The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-21 00:00:00

W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE. Actuary,

THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE
...You,„ • ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Is hereby given, that the TWENTY-THIRD HALF-
"L DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per cent., declared on the
o netaut, is payable to the shareholders, without deduction of
IllreeTe-tax, at the offices of the Company, No. 62, King William-
London-bridge, between the hours of Ten and Four.
By order of the Board,
Jan,.
"
...__arY 19, 1850. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary.

WiECHI'S CHESSMEN, in Ivory, Bone, and
sad ch Wood, 4, LEADENHALL-STREET, LONDON, the best
~,,enPest, Which may also be said of his Back-gammon, Draught,
Boards, Cribbage Boards, and Pegs, Cushioned Bagatelle
Vriti,s,' Pope Joan Boards, Work-boxes, Desks, Pocket-books,
Cutie:g and Envelope Cases, Dressing Cases, Tea Caddies, Table
and ~Y, Sheffield Plated Ware, Pen knives, Scissors, Clothes, Hair
kti,„‘tooth Brushes, Combs, Razors, Strops, &c. Quality of all
rafe - .

U kRRY'S HEALTH RESTORING-
coIi4u FOOD.
pretn Patton, indigestion, diarrhcea, nausea, and sickness (durlnF
itealncY and under all circumstances, on land and at sea), acidity,
•bitiou'Urn, flatulency, distension, hemorrhoidal affections, nervous,
Of the and liver complaints, palpitation of the heart, derangement
idneys and bladder, asthma, dropsy, scrofula, consumption,
Y. Paralysis, depression of spirits, &c., effectually and perma-
renloved by DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABIC k
ttir;-_u_ without inconvenience, medicine, or expense, as it saves fifty
!!.8 Tattle ill other more costly remedies.
>tadtl 41-J'trrY and Co., 127, New Bond-street. In canisters at 2s. 9d.
s. 6d.; 4 lb. at Ils. ; 10 lb. at 225. ; super-refined quality, 8 lb.,
lb., 225. ; 8 lb. and 10 lb. canisters forwarded by I)u Barry
or r4:*, on receipt of Poqt-office orders, carriage free, to any town
"way station connected by rail with London.
Testimonials of the highest respectability sent gratis.
a o:J.—Let no one be imposed upon by spurious compounds, under
itnitation of name.

THE POET'S PROPHECY.

I do not want to imitate old Moore,
!Vho often tried the future to explore.
'never handle matters of chronology
BY
means of signs connected with astrology.
Far
more I know of waistcoats, coats, and breeches,
4‘nan fortune-tellers, almanacks, and witches.
Yet, notwithstanding this, my humble muse •
!s half-inclined to tread in Murphy's shoes,
telling you the reasons she has got
For thinking winter will be hard or not.
Judgin
Iti,sayginfg•rzm,
ter signs, I do not
ar think I'm wrong
in will be hd and long.
• I:ancy that the snowdrop's slender leaf
~?"ows certain signs that winter won't ben'
fhe crocus and the hyacinth as well
The self-same story of the winter tell ;
And there is something in the robin's note
Which indicate's that warmth Is far remote.
• If You think I'm right in such
warning take, and look to winter dress.
If and Son's warm coats you must regard,
winter's season's to be long and hard.
° opportunity have Moses' lost
"`,„n waking preparation for the frost.
nAlle trading bard's prediction, kindly meant,
lead to Moses' famed establish ~ent,
nere winter dress for moderate price is sold,
Adapted to the bard's predicted cold.
• (SAT OF PRICES.
HEADY MADE.
Alt°Dm and Winter. Over Coats, in every
•X 0 8 6
LlBlliwer,han•dso•m•ely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0
Paletot, 0 18 0
Chesteraeid 1 '0 0
The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome. style
. of Dvtrg
Coat
Autshootin Coats •• ••• •••
o°l
845
6
uit6
aging or Morning Coats .. • • • • •• • • • • • 4 6
tams and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. • • 0
ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6
•
7)140 -
Tests
...............0 2 6
Black Silk Velvet Vests .... 0 13 6
Dress coat,
. 0
17 0
'rock Ditto ••• ••
••
••
••
• ******
• ••
0 19 0
••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••
1..°
fr4ths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style,
_om 0 7 0
143'8' Anta
.......... ••••••••••
11188ar and Tunic Suits .................. 0 14 6
nnt and Winter Vests ••
• •• • • • • • • 0 0 8
MewS MADE TO MEASURE.
Autumn and Winter Over Coats••*0111 1 1
terTiLesutneed ...
Chesterfield
ra!!!. r, in a warm ma-
... • • • • • 1 8 71 0
e 4 Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0
Ik
Over Eglin n
to Wrapper, a very elegant• style of
Coat •
••••••••••••••••••
•
•••••
The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest 2 0
style, lined throughout
Aittntnn and Winter Trowsers in Tweed and
Doeskin
•
11 Black Cassimere ditto •• • • • • • • I
44,tht1111 and Winter Vests ...... 0
est Black Cloth ditto .................... 0 13
Black Silk Velvet ditto .................... 0 18
.• Dress Coats•• .• .• •• • . •• from 325. to 2 15 0
5,," Frock ......... ..... • • from. 355. to 3 3 0
...nasar and Tani S 'ts • • • • from 1 6 0
SuPerfhte
. 1 15 0
Atdhootlag Coat • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. 0 15 0
egant Dressing Robes, in great variety,
It frollo
..... •. ..16s. to 5 0 0
hatededal, containing an Almanac) for the year 1850, wll be pre-
T __every customer.
-mils Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201.
siliaval and Military Eniforms, Liveries, &c.
-ulrullstt to any extent at Five Minutes' notice.
s. The e, Bait of Mourning complete for 11. 10s.
LareAtion7sew. book, entitled •• The Minion of the Million," with hill
wnrd seitin
ed, n„, eaaarement, can be had en application, or for-
te,stlee::•'ree, to any part of the kingdom.
INtr Department is new replete with every novelty
observhc seagoit.
11"14112 e—aalY article purchased, either ready made, or made to
if Rot aPproved of will be exchanged or the money returned.
44k "Us and tt
Ist era, p,rri ex, Tad' ors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, a ere,
t ifig aro. Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
ic•Zor,;ll4-118 157 Minories and 82, 84, S 5, and 86 Alggate, City,
bilaittueftnizalniegtlllB With each other, forming one vast
;°ltltioa4*
4Ctting h. • Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
ilsaluseul:l°Bltion ; but 11. heard that the untradesmanake
ates of hi having
,1111.--72 reso'.O Rotennred with them, or "It is the same concern,"
Itt or to statedthat many instances, and for obvious
hreasons,e.
2ht of
exthey have no connexion with any other hones
,371!•310,eraeit _ ,except their Branch Establishments, 36, !ar-
m 1_ those f•ua 18, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire;
" or toad ~,eequlre cheap and genuine clothing, &e., should call
.11.ruchwitlt_kb_?dinories and itldgato, City, London ; or either of
to 12!!_•• NOtice:tiaishnienta. as above.
maim kutrur Eatabliahment is closed from sunset Friday,
• When baeiu".lB resumed till twelve o'clock.

FIRE IN THE TEMPLE CHUROH.—Yesterday morn-
ing, about halt-past seven o'clock, the man employed in
lighting the furnace by which the Inner Temple Church
is warmed, having performed his office, ascended into
the choristers' room, which is over the furnace. He bad
not been in the room many minutes before he was
alarmed by the report of an explosion immediately be-
neath him; on re-entering the furnace-room to ascertain
the cause of the noise, he found the place in flames,
which he made an ineffectual effort to extinguish by
pouring several pails of water over them. He was
nearly suffocated by the smoke, and was removed in a
'state of insensibility by some persons who fortunately
came to the spot. The alarm being given, and messen-
gers dispatched to the fire-offiees, 'aid was speedily
procured. The engine hose was carried round the
church from Fleet-street, and the flames after some
difficulty extinguished. A great part of the flooring of
the choristers' room was, however, burnt, but fortu-
nately the sacred edifice escaped without injury, and Di-
vine service in the morning was performed as usual;
immediately after the service Sir G. Rose, Sir B. Cum-
ming, and other benchers, visited the place, and insti-
tuted an inquiry for the purpose of learning the cause
of the outbreak. The result showed that for some time
past the man in charge of the furnace-room had been in
the habit of piling bundles of wood over the boiler of
the furnace to dry. On Saturday last a great quantity
was placed there, and yesterday morning, shortly after
the fires were lighted, the heat of the boiler set the
whole of the wood :in flames. The explosion was, no
doubt, caused by the bursting of the slate roof from the
action of the fire. In order to prevent the possibility
of another outbreak two firemen were left in charge of
the church during the whole o' Sunday night.
THE PROTECTION MOVEMENT IN SUSSEX.—PET-
WORTH, JAN. 19.—A Protectionist meeting took place
here this morning, in a large tent erected in the Niarke--
square, adjoining the Town-hall. Ono peculierity of
this meeting was that the chairman, as well as the movers
and seconders of the resolution a, were all tenant-farmers
and tradesmen. The resolutions were of the usual kind,
denianding the reinstatemer t of protection and the dis-
solution of Parliament. Mr. Townley Mitford, formerly
high sheriff of the county, who avowed himself a Pro-
tectionist, attended to oppose the objects of the meeting,
on the ground that free trade ha I not yet bad a fair
trial. It was not proper to call on Parliament to do
away
with what it passed in 1846, which came into ope-
ration in 1849, and with regard to the Navigation laws
only seventeen days ago. All the resolutions, however,
were carried unanimously.
A VETERAN.—Oui• readers may not be aware that
Mr. Thomas Rend(l, who steered the Victory during the
battle of Trafalgar on the 21st of October, 1805, in which
Lord Nelson fell, is actually living on the Strepd, at
11( psham, and has lately received a medal for that action.
Lord Nelson's family had given him a medal shortly
after the battle.—Exeter Flying Post.

The sub-committee, after having examined care-
fully the reports of the emigration agents in our
colonies, and having acquired much valuable infor-
mation from her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners
in London, as well as from other parties practically
conversant with the subject, have come to the con-
clusion that it is of vital importance to the success
of the present undertaking that those persons only
should be selected for emigration whose characters
for morality and industrial habits will bear the
strictest scrutiny.
The evils occasioned by the admi-sion of even one
bad character into an emigrant ship are incalculable,
not only on account of the moral contamination to
which the remainder of the females on board are ex-
posed during the voyage, but also in consequence of
the suspicions which the known misconduct of indi-
dividuals engenders in the minds of the colonists
against,the whole party, by which they are liable to
be deprived, on their arrival,- of all chance of ob-
taining respectable situations, and to be exposed to
dangers and temptations from which they can scarcely
escape.
The poor and friendless females of this country will
thus be stimulated to more active exertions for the
preservation of their good characters, and for the ac-
quirement of the qualifications which will render
them eligible subjects for emigration, whilst the colo-
nies will receive indisputable benefits from the supe-
rior description of immigrants, by which the gradual
adjustment of the disproportion of the. sexes under
which they now labour will be effected.
The following are the recommendations which the
sub committee offer under this head:--

1. The candidates for emigration should not exceed
35 years-of age.
2. They should be entirely free from any mental or
bodily defect likely to impair their usefulness as
settlers.

3. They should have had the smallpox or have been
vaccinated.

4. Their characters for industry and morality should
be satisfactory; and it is desirable that they should
read and write.

5. They should have been accustomed to washing
and cooking, or have had some experience in domestic
service, as housemaids or nurses.*
I❑ order that the character and the habits of the
candidates for emigration may undergo a still further
test, the sub-committee recommend the establishment
of a probationary-house, capable of accommodating
about 50 females, wherein they might reside for a
short period prior to their embarkation. An ar-
rangement of this nature would afford the surest
means of ascertaining the real value of the testi-
monials and recommendations which had induced the
committee to select the inmates of the probationary-
house as emigrants. During their sojourn there
they may be advantageously employed in preparing
their outfit, and in the acquisition of any elementary
instruction in domestic economy of which they may
appear in need.
The eligibility of applicants for admission into the
probationary-house should be decided upon by a sub
committee, assisted by a matron conversant with
colonial life and its requirements, and by a surgeon.
The general management of this establishment should
be regulated by rules and orders, to be determined
upon by the said sub-committee.

2. THE MOST EFFECTUAL MODE OF PROTECTING THE
EMIGRANTS DURING THEIR TRANSIT TO THE COLO-

NIES.

The experience of those engaged in emigration has
led the sub-committee to the conclusion that the best
description of protection which can be afforded to
young females during their passage to the colonies is
that which they enjoy on board the Government
emigration ships, in which the strictest discipline is
maintained, and where the emigrants are generally
benefited by the surveillance of a clergyman or a
schoolmaster.
The sub-committee trust that when the Colonial
Land and Emigration Commissioners become satisfied
as to the charocter of the emigration which the com-
mittee proposes to direct to our colonies, they will
see no reason for withholding from their emigrants
these advantages, which it would scarcely be in, the
power of the committee otherwise to insure to them.
Should, however, any difficulty occur in obtaining
for their emigrants passages in Government vessels,
the sub-committee would advise that they should be
sent out in small parties on board free emigrant ships,
with a view of securing to them that protection which
the presence of married couples and families, inte-
rested in the maintenance of order and decency,
would, to a certain degree, afford. And they would
further advise that, where opportunity offers, the
advantage of similar religious instruction to that
usually given in the Government ships should be
secured for them.
The sub-committee have received from all quarters
the most decided testimony as to the inexpediency of
freighting vessels entirely, or even chiefly, with female
emigrants, experience having proved the impossibility
of preserving good order and discipline under such
circumstances.