The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-10 00:00:00

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester and Bedford Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot to me Shares of 20/.
each in the proposed Leicester and Bedford Railway ; and I hereby
undertake to accept the same, or such smaller number, as may be
allotted to me, and to pay the deposit, and sign the Parliamentary
contract and Subscribers' agreement when required.
Dated this day of May, 1845.
Name................................
Residence..... .......................
Profession •• • •
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Name and address of Reference— ...• • •

THE GREAT MEDITERRANEAN AND
ADRIATIC JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Connecting the Cities of GENOA, TURIN, MILAN, and VENICE ;
and completing the COMMUNICATION between the MEDITER-
RANEAN SEA and the GULF of VENICE.
Capital 30,000,000 Florins Convention, equal to £3,000,000 sterling,
in 60,000 Shares of 500 florins, equal to £5O each, of which 40,000
twiinlienbtael aDlliostttreibdutiinonEngland, the remainder being reserved for Con-
Deposit 10 Fitnntio,CiosniovNenAtL DIRECTORS.
Henry LI per Share.
Henry Arrowsmith, Esq., Bayswater.
John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Maida-hill.
Miles Dormer, Esq., Han's-place, Sloane-street.
Captain Grignon, Charles-street, St. James's
Sir John Hare, Langhtun-place.
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Cecil-street, Strand.
ate, Rent, and Clarendon
Thomas Twisden Hodges, Esq., Sandg

Hotel, Bond-street.
Thomas Reginald Kemp. Esq., Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street.
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman
Horace William 3leteyard, Esq., Chatham-place, Blackfriars.
Major Newcomb, James-street, Gloucester-place, Regent's 'Park.
Andrew Turton Peterson, Esq., Wakefield, Yorkshire, andlGnildtbrd-

street, Itussell-square.
Edward Shermam Polkinghorne, Esq.. 12, Clements lane, Lombard-
street.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEERS—Sir John Maenell4 William Menry Smith, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Edwin Smith, Esq., Gray's Inn ; Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28,
Essex-street, Strand.

BANKERS.

The Union Bank of London, Moorgate-street, Pall-mall East,
Argyll-place ; Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane ;
London and Dublin Bank, Dublin, and its Bsanches.
SEcnrreat —John Rathbone, Esq.

Applications for Shares mustbe addressed to the offices of the Com-
pany, 4, Coleman-street, London ; to the solicitors ; or to the follow-
ing brokers, of whom prospectuses, printed forms, and every in-
formation may be obtained :—London—Messrs. Carden and White-
head, Threadneedle-street ; Liverpool—lir,Thonias cmYclson, Mr.
Thomas Forsyth ; Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and £4ons ; York—
Mcssrr. Grayson and Earle ; Huddersfleld—Mr. L. Weatherburn ;
Newcastle—Mr. W. Fonlyce ; Wakelleld—Mr. Thomas Cnttle, Mr.
S. H. Armytage ; Bradford—Messrs. Hutchinson and Co. ; Blackburn
—Mr. Thomas Boardman ; Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash, Mr.
Luke Arnold ; Exeter—Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy ; Derby
—Mr. Samuel Eyre ; Coventry—Mr. J. T. Holland ; Edinlmrgh—
Mr. A. Moffatt ; Messrs. Thomas Farquharson and Co. ; Glasgow—
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchison ; Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson ;
Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp, Messrs. Alsop and Son; Birmingham—
Mr. W. 11. Collis; Plymouth, Messrs. Tyeth and Wills; Dublin, Mr.
Thomas P. Hayes, Mr. Thomas Roney ; Cork, Messrs. Bourke and
oleman-street, London, April 25, 1845.
Sons.
4,

Age at
corn-
mence-
mcnt.

GREAT MEDITERRANEAN AND
ADRIATIC JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that no Application for Shares in this Com-
pany will be received after Monday, the 12th instant.
By Order of the Board,
May
3,
1845. JOHN RATRBONE, Secretary.
4, Coleman-street,

ALTO DOURO RAILWAY.
Capital, 6,000 Contos of Reis (1,350,0001.), in 60,000 Shares of
100 Mil Reis (221. 108.) each.
Deposit, 6 Mil Reis (11. 75.) per Share.
This line will commence near the city of Oporto, and continuing
through Lamego, will traverse the very heart of the great Wine dis-
trict of Portugal to Torre de Mencervo, within a few miles of the
Spanish frontier.
The manifest advantages of this line render comment almost un-
necessary. Preliminary
surveys have established the fact that there
are no engineering difficulties of importance to overcome, and the
traffic of the country is even now so great, that no reasonable doubt
can exist as to•the lucrative nature of this investment.
The improved state of affairs in the Peninsula will eventually ensure
the extension of this line to the ancient and populous city of Sala-
manca, and the very heart of Spain. It is difficult to estimate the
beneficial results of the completion of such a line. An immense dis-
trict of the most fertile country in Europe will be brought into imrhe-
diate contiguity with the sea-coast, and thence, by consequence, with
England and all the maritime nations of the world.
The Provisional Committee avail themselves of the earliest possible
opportunity to apprize the public that such legal measures will be
adopted, as must afford the Subscribers to this Company ample pro-
tection.
In a few days the Provisional Committee will place before the
public a detailed Prospectus. In the meantime forms of application
for Shares may be had at the offices of the Company, 95, Grace-
church-street ; of the Solicitors, Messrs. Mayhew and Sons, 26,
Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields; and of the following Agents :
Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy. Exeter ; Luke Arnold, Esq.,
Bristol ; Thomas Cottle, Esq., Wakefield ; S. H. Armytage, Esq.,
Wakefield; W. H. Collis, Esq., Birmingham; Thomas Boardman,
Esq., Blackburn ; Wm, Fordyc, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; John Thomas Holland, Esq., Coventry;
Henry Bellingham, Esq., Wakefield ;
John Wade, Esq., Birming.
ham ; J. Bannehr, Esq., Exeter ; James Stokes, Esq., Cheltenham ;
Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., - Leeds ; Messrs' Duncan and Hut-
chinson, Glasgow ; James Pringle, Esq„ Edinburgh ; R. T. Head,
Esq., Exeter; Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Hull ; William Mason,
Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire ; Messrs. J. R. Mann and Son, Norwich ;
Messrs. Foulds and Cockburn, Glasgow ; Messrs. Hugh Muir and
Co., Edinburgh ; Thomas Miller. Esq., Edinburgh ; Thomas Crewd-
son, Esq., Liverpool; James Davis, Esq., Liverpool; John Ellis,
F.:Sq., Falmouth ; James Jamieson, Esq.,
Leeds;Thomas Canfield
and Penryn, and Thomas Cardwell and Sons, Manchester.
By order,
T. 3f.• RUSSELL, Fecretary. •

EMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in
London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
for the sale of their celebrated teas.
Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Eishopagate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a
pound, with the price and Weight marked on each packet, and but
little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only l Is. per
annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to lie made (if by letter post-paid) as above.

post free.
cliShiTtlhTertUo
madeTE ifCnns'ii,SelrL,
aVdeEtaiißed.
THTEherimEatßerralEßanCll:TrallosSarUatind BURTON offer to the Public has
for the last ten years been found equal to silver in appearance and
sweetness, and superior to it in durability. Of the prices of tea-sets,
catalogue,waiters,will be sent (gratis)
candlesticks,with o
ngravings,
Fiddle Threaded Victoria
Pattern. Pattern. Pattern.
Table Spoons and Forks, full size, per
dozen •••••• • • • • • ********** 128. Oil. 285. Od. 30s. Od.
Dessert do. do. do ••• • • • 10s. Od. 21s. Od. 255.' Od.
Tea do. do. do ••• • • • fis. Od. 115. Od. 12s. Od.
Gravy do. do. do ••• • • • 3s. Ni. 6s. Od. 75. Od.
FENDERS, STOVES, and FIRE IRONS.
The largest assortment of Stoves
and Fenders as
well as General Ironmonger'', in the world is new on sale
at RIPPO,
corner of N and BURTON'S extensive warehouses, 39, Ox-
ford-street Newman-street (just removed from Wells-
street). Bright steel fenders, to 4 feet, from 305. each ; ditto, ditto,
with ormolu ornaments, from 60s. ; rich bronzed scroll ditto,' with
steel bar, 105. 6d. ; iron fenders, 3 feet, 4s. 6d. ; 4 feet, 61. ; do
3 feet,
bronzed, and fitted with standards, 95. ; 4 feet, I Is. ; wrought.
iron kitchen fenders, 3 feet, 45. 6d. ; 4 feet, 65. ; bright register stoves
with bronzed ornaments and two sets of bars, from 5 guinea,' ; ditto,.'
ditto, with ormolu ornaments,
from
91.
108. ; black dining-room
register stoves, 2 feet, 20s. ; 3 feet, 30s • ; bed room register stoves,
2 feet, 165. ; 3 feet, 245. The new economical Thermio stove with
fender and radiating heartbPlate.fr.ona 58. ; tire-irons for Cham-
bers, Is. 9d. per set ; handsome ditto, with cut head, 65.
heads, I Is. A • 6d. ; newest
pattern, with elegant bronzed variety of fire-irons,
at '
with ormolu and richly-cut heads, proportionate prices. Any
article in furnishing ironmongerY• 20 per cent. under any other house,
whilethe extent and variety of the stock is without any equal. The
money returned for every article not approved of. Detailed eats.-
loguns, with engravings, sent (per rust) free. Established (in Wells-
street) 1820.

ROWLAND'S ODONTO
the gums. It removes from the surface
Or, PEARL DENTIFRICE,
A fragrant White Powder, prepared from Oriental Herbs o
decay, polishes and preserves the
inestimable virtue for preserving and beautifying the Teeth an
strengthening the Gums.
It eradicates the faCtitiOU3 formation of tartar, and thus lends a saln-
toafryticegret-thhtahneds
enamel, imparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness; while,
from its sa'ubrious and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness and
permme to the breath. Being an anti-scorbutic, the gums also share
in its corrective powers; scurvy is eradicated from them, a healthy
action and redness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) aro thus
rendered firm in their sockets. As the most efficient and fragrant
aromatic cleanser and preerver of the teeth and gums ever known,
ROWLAND'S ODONTO has
pfroetsshnoefsisnTipient
for a long series of years occupied
a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility
throughout Europe, while the general demand for it at once announces
the favour in which it is held by the public at large.
Price 2s. 9d• per box, duty included.
CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis-
sioners of Stamps have directed the Proprietors' signature to be en-
graved on the Government Stamp, thus—
A. ROWLAND & SON, 20, Hatton-garden,

and by Chemists and Perfumers.
whicb is affixed on each Box.
Sold bylatisoetherPropeariecatorsto,
ars
yraduhat

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post
office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
John W. Buckle, Esq. George Lysll, Esq., M.P.
John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.,M.P.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
Joha Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
♦UDITORS.

A. W. Robarts, Esq
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.

Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.

_
ACTUARY-Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June
1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an
average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly
equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842.
On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added
to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to
about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those
seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three
Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
on the sth of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1843, and the same
is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted)
between the hours of ten and three o'clock.
GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

P ALL ADIUM LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
7, Waterloo-place, London.
DIRECTORS.
Sir John Barrow, Bart., F.R.S. Right Hon. Sir T. Fretnantle,
Lori W. R. K. Douglas, F.R.S. Bart., M P.
Right Hon. Sir Edward Hyde Henry Harvey, Esq., F.R.S.
East, Bart., F.R.S. James Murray, Esq.
Charles Elliott, Esq., F.R.S. Samuel Skinner, Esq.
Joseph Esdaile, Esq. P. Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Sir William Young, Bart.
AUDITORS—Capt. C. J. Bosanquet, R.N.; Jas. Buller East, Esq., M.P.;
John Young, Esq., M.P.
BANKERS—The London and Westminster Bank.
PHYSICIAN—Seth Thompson, M.D.
The TWENTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this
Society was held on the 10th of April last, when a highly satisfac-
tory REPORT was laid before the Proprietors and Policy Holders,
and unanimously adopted.
The Public will see the 4lvantage of selecting, in so important a
matter as Life Assurance, a well-established office, which, from its
continued prosperity, and its large additions to policies, offers the
greatest inducementto Assurers, combined' with the undoubted 'se-
amity of a numerous and wealthy proprietary.
ADDITIONS TO POLICIES
Blowing Table shows the additions m
which had been in force for Fourteen
!r, 1838:

The fol
5,0001., 3
Decem be:

lade to Policies for
Years, to the 31st

Premiums paid in
the Fourteen
Years.

Additions made to
the Sum Assured in'
the Fourteen
Years.

Total Sums now
payable in ease of
death.

41,192 18 4
1,350 8 4
1,525 8 4
1,682 18 4
1,869 11 8
2,094 8 4
2,377 1 8
2,727 1 8
3,173 6 8

£586 6 7
681 2 7
768 5 1
787 2 8
813 15 6
854 6 5
923 18 1
1,011 2 9
1,129 15 7

£5,586 6 7
5,681 2 7
5,768 5 1
5,787 2 8
5,813 15 6
5,854 6 5
5,923 18 1
6,011 2 9
6,129 15 7

A bonus of Four-fifths, or Eighty per Cent. of the estimated pro-
fits is added to Policies entitled, every seventh year; or an equiva-
lent reduction made in future I reminms.

The Third Septennial Division of Profits will be declared, to the
31st December, 1845. Persons Assuring previous to that data will
have their proportion of profit appropriated.

Parties travelling in EUrope, by sea or land, in time of peace, are
not charged any extra premium.

Applications for Agencies in places where none are established to
be addressed to the Secretary.

NICHOLAS GRUT, Secretary and Actuary

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, 1, Princes-street, Bank, and 448, 'West Strand, Lon-
don, March 1, 1845.

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution passed
unanimously at two successive General Meetings of Proprietors, a
MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH of thls Institution has been
established on terms peculiarly advantageous to the Assured, and
that such Branch is supported by the entire subscribed capital of the
Company, together with the accumulated Rind of Premiums derived
from upwards cf Six Thousand Policies, already effected in the Pro-
prietary Branch.

Full particulars are stated in the Prospectus, whteh, with every re--
quisite information, may be obtained on application:at the office.
PETER MORRISONi Managing Director.

To the PROPRIETORS of the BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

CIENTLEMEN,—In calling your attention to the annexed Notice of
the establishment of a Mutual Assurance Branch, I beg leave to
address a few observations to you relative to the past transactions,
and the probable result of the proposed extension of the operations of
the Company.
That the " Britannia" Company has enjoyed the ~decided and (I
trust I may be permitted to say) deserved approbation bf the public,
is clearly proved by the unprecedented faCt of upWards of 6,000
policies having been issued in the short spare Of' eight years. In
order, however, to show the high degree of credit and influence pos-
sessed by the Company, it is only necessary for. me to state, that two
highly respectable and well-established Life Assurance Companies
have successively transferred their business to thii establishment.
The former of these transfers took place in the year 1840 ; the
latter in the course of the past year.
It is in consequence of this last-mentioned transfer, which included
a large number of Policies effected on the mutual assurance plan, and
also in consequence of the numerous applications for Assurances on
this plan, which they have hitherto been compelled to decline, that
the Directors at length determined on the establishment of a Mutual
Assurance Branch, on the plan set forth in the Prospectus, after it
had been submitted to, and unanimously approved by, two succes-
sive General Meetings of Proprietors, specially convened on the
occasion.

The general objection to Mutual Assurance Societies, that (in their
infancy, at least) they do not afford that complete security to the
Assured which is supplied by the subscribed capital of Proprietary
Establishments, is completely removed in the Mutual Branch of the
"Britannia" Company ; for not only are the Mutual Policy-holders
protected by the entire subscribed capital of the Proprietary Branch,
but the large and continually-increasing fund, accumulated from the
Premiums on 6,000 Policies already effected in that Branch, consti-
tutes an immediately available fund for the payment of the claims of
the Assured, who will thus enjoy all the security afforded by an old
established office, and, at the same time, become entitled to all the
benefits to be derived from that system of Mutual Assurance which
experience has proved to be at the same time the safest and the best.
Another serious objection to the Mutual Assurance Plan (as gene-
rally acted on) is the high rate of premium required to be paid, in
the fiat instance, in order to form a fund—not only for the payment
of the clahns, but also for the distribution of large bonuses among the
policy-holders. This objection also is entirely removed by means of
the half credit system detailed in the prospectus. For, by allowing
half the amount of the first five annual premiums to remain for five
years in the hands of the person assured, and applying the bonus (to
which he would otherwise become entitled) to the gradual liquida-
tion of the debt thus incurred with the Company, the policy-holder
enjoys the rare advantage of a very low rate of premium, in the first
instance, combined with that of a full participation, eventually, in
the profits.
In availing myself of this opportunity of congratulating my co-
shareholders on the extraordinary success which hitherto has at-
tended the operations of the Britannia Life Assurance Company, I
trust I shall, at no very distant period, have still further to congratu-
late them on the complete success of the Mutual Assurance Branch,
which, after the most anxious care and attention, has been founded
on a plan calculated, in every possible way, to benefit and accommo-
date the public.
I cannot, in justice to the Directors, conclude this address without
calling your attention to the able and cordial co-operation which hast
been afforded to me on their part, not only on the present important
occasion, but also in every other instance in which their advice
assistance
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
• PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
Britannia Life Office ,I, Princes-street, Bank,
i-
ott. have been needful for promoting the interests of the nst
London ,20th March, 1845.

TrirtMINARET PARASOL.
CAUTION.
Ladies are particularly requested to observe that the Silver Runnel
of the Parasol is stamped with the ward " MINARET." This
caution is necessary, as other parasols have been sold for the
Minaret which are not so. This elegant novelty can be had at all
the respectable drapers in the kingdom.

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the
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too copious perspiration. For infants this powder is invaluable, on
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The sole Proprietors are Fabian and Co. (late 'Watson Fab(
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Just published, in Bvo., price 75.,
X F ORD UNIVERSITY STATUTES.
Translated by G. R. M. WARD, Esq., M.A. Deputy High
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Vol. 1., containing the Caroline Code, or Landian Statutes.
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The Foreman said it was certainly a matter of necessity in this
consideration of so important a case as this to ascertain in whic•
str.te the bridge was at the time of the accident, He thought it
was essentially necessary that some scientific gentleman should be
had before them, and he had in his hand a list of questions which
had been suggested to him as fit ones to be proposed to such a
witness. In the propriety of these questions be fully concurred,
and he would read them to the jury. They were these:—" By
whose orders did you make the bridge wider? What was the
extra width, and haw many square feet were added ? What was
the weight of the cast and wrought iron with the wood placed
extra upon the bridge ? Did you offer or give to Mr. Cory any
mechanical ideas as to the propriety or impropriety of making the
bridge wider, or explain the consequences of adding extra weigtht
and breadth to act as leverage beyond the chains ? Did you
know the weight the bridge was calculated to bear by the con-
tractors, or inquire of Mr. Cory the terms of the specification)
Did you examine the chains, bolts, bars, &c., before commencing
the alterations, and report the same to Mr. Cory as to their
soundness and capability ? Did you calculate the extra weight
you were going to add to the bridge before you commenced the alto.
rations, and report the same to Mr. Cory ? Did you suppose that
if the bridge had been in its original state, it would have broken
with the number of persons then upon it ?"
A juror said, that according to the mechanical rule, he believed,
that every square foot of surface should bear a hundred weight,
and that the suspending power was generally made exactly in that
proportion. It appeared here that one-third additional surface had
been added to the bridge by the platforms on each side of it, and
that nothing had been added to the suspending power.
The CORONER observed, that that matter would more properly
be discussed when the general merits of the case should come en.
The room was then cleared of strangers , and, after a short dis.
cussion amongst the jury, the following presentment to the Town
Council was agreed to :
" We, the undersigned, now acting as jurymen upon the in-'
quisition upon the bodies of the several persons who met their
death from the falling of the suspension-bridge on the River Burt,
within this borough, beg to represent to the Mayor, Aldermen, and
'Councillors of this borough, in council assembled, the absolute ne-
cessity that exists for the employing some scientific engineer, In
order to come to just consideration of the circumstances in which.
the bridge was placed, and to enable them to discharge the oaths
they have taken." .

Mr. S. Cobb, a magistrate, who was on the bench, undertook to
support it.
The inquiry was then adjourned to enable the jury to receive
the determination of the Council.

Theexciteinent appears to have nearly subsided in Yarmouth.

The bodies found anti identified are far short of the number
returned as found by the boatmen. The discrepancy can only
be accounted for by supposing that they returned, as dead,
parties who were afterwards recovered. The Coroner stated that
the jury haelviewed7s bodies, which, with the four missing, pukes
79 in all.

LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—On WedneA
day afternoon a numerous meeting of the friends of education wu
held in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institution, Chancery-lane,
for the purpose of promoting the erection of a new resding.room
and an increase of the library of that Institution. Lord Broughain
was in the chair, and among the noblemen and gentlemen on the
platform were Lord Kinnaird, Lord Dudley Stuart, the Bishop of
St. David's, W. Evart, Esq., M.P. ; and amongst the ladies was
Miss Martineau. The Chairman said that the managers of the In.
staution had convened the present meeting as an appeal to the
public to relieve them from some difficulties into which they hid
fallen. The Institution had had an average of one thousand
members for many years, but a few months ago that nutit-
;er was found to have sunk to six hundred, a number
whose subscriptions alone would not suffice to maintain the

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Itistitulion in as efficient state. That diminution was to be
attributed le the smallness of the library, and the want of sign.
Aent accommodation for the readers. He had the most perfect
confidence that an application to the wealthy classes would not be
made in vain, and that the Committee would soon hare the means
at making the improvements and additions they required. The
meeting was next addressed by Lord Kinnaird, . Mr. Ewart, M.P.,
the Bishop of St. David's, Mr. Knight, Mr. J. S Buckingham, and
others, and resolutions expressive of the importance of the pros.
perity of the Mechanics' Institution were carried unanimously,
as also a motion for opening a fund to make additions to the
libraty. The following were am ngst the subscriptions an-
,iounced :—Prince Albert, 201. ; the Marquis of Lansdowne,
25/. ; Charles Knight, Esq, (the publisher), 20/. ; the Hon. C. P.
Villiers, 5/. ; Earl Ducie, 51. ; the Bishop of Durham, 5/. 56 ; and
0. Grote, Esq., 51. Thanks were then given to the Chairman, and
if c meeting separated.
_ _

MR. CHARLES MATHEWS AND HIS CREDITORS.-
Mr. Commissioner Law, of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, has been
engaged for two days (Monday and Tuesday) on the proof of debts
ander the insolvency of Mr. Mathews in the year 1642. There
is a sum of about 2701. in Court available for the creditors, and
the proceedings took place before the Learned Commissioner in his
room, as a preliminary step to the declaration of a dividend. Se-
veral creditors attended and proved, and others on the schedule
who did not attend when summoned, were struck out of the list.
Among the latter class were the proprietors of Covent-garden
Theatre, who were inserted as creditors for 6,1661. as a balance of
rent for a period of three years. Another large debt of 3,073/.,,
connected with an annuity transaction was disallowed for the same
reason. Messrs. Walmsley, Keightley, and Co., solicitors, at-
tended to prove for a sum of 2,269/., which claim was contested.
A part of the debt was for professional business transacted for Ma-
dame Vestris before her marriage with Mr. Mathews ; and, after a
long investigation, the matter stood over for further information:
chapel, in bhaOsTgitt
been
The debts on the schedule are 26,0001, of which about 10,0001.
at present have been disallowed for non-attendance. It is ex.
pected that the estate will pay a small dividend—something about
6d. in the pound.
THE it
oßhliacSWried:n
ari
hired by the Rev. R. C. Dillon, D.D., who-was suspended from his
ministerial functions by the Bishop of London for three years, for
certain irregularities, which made the Rev. Gentleman an object of
rii. Friar.
D strßee.t, llsTore.oniNak.—The
.rhoe., kf
great notoriety at the time. His attempt to fix a charge of adul.
tery on his wifb, and the proceedings taken thereon in the Eccle.
siastical Courts in Doctors'-commons, must be fresh in the recol-
lection of our readers. The Rev. Dr. Dillon has not entered a
pulpit or exercised any of his ministerial functions for five years.
The Rev. Doctor intends opening the chapel as the " Free Church
of England," and the services, with few exceptions, will be &salmi.
lated to that of the Established Church. A. few seats in the
"Free Church of England" are to be appropriated to the use of the
poor, and the pews will be let to those who may choose to hire
them. The Rev. Dr. Dillon was formerly minister of Charlotte.
street Episcopal Chapel in Pimlico, and evening lecturer of St.
James's Church, Clerkenwell. His talents are of a very high order,
and before the lamentable exposures which took place he was a

most popular preacher.
Customs duties on a large
the House of Commons, repealing the
into this country from foreign
number of articles usually imported
•lthose brought in a raw or unmanu.
P REoCnI Ot IS
parts, including more eireelaly
which previously attached to diamonds
factured state, the n
extended -rfritego all precious stones, which are accord.
only has been
duty. A Treasury order of April, 1817,
ingly now free of all . .
the importation of diamonds set in ring•, and
directed that on
other forms, the article unset being duty free, the duty was to be
charged ;land
toh
ne a recent
rent, resolutions
application
to ther
Customs' Board, requesting that as the privilege which formerly
attached to unset diamonds, or diamonds in the rough, has been
extended without exception to all precious stones, the same course
may be adopted with respect ,to those articles Indiscriminately
when set, as is followed with diamonds, viz., to charge the duty
on the settings only as goods manufactured ; the reasonableness of
such a course being evident, from the fact that the value of the
setting is so inconsiderable compared with the stone, it being in
most instances scarcely a tithe of the value of the latter ; and the
settingSN loSn'i
Board being of opinion, that as the duty on all precious stones
(unset) is repealed, and that when set they are in the same position
as diamonds were formerly, they should therefore be treated.in the
same manner, direetiens have been issued that the duty is to be
charged in future, as requested, on the setting only. This order
is of much importance, and will be virtually a repeal of the duty
on " jewels set," as set forth in the tariff, and render the setting
only liable to the ad valorem duty of 20 per cent.

STATE OF THE Hop AND GAIN CROPS IN EAST
KENT.—During the last few days a decided improvement has taken
place in the appearance of the hop and grain crops in the eastern.
parts of the county of Kent The poleing of the hops is generally
completed, and the bines between Sittingbourne and Faversham
look exceedingly healthy. Most of the shoots are upwards of half.
a.yard in length, and the whole of them present a ready dispo.
sition to twine round the poles, so that training is likely to
commence very shortly tit the weather is genial. The young
wheat looks very fertile; peas look well, and the whole of the crop.
ping between Rochester and Canterbury looks as well 'as can be de.
sired. Pear-tree blossom is very prolific, but the apple-trees appear
to be very backward in bursting into bloom, no doubt from the
coldness of the season. The hawthorn is not yet out, but the black.
thorn in the hedges presents a spring-like appearance. Some of

the oldest gardeners in the \Veald prognosticate a plentiful supply
of fruit and vegetables for the later spring and summer markets in
London. The farmers complain most bitterly In this neighbour-
hood of the operation of the "sliding scale."
OXFORD UNIVERSITY.--The following notice has
been issued :—" In the convocation to be holden on Saturday next,
the 10th inst., at ten o'clock, the names of the following persons,
Master
eC f olpleegmeb;rok thee College Warden ;
who have been duly nominated as curators of Sir Robert Taylor's
Foundation, will be submitted for the approbation of the house,
the Rev. Joseph Smith, 8.D., Fellow of Trinity College ; the
Rev. Henry George Liddell, M.A., Student of Christ Chureh.—E.
P. Simoxe, Vioe.Cbancellor....Wadhans College, Me )6, lite."
eMastero the University
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THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 9.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 3 ; Highest, 50; Noon, 4,.
BAROMETER, 29.61.—W1ND, W.
Nont.—The figures which follow the wor4s "Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
thermometer during thk preceding twentv-tour hours. All
tae other observations art made at noon.

WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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