The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-08 00:00:00

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 6.

Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold 'a
Drawing Room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday the
27th inst., at two o'clock.
REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners forthe Reduction of
the National Debt, in pursuance of the let, 10 Geo. 4, c.
27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual
expenditure thereof for the year ended the sth day of
January, 1854, amounted to the sum of three million two
hundred and fifty-five thousand five hundred and four
pounds four shillings and seven pence P •
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of eight hundred
and thirteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-six
pounds three shillings and seven pence, being one-
fourth part of the said surplus of three million two
hundred and fifty-five thousand five hundred and
four pounds fourteen shillings and seven pence,
will be applied under the provisions of the said Act,
between the 6th day of April, 1854, and the sth day of
July, 1854, to the following purposes, viz :
To be applied towards the reduction of the
National Debt £813,876 3 7
Add interest receivable on account of do-

nations and bequests, to be applied to
the purchase of stock

2,617 7 9

£816,493 11 4

National Debt Office, April 4, 1854.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General.
POSTAGE TO TURKEY AND THE BLACK SEA.
The Lords Commissioners have issued a Treasury war-
rant, which directs that on every letter not exceeding half
an ounce in weight, transmitted by the post between any
place in the United Kingdom and any port or place in
Turkey or the Black Sea (the conveyance between the
United Kingdom and Turkey or the Black Sea being by
packet boat or via Malta), there shall be charged and taken,
in lieu of any rates of postage now payable by law on such
letters, an uniform rate of elevenpence.
WAR- OFFICE, APRIL 7.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Richard
Temple o dman to be Adjutant, vice Elliot, who resigns
the Adjutancy only; David Woods, Gent., to be Assistant-
surgeon, vice D'Arcey, appointed to the Staff, April 7.
13th Light Dragoons—William Dumbreck, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Woodman, promoted on the Staff,
April 7.
Ist Regiment of Foot—First Lieutenant John Alexander
Campbell, from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Lieutenant,
vice W. F. Scott, appointed Paymaster 77th Foot,
April 7.
3d Foot—Major Daniel Gardiner Freer, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Major, vice James Talbot Airey, who
exchanges; Captain C. W. Green to be Major, by purchase,
vice Freer, who retires ; Lieutenant Cortlandt Taylor to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Green ; Ensign James Bullen
Dennis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor ; Fre-
derick Archibald Macreight, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Dennis, April 7.
17th Foot—Lieutenant George Tito Brice to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Dickson, who retires ; Ensign Roger
Swire to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brice ; Second
Lieutenant George Stephen Butler, from the 23rd Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Swire, April 7.
21st Foot—Lieutenant John Hart Dunne, from the
62d Foot, to be First Lieutenant, vice H. W. Clerke, who
exchanges ; Surgeon David Reid Mackinnon, from the
Rifle Brigade, to be Surgeon, vice Fraser, appointed to
the Rifle Brigade, April 7.
26th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Wollaston Clerke to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Nicholson, who retires • En-
sign Thomas Wm. H. Hutchinson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Clerk° ; Livins Sherwood King, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutchinson, April 7.
27th Foot—Brevet-Major David Fitzgerald Longworth,
from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Watson,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant William Douglas Phelps, to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Longworth, who retires ;
Ensign Nathaniel Barnardiston to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase' vice Phelips ; Second Lieutenant Edward Ham-
mond King, from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Ensign, vice
Barnardiston, April 7.
41st Foot—Fitzhardinge Kingscote, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Every, promoted, April 7.
49th Foot—James Hannan, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur-
geon, vice Weld, promoted in the 47th Foot, April 7.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Randolph Ralph Adderley, from
the 79th Foot, to be First Lieutenant, vice Mure, who ex-
changes, April 7.
62d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Allan Cox to be Captain,
without purchase, vise Hopkinson, deceased ; Ensign
Bradney Todd Gilpin to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Cox, March 28 ; First Lieutenant Holt Waring Clerke,
from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dunne, who
exchanges; Gentleman Cadet William Bromley Davenport,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
pnrohase, vice Gilpin, April 7.
68th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Stuckley Savage to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Cassidy, whose promotion by
purchase, on the 10th March, has been cancelled, April 7.
75th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Augustus Daniell, from
the 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Priaulx, who ex-
changes, April 7.
79th Foot—First Lieutenant William Mure, from the
60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Adderley, who exchanges;
11\3nry George Monk, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Randal Percy Otway, Lord Louth, who retires,
April 7.
94th Foot—Lieutenant Oswald do Lancey Priaulx, from
the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Daniell, who ex-
changes, April 7.
95th Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant John Campbell to
Quartermaster, vice William Holt, who retires upon half-
pay, April 7.
Rifle Brigade— Second Lieutenant William Thomas
Markham to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Knight,
who retires ; Surgeon John Fraser, M.D., from the 21st
Foot, to be Surgeon, vine Mackinnon, appointed to the 21st
Foot, April 7.
The Depot, Battalion at Parkhust Barracks—Captain
John Chester, from the 85th Foot, to be Adjutant ; Pay-
master Hugh Baillie Mackenzie, from half-pay 70th Foot,
to be Paymaster; Quartermaster John Cowell, from the
12th Foot, to be Quartermaster; Staff-Surgeon of the
Second Class James Townsend Oswald Johnston, M.D., to
be Surgeon, April 7.
Depot Battalion at Walmer—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry
Eyre, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel;
Major William De venesh Deverell, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Major ; Captain Alexander Abercromby Nel-
son, from half-pay Unattached, to be Adjutant ; Quarter-
master Thomas Williamson, from the 34th Foot, to be
Quartermaster, April 7.
Depot Battalion at Winchester—Lieut.-Colonel Henry
Phipps Raymond, from half-pay Unattached, to he Lieut.-
Colonel; Capt. William H. Fitz Gerald, half-pay Canadian
Rifle Regiment, to be Adjutant; Quartermaster Alexan-
der Hendry, from the 19th Foot, to be Quartermaster,
April 7.
Depot Battalion at Fermoy—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Gills
Vandelear Creagh, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major;
Capt. John Henry Grant, half-pay Unattached, to be Ad-
jutant, April 7.
Depot Battalion at Templemore—Lieut.-Colonel Henry
Dive Townshend, from half-pay unattached, repaying the
difference, to be Lieut.-Colonel, April 7.
STAFF.—Brevet-Colonel John Blomfield Gough, C.B.
half-pay 3d Light Dracroons,Deputy-Quartermaster-General
'
in the East Indies, to be Deputy-Quartermaster-General in
Ireland, vice Colonel Pennefather, appointed Brigadier-
General on a particular service ; Brevet-Colonel Frederick
Markham, C. 8., of the 32d Regiment, to be Adjutant-
General in the East Indies, vice Mountain, deceased; Bre-
vet-Lieut.-Colonel Henry Havelock, C. 8., of the 53d
Regiment, from Deputy Adjutant-General at Bombay, to
be Quartermaster-General in the East Indies, vice Gough;
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Edward Lugard, C. 8., 29th Foot,
from Assistant-Adjutant-General in Bengal, to be Deputy
Adjutant-General at Bombay, vice Havelock, April 7.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon George Thomas
Woodman, M.D., from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be
Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, April 7.
To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—Lancelot Arm-
strong, Gent., vice Wall, appointed to the 89th Foot ;
James Ekin, M. 8., vice Bleckley, appointed to the 14th
Foot; Alfred Malpas Tippetts, Gent., vice Young, ap-
pointed to the 62d Foot ; William Richard Grylls, Gent.,
vice Smith, appointed to the sth Foot ; Andrew Risk,
Gent., vice Brice, appointed to the 28th Foot; James
Frederick Stuart, M.D., vice Elkington, appointed to the
Scots Fusilier Guards ; David Milroy, M.D., vice Gibson
appointed to the 63d Foot ; Thomas Clark, Gent. ; Wil

Liam Younge Jeeves, Gent ; Frederick.' Tydd Abbott,
Gent. • Alexander Maclean, Gent. ; Richard Lewise But-
ler, dent. ; Samuel Athanasius Cusack, Gent. ; John
Holmes Jephson, M.D.; George Frederick Davis, Gent.;
James Mc Haffie Cowan, M.D. ; Alexander H umfrey,
Gent. ; Edward Louis Lundy, Gent. ; William Harris,
Gent, ; William Henry Pollard, Gent. ; George Money
Swinhoe, Gent., April 7.
To be Purveyor—Charles John Minney, Gent., April 7.
MEMORANDUM.—The promotion of Assistant-Surgeon
Charles Frederick Stephenson, M.I) , from the 81st Foot,
to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, as stated in the
Gazette of 28th March, 1854, has been cancelled.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Royal Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
Thomas Sargent Little to be Adjutant, vice Rosser, de-
ceased ; Charles Phillpotts to be Cornet, vice Coleridge,
resigned, March 30.
Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia—Sir Robert J. Mil-
liken Napier, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Colonol, vice Camp-
bell, resigned, March 31.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Charles Perrott
Noel, Esq., late of her Majesty's 48th Regiment, to be
Captain, March 23.
Royal Radnor Rifles—Captain Lawrence Henry Peel to
be Major and Commandant (but without additional pay),
March 27.

Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Thomas Brown
Westhead, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Giles, resigned ;
George Williams, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mitchell, pro-
moted, March 23.
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Wm. Kerr the
younger, Gent., to be Ensign, March 31.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—Fre-
derick Augustus Weatherley, Esq., to be Captain, vice

Courtenay, resigned.
Hertfordshire Militia—Francis Robinson, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, April 5.
[This Article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of Tuesday last.]
Th 9 Essex Rifles—Herbert Augustus Sandell, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant, March 31.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
Josiah Bradwell, butcher, Manchester.
William Shuttleworth, licensed victualler, Stratford-
upon-Avon.

• -BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Nicolls Vosper, draper, Launceston, to surren-
der, April 20, 'at twelve, and May 25, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. - Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry.
Georg Dattcock, awt3 ecta7, Bright9D, April 24, at two,