The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

I v.., Under.e 37t, h
ae
securities.
tpldro6vtihsicannsd
7otfhthveicAtocrtisa,3dc.a9n9d, h4tthe
2,338/. Os. I Id. has been paid to the Bishops of Co ,
and Kilmore ; 6,362/. 15s. 4d. has been paid to carat"!vicars-choral,
vicars-choral, and diocesan schoolmasters. And under
the provisions of the
3d and 4th Victoria, c, 101,
9301. 7s. 10. has been paid in augmentation of WObenefices,
benefices, exclusive of the sum of 4,451/. 2s. 10d, applied
under Primate Boulter's Bequest to augmentation purer
su Williamm
rull
poses, thereby making the total payments made within
the year ow these several accounts amount to the sum of
14,082/. 6s. lid.

An account of the receipts and disbursements of the
Commissioners to the Ist instant is annexed to this re.
port, showing the sources from whence the receipts have
arisen and the specific purposes to which they hare been
applied.

(Signed) JOHN G. ARMAGH•
RICHARD DUBLIN.
EDWADD MEATH.
R. DERRY, &c.
HENRY MEREDYTH•
JOHN C. ERCK.
WM. C. QUIN.

A SPARE DIET. —A LITTLE FABLE.—(F°'• tb 6
•
King of Prussia.)—A good father had long prom°ed Ana
children a treat, so one day he called them together,.
_.„
said, " You have been very good children, and 1 think
trust you now; for the future you may dine with rag .1;73d
The
we will talk at dinner over your future prospects•
dinner at last took place, and the good father rose and in or
" My dear boys, there is a lot of dry bread, which
de You,_ol
;
divide amongst you you will also find on the slde
come pump-water. I know it will do you good, for a ...76
diet is the best for a strong constitution. I have par:l3o'od
sugar on your bread, because, on the whole, you 0
children, and I don't mind giving you plenty of bul.7l;ioB
long as you behave yourselves; but if you ask for an).4,, if
03t
nnb.roeoettut
Igrerae-
inninof.
gf,
again."
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‘ib.sparo
suosuvadtrhsde
tonci
plum-pudding,
uteees:;de
no,
uoebinrl ts'echd:da,, dare
were
ethint
engevrUjecicedbkaildnede6ddalffitpcll6o;
e
th
and one strong, rebellious fellow, who had the iltisif;till
to ask for a drop of beer, was whipped and sent to vedionere
at last all the children rose and said, " Father your ive uu
don't suit us ; you talk very beautifully, but you flinger.
nothing to eat. Flesh and blood cannot stand it amt but we
We are sorry to interfere with your arrangements': The
are determined for the future to
choose our own die' that
good father got into a tremendous passion, but for all
the children set to work and prepared a diet for tbetm-b. and
and you may be sure that they made it strong enoug• '
that, in time, they got quite a vigorous con
Punch.
wi n
The Right Hon. Joseph Planta made his
December last, leaving his entire property to his d but
hasfi;A ft
1 :in:. d:
bas recommended that his papers should be destroyeo
that his wife should first consult with her see, friend
Own, and further obtain the opinion of his esteem
eu
necessary t°
Sir Woodbine Parish, as to what it might be spl
preserve; but where positive directions are left on thep_,u.
themselves he has requested that they may be most pun
"
ally executed.
•
SOUTUWARK COUNTY COURT.—This morning the
clerks of the above Court issued notice to
fenclants in the late Court of Requests, that all alone) pa
'd
o
by the latter can now be received by the former on sop
ey
tion to the clerks, the judges having ordered t
who fer
since the closing of the old Court. All defendants
_d b the late
be paid over by the high bailiff; in whose handhseit has been
the future neglect to pay the instalments orderethZ
new Act'
Commissioners will be liable to judgment under
plaintiffs a,sdp%
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DnoebmtsonAeycthas camebee
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commanded CHINESE JUNK "KEYING. ---
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Kong to this country, is daily expecte
of most
bearer
commanded by Shing-Shing, now on her passaged to amf r.ovnez
Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich. She is the bearer
Majesty sl3d
valuable presents from the Emperor to her.
,e_isoyer
sailors.
Altlbeisrt.
brought to England. She is solely manned by
understoodan(This
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are on board,
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ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONS

of
Thefleolsist
loawn is an abstract i(IRELAND).
icgal
Lieutenant, for the year ending August 1, 1846. Ott'
a Commissionersst ract o f
r the
Ireland annual t
0
issued by order of Parliament) --
whose hands and corporate seal are hereunto af nese),
We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. for Ireland,
beg leave to report to your Excellency, pur.uant to 2:
provisions of the Act 3d and 4th William IV., e• 37'
proceedings of the Commissioners for the year ending
or
the Ist of August, IM6. ther e p
the Ecct
The repairs of the
number of which are old and dilapidated buildi
necessarialy absorb in each year a large portion of what.
_A
parochial churches,
ever moneys may be available for Church works ;
although many churches require rebuilding, did .t
funds admit of it, the Commissioners are able, from to
to time, to self ct such only as are most presiing, 2 id.
defer the others as long as the buildings can be uplle",
Out of the sum of 23,6871 18s. appropriated for Cilece
works within the year, 1751. only has been allocaleu,i,
the purposes of enlargements. By this :mall expel;
tare, aided by private subscriptions, increased llec°,.o,
modation will be afforded for 335 persons, in the chure'-'„
of Desertserges in the diocese of Cork. lidtitbolore..L:
the greate:
the diocese of Cashel, and of Drumgooland in the
cese of Dromore. 2,736/. ls. 7d. has boen allocated I_ol
completing the rebuilding of five of the churches men-
tioned tioned in the last report ; 4,000/. to commence th;:j;
building of eleven churches which were urgently ded
and 12,771/. 9s. 911. is in the course of being expen
in the repair of 888 churches. h ch
en
-
works, the residue of the sum appropriated to church
works, 1,000/. has been expended in repairing the eh;
closing fences of 131 churches; 3051. 63. Bd., in t
erection of stoves and bells; 200/. in the internal clean-
ing of churches; and 2,500/. in external painting' this
An advantage resulting from a distribution of
of.d
kind is, that the Commissioners have obtained, in at to
these several objects, contributions amounting ts,
8,465175. 10d., viz., for the purpose of enlargenle ic
ri
4451; of rebuildings, 7,1441, 6s. 3d., of whsor
2,841/. 13s. Bd. has been received within the year; del
external painting and cleaning, 324/. Bs. 6d•; "Pense.,
by the parishioners, and for theproviding of stoves, it
5511. 13s. Id.; the subscribers thnereb • manifesting the
desire to co-operate with the Commissioners in the Ow
undertaken by them. •
Connected with the preservation of the churches,tiset;
,
veral matters continue to engage the particular altenhoos
of the Commissioners, which are more importantt this
may at first appear. A system has prevailed I°, the
country of interring bodies close to the fabrics, true g'
effect has been to engender damp, and rot the °l,,,ogist
and adjoining woodwork; this, together with the 15 —off'
general want of gutters, pipes, and sewers to carry the
the water, has caused considerable injury to+j'be
churches and expense to the funds of the board •.n in
enclosing of churches by suitable fences has bee
en.
some cases wholly neglected, and in others the, 00
closures have been so insufficient, that the iiernou'orf
the Commissioners under this head are increasing
10' he
considerably. It is only by degrees that these 10' the
can be attended to ; but the Commissioners basitiog
satisfaction to state that they are in the course of Their
remedied as opportunities present themselves and
funds will admit.
min
The following churches, rebuilt by the *-V-t° et'
sioners, have been opened for celebration of Die'rie
esee
capable of accommodating 320 persons •
vice within the year :—Loughguile, in Connor dioe.,,„.
Ennissorwsse;
in Ferns diocese, for 880 ; Gallen in ideath ll„i°,ncens
for 220 ; Charleville and Cloynepriest, both in t 1! °land
diocese, the former capable of accommodating 2°''' die-
the latter 90 persons ; and Dysertenos, in Leigblill
cese, for 120 persons. or
And the churches now in progress of rebuilding+ d,
for the rebuilding of which, although not yet oomtuenneby
funds have been provided, either wholly or in Pail'
the Commissioners, are 23 in number.
In some of these cases, as in those of Ballyhalbert
Whitchurch, the Commissioners have only contribvuitne:
about one-fourth of the expense, the parishioners ha
sr:
undertaken to provide the remainder; but the lel:irk:op
carried on under the superintendence and direction
here
architect and directors of the board. In other cases9f&or
funds have been provided for one or two years, th digs
misioners have not been able to commence the bud
and
from the difficulty experienced in procuring new site not
obtaining the necessary cqnsents. These delaysd by
attributable to the Commissioners, and are occastone
circumstances over which they have no contreul• Gore's
In relation to the moneys arising under Bhbor, in the
will, from the inappropriate title of Cahir pari"l,',7 order
diocese of Lismore, of which the Commissioners, ""„e5,
of the Court of Chancery, have been made Ells— ears
separate account has been opened, by which it app the
that a sum of 2,446/. lls. 4d. stood to the credit of
trust on the Ist inst.; as the testator's will limited the. d
bequest to the rebuilding and repairs of old rulll
churches in the dioceses of Waterford and Lismore, t,
e 0
Commissioners have, with the approbation, and under
shfd
the direction of the Bishop. appropriated thereout the
sum of 2,000/. for the rebuilding the parish church 0f
Da
afford
accommodatione:,
in the diocese
0n pf e IrSrs onnteroarsd,been and a
prepare plan to
and submitted to the Bishop for his approval.
It appears by the returns of promotions and otherwise,
that five dignities, five prebends, and fifty parochial
benefices, have became vacant within the year, of whirenk
nine are liable to tax, and the rest are not /liable'
respect to the dignities and prebends, the Lerd-Lieu"
tenant and Privy Council have, on the recomtnendati°n
of the Commissioners, been leased to suspend the 81)1
pointments of clerks to the treasurers'.ie of the cathedr:
church of Ardfert, of the annual vain of 48/. 19s. 9d. ;
to the, to Ta.ghstixon and Kilmeen, prebends belonging
e.thedral church of Tuam, the former of the annual
value of 5/. 12a. 6d.,and of 161 8 • ltd. • and
the latter 1 • -• '
ro
Looley prebend, belonging to the cathedral church
of Elphin, of the annual value of 841. 1 I
N. li
With respect to the perpetuity purchases, 46 ape
cations to purchase have been received from immeshate
tenants, and 52 from sub-tenants. Of the application
iron, the sub-tenants, so many as 44 related to property
comprised inn one lease from the see. of
Purchases have been completed to the amount _
3,778/. 2s. I Id., of which sum 2,4991. 10s. Bd. has been.
paid into the Bank of Ireland to the credit of the pet.l3,B_,
tuity purchase fund, and the residue has been secured by
.ay of mortgage. The smallness of the amount re-
ceived within the y ear under this head, was occasioned
by certain inquiries made by the Privy Council, which
',aloe to the calculations of the Commissioners,
caused the approval of the terms of purchase in tw,irs'd
two cases, amounting to 9,923/. I Is. 6d., to be del 3'l,
for several months. A sum, to the amount o!
8,924/. 4s. 2d., has also been lodged in the Bank to the
heretofore
credit of the fund, in liquidation of mortgages
ts
granted on former sales. And from these patine
enbeen
further instalment to the amount of 10,000/. has
of
the
Beard to the ,ard of Public Works, in liquidten
Comb-
loan of 100,0004 advanced by that Board t 4th
and 511
tnissioners uder the provisions of the Act
William IV.,n c. 90. And the residue, after defraying the
rnmenb
necessary expenses, has been invested in Gore