The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-12 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 9, 1850.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Deas,
Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shires or sheriffdom
of Ross and Cromarty, in the room of John Jardine,
Esq., deceased.
WHITEHALL, OcT. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Right
Hon. James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Alexander
Crawford Lindsay, commonly called Lord Lindsay, and
to James Lindsay, of Berkeley-square, in the county of
Middlesex, commonly called the Hon. James Lindsay,
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Representative in
Parliament fur the borough of Wigan (who act in the
nature of Guardians of Roger Yates, a minor, of the age
of tan years and upwards), on behalf of the said Roger
Yates, her Royal licence and authority that he, the said
Roger Yates may henceforth take and use the surname
of Leigh only, instead of that of Yates, and also bear the
arms of Leigh only; such arms being first duly exem-
plified according to the laws of arms and recorded in the
Herald's-office, otherwise the said royal licence and per-
mission to be void and of none effect : and also to com-
mand that the said royal concession and declaration be
registered in her Majesty's College of Arms.
EXHIBITION OF 1851.
Anausr 15, 1850.
Her Majesty's Commissioners for promoting the Ex-
hibition of 1851 hereby give notice, that the 31st day of
October is the last day on which returns for space will
be received from Local Committees in the United King-
dom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands; and that
the allotments for space will be made on the returns re-
ceived up to that time.
(Signed) M. D. WYATT,
Secretary to the Executive Committee.
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 10th Geo.
4th, c. 27. see. 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 sth day of July 1850, amounted to the sum of three
million four hundred and thirty-eight thousand three
hundred and fifty-eight pounds seventeen shillings
and fourpence ; the Commissioners for the Reduc-
tion of the National Debt hereby give notice that
the sum of eight hundred and fifty-nine thousand five
hundred and eighty-nine pounds fourteen shillings and
four ponce (being one-fourth part of the said surplus of
three million four hundred and thirty-eight thousand
three hundred and fifty-eight pounds seventeen shillings
and four pence) will be applied under the provisions of
the said Act, bet een the 12th day of October, 1850,
and the sth day of Jenuary, 1851, to the f illowing pur-
poses, viz.:—
To he applied to the purchase of stock £359,589 14 4
Add interest receivable on account of
donations and bequests, to be applied
to the purchase of stock

2,038 14 2

.6861,628 8 6

National Debt-office, Oct. 10, 1850.
A. G. SPEAII3IA.N, Comptroller-General.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 1.

The Right 1.1,,n. Sir John Jervis, lint., Lord Chic!
Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at
Westminster, has appointed Richard Baynes Armstrong,
of Staple-inn, Holborn, in the county of Middlesex,
Gent.,to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking
the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married
women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines
and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple
modes of assurance, in and for the city of London, also
in and for the city and liberties of Westminster, and
also in and for the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent,
and Surrey.