The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-30 00:00:00

INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.—MEETING AT MANCIDIIP
TER. —A meeting took place in the Mayor's Par,our,
Town-hall, M leche3ter, on Friday, in which Mr. James
Watts, the mayor, brott;ht before the leading citizens
the sufferings in Franca caused by the late inundations.
A committee was appointed to procure subscription!.
A meeting for the same purpose was also held at Bo;
mingham yesterday. A committee was appointed, and
the subscriptions received on the spot amounted to 400/.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS 114
THE CIVIL SERVICE. —Gel:lpm! Post-office : A wane/
has been caused in the Railway Department of the gall'
office by the death of Mr. Thomas Robert James, second
class clerk. Legal Department : Tne Recordershiproi,
Wells has been rendtred vacant by the death of 161.'
I IVillmore, Q.C. Prisons Department : Captain Gaul"
bier, governor of the Milloank Prison, has been er
pointed a director of convict prisons ; Capt. BramleY,
deputy-governor of Millbank, has been appointed gofer'
nor of that prison. A vacancy has been created in !b•
office of deputy-governor of Millbank, by the promotion
of Captain Bramiey. Customs : A clerkship in the ltd.
ceiver-General's Office is vacant. Salary SOL per annum'
An established weigbership is vacant, vice Crews,
promoted to a lockership. The office of clerk fa
the port of Galway is vacant. Mr. William Brandford
Court has been promoted from searcher, la,udingvveiter'
&c., at Poole, to be landingwaiter at Manchester'
Coast Guard : Mr. G. T. S Winthrop has been ar
pointed a chief officer. Mr. John Markett has been re-
moved from Bexhill to Pembroke Dock, vice Live,
previously removed. M. John B. Hockley has been
removed from Lowestoft to command the Stean;fora
district, vice J. Coleman, previously removed. Mr'
Wm. Byferd has been removed from Brixham to Bres.
hill, vice Lieutenant Markett. Mr. G. B Beatson hag
been removed from Cairn Ryan to Bitts De, p, inst.?"
of South Yarmouth, as previously announced. Au'
James Barrett has been removed from BallygearY to
Carnsore, county Wexford, Ireland, Mr. Charles
Watson has been appointed clerk of the peace for
wickshire, in the room of his father, resigned.—C"'"
Service Gazette.
ADVEIVIDitiId&NT.] Stony AND HEARING. SPECTACLES/
PIIWER7I3I TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVS
GLASSES.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Alhe'
marle-street, Piccadilly, Ooseeve—opposite the York Bete,'
13y ker Majesty's Ro3 al Letters Patent for valuable Or,
extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and
brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per;
spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects views"
through them—of great importance to the army, nevi*
and others. These telescopes possess such extraordiniul
powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra efe•
piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's riags
and the double stars; with the same telescope can De
seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant.
and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger 51014
sizes, with increasing lowers accordingly ; while their varr
ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than tac
above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, Stc.—The Royal
Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very fell„
powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by Wm!'"
a person can be seen and known lj miles distant; they answer
every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses,country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at Bto 10
They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to
sportsmen, g.entlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera!
race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful
power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses or the great
est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived
from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired 41
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons arc
enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occue
pation- can see with these lenses of a much less magnify'
Mg power—and they do not require the frequent changes
to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistailes.
Deafness—NoNs Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, en ex.
traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for
deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpa' "J.
thing of the kind that Las been, or probably ever :an qe•
produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not Pc!....
ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at ehruwa
and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing
noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the
assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albeniarle."
street. Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the Yolk Baal.

BIRTHS.
OP IL POl.

On the 27th inst., at 20, Warwick-crescent, Harr°W
road, the wife of Wm. Gribble, Esq.
On the 28th inst., at Elm Field, Upper Clapton, the
wife of Mr. Joseph Savory.

011' A DAUGHTER.
On the 28th inst , at Walthamstow, the wife of Charles
R. Vines, Esq.
On the 26th inst., at 9, Mansfield-sheet, the wife of C.
M. Lushingtcn, Esq.

MARRIED.

On the 2111 inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington,
Mr. Wm. Aitou Mann, son of Mr. John Mann of Ken"
sington Palace, to Laura Emily, daughter of Mr. J. R. S.
Cox, of Millman's row, Chelsea.
On the 25th inst., at the Catholic Chapel, Holine, of
Spalding Moor, Sir James George Fitzgerald, Bart., of
Castle Ishen, co. Cork, to Blanche Mary, daughter of the
lion. Philip and Mrs. Stourton, of Holme Hall, York-
shire.
DIED

On the 2lth inst., John Brown, Esq., of Oakland Lodge,
Streatham-hill, and late of 40, Lombard-street, aged 65.
On the 28th inst., at 1, Kilburn Priory, Kilburn, Thol.
Diekin!, Esq., aged 75.

! On the 27th inst., at 1, Earle-street, Sloane-square,
Chelsea. Mr. Francis White, age- t 75.
.On the sth inst., at Ellesmere Lodge, Cheltenham,
John Wilson, Esq., late of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at*
law, aged 65.
On the 24th inst.' at Alderton Rectory, Suffolk, the
itty• W. A. Norton, M.A., Rector of Alderton and BYlge,
aged 61
On the 18th inst., at Kirouchtree, Lady Heron Maxwell.
of Heron, aged 80.
On the 20:h just , at Garden, Stillingsbire, James Stir-
ling, EVI., of Garden, aged 84.
On the 25th inst., at 52, Zdyddleton-square,Peatonville,
Mr. J. H Waple, aged 68.
On toe 25th inst., at Guildford, T. Ruabridger, Esq',
late of Bognor, Sussex, aged 60.

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Etran, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Lu the coeutr 0
Middlesex, Monday, June 30, We.,