The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-13 00:00:00

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. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ex-
ceeded the actual revenue thereof, for the year ended
the sth day of Jelly, 1847, by the sum of one hundred
and forty-three thousand three hundred and ninety-two
pounds three shillings and one penny;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by
them on account of the Sinking Fund, under the pro-
visions of the said Act, between the 12th day of Oc-
*ober, 1847, and the sth day of January, 1848.
S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, Oct. 12, 1847.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

Thomas Wakefield, merchant, Nottingham.
Thomas Wells, confectioner, Sudbury, Suffolk.
BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Lyon and Edward Lyon, stock and bill
brokers, Birchin-lane, to surrender, Oct. 19, at half-past
one, and Nov. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman street; Lawrence and
Plews, Old Jewry-chambers.
Whitfield Palmer, jeweller, Uxbridge, Oct. 19, at
half-past eleven, and Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-
chambers ; Williams, Alfred-place, Bedford square.
William Walker, paper stainer, London-wall, Oct. 19,
at half-past twelve, and Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, OltraJevery-
chambers ; Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane.
William Henry Stray, hht manufacturer, Lambeth-
walk, Oct. 19i at two, and Nov. 22, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry-chambers ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-
chambers.

Henry Toyne, linendraper, Shoreditch, Oct 22, at
half-past twelve, and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Jones, Size-lane.
George William Jones, newsvender, Birchin-lane,
Oct. 22, at half-past one, and Nov. 24, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ;Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane.

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William Hurst Ford, innkeeper, Burford, Oxfordshire,
Oct. 21, at half-past two, and Nov. 25, at half-past one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street; Goddard and Co., Wood-street,
Cheapside.

William Henry Lewis, straw bonnet maker, Ludgate-
street, Oct. 22, at twelve, and Nov. 25, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers.
Edward Saunders, builder, Stamford-terrace, Asylum-
road, Old Kent-road, Oct. 22, at one, and Nov. 24, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as-
signee, Coleman-street-buildings; Curritt and Osgood,
Guildhall-chambers.

Henry Owen, carrier, Fleet-street, Oct. 29, at twelve,
and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Lawrance
and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers.
William Pithey, merchant, Philpot-lane, City, Oct.
22 and Nov. 24, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrance and Plews,
Old Jewry-chamhers.
Richard Coleman Kingsford and Henry Lowry Barn-
well, millers, Straton, Kent, Oct. 29, at one, and Dec.
2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Wright and Co.,
Essex-street, Strand.

John Williams, draper, Cheltenham, Oct. 26 and
Nov. 23, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol; Packwood, Cheltenham.
, Roger Dewhurst and Evan Gregson, timber mei.-
4 chants, Blackburn, Lancashire, Oct. 26, and Nov. 17 ,
at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,
official assignee, Manchester ; Jacques and Co., Ely-
place Holborn ;. Holroyd, Halifax, Yorkshire
William Bate, millwright, Bridgnorth, Oct. 23, and
Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Weeks, Cook's-
court, London; Mole, Birmingham.
Thomas Cooper, stockbroker, York, Oct. 28 and Nov.
25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Leeds; Wigglesworth and Co., Gray's
Inn; Parkinson, York; Harle and Clarke, Leeds.
James Burt, James Burt, jun., and William Tottie
Watson, commission agents, Manchester, Oct. 27 and
Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthing-
ton, and Shipman, Manchester; Reed, Langford, and
Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside; Atkinson, Dibb, and
Bolland, Leeds.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
0. Richards, Fleet-street, law bookseller, Nov. 4, at
half-past eleven—J. Whitby, Lynn, grocer, Nov. 4, at
half-past twelve—J. E. Spicer and C. Poulton, Alton,
Hampshire, paper manufacturers, Nov. 2, at twelve—
W. G. Grossmith, Romsey Extra, Southampton, brewer,
Nov. 2, at two—G. Pile and W. J. B. Staunton, Sal-
vador-house, Bishopsgate-street Without, wine and
spirit merchants, Nov. 2, at one—S. H. Billingay, Com-
mercial-road, East, ironmonger, Nov. 2, at half-past one
—J. C. Wolton, Halstead, Essex, ironmonger, Nov. 2,
at half-past one—J. T. Groves, Millbrook, Southampton,
seed crusher, Nov. 2, at two—T. Pierson, Warwick-
court, Holborn, money scrivener, Nov. 2, at half-past
eleven—W. Stone, Wood-street, City, laceman, Nov. 2,
at one—J. Donaldson, Regent-street and Margaret-
street, clock maker, Nov. 2, at twelve—C. 0. Robson,
Fisbury-street, Finsbury-square, plasterer and builder,
Nov. 2, at half-past twelve—A. Rainey, Regent-street,
Piccadilly-, estate agent and auctioneer, Nov. 2, at eleven
—W. Thorne, Crawley-street, St. Pancras, linendraper,
Nov. 4, at eleven—J. Willer, Windsor, licensed vic-
tualler, Nov. 3, at eleven.
In the Country.
R. Nicholls, jun.. Birmingham, bookseller and sta-
tioner, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—
W. Handley, Birmingham, wholesale saddler and army
accoutrement manufacturer, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the
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shire, surgeon and apothecary, Nov. 3, at eleven, at the
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