The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-28 00:00:00

EXPENDITURE.

X s. d. £ ts. d.

Salaries and allowances of
the principal officers of
the Duchy, and of their
establishment of officers
and clerks 5,949 3 0
And of the law officers
of the county Palatine . 763 210 6,712 510
The like account of receivers and agents
employed in the collection of the re-

202 8 1

venue
The like of stewards and bailiffs of ho-
nours, manors, lordships, and hun-
dreds, and others not employed in the
collection of the revenue.. 602 8 8
Annuities and retired allowances 1,227 0 0
Donations and charites, including sti-
pends and eleemosynary annuities
Law charges
Surveys, valuations, repairs and im-
provements
Labourers' wages, expenses in holding
manorial courts, land-tax, and other
charges fixed by law, rents, insurance,
audit expenses, books, stationery, and
all other expenses not included above 3,584 18 3i
Purchase, of stock from moneys arising
from grants in fee, sales of rents, and
enfranchisement of copyholds
Payments made out of this revenue to
her Majesty's Keeper of the Privy
Purse

712 5 4i

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Balance remaining on the
account of the Receiver-
General to Michailmas,
1843 4,941 12 31
Balance then remaining in
the hands of receivers
or agents

-
- 4,941 12 3.1
Arrears discharged 62 17 6

£33,037 18 01

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—THE LICENSED
VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—On Monday being the anniver-
sary of the birth-day of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, the Licensed Victuallers gave their annual fete
and fancy fair, in honour of the day, and for the bene-
fi!, of their school, in the grounds of the Surrey Zoolo-
gical Gardens. The concourse of company was very
great ; crowds were arriving during the day, and several
thousand visitors must, in the course of it, have passed
through the entrance gates. The articles to be disposed
of, consisting of such things as are generally seen on
these occasions, were arranged under tents in the usual
manner. The purchasers seemed liberally inclined, and
a brisk sale was kept up. In addition to the sights ex-
hibited in these grounds on ordinary occasions, an excel-
lent military band was in attendance ; there was also the
Russian family Kantrowitz, dressed in their national cos-
tume, who sang their native melodies with very good
effect. Herr Meyer, called the " magic siffleur," also
attended and displayed his art ; and, in a word, the
series of amusements and exhibitions lasted for many
hours, to the delight of both the young and the old. The
appearance of the children of the school, who were pre-
sent, was very good ; no children could have exhibited
a more cheerful, healthy, and clean condition. In the
evening fireworks were discharged, and the great fire of
London in 1666 was repeated. The whole was well
managed, and speaks well for the arrangements of the
gardens under the new proprietor, Mr. Tyler.
EXTRAORDINARY LEAP.—On Thursday night,
between one and two o'clock, the following very strange
occurrence took place at the Northumberland Hotel,
Dublin :—lt appears that a gentleman, who gave his
name as William A. Marsh, and said he was a native of
the county of Westmeath, went to lodge at the above
hotel on Monday, where he continued up to the night
in question, and at the hour stated he got out of bed
and leaped out of the window into the street. Police-
constable 45 C was near the spot, and took up the gen-
tleman, who did not seem much hurt, although he had
leaped, according to the policeman's account, from the
third story ; but the gentleman himself said it was from
the second window of the building. The constable ac-
companied Mr. Marsh to Sackville-place station-house,
where he (Mr. Marsh) told the following story to Mr.
M`Cann, the inspector on duty :—He said he was
aroused from his sleep by hearing the voices of persons
in the closet, who were speaking about going on board
a steamer for a pleasure trip, and that they were hurry-
ing for some place, which he could not !Mae. The noise,
he said, continued for some time, and in a very confused
manner, so he got afraid, and leaped out of the window.
His left arm was a little hurt. He refused to go back to
the hotel, and as Mr. M'Cann had no charge against
the gentleman, he brought him to the Prince of Wales
Hotel, where he went to bed. It is little short of a per-
fect miracle that Mr. Marsh escaped almost unhurt,
considering the dangerous leap he made.
DEATHS IN THE MILLBANK PRISON.—An inquest
was held on Monday in the Millbank Prison (late Peni-
tentiary), before Mr. Higgs, on the bodies of Robert
James, aged 24, and John Ward, aged 41, convicts under
sentence of transportation. The body of James was the
most emaciated ever seen even within this prison ; the
appearance was that of a human skeleton with skin
drawn tightly over it, the bones almost piercing through
it. Mr. Samuel Hatchard, deputy-governor, said the
deceased Robert James was received into that gaol on the
28th of March last, from Exeter gaol, under sentence of
transportation for ten years, having been convicted on
the 2d of January at the Exeter Sessions of housebreak-
ing. He had been in that prison before for three years
and a half, having been previously convicted of a similar
crime, and sentenced to ten years' transportation, which
was commuted to the above term of imprisonment. When
his term expired he was sent to his native place
(Exeter). The deceased on his second admission told him
that for some time before he committed the crime he had
been sleeping under hedges, and was nearly starred. Dr.
William Baly, physician to the prison, said the deceased
laboured under scrofula and consumption when admitted.
After he had been in about six weeks he was removed
into the infirmary, where he remained until his death,
which took place on Monday morning. He had wine,
brandy, eggs, and everything he required. For
the last three months he became so emaciated that it was
surprising he lived so long. In fact he had never seen
so thin a man. In this case a verdict of " Died of con-
sumption" was returned. With reference to the other
deceased (Ward), it appeared that he was received into
prison on the 2d inst. from Ipswich gaol, having been
convicted at the sessions held in that town on the sth of
July of horse stealing, and sentenced to ten years' trans-
portation. On the 9th of the present month he was at-
tacked with water on the brain; he fell into a state of in-
sensibility, and died on Saturday. Verdict, " Died from
water on the brain."