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London, England, 1853-07-09 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, JULY 8.

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COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Captain Thomas David Ellis to be Deputy Liontenani
of Denbighshire, May 11.

George ugusius Vernon, Esq., to bo Deputy Lieutenant
of Staffordshire, July 1.
King's Own 3d Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—
Richtini Lloyd, n.q., lacy xd.ut.unanc anu captain in the
Grenadier Guards, to be Captain, July 1.
sth or Royal Elthorne Regiment of Middlesex Militia—
William Henry Cane, Gent., to bo Assistant-Surgeon,
June 30.
Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—Cornet Robert P. Pater-
son to be Lieutenant, I:ce Sir John Cathcart, Bart., re-
sio-ned ; Hugh Hamilton, Esq., late Captain Ist Dragoon
Guards, to bo Cornet, vice Paterson, promoted, Juno 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 tho
Gazette of tho sth inst ]
2d Cornwall Rifles Regiment—Edward Sterling, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, Juno 28.
REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Comir4ssioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for tho Reduction
of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th C so.
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 ono 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 ap-pliedto the purchase of Stock £5,185 9 0
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
tho purchase of Stock

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 Heady, builder, Portsmouth, to surren-
der, July 18, and August 19, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, AldermanbuTy ;
Pownall and Cross, Staple-inn ; Edgcombe, Portsoa.
Thomas Balmer, engineer, Abbey-street, Bermondsey,
July 18 and August 19, at one, at the Com Z, of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official asbignee, Basinghall-street ;
Wrlght, Cb ancery-lano.
William Lionel Felix Tollemacho, commonly called Lord
HunVngtower, horse dealer, Grosvenor-square, July 15
and August 19, at one, at the Com t 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 Cont.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Terrell, Exeter.
Francis English, power-loom cloth manufacturer, Man-
chester, July 9 and Au;. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Frasar, official assignee, Manchester ;
Leming, Manchester.

Mori::ln Williams, wine and spirit merchant, Llanelly,
Carmarthen, Jrly 19, and August 18, at eleven, at the
Corn of Bankruptcy. A 'fred John Acraman, official as-
signee, Bristol ; Castle, Henderson, and Barham, Bristol.
Henry Ross, carpenter and builder, ~Brat,On' July 20,
and August 15, at eleven, at the pristol District Court.
Arcaman, official assignee, Bristol ; Balch, Bruton ;
Bi:dges, Bristol;
William Drake and Peter'Saker, railway truck makers,
Wakefield, July 21 and August 25, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Ca:urt. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Black-
burn, Leeds.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
E. T. Blackley, Norwich, shawl manufacturer, July 29,
at half-past oleven.
In tho Country.
T. Young, Hartlepool, grocor, August 2, at elevon, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Luke, New Accring-
ton, Lancashire, grocer'July 29, at eleven, at the Court,
Manchester—S. Padget', Preston, Lancashire, draper, July
29, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—M. Cox, Liver-
pool, grocer, July 29, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—
R. Gill, Richmond, Yorkshire, grocer, August 2, at eleven,
at the Court, Leeds—B. Butler, Carrington, Basford, Not-
tinghamshire, iron merchant, July 30, at ten, at the Coun-
cil-hall, Sheffield—E. Raisbeck, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, iron
master, August 1, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Leeds.

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS,
A. Clark, Boar-garden, Southwark, plumber, sd. 011
Saturday, the 9th inst., and three subsequent Saturdays,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards
Sambrook-court, 13asinghall-strect. ,
C. L. Kelly, Woolwich, grocer, is. Od., on Saturday the
9th inst., and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street.

CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Baker, Surrey-lane, Battersea, builder, July 29, at
twelve—E. Whalley, Kingsgite-street, High Holborn,
clothworker, July 29, at twelve—R. Penistan, Staverton-
row, Walworth, draper, July 29, at half-past twelve—S.
Norcliffe, Bridges-street, Covent-garden, licensed victualler,
Aug. 2, at twelve.

In tho Country.
Jano Walker, Halifax, Yorkshire linendraper, July 29,
at eleven, at the Court, Leeds, Yorkshire—J. Woodhoad
and J. Woodhead, Bradford, Yorkshire, file and iron ma-
nufacturers, July 29, at eleven, at the Court, Loods—W.
Woodyat, Witton Cheshire, joiner and builder, Aug. 1,
at eleven, at the dourt, Liverpool.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
I. Unwin, Poland-street, builder, certificate of the first
class—R. Westley, London-street, Greenwich, boot and
shoemaker, certificate of the third class, after a suspension
of six months from Jan, 4, 1853—F. W. Froggott and J.

2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards Lieutenant James
O'Hara to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Tomlin, who re-
tires ; Cornet Orlando Frederick Cavendish Bridgeman to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Hara, July 8.
sth Dragoon Guards—Regimental Sorjeant-Major George
William Bewley to be Quartermaster, vice Alexander
Langford, who retires upon half-pay, July 8.
2nd Dragoons—William Leyland F&'den, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Baring, appointed to the 10th
Light Dragoons, Jr'y 8.
16th Light Dragoons—Walter James Lennard, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Irvine, promoted, July 8.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards— Fitzroy
Augustus Talbot Clayton, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieu-
tencnt, by purchase, N:ceDavie, promoted, July 8.
Scots Fusilier Guards.—Serjeant-Major George Allen of
the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Quartermaster, ice
Joseph Aston, deceased, July 8.
6th Foot—John Edward Tewart, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Goodwin, promoted, July 8.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Charles Power Cobbo to be Adju-
tant, vice Baynes, promoted, July 8.
13th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Brown, M.D.,
from the Staff to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Woodroffe,
who exchanges, July 8.
17th Foot— Lieutenant Edward John Chambers, from
half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Young, appointed to the 61st Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon
Theodore Gordon Bone, M.D., from the 97th Foot, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hill, appointed to the 87th Foot,

28th Foot—Garmonsway Waldy, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Stehelin, who retires, July 8.
37th Foot—Ensign Rainsford Taylor to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Douce, deceased, May 5 ; Ensign
.John Deering Collum to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice
June,
1853, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 24th
1853, has been cancelled ; Gentleman Cadet George Stamer
Gubbins, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Taylor, July 8 ; Samuel Lavalliere
Curgenvon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webb,
promoted, July 9.

61st FeOt—tieutenant Arthur Cotton Young, from the
17th Foot, to bo Lieutenant, N ice Stuart, appointed to the
63d Foot, July 8.
67th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Butler, from the 90th
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Robinson, appointed to a Re-
cruitin g District, July 8.
68th Foot—Henry Lumsden Battiscombo, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Trent, promoted, July 8.
81st Foot—Dennis James Connor, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Trent, promoted, July 8.
96th Foot—Ensign Donald William Dundas, to bo Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Lees, appointed Adjutant,
July 8.

99th Foot—Richard Augustus Cooper, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Ryan, who retires, Jray 8.
Ist West India Regiment—Richard Pretyman Bishop,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Miller, promoted,
July 8 ; Henry Robot i; Wylie, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hewett, promoted, July 9.
2d West India Regiment—William Fleeming Marson,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beasley, promoted;
Robt. Champion Streatfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Benson, whose retirement was announced in
the Gazette of June 24, July 9.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment Second Lieutenant Thomas
Miller to be Quartermaster, vice Coakley, deceased, July 8.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment--Lieut. John Barnard
Geale to be Captain, without purchase, vice Kingsmill,
deceased ; Ensign Wm. Augustus Myrton Cunynghame to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Geale, April 23.
Staff—• Paymaster Jas. Robinson, from 67th Foot, to be
Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice Nicholas Mann-
sell, who has retired upon half-pay, July 8.
Hospital Staff—Assistant-Surgeon Chas. Wm. Wood-
roffo, from 13th Foot, to bo Assistant-Surgeon to the
Forces, vice Brown, who exchanges, July 8.
MEMORANDUM.—Tho Christian names of Assistant-
Surgeon Porter, who was appointed to the Hospital Staff
on the 17th June, 1853, aro Joshua Henry, and not John
Homy, as previously stated.-18th Foot. For Lieutenant
Charles Woodwright to be Captain, without purchase,
21st March, 1853, vice Cockburn, deceased, road, died of
his wounds.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 7.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Lieutenant John
Talton Butler Brown to be First Lieutenant, vice G. F.
L'EsLranp, who resigns, Juno 28.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 4.
The following promotions have this day taken place con-
sequent on the death, on file 2d inst., of Admiral of the
Blue Sir Charles Br''en, G.C.8., :—Vice-Admiral
of the Red Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.B, K.C.H., to bo Ad-
m;.-al of the Blue ; Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Thomas
John Cochrane, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Rod;
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Chetham Strode,
K.C.B. K.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the White ; Rear-
Admiral of the Red John Brett Purvis to bo Vice-Admiral
of the Blue ; Rear-Admiral of the White Alexander Ren-
ton Sharpe, C.B. to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ; Rear-
Admiral of the Blue Arthur Fanshawo, C. 8., to be Rear-
Admiral of the White • Captain Hon. Richard Saunders
Dundas, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue ; Retired
Captain James Montagu to bo Retired Rear-Admiral on
the terms proposed in tho London Gazette of Ist Septem-
ber, 1846, but without increase of pay.

Van Putton, Mark-lane, City, corn-merchants, certificates
of the third class—G. Rowell, jun., Carlisle, painter and
glazier, certificate of the third class, subject to a suspension
until the 18th of May, 1853.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Mary Holdcroft, C. Collinson, and S. Cherratt, Burslem,
Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturers—J. C. Jackson,
and A. Harrison, Old Broad-street, City, merchants—J.
Richards and S. Clegg, East Loor, Cornwall, surgeons—W.
Buckham and R. Middleton, Manchester. fustian manu-
facturers—J. Austin and J. Harrison, Watergate, York-
shire, engineers—A. Ballantine, J. F. H. Read, and H.
B. Middleton, Austin-friars, City, stockbrokers, so far
as regards H. B. Middleton—J. Drew, R. Heyward, and
Frederick Barron, Bush-lane, City, druggists, so far as re-
gards R. Heyward—J. Prestwich, jun., and W. Cooper,
Mark-lane, City, wine and spirit merchants—J. Hoare and
B. W. Noble, Swansea, Glamorganshire, brewers—Eliza-
beth Peters and G. C. Peters, Birmingham, wino and
spiry merchants—J. Stanley, and J. Draycott, Longton,
Staffordshire, grocers--J. Ellis and R. H. Ellis, Dews-
bury, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturers—S. Oddy, J. Robin-
son, W. Thompson, E. Oldfield, T. Holmes, T. Thorley,
and J. Hewitt, Salford, Lancashire, machine makers, so
far as regards J. Hewitt—W. B. Gains and G. Strachan,
Milk-street, City, warehousemen —J. Casey and T.
Phillips, SpSt ua
ital-sqre, silk manufacturers—B. Standring,
son., B. andring, jun., and J. Standring,
wine, spirit, and porter merchants, so far as regards
B. Standring, sen.—J. Grantham and M. Bury, City,
consulting engineers—H. Bell and R. H. Thorp, Birkin,
Yorkshire, farmers—J. Turner, F. Turner, R. Turner, and T.
Turner, Windy Harbour, Rochdale, wheelwrights, so far as
regards T. Turner—W. H. Preston, C. W. White, and T.
H. Rees, Aldine-chambers, Paternoster-row, proprietors of
the British Journal—W. Taylor and G. Taylor, Derby, silk
manufacturers—W. B. Rowlands, D. Rowlands, and A.
Rowlands, Regent-street, jewellers—l. Suggitt and W.
Humphreys, Clerkenwell, lamp manufacturer—T. E. Pick-
ford and J. Swanwick, Manchester, commission merchants
—C. Emerson and E. Chapman, Hartlepool, Durham, che-
mists and druggists—W. Symmons and W. B. Matson,
High-street, Southwark, hop merchants—C. R. Monte and
J. Coles, Liverpool, metal brokers—J. Mouncey and
C. Mouncey, Salford, Lancashire, timber merchants—T.
H. Redman and J. Stratton, Melksham,
Gregory and W. C. Marsh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
linendrapers—A. C. Brice and J. Ballard, Cochin, Mala-
bar, merchants.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Edward COoke, Kirkdale, Lancashire, brewer.
John Pasmore, Halberton, Devon, farmer.
Thomas Trow, Monmore-greon, Wolverhampton, builder.
John Showell, Wolverhampton, journeyman bellows maker.
Richard Jukes Gorton, Wolverhampton, fruiterer and
greengrocer.
Henry M`Michael, Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
Benjamin Brown, From. Solwood, Somersetshire, hatter.
Thomas Richards, Walsall, Staffordshire, innkeeper.
Edward Ellis, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, builder and
butcher.
Thomas Firth, Upper Poppleton, Yorkshire, licensed
victualler.
John Hunton, York.
Henry Draper, Hertford, carpenter and builder.
Francis Allam, Great Marlow, Bucks, fishmonger.
Henry Mitchell, Hill Top, Yorkshire, farmer's assistant.
John Jackson, Gargrave, Yorkshire, boot and shoe-
maker.

Richard Davie, Creditors, Devon, innkeeper.
William Brown, Kingswinford, Staffordshire.
James Lockwood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, journeyman
shoemaker.

William Harding Bowtle, Newmarket, journeyman
bricklayer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Charles Horsfall Watson, Ayr, blanket manufacturer, to
meet July 12, and Augast 3, within the Globe Hotel,
Glasgow.
James M‘Nab, Musselburgh, teacher, brilder, and share
dealer, to meet July 13, and August 3, at ono, within
Messrs. Dowell and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap 32, for
the Week cuding on Saturday the 2d day of July, 1853.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes Issued £
.. • • .... 32,052,080

Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 18,032,926
Silver bullion.... 19,154