The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

TRE EAST INDIA HOUSE. Jule! 7, 1848.
COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA. COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a INDIA
GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY
b,e held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
'''4.lllle Instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of
Proprietors of East India stock, as expressed in the following
lo the Honourable the Chairman and Directors of the Honourable
;thp last India Company.
1 = KI
11LIN.
hat e, tee undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, request•
you will have the goodness to convene a General Court of Pro-
Prl°4r3 on the earliest day that may be convenient, for the purpose
vi,laYilig before them the following resolution
That adverting to the present depressed state of the Sugar
Trade, to the evidence by which it has been proved to a Committee
the Rouse of Commons that without a further term of preparation,
"I' Sugar growers of British India are not in a fit position to coin-
Pete with the slave-owners of the Brazils and Cuba, to the duty in-
eulnbent on Great Britain to give a fair trial, at least, to free labour
:4 ?posed to the inhuman system of slavery, and to the vast impor-
!in e to the manufacturers of this country, as well as to the Govern-
!heat and People of India that every encouragement should be given
to the increased exportation of raw produce from that coantry, both
ag affording returns to the British merchant, and as facilitating the
ormous remittances which are annually required from Indian pub-
a,nd private accounts; a petition be presented to Parliament,
4g that they will, in consideration of these circumstances, adopt
the recommendation of the Committee of the House of Commons
aforesaid L, imposing a differential duty of 10s. per cwt. in favour
or the pro eof British possessions for the
period of six years
*toed) " ABEL SMITH .'
• DAVID CHARLES GUTHRIE
• ALEXANDER GRANT
" WILLIAM ALERS HANKY
"EDWARD HENRY CHAPMAN
" S. DEACON
• JOHN A. ARBUTHNOT
" THOMAS SMITH
4' FREDERICK GREEN."
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary,

GUILDHALL, 6TH Jima, 1848.
.4-E COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S
lsA LANDS will MEET at GUILDIIALL 011 WEDNESDAY, the
b...uay of JUNE instant, at Ono o'clock precisely, to receive TEN-
...ttlit for LETTING on LEASE, for twenty-one years from Mid-
izt" next, a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-
kathfigg, and premises behind the same ; a House, No. 28, on the
of
of Broad-street-buildings ; a House, Dio. 6, on the north
1,17. ifB Crescent-place, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; and a House,
lettiag.:n the south side of Upper Thames-street ; and. also for
11, a lease, for 19 years (less three days) from Midsummer
e, a House, No. 6, on the north side of Providence-row, City-road ;
so Houses, Nos. 16, 17, and 18, on the south side of Chapel-
7, and on the east side of Windmill-street, near Finsbury-square.
at tirther
Particulars may be ebtained, and plans seen, by applying
e Oftico of Works, Guildhall.
THOS. SAUNDERS, Comptroller.

ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.
The Subscribers and Guardims are respectfully informed that
NUAL EXA.MINATION of the CHILDREN by the Rev.
Place C°°L A.M., her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, will take
, at the Asylum, OD. WEDNESDAY, the 14th instant at Ten
clock A.m.

JOHN BURNIE, Secretary.

Jane 8, 1848.

THE ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.
blncorporated for Supporting and Educating the Children of
. Sailors, and Marines, natives of Scotland, who have died or
parent shied_ in the service of their country, and of Indigent Scotch
resident in London, not entitled to Parochial Relief.
ri The THIRTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Om-
en swill,
, take place
June atl7 the Fr eemason's Tavern, Great Queen-street,
‘,stra.tr , , 1848.
`•itace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH and QUEENSBERRY, K.G.,
1(3%, President of the Institution, in the Chair.

, The STEWAIO3B. i
TC oit Noble the MarquiK.T.s ofJames Stewart Forbes. Esq.
ultlleY, T.
Arthur Anderson, Esq., M.P.
...Rim
%gilt Hon. the Earl of Cam- Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P. :
4/It James Walker, Esq.
-.lent. Drumlanrig Daniel Mitchell Davidson, Esq.
.s. :General Sir David Leighton, James Allen, Esq.
.B.
nei
wib.al4.Murray,
pilir Arch - .
_trolo. William Burn, Esq.
Bart. John Wilson, Esq.
._ H. Sykes. F.R.S. David Erskine Forbes, Esq. '
es d,°.ta. Peulett Orde, Bart. Thos. Wingate Henderson, Esq.
Colonel
J. Lament, R.N. Mark Boyd, Esq.
Caul Win. &lure, M.P. Hugh H. Lindsay, Esq.
4h 4"
Forbes, Esq. of Aslown John Boucher, Esq.
riltilldjo, Es-.,
q Of Penyshael, John Murray, Esq.
gieo.r...Bi • Andrew K. Hutchison, Esq.
Re Forbes E. Thomas M'Gregor, Esq.
Mid Edward sq
Antrobus, Esq. Robert Dick, Esq.
Tlet pl., Dinner en the Table at Six o'clock.
20 h d fth or the Directors '; a
the II
Penh ar of the Tavern o ; and of the Secretary,itewards; at the Institutioi, Co-
t
nen-fields, Islington.
JOHN BURNIE, Secretary.

LAST WEEK.
TAE 80,0001. GUINEA- CLUB Subscription.
The (Members' Share 4 One Guinea each.)
at INAL DISTRIBUTION will take place on JUNE the 19th,
Ex Hall.
wiTebeautiful Boyer Bible (the highest allotment of 3,100 Guineas)
ill
remain on view in its splendid Sculptured Cabinet until SATUR-
tT, the 17th instant, at MRS. PARKES', 22, Golden-square, where
"hares
(4. an a may be had, as well as at Mr. Surman's' 9, Exeter Rail, and
gents untll the Saturday evening.

WHITSITIC HOLIDAYS.
'rHE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET,
lOrnamental with the important additions of a spacious Theatre, &c.—One of the
interesting novelties is the Manufacture of Lace by im-
rrC:fai Machinery—All the Dissolving Views are changed : several
ate :.ew and arranged with Mechanical Movements for Dioramia
ef-
1.
, they are, together with the Microscope and new Chromattope,
4-flibited on the enlarged Disc most advantageously.—The Lectures
41,,,1)r- Ryan and Dr. Bachhoffner are selected for their proved popu-
‘,'Y.—Ruperiments on the Water with the Diver and Diving-bell.
odels, &c., described.—Numerous beautiful Specimens of Art-
4,;nifactures.—The Music is conducted by Dr. Wallis.
na`llea daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
""u„ 11Y) from Seven till Half-past Ten. 19.
+omission, la—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue,

-
ItOYAL ACADEMY of ARTS,
TRAYALGA-SQUARE.
The ETHIBITION of tho ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven) One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Sec.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY
REGENT'S PARK.
syhe attention of the Nobility and Gentry visiting the Gardens TO-
-41-,LORROW is most respectfully solicited to the Marquees and Tents
the Manufactory of BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-
*malt, Southwark.

CirRAVESEND Via BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Railway awl Boat included in one Payment.
Fares, to er from London.
Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONB SHILLING ;
"04 and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE.
To or from Illackwall or intermediate Piers,
Fore Cabin ••• • • ... 9d. Saloon ••• • .. Is.
NO other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.
x:rein The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7,8%
~ .• 9%, 11%, 1. 3,4,
I. Lad 7. gundays, at 7,8%, 11%, 1,3, 4,1, 6,6%, 7, and 8.
451:4°Tu the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 112%, 12,3% 1-,4, 1 , 2%,
m0d4.4 S and 7• Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 1%, , , , 6
'7. *
lah: TRAINS starting ono quarter of a' hear before each of these
t
sei:tuLnages marked * are run
Boat direct, the Packets not being per-
ovito stop at Piers or for s.
mimes from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London
evetrj, quarter of an hour. Six Months, 21. 15s. ;
Thr AT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41.40. ;
14: Months, 11. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the
litt4neth
Wharf
wick Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ;or of Mr. Saunders,
Blackwall.
",ugers' Luggage conveyed to and from the Packets and Rail-
Wayl.—,
lr.ort,eat the Brunswick-wharf, without any charge. The charge for
Two rqs at Fertchurch-street is One Penny fur small parcels, and
ntrnee for large parcels.
°Clee, Gravesend, May 20. 1848.

iI°WLANDS' MACASSAR OIL
Loot oj.t en with truth be averred, that ROWLAND. S' MAC
'44 th.l' hayyed an extent of patronage and public favour dnr-
ol fene"itest half century which is totally unexampled in the annal-
!ornati.t°,lB discovery. The extraordinary efficacy, and
.happy annals
.—owile,V of its purely exotic materials, have rendered it justly re •
i; throughout the world for its remarkable virtues in nourish-
its and beautifying the Human Hair. It insinuates
n its .",1111,te properties' into the pores of the head, nourishes the Hair
its gro;,;"''rYo state, cleanses it from scurf and dandruff, accelerates
4ealth th sustains it in maturity, and continues its possession of
lierim Y v i softness, and luxurious redundancy to the latest
Skti. of human life. In the growth of Whiskers, Eyebrows, and
dr .ehois, it is also unfailing in its stimulative operations. For Chil-
tlrui I, especially recommended, as forming the basis of a Beau-
ee, Head ot Hair, and rendering the use of the fine comb unite-
eery.
Leg Its
invaluable properties have obtained the especial Patronage of
Majesty the Queen, the Court, and the whole of the Royal Family
of ••= ki_reat Britain, and of every Court of the civilised world ; and the
4 r:n.,esteens In which it is universally held, together with numerous
sswnonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and
est proofs of its merits.
I.rric, 35.0 r Family Bottles (equal to four small) at
's• and double that size, 21s.
Caution —On the Wrapper of each Bottle of the Genuine Article
these
words, in Two lines,
" ROWLANDS'
3IACASSAR OIL."
'rite lams are engraved on the back of the Wrapper nearly 1,500
Yeses, containing 29,028 letters.
Sold by A. Rowland and Son, at 20, Hatton-garden, London; and
)17' Chemists and Perfumers.