The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-14 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 12.

The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Lord
Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has
appointed John Lane the younger, of Stratford-upon-Avon,
in the - county of Warwick, ent., to be one of the
Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of
deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
fer the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitu-
tion of more simple modes of assurance, ha and for the county
of Warwick.
OFFICE OF, THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS,

,
Somerset House, October 13, 1846.
In pursuance of as Act, passed in the session of Parlia-
ment held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his
late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act
for the amendment and better administration of the laws
relating to the Poor in England and Wales ;" and
of the subsequent Acts amending and explaining the same;
and of the Act, of the second 3 ear of the reign of her Ma-
jesty Queen Victoria, indented " An Act for the more effec-
tual relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland :"
This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commi3-
sioners have appointed John Ball, Esq., of No. 85,
Stephen's-green, Dublin, Barrister-at-law., to be an 1%.
intossist-
ant-Commissioner to act in Ireland, and as such Assistant-
• Commissioner to carry the said last mentioned Act exe-
cution ; and that the said John Ball, on this 13th day of
October, 1846, took the oath required by the said first-men-
tioned Act before the Honourable Mr. Justice Erle, one of the
Judges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at his house,
Ortulty, Irani, in the county of Surrey.
THE NA.TIONAL 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 surplus revenue of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual
expenditure thereof, for the year ending the sth day of July,
1846, amounted to the sum of two million eight hundred and
twenty thousand four hundred and seventy-two pounds,
thirteen shillings and sixpence,
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of 705,1181. 3s. 4d
(being one-fourth part of the said surplus of 2,820,472/. 13;
fid.) will be applied under the provisions of the said Act, be-.
tween the 12th day of October, 1846, and the sth day of
January, 1847, to the following purposes, viz :
To be applied to the purchase of Stock ... £55,118 3 4
To be applied to the purchase of Exche-
quer Supply Bills, or Deficiency 8i115...

650,000 0 0

£705,118 8 4

Add Interest receivable on account ofDan a-
tions and Bequests, to be applied to the
purchase of Stock

1,272 14 3

Z 706,390 17 7

S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General.
National Debt Office, October 10, 1846.
BANKRUPTS.

Stephen Joyce, ironmonger, London-wall, City, to sur-
render Oct. 22, at half-past one. and Nov. 26, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Ccdeman-
street. buildings ; Hudson, Bucklersbury.
Charles Bindley, trimming manufacturer, Chapel-street,
Spitalfields, Oct. 23, at half past twelve, and Nov. 23, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, London; Hudson,
Bucklersbury.
James Pitkeatbly, timber merchant, Gloucester-street,
Regent's Park, Oct. 23, at twelve, and Nov. 23, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry-chambers; Fraser, Furnival's Inn.
Thug, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company, New
Broad-street, City, Oct. 31, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 11,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman-street; Lawrence and Plew, Old Jewry-
chambers.
William Hopeful Lerew, apothecary, Upper Norton-street,
Fitzroy-square. Oct. 22, at two, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, &bchurch-
lane, Lombard-street; Lowless and Son, Hatton •court,
Throgmorton-street.
John Kearry, grocer, Strutton-ground, Westminster, Oc-
tober 29, at two, and December 3, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Baylis and Drewe, Basinghall-street.
William Barker, cotton-spinner, Tottington Higher-end,
Lancashire, Oct. 23 and Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Manches-
ter District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Bower. Tokenhouse-yard, Lottibury, London ; Joynson,
Manchester.

is Christopher Carlisle Clancey, saddler, Chorlton-upon-Med •
lack, Lancashire, Oct. 21, and Nov. 18. at eleven, at the
Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man.
cheater; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-
row; Law, Manchester.
Thomas Crowther, wine merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 20, and
Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan
official assignee, Liverpool ; Sweeting and Byrne, Southamp-
ton-buildings, London; Whitley, Liverpool.
John Wheelright, farmer, Saint Milborough, Salop, Oct.
31, and Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Waterloo street, Birming-
ham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham; Smith, Witham,
and Brookfield. Bedford-row, London.
Joseph Vowles, teazle dealer, Compton Bishop, Somerset-
shire, Oct. 27, at one, and Nov. 2-1, at twelve, at the Bristol
District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Almon,
Bristol.

Jonathan Dumbleton, innkeeper, Love-street, Hotwells,
Bristol, Oct. 29. at eleven, and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the
Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ;
Gray, Bristol.
Charles Henry Purnell, coal merchant, Liverpool. Oct.
27, and Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite and
Adams, Old Jewry, London ; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool.
John Heaven, painter, Bristol, Oct. 27, at twelve, and
Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol ; Sabine, Bristol.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
E. Thomas, wine merchant, Clifton—a div. of 4s. in the
pound, on new proofs, together with a second div. of Bd. in
the pound, on Wednesday, OA. 21, or any subsequent Wed-
nesday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol.
J. I nnes, ironmonger, Cheltenham—first div. of 91,4 d. in the
pound, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, or any subsequent Wednes-
day, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol.
IL Sutton, calico printer, Salford, Lancashire—first and
final div. of 20s. in the pound, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, or
any subsequent Tuesday, at the dice of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester. . . _

J. Johnson, timber merchant, Salford, Lancashire—second
div. of 58,4 d. in the pound to those who have only received
a div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound, and a first and second div. of
98. 2d. in the pound on new proofs, on Tuesday,Oct. 20, or
any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Blanchester.
J. Lythgoe, cooper, Liverpool—second div. of 3%d. in the
pound, on any Thursday, at the office .of Mr. Turner,
Live
goldsmith, Liverpool—a div, of 9%c1, h 2 the Pound?