The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSD A Y l4.]lrE NING, DECEMBER 2, 1847.

T 11 E SUN,

PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.- BALANCE-SHEET.

1. An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended the 10th day of October, 1847 (after abating the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several
Revenue Departments), and of the actual Issues or Payments within the same Period, exclusive of the sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and
Repayments for Local Works, &c.

INCOME OR RETENUE, Total.
EXPENDITURE.
------- --- —_
, s s. d, Funded Debt.n—lnterest .
.t.h...,..T....7...7.7.t..!).e!„t................. 2
3:809 785 5 7
902,939 3.8
(19
.£ s. d.
ORDINARY REVENUE AND RECEIPTS.
20,535,817 5 6 Customs
;13,284,493 2 10
TootualiC)ohnaartgioenosfachide
BFeulnudeesdtsl.k.bt, exclusive of 9,853/. Bs. 10d., the Interest
Excise
......................... . ............................. 97,712,724 14 4
7,710,080 2 9 Stamps
..... ..
5'84Z1!) 0(1 Unfunded Debt.—lnterest on Exchequer-bills
Property-tax
Post Office
435,867 0 0
............................................................................. 67,000 0 0
Crown Lands
---- 28 148 591 14 4
16. and 6d. and 4s. in the Xon Pensions and Salarieso 4,476 611 Civil List ................................................................................... 393,682 10 0 ' '
Small Branches of the Hereditary Revenues of the(' WA 24,070 7 7 Annuities and Pensions for Civil, Naval, Military, and Judicial Services,
&c., charged by various Acts of Parliament on the Consolidated Fund—. 530412 10 3
Surplus Fees of Regulated Public Offices ............................................................... .. 108,809 15 8
Salariesand Allowances ............................................................. 262,951 8 4
52,416,877 1 1 Diplomatic Salaries and Pensions ... 175,146 14 5
Courts of Justice ........................................................................ 1,024,497 1 5
OTHER RF.CICIPTS.
Miscellaneous Charges on the Consolidated Fund 378,164 0 11
Army
6,840,404 15 0
•••
Navy
7,618,293 8 4
Imprest and other Monies . 102,624 110 Ordnance .................................................................................... '",77569 0
Money received from the East India Company
60,000 0 0 Miscellaneous, chargeable on the Annual Grants of Parliament
Unclaimed Dividends (more than paid)
... ... Distress in Ireland
-
52,579,501 2 11 21,933,508 15 0
----
52,846,954 14 8
Excess of Expenditure over Income . ~ 826,608
.. 8 0 Unclaimed Dividends more than received
." ". 59,154 16 3
.--......
_________ 182,906,109
10 11 52,906,109
10 11

2. An Account of the Balances of the Public Money remaining in the Excl
ended the 10th day of October, 1847 ; the Money applied towards the
Works, Scc., with the Difference accruing thereon; and the Balances i

lequer on the 10th day of October, 1846; the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the Year
Redemption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and Repayments on Account of Local
En the Exchequer, on the 10th day of October, 1847.

4 I. d. 4 5. d.
ISSUED. A s. d. .0 s. d.
BALANCES in the ExcliEvan on the 10th day of October, 1846
elle "II 8,359,190 15 41 To the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, to be
applied to the redemption of the Public Debt :
By issues, per Act 10 George IV., c. 27
By interest on donations and bequests
MONEY RAISED IN TYR YEAR ENDED TIE 1 OTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1847, BY
2,563,261 3 4
TEE CREATION OF FUNDED OE UNFUNDED DEBT .
Deduct sum applied not in redemption of Funded Debt, but of Con-
solidated Fund Deficiency Bills
693,261 3 4
To the Paymasters of Exchequer-bills for payment of Unfunded Debt :
FUNDED DEBT.
Money out of the Consolidated Fund in payment of Public Works Bills 2,700 0 0
Contribution to the Loan of 8,000,0001., per Act 10 Viet., c. 9
••• ••• 7,387,800 0 0 Money out of Ways and Means, Grants applied to payment of Sup-
ply Exchequer Bills 219,300 0 0
Exchequer-bills for payment of Supply Bills
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Advances for Local Works &c.
under various Acts of Parliament 914,496 6 10
Exchequer-bills, 18,380,2001., per Act 9 Victoria, C. 15, charged on Special , , Advances ►for Local Works, &c., in Ireland, under Act 9
Supplies
Total amount of Advances for Local Works, &c 6,652,496 6 10
Exchequer-bills, 18,310,7001., per Act 10 Victoria, c. 19, charged on
Supplies
18,009,500 0 0
Excess of Expenditure over Income
32,0
••• •.•
Balances in the Exchequer on the 10th day of October, 1847 ....-
1
•.•
33,756,490 15 41
33,756,490 15 41
_ ____

Wkitehall, Treasury Chambers, November 24, 1847.

J. PARKER.

ample in ancient or modern times," whose
words " were not the words of a mortal," but rather
" the announcement of an oracle." Many of those
spirit-stirring addresses are given, approaching to
true sublimity, which excited his soldiers even to
delirium, and made them rather worship him as a
demi-god than obey him as a mere mortal com-
mander. In the " Lays of Many Lands," J. C. M.
}gain gives us his exquisite translations from " the
gifted" of other climes. " The Gallery of Illustrious
Irishmen" contains the account of John Fitzgibbon,
first Earl of Clare, " a remarkable man, who lived in
eventful times." The character of the bar in these
days is well described. " Often (says the writer)
has a jeu d'esprit decided the cause which legal
maxims were vainly employed to elucidate, and a
stroke of wit, or a strain of humour, when happily
adapted to the temper of the judge, or the weakness
and prejudices of the jury, have not unfrequently put
to flight a host of authorities, which in the more
staid and sober English courts of law would have
been regarded as quite decisive. Nor will the reports
of this period be fully collected or understood until we
have incorporated with them the reports of the pistol,
to the arbitrement of which many difficult cases were
referred. The law was in Ireland, at that period,
eminently a profession militant. The lawyer was
always ready to fight as well as to speak for his client.
The Roman maxim was directly reversed ; it was no
longer Cedont armatogm,' but Cedat toga armis.'i
The blood and breeding of an eccentric and dissolute
gentry blended largely with the habits of a race who
were quite as much distinguished by their love ofl
pleasure as by their addiction to business, and never,
so happy as IN hen they could combine their practice,
in the courts with the indulgence of their peculiar,
humours." " The Petty Sessions of Carrignacroe," as
its name imports, contains a graphic account of one of
those scenes peculiar to Ireland which none can con-
ceive who have not been sojourners for a time in the
Green Island—the administration of justice by a
bench of Irish magistrates, with Irish attorneys, Irish
witnesses, and above all, cases essentially Irish, whe-
ther consisting of a " resky and assault," a " house
burning," or a quarrel bekween rival neighbours of
the softer sex. The ratter must indeed be of
saturnine and gloomy temperament from whom it
will not extract a smile. We heartily welcome our
91d friend Kishoge, who had too long absented him-
self, but who returns to us with unabated strength.
" Mick Mulloy and the Blessed Lateerin" is in every
respect worthy of the " Irish Ingoldsby." Gladly
would we extract the whole legend if our space per-
mitted, but we cannot refrain from giving a specimen
of the rich humour and poetical power of our
favourite :

DOLMAN.
A Trinity Man continues to reveal " the secrets of
the prison house" in his " Reminiscence of Cam-
bridge," and a Convert pursues the account of his
adventures as a schoolboy, with as much earnestness
as though their adventures and reminiscences were
the most thrilling and attractive studies in the Queen's
dominions. The Rev. Editor resumes, with an ac-
cession of vigour, his interesting serial of " Sick
Calls"--the present chapter being the memento of a
dying shirt maker. A Traveller recounts to us several
strange " Anecdotes of Russia," and an American
gives some additional gleanings from Ireland. With
the customary monthly intelligence and literary
notices the number for December is completed, and
makes a tolerable appearance.

The re-issue has now proceeded to the eighth volume
inclusively, and fulfils all the anticipations which
were raised by the prospective advertisement. As a
compact and yet detailed copy of the writings of
William Cowper, including an extraordinary number
of his most beautiful letters, this edition has no su-
perior, and would prove a valuable decoration to any
bookshelf.

THE REPRESENTATION OF
TAM WORTH.
_

The Right Hon. W. Yates Peel has issued the follow-
ing address to the electors :
" Gentlemen,—ln the situation in which I am now so
unhappily placed, by the heavy affliction which has
befallen me and my family, I am unable to give to the
business of the House of Commons the time and at-
tention which the importance of that business demands.
From a sense of public duty, therefore, as well as from
the influence of private feelings, I am anxious to vacate
my seat in Parliament at an early period.
"In resigning the honour of representing you, I as-
sure you that my gratitude for the confidence you re-
posed in me, and for all the kindness I have experienced
at your hands, is unabated, and will endure to the latest
moment of my existence.
" I remain, Gentlemen, your very faithful friend,
"London, Nor. 29." " W. Y. PEEL.

ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE.
The cheap republication of the European History
of Ar
volumechibald
inclusively. Alison As the
has proceeded as far as the
twelfth volumes
multiply
in number the beauty of their arrangement becomes
more conspicuous. The illustrative atlas has either
not been transmitted to ourselves, or has ;ceased
making its usually punctual appearance.

SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE.
Better and better in point of illustration, and more
and more select in regard to literary contributions,
Sharpe's London Magazine bids fair to realise the pro-
mises contained in the recent prospectus issued by the
publisher. Hablot Browne's sketch of the " Merry
Gipsies" is a capital bit of woodland limning—it is not
unworthy of the comical and picturesque pencil of
" Phiz." The other artists emulate each other in
excellence.

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REPRESENTATION OF SUNDER-
LAND.
SUNDERLAND, TUESDAY EVENlNG.—Considerable stir
has been created to-day in this borough among political
parties, in consequence of an intimation from the leading
friends of Mr. David Barclay, M.P., one of our repre-
sentatives, that he intends immediately to resign his seat
in Parliament. The unfortunate position in which Mr.
Barclay has been placed through the suspension of pay-
ment by the commercial house with which he is connected
has induced this determination. Mr. Barclay has resolved
somewhat suddenly to give up his seat, contrary to his
intentions a week or two ago, and this change, it is
said, has been brought about by the intrigues and un-
handsome conduct of the friends of an adverse party.
Mr. Barclay was greatly respected by all parties among
his constituents, and his misfortunes have created a
degree of sympathy among all classes rarely witnessed
under such circumstances. Of course, all parties are
turning their attention to secure a suitable successor,
and what course may be adopted is not yet resolved on.
3,1 r. Barclay's politics were those of the old Whigs, and
he had a numerous and influential party of supp Jrters
among the electors in this borough ; but his electien
last time against Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, of London and
Croydon, an extreme Liberal, was only secured by con-
siderable support from the Conservatives. It is probable,
and almost certain, that the old Whigs and Conserva-
tives will again make common cause, in which event the
election of their candidate is quite certain by a very large
majority. The town-council elections this year have all
been carried in the same way, and the extreme Liberals,
with their leader, who aspired to the office of Mayor,
have been expelled altogether from the town-eouncil. The
same influences will probably prevail in the forthcoming
Parliamentary election. To-day the active friends of
Mr. W. A. Wilkinson' the extreme Liberal candidate,
who was defeated in August last, have been exerting
themselves to procure signatures to a requisition, inviting
him to become a candidate to supply the vacancy, but
the electors are reported to be shy of promising at pre-
sent, and it is certain this party alone have not strength
to secure the election of their candidate, whoever he
may be. The Whigs have named Mr. T. B. Ma-
caulay, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, and Mr. W. H. Watson,
the barrister, any ono of whom they will support that
may unite support sufficient to secure the election. The
Conservatives aro not anxious to go into a contest if it
can be avoided, and in their interest Mr. J. W. Fresh-
field, of the Bank of England, and the Hon. H. T.
Liddell, late M.P., for the Northern Division of the
county of Durham, have been named as gentlemen
whom they would prefer. What may be finally resolved
on is very uncertain at present. The pending question
of the repeal or modification of the navigation-laws will
exercise a great influence in deciding this contest, as the
principal electors entertain strong opinions in favour of
the existing system. Mr. W. A. Wilkinson is an advo-
cate for the immediate and unconditional repeal of these
laws; and on this account he is not likely to succee
if even he was in other respects more popular with the
electors generally. As we have stated, the old Whigs
and Conservatives will unite most probably to support
ono of the other five gentlemen named; and from what
we can learn in the best sources of correct information,
either Mr. Macaulay or the Hon. H. T. Liddell will be
the candidate selected. At present, the best understand-
ing prevails between these parties, and it is likely to
continue. In the course of a day or two a decision will
be taken, and as the writ for holding the election is ex-
pected in a few days, the 4reatest bustle prevails, and
curiosity to learn the certain course that will be taken
is excited to the highest pitch.

Well, many's the day, Sir," so Darby began,
For 'tis time out of mind, or thenairnory of man,

Since, down by that village of Ballytraneen,
Lived the fairest young cailin that ever was seen :
Her hair was like sunshine, so goolden and bright,
And the canavan's down on her breast wasn't white;

And her eye—but, begorra, 'tis foolish to try
And describe that at all, 'twas so modest and shy—
But it was blue, Sir, av course ; and to talk of the rose
In one breath with her lips, would be nonsense, Lord
knows;
And the look on her face was as soft and as mild

As the smile on the cheek av a sleepin' young child;
And her motion and shape wor as graceful to see,
As in soft summer winds a young mountain• ash tree;
And in short, Sir, though many a cAilin was there
That the boys of the village thought comely and fair,
And that wor comely too, faix, and fit for a prince,

There was never among 'cm before, thin, or since,
Or, indeed, for the matter o' that, through all Erin,
One, a match for the beautiful, blessed Lateerin.

" Well, a beauty she was, but as often's the case,

All the riches she owned, Sir, she had in her face,
Always barrio' the blessed good nature within,
And a soul that was free as an infant's from sin;

And ar course, Sir, beyant that, her beautiful self,

What I mane is, she hadn't a rap on the shelf.
But for all that, there wasn't a boy in the place,

Wouldn't take for a fortune that beautiful face,

And be right glad to get it; and may be, at first,
There was hope in the feelin's that some of 'em nnrst.
And the good lookin' bouchals about—and small blame—
Might have thought that a fancy for them was no

simme—
Boys the life of a pattern, a fair, or a wake,
With girls by the score that would die for their sake,
Good plump rosy cailins, with plenty of fun,
blam., as I said,
That a claim, strappin' boy may be proud to have won;
1 heto such chaps, sure was small,
To think that they shouldn't be sneezed at, at all."
Guido Mountjoy continues his " Comic Alpen-
stock" with his usual fun. He is indeed ight
jovial companion on the way-side. In his
actunt
of the natural history of Switzerland he says,
" Geese you will meet everywhere—geese of all
countries, French, German, Russian, English, and
occasionally a specimen of the Irish green goose;
you may know him by his incessant gabble, and by
his ridiculous attempts to soar like an eagle and sing
like a swan. The French goose is a inertial bird ;
you would fancy he had no bone in his body but the
drumstick. The German goose is known by the foul
state of his plumage ; there is no passing a night on
the same roost with him ; he feeds on garlic and to-
bacco, and swims in beer. The English variety is
the famous goose that lays golden eggs. The Swiss
delight in him; he visits them every year, and his
principal haunt is Interlacken, because it resembles
so much his favourite watering-places at home." The
fifth and last article on "Irish Rivers " concludes a
number of rich and varied excellence.

DEPARTURE OP THE FOREIGN MAILS IN DE-
CEDISER.—The following notice, giving the dates on
which the foreign mails will be made up in London, and
when the return packets will be due at Southampton,
Liverpool, and Falmouth, was issued yesterday at the
General Post-office. The mails for the British and
foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Honduras,
Nassau, Bermuda, Havannah, St. Juan Porto Rico) and
Venezuela will be made up on the mornings of the 2d
(this day) and: the 17th. Bermuda, Nassau,: New
Orleans, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, and St. Juan
Porto Rico, on the morning of the 2d only. Madeira,
Jacmel, San Juan do Nicaragua, New Grenada, Chili,
and Peru on the morning of the 17th naly, to be for-
warded via Southampton. Next packets due on the 7th
and 22d instant. Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian
Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong Kong, and
China, on the mornings of the 3d and 20th via South-
ampton. By the fortnightly overland closed mails to
the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, Bcc., via Marseilles,
on the evenings of the 7th and 24th. British North
America, Bermuda, and the United States, on the even-
ing of the 3d instant, via Liverpool, Halifax, and
Boston. Next packet duo on the 15th inst. Madeira,
Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, on the evening of the 4th
instant, via Falmouth. Next packet due on the 24th of
January. Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon,
Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th, 17th,
and 27th, via Southampton. Next packets duo oa the
6th, 15th, and 26th. Sydney, New South Wales, Aus-
tralia, Van Diemen's Land, and Now Zealand, on the
evening of the 31st, from Gravesend. France, Belgium.
&c., every evening (except Sundays); due daily, via
Dover, Calais, and Ostend. Holland, Wednesday and
Saturday mornings; due Mondays and Thursdays. "lam-
burgh, &e., Tuesday and Friday evenings; duo Tuesdays
and Saturdays.
COTTON IVOOL —GLASGOW, Nov. 27.—The tidings
that the Bank of England had reduced the rate cf in-
terest imparted a sliAlitly improved feeling to the trail-
in the early part of the week, but not such as to affect
prices. The feeling, however, was only temporary; for,
on the close of the week, the market was miserably dull,
and prices nominal. Additional mills hare this week
been put on short time.
BENEFIT OF CLERGY.—The following notice ap-
pears at the door of the Temple Church;—
Divine service will commence on Monday morning
at nine o'clock, and continue until further notice." --
It strikes us that there must be a mistake in the above
notice somewhere.—Comment would be ridiculous.—
Punch.

DOMBEY AND SON. Part XV. By Charles

Dickens.

More progress is made in the development and
elucidation of the plot of Dombey and San in these
three additional chapters than has been done in the
last half-dozen numbers. The chapter headed " The
Thunderbolt" is one of the most powerfully written
descriptions " Boa" has produced for a very considerable
time. It depicts another quarrel between the proud
Mr. Dombey and the haughty Edith. Mrs. Dombey
elopes with Carker ; and Florence, after being stricken
by the hand of her father, and treated opprobriously,
flies for shelter through the streets to old Solomon
Gill's, the instrument maker's. She is attended by
the faithful Diogenes, and received by honest-hearted
Captain Edward Cuttle. One passage, applicable to
the condition of the juvenile offenders, and the want
of sanitary improvements, we have noticed elsewhere.
It ie of rare power and of peculiar eloquence.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 29. —The report of M. Osy, made in
the name of the Central Section, on the Budget of Fo-
reign Affairs, does not propose any important modifica-
tions, except the rejection of the demand made by the
Minister that 100,000 francs should be applied to the
establishment of Comptoins de Commerce in trans-
atlantic countries and in the Levant. At the desire of
the Minister also there is an augmentation of 3,000
francs to the schools of navigation, and a diminution of
15,000 francs on premiums for the building of ships.
The schools of navigation in Antwerp and Ostend are
in a flourishing condition. The Minister has formed
the project of organising in those schools instruction
in practical commerce, to fit those young men who
are destined to fill the functions of officers on board
merchantmen. The reduction of the premium for ship-
building arises from the small number of ships built in
Belgium having that premium its view. The state of
Flanders deeply engages the attention of the Cabinet,
and of the Chambers. The Minister of the Interior has
addressed several letters to the Governors of Flanders,
which contain several well-digested and prudent plans
for giving employment to the poor, chiefly by
engaging them in agricultural works, by forming
in those parts, where there is now a quan-
tity of timber, and which the Minister proposes should
be felled. with the consent of the proprietors, and
the land thus reclaimed be made arable, little colonies,
each of which shall hare its own church and school-
house. By some members the plan is considered al-
most Utopian, but others give it their hearty concur-
rence, and though it is not likely that it can especially
under the present pressure of the want of money, be
carried out to the full extent that is desired ; it is,
nevertheless, more than probable, that some decided
results will ensue.
Another question which is engaging the attention of
the Cabinet and the Chambers is, that of Church pro-
perty and ecclesiastical foundations, made in 1787, the
archives of which it is proposed to collect and to ar-
range. This inquiry will give an accurate detail of the
exact wealth of the Belgian clergy previous to 1794
information which has been often desired, but which
without official details and archives it has been impos-
sible to ascertain.

The works of the Meuse are also under consideration;
but it is feared that the financial embarrassments would
not permit of them being carried out to the full extent;
so much desired.

A letter in the German Gazette from Genoa says;—
last Sunday the King and his suite left the Chateau for
the purpose of attending mass. A large crowd followed
him, but as soon as he was observed, he took the road
leading to the Jesuit Church; every body left him, and
when he arrived at the church he had no one around him
save his own suite.
BELGIAN ruNDS.-131tuasELs, Nov. 99.
Actual Debt, 236 per Cent ..............
Rethachild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ --
Loan of Thirty Millione, FourparCent •• • •
Ditto Threeper Cent •••• .• .• •• • .....
Ditto Thirty-seven Itlillione, ditto ......
Ditto,dltto,lB4o.. .•. • • •
Ditto,ditto,lB42 .................
Ditto, 1844.• •• • • • • •• •••• • • • • •• • 92
Ditto, 1836. ...... .• • • .... • ....• . •
Dial, 1838 67%
Ditto of the City, 1832 • • .• 100

Ditto, 1843
Bank ofHolgium• •.••••••••••• •• • • .• .• • • 8211,
•Brussel3 Papers, Nov. 29.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 23.
8 per Cent. Metalliques
4 per Cent. ditt0........ • • 92 g
3 per Cent. ditto .. .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • . • • 66
Loan, 1834 ............................ 157
Ditto, 1839 .......................... 120%
Bank Shares • .. —
Estarhary's Loan ........ ............
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... .1 %
Gloggnits • • • • .5.. • 114
Vienna—Milan •.• • • •••••• • • • • • 98%
Leghorn •• •••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 83
Grosetto ............... .......... „ „
Apenninen . • ..
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Baniax, Nov. 5.
Eills. Money.
St.Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• ••••• • • • • • 92N
rms. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent......
Foreign Exchanges • .......................
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 27F6

ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF

OF THE POOR.
Last night the annual meeting of the subscribers and.
friends of the Association for the Relief of the Poor of
the City of London and parts adjacent, was held in the
City of London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, the Lord
Mayor in the chair. There were about 100 person 3
present.

The minutes of the last meeting having been read and
confirmed, Air. Lott, the secretary, read the report of the
committee, which stated that, in compliance with the de-
sire oxpessed at the last annual meeting, the distribution
of coals was commenced nearly three weeks earlier
.than
the time at which it had been usual toopen the kitchen, and
was continued during 14 weeks, from December 14 to
March 20, with the exception only of Christmas-day.
During that period, 27,958 cwt. of coals were delivered
at the rate of 6d. for every 1121 b. The whole distri-
bution exceeded that of the previous season by 115 tons,
and that of the year 1845-46 by 359 tons. The useful-
ness of the institution, therefore, had not diminished,
but advanced ; a circumstance which could not fail
to yield the greatest gratification to every one who
was at all acquainted with the condition of the
indigent families in the City and neighbourhood,
and who was aware of the extent to which :the pro-
vision of fuel contributed to their health and comfort
during the inclement winter months. It was also a.
cause of congratulation that the places of the subscrilsers
whose support had ceased in the course of the year hod
been more than re-occupied by the names of new con-
tributors; but the committee were compelled to avow
considerable anxiety in looking forward to the future,
Having commenced with only the small sum of 6s. 2d.
in hand, and having been under the necessity of incurring
a considerable increase of expenditure in order to avoid
closing the kitchen at a period which the friends of the
poor would have deemed exceedingly inopportune,
they found themselves embarrassed with a debt,
at the opening of the present season, of no
less than 1711., and that notwithstanding the
recent aid of the Corporation of London, and their
munificent grant of 2001. ; yet the committee ventured
to believe that their determination not to close the
kitchen at a time when the wants of the poor were pe-
culiarly urgent was one which that meeting would not
refuse to sanction, and they cast themselves, therefore,
with the cause which they advocated, on the support
and liberality which never had been known to fait
within the walls of tie City. Mr. Lott also read to the
meeting a statement of the receipts and disbursements,
from which it appeared that the subscriptions during
the year had amounted to 1,2271.; the sum received
from the sale of coals, 6691. 6s. ; the cash borrowed,
3004 ; making, with a few other items, a total receipt
of 2,2611. 9s. Bd. The disbursements included 1,5164
for coals, and a repayment of the loan to the extent of
2001.

Mr. Alderman 11. HUGHES then rose to move the
adoption of the report. That report, while it brought
to the minds of the subscribers the pleasing recollection
that they had aided in providing a large amount of fie/
for their indigent brethren during the last winter, cow-
veyed to them also the disagreeable fact that the instits.
tion was very considerably in debt,—a state of things
which had not existed at any antecedent period.
But the meeting would remember that it was they
themselves who enjoined upon the committee the
opening of the kitchen during the last inclement season
earlier than usual, thus causing an increased outlay.
(Hear.) He hoped it would be borne in mind that
that institution distributed among the poor the beat
articles, in the most ample metage, and at a compare..
tively insignificant cost—delivering, as they did, at the
houses of these parties, for the small sum of 6d., a quark..
tity of coals which, if purchased at the ordinacy shops,
would probably cost la. 6d., besides being of inferior
quality, and perhaps deficient weight. The prospects of
the poor during the approaching winter were exceed
ingly gloomy. A greater amount of sickness had seldom'
prevailed than at present ; and therefore the assistance
of the public was needed more than ever for that
excellent charity, and he trusted it would not be want-
ing.—(Hear, hear.)

Mr. Alderman Wu.soN seconded the adoption of the
report, which was then unanimously carried.
Mr. Under• Sheriff WIRE, after a warm appeal ink
support of the charity, moved " that the mode of relief
administered by the Association during the two past
years, by coals only, having given much satisfaction,
both to the subscribers and also to the recipients of the
charity, the same be continued during the present
season."

Mr. Deputy BEDFORD seconded the motion, which
was unanimously carried, as were all the resolutions
which followed; viz., the thanks of the mmeting to Mn
Alderman Kelly, and their request that he would
continue to act as vice-president and treasurer ; the re-
appointment of Mr. Lott as secretary ; the thanks of the
meeting to the former committee, and the appointment
of a new one ; the grant of a dozen tickets to each sub-
scriber present, and the thanks of the meeting to the
Lord Mayor for his ability, impartiality, ami courteous
conduct during the evening, which resolutions were
moved respectively by Mr. Alderman Gibbs, Mr. Lea.
Wilson, the Rev. Mr. Durham, Mr. Deputy Bedford,
and the Rev. Michael Gibbs. The meeting then sepa-
rated.

FREE TRADE.-TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WICILHAE.

—Yesterday a meeting was held at No. 4, Charlotte—
row, of gentlemen who bad taken a leading part is
anti-corn-law agitation in the metropolis, to consider
the best measures for raising a sum to purchase an
annuity for Mr. William Wickham. I'. A. '1 aylor, Esq,
t')ok the chair. There ware yresent—Colom IT. P.

Thompson, M.P., W. J. Fox, M.P , IV. J. Hall, Esq.
Arthur Paulson, jun., E,q., &c. &c. Mr. Hall moved
the first resolution, which was to the effect, that Mr-
Wickharn, after devoting many years wi:h great energy
and success to the free-trAe cause, is now by his in—
creasing age and infirmities precluded from the possibi-
lity of seeking out and following any other channt4 of
utility and employment, and that a subscription be
raised, as noticed above. Colonel T. P. Thompson,
M.P., seconded the resolution, and said ho considered
their present object an excellent example to those who
have walked out of the common track of life to work inr.

the public cause. For his part he responded to the cell
to provide for the dt dining years of Mr. Wickhanc.—.
Mr. Pattison moved the next resolution—to appoint e
committee to carry the foregoing propositions into effect.
It was seconded by W. J. Fox, M.P., who observed that
he could speak with perhaps a better knowledge of Mr..
Wickham than any one present, as he had known his
family at Chichester, his native town, which he was;
compelled to leave chiefly through a political persecu-
tion, caused by h'is steadfast adherence to the Liberal
cause ; and it gave him (Mr. Fox) much pleasure to
find him subsequently engaged in the cause of the Anti-
Corn-law League. After some further observations
from other gentlemen, bearing testimony to the elm-
racter and services of Mr. Wickham, and suggestions
for carrying out the objects of the meeting, a sub-com-
mittee was formed—P. A. Taylor, Esq , chairman, A.
L. Saul, Esq., hon. secretary and treasurer—and the
meeting adjourned.
THE LATE SUICIDE IN THE SURREY ZOOLO•
GICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held au,
inquest of three hours' duration, at the Royal G-eorge.,
Newington, on the body of Ann Smith, aged 24, who
committed suicide in the Royal Surrey Zoological Gar-
dens. Matthews, the money taker at the gardens, proved
having received one shilling from the deceased for ber
admission to the gardens, and also to his having some
time afterwards been called to the deceased, who at that
period was lying on her face near the giraffe house. He
sent for a surgeon, who pronounced her dead. Mr. 'lift,
jun., surgeon, said that deceased had died from thew
effects of the essential oil of almonds. He had made s
post mortem examination of the body and found that she
was enceinte. A sister of the deceased said that she
was not aware of the condition deceased was in. An
assistant to Mr. Thomas, surgeon, said that deceased
purchased fourpence worth of essential oil of almonds
on Wednesday last, which she said she wanted for fla-
vouring pastry. The coroner spoke in strong terms
upon the impropriety of selling suck deadly poisons to
persons, and hoped that something would soon be done
by the Legislature to put a stop to it. The jury returned
a verdict of ' Temporary insanity."
INCENDIARY FlRE.—During the night of Thursday
last, an alarming fire, supposed to be the work of an
incendiary, was discovered on the farming premises of
Mr. Wright Gittus, of Shimpling Hall, in this county.
The fire, which was first observed by a miller employed.
in the adjacent windmill, appeared to originate in one
of' the barns, but before the family received the alarm.
the flames had communicated to the other barn, and
were increasing with fearful rapidity. The engine from
Chadacre Hall, another from Hartest, and two from Long
Melford, were speedily on the spot, but although the sup-
ply of water was excellent, the tire bad already gained
so great an ascendance as to defy the most strenuous
efforts to extinguish it. The produce of Asas.acerdesanil
wheat (with the exception of 27 coombs, n
coombs),
delivered),_32lacarcersesooff
obaatrsley(
were entirely consumed,
coombs), and 25 acres of peas,
2ows,
gahsvalehubrldles,ecc.p
and 16 storepigs.
together with one cow, mix w(iwthitheiteheexexceperptiondof
022c0
a e yearling
likewise
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fiFshrtiic'essrtuek-rieidffistchcoeienv.ered, no doubt exists that the fire was caused
by an incendiary. The exertions of the labourer*
throughout wore most active. —Bury Suffolk Herald.
Right Honourable Lord ?'
having
—Bury
petition to the House of C
UNIVERSITY TESTS.
University Tests, the following ing the Glasgow University, forwarded to the
e Liberal students attend..
John Russell for presentation te-
swfoerr,ancrkepneoawlicodfgituche
the receipt of the petition, with the accompanying letter,
has been received by
" Downing- James M'Ghie:—
Downing-street, Nov. 27, lB47.—Sir,—l am direeta
by Lord John Russell to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter, and of the petition enclosed, which he will
present to the House of Commons. I am further directed
to state, that it would have given his Lordship great
pleasure to pay a visit to Glasgow during the summer,
hut that he was requested to defer it until November,
when, as it has happened, he has been wholly prevented
iroin quitting London, en account of the great presser.
of public business, and the meeting of Parliament.
have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant—R.
GREY.—James M'Ghie, Esq."—North British Ma.i.
ASHFORD.—The death of our vicar, the It(ev.. T.
Wood, took place very suddenly on Tuesday ev,e.ning,
fie had been suffering from a cold for several, days.
which had a great effect upon him, us he was at a Ter,
advanced age. A friend taking tea with him suddenly
perceived a great difference in him, and in the curse
five minutes he had ceased to exist. The rev,.,. gentle.
man was formerly tutor of the present Earl of Romney,
and was presented to the living by the ;Ate But."
Maidstone Gazette.