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be Captain, without purchase, vice Watson, appointed
Paymaster of a Provisional Battalion.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Capt. Robert P. Warden
has been permitted to resign his commission.
TURKISH CONTINGENT.—St George Williams, Gent.,
holding the local rank of Acting Surgeon in Turkey, to be
Surgeon.
CRITISH GERMAN LEGION.-3d Light Infantry— The
second Christian name of Ensign Cumberlege is Altham.
BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION.-Ist Regiment—Major Sir
Courts Lindsay, Bart., to be Lieut.-Colonel-Commandant.
UNATTACHED.—The undermentioned Officers to have
their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank,
under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854 :—Brevet-Lieut.-
Colonel Alfred C. Cure, 55th Foot; Brevet-Major John
Lawrie, 18th Foot; Brevet-Major Henry Disney Ellis,
33d Foot.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon John Ramsay Brash,
from tie 2d Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class, vice Llewelyn, who exchanges ; Acting Assistant-
Surgeon David Greig, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
BREVET.

The undermentioned Officers having completed three
years' Service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be
promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal
Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854 :
Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Massey Stack, Provisional
Depot Battalion.
Lieutenant• Colonel Andrew Spottiswoode, lst Dragoon
Guards.

The undermentioned Cadets of the East India Company's
Service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign
during the period of their being placed under the command
of Colonel Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham,
for Field Instruction in the art of Sapping and Mining :
John Eckford, Ashton Milnes Brandreth, Henry William
Garnault, Hamilton Thomas Gordon, Ralph Graham
Smyth, Alfred Thomas Mander, John Downing Swiney,
John Philip Steel, Parry Lambert, Herbert William Wood,
John Makgill, Peyton Phelps, Charles John Smith, and
Henry Robert Mead, Gents.
The undermentioned Quartermasters to have the hono-
rary rank of Captain from the date of their retirement
under the Royal Warrant of 17th Dec.:—Quartermaster
Joseph Jones, half-pay 33d Foot ; Quartermaster William
Marvin, half-pay Royal Artillery; Quartermaster Thomas
Williamson, half-pay Provisional Battalion ; Quartermas-
ter John Payne, late Grenadier Guards ; Veterinary Sur-
geon J. Lord, attached to the Osmanli Horse Artillery, to
have the local rank of Lieutenant in Turkey, while serving
in the above corps.
The undermentioned Gentlemen to have local rank in
Turkey, while serving in the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry
attached to the Turkish Contingent :—Geoige Pigott Bar-
ton, Gent., to have the local rank of Surgeon ; Yssuf
Effendi, Gent., to have the local rank of Acting Assistant-
Surgeon.
For Lieutenant-Colonel F. Forbes, late 4th Regiment
Madras Cavalry, to (have the local rank of Colonel while
serving with the Turkish Contingent, March 27, which ap-
peared in the Gazette of 10th July, 1855, read, to have the
local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, &c.
For Lieutenant-Colonel E. Watt, late Bengal Light
Cavalry, who has been attached to the Irregular
Cavalry under Major-General Beatson, to have the
local rank of Colonel in Turkey while so employed, which
appeared in the Gazette of 9th October, 1855, read, to
have the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Turkey, &c.
The appointments of Dr. W. S. Rooks and Daniel B.
Balding, Gent., to the local rank of Surgeon, while serv-
ing with the smanli Cavalry attached to the Turkish
Contingent, with date 29th November, 1855, as stated in
the Gazette of December, 1855, have been cancelled.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 17.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Manley Hall Dixon has been
appointed to receive a pension of 150/. a-year, as provided
for in her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th June, 1851,
vacant by the death of Admiral Richard Curry, C.B. ; and
the name of Vice-Admiral Manley Hall Dixon has been
removed to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly ; and
in consequence of this removal the following promotions,
dated the 28th ultimo, have taken place :--
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Watkin Owen Pell to be
Vice-Admiral of the Blue.

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Rear-Admiral of the White Henry William Bruce to be
Rear-Admiral of the Red.

Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry Byatn Martin, K.C.8.,
to be Roar-Admiral of the White.
Captain Hon. George John Cavendish to be Rear• A-
dmiral on the Reserved List.

Captain Charles Talbot to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—
The Hon. John Byrne Leicester Warren to be Cornet.
2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia.—Joseph Dalway
Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia--
William Henry White, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Shoals,
promoted.

Royal Barks Militia—Ensign William Stares to be
Lieutenant, vice Bacon, resigned.
Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant John
Kirkpatrick to be Captain, vice W. Wells, resigned.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia --Geo.
Francis Birch, Esq., to be Captain, vice Carnaby, resigned,
retaining his rank.
76th or Inverness-shire, &c., Highland Light Infantry
Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Norman Alexander Mac-
Leod to be Captain, vice the Hon. Simon Fraser, pro-
moted ; Ensign George Graham Ramsay to be Lieutenant,
vice Norman A. MacLeod, promoted.
Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Wm. Legge,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
East York Regiment of Militia—Joseph Edwin Burland,
Gent., to be Ensign in augmentation ; George Waterton
Pi est., Gent., to be Ensign in augmentation.
[The following Appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of 30th Nov. 1855.]
Norfolk Militia Artillery—John Cornelius Thierens,
Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Tredcroft, resigned.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE. MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Jan. 17.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian brig
Carl, captured on the 25th April, 1854, by the Avon,
tender to her Majesty's ship Impregnable, will commence
on Saturday, the 26th January, 1856, in the Prize Branch
of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the
Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-House."
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :
Flag share £64 12
Captain lO2 6
Coo~mandel.
Second class
Third class l7 8
Finial' class

BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Whitehead, sugar dealer, Eastcheap, City, to
surrender, Jan. 29 and Feb. 28, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Red path, Old Jewry-chambers.
Henry Wm. Richardson, licensed victualler, Bansted
Jan. 31 and March 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basioghall-street ; Mackeson,
Lincoln's-inn-fields.

William Burch, cotton dyer, Sewardstone Mills, county
of Essex, Jan. 3L and March 7, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Taylor, Featherstone-buildings.
John Cranbrook Gregory, dealer in porter and ale, Bris-
tol, Jan. 29 and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Hobbs and
Slater, Stratford-on-Avon ; Bevan, Bristol.
Walter Booth, papier macho manufacturer, Deptford,
.Tan. 29, at eleven, and Feb.2B, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Vining, Moorgate-street.

Cha'rles Down, grocer, Newport, Monmouthshire, Jan.
29, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Cathcart, Newport ;
Bevan and Girling, Bristol.
Catherine Hughes, grocer and draper, Holywell, Flint-
shire, Jan. 30, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool;
Mattison, Liverpool.
Joseph Lodge, brewer, Wolverhampton, Feb. 1 and 22,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,
official assignee, Birmingham. Hayes, Wolverhampton.
John Mitchell, analytical chemist, Sun-street, Bishops-
gate-street, Jan. 29 and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edward, official assignee, Sambrook-
court; Smythe, Searle's-street, Lincoln's inn.
William Salisbury, builder, Birmingham, Feb. 1 and
22, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittle-
ston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson and Allen
Birmingham.

John—T. Edwards, laceman, Liverpool, Jan. 30, and
Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor-
gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Williams, Liverpool.
Charles Bradley, tailor, 'Wilmslow, Cheshire, Jan. r 1
and Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Hall, Man-
chester.

'SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James Hackett, provision dealer, Edinburgh.
David Nicholson, merchant, Berrowstounness.
Mary Kay, milliner, Edinburgh.

BANK OF
An Account pursuarst to the Act
the Week ending on Saturds

TV
tNGL AND. 20
'th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for 20
the 12th day of Jim.. 1856. 20
ATKINT.
20
Government debt.... 11,015,100 10
Other securities 3,459,900 20
Gold coin and bullion 9,799,305 20
Silver bullion.. • ..... -- 5

ISSUE DEP

Notes tuned ........ 24,274,305

£24,274,305

£24,274,305 I 204
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
i 6.10

Dated the 17th day of Jan., 185

:PAILTMENT.

Government securities
(In oludg.Dead Weight
20
Annuity) .... 13,413,459
Other securities...... 17,415,554
Notes • . ......... 4,887,005
Gold and silver coin .. 617,646 10
20
20
20

7 I Fifth class . £6 4 8
8 Sixth class 512 1 0
4 I Seventh class ~ 314 10 40
0 I Eighth class
9 I Ninth class 1 5 0 20
2 I Tenth class 0 12 5 5