The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-08 00:00:00

MESSRS. JOHN BALL and CO. beg to I NIF O R M PENNY POSTAGE.
apprise the Dealers and Consumers of ZINC, that TiIL) " It is not the cause of faction, or of party, or of an
in consequence of the fall in Spelter, since the date of their individual, but the common interest of every man in Britain."
last Circular, the price of Sheet Zinc has been reduced 2/. —JuNins.
per ton.
A PUBLIC MEETING of the Merchants and Bankers of
Office of the London Zinc Works, 11, Finsbury- circus the City of London, will be held in the Egyptiin Hall of the
July 5, 1839. Mansion House, on WEPNESDAY, July 10, 1839, at Two
o'Clock, to petition Parliament to carry Mr. Rowland Hill's
Plan of a Uniform Penny Postage this Session.
The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR will take the
Chair.
The Metropolitan Members
are expected to attend.

EDUCATIO N.—GERMANY.—At a
Select Establishment, beautifully situated at BONN.
on the Rhine, for the limited number of Twelve Pupils, there
are THREE VACANCIES. The Terms are moderate, and
the whole syztem pursued is purely of a Domestic character, and
well adapted to the speedy acquirement of the German and
French Languages, and for some years past has given satisfac-
tion to both Parents and Pupils.
The Principal is now in London. and his Address, Prospec-
tuses, and full particulars, may be had on application to Mr.
Hookham, Library, Old Bond-street, London.

SALES BY AUCTION.

GREAT SALE OF CAMELLIA JAPO-
NICA, RHODODENDRO, AZALIAS, AND
GREE'NHOUSE PLANTS, STAFNFS ORD HALL, CHIS-
WICK, by PROTHEROE and MORRIS, WEDNESDAY
NEXT the 10th inst.
Catalogues, Is. each, at 343, Strind, and 76, Cornhill.
On View from Twelve till Five Daily, no admission without
Catalogue.
Plants must be cleared by the 1 Ith, to make way for the
Public Fete and Balloon Ascent.

APRACTICAL ENGINEER, of 45
years' standing, addressing himself to a revolutionist
in Machinery, declared that a gold monument ought to be
erected to his memory, where King Charles now stands, for,
he observed, the lives of thousands will be preserved by the
adoption of his plan, judging from what has appeared in print
in reference to this Invention. Many thousands in a week have
the gratification of seeing the Machine, and not a few of
them the still greater satisfaction of seeing it at work, with
foor ounces attached to it by a string, and passing it over a
pulley, which will just give it motion. The revolutionary
principle, with the addition of two ounces, drew fourteen times
greater weight than the model, viz. 1631b5., when placed theron.
A great ironmaster from Wales, well known to Alderman T.,
exciaimed, with no little delight, " Where will this principle
end? We have ninety horses in our employ," be observed,
" and he clearly saw that they could do the same work with
nine."

AT ATHENS.
A. FREEHOLD ESTATE WITHIN a MILE of the ACRO-
POLIS and CITY, a SHOOTING and HUNTING VILLA,
With 3SO ACRES of LAND.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS, with feelings of
unmixed pleasure and satisfaction, makes known that he
is honoured by having been selected as the humble individual to
OFFER for SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Mart,
London, on THURSDAY, the Bth of August, at Twelve, a SIN.
GULARLY DELIGHTFUL FREEHOLD PROPERTY. And
he is proud to add that it is the FIRST ATTEMPT ata SUBMIS-
SION to PUBLIC OPINION and COMPETITION of a DISTIN.
GUISHED ESTATX SO,F,AR REMOVED FROM ENGLAND.
THIS IMPORTANT ESTATE
is within one mile of