The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-23 00:00:00

LADY PORTMAN.

TO TILE EDITOR. OF TIIE TIMES.
SIR-My attention has been called this day to a letter
from the Marquis of Tavistock, in the Times of the 19th
instant, to an article in the Horning Chronicle of
the 12th inst., and to an article in the ...fronting Post,
purporting to he a letter front the Marquis of Hastings
to his neighbours at Castle Doningtcn ; alid I therefore
take the liberty of addressing cou for the purpose of
preventing my continued silence being construed into
an admission of the truth of any of the assertions made ,
with reference to the official conduct of Lady Portman, at
Buckingham Palace, in February last, and for the pun- '
pose also of making known, that having hitherto, in
submission to the advice of those who arc %rell qualified
to give an opinion, abstained from taking notice of
the erroneous an 3 abusive remarks made in some news-
papers on the conduct of Lady Portman, I shall not be
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tionally respo ible.—l am, your obedient servant,
Bryanston, Aug. 20. PORTMAN.

The following is the passage of Lora Hastings'
letter referred to above :

" I feel I should ill repay the kind sympathy I have
received from you and a large circle of friends, as well as
theinterest which the world at large has taken in the
subject of our sorrows, were I to suffer this painful tra-
gedy to sleep in the distorted shape in which the preju-
diced report of some, added to the ignorant statements
of many, have now placed it. I therefore hope, (re loog,
by making you more conversant with facts, to place you
in more intimate possession of my motives,
, and thereby
render you able judges of my actions.,

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•
The interior of St. James's Palk has becoine a
fashionable lounge on week days, particularly since the
ornamental plantation bas presented so much attraction.
when the decoy was removed.
The Park was drained by Henry VIII. in 158 f , and made
a thoroughfare for public use in 1668 ; it was then a decoy
for wild ducks which came from the coast, and the drains
were filled up in 1775,

EVENING EDITION.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEX,
AGREEABLY to my Pledge of the 7th of
January last, I have the honour to intimate to you that
it is my intention to proceed to the BALLOT, on the
VACANCY in the DIRECTION, occasioned by the death
of Mr. Josia% Du Pre Alexander.
In the event of my success, I can only repeat to you the as-
surance that my services shall be unremittingly devoted to the
promotion of your interests, and the welfare of our native fel-
low subjects placed under the protection of the East India
Company.
On the day of Election being fixed I shall transmit to those
Prapietors who have kindly promised me their suffrages the
necessary Proxy-papers, and also to those who may do me the
favour to intimate their wishes to that effect.
I feel grateful for the important assurances of support I have
already received.
I have the honour to be, with respect,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient and obliged servant,
W. H. SYKES,
Lieut.-Col. Bombay Army.
47, Albion-street, Hyde Park, Aug. 23, 1839.
Col. Sykes's Committee sits Daily at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street.

1 THE GENERAL LIFE and INVALID
ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION, for Assuring Pro-
vision in Sickness, in Age, and at Death, on Li,ies and Sur-
vivorships; for Granting Annuities, Loans, and Endowments
for Children; and for the Purchase of Immediate and Rever-
sionary Property. To be empowered by Act of Parliament.
Capital 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each ; Deposit, 1/.
Iper Share. No. 13, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London.
HONORARY pRESIDENTS.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Major-General Sandwith.
!St. Vincent. Capt. H. I. Winnington, M.P.
The Right Hn. Lord Lyttleton. W. S. Dugdale, Esq , M.P.
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Rev. R. Cope, L.L.D., F. A.S.
1 Adm. Sir H. Digby, K K.C.B. John Wheelton, Esq.
~.1 Major Bidwell Edwards, K. H. Richard Spooner, Esq.
) DIRECTORS.
i The Hon. William Bingham John Nash, Esq.
Baring, M.P. Thomas Nash, Esq.
Thomas Cope, Esq. Colonel Perceval, M.P.
j Andrew G. Flint, Esq. Edward Pritchard, Esq.
i Thomas Hartly, Esq. George Richards, Esq.
t Thomas Hawkes, Esq., M.P. John Skilbeck, Esq. .
' John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq.
With power to add to their number.
MEDICAL DIRECTION.
R. B. Todd, M.D., F. I. S., H. Sandwith, M.D., Great Or-
Parliament-st. , Westminster mond-street, Queen-square
. William :Slay, Esq., Surgeon, George Sawyer, Esq., Surgeon,
Bow-lane, Cheapside Myddleton-square
ACTUARY—J. Rowbotham, Esq., F. R. A.S.
STANDING COUNSEL—R. Mathews, Esq.
SOLICITOR—W. J. Holt, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Drummond, Charing -cross ; Messrs.
Spooner, Attwood, and Co., Gracechurch.street.
ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE GENERAL LIFE
AND INVALID ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Ist. Policies will be granted for any sum from 20/. to 4,0001.
either for the whole life or for a limited number of years on a
fixed or graduated increasing or decreasing scale of premiums,
and either in one payment or by payments annually, half.
yearly, quarterly, or monthly, for life, or fur a limited period.
2d. Assurance may be made, in connection with a Life Policy,
for a payment during the sime of sickness, whether arisin from
accidents or other causes, of from 1/. to Si. a week, and from
100/. to 500/. in case of death. To the Clergy, Solicitors, Me-
dical, and other Professional Men, as well as to Tradesmen,
Clerks, and others, having fixed or limited incomes, such an ar-
rangement must be a great desideratum.
3d. A Provision in age, by way of annuity, may be made of
1 from 101. to 100/. a year, after certain periods, specified in the
tables.
4th. Endowments will be granted as a Provision for Educat-
ing or Apprenticing of Children, at the age of 14, or for putting
them in business at the age of 21, or as marriage portions to
gone or daughters at the same age.
sth. Policies on Joint Lives and Survivorships will be
granted for securing a sam of money, to be paid at the death of
either of two lives. or at the death of both ; or of one life A,
provided another B live longer than A.
6th. Assurance may be effected for the payment of a sum
.of money, at fixed periods, such as at the end of 7, 14, 21, or
a u..i years.
I ith. Policies will be granted for the Assurance of a sum of
I money, to be paid to the assured, should he live beyond a fixed
period; for example, 65 years ; but should he die within the
Iperiod named, the money will be paid to his wife or children, or
any one he may please to name.
Bth. Immediate Annuities will be granted, Reversions and
) Annuities purchased, and the general business of similar Asso-
,/ niations transacted.
K The Scales of Premiums are prepared at the lowest possible
t 41.tes, compatible with safety to the Association.
As facility of Assurance is frequently of great importance, a
daily Board will meet to receive proposals.
! It must be obvious that an Establishment of this nature will
prove highly advantageous, not only to the Proprietors, but
S., also to the Assured.
The Capital of this Association to be 500,0001. in 25,000
l Shares of 201. each, on which a deposit of 11. shall be paid on
' allotment ; future calls not exceeding 11. per share, to be made
;at the discretion of the Directors, two months' notice of which
i sha2l be given previously to payment being required.
; fac,:est on Shares to be paid out of the profits of this Asso-
a dation, at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, on the amount
lof paid-up Capital, and at the rate of 3/. per cent. per annum
cm all the additions, from time to time, which may be made to
their stock.
The affairs of this Association shall be under the superin-
tendance of a Board of Directors, who shall meet once a week,
I 1 three of whom shall be an acting Committee, to attend daily at
the office of the Association, for the purpose of transacting
1 business.
In addition to the London Board of Directors, it is proposed
to establish Local Boards, in every large town and district,
,I where the objects of the Institution are likely to be promoted.
The Accounts to be audited annually, by two Auditors at
1‘ least. _ _

A Deed of Settlement for the establishment and government
of this Association will be prepared, wherein shall be contained
a stipulation, that in all contracts entered into by this Associa-
tion, the members thereof shall not be personally liable for, or
-be called upon. on any account_ or prete,nc_k t,. pay
a larger suM tn irtvre amount of shares held by him or her.
i. .Applieations for shares and prospectuses to be made (if by
letter, post-Paid) at the office of the Association, 13, Chatham-
place, Blackfriars, London ; Mr. Thomas Coglan, Liverpool ;
Messrs. William Collinson and Company, Hull ; Mr. J. Drew-
ry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mr. George Edwards, Corn-street,
Bristol ; Mr. Nathaniel Lea, Bennett's-hill, Birming-
ham ; and the Coventry and Warwickshire Banking-Company,
Coventry.
Deposits may be made with the following Bankers :
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, London ; Messrs.
Spooner, Attwood, and Co., Gracechurch-street, London ;
Messrs. Harrison, Watson, and Co., Hull ; Messrs. Attwood,
Spooner, and Co., Birmingham ; Messrs. Alexander and Com-
pany, Ipswich; Messrs. Beckett, Blayds, and Co., Leeds;
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry;
Messrs. Mortlock and Sons, Cambridge ; Messrs. Round,
Green, and Co., Colchester; Messrs. Parsons, Thomson, and
Co., Oxford ; Messrs. Ridley and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;
Somersetshire Banking Company, Huddersfield ; and the
Yorkshire District Banking Company, York.
In order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found to
arise in other undertakings, from an unrestricted application
for shares, and to ascertain who would wish to become bona
tide proprietors, no application will be entertained unless made
according to the printed form :

day of 1839.
Gentlemen—l am desirous of subscribing for Shares
in the Stock of the General Life and Invalid Assurance Asso-
ciation, and I hereby undertake to pay the deposit of 1/. per
Share, on such Shares as you may allot to me, and to conform
to the rules and regulations of the Association.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
To the Directors of the General Life and Invalid
Assurance Association.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF STORIES OF

WATERLOO.

On the 28th inst., in 2 vols. Bvo., with Characteristic Illustra.

tions and Portrait,
VICTORIES of the BRITISH ARMY.
By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq.,
Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the

West," &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her ➢lajesty.

HIS Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA,
having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED
DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which
(though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possi
bilities of obtaining
LARGE FORTUNES,
HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH,
are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU.
TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREY!.
OUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR
TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY,
line to

HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH.
P.S. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions
from NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS and upwards,
to TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS.
A RISE IN THE PRICE of the SHARES for the
NEXT DISTRIBUTION will very soon take place, there
being only few of them on hand, and nearly all cleared off.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY)
Will be produced an entirely new and original Nautical Drama
of intense interest and embracing effects of the most startling
description, entitled
BEN BOATSWAIN; Or, SAILOR'S SWEETHEARTS.
Ben Bowling, Mr. T. P. Cooke.
After which, the Melo Drama of
ROBERT MACAIRE.
Robert Macaire, Mr. T. P. Cooke.
To conclude with the Old English Drama of
THE LADYE OF LAMBYTHE.
Eva, Mrs. Vining. Katherine, Miss Grant.
Lucie, Miss Martin.
Walter More, Mr. E. F. Saville. Wilbert, Mr. Dale.
John the Jester, Mr. Smith.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE,
On MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY,
AUG. 19th, 20th, and 22d.

GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM-
PETRES,
By the unrivalled Band of this Establishment,
Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
Exhibition of the Wonderfully-intense and beautiful new Light
KONIAPHOSTIC,
Under the superintendence of Mr. H. Carter.
And ikhe ERUPTION of MOUNT HECLA.
Admission One Shilling.
Feeding Hour Five o'Clock—Concert at Six.
In compliance with the incessant requests to secure places
for viewing the Eruption a number of reserved seats have
been erected, which may be engaged by previous application at
the Walworth entrance.

RAILWAY COMMUNICATION

AND
LATE NEWS.

NOTICE.—In consequence of the increased faci-
lities daily afforded by the Extension of Rail-
way Communications to the principal Cities,
Towns, and most populous parts of the
Country,—and in accordance with the wishes
of various Commercial News-rooms, Clubs,
and others—