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London, England, 1830-04-16 00:00:00

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PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

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Au Accovits of the Sums received by the
on MARINI POLICIiIIS

MARINE POLICIES.
mere of Stamps during the Six Years *maga%
de bth January, 1830, for STAisre
lung what Sums were received on Policies in London.

YEARS INNING bth JANUARY.

185115

1886

1827

1828

1829

1830

!own
Coustsy

# 9. d.
181,195 0 0
42,468 18 6

Z s. 4.
220,131 1 11
82,374 8 8

Z I. d.
169,286 19 7
44,658 5 0

Z a. d.
100,890 17 6
48,274 13 10

E s. a.
187,820 7 6
46,616 1 9

£ a. d.
182,405 12 8
45,567 12 3

1223,66316 6
4al and Compt. General's Office, Stamps, 30th .1

272,603 10 7
farch, 1830.

213,646 4 7

238,964 11 41 244336 9 s i 227,973 4 9
THOS. LIGHTFOOT, A. and C.O.

MARINES.
Rey VIV 4 of all Orrictris of the Row. illantxxs who have Sold their Retired Full-pay or Half-pay Commissions, specifying their
Names, Rank, when they obtained their Fbat Commissions as Second Lieutenants, and when plead on Half-pay ; whether they pin-
chased any and how many of their Commissions, and how long they served in each Rank ;—since the Return dated Admiralty Offift,
Ibis Moe* ISM

Name and Rank.

lint
Lieutenant.

Captain. Major. tenantn p
Colonel. on Retired Pay.
'799 1 June ...1810 10 Jan ....AM 3 April ...1828
180319 July ...1826 3 April ...1 8 Nay ...1828
1803425 July ..1826 8 May ...1 19 Aug. ..1828
180301 July ..182625 April ..1829 6 Nov. ..1829
Cmlesions.
JOHN DYER, Chid Clerk.

Thomas Timins.... Lieut.-Cot
Akiander Watson ... Ditto...
Thos. John Stirling... Ditto...
Henry Cox ... Ditto...

27 Nov. —1778 11 (kt...... 1781
1 June —179324 April ..17
2 June —1793 24 April ...1796
112 June —179324 April ...1796
None of these s pureha

16 June ...1'
6 July ..11
6 July ..11
11 July ..111
sed any of their

25th March, 1830.

TONNAGE, IRELAND.

ROYAL DESCENT—AN ANECDOTE.
We extract the folio from the third and fourth vo-
lumes (unpublished) of the " iques de de Bteufn
Dufresney, a descendant of Henry IV. by the Lift side, has
just taken it into his head to marry; but only see to what excess a
poet may carry his originality. A young and comely washerwoman,
whose account with the wit might be compared to a theatrical piece
without a denouement, made her way one morning into the author's
apartment, and in a positive tone demanded, once for all, as
she termed it, the settlement of her account. ' Your account,'
exclaimed the poet, slipping on his clothes behind his bed-curtain,
for the sake of decency,' that's easily said, child ; but the truth is,
that for the last fortnight the jade Fortune had been in a most spite-
ful humour with me. Faro, and all his host to boot, have been
most unmercifuL' The sum is but a trifle of thirty pistoles.' A
trifle ! thirty pistolts ! If I had only one I might take advantage
of a lucky vein which 1 am positive was going to begin just u I
left off last night.' 6 But in eight days lam to be married; and
it's no use talking ; you mtnt in the meantime find wherewithal
to pay your debt." Ah! you are going to be married ! tnen
it seems you have money ; for alas if you count upon
my thirty pistoles--" I lean upon a rotten staf—is that
your meaning ?' Not exactly, child. I will assuredly pay
you one of these days ; some morning when you chance to find me
in the vein that I was forced to abandon last night. But a mo-
ment : thirty pistoles are not your entire portion ?' Certainly
not. By dint of washing, and scouring, and plaiting, and
starching, I have amassed about a couple of hundred ducats.'
' The devil you have, Jeannette. You have indeed starched
and plaited to some purrppososee. And who is the bridegroom ?'
• An honest Norman who has promised to manage our
little household matters as carefully as he drives his master's car-
riage.' A coachman ! Fie ! fie l a girl like you might do better.'
6 Whom then would you have me many? A. duke, I suppose!'
In truth, Jeannette, there are dukes who do not deserve you. and
who are incapable of amassing in a century the two hundred ducats
which your little hands have put together in so short a time. What
say you to me, girl, for a husband—his majesty's valei-de-ehasebre
and comptroller of the royal gardens !" You, M. Dufresney ! you
marry a washerwoman.' ' Why not, my great-grandmother worked
in a garden.' A slight whispering of ambition tingled in Jean-
nette's ear I don't exactly refuse,' said she with a down.
cast look—, you arc his majesty's vier-de-chaetire, and comp-
troller of the royal gardens ?' Even so, child.' And in
case of accidents, mayhap you could become valet-de-ehambre in
some other great house or gardener P' I don't promise that, kali
am a poet.' Oh, for the matter of that, your trade is not worth
much. I wash for twenty poets, not one of whom pays me ; but—'
Well ! have you made up your mind ? Here I am—quite dressed ;
give me your arm—we'll have the banns published immediately.'....
' With all my heart,' said the washerwoman, taking the poet lovingly
by the arm; and in a fortnight the fair marcher, whom we must now
call the grand-daughter of Henry IV. was obliged to scrub and plait
harder than ever to gain another couple of hundred pistols, her
husband having spent the first in a fruitless search after his vein of
luck. But in a week afterwards Dufresney made his appearance
with a thousand pistoles which Louis XIV. had given him; his
majesty good naturedly observing, that his relation, Jeannette, must
not be suffered to starve for the crime of having married a great
monarch's illegitimate grandson."—Litentry Gazelle.

An account of the amount of tonnage of vessels entered inwards
and cleared outwards at all the ports of Ireland ; distinguishing the
amount for the port of Dublin, lkom bth January, 10513, to bth
January, 1830, distinguishing the amount in each year :

ENTERID INWARDS.

Ships. Tons. IShips.
3,028 323,7831 7,908
3,428 ,458, 8,641
3,483 ,345 9,175
3,540 425,197 9,114
.3,079 379,279 9,670
3,238 412,23510,053
3,552 447,181 11,419

Dublin.

Years

Jan. 5. 1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830

Years ended]

1/IWIIII6
Ships. Tam.
2,483 276,379
1,618 181,079
1,824 218,845
1,422 284,380
1,431 211,960
1,610 250,582
1,552 '

Ships. Tons.
10,066 897,818
1 8,257 742,309
1 9,689 878,173
7,238 801,338
1 8,136 875,998
i 9,466 1,035,677
1 9,646 1,039.461

Jan, 5, 1824
1825
1826
1827•
1828
1829
1830

7,533 621,431
7,629 561,23(
7,865 659,321

6,816 566,471
6,704 664,P•
7,846 7P
240,6341 8,093

798,

The falling off in the number of ships and increase of tonnage
in the years since the sth of January, 1826, is stated by the officers
at Dublin to be accounted for by the general employment then, for
the first time, of trading vessels navigated by steam, most of which
are upwards of 200 tons, which had the effect of displacing a num-
ber of small sailing vessels previously employed in the trade with
Liverpool and other ports.

A REPORT OF THE POOR MAINTAINED
IN THE SEVERAL HOSPITALS OF THE CITY OF
LONDON THE LAST YEAR.

CHHIST'S HOSPITAL.

Children put forth apprentices, and discharged last year, 153; nine
whereof being instructed in the mathematics and navigation were
placed forth apprentices to commanders of ships, out of the ma-
thematical school founded by King Charles 11. . . 153
Children buried last year . . . . . .
Children now in the Hospital, in London and at Hertford, 7
1.173 ; to be admitted on presentations granted to this
time, 140 . . . . . . . . . 1,313
The support of this hospital materially depends upon benefactions
and bequests. As that part of Its income which is permanent is far
.hors of maintaining the usual number of children, whose education
qualifies them for the church, for naval service, and to every station
in life aceerding to their abilities, and as the principles of religion,
as well as the due order of civilised society, are points to which their
attention is constantly directed, it is hoped that all the charitable
will contribute to an institution, which is not only of local, but of
rational good.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.
Patients admitted, cured, and discharged, during the last year,
5,128 in-patients, 4,638 out-patients, and 3,667 casualty patients,
most of whom were poor, sick, and lame, and being destitute of
all relief, many of them have been supplied with money, clothes
and other necessaries, to enable them to :return to their several
habitations, in the whole . . . . . 13,443
Remaining under cure—ln-patients, 472 ; out-patients,
231 ; casualty patients, 297 . . . . 1,000
This hospital having escaped the great fire in 1666, the build.
ii,gs became so ruinous, that in 1729 there was a necessity that
great part should be taken down ; and a subscription was then en-
tered into by the Governors and others for rebuilding the hospital,
which has been progressively erected, without any diminution of
the patients.
A very heavy expense has been incurred by a general and thorough
repair of the whole buildings, in consequence of which the three
wings are now completed. Within the last few years all fees on the
admission of patients have been abolished, the nurses placed in ad-
ulation, better adapted to their duties, and the accommodation for
the in-patients now so extended as to admit 600, and their diet and
general cemforts materially improved. The accomplishment of
these objects has occasioned a very heavy increase of annual expen-
diture and the Governors have lately rebuilt their church.

ST. THOMASS HOSPITAL.

Cured and discharged from St. Thomas's Hospital last year, of
wounded, maimed, sick, and diseased persona. 2,953 in-patients,
and 19,616 out-patients, including casualties, many of whom have
been relieved with money and necessaries at their departure to
support them to their several habitations . . . 22,569
Buried 260
Remaining under cure—ln-patients, 441; Out-patients,

800 • • • ..... .
So that there have been, during the last year, of poor ob.
objects destitute of other care . smo
The number constantly relieved at this hospital being so large, and
having of late considerably increased,and the expenses for food,physic,
and necessary erpairs, both on the estate in the hospital, being very
great, it is therefore recommended to charitable persons to enable the
Governors to go on in still farther extending relief to the distresses of
the numerous sick, maimed, and diseased poor, who daily apply, so
that through the blessing of GOD, and the bounty of this charity,
hey may be restored to bailth, and be made useful members of the
community.