The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-21 00:00:00

UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION'
On Saturday at two o'clock, a special general meeting of the,
members of the United Service Institution, Whitehall-yard, w,3„
held at the museum of the institution, to hear the report of ti!:
committee on certain propositions submitted to their considers'
tion. There were present Lieut.-Col. Elliott, Lieut.-00
Campbell, Lieut.-Col. Sykes (Bombay army), F. R. S., Sir c.
Malcolm, the Hon. E. S. Knox, Lieut.-Col. Hanmer, Sir
Forbes, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Douglas, Bart., G.C.8., Sir
Eyre, &c.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Douglas, Bt., G.C.8., presided, Oa
briefly stated the objects of the meeting.
Mr. L. W. TONNA then read the report which recomalen,cl,6l
the postponement of the question of applyirg for a royal c"'"''
ter of incorporation, as the probable expense would be abosj
4001. It also suggested, that in order to increase the funds'
officers after the first of Jan., 1847, on becoming members'
should pay an entrance fee of IL, in addition to their subsciir
tion, and that the secretary be directed to open a book to rect'.
donations towards building a lecture room, and other improle'
ments.
The Secretary next read the names of the subscribers toward:
the building fund, &c. The total donations amounted t
327/. 12s. 6d.

Fox Cnun.—On Saturday last the noblemen and
gentlemen of the Fox Club had their annual white bill
dinner at the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich'
There were present—Lord Charlemont, in the chairj
Lord Zeeland, Lord Scarborough, Lord Sudeley, Lor.l
l3esborough, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Oranmore, L°7.
Edward Howard, Mr. Langston, Mr. John Abel Senit°'
Mr. Stevenson, Mr. George Stevens Byng, Mr. Alet°°'
Dr. Lushington, Mr. Denison, Mr. Cavendish, Mr. 11:.
berts, &c. &c. &e. The party embarked at the Adellwi
Pier on board the Watermen's steamer No. 10, at fiVva
o'clock, and proceeded .down the river, landing on °
floating pier thrown from the tavern, and returned t°
town ale half-past ten, by the same conveyance,
AD ATE ILTISEAI EN T.] —Ladies, whether temporaritir
exposed to the scorching rays of the summer sun,
frequenting the croe tied saloon, or close assembly,
find Rowland's Kalydor a most refreshing preparatiom
and auxiliary to comfort, dispelling the cloud of 0r
guor and relaxation from the complexion, and irnmectl,'
ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored
elasticity of the skin. The numerous varieties of cw
taneous eruptions, sunburn freckles, tan, and dislouril;
tions, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and th,
skin rendered delicately clear and soft. Its purifyio?
tend refreshing properties have obtained its selection bid
the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, ano
those of the Continent of Europe, together with r°
elite of the aristocracy and haut ton. The high re;
putation it bears causes unprincipled shopkeepers
offer their spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed ei
the west deleterious ingredients, containing mine
astringents, utterly ruinous to the complexion, and
their repellent action endangering health. It is there"
fore imperative on purchasers to see that the Wore"
"Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an engraving
of exqui,ite beauty, from a steel plate by Moo;
Perkins, Bacon, and Co.) All others are fraudule°
counterfeits.
[AD VE RTISLME NT.] —SPLENDID ARRANGEMENT OF
LOOKING-GLASS, producing the effect of a long arcade;
and so bewildering as to cause a doubt whether you are
in London or in old Rome.
" Arch follows arch, and pile succeeds to pile."
This unique apartment is devoted to cutting and arrangi
ing the hair in, and with another having a beautife
view of Naples, are on the ground-floor. In calling lit'
tention to their establishment, Ross and Sons beg.
to notice the advantages of their system—viz., the/
never take apprentices nor young men from rbe
country, nor object to customers asking for the sai'ra
man to wait upon them ; every person has clean brushes,
they never being used twice, without being washed
and parties are not pressed to buy things they do no
want. Address, Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishops"'
gate-street.
[ADVERTISMENT.]—THE EYES.-39, Albemarle'
street, Piccadilly.—Optical Improvements to enable Per"
sons at an advanced age to read with ease, and to discrinir
nate objects with perfect distinctness, and Small Acoustic
Instruments for relief of extreme deafness, &c. Messrs
S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street,
Piccadilly, have invented Spectacle Lenses, &c., of the
greatest transparent power. The valuable advantage
derived from this invention over the Spectacles mac if
common use is, that instead of vision becoming strained,
heated, weakened, and in numerous cases seriously in;
jured, it is preserved and strengthened, and very aced
persons are enabled to employ their sight at the 113°'
minute occupation, and can see with those Lenses of sl
much less magnifying power, and that which is a matter
of the greatest consequence is, that they do not require
the frequent changes to further helps. Also, Achromatic
Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible, en:
all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief of extreni,-
deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solcmons, Opts'
cians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with
person of the same name in their immediate neighbour'
hood ; nor in any part of the country. To prevent mss"takes, be cautious, and observe—Only. p
be had at 39'
Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
EXTRAORDINARY SPECIMENS OF MOSAICS.—AS an
example of the extraordinary minuteness of the work in soil
mosaics, we may state that there is one specimen, a portrait 0
Pope Paul V., in which the face alone consists of more
than a roilllion and a half of fragments, each TlO
larger than a millet seed; and from this size up to two
inches square, pieces are employed in various ways. Al'a-
ther celebrated specimen is that which Napoleon Or'
dered to he made when his power was paramount in
Italy. It was to be a mosaic copy of the celebrated "Las'",
Supper," by Leonardo da Vinci, and to be of the same size 0
the original, viz., 24 feet by 12. The artist to whom the tol‘ ,
was entrusted was Giacomo Raffaelle, and the men under his di'
rection, eight or ten in number, were engaged for eight years(
on it. The mosaic cost more than seven thousand pounds. and
afterwards came into the possession of the Emperor of Austria,
The Builder.

NEW STEAM BASIN AT PORTSMOUTIT.--,The ground
and buildings required for the formation of this extensive and 00
work are at length in thehands of Goi,ernment, and the space corn'
prises nearly all that part of Portsea heretofore known as the Self
Buildings, and shuts the town out from all communication with the
harbour on its north side, excepting by a hard or landing place onIP
The business of removing about one hundred and thirty occupant"
from their various localities has been most ably managed by OP.
J. Newton Robinson and Mr, Edward Wells, the Admirall
surveyors and valuers ; and Government has testified much coney
deration and liberality in the progress of these ejections. With
one or two exceptions, the properties were of small value, and ril;
principal purchase was that of Collins's brewery, which amountm
to nearly 18,0001., but was nevertheless settled without difficultr„
The entire purchase money, we believe, is not quite 60,0001., bat
now the houses are down their site showsn very considerable space'
indeed, we find it comprises as nearly four mites as possible."'
Hampshire Telegraph.
IMPROVED SCAFFOLDING.—There are some house°
building at Kensington Gore which have a contrivance worth/
of being imitated by builders, where space will admit of its
being used : it is a series of inclined planes, to enable the la:
bourers to reach with more ease to themselves the different
stories of the building with bricks and mortar. A labourer is
more fatigued going up one day by the ladder than he is three
on the inclined plane.—The Builder.

BIRTHS.
On the 16th inst., at Bating House, near Godmershanlf the
lady of C. H. Master, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., at. Welt Heath House, Erith, Kent, 310'
Renshaw, of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., at Dudley, Mrs. Oscar Leslie Stephen, °E
a daughter.

On the 17th inst., at Camberwell, the wife of the Rev. D.
Moore, of a daughter.
On the 18th inst., Mrs. William Davenport, of Ely-place,
of a son.
On'the 18th inst., at Grove hill, Camberwell, Mrs. Charlesr
Phillips, of a daugter.

E.
On the 17th inst., at A_M
shbAßßlurton, aDt
St. Andrew's Church,
by the Rev. R. G. Maul, A. Gribble, Esq., solicitor, of
lompton, to Laura, widow of the late Rev. J. K. Field, of
Manchester.

On the 17th inst., at the parish church at Ecclesfielai
Daniel Phillips, Esq., of Hornsey, Middlesex, to Sarah, second
daughter of T. A. Payne, Esq., of Loxley House, near
Sheffield.

On the 17th inst., at Tor Church, Torquay, Frederick John,.
Corder, Esq., of Greenwich, to Harriet Keanley, youngest
daughter of Charles Chitty, Esq., of Upper Clapton.

- DIED.
On the 12th inst., at Stareton, Mr. G. Jones, aged 79. f
On the 16th inst., at lagatestone, Catherine Mary, relict ?
the Rev. G. T. Edison, Rector of Stock and Ramsden I3el=
house, Essex.
On the 16th inst.; at Soutlishore, Thomas Wright, Esq., of
Hill-top, Lancashire. -
On the 16th inst., William Watkins, Esq., of Badley Houset
Northamptonshire.
On the 16th inst., at Clapton-terrace, Upper Clapton, Mid
dlesex, nr. John Clark Spence, aged 69.
On the 16th inst., at Sidmouth, Devonshire, Harriett, Wife
of William Larkins, Esq.
On the 17th inst., in Bernard-street, Russell-square, Jobs
Duffield, Esq.
Ou the 18th inst., Robert Ward, Esq., of the AlbanYr

. o Lunn on: rrtntid ant: Prthii9iiqd by MURDO YOUNG
No. .112, Si-rstrd, Pnater. :it The Sun Office, N. 113.
Stran..l in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Counti°
Middlesex; Monday, sTqly 21, 1845.

THE CUSTOMS AT LIVERPOOL'
Under the new arrangement of the Landing Departrneat
the Customs at Liverpool, to which we alluded a short titav
since, the following alterations have been made.',
The number of Landing surveyors increased from seven to
nine, and the maximum salary raised from 4001. to 5001 a year'
The searchers' department, strengthened by the addition of'
twenty auxiliary landing waiters, with salaries of 150/. a yeas
each, and the maximum salaries of the searchers increased from
3001 to 3501. per annum.
The important duties of the gauging department at Liver'
a""
pool have been hitherto performed by the landing waiters
searchers. It has now been deemed expedient, in order to er
sure uniformity of practice and a competent knowledge of t
business, that a class of officers should be established at Liver•
pool, as in London, to whom the duty of gauging should be er
elusively entrusted ; and a new department has accordiogli
been formed, consisting of an inspector and eight subordinate*
with salaries from 1501. to 400/. per annum. 150
Twenty-four additional superintendents of lockers have 8
been appointed.
The increases! expense occasioned by this new arrangement to
about 7,000/. per annum. But the vast increase of trade an,
the pressing demands and reiterated complaints of the merchs!l;
of Liverpool have imperatively called for such an augmentaq.%
of the establishment as absolutely neceisary, not only to
the requisite facilities for trade, but to afford adequate se"a
curity for the protection of the revenue • and it is to be hope
that the completion of this long-delayed arrangement will at
length give satisfaction to all interested in the trade and OW
merce of that most flourishing port.— Observer.

The report having been adopted,
Captain Grover moved, and Sir C. Malcolm seconded, a v°t•
of thanks to the Gallant Chairman.
Sir H. Douor.As, in acknowledging the honour, observed'
~,
it was of the utmost importance that, as early as possible, tu
lecture-room should be completed. When that was ace°, ;
plished, they would then be able to raise the funds to obtaw
charter of incorporation.—The meeting then separated, h 6
Great and extensive improvementsth the
arrangement been made In l'eb
arrangement of the museum, which has been lately Mu,'
enlarged by the- addition of several curiosities from China; 84:
it appeared that, to promote the extension of science, Govern'
ment transport have received directions to convey contributioto
from abroad to the institution free of expense.