The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-24 00:00:00

MORNING SLTN.

TO MERCHANTS.
1/17 ANTED. immediately. a RESPECT-
ABLE WHOLESALE HOUSE in London, whose
entincetion is among-the Linen-drapers of the Country. to re-
ct ive Consignments of IRISH and SCOTCH LINENS. .No
Advances required until the goods are actually sold. Two se-
entities will be required, and none need apply whose commer-
cial standing in the City is not first-rate.
Address (post paid) J. W.. care of Theodore Jones, Esq..
consulting accountant, 24, City-road, London, which will
receive an early attention. None but principals will be
It.,t,reated with.

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RITISH IRON COMPANY.
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~,A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the London Tavern on
TwuftsnAv Next, the 26th inst., at Twelve, to consider and
determine the following Resolution :
" That the British Iron Company be dissolved; at which the
attendance of every Proprietor is earnestly requested who is
desirous to put an end to his losses and liabilities.

THE GENEItAL STEAM NAVIGA-
TION COMPANY'S splendid anti powerful Fir3t-class
STEAM SHIPS are appointed to SAIL from off the Custom
Hoene, for
HAM BURG, ROTTERDAM, and OSTEND—every
Wednesday and Saturday Morning.
ANTWERP and HAVRE—every Thursday Morning.
From Rtown's Wharf Poplar, !or
EDINBURGH—eves"' Saturday, and every alternate Wed-
besday Evening—To-morrow and Saturday.
From Downe's Wharf, for

'.NEWCASTLE—every Wednesday and Saturday Evening
Ei4ht.
SUNDERLAND—every Tuesday Evening, at Seven.
From London Bridge Wharf, for _

CALAlS—every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
BOULOGNE—every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
YARMOUTH—every Saturday Evening, at Sit.
IPSWlCH—every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at
Eight.
RAMSGATE—DaiIy. 'at Nine Morning.
GRAVESEND—DaiIy, at Twelve Noon.
Between BRIGHTON and DIEPPE—Twice per week.
To secure Berths, and for all info-mation, apply at the
Offices of the Company, 69, Lombard-street ; and 37, Re-
gent-circus.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-
YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this
COMPANY will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament,
lu Bristol, at the Bristol Station, on THURSDAY, the 26th Au-
Gust, at Twelve 0-Clock, or the general purposes of business.
The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely.
CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman.
ROBERT BRIGHT, Deputy-Chairman.
Clause 12.3 provides that no person shall be entitled to vote
a proxy unless the instrument appointing him shall have
been transmitted to one of the Secretaries of the Company at
least five days before the meeting.—By Order,
CHARLES A. SAUNDERSI- Secretaries.
THOMAS OSLER,
Railway Offices, 2, Princes-street, Bank, London ;
Railway Station, Bristol. •

SAFETY ROTATION RAILWAY COM-
PANY. The Directors invite public attention to this highly
important INIPROVEMENT in the CONSTRUCTION of
RAILWAYS, whereby the advantage of equal speed with
those in ordinary use will be found to be combined with dimi-
nished expenditure to proprietors, and perfect security to tra-
vellers from danger to life or property. An experimental test
of the efficiency of this valuable invention is about to be im-
-snediately made by laying down a line of sufficient dimensions
for the purpose,
/Application for shares, on which a deposit of IL only will be
te2uited, may be made at the Office, 1, Wallbrook•buildings,
willbre models and drawings may be examined and prospectuses
obtained.

THE LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND
DUBLIN GUARANTEED MUTUAL and PRO-
PRIETARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION HOUSE, and 19,

REGENT-STREET, LONDON.
21, ST. ANDREW-STREET, EDINBURGH.
And 64, FLEET-STREET, DUBLIN.
DIRECTORS.

Alexander Anderson, .TanJohnson,Esq.,Alderman
d'llu Atkins, Esq Kennett Kingsford, Esq.
James Bidden, Esq, John M'Guffie, Esq.
captain F. Brandreth John Maclean Lee, Esq.
v ice-Admiral Robert Honyman J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq.
Benjamin Ifill, Esq. Alexander Robertson, Esq.,
vames Hartley, Esq. Managirg Director.
SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.
SECRETARY.—F. Edgell, Esq. _ _

IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS have been introduced
'llto LIFE ASSURANCE PRACTICE by this COMPANY.
The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUT-
' 411 LE, unless they have been obtained by fraudulent misre-
Presentation.
The Board of Directors satisfy themselves upon the va-
'gals questions proposed before they. enter into contracts of
In, trance, and frame their policies in such terms as to pre-
.,lda all future questions as to their validity, and thus ren-
gee them indisputable and negotiable aocuments of future debt
against the Company.
Parties may be assured either upon the participating or non-
articipating plan ; the assured are relieved of all responsi-
Oity, and the participating class is entitled to the whole of the
Profits upon that branch of the business.

Table to Assure £lOO, with addition of profits :

Age 35. Age 40. Age 45. Age 50. Age 55.
"I'4 2 7 £2 15 101 £3 5 0I £3 15 5 I 1:•1 10 7I £5 13 8

Persons interested in the lives of nominees or debtors may,
for
a trifling extra premium, be relieved from the risk of their
olieies being forfeited by the parties going to foreign eoun-
tria
.

°NE-HALF of the PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN UN-
PAID for SEVEN YEARS,

Affording a greater facility for Loan Transactions and Fa-
tnily Provisions than any other plan which has been sug-
gested.

Credit 'fab'e to Assure .£lOO Payable at Death.

4fie I Acre 25. I Age 30. I Age 40. Age 45, Age 50.
i) IS
0 £lo £1 3 71 £lll 511 L 1 16 611 E 2 3 9

j usual Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents,
"nu le
Medical Gentlemen are in all cases remunerated Lr their
reports.

ITALIAN ALABASTER, BLACK
MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR
ORNAMENTS. —An Extensive Assortment of the
above is Manufactured and Imported by James Tennant,
149, Strand, consisting of Groups, Single Figures, In-
laid Mosaic Table', Candlesticks, Vases, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, Pen-trays, Watch-stand.:, Parer-weights, &c., for
the Drawing-room, Library, or Dining-room. A Great Variety
of SHELLS, MINERALS, and GEOLOGICAL SPEC
can also be had, either in single Specimens, or care-
Tlly arranged in Collections for Beginners, from Two to
wellty Guineas eaeh,—by J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to
", Majesty, 149, STRAND, LONDON.

SUPERIOR CANDLES.
I)AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Wax
, Candles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, ls. sd. ; Cocoa Nut,
; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 7d. ; Transparent
241, 2s. Od. ; Genuine Sperm, 2s. Od. ; Genuine Wax,
3d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ;
hlottled, Os. and 665. ; Windsor and Palm. ls. 4d. per pac.
k°t; Old brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ' • Rose, 2s. Od. : Cam-
tlor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d per lb. ;
Perm Oil, 9s. (ki. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s.
8 For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63,
t• Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-House.

0 SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN N. and OTHERS
Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the
/jig Patronage ef his late Majesty, h.r Royal Highness the
tlehess of Kent, apd the Lords of the Treasury, is universally
t'ommen4led by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis-
Ners incident to the Eyes and Head.

DEDICATED TO DR. ELLIOTSON.

This day, with Two Lithographic Plates, 12s. cloth boards,
FACTS in MESMERISM • with Reasons
for a dispassionate Inquiry into it.
By the Rev. CHAUNCY HARE TOWNSHEND,
late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Calculated to " bring it (Mesmerism) under the formal con-
ditions of the recognised sciences ; putting a period to three
quarters of a century of speculative assertion and speculative
denial."—Monthly Magazine. _