The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-27 00:00:00

THE ROYAL DOCKYARD CORPS.

Lieutenant Constantine Read, of the Royal West
Middlesex Militia (Rifles), son of Lieutenant-Colonel
Read, has been attached to the Royal Dockyard Corps
to this place, to perfect himself in the drill, and is
doing duty with Captain Luson's company of Light
Infantry.

CIVIL SERVICE.
Several shipwrights who have left this yard are now
working at Northfleet, on the river Thames, and arc
receiving Bs. per day, being insured two years' work,
with the offer of their working extra hours during the
summer months, by which they can earn from 28. to
2s. 6d. per day. Several shipwrights are preparing to
leave this yard. ••

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Mr. Robert Laws, storekeeper of this yard, has de-
signed a new sot of money-tables, by which the work-
men are not occupied one-half the time in receiving their
money. Each table contains 100 holes or cups ; the
wages due are deposited in each cup, corresponding
numbers are placed on each, with the workman's ticket;
there are 12 tables, and two clerks ye3terday paid 1,000/.
odd to 1,100 men in the short space of 9 minutes, the
time formerly occupied by the old tables being from 20
to 22 minutes.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 25.
APPOINTMENT.

..,T6tErlr Kennedy (1841), to be First
Lieutitnaut in the London, 90, at Portsmouth, in the
room of Lieutenant Wellesley P. Chapman, -who was
killed on board that vessel when she was being towed by
the Imperieuse screw steam-frigate.
The Cyclops steam-frigate has been taken into the
basin, and is placed under the sheers to receive on board
the four boilers and machinery of 400-horse power, made
by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, for the Princess
Royal, 90, launched at Portsmouth during the present
week. She will convey them round to Portsmouth im-
mediately.
The Simoom steam-frigate, Captain Henry Smith, has
now completed taking on board stores for the Medi-
terranean station, and will leave Greenhithe on an early
day for Malta.

THE CHAMBERLALVSBIP OF TIIE CITY 0

LONDON.

The following itnportant document has bean presented
to the Corporation by the City auditors :
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We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, elected by the
Livery of London in Common Hall assembled on 24th J um,
1851, and 24th June, 1852, auditors of the Chamberlain's
Accounts of the Corporation and Gresham Funds, and of
the Bridge-master's Accounts of the Bridge-house Estates,
do report as follows
That the account of receipt and expenditure of the Cor-
poration of the city of London, laid before us to audit, was
the eighth account of Mr. Anthony Brown, Chamberlain
of the city of London, from the Ist of January to the 31st
of December, 1851, both inclusive, which account we have
carefully and thoroughly examined in detail, and find,
That the balance of cash upon the preceding £ 5. d.
account was 22,282 13 11i
That the receipts of the year 1851 (including
the sum of 22,700/. loan raised for complet-
ing the new House of Correction, Hollo-
way) were
That the expenditure in the said year

year, as
appeared by the several vouchers laid be-
fore us by the Chamberlain (including the
sum of 9,660/. 19s. 2d., applied in the
purchase of securities, and 5,1001. in dis-
charge of debt, and 22,7001. carried to
account of the new prison at Holloway),
amounted to the sum of '716,144 18 7.
Leaving a balance of cash upon the account
on the 31st Dec., 1851, of
A brief statement of the several heads of receipt and ex-
penditure, we hereto append (Appendix A).
In the further prosecution of the examination referred
to us, we find that certain debts, arrears of rents, dues,
and interest on Government securities were due and be-
longing to the mayor and commonalty, and citizens, on
the 31st of D3cember, 1851, and that they were at the
same period answerable for debts, claims for interest,
charges iu respect of public improvements, pensions,
police, &c., we have therefore directed a balance statement
of such assets and liabilities to be also annexed hereto
(Appendix B), by which it will be seen that there was, at
that period, a cash balance in favour of the corporation of
50,8871. 9s. 7id., after providing for all claims and de-
mands, without including the value of the freehold and
leasehold estate of the corporation.
Tim Gresham account laid before us to audit, was the
eighth account of Mr. Anthony Brown, Chamberlain, being
the produce and expenditure of the City's moiety of the
estate held under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, lint.,
from the 10th October, 1851, to 10th October, 1852, which
we also examined, and find—

That the balance of cash duo by the Cham-
berlain at the commencement of the ac-

.kb, s. (1.
578 6 11

count was .

That the receipts for the same period (in-
cluding loan of 85,0001. raised) were 90,128 18 0
That the expenditure for the same period
(including loans for 85,0001. discharged)
was
Leaving a balance of cash in the hands of the

Chamberlain on the account ending Oct
10, 1852, of 529 7 5
A brief statement of the receipt and expenditure of this
estate we have also caused to be appended (Appendix C.)
We further find that the City's moiety of the Gresham
estate is in debt for various sums advanced by the corpora-
tion and others, and that there was owing to the said
estate, besides the balance in the hands of the Chamberlain
above-mentioned, certain arrears of rents, leaving a cash
balance against the estate on the 10th Oct., 1852, of
110,3611. ss. Id. without taking into account the value of
the Gresham estates and public buildings.
The account of the Bridge-house Estates laid before us
to audit was the account of David Gibbs and George
Ledger, the bridgemasters or wardens, from the Ist Jan.
to the 31st Dec., 1851, which we have also carefully ex-
amined, and find—
That the balance of cash is hand ea the 31st £ a. d.
Dec., 1850, was 65 13 0
That the rents of the said estate, and other
receipts of the year 1851, were
That the disbursements during the said year
(including the sum of 25,2371. 7s. 3d., paid
under the acts 7th Geo. IV., c. 40, and 4th
Wm. IV., c. 118, in respect of rebuilding
London-bridge, and repairing Blackfriars-
bridge) wore
Leaving a balance in hand on Dec. 31, 1851,
of 377 011
In addition to the said balance of cash in hand, wo found
that there were rents duo to the account on the 31st
December, 1851, amounting to 13,157/.lls. 110. • also
cash, stock, and securities, standing to the credit of the
' Bridge-house estates, as undermentioned :-5,2911. 10s. Bd.
Consols, standing in the name of the accountantant-general
of the Court of Chancel y ; 9901. Exchequer-bills in the
hands of the said accountant-general, upon which he had
receivedinterest ; remaining unappropriated, amounting
to 571. 4s. 3d. ; also 3101. 9s. 7d. Reduced Three per
Cents., standing in the names of the ratepayers, and
1,5001. in cash in the Bank of England, standing 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 teminable annuities payable to
the Government, amounting to 21,5501. per annum, in re-
spect of rebuilding London-bridge ; also a debt of. 77,4001.
remaining of loan raised for the repairs of Blackfriars-
bridge.
Wo feel it our duty to state that the gentlemen officially
connected with the various accounts afforded us every
assistance, and furnished us with all the information we
I required respecting the same ; they aprear to be kept with
great care and perfect accuracy.

(Signed) J. GOULDING DUNN,
WILLIAM CHAPPLE,
Auditors.
JAMES JARDINE,
THOMAS WOODZELL BOOTH,
Guildhall, June 22, 1853.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An accident of a most
awful character, which was on Saturday the subject of
a magisterial investigation, occurred on the branch line
of the London and South-Western Railway, on Wed-
nesday last, by which one man was cut to p'e'es, and
the lives of two other persons jeopardised. From the
evidence adduced before the bench, it appears that on
the day previously named, three men, named respec-
tively Benjamin Hunt, Win. Trimmer, and Cornelius
Moore, were engaged to keep the lines of metal in good
condition. The first-named (now deceased) was fore-
man, and on Wednesday he and the men under him
had received their week's wages, and had afterwards
gone to a newly-opened beershop a,t Hollybourne,
where they all got intoxicated. They left the beer-shop
together, and having gained the railway they laid them-
selves down on the line and went to sleep. The thr(s
o'clock afternoon train came down at the usual time,
when Hunt, who was lying on the rails, was caught by
the fire-guard of the locomotive, which cut his head in
twain, and then hurled his body off the permanent way,
killing him, as may be supposed, instantaneously. Tr:m •
flier was lying close to the rails and dead drunk, but,
being rolled a little on one side as the train came up,
fortunately escaped ; and the other man was making
his way across a meadow as the train was coming in,
for the purpose of procuring more drink, when he like-
wise fell down insensible and also escaped. Neither
the guard, engineer, nor ffrAnan saw the men on the
line, and were perfectly unconscious of what had hap-
pened, but Mr. Lillywhite, a miller, iu .passirg by the
railway, found the deceased across the mads oead and
dreadfully mutilated. Trimmer was lying close by him
fast asleep, with a piece of bread in his mouth and a
knife in his hand. Mr. Lillywhite at once proceeded to
the station and gave an alarm, when two porters came
to the spot just before the luggage train came in sight.
After some time they succeeded in arousing Trimmer
and removing the deceased, when Moore crossed the
line, swearing dreadfully at what he termed The folly of
his companion in losing his life. Moore and Trimmer
were sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for being
found drunk on the line ; but the inquest has not y•
been held on the deceased.