The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

HAT MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—OIdMeadow Hay, 31 to 3l 15s; New
ditto, 218 s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 41 to 5/ ; New ditto,
31 10s to 41 1081 and Straw, 11 6s to 11 10s per load.
Trade dull, at the above quotations.
CUMBEItLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 31 15s;
New ditto, 21 103 to 3/ 8s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 41175;
New ditto, 31 lOs to 41 10s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 105
per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
WIIITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 3/ 15s;
New ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 414 s to 5155; New
ditto, 31 lOs to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 105 per
load. Supply good, and trade dull.

',. ,•• COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
Hasting's Hartley l6s 6d ILambton
New Tanfiold l3s 6dlMorrison l4s 6d
Walker's Primrose ... 12s Od Stewart's
Wall's End, &c. - hellos lss 3d
Bewicke an Co.
Brown's
Gosforth -. .. .
liedley .......... ...... 14s 6dSeymour Tees
Hilda l4s 3d'South Durham l4s 6d
Killingworth l4s 3dlWest Cornforth ........ 15s 3d
Washington
Eden Main . lss 9d Anthracite.. ......, ..... 25s Od
Lambton Primrose ... Hs 6dCowpen Hartley
Belmont . 15s 9djllerwentwaterHartley 16s Od
Bell
Hetton
Jonassohn l3s 6d, Ships at market...B9.

THE CITY OF LONDON GENERAL

PENSION SOCIETY.

The thirtieth annual meeting of this society was
held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, to re-
ceive the report of the directors, to pass the accounts,
and to elect officers for the year ensuing ; Mr. Henry
Pownall in the chair.
The SECRETARY (Mr. George Mence) read the re-
port, by which it appeared that during the past year
eight new pensioners had been elected on the funds,
and that on the 2d October next four more pensioners
would be elected ; that there were now 53 pensioners
on the funds of this institution (31 men and 22
women), the men receiving 275. per month, the women
18s. per month. Since its establishment in 1818,
862 poor, decayed, and aged persons had been
pensioners on its funds, and 54,6111. had been
distributed in monthly pensions. The finances
of the charity were in a very prosperous state,
many of the old subscribers having increased the
amount of their respective annual subscriptions from
12s. to 11. That it was intended to hold a festival
early in the spring, when a strenuous effort would
be made to add to the permanent funds of the insti-
tution, and the Duke of Bedford, K.G., has kindly
consented to be president of the society for the
ensuing year. The Archbishops of Canterbury and
York, and the Bishop of Llandaff, had also consented
to be vice-presidents. The late Luke Addington,
Esq., had left the charity a legacy Of 2001. The
report concluded with a statement of the accounts of
the charity for the past year, showing a sum of
7821. 25., paid to pensioners, a balance in hand of
1671. 7s. 7d., and that a balance of 3211. lls. 3d. was
claimed by the charity to be due from the late secre-
tary (Mr. H. F. Richardson) who resigned his office
in September last year. The funded property of the
society amounted to 8,870/.
Mr. LAWRENCE TuoMrsoN moved the adoption of

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the report.
Mr. FOREST (late treasurer of the Lambeth Pen-
sion Society) moved, as an amendment, " That the
report be received, with the exception of the state-
ment of the accounts." He had every confidence in
the directors, but he wanted to know how it was that
the late secretary, who had given security for 500/.,
should have been allowed to retain so large a sum of
money in his hands, and that the directors should
agree to give him two years to pay the amount of his
deficiencies ?
Some discussion arose on this matter, but the ex-
planations of the directors being deemed satisfactory,
Mr. FOREST withdrew his amendment.
The report, together with the statement of ac
counts, were then unanimously adopted.
The Duke of Bedford was then appointed presi-
dent, Luke James Hansard, Esq., treasurer, and the
directors of the past year were re•elected.
A vote of thanks was passed to the directors and
the chairman, and the meeting broke up.

THE WEATHER AND HARVEST.--The weather
during the past week has been exceedingly favourable
for harvest operations. Scarcely
a speck has been
visible on the horizon till yesterday morning, which was
cloudy and dull. The sky continued overcast through-
out the whole day, and, about five in the afternoon, a
thick and drizzling fog came up with a moderate breeze
from the south-east, which gradually veered in an
east, rly direction. The fog still continues this morning,
and we fear much that it will, to a considerable extent,
tend to produce heating in the stooks. We trust, how-
ever, that it will blow off in the course of the day.
This, we are happy to say, is the first specimen of foul
weather with which we have been visited since her
Majesty's arrival. The harvest in Lower Deeside is now
well got in, but in the uplands, and on heavy soils, we
are sorry to state that there is still much to do. The
yield of the crops which have been got in has generally
been found to be satisfactory. Turnips are looking well,
but would be benefited by rain.—Aberdeen .Herald of
Saturday.
Poon-LAW AUDITORS.—By an Act passed on the
31st of August, important alterations are made in the
poor-law, as regards parish officers, and will relieve
them from much difficulty and unpleasantness hitherto
experienced by them in going before the auditors.
Though auditors have not long been established, yet
many of them were so very unpleasant in the discharge
of their public duty that it was high time they were
shorn of some of the authority which they possessed.
Thanks to public opinion for the check which is now
put upon them.
The Stranraer oysters are being brought into the
Greenock market more plentifully this week. They are
small in size, but extremely well filled, and very sweet.
On the fishing ground they were sold at 17s. to 18s. per
1,000 and are retailing here at 3s. per 100.—Glasgow
paper.