The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-16 00:00:00

GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE
WORKING CLASSES.
NATIONAL RENT.
At a MEETING of the COMMITTEE of DELEGATES of
the GENERAL CONVENTION ofthe WORKING CLASSES,
held at Birmingham, this 10th day of January, 1839,
BENJAMIN HADLEY, Esq.,
Churchwarden of St. Martin's Parish, Birmingham, and one of
the Aldermen of the Borough of Birmingham,
IN TIC'. CHAIR,
The following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to :-
1. That it is expedient that the Delegates who have been
appointed Members of the General Convention of the Indus-
trious Classes, do meet in London, at Brown's Hotel, Palace-
yard, on the 4th of February, 1839, at Eleven o'clock in the
Forenoon precisely.
!ad2. That the Chairmen of the various public meetings through-
the kingdom, at which Delegates to the General Conven-
li
wimh c may have been appointed, be earnestly requested to forward,
tout delav to Robert Kellie Douglas, " Journal Office,"
meirroingham; 'the names of the Delegates so appointed, and the
and place of their election, together with the number of
algnatures attached to the National Petition, and the amount of
,ant collected in their respective districts.
Jo u
3. That the above resolutions be advertised in the Birmingham
§rnal, The Northern Star, The Northern Liberator, The True
l
cotsman, The Ayrshire Examiner, The Shrewsbury News, The
rlirri ugehstoun n, Patriot, The Sun, The London Advertiser, The Weekly
The Champion, and The News.
Bir BENJAMIN HADLEY, Chairman.
January 10, 1839.

THE UNION BANK OF LONDON,
Capital 3,000,0001., in Shares of 50/. each.
Deposit Si. per Share.
DIRECTORS.
Bir Peter Laurie, Alderman. Thomas Aleux, Esq.
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. A. Cockburn, Esq.
Thomas Young, Esq. David Skaiffe, Esq.
Thomas Young,
Esq.
John Barnes, Esq. Benjamin Boyd, Esq.
W. Sutherland, Esq. Peter Laurie, Esq.
1 James Farquhar, Esq.
ni,
aj• NI Nurse, &q. ! W. P. Craufurd, Esq.
or-Gen. Archibald Robert- John Connell, Esq.
son, Hon. E.I. C. S. I
This Bank is established on the principles of the Joint Stock
li s Banks:yr
n theo e r in,lScotland, the complete success of which is demonstrated
,following extract from the official Share List of 25th De-
carrying showing the state of Five Banks of this description,
on business in Edinburgh.
BANKS. Paid up
Capit IDividend. Share. up. Value.
iliFtrsk....ol.Scotland ........ ..Z1,000,100 6,
per
cent. £lOO £lOO £l9l 0 g ?fi' 134nk of Scotland 2,G00,, 00 .4 per cent. ll 0 100 142 0
mash Linen Cornmercial Companyßankof 500,000 8 per cent. 100 10J 240 0
l'tt—Seethnd .................. €o[',ooo 6 per cent. 500 101 176 0
_iopa.l Bank of Scot-
'''no ........................ 500,000 6 per cent. 100 10 16 8
P.:id

.:id-up Capital £4,40 •,000
Artist
• of these Banks have besides paid large Bonuses to their
_oprietary, and all of them have allowed Interest on Deposits.
The remainin,g seventeen Joint-stock Banks in Scotland are in the same flourishing condition, and such, indeed, has been the pro-
It's of the system that of the many private Banks formerly carrying
n business in Edinburgh only one exists at present.
There are only three Joint Stock Banks in London, with a paid
up capital of 1,000,0001., the Shares of all of which are high Pre-
mium. is the intention of the Directors to allow interest on deposit
accounts, under proper rules and regulations, which, with other
letailereafters as
anto the
nc transaction of business with the Bank, will be
nnoued.
As a sufficient capital has already been subscribed to enable the
Directors to commence business immediately, they have resolved,
in order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found to arise
In other undertakings from an unrestricted application for shares,
and t• induce only those to apply who wish to become bona
Ede proprietors, will not entertain any application unless made
in the printed forms provided by them for that purpose, and accom-
panied by a payment of 21. upon each share applied for, the Di-
rectors reserving to themselves at the time of appropriation the
right to reject or comply with such application either in whole or
in part; the money to be returned without deduction, if the appli.
cation be rejected, and if accepted to be placed to the credit of the
Party in respect to the shares allotted to him.
It is not in contemplation to call tip more than 104 per share for
the next two years.
Deposits, in accordance with the printed forms, may be paid,
and prospectuses obtained, as under :
London—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-buildings.
Liverpool—Liverpool Commercial Bank.
litirmingham—Birmingham and Midland Bank.
Edinburgh—National Bank of Scotland.
Glasgow Western Bank of Scotland.
1-2tltdee—Eastern Bank of Scotland.
Aberdeen—North of Scotland bank.
Lo
on utitufries—Southern Bank of Scotland.
January, 1539.

lIIRMINGHAINI and DERBY JUNCTION

RAILWAY.
EIGHTH CALL.-101. PER SHARE.
JjThe "'RECTORS of the BIRMINGHAM and DERBY
NCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY having resolved that a
the nirther INSTALMENT of 101. per share, payahle on o!. before
9th day of February Next, should be called for, Proprietors of
c,lla.res in this Company are hereby required to pay, on or be-
atfre that (I
101., -Y, to any of the undermentioned Bankers, the sum
on each of their respective Shares :
BANKERS :-

London

•.. ............... Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.,
Lombard-street.
Al/lirrningham ............ The Birmingham Banking Company.
t earnbc,,hester ............ The Manchester and Salford Bank.
Burt] ............... ..Messrs. W., W., and S. Evans.
Sheen°o-upon-Trent...Messrs. Blurton, Peel, and Co.
aionse
olield
...
...Messrs. Parker, Shore, and Co
4t. th eßankersslll.ave been severally instructed to charge Interest,
per cent. per annum, according to the provi-
we of the Act of Incorporation, from the 9th day of February
at, °n all sums which shall be tendered after that day.
HENRY SMITH,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
THOMAS KELL, Secretary.
Waterloo- street, Birmingham, January 11th, 1839.

JsitiltiNGHAm- and DERBY JUNCTION
No RAILWAY.
ct,
GTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-YEARLY
WERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS of the BIR-
-I,,i‘AM and DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY COM-
:SY Hwill be held, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of
_tirporation, at Dee's Royal Hotel, in Birmingham, on Tituus-
Pi!' the 14th day of February Next, at Eleven o'clock in the
*noon. The Chair to be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
HENRY SAIITH,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Waterloo- Chairman
Birmingham, January 9th, 1839.
Extract from the Act of Incorporation.
Sect. 9.3 4 6 •
.
ally 01 ').— And be it further enacted, that no Proprietor of
bleetl st on which any call made shall be unpaid, shall at any
vote, ng 6. the Proprietors of the said Company be allowed to
iiltes eitile` personally or by proxy, until the money called fo
--.. Peet °l,uch share shall have been fully paid."
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1116A11"q„D'S DIAMOND PLATE POW-
it Instantly
' Dhl warranted not to wear the plate.
7,most i
alimitable
__!U, Copper, and i
ch:irs tarnish and dirt, and magically produces a
Aolish upon Gold, Silver, Plated Goods, Brass,
raSctold, wholesale art.:
white as the best Solos tlritisti Plate, Zinc, and Pewter, look as
retail, at Hallet and Co.'s British Plate
11. dory, 41, Ludgate-i.cet.
'oan, Chemist to fat Queen,tPoole, Manchester.
"0. 8, Castle street, leester-lHolbrook, 115, Grafton-street,
. sqare.
Dublin.
ViFhaPPell, 84, I.o'nbarl-street. Birmingham.
Nall
87, Fenchurch-street. iNettleship, Lincoln.
en and Son, Carmarthen. Bloomfield, Poole, Dorset.
Newport, Isle of Wight.
And at ti
Manufactory, 9‘), Fenchurch-st7et.
, AGENTS W‘NTED for every Town in the Kingdom.
''''•B.—Plate cleiied with this powder will not again tarnish.

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ONrEsTt,, MEDICAL AUXILIARIES.
Pository, 369, Strad,
: W. PINE ( Superintendent at Dr. Scott's Medical Be-
eatntreats three doors from Exeter Hall), respectfully
f persons skiject to indigestion, bile, and the discomforts
th'enuing CONFILEMENT OF THE BOWELS, to abandon
c injurious hab of talciner opening medicines, for the gentle,
YBect,)certairt operatn of a littre plain water. applied by means of Dr.
fr Scott' APERIIVE FOUNTAIN, which having been filled
:aralatalive„toile.t ju may be conveyed, unpet.ceived, in the pocket or
zie and
reticulto any appropriate place , affording every c. onve-
ace comfo that can be desired by the most timid or infirm,
Impecially of exciting air !
. ,
il TEN THOUS ND Din EAF PERSONS being the enjoyment
bi
eeryetnal relic from deaess..-by the' use of DR. SCOTT'S
4 AUING CO NETS, W. Pine They rfluous to.ad-
,tlee any other ttimony of their utility.; -may' be briefly
Zescribed as the nallest of all acoustic pistruments, being worn,
t;21_2,7n and unfe, at the same time miieving, deaf persons and
fesAs
friends fromll inconvenience'. - . • ' . -
„Is°, the SOTFERON, lately 'introduced (by the ,same pro-
tess'u.nal Gentlark) for the benefit of those persons vilhose deaf-
', sr:7oo severe he sufficiently assisted 'by- any mechanical aid
e'.:s the cony%
as the Coets. Being placed on the table, the SOniferon
rend a 4
-- on of a room audible to.the deafest individual.
THE New.jnvented operative VOICE CON-
„._ DUCTOReffected by the Messrs. S. and B. SOLO-
!narie-street,
'3IU,INIS, ' ' •
°Ptielanknd Aurists to the, Royal Family, 39, Albe-
Pieqlly, by which thousands of deaf persons have
been greatly beruted, is the size of a seven-shilling piece. and
more fixed into cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not
perceptible, havin a iece of wool in r
ts place, by
thsetinAcitness.
till'ih.i.ch the faintes,avnhisper at a public assembly' is. heard with
Thlme name of " Voice Conductor," quoted from
~._ essrs. Solqns by other persons, are large,, and when
,7crn are similar having a large pair of horns projecting from
Lne ears ; besideshich the serious inflammation they cause and
a buzzing ; no-se ite head. And defective VISTON is brought
to nature by the ttif newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES :
immediately the
ke placed before weak and imperfect eye-sight,
either by day or Idle light, every object becomes clear and
distinct, and the A minute particle is seen with exact distinct-
lieu, by the use Which both the sight and hearing become
muchimproved.
y years' praci
thirt
...Tile Messrs. S.-id B. SOLOMONS have alsp made, after
and experience, a ' most important disco-
.lit:l.Y' bY a simPle qhod, to remove dimness of sight and cer-
in cases of catara without operation, pain, or inconvenience.
Observe,
" 4marle-street, opposite the York Hotel,

THE MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF
WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at
the EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, by brilliant Artifi-
cial Light. Constantly illuminated from Two o'clock in the After-
noon, and throughout the Day in Dark or unfavourable Weather.
Open from Ten in the Morning until Nine ;n the Evening,
Admission One Shilling each..--Descriptive Book, 6d.

CASTLE HOTEL, TAMWORTH.
- WEBB begs most respectfully to inform his
• Friends and the Public in general, that his House is now
11E-OPENED.
He also begs to say, since the calamitous misfortune which betel
him, the House has undergone a thorough Repair, and such im-
provements made that he trusts will give general satisfaction to
those friends who may kindly honour him with their commands.
Tarnwerth, January 2.