The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-16 00:00:00

CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 15.
MEMBER RETURNED Wp SERVE IN THE PRESENT •
PARLIAMENT.
County of Kerry—The Honourable Valentine Augustus
Browne, cornidonly called Yiscount Castlerosse, of Ken-
mare House, in the county of Kerry, Comptroller of her
Majesty's Household.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 14.
The Right Honourable 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 Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, en-
closing a copy and translation of a law by which vessels
entering Portuguese ports with cargoes of grain ate placed
upon the same footing with regard to the payment of ton-
nage duties when departing in ballast as vessels leaving
with cargoes of national goods.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, AUG. 15.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Vajor Wm. Neville
Custance to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase ; Capt.
Chas. Sawyer to be Major, without purchase, vice Cos-
lance. To be Captains, ,without purchase—Capt. Henry
Brett, from 14th L;ght Dragoons ; Capt. Chas. Potts
(tosser, from the 10th Light Dragoons ; Lieut. Ellis B.
Cuuliffe, vice Sawyer. To be Lieutenants, without put.-
Thase—Lieutenants Wm. Oliver Bird, from the 10th Light
Dragoons; Jas. John Neil, Buchanan, from 10th Light
Dragoons ; John Wynter Jas. Gifford, from 3.1 Dragoon
‘;',un.rds; George Silvester Davies, from 10th Light Dragoons;
Charles John Heaton Ellis, from 9th Light Dragoons ;
John Hudson, from 10th Light Dragoons ; Charles Hill
Uniacke, from 10th Light Dragoons ;'Augustus Alfred de
Bourbel, from 10th Light Dragoons ; Sydney Vyse, from
10th Light Dragoons. Cornet Baker Creed Russell. To
be Lieutenant, by purchase.—Cornet Frederick Shells,
vice Murdock, who has retired. To be Cornet, by pur-
chase.—Henry Reginald Forster, Gent., vice Shells.
To be Assistant-Surgeon.—Assistant-Surgeon Charles
James Davenport, M.D., from 66th Foot.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
Sherwood Rangers—The Right Hon. Henry Pelham
Alexander Pelham Clinton, commonly called the Earl of
Lincoln, to be Cornet, vice Eyre, resigned; William
Knight Hamilton Ramsay White, Esq., to be Cornet,
vice Gordon, resigned.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia— Lieutenant Frederick
Morton Eden to be Captain, vice Williams, retired ; En-
sign Charles James Garstin to be Lieutenant, vice Eden,
promoted.
City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery Militia—Wm.
Downing Brice, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice
Lieut. Wing tte, whose commission has been cancelled.

NOTICE.—" AZOFF" CLASP.
Depaitment of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, Aug. 7.
Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to grant
the " Azoff" Clasp to all Officers and Crews of such Ships
ss served in the Sea of Azoff between the 25th May, 1855
and the 9th Sept., 1855, the names of which are under
mentioned, viz.:—
HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS
Miranda Vesuvius
Swallow Stromboli
Medina Wrangler
Lynx Recruit
Snake Beagle
Grinder Boxer
Clinker Fancy
Sulina Danube
Also, the first and second launch of her Majesty's ship
Royal Albert; first and second launch of her Majesty's
ship Hannibal ; first and second launch of her Majesty's
ship Agamemnon ; first and second launch of her Majesty's
ship St. Jean d'Acre ; first and second launch of her Ma-
jesty's ship Princess Royal ; first and second launch of her
Majesty's ship ♦lgiers.
Notice is hereby given, that all claimants to such clasp,
❑otwithstanding any previous application, should apply
personally, or by letter, with the words " Azoff Clasp," on
the outside, to the "Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House."
Every applicant must state his rank or rating, and the
name of the ship or ships on board which he served.
Where there are several claimants on board the same
ship, it would be desirable that they should make their
applications in one letter, through their Commanding Offi-
cer, by a list, alphabetically arranged under the names of
the ships in which they were serving at the time, and
affording the information as above required.

Curlew
Ardant
Viper
Arrow
Weser
Cracker
Jasper