The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-19 00:00:00

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 4.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Francis
Stevens, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Trebizonde, to
be her Majesty's Consul at Trebizonde.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 8. •
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Herman Lo-
rentz, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Wiborg.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 16.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
General the Earl of Westmorland, G.C.8., to bear her
Majesty's congratulations to the King of the Belgians on
the 25th anniversary of his accession to the Throne of Bel-
ginm.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 18.
The Queen has been pleased to approVe of Mr. Casimir
Louis Alfred Bruant, as Consul at Edinburgh, and o Mr.
Jules Joseph Fleury, as Consul at Liverpool, for his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of the French.
DOWNING-STREET, JULY 15.
• The Queen has been pleased to erect the district of Natal,
in South Africa, into a separate colony, to be called " The
Colony of Natal," and to appoint John Scott, Esq., to be
Lieutenant-Governor of the said colony.
DOWNING-STREET, JULY 16.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Kenny,
Esq., to be the Senior Member of the Legislative Council
of the Prkrvince of Nova Scotia ; George Webbe Daniell,
Esq.-, to be a Member of the Council of the Island of Ne-
vis ; Ned Richarci rine; Esq., to be Queen's Advocate and
Police gagistrate for' her Majesty's Settlements in the
River Gambia,
T4ORDS-LIEUTENANT.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY _
Lqter, Esq. to be De-
Radnorshire—Thomas Villiers
to 'be Deputy
puty, LiSutenamt ;, Arthur Walsh; --Bsq.i
Lieutenant.
'Glatricirganshire—Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, M.P., to be
Deputy Lieutenant. - • •
William Capel Clarke
Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry—
Thornhill, Esq., late Captain 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
to be Li+utenant, vice Hammersley, resigned.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Major F. E. Drewe,
ia,ye 22d, Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant,
vice „boa. J. W. Fortescue, resigned.
2d Deg.
`t,
Militia—Augustus W. Rood to
be Lieutena:ts. vice Briggs, appointed to 68th Regiment ;
to be Lieutenant, vice Hodgkinson,
Henry Swet© A.
appointed to 72d 117.41:413Ver5.
tae invent of Artillery Militia—
City of" Edinburgh z.-‘
, to he Second Lieutenant,
George Roland, jun., Gj it,
vice Alexander Tait, promote _

NOTICE OF INTENDED DIaTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE 3tION7Y-
Department of the Accountant-General
:)fthe Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, July 7. ,
Ma'
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen ..":1:1(1
rines, and all pesons interested therein, thaCthe Jistri-
ution of to
proceeds arising from salvage services rendeTed
to the Washington, by her Majesty's ship Star, between
the 18th and 21st of September, 1854. will commence on
Thursday, the 31st of July, 1Q56, in the Prize Branch of
the Department 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. o legally entitled 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 share 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, 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.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :
Commander
Third class
Fourth class ll 9 2
Fifth class 6 7 4
Sixth class 5 14 6

Seventh class £3 16 5
Eighth class
Ninth class .......•• 115 5
Tenth class 2 9

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the 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 intensided diesselstri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian v
Mel
Victoria, captured on the 20th September, 1855, byher
jesty'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.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are re-
quired to transmit the particulars of any such demand to
the Registrar 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
belonging to any captor, aro 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."
h Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
te London. Gazette
iof the date proposed for the orn-
nciencement of distrbution ; and, at the same ti cme the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.
Department of the 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 Ot-
tawa, captured on the 20th Sept., 1855, by her Majesty's
ship Nile and her tender the Redwing gun-boat •; the Mag-
pie gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship Orion ; and the
Ruby gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship Majest
le ic.
de-
Agents or other persons having any just and gal
mend, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the
-
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 courtattorney.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of ,
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 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 beg iven, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date 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.

BANKRUPTCY AN L
NULED.
Thomas Small Pack, grocer, Husbands Bosworth, Lei
cestershire.

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SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Thomas Foord, grain dealer, Airth, Stirlingshire
Armstrong and Aitchison, drapers, Hawick.
Alexander Burns, jeweller, Falkirk.
John Bell and Co., tea-merchants, Glasgow.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act 1
the Week ending onSaturda:

1881:133 DEPA
A
Notes Issued 26,273,605

426,273,605

Dated the 17th days July, 'gm
NKING DE

:PASTMENT.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ..... . posit
Public deps (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
Naticeal Debt, Say-
ing,s Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 2,547,500
Other deposits 12,698,812
Seven Day and. other
8i115.... •• • • •• • 876,690

Government securities

- -
£33,996, 534

Dated the 17th day of July, 186,

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

BANKRUPTS.
Henry Grant, licensed victualler, Southampton, to sur-
render, July at eleven, and August 29, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing-
ball-street ; West, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house ; Lomer,
Southampton.
WilliainWheeler, corn dealer, Broadway, near Evesham,
Aug. 1 and 22, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
E. and H. Wright, Birmingham.
Simeon Partridge, latch manufacturer, Darlaston, Staf-
fordshire, July 31, at ten, and August 21, at half-past
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, offi-
cial assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knight, Bir-
mingham.
John Crotch, innkeeper, Okebampton, July 31 and Aug.
20, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official
assignee, Exeter; Burd, Okehampton ; Terrell, Exeter.
George Augustus Hamilton Chichester, commission
agent, York-buildings, Adelphi, July 29, at half-past one,
and Aug. 27, at halt-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Chidley, Gresham-
street, City.
William Wood, dealer in German yeast, Aldersgate-
street, July 31, at two, and Aug. 29, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Alder -
manbury ; Hancock and Sharp, Tokenhouse-yard.
William Gaskin, builder, Croydon, July 29, at half-
past one, and August 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Peddell,
'Cheapside.

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, for
ty the 12th day of July, 1856.
ARTMENT.

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities.— 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 11,798;605
Silver bullion.. ......

£26,273,605
:. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

(inclndg.Dead Weight
Annuity) ...... 14,208,464
Other securities .. 13,773,626
Notes .. 5,434,720
Gold and silver coin .. 579,724

£33,996,534
:. MARSHALL, Chief' Gestai.r.

Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coin -
The
uted from the returns made in the week ending July 15,
1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain.
From the British Possessions in America 32s. 0.1.
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 338. 30,
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies .... 335. 7d.
Average of the three foregoing descriptions 32s. sal.

ARCHDEACON DENISON'S CASE.—Lord Wensleydale,
➢r. Luihington, and the Dean of Wells (the Rev. G.
EL S. Johnson, M.A ) have been appointed assessors by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the suit prom3ted by
the
U. J. Ditcher, vicar of south Brent, aoinst the
Rev, G. A. Denison, Archdeacon of Taunton, the
hearing of which will commence at Bath on Tuesday
nest. The same advocates will appear for the respec-
tive parties as were engage 1 in the preliminary com-
mission, at C:evedon, in Jan. 1855—viz., Dr. Bayford,
for the promoter, and Dr. R. Phillimore for the Arch-
' deaoon.