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London, England, 1856-03-26 00:00:00

rant of Oct. 6. ISS : Lieut.-Colonel William Irwin,
half-pay BCth Fout (Assistant Quartermaster-General,
Kilkenny).
The undermentioned Lieutenants, serving with local
rank in Turkey while attached to the Turkish- Contingent,
to be attached to the Osmanli Horse krtillery : Lieute-
nants James Thorburn, G. Smith, M. Nelson, N. Dog-
horty, D. Dowling.
The Undermentioned Gentlemen to have the local rank
of Qnartermasters of the Second Class, while attached to
the Turkish Contingent :—Gerald Hamilton, Mr. Hall,
late Marine Artillery.
The undermentioned Gentlemen to have local rank in
Turkey while serving with the Turkish Contingent :—To
be Staff surgeon—Surgeon T. Morrison. To be Surgeons
—Asssistant-Surgeons Williamson, vice Wolsel ,v, pro-
moted ; C. Ferguson, vice Paton, promoted ; R. Edie, G.
Yates, D. M`Pherson, W. Hutchinson.
To be Assistant-Surgeon—Acting-Assistant-Surgeon S.
S. Shepherd.
To ho Acting Assistant-Surgeons--W. F. Mason, Gent.,
Elijah Meshnllan, Gent. _ .

The commission of Lieut. Rudolph Wichmann, attached
to the British German Legion, to bear date 26th February,
18 6, instead of 29th ult., as previously stated.
The undermentioned promotions to take place in the
East India Company's Army, consequent upon the death
of Lieut.-General Sir John Hunter Little. G.C.8., Bc.ngad
Infantry, on lAth February, 1856 :—Major-General Fred.
Young, Bengal Infantry, to be Lieutenant-General ; Col.
Richard Budd, Madras Infantry, to be Major-General.

The undermentioned officers of the East India Com-
pany's Service, retired upon full pay, to have a step of
honorary rank, as follows :
To. be Colonels—Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Travail
Phillips, Bengal Light Cavalry ; Lieutenant-Colonel
George Wright, ~gadras Infantry.
To he Lieutenant-Colonels--Major Thomas David Coly-
ear, Bengal Light Cavalry ; Major Pringle Shortreed,
Bengal Infantry ; Major Henry Creswicke Rawliusoa,
C. 8., Bombay Infantry.
To be Major—Captain James Duncan, Bengal Infantry.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 20.
BREVET.

Corps of Royal Marines—Captain Edward P. H. Ussher,
having been allowed to retire on full-pay, under the pro-
visions of her Majesty's Order in Cmneil, 13th September,
1831, to be Major, the rank being honorary.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 22.
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Corps of Royal Marines-First Lieutenant Wynder
Kelly Ireland to be C-ptain, vice E. P. H. Useher, retired;
Second Lieutenant Robert Bsllarcl Gardner to be First
Lieutenant, vice Ireland, promoted.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 24.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Danish vessel Indus-
trie, captnrel on the 11th of April, 1854, by her Majesty's
ship Conflict, will commence on Monday, the 31st March,
181.6, in -the Prize Branch of the Department of "the
Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
home."
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 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 :
£. a. d.
Flag 69 11 3
Captain 165 4 3
Second class
Third class
Fourth class 2O 19 4
Fifth class
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS
Thomas Light Elwon, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant of
the North Ridiec of Yorkshire.
North York Ride Regiment of Militia—Assistant-Sur-
aeon Edward Tweddell Atkinson to be Surgeon, vice
Richard Atkinson, resigned.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—William
Jacob Birt, Esq , late King's Dragoon Guards, to be Cap-
tain ; Leopold Exxel Evans, Gent., to be Ensign ; Daniel
Dudley Maher, Gent., to he Ensign.
Ross, Caithness, km., Rifle Militia.—Captain Frederick
Fraser to be Major, vice Ross, promotel.
sth Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Alfred Eimund
Lawless to he Lieutenant, vice Holden, resigned ; Ensign
Richard Horley to be Lieutenant, vice Mills, appointed to
the Ist Royals ; Ensign James Gunning Plunkett to be
Lieutenant, vice Bernfeld, appointed to the 29th Foot.
Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Major Geo.
Palmer Evelyn to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Captain George Den-
nistonn Scott to be Major; Lieut. Arthur Holtne Umner
to he Captain.
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Hugh Francis
Lethbridge Astley, Gent., to be Cornet, vice John Whit-
taker Bush, promoted.
Erratum in the Gazette of 18th inst.—Royal Ayrshire
Rifles—For Captain Murray Fraser Furors, Sze., read Cap-
tain Murray Fraser Ferrers, &c.

£. s. d.
Sixth class
Seventh class
Eighth class
Ninth class
Tenth class