The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-09 00:00:00

URNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and
the PLOORCLOTTI, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in
re4-ardless o' amount or distance. First- class
Zoods at second-ell,s prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to
... ,J rt and Gentlem en. An immense stock to select
fromd•
'splayed m Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted
,CLEF.GYMEN arid GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
ISR are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and
,o• are :publishing an entirely New Edition of their un-
((planed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by-110
Vmirable en fravin2ss of every description of Furniture and
Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and
Post-free on application. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishingthe following revised
ecale : on •

A Six-roomed Parsonage
An Eight-roomed ditto
Ten-rourneq ditto
A Twelve-roomed ditto y.(O 11 0
rod
ether with a (rice List of purified holding, and a mess
of valuable information to all requiring household furniture,
carpets or bedding. References kindly permit,el to Cier, y-
rar' and gen tlt incn in or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
~leester, Bury, Eiy, Preston, Griinsbv, Ryde, Plymouth,
'\.elts, 0/eon-I. Br;rit'on, Gainsborow,h, Margate. Kidder-
..tninster, Welling;ton. Croy don. Cambridge, t•tain es, Dorklnf.",r,
t.t_. Alban's. 'Worcester, lilswich, Peterborough, St, David's,
Ilrirexham, and above SCO oJier places in all parts of Great
()1113ETT and CO General House Furnishers, Deptford-
'l,4;e, Loudon, S.E"

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF
ENGLAND.
The Di 112, Tlishopszate-street, London, Dec. 8, 1863.
-
ller b
rectors of the National Provincial Rank of England
ratee+7,-,(li've Notice. that a Half-yearly Divi.iend, at the
of Six per Cent per annum, and a Half-Yearly Bonus
on Emyer Cent., will be payable on the Company's St9ck,
after the Bth day of January next, when the Min-
odmen.d and Bonus warm.•ts will be obtained at the Company's
Braneh.
No. 112, Bisho so•ate-street, or at the different
p
the The °
Transfer-books will be closed on and after Thursday,
payabltell, instant, until the Dividend and Bonus become

By order of the Court of Direatoro,
A. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager.

SPECIAL NOTICE.

THE BOOKS OF THE
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
For the Year 1863, close on 31st December.
J,Fe Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an
additional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants.

tta,.;
YIP; the FOur Years preceding last Division of
Profits (1858), the t_ompany issued 1,595 Life
n Policies, assurinc,, £1,221,608
UZI4I-9: the Four sue-ceding Years the number of
Li!e Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the
Sums assured to £2,22',522
BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT.

SIXTH SEPENNIAL DIVSON of tbe COM-
"'NY'S PRO FI VS T
will take place onl 3lst December, 1865.
,
L'" WFIOI.E PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU-
,. k SINCE 11sx DECEMBER WILL TEN
DIVIDED, AND NINETY PERCENT. ALLOCATED
THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING
SCALE,

CERTIFICATES of INDISPUfABILI LT granted,
and every facility offered to lasurers.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
liberal terms. granted both at Home and Abroad on the most
Forms of Proposal and every infer nation will be given at
the Head Office, or any of the Company's Agents.

F. W. LANCE, Secretary.