The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-10 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex.
Henry John Selwin, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
NATIONAL DEBT-OFFICE, APRIL 4, 1850.
The Lords Commissioners Gf her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduc-
tion of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act,
10th Geo. 4th, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus
revenue of the Unittd Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the
year ended the sth day of January, 1850, amounted to
the sum of two millions and ninety-eight thousand ore
hundred and twenty-six pounds two shillings and one
penny ;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of five hundred
and twenty-tour thousand five hundred and thirty-ene
pounds ten shillings and sixpence, being one-fourth part
of the said surplus of two million and ninety-eight thou-
sand ono hundred and twenty-six pounds two shillings
and cue penny. will be applied, under the provisions of
the said Act, between the 7th day of April, 1850, and
the sth day of July, 1850, viz.:—
To be applied to the purchase of stock £524,531 10 6
Add interest receivable on account of

donations and bequests to be applied
to the purchhse of stock 1,945 5 1

£526,476 16 5
JAS. irianim, Assistant Comptroller.

WHETELIALt, APRIL 4.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Hodgson,
of Selby, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

We the undersigned, two of her Majesty's Commis-
sioners of Inland Revenue, in pursuance of the Act Sth
and 9th Victoria, cap. 38, hereby certify, that 's% e have
ascertained that the average amount of bank notes
of the Unio❑ Bank of Scotland, carrying on the
business of bankers at Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Aberden, Greenock, and divers other places, under the
name or title of the Union Bank of Scotland and the
Banking Company, in Aberdeen, in circulation during
a period of one year preceding the Ist day of May. 1845,
according to the returns made by such bankers, in pur-
suance of the Act passed in the 4'h and sth years of the
reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to
make further provision relative to the returns to be
made by banks of the amount of their notes in circula-
tidn,” is four hundred and fifteen thousand six hundred
and ninety pounds.—Dated this Bth day of April,lBso.
JOIIN THORNTON.
C. Y. BUSHWORTH.

To the Union Bank of Scotland.
BANKRUPTS.
Richard Thomas Peters, hotel keeper, High Holborn,
to surrender April 20, at half-past Eleven, and May 18,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Sutton,
Ureat Ormond-strcet, Queen-...square.
H Nottingham, John
Harriman, draper,
.otingham, April 19, and
May 17, at ten, at the Butmingham District Court.
Bitt!eston, ("facial assignee, Nottingham; Parsons, Not-
tingham.
Robert David Evans and David Meredith Evans,
drapers, Wrexham, Denbighshire, April 25 and May
16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Evans and Son, Liverpool.

AN EMBARRASSING REQUEST.—A man, habited as
a gentleman's servant, knocked at the door of the mansion
of Catchfrench, in the parish of St. German, on Tuesday
night, about 9 o'clock, and left a large reticule tied down
with cord with the two female servants, saying it contained
some things for the Misses Granville, the ladies of the house;
he then departed, saying he was going to look after his gig,
which he had left in the neighbourhood, and would be back
again shortly. The girl who took the basket said, as the
man would soon be back she would defer taking it to her
mistresses till his return; but, on setting it down rather
hastily, she was astonished to hear the shrill tones of au
infant voice issuing from it. In the utmost surprise and
alarm the servants ran to acquaint their mistresses, whose
consternation may be easily imagined on finding the nature
of the present they had been favoured with. After due de-
liberation, however, the basket was opened, and was found to
contain a fine male child, apparently about a fortnight
nicely dressed and deposited with every care for its comfort
and convenience. There was also a note written in a good
hand, addressed to the Misses Granville, informing tbem
that the parerts of the child were unable, from the pressure
of the times, to bring him up as respectably as his ancestors,
and therefore hoped that they would take compassion and
adopt him. No clue has yet been obtained to the actors in
this strange and unusual proceeding. It is needless to say
the man did not return, but it has been as that he '
cstne in a gig and passed through the neighbouring toll-bar.
The infant will most likely be placed in the St. Germain's
Union Workhouse.— arnteall Gazette.
FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—A
crowded and most enthusiastic meeting was held in the
theatre, Sheffield, on Monday night, to receive Sir Joshua
Walmsle, M.P., and George Thompson, Esq., M.P., as a
deputation from the National Parliamentary and Financial
Reform Association. The appearance of these gentlemen
upon the stage, accompanied by Wm. Fisher, Esq., Solly,
Esq., and other gentlemen, was received with loud applause.
Several excellent speeches were made, and the meeting
passed off with much cleat.
FOREIGN REFINED SUGAR.--A vessel named the
Zumanshoop, belonging to Holland, which has arrived from
the Dutch capital, has brought the unusually large quantity
of 53S tierces and 1,146 barrels of foreign sugar, and also
4CO cases of sugar candy, forming together an entire cargo,
the produce and manufacture of Holland.