The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

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. 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 ended Sept. 30, 1857,
amounted to the sum of four hundred and eighty-four
thousand three hundred and thirty-six pounds three shil-
lings and four pence.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of one hundred and
twenty-one thousand and eighty-four pounds and ten
pence, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of four
hundred and eighty four thousand three hundred and
thirty-six pounds three shillings and four pence, will be
applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the
6th day of January, 1858, and the 31st day of March,
1858, to the following purposes ; viz- :
To be applied towards the Reduction of the
National Debt
Add Interest receivable on account of Dona-
tions and Bequests, to be applied to the
purchase of Stock .

7,409 0 0

£128,493 0 10
National Debt Office, Dec. 31, 1857.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General.

B &NKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
John King Weatrop, glove manufacturer, Staining•lane.
Martin Collett, miller, Stanley Downton, Gloucester-
;hire.

Charles Welch, innkeeper, Wells, Someraetshire.
BANKRPTS.
John Broadhurst, spiced beefUmanufacturer, Walworth,
to surrender Jan. 22, at eleven, and Feb. 16, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
John Levy Miers, clothier, Fore-street, Cripplegate,
City, Jan. 15, at two, and Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Shawcross, cotton-spinner, Manchester, Jan. 18
and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
William Harris, manufacturing chemist, Bolton, Jan.
29 and Feb. 11, at one, at the Manchester District Court.
John Campbell Bl'Donald, licensed victualler, Liver-
pool, Jan. 15 and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court.
Eden Clark, ironmonger, Manchester, Jan. 18, at one,
and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
William Quayle, ship broker, Liverpool, Jan. 13, and
Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Liver. 00l District Court.
Henry Barton, shipowner, Liverpool, Jan. 15, and Feb.
11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Chatburn Cockcroft, pickle maker, Stansfield, Halifax,
Jan. 19, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court.
Joshua Fearnley and Joseph Fearnley, silk dressers,
Brighouse, Yorkshire, Jan. 21 and Feb. 19, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court.
Richard John Strong, hotel keeper, Frome, Jan. 18 and
Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
John Leakey Bowhay, agricultural im ple ment maker,
Modbury, Devonshire, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, at eleven, at
the Exeter District Court.
Robert King, builder, Pentonville-road, Jan. 15, at
eleven, and Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edward Baker, hotel keeper, Rosherville, Northfieet,
Jan. 19, at half-past two, and Feb. 16, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Lewis Evans, grocer, Longton, Staffordshire, Jan.
21 and Feb. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam .... ........ 11 16 'Gibraltar .• •• •• •• •• ••••
Ditto, three months .. 11 19% 'Leghorn .• .. e• •• •• 30 35
aotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 19% Genoa .......... •• •• 26
Antwerp •••••••• •• • • •• 25 55 i ••.•••• • •• •• ••••
Brussels 25 55 1Venice.............„ .
Bamburgh •• •• •• •• •• • • 13 '7% Naples • ***** •• •• •• •• •• 41
Altona .. •••••••••• •• •• • Palermo .••• • *•• •• 123
Paris •• .. •• • • '..40 •• •••• •• 25.25 IMessimt * ... 123%
Do. three months .• • 25 62% Lisbon •.. ...... • • 51
Marseilles .... • • .... 25 65 Oporto ••••••••••
14
Bourdeaux • • ........ Rio Janeiro ..... .•• • •• •-••
Fr anktort-on-Vaino .• 120% Buenos Ayres.. •• •
Berlin .• •• .• •• • • 'New York,6o days' sight
Vienna • .... 10 46 Philadelphia ..........
10 47 PRICES OF BULLION, put oz:
Petersburg ........ •• 34% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9
Vadrid .... 48% Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0
Cadiz ...• • • • 49 Mexican Dollars 00 0
Barcelona • ••• -- • • New Dollars 0 0 0
Seville..

FAILURES IN GLASGOW.--The suspension of Messrs.
J. and W. Wallace, sewed muslin manufacturers, was
officially announc-d on Thursday. The liabilities are said
to amount to 250 0001. As this bankruptcy has been
looked for for a c n iderable time, its occurrence did not
ereat, any exert. meta. Alo,tto-r huu the name of which
has been mentioned in connection with recent Bank-
ruptcy Court proceedings, is also reported as down.
Liabilities estimated at 80,0004.-6/avow Herald.