The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-16 00:00:00

CAUTION TO CONSUMERS.-DRY GAS METERS.

DEFRIES'S DRY METERS have successfully
stood the testo six years' trial. Among the 10,000 in use,
they have been adopted by the official authorities of the House of
Parliament, Woolwich Dock-yard, Somerset-house, Foreign-office,
Thames Tunnel, United Service, Reform, Conservative, and other
Club-houses, the Queen's Theatre, Chinese Exhibition, and many
other large establishments. Upwards of 20,000,000 cubic feet of
gas have passed through some of these meters without regula-
tion or repair, gad which are still working to the entire satisfaction
of the gas company and consumers.
All gas consumers who study economy and a good light are Invited
to avail themselves of the advantages and comfort to be derived from
the use of Defries's Dry Meter, but, to prevent the substitution of im-
perfect imitations, it Is necessary at all times to order Defries's Dry
Meter, and to observe his name on the brass badge in front of all his
meters.

Testimonials from the most eminent and sclentlfic men and large
consumers can be had on application (or will be ft rwarded by post),
free of expense, at the Manufactory. 67, St. Martin's-lane, London.
Warranted to keep correct in all weathers.

WATC E S by WEBSTER anti SON,
Chronometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty and
the East India Company.
Webster and Son's manufactory has continued iu Cornhill 134
years, where may be seleeted from one of the most extensive
Stocks in London every description of superior manufacture ix
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 ladles or gentlemen ; small flat silver detached
lever and horizontal watches, for youths, at very moderate prioes;
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 department 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 fine Second-hand Watches at very low prices.
74, Cornhill.

ILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
k, and injurious Metals, called Nickel and German Silver, sup-
planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALBATA PLATE.

C. WATSON, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by
a person of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in
bringing to Public Notice the most beautittl Article ever yet offered ;
possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance, with all its dura-
bility and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in use, undergoing, as
It does, a Chemical Process, by which, 'all that is nauseous in mixed
Metals is entirely extracted—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as
silver, and is manufactured into every Article for the Table and
Sideboard:—

Fiddle.
Table Spoons and Forks, 16s. 6d. dos.
Desert Ditto ...... 12s. 6d.
Tea Spoons ............ ss. 6d.

Threaded.
30e.
Ms.
129. 6d.

King's.
355.
28s.
13s. 6d.

Sugar'Tongs . Is. 3d. 3s. I 3s. 6d.
C. 'WATSON begs the. Public will understand that this Metal IS
peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold
than kis metal is from all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he
wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing enlogiums he re-
ceives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an
article of universal wear.

C. Watson's handsomely Illustrikted Catalogue and Price Currant
is just published, and Families *so regard economy and elegance
sheuld possess themselves of this useful Book, which may be had
Gratis, and Post Free, ffom the above Address.

W. S. CRAWFORD, Esq., M.P., in the Chair.
The following gentlemen have alrea4y signified their intention of
being present :—Co'onel Thompson ; Rev. T. Spencer, of Bath ; L.
Heyworth, Esq., of Liverpool ; Henry Vincent ; Dr. Epps; Dr. Price ;
Mr. E. Mall ; Rev. R. S. Bayley (Founder of the People's College,
Sheffield) ;" and Rev. G.. Dawson, Birmingham, &c.
Tickets, 2s. 6d. each,
maybe had of Mr. Elt, High-street, Islington ;
Mr. Thomas, High-street, Kingsland ; Mr. Pocock, Meadow-street,
Stoke Newington ; Mr, Crellin, 198,.5L George's-street East ; Mr.
Daives, 251, Blackfriars road ; Hart's Hotel, Aidersgate-street ; the
Nonconformist Office, Crane-court, Fleet-street ; the Crown and
Ancho: Tavern, Strand; and the Secretary, 48, Lower Baker-street,
Lloyd-square.

TfIE 'COLOSSEUM, RQgent's Park, i 6 NOW
-OPEN, under tliesatrenage of her Most Gracious Majesty and
Ids Royal IBA/less the rrince Albert, who have been pleased to cx-
pfess _their high approbation of the entire exhibition. The chief
novelties of this gigantic establishment
COPS) of the Glyptotheca, or
Museum of Sculpture—the Grand Panorama of Lotalon=the Classic
Ruins of the Temples of TheseuS, Vesta, and Arch of Titus, scc.
'
the magnificent View of Mont Blanc, :tier de Glace, and Alpine
Torrent, Fcc.the•Conservatories and gorgeous Gothic Aviary—the
Wonderfhl Stalactite Caverns at Adelsberg,
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and, 'various splendid
Promenades and Fountains, forming together an exbibjtion unrivalled
in the'World;
• Open from Ten till Six. An entrance alsoll ilbiny -street.

• .WHITSUN HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Wie ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, exhibited by a work-
Yg ;having 41 pawer ~to—carry visitors. A csjpgs,
'MECHANICAL HAND on a person who has lost his
natural hand. Dr. Ryan's LECTURES on the Chemis-
try of Domestic Life daily. Professor BachlmiTher'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 CIIROMATROPE,
PIT YSIOSCOPE, PROT EOSCOPE, New DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Submarine Experiments by the. DIVER and DIVING BELL.
Working Models described daily.
Admission. Is. ; Schools, Half-price.