The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, I ONDON. FRIDAI EVENING„JuNE 10, 1842.

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) t IRELAND.
Grayson,, a fashionably dressed young man, was PROVISION RIOTS IN ENNIS.—TWO PERSONS
charged with robbing a lady named Vane, this morning in KILLED:
Blackman .street. The complainant was walking along the LIMERICX) TCESDAY,—The city this morning was thrown
pavement when the felt a lug at her pocket, end immediately uto considerable excitement by a rumour taring gone abroad
seized the prisoner, who was the next person to her, by the arm. that at a la.e hour last night, or early this morning, some per-
He di tinted and tried to get awar, but :he held hint until a I stns had breii shot dead aid several wounded in Ennis, by a
policeman came up ire o whose custody she gave him. She I parry of military and police, which heti been called out to
added that she was robbed of 15s. resist an attack made by a throng of starving people on the
A witness stated that the prisoner was cons'antly in the flour mills of Ur. Bannatyne in that town. From the rela-
company of piekpoilets• tions made to us, it eppt ars that an attack had been made on
on some hosts belonging to Mr. Bannatyne, which
pet suns
y.ase river, and that quantities of flour had been taken,
e about
tstroeuAze than,sa said
utehha
fellows
lt
lwhoer
se a weresthe pririostomn
eorr, ewho harm;;
a dangeroust.g layS Saturday ui
n Care
sll the .extr rior appearance of gentlemen, commit the most im- but that the police being promptly on the spot the flour for
pudent and baresasedrobberies.—Committed for three months. the most part was re-taken, and the persona concerned in the
matter. w-re captured and committed to prison. This had
not the effect of appeasing the hunger of the multitude, be-
cause the attack was repeated on the same evening, and signs
of di,turbance manifested themselves throughout yesterday.
At twelve o'clock, however, last night, a very great crowd,
consisting of men and women, the latter, we understand
preponderatirg, surrounded the' concerns of Mr. Ban-
. natyne, end were endeavourinz to force them open, when
the police and military arrived and resisted the attempt.
We learn that previous to this the resident Magistrate, Lau-
rence Cruise Smith. Esq., a gentleman who has won golden
opinions from all classes during his official connexion with the
town and neighbour hood of Ennis, not imagining that his sec
-
vices would to required, left for his residenee, in the expects-
tion that tranquiliity would be observed. We have been
informed that the command of the military end police was taken
in Mr. Smith's absence by one of the local Magistrates, whose
name has been mentioned to us; but we have heard also that
the military and police were left without a Magistrate at all.
Be this as it may, the attempt of the people,
many of them
pining from hunger and unable to purchase food at its present
ruinously high price and without employment—the attempt,
we say, at the people, was met by the fire of the military and
police, and, sad to relate, two persons were killed on the spot,
arid 12 or 14 wounded ! With the imperfect information fur-
nished us (no more than the outline of the facts), we cannot
trust ourselves this evening
to comment upon this truly lament-
able affair, which, we are not surprised to learn, has caused but
one feel ng of horror wherever it has been heard. We cannot, for
the life of us, understand why the military or police should be or-
dered to usetheir deadly weapons on suCli an occasion, and for
such an oLject, when it is notorious that a litt!e forbearance, with
--firrricess a nddiecretion, would produce far more effectual results,
andn s
and- be the surest means of establishing order, as it appears
that no exertion has been blade in that quarter to reduce the
cothe necessities of the poor !
ilys a puzzle to us why loaded ns td
e orf any pro
cviirsci: mn provisions
t a ees, supply
mus-
ketry should be discharged in front of a famishing crowd mad-
dened with hunger, even if they had proceed much further than
we have been informed they did in this instance.
FAMINE-1N MAYO.
The Rev. Richard Henry,' paiiih priest of Islandeady, in a
letter to the Freeman's Journal, dated cn Monday morning,
states that hundreds are on the brink of starvation in that parish,
and that many of them must perish, if relief be not speedily
afforded. The Reverend Gentleman says—" Five hundred
families have been, for the last ten days, subsisting on green
cabbage leaves , the only food under Heaven they can procure."
A memorial for relics has been sent to Lord De Grey, and one
also to the landlord, Sir Roger Palmer.
COMMIT I'AL OF. A ROM AN CATHOLIC
CLERGYMAN.
The following statement appears in the Londonderry Jour-
nal of Tues.lay :
The Rev. Daniel llPGettigan, R.C.C., was summoned to
appear before Daniel Chambers, John Chambers, John Robert
}..loyd, and John Beers, Esqrs., the Magistrates assembled at
petty sessions, at Letterkenny, on 'Wednesday last, the Ist of
June instant, to give evidence touching his knowledge of a
felony, alleged to have been committed by one Hugh Molloy,
and attended on said day, in obedience to such summons.
The cireurnstances of the ease which led to the summoniug of
Mr. ItltGett Igen, are as follow :—A person of the name of --
Harkin, was indebted in a sum of money to said Hugh Mulloy,
which Molloy multi not recover, in consequence of the existence
against him of certain legal difficulties. Harkin had a horse,
which he sent to one Barrin, his son-in-law, who resides in Glen.
firm. Barrin's stable, shortly after Hawkin's horse was sent to
I him, was entered at night, and his own horse taken by some pere
son at present unknown, either by mistake for Harkin's horse, or
because Barrin's horse was more valuable than Harkin's,
which latter is believed to be the fact. Some time after the
stealing, some of the parties came to the Rev. Mr. M'Get.tigan
on the subj: ct, and what transpired- before him is not known,
but the result was, that Barrio got his horse, and Mulloy
was paid his money. Mr. M'Gettigan having been required
by the Magistrates to be sworn, and state that part cf the
transaction of which he was aware, refused doing so, stating
that he could not conscientiously. reveal what was imparted to
him as a secret, the parties having entrusted him therewith
under the impression that he neither could nor would
reveal it. The Magistrates read him a letter, purporting to
have been written bj Mr. Lucas, the Under-Secretary, stating
that no clergyman was exempted from giving evidence, in
any case, no matter how his knowledge may have beets ob•
tained ; to which dictum Mr. M'Gettigan said he could not
assent :and stated, as an instance of the hardship of the adop-
tion of such a principle, that he had at that moment a letter
in his pocket from an individual enclosing a pound-nose which
he had stolen from another, and requesting Mr. MtGettigan to
restore it, of which (if Mr. Lucas and the Magistrates were
correct) be would be obliged, upon a summons being issued,
and served upon him at the instance of the person to whom he
would restore the pound, to give evidence as to how he ob-
tained, and who the party was that. stole the same. The
Magistrates finally committed Mr. 111'Gettigan for such refusal
to give evidence, under the 9th Geo. IV. c. 54, a. 2, and he
now lies immured in Lifford gaol. The following is as extract
of a private letter received from him since his incarceration :
The propriety of the course which I have taken in this affair,
no matter, what may be the issue, appears to me every hour
g, eater and More just. * +r
I have great consolation in the plaudits of a clear conscience ;
and, tut mature reflection, you and every other man will com-
mend the course, and advocate the principle which has led me
to this.' The excitement through all parts of the country is
int erise."

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CLITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
A further rise has taken place to-day in the prices of the
English Funds, although but little business has been done.
'lse Market bore a very firm appearance. Consols, 914 911
for the opening ex-dividend ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 914
92; Three-,,nd-a-Half ler Cent. Reduced, looi wog; Bank
bteck, 168; I' xebequer Pills, 48 50 premium.
Net anything has neeretransacte d in Foreign Securities be-
yond a few bargains in Duieh at 524 for the Tao and a Half,
and 101* for the Five per Cents. Prices of the others remain
nominal,' as yestei day.
1 hi quotation for ittexican is 361_, 37.
The Si are Market is firm, but with sales only in Great
Western at 1,9; Brighton 35g; and Greenwich at 6.
The Bonds also are quite neglected :—Posi tugurse Five per
Cents.. 37/ 374: ai.d span's!), the Five per Cents., 223. 24;
and Three I,er Cents., 23* 23g. The holders of these
last - named documents are now beginning to expels
some uneasiness lest the dividend may not be forth-
coming. Even the most sanguine are apparently inclined to
believe that the 30th inst. will rass over without the promised
payment, and it is painful to state, that their fears are, it may
be expected, well grounded.
The notice given by the Bank of England, that they will
take light gold at 3/. 17s. 10/d. per oz., has to a
small extentrclicved the holders of and upwards. But to
the usual current for mercantile transactions the s)stem just
adopted still offers the same impediments. Each payment is
strictly examined, and at the Custom-house and whir public
offices, as well as to private bankers, the hindrance to business
is very great.
A file of Canton papers, to the Ist of March, hive been re.
ceived, but contain no commercial into ligence. This is to be
accounted for by the fact of Hong Kung beis g now the scat of
tra.de, and it was supposed that such merchant; as remained at
Macao or Canton would remove their establishments to the
first-named island as soon as possible. Some exceedingly
heavy and continued rains had caused much distress among the
inhabitants of the provinces south of the lakes, and many Of
them had found their way to Macao, and ware begging for
food. The Emperor had ordered the natives to retire inland,
that the British might advance, this policy had been before pur-
sued, but without attaininolie'qt.esired end.
Papers from Rio Jan4railn"t* 9tli.,,,iifApril have also come
to hand, and are withisufinfiirolion
LIVERPOOL COTTON;IAAOO,,,,,LO 9.—There is no
change to notice in thelitate.Rflho Market to day. Specula-
tors and exporters purebasetl:AdiallAriantity, and the sales
amounted to 4,000 bales'A'..
LIVERTOOL SHARE n;Att,4l,•,slitva.—The market ha 1
a much firmer tone to--day;''yet' the transactions were by no
means extensive, and were confined to Eastern Counties New,
6/. 14s. 2d ; -Edinburgh and Gla-gow, 50/ ; New, 41. Is. 3d.;
Grand Junction, 184 ; Brighten New, 7N ; and South Eastern
New, 6*. - -
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 9.—With the
exception of South Eastern New Shares, which ate rather in
request. at higher rates, Railway Stock generally is dull of sale.
North Midland, Half Shares, 3'14; south Eastern, Scrip, l 6;
Manchester arid Birmingham. 26 26/ ; Manchester and Leeds,
82 83; Ditto, Quarters, bi 54.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock 167 !India Steck —pm
3 per Cent. Red. .. 92 Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. C0n5......... Ditto Old Annuities
3/ per Cent. Red —lOO4 Ditto New Annuities...
Now 3/ per ...... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 48 pm
New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 500/...... 50 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 48 pm
Jan. 1860 ...... IJg Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. ,1859 ...... India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 18,0 — ;Consols for Opg. 91i
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent. Portuguese, 5 per cent. 61/
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres 6 percent. ;Russian, 5 per cent .... 113/
Chilian, 6 per cent ...... .
Colombian, 6 per cent —';Spanish, 5 per cent. 22/
Ditto, 1824 ;Dates, Deferred.... . 10/
Danish, 3 per cent — ;French, 5 per cent. —f.
Greek, 182.5, 5 per cent — Exchange —f
Mexican, 5 per cent 363. ;French, 3 per cent. —f. —e.
1 iittu, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, per cent. 524
Perucian,lB2s, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. 101*
SHARES.
Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid)... 28
Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) ..... 9
Ditto New Shares ( paid) ..... ......... 6/ 16s 81
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 51
Great t% estern Hallway (65 paid): B9
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 62i
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ... 9*
London and Brighton (50 paid) , 354
London anti litrutingham (90) . ...
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 15 paid)
London and Greenwich Railway (121 15s 4d pd) 61
Lonoon and South Western (431 Iss Odpd) 62/
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk)
South Eastern anti Dover (50 paid)
Ditto Scrip. (5 paid)
LLOYD

S SaIIIPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JUNE 10.—Wind this day at noon, E. to N. E.
MARGaTz, JUNE 9.—Thu lonia, from London to Glo,ter,
got on Alargate.Sands yesterday, but came off again leaky, and
was brought into the harbour.
DEAL, JUNE 9.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E., fresh.—Arrd,
Volunteer, Mann, Berbice. Arrd from the River and sailed,
General Kyd, Madras ; Westminiter, New York ; Bezaliel,
Palermo.

' THE BELGIAN AUTHORITIRS AND THE GENERAL
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.--It appears that opposition
has been got up by the Belgian authorities, in connexion with
the Belgian Steam-boat Company, against the General Steam
Navigation Company of London, and some late proceedings
of the former at Antwerp must call for the interference of
our Government, if repeated, unless the trade between Bel-
gium and London is to be confined to the steam-boats of the
former nation. Every possible obstruction is thrown in the
way of the business of the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's vessels running to Antwerp, fur the purpose of giving
an advantage to those which belong to a Company formed in
London Company,
that city. On Sunday last the Rainbow, belonging to the
having regularly cleared out at Antwerp,
paid all port dues, was upon the pot of starting in corn-
pany with the Belgian ship Princess Victoria, when an endea-
vour was made to stop the Rainbow from proceeding or, her
passage. Cowan) Fife, however, resolved to proceed, and pro-
tested against this interference with the rights of a British
ship. He ordered the Belgian officers out of the ves'el. The
Belgian steamer, in consequence
the other. It seems that the Bof
few minutes' start, but the Rainbow soon overtook her, pasted
her in gallant style, and arrived iu London two hours before
Belgian
g i
a n this
Gionyteerrnfemreeenmtva, r
eh aindte a.
rested ia the steamers belonging to the Ostend and Antwerp
Companies, and are doing all See can to drive their British
rivals off the station, arid monopolize the whole of the steam-
boat trade. A different course is pnraued here. The Belgian
steamers are allowed to leave the Thames at any hour their
oaners think proper, and our Government would not for one
moment interfere with fair competition. The people of Ant-
werp and Ostend have a perfect right to start steam-vessels of
their own, but it is certainly not just. on the part of the Bel-
gian Government to use their influence, and endeavour to
crush a company by whose exertions Antwerp and Ostend have
been greatly benefited, and who hare always carried on their
operations in a generous spirit of rivalry.
~
arnaartaat GRELN.----AN IRISH BROTHER.—.\ young
sprightly couple, to all appearance under age, passed through
this town on Friday, in a carriage and four, en route to Gretna
Had. The young rely, in addition to a swain alike loving
and likely, was accompanied by her brother, au Irish gentleman
of superior edusation, and the greatest frankness of mind and
manner. In calling on a townsman to obtain a supply of
sovereigns in Exchange for Bank of Ireland notes, he men-
tioned, unasked, his destination, and seemed to enjoy the idea
of the trip amazingly. " What," said the Dumfrieaian, " I
hope sem are not going to make a runaway marriage." " Not
yet, at least, but my sister is, and that's pretty much the same
seeing it's a family affair after all." "Indeed ! but why travel
so far to get the knot tied, as if there were no altars and priests
in Ireland? ' "As for that there are plenty of parsons, and
ready enough to take the fee besides; but then, you see, my
father refused his consent, and was like to break the hearts of
both the darlings. But for my own part, 1 see nothing wrong
in the match ; the bridegroom is a friend, and a fine young
fellow, who may as wed have my sister as another ; anti
so 1 thought it best to jog along in company, and enjoy the
spree." Gold was readily tendered for good bank. paper, and
the party took their departure across the border in the same
dashing style they had arrived. On Saturday they returned,
bantym sovereignsttyie.
and seemed quite delighted that they had got the job so well
over. The lions of Dumfries, were, of course, visited, and
many compliments paid to the scenery of Nithsdale; and, after
a slight repast, the trio started for their native country, via
Portpatriek, to beg forgiveness of an offended father, who re-
sides somewhere in the county Dublin.—Duntfries Courier.
LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.—In consequence of ' the great
da atyiegmdthheifaneniatgrovoteetifh:
epelars
n'ossgiotgeahge;treste. branchesiiigo
sovereigns
those
of
that
tphar aer lecea.
usotivo e
number of light sovereigns and half-sovereigns now in circu-
lation, and tier Majesty's Beard Proclamation on the subject,
dated the 3d instant, calling upon the different Gpiernment
officers who have the collecting of the public revenue, to en• .
force the Orders in Council of his late Majesty George 111.,
dated July Ist, 1817, and the Order in Council of Ins late
and Old Cavendish-street :—" On
Ma-
jesty George IV., issued the 6th of February; 1821; 'respect-
inn the weight of the gold coinage of the realm,' the following
~ The clerks in this extensive establish-
ment notice was put up yesterday at the General Post-ogee, St.
the department, for the purpose of
Martin's-le-Grand, and the branch offices in Lembardsstreet,
cross, and
at the money pay order office,
theand Bfronrrnoutgbhi,a Cdhayarninngani
sovereigns
othatpt
edm byy be foundten-
nrediigteßelent in weiht are
eSsi.lansPa-t°tffih ece Stamp-offices differentthesame
pncjriee3.teci'olajua.ns:ogteiter es
weighingaisnd bullion-dealers
than precautioniBs.
6d.
to
so takenl9s
pandy marked. m-house, ust
iosmpse-ttha
ttoeutpeis,e,
g,hot,iliadr
Let Excise,cietguhrits
theh la.-eight has got to rather an
' n :6:si icegtenilnlit' egrrisnt hcien i n
and shopkeepers est'
e
circulation
gth ole d currencycityand
ar e throughout
not‘coilt Nest-endt
abhre(nhoureea snore,
metropolis hneinr i
here."
. thet
in'r
a 1 a r m i n bag
sadegree,ntk the
s,
deficiencyn
al merchants,
rel aatin is
nn, f t
insic vtette,
is the-prelude to the issuing ot a new
the
Coinage, as many
experitn
' cuts have been lately made by the Assayor of the Mint
to discover some means to prevent the system that has been
na
rtidde
rt town half-sovereigns f-psaorlenr
fe i gt;nosv
e9rsn.
noirel.l9tsr.
practised by speculators in defrauding the public and bringing
the gold currency of die realm into depreciation, not only at
home but abroad, by " sweating and " plugging." in the
large commercial towns throughout Great Britain the loss to
the holders of gold will be most serious, as they will be the
losers, and not Government nor the Bank of England.
THE
syyt
JAN lv,„.____The SUM required to enable
her Majesty to grant a gratuity o the officers and men lately
employed on the mast of Syria, is estimated at 60,0001. The
estimate has been furnished by the Adiniralty, and the money
is to be distributed in such manner as her: i'llajesty in Council
shall direct.
- ..-_-A return 41
SHANNON NAVIGATION• of .the propor-
tions of the sum of 1004/, levied on the county of flacon,.
mon, for the improvement. of the'Sbanne.n, has been laid before
the House et C,tninons. It is paaable. by six baronies, viz.,
A thlone, Bailymoe, Boyba Fraitcliiiiik, pozeoinmen, and
Castlerea. . .
• i a
WORK SOP.—During the I I-, _as_ fortigni, vegetation in
this neighbourhood has made wonderful prugres.s ; the great:
has sprung up as though it had been forced into existence by
magic; and such is the luxuriance of the growing crops, coupled
with the present warm and salubrious weather, that hay har-
vest commenced last week, at Scmland Farm, in the oceupa-
taon of his Grace the Duke of Portland.—Doncaster Gazette. '
TUE WEITHER.—PARIS, WEDNESDAY.—The tem-
perature has, within these two days, greatly increased. At six
o'clock yesterday tnornirg the thermometer was at 60 Fahren-
I 'belt, and by two o'clock had risen-to 78 F.

Poaxsatonni, JUNE 9.—Wind N. E.— Arrd. Oriental
steamer. Alexandria. Sailed, H.M.S. Winchester, Cape.
COWES, JUNE 9.—Arrd. Commodore Napier, Clark, Ha-
vannah ; Barrington, Barton, New Orleans.
OFF PORTLAND, JUNE 2.—Avatice, Boman, Sweden, for
Pernambuco ; Warsaw Matanzas.
COWES, JUNE 9.-2'l he William, late Ferri., that sailed
hence last evening for St. Petersburgh, grounded off the Old
Castle Point, but was got off the following tide without apparent
damage, and is now at anchor to the westward of Rye.
FAL7,IOOTO, .JUNE B.—Wind E., moderate.—Acrd, her
Majesty's ship Star, Rin, eld. April 10, with 8,0001. on freight.
• I'Listount, JUNE 9.—Wind E.S.E.—Arril. Jordeson,
Jordeson, Odessa.

LIVERPOOL; :lux! 9.—Wind S. E. moderate.—Arrd. Loo
Choo, Whippen, New Orleans; Emma, Thomas, Salonica ;
Johanna, Dunn, Iceland. Sld. Mi!o, Boston ; Zeno, Jamaica ;
Herman, Philadelphia; John Bentley, St. John's, New llruns•
wick ; Ninian. Lindsay, Halifax ; Chase, Constantinople.
'Arrd. off, i.ari Pow is, Mauritius.

BaisTot., 31:tit rrd. Lotus, Samson, Quebec; Gene-
ral bir F. B. Head, ditto; Wilkinson, Brown, New York.
9th, The Jane, of this port, sailed hence this morning, and
struck on the rock at Piel, and has capsized from- the ledge,
bottom up, and is expected to become a wreck.
GLOUCESTER, JUNE 9. —The Lord Panmure, APNeill, from
Barletta, which capsized on Sydney Grounds, has been got off
and taken into Sharpness Basin, with masts cut away,'and loss
of bowsprit, &c. her decks have given way, and more than
two-thirds of the cargo is lost.
Snittns,-Jusr.7.—tild. Fair Arcadian, Loadman, Alex-
andria. Btb, Salarlin, Al‘Kenzie' Valparaiso.
HARWICH, Sera: 9.—The Northumbria, Clennell, from
Newcastle to Dordt, has been assisted in here, leaky, having
struck on Haisbro' Sands.

THE LATE FIRE AT HAMBURGH.
HAaIBCaGH, .1 UNE 7. —The authorities ( Unterst ut z ungs-
Behorde ) appointed by the Senate, yesterday printed the first
sheet of a statement officislly recording the amounts severally
received for the relief of Hamburg'', specifying the names of
Sovereigns and places. This present statement is to be con-
fined to all gifts up to the evening of the 31st of May, and of
these mention only (it is announced) being made of contribu-
tions actually received. The list of places is given alphabetic-
ally ; there is no English name as vet among them.
The total amount received up to the evening of the 31st
May is elsewhere officially given as follows : Mks. Banco.
Received by the authorities, from without, about 1,600,000
Within Ham burgh territory
Received by the Hulfaverein, in all about.—

A total sum of about ... 1,943,000
The various denominations of money in which the several
gifts were received renders it impossible in reducing them to
one standard to give the positive value—a value ever varying
with the ra'e of exchange. In the items of the following list
of the Sovereigns, great and small, contributors to a benefac-
tion of so urexampled a character, this will be readily apparent.
His M. the King of Denmark........... 100,000 Alks. Banco.
His M. the King of Prussia
His R. H. the Grand Juke of Meck-
lenburg Schwerin... lO,OOO Thir. N 2-3.
His M. the King of Saxony
His R. H. the Gland Duke of Olden-
burg
The Free State of Frankfurt
His H. the Prince Duke of Anhalt-
13ertiburg
His H. the Prince Duke of Anhalt •
Dessau
His R. H. the Grand Duke of Hesse
and by Rhine 4,000 Gulden.
His R. H. the Grand Duke of Baden... 8,000 Gulden.
Her R. H. the Grand Duchess ...... 1,000 Gulden.
His H. the I%largrave William 6OO Gulden.
His H. the Margrave Maximilian
His H. Charles Egon, Prince of Fur-
stenburg
His H• the Hy. Prince Ch. of Fur-

200 L. d'Or.

1,000 Thlr. Pr.

600 Gulden.

200 Gulden.

stenburg
His H. the Prince Maximilian of Fur-
, stenburg 2OO Gulden.
His M. the Emperor of Russia
His M. the King of the French
His H. the Prince Duke of Anhalt-
. Got hen
His R. H. the Grand Duke of Meek-
lenburg- St relit z
His M. the King of .Wurtemburg 10.000 Gulden.
Her M. the Queen ..
His H. the Prince Duke Charles of
Braunschweig
•••... 100 Guineen.
The Prince of .1 horn and Taxis 1,200 Mks. Ct.
The Landgrave Gottfreid of Hohenstein 300 Mks. Banco.
The names of several of the Sovereigns of Europe do not,
it will be seen, appear in this list ; among others, besides that
of Great Britain, are those of Austria, Bavaria, and Holland, all
of which have announced their intention to send suly,criptions.
There is no mention made either of-tile King of Hanover, the
most neighbouring Sovereign, who derives so large a revenue
from the commerce of Hamburgh through his illegal levy of
the Stade duties, but, perhaps, though among the tardy donors,
his name may appear in the next list. The state of Hanover
has, however, liberally subscribed by a vote of the Chambers,
suggested, it is said by the Kiug, a sum of 200,000 thalers ; but
whether as a loan or gift is not as yet clear. Among the dis-
tinguished names given above there are some, certainly, whose
dignity is not of a very European charactor ; but I state them
to you as all those which this publication " delighteth to honour."
The Hulfsverein acknowledges . the subscriptions sent to it.
direct from several places in England, and communicates the
measures it has taken already, and those it is in process of
carrying out for the relief of the sufferers. These may he
brielly stated Iv be advances of money by way of gift and loan
for the purchase of necessaries in the way of clothing, tools, and
other things requisite for parties to be enabled to return to the
maintenance of themselves by their own industry ; also the
procuring and building of houses, which are springing up in
delightful variety of all shapes and colours, wood as well as
brick, in every open space within. the town, as also without.
its gates.

200 L. d'Or.

The Hulfsverein also report the g►eat care and activity they
have exercised to insure the proper application and beneficial
intention of the generous contributors. Independent of the
continual maintenance of a large population, and the works of
utility and benevolence already specified, the Hulfsverein have
afforded effective relief already in 1,308 cases, and given to the
amount of 94,920 marks current, besides loans to the further
amount of 15,350 marks current, which is to commence to be
repaid a year hence in small sums.