The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

From the London Gazette of Last !.:72ight.

DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 7.

Tho Queen hts been pleased to appoint Richard Pat-
E.q., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of
Heligol,nd.
Hor Majesty has also boon pleased to. appoint Frederick
Henry Alexander Forth, Esq., to b 3 Treasurer for the
Island of Hong Kong.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAIW 10.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. leaao J.
Merritt as Consul at Nassau, New Providence, for
_the
United States of America.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 7.
The Queen has been ple,sed to present the Reverend
Charles Frederick Hayter, 8.A., to tho Rectory of East
Mersea, alias East Mersey, in the county of Essex, and
diocese of Rochester, the same being void by the doatli of
the Reverend John Bramston Stane.

CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 7.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
City of Glasgow—Walter Buchanan, Esq., merchant in
Glasgow, in the room of John Macgregor, Esq., who has
accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's ..Manor of
Northstead, in the county of York.
COunty of Sussex—Eastern Division—Henry North
Holroyd, commonly called Viscount Pevensey, in the room
of Charles Hay Fromm," Esq., who has accepted -the office
of Steward of her 'Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
_"
WHITEHALL, MARCH 3. •
The Lord Chancellor has appointed 'John Alexander
Radcliffe, of No. 8, Delahay-street, Westminster, Gentle-
man, to be a London Commissioner to administer oaths in
the High Court of Chancery. ."

THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commisiioners of her -,Majesty's Treasury
having, in virtue of the powers and authority vested in
them by the ACt 16th and 17th Victoria, cap 45, sanc-
tioned and approved additional Tables for the'•grant of
Annuities under that Act, the Commissioners for the Re-
duction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that such
Tables have been sanctioned and approved accordingly.
A. V. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General.
National Debt Office, 7th March, 1857.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 10.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Mylles Bagnall
Bowyer Adderley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Sir B. P. Henniker, Bart., promoted. •
_

lst Dragoon Gua.rds—Coinet John
_Cuningbam to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mitchell,""promoted. .
Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel Inigo William Jones,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieuternnt-Colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel John Yorke, C. 8., who exchanges.;
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wardlaw to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Inigo William Jones,
who retires ; Brevet-Major William tie Cerdonnel Elm-
sail to be Major, by purchase, vice Wardlaw ; Lieutenant
G. Metcalfe Robertson to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Elmsall ; Cornet John Uppleby Gr4burn to be Lieu enant,
by purchase, vice Robertson ; Walter Sydney Tacker,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Clarke, promoted ;
4th Light Dragoons—Warden Sergison, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Paxton, who resigns.
12th Light Dragoons—William Edward Shaw, from the
11th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase, in
succession to Lieutenant Penton, promoted in the Military
Train.
Military Train—Lient. J. Milne, from the Land Trans-
port Corps, to be Lieutenant-; Cornet B. IL Burke, from
the Laud Transport Corps, to be Eosign. To be Riding
Masters—Cornet W. Matthews, from the Land Transport
Corps ; Cornet M. Powell, from theLlnd Transport Corps.
The Christian names of Lieutenant Hutton are Charles
Frederic.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel John
McCoy to be Colonel, vice Eyre, retired upon full-pay ;
Brevet-Major the Honourable George Talbot Devereux to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Mc Coy; Brevet-Major Henry
Terrick Fitzhugh to-be Captain ; Sec, nd Captain Whaley
Nicoll Hardy to be Captain, vice Devereux; Lieutenant
Henry Plantagenet Prescott Phelips to be Second Captain,
vice Fitzhugh.
2d Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Stephen Steele has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
commission. .

sth Foot—Ensign Horatio Walpole to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hardy, who retires.
7th Foot—Arthur John Harrison, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Kir wan' promoted.
16th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Dingwall Thomson,
from the t;Sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wolseley, who
exchanges.
20th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Kelsall, from the
Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Carter, appointed to the
82d Foot.
22d Foot —Lieut. Thomas Newton Young, from the 97th
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Barlow, placed upon half-pay;
Quartermaster Michael Clinton, from the 82d Foot, to be
Quartermaster, vice Connor, who exchanges.
24th Foot--Ensign Thomas Hill has been permitted to
resign his commission.
29th Foot —The second Christian name of Ensign John
Bomford is North.

31st Foot—Paymaster William Edmund Adams, from
the Royal Lancashire Artillery Militia,- to be Paymaster,
vice Travers, appointed to a Depot Battalion.
41st Foot—A.ssistant-Surgeon Georz Lan.gfoxaljjade
who exchanges.
54th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick "Schlotel, from the
81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fame, who exchanges.
68th Foot—Lieutenant William Charles Wolseley, from
the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomson, who ex-
changes.
18th Foot—Lieutenant Walter William Young, from
the 19th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dick, promoted to
the Military Train.
81st Foot—Lieutenant Henry John Fano, from the 54th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Schlotel, who exchanges.
82d Foot—Quartermaster John Connor, from the 22d
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Clinton, who exchanges.
95th Foot—Paymaster M. K. Morris, from the Liraerick
County Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Brown, deceased,
Rifle Brigade— Lieut. S. Withington, from the 85th
Foot,- to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bal-
four, who retires ; Capt. the Hon. L. W. Mulles from
half-pay of the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice Vithing-
ton, placed on half-pay.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant William
John Coen, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Gillespie, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached
Company.

DEPOT BATTALION.
Paymaster Alexis Corcoran, from half-pay of the 46th
Foot, to be Paymaster.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
TO BE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS TO THE FORCES.
Assistant-Surgeon Richard Hungerford, from the 41st
Foot, vice Hinde, who exchanges.
John Storey, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
William Barry, Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
John Munday, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
William O'Halloran, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
Maximilian Grant, M.D.
J. Read, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
R. Turner, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
W. Fletcher, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
J. Folliott, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Edwin Wilson.
A. C. Robertson, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
W. Sir+rpe, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
Samuel Fuller, late Actin.. Assistant-Surgeon.
James Crnice, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
"William Henry Jenkins. late Acting Assistant-Snrgeon.
Thomas Norton Hoysted, late Actin.'* Assistant-Surgeon.
Francis Hyde Forsball, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon.
The undermentioned Acting Assistaut-Surgeons have
ceased to do duty. there being no longer occasion for their
services Ringrose Gore, M.D. ; John Douglas
Tapin.

BREVET.
Colonel John Eyre, retired full-pay of the Royal Artil-
erv, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only.
The following promotions to take place i❑ consequence
of Maj, r-General John E. Dupuis, C. 8., the Senior Super-
numerary General-Officer of the Royal Artillery, having
been placed upon the Fixed Establishment of Major-Gene-
rals for the Ordnance Department.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Vance Young Donaldson,
balf-pay Unattached, to be Colonel.
Brevet Major Edmund Roche, half-pay Unattached, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Patrick D. Stokes, half-pay 4th Foot, Staff Offi-
cer of Pensioners, to be Major.
The undermentioned officer having completed three
years' service on the 17th Oct., 1856, in the rank of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army,
under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854 :
Lieutenant-Colonel George Moukland, 74th Foot.
Captain Thomas de Courcy Bamilton, of the 68th Foot,
to be Major in the Army.'
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Pembroke—James Bevan Bowan, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
2a Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Frederick
; Henry Scott, Gent., to be Ensign.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant• General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 9, 1857.
Notice is hereby given, to all parties interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended dis-
tribution of proceeds arising from the lonian brig San
Spiridione, captured on the 11th May, 1854, by her Ma-
jesty's ships Fury and Sidon, and salvage services ren-
dered to the barque British Princess by Her Majesty's
ship Maeander, on the 29th September, 1856.
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
sane 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 attor-
ney, 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 possible, to transmit the same, nccompinied by
I the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart-
! nient of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi-
ralty, Somerset-bouFe."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence-
ment of distribution; end nt the same time, the amount
of an individual's share in the respective classes will be
announced.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy
Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 9, 1857.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seo.,3n, and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution of the reward to the officers and crew of her Ma-
jesty's ship Prometheus for services against Riff pirates,
render«l 26th June, 1854, will commence on Monday, the
:30th March, in the Prize Branch of the Deparfinent of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
hon
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prizese.
orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
s of which they may be legally entitled to claim th 9 share of