The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

SALES Is Y AUCTION

BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
New Model, upon a large Scale, representing the Splendid
In BEDS RAVE-SQUARE, the VICINITY of her MAJESTY'S Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca-
PALACE, a SPLENDID ABODE for a FAMILY of DIE, valry under the Marquis of Anglesen, and by the British Infantry
TINCTION, with commensurate accommodation throughout, under Sir Thomas Picton.
btaliling far Seven Horses, Standing for Three Carriages, a large EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
Garden, and every comfort that ingenuity can desire. i Open from Ten till Five; and in the Evening, brilliantly
R. GEORGE ROBINS has received instruct -...' illuminated, from Seven till Ten.
Lions from the Executors to SELL by PUBLIC COMPE-
" Admission, One Shilling.
lITION, on the Premises, on THURSDAY NEXT, January 23, at One may read bulletins, and dispatches, and histories for a
"
month without obtaining the clear idea of these movements which o'Clock, (and to the highest bidder), a
a glance at the Model will convey."—Bell's Weekly Messenger.
S: ;GULARLY ELEGANT AND UNUSUALLY CONVE.
NIENT MANSION, OF FIRST-RATE IMPORTANCE,
No. 28, IN BELGRAVE.SQUA RE,
on the south side, and for several years the favoured abode of
WM. KNIGHT DEHANY, ESQ., DECEASED.
This delightful town residence was fitted up by the late re.
j spucted possessor, regardless of expense, with a fixed determination
to secure every comfort a family of distinction can desire. That
he succeeded " a merveille" will be perceptible at the first glance,
since ingenuity would be puzzled to find a real want neglected. Of
the situation, it may be desirable to observe that it is
IN THE VERY CENTRE OF FASHION AND GAIETY,
AND ON THE VERGE OF ROYALTY,
and the tenure secures the possession, subject 'to the original
ground-rent only, for a period.
" STILL EXISTING OF EIGHTY YEARS."
The outward form displisys se much of architectural taste that it
leas long been the subject e. unvarying praise, and within, will be
won (from a condensed statement about to follow) is without a
single a.loy. There are three upper chambers, for seven beds ;on
the third story, three best bedchambers, and a coramodite ; the
second floor, three delightfully airy bedchambers, a dressing.room,
and commodity. The principal suite are of noble proportions, and
the decorations qttite in the present taste. The salon de compagnie
is in communication with the stone colonnade and balcony,
TWO NOBLE STONE STAIRCASES,
and the paved hall, to which may be appended
TILE LUXURY OF HOT AND COLD BATHS,
admirably placed, with a shower-bath in connexion with it. The
grand entree is of superior character and design, with a noble stone
staircase to the principal suite, a lofty salle a manger, 30ft. by 18ft.,
a library about 20ft. by IBR., a gentleman's morning room, and
cornmoilite well placed.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
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New Objects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The
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DISSOLVING VIEWS. Dr. RYAN'S and Professor BACHHOFF-
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HR. H. THE DriKE OF NORMANDY.
* Persons having any claim or claims against CHARLES
LOUIS DE BOURBON, 11. It. IL the DUKE of NORMANDY, arc
requested to send in the particulars thereof to me, within the space
of three months from this date. Upon a proper adjustment thereof;
payment will be made forthwith.

LUKE BRIGGS,
1, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn,
Solicitor to the Duke of Normandy.

Jatiur.ry 17, 1845.

A GENCIES.-COUNTRY SHOPKEEPERS,
CM_ and others are informed that the LONDON GENUINE TEA
COMPANY are now filling up their Lists of AGENCIES for the
Present Year, and persons seeking for a respectable additioa to their
business, by which many have derived, during the last 27 years, con-
siderable incomes, may apply to the Company, at their Warehouses,
2, LAURENCE POUNTNEY-lIILL,.LONDON.

THE BASEMENT IS QUITE PERFECT,
everything conducive to comfort, in its extended meaning, is pro-
minent throughout

THE STABLE DEPARTMENT IS FAULTLESS,
There are

SEVEN CAPITAL STALLS, STANDING FOR
THREE CARRIAGES,
harness room, with servant's sleeping.rooms over; and a depository
for hay and straw; a garden alone separates them from the man.
510.1. There is water lalti on throughout the abode and offices,
indeed, the whole appears allied to comfort, although it is not in-
tended to disguise the fact that a lady outsegeously straightlaced
may, by dint of ingenuity, find the opportunity to display her tact
in renovating some of the decorations. The purchaser will have
the opportunity to take, at a fair valuation,
THE ELEGANT FURNITURE AND APPENDAGES
of every kind, and in the best taste, observing that Dowbiggin was
the artiste in furniture.

It can only be been by tickets; t• Le had of Messrs. Parke and
Freeth, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn.fields; and at Mr. George Robins's
offices, Covent garden.

DEVONSHIRE-PLACE, PORTLAND-PLACE.
THE GROUND LEASE OF A NOBLE MANSION, CAL-
CULATED FOR A LARGE FAMILY, AND WITH
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to sub-
mit to public competition, at the Auction Mart, on
TUESDAY NEXT, January 21, at Twelve,
A most admirable RESIDENCE for a Banker, Merchant, or
Family of Opulence, situate
No. 1, DEVONSHIRE-PLACE,
CLOSE TO PORTLAND.PLACE,
and contiguous to the Regent's-park, which in its domestic ar_
rangonents, offer the most complete and ample accommodation
far a large establishment : the sleeping chambers, eight in number
are spacious and airy ; the reception rooms of noble proportions;
whilst the ground floor possesses an excellent dining-room,
morning room, loath room,
A HANDSOME LIBRARY OF LARGE DIMENSIONS.
Ile domestic oflices are numerous, and very complete, communi-
cating at the rear with an excellent six-stall stable, coach-house
for tour carriages and servants' rooms over. The Residence is
helot under the original Lease, forty-three years being unexpired,
and at a ground rent of only 181. a year, offering the oppor-
tunity of investing money for its purchase, with every certainty
of possessing a secure income.

NEW SPELLING BOOK, BY MRS. MARCET.
This day is published, 2m0., with Woodcuts, Is. 6d. cloth,
THE MOTHER'S FIRST BOOK : containing
Reading made Easy; and the Spelling Book, in Two Parts.
By MRS. MARCET, Author of " Mary's Grammar," &e., &c.
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MRS. MARCEVS WILLY'S GRAMMAR, for Young Boys.
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M'CULLOCH'S GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.

Just published, Two thick V°lu-nes, 8vo„ illustrated with Six large

import•tnt Maps, 41. cloth,
DICTIONARY GEOGRAPHICAL, A STA-
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square; at the Auction Mart; and at Mr. George Robins's
Offices, Covent.garden.

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HULL lIIECRANICS' INSTITUTE.
(Abridged from the Hull Advertiser.)
A grand literary soirée took place at the Hull
Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening week, and
was by far the finest meeting—unconnected with
politics—which has taken place in this town for
many years.
The arrangements made for the reception of the
vast concourse of visitors, by the Committee of the
Mechanics Institute, were judicious and complete.
A few minutes before seven o'clock the platform was
filled, with the exception of the seats reserved for
the speakers, who shortly afterwards entered the Hall.
Dr. Alderson, the President of the Institution, took
the chair, and was supported on his right by Joseph
Jones, Esq.,
the Mayor of Hull •
the Recorder of Hull ; the Rev. James Baines, M. T.
Aspinall, Esq.,
M.A.,
Rector of Althorpe, Lincolnshire ; Sir William Low-
thr
o:eJ B
arneastt I.l,enmw.opo.: Sri,r Esq.,V M.D., President of
l, Esq., and Thomas Thomp-
son,orneNalter, Charles James,
Esq. ; on the left of the Chairman were Sir John
Hanmer,
the M.P., R. F. Hull Literary and Philosophical Society, and
Major M'Cleverty, of the 48th Regiment.
Bart.,
The CHAIRMAN, on rising, was received with loud
applause. After some preliminary observations, and
reading letters apologising for their absence from
Professor Phillips, the Right Hon. Tennyson D'Eyn-
court, and other gentlemen, he concluded by calling
upon Sir John Hanmer to address the meeting.
Sir JOHN HANMER, M.P., then came forward, and
was received with loud cheers. He congratulated
them on the progress which the Institution had made
since its foundation in 1826, and spoke in glowing
terms of the advantages which had been conferred
upon the working men of England by this and other
similar Institutions.
The Hon. Baronet was followed by Sir W. James,
M. T. Baines, Esq., the Recorder of Hull, and Dr.
Horner, the President of the Hull Literary and Phi-
losophical Society, who addressed the meeting in elo-
quent speeches, for which we have not room.
The CHAIRMAN then said the company would now
be favoured with an address from the Rev. James
Aspinall.—(Loud and reiterated cheering.)
The Rev. JAMES ASPINALL, Rector of Althorpe,
Lincolnshire, on rising, was greeted with repeated
bursts of applause. He spoke as follows :—Ladies
and Gentlemen,—Next to the pleasure of having de-
livered the addresses to which we have listened this
evening, I rank the privilege of having been allowed
to hear them. I labour, however, under one dis-
advantage from it, namely, that the very field upon
which I have to enter has been so thoroughly cleared,
even to its gleanings, by the harvesters who have pre-
ceded me, that I can only hope to press the same
topics upon you, and to array in a new garb of words
the 'ame ideas which have already been set before you
so eloquently and so well.—(Hear.) It would be
more than Utopian to anticipate that we are approach-
ing a period when human nature shall be altogether
purged of its more bitter feelings and evil passions;
but I do think that we are entering upon the dawn of
a new and better era in the world's history, and that
more humanising impulses and influences of Chris-
tianity are beginning to tell upon the hearts of men
with unusual strength, softening, if not removing, the
bigotry of selfishness, throwing down the exclusive-
ness of caste, and thawing the long frozen up charities
of our nature into a wide deep stream of philanthropy
and kindness.—(Applause.) We cannot take up any
of the journals of the day without reading that the
high and influential, the great and the rich, of the
land, feeling that they have duties as well as rights,
are holding meetings in all directions to devise schemes
and plans for the welfare and happiness of their less
elevated fellow-subjects, some studying how to pro-
mote their intellectual cultivation, others anxious to
provide for their bodily comforts and cleanliness, to
improve their habitations, and to obtain from them
public walks and parks for healthful exercise and
joyous recreation and amusement. We see a further
symptom of this amended spirit of the age in the fact,
the great, and I would call it the extraordinary fact,
the almost phenomenon, which we have lately wit-
nessed in many of our chief marts of commerce,
where those honours, and rewards, and congratu-
lations,'which heretofore have been reserved for heroes
and conquerors, have in his triumphant progress from
place to place, been showered by acclamation upon
the great Wellington of peace, who, with his Chinese
treaty, for his Waterloo, in his hand, has been enthu-
siastically welcomed by a grateful country, and pro-
nounced worthy of all the laurels of victory without
any of its blood.—(Loud cheers.) We have, too, I
think, another proof of the same improved temper of
the times in this very meeting, at which we see men
of all parties and opinions assembled, as within the
temple of Janus, with its gates closed, and the olive
branch of peace uniting us together, as with one
heart, bent upon one ehject.—(Applause.) The
prince of antiquity sighed for a new luxury, and we
have it here in the shape of the lull, the calm, the
respite which we are enjoying between the past and
the coming gusts of party warfare.—(Cheers.) But
now to come to the more immediate object for which
this institution was founded, and to promote which we
are all here. It is no selfish, no paltry cause which
has brought us together.—(Hear.) It is to help the
development of the human mind, and to satisfy the
yearnings of the people after instruct-7,0n and im-
provement. It is to give somewhat of the poetry of
life to those who are compelled to enesure so much of
the prose.—(Cheers.) There was inaeed a time when
it was stoutly urged "that the ignorance of the
masses was the safeguard of the nation." No worse
delusion ever found advocates to defend it.—(Hear.
hear.) Ido not think that tae popular mind of this
great kingdom can be too eolightened.—(sipplause.) A
little knowledge may, I grant, be a dangerous thing ;
but, as it has been well observed, it is dangerous in
exact proportion to its littleness.—(Hear.) The
remedy is easy, and at hand. Enlarge it, and you
not only end the peril, but neutralise the maxim. In
society a reasoning man is always more reasonable
than an ignorant one. And it is the same with men
in the aggregate as it is with man the individual.
Ignorance in the people is ever the parent of blind
discontent, making them the dupes of every impostor,
and the victims of every exaggerated false and idle
rumour.—((heers.) But we are battling with a
shadow when we enter this arena of discussion.
While the advocates pro and con were busily
employed in arguing the question—education
or no education? —it was suddenly taken
out of their hands, and settled at once for
them. The clock had struck, and its finger
pointed to the last hour of 'the intellectual night.—
(Applause.) While they wore debating, the school-
master was already abroad., avid his work was begun.
(Hear.) All antiquated prejudices on the subject
were peremptorily put down. with the old coaches and
railroads t2ig e-;soarogfgt
intellectroai i‘s.e—l li (nLg a.w_ungs(hcet esh4—,
travelling.—(Cheeps
established
it
s wasNve
laughter.)l seen eaesn a thatrail-
road
Thea
spirit of man had broken Lees.% after the thraldom of
ages, and who could again drag it back to captivity ?
—(llean) The human mind walked forth, free and
erect, from the dtsugeon of ignorance and darkness,
and it was found to be a Gulliver that no Lilliputian
host could pin or fetter to the earth. The intellectual
Nile was full to overflowing„ and read
to burst its
Wasit t o
banks. Was it to be tiood or fertility?
be a wide wasting deluge, !sweeping before it to
destruction, or was it to be controlled, directed, led to
fatten and enrich the soil, and repay with a bounteous
harvest those,: who had undertaken its cultivation ?
This new question was not long left unanswered.
England is pre-eminently a practical country, and
thousands of schools startedl,, as if by magic, from the
ground, for the education of the younger portion.
of the population, while mechanics' institutes sprung
up in all direcVaous for those who were a little
more advanced in years, and who required a higher
degree of training and mental cultivation.—(Cheers.)
In. one of these monuments to the Spirit of the age
are we now assembled;-
in, one of these—to use the
happy phrase of one of your local journals—" the
Oxford and Cambridge of the industrious artisan, the
studious clerk, and the diligent, sober shopmen," who,
when; the hours of toil are aver, feel within them
mazes ennobling as.pirations than to fritter away their
leisure time in idle or evil company ; but prefer rather
to cultivate tho intellect which God has given them,
and to prove themselves worthy of the lofty endow-
ment, by using it profitably and becomingly. And
here, by the lectures which are delivered to them, and
by the stores of learning which are unfolded and
placed within their reach, are their minds expanded.
and their tastes. elevated and improved.—(Much
applause.) Here sire they not only stimulated and
encouraged to intellectual activity, but the proper
path in which to direct it is set before them.—(Hear,
hear) Here, in the study of the page of history,
men of the present are brought in contact, as it were,
with men of the past, and the mighty dead seem to
come forth from their tombs to improve and instruct
the living. Here, according to their several tastes
and tempers, they may hold converse with the philo-
sophers of Greece or the heroes of Rome. They may
watch the progress of civilisation, the spread of
science, or the advancement of literature.—(Ap-
plause.) They may march with Alexander to subdue