The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-13 00:00:00

BREVET.

The undermentioned officer, having completed three
years' actual service on the 7th September, 1851, in the
the Leewardankof and Windward
Lieutenant-Colonel(Deputy Adjutant-General in
Islands),
to be promoted to
be Colonel in the army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th
October, 1854 : Lieutenant-Colonel F. parley George,
half-pay 22d Foot.
The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-
pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the
RoyalWarrrraonithohfallf7phayD7eBceth mber, 1855 :—Quartermaster
Patrick Foot.
The undermentioned officers to have the honorary rank
of Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals : Staff-Sur-
geons of the First Class—Robert Battersby, Charles R.
Boyes, and William Parry.
Erratum in the Gazette of sth inst.—For sth Regiment
of Dragoons, Lieutenant John Stephenson Ferguson to be
Captain, &c., read-sth Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant John
Stephenson Ferguson, &c.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
South Herts Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Abel Smith
to be Captain, vie° \Vm. Parker, resigned ; Cornet Robert
Smith, to be Lieutenant, vice Abel Smith, promoted ;
Samuel George Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Robert
Smith, promoted.

[The following Appointment is substituted for that
which appeared 'in the Gazette of Friday, the 25th April
last.

WorcesterMilitia—ilenry Herne Diprose Birchill, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Castle, appointed to the 3d Regi-
ment of the British Italian Legion.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
MEDITERRANEAN.
Lights of the Dardanelles at Cape Hellas and Gallipoli.
A telegraphic despatch, dated yesterday, has been re-
ceived from Captain Spratt, C. 8., commanding her
Majesty's surveying vessel Melina, at Constantinople,
stating that by order of Rear-Admiral Lord Lyons.
G.C.8., Sze., the following lights are permanently esta-
blished in opera:,'on in the Dardanelles, viz. :-
1. A,revolving light of the natural colour, eclipsed
once every minute, on Cape Hellas, forming the northern
point of entrance fro n the Archipelago.
2. A revolving light of the natural colour, eclipsed
twice every minute, or once every half minute, on the west
point of Gallipoli, in lieu of that on the east point of that
cape. _ _

Such further particulars, as soon as they are received,
will be given hereafter concerning these lights as may
appear necessary for the inforthation of mariners.
By command of their Lordships,
John Washington, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
4th September, 185 G.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :
Mediterranean Sea, No. 2158 ; Archipelago index chart
No. 1650 ; Archipelago, Sheet 4, No. 1651; Entrance to
Dardanelles, No. 1608 ; Sea of Marmora, No. 224 ; Sailing
Directions for Dardanelles and Bosphorus; and Mediter-
ranean Lighthouse Book for 1856.

NATAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of tho Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 11.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arisinc, from tho undermentioned
prizes, captured between the' 13th and 16th April, 1854,
by her Majesty's ships Retribution and Niger, and the
ship of war Descartes, belonging to his Imperial Majesty
the Emperor of the French :

Sfiatoi Constantine (Lowrenow, Master)
Sfiatoi Pietro e Paulo (S,idelea, Master)
Sfiatoi Nicolai (Vartiminski, Master)
Sfiatoi Nicolai (Kulika, Master)
Sfiatoi Constantine (Prutianuf, Master)
Sfiatoi Nicolai (Taranenko, Master)
Sfiatoi Anna (Kulik, Master)
Sfiatoi Spirilione (Smakof, Master)
Procbrascenie Gospodne (Batula, Master)
Sfiatoi Nicolai (Saposnikof, Master)
Graf Nikitin (Joannes Barbariga, Master)
Elmina (Anastatios Caligas, Master).
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 th same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by
that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of
the said Court.

—AgeUtfs 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 th© 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 future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the cora-
moneement of distribution ; and, at the samo time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective claues
will be announced.

Departmer of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Sonserset-hoOse, 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,
Flighflyer, 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,
pr;ze 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, Bomar-
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, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.