The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

No 17 M2.] LONDON WEDNESDAY 'C 'c 4.1
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BRITISH & FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.
The Forty-third General Meeting of this Society, held in pur-
suance of Rule VII., to receive the Report of the Committee, and the
Treasurer's Financial Statement, and to elect the Officers and Com-
mittee for the year ensuing, will take place at the Societyjs House,
Borough-road, on Friday, May 5, 1848, at One o'clock precitely.
Members. and Life Governors may obtain Tickets (notAransfer-
able) on application to the Secretary, at the Institution.

PUBLIC MEETING IN EXETER-HALL.
The General Meeting of the Subscribers and Friends will
usual in Exeter Hall, Strand, on Mofinal-, May 8, 1848. i
The Chair will be taken by the Right Hon. Viscount MOIRPETH
M.P., and V.P., at Twelve o'clock precisely.
Platform Tickets (not transferable) will be issued to the Scretaries
and Treasurers of Local Schools, to Ministers, and to thi leading'
Friends of the Society, on application at the Society's HouSe, during
the preceding week.
Central Seat Tickets will be furnished on application to all Sub-
scribers, either to the Parent Society or to any of its auxiliaries.
Tickets for the Body of the Hall may be had as heretofore, of
Mears. Yorke Clarke, and Co., 55, Gracechurch-street ;1 Messrs.
Nisbet and Co., Renters-street ; Messrs. Bagster's, 15, Paternoster-
row ; Mr. Davis. Sunday School Union Depository, 60, Paternoster-
row ; Messrs. Miller and Field, 6, Bridge-road, Lambeth ; and at the
Society's House, Borough-road.

held as

HENRY DUNN, Secretary.
* " Every person subscribing annually One Guinea and; upwards
shall he deemed a Member of this Institution during the continuance
of such subscription."—(Rule v.)

MONEY in SEVERAL THOUSAND SUMS,
some of 20,0001., 13,0001., 6,0001, 5,0001., 4,0031., 2,0001., &c.,
sterling, for a small speculation, may now be gained.
Address for particulars to Messrs. Strauss and Co., foreigii bankers
and centractors for foreign distributions, 13, Boaverie•street, Fleet-
street, London.

STEAM DREDGE, of THIRTY HORSE
POWER, to be SOLD, by AUCTION.
To be SOLD, by-PUBLIC AUCTION, for the benefit of. whom it
may concern, at the Ship-building Yard of Mr Wililanp Coppin,
Strand-road, City of Londonderry, at the hour of One o'cmotk in the
Afternoon of THURSDAY, the 4th day of May next, a NEW DREDGE
VESSEL, lately launched, built to order of the Contractmis for the
Embankment of Lough Foyle, en the line of the Londonderry and
Coleraine Railway.
The Vessel is complete and ready for work. She has tWO sets of
buckets and ladders—one set on each side—in all forty-sixj buckets.
to dredge in from six to twenty-six feet depth of water ; one side or
both may be worked at pleasure.
The Engine is thirty horse power, with two boilers, on the hest
construction. She is fitted with hoisting gear and winehee, worked
by the engine. Also,.Two•Archimedian Screws, ono on each quar-
ter, for transporting the vessel.
The gearing, framing, bucket-ladders, and all the mach nery are
of the best construction and workmanship, and built sirnil to the
one by Messrs. Somers, Groves, and Co., of Southampton, in all its
details, as described in " Weale's Quarterly papers on Enz,Lneering,"
Vol. 1., page 5.
The drawing, with improvements, was furnished by Douglas Hob-
son, Esq., Consulting Engineer, Liverpool, tinder whose stfperinten-
dence the vessel was built and fitted.—Dimensions as follows :
Length, 91 feet—Beam, 22 feet 10 inches—Depth, 7 feetll tech,
Draft of water with all on board, 4 feet; and will lift sand or clay
about three hundred tons per hour.
For particulars, Inquire at No. 1, Deal. street, Liverpool ; and of
Mr. William Coppin, at his Ship-building Yard, Strand, Londonderry,
where the vessel may be seen.
Terms—Cash.
GEORGE WALTERS, Auctioneer.
Dated at Londonderry, this 27th day of March, 1848
•

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY, PULMONARY
CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, &c., CURABLE.
Dr. WILLIAM MOORE ELLIOT, • M.R.C.11., Limericlr, having
been for many years engaged investigating into the cause of Con-
sumption, Bronchites, Asthma, and the different Diseases of the
Chest and Lungs, and the proper treatment for their removal; in-
forms those persons labouring under Consumption (even when both
Lungs are diseased), or any of the above diseases, that ;he is at
length able to undertake their perfect curing, although in the most
debilitated state.
Dr. E. will be happy to advise those parents whose children have
a tendency to Pulmonary Diseases, as to the proper course necessary
Persons applying, will reqwire in every
to be adopted for their prevention.
possible in describing the disease. ease to be as, minute as
PEE OitE GUINEA.
William•street, Limerick.
T E.
B. SAVORY PLA
and SONS, Manufacturing
A• Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite tkel Bank of
England—The best wrought. SILTER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle
Pattern, 7s. ad. per ounce ; Queen's Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The
Clewing are the weights recommended, but the articles nifty be hid
ghter or heavier, at the same price per ounce :
Fiddle Pattern. Queen's PatteriL
oz. s. d. s. d. oz. s. d. s. d.
12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2.•I0 15 0 12 Table spoons 40 at 7 4.• 14 13 4
12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 34 12 Dessert ditto 2G at 74. • 9 10 8
12 Table Forks 30 at 7 2..10 IS 0 12 Table Forks 40 at 7 4..14 13 4
4.. 9 10 8
12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 3 4 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7
2 GravySpoonslO at 7 2.. 3 11 8 2 Gravy Spoons 12 at 7 4. • 4 8 0
1 Soup Ladle 10 at 7 2.. 311 8 1 Soup Ladle 12 at 74 • • 4 8 0
4 Sauce ditto 10 at 7 8.. 316 8 4 Sauce ditto 12 at 7 10.. 414 0
4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt) 2 2 0
1 Fish Slice ....... ..... 218 0 1 Fish Slice l. 3 a 0
12 Tea Spoons 10 at 7 8.. 3168 12 Tea Spoons 14 at 7 10.. b 9 8
1 Pair Sugar Tongs .. 015 0 1 Pair Sugar Tongs.. • • • 1 5 0
N. B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, illustrated by
drawings, and containing information relative .to the pirchase of
Silver or Shefileid Plate, may be had on application. or w* be sent
o the country !see of postage, In answer to a paid letter..

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
TUESDAY.
DOWNING STREET, APRIL 25, 1848.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honour-
able William Napier, to be Clerk of the Works and
Civil Engineer 'for the island of Hong-Konz.
CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 20.
DIEMEER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR.

Borough of Bewdley—Th LIAMENT.
e Hon. William. Drogo
Montazu, commonly called Viscount Mandeville, of
Kinibolton Castle, in the county of Huntingdon, the
last election for the said borough having been declared
void.

PRIZE MONEY.
London. April 25.
Notice is hereby given to Commander T. F. Birch,
and the officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Water-
witch, who were actually on board and entitled to share
in the proceeds arising from the capture of the slave •
vessel, name unknown, on the 29th day of June, 1846,
that the distribution thereof, a pro rata deduction
having been made for expenses of the restored slave-
vessel Ernprehendedora, will be made on the 15th day
of May next, at No. 1, James-street, Adelphi ; and
where the list will be re-called every Wednesday and
Friday for three months.

£ s. d.
Commander 3B 18 4
First-class
Second-class
Third-class

£ L d.
Fourth-class ... 3 11 2i
Fifth.class ...... 1 15 7f
Sixth-class ... 1 3 8
Seventh-cIassWOODIIEAD, Agent.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 25.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant George
Henry Cavendish to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Sir Charles William Kenlß;Lrt.
Bart., deceased; 0 11 104
ased; Cornet
George Viscount Dupplin to be Lieutenant, vice Caven-
dish, April 9; Lieutenant Thomas Henry Kingscote,
from half-pay 12th Light Dragoons,
to be Cornet and
Sub-Lieutenant, vice Lord lINPlin; Thomas Price
Gratrex, Gent.,-to be Cornet and Stab:Lieutenant, by
purcha e, vice Kingscote, who retires, April 25.
2d Dragoon Guards—Captain Atwood Dalton Wig,-
sell, from half-pay 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Sir
Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart., wko exchanges,
April 25.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel
Robinson Warren, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Edward Harvey, who ex-
changes ; Major John Wallace King to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Warren, who retires ;
Captain Charles Steuart to be Major, by purchase,
vice King ; Lieut. J. Forster Fitzgerald to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Steuart ; Cornet Samuel Kerr Ibbetson
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, April2s.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Major and
Brevet Colonel Thomas Chaplin to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Charles Anthony Ferdinand
Bentinek, who retires upon half-pay, unattached ; Cap-
tain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles
Murray Hay to be Major, bypurchace, vice Chaplin,-April
25 ; Brevet Col. John Linton, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, vice Hay; Lieu-
tenant and Captain George Augustus Vernon
vice
to` be
Linton,Capta who
i and r
etLieutenantires;
Ensign Colonel,
and
Lbiyeutenant William
purchase,
Gregory Dawkins to be Lieutenant and Captain by
purchase, vice Vernon : David Robertson Williamson,
Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Dawkins, April 25.
25th
toR n
Regiment midei
Lieutenant,
t e
no
af n
t boot—Ensign
without
purchase, vice Whitty, William George
Turner
deceased; Charles Cramond Dick, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Turner, April 25.
34th Foot—Major Nicholas R. Brown to be Lieuten-
ant Colonel, without purchase, vice Deedes, deceased ;
Captain Arthur Cyril Goodenough to be Major, vice
Brown; Lieutenant Thomas Bourke, to be Captain, vice
Goodenough; Ensign Joseph Jordan, to be Lieutenant,
vice Bourke, March 27; Ensign W. Scott, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase vice Jordan, whose promotion, by
purchase has been cancelled; Edward Geils Kenny,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Scott,
April 25.

43d Foot—Brevet Major Henry Sadleir Bruere to be
Major, without purchase, vice Egerton, deceased ;
Lieutenant James M. Primrose t 9. be Captain, vice
Bruere, April 11 ; Ensign William Mines to be Lieu.
tenant, without purchase, vice Wilkinson, appointed
Adjutant ; Lieutenant Frederick Green Wilkinson to be
Adjutant, vice Primrose, promoted, April 25.
64th Foot—Assistant Surgeon'William Henry Short,
from the 35th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Put,
don, who resigns, April 25.
74th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas William Evans to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Ansell,
deceased, April 11 ; William West James Bruce, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, April 5.
89th Foot—Sergeant Major William Watson to be
Quartermaster, vice Dukes, deceased, April 25.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant James Fischal
Boyes to be Adjutant, vice Harvey, who has retired,
April 25.

COMMISSARIAT.—Deputy-Assistant Commissary Ge-
neral Paulet Henry St. John Mildmay has ,been per-
mitted to resign his commission from 31st January, 1848.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 22.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Major George
Curry Page to be Lieutenant• Colonel vice Alder-
son, seconded ; Second Captain) Henry Williamson
Lugard to be Captain, vice Page; First Lieutenant
Anthony David Craigie to be Second
Captain, vice
Lugard ; Second Lieutenant George Hamilton Gordon
to be First Lieutenant, vice Craigie, April 14.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire.
Henry Hoghton, Esq., to b, Deputy-Lieutenant,
April 12.
Commissions by the Lord• Lieutenant of
Riding of Yorkshire.
First West York Yeomanry Cavalry—Robert John
Parker, Gent., to be Cornet; Henry Brooking Square,
Gent., to he Assistant Surgeon, April 15.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Montgomery -
the West
shire.
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry —Lieutenant
Cavalry
Thomas Beck to be Captain, vice J. D. Currie, who
resigns ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Peter Fleming
Leicester to be Lieutenant rice Beck, promoted ;
Adjutant Nathan Burlinson to serve with
the Brevet
rank of Captain.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
MaGnecohregsete.Hrargreaves and Joseph Hargreaves, merchants,

, bookaske 'eller,
John Edmund Boyd
BANKRUPTS.
Pimlico, Middlesex, May 1 and June e at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.Birchin •
Charles Boweruft Cannan, officil assignee,
lane; Ashley, High street Shoreditach.
Chel-
sea, May 2, and 31, at eleven at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee; Manning, 'Craven-
street, Strand.
Henry Alonzo Hart, linen draper, Devonshire-street,
Queen-square, Middlesex, May 5, at half-past eleven,
and June 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
Official assignee, Aide b
Mall ury ; Lake,
Carter-lane,
Doctors'-commons.
James Brodie Gordon, cooper, Church-row, Lime-
house, May 10, at two, and June
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street; Holmes, Loftus, and
Young, New Inn, Strand; Prideaux and Co., Bristol.
Joseph Sargent, innkeeper, Llangyaider, Brecon,
May 11 and June 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Acratnan, official assignee, Bristol ; Davis,
Crickhowell; Berkley, Lincoln's Inn, London.
William Davis, iron and tin plate manufacturer,
Abercarne, Monmouthshire, May 9, and June 6, at the
Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol;
Savery, Clark and Co., Bristol.
Thomas Swift, timber merchant, .Monmouth, May 4,
at twelve, and June 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; White and
Co., Bedford-row; W. and C. Bevan, Bristol.
John Hamlyn Hill, veterinary surgeon, Plymouth,
May 4 and 31, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdou, Exeter; Ken-
dell, Baker, and Grant, Lime-street, London.
Robert Harding, draper, Bridgwater, May 4 and 31,
at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter ; Keddell,
Baker, and Grant, Lime-street, London.
William Berridge, grocer, Cheltenham, May 5
and
June 9, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court., Miller,
official assignee, Bristol; Chesshire, Cheltenham.
Alexander M'Donald, confectioner, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, May 5, at half-past one, and Juno 5, St one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle- upon. Tyne; Su
Hoelln.lva, Torr, and
Janeway, Bedford-row, London ; dge, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
Thomas Stuttard, innkeeper, South Shore, Lancashire,
May 2 and 30,. at twelve, at the Liverpool
District
Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Mayhew,
Carew-street, London; Blackharst and son, Preston.
metal
James Gray, jun., broker, Liverpool,ra y may 5
and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District coo—. .7
Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Sweeting and. Co., South-
ampton-buildings, London; Whitley, Liverpoot,
Robert Taylor, merchant, Liverpool, May 4 and 30,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court, Morgan,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Hohn Co., and la.
New Inn,
London; Booker, Liverpool. '
Whitfield Burnett, Robert Moon Watson, Luke Wan-
under the name of the Chartershaugh Coal Company g
coal owners, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham,. al:,y rBu,nayt,,
half past ten, and June 5, at eleven, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official „ssi_n
Newcastle-upon-Tvne ; Moore, Sunderland
; ee
Hanle'
Newcastle. upon-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
B. Tipper, Maiden-lane, Queen-street, eiteap3ide
wholesale stationer, May IS, at eleven—R. Wills and H.
Davy, Oxford-street, drapers, May 18, at two—w.
S.
Warwick and T. W. Clegett, Billiter-square, City, -mer-
chants, May 18, at two—R. Pope and J. P. pope, Ade-
laide-place, London-bridge, brick and tile manure eturere.
May 18, at half-past twelve—R. Pope, Adelaide. Place
London-bridge„ brick and tile manufacturer, ala don '
at half-past twelve—J. B. Pope, Adelaide-place, Lon:
bridge, brick and tile manufacturer, May 18, at halfrri
twelve—ll. Klee, Nerta -end. Fa!hem, ::,lictilea ex '.l`l'
tualler, May 18, at eleven---T. Bailey, Croydon, Surrey,
builder, May 18, at twelve—J. H. Weston, Southampton,