The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-12 00:00:00

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Ocr. 9, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Jacques
Just Barbet, as Consul at Port Louis, in the Mauritius
for his Majesty the King of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Louis Arnold Van den Berg, as Consul for Portsmouth
and Southampton, for his Majesty the King of the Ne-
therlands.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Thomas Snowe, as Consul at Dublin, and of Mr. William
Henry Brockett,as Vice-Consul at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
for the Republic of Texas.
HORSE GUARDS, OCT. 2.
The Queen has been pleased, on the recommendation
of Field Marshal the Commander-in. Chief, to appoint
Brevet Major John Henry Cooke, half pay Unattached,
to be ono of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentle-
man at Arms, vice Kincaid, retired.
WAR-OFFICE, OCTOBER 11.
4th Regiment of Foot—Captain G. T. Hume, from
half•pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice C. S. Teale, who
exchanges, receiving the difference ; Lieutenant R.
Hawkes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hume, who
retires ; Ensign J. Hallowes to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hawkes ; G. H. Twemlow, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Hallowes, Oct. 11.
22d Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. R. Croker, from half-
pay Portuguese Service, to be Captain, vice W. B.
Kelly, who exchanges ; Lieut. E. Dunbar to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Croker, who retires ; Ensign W. H.
Budd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dunbar ; W.
T. De Wilton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Budd, October 11.

63d Foot—Lieut. W. Howard, from 3d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Thorp, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 11.
89th Foot—Ensign W. Duff to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Romer, deceased, Sept. 11 ; C. 11. E. Hol-
loway, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Duff,
Oct. 11.

BREVET.—Capt. G. T, Hume, of the 4th Foot, to be
Major in the Army, June 28th, 1838.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland.
Royal Westmorland Militia—G. A. F. Bentinck, Esq.,
to be Captain, vice Yeats, deceased.

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. 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 the sth day ofJuly, 1844, amounted to the sum
of one million seven hundred and seventy thousand and
eighty pounds, nine shillings, and eightpenco ; the
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of four hundred
and forty-two thousand five hundred and twenty pounds,
two shillings, and fivepence (being one-fourth part of
the said surplus of one million seven hundred and seventy
thousand and eighty pounds, nine shillings, and eight-
pence) will be applied, under the provisions of the said
Act, between the 12th day of October, 1844, and the sth
day of January, 1845, to the following purposes, viz.:—

£ s. d.
To be applied to the purchase of Stock 42,520 2 5
To be applied to the purchase of Exche-
quer-Bills, made out in pursuance of
the Act of 57th Geo. 111., cap. 48 400,000 0 0

£442,520 2 5
Add Interest receivable on account of
Donations and Bequests, to be applied
to the purchase of Stock..