The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-14 00:00:00

No. 16,451.

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and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour.
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TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
T HAVE the honour to offer myself as a Candidate
-A- for a seat in the East India Direction. Fr. m the testi-
monials which I take the liberty of submitting for your perusal,
it will be seen that I have held difficult and responsible situa-
tions in India, and that I have had the good fortune to obtain
the approbation of the highest authorities.
Intended for the legal profession, I went to Bombay in your
military service, at a more mature age than most of my con-
temporaries, and the recorded opinion of the accomplished scho-
lar who then presided ever Winchester College ( where I was
one of the Senior Prwfects), will show, that my. conduct had,
at that early period, earned the commendation of my superiors.
The past history, the present state, and the future prospects
of India, have formed the paramount objects of my study and
attention ; and these pursuits, combined with a knowledge of
several Oriental languages, have, during a service of upwards
of fifteen years, brought me into unreserved intercourse with
the natives of India, and given me peculiar opportunities of
becoming acquainted with the manners, usages, and general
haracter of all classes of that interesting people.
The introduction of steam, a free press, the spread of intel-
ligence throughout • the native community, and a variety of
other causes, are working silent but certain changes in the
feelings of our Indian fellow-subjects. Questions of vast mo-
ment must, ere long, force themselves on the notice of those
on whom legislation for India may "evolve; and it appears to
me that recent local knowledge will become of peculiar value
and importance, with reference to the future administration of
the affairs of our Indian empire.
Among the most prominent events of our recent Eastern policy,
is the expedition to Affghanistan. From my residence, in a po-
litical capacity, at the Courts of the Chiefs on the banks of the
Indus, I was a near observer of the progress of that enterprise,
and had my attention particularly directed to the power and
condition of the States on our North-Western Frontier.
As political agent, I was attached to the army of Lord
Keane, and accompanied it through the territories of Lower
and Upper Sinde, forming the medium of communication with
the native authorities. Under the orders of Sir Henry Pot-
tinger, Baronet, I was entrusted with the negotiation of the
treaty with the Ameers of Hyderabad, by which the Indus was
thrown open to commercial enterprise, free from all imposts
and vexatious interference.
During several months, I held political charge of the dis-
turbed districts, constituting the base of our military opera-
tions ; and in the course of my duties, I was led to study care-
fully the structure of society among the Beloche and Afghan
tribes, on the successful management of whose peculiarities,
depended the carrying out the views of Government ; fin illy,
I was appointed acting Resident in Sinde, and received the
official approbation of the Governor-General, for the manner
in which I conducted the important duties intrusted to my
charge at Hyderabad.,
Severe illness having forced me to quit my station, and having
in vain endeavoured to recruit my health on the Neilgherry
Hills, I was compelled to revisit England a second time, on
sick certificate. Nothing but a constitution unsuited to a tro-
pical climate, could have induced me to relinquish a career in
which it would have been my pride and pleasure to have conti-
nued; and the same considerations, since my return to this
country, obliged me, most reluctantly, to decline accompanying
hex Majesty's Plenipotentiary to China.
Should Ibe so fortunate as to succeed to the honourable
office for which I am a candidate, I trust that •.he same zeal
and assiduity, that have obtained for me the approbation of
those under whom 1 have hitherto served, will enable me to
prove useful in the more extended sphere to which I aspire ;
especially with reference to the promotion of the welfare and
happiness of the millions of our Indian fellow subjects, with
whose prosperity and advancement the British character and
interests are so intimately interwoven.
I have the honour to be, with great respect,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your faithful and obedient Servant,
W. G. EAST WICK.
London, 22, Sloane-street, 10th March, 1842.

Legal, Banking, and Post-office references, that are in daily re-
quisition ; and while it is of the most ample dimensions (ex-
tending over 1,500 pages) is accurate in the minutest particu-
lars. No public office or mercantile house should, in fact be
without it.
Sun, November 25, 1841.
We haVe great pleasure in noticing this useful work, of which
we have received an early copy. It exceeds the size of the
Directory of last year, and probably is the most complete and
correct town-guide yet published. The following outline of
the contents will enable the reader to form some idea of the
vast undertaking. It contains an Official Directory, with the
names alphabetically arranged, of all civil officers under Go-
vernment, in the. Bank of England, East India Houst, and all
other public establishments. A Street Directory, which in-
cludes gentry as well as traders; and subjoined to this, are two
others, giving the names at full length, of sixty thousand per.
sons engaged in commerce, and lists of two thousand trades
established in the metropolis, with the tradesmen attached to
each, and the subdivisions of every trade accurately defined.
There are separate Directories also for the Court ; the Par-
liament, with the most recent addresses of the Alembers of
both Houses; the Law, with a list of all officers from the
Lord Chancellor down to the usher of the most inferior Court :
and the City of London, with the names and addresses of all
City Officers, Companies, &c. The Court Directory includes
the names of twenty-five thousand persons not engaged in
trade, and takes a wider range than any other work of the
kind. The information respecting the Post-office will be
found eminently useful to persons of every description ; and
among ether additions made to it for this year is one of great
importance, showing the time at which a I • tter from London
should be delivered at any place in England or Wales, and
the time at which the letter-box for London closes in each
place. The facilities afforded by the Postmaster-General give
the compilers advantages which could not otherwise be obtained
The information is furnished from the Post-office gratuitously,
it is of the latest passible date, and has been all collected or
confirmed within the last two- months. We have had little
time yet to test its accuracy, but have no doubt that it fully
maintains, in that respect, the high character of that published
for the year 1841. The work is beautifully printed, sold at a
moderate price, and will be Pound of great service to persons in
every rank of ife. _ _ _

On the 31st of March will be published, price Is., Part the
First of a New Work in Monthly Numbers, by THOMAS
MILLER, Author of " Gideon Giles," " Royston Gower,"
" Rural Sketches," " A Day in the Woods," &c., &c.,&C.,
entitled,
GODFREY MALVERN,
Or, the LIFE OF AN AUTHOR.
With ILLUSTRATIONS ky
To be completed in 15 Monthly Parts.
Country orders supplied by Messrs. Longman and Co.,
Simpkin and Marshall, Whittaker and Co., Tilt and Bogue,
and Ackermann and Co. -
Thomas Miller, 9, Newgate.street.

THE present SERIES of DISSOLVING
VIEWS for SALE, including the DISSOLVING
ORRERY, as exhibited at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION to 250,000 persons. They are to be with-
drawn after the 26th of this month, for the purpose of intro-
ducing NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS on an ENLARGED
SCALE, which will be opened to the Public on EASTER
MONDAY.—For terms, inquire of the Secretary.
The New and Varied Lectures, and the 2,000 Works of emi-
nent Art, Science, and Ingenuity.—Admission, One Shilling.

or middle deck, with daylight ; to have a clerk, called
paymaster's clerk ; Purser's steward to be a second
class petty officer, and to have a boy to help him ; to be
allowed coals from Dockyard at contract price ; weights
and measures, and fighting lanterns issued gratis ; to
have an iron chest to keep the public money safe ; the
same lOths as at present allowed, but the money drawn
on account. to be deducted from the savings on passing
accounts. Thus, if a balance bill should be 1,0001, the
imprest money drawn, 2501., there will be 7501. still due
to the Purser.

UNICORN COMMERCIAL INN, FAMILY HOTEL
AND POSTING HOUSE, BROAD-STREET, WO%
CESTER.

This day is published, in tsvo., 21s. cloth; 225. 1. bound,
EEL'S SHIPAINSTEIVS ASSIS NT, and
OWNER'S MANUEL ; containing inf ation ne-
cessary for pe,sons connected with Mercantile Affs rs; consist-
ing of the Regulation Acts of the Customs of the United King-
dom, and British Possessions abroad ; Navigation Laws ; Re-
gistry Acts ; Duties of Customs of the United Kingdom, the
British Plantations in America, Canada, and Isle of Man, in
the East Indies, Cape of Good Hope, ew South Wales, and
Van Diemen's Land ; Smuggling Acts - Pilotage throughout
England and Scotland ; Insurances ; Commercial Treaties ;
Dock Charges on Shipping, &c.
New Edition, corrected by J. STIKEMAN, Secretary to
the East India and China Association. With Tables of Mo-
neys, Weights, Measures, and Exchanges. By Dr. KELLY.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Loziginans.

SALE OF NAVAL COMMISSIONS.—The following is the
plan for the purchase of Naval Commissions, as pro-
pounded by the lion. Captain Rous, in his speech on
the Naval Estimates, on Tuesday last. We must ask
the Gallant Captain why CoMmanders should pay the
same sum for a Post Commission when they have been
three years at sea, as if they had only completed one
year's sea service ? and what security he gives to
widows, that they should receive their pensions on the
death of an improvident husband ? The plan, although
it may contain the nucleus of a future arrangement; is
faulty as regards the valuable hard-working officer, who
has no money, inasmuch as he must almost invariably
serve twenty -six years before lie can command a
rated ship—namely, six years as a midshipman, four as
mate, eight as lieutenant, and eight as commander—he
is then forty years of age ; and where, we would ask
Captain Rous,-are his young admirals to come from ?
Still, however, he has started an idea which may be im-
proved on, and then work well, but we are sure he is too
much a lady's man to forget the widows.
The Government to apply a sum of money annually,
as a fund for purchasing out officers, to which will be
added the proceeds front the following sources :
Every Commander promoted `before he has served
three years in sea-going ships as Confinander,
If under 4 years standing on the list, to pay
..£1,200
• 5
• 6
350

AMUEL DANCE respectfully informs his
►.7 Friends, Commercial Gentlemen, and the public gene-
rally, that he has taken to and entered upon the above OLD-
ESTABLISHED INN, which he purposes arranging in every
way to ensure the comfort and convenience of those who may
be pleased to henour him with their support.
S. D. trusts, by keeping articles of the best descript'on, the
greatest possible attention to his visitors, and moderate charges,
to ensure the recommendation of those who may be induced to
favour his establishment with a trial.
Excellent Stabling and Lock-up Coach-houses. Superior
Wines.

Coaches to and from all parts of the Kingdom, in connexion
with the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway.

This day is Imiblished, 12m0., price 55.,
THE DISEASES of CHILDREN, their Symp-
toms and Treatment : a Treatise for. the Use of the
Student and Junior Practitioner.

STEAM TO NEW YORK.
THE GREAT WESTERN,
Lieutenant HOSKEN, R.N., Commander,

By GEORGE AUGUSTUS REES,
Surgeon to the General Dispensary for Children, late Demon-
strator of Anatomy at the Aldersgate School 9f Medicine, &c.
" Mr. Rees's volume is, we think, well adapted for the pur-
pose for which it is intended. It is evidently the work of a
man of observation and experience. who knows what has been
done by others, and has tested their experience by his own."—
British and Foreign Medical Review.

IS INTENDED TO SAIL FROM
BRISTOL.-- Saturday, 2d of. April, 1842
LIVERPOOL Saturday, 21st of May
BRISTOL Saturday, 16th of July
LIVERPOOL Seturday, 3d. of September
BRISTOL Saturday, 22J of October.
FROM NEW YORK.
Thursday, 28th of April For LIVERPOOL
Thursday, 16th of June For BRISTOL
Thursday, 11th of August Fer LIVERPOOL
Thursday, 29th of September For BRISTOL
Thursday, 17th of November For LIVERPOOL.

Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 28,_1841,

" Educated fathers would, however, do well to give it a place
upon their bookshelves; Mr. Rees richly deserves the thanks of
all parents."—The Patriot.
S. Righley, 32, Fleet-street, Lon&on.

We have been favoUred with asight of this elaborate work
and we must pronounce it vastly superior to the previous vol.
umes. The contents are admirably arranged. There is a
distinct alphabetical li t of the names, in number, of all civil
officers under Government, in the Bank of England, East Jndia
House, and all other puhlic establishmen's ; an alphabetical list
of streets in the metropolis and its vicinity, with the inhabit-
ants according to their numerical order in each street; the only
Street Directory yet published which includes gentry as well as
traders. There is also a list of all officers, from the Lord Chan-
• cellor down to the Usher of the most inferior Court ; Police
Courts, with their officers and jurisdictions; alphabetical lists of
Queen's Serjeants, Queen's Counsel, Serjeants at law, Benchers,
Barristers, Special Pleaders, Conveyancers, Proctors, Attorneys,
Notaries, &c. Tae names of all persons in the metropolis and
its immediate vicinity not engaged in trade, are given with the
most accurate lists yet published of the New Parliament, and
the most recent addresses of the Members of both Houses.
There are, besides, the name and addresses of City Officers and
Common Councilmen; City Companies and their clerks; lists
of sworn brokers ; Lieutenancy of the City, &c A list is
given of all the principal places in England, Ireland, and Scot-
and distinguishing those which grant and pay money-orders,
land, referring to the money-order office nearest to those which
do not ; and an alphabetical list of the streets of London, with a
reference from each to the nearest receiving-house which grants
and pays money-orders. This will afford the opportudity in
all cases, in town and country, of applying to the nearest office
for a money-order, and of obtaining it upon the office moat
contiguous to the residence of the party in whose favour
it is drawn. Another important introduction this year
shows the time at which a letter from London should
be delivered ar'any place in England or Wales, and the
time at which the letter-box for London closes in each place ;
thus affording the opportunity of calculating in all cases
the " return of post." Independent of all this information,
we have copious accounts of all conveyances by railways,
stage-coaches, waggons, carts, vans, vessels, barges and boats ;
with complete accounts of all the bankers, joint-stock-banks,
and banking establishments of the United Kingdom ; the
names of the Directors and officers of the various Assurance
Companies, wish the rates of Assurance, &c., are also furnished
in ample detail. One great feature in this work is, that it
directs an individual to the position of any number in the
street, by nosing the intersection of churches, courts, streets,
lanes, alleys, &c., between one house and another. It often
happens that a person may forget the name of the tradesman
he wants, although he knows the street. The Street Directory
in this book helps him out of this difficulty by giving the
names of the inhabitants of each house of No. 1 upwards.
Sundry Times, December 5, 1841.
This useful work is just published ; it is, in short, a Com-
mercial,Trades, Law, Court, Parliamentary,City, Postage,Con-
veyance, Banking, and an Official Directory. It contains an
almanack, list of stamp duties, Post-office rules, anti, in fact,
a body of intelligence too great for detail. Respecting the
accuracy of such a work, it is. of course, impossible to speak;
the most inveterate Magliabechi that ever gulped quartos, or
bolted folios, would scarcely undertake the perusal of a Direc-
tory. It is not saying too much to declare that the Post-office
Directory is a work unexampled even in this country. To ap-
proximate closely to the communication of the names, resi-
dences, and trades of the inhabitants of London, a task from
which a literary Hercules might flinch.
Railway Magazine, December 4, 1841.
Judging from the great superiority of the last edition of this
work over its competitors, we did not anticipate the improve-
ments which have been effected in the present, which not only
place this Directs' at the head ef the list, but must drive ; the
others out of the field. An entirely new division has been
introduced, viz., the " Official Directory," which furnishes
the lull names and positions of all persons holding public
situations under Government, the East India Company, the
Bank, &c. The scope of that important branch, the " Street
Directory," has been very considerably, extended ; and thou-
sands are now included, who reside without the narrow limits
beyond which our books of reference have not before passed :
here we have a register of all, whether dwelling in Barns-
bury Park, Baisinghall-street. or Belgrave-square, in King's-
road, Che'sea, or in Kingsland ; and one of the great advan-
tages peculiar to this publication is, that all inhabitants are
inserted in their numerical order. We know of no other
street list in which either all the gentry, or all the mer-
chants, traders, and tradesmen, are not —incredible as the
fact may appear—entirely omitted. We may mention, that it
gives the names of the Directors of most of the Railway and
Insurance Companies, and a complete List of Officers of Joint-
Stock Companies. The " Parliamentary Directory" is co-
pious ; in it the offices held by every Peer and Commoner are
accurately detailed, even to the recent appointment of Lord
Ellenborough as Governor. General of India, and of his suc-
cessor at the India Board, Lord Fitzgerald. The "Postage
Directory" furnishes much original and highly valuable in-
formation in reference to Money Orders, and to the precise
time of the deliveries of letters throughout the country. A
volume so valuable as this will be generally appreciated. It
does honour to the establishment which can put forth so vast
an amount of authentic information of character so diversified,
and it reflects credit on those who have so arranged it that the
work is eqnally a model of compilation and of typography. We
cannot but think that a title more appropriate than merely
" Post-office London Directory"' 'nigh,. be chosen. The work
surely merits a name that would convey a definite idea of in-
formatiqn so vast and varied, uniting as it does, in one volume,
Directory, Court Guide, and Court -Kalendar, and superseding
the whole class of similar publications.

For Freight, or further information, apply at Bristol to
CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON, Managing Director.
London—T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway-Office, Bank.
Liverpool—Gibbs, Bright, and Co., North John-street.
Birmingham—John Poncia and Son, Pershore-street.
Hull—W. R. Goddard, Hull and East Riding Times Office.
Leeds—Haigh and Womack, Accountants, Benson's-buildings.
Glasgow—H. B. Webb, Glassford-street.
Pans—Andelle and Soulas, Rue de l'Echiquier, No. 20.
Havre-de-Grace—William Davidson.
Steam Tenders to convey Passengers on board the Great
Western, will leave Cumberland Basin at Half-past Nine, and
Half-past Ten o'clock, A.m., of the 2d April, and the Ship
will sail immediately after the North Mail is received on board.
tiristol, Feb. lsi, 1842.

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THE CREAM OF ALL THE COMIC ANNUALS.
HOOD'S OWN ; or, Laughter from Year to
Year, being former Runnings of his Comic Vein, with
an Infusion of New Blood for General Circulation.
" This volume contains all the choice bits of the' Comic
Annuals,' every page sparkles with wit and genuine humour ;
while the abundant illustrations would provoke mirth from the
most cynical philosopher."
It comprises 570 closely printed pages, decoy Bvo., with
nearly 300 Wood-cuts, and a Portrait of the Author, hand-
somely bound, mice 135.. cloth gilt. _

... _
Above 8 years to pay nothing.
Every Lieutenant promoted before he has served three
years in a sea-going ship as a Lieutenant.
If under 5 years standing in that rank to pay £BOO
..• 6 ... ... ••• 450
... 7 ... ••• ... 250
... 8 ..• ... ••• 150

Above 8 years to pay nothing.
Every Mate promoted before he has completed one
year in a sea-going ship as Mate to pay ... £6OO
Under 2 years ... 400
... 150
... 4 ... 100

•
NAVA'. INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12.—The Larne, Captain Blake,
arrived at Madras on the 25th Dec., from China, and
sailed on 13th Jan. for Trincomalee and England.
The Formidable, 84, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan,
Bart., will sail for the Mediterranean on Tuesday next ;
and the Queen, 110, Captain Rich (with the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir E. Owen), will follow on Wednesday.
The Driver, steam frigate, Commander Harmer, sailed
this afternoon for China, calling only at Madeira.
The Winchester, 50, was commissioned in this har-
bour on Tuesday, by Captain C. Eden, as the 'flag ship
of the Hon. Rear-Admiral Percy, for the Cape of Good
Hope station.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain Nicolas, C. 8., With the
flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, will proceed
to-morrow or Monday, to the East Indies.
The Resistance, 42, and Crocodile, 28, have this week
been commissioned at Plymouth, as troop ships.
The Illustrious, 72, left Bermuda for the West Indies,
on the 13th ult. The Pique, 36, and the Vole e, 28,
left for the same destination, on the 23d ult. The Racer,
16, was at Nassau on the 17th February. The Mexican
Government sent home, by the Thames mail-steamer,
40,000/, to pay the interest of their bonds.
The Cambrian, 36, Captain Chads, for Calcutta, with
Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General of India, on
board, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 27th
December ; as did also the Tortoise store-ship, for New
Zealand. The Southampton, 50,. and Fawn brigantine,
were lying there.
Her Majesty's ship Carysfort was prevented leaving
the Harbour on Thursday last, in consequence of altera-
tions being made in her cabins, for the purpose of ac-
commodating the 4th Lieutenont and Naval Instructor,
allowed her by the late new establishment, and which
will not be completed before Monday next, when she
will proceed to Spithead.
The building of the Frolic, 16 guns, and of the Light-
ning steamer, are both proceeding rapidly, in order to
their being launched out of the way of the coffer-dam
about to be erected for the purpose of making three new
building slips and continuing the new sea wall.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory Excellent, Royal
George, Winchester, Carysfort, dingdove, Nautilus,
Atholl (troop-ship), Adventurer (naval transport), Echo
(steamer), and Gipsy (tender).
At Spithead—Queen, Formidable, Vindictive, Alfred,
and Gladiator (American packet).
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
(Consequent upon her Majesty's visit to Portsmouth.)
PROMOTlONS.—Commanders—J. B. P. Hay (of the
Queen), John B. Woodthorpe (of the Alfred), and J. A.
Blow (of the Black Eagle), to the rank of captain.
Lieutenants—Frederick Blair, and Flag Lieutenant
Chas. C. Grey (of the St. Vincent), Frederick W. P.
Bouverie (Flag Lieutenant of the Victory), Wm. Sidney
Thomas (of the Royal George yacht), Alexander J.
Grxme, and Flag Lieutenant Henry J. Wellington (of
the Queen), George J. Hirtzell (of the Alfred), Thomas
Saumarez Brock (of the Black Eagle), and James C.
Caffin, Gunnery Lieutenant of the Queen, to the rank of
commander.
Mates—Wm. D. Carroll (1838), and John P. Palmes
(1638), of the Royal George yacht, John Franklin
(1836), Wm. Mould (1834), and E. A. T. Lloyd (1841),
of the Queen, Robert D. Aldrich (1830), R. Willcox
(1839) of the Alfred, H. L. Griffith. A. Young, E. J.
L. Cooper, and W. Horton, of the St. Vincent, to the
rank of Lieutenant.
Assistant-Surgeons—Joseph
Vincent,and j
. pßurns Caldwell
(1835),
le (1838)
of the
of the
Carys-
fort, to the rank of Surgeon.
Boatswains' Mates—Wm. Hook, and John Webb, to
be Boatswains.
Gunner's Mate—Edward Young, to be Gunner.
Carpenter's Mate—J. G. Vince, to be Carpenter.
Coxswain—Edward Welsh, to be Boatswain.
APPOlNTMENTS.—Captain—Charles Eden, to the
Winchester.
Commanders—Charles G. E. Patey, to the Resistance
troop ship ; C. H. Lister, to the Agincourt ; G. H.
Seymour, to the Wanderer ; Wm. Kelly, to the Win-
chester • W. H. Kitchen, to the Queen, vice Hay,
promoted.
Secretary—Commander Crouch to be Secretary to
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace, K.C.8., vice T. Wood-
man, Esq., who, having completed twelve years' actual
service as Secretary; is entitled to twelve shillings per
diem.

Above 4 years to pay nothing.
These regulations not to affect officers promoted for
distiuguished services.

Officers having been promoted by purchase, not to
claim any ulterior benefit,
Officers who have sold out to retain their rank.
Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants who have
served more than eighteen years in any one rank, or
whose total length of service exceeds fcrty years, to be
allowed to retire on a certain allowance, to be fixed by
Government.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 10.—The 'lian packet, Lieut.
Griffin, came into harbour last Thursday, and will be
paid off in the early part of next week. On Saturday,
the Seagull packet, 'Lieut. John Parsons, arrived from
Falmouth, and is to be paid off at this port. The Vol-
cano steamer, Lieut. C. J. Featherstone, arrived from
Portsmouth, with volunteers for the Agincourt, and
sailed again for Liverpool, the following Tuesday, for
volunteers. -The Woolverine, 16, Commander J. W. W.
Johnson, sailed for China. The Resistance. 42, was
commissioned for a troop-ship, on Sunday, by Comman-
der Charles G. E. Patey. The crew of the Minden have
been paid two months' advance, and she only waits a
fair wind to proceed for China. The General Palmer
transport sailed for Deptford, with stores, on Tuesday.
In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Agincourt, Re-
sistance, Fly, Scylla, Seagull, Tyrian, Bramble.
In the Sound—Minden,

OND ON FRIENDLY UNION.
A Under the Patronage of the Right Honourable Viscount
LAKE, the Right Honourable Lord KENYON, &c., &c.
A distribution of about 3,0001 worth of CABINET FUR-
NITURE, Carpets, Blankets, Rugs, Cottons, and Linens, for
the BENEFIT of the SIX TRADES, by Subscription of
2s. 6d., on THURSDAY, March 24, and to be decided four
times a-year—viz., in March, June, September, and Decem-
ber. A Subscription of Ten Shillings per year csnstitutes a
Yearly Subscriber, entitled to four chances, one each Quarter,
and so on for every additional Ten Shillings subscribed. There
has been an increase of 16,776 Subscribers in less than two
months. No. 71, LEADENHALL-STREET.

The Society require no Gift or Donation for their Support ;
but every Subscription of 2s. 6d. entitles the Subscriber to a
chance of obtaining some article of their manufacture, varying
in value from 10s. 'to 201.

The Funds are not expended in giving temporary relief (as
they would then require to be inexhaustible), neither do they
encourage idleness, but are appropriated to a more praiseworthy

purpose, viz..—
To find employment for the ininitrious artisans, by distri-
buting the produce of their labour among the Subscribers,
which gladdens their hearts under the great depression of
trade, and gives a stimulus to their industry.
The present Funds enable the Committee to give constant
employment to 1,129 mechanics, all with large families
(averaging five in each), thus giving weekly support, through
,the means of " The London Friendly Union," to 5,645 persons.
The Committee would feel amply rewarded for their
exertions if they could procure that patronage and support they
trust the benevolent object of the Association deserves, which,
doubtless, would enable them to employ, by Christmas next,
upwards of 20,000 artisans, who, by their own exertions
(taking their families in the same ratio as above), would obtain
a comfortable subsistence for 100,0000 individuals, and be the
means of partially alleviating that extreme distress so feelingly
deplored in the Speech of her most Gracious Majesty at the
opening of the present Session of Parliament, wherein she
says—" I have observed, with deep regret, the continued dis-
tress in the manufacturing districts of the country ; the suffer-
ing and prirations which have resulted from it have been borne
with exemplary patience and fortitude."
All letters for Sibscription Receipts, enclosing the amount,
will be answered by return of post.
W. THURNELL, Treasurer, 71, Leadenhall-street.
W. CROFTON, Secretary, 4, Aldgate.

Globe, December 1: 1841.
This useful " Annual" comprises, among other information,
an Official Street, Commercial, Trades, Law Court, Parlia-
mentary, City, Postage, Conveyat ce, and Banking Directories.
It is only necessary to announce the publication itself, and to
add that, arranged as it has been with care and attention,
aided by sources of official information peculiar to itself, -it may
be taken as a safe guide in the various matters upon which it
professes to enlighten the public.

Britannia, November 27, 1841.
The old proverb says it is good to let well alone ; but we
see no possible reason why well should be left to stand still, se
long as better is clearly attainable; and such appears to be the
opinion of the enterprising proprietors of the "Post-office Lon-
don Directory." The present edition is superior in many re-
spects, to any of its predecessors. On its first appearance, it
was a neat and correct pocket volume—nothing more; but
it has gone on improving and augmenting from year to
yerr, till, by the mere force of its manifest superiority,
it has fairly beaten every competitor out of the field, and
become, from the variety., copiousness, anti accuracy of
its information, an indispensable requisite to every count-
ing-house and shop in the metropolis anti its suburbs. It
would be quite impossible, in a brief notice, to give anything
like an adequate idea of the contents of a closely-printed

royal octavo volume, running to upwards of 1,500 pages. It
can only be justly described as a series of Directories, each
one complete in itself, and each of peculiar value to every per-
son engaged in business. For instance, is the residence of
any particular person required, a reference to the " Commer-
cial' or " Court Directory" will at once give the desired in-
formation. If a complete list of all persons engaged in any
one of the various professions or trades exercised in the me-
tropolis is sought, turn to the " Trades' Directory," and you
have, ready to your hand, arranged in alpliauetical order,
and with the residence attached, a return of every ac-
countant, apothecary, artist, &c., &c., within the limits of
the bills of mortality. It is the same with every other depart-
ment of the work. We have never seen any volume containing
so much matter, so well divided, and clearly arranged. The
intimate connexion of the proprietor with the Post-office en-
sured him the most accurate information; and his printers'
extensive printing-office and steam-presses enabled him to issue
his sheets with surprising sapidity; so that every change is
made up almost to the day of publication. The whole book is
worthy of the mighty city it anatomises ; the most correct, as
well as the moat useful, record of its industry, its vastness, and
its intelligence ; and, if we keep in raind the enterprise neces-
sary for the conception of such a work, the immense care re-
quired in its preparation, the enormous capital required to
produce it, and, considering its bulk and variety, the sur-
prisingly low price at which it is issued, we must pronoxiica it,
notwithstanding the typographical wonders daily issued from
Pre,s, the most surprising volume to which the first city in the
world has yet given birth.
John Bull, November 27, 1841.

Again we have to bestow our praise. on the completeness and
cheapness of the multifarious information comprised in the
,‘ Post-office London Directory," which comprehends within
one moderately-sized volume, of clear and easy reference, a
Commercial, Trades', Law, Court, and Parliamentary Direc-
tory. It is at once the fullest volume of the kind, the most ex-
act, has the most recent intelligence--the information i: em-
bodies having been collected within the last seventy days from
official sources, and through agents possessing the requisite lo-
cal knowledge, and is altogether the completest guide-book to
the metropolis that has hitherto appeared.
Spectator, Dec. 4, 1841.

Lieutenant—J. F. B. Wainwright, W, C. Aldham,
J. H. Cockburn, and J. M. N. Boyd, to the Winchester ;
I W. E. A. Gordon, G. B. B. Collier, and R. D. Aldrich
(additional), to the same ship ; E. Malone (1809), to be
one of the Lieutenants of Plymouth Hospital, vice Jeans,
deceased ; John C. Snell (additional) for service in the
Mediterranean, to the Queen ; C. Leaver, to the Jaseur ;
D. P. Durnaresq, to the Isis ; John Compton, to the
Rose ' • Predorick Cannon, to the Camperdown ; 11.
11. St. J. Georges, to the Resistance ; John F.
Paulson, to the Royal George yacht, for service in the Nautilus,
vice Thomas, promoted; G. G. Phillips (from the Queen),
and Henry Lloyd, to the Ringdove ; M. Conolly, to the Cal-
cutta ; J. J. Robinson, to be Flag Lieutenant to Sir E. Owen,
vice Wellington, promoted ; C. B. Hamilton, to be Flag
Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Percy ; J. C. Woodman, to the
Queen, vice Robinson ; and Henry Temple, -to the Queen,
vice Hamilton.: Oliver, to the Queen, vice rwme, promoted.
Master—Mr. Elson, of the Victory, to be Master and Com-
manding Officer of the Crocodile troop ship; James Brown, to
the Winchester.
Surgeons—Hugh Jameson, to the Winchester ; Dr. W. H.B.
Jones, Surgeon Superintendent to the Elphinstone convict ship.
Assistant-Surgeons--Gerald Yeo (Acting), to the Cale-
donia ; Maurice F. West, to the Winchester.
Chaplain—Rev. W. 11. Steel, to the Winchester.
Purser—J. G. Lean, to the Winchester.
Mates—John J. 0. F, Carmichael, to the Winches-
ter ; Geo. Durbin, to the Alfred.
Midshipmen—Messrs. Percy and Hornby, to the Win-
chester.

This extensive wok still continues to grow. Besides a revi-
sion and extension of the other branches, the Official Directory
has now been increased so as to form a division of itself. This
part, like the other sections of the subject, is subdivided ; one
part containing a list of Government and other public offices,
under which the names and employments of the persons are
arranged ; the other presents an alphabetical. list cf periona
holding offices under the Crown, m. the East India House,
Bank of England, &c. And such a muster-roll !—an army
nay, a population, of place-holders !
W. Kelly and Co., 19, and 20, Old Boswell_court, TeMple-
har, and all Booksellesia,

Volunteers, Ist Class—J. F. Ormond, and John Wm.
Pike, to the Jaseur ; J. B. Lethbridge, and Shewell, to
the Winchester ; Richard Horner, to the Magicienne ;
F. W. Havdon, to the Impregnable; J. Jerdon (in Queen)
to the Vindictive; G. G. Osborne, W. Burdon, and R. B.
Pearse, to the Winchester.
Naval Instructor—John H. Bond, to the Winchester.
Clerks—Alfred Hawkins Mitchell, to the Vindictive
C. Barnes, to the Queen ; James Roberts, to the Win-
chester; Edward A. Smith, Secretary's Clerk, to Rear-
Admiral Percy.
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE.—Messrs. G. S. Dunbar and
John Master qualified for Commissions in the Royal
Marines on Tuesday last. Mr. G. Burstal, mate, passed
examination for Lieutenant the same day.
Captain J. J. F. Newell and Captain George Elliot
have joined the Naval College, to avail themselves of the
course of study at that establishment.
Lieutenant Otter, R.N., Assistant-Surveyor to Com-
mander Sherringhara, is appointed to succeed the late
Commander Slater, who recently met an untimely end
by falling over a precipice, whilst surveying in Scotland.
Mr. Atkinson, Clerk of the gun wharf at Devonport,
is appointed Storekeeper of Ordnance, at Haulbowline,
with a salary of 4001. per annum.
NEW REGULATIONS FOR VURSERS NOW CALLED PAT"
MASTERS.—First-50 to have Bs. 6d. a-day retirement—
this 50 to be reduced to 30, and, as vacancies occur in
the 30, to be filled up fr-In seniors—to be called Naval
Paymasters, all to have an increase of is a day half-pay.
From Ist rates to 4th rates, inclusive, t be allowed to
draw on account of 'their anticipated balance bill, at. the
rate of ss. a-year—below 4th rates Bs. a-year per man.
To have charge of all stores ; to have a cabin or lo