The Press. — London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

JANUARY 6, 1855. THE PRESS. • .... THE REVENUE. 1.-THE NET REVENUE. Quarter ended " Year ended „..---4.._.-.....„ I , i Jan. 5, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, I Jan. 5, ' • 1854. 1655. 1854. 1855. • .. . 621 6 I 2 CUSTOMS EXCISE . ' 71924,688 4,557,640 15,337,724 16,129,844 S'l AMPS 1,639,578 1,719,017 6,975,416 , 7,078,006 TAXES PROPERTY TAX POST OFFICE 533,000 283,234 1,104,000 1 1,288,234 CROWN LANDS BO,OOO 10,000 402,888 271,572 MISCELLANEOUS • 307,804 163,800 1,066,352 ! 780,666 TOTALS 13,017,610 14,458,177 51,531,1 5 4 '5 8 , 822 , 510 • • IL-COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Niue Mouths of the Quarter ended Financial Year, from Year ended • Jan. 6, 1855. April 5, 1854, toJau. Jan. 5, 1854. 5, 1855. i 1_ ,- „--.-1-..-.....„ .••••• •••••, Increase.' Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. --- 2 2 A 2 2 I CUSTOMS EXCISE STAMPS 79,489 121,187 102,690 TAXES PROPERTY TAX POST OFFICE 51,766 184,234 CROWN LANDS 124,316 131,316 MISCELLANEOUS 144,004 331,317 285,784 TOTAL 1,750,395 309,828 2,686,102 658,786 4,946,797 I 656, 4 41 k.„.--..-1 k I % ......) 11,440,567 11,928,316 22,291,356 Nat Increase. r Net increase. Net Increase. Quarter ended :" Year ended ~..--....._—....., ! , i . Jan. 5, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, I Jan. 5, 1854. 1655. 1854. 1855. . ... . .6 S I 6 I X . . CUSTOMS 4 Ale 3,29 2 5,466,864 20,902,734 20,777,713 EXCISE . ' 8184,688 4,557,640 15,337,724 !16,129,844 STAMPS 1,639,578 1,719,017 6,975,416 ! 7,078,006 TAXES PROPERTY TAX • 485,558 919,490 5,588,179 7,456,025 POST OFFICE 885,000 283,234 1,104,000 1 1,288,234 CROWN LANDS BO,OOO EO,OOO 402,886 271,572 MISCELLANEOUS 0 - 307,804 163,800 1,066,352 ! 780,568 TOTALS 13,017,610 14,458,177 51,531,1 5 4 '5 8 , 822 , 510 . ;CEIPTS. (From all Sources.) Amount applied out of the net income for the quarter ended Jan. 5, 1855, to Redemption of Exchequer Bills (deficiency) for the quarter ended Oct. 10, 1854, exclusive of 254,67(4., the surplus charged to the sinking fund for the said quarter, similarly ap /2,195,912 plied Net amount applied to supply services in the quarter faded Jan. 5,1855 Out of the Consolidated Fund.... £6,732,748 Out of Exchequer Bonds Out of Exchequer Bills 1355,500 8,598,228 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended January 5, 1654. viz.:— laterals of the Permanent Debt .. £5,807,995 Terminable Debt Interest on Deficiency le 5O The Civil List Other Charges on Consolid. Fund 367,750 Advances for Public Works, bc 190,047 7,145,260 Balance of amount received for Exchequer Bonds ap propriated by Parliament to supply services re maining in the Exchequer on Jan. 5, 1b55 Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of dad Fund for the quarter ended Jan. 5, 855, 250,4C6 viz.:— Great Britain .C 464,068 Ireland 464,068 518,G53,940 THE MORTALITY OF LONDON. The Registrar-General's returns state that in the week ending Saturday hot the deaths reported in London numbered 1,508, namely, 789 male, and 719 female. This presents an apparent excess over the corrected decennial average of 228 ; but is due in reality chiefly to the circumstance that a large num ber of deaths which formed the subject for coroners' inquests are only returned at the end of the quarter, although occurring in various weeks during the three months just expired. For the year now ended the official paper presents its usual summary :—During the fifty.two weeks of 1851 thetotal deaths in London amounted to 73,897, so that the general mortality of the year, which in this vast city is ordinarily at the rate of 25 in 1,000, rose to the high rate of 29 in 1,000. The deaths in 1849 were 68,432; yet, upon taking the increase of population into account, the rate of mortality was rather lower in 1851, notwithstanding the increase of deaths, than it was in 1840. The exact rate of mortality was 3.008 per cent. on the population in 1849, and 2.938 per cent. in 1854. The epidemic of cholera in the two years separated by an interval of five years thus raised the mortality one- 15 districts having less than 100 persons to an acre than it was in the dense districts having 200 persons and upwards to an acre. CLERGY OF THE CITY OF LONDON. A RETURN of the sums raised and paid by different London parishes under the act of George 111., " for the relief of certain incumbents of livings iu the City of London," has just been printed at the instance of Mr. Moffat. The return comprises the total amounts so paid since the first passing of the act, a period of exactly fifty years. It shows that there has been paid annually during that interval, to the incumbent of the united parishes of Allhallows, Bread street, and St. John-the-Evangelist, 2331. Os. sd. ; to the incumbent of the united parishes of St. Augustine and St. Faith, 2881. 13s. 4d.; to the incumbent of Allhallows-the- Great, 2211. 4a. ed. ; of Allhallows-the-Less, 1111. 2s. 2d. ; of Allhallows, Lombard-street, 2001; of the united parishes of St. Anthulin and St. John - the - Bapti st, upon Walbrook, 2001.; of St. Bartholemew, by the Exchange, 2001. ; of St. Benet Fink, 2001.; of the united parishes of St. Benet and St. Peter, Paul's-wharf, 2001. ; of the united parishes of St. Bennet Sherehog and St. Stephen's, Walbrook, 2001 ; of St. Christopher le-Stock, 2001.; of St. Clement, near East cheap, and St. Martin, Orgar, 2331. Os. 841. ; of St. Dionis, Back-church, 2001. ; of St. Margaret Fattens and St. Gabriel, Fenchureh-street, 2001.; of St. Gregory, by St. Paul, 1501. ; of St. George, Butulph-lane, 3001.; of 'Holy Trinity-the-Less and St. Michael, Queenhithe, 2601. 13s. 4d.; of St. James, Garlick Hythe, 2001. ; of St. Julia Zachary, 105/. 17s. 11d.; of St. Lawrence Je wry , and St. Mary Magdalen, Milk-street, 2001. ; St. Margaret, Lothbury, 1681. 139.4 d. ; of St. Martin, Ludgate, 2661. 13s. 4d. ; of St. Mary-le-bow, St. Pancras, Soper-lane, and Allhallows, Honey-lane, 3331. 6s. Bd. •of St. Mary Aldermary, and St. Thomas-the-Apostle, 25 0 /. ; of St. Matthew, Friday-street, and St. Peter,Westcheap,2s ol . • of St. Michael Paternoster Royal, and St. Martin Vintry, 238 i. 83. Bd. ; of St. Michael, Wood-street, 1431. 158.; of St. Mildred, Bread-street, 1091. 15s. ; of St. Stephen, Coleman-street, 3001..; and of St. Swithin and St. Mary Bothaw, 2331. Bd. Bd. The churchwardens of St. Magnus-the-Martyr, and of St. Mary at•hill, state that they believe the sums required to be raised have been annually collected and paid, but the amounts are not specified. All parishes the churches of which were not burnt down in the Great Fire of London are exempted from the operations of the act ; and from that or other special circumstances, it would appear no money is raised under it in the parishes of All Barking ; Allhallows, Staining, Mark-lane ; St. Al Si. Andrew Undershaft ;St Anne and Agnes ; St. Bart , lomew-the-Great ; St. Bartholomew-the Less; St. liotolplO Without, Aldersgate ; St. Botolph, lliehopsgax ; Bridewea Precinct ; St. Dunstan's - in - the - West; St. Giles 'Maw ' 1 Cripplegate; St. Helen's, Bishopsgate ; St. Katinui Coleman ; St. Katharine Cree Church; St.. Martin Out with ; and St. Nicholas Cole Abbey. From the figures supplied in the return, it appears that about 8,4001. have been paid annually under the act; and there has been raised under it, up to this time, a gross amount of some thing like 390,000/. ; or, adding about the average for the two parishes in which the amount is not named, probably not far short of 3600101. THE commissioners appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to inquire into the allegations made against Archdeacon Denison, with a view to depriving him of his preferments in the Church, commenced their sittings on Thursday last, at Clevedon, near Bristol. The commissioners are the Right Rev. Bishop Carr, D.D., Rector of Bath ; the Rev. Charles Langdon, M.A., Vicar of Queen Camel, near Lang port; the Rev. Reginald Pole, M.A., Rector of Yeo vilton, near Ilchester ; the Rev. R. C. Philips, M.A., Rector of Cuclaington, near Wincanton; and the Rev. Henry Parr, M.A. of Shipston•on-Stour. Dr. Bayford appeared on behalf of the promoters of the suit, and Dr.' Robert Phillimore, M.P., on the part of the archdeacon. It will be the duty of the com missioners to report to the archbishop, after due in quiry, whether there is any ground for proceeding further against the archdeacon, on the ground of the unsoundness of his teaching. If their report be in the affirmative the case will be formally brought before the Arches Court; but if in the negative the whole proceedings must drop. From the constitution of the committee there is every reason to believe that the case presented to their notice will be fairly and impartially tried. A DIVIDEND of 11 per cent. was declared at 11l Court of the South Sea Company, held on Th ,The assets of the company, it is estimated, will pro duce 1191. 3s. per 1001. South Sea Stock, when they shall ultimately be divided, and in the mean a • the board are prepared to relieve those who ma y at once to retire, by purchasing the i r interest atl . In this estimate the building is }till valued atl 25,0001., but it is expected to reslise a much larger sum. The sale of the building is fixed for February; and, if that shall be completed without any impedi . - ' meat, then the entire assets can be appropriated. It ' is stated to be the unnanimous desire of the direo. tors to have the affairs of the corporation liquidated with all possible despatch. TUESDAYS Gazette notifies that writs beating testa 2nd January, have is sued for electing a repre sentative peer of Ireland, to succeed to the vacancy made by the demisei of Robert Edward Viscount Lorton. fifth part above the average. A table is published with the new return on the influence of density of population. The population of London is very unequally distributed over 78,029 acres of ground; in several of the outlying sub-dis tricta the inhabitants are in the proportion of 1,2, 3, 4,5, 6, 10 on an acre ; in other sub-districts the popu lation becomes so crowded that there are 200, 253, 300, 400 ; and in one sub-district 432 persons lodged on every acre of ground. This table shows that there is no direct connection between these different degrees of density and the fatality of cholera. The epidemic was not generally more fatal in the sub. 111.-EXPENDITURE AND Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli dated Fund for the Quarter ended Oct. 10 , 1834, viz., Great Britain Ireland £134,363 Balance of amount received for Exchequer Bonds ap• primed by Parliament to supply services remaining in the Exchequer on Oct. 10, 1864 Net blooms received in the Quarter ended January 6, 1855, as shown in Account f. Amount received in the Quarter ending Jan. 6, 1855, for Exchequer Bonds issue d Amount of Exchequer Bills (Supply) issued in the q uarter ending Jan. 5, 1 855 Amount received iu i'••• quarter ending Jan. 5, 1855, in repayment et advances for public works, Arc 425.920 £l7 134,106 Bian(o, being the deficiency upon the charge of the Contolilated Fuati in Oreat britain, end fur which Exchequer Villa (deficiency) *ill be issued ...... 1,519,534 A 1803,9 40 THE BISHOP OF ST. DAVID. SOME time since the Bishop of St. David announced to his clergy an intention to appropriate 3/. of his surplus income to the improvement of the poorer benefices in his diocese. This purpose his lordship has carried out during the last three years ; but his benevolent anxiety to elevate the condition of his diocese is not to stop there. At a recent meeting of the clergy of the see, the bishop stated as follows : When you did me the honour of presenting me with my portrait. the Yen. Archdeacon Venables observed to you, in his flattering speech on that occasion , that I had " appropriated slimy suplus revenue to the improvement of my diooese. This, however, I sin bound to confess, is not quite c orrect, for my surplus revenue now amounts to I COWL, my fixed stipend on my appointment to the see, fourteen years ago, being 4,500 L, and I have annually been in the receipt of 8,6001., I,OOOL a year above the stipulated sum. I now propose to give the whole 14p001. to build parson age-houses, and augment the poorer livings. It was stated in the newspapers, ten years ago, that the rich Church in England derived annually between 14,0001. and 16,0001. from the poor Church in Wales (and this pariah , Absrgwilly, does actually pay 0001. a year to the Chapter of Windsor), whereas the poor Welsh Church did not derive one shilling in return from the rich Eng lish Church. Now, as I am bound in honour and honesty, either to transmit this 14,0001., the surplus smouot of my revenue, im- to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, or appropriate it to the provement of my diocese, I think I am doing but an act of jus tice in devoting it to the above purposes, and withhold it from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; f or, if it is once placed in their hands, the poor Church in this diocese, and the poorest in this kingdom, will probably derive little or no benefit from it.. I propose, first, to build parsonage-houses where they are t warted, and to augment the poorer b enefices under 100 i. a yew, waited` and a least, if the funds will admit , tha t amount and upwanie; and invite my clergy to transmit to me a written statement of the net sad gross value of their respective livings under 1501., and to ablleaa vlth their counsel and co.operation with that view. You are aware, likewise, that I um treasurer of Brecon College ; I hope to have it in my power, at a future day, to add something very considerable to the above amount for the same pious pur poses. The above announcement was received by all present with the warmest feeling of gratitude, all with one voice pronouncing his lordship a benefactor to their diocese. hassilehmanm --`t ~L: