The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 5.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Samuel
Woodley Wattley, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the
Island of Nevis ; Henry Nicholas D. Beyts, Esq., to be
one of the District Magistrates for the Island of Mauritius,
and Henry Vo❑ Schellebeck, Esq., to be one of the Dis•
trict Clerks for the Island.

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, 10 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 31st day of
DecembJr, 1857, amounted to the sum of thirty-six thou-
sand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four-
pence.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of nine thousand
and twenty-four pounds seven shillings and one penny,
being one-fourth part of the said surplus of thirty-six thou-
sand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four-
pence, will be applied, under the provisions of the said
Act, between the Gth day of April, 1838, and the 30th day
of June, 1858, 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

£12,502 9 8
A. Y. SPEAIIMAN, Comptroller General.
National Debt Office, March 29, 1858.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 6.
16th Regiment of Foot—General Sackville Hamilton
Berkley, from the 75th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Major-
General Cecil Bisshopp, deceased.
75th Regiment of Foot—Major-General St. John Augustus
Clerke to be Colonel, vice General Berkeley, removed to

the 16th Foot.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT
Wiltshire—Wm. Arthur Heathcote, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi-
ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Edwin Rickard
Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Jobn Robert Leigh, resigned;
Henry Edward Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James
Hardcastle, resigned.
Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment —George Diawell
Grimes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Charles Atty, promoted.
let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign
Wm. Herring, to be Lieutenant, vice Tegart, resigned.
2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia —James W.
Crow, Gent., to b. Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Jay,
appointed to her Majesty's Regular Forces.
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Samuel Humby,
Gent., to be Ensign ; William Waddington, Gent., to be
Ensign.
The following article is substituted for that which ap-
peared in the Gazette of 23d March last :
Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Volunteer Cavalry—
Cornet Hugh Stratford Stratford to be Capta, n Lieutenant,
vice Brooks, resigned ; John Bainbrigge Story the younger,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Stratford, promoted.

BANKRUPTS.
Chad Fisher Richardson, victualler, Stoke Newington,
to surrender, April 15, at twelve,'find.May 14, at half-past
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Dove, chemist and druggist, Clay Cross, Derby-
shire, April 17 and May 29, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court.
Thomas Plummer Craven, painter, Scarborough, April
23 and May 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Henry Morris, iron merchant, Tipton, Staffordshire,
April 19 and May 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court.
John Powell and Thomas Powell, awl blade makers,
Birmingham, April 17, and May 6, at half-past eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court.
George Bennett, outfitter, Whitechapel, April 19, at
two, and May 14, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Phenix, brewer, Ruabon, Denbigh, April2o, and
May 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Robert Frost, stationer, Teignmouth, April 14, and
May 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Willatt and Williams, earthenware manufacturers,
Stoke-upon-Trent, April 17 and May 6, at half-past
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Jacob Wicks, broker, Bristol, April 19 at twelve, and
May 17 at eleven, Bristol District Court.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Andrew Gardiner, farmer, Foulsykos, Lanarkshire.
Archibald Young, merchant, Leith.
Duncan Wilkie, farmer, Howden, Roshurghshire.
Robert Jack, tinplate worker, Glasgow.
John Martin Banks, auctioneer, Dundee.
Laurence M`Laren, plumber, Stirling.
John Morrison, painter, Perth. kshirs.
Robert Hamilton, grocer, Stonhouse Lanar
Robert Ross, farmer, Broadiniro, silk merest's,
rn
White, Fairweather and Cop.uY,
Aberdeen. Aberdeenshire.

r MONEY.
NAVAL P/W0 Accountant-General of
Department, °Tldnairalty, Somerset-House,
the ,Nri'sss.
Apu" ;en to all persons interested therein,
making for the intended distri-
Notice is hc.renbiTaeg,..ow
that preparations arising from the schooner, Name Un-
bution of logr d nu the sth August, 1837, by her Ma-
knowo,,c.BPmyrmidon.
jcstf° sar other persons having any just and legal demand
nnitgnige'? p,ted against the said preceeds, are required to
.
transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Regis-
trar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Com t.
Agents and all other per: ons holding powers of Attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to clam the
share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little
delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by