The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-08 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. 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 December, 1858, amounted to the sum of one million
one hundred and twenty-seven thousand six hundred and
fifty-seven pounds nine shillitgs and one penny.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of two hundred and
eighty-one thousand nine hundred and fourteen pounds
seven shillings and threepence, being one-fourth part of the
said surplus of one million one hundred and twenty-seven
thousand six hundred and fifty-seven pounds, nine shillings
and one penny, will be applted, under the provisions of the
said Act, between the 6th day of April, 1859, and the 30th
day of June, 1859, to the following purposes, viz.:—
To be applied to the purchase of stock £1,914 7 3
To be applied to the purchase of Exchequer
Bills, made out in pursuance of the Act
67, Geo. 3, cap. 48 280,000 0 0

£281,914 7 3
Add interest receivable on account of dona-
tions and bequests, to be applied to the
purchase of stock ~ , 3,820 5 5

£285,734 12 8

National Debt Office, April 12, 1859.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General.
WAIL-OFFICE, Amur, 8.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant the Honourable
Robert W. Grosvenor to be Captain, by purchase, vice
de Winton, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the
Honourable William Henry J. North to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Grosvenor.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Riding-Master George Rayment,
from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be:Riding-Master, vice
Noake, who exchanges.
7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Richards Wel-
t stead to be Captain, by purchase, vice Costello, who
retires; Cornet Robert Stewart Cleland to be Lieuten-
iiiii- by purchase, vice Welstead.
15th Liiittaragoons—Riding •Master Maillard Noake, from
the Ist Dragoo2 Guards, to be Riding-Master, vice Ray-
ment, who exchanges'
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Seeond Captains—Lieutenalits
Gratwicke Pearse,
rancis Walker, Geof-
Henry Jame,: Alderson, Alex-
ander gacide2 Hutchinson, Frederick cleorge Raven-
IA Thomas ifory Pitt, on the Secoljed List,
ftetieMi Lee Hopkinson Lyon. Lieut. Algernon curling
Joy htutests allowed to resign his commlisis2ll.
The undermentiotiedOclntlemen Cadetsto be Lieutenantg,
viz. :—Joseph Sladert, Somnel Pasfield Oliver, Charles
smith Harvey, Robt. Henderson Robertson, Arthur John
Cullen, Jos. Thos. Maher Loughman, ()debar Frederic
Layton, Charles Frederick Dixon, Robert Berkeley Butt,
William ltdaertulay Glasgow. To be Riding Master—
Sergeant-Major William Donald.
Royal Engineers—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets
to be Lieutenants, with temporary rank, • viz. :—John
Charles Ardagh, James Jameson Robertson, William
Emmerson Peck, Edmund Stephens, Christopher Josiah
Russell ,and John Mabbott Morgan.
10th Regiment of Foot Quartermaster James Darker,
from the 23d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice O'Donnell,
who exchanges.
12th Foot—Licut. Gilbert de Lacy Lacy to be Instructor
of Musketry; Assistant-Surgeon Joseph William Carter
Ne;rnoe Murphy, from the Staff, to be AssistantiSurgeon.
13th Foo:—Ensign Wm. Moffett to be Lieutanant, with-
out purchit2e. vice Turville, deceased ; the appointment
of Cornet Join; Landrey from half-pay of the late Land
Transport Corps to be Quartermaster, as stated in the
"Gazette" of bth Feliruary, 1858, has been cancelled;
Lieut. John Landrey, hem half-pay Unattached, to be
quartermaster.
rotit----lhe appointment of 'Cornet :limes Spry, from
half-pay of Ma leo Land Transport Corps to be Quarter-
master, as stated in the " Gazette" of 31st December,
1857, has been cancelled.; Lieutenant James Spry, from
half-pay unattached, to be Quartermaster.
17th Foot —The appointment of Cornet James Fall ner,
from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be
Quartermaster as stated in the " Gazette' of 26th Maech,
1858, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant James Falkner,
from half-pay unattached, to be Quartermaster.
18th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon HURtOr Alex. Cogbh in,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
20th Foot--Assistant--Surgeorr Hnmmerton Crump, M.D.,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
21st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon, Ed win Granville Ley, S.D.,
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22d Foot—Captain William Theodore Hickman from the
.50th Foot, to Le Captain' vice Ellis, who exchanges.
23d Foot—Quartermaster Michael O'Donnell, from the
10th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Darker, who ex-
. changes.,
29th Foot—Captain Somerset M. Clarke, from the 93d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Levinge, who exchanges.
38th Foot—Brevet-Major Bendyshe Walton, from tie 53d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Quicke, who exchanges.
50th Foot—Captain Robert Richardson Ellis, from the 22d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Hickman, who exchanges.
53d Foot—Captain Sidney Godolphin Quicke, from the 38th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Walton, who exchanges.
55th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Thomas Dunn to have
the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign William Martin Fro-
bisher to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Heber-
den, deceased.
56th Foot—Ensign Reginald Bythell to be Lieut., by pur-
chase, vice Harford, promoted; George Dixwell Grimes,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bythell.
60th Foot—Courtenay Forbes Terry, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice C oxen, superseded for being absent
without leave.
70th Foot—Brevet-Major Thomas Edmund Mulock to be
Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Timins, deceased; Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mulock ; Ensign
Arthur William Crozier to he Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Mathew Bell, deceased ; Ensign Alexander
Boydell Wriht to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
'
Saltmarshe• Ensign Rodney Stuart Riddell, from the 10th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Crozier.
76th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Monro, from the Ist West
York Militia, to be Ensign. without purchase, vice
Beachy, promoted to the 18th Foot.
82d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Spencer to be Adjutant, vice
Brown, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
90th Foot—Paymaster Thomas Cassidy, from a Depot Bat-
talion, to bo Paymaster, vice Williams, who exchanges.
93d Foot—Captain Charles Hugh Levinge, from the 29th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Clarke, who exchanges.
99th Foot—Captain Nugent Chichester, late Paymaster 7th
Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Johnston, seconded,
having been appointed Permanent Instructor at the
School of Musketry; Lieutenant Hollingsworth Clarkson,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chichester, who retires.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Lambert
Byrne to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-
Major Anderson, deceased; Ensign Edward McMahon
Forbes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Byrne.
3d West India Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon William
Declan Carbery, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Moore, appointed to the Staff.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign Edward Whyte
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Onion, who retires.