The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-10 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAN% OGIOBER 10, 1,,40.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, OCT. 7, 1840.
TO BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS ; STEAM EN-
GINEERS and MECHANICS; PATTERN MAKERS
and BOILER MAKERS.
THE-- COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice—
That the Finance and Home Committee will be ready on
I,VenNesDAY, the 21st day of October, 1840, before Eleven
o'Clock in the forenoon, to RECEIVE PROPOSALS from
persons willing to enter into an engagement to serve them in
the COMPANY'S STEAM FACTORY and FOUNDRY
at the Presidency of BOMBAY, in the East Indies, in either
of the following capacities, viz.:—
Foreman Iron and Brass Founder.
Foreman of the Vice and Erecting Shops.
Foreman Pattern-maker.
Foreman Boiler-maker.
The proposals must be in the hand-writing of the parties
themselves applying, and must specify names, ages, past and
present employment, and either give reference for testimonials
of character, conduct, and qualification, or enclose certificates
of competence for the situation applied for.
Copies of the terms and condition of the deeds of covenant
to be entered into by the parties who may be engaged, may be
had upon application to the Marine Branch of toe Secretary's
Office in this House.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

GEOLOGICAL MINERALOGY.
KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

R. J. TENNANT, F.G.S., wiil com-
mence a COURSE of LECTURES on MINERA-
LOGY, with a view to facilitate the study of Geology, and of
the application of Mineral Substar:ces in the Arts, on WED-
NESDAY MORNIN® NEXT, October 14, at Nine o'Clock.

The instruction will consist of a minute description of all
the Mineral Substances entering into the composition of
Rocks, and of those Minerals which are also used in the Arts;
illustrated by characteristic specimens anti diagrams of their
principal crystalline forms, &c.
Further particulars may be obtained at the Secretary's Office,
King's College ; or of Mr. Tennant, Mineralogist, &c. (Suc-
cessor to S. Mawe), 149, Strand.

BRITISH INDIA SUGAR COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that application is intended to
be made to Parliament in the 'next Session, for leave' to bring
in a Bill to Incorporate a Company by the name or style of the
BRITISH• INDIA SUGAR COMPANY, or to enable the
said Company to sue and be sued in the name of the Manager,
or other Officer thereof; and to grant other powers and privi-
leges to the said Company.—Dated this 3d day of October 1840.
W. S. NORTH HOUSE, Agent for the Bill.

SHIP FOR NEW ZEALAND WANTED.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
NEW ZEALAND COMPANY hereby give Notice,
that they will be ready on THURSDAY, the 15th day of OCTO-
BEn instant at Two o'Clock precisely, to RECEIVE TEN-
DERS for the CONVEYANCE of about ONE HUN-
DRED STEERAGE PASSENGERS, in a Ship of not less
than 300 Tons, old Register, from the Port of London to Port
Nicholson, in New Zealand, to sail on the Ist day of DECR3I-
- NEXT. _ . _

The Tenders to be made according to a Form which may be
had on application at the Company's House. The Directors
do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Till ler.
Dated atthe House •1 the New Zealand Company, in Broad-
street-buildings, the Bth day of October, 1840.
By Order of the Court, JOHN WARD, Secretary.

MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Company's Offices, Manchester, September, 1840.
The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and BIR-
MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to RE-
CEIVE TENDERS for the ADVANCE, on and after the
tat DeLernber next, and pursuant t• the Acts of Parliament
incorporating and reguhting the said Company, of MONEY,
in sums of not less than 5001., upon security of the Rates,
Tolls, and sums of money to arise by virtue of the said Acts.
Interest, at the rate of 5 per Cent. per Annum upon the
sums, advanced will be paid half-yearly.
Parties willing to make advances are requested to address
their offers, under cover, to the Chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors, end greed " Tender for Loan," and to specify therein
the amount proposed to be advanced, together with the terms
and the time on and for which the money is tendered.
THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' AND
GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE;
GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH;
OLDHAM-STREET, MANCHESTER;
And WASON'S-BUILDINGS, LI VERPOOL.
(EMPOWERED BY ACT Or^ PARLIAMENT. )

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZEIfE.

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 9, 1340.

3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon 11.
Franklin, from the 15th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Knox, promoted in the 94th Feot, Oct. 9.
10th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon P. P,rodie, from
the 11th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Franklin, whose
4ppointment has been cancelled, Oct. 9.
42,1 Foot—Assistant-Surgeon C. Dawson, from the Staff,
to

be Assistant-Sut-geon, Oct. 9.
Slat Foot—Lieut. H. S. S. Burney, from the 72d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Col bett, who exchanges, Oct. 9.
60th Foot—Gentleman Cadet F. M. Callaghan, from the
Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Roe, who retires, Oct. 9.
63d Foot—Ensign E. Joyce, from the 13th Foot, to be
Quartermaster, rice Robert Cart, who retires upon half-pay,
Oct 9.
72d Foot—Lieutenant E. Corbett, from the 51st Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Burney, who exchanges, Oct. 9.
79th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon EfMockler, from the 54th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 9.
91st Foot—Ensign J. M. Pennington to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hornsby, who retires ; 11. Stein, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Pennington, Oct. 9; J. A. Cruick-
shank, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paton, pro-
moted to the Ist West India Regiment, Oct. 10.
94th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Knox, from the 3d Light
Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Dix, deceased. Oct. 9.
96th Foot—Capt. C. Robertson, from the half-pay Meuron's
Regiment, to be Captain, vice B. H. Cumberland, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference, Oct. 9
let West India Regiment—Ensign J. Paton, from the 91st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mills, promoted,
Oct. 9.

UNATTACHED.—. Brevet Major W. Irwin, from the 28th
Foot, to be 3lajor, without purchase, Oct. 9.
BRlEVET.—Captain C. Robertson, of the 96th Foot, to be
Major in the Army, Jan. 10; Colonel Sir C. F. Smith, of the
Royal Engineers, to have the local rank of Brigadier-General
on a particular service; Major T. G. Biggins, of the Royal
Artillery, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on a
particular service ; Major G. C. Du Plat, of the Royal En-
gineers. to havo the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Turkish dominions, Oct. 9.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon W. M. Ford, from
11472tt-FOot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Burton, appointed
to the 38th-Foot ; J. B. St. Croix Crosse, Gent., to-I.te As-
sistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Dawson, appointed- to the
42d Foot, Oct. 9.
MEXIOAANDITAI.—The promotion of Major G. C. Du Plat,
of the Royal Engineers, to the local and temporary rank of
Lieutenant- Colonel in Turkey in Europe, as stated in the
Gazette of the 25th ultimo, has been cancelled.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 7.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant H. J. Mor-
ris to be Second Captain, vice Burroughs, deceased ; Second
Lieutenant W. R. Geihard to be First Lieutenant, vice Morris,
Sept. '27.
Corps of Royal Engineers.—Second Lieutenant J. W. Gos-
set to be First Lieutenant, vice Howorth, promoted, Sept. 7.

The following places have been duly registered for solemniz-
ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and 7th
William IV., chap. 85 :
King-street Chapel, Bristol.
The Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, Cheltenham.