The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-27 00:00:00

Major William Wynne lit )dder, 56th Foot, to be Litt
tenant-Colonel. _ _

Captain John Bayly, Rilyal Engineers, to be Major.
The following.promotio-as to take place consequent on the
death of Lieut.-General'. Thomas Lightfoot, C. 13., on 15th
November, 1858:
Major-General Edward Byam, Colonel of the 18th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenitn.-t-General.
Brevet-Colonel Henry EjTe, half-pay Unattached, Cow
mandant at Chatham, to b© Major-General.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colon el Walter Campbell, Captain
upon half-pay Unattached, and Staff Officer of Pensioneral
to be Colonel.

Brevet-Major Bertram Charles Mitford, Captain upon
half-pay Unattached, and Town Major of Malta, to b°
Lieutenant-Colonel.

Captain. Pearson Scott Thompson, 14th Light Dragoons?
to be Major.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT_
Royal Anglesey Regiment of Light Infantry—Adjutant
E. 0. Pcarse to serve with the rank of Captain.
Royal Radnor Militia—Richard Winstanley Ormerody
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edward Williams, appointed to
the 69th Foot.
2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Richard
Marker to be Captain, vice Lumsden, resigned.
Dorset Regiment of Militia—Ensign Robert Clayton
Brown to be Lieutenant, vice Henning, deceased.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Ensign
:Robert Baynes Reed to be Lieutenant, vice Withal
Stevens Perry Keene, resigned; Ensign William Clarke to
ibe Lieutenant, vice Thomas Hunt, resigned.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—John Davie Ferguson
)avie, late Captain in Grenadier Guards, to be Lieutenant'
C 7olonel Commandant, vice Drewe, resigned.
Devon Militia Artillery—Thomas Reynolds Arseott to be
S econd Lieutenant.

PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Aeconntant-General of the Nagy,
Admiralty, Somerset-houMe, Nov. 22.

Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therei,
th at preparations are :low making for the intended distil'
by tion of the award voted by Parliament for the destrue'
tic nof pirates in the • China Seas •by her Majesty's shiP
1-1( ,rnet on the 19th March, •1857; and the award for sal'
var-e services rendered • to the merchant vessel Abyssinisul
by her Majesty's ship Tortoise, between the 16th May Oa
19t h July, 1856.
11. gents or other persons having any just and legal de'
nut nd, unliquidated, against tho said proceeds are required
to. -transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re'
gis;trar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
saw ie may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
and paid uuder the sanction. of the Judge of the said Court.
s•I ..gents and other persons .holding powers of attortKr
prig y orders, assignments, or• other instruments, by virtue
of vi -hich they may be legally entitled to claim the share
bel* aging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay
,
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the niitu*
documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the
Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset'
house.

Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the
Lc nidon Ga:ette, of the date proposed for the commence:
m.?.nt of distribution; and, at the same time, the amount of
an. individual's share in the respective classes will be. aw
neunced.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
George Whieldon, briekmaker, Wineanton, Dorgetehire.

BANKRUPTS.
Robert Pigg-, grocer, North Tuddenham, Norfolk, to
surrender, Dec. 9, at one, and Jan. 13, at twelve, at 06
Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Elliot, grocer, Devonport, Dec. 13 and lan. ler
at one, at the Athenaeum, Plymouth.
John. Bradley, starch dealer, Manchester, Dec. 11 and
Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
James Beeson, ironfounder, Derby, Dec. 9, and 30, at
half past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
William roollatt, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Dec.
9, and 30, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Stephen Cox, chemical manufacturer, Bristol, Dec. .
and Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. .
Thomas Haynes, farmer, Chiddingstone, Kent, Dec. 7r
at half-past two, and Jan. 4, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Edward Button, butcher, Gravesend, Dec. 9, at half-pe4
eleven, and Jan. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Perkins, ship-owner, Sandwich, Kent, Dec. 10, at
two, and Jan. 4, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Joseph Cooper, licensed victualler, Birmingham,and 27, at eleven, at:the Birmingham District Court.
Dec. Dec.•
.
George Battison Haines and John Metcalf, eleetro-
platers, Birmingham, Dec. 16 and Jan. 6, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
William Goddard, shoe manufacturer, Leicester, Dec. 9
and 30, at half-past ten, at the Nottingham District Court.
George Taylor, licensed victualler, Swinderby, Lincoln-
shire, Dec. 9 and3o, at half-past ten, at the Nottingham
District Court.
William Whittington Morris, chemical merchant, late of
Sise-lane, City, Dec. 6, at one, and Jan. 10, at two, at tha
Court of Bankruptcy.