The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-30 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, MAY 21., 1816.
rr HE COURT Of DIRECTORS of the
11- UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG-
LAND TRADING to. the EAST INDIES do hereby give
Notice, '
That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said
COMPANY, appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall,
street, on Wednesday, the 21st June neat, is made SPECIAL,
for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors, for their appro-
bation, a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the Sd instant,
providing, that Captain Michael, of the Madras Establishment,
upon his resigning the Military Service, in order that he may
continue to act as Mahratta Translator to the Tanjore Commis-
sioners in England, in which capacity he receives a Salary of
6921. 10s. per annum, shall be granted upon the Tames and
Condition, therein stated, a continuance of that Salary for lila;
and further providing; that whenever the period shall arrive, et
which, if Captain Michael .had continued in the Military Ser- '
vice, he would have succeeded to the command of a Regiment,l
and a share of off-reckonings, the said Salary of 6821. 10s. per
annum he increased, from that date, to 1,0501. per annum, for
life.

Copy of the Resolution before-mentioned, together with tha
Documents upon which it has been formed, are open for the in-
opection of the Proprietors, at this House.
JOSEPH DART, Secretary.

GRANTHAM CANAL NAVIGATION. • -
THE several Proprietors of 'Shares in this under-
taking may receive a Dividend of 101. a Share, dedared at
the General Annual Meeting held on the 4th instant, by applying
to Messrs. J. and J. Wright And Co. the Treasurers, Nottingham;
and, for convenience, such Proprietors as reside in Grantham, or
the neighbourhood, may receive their DiVidends at my office on or
before the Ist of July next. All Persons claiming under Trans-
fers, Wills, or Administrations, not registered in the books of
the Company, must apply to me for their Dividends.
• By Order, WM. OSTLER,
Grantham, May2s, 1826. Clerk to the Company.
BRITISH ROCK and PATENT SALT
COMPANY.—The DIRECTORS inform the Public,
that the Company's Works being in full operation, their Agents
are constantly supplied with, SALT of every description; and the
prices at which they can deliver it at their Warehouse, No. 59,
Lower Thames-street, Loudon.-are, under • five tons, Manure,
31s. ; Common Fishery, 455. ; Butter, 465. ; Finest Quality,
stoved, 50s. ; British Bay, 655. ; Basket, 170 b. ; and ROck in
Lumps, 428. per ton.

A considerable reduction will be made to persons who take
more than five tons, and the several sorts specified will be charged
by the cargo in the Pool, London, 285., 355., 365. 40a., 55a.,
1505., and 375. 6d. per ton ; and at Liverpool, 12s. 6d., 15s.
6tL, 1714 6d., 235. 6d. ; and Rock, 15s. 3d. per ton. '
The low price at which Salt may now be purchased, renders it
worthy the attention of Farmers, Graziers, Hay-makers, Garde-
ners, anti of others who have not yet experienced its advantages.
Orders for Salt are likewise received at the Company's Works,
Anderton, near Northwich ; Lawton, Roughwood, and Wheelock,
Cheshire ; Shirleywick, Staffordshire ; and by their Agents,
Mr. Alexander Reid, Liverpool; Messrs. Joseph Young and Son,
Bristol ; Messrs. Gairdner, Glasgow ; and Mr. Robert Miln,
Arbroath, where samples of the Salt may be seen and informa-
tion given. •

CONTRACT for 25,000 TONS of COAL.—
The DIRECTORS of the BRITISH ROCK and
PATENT SALT COMPANY hereby give Notice, that, on
ThursdaY- the 15th. day of June next, instead of Thursday the Ist
of June, previously advertised, they will be prepared to receive
Sealed tenders at their Office in London, and to contract, for the
supply of the Company's Works at Anderton, near Northwich,
Cheshire, with Coals, for one year, from the 30th of the said mouth.
Every particular may be known by applying personally, or
by letter, post paid, to the Mi.naging Director, at the Com-
pany's Office, No. 3, Great Winchester-street, London.

TO THE PUBLIC.

AT the present- moment, when so many articles,
necessary to the comforts of the poorer classes, are more
or less liable to taxation, it may surely be a question, whether the
abolition of Lotteries, by which the State .was a gainer or
nearly half a million per annum, be, or be not a wise mea-
sure ?

'Tis true, that, ea they were formerly conducted, the system
-wee fraught with some evil. Insurances were allowed upon the
fate of numbers through protracted drawings, and ate the in-
insurances .could be effected for very mall sums, those who could
ill afford loss imbibed a spirit for gambling, -which the Legisla-
tore very wisely moat effectually prevented, by adopting, in the
year 1809, the present improved mode of deciding the whole Lot-
tery in one Day.
As it is at present conducted, the Lottery is a voluntary tax,
contributed to only by those who can afford it, and collected with-
out trouble or expence ; one, by which many brandies of the
Revenue are considerably aided, and by MORRIS of which hundreds
of persons find employment. The wisdom of those who at this
time resign the income produced by it, and add to the number of
the unemployed, way, as I have observed ill a farmer address,
surely be questioned.

Mr. Pitt, whose ability in matters of financial arrangement few
will question, and whose morality was proverbial, would not, I
am bold to ear, have yielded to an outery against a tax, the con-
tinuing of which would have enabled him to let the labourer drink
his humble beverage at a reduced price, or the industrious artisan
to pursue his occupation by a cheaper light. lint we live in other
times, in the age of improvement !—To stake patrimonial estates
at
:Hazard or Eearte in the purlieus of St. James's is merely
amusement, but to purchase a Ticket in the Lottery, by means of
which a man may gain an estate at a trifling risk, is—immoral !

nay, within a fewhours of the time I write, were not many
of our Nobility and Senators, some of whom I dare say voted
against Lotteries, assembled betting thousands upon a Horse
Race ?

In saying so much it may be thought that I am somewhat pre-
sumptuous, or that I take a partial view of the case. It is, how-
ever, my honest opinion, abstracted from personal considerations,
that the measure of abolishing Lotteries is an unwise one, and as
such I give it to that Public, of whom I have been for many
rare the highly favoured servant, and for whose patronage, though
Lotteries cease, my gratitude will ever continue.

As one of the Last Contractors, I have assisted in arranging a
Scheme, the approval of which by the Public is hourly testified
by the increasing demand for Tickets and Shares. It contains,
and for the first time that a Scheme ever did, SIX, Grand Prizes
of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS, all Sterling Money.
For the sale of. Capitals of that amount my Offices have long been
famed, for there were sold the First, the Last, and more than
Half of all that have ever been drawn. For the sale of 'other
Capitals my Offices are too well known to make it requisite for
me to enumerate, or make any remark, beyond a general one, that
they are invariably sitecrieful, and of that the Public are fully
aware by the continued preference I have received for many
years.
This Lottery being, as Parliament has revolved,
THE LAST THAT EVER WILL BE DRAWN,

is to be decided all in One Day, IRth of Joix.
In a former Address I apprized the Public, that the price of
Tickets awl Shares would rise after the 27th inst. : it has risen,
rising, and will continue to rise as the Drawing approaches.
I have the honour to be your devoted Servant,
T. DISH, Stock-Broker,
4, Curnhill, 8~ 9, Charing-. Cross.

89th lility, 1826.

C lIE VA I,IER 11 US PMI'S MEDIC INES.
frHE CHEVALIER RUSPINI begs to Worm
pointed Mr. Charles Butler, 4,
_AL the Nobility, 'Gentry, and the Public, that he has ap-
of his Medicines, viz. the Dentrifice anti Tincture ,for beautify-
ing and preserving the Teeth and Gums, and fastening those
Cheapside,the Agent for the sale
Teeth that are loose; his Elixir for curing the Toothache, and
the Balsamic Styptic for stopping all Bleedings, external eni
internal. They are now prepared by the CIIEVA LIEU, from
the original Receipts orhis Father.
Sold by Chemist, 4, °hearth* Corner of. Saint
l'aul's, London ; 54, Sackvilte-street, Dublin; and 73, Prim"'
,trect, Edinburgh ; Smyth and Nephew, Perfnmers, New
trend-street; and the principal ..illethatte Venders throughout
the United Kingdom.
°,,,* The above Medicines cannot be Genuine unless the
Name of the Chevalier J. B. Ituspini is engraved on the Go-
vernment Stamp which is attached to each Bottle.