The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-26 00:00:00

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
T"E SECOND ANNIVERSARY DEN-
Nitß of this SOCIETY will be held at the FREE-
MASONS' TAVERN, on WEDNESDAY, the 2d day of Fe-
brusry, 1825,
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Esq. M.P. in the Chair.

STEWARDS.
Edw. Hall Alderson, Esq.
Nathaniel Atcheson, Esq.
Thomas Atkinson, Esq.
Charles Bicknell, Esq.
John Campbell, Esq.
William Green, Esq.
94artas Kaye, Esq.
'• J. Lockhart Esq.
William Lowe,, Esq.
Tiottets, One Guinea each
The Society, in Lincoln's Ins
~IERTING of the PROPRIEI
Day' at Twelve o'Clock at No,
Dinner on Table
JAMI

Rohrrt Marsharn, Esq.
lltid Nicholl, Esq.
Jonathan Raine, Esq. M.P.
Richard Richards, Esq.
Nathaniel Saran, Esq.
James Scarlett, Esq. M.P.
William Stevens, Esq.
Charles Robert Turner, Esq.

, to be bad, at the Office of
a Fields, where a GENERAL
'ORS will be held on the above
on precisely.
at Half-past Five.
ANDERTON, Secretary.

METROPOLITAN MARINE BATH COMPANY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that as Parliament
fur ,u the 3d of February next, no APPLICATION
L IiESI in the above COMPANY can be received after
that day. -
SWEET, STOKES, and CARII,
6, Basing hall-st rect.

THE DIRECTORS of the COLOMBIAN
MINING ASSOCIATION give Notice, that on
tiCTIISDAY, the ail February, at Twelve o'Clock, they will
be ready to treat for the HIRE of a VESSEL to carry Good•
and Passengers from Falmouth to Santa Martha or Cartlra-
getta.

Terms of Tender may be. had, on application at No. 3,
Freematt's•colirt,
Jaii.2s, 1825.

THONIAS JOY, Sccretary

PORTSMOUTH WET AND DRY DOCKS.
PROSPECTUS OF. THE PORTSMOUTH COMMER-
CIAL DOCK COMPANY.
IT has long been considered an object of the
y%Brat importance to be able to convey heavy goods to and
4 the Ports of London and Portsmouth, at once speedily,
In
4t
Y, and with certainty s to time. It is an admitted fact,
Ore loss is sustained ••a between Portsmouth and London,
ci?,letwise by accidents and delay, as well as by expence of
v °;affe '&e. and in time of War, by capture, than in a whole
• oyage ?um the East Indies. It was this consideration which
~,g4ve rise to the existing Canal; and 'the projected Railway
•
origin to the same source.
thnowever desirable these great National undertakings may be,
b,flr objects will be but partially effected; either as to the Pro-
to or the Public, unless there shall be formed, in addition
, capacious Docks, so situated, that Ships may with fa-
etCY load and unload their cargoes ; and Storehouses in which
°se cargoes may be safely deposited, until they can be con-
by to the respective markets, for which they are destined,
cYleither or both of the projected modes of conveyance.
yillt is imagined, that if such Docks were_ formed, and proper
ities afforded, large Commercial establishments would
order avail themselves of the use of them to a great extent, in
th et to avoid the delay, risk, and ultimate lots which attend
Padlage coastwise.
shall new proposed that extensive and commodious Docks
' be formed in the GREAT IlloitAss, near 80fITILSEA
ICS I'LX, which consists of nearly 100 acres, and which give
th! best facilities for the admission of the largest class of
at almost any time of the tide.
• hat in addition to the Wet Docks, there shall be also, as a
part of the same Establishment, Dry Docks, of sufficient caps-,
'tY, to repair the largest class of vessels.
so That commodious IVharfs and Storehouses shall be erected,
as to leavenothing to be desired for the accommodation of
Shipping, or unloading cargoes of goods with every
Porible degree of dispatch.
thet,is Presumed that the proposed Docks will be regarded by
taretoprietors of the existing Canal . as an appendage which
ot fail to contribute largely to the success of their under-
rtlg, and add greatly to the value of that property.
p also_presurned that it will be equally beneficial to the
and acted Railway, should that measure be carried into. effect,
174, it will not be disputed that the existing Water Companies
all tot
greatly benefitted.
orliti is_ presumed that it will meet with the decided approbation
kr tirernment, not only as a great National .Improv_emept,..
ecause the Harbour of Portsmouth, from being less in=
st:u'ered with Merchant Ships, will give greater space ft.)].
tsi.rP: of War, besides the assistance these Docks will afford in
as rking and debarking troops, especially Cavalry, as well
vtaval Stores
That it will Le of immense advantage to the towns of Ports-
tll2l°,_e_th•.Portsea, and Gosport, inasmuch as it will, during the
veace, afford to its inhabitants the benefits of Corn,
,„_ whilst it will add to the advantages which the local cir-
.,•.4.las s,tances of these places command in time of war. The pro-
IZtsed situation is peculiarly adapted for the purpose. It con-
tszleeof nearly 100 acres of low land, within a very short dis-
, of water, sufficiently deep for first-rate men of war to sail,
sia'ittqsaldt°,
access is peculiarly easy. The excavation will be
u with no difficulty, and the surplus earth will be a
cite valuable acquisition in strengthening the barriers against
oosee, the whole length or the line from the Bathing-house
tdit;_tlls, near Portsmouth, to Lumps Fort, where such•an ad-
, lun peculiarly necessary.' The existing roads round the
I;aPsed
for are as commodious as though they had been
la out for the 'purpose, and the surrounding lands afford the
nioq,t, desirable facilities for the necessary erections-
exi.,,Jie prnS oposed sate is within a very short distance from the
C,anal,
tonne at an expence scarcely worth mentioning,
rELiNT'LuaIIY be cted with it, as well as with the intended
should that measure take effect.
It
c$ proposed to form a joint Stock Conipany, under the
-17,-• 11 of the " Portsmouth Commercial Dock Company,.
t! capital of 100,000/. in shares of 101. each. Two pounds ;Posit to be paid on taking the shares, and the remainder by
twY:ents or f,(. each ; and not to be called for until at least
„so Itt onth's notice shall have been given from the period of one
"'l„ll2ent-toranother.
vihrit expence of the Dock will depend upon the scale on
1,, it niay bethought advisable to carry the plan into effect.
• first instance it may be undertaken at an expence not
75,000/., and be increased as the necessities of the
fot tl• require. The facilities for removing the soil necessary
par e excavation are so great, that it will be done at a com-
bt,iti '
pars
trifling expence, and as it
.regards the supply of
Ing materials, the situation is equally desirable.
• can scarcel • therefore, admit a doubt that this undertak-
pr • •Y,
so i'mlses fair to be highly beneficial to the subscribers, and
~14,cral to, the community at large that it will deservedly be
wr.., ti e amongst' the many great National Undertakings for
my country is so justly celebrated.
dr sa further particulars apply (if by letter post-paid) to
oh. Cali, Portsmouth.