The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-11 00:00:00

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, illarnirg, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TO WN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE.

TAR and BL ACK- WA L L PACKETS.
7 Packet and Railway Fare in6luded in One Payment.
Leave the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 71, 4,1, 21, 31, 5. and 6.
Brunswick Wharf; Blackwall,* at 91, 101, 11, 11, 3, 41, and 54.
Daily (Snnda3 8 included).
* Observe ! The Trains start one Quarter cf an hour before each
of these times.

Fares to or from London.
Fore Cabin and. Second Class Carriage, Ninepence.
Saloon and First ('lass Carriage, One Shilling.
To or (Your Blackwall.
Fore Cabin, Sixpence—Saloon, Ninepence.
Star Office, Gravesend, March 20, 1845.

REAT NORTH of ENGLAND RAILWAY.
JA Notice is hereby given that the Directors of this Company
are ready to receiv9 Tenders for Loans of Money, in stuns of not less
than 5001., and for terms of not less than five years, on security of
Debenture Bonds, under the common seal of tbeCompany, with In-
terest warrants atttaehed, bearing interest at the rate of :P4 per
cent. per annum, payable halt:yearly. Twitters, expressing the slim,
the term of years, and the residence of the lender, to be addressed to
the Secretary.

ROY AL MAIL STEAM PACKET
COMPANY.

Notice is hereby given that the DIVIDEND of 11. 10s. per Share,
declared at the General Meeting of this Company on the 10th instant.
for the half-year ending the 31st December, 1844, WILL BE PAY-
ABLE at the Company's Office, No. 55, Moorgate-street, on and
after the 28'h of this month, upon all registered Shares. In order
that sufficient time may be afforded to prepare the Dividend Books,
the Proprietors are earnestly requested to register their Shares at
latest by the 21st instant.

By order of the Board of Director&
H. PARKER, Secretary
Railway Office, Darlington, April, 5, 1845.

E. CIIAPPELL, Secretary.
55, Moorgate-street, April 11, 1845.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, exhibitQd by a working-
Model Fifty Feet long, having a power to carry visitors from end
to end. A Curious • MECHANICAL lIAND on a persoti who has
lost his natural hand. Dr. Ryan's first Series of LECTURES on
the Chemistry of Domestic Life daily, and on the Evenings ►d'
Wednesday and Friday. Professor BachhotTner's varied Lectures
With brilliant experiments. Lectures on Character, with Musical
Illustration., by Mr. J. Russell, accompanied by Dr. Wallis on the
I'iauo•forte, on the evenings of Monday, Tuesday, and Th►rsday, at
Eight o'clock. New and beautiful Objects in the 'CIIROMATROPE,
PHYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOSCOPE, and DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Submarine Experiments by the DIVER and DIVING BELL.
Working Models described daily.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

NEW ASYLUM for INFANT ORPHANS,
STAMFORD-HILL.
The NEXT ELECTION win occur on the THIRD MoNnes in
JUNE. All Applications should be made forthwith to the Office,
where forms and every information may be obtained, on any day.
from Ten till Four. Subscriptions thanktiffiy received.
JOSEPH TRITTON, Treasurer.
ANDREW REED, Sub-Treasurer.
I JAMES SHERMAN, Hon. Secretary.
;Office, 32, Poultry, April, 1845.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPA NY.
The BUSINESS of this COMPANY, during the alterations of
Nos. 8 and 9, Waterloo-place, is carried on at their Temporary
Offices, No. 28, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE.

BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
New Model, upon a large Scale, representing the Splendid
Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Cavalry
under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry under Sir
Thomas Picton.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
2G, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last ananal investigation to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts in cited ou each
P efer ereeted on the Profit scale.
EXAMP

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
Open from Eleven Morning to Nina Evening.
Admission—One Shilling. •
" One may read bulletins, and dispatches, and histories for a month
without obtaining the clear Idea of these movements which a glance
at the Model will convey."—Bell's Weekly Messenger.
Described by Waterloo Men.

(-lin.' OF LONDON NON-FREEMEN.
V../ Petitions to Parliament of the Merchants, Bankers, and
Wholesale Dealers of the City of Loudon, In support of the Bill now
before. the House of Lords for removing the restriction against
Trading, and to enable all persons to trade and work within the
City of London, will lie for signature at the Guildhall Tavern, King-
street, Cheapside, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday next,
from Eleven to Three o'Clock each day.

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4010061 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 I €4 6 f. , 9 16 4 296 13 4
1 1889 116 16 0 151 5 11 ; 7 11 91 247 4 $

The division of profit .• is annual, and the next will be made in De-
'ember of 'he present year.
This insthution otters many important and substantial advon-
(Ages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
ibr terms of years are =anted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAPIROUX, See.

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NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of ENG- I MESMP.RTSM AND PHRENOLOGY.
LAND, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, April 8, 1843. 1 U. SPENCER T. HALL, Editor of the
The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England hereby " Phreno-Magnet," has REMOVED to 39, PALL-MALL,
give notice, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO- opposite Marlborough House, and may
he daily ,consulted, personally
"PMETORS of the Society will be held on Thursday, the Bth fay or by letter. A Mesmeric Seance every day, except Sunday, at
of MaY next, at the hour of Twelve precisely, at the Company's House. • Twelve o'clock, to which a eery limited number of Ladies and Geu-
-112, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London. I tlernen are admitted by Tickets, Is., to be had of Mr. 011ivier, book-
By order of the Court of Directors, • I likelier, Pall-toall; and arrangements made for Select Evening Con-
DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. I versazioni or Lectures, Illustrated by beautiful Somnambulic and
The Lhair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, not Twelve for ! other Experiments. l'artics visited, by engagement, at their own
One o'clock. 1 residences.

SOUP TORIIII"PAVEItN, PIEEIIE.AI), GREENWICH.
- NUL THOMAS CIODSELL feelA great pleasure
11- In tendering his beg thanks to the Patron,. and begs to
-as-
sure them that he continue, to keep a similar stock of well-selected
Wints Spirits,
Alegt &c. on the premise,, whieh has gained for the
Tavern its present celebrity. •
The above Establishment combines first-rate accommodation with
economic principles,—
with separate. Smoking Rooms, private Room, for Select Parties.
~1- a so
comprising spacious Diniug and Club Rooms,

ClioriZZ,,,i)„,, White Bait, &e. as usual.
Ordinaries on Sundays at Two and Three o'clock precisely.
Beds constantly well-aired.
`.P,.—Business conducted also (on the above principles) at the
Bengal Arms Tate n, Birchin-lane.
Ordinary from One to Five, daily.

NEW ILLUSTRATED WORK BY FINDEN.
In the course of April will be published (to be continued 3lonthly)
TIIE FIRST PART OF

FINDEN'S BEAUTIES OF THE POETS :
being a SERIES of PORTRAITS of their Principal FEMALE
cFIARACTERS, from Paintings by eminent Artists, made expressly
for the Work. Engraved in the highest style of Art, by or under the
immediate Supermtendenee of Mr. EDWARD FINDF.N ; with de-
scriptive Letter-press.
The Series will commence with MOORE, to be followed by Illus-
trations of BURNS, CAMPBELL, and other popular British Poets.
Mode of Pnblication.—The Parts Illustrative of each Poet will be
published in continuous order until completed, and specially engrawd
Titles and Tables of Contents will be given, so as to enable Sub-
scribers to bind up their favourite authors as separate and distinct
Volumes. .

Each Number will contain Fonr Plates, with Illustrative Letter-
press from the pen of a distinguished female Writer.
Prints, Imperial Quarto.• • • • ....... • • • • • . • • Five Shillings,
Proofs, on India Paper, Atlas Quarto. .. • • . Eight Shillings.
Proofs, da to ('olombier Fullo, of which 2 Twelve Shillings.
a few only will be printed, without Letter-press
Prospectuses will be supplied to Country Booksellers by applica-
tion to the Publishers, or to their Town Correspondents.
London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand.

THE ORIGIN OF RAILWAYS.
This day is published, price Is.
THE RAILWAY SYSTENI ati4 its AUTHOR.
In a Letter to Sir Robert Peel, Bart.
By THOMAS WILSON, Esq., Ctev. tie L'Ordre tin Lion
Neerliminis.
London: Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange; of whom may
be bad all publications and maps on Railway..

I. LAW REVIEW and QUARTERLY
JOITRNAL of BRITISH and FOREIGN JURISPRUDENCE,
No. 3, will be published on the Ist of Maw.
Advertisements will not be received aver the 2Gth instant.
Vol. 1., just completed, price 10s., in boards.
Owen bichards, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 194, Fleet-s

street.

NEW EDITION OF DR. LINDLErS SCIfOOL BOTANY.
This day Is published, in demy Bvo., with nearly Four Hundred
Illustrations, price is. 6d.,
L:1 CHOOL BOTANY; or, the Rudiments of 80-1:7
1:7 tanical Science. By JOHN LINDLEY, rh. Pro-
fessor of Homily in University College, London. A New Edition,
with numerous alterations.
London : Printed and Published (In' the Author by Bradbury and
Evans, Whitefriars.

LITERATURE.
MAIDS OF HONOUR. 3 I'n!g. H. Colbuln.
This is an amusing tale illustrative of the Court of
George the First. Perl-aps in all our history there
is no reign more uncongenial with the feelings of
Englishmen ; our glorious country was ruled over by
a German Prince whose heart was in his own Elec-
torate, and who was unacquainted with the feelings,
customs, and even with the language of his new sub-
jects. In the work before us his character is placed
in no favourable light; his quarrels with his son, his
national prejudices, and his subservience to his Ger-
man favourites are minutely described. Though not
aspiring to such a dignity, this book may be valuable
in a philosophical sense, by helping to unmask the
empty splendour of regal pageantry—to show _that
"all is not gold that glitters, affording, as it does, a
mournful spectacle of men, great in titles, wealth,
and power, wanting only in true nobility of soul—of
men of learning and genius, whose brilliant talents
only rendered their moral depravity more conspicuous :
such were the brilliant courtiers of this corrupted
age. But, however correct in an historical point of
view, there is a fault in the arrangement of the novel
itself. The author seems well aware of the magic of
a name, he has given real names to almost every indi-
vidual. Of late years truth has become the chief'
basis fur all works of fiction ; the great characters and
important events of history form a fitting theme for
the pen of the novelist; but it is hardly fair to give
the names of private individuals to the heroes of an
imaginary tale. The heroine of this story is the
beautiful Mary Lepel, whose charms have been I
celebrated by all the poets of her time, even includ-
ing Pope ana Voltaire. We are unacquainted with her
private history, her fame only exists in the verses of
the poets ; yet this lady is made to experience as
many dangers and misfortunes as if she were really
a creation of the author. It is the same with
the other characters—they all boast some name well
known in story, and thus attract an interest foreign
to themselves. Notwithstanding this objection, it is
an amusing work, and the interest is increased by
the introduction of many celebrated anecdotes of those
eventful times. There is an account of the visit of
the gifted but unprincipled Duke of Wharton to Sir
Robert Walpole, when, under pretence of joining the
Government, that accomplished hypocrite deceived
the unsuspecting Minister, obtained pos'ession of his
plans, and then hastened to the House to turn his
weapons against himself. We also read of the great
poet at his villa at Twickenham, and 'his terriole
interview with Lady Montagu, that fatal event which
" Froze the genial eurient of his soul,"
when his fervent devotion was repulsed with heartless
ridicule, and the glossing feelings of the poet's heart
were turned to hatred and despair ; that brief moment
changed the character of his life, and infused a bitter-
ness into all his subsequent writings. It is not in the
original portions of the work that its chief interest
lies—in the descriptions of the Court, the character
of the King and his favourites, and these touching
anecdotes of real life, there is far more attraction
than in all the hair-breadth perils and escapes of its
adventurous heroine. The third volume concludes
with an account of the King's death after reading the
letter written Qll her death-bed by the unfortunate
Sophia Dorothea, who spent more than twenty years
in a gloomy prison by her husband's orders, shut off
from her family and friends, while he, deaf to the
voice of humanity, reigned over a generous people,
unquestioned and undisturbed. Truly, it may be
said, The King's name is"—no, happily the times are
changed, hut in those days—the King's name was
indeed, "a tower of strength."

FOURTH REPORT FROM THE
CLASSIFICATION COll ITTF,E OF RAI L-
WA Y BILLS.
The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of
Railway Bills, according to the Resolution adopted by the
House. and who are empowered to report from time to
time, have further considered the sevetal matters referred
to them, and agreed to report as follows:
Your Committee further recommend that the following.
Bill or preject be referred to the same Committee to which
the recommendation under letter L, in their former report,
applied :

9. Direct Loneon and Portsmouth Railway.
Your Committee further recommend that the following
Bills and projects he referred to the same Committee to which
the recommendation under letter F, in their former report.
applied :

10. Grand Junction (Dudley Branch) Railway.
11. Grand Junction (Shrewsbury and Stafford) Railway.
12. Grand Junction (Shrew4wry and Wolverhampton
Branch) Railway.
13. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
Your Committee further recommend that the following
Bill or project be referred to the same Committee to which
the recommendation under letter KK, in their former report.
applied :