The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-13 00:00:00

WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.

'THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
-51- WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY do hereby give No-
lice, that an EXTRAORDINARY COURT, or GENERAL
,MEETING, of the said COMPANY will be held at this
House on TUESDAY, the 17th Instant, at One o'Clock in
the Afternoon, pursuant to a Requisition signed by Nine
Proprietors, agreeably to the Act of Parliament, to consider
and determine upon the expediency of making certain re-
ductions in the rates at present payable to the Company.

By Order of the Court,
H. LONGLANDS, See.

West India Dock House, S, ililliter-square,
Julie 6, 1623.
N.B. The Chair will be taken at Two o'Cloek precisely.

SHIP-OWNERS' SOCIETY.
New Broad-street, June 10, 1823.
AT a SPECIAL MEETING of the VICE-
PRESIDENTS and COMMITTEE of the SHIP-
OWNERS' SOCIETY held this day, GEORGE LYALL,
Esq. Chairman,
Resolved Unanimously, That the Reciprocity of Duties
Bill, now in progress through the House of Commons, appears
to be fraught with consequences deeply affecting the Interests
of British Shipping.
Resolved Unanimously, That a GENERAL MEETING
of SHIP-OWNERS be convened for MONDAY NEXT,
the 16th Instant, to be held at the City of London Tavern, at
Twelve for One o'Clock precisely, to take into consideration
the measures proper to be adopted on this im
COCKportant occasion.
S. , Secretary.

ALL Persons who have any Claim or Demand
upon the Estate of MAJOR ALEXANDER MAC.
DONALD, late of Richmond-street, in the Parish of Saint
James, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex. ate forth-
with directed to lodge the same with Isis Executor, ALEX-
ANDER FRASER, Esq. Lincoln's Iwn Fields, with a view
to nts immediate Settlement.

A.TER EkCURSION, in AID of the
SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY, under the
Patronage of the following Noblemen and Gentlemen, viz. :
The Right Hon. Lord Iris. W. Williams Esq. M.P.
count Exmouth Thomas Reid, Esq.
Sir John Lubbock, Bart. J. W. Buckle,, Esq.
W. Taylor Money, Esq.M.P. John Blackburn, Esq.
W. Manning,. Esq. M.P.
The Proprietors of the EL,LIPSE STEAM PACKET
having most liberally offered the gratuitous use of that Vessel
fora Day's Excursion, on ‘VEDNESDAY, the 18th Instant,
in Aid of the Funds of this Society. the Committee beg leave
to invite the Subscribers and Friends of this valuable Institu-
tion to join the Party.—lt is intended to leave the Tower at
Nine o'clock precisely, and to proceed up the Medway, to
view his Majesty's Ships lying there, and return early in the
Evening.—The Eclipse will stop at Ureenwich and Bls,ckwall
on going and returning, for the convenience of the Passengers.
The Steward wilt provide Refreshments, which may be had as
usttal.

'ickets, 15s. each, to be had only of the Committee of Ma-
nagement, viz. :

John Bla4 kett, Esq.
Captain Bowles, R.N.
Captain Sir Jahleel Brenton,
R.N. K.C.B.
Captain Edward P. Brenton,
R.N.
,William Stanley Clarke, Esq.
Harry Cook, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq.
Joseph Dowson, Jun. Esq.
John Drinkald, Jun. Esq.
Stewart Erskine, Esq.
Charles Francis, Esq.
And of the Sttreary, at the So,
gate-street, next door to the Cii

Lieut. I. E. Gordon, R.N.
Captain Gooch, H.C.S.
Captain Lochner, H.C.S. •
Captain John Locke, H.C.S.
Zachary Macaulay, Esq.
Captain Philip Ripley
Rev. Dr. Itudge, F.R.S.
James Soper, bag.
Thomas Sturge, jun. Esq.
Thomas Snodgrass, Esq.
Venables, Esq. •Alder-
man
Captain Win. Young, R.N.
:lety's Office, N 0.19, Bishops-
ty of London Tavern: