The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-09 00:00:00

WORKS ON STEAM,

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ATREATISE on the NATURE, PROPER-
TIES, and APPLICATION'S of.STEA3I, and on STEAM
NAVIGATION. By JOHN SCOTT PE sSELL, M.A., F.R.5.F..,
Vice-President of the Society of Arts of Scotland, Illustrated with
upwards of 80 Engravings on Wood, and 15 Folding Plates on Steel.
Post Bvo., 9s. cloth.
" A work on Steam and Steam Navigation, in which science and
interesting information are equally combiaed."—Mechanics' Magazine.

113 the same Author,
LAS TREATISE on the STEAM-ENGINE.
Illustrattfori)r.".24B Engravings on Wood, and 15 Folding
Platea.on Stank -,Phas, 1400:, 9s. cloth,
" Most complete And circumstantial." ••..•• • • • •
The Surveyor. Engineer, and Architect.
A. and C. Black, Edinburgh ; Simptin. Marshall, and Co., Whittaker
and Co., and Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London.

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t pf7'Premium. Bonus Bonus in
g Assur T HE CIGAR WAREHOUSES, LONDON.
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added. Cash. E 3 g may Fine Foreign Cigars of all Makers, 17s. Gd., ISs. 6d. 20q and
? g 73°"°w" .
21s. per lb. ; Government Manillas Cheroots, 17s. per lb.. British
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"*" -------....--.. l--- Imade, from the finest tobaccos imported, Cheroots, 6s; Mexicans,
7s. 6d. per lb. ; Cuba and Ilavannah Cigars. 75. and 7s. 6d. per lb. ;
£ ..£ s. d. 1837 4217 15 1 ZlOO 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0
1838 102 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2.
i 395 11 1 Silvas and Cabanas, Bs. 6d. per lb.; Princtpes, Lopez ltecompendzas,
C 9 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 Esparteros, Dos Amigos, and Estrellos, 9s. Gd. per lb., warranted first
1840 116 7 6 54 0.10 718 10 296 13 4 quality. The Union .agar, equal to any foreign, 12s. Gd. per lb.
S;1841 111 6 , 49 19 0 710 41 247 4 S Single pounds may be had. Messrs Tosswtll and Co., Commission
M erchants, Importers, and Manufacturers, have a large stock of
the above, well worth the attention of large buyers. Warehouses, 6
The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present and 7, Pudding-lane, Easteheap, three doors from Gracechurch-
year
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The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON' CAIIROUX, Secretary.

LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, No 10, Fleet-street, London; established 1336.
The at:ention of the public, and particularly of persons con-
enlPlating assurance, is invited to the several new and important
improvements which have been now adopted by this Society, at
the termination of the first decennial period from its establishment.
Among other advantages now for the first time offered by the Di-
rectors of this Society, are these:—
Persons assuring their lives in this office may, without pay-
ent of any extra premium, reside in New South Wales, Cape of
`'oo,l Hope, Canada, Northern States of North America, and in
any
, Place distant more than 33 degrees from the Equator, and may
without any extra charge, pass by sea between any two places
it the same hemisphere, distant more than 33 degrees from the
Zgliator.

STATE OF TRADE.

A retrospect of the lace trade for the past year pre-
sents some reason for confidence in the prospect for the
future. It has been brought into alm .st direct competi-
tion with French articles, and this has certainly not been
without its use, though severe, owing to the predilection
felt for foreign grounds and styles. The Nottingham
trade has never made, during any previous year, so
great an advance in the application of the true principles
of taste to their designs, as within the last twelve months.
This has been followed by a swisfactory increase in the
demand for the best class of fancy articles. It is true
that the lever fancy goods have been depressed in price
far below their value ; but this his arisen from too large
quantities of the same patterns being forced upon the
market ; and can only be remedied by the application of
mechanical improvements, affording the means of rapid
and inexpensive changes of pattern. If to these be added,
excellence in design, this department of the business will
resume a profitable activity. There has been lessened
consumption of patent plat laces, cheaper improved
Mechlins having taken their place. In plain goods ex-
cellence of materials and workmanship is more sought
for than formerly. Notwithstanding some changes in
the channels of demand and supply, which during the
early months of the year considerably unsettled local
trade matters, the total amount of business done has
been an average one ; the machinery has been as regn
larly employed as usual, and wages have been maintained.
The stocks remaining on hand are nut heavy. The
most difficult feature we have to note at present is the
advance in yarns, and of course, in prime cost. This
has been scarcely at all realised as yet on wrought
goods. The past week has been without change in
prices, hut with small demand; all parties seem waiting
for the breaking up of the frost, to bring orders from
the Continent, and giveimpulse to the country trade.—
l‘rottinyham Review.

2. The charging of low rates of extra premium for permission to
go to tl.e East Indies, the West Indies, or to any place distant less
than 33 degrees from the Equator.
3. The maintaining of the policy in force when the person whose
life is assured goes 'out of the limits allowed ; provided that the re-
cltlisite additional premium be paid as soon as the fact of such depar-
ture becomes known to the party interested in the policy.
4. Persons who have appeared before the examining medical
officers of the Society are not required to appear also before the
Board of Directors. The amounts assured byipolicies will be paid in
an eases of death by duelling or by the hands of justice. In the case
of suicide, when the person whose life is assured is also the party
who Is entitled to the benefit of the policy, the whole of the premiums
received will be returned. Notices of assignment of policies will be
acknowledged.
The advantages announced above are not restricted In their appli-
cation to policies hereafter to be issued, but are extended to all poli-
cies now subsisting.
The persons assured by this Society are entitled to receive four-
fifths of the profits. The first division will take effect at the present
time (31st December, 1846) ; the result of such division will be very
shortly declared. The future periods of division will not exceed seven
years. No admission or entrance fees are required.
Medical officers for the examination of lives proposed for assurance
are in attendance at the office every Tuesday and Friday, at Two
o'clock. _ _ _

December 31, 1846

By order of the Board,
T. R. EDMONDS, Actuary.

EASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTEN-
SION SHARES.
The SECOND CALL of 2/. per Share on the A Quarters of these
Shares will be payable OR TUESDAY, the 19th in.tant, and if- not
dulY paid at that date the Shares will be subject to forfeitures. Inte-
rest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum will be charged to all par-
ties la arrear. _ _ _

By order of the Board,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
I3lshogate Station, Jan. , 1847.
LIST OFps TIIE COMPANY'. BANKERS TO WHOM TIIE CALL
lenus IS PAYABLE
Li
and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its branches
erPool Borough lank, Liverpool
Qafichester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester
Messrs.
and Dorset Bankin; Co.npany, Salisbury
i'resars. Lemon and Co. Brentwood
Z", 11. Mills, Bawtree and Co., Colchester
-essrli. Sparrow and Co., Chelmafurd
ational Provincial Bank, Bath
"'National Provincial Bank, Birminghom
•
National Provincial Bank, Boston,
Messrs, Fisher and Sons, Cambridge
kessrs. Becket and Co., Leeds
Western Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh
Western Bank of Scotland, Glasgow
!t,3'al Bank of Ireland, Dublin
of England Bank, Great Yarmouth
Vest of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol
Messrs. Harvey and Hudson, Norwich
e.ssrs. Bacon and Cobbold and Co.l Ipswich
Ileums. Alexander and Co.
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank, Cheltenham
'Union Bank, York
National Provincial Bank, Exeter
Northumberland and Durham District Bank, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

][IORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, AND CETTE
RAILWAY.—EZPELETA'S COMPANY.
The Directors of this Company beg to acquaint their Shareholders
that a difference of some importance has tended to delay the issue of
the Shares of the Constituted Company.
In the negotiations which took place with the French Government
ibr the direct concession of this line,the capital was increased beyond
the amount originally contemplated, but the English Directors of
this Company fully understood, and expected that the whole of this
augmentation would have been absorbed by the several amalgamated
companies tow forming the Constituted Company. A claim has,
however, been made upon them to take G 2,750 Constituted Shares in
lieu of the 60,009 for which this Company was originally liable, and
which were duly paid on. The Directors have objected to this claim,
but it being persisted in, they have no alternative but to submit the
question to a legal decision.
They are deterred from having recourse to a French court of law,
from a desire to avoid the delay and depreciation of property incident
to all, hostile legal proceedings ; and yielding to this consideration,
they have agreed to refer the matter to a legal arbitration. But in
order that the delay and uncertainty attending the same may not
affect the exchange of the scrip certificates of the Company, a pay-
latent of 2s. per scrip share, will be required from each Shareholder
before he can receive his Constituted Shares, against which payment
he will be entitled to a proportion of the surplus shares, in the event
Or an adverse decision of the question ; o❑ the contrary, should the
decision be in faveur of this Company, the money will be returned,
less the expenses incurred in bringing the subject of difference to a
conclusion. DAVID SALO3IONS,
Chairman of the English Board of Directors.
By order, C. T. BEKE, Secretary.
31, Lombard-street, Jan. 4, 1847.

BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE,
RAILWAY.
EZPELETA'S COMPANY.
The Directors of this Company request a MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street,
on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 13th instant, at Two o'clock precisely.
DAVID SALOMONS,
Chairman of the English Board of Directors.
By order,
C. T. 13ERE, Secretary.
31, Lombard-street, Bth January, 1847.

and CETTE

NEW DRAWING PENCILS,
d. each, or 2s. Gd. per Dozen, got up in polished cedar, to
to prevent the lead dust adkering to the pencil and soiling the hands,
with the degrees of hardness and the makers' names stamped on them
in gold. ROWNEY, DILLON, and ROWNEY (late Rowney and
Forster), Manufacturers, 51, Rathbone-place, London. To be had of
all Booksellers and Stationers in town and country.

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TESTIMONIALS.
From J. A. Hammersley, Esq., Head Drawing Master of the
Government School of Design, Nettingham.
" Sept. 8. 1846.
"Dear Sirs,—l have tried all the lead pencils you forwarded to me,
Ind consider them the best I have ever had; indeed, it is impossible
Justly to compare them with any others, as they possess qualities I
never yet found in pencils, amongst which I may name their beau-
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myself, but have had them tried by several students in this institu-
tion, and their excellence is acknowledged by my pupils. The double
B's are most superbpsneils.
" I am, Sirs,

" Yours most repectfully,
" J. A. HAMM ERSLEY."
From Georg Barnard, Esq., Head Drawing Muter, Rugby School.
" 85, Great Portland-street, London, June 25, 1845.
Gentlemen,—ln reply to your inquiry respecting my opinion of
the quality and value of your new pencils, I do not hesitate to say
that I find them excellent in all respects, with entire freedom from
grit, and working well, whether hard or so t. These qualities, com-
bined with their moderate price, render them very valuable to
artists and their pupils.

q., R.I.AG.. BAILKARD."
"Truly yours,
1
From George Petrie, Es
Great Charles-street, May 27, 1845.
" Gentlemen,—l have tried the set of pencils which you were so
good as to send me, and I have no hesitation In expressing my opi-
nion that they are far superior to any that I have used for man
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my friehd3.
~ / am, Gentlemen,
" Faithfully yours,
" CIEGEGE PETRIE, RII.A"

"Messrs. Rowney and Co."
" 53, Blackett-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, July, 1845
" Gentlemen,—l have made use of your new Pencils, and consider
them a most desirable acquisition either to the artist or the amateur.
They Work pleasantly, and the variety of tint which they are capable
of producing renders them valuable in sketching.
" I am, Gentlemen,
"Yours most truly,
" T. M. RICHARDSON, Sen."
"Messrs. Rowney, Dillon, and Rowney, London."
The manufacturers particularly request the attention of the trade
to their pencils.

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bago.
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the West of
Pains in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Aff ,
ZaeQ-aoh, Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds,
Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frczen Limbs, Chilblains be
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Y andl).
fore they are broken. It is likewise an infallible Cure for that dangerous
dlserder the Quinsay or Sore Throat, in which it was never known to
tail after a few hours' application.
Observe—That none can be genuine unless the Stamp affixed to
each bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No.
95, Farringdon-street, who have purchased the property in this
Valuable article from the executors of the iuventor, William Dredge,
late of Wishford, Wilts, retail price, Is. I Ygd. and 2s. 9d. per bottle ;
and sold retail, by all respectable Medicine Venders In town and
liniutry.