The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-19 00:00:00

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman&

THE COLLAPSIBLE SHOWER BATH, the
only real novelty of the season, by the aid of Vulcanised
India-rubber, only occupies (out of use) a space of 11 inches
diameter and 3 inches deep, while it holds three gallons of water.
It is thoroughly simple, and not likely to get out of order. Price 155.;

if packed complete in a japanned case, 12 inches in diameter and
5 inches deep, 3s. 6d. extra. To be had of the proprietor and ma-
nufacturer, WILLIAM S. BURTON (late Rippon and Burton),
whose BATH SHOW ROOM contains, besides toilet sets japanned
in imitation of fancy woods, china, marbles, &c., in enormous va-
riety, all the requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, de-
voted exclusively to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes,
and sorts can be instantly selected, and at thirty per cent. under any
other house where attention is paid to the quality. Full-sized Port-
able Shower Baths, very strong and japanned, with curtains and
copper valve, Bs, each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conduct-
ing tubes, brass force-pump and top, complete with curtains and
japanned, from 60s. Hand Shower Baths, japanned, 3s. 6d. The
Omni-directive Bath Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well
as of every ironmongery article, sent (per post) free.-39, Oxford-
street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820.

GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, and
all the most precious and costly gems, are imitated to such
perfection, that but very few uninitiated persons can positively tell a
paste brooch or a ring from a diamond, the real pearl from the
imitation, or German Silver from the genuine ; but put them into
the hands of the connoisseur, how soon the delusion vanishes when
he affirms they are but vile and base imitations. So it is with the
most valuable inventions as well as stones and metals. None but
the inimitable in value are imitated in appearance, and as soon as
the consumer (the best connoisseur) attempts to use them, how soon
he finds out their utter uselessness. Thus it is with the most valuable
of all inventions ; the celebrated ➢METALLIC RAZOR TABLET
of GEORGE SAUNDERS has been the target for imitation for
the last thirty years. _ .

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To Gentlemen who shave themselves the following query is pro-
posed.—Why do all the first cutlers in Europe use and recommend
Saunders' Four-sided Tablet Razor Strop ? The answer is simply
because it is the only one that gives to a razor a keen and smooth
edge.

DEPOT, 278, STRAND.
To wholesale purchasers a liberal discount will be made.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 18.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Chester and Birken-
head, 404-East Lancashire, 1 dis.-Ditto, New, 1-
London and North-Western, 177%-Ditto, New Quarters
(after July, 1848), 10% -Ditto, Fifths, 14% p.-Ditto, Quar-
ters (G. J.), 16%-Manchester and Leeds Halves late (Hud-
dersfield and Sheffield), 1 u-Ditto (late W. R. U.), par-
Midland Stock, 123-Ditto, New, 501. Shares, 34 p. -
Newcastle and Berwick, New, 21/8-York and Newcastle,
Preference (guar. 6 per cent. till 1850), 3%-York and
North Midland, Preference (guar. 6 per cent. till 1850), 9%
-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7-Blackburn, Clithe-
roe, &c., Preferentials, 5-16-Dublin and Belfast Junction,
.14 dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 6-Ditto, Preference (6 per cent.
guar.), 13-16-North Staffordshire, 2%1-North Wales Mine-
ral, New, 1-16 dis.-Scottish Central (guar. 7 per cent.), 71A
p.-South Staffordshire, 3/4 dis.-Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 1%.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 18.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire, 2 dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, ?%p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials, 1 7-16 c.
p.-East Lancashire, New, % dis.-Ditto, New (scrip), par c.
-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 1718-Leeds, Dewsbury,
and Manchester, Branches, Halves, % p.-London and
North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 69
Ditto, Quarters (C), 5% p.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths,
p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), % dis.-
Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), par-North Staf-
fordshire, 2% p.-Shropshire Union, 2 dis.-South-Eastern
and Dover, 36:1!1-South Staffordshire, 3/4 dis.
SHEFFIELD, Jums 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lincolnshire, %
p.-Great Northern, 1% dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury sS p.-
Manchester and Lincoln Union, 134 dis.-Manchester and
Leeds (West Riding Union), Is. dis.-Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 81. dis.-South
Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, I dis.
HULL, JUNE 18.
STOCK rzceiTANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 255.-Hull and Selby, Ilalves,
Malton and Driftield Junction, 20s. dis.-Manchester and
Leeds (West Riding Union), 2s. 6d. dis.-North British,
Quarters, 905.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 2s. 9d. p.-North-
Western, 31s. 6d. dis.
GLASGOW, JuNz 17.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, New,
425. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 421.-Dundee and Perth,
Quarters, 695.-Edinburgh and Northern, New, 485.-
Edinburgh and Perth, 235. 6d.-Glasgow, liihnarnock, and
Ayr, 118%-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 414-Ditto, Halves,
No. 1, 83/4-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 65.-
Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 345. 6d.-Manchester and South-
ampton, 9s. 6d.-Blidland, Halves, 9111-North British, New,
Quarters (scrip), 15s. 3d.-Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet,
.17s. 6d.-Scottish Grand Junction, 16s. 6d.

SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVE-
MENT OF TILE LABOURING CLASSES.
The third annual meeting of this society was held
yesterday at the New Model Lodging-house, in George-
street, St. Giles's ; Lord Ashley in the chair, who was
supported by the Bishop of London, the Bishop of
Norwich, Mr. Evans, M.P., the Hon. and Rev. Montagu
Villiers, the Rev. H. Dukenfield, &c. The attendance
was respectable but not numerous.
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by stating that
there were three points to which the society directed its
attention at its establishment. The first was the allotment
of land ; the second, the establishment of loan funds; and
the third the improvement of the dwellings of the working
classes. With regard to the two first, he was not able
to say that they had accomplished much as yet, but
with regard to the third a good deal had been done. There
had been two lodging-houses opened in Charles• street
and King-street, Drury-lane, and ho expected that the
house they were then in would be opened on Monday
next for the reception of the labouring classes. The
Noble Lord, after pointing out the dangers
which beset the labouring population who
came up to this metropolis to procure
employment, from the crowded and immoral places to
which they were obliged to resort, said that those lodg •
ing-hOuses were intended to obviate such evils, and he
hoped they would yet become part of their parochial
system. The Noble Lord dwelt at some length on the
great benefits of the institution, and concluded by im-
pressing upon the meeting the duty and the necessity of
supporting this society, calculated, as it was, to pro•
duce such incalculable advantages to the labouring
classes, and to promote the spiritual and temporal wel-
fare of their fellow creatures.
Mr. WooD, the secretary, read the report, which was
unanimously adopted, and the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of Norwich, Rev. Sir H. Dukenfield, and other
speakers having addressed the meeting, several reso-
lutions to carry out the objects of the society were
agreed to, and the meeting separated.
The house is calculated to accommodate one hundred
inmates, each of whom will have a separate bed, and a
separate apartment well lighted and ventilated. The
charge to each person will be only fourpence per night,
the rate charged at the ordinary lodging-houses, and from
r the admirable arrangements made to insure cleanliness
and comfort, we believe that the establishment will be
' seldom found to want its full complement of inmates.

The never-failing effects of Blair's Gout and Rheu•
matic Pills in curing every description of gout and rheuma
tism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any
medicine of past or present times. They not only give relief
in a few hours, where the patient has been driven nearly to
madness by the excruciating tortures of this disease, but re-
store to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of
time. They are equally speedy ;r d certain in rheumatism,
either chronic or acute, lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head
or face, and indeed for every rheumaiic or gouty affection : in
fact, such has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete
safety of this medicine, that it has astonished all who have
taken it; and there is scarcely a city, town, or village in the
kingdom, but contains many grateful evidences of its benign
influence. Sold by all medicine venders. Price 2s. 9d. per
box. Observe the name "Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, Lon-
don!" on the Government stamp.
A TRAP NOR TRADESMEN, &c.—Satan, in the
shape of an " accommodating" firm, has been sending
circulars among our neighbours, offering the" temporary
assistance" for a " moderate per centage." " Money or
bills, to speculate or trade with," may be had to any rea-
sonable amount ; and borrowers may rely, with the most
perfect confidence, upon every transaction being kept
snug. The arch-fiend recounts every possible emergency
in which a " merchant, manufacturer, tradesman,
or private gentleman of respectability" may stand in
need of a " bill;" and offers to take goods from his
victims for conversion into money. A. more nefarious
circular was never issued. There is roguery in every
line of it. No honest man will hold a communication
with its contrivers ; —to do so would be, truly and
literally, to " sell himself to the devil." The first trans-
; action with such a gang would be the beginning of a
miserable end.—Nottingham Review.
A splendid take of salmon was, on Saturday, the
sth instant, brought ashore on the south side of Pol-
Marstaig, by Mr. Mackenzie and a party from Aviemore
Inn. The part where the net was hauled is well known
as the best situation in the neighbourhood. There have
been: no extraordinary takes of salmon in the river
Beauly this season, but they have been uniformly pro-
ductive, and the fish have run larger than in general ;
so that the season may be considered, on the whole, an
excellent one. Grilse are now making their appearance
in large numbers ; and as many as from thirty to forty
are taken daily. It is expected that as the year ad-
vances they will continue to increase in numbers. The
same remarks apply to the Conan, where the grilse have
also made a very" promising commencement.—lnverness
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