The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-28 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.

ESTABLISELUEN T OF CONTRACT MAIL PACKETS TO CEY-
L':N, MAURITIUS AND INDIA, VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD

HOPE

On and after the 15th June next, the mail packets of
the general Screw-steam Shipping Company, conveying
mails to the Cape of Good wiil call at Ascension,
and will proceed from the Cape to Maori:an?, Point de
Guile (Ceylon) and Calcutta.
All letters and newspapers for Ascension or for
Mauritius will hereafter be torwarded by these pickets,
unless specially addressed to be otherwise sent, but
letters for Ceylon or India intended to be sent by this
route must be specially addressed " vici the Cape of
Good Hope."
Letters for all these Brii7.sh possessions will he liable
to the uniform rate of one shilling, when not ex-
ceeding half an ounce in weight, two-shillings when not
exceeding an ounce, and so on in proportion, but news-
papers will be cmveyed free from charge.
The postage chargeable upon letters for Ascension and
Mauritius must be paid in advance, but letters for
Ceylon anclludia forwarded by these packets may be
posted unpaid.

COURT OF CHAISCRY.
NEW ORDERS OF COURT.
INVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS AND ACCUMULATIONS.
Tuesday, May 4. •
Whereas under and by virtue of an Act passed in the
36th year of the reign of his Majesty King George the
Third, chap. 52, intituled " An Act far repealing cer-
tain dudes oa legacies and shares of personal estates,
and for grantieg other duties thereon in certain
cases;" and of an Act passed in the 37th year of
the reign of his said M,je,sty, chap. 135, to captain
and amend the said Acts, it is enacted that monies
paid in under the first-recited Act into the Bank of
England, with the privity of the Accountant-General of
the High Court of Chancery when paid in, be laid out
by the said Accountant- Gen,ral wi!hotat any formal
request for that purpose in the purchase of Bank 31.
per Cent. Annuities.. By virtue of the po.vers contained
in the last-mentioned of the said Acts, and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Right Hon. Ed-
ward Burtenshatv, Lerd St. Leonard's, Lord High Chan-
cellor of Great Britain, cloth hereby order and direct
that the Accountant-General be at liberty, unless he
shall have received, on behalf of some party claiming to
be entitled, notice is writing of an intecded application
to the Court for otherwhat disposing of the film],
from time to timo to lay oat and invt-at the dividends
on such stock when so purchased, and all accumula-
tions thereon as the same shell accrue due, in the
purchase of like Bank 3/. per Cent. Annuities,
without any formal request for that purpose, and
place the stock purchased with such dividends to
the said several matters and accounts to which the
original sums of stock respec,ively stand, and the
Accountant-General is to declare the trust thereof when
purchased, subject to the further order of this Caura
and for the purposes aforesaid the Accountant-General
is to draw on the B ink according to the forms prescribed
by the Act ot Parliament and the general rules and orders
of the Court in that case made and provided.
T. LEONARD'S, C.
Friday, :`ley 7.
The Right Hon. Eilarard Burtensbaw, Lard St.
Leonard's, Lord High Chadcallor of Great Britain, with
the aiatis•ance of the Right Honourable Sir John
Ramilly, Knight, ?ilaster of the Rolls, dotb hereby, in
pursuance of au Act of Parliament passed in the loth
and 11th year of the reran of her present Majesty, in-
tituled " An Aat, for better securing trust funds, end for
the relief of trustees," and in pursuance and erucutian
of all other powers enabling him is that behalf, order
and direct in inannerfolloaring, that is to say:—
Where any trustee desiring to pay money or transfer
stock or securities into the name of the Accauntant-Ge-
Zr,l of the Court of Chancery, under the said Act, is
u"" a general order cf the raid Court, dated the 10th
l?).
-n3, th "une, 1848, directed" to file an affidavit entitled
for' e matter of the Act and of the trust, setting
of cot:ttain matters and things in the said order
davit in el :reified and declared, in future, such
whore the parties deem it uune-
cessaary to hitYv eaaa,
a the money, or dividends, or interest
'''.l;"k see'tritit,,a' itivetei the rnrantiztit,ahal
further contain a
airadavit shall coullitateraent to that offtct; anildif the
shall bo at lit such stsaaintnt, the Accountaut-
General
to i:lseat as soon as conVe.-
riently may be the said cash
Baek 3/. per Cent. An-
nuities in the matter of the sh
diridend9 or intereet en ti
Zi6n-tir tku'tt or ill "'le of
hr securities transferred,
t stock, and alt w-
ench dividends or intereat la
came:s6ons of—the-
dividcmdst ef the t Iwhich
such cash shall be itivested, aak
of the sdiovcicivnitni3wor
in-
terest on sant' st„,;,tc securities as afore:rid; front
tune to time in tate aaa :atter without
by Oh 0 ORM it,
any special
order made that behalf, and
without any forattat req. !test for that U'rpose.
And the Aceountant-Gebettal LI • declaPre - the
trust thereof when purchased, subject to the order of
this Court. And for the Parnon, afore the
the' -Aa's
ceuratant-General is to aaata on the Bulk, accordion to
the form prescribed by the tact of Parliament and the
general rules and orders of Inc Court in that case made
and provided.
Provided always, that if at any timo a requestin
writing, by or on behalf of any party claiming to be en.
titled, that such investment be discontinued shall be teat
with the Accountant-Generai, he shalt be at liberty to
cease making any farther investment is the matter of
the particular trust until the Court shall have made some
order in that behalf.

ST. LEONARD'S, C.
JOHN ROMILLY, M.R.

RAILWAY LOANS.

The following railway conapaTlies;re in the money
matket for loans upon mortgage and debenture
bonds:—
SOUTH WALES —OO mortgage, bearing interest at
4 per cent. per anunum, for periods of not less than
three and not
_excee iing ae7Pq years.
LEEDS NORTHLIIN,-4q,i pk,r eect, per annum, for
thr-e• cr five yeits. in slim:: (Jr MN. or upwards.
GLASGOW AND Sortr34l/ESTERN.—In sums of 5001.
and upwa,rds, for tPrin.i ii,t.l,so ts-,:7.11 three years.
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, AND MATLOCK.—Not exceed-
ing on the whole ino,ooo/. To motley is required
for the purchase of the Crumford Canal and works,
and the along:eggs constitute a that charge on both tin-
. dertakings.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER —For a limited amount,
to replace mortgages as they fall in.
BRISTOL AND EYETER—Are reedy to either pay off
immediately, iti cash, any debentutes of this company
which bear in-ter-at tit".i—oFfl -per cent., or to grant per-
petual preference 4 per nett. stock in exchange fur there,
allowing forthwith, in either case, to the holder', the
difference of interest.
CORE AND BANDON.-0a Lk:Mit:ire:l, in anums of not
less than 1001., fur five or s,:v+-...rt yo 44,
at the rate of 41 :..earinc- interest
Per cent, per annum, pflyt.l:o half-
early.
471 Y, kit4DONIIIC—°/1 debentares, in sums of 2004 and
e 1 lasiir wait Per annum, fur
4,_;..,;
A,..„...7 _ TH —Oa ebeuturee, ienralLuBn% 'Yorrniio•t
....r;:ti .<1,;(10/.-
utthet,aumfiloorattairatie:,
.fiuypew, aorrd:
e,
va,tnaltpatier. cent. per annum,
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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
The anniversary meeting of the Royal Geographical
Society and presentation of the royal medals, took Place
on Tuesday, in the rooms of the society, Waterloo-place,
Pall-mall; Sir Roderick Murchison, president, in the
chair. The President announced that the council had
this year awarded the founder's gold medal to Dr. John
f
Rae, of the Hudson's Bay Company,
_oor his survey of
Boothia, under most severe privations, in 1849, and for
his recent explorations on foot and in boats of the coasts
of Wollaston and Victoria Lands, by which very im-.
portant additions have been made to the geography of
the Arctic Regions. The patron's gold medal was con-
ferred upon Captain Henry Strachey, of the Hon. East
India Company's service, for his extensive explorations
and surveys in Western Thibet. The President then
proceeded to deliver his usual annual address, which was
of extreme length, and was a complete retrospect of all
the subjects of interest that had been brought under the
attention of the soeiety during the past year. The most
prominent was a notice of the different expeditions that
bad been dispatched from this country to the Arctic
Recrions in search of Sir John Franklin. With such
men as Sir Edward Belcher, Captain Kellet, Lieutenant
Osborne, Captain Pim, and a host of others engaged in
this work, there was no doubt whatever on his mind
that all that was possible would be done to throw light
on the fate of their long-lost countrymen. He alluded
to the two
.abandoned ships seen by the Renovation, and
expressed his opinion.. that they were the ships of the
Franklin expedition, and that being seen in that latitude
might. be accounted for in the strong currents that ran
in that direction. The President also referred to the
discoveries of gold in Australia, the existence of which
ho had indicated in a letter to Earl Grey in 1846, a pe-
riod long antecedent to the finding of the ore in Cali-
fornia. After touching upon other topics, he concluded
an address of upwards of two hours' duration by con-
gratulating the members on the great accession to the
stores of knowledge that had taken place through the
means and energy of the members of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society. The Earl of Rosse moved the thanks
of the society to the president for his able address, with
a request that he would allow it to be printed for the
benefit of the members. Lord De Manley seconded the
resolution, which was put and agreed to unanimously.
The President acknowledged the compliment in a brief
speech. Sir B. Outram moved a vote of thanks to the
retiring members of the council, which was agreed to,
and the meeting dissolved.