The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-30 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1841,

WEST INDIAN MAILS.
The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM
PACKET COMPANY have appointed their Steam Packet
TAY, Captain HAYDEN, to take nut the Ist January Mail.
She will leave Southampton on the 31st instant, at Noon, and
Falmouth on t},e morning cf the 3d of January, on the arrival
of the Mails.

On the Tay's arrival at Barbadnes, the passengers for all
parts of the West Indies, the II avannah, New Orleans, Mexico,
and Honduras, will be forwarded by such other of the Com-
pany's Steamers as may be appointed to distribute the Mails.
All the Company's Packets carry Surgeons approved by Go.
vernment, and each passenger has a separate cabin.
Berths may be secured at the Company's Office.
3, Winchester Buildings, Dec. 22, 1341.

ATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
•
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIKRCTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Eiq., Chairman.
J. Elliotgon, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.

A CY I)1TO its.

Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S.
ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A. S
PH YSICIA N— J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman-
ney, 6, Basinghall-street.
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-
row, Mansion-house, London.
Prospectuses containing Hates, and pointing out the pecu-
liar advantages afforded by this Company, will be forwarded on
application to the Manager or Agents.

LONDON AND GREENWICH RAIL-
WAY.—REDUCTION OF FARES.
On and after the Ist January next, the First-Class Fare on
this Railway will be reduced to Ninepence, and the Second-
Class Fare will be discontined. The grains will consequently
consist henceforward only of
Carriages at Ninepence per passenger.
Open ditto without Seats, at Sixpence ditto.
By order, J. Y. ACKERMAN, Secretary.
Offices, London Terminus, Dec. 21, 1841.

WATERPROOF WINTER
CLOTHING, warranted to exclude the rain, with-
out confining perspiration. A large stock now ready of all
the most approved materials for the present season, including
the much-admired

NEW SEAL-SKIN BEAVER,
the Patent Felt Cloth, Milled Fleecy Beavers, Beaver Doe-
skins, &c., for Chesterfields, Taglionis, Great Coats, Trow-
sei s, &c., rendered thoroughly waterproof by W. BERDOE'S
process, which has most successfully stood the test of more
than three years' extensive trial. -
Also, in lieu of the Mackiptosh, the well-known. •
CODRINGTON FROCK,
described by those who have adopted it, as the most convenient
and valuable protection from the weather ever invented.
Made only by
WALTER BERDOE, TAILOR, &c., 69, CORNHILL
(Eight doors from Bishopsgate-street).

IDSPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the
A_ SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe-
rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per
dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, 1i inch diameter,
Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. B.d. per foot ; bronzed fenders,
4 feet lorg, 9s.
SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR-
RANTED.—TABLE KNIVEIg,. with Ivory Handles, 14s.
per dozen ; Dessert Knives, 11 s Carver,, 4s, 6d per pair ;
Table Knives, with white bone tattles, Es. Bd.—per 'dozen ,
Dessert, 6s. ad. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-
urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Mache Tea-
trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set o f full sizes. Catalogues,
containing the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery
Article necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25 percent. under any other old established house, to be had
gratis (post free).
RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-scree Oxford-street.
Established 1820.

PUBLICATIONS.

132, Fleet-street, London.
MESSRS. HOW and PARSONS will
Publish the following on January Ist :
ENGLAND in the NINETEENTH CENTURY; North-
ern Division, Part 1., commencing Lancashire ; and Southern
Division, Part 1., commencing Cornwall. Imperial Bvo., each
with a fine steel Engraving, Map, and many superior Wood-
cuts, price 2s. 6d.
_ _

IRELAND, by Mr. and Mrs. HALL, Part XV., contain-
ing Wicklow and Kildare, with 19 Engravings, imperial Bvo.,
2s. 6d.
'I he ART-UNION, No. 36, 4t0., price Bd.
The FLORIST'S JOURNAL, No. 24, with a coloured En-
graving of the Epiphyllum Macoyii, price 6d.
CHARLES DIBDIN'S SONGS COMPLETE, Part V.,
price 22. 6d.

This day is published, price Four Shillings, Part I. of
THE BOOK of the FARM.
By HENRY STEPHENS.
Printed for William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh ; and
Pall.mall, London.
A Specimen-Prospectus of the Work may be had of all
Booksellers, or will be forwarded post-free, on application to
the Publishers.

This day is published, in 3 vols. post Svc, price 1/. I Is. 6d.,
closely and beautifully printed,
TEN THOUSAND A-YEAR.
Carefully revised by the Author.
Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh ; and 22, Pall Mall,
London.

V This day is published,
A NEW EDITION OF
pOEMS by the Lady FLORA HAST-
lSGS.—Beautifully printed in foolscap octavo, with a
Portrait by Kenneth llPLeay, Esq., engraved in line by Hors-
burgh, price 7s. 6d.
A few copies remain of the large Edition, which, with proof
impressions of the Portrait, may be had at 15s.
William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edin-
burgh ; and 22, Pall-mall, London.

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MA-
GAZINE, No. CCCXV., for JANUARY.

CONTENTS:-
I. Philosophy of Herodotus—ll. The World of London.
Part The Spy—lV. Sketches of Italy. No. 3—V.
Impestures—Vl. The Heiress and her Friends—Vll. Paris :
Chronicles of the Cite—Vlll. The Prisoner of Ghent. By
B. Simmons.—lX. The Legend of St. Rosalie. By Delta.—
X. The Copyright Question—Xl. The Deserted Village—
XII. Ten Years of the NV higs.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, and 22, Pall-mall,
London.