The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-15 00:00:00

w E BETWLEM AND THE LAW OF. LUNACY.
APUBLIC MEETING will be shortly held to
Petition Parliament for an Amendment of the Law of Lunacy,
I'm the Prevention of the Cruel Treatment of Lunatics in Bethicm,
athnd_ other Lunatic) Asylums. Parties desirous of assisting in
objets,
are requested to communicate with the Secretary
01 th&Alleged Lunatic's Friend Society. 41, Craven-street, Strand.
JOHN T. PERCEIVAL, Hon-Secretary.

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
Society
Darti INVESTIGATION into the Affairs of this
Y Nis to be made as at the close of the current year. All
pnres, therefore, who may desire to rank in the Allocation of
ats to be then male, are requested to lodge their Proposals
Without delay,
The books will finally close on the 31st December. after which
p4.s cannot be received for entry in the present Septennial

By Order.
JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
Zdinb,. WM. LINDESAY, Secretary.
o, St. Andrew-square, November, 1852.
1113.—T
tq„,,, 0 avoid the possibility of any misunderstanding, the
the-'_'3rB beg to intimate that, although additions are current from
e of mbarmeldp, yet these are not exigible in tho event of
"Ln vvithin rs
London Ofnce —4, Royal Exchange Buildings.
HUGH M'KEAN, Agent.

~TE
All TO AUSTRALIA. The date of
Deem 4-'eParture of the ADELAIDE is now fixed for the Oth
st
be ,_ber trona London, and the 14th from Plymouth. Goods mu
doh not later than Saturday the 4th.
A CHARLES WAL COX,
Jun., 17, Gracechurch-street,
nt to the Australian Royal Mall Steam .Navigation Company.

TrIE DUKE'S FUNERAL.—Parties taking
freommonis for viewing the procession can be supplied with Re-
„_
.__, Cutlery, &o•
qla, ertts of any kind, including Wines, and the use of China,
&c.. by Messrs. Purasell, 78 and 80, Cornhill, near
,"tutt7e.E?Lehange. Orders by post, if sent in time, will be punctually
iminaged to, or a party from the firm will be sent to any part of
Q't to take instructions.

POLICE ORDERS and REGITLLATIONS to
tt,,. be observed within the CITY of LONDON', on the occasion
b 17.. ceremony of the FUNERAL of FIELD-DIARSIIAL ARTHUR
4a of WELLINGTON,

• REGULLTIONS.
The Barrieri at Southwark and Blackfriars Bridge, Temp' e-bar,
Holborn,bars and all oer streets running north-
from thence to Fiqsbury' -pavementth , and all streets from the
s',ward giving access to Moorgate-street, Princes-street, King
Ylain-street, and Upper Thames-street, will be closed at half-past
4;a in., and no carriages will be permitted to enter, or remain in
'Z.; of the streets enclosed within the said barriers after that hour,
C,less provided with a ticket for the Cathedral, in which case they
Ou be required to proceed without delay, by the route pointed out
the police, to their alloted line or standing.
habitants of, and visitors proceeding to, houses in St. Paul's-
,7rebyard, Ludgate-street, Ludgate-hill, or Fleet-street, will be
171Zitted to pass the barriers 0114.00 t, north and t•en:h of those street%
'lle hour of 8 a.m. upon producing a ticketeto be obtained, upon
e,l)plication of an inhabitant of those streets, at the Bow-lane
,t!un, Cheapside, not later than twelve o'clock on the day previous
T.," funeral.
lay-:?ldters of these tickets will be required to proceed, without de-
Or ~,u) destination, and no person, unless provided with a card
cisasriorinagto,_watheyCathedral, will be permitted to enter or remain
of Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, or Ludgate street;
er",,„ 9. the foot pavement or carriage way of St. Paurs•churchyard,
he surrounding avenues.

The Barriers TIME OF ARRIVAL.
at Holborn-bars and at Temple-bar will be opened
It_ d at 10
close—rriage-s having tickets for the Cathedral at 7 a.m., and will be
a-lit, after which no carriages but those of the Proces-
'l Will be permitted to pass under any pretence whatever.
, Card.," SETTING DOWN.
'ran— '-o es with tickets for the north side of the nave, or the north
dizpt, or for t e north Fide of the dome, will approach the Cathe-
trai,,ll.4 single 1 e through Holborn and Skinner-street, or through
hro`tirld-bars nd Glltspur-street to the Old Bailey, and thence
1
Isloti,7!,klidgate treet to St. Paul's Churchyard, set down on the
car 2. eof the:yard, and pass off through A Idersgate-street.
irans,4,Tgos with tickets-for the south side of the nave, for the south
drat i,., or for the south- ride of the dome, will approach the Cathe-
street" a single line through Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, and Ludgate-
oft u;r4IRI sa down on the south aide of the Cathedral, thence pass
l'rince °ugh Watlingstreet, Cannon-Street, Sing William-street,
, 8-81reet, Pint Moorgate -street.
in;:‘,.c.ard will be given to each coachman uplandu setting down, direct-
-144,141 Where t set in and where to take which will enable
.. re.en....
..r the barriers.

Tb - TARING UP.
occtip„'""ages of .the nobility and of other distinguished persons
rake
ig rests under the dome, upon arriving to take up, will be
th the single line in St. Martin's-le-Grand and Aldersgate-street,
the ..,!,tst side of the said streets, and take up at the north side of
Ti•,4lnedral in the order in which they are placed in rank. •
south aides of those persons occupying seats in the north and
street: King
of the nave will be ranked in single line in Cannon-
Finsbuing William-street, Princes-street, 3toorgate-street, and
?so
cannin
atl4e
l'ankedr7-Pavement,
south and take up, in the order in which they are
sar
g to take tti übe permitd to del at
otthveeyr of the entrances ; but in case those whom ithis Intended to
r .re not ready immediately upon its arrival to leave, it will
its :411u,,Ired to pass on by the route directed by the police, and take
.t"on in the rear of the rank to which it belongs.
lotith .-41ter the ceremony, unengaged cabs will be found on the
Abe of t. Paul's. -

D. W. HARVEY,
-Comraissioner of:Pollee of tho City of London.
Mee Old Jewry,Nov. 11, 1852.

1131‘1.1)0N, 'LIVERPOOL, and NORTH
Calif ERICAN SCREW STEAM-SHIP COSIPANY.
them Pg at Plymouth. Queenstown, and Belfast (any or either of
the Directors may determine.
Ylet '''°nallY registered pursuant to Act of Parliament 7 and 8
11
ueen wcorporated by Royal Charter (for which application has
the .Zaule), thereby_ limiting the responsibility of Shareholders to
-31 int of their subscription.
tiliarlitat 8000001. in 30,000 Shares of 20/. each (of which 5,000
w" are reserved for distribution in North America.
D,Dosit 2/ (With power to increase the amount.)
21. per Share,.payable within seven days of allotment, and
DO,•ltDertio n. Sham within one month after obtaining Charter of Incor-

TRUSTEES.
eorge Carr Glyn, Esq.
Robert Gillespie, Esq.

George reabody, Esq.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEI.
peter Bolt, Esq., M.P., London.
Robert Carter, Esq., Director of the Bank of British North
b America' London.
`ionry T. Prinsep, Esq., Director of the Hon. the East India
e.eoMpany, London.
"l. Button • Chaytor,' Esq., Director of the General Iron Screw
„Scalier Company, London.
-41Lonma 11. Brooking, Esq., Director of the Bank of British
a -North America, London.
JoWooldridge,Dartmouth.
hart Herbert Msddock, M.P.. London.
Wilkinson, Esq., Huddersfield.
thard Maxwell Fox, Esq., M.P., Director of the General Screw
Stearn Shipping Company. Loudon.
b' , es *Henry, Esq„ Liverpool.
40e ryt Abe ToWne,Esq.: London.
DanertLarnent, Esq. (of Messrs. McKean, 314Larty, , and Com-
l., Y), Director of the Glasgow and-Liverpool Royal Steam-
-I,,,,!eket Cdmpany, Liverpool.
)1437r,fant Prinsep, Esq., London.
tond ei jun., Esq., of GilleSpies, Moffatt, and Company,
5.r8 esthead, Esq., Manchester.
Baxxxas—Messrs. Glyn, Mills and Company.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Wadeson and Malleson.
&max-near, pro tem.—Mr. James Nelson.
The Temporary,, Offices-11, Leadenhall-street, London.
oJject f
lle sb,. 0 this CoMpany is to establish an economical, expedi-
tstie"„Zollreet steam communication, fur goods and passengers,
ZoethAtoinentidon, Liverpool, the United States, and the British
4elingeb...Lerldocaaaneeivaeriespo, boyl alternately eltaelsys forire
Na
fetes-47; also for Canada (calling probably at St. John's, Nilewte-
eswerYeworksttheamroug-shhiopusi
I)ttohe,.ziel. on their outward and homeward voyages), from April
; and durine the remainder of the year (in order that th_ier
Pe,irfication with Canada may not be wholly interrupted),wf,_
titeb4e In the State of Maine, which will shortly be connecteditn
ei hand Montreal by a railway now in course of construction.rove.
kehte lended that these s:eamers shall have all recent imp
e,,,!tid afford ample accommadation for passengers.
41'illie=sequenee of the great econceey which is now effectied by the
ae`;`,'.loTl of the screw propeller to iron ships, they are bengfalialtacegd
Nisso.'",'e great lines. and are found to compete not only with
earti-4;or
eight, but with the paddle-steamers
. of subsidized corn-
egelarietr the conveyance of passengers ; considering, therefore, the
..41'Dointj atni dispatch secured to passengers and shippers y ell-
%ix vessels of this description, and the favourable recepatitee.n
.
tste,astlen to the present project by influential Parties. largel ibe
re,„„l. both branches of the North American trade, there can
ble doubt of its successful issue, and of its yielding a liberal
no
di
It en on the capital embarked.
eoev: l° be observed. that in consequence of there being
'ent'llgjlaine .no steam
toe from the port of London to North America,
,shtiepapn
to
:.m-llDothrat,ref'„tfo'geearcy. ard their goods (if for shipment by
Lther eh,t'r n or Liverpool, thereby incurring heavy ‘rasilway and
less This observation applies with much greater force to
vai reit' North America (by steam), which are more bulky and
tortes,
amble than exports to that country, and more subject to
agents excise regulations, requiring the attention and care of paid
aecoraiat the outports: whilst the importation of tobacco (Nellie ,
one botntg to these regulations, must be brought direct to England in
eXclesiv°ln, ), is, for want of better means of transit, now conned
to sailing vessels, at an average passage of about thir y
'Lent eF;',.,,tliese expenses and delays will be obviated by the establish,-
rrh tr.-21 enro
orth Dany.
sieda4me et Prest ctuall esting between London, Liver-
:t_lier Ports oen f Great Britain to the United Statesa oc
Colonies, employs annually an aggregate of 3 ,tindd 5o ,anl72r
'one of _
screw silaPPiug, in which are included only about 15 pad le
od_
222,eis 4oers, with carrying capacity for the small proportion !.
~,and the Cot; (as appears by the Parliamentary returns of 1651-1852)
• ftccoll".linber ofpassengers in the yea r 1851 has been 310,062.
and raragiytuatesuperior manner a portion of this immense.
cation bet increasing trade, to afford that direct steam comm
try, Which eon the North American Colonies and the mother cone-
Portan,acre also la entirely wanting, and likewise to open trait;
'Thleets _enter-colonial communications, are
.among the princip
e,sseht this Company. It is Intended, during the season, to run
there alternately from London and Liverpool to Quebec or Montreal,
Reed„e" Meet the Lake steamers, which will convey passengrs aad
1141.0' inland to their various destinations on the Lakes Ontario, Eric,
nsago , and Michigan, calling at Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, Chi-
dike' and and intermediate ports. Thus the Company's steamers will
1.e1,"„4,ge their freight and passengers at Quebec or Montreal into the
I,e',„' steamers, and the emigrant will reach his destination, from
to 1,500 Miles inland, without any subsequent transhipment ;
tiq:. these Lake craft will also act as feeders to this Company's
tttiti'la idea of the immense traffic on the lakes and the St. Law-
rn ay be formed from the fact that the Canadians have expended
ore -rue of 3,000,0001. in completing a system of canals, which have
light the chain of 'North Americanlakesin
The aggregate
to direct communica-
valuth the shipping ports of sea-going
at above 200,000,000 dollars,
vessels.
and esef the lake commerce is estimated
eller. as. in 1848, forty millions of
dollars greater than that of the
Dens: f°relgn export trade of tne United States from all their sea-
toes The United States and British lake shipping exceeds 205,000
ik Ti 'l4 employs 13,000 mon.
eeh Etengrhiaenird
The establishment of regular steam comuilmvintaluletanitipoioirwtaint
lets"ernsidered in the Colonies to be of
and
toeet?s, that tha- governments of Canada,
a
for with some public bodies, have respectively
ee
offered bounties
itt have con-
encouragement of that object.
the e", 4„.! Provisional ' agreement, on behllhfeoftilis forC othmepasneyrv,teweit:f
Cse4"traetors, who have obtained the grant
cadre the
extending over a period of seven years,
aatnledaswthoinche
awtielalmreef-
Der ree e Company, during the first year, to - April to October
nth, to and from Quebec, or Montreal, from Main e, from
.leov7ve, and to and from Portland, in the state of
d a post-office 4,e,..a1, her to March inclusive, conveying mail' an • run one
gt,Z.L if required ; and for the six years following to
Deer.:!." per fortnight to and from the same ports. It is also
the'u that a satisfactory arrangement will shortly be made with
the-trovierninent of Newfoundland which may Induce the Company,.
rT out the intention of a portion rtion of their vessels calling at
est,Tbe,,_s,nubjee• t of. accelerated communication with America, bth
has ZeeMent of a packet station on the western coast of Ireland,n.
reeisZe., /Illy engaged the attention of the public and the gover
to rese'r_cle care has been taken in the draft charter of this Company
, v fan powers for the performance of such service.
tietcevsonliclently submitted that the objects in view are so iden-
deser.v:all the general interest and prosperity of the empire, as to
13ritise and secure the support of the Imperial Government, and the
eu
Shkrel •
all ioldblicers will be protected by charter of incorporation- from
(2,4.711 n Onsibility beyond the amount of shares they may hold 111 the
is The3' '0 Stock.
41, ~,,,a_litount of capital will be called in by payments not exceeding
PrespecTare, at intervals of not less than three months. Copies of
fr°l' gemoherith detailed estimates, may be obtained, and application
t‘ftimr. according to the annexed form, at the Company's
erot_r e nen
ee 4r"
-`“Ce, 11, Leadenhall-street, or at the offices of the
ae4 Son, k 29, and Ellis, 11, Birehin-lane ; Henry Tudor
Neilson,29, Threadneedle-street, London ; or of Messrs. D. and J.

TO
the Form of A pplication for Shares.
forth
"•° rrov:sional Committee of the London, Liverpool, and
eerittnierican Screw Stearn Ship Company.
In tilt njneni—l request you will a lot to me shares of 201. etch,
4, number
undertaking. And I agree to accept the samee,coerssaanryy
deeds:l°4oer which may be allott,d to me, and to sign the n
twivzt2rninclytiplianyg,t\otl,lCalls Peonsorruired, the Deposits and Calls, or in the
use 0
I agr that te allotted to me,
fue the beposits and aidee thereon,h shall Shares be forfeited to the
bated the In co_ PanF•
day of

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