The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-24 00:00:00

LOAN TO BRITISH GUIANA•

The tenders for the 70,000/. guaranteed 4 per cent.
loan to British Guiana were opened at the Treasury this
afternoon shortly after two o'clock, in the presence of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. J. H. Prescott,
the Governor, and Mr. Thomson Hankey, jun., the
Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, and several
of the parties making the proposals.
The first tender opened was at the price of 9SI. per
1001, for the 70,0001. The next was at 951. for 5,000/.
Thcn followed an offer of 4061. for 5,000/., together with
others for 10,0001. and 30,000/. et 101/. and 100/.; Baily
and Hammond offered 1011. its. 6d. for the wholle, or
any part; Mr. Ralph Ricardo and Mr. George Burnand,
on behalf of a life-office, 103/. 6s. Bd. for the whole; and
Mr. Goddard, as actuary for the Rock Life Company,
106/., also for the whole.
After a short conference, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer intimated that the offer of the Rock Life Com-
pany at 1051., and the one at 1061., which was by a pri-
vate individual, were the highest, and therefore they
would be accepted.
In answer to a question from the Chancellor of the
Exchequer,
Mr. Goddard stated, that the Rock Life Company
would have preferred the whole amount; but never-
theless, they would take all not tendered for above their
price.
It was then stated that the Rock Life Company would
have apportioned them 65,0001. at the price of 1051., and
the private individual 5,000/. at the price of 10G/. Both
these offers, as well as the tender made by Mr. Ricardo
and Mr. Burnand, were understood to be above the
minimum fixed by the Government.
The following are the terms on which previous loans
similarly guaranteed have been taken:—

Lowest of Price of
the tenders Consols at
accepted. the time.
... 108 ... 95
... 109 ... 931
... 112 k ... 991
... 114 ... 100
... 1121 ... 99
... 105* ... 94/

Dec. 16, 1842 ...
July 7, 1843 ...
May 3, 1844 ...
Dec. 6, 1844 ...

April 11, 1845 ~.
Dec. 5, 1845 ...

COLLISION IN THE STRAITS.--The Confidence, of
Bristol, from Newport to Barcena, was run down by the
United States' frigate Constitution, in the Straits of Gib-
raltar, on the Ist of December, and sank in three minutes.
The crew were saved. The wind at the time was east-
south-east, the Confidence standing north-east, and the
frigate running before the wind at the rate of nine-and-a-
half knots an hour.
THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS SCHOOL—The an-
nual ball in aid of the funds of this excellent institution took
place last night at the London Tavern, and there could not
have been less than 1,200 people present. Dancing was kept
up with great spirit to an advanced hour, all the large rooms
in Mr. Bathe's establishment being pat in requisition for the
occasion. The demand for tea, coffee, and other refreshments,
was on a scale commensurate with the numbers assembled,
and the resources of Mr. Adams' band were taxed to the lA-
most. Certainly the licensed victuallers afford the eherita_ml
institutions connected with their body a most
isli inZin",
Otherwise be
praiseworthy amount of support. 'The
clothe, and educate 125 orphans, who wouldwards of 1,200
btme.pPresented to th
destitute, and since their establishmten
eiricothuerse of the last yet:
boys and girls have been reyiivedth
admitted on t e books for
The annual report of
CHARING•CROSS HOSPITAL--jas
thesuh
ns were
sccormihmerist.teelotfatphpisearcshthar.ity:n
19,105 indigent sick Pers°4l 11 d
.„,„ B. i . Of these, 1 210 were
relief, at a cost of 2,87
were out-patients (many of many of whom.
in. patients, and
I-; own homes), and the greater part were
restored t° the -of their families. These, to their occupations
for the supP
-Ver annual statements, with the cases re-
ported in feeed
individuals made a total of 186,863
9.
_,_
.nd n z.. who have partaken of the advan-
Lc'es-f the institution, from its commencement to De-
talg ^1 187'0
genitor a , 0 • Great as the amount of relief afforded.
would, from the above statistics seem to be, we are informed
that the accommodations of the hospital are still inadequate
to the wants and numbers of applicants for its assistance..
The cases of accidents and sudden injuries which have been
brought to it during the last year amounted to 2,766; of
which 643 required to be immediately admitted as in-pa-
patients. Of the 19,105 mentioned above, as being admitted
during the same twelvemonth, 1,220 were with letters of in-
troduction from governors and subscribers; whilst .17,885
were admitted without any recommendations at all, Under
these circumstances, we may call attention to a fact stated
by the committee, that the efficiency of the charity might,
without much additional expense, be materially increased,
as a portion of the building hitherto unoccupied for want of
funds would admit, if finished and fitted up, of fiftys more
being added to those already contained in thse_h
ou or 600
and would thus afford the means of its receiving
more in-patients annually.
~ ouje.--This me.-
DEATH OF LORD ROBERT 1.1.AT1. . ,
which appeared in 7h•
lsncholy event (a brief account of
barracks, Fenno -
Sun of 3,,esterilay) took place at
°ewe of the breakingY' fon
Sunday evening last, in constquenr
i pea►,-; that his Lordshipo a
was
blood-vessel in the lungs. It a')^ when he saw a man beating
walking in the town of Ferinwoiyi
in,
1 i the man struck ot'
a dog. On remonstrating. to
,
nstantly ret dLord
urne ,and then said,
Robert a blow, Is hich he 1,
"th blood.' ter lingering some days, he
"I am choking wi .. , Lord P
. or suflerim„. .obert was the second
died without pain
- of Heatifort, and had only recently son of the Marquis
Guards to the
ex-
changed from the
Headfort, the Earl and Countess of Bective, Lady
quis of Lady Virginia'
Olivia Taylour, and L•andars, were present o
the sad occasion.
We should like to have the handling of that
calumniator, who said the ladies are the very reverse of their
, mirrors—the latter reflecting without talking, and the forum
talltiog without retimiog,