The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-08 00:00:00

BREVET.

To be Majors in the Army -Captain William Humbloy,
Rifle Brigade, Jan. 10; Captain Ernest Christian Wilford,
19th Foot, Nov. 9 ; Captain Fitz William Walker, 73d
Foot, Nov. 11. .

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Ernest Christian Wilford, 179atdhe'FoNoot,vJ.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 4.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet•Major John Henry
Francklyn to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Burnaby, retired
to be Captain, vice Francklyn; First . Lieutenant Robert
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upon full pay ; Second Captain Edward Arthur Williams
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Poole Gabbett to be Second Captain, vice Williams;
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Geale Humfrey to be First
Lieutenant, vice Gabbett, June 28 i Second Lieutenant
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Deputy
Lieutenant, July 3.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—William Hervey Wood-
house, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Peacock, promoted,
July 3.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—John Parkinson, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, July 3.
Royal Wilts Regiment of Militia—Joshua Walter Bond,
Esq., to be Captain, June 6 ; John Frederick Nicholls,
Esq., to be Assistant-Surgeon, June 27.
Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment of Militia—Edward Walter, Esq., late Captain in
her Majesty's Bth Regiment of Hussars, to be Captain.
Royal Anglesey Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—
Rowland Williams, Gent., to be Ensign.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Charles Mackay, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Knowlys,
July 3; James Robert Innis Gregg, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Robinson, who retires, July 4 ; Quarter-
master-Serjeaut Robert Knights to be Ensign and Quarter-
master, July 3 ; James Henry Brooks, junr., Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, July 4.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En-
sign George Crozier Cole to be Lieutenant, vice Brown,
resigned ; John Carrington Jones, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Cole promoted, June 30.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Thomas Leslie, Gent., to be Ensign ;
Charles Henry Blake, Gent., to be Ensign June 30.
The Essex Rifles—William Mathew Dunbar, Gent., to
be Ensign, July 3.
Royal Monmouthshire Militia Houghton Forrest,
Gent., to be Ensign, July 3.

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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
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fourteen Great Britain
April 1834, amounted to the sum of three million five hun-
dred and twenty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty-
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The Commissioners for the reduction of the National
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Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of eight hundred
and eighty-one thousand one hundred and ninety-six
pounds three shillings and eight pence, being one-fourth
part of the said surplus of three million five hundred and
twenty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty-four
pounds fourteen shil:ings and eleven pence, will be ap-
plied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the
lith day of July, 1854, and the 10th day of October, 1854,
to the following purposes, viz. :
To be applied towards the reduction of
the National Debt
Add Interest, receivable on account of
donations and bequests to be applied to
the purchase of Stock

ACCIDENT ON TUE MIDLAND rtIILWAT.—The 3,45
P.m. train from Doncaster to Sheffield had arrived on
Monday within a short distance of the Sheffield station,
when a horse which was drawing two coke waggons
wandered off an adjoining siding on to the main line, on
which the train was running. The engine knocked down 1
the animal, and ran over three of its legs, part of which 1 BANKRUPTS
were crushed to atoms. Other injuries were also in- I John Webb, grocer, Rayleigh, Essex, to surrender, July
flicted, which caused its instantaneous death. A boy 17, and August 24, at one,. at the Court of Bankruptcy.
who was in charge of the waggons ran up at the moment Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Goren, South
of the accident, and whilst attempting to reach the horse .
Holton street, ( 'xford street.
he was knocked against the foremost of the coke wag- Samuel Yowls, joiner, Birkenhead, July 21, and Aug.
10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi-
gons. His forehead was injured in a frightful manner
ct cm! assignee, Liverpool ; Bell, Liverpool. . .
and
xpeed to recover, he was removed to the infirmary, where he is not . John Ellis Watkinson, grocer, Halifax, July 21, and
e.
Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,

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National Debt Office, July 4, 1854.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General.

official assignee, Leeds ; Waveil, Phiibrick, and Foster
Halifax.

James John Newman and James Leadbetter, water-
proofers, Charlton, Kent, July 15, at two, and August 26,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambei s ; Saw bridge, Chcapside.
John William Williams and William Fisher Warbreck,
manufacturing chemists, Liverpool, July 21, and August
10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
John Gibson, grocer, Distington, Cumberland, July 14,
and Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis-
trict Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne; Musgrave, Whitehaven ; Griffith and Crighton,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Charles White, cattle dealer, 'Watford, July 17 and Aug.
24, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sanger,
Essex-court, Temple.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
_ _ _

T. J. Empson, Deptford, miller's clerk-4. H. Jenkins,
Princes-street, Rotherhithe New-road, and Albion-street,
Rotherhithe, market gardener—Sarah Fisher, Seething
Wells, Surrey, grocer—J. Holmes, York-chain bar, Adelphi,
managing agent to the Athenum Life Assurance Society
J. R. Oates, Providence-place, Mile•end, and Thread-
needle-street, City, tailor—J. Alibright, Richmond 4treet,
Lambeth, builder—G. Furbey, Hastings, Surrey, iron•
monger—J. Cartwright, Lou:ton-street, Fenchnrch street,
and Black Stock-lane, Highbury, ship agent—J. Giddings,
Aldenham-street, St. Pancras, clerk to a builder—G.
Ruffeli, Montague-terrace, Trinity-square, and Mark lane,
City, commission merchant—M. Owen, Great Smith-street,
Westminster, omnibus time-keeper—J. T. Gain, Walth,
cottages, Cain bervvell New-road, manufacturing warehouse-
man—T. Trill, Apollo-buildings, Walwortb, and Mark-
lane, City, manager to an ale merchant—A. Jones, Bevis
Marks, City, dealer in cigar J. Nelson, Chapel-place,
Cavendish square, coin mission agent.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVJDENDS.
George Nock and John Williams, Frith-street, Soho,
goldsmiths-2d div, of 104 d., any Wednesday, at Whit-
more's, BasinghallAreet.

George Luckin, High Holborn, boottnaker-Ist div. of
40., July 12, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Lee's,
Moorgate- street .
James Dauncey, Conley Mills, Gloucestershire, woollen
manufacturer-2d and final div. of oil., July 12, and three
subsequent Wednesdays, at Lee's, Moorgate-street.
John Oyston, Wakefield, draper-2d div. of 40., any
day, at Youngs, Leeds.

Robert Barr, Glasgow, yarn merchant-2d div. of Bd.,
any day, at Young's, Leed's,
Robert Thomson, York, draper-Ist div. of is., any day,
at Young's, Le,Als.

J. W.-Itowbottom, Halifax, Millwright-Ist div. of 10s.,
any day, at Young's. Leeds.
William Prook, Manchester, stuff merchant-Ist div. of
24d., July 18, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Fraser's,
Manchester.

Thomas McKenna, Belfast and Manchester, dealer- 181
div. of 75., July 18, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Her
naman's, Manchester.

Joseph Howard, Glossop, Derbyshire, cotton spinner-
-Ist div. of 84d., July 18, and any subsequent Tuesday, at
Hernaman's, Manchester.

Thomas and Benjamin Butterworth, Greenbooth Mills,
near Rochdale, dealers—Further div. of ls. 03d., July 18,
and any subsequent Tuesday, at Hernaman's, Manchester.
Douglas Bradbury, Derby, builder—lst div. of 75., July
10, and three subsequent Mondays, at llarris's, Nottingham.
William Marshall, South Shields, Durham, banker—
div. of 2s. 6d., July 8, and auy subsequent Saturday, at
Wakley's, Newcastle•upon-Tyne.
John Harrison, Sunderland, Durham, licensed victualler
—lst div. of ls. 3d., July 15, and auy subsequent Satur-
day, at Wakley's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Sampson Langdale, John Eyton, and Masts. Joscelin
Cooke, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchants—lit and final
div. of Bs. 4,1 d., July 15, and any subsequent Saturday, at
Wakley's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Thomas Flintolf, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, commission
merchant-Ist div. ls. 9d., July 15, and any subsequent
Saturday, at Wakley's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.