The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-16 00:00:00

JULY 16, 1847.

THREE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.
Whereas about eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, the 7th
of July Inktant, a daring ATTEMPT was made by• three men, in
Mitre-court, Wood-street, Cheapside, to ROB -the LOMBARD-
STREET LETTER-CARRIER of the Letters entrusted to him for
delivery—the Lettemarrier was knocked down and severely beaten
with a life-preserver, which was found near the spot.
Whoever will give such information as shall lead to the discovery
and conviction of the offenders, shall receive a REWARD of THREE
HUNDRED POUNDS, payable on conviction. And if either of the
persons concerned In the attack will come forward and give such
information and evidence as shall lead to the discovery and convie-

tion of his accomplice or accomplices In each attack, he will. in ad-
dition to the stVdreward, receive her Majesty's gracious PARDON.
Apply to M. B. Peacock, Esq., solicitor to the Post-office, Loudon.
General Post-office, July 12, 1847.

[PORTLAND BREAKWATER
TO CONTRACTORS.

The LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the ADMIRALTY are ready
to receive TENDERS for sundry works to be executed in the
ISLAND of PORTLAND, comprising Earthworks, Permanent Rail-
ways, and Machine Houses for the Inclined Planes, the Quarries
to the site of the proposed Breakwater.
Plans, Sections, Specifications, and Conditions, will be open to the
inspection of intending Contractors, at the Office of Messrs. Rendel
and Beardmore, Civil Engineers, 8, Great' George-street, West-
minster, from Monday next, the 12th instant, till Saturday the 31st
instant, between the hours of 10 o'clock eatt., and 4 P.M. ; and
Tenders must be delivered at the Admiralty, on or before 12 o'clock
noon, on Tuesday the 2d of August next, according to a Form which
will be furnished at Bendel and Beardmores' Office.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty do not engage to
accept the lowest Tender.

Admiralty, Bth iu-i.;;-1-847.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JULY 14, 1847.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY
will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY,
the 21st instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of
submitting to the Proprietors of East India Stock for confirmation
a Resolution passed unanimously by the General Court this day,
approving the unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors of the
30th of June, 1847, granting to Major-General 'Air George Pollock,
G.C.11., an annuity of One Thousand Pounds, upon the grounds
therein stated.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

LAST WEEK BUT ONE,

OY AL ACADEMY OF ARTS,
TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is -now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue,
One Shilling.

JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Dep. Sec.

'PHE GREAT ANGLO-CHINA RAILWAY
AND DOCK COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 200,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit ss. per share, being the largest amount allowed by the Act
7 and 8 Vict.. cap. 110, which limits the deposits on Shares in a
Company, until final registration, to ten shillings per cent.
No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his subscription.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
George Robinson, Esq., Devonport, and Moorgate-strect Chambers.
Captain Cole, H.O S., 24, College-street, Brompton.
William Singleton, Esq., Marine-parade, Brighton, and Dorset-
street, Portman- square.
R. Shield, Esq., 25, Guilford-place, Wilmington-square.
Captain Shank, H.C.S., late of Macao.
William Wilkings, Esq., Dover.
Captain Browne, H.C.S., New Swindon, Wilts, late of Calcutta.
George Blake, Esq., Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
William Franklyn, Esq., Frederick-street, Gray's Inn-road, late of
Hong-Kong.
Captain Curtis, H.C.S., Albion-street, Hyde Park.
With power to add to their number.
ENGlNEER—Lieutenant Stevens, R.N., Greenwich.
SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Davenport, Esq., 21, Ely-place, Holborn.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co., Lombard-street.
City of Glasgow Bank, Glasgow.
SEcarrAav —Henry William Romaine.
Orricrs —Moorgate-street Chambers Coleman-street-buildings,
Moorgate-street.
Application for Shares to be addressed to the Secretary, at the
above Offices ; to Mr. James Kirkland, 12, Exchange-square, Glas-
gow ; and to Mr. Samuel Saunders, Survey-office, 7, Cross-street,
Manchester; where prospectuses and forms of application may be
obtained.
No application ibr Shares can be received after Monday, the 19th
day of July, 1847. (By order)
H. W. ROMAINE, Secretary.

NOTICE.
' REDUCED FARES-LOWER THAN EVER.
GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Second Class and Fore Cabin, SIXPENCE ;
First Class and Saloon, EIGHTPENCE.
Railway and Boat included in one Payment.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 934,10, 1034, 11, 12,
134, 234, 334, 434, 534. 6,7, and 7%. Sundays, at 839, 9,9%, 10,
1034, 11, 134, 234, 354, 5,6, 7, and 734. The TRAINS starting one
quarter of an hour before each of these times.
The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7, 734, 834, 934,1134, 1,
2,3, 4,5, 6,6%, 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7, 734, 834, 1134, 12, 1,3, 4,
5,6, 634, 7, 74, and 8.
Star Office, Gravesend, June 29, 1847.

TO BREWERS and SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
A YOUNG MAN, a native of Scotland, wishes a SITUA-
TION either as Salesman to, a Brewer, or to attend or manage a
Wine and Spirit Vault. Unexceptionable reference and security
given for intromissions. If suitable he would advance a fair amount
of Cash, along with his services, to be admitted to an interest in the
concern.—Letters (from principals only) addressed K. C. B. 13, Sun.
office, 112, Strand, London, will be attended to, and held strictly
confidential.

SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.
THE FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBI-
TION, NOW OPEN, at their Gallery, 5, PALL-MALL
EAST, each day, from Nine till Dusk, WILL CLOSE To-Moßpow,
July 17.

Admittance, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence.
J. W. WRIGEIT, Sec.

On Saturday, July 17.
LETTER from SIR ROBERT PEEL to
the ELECTORS for the BOROUGH of TAMIVORTH.
London : James Bain, 1, Haymarket.

I RAILWAY.
The MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to
receiva LOANS on Security of their Debentures, for periods of Three
or Five Years, in Sums of not less than 1,000/. each, at Interest after
the rate of 5/. per Cent. per Annum, payable half- yearly.
Application to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office.
Derby. By order,
July 15, 1847.

J. F. BELL, Secretary.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IN STITU I'ION.
COLLINS'S ODE to the PASSIONS will be recited by Mr.
J. RUSSELL, with Illustrations in a Series of DRAWINGS of the
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, accompanied by Music by Dr. Wallis, on
the Mornings of Thurrdays and Saturdays, and on the Evenings of
Tuesdays and Thursdays. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COM-
rANY has deposited, for the present month, a complete series of
their Interesting APPARATUS. Dr. Bachhoffner's LECTURES on
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. CHEMICAL LECTURES by H. M.
Noad, Esq., on the Evenings of Monday and Wednesday. The
beautify OPTICAL EFFECTS include the last DISSOLVING
VIEWS, DIVING BELL and DIVER, with EXPERIMENTS, &c.
Admission, is. ; Sekools, Half-price.

DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6id. per lb. ; Genuine
Sperm, Is. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 54a., and 60s. per 1121bs. ;
Mottled, GOs. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Wax,
Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Wax, Is. I ld. ; Genuine
Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%d.; Sperm 011, Bs. per gallon ;
Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind-
sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. d ;
Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Bale's Paragon
Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. per lb.

. -
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house.

52, Fleet-street.

A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH.

MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP-
TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or
ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be
distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will
never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any
teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction
of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve
teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and
mastication; and, that Mr. Iloward's improvement may be within
reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest
scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica
tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five.

"'TIS DREADFULLY lIOT 1"
'TIS dreadfully hot—'tis oppressive to walk !"
Now, this 'midst the many, is now all the talk;
Suppose, then, we should certain measures devise,
And show how the comforts of others we prize.
"'Tis dreadfully hot"—and the Sun's piercing' rays,
Make " Nights" more delightful, by halt; than the " Days."
But the Blouses of HYAM for all times suffice
They keep you as cool as the Wenham Lake ice !
Ills light Summer Over-coat likewise displays
The greatest inducements for hot Summer days;
Whilst light Summer Vestings, and Trouserings, too,
Demand from all wearers the credit that's due.

"'Tis dreadfully hot"—then light garments prepare,
You're cool as a encumber—brisk as a hare ;
For lIYAM'S Apparel these virtues possess.
'Tis the lightest--the richest—the cheapest of Dress!
At Gracechurch-street call, 35 ! You'll rejoice,
For of gay Summer Clothing there's plenty of choice ;
Their great durability, cheapness, and style,
Stand " A. No. 1," 'midst the Gems of our Isle !
The Hosiery, Hat, and Outfit Department, recently added to this.
Establishment, is new complete, containing a well-selected stock of
Shirts, Gloves, Hose, Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Paris and town made
Hats, Travelling, Fishing, Youths', and Mens' Caps, in every va-
riety, at prices in accordance, with L. Hymn's well-known econo-
mical system.

L. lIYAM'S LI
X 8. d

X s. d.

Youths' Cloth Hussar -
Jackets,any colour from 0 8 6
Youths' Cloth Tunic
Coats ........ ••.. . • 0 II 0 ,
Youths' rests. ... 0 3 6
Youths' Fancy Trowsers 0 4 6
Youths' Cloth Dresses.. 0 18 6
Youths' elegant Tunic do. 1 2 0
Youths'Cachmerette Pa-
letots ............ 0 8 6

L. lIYAM'S Clothing, Hat,
Gracechurch-street.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S
GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin and falling off,
the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the
use of the two above-named articles, applied alternately—the
Botanic Water to cleanse the roots from scurf, and as a sti-
mulant, and the Bear's Grease as a nourisher. If any further
evidence was required of the virtues of Bear's Grease for reno-
vating and preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the
quantity used, and the length of hair obtained by some of
the North American Indians would be a sufficient answer.—
Ross and Son's, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first
introduced the use of Bear's Grease in this country, and who
fat and kill the animals, recommend the public to purchase
none other but with their names and address printed on the
pot, or the chances are they are obtaining a spurious ar-
ticle. All vegetable oils applied to the hair are worse than
useless.
NEWFOUNDLAND PRODUCE.—The vessel Dart, ar-
rived in the river from Newfoundland, has brought, in
addition to a cargo of oil and other merchandise, the
large number of 18,194 seal skins ; and another vessel,
the Cynthia, arrived from the same place, besides a
cargo of oil, 17,000 of the same kind of skins. These
extemive importations of the skin of the seal from the
British North American province mentioned amply illus-
trate the abundance of the creature in that district.
A dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum
was declared yesterday at the half-yearly meeting of
the London Joint Stock Bank. It appears, according to
the report, that the net profit for that period amounts t.
34,6631. Is. 6d., which, after paying the sum stated,
will still leave 16,6331. Is. 6d. to be disposed of at the
conclusion of the year. The amount of the guarantee
fund on the 31st of December last was 120,117/. 14s. 3d.;
but, with the addition of 1,8011. 15s. 3d. interest at the
rate of three per cent. for the half-year, it novr stands at
121,9194 9s. 6d.

SPIRIT GROCERS, IRELAND.
Mr. Grogan, the Member for Dublin, on Friday
prrsenred a petition, from spirit grocers in Dublin, on
behalf of themselves and fellow-tradesmen in Ireland, of
which the following is the substance:—
" That by an Act of Parliament, passed in 1825, the
6th George IV., c. 81, and aeother enactment passed in
the year 1836. the Gth and 7th William IV., c. 38, S. 3,
the spirit grocers of Ireland were made etitled to re-
ceive from .the officers of Excise licenses for the sale by
retail of spirits, at rates fixed by these statutes.
-
"That the officers of her Majesty's Excise did for
several years illegally and wrongfully -exact from the
spirit grocers of Ireland upwards of 400 per cent. mot e
for their retail spirit licenses than the law allowed them
to charge, as decided by the Irish judges in the case of
a spirit grocer, Stephen Fox Dickson v. a Collectcr of
Excise, George Pape, Esq.' That the officers of Excise
did, pursuant to the judgment of the Irish judges in a
court of error, repay back to the one spirit grocer,
Stephen Fox Dickson, through whom the question was
decidal, such excess of the license duty charged as vt as
decided to have been illegally and wrongfully taken
from said Stephen Fox Dickson, a spirit grocer, in the
one case brought before the court upon which case the
judgment was given. That when applied to for repay-
ment of the excess taken from the other spirit grocers,
petitioners have to regret that the Lords of her Majesty's
Treasury have refnsed to repay back the moneys, though
so adjudged to have been wrongfully and illegally taken
from them.

" That your Honourable House made an error, on the
9th July, 1845, requiring the officers of her Msjesty's
Excise to return to your Honourable House a return of
the rate of Excise duty payable by spirit grocers, on the
retail spirit license, provided for them by the 3d section
of thefith and 7th William IV., cap. 38, as decided by
the Irish judges in the case of Dickson v. Pape,' col-
lector of Excise, Dublin district, on' a writ of error in
the Exchequer Chamber, Ireland.'
" That your petitioners have to regret to state that
the officers of her Majesty's Excise did not obey the
..order of youT Houourkble House, but did untruly return
as an answer to said order of your Honourable House,
that the_amount of the rate is in dispute, and is the
subject of a writ of error now pending in the House of
Lords, in the case of M'Kenna v. Pape,' that this being
as it is, and has been unfounded in truth or fact, your
Honourable House has been imposed upon, and the
amount of the moneys wrongfully and illegally exacte;l
and levied by the Excise off the spirit grocers of Ire-
land, kept concealed from your Honourable House, and
thereby the interests of the Irish traders grievously
damaged. _ _

" That your Honourable House has been pleased on
the 31st day of March, 1847, to order a return (in
addition to the Sessional Paper, No. 662, for 1845),
showing in an additional column, and opposite each
spirit grocer's name, the rate or amount of Excise
license duty which the judges decided in the case of
Dickson v. Pape,' to be that which ought to have been
charged and paid by each spirit grocer for his license
respectively.'
" That petitioners have read this latter return as
made by the officers of Excise to your Honourable
House, which is numbered as Sessional Paper 476, for
1847, and have to regret that this return also is not
made in conformity with the orders of your Honourable
House, nor with the facts of the case.

" That Petitioners have to regret that this is the
second time a false and untrue return has been made to
your Honourable House, one on sessional paper 662, for
1845, the other on sessional paper 476, for 1847, both
returns calculated to impose upon your Honourable
House, to damage the interests of petitioners and fellow-
traders in Ireland, and by concealing from your Honour-
able House the amount of the large sums of money,
amounting in the gross to many thousand pounds, which
the officers of the Excise have illegally and wrongfully
exacted from petitioners and fellow-traders of Ireland,
which untrue returns petitioners will prove at the bar of
your Honourable House if permitted.
" Petitioners pray that your Honourable House will
be pleased to cause inquiry to be made into the false-
hood returned to your Honourable House by the officers
of her Majesty's excise, in sessional paper 662, for 1845,
by untruly stating and returning to your Honourable
House, as they did, that the amount of such rate is in
dispute, and is the subject of a writ of error now pend-
ing in the House of Lords in the case or McKenna v.

and into a further untrue statement returned to
your Honourable House, appended to the second page of
sessional paper 476, for this present session 1847, stating
that the Judges were not called upon to decide in the
case of Dickson v. Pape, the amount of excise licence
duty which ought to have been charged and paid by
by each spirit grocer for his licence ; their decision
simply was, that the plaintiff, Dickson, having tendered
the amount payable for a publican's licence, was entitled
under the then state of law, to a grocer's spirit licence
for that sum.' That as these untrue statements, so re-
turned to your Honourable House, are calculated to mis-
lead your Honourable House, to conceal from your
Honourable House the amount of the moneys wrong-

Fully and illegally levied off and from petitioners and
- -- - - - - - - - --

fellow-traders, spirit grocers of Ireland, for their licences,
whereby petitioners and fellow-traders arc seriously
damaged.
Petitioners pray your Honourable house to cause
such inquiry to be made as will place before your
Honourable House the truth and facts that ought to have
been returned ; and that your Honourable House may
be pleased to afford to petitioners such relief as in your
wisdom may seem meet.
" And your petitioners will ever pray--
"Stephen Fox Dickson, 51, Townsend-street; Edward
Keating, 108, Great Britain-street; Michael Keat-
ing, 24, Wentworth-place; Martin Murphy, 25, Sir
John Rogerson-quay; Michael Daly, 5, Nassau-
street; Lewis Moon., 27, James's-street; John
Reilly, 59, Sandwith-street; Joseph Brannan, 4,
Merrion-row ; Lewis Moore, 15, Merrion-row ;
Richard Jones, GO, Grafton-street; Johnsto❑ and
Sharpley, 59, Capel-strect; William Ginn, 69,
Dorset-street.
"Dublin, July 1, 1847."

RAPACIOUS FLUNKEYISM AT BLENIIEDL—With
the exception of the invited excursion to Blenheim on
Saturday, and a certain failure in the concluding break-
fast on Wednesday, it may truly be said that the recent
meeting at Oxford was alike honourable to the British
Association, to England, and to science. The Blenheim
affair was indeed a disgraceful drawback. Never did we
witness such a scene of rapacity and meanness. From
the entrance-gate to the leave- taking of the kitchen
garden, there was not only the dirty, greedy looks of
menials and the ready Arab hand for backshish but the
impudent demand of a fixed price of admittance as at
the door of a penny show, a theatre, or St. Paul's Cathe-
dral. The company was ranged by the cards sent out in
the name of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, into
parties not exceeding six, and according had mostly
joined in half dozens to perambulate the palace and
grounds. Over the former they were hurried by house-
keepers, maids, and servingmen, all of them looking for
the expected fee with countenances and gestures not to
be mistaken. In other cases they haggled for half-
crowns instead of shillings, and contemptuously insulted
any unfortunate who might fancy that a little sixpence
added to the amount of which he had been already
fleeced was enough. At the entrance to the pleasure-
garden (one must pay for pleasure !) the charge was ss.
for six persons ; but it was reduced in some cases of re-
monstrance, and in others the visitors would not go in,
or refused to submit to the imposition. All through it
was to the same tune ; and to augment the discredit of
the affair, the servants pretended that they acted by
order of their ducal master, that he would share their
fees, and that they had no wages but what they got in
this most scandalous manner. Such libels by house-
maids, flunkies, and gardeners upon the successor of the
glorious conqueror of Blenheim, an individual of princely
rank, living on a domain presented by a nation's grati-
tude, ought surely to be punished ; and we trust the
noble duke will cause a stringent inquiry to ba made
into these injurious statements and practices ; the more
to be lamented in this instance, as they were barefacedly
committed on the persons and purses of French, Russian,
Prussian, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Swiss, American
visitors, and indeed of natives of every quarter of the
civilised globe, who must carry away most derogatory
impressions of our country, from having witnessed so
shameful an exhibition in so memorable a place.—Lle7'ary
Gracile.
TIIE 17TH REGIMENT.—CHATHAM, JULY 13.
This evening the left wing of this
oyal
Tigers") arrived at this place from
John Brewer, 500
port it disembarked from the ship
The strength consists
tons burden, Captain Brown.
noncommissioned officers, with
of 222 men, including non.cornm. Gravesend,Regirnent C't whichß
the following
Bourke, Captain T. 0. Rut
10 women and a number of children, under command
P.
officers,—Captain
ffif Lieutenant-Colonelcers cttptain
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P.
IL Messiter, Lieutenant W. A.
ledge, 'Lieutenant BrPherson, with.
Ensign J. :Ns t
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s, Ensignurg
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BG.
Ta rhdoi
nnlesro, Ensign
pounttihnealt3AthehoefeMn,aarnehd
Armstrong,p.itvpherso
passage four
st Helena, and soldiers and one woman
lTahste.sentruoroipnsg
also at •'wt tctaembarked at
the Bombay
ship
died on board. The 17th was sent out to New South
Wales from Chatham in the year 1830, and, after serv-
ing in various parts of Australia for upwards of five years,
embarked for Bombay in 1836. It then formed part of
the army under the late Lord Keane, destined for the
and was present at the first
capital of Affghanistan,
storm and capture of Ghuenee on the 23d of July, 1839;
and in 1846 it formed part of the army under General
Sir C. Napier, and marched towards the north-west. On
reaching 13hawulpore, the force was ordered to return,
and the 17th, on the way down the Indus, was detained
at Sukkur, and lost a great number of men from fever.
The 17th is billeted in the town of Chatham. There are
now parts of three regiments—the 9th, 17th, and 39th—
billeted in the town, a circumstance that has not oc-
curred since the assemblage of troops previous to the
battle of Waterloo.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —A CURE OF A LIVER COMPLAINT
OF LONG STANDING St HOLLOWAY'S Pitt.s.—James Holmes. ,
Temple-street, Bristol, had the liver complaint more than three
out in a
Years ; he was in Bath Hospital several months, but c
weaker state than when he went in. Afterwards at
re-
ceived the best attention of the medical men at two,ornks
to keep hint
derived no benefit. Being unable to do sufficient w
restored him to perfect
Holloway's Pillc, which in three mentlish re I"at-miatnu3etioanlsie, bthe returned to his friends at Bristol,, aitid
icsositittradeencaesd
athie.nans:en. of
health. Ile is now working
Sold by all Druggists, and
214, *qua, Coulon. awarpiestanstsio- ra Helloway's