The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-16 00:00:00

SPECIAL NOTICE,

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

Dnrlny
the Four Years preceding last Division of
Pro'dts (1858), the company issued 1,595 Life
Dom' Policies, assuring ... £1,221,603
41Z the Four suc'eeding Years the number of
Life Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the
Srams assured to
Z 2,22 ',5g2
BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT.

'l' be
1„ . SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM-
.-NY'S PROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865.
• 'lnv; WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU-
I.
AE,.TED SINCE 11sx DECEMBER, 7858, WILL THEN
A. DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. A LLO. ,%.,ED
—.Mots"
G THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING
804 LE,

"RTIPICATES of INDISPUTABILI FY granted,
and every facility offered to Insurers.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
libe ,3 1-11'n'es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most
tRI t CMS.
the "'ins of Proposal and eve information will be given at
31 ad Office, or any of the Cry
ompany's Agents.

By order.

F. W. LANCE, Secretary.

London,
November, 1863.
HEAD OFFICES :
"DON, . 5B, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury.
West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.
4,111.1RG11 64, Princes-street.

1-iER MAJESTY'S
-AL THEATRE.
CHRISTMAS EVE.
Ihe Lessee and Director bess to announce a Grand
Terfortnance of the MESSIAH will take placethat on THURS-
'JAI, December 21.
, Principal Vocalists—Madlle. Titiens (most positively her
•ast appearance previous to her departure for Italy), Miss
Lascelles, tier. Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Sautley. Conductor,
Signor Arditi.
4
~hi.e Band (selected from the Orchestra of Her Majesty's
n tre and the Sacred Harmonic Society) and chorus will
Ccrnsist of 500 Performers. Prices :—Gaitery, 2a.. pit_ I's.;
seats, is
inea ; private boxes, from one
to three guineas
Doors open at half-past seven. Commence at eight o'clock
precisely.
Boxes, stalls, and pla^es may be obtained at the Box-office
of the Theatre, open daily (under the superintendence of Mr.
Nugent) from ten till five.

11.1•SULLIEN'S CONCERTS.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Positively the Last Night but Three of the Season.
d'brnense success of M. Jullien's new GREAT CON-
tESS QUADRIL LE, introducing the National Melo-
es of different nations.
Vocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINI.
Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus.
Conductor —M. JULLIEN.
Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling.
31- Jullien's BENEFIT will take place on 'ATURDAY
'IIAND
~ext. being positively the last niat of th
te season, and the
BAL D'OPE RA on MONDAY, he 21st inst.

OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL,
1 ISLINGTON.—GRAND TOU RNA MENT, HIP-
/114114311E, and CIRQUK, on a scale of magnificence
b4rto unattempted in this country, will open on BOXING

11C:111 AL AGRICULTURAL HALL,
ISLINGTON.—CROCKETT, the renowned LION
his-`3, will make his First Appearance in Loadon with
, 'onderful troll') of Lions on BOXING DAY.
Lesses—Messrs. STRANGE and JULLETN,

E 0 X F OR D,
'rut (‘, OXFORD STREET, W.
'OllO
,„S EVENING, will be performed Selections from the
ItAr"„nng Operas, viz., TRE SLAVE, and CLARA, the
Tit Uot MILAN, by Sir H. bishop; also, from LA. FORZA.
DES 1 INO—Verdi ; by the followinz talented artistes
au .08Bes Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, almsley, Tyrrell
etElhson Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c.
lso. Solos on the Violin by VIO.PTI COLLINS, the
ebrated English Violinist.
Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant.
piknd the marllous instrument, te ORCHES
aICXO,.. by Herrve SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor.TßAL
Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
long andall
W oy U7:!•Tswoßrrii ("or any ol,her man "I, Enzene,
, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel-
GYlnnas..t, J. Henderson.
rrtoB7e
-", b b
akt
hen autiful .L has e
Mnewly Decorated, and is one of the
' in bee etropolis.
an7oalcony, ls.
,1?.`,211. at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, ed. ; stalls
private boxes, 10s. 6d.

11
~„, THE
CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting
-Peetral Tabteanx._Mr• C• MORTON is enabled to announce
at u -at, turouo.h,GinheomsTe.dkm of Professor Pepper's World of
shadows, a .
TERRITRY HALL. Thel CLUB ••
object
ts
of nightlythe chl
uebl d i
sa t
not
te
theCA re-
the veopling or the Hauntedßouses of London; but, through
the agency of Phantoms pictures of the drama of to present vivid (if transient)
and mirthful aspects ; and, 7, a lite, both in its serious
to recall, and still farther ImPureeras
of the teachings or pleasantries of the
rY—the Slavewri
oar spectral tableaux,
ben St the mind, some
vent, the two orders of Slave tars. At pre-
and the " White" Slavery of a more boasigal).fctviliPlistilith,
life pictures willobe
receive emphatic illustration Thed these
rapidly replacei by others. pages of Shakspere and the
elder Dramatists, of Scott. Hood, I goldsby, Dickens Am
Will, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration, , , &c.,
Comedy by Unsworth
All the other Musical and Pictorial
e trsaims as usual,
Including Operatic Selections, & . ;
Lille modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George nelson, E.
"narshall, and George Ilutchenson.

ItOyAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.
MENSE SUCCESS. Houses Crowded Nightly.
AtIM-
',ANCONFS CIRQUE IMPEftIAL. The most talented
b_ue and Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, and the
eat Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World.
Every
Evening at Half-past Seven. Day Performances on
Mondays, Wednesda3 s, and Saturdays, at T o o.
lAdmission—Reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, 2s. ; Promenade,
'; Private boxes, one guinea.
Box-office open daily from Ten until Four.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill•street,
Piccadilly.
Mlle, the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN. at Tier
tvL,g,,,ra Theatre. the BALL will commence EVERY
'4IINCr at NINE O'CLOCK.

Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, Is.

Manager—M. GRENET.

29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
o'clockoPen daily from 10 till 10. Lecures at 4 ad 7
Witt! • Where may be seen the Astecst ; Bushmannand
si julia l'astrana and Infant; Eng and Shaw., the
rp •
bara•i; wms ;an d upwards ot 3,030 Models, Natural Pre-
Egyptian 31,in-tales, unwrapped, 4,000 years
Admission, One for Gentlemen only).

ALGERTAN ONYX MARBLE. Messrs.
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3;00 of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of
ari",lots, consisting of Clock
ay
Candelabra, Lams,Vases,
articie",?eres, Inkstands, Ven-trays, and a variety of smaller
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fine",!l_4,l.)eaut!ful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very
,nnsh, presents a diversity of pleasing tints, and. can be
oria'n or chiselled int., any form necessary for utility or
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eon dential.