The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-18 00:00:00

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London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

OPEN EVERY EVENING,
BANVARD'S GRAND PAINTING of the
MISSISSIPPI arid MISSOURI RIVERS, at the Egyptian
Hall, Piccadilly. This Immense work shows a country of over 3,001
miles in extent, passing through the heart of America, from the city.
of New Orleans to the mouth of the Yellow Stone River. The paint-
ing will commence moving at Half-past Seven o'clock, doors open at
Seven. A Day Exhibition will also be given on Wednesday and Sa-
turday Afternoons, commencing at Half-past Two P.M.
Admission--Lower Seats, is. ; Gallery, Is.

T H NICOLL.
REGENT-STREET and CORNIIPLL.

THE NICOLL : this is an abbreviation of the
title given to a Patented Outer Coat, called " The Nicoll's
Chiamys Paletot," the said curtailment being first suggested in the
daily correspondence of the several Agents appointed under the above
patent, and it will no doubt be generally adopted in preference to the
name in full, through being more convenient to use.
THERE is a double use and purpose in the
NICOLL, or PATENT CHLAMTS PA LETOT, in other
words, the same garment can be used as a warm winter Overcoat,
and will look equally well as a light Paletot (used In walking, &c.),
indeed, for the, latter purpose it represents the popular and
fashionable Registered Paletot, which, when it is desirable to form
into a warm winter garment, the same is transformed into the
Nicoll, by the simple addition of a wadded interlining, which is in-
corporated with the lighter Coat in a most perfect and original
manner; this can be attached or detached without the least trouble
to the wearer.

A most moderate price is fixed for these two garments in one,
viz., Three Guineas.

NIEMBERS of the CLERICAL, LEGAL, and
MEDICAL PROFESSIONS, it is presumed, will all
readily concede their patronage to the new patented invention called
THE NICOLL, inasmuch that, besides its soberness of colour (a
black, or almost invisible green, or dark blue), and unpretending
appearance, it is the only garment extant which presents to geitle-
men thus' engaged a proper defence against tile ills arising from a
variable climate (the origin of colds, &c.) To these it is said profes-
sional men are snore susceptible than others, arising from close
study, and their otherwise general sedentary habits ; now should the
morning atmosphere be mild or warm, and the latter part of the day
cold, the Nicoll is a garment that will provide for both contingencies.
TO MERCHANTS, STOCK BROKERS,
UNDERWRITERS, &c., going to or retarning from the
City, f s also all others requiring a warm wrapper or overcoat morn •
lugs and evenings, but whose bustling avocations during midday, by
inducing a proper circulation of blood, the possession of a lighter
Paletot would then be desirable, as much risk to bodily health is too
often incurred by the warm coat being too suddenly thrown aside.

RAILWAY TRAVELLERS pronounce the
NICOLL or PATENT CIILAMYS PALETOT to be indis-
pensable to their comfort upon a journey for the live following

First—lt is a warm overcoat.
Secondly—lt can be converted into a light overcoat at the
lourney's end.

Thirdly—lf travelling by night (or even in the day-time) when an
ordinary hat is irksome, a portion of the lining (which is perfectly
concealed till required) can then be brought out, and by a ready and
most simple contrivance, can be converted into a graceful cap or
hood, which effectually protects the head, ears, and neck from cold
draughts of air.

Fourthly—lt has a pocket protector, which, as its name would in-
dicate, preserves from loss the railway ticket or loose cash, &c.
The last, though not least, important distinction presented by the
Nicoll, beyond anything of its natare ever laid before the public,
consists in its moderate price, viz.. Three Guineas (to which add half
a guinea for the Chlamys Hood). Indeed, was not the sale of
thousands contemplated, Messrs. Nicoll would lose rather than be
fairly remunerated by the low prices quoted.

MESSRS. NICOLL are the originators and sole
proprietors of the deservedly well-known REGISTERED
PALETO (6 and 7 Vic., c. 65) of Llama Cloth, and they continue
to be Lomita eel with the patronage of their Royal Highneageq Prince
Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar,
his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and others distinguished in rank
and fashion, the Court, the Pulpit, and the liar.

AGENTS for NICOLLS' PATENTS.—AII
those Firms throughout the various parts of the United King-
dom and the Colonies, who, up to the present time, have held a local
Agency for the Sale of the above Patentees' original and popular in-
vention called the REGISTERED PALETOT, &c., will also hold the
appointment for the sale of all the new Patents, subject to the usual
conditions.
Gentlemen, Non-Residents in the Metropolis, are constantly de-
siring that a mode of self-measurement should be published, as also
the addresses of the Country Agents. The first-named object can be
easily effected by means of public Advertisement, as a descrip-
tion of the number of inches around chest and waist (taken
under the coat) will alone suffice; but the names of all
the Agents selling Nicolls' Patented Garnsents are too numerous,
to be described through the same medium ; however, the address of
the nearest shall be Immediately forwarded upon application to
Messrs. Nicoll's Counting House Department.
The fol!owing Agents have a very large variety of the above goods
always ready for inspection, viz.:—

Messrs. Macdona, Molesworth-street, Dublin.
Messrs. Wareing and Son, New-street, Birmingham.
Messrs. Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool.
Messrs. Christie and Son, George-street, Edinburgh,
J. Bruce, Caps Town. C. Roth, Philadelphia.
1
R. Rutherford, Hong-Kong. I D. Wilson and Co., Caleutta,
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CAUTION.—We, the undersigned, hereby declare
our intention to institute Legal Proceedings against any
person or persons who, after the date of this notice, shall make, or
cause to be made, any infringement upon the Patent granted to us
under the title of Improvements in Garments, Pockets, &c.
The said invention consists—Firstly, of a mode or modes of making
or constructing Garments for various parts of the human body ; and,
secondly, of a mode or modes of making or constructing Pockets and
other such receptacles. The spirit of the Invention in the first part
may be roughly described as the adaptation of the linings of outer
Coats or Paletots, &c., to a separate Garment and purpose; and, in
the second part, the Pockets or other such receptacles are protected
by the apertures to the same, expanding to admit the hand, and im-
mediately collapsing upon its withdrawal.
We also hereby give notice that we have assumed original and
descriptive titles as our trade mark, whereby the said first and
second parts of our invention may be always distinguished, that is
to say the first part is styled " The Nicoll" (being the abbreviation
of the full title of the Nicoll Chlamys Paletot), and the second part
is called "The Patent Pocket Protector ;" and further it is our in-
tention to apply to the high Court of Chancery for Injunctions to
restrain, &c., and to employ all other legal means to prevent unau-
thorised persons from applying either of these trade marks or terms
to other articles, or selling or offering for sale any garment, &c.,
being an infringement of the said Patent, and by such acts tending
to our injury and the deception of the public.

Signed 11. J. and D. NICOLL.
4, 116, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhlll.
December 1, 1848.

LONDON-MADE WATCHES, with the Patent
detached Lever Escapement and Jewelled.—ln silver cases,
4y2 guineas ; in gold cases, 10 guineas each. The information that
every customer should obtain previous to the purchase of a Watch
will be found in the Pamphlet published by A, B. SAVORY and
SONS. Watchmakers, 9, Corahill, London, opposite the Dank.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR.
A BENEFIT will take place at the above Theatre on
TUESDAY, Dec. 19, tinder the most distinguished patronage, in
ftvour of the Employment of the Poor as STREET-ORDERLIES,
• by the National Philanthropic Association, in keeping the streets
clean and improving the sanitary condition of the metropolis.
On which occasion will be presented THE WIFE'S SECRET, in
which Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN will perform, with a
new Farce called YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, and SUE STOOPS
TO CONQUER.
Between the Play and the Farce the Street Orderlies will appear
09 the stage, and a Prologue will be delivered incidental to the occa-
sion. Iler Majes'y the Queen has most gracioaly granted her box in
support of the Employment of the Poor.

Ten thousand honest, industrious labouring men, in the'rnetroporis,
could be saved from becoming paupers during the winter by this
useful emloyment.

THE NEW POSTAL CONVENTION

The new postal convention between England and the
United States was signed at the Foreign-office by
Lord Palmerston and Mr. Bancroft, the American
Minister, on Friday, and was sent off to America by
the mail the same evening for the ratification of the
President and Senate of the United States. As this
final form, however, is not at all doubtful, all the de-
tails having been settled carefully by the authorities
on both sides of the Atlantic, we have much pleasure
in stating that arrangements have been mutually
agreed upon to bring the provisions of the treaty into
immediate operation. One of the articles provides for
the ratification within three months, and its adoption
as soon afterwards as possible ; but the interests of
commerco, and the great and still increasing import-
ance of the communication between the two States
rendered it expedient for a mutual agreement to be
entered into for carrying out at once the provisions
to facilitate the frequent intercourse between the two
countries. It is generally known that when the re-
gular mails were established by steamers between
Liverpool and New York by the British Government,
a uniform rate of postage on-letters, amounting-
to Is. a letter, was charged by our Post-office, and
payable in advance, the Americans not having then
any steamers on the station. Finding the corre-
spondence, as well as passengers, by the English
steamers constantly on the increase, the Americans
commenced the establishment of a steam-packet
station on their own account; and as they could not,
from the inadequacy of the accommodation which
as yet they have been able to supply, have been fairly
admitted to an equal participation in the receipts from
the sea postage of letters, they placed an additional
rate of postage on letters arriving from England in
America, an example which we were obliged to fol-
low by charging an additional rate upon letters ar-
riving by American ships. The much greater ex-
pense was incurred by us, and the much larger
accommodation furnished ; and it could not have been
expected that we should, therefore, give to others an
equal participation in the profits arising from our
capital, expenditure, and punctuality. The system
of double charges, however, has operated most in-
juriously, and it is to correct the evils thus produced
that the convention of the 16th December, 1848, has
been agreed upon. The immediate effect of this treaty
will be to reduce the postage rate from any part of
Great Britain to any part of the United States of
America to ls. for each single letter instead of 2s.—to
which charge every letter was at least subject by the
late practice. The ls. rate to which each single
letter is to be subjected is to be made up in the
following manner :—ljd. for the inland rate of letters
leaving the United Kingdom, 81 for the sea rate,
and 2id. (five cents) for the delivery in any part of
the United States. The same with letters coming
from any part of the United States-2id. for inland
rate, Bd. for sea rate, and lid. for delivery in any
part of Great Britain. The inland rate for letters
from one part of the United States to another is five
cents within a certain area, and ten cents for any
greater distance. The lower rate has been fixed
upon as a fair proportion, considering the greater
average distances to be set off against our lid. inland
rate. By the old practice, as the Americans im-
posed ls. on every letter leaving or arriving in the
States, we were obliged to insist upon prepayment
of alt-letters leaving Great Britain for America, as
well as ls. on every letter received thence. By the
new convention letters may or may not be prepaid.
The Post-office departments of the two countries
will keep accounts with each other, and will pay at
stated times the several rates to which each will be
respectively entitled. The inland rates will be paid,
according to the proportion we have stated, on all let-
ters leaving or arriving at either country. The sea
rate of Bd. per letter will be paid to the credit of the
country by whose ships the letter happens to be con-
veyed. This latter arrangement is perfectly fair, an-t
puts an end to all disputes, for each country will be
paid according to the accommodation afforded. The
Post-office authorities on both sides will, of course,

issue the usual notices that they will send letters by
their own ships, unless otherwise required by the
writers. The main result of the new convention,
therefore, will be to substitute in effect a charge of
Is. in the whole for each letter, for which now at least

2s. is paid. It will also be a convenience to the public
to have the option of prepaying their letter, or not,
as they may choose. A more liberal arrangement
still is provided for newspapers, which will be for-
warded to or from any place or places in the United
Kingdom or the United States for ld. eapb, without
any restriction as to the choice of conveyance ; the
rate to be payable to the country from which the
newspaper is sent, and no accounts to be kept
respecting them between the two Post-office de-
partments. A somewhat similar provision is made
respecting other periodicals, which are to
be charged at the rate altogether of 2d.
for everything under an ounce ; 61. for over one
ounce and under two ounces ; Bd. for over two ounces
and under three ; and 2d. for every ounce over. There
is also a most important provision for the transit of
closed mails through the territories of either country
by the other. It is provided that the closed mails of
the United Kingdom shall pass through the United
States in charge of an officer of the United King-
dom to any part of the British dominions or posses-
sions,'or to any foreign country ; and, that in like man-
ner, the closed mails of the United States shall pass
in harge of an officer of the United States through
any part of the British dominions or possessions in
North America, or to any foreign country. The
only exception to this latter provision is in the case
of France, in consequence of our convention with
that country of the SLI of April, 1843, to the provi-
sions of which we have no right to introduce the
affairs of another country. Both Great Britain and
America bind themselves, however, to use their best
offices to induce France to extend the provisions of
that convention. Each party undertakes to forward
the letters received from the other to their destina-
tion in other countries, subject to the expenses thereof,
and the rates imposed by the country to which they
are destined. An immunity of six weeks, in case of
war, is granted to vessels employed in the mail ser-
vice between the two countries. The convention is

necessarily made for an indefinite term, but not to be
ended without a year's notice on either side.—
Observer.

MARYLERONE VESTRY.—At-a vary fully attended
meeting of the Marylebone Vestry on Saturday last,
Mr. Flood brought up and read the minute for confirm-
ing the contracts to be entered 'into with the Imperial
and Chartered Gas Companits. Mr. J. Bell objected
to the confirmation of the minute, because it appeared
to him that the Imperial Gas Company were not con-
tent with the clause in the present contract, giving them
power to refuse to enter into a contract for another
three years in the event of the mains of another com-
pany being permitted to be laid down, but had given
notice of their intention to have a clause in the con•
tract, givirg them (the Imperial Company) power to
refuse to light the parish the moment the mains of
any other company were laid down.—Mr. li. C.
Wilson explained that the proposed alteration in the
contract by the Imperial Company did not apply
to the contract for the ensuing three years, but was
a sort of three years' notice that if the vestry allowed
the mains of another company to be laid down and
to compete with them, they could not enter into another
contract on the same terms. This, he thought, an
honourable, straightforward, and business-like course on
the part of the Gas Company. Some little discussion
ensued on this point, but ultimately Mr. Belt's motion
was negatived, and the confirmation of the contract car-
ried almost unanimously. Sir P. Laurie then reported
that at the quarterly general court of the magistrates of
Middlesex, on Thursday last, there were thirty-six
magistrates present in all, and out of that number only
two voted for the proposal of Mr. Botch and Mr. Arm-
strong to do away with the treadwheel at the House of
Correction, these two being the mover and seconder.
He expressed his gratification at the defeat of the pro.
posal, for, had it been carried, it would, only
have been
the commencement of the institution of workshops,
the execution of other alterations in the House of and
Cor-
rection at an enormous expense to the ratepayers.
Thanks were voted to the magistrates who opposed the
proposal in question, and the vestry separated.
MR. HUDSON, M.P.—A circumstance has come to
our knowledge this week which affords evidence, were
any required, of the high estimate in which the Hon.
Member is held by the public. The splendid portrait of
Mr. Hudson, by Grant, has been recently engraved and
published. So unprecedentedly great has been the de-
mand for the proof impressions that but few copies re-
main in the hands of the publishers, who have in con-
sequence made a considerable addition to the price of
the unsold copies.—Yorhshire Gazette.

Viscount Canning has not sustained any ill effects
from the accident his Lordship met with at Cowes at the
close of the last week.