The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-07 00:00:00

G UILDHALL.

Mr. Alderman Gains, on taking his seat upon the
Bench, said he begged to correct an erroneous statement
which appeared in several of the morning newspapers. It
had been stated that Mr. Alderman Copeland, when
committing some destitute persons to prison, had said that
upwards of 6,000 casual paupers had been relieved within
the last twelvemonths in the London Union. He (Mr.
Alderman Gibbs) regretted to say that the destitution
prevailing in the City of London, both amongst the per-
manent residents and those who came into it, either seek-
ing work or from other causes, far exceeded that number,
for he could state upon authority, that the casual paupers
relieved in the London Union within the last QUARTER
amounted to no less than 10,000 persons.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S
STATUE, by SIR F. CHANTREY.
Yesterday the Committee appointed to superintend
the preparation of the erection of an equestrian statue
to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, in th• city of
London, assembled at the Mansion-house. Sir Peter
Laurie in the chair, There were present Mr. Master-
man, M.P., Mr. F. B. Simpson, Mr. Francis, Mr.
Rainbow (the Honorary Secretary to the Committee),
Mr. Child, Mr. Jordan, Alderma❑ Lucas, Alderman
Humphery, Mr. Edgingtoo, Mr. Burbage, Mr. Bridges,
and Mr. Jones and Mr. Turner, executors of the late
Sir Francis Chantrey.
The Sub-Committee appointed by the Committee to
communicate with the executors of Sir Francis Chantrey
presented the following report to the meeting :
The Sub-Committee appointed to confer with the

executors of the late Sir Francis Chantrey, and also to
inspect the state of the work, and to inform themselves
as to the progress made towards the completion of the
equestrian statue to be erected in the city of London, in
honour of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, beg to
report that on Thursday last, Dec. 30, they visited the
atelier of the late distinguished sculptor, there being
present on the occasion Mr. Masterman, the Treasurer,
&c. &c. On entering the studio they were shown a
bust of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, cast in
plaster, of the size of the head, intended to be com-
pleted in bronze, which bust the Committee were in-
formed bad received the finishing touch of Sir Francis
Chantrey but a few days before his lamented decease.
Opposite to this was placed what was understood to be
the quarter-sized model of the complete statue—the
horse being in plaster, and the figure of the Duke still
in clay.
" At the end of the room was a model of the horse of
the full size, and, as the Committee were instructed, in
a state to receive the plaster which would form the
mould in which the metal would be eventually cast.
" The Committee further requested that the execu-
tors would also comply with the wish expressed
by the last Committee, that they should report in
writing to the Committee the exact state in which
the work had been left by Sir Francis Chantrey. The
Sub-Committee beg, in conclusion, to state that a letter
has been sent, on behalf of the executors, signed by
Mr. Weekes and Mr. Cunningham, to be presented to
the Committee at their present meeting."
The Report was unanimously agreed to, and the
letter of Mr. Weekes and Mr. Cunningham, two very
clever men, who had been for many years employed by
Sir Francis Chantrey, and had wrought at his most
celebrated works, was read, and ordered to be entered
on the minutes.

The following resolution was, after some conversa-
tion amongst the members of the Committee, unani-
mously agreed to :
" Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee,
that from the Report of Sir Francis Chantry's execu-
tors, and the Sub-Committee appointed to inspect, the
progress of the work is such as to lead to the convic-
tion that the executors are fully enabled, with the
assistance of Messrs. Cunningham and Weekes, to
complete the statute of the Duke of Wellington ;
and that they be therefore empowered to pro-
ceed with the work, such endorsement being added to
the original contrast as the legal advisers of the trustees
shall consider ❑ecessary to ensure the performance of
its obligations."—The Committee then adjourned.
It has been determined to place the statue in the
space before the West-end of the Royal Exchange,
now occupied by the clump of buildings which have
been ordered to be taken down, and which are called
13aalre-batiltliage.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING
VESSELS SPOKEN WITII-Victoria, Madagascar to
Mauritius, 22d Oct., lat, 22 S., Jon. 53 E.; Anna, Bata-
via to Rotterdam, 30, Mt. 32, lon. 30 ; Margaret, Bom-
bay to London, Nov. 12, lat. 32, lon. 15 ; Osprey, Bom-
bay toLiverpool, 12 ; Portland, Bombay to Liverpool, 14,
lat. 14, lon. 10 ; Six, Bombay to London, and barque
Laura, same day ; Quinton Leitch, Bombay to Liverpool
16, lat. 28, lon. 6 • a ship, from Cadiz, No. 39, rendez-
vous flag, 3d ult., lat. 1 N., lon. 21 W.; Warner, Clyde
to Sierra Leone, Ist inst., by the Circassian, arrived at
Cork. Underwood, London to St. Kitt's ; Veracity,
sktg Londonnru:aib,ba2yc4itito,thha,Serit
arrived
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Liverpool.
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lon. 5, by her Majesty's
James, 14th, hit. 32, lon. 31 ; Eliza, of Swansea, for
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457. 25
Cuba, 22d, lat. 41, lon. 16 ; Esperance, Granville to
ship Conway, arrived at Portsmouth. Argyle, of and
for Greenock, 13th Sept., lat. 16 S., lon. 66 ; Ajax,
Bristol to Trinidad, Ist ult., lat. 26 N., lon. 37 E.
Phi-
Dlaniadatero,ndl4,lisracmaribcohrioutogh, London, 27th, lat. 49, lon. 11 ;
from Sierra Leone, 28th, lat. 50,
lon,ll ; Elizabeth, Liverpool to Charleston, 28th ; Cleostra-
tus, from the Clyde, 31st ;Northumberland, toMadras,Sept.
1, lat. 1 S., lon. 78 E., by the Royal Adelaide, arrived in
the Clyde. Hunter, London to Jamaica, 25th ult.,lat. 41,
lon. 13, by the Blotnidan, arrived at Plymouth. General
Evans, Demerara to Sierra Leone, 26th Nov., lat. 27,
lon. 62, by the Greenock, arrived in the Clyde.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals-Circassian, Sproule, from Bombay, off Cork,
and proceeded to Liverpool,
sailed Sept. 21, Ascension,
Nov. 28 ; Stratford, Haslep, from Mauritius, off
mPen-
zance ; Royal Adelaide, Barbour, from Bombay, the
Clyde, sailed Aug, 16, St. Helena, Nov. 4.
Arrivals at Ascension-Argyle, from Bombay, and
sailed Nuv. 28 ; Baboo, Stewart, 28, from Colombo, and
sailed 28, to Liverpool ; her Majesty's steamer Wilber-
force, from Africa.
Departure from St. Helena-Claudine, Brewer, Nov.
'lB, to London.
Arrival atßombay-Mor, Young, Nov. 24, from China.
Departures from China-St. Mungo, Lamont, Grey-
hound, Hutchinson, and Saghalien, Brown, all for Eng-
land, previous to the 9th of October. The Neptune, ,
Ferris, under despatch.

Count St. Aulaire' the French Ambassador,
visited the -Earl of Aberdeen yesterday after-
noon, at the Foreign-office. •