The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-12 00:00:00

FRO3I TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and to the heirs
ma,e of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and
titre of Baron Herbert, of Lea, in the county of Wilts.

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ADMIRALTY, DEC. 22.
Corps of Royal Marines.—The following promotions
have taken place, under her Majesty's Order in Council of
the 13th November, 1858, in consequence of the death
of Lieutenant-General James Irwin Willes, on the Fixed
Establishment of General Officers of the Royal Marines :
Major-General Henry Ivatt Delacombe to be Lieutenant-
General.
Colonel-Commandant Anthony Blaxland Stransham to
be Major-General, vice Delawn be, promoted.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 22.
Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second-Commandant
Fielding Alexander Campbell to be Colonel-Commandant,
vice Stransham, promoted ; Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur
Sandys Stawell Walsh, C. 8., to be Colonel Second Com-
mandant,l vice Campbell, promoted; Captain Augustus
Dover Lyddon Farrant to be Lieutenant• Colonel, vice
Walsh, promoted; First Lieutenant Jacob Richards
Lloyd to be Captain, vice Farrant. promoted; Second
Lieutenant Edward Lee Rose to be First Lieutenant, vice
Lloyd, promoted.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
3d, or Royal Westminster (Light Infantry) Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Robert rowley to be Quartermaster,
from the 4th December, 1860, vice James Lee, deceased.
3d Manchester, or 40th Lancashire Rile Volunteer
Corps—Henry William Heaton, late of 14;;h Foot, to be
Adjutant ;som the Bth December, 1860.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
22d Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps—Henry Ken-
nedy Gill, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.
2d Lancashire Engineer Volunteer Corps—Thomas
Duncan, Esq., to be Captain; Coiaelius Sherlock, Gent.,
to be First Lieutenant; Alexe'ider Duncanson, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Jan. 4, 1861.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now being made for the intended
distribution of the tonnage bounty awarded for three slava
feluccas, names unknown, captured on the 12th July, 1859,
by her Majesty's ship Vesuvius, and her tender Brune.
Agents or other persons having 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 all 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
belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual
documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the
Accountant-urenerai of tho Navy, Admiralty, Someraat-
House.
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the
London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence-
ment of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of
an individual's share in the respective classes will be an-
nounced.