The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-08 00:00:00

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

Captain Thomas David Ellis to be Deputy Lieutenant
of Denbighshire, May 11.
George Augustus Vernon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant
of Staflbrdshire, July 1.
King's Own 3d Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—
Richard Lloyd, Esq., late a Lieutenant and Captain in the
Grenadier Guards, to be Captain, July 1.
sth or Royal Elthorne Regiment of Middlesex Militia=
William Henry Cane, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
June 30.

Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—Cornet Robert P. Pater-
son to be Lieutenant, vice Sir John Cathcart, Bart., re-
signed ; Hugh Hamilton, Esq., late Captain Ist Dragoon
Guards, to be Cornet, vice Paterson, promoted, June 22.
East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry.—George Baillie, Esq.,
younger, to be Cornet, vice Hall, resigned, July 4.
[This article is substituted for that which appeared in the
Gazette of the sth inst.]
2d Cornwall Rifles Regiment—Edward Sterling, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, June 28.
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 110th 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 April, 1853, amounted to the sum of two million
four hundred and sixty thousand seven hundred and forty-
one pounds sixteen shillings ;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of six hundred and
fifteen thousand one hundred and eighty-five pounds nine
shillings, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of two
million four hundred and sixty thousand seven hundred
and forty-one pounds sixteen shillings, will be applied,
under the provisions of the said Act, between the 6th day
of July, 1853, and the 10th day of October, 1853, to the
following purposes, viz.:—
To be applied to the purchase of Stock
To be applied to the purchase of Exchequer
Bills, made out in pursuance of the Act 57
Geo. 111., c. 48
Add Interest receivable on account of Do-
nations and Bequests to be applied to
the purchase of Stock

£5,185 9 0

610,000 0 0

3,951 13 10

£619,137 2 10

National Debt-office, July 5, 1853.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General
BANKRUPTS.

James William Hendy, builder, Portsmouth, to surren-
der, July 18, and August 19, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Pownall and Cross, Staple-inn ; Edgcombe, Portsea.
Thomas Balmer, engineer, Abbey-street, Bermondsey,
July 18 and August 19, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Wright, Chancery-lane.
William Lionel Felix Tollemache, commonly called Lord
Huntingtower, horse dealer, Grosvenor-square, July 15
and August 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. S tans
feld, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Parkes, Bedford
row.

J. G. Upward, draper, Lyme Regis, July 19, at eleven,
and August 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Fxeter; Terrell, Exeter. •
Francis English, power-loom cloth manufacturer, Man-
chester, July 9 and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ;
Leming, Manchester.

Morgan Williams, wino and spirit merchant, Llanolly,
Carmarthen, July 19, and August 18, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alfred John Acraman, official as-
signee, Bristol ; Castle, Henderson, and Barham, Bristol.
Henry Ross, carpenter and builder, Bruton, July 20,
and August 15, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Arcaman, official assignee, Bristol ; Balch, Bruton ;
Bridges, Bristol.

William Drake and Peter Saker, railway truck makers,
Wakefield, July 21 and August 25, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Black-
burn, Leeds.