The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-26 00:00:00

COMMON HALL.

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.
On Thursday being Midsummer-day, a Common nall
was held for the election of Sheriffs, Chamberlain, and
some officers of inferior note.
Mr. William Cubits, citizen and fishmonger, and Mrci
Charles Hill, citizen and spectacle-maker, were elect
Sheriffs for the ensuing year without opposition;
Anthony Brown was re-elected Chamberlain; and ale'
conners were also elected.
The following is the substance of the auditor's report,
which was handed in by the Chamberlain:— d," We find that— X 5.
" The balance of cash upon the preceding
account was
" That the receipts for the year 1845
(including the sum of 27,7011. 5 s. 4d ,
arising by the sale of stock and other
property) were 200,892 18
" That the expenditure for the said year,
as appears by the several vouchers
laid before us by the Chamberlain,
amounted to 210,3691. 15s. 2-id. (in-
cluding 32,682/. 9s. 10d. applied in
the purchase of stock and other pro- 21
perty, and 10,000/. in discharge of debt, 210,369 15
" Leaving a balance of cash upon the ac- 8
count on the 31st Dec., 1845, of
" In the further prosecution of the examination re;
ferred to we find that certain debts, arrears of rent, d,"
and interest on Government securities, were due arid Dr
longing to the Mayor and commonalty and citizens
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the 31st of December, 1845, and that they were at the
same period answerable for debts, claims for interest,
We have therefore directed a balance statement of au"'
assets and liabilities to be annexed, by which it will t
hb:
seen that there was a cash balance in favour of
Corporation of London of 30,5361. 103 , after providig
for all claims and demand, without including in
amount the value of their extensive freehold and lease-
hold estates.•
" With reference to a large arrear of rent due in ro:
spent of a manor in Bedfordshire, and referred to repeatt..
edly by those who preceded us in office, and more pa
titularly in the reports presented to the Livery in, 110
years 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846, we
in
report, that the amount continues to stand as unpaid 9.,„
have again
the documents laid before us; we were attended, n°,o
ever, by the City Solicitor, who reported to us that
had received instructions from the City Lands Corattl2_l.
tee upon the subject, and that he had every reason to uw..,
lieve that the matter would be brought to a satisfactortYo
conclusion before our successors were called upon
proceed in the execution of their office.
" The Gresham account laid before us for exalninZ
tion was the second account of Mr. Anthony Brown:
Chamberlain, being the produce and expenditure of the
city moiety of the estate, held under the Wilt
fbQri
Thomas Gresham, Ifni ht, from the 10th of Octo
1845, to the 10th of October, 1846, which we
also ex
•
am
find—
,{ and find—

" That the balance of cash in hand at the 7 11
commencement of the account was £2,424
" That the receipts of the said account
from the 10th of October, 1845, to the
4,166 19 0
10th of October, 1846, were
" That the expenditure for the same
J
8,535 ir 7
period was
" Leaving a balance of cash due to the

Chamberlain on the account,ending
10th October 1846, of
" We find that there were arrears of rents due ttll6°,
said estate (City's moiety), at Michaelmas, 184,
amounting to 1,4091. 17s. 6d., and that the said raosielli
of the estate was indebted at the same period in the i,ll
of 85,0001., borrowed towards rebuilding the R03'31 apd
change after its destruction by fire in the year 1838,
re-
that it was also indebted to the Corporation 20,0001. the
maining of the sum advanced towards rebuilding

Exchange atter the fire of 1666. .d before
" The account of the Bridge-house estates lat ,
sold
us to audit was the account of Joseph Watson and f
Gibbs, the bridgemasters or wardens, from the Z.:O
January to the 31st of December, 1845, which We "".
also examined and find—

" That the balance of cash in hand on
£955 2 41
the 31st December, 1844, was
" That the rents of the said estates and
other receipts of the year 1845, in-
cluding 3,2001. 17s. 6d. produced by
the sale of property, were 36,878 19 9
" That the disbursements of the said

year, including the sum of 28,1781. 9s.
6d. paid to the Chamberlain of London
under the Acts of 7th George IV.,
chap. 40, and 4th of William IV.,
chap. 118, in respect of rebuilding
London-bridge and repairing Black.
37,5574 1
friars-bridge, amounted to ... 37,557
" Leaving a balance in hand on the 31st
276 18 11
of December, 1845, of
" In addition to the said balanceof:..cash in hand we
found that there were rents due to the account on the
he
December, 1845, amounting to 12,612/. 4s. °
also
cash, stock, and securities, standing to the credit
ricod,f
the Bridge-house estates' account, as under•menn
viz.:---
" 2,311/. 14s. 3d. Consols, in the name of the Ac-
countant- General of the Court of Chancery.
" 800/. Exchequer-bills in the hands of the said
Accountant-General.
" 3,200/. call in the name of the said Accountant-
General ; and 2311. 17s. sd. Reduced Three per Cent.
Annuities, in the names of the Bridge Masters.
"In concluding this our report, we, the auditors,
desire to express ourselves highly pleased with the
system of accounts adopted by the Corporation, and at
the same time to state our decided approbation of the
accurate and the perspicuous manner in which that
system is carried out in the accounts prepared for our
examination. We desire also to record our satisfaction
at the readiness with which vouchers were produced,
and explanation, information, and assistance afforded US
by the several gentlemen with whom we came in contact
during the progress of
ToHuroamrdAuos AuieduptiEr„es.
LAMBE.
" JAMES JARDINE.
" WILLIAM SHEPHERD."
The Hall was then dissolved.

THE CROPS AT EXETER.—Any decisicn as t°
disease having taken place in the English crop of pota-
toes must be considered at present premature. Ths
Agricultural Society of Ireland have decided against its
existence ; and it has been found in some cases in this
county, that plants partially struck with the disease, and
from which the most disastrous consequences were fore-
boded to the whole crop, have recovered from the stack
This suggests the possibility of the disease being on the
wane. It looks as if the root was recovering strength,
and shaking off its foe. Should the potato crop prcne
a moderately favourable one, it will, co-existent will
the magnificent prospect of a corn harvest here, as we
as throughout the whole continent of Europe and Ame-
rica, cause imports, especially s
in corn, as a natural con-
sequence, to be lessened, and exports to increase ; and
thus there will be a tendency to an influx of the precious
metals into Great Britain for the purchase of her men_n
factures, whilst the speculators in grain having realisedi
large profits by their former conversions of funded and
railway property for the former purpose, arelikseolylot:
re-invest in such securities, now that they are at
a value.—From the circular of Mr. R. TriPl), share-
broker.
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BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOLS. -Thursday the
fortieth annual examination of the boys (600 in number)
educated in the above schools, was held in the School-
house, in the Borough-road, St. George's, Southwark.
the Earl of Chichester in the chair. There was a nume-
rous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen Present'
amongst whom were Lord and Lady Ebrington, S. Gur-
ney, Esq., and many popular friends to the promotion of
education. The Noble Chairman briefly addressed the
meeting, expressive of his continued attachment and
approval of the system of education pursued in the estr
blishment. The examination of the younger classes In
prose and verse, and the higher classes in geography'
map drawing, general history, mental arithmetic, nu.,
their specimens (500 in number) of figure and °al!'
drawings, was of the most satisfactory nature, and en;
cited the warm approbation of the Noble Chairman and
those present. The proceedings closed with einfi.n_g
several pieces of music on Hullah's system, and vil'
were admirably executed.
.s the
PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.—Thursday, -- -
Court of the Sheriff of Middlesex, Hemp, the bailiff,
called upon the following to surrender their persons into
the custody of the Sheriffs of Middlesex, or to gal
severally outlawed :—Andrew Henry Lynch, Esq., !t
the suit of William Witham ; Arthur Hogue, at the sui
•
of Orlando Edmunds, a registered public officer ;
Hunter, at the suit of Charles Lewis ; Samuel George
Beamish, at the suit of William Sylvester
George Fitch, at the suit of Chamberlain Birch ;
Welchman, at the suit of J rhn Cooke Haddan • puiiiiP
Bennet Lucas, at the suit of William Oliver Sacksou ;
Charles A. Grimes, at the suit oif Bernardo Gold.
bede i
James Luff, at the suit of John SewellSewell; Stephen Br' d'
ley, at the suit of Mary Hegarty ; Thomas Piddle'
at at the suit of Henry Adams ; Herbert Corn,wol. Yt
the suit of Jeremiah Robert Ives ; John William Mon"
tague, at the suit of William Thompson ; Henry John
Hunter, sued as Henry J. Hunter, at the suit of Henry.
Braham ; and John Hunter. at the suit of Lewis
Henry Brahace. The next county day will be the 22d-
Of July.