The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

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L iN D N , lin:11)AY A

VATES" will bring nut a NEW WEEKLY
PAPER, starting with Ills DERBY PROPHECY.

4,i;ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER,-
• HALL.
On FRIDA.Y, Aram 24th, 1846, will he perthrineti BELSHAZ-
ZAR'S FEAST, a Sacred Cantata. composed by Mr. G. PERRY ;
MENDELSSOHN'S CXIV PSALM; awl HAYDN'S SERVICE,
No. 2.
Princinal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, 311s1 Dolby, Mr. Lockey,
Mr. :..eflier, and Mr. Phillip,
The liana and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Per-
formers.
Tie'.iets 33, each; Revrred Seats, in the Gallory, Os.; in the
Area, IN. 6a.; miy he obtained of the principal tlusicsellers ; of
Mr. Howley, h 3, Charimr-crosi; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand; or of Mr.
Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross.

THOS. BREWER, Hon. tzec,

CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL

CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION
SOCIETY,

Founded A. D. 1818,
For providing a permanent Relief to Decayed Artizans, Mechanics,
Manufacturers, Tradesmen, and the widows of such Persons, above
Sixty Years of Age. Supported by vo'untary contributions.
PATRON—The QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
At a special Meeting of the Governors of this Institution, held at
the London Tavern this day, Mr. Sheriff Laurie, a Vice-President of
the Institution in the chair, 'he Secretary, Mr. 11. F. Richardson,*
stated that, among numerous other letters received from Members of
Parliament and gentlemen Governors of the Institution, exproisng,,
their disapproval ~f the Bill, but.in ibility to atte;,d, was the following
from Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.:—_

" To 11. F. Richardson, Esq.
" Dear Sir,—My mind has long been made up to oppose the
Charitable Trnsts Bill, and therefore it is not needful for me to
attend the Meeting on Wednesday.
"Yours truly,

"W. THOMPSON.

.
"Thames-street, April, IR, 1846."
It was then moved by FREDERICK SALMON, Esq., seconded by
THOMAS JAMES SERLE, Esq., and unanimously carried,

" That, in the opinion of this Sleeting, the Bill iMrporting to be
An Act for securing the due administration of o,aritahle Trusts in
England and Wales,' is unnecessary and Impolitic, likely to be
vexatious and distressing in its operation, an will tend to the injury
of all, and the annihilation of some, of those public and private phi-
lanthropic Insltutions hitherto alike the honour and pride of the
British coition."
It was resolved urtanimously—

" That petitions be presented from the Governors of the City of
London General Fen,ion Society, praying the Le4slature to reject
the Bill intituled 'An Act for securing the due administration of
Charitable Trusts in England and Wales,' and that the preparation
and presentment of such petitions be confided to the Board of Directors
of the Institution.

" That the hest thanks of this Meeting be presented to Mr. Sheriff
Laurie, for his atle conduct in the chair this day, and for his en-
lightened benevolence towards this and the numerous charitable In-
stitutions of the City of London."
HENRY F. RICHARDSON, Secretary.
36, Coleman•street, April 22, 1846.

BENIOI' SKI7S ARTIFICIAL MEMORY,
or PHRENOTYPICS, daily at Two P.ar,, and Half-past
Seven Evening, at 8, Bow•street. Admission Is. At the Royal
Adelaide Gallery every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Three.
" Such a wonderful memory as the Lecturer's has not, we may
say boldly, appeared. The keys of this invaluable science are con-
veyed with the greatest ease to vny of his pupils."—Sun.
Private lessons, at 8; llsw-street,• three guineas the course (six
lessons). To private families at their residences, six guineas. Lan-
guages, s'x guineas the course (twelve lessons). To families af their
residences, twelve guineas the course. The learner has to study two
hours daily during three months. Can any man commit to memory
the meanings of 1,009 fbreign words in o!ie forenoon, or 30 deelen.
stone 30 tenses, in one hour? Can any man recollect a sermon, ora-
tion, without having taken any notes? We cam; and we .do
enable others to do the same. Phrenotypics perform similar Imre-
diblities in every department of human science where memory is
concerned. Hand-books of Phrenotypics 2s. Gd. Prospectuses gratis.
—B, Bow-street.

ENIOWSKI'S NEW INVENTION FOR
. THE BLIND.

LECTURER on Major ICENIOii'SK7.4 newly •invented PROCESS
of PRI NTIN“ (frc:m u,tial types) for the BLIND, and teaching them
to read and write, at the Phrenotypic Institution, 8, Bow-street,
every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Twelve o'clock; also at
the Royal Adelaide Gallery every Thursday, at Four o'clock.
One of the greatest triumphs of modern ingenuity."—Sun.
By this invention an immense bulk of classical, periodical, and mu-
sical compositions is at once made available for the blind. This,
combined with Major Beniowski's Artificial Memory, or Phreno-
typies, has produced effects which the Inventor deems it to he the
duty of every philanthropist to witness. Admission free. Free Lec-
tures on the same days, at One o'clock, on Major Beniowslu's or
Phrenotypic Method of Teaching the Seeing t Read.

BENIOWSKI'S PUBLICATIONS in his
EASY ORTIIQI ;It tPUY.

PiIItENOTYPIC PRINIER for TEACHERS, Is.; for Pupils, Is. ;
for the Blind, 25.; Dictionary, 45.; Genesis, Is. ; St. Matthew,
phrenotyped for being committed to ment,ry rap'dly, 2s. 6d.; the
F Jur Gospels, 25.; the Common Prayer-book, 6rl. ; rt 31 issal for the
Laity, 6d ; Handbook containing the principles and their applica-
tion, 231 --8, Row-street.

BENIOWSKI'S GERMAN by ARTIFICIAL
MEMORY. •

A new CLASS, under Major BEN IOWSKI, on Friday evenings
at half-past eight, commenced April 17. One guinea the course
(twelve les.ions) ; private lessons, six guineas the course ; to fam;ll%'s
at their residences, one guinea each lesson (twelve lessons). Pros-
pectutes gratis.-8, Bow-street.

In- ORDER OF
THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
AREPRINT of the NAUTICAL ALMANAC
tor the CURRENT YEAR, 1846, has been commence.% and
will be reedy for publication on or bctore the sth of May Next.

John Murray, Alboinarle,treet.

RAILWAY REFORM.
ON Saturday, the 25th lust. Piles is.
ItAMWAY R.F.FORM AND RIGHTS OF
SHAREHOLDERS, and the PUBLIC, in the RAILWAY
lIIGHIVAYS of the UNITED KINGDOM.

By JAMES TROUP, Esq.
Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill.

THE OXFORD GRADUATE'S NEW WORK ON ART.
Now ready, in one vol. Imperial 8 vo., price 10s. Gil. cloth.
A SECOND VOLUME OF " MODERN
rX. PAINTERS ;" treating of the THEORETIC and IMAGIN.A.-
CIVE FACULTIES.

BY A GRADUATE OF OXFORD.
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill.

*,,,* A new edition of the first volume, revised by the author, is
being printed, uniformly with the second ; and the third volume,
with numerous illustrations, is in preparation.

STEEL'S SHIPM ISTER'S AS•;IST AN-T.—NEW EDITION.
Now ready, in one large volume fivo., 28s. cl. th, or 295. bound, an

entirely New Edition of
CaITEEL'S SHIPMASTER'S ASSISTANT, and
OWNER'S MANUAL. .A new Edition, re-written through-
out. Editcd by GRAHAM WILLMORE, E,q., M.A., Barrister-
at-Law. The Customs and Shipping. Department by GEORGE
LEMENTS, of the Customs, Loudon, compiler of " The Customs
Guide." The Exchanges, &c.,:and Naval ltook•keericg, by WIL-
LIAM TATE, autos t,f " The Modern Cambist," &c.

London : Loncuan, Brown, Green, anclLsnginaitg.

Just published, price Sixpence,

FRIENDS 'OF POLAND.
The Address of the Literary Association of the Friends of Po.
land to the People of Great Britain and Ireland, containing a faithful
exposition of the nature and causes of the late revolution in Poland,
accompanied by authentic documents and details of the recent events,
Which explain the melancholy condition of that unhappy country,
showing its strong claim to the sympathy and justice of an enlight-
e►:ed B. itisk public.
_ _

Published br E. Dethens, BA, Davies-street, Grosvenor-square, and
to be had of all Booksellers.

EASTER HOLYDAYS.
Novelties of extrem interest and inform Von at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
Scenes in the (IREGON TERRITORY fonts a part of an en-
tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of
the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and
ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the °PAVE MICROSCOPE ;
also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The
PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, wi, h new and beautiful
variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work ar'e
MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'ii. PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined
Planes, FAR RE LL'S ARC HIME DIA RAILWAY. an ENVE-
LOPE CUT i'ING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM-
ENGINE GOV ..RNO and the A fIIOsi.IIELHO RAILWAY.
Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on
CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex-
periments.

Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.
A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine
Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors.

MALDON, AND BRAINTREE
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
• Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL MEETING of the
SCRIPHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held at the White
Hart Inn, in the town of Witham, or SATURDAY, the 2d day of May
next, at twelve o'clock at noon, when a copy of the 14111 now de-
pending in Parliament, intituled, "A Bill for making a Railway from
Mahlon, through Witham to Braintree, all in the county of Essex,"
sill be submitted to the consideration of such meeting.
Dated this 22d day of April, 1846.
BLOOD and DOTTGLAS,
Solicitors for the 13111, Witham.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUit-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This instutien offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both ta, Life Assurances and Deferred Annuitie,
The assßred has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex -
;,ense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
see table) j also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of interests to meet other convenfimces or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT..
The success and increasing prosperity of else Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last ensuel investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 3u to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
,a,ch Policy effected on the Prolt scale.
EXAMPLItS.

'..1 qf 0 l'i S'
~„'l Bonus lianas in RIS g NI " !4
3 g Premium.
g ; added. Cash. to•--g ag
• ° § 41 g g
i• Pt ... • ra•
1837 £l9l 13 b k'B7 13 5,y 13 17 1 £395 H 1
10
X X is 3
4 . d. 1838. 165 13 0 74 13.101 11 8 6 346 2 ;'•
-,, 10 74 •
1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 298 13 4
i 1840, 39 0 0 41 13 4 6 9 0 247 4 1

ct•iolsion of profits is annual, and the next will be made In Do-
TM t,er of the prevent year.

F. FERMTSON CAMROITX.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and -DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
_ _ • __

3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, London.
RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman,

THIS IS THE ONLY GUARANTEE[ MUTUAL COMPANY,
those assuring on the participating principle ha, ing the security of a
jo'nt-sto k company, and being entitled at the same time to the
whole of the mutual profits.

. -
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed
of constitution not to dispute any policy unless they can prove that it
was obtained by fraud, and for this purpose the Company have, by a
clause in their deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived them-
selves of the power of objecting to any policy unless they undertake
to prove that it was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresen-
tation.

THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay
the full amount of the policies, although the debts for which they
were effected shall have been liquidated before the claim arise.
THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour
of creditors' whole world policies, wlsereby the debt is secured,
although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe.
BY THE HALF-PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first
seven years' premiums is required, the other half being payable at
the convenience of the assured, thus allowing a policy to be con-
tinued for seven years at one•half of the usual rate, or to be dropped
at one-half of the usual sacrifice.

A reductiou of 25 per cent. has been declard upon the currem
year's premiums of all participating policies of five years' standing.
Copies or the last report, prospectu,es, and all other information.
may be obtained front the malinger or agents.

ALEXANDEII ROBERTSON, Manager.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

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BRISTOL, APRIL 22.
Sroex EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 914
--Eastern Counties, 22%—Midland, 144—South Devon, 30 -Tall
Yale, New, 1(.

MANCFIESTER, Aram 22.
STOCE EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bideford and Tavistook, 21s.
6d. dis.— Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 245. dis.—Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield, 1% dig. c.—Chelmsford and Bury, 15s. 6d.
dis. —Derby and Crewe, 245. p.--Direct Northern, 1% dis —Eastern
Counties, 22%—Ditto, York Extension, % p.--East Lancashire,
No. 2, % p.--Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 6 p.— Glasgow and Dula-
fries, 16s: c. dis.—Hudderstleld and Manchester Railway and Canal,
2 dis.—Huddersfleld and Sheffield Junction, 2% p —Lancashire and
North Yorl7.shlre, 1% dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5% dis.—Leeds, Dews-
bury, and Manchester, 1 p.—Liver,,ool and Bury, 6% p.—Ditto,
New Shares, 1% p. Liverpool, Ortnskirk, and Preston, 6s. 3d. p.—
Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southsort, % dis.—London and
Manchester (Remington's), 1 15-16 dis.—London and York, 20s. 9d.
Ms.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 7%—Ditto, ditto
(8), S p. Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh
Junction, His. 6d. dis. Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, 9s. c. dis.
—Manchester and Le9ds, Extension, I % p.—Northumberland and
Lancashire, 17s. °:6cl. c. dis.—North Staffiirdshire, 40s. p.—Pres-
ton and Wyre, Halves (B), % p.—Sheffield, Leek, and Crewe,
1:3-16 dis.— s lieffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), 1-16 p.—
Shropshire Union, Railway and Canal, 225. c. dis.—South Eastern
and Dover. Halves (No. 4), Bs. dis.—West Riding Union, 1% p.—
Whitehaven and Furness, 3% dis.—Preston and Wyre Extension.
3-16 dis.

THE CORN TRADE.
BRITISH.
Whether the proposed alteration in the corn-laws wt
or wil nut be made, remains as much a matter or daub
as ever; and the cweieinued uncertainty keeps business
in a languid state. With this all-important phi
undecided, it is utterly impossible to foresee tht
probable range of prices. Up to the
present peria.
hollers of wheat have manifeeted consi lerald- firm
ttess ; hilt in comparieg the value of free ate.
of from 14s. to 15s. per ariarter befevcen the two;
it will he observel that then! exist: a differenc.
it le
plain, therefore, that if Sir Rob. rt Peel should suet:-ed it,
carrying his new Man, and the duty be reduced to 43. per
quarter, a material rise must take place in the price of the
article under lock, or the free price must come down
several shillings. Which of these events is most like!)
to occur we must leave to our readers to determine :
in our opinion it will, in a great measure, depend on the
character of the weather which may be experience 6
in the interval, and on the appearance of the growing
crop at about the time a definite settlement takes place.
On the other hand, if the Premier should fail in getting
his Bill through the Lards, wheat of home growth would
unquestionably ri-e, as the continuance of protection, even
though it should be in a modified forte. would impart great
firmness to farmers. At present thereseems little chance of
a speedy settlement of the question, and during the time
which must stillelapsebefore the subjectis finally disposed
of. busir.ess is likely to remain in a very depressed state.
The weather has since our last been, on the whole,
auspicious, less rain having fallen, and the tempera.
ture having risen considerably ; still the reports re-
lative to the aspect of the country ate not parti-
cularly favourable, the colour of the blade being
badly spoken of in many localities. We consider
it too early, hawever, to venture on anything like a
prediction respecting the next harvest, and place as
little reliance on the accounts of extraordinary pro-
mise (and thee are by no means uncommon) as to those
of an opposite character. The supplies from the farmers
have rather increased this week, but the deliveries have
not been by any means large ; in point of quality no im-
provement has taken place, most of the wheat brought
forward having come to hand in very indifferent condi-
tion. Notwithstanding this eircuinstenee, previous
prices have been tolerably well supported at the leading
provincial markets, and at a few of the principal towns
a small enhancement has even been established.
The accounts from Liverpool describe the wheat trade
as having maintained a decidedly firm tone; the business
was, it is true, on a somewhat restricted scale at that
port both on Tuesday and Friday ; still needy buyers
had to pay fully former terms, indeed in some cases Is.
per 701bs. more was realised on the latter day. In bar-
ley scarcely anything appears to have been done, but
Indian corn and oats were in demand at rather advanced
rates.

From Hull the reports are not very animated ; the
supply of wheat from the farmers was, however, dis-
posed of on Tuesday at prices similar to those at which
sales were made on that day se'tinight. At Leeds the
demand was also slow on the day named, but the finer
kinds were not by any means easier to buy. The advicws
from Wakefield of Friday are of nearly the same cha-
racter, only good dry parcels of wheat being saleable,
and no improvement being_ obtainable even on these.
From the western and north-western parts of the
kingdom the reports are to the same effect. In partial
instances a trifling advance was paid for fine wheat at
Birmingham on Tuesday, but the ordinary sorts were
no dearer. The case was the same at Bristol, and most
of the neighbaur:ng markets.
Tile cause of the want of activity is unquestionably
the same as that which has so long kept the trade dull.
viz., the uncertainty as to 11,-,w the corn-law debate will
terminate. The millers seem determined not to add a
bushel to their stocks so long as the matter shall remain
undecided ; and we believe we are quite warranted in
saying that there is scarcely a flour manufacturer in

•••
th-e kingdom holding suffi4ent wheat to carry on his
trade a week without making small hand-to•anouth pur-
chases. hitherto this has caused comparatively no in-
convenience, as the supplies have quite kept pace with
the demand; but we need scarcely remark that a very
slight excess in the latter over the former would place
millers in a very awkward position.
By adv;ces from Scoti end we perceive that business
has remained in much the same state there as before.
At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the inquiry for wheat
was on a restricted scale ; the supply being, however,
moderate, sellers were unable to obtain more money.
By the most recent accounts from Ireland, it seems
that the misery and want under which a large
portion of the poor of that country are stiff ring, had
caused the pe.7,ple to commit excesses requiring the
military to quell. Still it would appear that large
socka of oats are held thero, but which the owners are
induced to keep back in anticipation of still higher
prices. This is the consequence of the predictions of
famine so freely put f ,rth by those in power on various
occasions. Of wheat, about the usual supplies had
been brought forward at the various markets, but this
article is altogether beyond the reach of the suffering

poor.
Though the arrivals of wheat coastwise into London
have been larger this than the previous week, still the
supply has only been moder ite ; a considerable portion
of the same is from Lincolnshire, and has gone direct to
the millers. What now remains in hands may be re-
garded as quite insignificant ; end if the passing of the
Corn Importation Bill should be much longer delayed,
and no increase take place in' the supplies from the
growers, the town manufacturers may find it difficult to
secure sufficient to keep their mills going.
The transactions in foreign wheat have not been of
much importance since our last, a few small pur•
chases of bonded have been made at mnch the same
terms as before, but as certificates for liberating the
same have risen to nearly 16,;, buyers have confined
their operations to as narrow limits as has been
compatible with their pressing wants. Besides what
has been bought by the town millers, a cargo or two
have been taken for shipment to Ireland ; but nothing
whatever has bean done on speculation in the article.
The supply from abroad has again been liberal, up-
wards of 22,000 qrs. having been reported, a large pro-
portion c nsisting of low qualities from the Mediterra-
nean. The averages are now beginningto creep up, and
the duty, after having remained stationary for many
week, fell to 17s. pr quarter on Thursday ; below this
point it is not likely, however, to recede for some weeks
to come.

The demand for barley has been exceedingly slow ;
and, though only 5,045 quarters have been received
coastwise, last Monday's currency has with difficulty
been obtained for the finer kinds, whilst the inferior
sorts have, in partial instances, been parted with at
rather less money.
In purchasing malt, except of the very best descrip-
tion, the turn has likewise been in favour of the buyer.
The arrival of oats have not increased, the total sup-
ply for the week, including 2,550 quarters from abroad,
having amounted to only 15,213 quarters. The stocks
in the hands of the dealers have been further diminished
this week, and the market is gradually becoming bare of
good corn. Under these circumstances, factors have
raised their pretensions ; and though the trade Ills been
the reverse of lively, an advance of 6d. to Is. per quarter
has been established on last Monday's currency.
Beans have moved off in retail at much the same rates
as before, and peas of all kinds have maintained their
prev,ious value with great firmness.