The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-02 00:00:00

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morni,,g, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION ,at ONE CHARGE.

THE GREAT MEDITERRANEAN AND
ADRIATIC JUNCTION RAILWAY,

Connecting the Cities of GENOA, TURIN, MILAN, and VENICE ;
and completing the COMMUNICATION between the MEDITER-

ANEAN SEA and the GULF of VENICE.
Capital 30,000,000 Florins Convention, equal to £3,000,000 sterling,
60,000 Shares of 500 florins, equal to £5O each, of which 40,000
111 be allotted in England, the remainder being reserved for Con-
nental Distribution. _ _

Deposit 10 Florins Convention, equal to .E 1 per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Henry Arrowsmith, Eel., Bayswater.
John Benson, Esq., Park-p'ace Villa, Maida-hill.
Miles Dormer, Esq., Han's-place, Sloane-street.
Sir John Hare, Langhatn-place.
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Cecil-street, Strand.
Thomas Twisden Hodges, Esq., Sandgate, Kent, and Clarendon

Hotel, Bond-street. - -
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., A'aturch-lane, Lombard-street.
Horace William Meteyard, Esq., Chatham-place, Blackfriars.
Major-Newcomb, James-street, Buckingham-gate.
Andrew Turton Peterson, ESq., Wakefield, Yorkshire, and Guildford-
street, Russell-square.
Edward Sherman Polkinghorne, Esq., 12, Clement's-lane, Lombard-
street.

With power to add to their number.
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Macneil s William Henry Smith, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Edwin Smith, Esq., Gray's Inn; Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28,
Essex•street, Strand.

Q, TAR and BL ACK WAL L PACKETS.
L._7 Packet and Railway Fare included in One Payment.
Leave the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 71, 91, I, 21, 31, 5. and 6.
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall,* at 91, 101, 11, 11, 3, 41, and 51.

Daily (Sundays ineludetl).
- * Observe ! The Trains start one quarter of an hour before each
of these times.

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

THE RAILWAY (British and Foreign) LIFE
INSURANCE and PROTECTION COMPANY.
To be empowered by Act of Parliament.
The pre-emption of taking Shares to be enjoyed by Shareholders in
Railways exclusively.
Capital 1,000,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
The whole to be returned if not carried out. Future calls (if ne-
cessary) 1/. per Share, with three months' notice.
Further information may be received by applying to Joseph Cary,
Esq., Solicitor to the Company, 52, Moorgate-street, London ; or to
J. J. Teesdale, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital L 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Sodetv has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

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64110011 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2
1839 116 16 0

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77 5 1
64 5 6
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346 2 3
296 13 4
247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to herr sw, 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
his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
fsr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FFIRGUSON CAMROUX, See.

PRESERVER FIRE, LIFE, AND FAMIL Y
ENDOWMENT OFFICE,
BOND-COURT HOUSE, WALBROOK.
As an Indemnity to the Assured, a Deed of Settlement has been
executed, whereby Property, producing upwards of Five Thou-
s and Pounds per Annum has been secured to Trustees for the
fulfilment of all engagements entered into at this Office.
The peculiar advantages offered over those of similar Institutions
axe, amongst ethers—
TO ASSURE FROM LOSS BY FIRE EVERY DESCRIPTION
OF HOUSE, CHARITABLE, and CHURCH PROPERTY, Farm-
ing Stock, Goods, &c., at a considerable reduction from the charges
usually made.
TO ASSURE TILE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES
the payment of the principal sum to be made EITHER ON THE
DEATH OF THE ASSURED, OR ON A FIXED DAY, IF HE
BE THEN LIVING.
ADVANCES OF MONEY FOR LIMITED PERIODS on the
deposit of Title Deeds, without the expense of Mort-gage Securities.
LOANS TO NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN of established
position, in conjunction with Life Assurances, upon their personal
responsibility alone.
The ASSURED MAY PASS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO AN-
OTHER without forfeiting their Policies, and MEDICAL EXAMI-
NATIONS are dispensed with.
Vacancies for a few Agents.
Ali,* Prospectuses and Tables, calculated with the greatest pre-
cision, may be had at the Office.

JOHN WIDOWSON, Secretary.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
TEMPORARY OFFICES DURING THE ALTERATIONS,
No. 23, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
HONORARY PRESIDENTS.
Earl Somers
Lord Viscount Falkland
Lord Elphinstone
Lord Belhaven and Menton

Fail of Errol
E arl of Courtown
E arl Leven and Melville
I arl of Norbury
Earl of Stair

DIREC'
JAMES STUART,
BANANEL DE CASTRO,
Samuel Anderson, Esq.
ham ilton B. Avarne, Esq.
Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant-
.

Resident
Charles Downes, Esq

TORS.

Esq., Chairman
Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Charles Graham, Esq.
F. Charles Maitland, Esq.
William Railton, Esq.
John Ritchie, Esq.
F. IL Thomson, Esq.

Surgeon--F. hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street.

This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid-up Capita], and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001.
In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of
one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per
annum, on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class
from the time they were effected.
The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31,
Is4o, is as follows :
Sum Time Sam added Sum Time Sum added
Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy.
X. 5000 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO
5000 6 years 600 0 0 5006 2 years 200
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur-
ance Is for Life.

Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 28,
Regent-street, waterloo-place, London.

HIS' ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE
ALBERT has of late taken great interest in the breeding of
the Llama, from which a very fine wool is obtained. The Cloth
made of this is of a peculiarly soft and agreeable texture, and as some
curiosity has been raised by the announcement of the registry of a
coat under the new Act, by Messrs. NICOLL, of REGENT-STREET,
TAILORS to the COURT, it may be marked that such was made of
this material. The coat itself is termed the REGISTERED
PALETO l', and in its appearance there Is nothing very singular,
beyond a very gentlemanly neatness, and an absence of all unsightly
vulgarity. Upon being submitted at Court it met with high appro-
bation.—Morning Post, April 19.
Amongst the registration of designs according to the new Act, that
of a coat is to be found. The notion of securing the particular sub-
stance and cut of a coat is certainly a new one, but it speaks well for
the working of an Act which thus secures the profit of a good
judgment and well-directed ingenuity to those to whom alone it is
due.—The Times, April 4.
The REGISTERED PALETOT, Two Guineas. 114, Regent-
street, London.

GOVERNMENT PROTECTION, under 6 and
7 Vic., cap. 65, for three years, obtained by H. J. and D.
NICOLL, COURT TAILORS, 114, REGENT-STREET, London,
for their new introduction, the REGISTERED PALETOT, which is
a summer overcoat, light in weight, embracing the convenience and
comfort of the wrapper of tweed and its moderate price, without its
inelegant and universally-admitted common appearance. The ma-
terial is of a peculiar softness, made expressly of the finest Llama
Wool, and in its fashion is neither trop neglige nor trop habille, but
whilst showing to advantage the proportions of the figure, it cannot
encumber free movement, worn riding or walking: it will also, from
the neatness of its form, admit of its being used as a light Frock Coat
—a desirable advantage in our warmest summer months, or abroad
where heat is found oppressive.
H. J. and D. NICOLL, sensitive to the importance of that vade-
mecum—a moderately-light overcoat in a climate so changeable as
that of Great Britain—would not submit to the public the Registered
Paletot till themselves were satisfied of its being perfect, and that
when used as a pardessus, riding or walking, or as summer frock, the
above firm might pledge a reputation, which, gained by matured skill
and honoured by royal patronage, is of some standing. This they can
do with safety, as their new introduction, they respectfully submit,
will not compromise that characteristic of an English gentleman—
the unmanned neatness of his attire. As a wide extended sale is
sought, the very moderate price of Two Guineas is fixed.
Respectable firms will alone be treated with relative to an agency
for the sale of the Registered Paletot, to whom alone a discount can
be allowed. There being a large and increasing demand, many are
kept ready in the extensive Warerooms, 114, REGENT-STREET.

ALADDIN'S L A M P.
'Tis pleasing to recal our nursery tales,
Whose secret spell o'er reason's self prevails.
" Aladdin's wond'rous Lamp," with matchless glories,
Conspicuous stands among our early stories.
The many wonders which it wrought when brighten'd,
Have many a weary, heavy season lighten%
Oft has the youthful reader, wond'ring paus'd
To think upon the changes which it caus'd.
And many a tedious mile would thousands amp,
To be possess'd of an " Aladdin's Lamp."
But what's " Aladdin's Lamp" to do with MOSES?
Why, you shall hear before the subject closes.
This wond'rous "Lamp" could not perform a par
Half so surprising as the " Wend'rous Mart."
The instantaneous transformations here,
Are all the conversation far and near.
When once a suit of MOSES' clothes you're clad in,
A change is wrought as if by fam'd "Aladdin."
The purchasers from MOSES well-stor'd shelves.
So chang'd become they scarcely know themselves.
MOSES and SONS' fam'd Dress Mart is display'd
The brightest " Lamp" amid the sphere Of trade.
Let those who wish to put it to the test,
One single trial make, and leave the rest.
When once you try, for many a mile you'll tramp
To find the rival for "Aladdin's Lamp."

A new work, entitled " THE LEVIATHAN OF TRADE," with
Hill directions for Self-Measurement, may be had on application,
or forwarded post-free.

LIST OF PRICES.
READY MADE.

X s. d.
Tweed Taglionis.. .......... .............. .... .. from 0 7 6
Do. do., a superior quality, with silk collar, cuffs, and
facings . 0 13 6
Codrington and Chesterfields, in light and gentlemanly ma-
terials 0 18 6
Ceshmarette Coats in every style and make, including regis-
tered Peltees ....... •• 1 2 0
Milled Jean, grand Drill, and diagonal 810u5e5......
Splendid Summer Vests ............ .••• • • • . •• .
Cashmere and Persian, in endless variety ....
Black and fancy Satins.
Cloth Trowaers . . from 0 9 0
Tweed do. .. . • • 0 4 6
Dress Coats ..
Frock ditto, ditto ••• • - -•

• • • • ..... •
MADE TO MEASURE.
Tweed Coats, trimmed with silk ........................ 0 12 0
Cashmarette in any shape, handsomely trimmed. made in
the first style of fashion .. .... • • • • ....
..
...... 1 5 0
theastds,o6.,s.h6adn.d. soormTehlryeetrfiomrmed................ .. .. .. 0 19 0
Cashmere in choice patterns.
QuiltingBaxeGotha
v •
• • 0 8 6
Satin do., plain or fancy .
Spring Trowsers in great variety
Tweed do., in choice patterns... ....... ... ...
Single milled and Albert plain Doe Trowsers;.• • ........... 0 19 0
test quality black or dress do
Dress Coat .
Ditto, ditto, best manufactured • ......................... 2 15 0
Frock Coat • • .. ... .
Ditto, the best maaufaetured ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • .. ....... 3 3 0
Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
following prices :

Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and -trousers ••••• • • • • • from 1 16 0
Ditto, jacket, vest and trousers • ..... .. __from 0 18 0
IMPORTANT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved of,
exchanged, or the money returned.
Observe---E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail
Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mino-
ries, and 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Church.
CAUTION.—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public
against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike false-
hood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has
been4e n
resorted
onnsocrtedetyjo
oinn
whatever many instances, and for obvious reasons. They
v
of London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to
prevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to 154, Minories, or 86,
Aldgate, opposite the Church.
N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment front sunset on
Priday till sonunset Saturday when btudness is resumed till twelve
'lt bake

WILS ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
, MENTS.
At the MUSIC-HALL, STORE STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE,
On MONDAY EVENING, May 5, at Eight o'clock,
Mr. WILSON will give, in compliance wills many requests,
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE CHARLES.
SGS.
PART I.—Welcome Royal CharONlie—Whall be King but Charlie?—
He's over the Hills that I lo'e weel—Wha wadna fecht for Charlie?
--This is no my ain house—Cam ye by Athole ?—Loons ye maun gae
hame—Charlie is my darling.
PART IL—Johnnie Cope—The Women are a' gane wud—Alister
M'Alister—Wae's me for Prince Charlie—There are twa bonny
maidens—Flora M`Donald's Lament.
Piano-forte—Mr. LAND.
Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6(1. Priv ate Boxes for Six, 155.
for Eight persons, 1/.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, exhibited by a working
Model, having a power to carry visitors from end to end. A Cu-
ions MECHANICAL HAND on a person who has lost his na-
tural hand. Dr. Ryan's first Series of LECTURES on the Che-
mistry of Domestic Life daily. Professor Bachhoffner's varied
Lectures with brilliant experiments. Lectures on Character, with
Musical Illustrations, by Mr. J. Russell, accompanied by Dr.
Wallis on the Piano-forte, every evening except Saturday, at Eight
o'clock. New and beautiful Objects in the CHROMATROPE,
PHYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOSCOPE, and DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Submarine Experiments by the DIVER and DIVING BELL.
Working Models described daily.
Admission. Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

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.

_ EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
Open from Eleven Morning to Nine 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

QERVANTS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, ALMS-
L-7 HOUSES, and PENSIONS, for FAITHFUL SERVANTS.
A PUBLIC MEETING, to carry out the above objects, will take
place on MONDAY NEXT, May 5, at the Hanover-square Rooms.
The Right lion. the Earl of EFFINGHAM will take the Chair at

Two o'clock

Efforts have been made by two well-known Societies for some
years to benefit Servants, and when it is considered that there are
more than one million domestic servants in the kingdom, for the
faithlid amongst whom the above Institutions are intended, it is con-
fidently hoped and believed that this more extensive effort for so
valuable and numerous a class will be met by the public generally
with a liberality equal to the great necessity for it
Signed on behalf of the Committee,
JOSEPH BROWN, M.A., Chairman.

Tickets of admission may be had at Messrs. Hatchard's, Piccadilly ;
Nisbet's, Berners-street ; Burns', Portman-street ; Servants' Home,
21, Nutford-place, Edgware-road, and 110, Hatton-garden ; and at
the Servants' Institution, 42, Great Marylebone-street, Portland-
place.

MAGDALEN HOSPITAL.
The Office of MATRON to this institution being vacant, per-
sons desirous of becoming CANDIDATES to fill it are to make ap-
plication by letter, and send their Testimonials to the Committee, on
or before Twelve o'clock on Thursday, the Bth instant, and the Can-
didates to attend personally at One o'clock precisely, on Friday, the
9th inst., and that the Committee be specially summoned for that day.
May 1, 1845. JOSEPH BRACRENBURY, Secretary.

T°
THE FRIENDS OF INSANE OR
NERVOUS INVALIDS.
A married Physician, residing In a healthy locality, near a Railway
Station, whose treatment of mental and spinal diseases has been in a
high degree successful, is willing to RECEIVE into his private house
a LADY or GENTLEMAN whose state of health may require con-
stant medical and kind treatment. A Lady would be placed
under the immediate surveillance of a gentlewoman, who has for
some time managed the ladies' department of a public institution,
where the system of non-restraint is strictly enforced. The accom-
modation offered is suitable to the most respectable.
Address to Medicus, Mr. Wright's, 60, Pall-mall.

KING'S HEAD HOTEL, GLOUCESTER.
TO be LET, the abovHemeExLeellent and old-esta-
blished
to Mr. Dowling, London-road, Gloucester.

TO he DISPOSED OF, the Old-Established and
well-known BUSINESS of Thomas Boyne and Son, Tobacco
Manufacturers, Leeds, with the UTENSILS, STOCK-IN-
TRADE, &c.
This is a good opportunity for any person, entering at once into
a first-rate Business of four Years' Standing.
Apply to Mr. Thomas Boyne and Son, Leeds.

SHIP TORBAY TAVERN, PIER HEAD, GREENWICH.
MR. THOMAS GODSELL feels great pleasure
in tendering his best thanks to the Patrons, and begs to as-
sure them that he continues to keep a similar stock of well-selected
Wines, Spirits, Ales, &c. on the premises, which has gained for the
Tavern its present celebrity.
The above Establishment combines first-rate accommodation with
economic principles,—comprising spacious Dining and Club Rooms,
with separate Smoking Rooms, also private Rooms for Select Parties.
Joints, Steaks, Chops, Soups, White Bait, &c. as usual.
Ordinaries on Sundays at Two and Three o'clock precisely.
Beds constantly well-aired.
. .

N.B.—Business conducted also (on the above principles) at the
Bengal Arms Tavern, Birchin-lane. Comhill.
Ordinary from One to Five, daily.

COVENTRY and LEICESTER JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
COLESHILL AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION.
The Scrip for the Extension Branch will be ready for delivery on
and after SATURDAY NEXT, the 26th inst., between Twelve and Four
each day, at the offices of the Company, 3, Church,court, Old Jewry.
The original Coventry and Leicester Scrip must be produced, the de-
posit of 1/. ss. per share paid, and the usual deeds signed by the
holders of the Coventry and Leicester Scrip at the time of the de-
livery. By order, HENRY CASSIN, Secretary.
April 24, 1845.

WESTERN CANADA, ONTARIO, and
HURON JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital 300,0001. in 15,000 Shares, at 201. each.
The proposed Railway being constructed of wood, which can be
procured on the whole line for the mere expenses of cutting it, and
Payne's process, the efficacy of which has been—so fully tested, being
intended to be applied, durability and economy to an unprecedented
extent will be secured.
Full particulars, with a list of Directors, both in London and,Ca-
nada, will appear in a day or two.

GRAND SAILING MATCH.
On SATURDAY, the 3d of May, the COMET will leave the
014 Shades Pier, above London-bridge, at Nine o'clock ; the Green-
wich Pier at Half-past Nine; the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at
Ten, to accompany the Yachts of the Royal Thames Yacht Club
upon the interesting Match for the Belvedere Cup, iven by the
Right lion. the Lord Saye and Sele.
Tickets from London and back, 3s. 6d. each ; from Greenwich and
Blackwall and back, 3s. each.

IBBLE NAVIGATION.
_KA., Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the RIBBLE NAVIGATION
CO3IPANY will be held at the Company's office, Chapel-walks,4ll
Preston, on TUESDAY, the 3d of June next, at Eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose of considering and deciding as to the fol-
lowing measure proposed to be authorised by an Act of Parliament
in the present session, namely—" A Bill for enabling the North
Union Railway Company and the Ribble Navigation Company to
make a branch or connexion railway from the North Union Railway
to the Victoria Quay in Preston, and for amending and enlarging the
powers and provisions of the several Acts relating to such railway
and navigation respectively ;" and at such meeting the draft of the
Bill for authorising the said measure will be submitted to the Fro-
prietons then present.
By order of the Directors,
E. HAYDOCK,
Secretary to the Ribble Navigation Company.
Dated this Ist day of May, 1845.

NATIONAL BANK of IRELAND, 13, Old
Broad-street, London, Ist May, 1845.

Notice is hereby given, that the TENTH ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the Proprietors of the NATIONAL BANK of IRE-
LAND, will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of May instant, at
Twelve o'clock, at noon, at the Office of the Society, No. 13, Old
Broad-street, London, when, pursuant to the deed of settlement, four
of the present Directors arc to go out of office, which will create four
vacancies in the office of Director, to be filled up, and when the one
present vacancy in that office may also (if the Proprietors think fit)
be supplied. And further notice is hereby Riven, that Nicholas
Maher, Esq., M.P., another of the present Directors, having been
appointed a Director by the Court of Directors since the last annual
general meeting, his continuance in office, under such appointment,
beyond the 28th day of May inst., must depend on his appointment being
confirmed at the meeting on that day, and if such appointment shall
not be confirmed at the same meeting, the want of such confirmation
will occasion one other vacancy, to be filled up at the same meeting,
in addition to the five vacancies above mentioned. And further
notice is hereby given, that every Proprietor (not being a Director)
intending to become a Candidate, or to propose some other Pro-
prietor as a Candidate for the office of Director, must, at
least fourteen days before the day on which the annual general
meeting is to be held, signify by some writing under his or her hand,
to be left at the Office of the Society in Old Broad-street, London, either
his intention to become a Candidate, or the name and place of abode
of the Candidate intended to be proposed by him or her ; but the four
Directors going out of office by rotation are immediately re-eligible,
and are to be considered as Candidates without giving notice of their
intention.

By order of the Court of Directors,
N. S. KING, Secretary.
N.B.—The chair will be taken at one o'clock precisely.

AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, NAVIGATION. THE CHURCH.
A B. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, 14,
..cx • Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, have finished a few
splendid Pieces of PLATE, suitable for presentation to Gentlemen
connected with either of the above pursuits or professions, to which
they invite the attention of Committees who are in search of valuable
testimonials for such occasions.

WATCHES by WEBSTER anti SON,
Chronometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty and
the East India Company.
Webster and Son's manufactory has continued in Cornhill 134
years, where may be selected from one of the most extensive
Stocks in London every description of superior manufacture in
Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, finished under their immediate
inspection on the premises, and at the lowest prices consistent with
security for the maintenance of that reputation for superior work-
manship which has distinguished their house for so many years.
Compensated duplex and lever watches, to counteract the variations
of temperature, upon the principle of their chronometers, to which
Government awarded the prizes three years in succession ; small
elegant lever and horizontal watches in gold cases, engraved or
engine-turned for ladies or gentlemen ; small flat silver detached
lever and horizontal watches, for youths, at very moderate prices;
marine and pocket chronometers, new and second-hand ; ornamental
and every description of clocks ; regulators upon the most approved
principles. Superior workmen are employed upon the premises in
the repairing ckepartment for English and foreign work. The utmost
value allowed for old watches in exchange.
WEBSTER and SON'S Publication, with their Equation Table for
the Present Year, will be sent free on the receipt of 4 postage stamps.
A large selection of line Second-hand Watches at very low prices.
74, Cornhill.

nAVIES'S BEST MOULD CANDLES,- 6d.
per lb., with the improved Wax Wicks. Store Candles, sd. ;

Hale's Silperb Composite, 93l d. ; Price's, 10d. ; Vauxhall, 816 d. ;
Ogleby's Botanic Wax, ls. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ;
Transparent Wax, Is. 10d. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Genuine Sperm,
Is. 10d. ; Palmer's Metallic, 7% d. and Bd.; Hale's Metallic, 71,4 d. ;
Yellow soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs ; Mottled, 60s. and 645. ;
White Windsor, Is. 4d. per Packet; Palm, ls. 4d.; Old Brown
Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 28. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Superfine Sealing
Wax, 4t 6d. per lb; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon; Ogleby's
Patent Oil, equal to Sperm, 4s. 6d. ; solar, 3s. 6d.
For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar-
tin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

DRAWINGS OF THE ANCIENT PALACE OF WEST-
MINSTER.—Yesterday, at Messrs. Christie and Manson's rooms, a
sale Iby auction took place of the entire series of very beautiful and
interesting drawings in water colours, by Adam Lee, Esq., F. S. A.,
deceased, late resident officer of the Royal Office of Works, at
Westminster, consisting of plans, sections, and perspective views of
the ancient Palace of Westminster, in the time of Edward the Con-
fessor, Rfuus, Stephen, Edward 111., Richard 11., and Elizabeth,
particularly two beautiful drawings of the interior of St. Stephen's
Chapel, in the time of Edward 111., beautifully illuminated with
gold. In addition to these there were plans for restoring the Palace,
views illustrative of the coronation ceremonials of George IV. and
Witham IV., and many interesting relics of architectural orna-
ments, ancient paintings, &c., and various fragments of ancient
stained glass, and fragments from the late fire. The sale was not
well attended.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Monmouth-
street, named after the unfortunate son of Charles the Second, so
well known from its being the residence of the purveyors of second-
hand habiliments, has had its name changed to Dudley-street.
Petticoat-lane, at the East-end, has in a similar way been trans.
ferred to the more euphonious sound of Middlesex-street.

BANKING (SCOTLAND) BILL—Tile Bill enacts
that the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes are to certify exist.
ing banks of issue and the limitation of issue : that a duplicate of
such certificate is to be published in the Gazette; and in case
banks become united, the Commissioners are to certify the amount
of bank notes which each bank was authorised to issue. The
issuing banks are to render accounts to the said Commissioners,
and the latter are to make a monthly return, to be published in
the Gazette. The silver coin held by any banker is not to exceed
the proportion of one-fourth of gold; and the Commissioners are
to have power to inspect bankers' beeks that contain an account
of their bank notes in circulation, and of gold coin. Bank of Eng.
land notes are not to be a legal tender in Scotland. Such are the
chief provisions of the Bill.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Vyse, fancy straw bonnet,
Leghorn hat manufacturer, to the Royal Family, respectfully
informs the nobility, gentry, and public, that his magasin contains
an almost ENDLESS VARIETY Of the favoured MODES DE PARIS for
the present month, No. 30, Ludgate-street, ten doors from St.
Paul's.

FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—On Saturday last
four men, working in Mr. Strick's colliery, were seriously injured
by an explosion of inflammable air. One of them, William Thomas,
was moat seriously hurt, and we regret to say he died yesterday
(Tuesday) morning, and the inquest on his body will be held this
day (Wednesday). We have heard that much blame is attributed
to the agent for not sufficiently ventilating the drift in which the
men were working, and we trust the Coroner will do his duty by
investigating the truth of this report.—Swansea Paper.
It is a curious paradox that when a man lies he
almost invariably stands to it.—Great Gun.

WOODSTOCK ELECTlON.—Yesterday morning, a
ten o'clock, the election took place in the Town.hall. The writ
having been read by the Mayor (Mr. Harrison), and other usual
formalities gone through, the Mayor called upon the electors to
name a candidate for the vacancy caused by the retirement of the
Marquis of Blandford. Thomas Robinson, Esq ,of Begbroke,
after expressing regret at the retirement of the Marquis of Bland.
ford, proposed as his successor in the representation of the borough,
the Viscount Loftus, whose talents and qualifications he strongly
eulogised. And independently of these the Noble Lord came re-
commended by local connexion, as well as by ties of relationship,
for he was the grandson of that excellent and most amiable man
who represented Woodstock in Parliament many years, Sir Henry
Dashwood, and nephew to Sir George Dashwood. Mr. Margetts
seconded the nomination. He regretted, he said, that an unfore-
seen cause should have deprived the electors of a representative
whose conduct all would admit had been most upright and honour.
able.—(Loud cheers.) The Mayor declared Viscount Loftus duly
elected. Lord Henry Loftus, who was received with loud cheering,
rose and returned thanks for his brother. Three cheers were then
given for Lord Loftus, the Marquis of Blandford, and the Mayor,
after which Lord Henry Loftus was chaired round the town, pre-
ceded by a handsome display of banners and a good band of music.
ACCIDENT ON TIIE RIVER.—Two LIVES LOST.—
On Wednesday evening there was a severe gale, blowing from the
north, and the river above bridge was very rough, especially in the
reaches. On the evening in question, about half.past eight o'clock,
a four-oared cutter, containing the following persons—Mr. G. H.
Brewer, of the King's Head, Lea Bridge ; Mr. W. Fox, of 26,
Durham-street, Vauxhall; Mr. G. A. James, of Bath Cottages,
Camberwell ;I Mr. Alexander Knapp, of No. 35, Stamford-street,
and Mr. Thomas Lewen, of No. 4, Mason's-alley, City, was passing
down the river from Putney towards London, and had arrived
in the reach of Battersea Creek, when a sudden squall upset
the boat, and the whole party were immersed in the water.
The cries for assistance caused several boats to put off
from Battersea, and the first that was saved was Mr. Brewer,
who was picked up by a Shadwell Waterman, named Harvey,
in a very exhausted condition; Mr. Fox was saved by Chipp ;
a Battersea waterman, and Cowden, the boatbuilder, succeeded
in saving Mr. James. Mr. Knapp and Mr. Lewen, unfortunately,
sank before assistance could reach them, and although the most
strenuous exertions were made at the time to recover the bodies,
by drags and other means, the labour was without any beneficial
result. The survivors were taken to the Old Swan public-house,
near the church, Battersea, where they experienced every attention
from Mr. Lantell, the landlord. and were visited by Dr. Conner.
The two missing gentlemen are thus described—Mr. Knapp, ,20
years of age, five feet three inches in height, no whiskers, a
pimpled face, and dressed in a light vest, neckerchief, and trousers;
Mr. Lewen is 25 years of age, five feet five inches high, has small
whiskers, and was attired in a black neckerchief, trousers, and
waistcoat. At four o'clock yesterday morning, one of the bodies
was brought up in'a net by a Lambeth dredgerman, and taken by
him into that parish.
The Duke of Wellingten yesterday completed his
• 76th yeah win been born on the let of May, 1796.

drill.