The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-04 00:00:00

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No. 14,322.

SHETLAND DESTLPIITION.
COMLdITTEE FOR ppr.•lit,'ONG THE DISTRESS
IN ?,`,IIc,TLAND.
ifisGeri?..Fie Bukc of Argyll.
o.lols lion. Lord William Bentittd,
Hight Hon. Lord James SlUart, M.P.
Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair.
Russell Ellice. Esq.
Archibald Hattie, Esq., M. P.
Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P.
Frederick Dundas, Esq., M.P.
This Committee having been formed for the purpose of obtaining
for the Destitute Inhabitants of the Shetland Islands part of the
Fund subscribed last year for the Relief of the Destitution in the
1.
announced,
by
ye Advertisement
e ofn t
the
abo"-
Highlands and Islands of Scotland, unanimously resolve--
mentioned Fund having
nthe Newspapers, that they intend
to appropriate the %h le of the money now in their hands, amount-
ing, it is belierthd, to upwards of 10,0001., to objects which, how-
ever commendable in themselves, were not contemplated by the
Subscribers, this Committee protest in the strongest manner against
such an application of the Fund, while the purpose for which it was
raised remains unfulfilled, as an act which cannot fail to create dissa-
tisfaction and distrust in the public mind, and consequently to pre-
judice the cause of Charity on future occasions, when it may be
deemed necessary to appeal to the sympathy of the generous anti
the humane.

2. That this Committee, considering that the Shetland Islands
were expressly included in the districts for whose benefit the fund
in question was subscribed, arid satisfied that deep and extensive
distress at present prevails in that quarter, and must continue to
prevail, until the rising crops are fit to gather, which in that
northern climate will not be before the month of October, cannot but
regard the conduct of the Managers of the Fund, in refusing
to afford the necessary relief, or even to enquire into the distress, as
highly reprehensible.
3. That the Managers of the Fund having given formal notice by
Advertisement in the Newspapers, that ifanv of the Subscribers should
disapprove of the proposed application cf the money, such individuals
may clai•n the unappropriated p;•t of their subscription, provided
apt2ncation in writing be ma.-.1.c for the same to their Honorary Se-
f-retaries, this Committee earnestly call upon the subscribers to
reclaim that portion of their subscription which still remains unap-
propriated, and to direct the amount to be immediately transferred
to the Shetland Destitution Committee at Aberdeen, through whom
the supplies of food have hitherto been forwarded to those Islands.
4. That as permission has been obtained for the free transmission
through the Post-office of all letters on the business of this Com-
mittee, having the words " SHETLAND DESTITUTION"
written on the back, the Subscribers be requested to send, UN.
SEALED and so endorsed, all letters containing orders for the
transfer of their Subscriptions, under cover to the Secretary of the
Post-office, and that the subjoined form be submitted for their
adoption.
5. That the foregoing Resolutions be advertised in all the
Morning and Evening Papers::

ARGYLL, Chairman.
FREDERICK DUNDAS, Hon. Sec.

(FORM OF THE ORDER.)
To the Honorary Secretaries of the Committee for the Relief of
the Destitute in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland :
" I request that you will immediately remit to the Committee
at Aberdeen, for the relief of the destitution in Shetland, the un-
appropriated part of my subscription of Pounds."

TO the MEMBERS of the HIGHLAND
RELIEF COMMITTEE.
SIRS,—You are most particularly requested to attend a
MEETING of the HIGHLAND RELIEF COMMITTEE, at
the King's Head, in the Poultry, on WEDNESDAY next, Bth inst.,
at Two o'clock, for the purpose of taking into consideration several
urgent Applications for Relief, as well as to consider of the neces-
sity of retaining the Funds to meet such cases, in preference to
appropriating them to any otheobject.
We are, Sirs, your most obedient Servants,
JOHN CROMBIE,
London, Aug. 3. WILLIAM SKIRVING, Hon. Secs
OLD

36. BOND-STREET, Opposite the Western Exchange.
EYESIGHT and DEFECTIVE HEARING—PATENT PRE-
SERVATIVE AMBER and PELLUCID SPECTACLE
LENSES.
PATRONISED by THEIR MAJESTIES the KING and QUEEN
of HANOVER, HIS ROYAL. HIGHNESS the DUKE of SUSSEX,
HER GRACE the DUCHESS of RICHMOND, the DUKE of
BUCKINGHA &c. &c.

MR. E. SOLOIVIONS, OPTICIAN, Patentee
of the AMBER LENSES, No. 36, OLD BOND-
STREET (nearly opposite the Western Exchange), has the honour
to observe that his AMBER SPECTACLES, &c., which have
obtained the sanction and approbation of the chief medical and
scientific authorities in Europe—are the results of a long and ex-
tensive practice--and based from an attentive study of the analo-
gous theories of VISION and'SOUND from the numerous cases
that have come under Mr. E. Solomons' professional observation--
has influenced him to effect a vast improvement in VOICE CON-
DUCTORS for aiding and relieving all cases of deafness, &c. ;
they are acknowledged to be far superior to anything of the kind
hitherto offered, inasmuch as they are constructed on so small a
scale, as to be worn unperceived, 'without requiring to be held, and
by enabling the individual using them to participate immediately in
the enjoyment of conversation, &c., thus at the same time afford
comfort and assistance.
Mr. E. S.'s AMBER SPECTACLES possess the advantage
of modifying bright and strong light which is transmitted through
the various humours of the Eye, so as to render vision most per-
fectly distinct, conveying also a sense of coolness and pleasure to
the organ, with the additional recommendation of being free from
the pernicious attributes of common glasses. The properties of
those spectacles admirably adapt them to afford case and comfort by
protecting and strengthening the Eyes, and to eater to vision the
greatest assistance that art can accomplish. Their -aperlative ex-
cellence is attested by the following, and many other eminent prac-
titioners, who have recommended their adoption in preference to
all others :
Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S, President of the College of
Surgeons.
Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., F.R.S., &c., Say! 16-row.
Sir James E. Anderson, M.D., Sze., New Burlington-street.
R. Keate, Esq., Sergeant Surgeon to her Majesty, Albemarle-
street.
James Johnson, Esq., Physician Extraordinary to the late
King, &c.
Bransby Cooper, Esq., F.R.S., Surgeon to Guy' Hospital, &c.
James Copeland, Esq., M D., F.R.S., Bulstrede-street, Man-
ter-square.
Martin Ware, Esq., Oculist, New Bridge-street.
C. Aston Key, Esq.,
.St. Helens'-place.
Titus Berry, Esq., Chester-terrace.
W. Coulson, Esq., Frederick-place, Old Jewry,
Marshall Hall, Esq., M.D., -F.R. S., Bulstrode-street, Manches-
ter-square.
J. T. Conquest, Esq., M.D., Finsbury-square.
E. W. Duffin, Esq., 14, Langham- place.
J. Soden, Esq., Surgeon to the Eye Infirmary, Bath.
J. Stevenson, Esq., Oculist to his late Majesty, &7,
No connection whatever with persons of a si7.4.lar name.
he above are the ONLY IMPROVEMENTS that have been
effected in Spectacle Lenses for the last 20 years, and being secured
by a PATENT their disposal is exclusively confined to 36, Old
Bond-street, and 17, North-street, Brighton, where a Member of
the above Firm may be consulted for a short period.

THE LANCET, AUGUST 4th.
Edited by Mr. WAK LEY, M.P.
CONTENTS ;-1. Lecture by Dr. Hall on Puerperal Diseases--
2. Lecture by Dr. Sigmond on Purgative Medicines-3. Dr.
Clanny on Diabetes-4. Dr. Burgess on Laryngeal Asthma--5.
Cases by Jonathan Teogood, Esq.-6. Ignorance of Medical Wit-
nesses at. Coroners' Inquests-7. Anniversary Meeting of the Pro-
vincial Medical and Surgical Association-8. Operation for Aneu-
rism, by Mr. Liston-9. Foreign Medical Literature-10. History
of the Barber-Surgeons of Glasgow.
Lancet Office, Essex-street, Strand.—Price Bd.