The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-13 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEIIALL.—JuNn 11.

The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her ➢Lajesty's Minister at Naples, I eporting
that the export duty on Neapolitan oils has been reduced
to 5/. is. 44. per imperial tun.

WAR DEPARTMENT, JUNE 13.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut.-General Sir Charles
Felix Smith, 1C.C.8., to be Colonel Commandant, vice
General George Wright, deceased.
WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JUNE 13.
21 Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant Lennox Prender-
gast to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Edwards, who re-
tires.
4th Light Dragoons—Thomas Harling Ames, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Roxburgh, who has retired.
11th Light Dragoons—Daniel Shaw Stewart, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Potts, promoted.
15th Light Dragoons—Thomas Marsh Horsfall, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bell, promoted.
9th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. Nugent to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major C. B. Vane, who
retires.
15th Foot -Captain J. Wilkinson to be Instructor'of
Musketry.
23d Foot—Lieutenant T. S. Biggs to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice John, deceased.
21th Foot —Assistant-Surgeon J. Sawyers, M.D., from
the 221 Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thompson,
promoted on the Staff.
25th Foot—Captain Henry T. Walker to be Instructor
of Musketry.
53d Foot—Ensign John Miller to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Walton, promoted ; Robert Holt Truell,
Gout., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Miller.
80th Foot—Captain Astill Welsh to be Instructor of
Musketry.
' 81st Foot—Captain John Arthur Gildsa to be Major,
I without purchase, vice Bonghey, deceased ; Lieutenant
William Egerton Todd to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Gildea ; Ensign Daniel Weir, to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Todd ; Lieutenant John Wilkinson to
be Adjutant, vice Todd, promoted.
98th Foot—Capt. William Croker to be Instructor of
Musketry.
Rifle Brigade—Capt. James Rowles to be Instructor of
Musketry.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Alfred A. James
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henderson, whose
promotion, by purchase, on the 13th Feb., 1855, has been
cancelled.
21 West India Regiment—Ensign Walter B. Pugh to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Becher, who retires.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Edward Yard Brabant, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Simkin, who retires.
STAFF.—To be Instructors of Musketry to Depot Batta-
lions—Capt. Richard George Coles, Ist Foot; Capt. Spen-
cer G. A. Thursby, Ist Foot ; Capt. J. Lewis Philipps,
89th Font.
ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.—Thomas Graham Balfour,
M.D., Surgeon of the Royal Military Asylum and Staff-
Surgeon of the Second Class, to have the rank of Staff-
Surgeon of the First Class.
PROVISIONAL BATTALION (Chatham).—Capt. William
Nott, of the 831 Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry.
SCHOOL OF' MUSKETRY (Elythe).—The appointment of
Captain Astill Thomas Welsh, 80th Foot, to be Captain
Instructor, as stated in the Gazette of June 6, 1856, has
been cancelled.
CAVALRY DEPOT (Maidstone).—Brevet-Major Charles
Augustus Meyer has been permitted to retire from the ap-
peintcoient of Riding-master, upon a special military
allowance.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Edward.
Nason has ceased to do duty, there being no longer occa-
sion for his services.

BREVET.
The undermentioned officer, having completed three
years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to
be promoted to be Colonel in the Army Lieut.-Colonel
George Campbell, 52d Foot.
Major Lewis Charles Augustus Meyer, retired upon a
military allowance, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army,
the rank being honorary only.
Brevet-Major William Friend Hopkins, Royal Marines,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Assistant-Surgeon A. F. Ferguson to have the local rank
of Surgeon while attached to the Turkish Contingent, vice
Paton, resigned.
Assistant-Surgeon W. H. F. Temple, to have the local
rank of Surgeon while attached to the Turkish Contin-
gent, vice Dee, whose services have been discontinued.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Ernest Edwards to have the
local rank of Assistant-Surgeon while attached to the
Turkish Contingent.
V. Ceocarini to have the local rank of Acting Assistant-
Surgeon while attached to the Turkish Contingent.
The Surname of the officer in the 915th Foot, who was
promoted to the Brevet Rank of Major, in the Gazette of
the 6th instant, is Tinling, and not Tinley, as therein
stated.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Charles Henry James, Esq., to
be Paymaster from 12th January, 1856, vice Roberts,
resigned.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Ist Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Lieutenant Robert Hall
McCasland to be Captain, vice Irving; Ensign James
Hamilton Henderson to be Lieutenant, vice McCasland,
promoted.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Ensign
Thomas Hunt to be Lieutenant, vice Pauli, appointed to
the 60th Rifles.

Th 3 following appointment is substituted for that whin
appeared in the Gazette of the 30th May, 1856 .
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—En- --.-
sign Robert Hanson Coldwell to be Lieutenant, vice
Hum fi ey, resigned.
MEMORANDUM.—East York Regiment of Militia.—The
appointment of Joseph Edwin Burland,•Gent., to be En.
sign, in augmentation, dated Ist Jan., 1856, as stated be.
the Gazette of 18th Jan., 1856, has been cancelled.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Departmen t )f the Accountant-General of the Navy
Admiralty, Somerset-house, June 12.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from salvage services rendered
to the Washington by her Majesty's ship Star, between the
18th and 21st September, 1854.

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.derder
t'iat th 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 tho 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 Department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somer.
set-house."

Due notice will be given, by fature 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.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, June 12.
Notice is hereby given to all persona interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from sundry deals captured at
Rafao, between llt and 6th September, 1855, by her Ma.
jesty's ships Firefly and Harrier, and the ship-of-war
L'Aigle 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
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 Department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset
House."

Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the corn•
mencement of distribution; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.