The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-16 00:00:00

CARROLL—Sisson.
A COMMON ,
COUNCIL holden in the Chamber
it.!..a da of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the
15th of April, 1547.
..essitel3nct7)
to)ef
dsoe
12ftesolved,—That tile state of education to Great Britain and Ire-
-4:1,15 confessedly deficient and lamentably defective. That the
ornloZdh ;inasmuch lgnorance
asi s
ima
vreerptryo,aecehmittouttitotie,, nation, and
misery, and
i,.lene are if not the consequence of it, seldom found dissociated from
~‘,.,_,,, the means hithet to employed
"17.,igtthe
. PeePfe have proved insufficient for the necessities of the
for the increase of knowledge
W' a mff. the assistance of the state becomes an imperative neces-
It 19 not only an act of justice and mercy, but alsototheths:
Interest
rec_,---, safety, and security of society, that no subject within
ii,,,,ffeis should longer continue without the opportuLity of mental
tell-.
au, nrnent, as a means of moral elevation and physicaL
Proveftnent."
__
At ER ENVETHER.

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CONTRACT FOR FILTERED WATER.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
The r,, Service.. Somerset-place, Aprill3, 1047.
of th,, „"Unksioners fur executing the office of Lord High Admiral
nited Kingdom of tireat Britain and Ireland. do hereby give
ready
on '1 iicasnev, the 29th instant, at One o'Clock, they
to treat with such
tr persons as may be willing to Con-
aet fOr e4(13.
supplying and delivering on board hired transports in the
nt names. from London-bridge to Woolwich inclusive, al each
i1e,..41111 les of FILTERED WATER as may from time to time be
ded for twelve calendar months certain; and further until the
eatioa of three months warning.
T conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said office. No
uner m ill be received alter One &Clock, on the day of treaty, nor
*u!ln7 noticed, unless the party attends, or au agent for him duly
I°. rised in writing.
rjr erY Tender must be addressed to the • ecretary of the Admi-
ith
w.t.):e.rand bear in the left hand corner the words .` Tender for
z," and must also be delivered at Somers:4.piece, accompanied
a letter signed by a responsible person, engagirg to become bound
IL,re of the the ',Orson
Contract.
tendering iu the sum of 1001., for the due perform-
r
I 0 IRON FOUNDERS, ..BUILDERS, and

The
Commissioners of the ROYAL TERRACE PIER and GAR-
-1,7'8. MILTON-ON-THAMES, desire to receive TENDER:, for
tt'oviding and fixing about 1,300 feet of CAST-IRON FENCING, and
ererta,Tental CAST-IRON BARRIER, and other Works connected
of
Me..sistra. The plans and specifications may be seen at the °flees
brid
Further Sp•artAilitti:ltneWlimataynd Wltac, 2, Arthur-street-west,
Adel the hours of Ten and Four, where the Tenders are
Loudon-
to be ivered. under seal, on or before the Ist day of May.h—n
rt. Jun., Surveyor, St. (4:eoorgbGravesend.
The Mr. Jo
d
be Cornmissioners do not engage to a+ cept the lowest or any
et a'
si -ntee r nc
e , application
render that may be made.-141h April, 1847.
By order of the Commissioners,
2. 'Te
term
er-street, Milton-ors-Thames.
MA TTHEWS and lIILDER, Clerks.
I I•TCOME,, £350. PER ANNUM.
This Income, with the option of a lucrative co-partnership,
o_ll be guaranteed by the Proprietor of very valuable Mines, to a
entlernan Investing 2.000/. for a term of years, and conducting the
cash arid correspondence. This cbliges a residence in a most beauti-
ful county, and is every way worthy the attention of a gentleman
4ad Man of business.
01Address, by letter, to Mr. Hudson, care of Mr. Norris, Stationer,
,Petthr-lane, London.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN
ROAD.
JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P., Treasurer.
The Nineteenth Anniversary Festival will take place at the
London Tavern, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th of June, Benjamin Bond
Cabbell, Esq., 'M.P., E.R.A., &c.&e.. in the chair. The list of Ste-
wards will be published in * few days. The Committee earnestly
entreat the aid of the benevolent in support of this excellent charity.

FOURTH DAY OF SALE.
IMPORTANT. AND UNPRECEDENTED
SALE AT HOLMES', REGEN T-STREET.
Messrs. HOLMES have taken several thou, and pounds' worth
Of SHAWLS (at an immense sacrifice), in liquidation of a debt due
to their firm by an minent French manufacturer, the whole having
been expressly produced for the coming season. The patterns are of
it Most elaborate and recherché description ; and in conseq ,ence of
the immense quantity, they are compelled to sell them at a 14-
clince unprecedented.
This vast additional amount of stock have induced Messrs. Holmes
to re-mark (at a great discount from the original cost) the whole of
their extensive and valuable assortment of MANTILLAS and FURS,
with their unrivalled collection of INDIA, FRENCH, and BRIT-
ISH dB AWLS to be included in this Sale, and to facilitate which,
every article is marked in Plain Figures.
FOREIGN and BRITISH SHAWL EMPORIUM, 171, 173, and
175. R EGENT-STRE ET.

WHIrrINGTON CLUB and METROPOLI-
TAN
_ The ANNUAL MEETING ofATIIELEUM. MEMBERS will be held at the
t.Crown and Anchor Tavern. Strand, on MONDAY, the 3d of May, at
bt'.'.een o'clock in the Evening, when the Council will be elected for
tne ensuing year.
=Tames of Candidates for the Council must be sent to the Secretary
can or before the 17th instant., and notice of any resolution to be pro-
Dosed to the ineetim; on or before the 24th instant.
the receipt for his ber will be entitled to admission on the production of
subscriptio.