The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-28 00:00:00

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Your obliged and obedientDAVlD
servant,
SALOMONS.
Great Cumberland-place, Hyde-Park, June 21.

[PRICE SD.

EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK
COMPANY.
The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Com-
pany hereby give notice, that a HALF-YEARLY COURT or GE-
NERAL MEETING of the said Company will be held, pursuant to
the Directions or the Act Ist and 2d Wm. IV., cap. 52, at Vie Dock
House, No. 8, Blither-square, on FRIDAY, the 11th July next, for the
purpose of choosing and appointing Eight Directors in the room of
those going out of office by rotation, at winch Sleeting a Dividend
will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company fir the Half-
year ending the 31st instant.
By order of the Court,
GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary.
East and West India Dock House, 8, Billiter.square,
June 27, 1851.
N.B. The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely.

COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON, Loth-
bury, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
The Directors hereby give notice, that the ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Banking-
house of the Company, in Lothbury, on TUESDAY, the 22d day of
July next, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving the
Report of the Directors, declaring a Dividend, and transacting other
business connected with the general interests of the Bank.
Also for Electing Four Directors in the room of Charles Dickson Ar-
chibald, Thomas Berne wall, Jonathan Hop iinson, and Edward Ox-
enford, Esquires, who retire according to the provisions of the Deed
of settlement ; but being eligible for re-election, offer themselves as
Candidates accordingly.
The Transfer Books will be CLOSED on the 14th of July, and
RE-OPENED on the 6th of August following.
By order of the Board,
A. R. CUTBILL, Manager.
Dated June 28, 1851,

THE ALLEGED LUNATIC'S FRIEND
SOCIETY.
Founded 1845.
Supported by Voluntary Contributicns:
• Offices of the Society 44, Craven-street, Strand, London.
This Society is formed for the protection of the British subject
from unjust confinement, on the grounds of mental derangement,
and for the redress of persons so confined ; r...tcuon of
all persons confined as lunatic patient:. sum cruel and improper
treatment. Subscriptions and donationii may be paid into the Lon-
don Joint-Stock Bank, 69; Pall-mall : and at tie Offices.
The GENERAL XIEETIIf,G of the Society will be held in Cra-
ven-street, at Two o'clock, on, iSiONDAY, the 30th instant.

FOR PORT LYTTELTON, Canterbury Seel
Clement, Otago, and Wellington, New Zealand.
The flrst.class passenger Ship SIR GEORGE POLLOCK, 630 tons
register, lying in the East India Docks, chartered and provisioned by
the Canterbury Association, to sail on Tuesday, the 15th July.
Rates of Passage :—Chief Cabin (a whole cabin between decks),
421. ; Second Cabin, 22/. ; Steerage, 161.
For terms of freight, passage, or further information, apply to
Joseph Stayner, 110, Fenchurch-street ; Filby and Co., 157, Fen-
church-street; or to Frederick Young, Manager of Shipping, Office
of the Canterbury Association, 74, Cornhill.

FOR PORT LYTTELTON, Canterbury Set-
tlement, Nelson, and New Plymouth, New Zealand.
The first-class passenger Ship CORNWALL, 580 tons register.
lying in the East India Docks, chartered and provisioned by the Can-
terbury Association, to sail on Tuesday, the 12th August.
Rates of Passage :—Chief Cabin (a whole cabin between decks),
42/. ; Second Cabin, 22/. ; Steerage, 161.
For freight, passange, or further information apply to Filby and
Co., Is 7, lenchurch-street ; J. Stayner, 110, Fenchurch-street ; or
to Frederick Young, Manager of Shipping, Office of the Canterbury
Association, 74, Cornhill.

LEEDS & THIRSK RAILWAY COMPANY.
LOANS ON DEBENTURE.
Tnis Company is at present open to receive OFFERS of MONEY,
on Loan at Five per Cent.: for periods short. As the amount re-
quired is limited, an;early application is requested.
By order,
S. SMILES, Secretary.
Offices, 5, South Parade, Leeds.

EASTE AMRNBRIDGE CO
EF RESUNTIENT ROOM S RAILWAY.
C RHMES.

The Directors are prepared to receive Tenders for renting these
Rooms from 29th September next.
Tenders, endorsed •' Tenders for Refreshment Rooms," to be for-
warded to the undersigned nob later than Thursday, the 10th July
proximo.

By order.
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

Bishopsgate Station, 27th June, 1651.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
LAKES OF CUMBERLAND.
Tickets, available for Seven Days, by the Ordinary Trains to Win-
dermere, will be issued at the following fares, en and after the 30th
instant.
Null particulars may be had on inquiry
London to Windermere I First Class. I 1 Second Class.
and Back, 3/. 3s. Od. 2/. ss. Od.

By order,

MARK HUISII.

General Manager's Office, Euston Station,

Sane 25, 1851.

LONDON and NORTH - WESTERN and
CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAYS.
The celebrated Britannia Tubular and Suspension Bridges over the
Menai Straits and North Wales, the Island of Anglesey, and
Holyhead. . _ .

Weekly Tickets at Reduced Rates.
Arrangements having been made to afford parties an opportunity
of visiting the above interesting objects and the magnificent scenery
of North Wales, Tickets will be issued at the Euston Station, avail-
able for One Week from the date of issue, by any train, according to
class, allowing the holder to stop at Chester, or any station on the
Chester and Holyhead Railway, but not to travel twice over the same
portion of the railway in one direction.
FARES.
Express or Mail Train ........ £3 10 0
First-class Ordinary Trains .... 2 10 0
Second-class Ordinary Trains .. 2 0 0
By order,
MARK lIUISH,
London and North-Western Railway.
J. 0. BINGE!?'
Chester and Holyhead Railway.
General Manager's-office, Euston Station,
June, 1851.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
COALS FROM YORKSHIRE.

Loaded
into
Carts or
Barges.

Delivered
within five
miles of the
Station.

FIRST QUALITY HOUSE COALS.

Field Cooper, and Faulds....
Newton, Chambers, and Co.. Silkstone
Collieries.
Charlesworth and Co. • . • ...

Per Ton.
14s. 6d.

Per Ton.
17s. 0,1.

SECOND QUALITY HOUSE COALS.

Lord Fitzwilliam's Elsecar Collieries.......

13s. 6d.

10. Od.

STEAM or FURNACE COALS, d 0..........„

13s. 6d.

16s. Od.

BAKERS' COALS

West Riding Hartley Colliery • • • •

14s. 3d.1

16s. 9d.

Cash to be paid on giving the order, or on delivery.
Beyond five miles from this station. 6d. ue r ton per mile extra.
The only Coal Office of the Great Northern Railway is within this
station, and care should be taken to add.rf.ss orders to the under-
signed by name.

Coal Offices,
King's-cross Station,
London, June 'l7, 1851.

COLES CHILD.
Solo London Agent fur the Sale
of Coals consigned to the
King's-cross Station.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
Contracts for CLOTHING, and HATS, and CAPS, for One
Year, or longer, as may be agreed upon.
The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive Tenders for
the Su2ply of Clothing, and Hats, and Caps, for—
INSPECTORS OF STATIONS,
TICKET COLLECTORS,
GUAR I tS,
POLICEMEN,
PORTERS,
ENGINE-DRIVERS, and
FIREMEN.
Parties disposed to render can see Paitterns, and obtain printed
Forms of Tender (on which only Tenders will be received) at the
Office of the Inspector of Police in this Ste Don, after this date.
Tenders sealed up, marked " Tender for Clothing," and addressed
to the Secretary, must be lodged at this 0 Dice before Twelve o'clock
at Noon, on Tuesday, the Bth day of July )aext, when parties tender-
ing must be in attendance.
N.B. The Directors do not bind theme elves to accept the lowest
tender. By order,
J. R. AIOWATT, Secretary.
Secretary's Office, King's.cross Station,
London, June 26, 1851.

CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COTENTRT-STREET, LErcEsTEB.SQUARE, LONDON.
The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head
Office, at One o'clock precisely. The foil owing is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication :
During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England.
and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2001.—making
together 7001., which have been paid. T-his is far below the expected
mortality, and is especially favourable, w hen it is remembered how
severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last
year.
The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1549, and
the 31st of May, 1850, was more than do able the number issued in
the twelve months preceding.
Proposals were made for 138 Policies; a mounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.:
of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s.
Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6; 9481., upon which 3201. 3s.
Was received by the Company in the sha,pe of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last,
:assurances were effected to the eaten.: of 110,9721. 123_ 6d.., pro-
..ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 1 Is.. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed,
amounting to 23,9901. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were
."7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to
: 2,9911. 159. 1 Id.
Since last meeting loans were applied 'or to the extent of 17,7001.,
but 1,1831. I ls. 10d. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
I last four months they had considerably extended their business on
1 the Continent, having appointed, as Head. Agent in France, Monsieur
de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing' in Paris, distinguished for
1 his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
• who. under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris,
' the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and IV ionseigneur Parisis, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con-
vaiderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An-
' unities both Immediate and Deferred.
After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairmal a, Bishop Morris, the Vice-
Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medi, :al Officers of the establish-
ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results
and future prospects.

JUVENILE CLOTHING.
MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS.
Youth, perhaps, never feels more joyous: than when it contemplates
the half-yearly vacation, unless it be wh en lookh:g forward during
the holidays to new clothes. But how nii tell would the delight be en-
hanced, if, instead of the ceremony of me, inuring by the family tailor,
and hearing his recommendation of this, that, and the other fashion
or cut, the parents would take them whet •0 they would see every pre-
vailing style adapted for all ages, and ail them to chose for them-
selves--not that they need be left altoget hor to select without advice,
but their natural guardians would be initial tely better satis bed if they
saw every description of appropriate dregs made up in the first style
of elegance, instead of being obliged to take a suit when brought
home, made according to the single idea. of one man, for nine times
out of ten, if it by a lucky chance happens to fit, it does not altoge-
ther please. Now it is desirable that 4 rvery child at home for his
holidays, and every parent should know', that Messrs. E. MOSES
and SON, whose unrivalled Establishments in Aldgate and the Mi-
nories, and New Oxford-street (corner of Hart-street). are, from
their splendour of decoration, exhibitionp in themselves, have, in an-
ticipation of the Midsummer Holidays, provided one of the most ex-
tensive and elegant STOCKS of CLOTHING for YOUTH that was
ever got together, combining the newest fashions and the most ele-
gant designs, the best material that can be made, and the most ex-
quisite workmanship. Besides this, hundreds of the best workmen
in the trade are on the premises, ready to make to measure, if pre-
ferred, any quantity of garments to the patterns chosen, and nothing
could be a greater treat to young people than a walk through the
, Monarch Mart. To the parents it must be interesting to know that
they will be able to clothe two lads for tho price usually charged by
ordinary tailors for one.
E. MOSES and SON,
London City Establis4ment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Dfinories, 83,
4, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
ta 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street,
Sheffield Brinch, 36, Fargate.
Talon, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boet and Shoe-
s& kers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
e Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to gaunt sa.
ar, say. when hagineas restunod till Twelyo o'clock.

COURT. CIRCULAR..
Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday ia
arden of Buckingham Palace.
Royal -Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colo-
euverie, was present at a field day of troops in
•park yesterday morning.
3 Majesty the King of the Belgians, accompanied
by the Dake do Brabant, the Count de Flandres, and the
Princess Charlotte of Be!giuna, end attended by Colonel
de Moerkerke and Count . Albert de Briey, visited the
Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, yes-
terday morning.
The Queen had a musical performance yesterday
morning at twelve o'clock at Buckingham Palace, on the
mechanical musical inetruments lately brought from
Dresden by Herr Kauffmann, viz,, the orchestrion, the
harmonichord, the chordaulodion, the symphonic; and
the automaton trumpeter. There were present at the
performance her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the
Princess Royal, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and
Louisa, and also his Majesty the King of the Belgians
with the Princess Charlotte of Belgium.
The following were the pieces performed:—
Chorus, from Judas Maccabeus (Orches-
trion) ••• •••
•..• Handel.
Cavatina, on the HarmonichoreC. ▪ Haydn.
Thema and Variations (Roberto it Dia-
veto) Chordaulodion and Symphonion Meyerbeer.
Solo. Automaton Trumpeter
Canto Religioso from 11 Renegato. (Rare
monichord and Symphonion) mortacelei.
Finale, from 'bemire and Azor. (Orches-
trion)
• Spoke.
Priere on the Harmonichord Liekl.
Wedding March, from Midsummer
Night's Dream (Orchestrion)... ••• Mendelsohn.
Fantasia upon :English Melodies.
Harmonichord, Chordaulodion, Sym-
phion, Orchestrion, and Automaton
Trumpeter Kauffmann.
Herr Kauffmann and his son and daughter attended to
display and perform on the instruments.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester-
day afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for pro-
moting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the re-build-
ing the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness
arrived at three o'clock at the Palace of Westminster,
attended by Colonel Bouverie.
The Commissioners present were, the Duke of New-
castle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Colborne, Viscount
Mahon, Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Sir Robert H.
Inglis, Mr. B. Hawes, and Mr. Hallam. The secretary
Sir Charles L. Eastlake, and Mr. Aubrey Bezei were in
attendance.
The meeting broke up at a qu—arierrbilfereAve o'clock.
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Commissioners, after-
wards inspected the cloisters, the new House of Com-
mons, and other parts of the building. His Royal
Highness, attended by Colonel Bouvetie, took his depar-
ture at half-past five o'clock.
The Countess de Neuilly and the Duchess d'Orleans
visited the King of the Belgians
ham Palace. yesterday, a Bucking-
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by
Mr. Birch, visited the Exhibition of the Works of In-
dustry of all Nations yesterday morning.
The Duke de Brabant and the Count de Flandres, at-
tended by Colonel Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Colonel de
Moerkerke, and Count Albert de Briey, visited the new
Palace at Westminster yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included his Majesty the
King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke de Brabant, his
Royal Higheets the Count de Flandres, his Royal
Highness the Duke de Nemours, his Serene Highness
the Prince of Leiningen, the Duchess of Sutherland and
Lady Constance Leveson Gower, the Duke and Duchess
of Norfolk, his Excellency- M. Van de Weyer, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Marquis of
Abercorn, Lady Augusta Bruce, Bareness de Speth, the
Earl and Countess of Fingal', the Earl and Countess of
Hardwicke, Lord and Lady Stanley, the Right Hon. Sir
George and Lady Grey, Colonel do Moerkerke, Count
Albert do Briey, and Sir Robert Carswell.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during
dinner, and performed the following pieces:—
Overture, " Il Prisone d'Edinburgo" Carafa.
Aria, " Avec Chccur des Dames" (Hugue-
nots) ... Meyerbeer.
Waltz, " Die Mozartisten"
Duo (2d Act Huguenots)
Polka, " Soldaten" Stasny.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, and Sir
George Couper, visited the Exhibition of the Works of
Industry of all Nations yesterday. •
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign-
office, Downinee-areet. The Ministers present were
Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey,
Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the
Right Hon. Henry Labeuchere, the Earl of Carlisle,
and tha Marquis of Clanricarde. The Council sat two
hours.

Mr. Tancred, M.P., and Lord Saye and Sele, High
Steward of Banbury, had an interview yesterday with
Sir George Grey, at the Home-office, to present a memo-
rial from the Mayor and Town Council of the borough
of Ihnhury, praying for an exten4m of the municipal
boundaries of that borough.
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Westminster-bridge Commission met yesterday
at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods
and Forests, Whitehall-place. Present, Lord Seymour,
the Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Sudeley, Alderman Hum-
phery, Sir R. Inglis, and the Right Hon. C. Tennyson
d'Eyncourt.
Mr. Arnott had an interview with Sir G. Grey yes-
terday.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office, to the Governor of the Canadas, and the Gover-
nors of the other North American colonies.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday at the Council-office. The Lords present were,
the Lord Chief Baron, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir
Edward Ryan. An appeal from the Prerogative Court,
" Whyddon and Chase v. Billinghurst ' (part heard),
was concluded, and judgment given; and an appeal from
the Arches Court, " Herring v. Herring," was heard, and
judgment given.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Last evening II Prodigo was repeated with increased
effect. and loudly applauded throughout. As a gorgeous
and faithful picture of the manners and customs of a
people who formed a great epoch in the world's history,
this opera is extremely interesting. Independently of
the attractions of its simple and affecting story and pretty
characteristic music, there is a charm in the scenery,
dancing, grouping, costumes, and general mise en scene,
to which we may not easily find a parallel. .This is, of
course, mainly to be attributed to the peculiar nature of
the subject, which lends itself more readity to grand
scenic display than almost any other with whith we
are acquainted throughout the whole range of the oper-
ratic repertoire. A rich warm glow of oriental splendour
pervades the whole; and so perfect is the representa-
tion of bye-gone scenes and ceremonies, that the mir,d
is in3ensibly carried back through thousands of years
to contemplate, "in their habits as they lived," tho
worshippers of " Isis and Osiris," surrounded by all the
fantastic symbols of their religion.

We assist at their mystic and voluptuous rites; we
gaze upon the effulgent glories of the gay city of mem -
phis, the world,famous fertilising Nile is at our feet,
and the massive columns of the temple of Isis above
our head. The most magnificent processions pass be-
fore our oyes; troops of lovely dancing
girls, habited
in brilliant and beautiful costumes, mingle
iu the scene,
with giddy glee and fascinating gestures; hieraphants,
whose flowing robes are decorated with sparkling gems;
richly caparisoned horses carry warriors in quaint but
splendid uniforms; Nubian slaves, the Egyptian poP4-
lace, including various
grades, all aro present to vary
and complete the gorgeous pictut c.
The scenes in which these grand displays take place
are those forming the second and third acts ; in both of
these the very perfection of scenic art is at wined.
A happy contrast to all this is afforded by the patri-
archal simplicity and Pastoral peacefulness of Reuben's
tints in the Valley of Gessen. Here, too, the scenery is
beautiful, though of a widely different character, and
the cesturaes equally appropriate.
With respect to the performances of the various artists
who appear in this opera, we have already expressed at
some length our opinion. It would be difficult, indeed,
t 3 find worthier roprosentatives. of Azael, Jeftele, and
Nate than Gardoni, Sontag, and Ugalde; and the lieu.
bra of -filagsol we have already pronounced to be perfect.
is, nevertheless, one of the most
Lia, the chief danc,:r of the Temple, although she has
spew, is,
m the piece; and the charming
be sufficiently praised for the ex • qui-
site grace and eloquence of gesture with which she por•
. lier dancing, though replete with the most
trays it.
notii Ttis :atriwintd seteohaarc e 1 y
refined and sculptural beauties, is not a whit inferior to
her acting, which is characterised throughout by perfect
intolligence and poetic suggestiveness.
Despite the great heat of the weather the house was
well attended, and the audience applauded most heroically.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Mr. Roney, the able
secretary of the
.above company,
retires from his posi-
tion, to pursue, we understand, a course of duties ex-
ceedingly promising and flattering to himself. Possessed
of great energy of character, of untiring perseverance,
considerable literary ability, and
with peculiar aptitude
for the management of intricate matters of business, he
will enter upon his new sphere of action with every pro-
spect of a zuccesJul career. His pr3valent kindness to
those officers in immediate connexion with him rendered
the performance of their duties a matter of pleasure, and
contributed not a little to the efficiency of the staff;
while his undeviating courtesy towards all those who
were brought into official communication with him, and
his acknowledged talents, have secured the friendship
of slme of the mist influential men in the railway world.
—Morning Herald.
THE PUNSTERS FATE.--HOW true it is that the
man who makes a pun will pick a pocket, may be ascer-
tained from the reports of last week's proceeding at the Old
Bailey. It will be found, from reference to those dismal
records, that a man has made a pun—that he has picked a
pocket—that he has been tried, and found guilty. The facts
arc these :—An infatuated wretch, of the name of Cotton,
stole a handkerchief; and, on being called upon for" ia
defence, he declared " he thought it was his own, because it
was a cotton one." Judge and jury felt at once how much
the atrocity of the pun added to the enormity of the ofence.
Who, after this, will dispute the soundness of the axiom,
that the man who can make a pun will pick a pocket? The
thing has been logically proved ; and henceforth, whenever
a punster i 3 known to be present in a large assembly, the cry
will be, as a matter of course, " Take care of your pockets !'
—Punch.