The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-10 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 5.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Thomas
Mercer, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council
of the Island of Hong Kong ; Samuel Jackson Dallas,
Esq., to be a Member of the Privy Council of the Island
of Jamaica ; and Henry John Tancred, Esq., to be a Mem-
ber of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New Zea-
land.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Lewis
Morris Wilkins, Esq., to bo a Puisne Judge of the Su-
preme Court, William A. Henry, Esq., to be Provincial
Secretary, and Adams G. Archibald, Esq., to be Solicitor-
General for the Province of Nova Scota.
Her Majesty has been further pleased to appoint John
Montgomery, Esq., to be Surveyor-General for the pro-
vince of New Brunswick ; James John Wickson, Esq.,
to be Crown Solicitor for the island of Hong Kong ; Wil-
liam Gillespie Dickson, Esq., to be Procureur and Advo-
vate-General for the Island of Mauritius • and William
Snag;, Esq., to be Chief Justice for the island of Antigua.

WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, ,SEPT. 9.
sth Regiment a Poot—Captain George Carden, from
the 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice Baillie, who exchanges.
20th Foot—Captain Charles Lutyens to be Instructor of
Musketry.
22d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Proctor, from 97th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Young, who exchanges,
36th Foot—Ensign George O'Connell, from 3d West
India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Gun, who exchanges.
41st Foot—Ensign M. S. Williams, from 96th Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Manors, who exchanges.
51st Foot—Captain William Agg to be Instructor of
Musketry.

77th Foot—Captain James Baillie, from the sth Foot,
to be Captain, vice Carden, who exchanges.
89th Foot—Capt. John Lewes Philipps to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel F. C.
Aylmer, whose Brevet Rank has bcen converted into Sub-
stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854.
94th Foot—Capt. Charles William St. John to be In-
structor of Musketry.

96th Foot—Ensign Ajax Manera, from the 41st Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Williams, who exchanges.
97th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Newton Young, from the
22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Proctor, who exchanges.
99th Foot—Paymaster George W. Macquarie, from the
Royal Perth Rifles Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Henry
Butler Stoney, appointed to the 40th Foot.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign George Hayter Ma-
caulay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burleigh, who
retires.

3d West India Regiment—Ensign Rhinardt Gun, from
,he 36th Foot, to be Ensign, vice O'Connell, who exchanges.

UNATTACHED.

The undermentioned Officers to have their Brovet Rank
converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal War-
rant of 6th Oct., 1854 :

Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Charles Aylmer, 89th
Foot.

Brevet• Major Wiliam Pretymau, 33d Foot.
Brevet-Major Andrew Pitcairn, 42d Foot.

Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomany Ca-
valry.—Her Majesty is graciously pleased to permit Major
Joseph John Martin, late of the Queen's Own Worcester-
shire Yeomanry Cavalry to retain the honorary rank of
Major of Yeomanry, in consideration of his long service
of 45 years, 25 as Major.
HOME-OFFICE, SEPT. 2.
The Philanthropic Society's Farm School, at Rod Hill,
near Riegate, in the county of Surrey, has been certified
by the Secretary of State as fit to bo a Reformatory
School, under the provisions of the State 17th and 18th
Viet., cap. 85.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 8.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that the intended distribution of proceeds arising from
the Russian vessels Ottawa and Victoria, severally cap-
tured on the 20th September, 1855. by her Majesty's
ship Nile and her tender the Redwing gun-boat • the
Magpie gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship Orion ;
and the Ruby gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship
Majestic, which was advertised in the London Gazette of
the 2d, for payment to commence on the 15th inst., will
not take place on the day so appointed, but must be sus-
pended until further notice, in consequence of an intima-
tion having been this day received of an alleged claim on
the part of the officers and crew of the Weasel, gun-boat,
tender to her Majesty's ship Cesar, to participate in•dis•
tribution.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 4. ;
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Swedish vessel
Problem, captured June 21, 1854 by her Majesty's ship
Cruiser.

Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidatod, against the said proceeds, are re-
quired to transmit the particulars of any such demand to
the Registrar of tho 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 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 Depadment of the
"Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somer-
set-house."

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.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Senserset-house, Sept. 8.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Greek brig Klissova,
and also the Greek vessel Ajos Joannes O'Prodomos,
captured May 10, 1854, by her Majesty's ships Retribution,
Hlghflyer, Sampson, and Agamemnon, and the ships of
war Charlemagne and Mogados, belonging to his Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of the French.
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 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 be-
longing to any captor, are requested, with as little delay ei
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, Gazette, of the date proposed for the com-
mencoment of distribution ; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.