The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-01 00:00:00

NET DECREASE,

No. 111.--An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1858 ; the Application of the same ; and the Charge
of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge.

Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter
ended Sept :30, 1558,. viz. :

`Net Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1858, to re-
demption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858
Amount applied out of the Income to supply Services, in the Quarter ended Dec
31„1358

Great Britain
Ireland •

£83,031

83,031

Income received in the Quarter ended Sept 30, I& 8, as shown in Account I 17,032,658

Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1858, viz, :
Interest of the Permanent Debt £6,246,798
Terminable Debt 642,773
Interest of. Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) Nil.
The Civil List
Other Charges on Consolidated Fund
Advances for Public Works, &c.
Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter
ended Doc. 31, 1858, viz. :
Greatßritain
Ireland •
£799,302

Amount received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, in repayment of Advances
for Public Works, dm

459,102

£17,574,791

•
Balance, being the deficiency on the 31st Dec.. 1858, upon, the charge of the Con-
solidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the 'Difidends and other charges
payable in the Quartet to March 31, 1859, and for which Exchequer- Bills (De-
ficiency) will'be issued in that Quarter

254,336

£17,829,127

ing chains having broken ; happily the accident was effi
ciently repaired.

8. Birmingham workhouse, alarming 'emeute at ; 600 of
the inmates, stonebreakers, paraded the town, in come;
quence of the absentees' relief tickets being stopped.
Major need, late M.P. for Andover, died in indigent
circumstances.
Indian Mutiny : Assault on Lucknow ; storm and
capture of several positions. Retrcat and pursuit of the
rebels.

9. Indian Mutiny : Further successes before Lucknow.
10. Cotton Supply. Association; First annual meeting in
Manchester.
Indian Relief Fund, gift of the colony of Victoria of
£25,000 to the.
-- The Chevalier Neukomm died at Paris, aged 80.
Haymarket, murder in Arundel-court : Lani convicted
of the, and sentenced to death.

12. Humphrey Brown's name struck off the magisterial
roll of Tewkesbury.

13. Mutiny in India : Great operations in Oude.
Attempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon: Trial of
Simon Bernard.

Glover, Edward Auchmuty, sentenced to four months'
imprisonment for making A false representation as to his
qualification on taking his seat as M.P.
16. Malakoff, arrival of the Duke de, m ambassador of
the French.

—Christiania, nearly the whole of the city of, destroyed
by fire.

19. Attempt to assassinate the' Emperor Napoleon : Dr.
Bernard, tried as an accomplice, acquitted after several days'
trial at the Old Bailey.
29. Dodson, Sir John, death of.
MAY.
1. Desperate escape of two prisoners (who were linked
together) from a railway train, by jumping down off a car-
riage while the train was at speed, near Greenhithe.
Indian Mutiny : Further brilliant successes of the
British army; capture of Jhansi, great slaughter of the
rebels; and capture of. Kotah, &c.
6. Royal British. Bank : Queen v. Humphrey Brown,
Kennedy, and others; Queen's Bench sitting in banco ;
motion for setting aside the verdict refused ; verdict con-
firmed.

7. Halifax, murder in a newspaper office at.
Queen of Portugal arrived at Buckingham Palace.
11. India : Governor General's proclamation in Oude;
Mr. Cardwell's notice of motion reepecting.
12. Calvert and Co.'s (the brewers) affairs ; meeting of
depositors at the London Tavern to prevent bankruptcy.
14. Storm in Lambeth 'and Southwark, attended with
great damage to roofs of houses and property.
15. India : Lord Canning's proclamation in Oude; Mr.
Cardwell's resolution of censure on the government ; debate
commenced.

18. Jenner Memorial, inauguration of, by his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort.

20. Ketteriig Bank in bankruptcy.
Iron stone pit explosion near Chesterfield, four lives
lost.

22. India : Lord Canning's proclamation in Oude ; con-
clusion of debate on withdrawal of resolution of censure
proposed by Mr. Cardwell.

24. Duchess of Orleans, funeral of the, at Wcybridge.
31. Anti-slavery Society, great meeting of, at Free-
masons' Hall, Lord Brougham in tho chair.

Peel, K.C.13., Captain Sir William intelligence of the
death of, in India.

JUNE.

1. Ministry : Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton appointed one
of the Secretaries of State.
7. Thunder-storm in the metropolis and suburbs ; great
damage done by lightning.

8. Mutiny on board a French "free-labour ship;" part of
the crew murdered, and massacre of 200 of the negro pas-
sengers.

9. Ministry : Sir Edward B. Lytton, Bart., re-elected
for the county of Herts, on his accepting office as Colonial
Secretary of State.

12. Buxton, Bart., M.P., Sir E. N., died.
14. Justice Coleridge, retirement of Mr., from the bench.
15. Launch of a novel steam vessel at Greenwich on the
plan of Mr. M'Sweny, in three distinct sections, which are
held together by bolts 11 inches in diameter, the breaking
strain of which is 10,000 tons.

21. Norway Wharf and immense premises adjoining, at
Limehouse, destroyed by fire.
22. Paper Duties : Debate in the House of Commons on
M. Gibson's resolution thereon.

26. Murderers of Policeman Clarke at Dagenham, in
1846, reported discovery of the.
29. India, Mutiny in : Capture of Calpoe ; recapture of
Chundaree ; Gwalior plundered by the insurgents.
30. London Docks, great fire in
JULY.

£17,829,1

4. Doan of Carlisle and Precentor Livingston : Restore,
ion of Mr. Livingston to his office by the Bishop of Car•
isle.

6. Prince Adalbertof Prussia, visit of, to Portsmouth.
8. Austria, steam ship, loss of, by fire, reported.
Comets : Two visible at Tunis with the naked eye.
9. The comet (of Donati) seen with splendid brilliancy.
11. Lord Charles Wellesley died.
12. Prussian Regency, officially published.
14. New Palace of Westminster, raising the Royal Vic-
toria bell (late " Big Ben") at the.
Duke of Malakoff, marriage of, at Paris, in the pre-
sence of their Imperial Majesties, &c.
19. The :Confessional, demonstration against, in St.
James's-hall, Piccadilly.
20. Parliament prorogued to the 19th November.
21. Heavy gale on the north-east coast.
29. Eastern City steamer, lost by fire ; miraculous pre-
servation and rescue of the crew and passengers.
NOVEMBER.
1. Ribbonism : Attempted assassination of the Bev. A.
Nixon; apologetic article in the _Nation newspaper.
2. Paper duty, great meeting at Edinburgh in favour of
repeal of.
Frightful case of poisoning from adulterated lozenges
at Bradford ; 13 deaths known, many cases supposed would
terminate fatally.
3. Pirates in the Chinese seas, official account of pro-
ceedings against by the British squadron.
6. St. Pancras, desecration of the dead in, further pro-
ceedings and inquiry respecting.
8. Napoleon I. funeral car of, arrival off at Havre in her
Majesty's ship Virago.
10. Montenegro conference, termination of the
13. His Royal Highness the Prince of "Wales gazetted
as a Knight of the Garter.
Japan : Treaty between her Majesty and the Emperor
of Japan signed at Jedda, August 26, 1858.
15. lonian Islands : Remarkable publicity of despatches,
subsequently declared to have been surreptitiously ob-
tained.

1. Railway official, extensive embezzlement by a, on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

Thames, Parliamentary committee on tho filthy stato
of the.

2. Railway Accident : South-Eastern ; the crank axle-
tree of the engine came off, near Chilham ; the carriges ran
off the lino ; nearly 30 persons seriously and dangerously
injured, many cases pronounced hopeless.
3. Boiler explosion at the Atlas Locomotive Works,Man-
chester ; seven persons killed and several wounded.
6. Atlantic Telegraph Cable : Arrival of part of the
squadron at Cork, after the accident and breakage of the
cable:

12. Jeddah, massacre of Christians at.
13. Bill of the Earl of Lucan read a third time and passed
in the House of Lords.

14. Colliery explosion near Rotherham ; many lives lost.
15. Great Yarmouth, opening of the " New Britannia
Pier," at.

Atlantic Telegraph Expedition : Return of, unsuc-
cessful, to Queenstown.

16. The City Chamberlain, Sir John Key, Bart., died.
17. Great firework factory explosion at Lambeth : in-
quest on several bodies.

20. Jeddah, massacre at; questions respecting put in
the House of Lords.

21. Railway Accidents : London and North-Western ;
collision, near Longwood station, between a passenger train
and some coal waggons ; 23 persons seriously injured.
24. Mr. Morley, late proprietor of the Burlington Hotel,
died, leaving about £136,000, to be appropriated to specified
charities.

26. Great conflagration at Acorn-wharf, Rotherhithe.
27. Wellington, the Duke of; The chapel in St. Paul's
Cathedral, in which the sarcophagus is placed, was opened
to the foreign ministers, members of Parliament, &c.
29. India, mutiny in : Flight and pursuit of the rebels
from Gwalior ; brilliant victory over the rebels near Luck-
now by Sir H. Grant.

Cochin China, official account of proceedings of the
Franco-Spanith expedition to.
16. Storm in the metropolis and suburbs, attended with
great loss of property.
20. Railway Accident; Lancashire and Yorkshire; mail

30. China: Capture of the forts of the Peiho, Supple-
mentary Gazette referring to,

1,181,404

8,163,94:

7,681,480

799,302

AUGUST
2. The Session, epitome of the proceedings of.
Victoria Cross, presentfttion of the, by her Majesty at
Portsmouth.
Prorogation of Parliament
The Sun Newspaper Office, destruction of, by fire.
5. Cherbourg Fetes : Departure of her Majesty and the
Prince Consort from Osborne for Cherbourg.
Antwerp, destruction of the magnificent Bourse at, by
fire.

6. Atlantic Telegraph Cable, successful laving of the;
Aganiemnon arrived at Valentia ; the Niabfveru In Trinity
Bay, Newfoundland.

-- Cherbourg : Arrival of her Majesty, &c.
7. Cherbourg Fetes : Grand dinner of their Imperial and
Royal Majesties on board the Bretagne off Cherbourg; re-
turn of her Majesty, &c.

9. Cherbourg Fetes : Departure of the Emperor of the
French for Brest.

Chelsea New Bridge thrown open to the public.
10. Countess of Carlisle, death of the.
Railway Accident : South Eastern ; accident at Rams-
gate Station; upwards of 20 persons injured.
Her Majesty's visit to Prussia : Departure of her
Majesty and the Prince Consort from Gravesend.
12. Ireland : Serious riots in Kilkenny.
14. Her Majesty's visit to Prussia : Arrival of her Ma-
jesty and the Prince Consort at Potsdam.
Mersey, H.M.S., successfully launched at Chatham
after the application of hydraulic rams.
18. Atlantic Telegraph : Messages from the directors in
England to the directors in America; message received
from Mr. Cyrus W. Field at Newfoundland.

20. Jeddah, bombardment of, by her Majesty's ship
Cyclops.

21. Atlantic Telegraph, message by, communicating the
intelligence of a collision in the Atlantic Ocean between the
Cunard steamers Europa and Arabia—no lives lost.

23. Atlantic Telegraph : The Queen's message to the
President of the United States, and the President's reply.
China, first intimation of a treaty of peace having been
concluded with.

21, Atlantic Telegraph : Message by, to the Lord Mayor
from the Mayor of New York, and his lordship's reply
thereto addressed to New York.

2.5. Railway Accident : Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton ; 12 persons killed, 60 injured, severely or danger-
ously.

27. Anglo-French Alliance : Celebrated speech of Count
De Persigny.

SEPTEMBER.
1. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort arrived at Os-
borne from the Continent.
The colliers' strike in South Staffordshire; great
meeting on Horsley Heath
2. East India Company : The last Court of Directors
was held.
3. Atlantic Cable : Dinner to Mr. Bright, C. 8., by the
Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Newcastle, inauguration of the new town hall at
4. India, the Council of, met for the first time.
Greenwich, Mr. Townsend, M.P., formally resigned
his seat in an address to the electors of.
6. Atlantic Telegraph : First intimation of the failure of
the cable, &c.
Atlantic Telegraph : Banquet to Mr. Bright, C. 8., at
Killarney.
$. Leeds, grand reception of her Majesty at.
9. Leeds : Grand banquet given to her Majesty by the
Mayor.
13. Bologna, abduction and baptism of a Jewish child at.
Greenwich, fatal fire at ; two children burnt to death ;
mysterious case.
H. Sheffield : Fearful catastrophe at the Surrey Hall ;
six persons killed; many more dreadfully injured.
The Mayor of Melbourne in London ; proposed fetes
to him, &c.
18. British Association for the Advancement of Science
commenced their annual tour at Sheffield; great meeting.
22. Floods and loss of life in the south-western districts
of Ireland.

Woedon, defalcations at, &c. ; the Royal commis-
missioners met in committee-room, No. 11, at the House
of Commons, to pursue their inquiry.
29. Peiho Forts, capture of, official account of.
OCTOBER.
2. Colliery explosion at Page Bank Pit ; frightful death
of 10 persons.
Greenwich, late fire at : Roper taken into custody on
a charge of attempted fraud on the Kent Fire Assurance
Office.