The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-06 00:00:00

.1111 E SON, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1845.

and three-quarters.—Triumvir, Kedger, Golden
Fleece, Wood Pigeon, Cinizelli, Poor Boy.

SCHOOLS IN KILMONIVAIG.—The annual examina-
tion of the schools in the parish of Kilmonivaig, has
been completed by a Committee of the Presbytery of
Abertarff. These schools are five in number, and they
are attended by nearly 400 pupils. The parochial
school, taught by Mr. James Munro, maintained its
well-established discipline. Besides the numbers learn-
ing the common branches of English and Gaelic read-
ing, arithmetic, and writing, there were several boys
studying geometry, geography, and the Latin classics.
The highest class read Virgil. Air. Munro, the teacher
of this school, is a profound and accurate Celtic scholar,
and is the author of an unrivalled Gaelic Grammar, and
of several minor works in that language, both in prose
and verse. He is undoubtedly the fittest man living for
filling a Gaelic chair in one of our Universities—now a
desideratum. —lnverness Herald.
We are requested to state that Mr. Fenimore
Cooper's new work; entitled " Satanstoc ; or, the Family
of Little-page" (in 3 vols. post 8vo.), will be published
by Mr. Bentley on Monday next, the 9th inst. Orders
should be given immediately to the various booksellers.
MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF
ENGLAND, VOLUME B.—The new volume of this popular
work comprises the Memoirs of Henrietta Maria, and
Catherine of Braganza.—The Life of Henrietta is told
with all the tragical power that such a tale was calcu-
lated to inspire. The minutest circumstances of interest
are unfolded with faithful simplicity. The childish
frolics of the young Princess, the beauty and petulance
of the wayward bride of the youthful Monarch of Eng-
land, and their conjugal struggle for the mastery in the
early days of wedlock, afford a lively interlude between
scenes of tearful interest in the mournful drama of her
life. There are several curious original letters of a do-
mestic character, written after the birth of her son
Charles 11., from the Imperial Collection at St. Peters-
burgh, with which Miss Strickland has been favoured by
permission of the Emperor, and there is also much new
and important biographical matter from the secret
archives of France, to which the authoress was granted
free access by the Historian Minister Guizot. The
inedited Diary of Henrietta's Chaplain, Pere Gamache,
has also supplied many passages in this remarkable
biography, filling up all the broken links, and admitting
the reader into the most intimate acquaintance with the
private life and actions of the Royal Widow during her
residence in France. The scene in which the English
reader is for the first time made acquainted with Hen-
rietta's reception of the intelligence ot 'the murder of her
royal husband, is one of the most heart-rending that can
be imagined, and is related with simple and touchii g
fidelity.

ADVERTISEMENT.]—To the Ladies.—lt is uni-
versally acknowledged by every one of taste that how-
ever beautiful a woman may be, if her hair is deficient
either in quantity, quality, or colour, one of her greatest
charms is wanting. A complete remedy for all this is
to be found by visiting the establishment of Ross and
Sons, and choosing either head-dresses that surpass na-
tive herself, fronts, bands, or ringlets that assist her, or
splendid plaits that, encircling the thin hair, give it all
the appearance of a luxuriant growth. The partings
are so admirably contrived that the nearest inspection is
confounded ; the transparency of the web, admitting the
skin of the head to be seen through, they may be de-
scribed as being as light as a feather.--Address Ross
and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London, who
have lately invented the Depinquitory for cleansing the
skin, parting of fronts, &c.
One of the greatest impositions practised at the
present day by shopkeepers, not only in London, but in
every city and town throughout the kingdom, is that of
forging the property of another, and imposing on the
public the forged article with all the assurance of inno-
cence. We allude in the present instance to those ad-
mirable requisites for the toilet, the Macassar Oil, Kaly-
dor, and Odonto, as prepared by the Messrs. Rowland,
and which, from their merits and reputation, are the
constant objects of fraudulent imitation. The parties so
imitating concoct some trashy compounds reseiubling in
appearance those of Messrs. Rowland, and by adopting
the very same names andcopying the labels and bills,
endeavour to pass off their trash as the " genuine " arti-
cles, reckless of the injury which they will inevitably in-
flict on those who are deceived by using them. We
should have imagined that an English tradesman, whose
reputation for honour and integrity is proverbial, would
not have stooped to the meanness of so base and paltry
an action. Nevertheless we know for certain that such
is the case, and we would advise all patrons of Messrs.
Rowland's articles to purchase only of respectable sen-
ders—and particularly to observe the caution in their
advertisement which frequently appears in our paper.
DEAFNESS—ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS.-39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice Conductors,
when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not more uncom-
fortable nor perceptible than having a small piece of
wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad-
vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' standing of ex-
treme deafness, instantly to join in general conversation,
and to catch the sound of a distant, low speaker, at
church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into
the ears to such an extent, that in most severe cases
deafness cannot be observed. Also original Ear Cor-
nets; French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and
improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many
of those instruments have received the approbation of
the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Bri-
tain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immediately
they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it
Is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state.
Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, Micro-
scopes, &c.—Cautiou : Messrs. S. and 13. Solomons,
Jpticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with
a person of the same name in their immediate neigh-
oourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent
nistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at
39. Albemarle-!treet, Piccadilly,. opposite the Yorkflotel.
The Marchioness of Douro has recovered her gold
watch, worth one hundred guineas,-Which had been presented to
her Ladyship by the Duke of Wellington. It was found by an
elderly female, who took it to the Commissioners of Police, by
whom It Was restored to her Ladyship, who rewarded the tinder
with 10d.

MODES, BAL COSTUMES, &c.
As the Due de Broglie has not attempted to interfere with
our " right of search " into the French papers, during his
diplomatic negotiations, we have occasionally peeped into the
Journal des Debate of late, and have diccovered a series of
articles under the above title. In these fuilletons the writer
adverts to the rapid strides of science, and its development in
articles of trade and manufacture, and endeavours to excite
the emulation of the Parisian marchands, by assuring them
that great efforts are being made in Loneon to eclipse their
inventions, and surpass
.them in the elegance of their fabrics.
Whether success has attended these efforts or not, is not our
province to determine. We leave the decision of this impor-
tant question to amateurs ; and whilst everything is teeming
with life and anima ion, although it may appear inconvenant
to speak of pallida mars, or his,' attendant pompes funebres,
we will call their attention to the chasteness and ex-
treme beauty of the monumental designs at Clark's,
in Wigmorc-street. His atelier is filled with casts
from the statues of Phidias and Praxiteles, and especially an
exquisite figure of one of Diana's attendant Nymphs, to which
we recently adverted, yet he excels in his monuments, with
their coloured inscriptions, which look like a leaf that has been
torn from some richly illuminated Missal. Whenever any of
our Noblesse desire torenovate their
" family's old monument,
Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites
That appertain unto a burial,"
they had better look in at Mr. Clark's, instead of raising Shak-
spere's reproach—
" Lay not these bones in an unworthy urn,
Tombless, with no remembrance over them."
It is net often that the sun condescends to make his appear-
ance in London, and, in fact, he seems to have had so much
trouble in forcing his way through the fog to get a peep
at us, that he abandoned the attempt until this week,
and, now that he has come, we find him d. trop, and
every one is trying to get out of his way and out of the range
of his rays. Captain Morris was right to sing about the
" Sweet shady &de of Pall-mall." How it was thronged yes-
terday ; and the Burlington Arcade was in a state of siege
from the moment the crowd-compelling beadles threw open
the gates ; but there are so many charming shops and charm=
ing laces to be seen in this shady blest retreat, that we can
scarce marvel at its being so much in vogue. Doudney, who
like nimbus, rose in the east, has now established himself in
Bond-street and the Arcade. He has taken the old Alexan-
drian Institution, and has retained all the old Egyptian orna-
ments, so that the attention is alternately distracted by well-
cut dress coats and sphynxes, and we recognise the Caryatides
from the tombs of the old kings of Thebes, cheek
by jowl with the newest fashions of Paris. We
must find time to make a voyage autour de
so chambre (show-room), and will render our readers
a faithful and graphic description of all that is to be seen
there. The old time-honoured Truefit also retains the same
premises there which he has occupied time out of mind. I-1
and his smiling busts, and well-curled perukes, are part am
parcel of the place, and have been there within the " memory
of the oldest inhabitant." Several counterfeit haircutters have
endeavoured to impose themselves upon the public as the
original Truefit, and have invaded his own territory, but he
has kept them at bay by pointing out the imposture to the
public. The Burlington Arcade also possesses a noted ladies'
shoemaker, named Paul Hase, who obtains every week from
Paris a fresh supply of chaussure, which the ladies protest
is in every respect superior to the shoes and brodequins
of English manufacture. They certainly look much better,
and too much praise cannot be bestowed upon them.
But apropos de bottes, whilst we are upon the subject of
chaussure, honourable mention must be made of Medwin, who
has erected an elegant establishment with sumptuous decora-
tions, which has become the chief ornament and the - cynosure
of every eye in Regent-street. Medwin, however, we believe,
does not profess to interfere with ladies' feet, but confines
his attention to the construction of bottes vernies for our use.
He, moreover, fashions leather and prunella into all sorts
of shapes and devices, to suit the taste and feet of the most
fastidious gent jaune that lounges about London. His clients
(tradesmen have no customers now-a-days) declare that
his boots are remarkably well made, and very easy to the feet.
From the same authority we must also mention an establish-
ment of importance in a country where sporting and riding
is the chief occupation of the aristocracy, to whom we are
convinced, Hawkin's Grosvenor riding-school, in South-
street, Grosvenor-square, is wall known the school is situated
on the first-floor, and admirably adapted for the purpose.
His beautiful set of ponies is well deserving the attention of
parents who wish their children to become good ecuyers, they
certainly cannot put them under the care of a better master.
We have been talking about so many belle choses in London,
that we may as well favour the world with the result
of our observations on the other side of the channel, and
the Englishmen who aspire to the honours of martyrdom
enjoyed by the Parisian elegantes in their tight coats and
trousers and waistcoats, are to be found thronging the show-
rooms of the famous Becker, in the Rue Neuve des Petits
Champs. The lions of the French capital declare his cut and
facon to be perfection; and the English in Paris seem to be of
the same opinion, for a skilful connoisseur would recognise
Becker's coats on every English back in the Tuileries gardens
on a fine afternoon. We cannot conclude without saying one
word for Piot, in the Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, who con-
tinues to be the focus of fashion, and, by tacit consent, has
become the daily lounge of that numerous band of busy idlers,
whose fantastic tricks and escapades form no inconsiderable
item in the amusements of Paris. Where Piot procures all his
trinkets and ever-varying orfeverie, is to us incomprehensible.
His workmen must possess some magic crucibles, in which
they must transfuse tho precious metals into those elegant
shapes and devices which abound in his collection of jewellery

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14 A y.
4/NDON & CROYDON RAILIV ea
In compliance with the Standing Orders of the 1-Irf_s,
Lords, a special general meeting of the proprietors of this 17,;f
took place to-day at the London Terminus for the purr's!.
considering and determining upon the proposed Bills form t,lihge
the Wandsworth, Dorking, and Bonham branches.
r,_,
meeting was also made special, for the purpose of consitite ityi;
and authorising the issue of shares by the Com
last,gisvoefnlootai loan
notice
notes whoeiri
odtiodontinoot, pt roe i
convertoust o
tthh h
eentlsi tePtsonFsleibbarrcosit. :
holder
Mr. ROwLAND HILL took the chair, and upon doing su..,
the whole of the Bills before them. It was no rt of _ .
_.,
stated that the business of the meeting was too conishateeirr
duty to consider what might be the expenses on the sitylles.;.
as those ;natters had been previously considered, 127,
would appear from the report. The traffic had been casri
considered, and upon each point he believed that the le
had been carefully cril fully borne out.—(Hear, hear.) . Bile
The Solicitor of the Company then read the differen.t
..
le Bright,'
to which the Company had given their assent. '1 - dr
and Horsham Branch was acceede I to, and, upon the Wan
worth Branch being pressed, 'Nest-end
Mr. FLOOD thought that t subject of nukthat the ,ing a ,ve,t,
branch ought to be postponehe d. He admitted 0...,,
end branch at Wandsworth would give great advantaae t c
sengers, but he thought it must be apparent that otherrouto
to p
would be adopted more convenient, and they ought
themselves against it.
The Secretary then read the following reports—
0. _...,ity
" The present meeting had been convened in co torw,r,
with the standing orders of the House of Lords, for they%
pose of obtaining the formal assent of the London and Brie her
Railway Company to the Bills before Parliament, aplooliffa ~t;noti
which' was sanctioned by this Compan) on the 9th ..c...bsia
last. Of these Bills, the Wandsworth Branch and /I '!...04
Branch had passed the standing orders. The DirecotorlN
to report that the Bill for a branch from Reigate t
of
cannot be proceeded with this session, in consequene!
_e_loo,
standing orders not baying been complied with. It is, 0°.:;,,,t,
the intention of the Board to submit it as a competingPl •Joith
This meeting has also been made special in conforni.isty _
itio
a requisition, duly signed, ' for the purpose of aut
issue of shares, in this Company, to such holders ohf loan°
i 0 0 teal
of the said Company. as did not, previously to thu rt the
February last, give notice of their intention to concviel
reo,
same into shares and for the purpose of coming to All , 'fbe
lutions in regard' thereto as may be deemed advise"'e.tien:--
following are the material facts bearing on thi, (1? fool,
A general meeting of this Company, on the 20th ot ,
of 300,000/., payable at the end of five years, bearing interest
to
1842, empowered the direction to issue loan notes to the._etetree::
in the meantime at 5 per cent. per annum, ' vvith an °Piratien
othfe
nhootldemrsoorfe sutchhannottehsreteo cyoenavrear,t them, at the shares °I
this Company, under into quarto ,er to,
powers of an Act to be obtained for that Pray :be
Thereupon advertisements were issued for this loan'e_. 100
at 104 per quarter share, una.
whole amount being subscribed for on the above t r''' ii 3471
notes were issued, payable on the 15th of Februarti.!;lo
Le and on each note was endorsed the following tutivii at the
pursuance of a resolution of the general meeting, ,oth kit
1 London Tavern, Bishopsgate. street, London, nn made to I"ri
of January, 1842, application is intended to be
e_ret oil
liament for an Act, under the terms of which th
vticio,, pro-,
be entitled, on the 15th day of February, 1845, Pr, o:arter-
vious notice be given, to convert this loan noW Tibet of led
shares shares of this Company, at 10/. each.' On the 31st etetble
1843, the royal assent was iven to the Ad wo'i• 300,m1
this Company to raise the aforesaid suul ,00/.,
_,Oll
by the issue of
ordered that the shares
authorisedeubyi amount 0, 1 st,
by mortgage of the undertakin to the poatY 'M
theallotted
Februaryte
rmt os i
at hsdte,i Irdieouel det
directed
as
thi ocyfelho
suchaadn
beennAo t
ee
ts
A special meeting of this Company, on the 9w -t end"the shove A' upe:
Yeotnhfeeri;isetloweietbt fol
wet., to 0,1,3';
vert 266,29i,i. of loan notes into shares,
resolution of the 20th J 1842, the adeer tes. 13
January, l o . , 0
such loan, the tender, and the endorsement 00 ' ,000e;i4
with respect to the remainder of these notes, ato berieh
notwithstanding they had omitted tg:o'
33,7104, no such notice was given. Certaileir On aetin ce,
subsequently applied to the Board to convert t
_aired n- fere
' in the manner; to loth
the l'rie to iaterood
the Directors, considering that they had 110 ri,woevef:deeeall e
in the matter, declined so doing. They We' 71tion, '° re-
it right, in compliance with the above requ,, them tbe Pt i,
meeting of the
Proprietors, and to subrait to 5 the sbjeefon
ceding statement of the facts of the case; eund'aef reqUe°C 4 h
of very considerable importance, they urge teen aft'e
attendance of the Shareholders.'' ld ', n kieret- °
ri
o ers.'
Mr. noon then moved that the furtber,c°-9 i ree
question should be adjourned for six roou,tl:ls. the 113°,n-iTe ie.;
Mr. BENNETT, Of Brighton, seconee-.,,,eives to di.-
thought the Directors ought to confine terobbiug ill
rest of their own Company, and leave nu J-
ferent branches of the line of railway. of low
The motion was then agreed to. . lotion
he (1
The meeting then proceeded to sitter t
COD
notes, upon which eetiOP .0 the
Mr. FLOOD moved the adjournment of the 0 „ ost 1 ore
Mr JOHNSON moved, as an amendtoeo4,oo notesof the
cpinion of the meeting, all the holders of opriettolop the
equally entitled, under the resolution of the ' r of, ull" ibel
9th of January last to receive shares in lieu threolhotheritber
fo • oting of the resolution of 20th January, 184-' ouired e the
had given notice or not. No such being re
,'7 or by
by the Act of the 6th and 7th of ireVicto. c,_ll:°Pn* tieeegretijoso
resolution of the 9th of January last, and o's .inglY, to beets
mend to the Directors to issue such shares aceor, '
already
,
holders of loan notes to whom they had o°' t the
allotted." the h
,hooght wiec
Mr. CAPEL seconded the motion. Ile 'A i ticer
holders of loan notes had a f equity 8°- 'us
case o equ Over
ought to be considered. hatlll°P
Mr. SALE said that he believed the Directors
chan°
to do what they were called upon to do. with the, 10b-
Mr. BENNETT, of Brighton, thought that,
wider t'e
of a heavy Chancery suit, they ought well to co
t 05
ject before they determined upon it. ' • foe°
• of adjOIDI
After some further discussion, the notice
agreed to by a large majority.
The meeting then separated. 1'
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THE NEW ASYLUM FO ill'
RAPnlnlivAerN.SryAFTestSivTalAoßilFthOislti-nsiitutioes wali‘L IV
n fULD' bele
at the London Tavern, Charles Hip gq"
h°sateir.Treasurer of the Institution ; Et' W. 1°11" ted
the
principal table we observed J. Trittouiirgiresq,,.h"' io
..:
George Thompson, Esq. ; Mohun Lal (who was noionai or.
magnificent Indian costume), the interpreter, ecanriy. Pkr.
Friend of the late Sir Alexader Burnes; the 11°,1;010; 40r
timer: the Rev. Dr. Reed the Rev. James 5"04,, s°
Sheriff Hunter; Rev. J. Martin; R. T. /COW' AO
veral other influential gentlemen and noblemen._ so eae'tile
About a hundred sat down, at six o'clock, to
e.°
dinner, which was put on the table in that very 6541. a f•
for which Messrs. Bathe and Brache are Pol. gr. ilb,
musical arrangements were under the direction 0 0. St°
Taylor, assisted by Messrs. Rennie, Gauge, Le tee. a the
and Giffin.—Mr. Toole, jun., officiated as teastlibert a° ,of
The toasts of " The Queen," and of " Prince 470 obildri,eably
rest of the Royal Family," having been drunk, the retail:4od
the Institution were introduced. They look , O'er"
clean and healthy, and presented altogether a very even.
appearance. of tbe o'
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the toastoboreoaoa
log, " Success to the New Asylum for Orphan rs thets'eass
(Cheers.) That Institution had many claims ug: to iti(r,st
he hoped that the result of the festival would % Therej bad
their funds to a large amount.—(Loud cheerslor. ftee tioo,
another Institution for infant orphan:, to whi lost,,uia be
of the ,bil.e'f, if,
belonged for some years. The -direetors
however, had resolved that a certain cateehLeillence, left
he
forced upon the children. Dr. Reed, in con!6:r,beol, and
be could no longer conscientiously act viitu,,o, lilif'l:, of
founded this Institution on the principles of eelfeiprieePrro."
(Cheers. 1 The children were instructed in the upOn th other
religion, 'but no particular catechism was fore? to the•shieP
enemies
,t goo
th.,
(Cheers.) They were not, however,
Institution.—(Cheers.) They wished to 1 for b:esesoti
inn them, gaanldl e riyo,i joining
sning
for, unfortunately, there was plenty ni. roomlathe' Fot--11i1-
( Hear, hear.) He regretted that there were °J. s tableore oit ,
eirne ths
On a future occasion he hoped to see the 12141 th. e elud°
the
by proposing the toast, which was drunk With, ,be Car
The next toast was " Mr. Sheriff Moo: an
of the City of London." li $f
peeicetsattiovrat
festival.—(Cheers
sitting at tie On ..rs•
Cheer s.)sii ill, beau; tioa
uesit ti
Mr. Sheriff HUNTER returned thanks. .0 the ,',(l,uit
Mr. G. Tlioatesorr then rose to Pror;sitor.' a fired
" Mohun Lal, the distinguished Indian Yit rendere ( Loa ,
cheers.) He was their fellow subject, and ha" fastil, Ors
and important services to our countrymen in thureaes °''tsl 'er'
ere' go ot, cheers.) He accompanied Sir Alexander 13
_A osen ' disci
mission to Runjeet Singh. He had also rend those t
was coo,
vice to Sir William M'Saghten, and when sralt, to toy
guished men were killed at Caubul, and lir sconclua
pelted to retreat, he had rendered eesentl meinsfP led
British prisoners in Affghanistan, and it was- le viol 'r
to his exertions that the prisoners had been re be rip ea
cheers.) Having succeeded in his negotiationso. oeb
e(1,0od
England, and the East India Company had' „leers trst°,
honour, settled on him a pension of 1,000/.
and 1.),,_000t,),!
cheers.) He rejoiced to see him arnongit t uttriti."
that more of their Indian fellow-subjects would that theher tha°
so that they might love and respect, and ttiaon rat
empire in India might be founded on Ofee op
thale he
on fear.—( Loud cheers.) bleb
-° pl.,' the
The toast having been drunk with the gret bielt 13°1 to he
Mon UN Lax. returned thanks in English, jo reP?oul, ,
speaks with great fluency and correctness'
.„ at Csaocere,
allusions which had been made to his set British 'OO, al'
had always endeavoured to do his duty to th,eo metalr lt its
ment, regardless of any personal risks th t nertioos, riala.sj
that it had always been promote 'obect of his s' rests i° .o', a
been his greatest wish, to
were
British ititethe eeell'oerte
Several other toasts were drunk during.. 4. Reed r
towards the conclusion of the proceediogs4.
that the subscriptions amounted to nearly 7""