The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-20 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY E - :
NG SU N 7 AUG UST 20, 1846.

TEAM TO ITALY.
3 The pr.NINsuLAn and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI-
GATION COMPANY beg to announce that their new Steam ship
the TIRER, Captain OLIVE, built and fitted up expressly for this
fine, will start from Southampton on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of Sep-
*.*4ther, for Genoa, Leghorn, Citiva Vecchia. an.. Naples ; and thence-
t''..rward thq Ccmpany will dispatch a steamer re., ularly on the 15th
of every month to those ports.
Families travelling to Italy will find this route expeditious, eco-
nomical, and interesting.
Rates, for first-class passengers, servants, horses, and Carriages,
also for goods and parcels, may be had on application at the Com-
pany's offices, 51, St. Mary-axe, London.
Aug, 19, 184 G.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY.

26, CORNTIILL LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances end Deferred Annuities. The assured
has. oki all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the nremiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rat es

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year. "
F. FERGUSON CA3fROUX, Secretary.

THE VATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Incorporated under the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110.
Capital, One Million, in 50,000 Shares of 20i. each.
Deposit, 11. per Share.
8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London.
The business of this Company comprises Assurance on Lives in
every form, the Purchase of Life Interests and Reversions, the Sale
of Immediate and Deferred Annuities, the Endowment of Widois s
and Children, and the Advance of Money upon Real Property and
upon approved Personal Securities.
Prospectuses and every other information may be obtained upon
application. WM. NORRIS, Secretary.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on
the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. rrofessor
Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATUR.kI. PHILOSOPHY, with
brilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING EN-
GINE. COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ps-
cending and descending Inclined Planes. FARRELL'S ARCHI-
. MEDIAN RAILWAY. The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all In
action. HALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE.
The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROS-
COPE, exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A beautiful
Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CATHERINE,
near Jerusalem, by Mr. Charles Smith, is one of the Series of DIS-
SOLVING VIEWS.

Admission, Is.; Schools, Iralf-price,

THE SPEAKING AUTOMATON, or Etiphonia,
(invented by Professor Faber, of Vienna), every day and
evening), at the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly. This greatest men ianical
wonder ever accomplished or conceived, has been crit tally examined
and highly eulogised by the Emperor and Court of Austria, the King
and Court of Prussia, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chamberlain,
Earl Spencer, Lords Eldon and llawarden, &c . and the prominent
members of the principsl scientific Institutions in London. It speaks
anything and everything suggested by the audience in all langitages,
whispers, laughs, and sings all airs, including the air and words of
God save the Queen,
__ _

Hours from-12 to 2;3%t0 5 ; and 7% to 9 o'clock. Doors open
half an hour previous. _

Admission. Is. ; children under 10, half-price.

fIOGERS' HALL, BRIDE-LANE, FLEET-
STREET. Established, 1756. During the re-building and
enlargement of their Hall, the Members and Friends are respectfully
informed they hold their Nightly Meetings at Mr. Walter's, the
Blue Posts, 10, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street.

ESSRS. Mc NAMARA and Co., in retiring
from the Carrying Trade, beg to inform the Public, that
they have made such arrangements with the Eastern Counties Rail-
way Company, as will secure the prompt dispatch of goods intended
for all parts of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, &c., and hence-
forth request the favour of their late friends addressing Mr. Moseley,
at the Eastern Counties Railway, ilishopsgate Station, London, upon
all matters connected with goods traffic.

Old Catharine Wheel, I gilopsgate, 3d August, 1846.

nAIJTION to the MEDICAL PROFESSION.
Th e• Proprietor of tho MEDICAL DIRECTORY ' for 1846
begs to caution the Profession against replying to any Circular
of interrogatories, or writing their names as Subscribers, to any
blank form which does not emanate from his Publisher, Mr. Churchill,
Princes-street, Soho, to whom alone all communications for the
Editor, as hitherto, are requested to be addressed.
Circulars from this office will be posted the first week in September.
Medical Directory, 46, Princes•street, Soho, Aug. 18, 1846.

PUBLICATIONS.

Just published, Bvo., cloth, 75.,

THE WATER'CURE. in CHRONICDISEASE;
an Exposition of the Causes, Progress, and Terminations of
various Chronic Diseases of the Digestive Organs, Lungs, Nerves,
Limbs, and Skin ; and of their Treatment by Water, and other
Hygienic means. By JAMES MANBY GULLY, M.D.

London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

MR. JAMES'S NEW WORK.
On the 29th will he published, is 3 vols. post Bvo., price It. Ils. 6d.,
HEIDELBERG: A ROMANCE.
By G. I'. R. JAMES., Esq.
Author of " The Stepmother ;" " The Smuggler ;" " Arrah Neil,"

&c. &c. ...... .
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill

HAVE YOU SEEN VENUS RISING
FROM THE SEA?
At the HALL of ROME, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket; and
the ,ouch•admired New Group, the RAINBOW NY.APLIS. Ex-
planatory Exp,sitions by Mr. C. Sloman, the only English Impro-
visatore of the various Poses. Performances commence at Three
o'clock in the Afternoon and Eight in the Evening. Stalls, 25.;
Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is.
SHIRT AND LINEN TRADE.
WANTED, a Person thoroughly conversant with
the above, who can take the superintendence of this depart—
ment in a Wholesale Manufacturing Establishment in the City.
Letters addressed to J. G., at Messrs. Pattlson's, 80, Cornhill.

THE NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION
RAI LWAY.
Incorporated July. 27, 1846.
NOTICE to the PROPRIETORS of ORIGINAL LEEDS and
CARLISLE SHARES.
The Directors having resolved to equalise the amount of deposits
paid on the different Scrip Shares in the Northern Counties Union
Railway Company, hereby give notice to the holders of Original
Leeds and Carlisle Scrip, that they may rec,lve the sum of One
Pound Two Shillings and Sixpence upon each share of 251., on the
registration of the same.
The Office of the Company, at No. 1, Poets' Corner, will he open
every day, from Eleven to Four o'clock, until forty-eight hours pre-
vious to the general meeting, on the 25th of August, for the purpose
of registration.
By order of the Board,
CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary.

stone of this beautiful structure ; and we must all feel
deeply grateful to the great Architect of the universe,
that in the course of its erection, not a single accident
occurred—a circumstance, I believe; almost unprece-
dented in the rearing of such a stately edifice. I will
not detain you longer. No words of mine can express
the feelings of prick and pleasure with which I have pre-
sided at this most interesting national cet emonial ; feel-
ings which, I have no doubt, are fully shared in by the
- many, thousands I now see around me. I beg, therefore,
es my final duty, to hand over this monument, duly
finished, to the care of the committees, and to the Lord
Provost and magistrates of Edinburgh, as a testimony to
the memory of the great novelist and minstrel, in whom
Scotland has been so highly honoured.—(Applause.)
The LORD PROVOST then, addressing Lord Glenlyon,
said, I congratulate you, the Right Worshipful the
Grand Master, and I congratulate the countrymen of
Sir Walter Scott, on now seeing placed on its pedestal,
in this magnificent monument, a statue worthy of its
shrine. This tribute of a nation's gratitude to one of
the most honoured of her sots adds a new feature of
beauty and grace to his native city, but the halo of his
genius sheds a gar brighter lustre over the name of
Edinburgh and of Scotland. As one burning torch not
only illuminates the sphere of its own brightness, but
kindles the latent fire in others, so who can tell how
many dormant spirits have been roused to arduous and
successful exertion by the honourable example of Scott ?
Even here we see how the glowing genius of the poet
has stirred the soul of the architect, and awakened the
talents of the sculptor, whose skilful chisel has moulded
the rude block into the all but breathing form and
features of Scotland's darling son. (Loud cheers.)
While we lament the untimely fate of the gifted archi-
tect, we rejoice in the growing vigour of our citizen
sculptor, who, by this exquisite work of art, has given
earnest of future productions that will rival the works
of the most celebrate.d artists of this or other coun-
tries. The sister arts of architecture and sculpture here
vie with each other in presenting their richest offerings
to the genius of poetry, hi.tory, and romance, and they
are themselves signally honoured in combining to
honour him who has contributed so largely to the in-
struction and enjoyment of the human race. This mo-
nument and statue, admirable for beauty and durability,
I trust will long adorn our city ; but though they
crumble into dust, the author of " Waverley "
_has reared
for himself monuments of more surpassing beauty, and
more lasting endurance, and more extensive celebrity.—
(Cheers.) The forked lightning may dash these turrets
to ,11- ground, the tooth of time will corrode these
marble features, out over the monuments of his mental
creation the elements have no power—these will continue
to be honoured at home, and under distant and more
genial skies.—(Cheers.) Continents, as yet unexplored
will be taught by the wisdom of Scott, and enlivened by
his wit, and rivers unknown to song will resound with
the lays of his minstrelsy ; bat nowhere will the memory
be cherished with fonder attachment and more endearing
delight than in the cities and the hamlets of his own be-
loved Scotland.(Cheers.)
The Rev. Mr. BOYLE, Portobello, then pronounced
the blessing ; after which the national anthem was
played by the band of the .3d Dragoons, and the pro-
cession returned to the High School in the same order
in which it set out. This ended the proceedings at the
inauguration.

Glenlyon, in connexion with prosperity to the Grand
Lodge, to which Mr. Melville replied. The Rev. Dr.
Memes proposed the health of Mr. Steele, the sculptor
of the statue of Sir Walter Scott ; to which Mr. Steele
replied. Mr. Gordon proposed the memory of Burns,
which was acknowledged by Colonel Burns, a son of
the poet. Mr. Milne proposed the Executive and
Auxiliary Committees of the Scott Monument, in con-
nexion with the names of Mr. Guthrie Wright and
Councillor Dick, which was acknowledged by these
gentlemen. Mr. A. M'Neill proposed the Lord
Provost, which was acknowledged by his Lordship.
Mr. Robert Chambers proposed the Memory of Kemp,
the architect of the Monument ; Mr. Pringle, the City
of Edinburgh ; Mr. A. M'Neill, the Fine Arts of Scot-
land ; Archdeacon Williams, British Literature ; Dr.
Schmitz (rector of the High School), the Music of Scot-
land, and John Wilson (the vocalist) ; the Lord Pro-
vost, the Ladies ; Mr. M'Diarmid (editor of the Dam-
/ries Courier), the Croupiers ; and Mr. Gordon, the
Drama and Theatre, in connexion with Sir Walter
Scott's writings.
In the course of the evening the company were en-
livened with several songs from Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Donaldson, and with several spirit-stirring airs from the
band of the Ist Royals, who were stationed in the gallery.
The company, after spending the evening in the most
agreeable manner, separated about half-past ten.