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. 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 10th day of October 1850, amounted to the sum of three million four hundred and sixtythree thousand one hundred and fifty-four pounds thirteen shillings and one penny; The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of eight hundred and sixty-five thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight pounds thirteen shillings and three pence, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of three million four hundred and sixtythree thousand one hundred and fifty-four pounds thirteen shillings and one penny, will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 7th day of January 1851 and the 5th day of April 1851, to the following purposes; viz.: To be applied to the purchase of Stock.............. Add Interest receivable on account of Donations and Bequests to be applied to the purchase of Stock 865,788 13 3 3,818 10 11 £869,607 4 2 4 National Debt Office, January 4, 1851. A. G. Spearman, Comptroller-General. 1 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 10, 1851. Foreign-Office, January 2, 1851. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Henry Rose, C.B. now Her Majesty's Consul-General in Syria, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople. War-Office, 10th January 1851. 3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons, Captain James Grant (2nd), from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain (re-paying the difference), vice Brevet Major John Richard Blagden Hale, who exchanges. Dated 10th January 1851. Lieutenant Henry Wood to be Captain, by purchase, vice Grant, who retires. Dated 10th January 1851. Cornet Augustus Barton White to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wood. Dated 10th January 1851. 3rd Regiment of Foot, Ensign James Pope to be Adjutant, vice Mackenzie, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Dated 10th January 1851. 18th Foot, Captain John Borrow, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice Kenyon, who exchanges. Dated 10th January 1851. Captain John Cormick, from the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice Graves, who exchanges. Dated 10th January 1851. 22nd Foot, Lieutenant John Charles Hamilton Parks, from the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Butt, who exchanges. Dated 8th Novem ber 1850. 30th Foot, William Percy Pickard Mackesey, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon. Dated 10th January 1851. 40th Foot, Captain James William Graves, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cormick, who exchanges. Dated 10th January 1851. 41st Foot, Assistant-Surgeon William Kilner Swettenham, M.D. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Dated 10th January 1851. 47th Foot, Assistant-Surgeon Edmonds Robert Richardson, from the Staff, to be AssistantSurgeon. Dated 10th January 1851. 49th Foot, Assistant-Surgeon William Walter Weld, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Dated 10th January 1851. 50th Foot, Lieutenant Richard Townsend Gray, from the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bellers, who exchanges. Dated 10th January 1851. 54th Foot, Lieutenant Francis Fane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Neville, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards. Dated 10th January 1851. 61st Foot, Assistant-Surgeon William Briscoe, M.D. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lucas, deceased. Dated 10th January 1851. 70th Foot, Lieutenant William Bellers, from the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, who exchanges. Dated 10th January 1851. 75th Foot, Lieutenant Augustus James Beaufort Lochlan Butt, from the 22nd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Parks, who exchanges. Dated 8th November 1850. 89th Foot, Brevet Major James Graham to be Major, without purchase, vice Edward Kenny, who retires upon full pay. Dated 10th January 1851. Lieutenant Robert B. Hawley to be Captain, vice Graham. Dated 10th January 1851. 93rd Foot, Ensign John Millar Bannatyne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Macdonald, appointed Adjutant. Dated 10th January 1851. Lieutenant William Donald Macdonald to be Adjutant, vice Hartle, promoted in the 2nd West India Regiment. Dated 10th January 1851. 1st West India Regiment, George Peacocke, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wall, appointed to the Staff. Dated 10th January 1851. 2nd West India Regiment, Lieutenant John F. A. Hartle, from the 93rd Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Glubb, appointed to the 44th Foot. Dated 10th January 1851. Cape Mounted Riflemen, Captain Abraham Parkinson Kenyon, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Borrow, who exchanges. Dated 10th January 1851. HOSPITAL STAFF. Richard Edward Fitz Gibbon, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces. Dated 10th January 1851. Dudley Clifton Wodsworth, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Briscoe, ap pointed to the 61st Foot. Dated 10th January 1851. William Sim Murray, M.D. to be Assistant- BREVET. Captain James Grant, of the 3rd Light Dragoons, to be Major in the Army. Dated 9th November 1846. MEMORANDA. The date of the Commission of Ensign Rowland Hill Gordon, in the 38th Foot, has been altered to 12th December 1850, but not to be allowed to receive any back pay. The names of the Cadet appointed to the local and temporary rank of Ensign at Chatham, are "William Hichens," not "William Hickens," as erroneously stated in the Gazette of the 27th ultimo. The Christian name of Assistant-Surgeon Carroll, of the 99th Foot, is "James," and not "Patrick," as previously stated in the Gazette of 3rd instant. The promotion of Ensign E. D'Heillimer Fairtlough to a Lieutenantcy, by purchase, in 70th Foot, vice Ryan, promoted, 15th November 1850, and the promotion of Ensign Arthur Saltmarshe to a Lieutenantcy, without purchase, vice 1 |