The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-07 00:00:00

REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. 4.
c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United
King lom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual
expenditure thereof, for the year ended the 10th day of
October, 1853, amounted to the sum of three million two
hundred and forty-seven thousand four hundred and
twenty-three pounds eleven shillings and eleven pence ;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of eight hundered
and eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty-five pounds
seventeen shillings and eleven pence, being one-fourth part
of the said surplus of three million two hundred and forty-
seven thousand four hundred and twenty-three pounds
eleven shillings and eleven pence, will be applied under the
provisions of the said Act, between the 6th day of January,
1854, and the sth day of April, 1854, to the following
purposes, viz:—

To be applied towards the reduction of
the National Debt £811,855 17 11
Add Interest, receivable on account of
Donations and Bequests to be applied
to the purchase of Stock..

3,951 13 10

2815,807 11 9

National Debt Office, Jan. 4, 1854.
JAS. HIGHAM, Assistant-Comptroller,

WHITEHALL, DEC. 22.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Bebb, of No,
12, Argyll-street, Gentleman, to be a London Commis.
sioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery,

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 6.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The T. J. Rogers, from Magaqua-
davec ; Point, Demerara ; Isabella, Riga ; Keepsake,
Montreal ; Princess Royal, Salonica ; Maria Burriss, Cey-
lon ; Susan, Alexandria ; Gwain Maid, Cephalonia ; Mar-
gery, Leghorn ; Republic, New York ; Jeannette Philip-
pine, Amsterdam ; Storm King, Buenos Ayres ; Curlew,
St. John's, Newfoundland ; East Indian, Calcutta ; Wil-
helm Gustaf, Alexandria.

ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Halkett, for
Hamburg - Concord, Melbourne ; Sylph, Algoa Bay ;
Emma, Sidney ; Alida, Antwerp; Oak, Dunkirk; Queen
of the Wave, Madras.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO --The Johanna, for
Antwerp ; Governor Macdonald, Bathurst, R.G.; Fecka
Jantina, Catherina, and Fortuna, Antwerp ; Brunette,
Rio Janeiro.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.
The Robert Kelly, from New York to Liverpool was
towed into Holyhead last night, much damaged, having
been in contact with the Countess of Elgin, from Bombay
for this port, which also received considerable damage.
The James, on the rocks near Holyhead, has sunk, and
is likely to become a total wreck.

The Blandon, from Prince Edward's Island, parted her
cables, and was run on the hard in the new harbour of
Holyhead. _ .

The Emperor of Liverpool, was spoken by the Llewellyn
(s), 20 miles E.S.E. of the Kish light, at six p.m. yester-
day, with loss of bowsprit, cutwater, and foretopmast.

HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 4.—Thr 'e laden brigs and one light
schoooner have run ashore near this port. There has been
a great deal of damage done, in consequence of the har-
bour being blocked up with wind-bound and light colliers.
A brig has been stranded near Seaton Carew three miles
S.W. of this port, and a light schooner near West Hartle-
pool.
SHIELDS, Jan. s.—The vessels stranded on the rocks
have become total wrecks ; stores are being saved. The
Anns and the Eurata (barque), of Hull, are very much da-
maged, and likely to become wrecks. The Harmony and
Ann and Elizabeth (brigs) are aground on the Scarp Low
Light. The Amphitrite (brig) has been totally wrecked
on the rocks.

HARWICH, Jan. 4.—lt blew a strong gale all last night
from S.E., with much snow. Sereral vessels drove from
their anchors, and sustained damage. The Mary Lloyd
(schooner), of Port Madric, drove athwart hawse of the
Skulda (barque), of Tonsberg, during the gale, losing main-
mast, bowsprit, rigging, stancheons, bulwarks, &c. The
latter received sundry damage. The Countess, of Ipswich,
drove ashore in Mill Bay, and remains. Jan. s.—The
Jonge Heinrich, Danzig to Nantes, drove on shore last
night in Mill Bay, and remains, leaky.
DARTMOUTH, Jan. 6.—The Loyalist, from New York to
London, was wrecked on the 17th December; crew taken
off the wreck on the 21st, by the Princeton, of New York,
from Quebec, which transferred master, mate, and four
men to the Brooking, from Zante to London, which arrived
here last night. _

TYNEMOffTE, Jan. s.—The Harmony (brig), and Eliza-
beth Ann (brig), ran ashore, east of Clifford's Fort, during
the gale yesterday, but are comparatively safe. A small
Scotch schooner, supposed to be the Eliza, from Kirkwall,
in attempting the harbour, struck on the rocks And cap-
sized ; crew drowned.
LOWESTOFF, Jan. 4.—lt is reported that 40 or 50 vessels
are ashore between Yarmouth and Cromer. The Sir
Alexander WlCenzie (brig), of and for Shields, from Lon-
don, drove from her anchors in South Roads, and went
ashore to the southward of the harbour, but probably will
not take much damage.
BELFAST, Jan. 6.—The Yorkshireman (s.) for this
port, was stranded on the rocks north of Donaghadee, on
the night of Jan. 4, and is a total wreck.
WARKWORTH, Jan. s.—The Science (brig), of Guernsey,
from London to Coquet Roads, during a heavy gale, yes-
terday drove into this port nearly full of water ; crew
saved. The Elizabeth Adnett, of and from London, for
Shields, came ashore to the south of this place ; crew
saved. The Commerce, of Portsmouth, drifted from her
anchors in Coquet Roads, and came ashore at the same
place and time.

CHARLESTON, Jan. 4.—The Heir, of Madryn, from Ply-
mouth, which came into the outer harbour, Dec. 31, to
discharge ballast, parted from her moorings on the night of
Jan. 2, and was driven here in high water, when she became
a total wreck.

YARNIOUTII, Jan. 4.—lt blew a most violent gale last
night and this morning from E.S.E., but it has now some-
what abated. The Abraham (brig), of Portsmouth, went
ashore at Gorleston this morning, and broke up—crew
drowned. The Eliza (brig) of London, Conolly, went
ashore at Hopton this afternoon, with loss of both anchors
and chains—crew saved. The Groose (sloop), of Wey-
mouth, came ashore near the Wellington Pier—crew saved.
The Johanna (barque, not brig, as before reported), of
Gefle, was brought into the harbour this afternoon, with
loss of anchors and chain ; in coming in she damaged her
rudder and stern against the north pier. A foreign brig,
and the barque Edward Kennedy, of Newcastle, . both
laden, and bound to this port, rode out the gale in the
Roads.

NEW YORK, Dec. I.—The Saxony, hence to Antwerp,
went on shore on the Upper Middle, in going down the
bay yesterday. A steam tug is alongside, and she will
probably get off next tide.
The accounts received here to-day from Shields, Sunder.
land, Ne wcastle, Hartlepool, and Whitby, report the loss
of many coasting vessels and other maritime casualities.
Many vessels which lat,dy put to sea have put back for
ehelter, whilst of the inward bound vessels there is a large
fleet in the Channel coming up.