The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-10 00:00:00

WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.

HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the WEST
T
INDIA DOCK. COMPANY hereby give notice, that the
TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Company will be SUUT on
Saturday the 10th of June, and OPENED again on Saturday the
Bth of July crxt.

HENRY LONGLANDS, Sec.
West India Dock House,..iune 2, 1428.

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY for
the ASSURANCE of LIVES of PERSONS in EVERY
STATION of LIFE: A General Meeting will he held at the
Society's Office, 60, Lincoln's Inn Fields, on Saturday, the 24th
instsat, at 11, for half-past 11 precisely, for the purpose of elect-
ing Six Directors, and also Four Auditors, and for receiving the
Directors and Auditors' Report, and for General purposes.
By Order,
JAMES ANDERTON,. Stee.
' N.B. Two of the Auditors will be chosen by the Persons who
have been Assured to the amount of 41,000 or upwards, for the
space ofat least two years.

'MEW INVENTION.---The PATENT WIND
GUARD, an Effectual Cure for Smoky Clibrinies. It
may be applied with ease to any Chimney, and will do away en-
tirely the necessity of high Chimnies, and time very wusightly
emitricantes at present in use.
To be had at Mr. Peak's Manufactory, No. 128, St. John's-
Itreet, Clerkenwell, where Orders will be piinctually attended to.
A liberal allowance to the. Trade. . ,

- ' This Da were published, in Svo., price 10s. W.
ICE DIFFICULTIES of ROSCANISM,—
I. By GEORGE STANLEY FABER, B.D.
Rector of Long Newton.
Printed for John Murray, Alhemarle-street.'

NI;;NV SONGS,White and Red Roses, sung
by Madame Vestris, composed by J Barnett, 2s.
Bonnie wee wife (new Edition), sung by Madam Vestris, com-
posed by Mrs. Miles, 2..
A inun's a roan for a that, sung by Mr. Braham, composed by
A. Lee, 2e.
Woman, sung by Mr. &ahem, composed by A. Lee, 2s.
Tell me no more, sung by Mr. Braham, composed by J.
Breham, 2s.
Blue Bonnets over the Border, sung by Mr. Braham, compos-
ed by A. Lee, 21.
Horn of chase (new Edition), sung by Mr. Braham, composed
by A. Lee, 2e. -
Birds are singing sweet, my love, sung by Mr. Brahma, com-
posed by J. Brehm, 2s. Bd.
Farewell Song, Sung by Mimi Foote, composed by M. Kelly, 2s.
My heart is young, sung by Miss Foote, composed by M.
Kelly, le. 6d.
Blink over the burn, my sweet, sung by Miss Stephens, com-
posed by J. Smith, 2s.
Oh, I love this moonlight ray, sung by Miss Stephens, com-
posed by G. F. Stansbury, 211.
Such tears are bliss, sung by Miss Stephens, composed by I. C.
Clifton; 21.
There is a love, sting by Mr. Sapio, composed by F. J.
Klose, 2s. ,
my love,: Mary, sung by Mr. Sapio, coin-
Will you with me,
peed by J. A. Wade, Esq., 21.
Published by 3. WILLIS and Co., 'Royal Musical Repository,
65, St. James's-street (opposite Jermyn-street), London.; and /,
Westmorland-street, Dublin, where may be had every variety Of
Grand, Cabinet, Cottage, Square, and Circular Pianofortes, Harps,
&C. by the most eminent Makers, at the lowest manufacturers'
prieer.spalianofortaa• Harps, &c. let out on hire.

nor ON OR BEFORE NEXT SATURDAY, as the Price
will certainly rise, at least Twenty-four Shillings a Ticket,
next Monday Morning l9th instant.
J...and J. SIVEVVRIGIIT, Contractors for this
• Last of all LOTTERIES, assure the Public that, from
the great and general demand throughout the Kingdom for a fare•
well venture, before Lotteries close for ever, it is likely Tickets
and Shires will be very scarce; and must be Considerably higher
in Price ss Drawing approaches. The Scheme cootaius, f
the FIRST and ONLY time in the alas of Lotteries,
SIX PRIZES OF .00,000, &e. ke•
forming the nriequalleil Sum of .089,000!
And Every NDuAinyl:eriestPuri3cue

When Lotteries finish for ever.
Ticket,' and Shares are selling by J. and givewright,
Contractors, at their fortunate Offices, No. 37, Corn 11111;
Holborn ; and SS, -Haymarket, Lon&M,
where they sold
12;478 a Mae of £90,000 !
3,60 a Prize of .. 21,0561
And in the very Last Lottery, drawn 3d of Last Month,
1,103 ..... a Pei* £21,000
3,925 a Pt-liu.of
I3esitles other Capitals in late Lotteries.

(The following •curious: letter has been sent to us
by a Correspondent, :with a ,request that it may be
inserted.)

TO. THI.

OPERATIVES ot. Tint UNITED KINGDOM.

GENTLEMEN—The day is faat, approaching when,
animated by that laudable ambition which characterises
the British nation, you wilt establish yourselves in
that-rank in society for which you are so eminently,
qualified. We have' long enough been under the rule
Of men so ignorant and helpless, as to render our coun-
try contemptible: Gentlemen, let us examine them
from the beginning to die .end,
from the top to the bot-
tom, and we shall find them totally unfit for their sta-
dons. The King, God bless hint,
is the only heart of
.oak ; we w4,bric..tto otter;' his Majesty's .Mi-
bisters—they are all of a piece i''the Lord Chancellor
cold not stitch a button-hole; and, though he gets
through a great many snits, Some-of them last him for
years, ui,d, before they are finished, they are worn out ;
the pockets are torn to pieces, fine-drawn inside and
out, and the Lord help the poor devil who gets them
after all. The Prime Minister, for his seal, could
not make his own breeches. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Home Secretary of State, though said
to have good understandings, could not, to save their
soles, make P pair of shoes. Such fellows deserve' a
,good Itekeiting ! For instance, Mr. Canning, who
cannot make, a sheet of writing paper, is .• Foi-eign
Secretary. Earl Bathurst, of the Colonial Office, is
not able to hoop a hogshead of sugar. The first
Lord' of the AdMiralty is too ignorant to build a jolly
boat. • The President of the Board of Works cannot
carry a hod of mortar up a . threa-story ladder. The
Commissioners of Woods and Forests arc, to a man,
incapable of sawing a plank ; and the Chairman of the
Board of Trade don't know a Spitalfields
silk from a Bandana.' Nay, Gentlemen, the
whole Of the Cabinet Ministers together could
not make a chest of drawers. Let me ask you,
Gentlemen, if these be fit persons to rule' a king-.
dom ? I hear you all say, no ! There must be' a nth.:
cal reform. I have some of you in my. eye, Gentle-
men, in my mind's eye, Gentlemen, to fill those offices
with credit ; you, John Toinkyns, the ostler, shall
be Lord Chancellor, because you are a good Judge.
Tom Jones, you shall be Foreign' Secretary, because
you Understand 4Velsh. You, Bill Johnson, shall
take the Colonial Department, your experience as
grocer's man, qualifies you for the place admirably.
Jem :Stephens, if you can get Gripe, the pawnbroker,
to gisit up your indentures, you will do well for Chancellor
of the !rehetjuer, you know all about interest and
the like.' Gibbons, the baker's man, must be Mas-
ter of the Ras. Toni Deal, the carpenter, Comp-
troller of the Woods and Forests ; and Smith, the
cabinet-maker, shall be Pr:unt Minister. I shall
consider whether Cobbett be not the best man
for Home Secretary, as he must head the Police.
I am in sonic doubt, 'because I am also told that
there ought to he honour among thieves. this be
indispensable, Cobbett won't dO. Brougham intended
to be Lord Chancellor, but we know better, he first'
began to' open. our eyes, but we see now further than
he wishes, he must be pensioned off until we have got
him quite under our thumbs, or he he appointed gover-
nor of Sierra Leone, where I shall recommend we'
send all troublesome fellows. I thoUght, of abolishing
the tythes, but as the Church will tiroVide for a good
many oldish men, who are now learning to read, we must
not meddle with it. ' As,. I shall ,recommend no ac-
counts to be kept, we must get rid of Hume. An expt-
dition to the North Pole, which will suit his temperature,
will perhaps be advisable. If there be a tidy reward,
he is so fond of intricacies and money, that he will
amuse himself amongst 'the snow very well ; and if he
get a gentle hug from a bear, or a 'squeeze between
two friendly ice7bergs, so 'much the better. J. Bur-
ridge the dry-rot man, shall be Comtroller ; and se-
veral very good: fellows from the “.Bradford. Union"
can be Commissioners of the Navy ; and we can
search the books of the Mendicity Society for
Gentlemen Pensioners: Hunt is too low for I.Teher
of the Black Rod, otherwise he would be matchless..
I don't know anybody better adapted for this post than
Wooller, if he can be trusted ; but I fear him—he is
a leveller, he waists to bring down the Nobles to his
own rank ; but I fear: he will not allow us ,to get into
their places, and-We are not such fools as to be lifted
up just: so MO, and no higher ; no, no—that's
Brougham's notion ; lie would like us all to be his
constituents—all of us to worship him as our idol ;
but this won't-do—we are the people, and we are
suPrente; Sir Francis Burdett tells us so, and so does
every body else,—and what every body says must be
true. I think Carlisle ought to be a Ilishois—he will
be mucli better reconciled to the: church in consequence
'of hispromotion, and he can print his own sermons.
It is impossible to provide others with.appointments
at present, there are so many aspirants, who are really
not qualified for the situations. Upon the whole,
asrhraailsigetiankeen tms y
sueni
ft l
have 'determined what"-placeat
I prefer to leave the other
present I have in eve to the Gold and Silver Coining
department, on Tower Hill, but you shall .soon
hear again from,

Yours at command,
ii MAT 0' THE MINT."
Pig anti WhistL• Alley, Shoemaker Row,
June 1, 1826.

r. OF LONGEV
ei,nagrecoN"sv
REMARKABLE.. A tiSTA.,---
in Scotland (forfarshire,
which, in all their circumataneest
have been politely 'furuished with twhee
ithotfoiltonarvpairatyl:
let. Alexander Beckley, who I/OW°
town of Dundee) cane. to Auterio, id the ego of la years. tie
was married in the county of Amelia, when 21 years old, to Mitts
Amy Gninhlin, aged 18, by whom be had 14 children ; two died
in in/alley and 12 lived.to mature age. When between 45 and
50, Mr. Berkley joined the fteptist Church, to which :denomina-
tion he continued to adhere until hie death, which happened on
Saturday the 8211 of October, 1801 at the
‘t ,r
age of
his wife still living, aged 111.—; "
Whe" r* was 100 or 110
,ear,i old, he movenii his sight, (which age had partially injured)
en
e.
as to read as well. at
ever he had done. This phenomenon host-
ed about 80 Alva, when blindness cremes, from which he
was never relieved. 118 woo a mot ,min 7 • intellect; snit re-
tained his senses to the last moment of h's ""tence. 'twat; not
lang after Ilya. Bailey. followed her aged husband to the grave.
she died on the,9th efJenuary lamb, at the ripe old ago, of
New York Spictator.