The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-25 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY, S.W., AUG. 11.

Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemen Cadets Francis Ed-
mund Begbie and George Harrie Thom Colwell to be Second
Lieutenants.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.

Shropshire Militia—Kenneth Robert Murchison, late
Lieutenant 313th Regiment, to be Adjutant, vice Pardey,
retired.

Royal Aberdeenshire Hightanders.—E. A. Dawes, E-ci
late_Cantain 17th Foot, to be Adjutant.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BYLORDS-LIEITTENAKT.

City of York.—George Skirrow Beecreft, Esq., M.P., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant.
Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders.—Adjutant Edward
Alleyue Dawes, late Captain 97th Foot, to serve with the
rank of Captain.
Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbighshire Militia.—Hugh
Robert Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign.
3d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia.—Lieu-
tenant Francis William Bott to be Captain, vice Bagot,
resigned ; Ensign the Hon. Alexander Victor Paget, com-
monly called Lord Alexander Victor Paget, to be Lieutenant,
vice Bott, promoted ; Alexander William Radford, Gent.,
to be Ensign. _ _ .

Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment—Lieut. George Wm.
Plevins to be Captain, vice Reader, promoted ; Ensign Jas.
Taylor Hyatt to be Lieutenant, vice Plevins, promoted;
Henry Robt. Grimes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Percival
Richards, promoted; W. T. Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Malcolm Ronalds, promoted.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—James Ward, Esq., to he
Captain, vice Lord Wcrsley resigned; Henry Metcalfe,
Gent., to he Lieutenant, vice William Longstaffe, promoted.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—William Grintield Ostler,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Edward Jackson Fitzsimmons,
promoted.
Royal Flintshire Militia.—Lieut. William Fry Foster to
be Captain, vice Philips, retired.
Royal Wiltshire Militia—Thomas Holman, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Bevan, resigned; Edward Thomas Burr, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Blennerhassett, promoted.
Royal Sberwood"Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia—William Blucher Dolton, Esq., M.D., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Nettlefold, resigned.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, Aug. 23.

Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and marines,
and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of
proceeds ari,ing from a Chinese piratical junk, captured on
the 18th September, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Bittern,
will commence on Monday, the Gth September, 18.58, 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 other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share efeny
captor, serving in the above-named ships, 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 Kingdom is required
to intimate the same by letter to be addressed, " On Prize
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London"—in
loth,. ronre of !r,lec cc i• w ho precisLi
. L.:, • L,.L as ;tic place attic nearest Collector of Cus-
toms, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be con-
venient to receive such share of prize money.

. The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes:—

Commander £13117 0
Third class
Fourth class
Fifth class
Sixth class
Seventh class 8 1 2
Eighth class
Ninth class - 233 9
Tenth class

Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and marines,
and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of
the award voted by Parliament fur the des ruction of pirates
in the China Seas by her Majesty's ship Rattler and the
hired steamer Tartar, between the months of May and
August, 1855, will commence on Monday, the 6:h Septem-
ber, 1858, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the
"Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset
House," [subject to the same regulations as the above.]

The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes for the above-mentioned ships:—

For Her Majesty's ship Rattler, for services on the 4th cy
August, 1855.

Commander £32010 2
Third class 5O 15 0
Fourth class 5l IS 3
Fifth class . ' 2B 16 9
Sixth class 25 19 1
Seventh class l7 6 2
Eighth class 8 13 0
Ninth class
Tenth class 2 17 8
For the hired steamer Tartar, for services on the 13th of
May, 18,55.
Master Commanding £29 2 9
Third class 1 i 11 3
Fourth class 9 9 2
Filth class 5 5 2
Sixth class 4 14 7
Seventh class 3 3 0
Eighth class
Ninth class
Tenth class

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Samuel Newman, Granville Hotel, Granville-terrace,
Lee, Kent, builder and publican.

BANKRUPTS.

William Rufus Powell, 13'.?, Lsadenhall-street, ship and
insurance broker and met chant, to surrender Sept. 8, and
Oct. 1:3, at 2, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-
street, London. Official assignee, Mr. Stansfeld, 10, Basing-
hall-street. Attorneys, Messrs. Hill and Mathews, i•-• ‘;t
•
Mary-axe.
Henry John Hall, Mark-lane-chambers, Mark-lane, in-
surance and ship broker, to surrender Sept. 8, at 12, and
Oct. 12, at half-past 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Basinghali-street, London. Official assignee, Mr. Graham,
25, Coleman-street. Attorney, Mr. Stevens, 6, Gray's-inn-
(pare.
Thomas Barnes, 31, Newman-street, Oxford-street, and
88, Upper Stamford-street, Blaekfriars-road, goldsmith and
jeweller, to surrender Sept. 6, at half-past 11, and Oct. 4,
at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street,
London. Official assignee, Mr. Nicholson, 24, Basinghall-
street. Attorney, Mr. Wolfs, 47, Moorgate-street.
George Washington Chasseaud, late of 29, Austin-friars,
now of County-chambers, merchant, to surrender Sept. 3,
at 12, and Oct. 8, at 1, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing.
hall-street, London. Official assignee, Mr. Cannan, it,
Aldermanbuiy. Attorneys, Messrs. Hamber and Corsellis,
20, King's Arms-van].
John Anthony, Arundel-crescent, Plymouth, Devonshire,
ironfounder, to surrender Sept. 8 and Oct. 11, at 1, at the
District Court of Bankruptcy, Plymouth. Official assignee,
Mr. Hirtzel, Queen-street, Exeter. Attorneys, Messrs.
Rooker, Lavers, and Matthews, Plymouth.
David Lloyd, Wrexham, Denbighshire, cabinet maker,
to surrender -Sept. 2 and Oct. 1, at 11, at the Diitr.
ricTtuCronteurt,
of Bankruptcy, Liverpool. Official assignee, bit.
53, South John-street, Liverpool. Attorneys, Messrs.
Evans and Son, Liverpool.

EXAMINATION.
At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester—Sept
7, at 12. W. Sutcliffe, Enfield, Clayton-le-Moors, Lan
casbire, builder.