The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 13.
This day had audience of her Majesty :—Monsieur Au-
guste de la Rive, Envoy Extraordinary from the Swiss
Confederation, on a special mission, to deliver his creden-
tials; to which audience he vas introduced by Lord John
Russell, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State fur
Foreign Affairs.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL -14.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John
Savile Lumley, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Lega-
tion at St. Petersburg, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Embassy at Constantinople.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Edward Morris Erskine, now Secretary to her
Majesty's Legation at Stockholm, to be Secretary to her
Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburg .
The Queen has als) been graciously pleased to appoint
Edwin Corbett, Esq., Secretary to her Majesty's late
Legation at Florence, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Stockholm.
CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 13.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, giving and granting the office
of one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer
to James Plaisted Wilde, Sergeant-at-Law.
CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 16.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Clare—Francis McNamara Calcutt, Esq., of
St. Catherines, in the county of Clare, in the room of Col.
Luke White, whose election has been declared void.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 17.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-General William
Cator, C. 8., to be Colonel Commandant.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Edward Strattuu
Fitzhardinge Berkeley to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Brevet-Major the Earl of Longford, deceased.
6th Dragoons—Captain Richard William Renshaw, from
the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Clements,
who exchanges.
9th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Marshall, from the
17th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Goldie, who
exchanges ; 'William Henry Lawrence, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Bury, promoted.
10th Light Dragoons—Arthur Wyatt Edgell, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Maunder, promoted.
13th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Topham Clements,
from the 6th Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Renshaw,
who exchanges.
17th Light Dragoons.—Captain James Goldie, from the
9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Marshall, who
exchanges; Thomas Edmund lloughton, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted.
18th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Francis Collins,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Grant, who, exchanges.
Military Train—Captain Daniel Antoine Baby, from the
28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hutton, who exchangep.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Captain
and Brevet-Major William Henry Viscount Dangan to
be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Cocks, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Richard H.
Thursby to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice
"Viscount IDangan ; Sir Edward Archibald Hamilton,
Bart., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Thursby.
Royal Artillery To be Colonels—Brevet-Colonels Frede-
rick Marow Eardley-Wilmot and Jas. Wm. Fitsmayer,
C.B. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Brevet-Majors Alfred
Romaine Wragge, vice Eardley-Wilmot; Frederick Wm.
Haultain, vice FiLmayer; Frederick John Travers, and
Edward Henry Fisher ; Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonels
Matthew Charles Dixon and John Turner, C.B. To
be Captains Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Francis Corn-
wallis Maude, C. 8., vice Wragge ; Second Captain
Arthur 'William Twiss, vice Haultain; Brevet-Major
Reginald Curtis, vice Travers ; Second Captains Allan
Sievwright, vice Dixon ; Frederic Southcote Seale, vice
Turner; John De Luttrell Saunderson, vice Fisher;
Brevet- Major Philip Dickson • Second' Captain Ed-
ward Jackson Bruce; Brevet-Majors William Powell
Richards ; John Edward Hope ; Algernon Brenden ;
James De Havilland ; Second Captain George Allix Wil-
kinson ; Brevet-Majors William Windham Augustus
Lukin, Charles Edmund Walcott, Gronow Davis, Edgar
Grantham Bredin. To be Second Captains—Lieutenants
Maurice Henry Fitzmaurice, vice Maude; Wilbraham
Digby Milman, Nice Twiss; Henry Richmond Martin,
vice Curtis; William Alexander Patrick Wyllie, vice
Sievwright; Charles Gray Johnson, vice Seale; Henry
Cardew, vice Saunderson ; llorace Percival,
vice Dickson ; Henry Thomas Arbuthnot, vice Bruce ;
Robert Biddulph, vice Richards ; William Stirling, vice
Hope; Peter Edward Hill, vice Brendon ; Champagne
L'Estrange, vice De Havilland ; Arthur Kennedy Ride-
out, vice Wilkinson; William henry Watson, vice Lukin;
Edward Chichester Bolton, vice We'cott ; Oliver henry
Atkins Nicolls, vice Davis ; James Barton, vice Bredin ;
Charles James Hope Johnstone; Benjamin Geale
llumfrey ; Charles Watson Wilson ; Legh Delves
Broughton ; George Albert Augustus Walker ;
Francis Walter de %Vinton; Augustus Henry Carr
Hamilton • Edmund Charles Cuthbert ; Pilkington
Jackson, Jervis Tucker; and Brymer Francis Schreiber.
Coast Brigade of Artillery.—To be Lieutenants.—Sergeant-
Majors Hugh Marshall, John Taylor, James Lumber
McCallum, William McKown, George Montgomery,
William obinson, Joel Blades, and John Ramsay ;
Master-Gunner George Leeds ; Sergeant Wm. Crawford.
To be Paymaster—Major Charles South, from half-pay, '
Paymaster 20th Fo,t. To be Quartermasters—Sergeant
Major Henry Behenna and Quartermaster-Sergeant
David Hoge.
20th Foot—Andrew Halliday Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, ,
by purchase, vice Humphrys, appointed to the 15th Light
Dragoons
25th Foot—Ensign Ernest henry Paul Vivian to be Lieu- ; '
tenant, by purchase, vice O'Mallev, who retires; Lieu-
tenant George Augustus Elliott to be Adjutant.
28th Foot—CaptainCharle3 Frederick llutton, from the
Military Train, to be Captain, vice Baby, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant Charles George Mr Aenzie to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Godley, who retires; En-
sign and Adjutant Frederick Rance to have the rank of
Lieutenant; Ensign Jerome O'Brien to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Mackenzie.
30th Foet—ollyett Woodhouse Brain, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vica Glascott, promoted ,Chas. Henry
Garnett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice the Hon.
L.W. H. Powys, promote.
33d Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Edward
Weatby Donovan to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without
purchase, vice Brevet -Colonel John Douglas Johnstone,
C,8., who retires upon full-pay ; Captain and Brevet-
Major Thomas Wickham to be Major, without purchase,
vice Donovan; Lieutenant Arthur Edward Augustus
Ellis to be Captain, without purchase, vice Wickham ;
Ensign Murray Doveton Valentine Treasure Grant to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ellis.
52d Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Henry Stokes to be
Quartermaster, vice Knott, who retires upon half-pay.
57th Foot—Captain Charles John Clark, from the 100th
Foot to be Captain vice Sisiele who exchanges.
70th Foot—Harry Eiderton Whidborne, Gent., to be En- 1
sign, by purchase, lice Grierson promoted.
81st Foot—William Augustus Claude Stuart-Menteth,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice llarle, appointed
to the 13th Light Dragoons.
100th Foot—Captain Alfred Frederick Adolphus Slade,
from the 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Clarke, who ex-
changes.
Rifle Brigade—Henry Arthur Lascelles Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Fremantle, appointed to the
10th Light Dragoons.
STAFF.—Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel Frederick Charles
Arthur Stephenson, C. 8., of the Scots Fusilier Guards,
to be Deputy Adjutant-General to her Majesty's Forces
serving in China; Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie, 92d Foot, to be Deputy-
Quartermaster-General to her Majesty's Forces serving
in China.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The commission:of the Rev.
James Hamilton, chaplain Fourth Class, to bear date
Ist April, 1858, instead of Ist April, 1859, as stated in
the Gazette of the latter date.
HosPITAL STAFF—Assistant-Surgeon Maximilian Grant,
M.D., from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Assistant-
Surgeon; vice Collins, who exchanges.
BREVET.

Brevet-Colonel John Douglas Johnstone, C. 8., retired
full pay, 33d Foot, to be Major-General, the rank being
honorary only.
Major Charles Gustavus Walsh, of the 14th Bengal
Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Major John Hennessy, of the 70th Bengal Native In-
fantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captaia Joseph Cartmail, Paymaster on half-pay, 71st
Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major.
Quartermaster William Knott, retired on half-pay, 52d
Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the
Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855.
The commission of Brevet Lieut.-Col. John A. Ballard,
of the Bombay Engineers, as Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
to be antedated to the 7th December, 18.58.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 17.
NOTICE.—The next examination of candidates for admis-
sion to the Royal Military College, at Sandhurst, will be
held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on Monday, the 4th
June, 1860, and following days.
The next examination of candidates for direct commis •
sions in the army will be held at the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea, on Wednesday, the 20th Juno, 1860, and follow-
ing days.
The next examination of candidates for admission to the
Royal Military Academy at Woolwich will be held at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on Saturday, the 30th June, 1860,
and following days.

ADMIALTY, APRIL 9
Corps of Royal MaR rines—Gentleman. Cadet Charles
Surtees Chapman Webb to be Second Lieutenant, vice
O'Connor, placed on half-pay.
NOTICE OP INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE

MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-Generalof the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 13.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen and marines,
and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution
of the amount awarded for the distraction of the slave and
tonnage bounties awarded for the Brigantine, name un-
known or Lucia, supposed to be the Windward, captured
on the 4th November, 1357, by her Majesty's ship Alecto,
will commence on Monday, the 23d April, 1860, in the
Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-
General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or ether instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of
any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are requested
to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who
may desire to receive his share from the Collector' of
Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United King
dom, is required to intimate the same by letter to
be addressed " On Prim Business, to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, London "—in which letter his own place of re-
sidence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the
nearest Collector of Customs, or of Inland Revenue, from
whom it would be convenient to receive such share of
prize money. •
The following, are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :
Flag share £ll5 6 6
Commander 273 18 0
Third class 81 9 2
Fourth class .. 52 7 4
Fifth class 29 1 9

Sixth class .... £26 3 8
Seventh class.. 17 9 1
Eighth class .. 814 7
Ninth class .... 516 5
Tenth class.... 218 2

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Thomas John Bcyd Wallis, draper, Colchester.

BANKRUPTS.
William Jackson, surgeon, Brewer-street, Somer's-town
April irk, at twelve, and May 26, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Joseph Linley, Sheffield, manufacturer of edge tools,
April2B and June 2, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield.
John Culverwell, corn dealer, Wgehford Mille and