The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-05 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1839.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS-
SURANCE AND
DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY.
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
67, New Buildings, North Bridge, Edinburgh ;
36, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ;
28, South Castle-street, Liverpool ;
:47, Princess-street, Manchester ;
9, Clare-street, Bristol ;
And 14, New Bond-street, Bath.
Capital, 500,0001.
EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
PATRON—His Grace the DUKE of SOMERSET, F. R. S.
DIRECTORS.
T. L AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
Col. Sir Borges Camac, K. C. S. Robert Hollond, Esq., M. P.
John Elliotson, M.D. F. R. S. George Lungley, Esq.
C. Farebrother, Esq., Ald. John Rawson, Esq.
H. Gordon, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Dr. 01 inth us Gregory, F. R. A. S.
Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S.
PHYSICIAN—J. Elliot:ion, M.D.,. F.R. S.
SURGEON-E. S. Symes, Esq.
AcruaßY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S.
By the new principles of Life Assurance and Deferred An-
nuities, established by this Society, many essential advantages,
besides that of securing a provision for a family or for old age,
are gained by the Assured, and thereby an additional value is
given to each Policy.
Premiums payable annually, half-yearly, quarterly, or
monthly, or in the increasing or decreasing scales. Females
assured at diminished rates. Extension of limits of travelling.
Policies in force seven years not forfeited by suicide, and two-
thirds of the premiums paid at all times available to the
assured.
Two- thirds of the profits of the Society divided ANNUALLY
amongst parties assured en the participating scale of Premiums.
SPECIMENS OF DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

MEW CLUB.—Several NOBLEMEN and
GENTLEMEN, of the first rank and character, having
associated themselves for the purpose of forming a NEW CLUB,
Candidates far admission are requested to address their applica-
tions, under cover, to the Committee, No. 72, Pall Mall.
79, Pall Mall, July 4, 1839.

UNION FLINT GLASS COMPANY.
NOTICE.
A GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the
above Company will beheld at the Office, No. 117, Bishops-
gate-street Within, on TUESDAY, the 16th instant, at
Three o'Clock precisely, when a Report of the Proceedings
of the Provisional Committee will be made, and measures
adopted for carrying the objects of the Company into effect.
All persons to whom Shares have been allotted are requested
to pay the Deposits of 11. per Share on or before that day.
Applications for the remaining Shares to be made to the
Bankers, Messrs. Ladbroke, Kingscote, and Co. ; Messrs.
Wire and Child, Solicitors, 9, St. Swithin's-lane; or at
the Company's Office, where further information may be ob-
tained.

JAMES HENDRE.Y, Secretary pro. tem.

PUBLICATIONS.

ISSUE of the WEEKLY CHRONICLE NATIONAL
GALLERY on SATURDAY NEXT.
THE Publicare informed that the PORTRAIT
of his Grace the DUKE of WELLINGTON, being
No. I of the "NATIONAL GALLERY," will be presented
gratuitously to every purchaser of the WEEKLY CHRONI.
CLE on SATURDAY, the 6th of July. This superb series of
Steel-engraved Portraits of distinguished individuals, with im-
partial Biographical Memoirs, will form, at the end of each year,
a handsome volume, making a complete and invaluable RECORD
FOR THE PEOPLE, not to be purchased, under any other
circumstances, for a less sum that Five Guineas. It is neces-
sary to observe that the purchaser of the WEEKLY CHRO-
NICLE with a Portrait, must purchase the Newspaper with a
Memoir, also, on the following week. To prevent disappoint-
ment to the public, the Proprietors are prepared to deliver Two
Hundred Thousand Portraits of the Duke of Wellington, for
the first issue of this extraordinary work, so truly pronounced
to be THE GALLERY FOR THE PEOPLE.
_ _

To Non-Subscribers to the WEEKLY CHRONICLE :
The Two Portraits and Two Memoirs may be obtained of all
Booksellers and Newsvenders, in Monthly Parts, bound in a
handsome Wrapper, price 2s. 6d.
For the convenience of the Trade, Wrappers, in Quires, may
be had at the Office, 337, Strand.

UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE.

SUMMARY OF THE 1,748 PETITIONS FOR THE UNIFORM
PENNY POSTAGE, PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OE

COMMONS THIS SESSION, UP TO THE 211 T JUNE.
NUMBER OF PETITIONS.—TOWII Councils, 92 ; Corn-
missioners of supply in Scotland, 10; Inhabitants ofplaces,
1,023; Professional Associations, 68; Mechanics Insti-
tutes, &c., 47 ; Poor-law Unions, 20 ; Vestries, 3
;
Schools, 12 ; Females, 8 ; Farmers attending markets, 9 ;
Printers, 5 ; London Printers, F 4 ; Newspapers, 10 ;
Chambers of Commerce, 24 ; Trades and Manufactures,
153 ; Mercantile Firms (London ), 144 ; London Drug-
gists, 15 ; and Individuals, 21.—Total number of petitions,
with 195,233 signatures, 1,748.
Since this was prepared the number of petitions pre-
sented up to the 24th ult. has been published, when the
number of petitions had increased to 1,767, and the num-
ber of signatures to 197,586.
The total number of all petitions on 292 different sub-
jects presented this Session to June 21, is 12,401—50 that
something above a seventh part of the whole number has
been devoted to praying for Uniform Penny Postage.
Though at least 150 petitions, which, as presented by
Corporate bodies, bear simply a seal and no signature at
all, or only a single one, still the average number of signa-
tures to each petition exceeds 110.
If the petitions from Town Councils are received, each
as representing the inhabitants of its respective town,—and
so they fairly may, for there bas been a most remarkable
concordance of all political parties on this subject—it will
be found that upon no subject whatever during the present
Session, or, perhaps in any past one, has the public voice
been so unanimous and universal as on the expediency of a
penny postage. And it must be remembered that only two
years have passed since the plan was first made public.