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

BREVET.

The undermentioned officer, having completed three
years' actual service on the 7th' September, 18M, in the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel (Deputy Adjutant-General in
the Leeward and Windward Islands), to be promoted to
be Colonel in the army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th
October, 1854 :—Lioutenant-Colonel F. Darley George,
half-pay 22d Foot.
The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-
pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the
Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855 :—Quartermaster
Patrick Canon, half-pay 78th Foot.
The undermentioned officers to have the honorary rank
of Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals : Staff-Sur-
geons of the First Class—Robert Battiershy, Charles R.
Byes, M.D., 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.
0 )MMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
South Herts Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Abel Smith
to be Captain, vice Wm. 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—Henry 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, R.N., C. 8., commanding her
Majesty's surveying vessel Medina, at Constantinople,
stating that by order of Rear-Admiral Lord Lyons.
G.C.13., &c., the following lights are permanently esta-
blished in operation in the Dardanelles, vie.:-
1. A revolving light of the natural colour, eelipPed
once every minute, on Cape Hellas, formiog the northern
point of entrance from 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 oast 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 information of mariners.
By command of their Lordships,
John Washington, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
4th September, 1856.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :
Mediterranean Sea, No. 2158 ; Archipelago index chart
No. 1630 ; 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.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountantkleneral of the 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 arising from the undermentioned
prizes, captured between the 13th and 16th April, 1854,
by her Majesty's ships Retribution and Niger, and the
ship of war Descartep, belonging to his Imperial Majesty
the Emperor of the French :
Sfiatoi Constantine (Lewrenow, Master)
Sfiatoi Pietro e Paulo (Sidelca, Master)
Sfiatoi Nicolai (Vartiwinski, Master)
Sfiatoi Nicolai (Kulika, Master)
Sfiatoi Constantine (Prutianef, Master)
Sfiatoi Nicolai (Taranenko, Master)
Sfiatoi Anna (Kulik, Master)
Sfiatoi Spiri lione (Surakof, Master)
Proebrascenie Gospodue (Batula, Master)
Sfiatoi Nicolai (Seposnikof, Master)
Graf Nikitin (Joannes Barbariga, Master)
Elmina (Anastatios Caligas, Master).
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, uuliquidatecl, 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 bo 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, Somer-
P et-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.
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Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, 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,
Highflyer, 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-
mend, 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 officer, th
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that
and paid under the sanctiort of the judge of the said court.
Agents and all other persona holding powers of attorney,
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 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 dasses
will be announced.
DUTIES OF POSTAGE.
By a Treasury Warrant dated September 9th inst. the
Commissionersdirect that on every letter not exceeding :loz.
by post between any place in the
in weight, transmitted
United Kingdom and the ILlauntiuB' there shall be charged
a rate of Gd. ; and on every letter not
lexceeding ,oz. in
.or any foreign country, weight transmitted by post bet ween the ...lauritius and any
shallt be charged as
other of her Majesty's colonies,
latter between the
through the United Kingdom,
g,
between
; follows :—that is to say, for ever,
Gd.
tca Kin
. dom
Mauritius and any part of the ever,
h letter
and for the conveyance of every out
the port in the United Kingdom of' 0.3 departure or
arrival of the packet conveying the Onite and the
colony or foreign country to or from whit. h a
the same
te
shall be forwarded, such further postage ay, shall from
time to timo be charged and payable for British rk,s
letters posted or delivered at the port in the
thiito,l King-
dom of the departure or arrival of the packet conLeyi" ng
the same, and transmitted direct between such port ..d
any such colony or foreign country ; for every letter e'i.-
ceeding and not loz., two rates of postage ; exceeding
loz. and not exceeding 20z., four rates ; exceeding 20z.,
and not exceeding 30z., six rates; exceeding 3oz and not
exceeding 40z., eight rates ; and for every ounce or frac-
tion thereof exceeding 40z., two additional rates ; and
where any letter shall pass through a foreign country the
rate of postage thereon shall be charged in addition to the
• British postage. This warrant does not extend to letters,
or to any foreign
&c„ posted in or addressed to France,