The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1862.

THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
(A.D. 1834), 39, King-street, Cheapside, E.C. London.
Capital, from Premiums alone, £403,165.
Income upwards of £63,000. Assurances, £1,634,755.
Bonuses averagemore than 2a per cent. per annum on sum
assured.
Profits divided yearly and begin on second premium.
Every Member can attend and vote at all general meetings.
Last Annual Report and Accounts may be had.
CHARLES INGALL, Actuary.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY

TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUE EXCEEDS £400,000.
ACCUMULATED FUNDS IN HAND OVER £BOO,OOO.
LIFE BONUS—The Greatest ever continuously Declared by
any Company.
NEARLY THE LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE

GREAT WES TERN RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEE ZING of the Proprietors
of this Company will be held in London, pursuant to Act of
Parliament ht the PADDINGTON STATION, on FRIDAY,
the 21st day of February next, at One o'clock precisely, for
the election of four directors in the place of Capt .in Thomas
Bulkeley, Edward Leeming Esq., the Hon. Frederick George
Brabazon Ponsonby, and Dr. Richard Pritchard Smith, re-
tiring by rotation, and for other purposes of business.
The said General Meeting wilt be made special under the
powers of the Great Western Railway (Capital) Act 1861, for
the purpose of converting all or any of the Chester or Bir-
mingham shares of the Company, whether guaranteed or pre-
ference shares, into stock of the like denomination.
It will also be made special; for considering, and, if ap-
proved, for empowering the directors to contribute a sum not
exceeding £lO,OOO towards the purposes referred to in the
Wenlock Railway Act, 1861, and to make any agreements for
the appropriation of the said amount under the powers con-
tained in that Act.

The chair will be t iken at 1 o'clock precisely.
SIIELBURNE, Chairman.
BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman.
Directors retiring arc re-eligible under the provisions of
the Act ; and in compliance with a bye-law, notice must be
given to the Secretary on or before the 7th day of February
of the names of any proprietors who are to be nominated for
election as directors at the said Half-yearly General Meeting.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of all Stock and Shares will be
CLOSED on and from the 6th day of February, and will not
be re-opened until after the said Half-yearly General Meet-
ing on the 21st day of February.
By order of the Board,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
Paddington Station, 22d January, 1862.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a., in Italian,
Alabas 'er, Paean, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSMS, which will greatly
facilitate ,he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON-
CHOLOGY, Ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each. _ _

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C.

MR. LEWIS AND SON, 113, STRAND.-
The ROYAL LEWISIAN SYSTEMS OF WRIT-
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lessons. Persons unable to take the lessons may obtain the
inventor's works for self-instruction at his only Institution,
113, Strand.

BROWN and GREEN'S KITCHEN RANGES
surpass all others in efficiency, economy, ventilation,
and cure of smoky chimneys. From 10s. to £lOO. The
large sizes, with two or more ovens, steaming apparatus, Szo.,
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establishments. In action at 81, Bishopsgate-street-within.
Designs and prices free.

GARDNERS' £2 2s. DINNER SERVICES
complete, best quality. —A large selection of patterns
of the choicest description. Breakfast, Dessert, 'lea, and
Toilet Services, at the lowest possible prices. Cut Wines,
3s. 6d, per dozen; Cut Quart Decanters, 7s. 6d. per pair.
Engravings free by post. —B. and J. GARDNER (by appoint-
ment to her ➢lajesty), 453, Strand. Charing-cross, opposite
Northumberland house; 4 and 5, Duncannon-street, adjoin-
ing. Established 1752.

TOOTHACHE.—HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for
stopping decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It
is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens
into a white enamel. It rsmains in the tooth many years,
rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay.
Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and medi
eine vendors, Price is,

URWIN and ALBERT'S COLUMBIAN
HAIR-DYE changes red or grey hair to a permanent
and natural brown or black. Its application is most easy ;it
is harmless as pure water, and yet its extraordinary power
upon the hair is se effective that the hair is coloured perma-
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6d., 10g. 6d., and 215., at Urwin and Albert's, 24, Piccadilly.
Experienced assistants in attendance to apply the dye.