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
ztdditional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants.

During the Four Years preceding last Division of
Profits (1858), the k ompany issued 1,595 Life
Policies, assuring £1,221,603
During the Four sue-ceding Years the number of
Lite Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the
Skims assured to
BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT.

_The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM-
rANY'S PROFITS will take place on 31at December, 1865.
THE WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU-
LATED SINCE 118 T DECEMBER 1858, WILL THEN
BE
DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. ALLOCATED
AMONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING
SCALE.

CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABILI IY granted,
and every facility offered to lusurers.
FIRE DEPARTHENT.
Insuran-es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most
liberal terms.
Forms of Proposal and every information will be given at
the Read Office, or any of the Company's Agents.
By order.
F. W. LANCE, Secretary.
London, November, 1863.
HEAD OFFICES :
1-40UDON ...58, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury.
West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.
DINDURGII 64, Princes-street.

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
CHRISTMAS EVE.

The Lessee and Director begs to announce that a Grand
Performance of the MESSIAH will take place on THUKS-
bAY, December 24.
Principal Vocalists—Madlle. Titiens (most positively her
last appearance previous to her dep,rture for Italy), Miss
Lascelles, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Santley. Conductor,
Signor A rditi.
The Band (selected from the Orchestra of Her Majesty's
Thcmtre and the Sacred Harmonic Society) and thorns will
Consist of 500 Performers.
Prices :—Gallery, 2s. ; pit, 58.; dress circle. 78. ; upper box
meats, 58 • pit stalls, half-a-guinea ; private boxes, from one
to three guineas.;
Doors open at half-past seven. Commence at eighto'clock
precisely.
Boxes, stalls, and pia-es may be obtained at the Box-office
of the Theatre, open daily (under the superintendence of Mr.
Nugent) from ten till five.

311JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.
• HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Positively the Last Night but Three of the Season.
Immense success of M. Jullien's Rew GREAT CON-
GRESS CIUADRIL LE, introducing the National Melo-
dies of different nations.
Vocalist, Mdlle. VoLnikix.
Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus.
Conductor—M. JULLIEN.
Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling.
M. Jullien's BENEFIT will take place on SATURDAY
next. being positively the last night of the season, and the
GRAND BAL D'OPE RA on MONDAY, the 21st inst.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL,
ISLINTON.—GRAND O RNA , HI-
Pc)DRONIE, and RQ CIUE, on T U MENT
a seale of magnificencPe
hitherto unattempted in this oJuntry, will open on BOXING
DAY.

ROY AL AGRICULTURAL HALL,
ISLINGTON.—CROCK TT, the renowned LION
IcrlV.3-, will mike his First A Eppearance
418 Wonderful troup of Lions on BOXING in
DAY. London with

Leases—Messrs. STRANGE and JULLEYN,

HE 0 X F OR B,
#l, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the
'following; Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the
MAID of MILAN, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA
DEL DES llNO—Verdi ; by the followinv talented artistes
—Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, W slmsley, Tyrrell
and ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, dm.
Also. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the
Celebrated English Violinist.

Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant.
And the marvellous Instrument, the ORCHESTRAL
PLANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor.

- Director, Mr. P. Jonghmans.
„..„,Comedy, by UNSWORTH e' or any other man "1, Eugene,
14'11Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel-
-8 Gymnast, J. Henderson.
The GALL has been, newly
Decorated, and is one of the
bloat Beautiful in the, Metropolis.
OP en at half.pasi 7 o'clock. Admission, area, ed. ; stalls
and-balcony, le. ;
private boxes, 10s. 6d.

"THII GHOST CLUB"at the
CP..NTERNITRY HALL.—New and Interesting
NPectral T ableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce
Ibtit thr ori,h the medium of Professor Pepper's World of
'Wow a
D. a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN-
'Pewlt • 0-11' v rif ALL The object of the Club is not the re-
• • .... - •
'M, •-bag of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through
pi 'agenev 4 to joresent Vivid (if transient)
.• *Urea 'I ‘9,' Phantoms, of real life. both in its serious
' Artd rei4. the drama
ha aspects ; and, i ress on nd, some
by means of spectral tableaux.
recall ;)efntth,ttehe,
ta:d still further mp h
17 cf the outh,
"hinge or pleAsantries of t e best writers. At pre-
turcivisllwisatlion,
and the
acnid t
tohhreee
13S
eb
01 allivaferit,
pf
ulic
..-,vv.tite,rs of Slaver
receive emphatic 111
_altspere and the
Sulsatyraetriyonof;
rapidly replacel by others The pages ot,S
elder Dramatists, of Scott 'Hood, ingolds y, Dickens, arc.,,te.,
Wia, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration.
3nAciullditnlize tpeerraMtieus
.Pictorial, attractions as usual,
&e • Come 3' z_Unsworth
e eorge Hodson, E.
{the modern Dernostbeecnes), Engen ' 431.
caelt atinodns.
Marshall, and George Hutchenson.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. IM-
MENE SUCCESS. Houses Crowded Nightly.
Male and
FRANCONI'S CIRQUE DIPEttIAL. The most talented
Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, and the
best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World.
Every—m
Vent
E gat Half-past Seven. Day Performances on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at T a o.
Admission—Reserved seats, 35.; stalls, 25.; promenade,
Is ; private boxes, one guinea.
Box-office open daily from Ten until Four.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her
.4
I,VENllaiestNG's T
atheatreNlNE O'CLOCK,
the BLL .
will commence EVERY

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

Manager—m. GRENET.

29, GEORGE-STREET, HANovER-SQUARE.
SrFIE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
, Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7
vigTek. Where may he seen the Asecs ; Bushman and
Pastrana and infant ; Eng and Shang, the
15,amese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre-
oaations, Itzc. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years
• Admission, One shilling 'or Gentlemen only).

LGERIAN ONYX MARBLE.
A. 'HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully— Messrs.
solicit an.
pjection of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of
..ro objects consisting of Clock Candelabra, Lamps,Vases,
ardinieres,' Inkstands, t'en-trays, and a variety of smaller
articles of taste, at moderate prices.
This belut:ful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very
Vile polish, presents a diversity of pleasing,* tints, and can be
tired or chiselled into any form necessary for utility or
Mataent —5, 7,9, Regent-street, Pall-mall.

ItEAuTiFuL WOMEN.— Alabaeter Powder,
and the Magnetic Hock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir-
uassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These
ostly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair,
leeth, and complexion beautiful beyond cotnparison.--Can be
re sheat can be consult
only Madame EACIIEL'S 47A, New 34ond-street,
ed daily., All communications are
5' confidential,

PRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER CO., Wax Chandlers, etc.,
To the Queen and the Prince of Wales.
(Established 17?0.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862.
testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manuts4ture.
_ A distinguished Dignita,y, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,

" I have f says :
ound them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my tutu, recom-
mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar."
Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb.
Ordinary quality Od. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality • . s. sd. per lb.
Second quality
- is. 3d. per lb.
Third quality • • • ls. ld. per lb.
Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.,
8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. .Manufactory—
Kensington (Established 1730).
The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture
of Was candled fox the use of the Altar.