The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-14 00:00:00

PE nsIA.

Mr. LAYARD called attention to the differences be-
tween Mr. Murray and the Si:ah of Persia relative to
Mirza 'fashion, and adverted to the treaty relative to
the app,intment of consular a2-ents at Tabreez, Buchere,
and Sairaz, and sending armed vessels to Buchere, and
asked for an explanation of the real state of affairs with
ie,pect to Persia. Before sitting down he referred to
Vie ofli ,ers engaged in the attack of the Itedan, and
hoped the Horse Guards would revise the order they had
issued respecting them, and give them Eome reward.
Mr. V. SMITH said the two vesels sent to the Gulf
of Buchere were for the protection of the British residents
there, and wero cf 500 and 250 horse power respec-
tively. Another vessel had been sent them, but
to relieve one of the two which was to return home with
the late Governor General of India. He declined to
give any answer whether the Government intended to
send out an expedition against Persia. The right hon.
gentleman also referred to other points connected with
the state of Central Asia, but was unable to state any-
thing definite.
ATTACK ON TIDE ItEDAN.
Colonel FUENCH asked the First Lord of the
Treasury whether any inquiry had taken place, or was
to take place, as to the causes which led to the failure
of the attack on the Grand Redan, at Seoast ,pol, by
her Mjesty7s troop, on the Sth of Septenit3r last?
(LEFT SITTING.)

Despatch from General Sir W. Coclrington,

( Front the London Gazette of this evening.)
Lord Pann►uro has this day receive,' two despatches,
and an enclosure, of which the following are copies, ad-
dresFed to his lordship by General Sir Willia►n Codring7
ton, K.C.B.

Sebastopol, Feb. 29.

My Lord,—The answer to my inquiries relative to
Major M'Gowan, of 93d Highlanders, is, I regret to
State, that this officer died of his woun.ls in the hospital
of Sebastopol, on the 14th August, 1855.
I enclose General _Gliders' letter, with the Russian
official return of Major iii‘Gowan'sdeath..—l have, &c.,
W. J. CODIIINGTON,
General Commanding.
The Lord Panmure, &c.

(Enclosure.)
Monsieur la Commandant-en-Chef,—The inq►iiriss
made on the subject of Major M`Gowan of the 93d Regi-
ment of Highlanders, having proved that he has sunk
under his wound, I consider it my duty to transmit
herewith to your Excellency the certificate of the death
of that Officer.
(Signed)

A. LUDER3.
Au Quartier General
Feb. 23, 1856.
His Excellency General Sir Wm. Codrington, &c.

Sebastopol, Feb. 29.

My Lord—l regret extremely to have to inform your
lerdship of the death of Major Ranken, of. the Royal
Engineers.
'He bad the superidtendence of the operations ne-
cessary fdr the destruction of the large White Barracks
in the Karabelnaia, where part of the mines were fired
yesterday afternoon, but several of them did not explode.
'Major Ranker), in the energetic performance of his
duty, seems to have procaeded to light the fuse again,
in several places where the connection had failed.. It ,
appears the powder hose, as well as the fuse, ignited—
the explosion took place and buried him under the
ruins of part of the wall.
t Energetic efforts were made at once to discover .the
body; and 'the retnosal of the ruins begin .and con•
tinued throughout the night. This morning the:body
was found. Death must have been immediate ; and,.
thus this excellent and gallant officer, who had done
good duty in the siege, and at the assault of the Re-
dan, lost his life from eagerness to complete, the work
entrusted to him--I have, &c.,
'W. J. CODRINGTON,
• General Command tog. •
The Lord Paumnrc, &c , &c.

LONDON GAZETTE—(This Eveiling.)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Mallen 12.
The Queen was pleased to confer the honour of knight-
hood upon Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Lyon Playfair,
Provost of St. Andrews.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAnex 12.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon William MacArthur, Esq., of Caui,len-
park, New South Wales
M.
ARCH 13.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Magnus Forbes
Morton Herbert, Esq., late Captain of the 48th Regiment,
Exon of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of the Yeoman
of the Guald, vice Major Phibbe, who retiree.
WHITEHALL, MARCH G. _

The Queen has 'been pleased to renew the Commission
of \Via. Mathew Armstrong, Gent., as Lieutenant in the
Artillery Company of London-, for a further period of five
years from the date hereof.
The Queen -has also been pleased to appoint Thomas
Phillips, Gent., to be Lieutenant in the Artillery Com-
pany of London for the term of live years from the date
hereof.

95th Foot—•
from the Royal .
out purchase.
Rifle Brigade—To be Lieutenants, without pu.
Ensigns H. A. St. J. Mildmay and C. F. Honshaw. To
be Ensigns, without purchase—John Evelyn Kingston
Morley, Gent., vice Mildmay ; John Bowle Evens, Gout.,
vice Honsbaw • Francis Markham, Gent.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign James G. King to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bourne, promoted.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
Lieutenant Caldei head Brown, from the let Foot, to be
Paymaster.
BRITISH GERMAN LEGION. •
Ist Jager Corps—Ensign Richard Naylor, to bo Lieute-
nant, vice Thun, resigned.
2J Jager Corps—To bo Captains—Richard Stainforth,
vice Kennings ; Lieutenant Christian Richeneau, vice
Kroff, aopoint?il to the sth Light Infantry. Te be Lieute-
nant—Ensign Robert E. von Botticher, vice Richenau.
Ist Dight Infantry—Lieutenant Engen von Skopsick to
be Captain, Nice DiezAsky, resigned ; Ensign Heinrich
von Hollehen to be Lieutenant, vice Slropnick.
sth Light Infantry—Captain Oscar von Krepff, from the
2d Jagers, to be Captain.
BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION.

lit Reginjent-2Captain Thomas Beiingtou to he M%jor.
3.1 Regiment—Captain F. A. St. John, of the 60th Foot,
to be Major, vice Cranford, promoted.
4th Rqginieut—henry Lewis de la Chaumette, Esq., to
be Paymaster.
sth Regimout—Brevet-Alajor Robert Bruce, of the 74th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
HOSPITAL STAFF.

To be Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon William
G'onion, M D., from 01st Foot, vice Tovey, appointed to
the 30th• Foot; Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Greatorex,
vice Bradshaw, who resigns.
To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons —William O'Halloran ;
William Page; Frederick Oakes; Archibald Dunlop.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon George Fair, M.D., has been
permitted to resign his appointment.
The undermentioned Officers have ceased to do duty,
then) being no longer occasion for their, services :—Acting-
Assistant-Surgeon James Maxwell, M.D. ; Acting Assis••
tant-Surgeon Henry Bedwell.
BREVET. _

M•jor Edmund flobertWilliam Wingfield Yates, of the
82d Font, to be Lieutenant-Colonel iu the Army ; Lieu-
tenant C,llonel James lialkeLt. of the Coldstream Guards,
to have the temporary rank of Colonel while employed us
Pmident of the Recruiting Committee of the British
Swiss Legion.
The undermentionzd Cadet of the East India Company's

Service, to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign
during the period of his being placed under the command
of Colonel Sandham of the Royal Engineers at Chatham,
-for Field Instruction in the art of Sapping and Mining :--
Joseph Herbert Bedford, Gent.
.The 'undermentioned officers and gentlemen to have
local rank in Turkey, while serving with the Turkish Con•
Cogent :—Lieutenant .1. Rowland Brookes' late 'Royal
Marine Artillery, to have the local rank of Captain of
Artillery.
To have the local rank of Captain—Lieutenant J. W.
Dunne, Osmanli Irregular Cavalry ; Lieutenant R.
Young, Osmanli Irregular Cavalry; Lieutenant W. H.
Ward, Osmanli Irregular Cavalry ; Captain -Usher, Os-
manli Irregular Cavalry.
To have the local rank of Lieutenant—Ensign John
Alleyne Holder, late 34th Foot.
- To be Quartermasters of the Second Class—Algerson
Wiss, Gent. ; John Henry Temple, Gent.
To have the local rank of Surgeon —George Robert
Cubitti Gent., vico Smith, who has not joined.
To have the local rank of Assistant-Surgeon—Acting
Assistant-Surgeon Carl Roll, M.D., vice Rooko, removed;
C. 11. E. Skinner, Goat., vice Blandford, resigned; James.
Lalor, Gent., Osmanli Irregular Cavalry.
To have the local rank of Veterinary-Surgeon—Robt.
M'lntosb, Gent.
The Brevet promotion of Capt. Geo. Follenius to the
local rank of Major in Turkey, while attached to the Bri-
tish Garman Legion, to bear date 26th Feb., 1856, instead
of the 7th inst.
The appointment of Serjeant Samuel Bradbury, of the
'loyal Artillery, to be Lieutenant in the Artillery of the
Turkish Contingent has been cancelled.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTEN ANTS.
Huntingdon—Sir Williamson Booth, Bart., to be De-
puty Lieutenant.
Cardigan-William Chambers, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Niilitia—Walter Beales, Gent., to be Ensign.
2,1 Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Elisio David Bilham to be Lieutenant, vice Fordo, pro=
muted; Ensign Frederick Chailes Cross-to be Lieutenant;
Edward Ernest Bromilow, Gent., to be Ensign.
NOrthumberland Regiment of ]Militia—Herman Ernest
Gal ton, Esq., to be Captain. '
Yd Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Lieut. Milnes tobe
Captain, vice Fit-Herbert, appointed to British Italian
Legitin ; Ensign Peat to be Lieutenant, vice Milnes, pro-.
'meted.

Dorset Re.nr,iment of Militia—W. IL Dower, Gent., to
be 'Ensign, vice Warner, appointed to the nst Foot.
West Essex Militia—Ensign William Alexander Gilbert
to be Lieutenant, vice Tharp, promoted.
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—As-
iistant-Surgeon Nicholas C.oulethus Whyte to be Surgeon,
vice Lomax, resigned.
Roe's, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of
-Rifle Militia— John Maclaren, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Daiid M.sCalloch, resigned.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, March 4.]
90th Stirlingshire, /Cm, Militia, Highland Borderers Light
Infantry—JOhn Craufurd Tait, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Alexander Robert Abercromby Boyd, resigned.
[Thc following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of Friday, March 71
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Lieutenant Archibald Iver to be Captain, vice Lovett, ap-
pointed to let Dragoon Guardp.
Edinburgh County (Queen's Regiment of Light Infan-
I try) Militia—Memorandum—The Queen has been gra-
ciously pleased, in consideration of the long service of
Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, to permit that officer to
retain his rank and wear his uniform.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEI.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 13.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended
distribution of proceeds arising from the slave-vessel, name
unknown, captured on the 29th Jan., 1854, by her Ma-
jesty's ship Alecto ;—of the slave-vessel Manuolita., and
stores, captured on the 22,1 May, 1854, by her Majesty's
ship Forret ;—of the Norwegian schooner Johanna Maria,
captured ou the 25th May, 1854, by her Majesty's ship
Archer. ;—of the Netherland galliot Jeanne Maria, captured
on the 30th May, 1834, by her Majesty's ship Archer ;—of
the Norwegian ship Nornen, captured on the lat Juno,
1851, by her Majesty's ships Archer, Amphien, and Con-
flict ;—of the Danish sloop Fortuna, captured, on the 3d
June 1851, by her Majesty's ship Archer ;—and of the
Swedish brigantine Elida, captured on the Bth July, 1854,
by tier Majesty's ship Cruizer.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand unliquhlated against the said proceeds aro 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 lit Lie delay
as possible, to transmit the same, accomnanied by the usual
documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the
"'Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset
House."
Dun notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the coin.
mencement of distribution ; and, at tho same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
• will be announced.