The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-16 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1840.

METROPOLITAN PATENT WOOD-
PAVEMENT COMPANY,
On the Principle of that laid down at Whitehall.
Capital 150,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 101. each.
Deposit 31. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
G. T. Andrews, Esq. G. Brydges Le Warner, Esq.
Col. S;r Burges Camac,K. C.S. George Lungley, Esq.
W. Edward Grainger, Esq. I'. Lamic Murray, Esq.
George Barrett Lennard, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
With power to add to their number.
BANKEtts—Messrs. Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and Co.
SweetToes—Messrs. Hodgscn and Burton, No. 10, Salis-
bury-street, Strand.
This Company has been formed for the purpose of applying a
principle of science, discovered by a Foreigner of distinction,
(and for which a Patent has been obtained), to various pur-
poses of construction, and more particularly in the present in-
stance, to the very ext, nsive one of Wood-Pavement.
With a view to provide a reraedy for the incessant noise,
dust and mud, to which stone and Macadamized pavements
arc subject, public attention has of late been much directed to
Wood. This material has been for years used with success
in Russia, Germany, and America, although not constructed
upon a mathematical principle ; which deficiency will be effec-
tually remedied by the application of the present mode.
The great merit of this invention consists in the application
of such a principle, simple in itself, to the form of the blocks.
The mode in which they are placed admits of their being so
firmly united together, as to produce one solid and compact
body ; thereby preventing the Pavement from losing its level
and smoothness, and rendering it much safer, and less slippery,
than any other. The specimen lately laid down at Whitehall
has not only called forth the unqualified approbation of the
Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, for whom
the work has been executed, but has also excited the admira-
tion of scientific men in general, who have expressed their
opinion of the extensive applicability of the invention, and that
such a Pavement will be most enduring, and, not suffering from
abrasion, must alike be free from dust and mud.
It is, therefore, confidently anticipated, that this mode of
Pavement will be universally adopted for the Streets and Car-
riage-ways of this metropolis; combining, as it does, so many
advantages, and particularly, that it can be laid down with
great economy, compared with ordinary Pavements, and kept
in repair at a moderate annual expense. The simplicity of its
principle admits of the work being executed with great rapi-
dity, so as to interfere in a very slight degree with the gene-
ral traffic. It may be mentioned that the portico in front of
Buckingham Palace, and the space under the marble arch,
lately paved, were completed in the short period of foar days.
To show the extent to which the operations of the Company
may be carried, it is only necessary to state that the Roads and
Streets in the Metropolis alone, which are now paved with
Stone, or Macadamized, comprise between five and six millions
of square yards, and for which, in process of time, there can be
no doubt Wood will be substituted; so that the undertaking of
the Company will assure an ample remuneration to the Share-
holders, even calculating upon a small profit per square yard,
independent of a considerable annual revenue, for keeping the
Pavement in good repair. The reduction of the present large
amount of the Paving Rates will be considerable, for it appears,
from the authentic returns, that the sum appropriated by the
various Parishes in the Metropolis for that purpose consider-
ably exceeds 200,0001. a year; the annual expense incurred by
the Parish of St. Marylebone, for keeping the Macadamized
road in Oxford-street alone in proper repair, has amounted,
upon an average, to the enormous sum of 5,0001.
Arrangements and Contracts have already been made with
the parish of St. Marylebone to pave a considerable portion of
Oxford-street, which is now in progress, as well as with other
parties, and negotiations are pending for executing works to a
great extent.
The present Proprietors having purchased the right to use
the Patent for the Metropolis and twenty miles round, and
being assured that the success of the principle has opened an
extensive field for profitable investment, propose to form the
undertaking into a Company upon a more enlarged scale, and
to extend the capital to 150,0001., divided into Fifteen Thou-
sand Shares of 101. each. It is intended to convert the Ca-
pital of the present Proprietary, amounting to 12,0001. into
Six Thousand Shares, with the deposit of 2/. per Share as
paid thereon—the remaining 9,000 Shares to be issued to the pub-
lic at a premium of 11. per Share, in addition to the deposit of 2/.,
making the entire deposit 3'. per Share; such premium to be ap-
propriated to the present Proprietors, as a compensation for the
hazard they have run in testing the principle of the Patent,
and of establishing the soundness and practicability of the in-
vention, and as a consideration for admitting the public into a
participation of its advantages.
It is intended to apply for Letters Patent, by which the lia-
bility of Shareholders will be limited to the amount of their
subscriptions.
The entire management of the affairs of the Company to be
vested in the Provisional Committee until the Direction shall
be formed. The Directors to consist of the Provisional Com-
mittee, and five other persons to be elected by the Shareholders
within three months from the Ist of May, 11540 ; and one
month's previous notice to be given by the Provisional Com-
mittee of such election, by advertisement in three of the
London newspapers. The qualification for a Director to be
one hundred Shares. Persons holding ten Shares to be entitled
to one Vote ; twenty-five Shares, two Votes ; fifty Shares,
three Votes ; and onehundred Shares and upwards, four Votes.
Models and Reports, as to '.he merits of the invention, by
Surveyors, and other competent persons, may be seen at the
offices of the Company, No. 20, John-street, Adelphi.
Applications for Shares to be addressed to the Secretary, at
the Offices of the Company, and to the Solicit-ors, where Pro-
spectuses may be obtained.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Metropolitan Patent Wood-Pavement
Company.
(Residence).
(Date).

Gentlemen,

I shall feel obliged by your allotting me Shares in the
above-named Company, which I agree to take upon the condi-
tions of the annexed Prospectus, and to pay the Deposit of 31.
per Share. _ _

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, MAY 2.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Bailey Laughorne,
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary
in the High Court of Chancery.

WAR OFFICE, MAY 15, 1810.
Second Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet R. D.
Ackland, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wernham, who
retires ; W. E. Buller, Gent., (Riding-master) to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Acland, May 15.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel E. Clive to be Major and Colonel,
by purchase, vice Iligginson, who retires ; Lieutenant and
Capt. C. Bagot to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Clive ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. A. Gor-
don to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Begot;
Sir T. Moncrieffe, Bart. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by per-
chase, vice Gordon, May 15. l2th Regiment of Foot—Lieut., T. Brooke to be Captain,
by purchase, vice England, who retires ; Ensign F. G. Tidy
to be Lieutenant, by, purchase, vice Brooke; the Hon. 0. G.
Lambart to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tidy, May 15.
21st Foot—Lieut. A. Seton to be Adjutant, vice Faunce,
deceased ; Second Lieutenant H. W. Martin to be First Lieute-
nant, without purchase; J. N. Wrixon, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Martin, May 15.
26th Foot—Lieutenant W. H. Woodgate, from half-pay
45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice D. Robertson, who ex-
changes, May 15; Ensign R. P. Sharp, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Woodgate, appointed to the 86th Foot ; H. L.
Byrne, Gent., to be _Ensign, by purchase,
vice Johnstone, who retires, May 15 ;
42d Foot—Ensign J. Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Sharp, May 16.
Ensign F.ampbell to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robrason, who retires, May
C
16; A. Pitcairn*, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Grant, May 15; A. Ramsay, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Campbell, May 16.
43d Foot—Ensign It. Lambert to he Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Levinge, promoted ; C. W. G. Lord Tullamore
to be Ensign by purchase, vice Lambert, May 15.
53d Foot--Ensign R. B. A. Purvis to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hall, who retires; J. J. B. Fox, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Purvis, May 15.
74th Foot—Ensign J. Walker to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Obins, deceased, Feb. 21 ; Ensign J. A.
Mac Queen, from the 76th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Walker;
W. B. Sleeman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nash,
whose appointment has been cancelled, May 15.
76th Foot—S. Grant, Gent, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Mae Queen, appointed to the 74th Foot, Mayls.
86th Foot—Lieutenant W. H. Woodgate, from the 26;1
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lane, who retires, May 16.
89th Foot—Ensign 0. C. O'Brien to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hutchinson, who retires; F. Y. J. Stewart,
Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Brien, May 15.
UNATTACHED.—Lieut. R. G. A. Levinge, from the 43d
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, May 15.
MEMORANDA.— Captain John Cattanach, half-pay 92d
Foot, has been allowed to retire from the Service, by the sale
of an Unattached company, he being about to settle in Canada,
Slay 15.

The under-mentioned appointments took place in the 16th
Regiment of Foot, and not the 14th Regiment of Foot, as
stated in the " Gazette" of the Bth May, 1840, viz.-
16th Foot—Sergeant-Major J. Twibill, from the 38th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Craig, whose appointment
has been cancelled, May 7 ; Cornet E. H. It. Hughes, from
half-pay of the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Twibill,
appointed Quartermaster of the 38th Foot ; Gentleman Cadet
G. F. lthcdonald, from the Royal Military College, to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice B. Hughes, who retires, May 8.

The names of the Captain, in the 47th Foot (14th June
1839), are Alexander Mitchell Innes, not Alexander Mitchell
only:_ _

'i'he names of the Lieutenant, of the 16th Light Dragoons
(29th May 1839), are William Simpson Mitchell Innes. not
William Simpson Mitchell only.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire.
Royal Denbighshire Rifle Regiment of Militia—R. M. Bid-
dulph, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant, with the
rank :of Colonel, vice Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., deceased,
March 9.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—T.
B. Molyneux, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Oct. 21, 1839; R.
Johnson, jun., Gent., to be ditto, Feb. 25, 1840.

The following places have been duly registered for solemniz-
ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and 7th
William I V., chap. 85 :
Chapel Pendre, Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire.
St. Wereburgh Chapel, Grange-lane, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
Brand Lee Chapel, Dawbv-green, Dawley, Shropshire.

ALEXANDER LEAINRMONTH,SOLVENT drysalter, Bread-street,
Cheapside. _

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
ROBERT GIBSON, banker, Holywell, Flintsh:re.
WILLIAM LEIGH HILTON, banker, Holywell, Flint-
shir e.

JAMES HILTON FORD, banker, Holywell, Flinshire.
JAMES PEARSON, flour-dealer, Stockport.
HENRY and WILLIAM TYLER, cement manufacturers,
Dudley-port, Staff.irdshire.

BANKRUPTS.
HENRY HARRISON, builder, Bruton-street, Hanover-
square, Middlesex, to surrender May 26, at one, and June 26,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Bishop, Southampton-
buildings, Chancery-lane.
SAMUEL GLYDE,
grocer, Southampton row, Russell-
square, Middlesex, May 25,
at half-past ten, and June 26, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Hardwick and Co., Cateaton-street.
JONAS 1311.0CKLEHURST, fishmonger, Manchester,
June 3, and 26, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-
row. London ; Chew, Manchester.
WILLIAM HENRY PARKER, printer, Brecon, ?thy
28, and June 26, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Brecon.
Gregory and Son, Clement 's-inn, London; Williams, Brecon.
JOHN HUDDLESTON, boat-builder, Monkwearmouth-
shore, Durham, June 5, and 26, at eleven, at the Bridge Hotel,
Bishopwearmouth. Hodgson, Broad-street-buildings, London ;
Wilson and Parker, Sunderland.
JAMES TATLOCK, saddler, Liverpool, May 25, and June
26, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Norris,
Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, London ;
Norris, Liverpool.
THOMAS RABONE, huckster, Burnt Tree, Staffordshire,
May 28, at three, and June '26, at eleven, at the Swan Inn,
Wolverhampton. Shaw, Dudley, Worcestershire; Amory,
Sewell, and Moores, Throgmorton.street, London.
DANIEL HORTON and GEORGE HORTON, iron-
masters, Russell's Hall Iron Works, near Dudley, Worcester-
shire, May 28, and June 26, at one,
at the Talbot Hotel, Stour-
bridge. Grazebrook, Stourbridge ; Jenkins and Abbott, New-
in', London.
JOHN BRADDOCK, chemist, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lan-
cashire, June 3, at three, and 26, at eleven, at the Commis-
sioners'-rooms, Manchester. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's-
inn-fields, London ; llig,ginbottom, Ashton-under-Lyne.
JOSEPH LINSLEY, woollen cloth merchant, Leeds, May
22, at ten, and June 26, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
Leeds. Williamson and Hill. Verulam-buildings, Gray's.inn,
London •, Teals and Wainhouse, Leeds.
SAMUEL PERKS, builder, Dudley, Worcestershire, May
28, and June 26, at one, at the Swan Inn, Wolverhampton.
Alban and Benbow, Lincoln's-inn, London ; Corser, Stour-
bridge.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
S. Breckels, bedstead maker, High-street, Southwark, Jun
5, at eleven—T. Kirby, oilman, New Bond-street, Hanover-
square, June 5, at half-past eleven—L. E. Gordon, booksellere
Dean's-place, South Lambeth, June 6, at eleven—R. Bishop,
grocer, Greenwich, June 8, at half-past one—C. Sharp, tailor,
High-street, Southwark, June 8, at half-past eleven—M. Fen-
wick, man milliner, St. James's-place, St. James's-street, June
V, at half-past twelve.

In the Country.
W. 11. Turnham, innkeeper. Leicester, June 8, at one, at the
Castle of Leicester, Leicester—J. Woods, ironfounder, Stow-
market, Suffolk, June 9, at one, at the Crown and Anchor,
Ipswich—T. Vertue, corn merchant, Woodbridge, Suffolk,
June 8, at two, at the Crown and Anchor, Ipswich—E. and J.
Marriott, drapers, Northampton, June 16, at one, at the Angel
Hotel, Northampton—W. T. Barker, plater, Birmingham, Juno
10, at one, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—W. Wood,
innkeeper, Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire, June 4, at two, at the
White Swan Inn, Pickering, Yorkshire—J. Hawthorn, brass-
founder, Birmingham, June 10, at three, at the New Royal
Hotel, Birmingham—J. Hamilton, merchant, Liverpool, June
9, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—G. 11. B. Cooke,
hatter, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, June 25, at one, at
the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors.
CERTIFICATES.—JUNE 5.

M. Hart, merchant, Northwich, Cheshire-IT. Lait, draper,
Hadleigh, Suffolk—J. B. P. Chappe, cotton spinner, Man:
chester—J. Field, builder, Bennett-street, St. James's—L.
James, coal merchant, Little Tower-street, City—NV. Tiers,
ormolu miniature frame maker, Strand—J. A. Meyer, mer-
chant, Great Tower-street, City.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Tombs and J. Tayler, grocers, Carmarthenshire—T. and
L. Lord, fullers, Tenterhouse, Lancashire—T. and E. Eldrid,
saddlers' ironmongers, Fore-street, Cripplegate—J, J. Mor
an
g
and J. Lane, butchers, 111ersham-street, Westminster—G.-T.
and T. Langridge, farmers, INlereworth, Kent—A. Forbes and
J. H. Jackson, booksellers, Oddy's-row, Islington—G. Procter,
J. Deakin, and J. Deakin, earthenware manufacturers, Longton,
Staffordshire—T. Warren, T. B. Warren, and A. W. Warren,
wholesale druggists, Bristol—R. Dransfield, J. Dransfield, G.
Dransfield, and 0. Jones, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne
(as far as regards 0. Jones.)

EXTRAORDINARY TROUT.--" Forty pounds,
on the honour of a British officer !" exclaimed the Major. j
ventured to express my disbelief. " Forty pounds to an ounce ;
feel him." The Major placed the rod for a moment in my
hands. The effect was that of being fast to a log of wood,
which occasionally rose and descended—nothing more. After
the Major had gradually reeled up a great portion of his line,
before he or any of us expected it, the creature gave a bound
from the surface, three or four yards high, and exhibited, in-
deed, one of the monsters of Loch Gutane. The Major's
dexterity was now really worthy of admiration. The rod was
down in a moment, so that his antagonist took nothing by his
leap. That was his last effort; he soon appeared on the.sur-
face, occasionally showing the whiteness of his stomach, and
was cautiously airl safely gaffed by Owen.—Stortsman in Ire-
land.

MANCHESTER ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.
—The thirty-fifth general meeting of this flourishing Society,
ects, as well the
W as of th.! public
which embraces within the range of its clij
improvement of its wn individul mibe.. s
taste gem Tally, was hoeld on the evaenineng of i±dr;esday last, in
their roon.s Cooper-Areet. The attendance mas numerous,
and the meeting altogether was of an interesting kind.—Man-
chester Guardian.

PLEDGES AND OATHS OF POLITICIANS,
WITH AN EXCUSE FOR BREAKINGTHEAL—They may be taken
as a fair index of the speakers mind at the time, but not as
a perpetual fetter upon the conscience.—
Church Journal.
Letters from Naples of the 4th say that the
/Etna had brought orders to
Englishthe peneureux and the Marengo
The
.. had not
to return to Tou!on.yet restored the
prizes, which caused some agitation at Naples. At the date of
this news the Duke de Montebello had not arrived at Naples.—
Constitutionnel.