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London, England, 1853-06-27 00:00:00

The following important document has been presented
to the Corporation by the City auditors :
We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, elected by the
Livery of London in Common Hall.aseembled on 24th Juno,
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 B;idgo-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
That the balance of cash upon the preceding £ 4004.,
account was - -
That the receipts of the year 1851 (including s''
the sum of 22,7001. loan raised for complet-
ing the .new House of Correction, 1110110
way) were 219,756 8 91
That the expenditure in the said, year, as
appeared by the several vouchers laid be-
fore us by the Chamberlain (including the
sum of 9,6601. 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 . • 216,144 18 74
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 December, 1851, and that they, were at the
same period answerabfe for debts, claims for interest,
charges in respect of public impr9vemeuts, pensions,
police, he., we have therefore directed ajlalancestatetnent
of stick ads and 'llibilities to be alio Ithnexed hereto
Appendifß)7..by_whig.b.,,it-xillja.seen,oo,t them.
th-ntWiTod;li -Cala iWbafance in fatour of IltWvolporitfon o
50,8871. 9s. 7/d., after providing for all claims and de-
mands, without including the value of the freehold and
leasehold estate of the corporation.
The 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, Knt.,
from the 10th October, 1851, to 10th October, 1852, which
we also examined, and find—
That the balance of cash due by the Cham-
berlain at the commencement of the ac-
count was
That the receipts for the same period (in-
cluding loan of 85,000/. 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
110,3611.55. ld., without tak;.ng 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 Doc., 1851, which we have also carefully ex-
amined, and find—
That the balance of cash in hand en the 31st £ s. 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-
bridgo) were
Leaving a balance in hand on Dec. 31, 1851,
of

£ s. (1.
578 6 11

377 0 11
In addition to the said balance of cash in hand, we found
that there were rents due to the account on the 31st
December, 1851, amounting to 13,1571. lls. Hid. • also
cash, stock, and securities, standing to the credit of the
Bridge-house estates, as undermentioned :-5,2941. 10s. Bd.
Consols, standing in the name of the accountantant-general
of the Court of Chancery • 9001. Exchequer-bills in the
hands of the said accountant-general, upon which he had
received interest ; 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. par annum, in re-
spect of rebuilding London-bridge ; also a debt of 77,4001.
remaining of loan raised for the repairs of Blackfriara-
bridge.
We feel it our duty to state that the geltlemen officially
connected with the various accounts afforded us every
assistance, and furnished us with all the information we
required respecting the same ; they appear to be kept with
great care and perfect accuracy.
(Signed) J. GOULDING DUNN,
WILLIAM CHAPPLE, Auditors.
JAMES JARDINE,
THOMAS WOODZELL BOOTH,
Guildhall, Juno 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 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 at liollybourne,
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 thrut
o'clock afternoon train came down at the usual time,
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when Runt, who was lying on the rails, was caught by, ,
the fire-guard of the locomotive, which cut his head ina
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mer 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 fir3inau saw the men on the
line, and were perfectly unconscious of what had hap-
pened, but Mr. Lillywhite, a miller, in passirg by the
railway, found the deceased acrosv the. metils (lead and
dreadfully mutil tted. Trimmer was lying close by hint
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. Smite time they succeeded in arousing Trimmer
and removing the deceased, when Moore crossed the
line, swearing dreadfully at what he termed the folly o f
his companion in losing his life. Moore and Trimmer •
were sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for being
I found drunk on the line ; but the inquest has not 3'a'
I been held on the deceased,