The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-25 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 1.
Notice is hereby given that ber Majesty will bold a
Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, 7th May next,
at two o'clock.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 14.
Notice is hereby given that her Majesty will hold Draw-
ing-Rooms at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at
two o'clock :

Tuesday, 29th April next.

Thursday, 29th May next' to celebrate her Majesty's
Birth-dy
N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are to appear
in their Collars at the Drawing-Room on the 29th May
next.

WAR DEPARTMENT, APRIL 25.
The Queen hag been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of the following officer of the army of his
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, to be an ho-
norary member of the Military Division of the Third Class,
or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
viz. : —M. George Eugene Blanchard, General of Division.

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WHITEHALL, APRIL 23.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James
McFaden to the church at Strontian, in the presbytery of
Mull and shire of Argyll, vacant by the transportation of
the Rev. John Tolmie, late minister thereof, to the church
of Bracadale.

COMMISSION SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

County Palatine of Lancaster William Bradshaw
Swaiuson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Turner,
Hopwood, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
'2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Ensign Henry Harrington Molyneux Steel to bo Lieute-
nant, vice Macnamara, resigned.
Worcester Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Oldham to be
Captain, vice Galton, resigned ; Henry Kerne Diprose
Birchill, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Castle, appointed
to the 3.l Regiment of the British Italian Legion.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—George
Humby, Esq., to be Captain, vice Dennis, resigned.
Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Lieutenant John Simons to be Captain, vice Reynolds,
resigned ; Lieutenant James Anderson to be Captain, vice
Cameron, who resigns, but, in consideration of his long
service in the Renfrew Militia, is permitted to retain his
rank and wear his uniform ; Ensign Frederick IV. E.
Cameron to be Lieutenant, vice Simons, promoted; En-
sign Abraham Thompson to be Lieutenant, vice Ander-
son, promoted.
The Galloway Rifles—Austin Heuston, Gent., to be
Ensign.
Rose, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment
of Militia—Lieutenant Godfrey Wentworth Davidson to
be Captain, vice Fraser, promoted.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday the Bth of April inst.]
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment
of Militia—Henry Diprose Herne Birchill to be Ensign.

NATAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 21.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now waking for the intended
distribution of proceeds arising- from the cargoes of Russian
sloops, captured on the 9th, 14th, and .sl.st July, and
18th and 3 I st August, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Driver.
Agents or other persons havinc, 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 al: other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments,
of which they or other instruments, by virtue
may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to any captor, arc requested, with as litiie 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, Somerset
House."
Duo notice will he given, by future advertisements in
the Loudon 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.