-road, March 17,
at half-past one, and April 15, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official asaignee ; Martineaa and
Fold, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn.
Charles Paris Poole, warehouseman, Lawrenda-land,
City, March 14, at half-past. two, and April 15, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. E I wards, official assignee,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner, and
Turner, 'Aid errnan bury.
Henry Brishand, button manufacturer, Birmingham,
March 14, and April 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis•
trict Conct. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
'Southall, Birmingham.
SamsoM Brimcr, brick maker, Colden-common,
Hante,,March 11 and April 23 at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official nesignee,
burs, 13asinghall-street ; Dewy, Mark-lane.
John Iliacock, boot and shoe manufacturer, 'Brook-
street, Holborn, March 15, at one, and April 13, at half-
past one, at the Court of .13e.akrtiptey. Witmore, official
rataignee,, Ba4inghall-street ; Stotler, Cheapai le.
Thomas Warren Knight, grocer, Fare-street, Taunton,
. March 13, and April 17, at one, at the Exeter District
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Rossiter,
Taunton.

Robert Welsh, woollen merchant, llndilorsfield, March
14 and April 24, at eleven, at the Loeds District Court.
Young, assignee, Leeds ; Maud, Leeds.
Thomas Jones, di-8/pr, Shrewsbury, March 14, and April
4, at eleven, at the Birmingham Di,trict Court. Bittle-
ston, official assignee, Birmingham; Mottcram and Knight,
Birmingham.
John Young, rile and porter merchant, Surrey-street,
Straw], Miildiesex, March 13, at twelve, aud April 23, at
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
official assiguce, Basingliall-street ; Johnson, Ironmonger-
lane. _ _

Charles Hyscinth Joseph flaylits, merchant, Cullnm-
street, City, March 15, at half-past twelve, and April 18,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 'Whitmore, official
assirrnee, Ba%ingball-street ; Nichol inn, Lime-street.
William M'Cormick, builder, Manchester, March 14,
and April 4, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaresu, official assignee, Manchester ; Heald, Man-
chester.
John Travis and Thomas Darden Kershaw, cotton spin-
ner., Shaw, Lancashire, March 18 and April S. at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assig-
nee. Manchester; Holgate and Roberts, Rochdale.
Henry Smithies, John Smithies, and James Smithies,
ironfounders, Blackburn, March 17 and April 14, at twelve,
at the Manckseter,Distriet Court. Fraser, official assignee,
Manchester ; Sale; Worthington, and Shipman, Manches-
ter.

William Smith, grocer, Bradford, March 18, at eleven,
and April 15, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Tine, official assignee, Leeds ; Howard and Dollman, Fen-
church-street, London ; Hudson and Darlington, Bradford;
Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
David Bay, flour deal€r, Liverpool, March 17 and April
7. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
Auguste Silvestro, of 24, Argyll-street, Regent-street,
importer and dealer in fancy goods, first div. of 2,. 6d. in
the pound, payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basinghall.
street, City, on Wednesday, March 5, and three subsequent
Wednesdays.
Robert W. Wright, Charles Davy, and Jacob Dixon,
late of Devonshire-street, Queen's-square, Bloomsbury,
goldstnida, first div. of ls. 7d. in the pound, payable at 1,
Sambrook-court, Bssinghall-street, City, on Wednesday,
March 5, and three subsequent Wednesdays.
William Hodge, of 31. Gient Marlborough-street, West-
minster, final div. of 20. in the pound, payable at 76 a,
Basinghall-street, on Thursday, March 6, and three follow-
ing Thursdays.
William Hearn, of Stangate-wharf, Lambeth, dust con-
tractor, second and final div. of 40. in the pound, pay-
able at 20, Aldermanbury, City, on Wednesday, March
5, and three subsequent Wednesdays.
Edward Green, of 21. Cork,street, St. James's, West-
minster, second div. of 4d. in the pound, payable at 18,
Aldermanbury, City, on any Monday.
James Loncragan, of 12, Cambridge-terrace, Lower-road,
Islington, corn dealer, second div. of 50. in the pound,
payable at 18. Aldermanbury, Cit, , on any Monday.
Henry Newson Brewer, of Deptford, 80, Bermondsey-
wall, Bermondsey, mast maker, and 8, South Eastern Ar-
cade, Southwark, tobacconist, second div. of 34d. in tho
pound, payable at 18, Aljermaubury, City, on any Mon-
day.
William Ayres, of Blackheath, Kent, nurseryman, se-
cond div. of 34. in the pound, payable at 18, Alderman-
bury, City, on any Monday.
Samuel Barnett, of Wellington-road, Liverpool-road,
builder, first dividend of 55. 9d. in the pound, payable at
18, Ablerrmnbury, City, on any Monday.
S. L. Samuel, of Liverpool, watch manufacturer, second
div. of 41., with first div. of ls. 0.0., in the pound, pay-
able at 12, C )ok-street, Liverpool, on any Wednesday.
T. Mellor, of Liverpool, merchant, first div. of 41. 3d. in
the pound (on the separate estate), payable at 11, Eldon-
chambers, South John-street, Liverpool, on any Thursday.
T. Mellor and S. Eason, of Liverpool, merchants, second
div. of 1 15-16 d. in tka pound, payable at 11, Eldon-cham-
bers, South John-street, Liverpool, on any Thursday.
J. Preseott, of Liverpool, tea dealer, second <lir, of ld.
in the nonnd, payable at 53, South John-street, Liverpool,
on any Wednesday.
J. Nit/hellion, of WeltoA Ledge, Weeb Derby, urgeoo,