The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-28 00:00:00

BIRKBECK TESTIMONIAL.
At a PUBLIC MEETING held in the Freemason's
Hall, on Morin AY, the 25th April, to receive the REPORT
of the COMMITTEE on the best Means of Testifying the
Public Gratitude to Er. BIRKBECK, for his Services in
Promoting the Education of the People, and especially of the
Working Classes
LORD BROUGHAM, in the Chair, _ _ .

It vs as resolved,—That this Meeting approve and adopt the
of the Committee appointed on the 3d of August last,
Reportan
are of opinion that the most fitting method of testifying the
Public Gratitude to Dr. Birkbeck, is by founding in Univer-
sity College, London, a Professorship of Machinery and Manu-
factures, including the application of Chemistry and other
branches of Natural Philosophy to the Arts; that the Professor
be required to Lecture in the country during the College vaca-
tion, and that a Subscription be commenced for this purpose.
The following Subscriptions have been received :
Alr. W. Broadhurst
Lord Brougham ...
Alr, W. Bryson
11r. Butterfield 0 10 6
Mr. Claxton
The Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst
Lord Campbell .
10 10 0
Air. Coates
Air. Cuthbert
Alr. De la Rue
Lord Denman
Alr. Dakin 2 2 0
Air. Dennys
Mr. Darton
Right Honourable George Evans
11r. Ewart, M.P. 5 0 0
241 r. A. Fry, Junior
Sir Jas. Graham, Bart., AI.P., Secretary of State 10 13 0
51r. R. Hay day
r. W. E. Hickson
Air. A. Hill, Tottenham
Mr. F.. Hill, ditto :3 0 0
I‘ir. M. D. Hill, Q.O 5 5 0
Mr. R. Hill
Mr. F. Hill, Edinburgh
Alr. Ebenezer Johnston
A,fr. V. Knight 2l 0 0
jr. Kozmi.o
Kentish Town Medical Improvement Society
Alarqus of Lansdowne, K. G.
Ali% Lemaitre 1 1 0
Lewes Mechanics' Institution
Alr. R. Morickton Aliines, M.P.
Mr. Thoicas Martin, Ryegate lO 0 0
Air, Morris
tl''. F Morris
0 10 0
Air. James Morris
Alr. John Morris
Air. Wm. Morris 0 10 0
Maidstone Mechanics' Institution
Air. Noldritt
Mr. Ogilvie
Sir F. Porock, M.P., Attorney-General.
Mr. Penlingtons, Liverpool 1 1 0
Air- Rayner
Richmond Mechanics' Institution
Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Trade lO 10 0
Ras Mechanics' Institution
11r..J. C. Ridgway
Lord John Russell, ALP ..
Lord Dudley Stuart
Air. George Taylor
AI-. Richard Taylor
r. ,Af Henry Stephens 5 0 0
Air. Watson ..
kr. J. Wheen, Laytonstone
,_Nr. Thomas V ilde, AI.P. . . ...
Ai 5 5 0
r. Wm. Wilkinson... ..... .. ...... ...
Air. W. P. Wood
Air; David Wire .
Vork Institute of Popular Science 5 0 0
Subscriptions are received at Messrs. Bouverie and Co.,
Haymarket ; at Alessrs. Smi'h, Payne, and Co., Lombard-
atreet ; Messrs. Prescott, Grote. and Co., Threadneedle-
atreet; by the Treasurer, Mr. Valentine Knight, 4, New-
tastle-row , Cerkenwell ;and by Mr. Coates, 59, Lincoln's
inn-fields.

AltPE'l', CABINET, and UPHOLSTERY WARE
ROOMS, and MANUFACTORY.
A/I ATKINSON, of Nos. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,
• and 75, WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE-ROAD, Lam.
bith, is, offering to the public a Stock of all kinds of Furnish-
it* ReqUisites, entirely unrivalled for extent, durability, and
teal economy. This Establishment (actually the largest in
tendon) is conducted On the unerring principle of quick re-
turns, with small profits ; substantial (warranted) furniture, at
It really low price; and embraces all the advantages which the
Puhlic and the present economising times demand.
Observe the situation of the Premises, on the Left Hand,
Passing from Westminster-bridge to the Marsh-gate, and the
acme most distinctly; " ATKINSON."

THE IMPROVED IRON FENCES.—The
only manufactory for J. POER'S muh-aproved
ttiON BAR and STRAINED WIRE FENCES,c manpy years
fore the public, and from their superior quality, as well as
ktny other advantages, now so generally adopted by private
tentlemen, Railway Companies, &c., in preference to Hurdles
‘ind which, from the present low price of iron, he is enabled to
Forks,
at considerably reduced prices), is at the. rove Iron Fence
'Yorks, Southwark, near Southwark-bridge, where long lengths
°1 Pattern‘ may be seen fixed on the ground ; also Hurdles,
,
'4Ley Garden Pences, Wrought and Cast Iron Palisading, Wire-
l'ork for horticultural purposes, &c., Iron l3edsteads, for do-
kestie use, public institutions, and exportation. The most im-
Proved principle of heatng by hot water. Experienced work -
41Pri sent to any part of the kingdom. Ironmongers and Smiths
attel n-ronm, 77, Cornhill, late 82. Upper Thames-street.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER.
CATALOGUE, with ENGRAVINGS (Gratis),
POSTAGE FREE.—The celebrity of the rich and silvery
appearance and extreme durability of the material made ex-
"Si‘ sly by ourselves, has induced many attempts to foist
%lion the public the notoriously deleterious German Silvee
leder the guises of Albata Plate," •‘ Berlin Silver," &c.
IC., against which we especially warn them. Aided by an
tltitient chemist, we have succeeded in purifying our material
10 that acids do not afiect it ; it is now so well known and
4reciated that it is universally superseding silver in all its
.htes. The genuine metal, which is more durable than silver,
ran only be had at our warehouses. It is the same through,
,°,l4t. and can be engraved and made in all the various articles
14st aro in silver, from which it can only he told by reference
'0 the stamp. Fiddle Threaded King's
Pattern. Pattern. Pattern.
Table Spoons and Forks, full
size, per dozen
Desert ditto and ditto, ditto los. Od. 21s. Od. 255. Od.
,ea ditto and ditto ditto ss. Od. 1 12s. Od.
'll,v ditto ... 4s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Od.
b RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells.street, Oxford-street.
'4tablished 1830.—Catalogues gratis.
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