The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-12 00:00:00

TiAets to view may be had at 6, Pall-mall.

The Exhibition hill elo-se on Saturday next, the 14th inst.

HER MAJESTY'S BALL.

31-ESSE S. PAUL. and DOMIXIC COLNACIII
and CO., 14, Pall-mall East, Publishers to her Ma-
jesty, beg to announce that, by permission and under the pa-
tronage of her Majesty and Prince Albert, they intend imme-
dia.ely to publish the
SOUVENIR OF THE FANCY BALL,
Dedicated to her Majesty and Prince Albert.
This work, independent of its interest as a record of the
event which it commemorates, will be found to possess claims
entitling it to a place in the library of the connoisseur, as a
faithful pictorial representation of the costume of the 13th.
14th, 15th, 16th centuries. The Drawings will be executed
on stone by Mr. Coke Smyth, from whose designs the Dresses
worn by the Court and the principal Nobility have been com-
posed.
Specimens of the Work may be seen at the Publishers' sole
Establishment, 14, Pall-mall East.

This day is published, in Bvo., price 2/. 12s. 6d. cloth,
'MEYER'S COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
of BRITISH BIRDS and th.eir,Eggr,s, Vol. I.
l'art XV. of this Work was published on Ist of May.
G. W. Nickissan (Successor to the late James Fraser), 215,
11. gent-street. London.

Early in June, in Svo., price 12s. (to be continued Quarterly),
the First Half-volume of
MITE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of
_ll._ the SOCIETY for the DIFFUSION of USEFUL
KNOWLEDGE.—AIso, Part 1, price 4s. (te be continued
Monthly).
*„* The Prospectus, detailing the plan of the work, may be
had of all Booksellers.

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, (pub-
isd for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge).

TCIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS,
No. 1., on SATURDAY NEXT, will contain 30 splendid
Engravings, and 48 Columns of News. The Queen's Fancy
Ball fully illustrated and described, besides 30 other Engrav-
ings, and all the News of the week.
Advertisements cannot be received after Thursday evening.
Office, 320, Strand.

BROOKES'S GENERAL GAZETTEER, by FINDLAY.
In One very large Volume, duodecimo, printed in Pearl Type,
double columns, containing 800 pages, price 7s. cloth ; 7s. 64.
bound in roan ; or I Is. morrocco, gilt edges,
AGENERAL GAZETTEER in -MINIA-
TURE ; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary ;
containing a Description of the Present State of the Known
World; illustrated by Maps. By R. BROOKES, M.D.
The whole revised, and the account of all the most recent
Discoveries, the History, Population, Statistics, &c., added,
from the latest authorities, and corrected to the present period,
by A. G. Findlay.
London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, Cheapside; and sold
by all other Booksellers.

GREAT SELLING OFF, by Mr. FOSTER, the
ACCOUNTANT.

MR. FOSTER, has to submit for
SALE, in Lots, as prepared for Auction, 27,0001. worth
of LINEN DRAPERY GOODS, being the Stock adver-
tised for Auction on the Premises, CORNER of FLEET-
STREET and FAR RINGDON-STREET, trading under
the firm of HEBBLEWHITE and CO., notice having been
given that an auction is not permitted by the lease.
Mr. Foster, in calling attention to this immense sale of goods,
begs to remind ladies and families that they are not expected to
realise more than half the original cost, the object being to clear
the whole off the premises, and any portion remaining must of
necessity be removed to his Auction-rooms. Ladies are soli-
cited to make allowances for the awkwardness of the assistants,
being mostly young men from his office, consequently unused
to this method of selling goods over the counter.
The following is about the reductions intended to be made.
The linens being the larger portion, will be reduced as under:—
s. d.

730 pieces of Irish linen, mostly Knox's make, that cost
from Is. 6d. to 2s. 2d. per yard, ladies may choose
from all, at 26 yards, for
About 850 of his curiously fine numbers, worth from
2s. 9d. to 3s. 3d. per yard, will be likewise reduced
to 26 yards for
1,000 or more pieces that are soiled, amongst which are
some warranted fabrics, will he reduced to 26 yards for 21 0
The sheetings and table-linen require particular notice. The
respectable family trade carried en for thirty years at the esta-
blishment rendered it necessary to keep none but fine and war-
ranted goods, consequently ladies will not be subjected to the
chances usual on selling off stocks ofgisking the durabiliitv.
Fifty pieces of linen sheeting are reduced to be sold in the
length only at 4s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. the pair, those at 10s. 6d.
being three yards wide, and real Barnsley manufacture, having
originally cost 2s. 9d. per yard. Should the length be found in
convenient a further reduction will be made in the price. The
tablecloths, although of the finest description, are mostly soiled,
consequently the reduction must be immense. Some superb
damask cloths, three yards long, will be sold as low as 6s. 64.
each ; lots of good linen breakfast cloths will be marked from
Is. to 2s. 6d. each, and about 130 cloths, from three to six
yards long, many worth three to four guineas, will be sold none
higher than fifty shillings. s. d.
The blankets will be sold, two yards long (larger sizes in
proportion), the pair
A lot of blankets, that weigh eight pounds, will be sold,
the pair
A bale of counterpanes, many near three yardslong, will
be sold, all each ................................. 2 9
About eoo expensive quilts, that cost 21s. to 255., will
be all sold, each......
160 dozen of cambric handkerchiefs, worth Is. 9d. each,
will be sold by the dozen, only at ~„ ............... 9 6
A lot of lawn ditto, will be reduced to, the dozen
llorrock's long cloths, usually sold to the trade at 6d
per yard, will be sold, 40 yards for l2 6
Prints will be reduced all under 4s. 6d. the dress, to
All Sherriffs and Cobden's best prints, usually so expen-
sive, will be sold, the dress 4 0
1,400 shawls, and 9001. worth of rich silks will be sold at any
reasonable price that may be offered.
Mr. Foster would not have undertaken the sale had he not
felt satisfied of the character of the goods to be sold, and ladies
may depend that every article will fully answer the description
given in this advertisement, or at the time of sale. The prin-
cipal part of the stock having been kept in their wholesale ware-
houses, will be foundin pod condition, and any person buying
in large quantities, no obstacle w.II exist in the way of price ;
also a liberal discount will be allowed off the bill when it ex-
ceeds 101.
Mr. Foster particularly directs the attention of families re-
quiring Carpets-many superb patterns in rich Brussels wilt
be sold without reference to the cost , good qualities at 2s. 6d.
and 2s. 9d. per yard ; several lots of good wide Kiddermin-
ster, excellent qualities, Is. 4d. and Is. 9d.
The Foreign Tablecloths are now on sale.
All Letters, containing a remittance, strictly attended to,
and in conclusion, Mr. Foster begs to add that he will not
allow on these premises any article to be sold but what is per-
fect, and that he can feel justified in warranting.
Observe, the sale is now on at Hebblewhite's Warehouse,
105, Fleet-street, corner of Faringdon-street. Omnibuses pass
every minute from all pats of the town. It will be found most
convenient for Carriages to set down in Farriiigdon-street.

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