The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-29 00:00:00

THURSDAY FIVENIN'G, JUNE 00,

___TjjE,GITZ OP LONDON ACCOTINTSo -AL

—The following is an abstract of the accounts of receipt
and expenditure of the Corporation of the City of Lon-
don laid before the auditors.:—

" We find that the balance of cash upon the preceding
account was 25,8941. 4s. 2d.

" That the receipts of the year 1852, including the sum
of 55,0001. raised fur the purchase of the site of the metro-
politan
cattle-market, and 19,625/. the produce of the sale
of stock for providing lodging-houses for the labouring
poor, were 288,1971. u s. 61d.
" That the expenditure in the said year, as appeared by
the several vouchers laid before us by the Chamberlain, in-
cluding the sum of 11,2331. 3s. 4d., applied in the purchase '
of securities, and 5,4001. in discharge of debt, and 20,0001.
advanced to Billingsgate market tolls account, was
281,7301. 18s. Old., leaving a balance of cash upon the ac-
count on the 31st of December, 1852, of 32,3601. 17s. Bd.
" In the further prosecution of the examination refer red
to us we find that certain debts, arrears of rents, dues, and
interest on Government securities were due and belonging
to the mayor and commonalty and citizens on the 31st of
December, 1852, and that they were at the same period an-
swerable for debts, claims for interest, charges in respect
of public improvements, pensions, police, &c. We have
therefore directed a balance statement of such assets and-
liabilities to be prepared, by which it will be seen that there
was at that period a cash balune:e in favour of the corpo-
ration of 14,0721. 4s. 5d., after providing for all.claims and
demands, without including thEi value of the freehold and
leasehold estate of the corporation.
" In the Gresham account laid before us to audit, we
find _ _

" That the balance of cash due by the Chamberlain at
the cominencemeutofthe account was 5291. is. 5(1.

" That the receipts for the same period were 5,6911. ls. ld.
" That the expenditure for the same period was
5,5721 10s. 6d.
" Leaving a balance of cash in tbe,ha.nds of the Chamber-
lain on the account ending the 10th of October, 1853, of
6471. 18s. Bd.

;‘ We further fin-d.that the City's moiety of the Gresham
estate is in debt various sums advanced by the corporation
and others, and that there are owing to the said estate,
besides the balance in the hands of the Chamberlain above-
mentioned, certain arrears of rent, leaving a cash balance
against the estate on the 10th of October, 1853, of
110,4321. Ils. 4d., without taking into account the value of
the Gresham estate and public buildings.
" In the account of the Bridge-house Estates laid before
us to audit, we find—
" That the balance of cash in hand on the 31st of De-
cember, 1851, .was 3771 Os. 11d.
" That the rents of the said estate and other receipts of
the year 1852 were 46,6441. 17s. 6d.
" That the disbursements during the said year were (in-
cluding the sum of 27,3481. 7s. paid under the acts 7th
George IV., c. 40, and 4th William IV., c. 118, in respect
of rebuilding London-bridge, and repairing Blackfriars-
bridge) 46,3051. ss. 7d., leaving a balance in hand on the
31st December, 1852, of 7161. 12s 9d. In addition to the
said balance of cash in hand we found that there were rents
due to the account on the 31st December, 1852, amounting
to 12,8661. ls. 2d., also cash, stock, and securities standing
to the credit of the Bridge-house Estates as undermentioned
—6,1001. 3s. 7d. Consols, and 11,1261. 103. 2d. Reduced
Three per Cent. Annuities, standing in the name of the
Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, 90. Ex-
chequer-bills in the hands of the said Accountant-General,
upon which he had received interest remaining unappro-
priated amounting to 771. is. 10d., also 3101. 9s. 7d. Re-
duced Three per Cents., standing in the names of the
Bridgemasters, and 1,5001. cash in the Bank of England in
the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of
Chancery.
" The charges upon the Bridge-house Estates at the same
period consisted of certain terminable annuities payable to
the Government, amounting to 21,5;0/. per annum, in re-
spect of rebuilding London-bridge; also a debt of 77,400/.
remaining of loan raised for the repairs of Blackfriars-
bridge. .

" \'Ve have great pleasure in stating, in concluding this
our Teport, that the gentlemen officially connected with
the various accounts afforded us -all the information and
assistance we required, and that we consider the accounts
to be kept in a simple form, and in a clear and accurate
manner.

" JAMES JARDINE,
}Auditors.
" T. W. BOOTH,
"Guildhall, June 23, 1854."

POST-OFFICE RETURNS.

The Post-office returns for 1853 have just been issued,
and embrace—let, the number of letters delivered in
the United Kingdom ; 23, the revenue ; 3d, the cost of
management ; 4th, the payments to railways ; and sth,
the number and amount of money-orders. The follow-
ing table of these particulars in a condensed form will
show the annual progress that has been made from 1839
(the last year of the old system) to the present time :

B-A7F-f!--TrA !- INTELEIGEINF-C

LONDON AND BLACKWALL,

A special meeting.of this company was held on Tues-
day at the London Tavern, to consider a bill now be
fore Parliament, in compliance with the standing orders
of the House of Lords ; Mr. J. N. Daniell in the chair.
--The-GHAIRmAN explained that the portion of the bit;
he had to submit was to enable the company to sell and
transfer to the London and North-Western Company a
short branch line to the Haydon-square warehouses,
belonging to the latter company. An agreement was
entered into with the London and North-Western Com-
pany in 1850, by which the Blackwall Company agreed
to construct the branch line, and the London and North-
Western agreed to pay for it, and allow interest at the
rate of 5 per cent, per annum on the cost until paid for.
The object of the bill was to enable them to transfer the
branch line, and to complete the agreement with respect
thereto on payment of the costs of the branch. The
traffic arrangement with the London and North-Western
Company was to the effect that they were to pay a
toll of 6d. per ton for every ton of goods they conveyed
in their goods train over the Rockwall line to the Hay-
don-square warehouses. They expected a considerable
amount from this traffic, which would be conveyed over
the line without any expense to the Blackwall Railway
Company.

The Solicitor read the heads of "a bill for authorising
the transfer to the London and North-Western Railway
Company of the Haydon-square branch of the Loudon
and Blackwall Railway, and for other purposes."
On a formal resolution for the approval of the bill
being put,
Mr. DREWRY, seconded by Mr. GRIFFITHS, moved an
amendment to the .effect that the meeting do not sanc-
tion the bill.

On a show of hands, the amendment was rejected and
the original motion, approving the.bill, was. carried by
a very large majority,.

A vote of thanks to the charinan concluded the pro-
ceedings.

AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON.
A special meeting of this company was held at the
London Tavern on Monday, to consider a bill for autho-
rising the lease or sale of the line to the Great Northern
Railway Company ; but, in consequence of the bill not
having passed the House of Commons, the meeting was
adjourned to Monday next.