The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-12 00:00:00

LLOYD'S.

At a general meeting of the members of Lloyd's,
held at the South Sea•house yesterday, G. R.
Robinson, Esq., the chairman, it was proposed, and
carried unanimously, " That a special vote of thanks
be presented to his Majesty the King of the French,
for the valuable set of charts presented to Lloyd's by
order of his Majesty ; likewise to the President of
the United States for a similar presentation."
It was also proposed and carried unanimously,
" That a vote of 51. be given to three men for their
meritorious exertions in saving the crew of the Two
Brothers, Tomkins, of Lowestoff, wrecked on the
Whitby Rock, 11th ult,"

After the special Committee for the permanent
establishment of Lloyd's had presented their fifth
report, the meeting separated.

Dispatches from the Governors of Van Diemen's
Land, Ceylon, and Malta, were received on Tuesday
at the Colonial-office.
FRENCH EGGS.—The egg merchants of Cherbourg
are about to avail themselves of the facilities for a quirk
and cheap transit offered by the railway to Londou,
to import their eggs into Southampton instead of going
to London. A small French sloop, the Napoleon, ar-
rived in the dock about two o'clock on Thursday after-
noon, with a cargo of about 400,000 eggs in cases, some
of vthich were landed and forwarded to London that
evening; the remainder were landed and forwarded yes-
terday.—Hampshire Independent.
We area requested to state that the concluding
volumes of "Lord Malmesbury's Diaries and Corre-
spondence," edited by his Grandson, the third Earl, will
be published by Mr. Bentley, of Diew Burlington-street
(publisher in ordinary to her Majesty), on Saturday
next, the 14th inst., 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits. Orders
received by all booksellers. Also, now ready, and to be
had of all booksellers, "Memoirs of the reign of George
III.," by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford ; edited, with
notes, by Sir Denis Lo Marchant, Bart., 2 vols. Bvo.,
with Portraits.

THE 3 "ADVENTURES" OF COL. MAXWELL (BROTHER
OF SIR /MURRAY MAXWELL).—The public:aloe of IL
work from the pen of Col. Montgomery Maxwell, en-
titled " My Adventures," will excite no less interest and
curiosity in the reading public than it will among the
numerous friends, family connexions, and companions of
that popular officer. The " Adventures " relate to the
most remarkable and stirring period of modern history
—namely, the last few years of the Continental war ;
and they include innumerable facts, anecdotes, and per-
sonal traits of nearly all the leading individuals who took
part in that wonderful contest. Among the personages
who arc brought before the reader, not merely " in their
habit as they lived," but speaking the very words they
uttered dining the author's personal intercourse with
them, are the Emperor Napoleon, the Empress Marie
Louise, the Pope, Queen Caroline of England, the Em-
press of Austria, the Archduke Charles, the King of
Prussia, the Kings and Queens of Naples, Sardinia,
Etruria, &c., the whole of the " Adventures".being tran-
scribed frein a diary kept by the author at the periods
respectively referred to.
ECCLESIASTICAL NOTICE. —T h e Bishops of London,
Durham, Lincoln, and Ely, have given notice, that after
the present year, they will require from all candidates of
the University of Cambridge applying to them for holy
orders, a certificate of their having pursed the voluntary
theological examination. The Bishop of Norwich has
given a similar notice, but his Lordship intends that it
shall apply only to gentlemen seeking admission to the
priesthood, and that it shall come into operation after
August, 1,345.

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Poor RACE you IN.—Yesterday a foot race of
160 yards came off near the Cock Inn at Clapham, between
Cheeny and Beard. Beard received two yards' advantage at
the start, and the preliminaries being completed, they en
tered into the contest. Beard retained the lead for 100
yards, when his opponent succeeded in overtaking him, and
a spirited race ensued. Ultimatety Cheeny came off the
winner, beating his opponent by four yards.