The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-30 00:00:00

"TALE, Mayor.—ln a Meeting or Assembly of
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Liverymen of the several
Companies of the City of London, in Common 11111 assem-
bled, at the Guildhall of the said City, on Friday, the 21)th.
day of Septembee, 18r.5—
Resolved unanimously,—That the Liverymen of the seve-
ral Companies of the City of London, in Common „Hall
assembled, desire to express to the Right Hon. Warren
Stormes Hale, Lord Mayor, their high appreciation of the
manner in-whtehlie has dis barged the important duties de-
volving upon him during 'his year of office. They would especially refer to the promptitude, energy,
and abil,ty exhibited by him as the chief magistrate, in the
administration oflus ice; to the continued cordial support
Which he has given to the educational institutions of the.l ity
of London, particularly to those with-which his no.• e has
been associated with so much honour during the last 3()
years 4 to the readiness with which he has opened his official
residence, and giving the sanction of his high office to the
many charitable and reit bus institutions of the metropo-
lis, thereby assisting in the foundation of the Albert Orphan
Asylum, the Asylum for Aged Mariners, the Alexandra
Orp tillage, and ether kindred soc:etie - established for the re-
lief of the orphan a d the destitute ; and to the way in which
he has upheld the dignity and maintained the hospitality
which for so many years has been characteristic of the oflic,
of Lord Mayor, while on-every ,ccasion be has exh bited a
desire to protect the privileges and promote the welfare of
his fellow-citizens.

Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of this Common
Hall are due, and are hereby given, to Thomas Dakin, Esq ,
and alderman, and Robert Begley, Esq., and alderman, sheriffs
of thiS City, and sheriffs of the County of Middlesex during
the past year, for the courteous and dig-nified manner in
which thoy have discharged the important duties of that
ancient and honourable office ; for th-eir generous hospitality,
and for their liberal contributions to the numerous charitable
institutions of the.metropolis.

W-00-DTE{ORPE.

GALE'S PROTECTED GUNPOWDER
COMPANY (Limited-. • •
Incorporated under the "Corperalion Act, 1862;" with
limited liability. • -
-Capital £200,000, in 8,000 shares of £25 each.
Deposit X 1 per share, and £2 -on allotment.
Calls not to-exceed £8 per share,- and at intervals of not
less than three months.
I,oooshares hilly paid up will be reserved for the inventor.
It coiatenrp!ad-that not more than £lO per share will -
be required for a considerable period of time.
' ' DIRECTORS.
Sir JOHN C. DALRYMPLE HAY Bart 108 St. George's-
.
scitikre; CChairman._
Thonxleg3nissey,tjtin., Esq.„ 4,-Great Gaarge-street, West-
minster.,
Sir Althur W. Minot,- M.P., 20, Queen's Gate-terrace.
Colonel De Bathe, Fusilier Guards, 3, Morpeth-terrace.
The Hon Henry W.: Petro, -Springfield. Chelmsford.
John Gilbert Talbot, Esq., 10, Great George-street, West-
minster;

!.CONSTILTING :MANAGER.
Mr. James Gale.
RAYRERS.
-3lessrs. Barclay, Becriin,..ritton Twells, and CO.
Messrs..RansO*, Bout Co.
ISIcAWHerVood, Brothers, and,Co.,
•
Nortestern Bank, Liverpool.
TowitandDistrietßankrßirmingbeim.
Epglish Joint Stook Ba, 1;3, tiStol.7
- Devon and Corn*all 11p,lz-41g Com-
pany, Pl3tiftErnth.
:F4DULTrORS. •
Messrs. Aarclop,t,pipikad, 30, Great George-street,
inster.
kA, 1.4 ,-*":41113'-'434imits. •
31€6010bWolgiiil fuzl,LioWsell; 1, Threadneedle-street.
.p.k.CP;I27TORS.
-Iressrs. johnstoy,- Cooper, Wintle, and Evans.
Mr. T. Wilfilier.- - -
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
Mr. David- Her.

Will also receive
Subscriptions
and Deposits.

, TEMPORARY OFFICES:
132, Gerfifteigiciitb, Old Broad-street.
This-06fiffolinjiiisiformediiii• the purchase and use in the
'United Kingdom of litife's valuable-invention for ren-
dering gunpowder non-expl;siv,e an.d explosive at pleasure,
and for_protecthig giinpowsler from damp—an invention
admitted to
pt of .: ~.. .akmportance.
The obi Tre ;., :
_'....-
..e ' ily,will be as follows :
1. To.mantit,"'; =iMso the protecting material ready
for u ''t'ol'''''.7 'I- • ' '''..;
2. To grant royalties litences to gunpowder manu-
facturers and others for the useof the invention.
3. To purchase or manufactur4unpowder and supply it
to the public in a protected- state. •. .
. ,
4. To enter into ;coair4e,,forie storage and transit of
, gunpowder to any part .:Or.tthe -United Kingdom or else-
where-;.randthe application:. of the invention to all the
othetpurpeserioftwhighit issApable,;
The inventor ,lies obtained ceilificates of protection
underf the Patent Lavdr atrd'has agreed to sell—free from
all in,ennahrances, and free_from, the: expenses attending the
formatie4 of the Company,,juch as printing, advertising,
brokeragb, Nw• expenses, '&c.—thi whole of his interest in
the, ifiveslti4SSClVroteetetllftso4ar!as the same applies to the
*Unitvd4CitrgdopifoLtheesum pf £50,900, to be paidX2s,ooo
iiivash, and the remainder in fully paid-up shares of the
CoMPny.- - 'Die 4ihafehoffielAt *ill' thus be relieved of all
the palitiNtibtexatidtsNeatieCtsid with the formation of
the Company pjor To the allotni4Kit of shares.
Mr. Gale has consented to act as donsulting Manager of
.the Company for three year".' r-
The. following extract 4q the ." Times" newspaper of
the MI of AtigilatTastiiill show thaf the invention has been
thoroireily lefAidSYletAtecreXPeriments before the Go-
vernment autitotiges,and others. --
" Experiments at Westminster.—TheSe interesting ex-
periments-,hretfing fot'llieir object to show how gun-
powder can'tts 'resdpred *on-explosive, and yet have its
explosive properties!teskr.ed at pleasure—were repeated
yesterday. ,at Westminster in presence of a distinguished
compdiy.. -The3Pohave been already performed at 13iTen-
port in presence of 14Ord,Templekma,..Adreiral Fremantle,
add :i. numbef of othermilitary and naval officers of dis
add
assembled for the purpose ; at MOunt Edgecumbe,
Princess of 'Wales ; at Wimbledon, on the grounds of the
National Rifle Association, before the Secretary of State
for War ; and afterwards, by the noble Lord's desire, in
the presence of the Ordnance Select Committee at Wool-
wich ; at the French Embassy ; and on Tuesday last, in
presence of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief,
the Quartermaster-General, the Adjutant-General, and
other heads of the military profession."
The following extract from a recent report of G. P.
Bidder, Esq., the eminent civil engineer, shows in concise
terms the importance and commercial and practical value
of Gale's process.
" In short, I may sum up the results by stating that gun-
powder may now be conveyed, stored, and used, by means
of this process, with absolute safety to the public.
" On the whole, therefore, I am clearly and decidedly of
opinion that for all commercial purposes Mr. Gale's pro-
cess may be introduced with the certainty in almost every
case of securing an absolute economy to the consumer,
while, at the same time securing the public from the re-
currence of those distressing accidents to which the use of
unprotected gunpowder is necessarily exposed.
"To one resident in a town of any size can be certain
..% that he is not within the influence of an explosion of from
one to two cwt. of gunpowder. Our police reports indi-
cate the reality of the source of danger ; but if it is rendered
illegal for any person whatever to have in his possession
any quantity of gunpowder except as a compound the cause
of apprehension would cease."
The above extracts demonstrate that Mr. Gale's inven-
tion affords an absolute protection against explosion.
As an illustration of the risks inseparable from gun-
powder in a non-protected state, it may be mentioned that
during the last twelve years upwards of fifteen serious
explosions have been recorded in the public journals, by
which more than 600 persons have been killed, and many
thousand persons wounded, and property to the extent of
more than two millions has been destroyed. And the
"United Service Magazine observes :—" In all probability
numbers of missing vessels have totally disappeared in the
midst of the ocean in consequence of having gunpowder
asrt cargo."
Tile Directors *lll at once commence operations with the
supply of blasting, rifle, sporting, and other kinds of gun-
powder in a ,iotected state.
Ae d large. portion of the gunpowder manufactured in
England is: shipped in an irregular manner and without
appearing in the ship's manifest, it is impossible to esti-
mate. the total amount of the manufacture. It is, however,
certain: that if only a fourth of the gunpowder made is pro-
tected tiy Mr. Gale's process, and a very small royalty paid
upon :It, a large revenue will be derived from this source

along
,Xhe danger and difficulty which at present attend the
iptisport and sale of gunpowder so enhance its price as to
leave room for a largo margin of profit on the sale of the
protected gunpowder ; and some of the leading railway
companies and shippers have already expressed their wil-
lingness to arrange for the carriage of the protected article
at greatly reduced freights.
In addition to the revenue to be derived from the sale of
the protected gunpowder, and from royalties and licenses,
it is believed that a considerable amount will be received
from the other sources named above, such as the sale of the
protecting material and the contracts for the storage and
transport of gunpowder.
The materials used in the manufacture of the protecting
powder are of an inexpensive character, whilst the working
of the invention is simple, and can involve no elaborate or
costly machinery. It is therefore believed that but a small
proportion of the capital will require to be called up.
The articles of association are open for inspection at the
offices of the Company, and also at the Solicitors' office,
30, Great George-street, Westminster.
In the event of no allotment being made the deposits
will be returned in full.
Applications for shares, accompanied by a remittance for
the deposit, may be made to the Bankers and Brokers in the
form annexed to the prospectus.

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
HO 11E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill.
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.

Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon rhampneys
R.N I Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orphal daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service and provides a home free of ex,,ense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CoNTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the ina.easi g applications through the
recent storms and loss f life at sea, and- o enable them
even. ually to obtain premises more commensurate. with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
Who may per sh by war
Subscriptions thankfully receiv by the banker', Messrs
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill.
R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec.
CHARLES NASH. Sed.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
-all) in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus. King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

Vice-patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of lir A LE S, K.G
President—His (;race the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
, This Hospital. founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t • za.nes
It aff„rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
Vidition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between
3.000 and 4,000 weekly.
The committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevotent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
ocAairti„g several nundred more beds, had the Committee
th
requisite tunas to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, bdwara 51as
jrilatf, monad
Nicholas-lane; also by ands and Co.;
rummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; HerriesCo. ; Ransom
Ind Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.:
ziarclay and Co. ; 117 lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend,Gur-
11cY. and Co. ; Nisbet and. Co- ,Berners-street ; I. Barned and
50. e Liverpool ; and At the Hospital. from 10 till IS.
surlyour• surru, seoretary.