The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-01 00:00:00

WILL SHORTLY CLOSE.-DR. KHAN'S
tree, ATOMICAL MUSEUM, Portland Gallery, Regent-
penapi,oPPosite the Polytechnic —Open for Gentlem,n duly at the
flrs, excepting on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Two to
fc, "'ling which hours Ladies only are admitted. Explana
r
ttissio,„"'nlen by Dr. Leach, and for Ladies by Mrs. Leach.tions Ad-
is.

1441 TRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms,
(Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Ftliaam-road).
N; above Rooms' are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON,
etLEWill
continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S
41tein''ATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ;
"g oCommence at 9 o'clock, and ter ..inate at half-past 11.

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.

CLASS LECTURES.
ofwJ A. PEPPER will commence TWO SEPARATE COURSES
tkEotTve Lectures each on PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY in the
4% „A,,TORT on MONDAY, December the sth, at Eleven o'clock
Fe'' on the Evening of the same day at a quarter to Nine.
for each
, Course, including use of A.ppAratus, Three Guineas.
dell' TWO SEPARATE CLASSES on PHOTOGRAPHY, each
,tocotn—g Six Practical Lectures on the Paper and Glass Processes,
44111trioe December let, at Eleven o'clock in the Morning, and
Fee
r venbags at Eight o'clock.
CL or each Course, Three Guineas.
PiJSSEB on MATHEMATICS by Mr. SU.ALLE.Y (a Graduate in
the Mathematical honours 01 the University of Cambridge)
Mor,-Dss, the 28th inst., at Eight p.m.
One Guinea per. Month.

OYSTERS—TO EPICURES.
QtrEENBOROUGH and FAVERSHAM
NA LIVE 01';TI-.RS.
7
itost a^ceptable P?eseat at this season of the year is a Barre
tit
estd NATIVE OYSTERS, NI, dch ar, to be obtained at SCOTT'S
5,,T Y •AT ER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry. street, Pi ccad Hy,
'cl•Per Barrel, warranted to weigh I flbs.

ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF PALE ALE.
RE Principal Firms of Burton having advanced
18, the price of EAST INDIA P ‘LE ALE 6s. per barrel,
t1a4:1,. TETLEY and SON think it necessary to inform their friends
eY do not intend to alter the prise of their Ales on orders
'red before Christmas neat. The quality and condition shall be
Tn as to maintain the character it has heretof ,re sustained.
hrewery, Leeds; City Stores, 26, Crosby hall Chambers.
et. 24, 1853

riE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE.
Tito (Consolidation of the Stock of the Royal Exchange Issurance
thar,„4Bs and Goods from Fire, with the Stock of the Royal Ex-
'V Assurance ; Royal Exchange Assurance to exercise powers
ilttit;4 Corporations, and of the Royal Exchange Assurance
Company;A-
41,11,,Colnpany, and Royal Exchange Assurance Loan
Powers, and Amendment of Acts.)
,t 4 IC IS HEREBY GIYIBN, That an application is intended
.tad in the ensuing session of Parliament, for leave to bring
bin
ANNII, -
of athe Royalmal2amate
Exchange and consolAssur-h nldate teee ca
ofpitHou,s andal-stock of thGoods
e cor-
11.4
qlkt ire, with the capital•stock cf the corporation of the Royal Ex-
Be `
Assurance ; and to enable such last named corporation to
a use all the powers which are at present exercised by the two
rations and the Royal Exchange Assurance Annuity Company,
114 e Royal Exchan^e Assurance Loan Company, respectively;
tie' confer additional powers on the Royal Exchange Assurance,
alter their existing powers for effecting insurances, purchasing,
or granting annuities, reversionary inter sts, and the like,
1/444.4a and investment of the corporation funds, the purchase of
and otherwise, with respect to the prope ty, revenues, and
Atiii'o6 of the said corporations ; and to enable the Royal Exchange
tlhranee to purchase the business and assume the liabilities of any
tlll,urance or Reversionary Interest Company, and to repeal or
ric„. certain of the provisions of the local and personal acts, 33d
M., chapter 14 ; and 6th George IV., chapter 37 ; and of the
al acts and charte-s therein recited, and of any other act or
to the said corporations, or either of them.
rt,tv'es of the proposed bill will be deposited in the Private Bil -
44 °f the House of Commons, on or before the 31st day of Decem-
h_ llext
'4ted.tills 15th day of November, 1853.
RICKARDS and SON, Solicitors for the Bill.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OFFICE,
Royal Exchange, Nov. 23, 1853.
4Th' COURT of DIREC fORA of the ROYAL EXCHANGE
A
NCE do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that their TRANS-
zOOKs will be SHUT from TUESDAY, the 6th of
hike
fiber next, to THCRSDAY, the sth of January follow-
that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT appoin'ed by
tlik 'barter will be holden at their office on the Royal Ex-
tZ, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st of December, at 12 o'clock
h ; that a Dividend will be considered of at the saidsourt ;
that the draft of a bill intended to be introduced into Parlia-
t i 4 the session of 1854 will be submitted for adoption.
ALEX. GREEN, Secretary.

GENERAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE
COMPANY.

4.4.`3°lslonally Registered, and to be Incorporated by Royal Charter
SQ St Parliament, for the Guarantee against Losses arising from
6„, ries, Forgeries, Frauds, Debts, Insolvency, Fire, and Non-pay-
of Rent.
ht4,..f_e_ Assurance is also effected on improved and safe principles.

Yl4ll, 500,0001. (with power to increase to 1,000,0001.) in 100,000
shares of Si. each ; deposit, 11. per share.
Offices—Cannon street West, London.
SOLIcITORS —Messrs. Humphreys, Son, and Morgan.
SEctLETA.RY—William 11. Longmore, Esq.
017 Company has been eqablished the purpose of combining
Odee. ?Ike, and concentrating under cfor rie management, the various
11,7 in Which the prirchde of Insurance is capable of being applied.
144 nosiness of the General Indemnity lnsurance Company coin-
Itt all the forms of Insurance a, present in acci n, and includes
1.1), new and important lea ures not previously brought before the
e• These are divided between its t..ree mam departments in the
I„Wing manver:—
Insurance aping Robberies, Forgeries, Frauds, &c.
NI, Insurance against Losses by bad Debts and gu rantee of Rents.
Debts and Rents without
111,44%?tdeepeartment incluadesetohmemCiossilieo
n.
ct
Insolvent enTehfe winding-up of Bankrupt
k 411.1 'eantt Estates, and
, and advances to Assurers, on the security of
v':•a lissed assets not immediately available for the purchase and sale

Fire and Life Insurance in all its branches. Insurances to
Lttgagers' providing for re-payment of mortgage-money; An-
elcas and Loans to Policy-holders on real and personal security.
Fire Department includes a new feature of considerable import-
Insurance against loss of Business Profits in consequence of
'lll,lll'4Elth of these Departments a special Prospectus is prepared, to
yt ,e'e inthlic are referred for the minute details.
the 'l?llations for Shares and other information to be addressed
Cretary.

se9, in 2,400 imperial octavo pages, price 365., with Map
corrected from recent Surveys,
tb°ST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
,8410,,1854, The work is printed in entirely new type from the
Na and Glasgow Letter Foundry, and has been so greatly ex-
ltQl:hat the "Street Directory' contains 13'1,842 distinct names
Zilci,;lekese will be-Tonna correc ly classified in la the other
in—., 'vinous, Ciiniiiierclal, 'trades, taw, and Co
all of which
gretZVased in proportion to the. great extension of the " Street

~ 6 Post Office Directory has long been the wonder of the pub-
• Werld, a monument of private enterprise and ingenious labour
Mir without parallel."—Morning Herald. Nov. 4, 1853.
kkhraittersea, Bow, Brixton, Brotr ley (Middlesex), Camberwell,
41143,ttge Heath, Clapham-road, Dalston, Deptford, Hackney, Hol-
'Nig toad, Kentish-town, Kingsland, New-cross, South Lameth,
ktoerd, wandsworth-road, &c., &c., are essentially parts of b ' the
t taetropolie,' and, as such, should obviously be included in any
li,k nt.Y of London. ... In the ' Post-office Directory,' there-
‘lo2l inhabitants of these places appear in all the alphabetical
bkikr that the residence and calling of any one can be instantly
14144,1111 whatever part o: the suburbs he may be lodged. This
11144. the work one of the most useful that can be possibly ima-
s 4er
. la, any purpose of metropolitan life." —Observer, Nov. 13, 1853
NeiZe Indices are very numerous, and immensely facilitate refer-
thek; various sub-divisions of the book."—Morning Advertiser,
k,4lll)er 4, 1853.
-‘ ,mine of useful and entertaining knowledge."—Daily News
.'ih_ear 17, 1853.
rilf..7eves much praise for the accuracy which pervades it, and for
-se'leas of the information."—Morning Chronicle, November 4,
itsti-ot
k "le eOmpletest Directory yet produced, both as regards classift-
• and typographical execution."—lllustrated News, November
ItailriLit be true, as all our readers will be ready to admit, that
elltlteelan country like England, and no place like London, it is a
ViaSistent climax to add, and no guide book like the "Post
4:ll,,ulrectory."—John Bull, November 5, 1853.
—le of the most remarkable and useful works of the age."—
kl/41&S Journal, November 5, 1853.
1.,-,:sa monster volume is a per:ect desideratum for the office and
-4'Bllting-house,"—Mining Journal, November 5, 1853.
11,Art66,_tlY increased in size by the introduction of a large number
1.17`11 in the suburbs."—Weekly Dispatch, November 5, 1853.
rii .-6 edition of this wonderful work has, to speak commerciallY,
'lllB-Varged some ten or fi,teen per cent."—Spectator, November
ilik.tot.
3/44 ea no insignificant idea of the wonders of a city that de-
s kleh a work to register its multifarious contents."—Atlas,
4 ;,,, 1853.
:ettZetiehole information has iron brought up with great care AND
'Niel. to the 19th of September."— Sunday Times, November
,m: n
ike), w°tiee of this gigantic volume, proportioned to its size and
-eili. oi..nuld occupy our whole piper—we say its size and value, for
L., 4.6:14, perfectly equal measure."—Standard, Nov. 7, 1853.
Ote-nr_ulY the Messrs. Kelly and Co. had actually distanced the
Vocr'prising of their competitors. They have new rendered it
Vela for any other compiler to dreem of emulating their ex-
a: It:s'arY enterprlse."—Sun, November 7, 1853.
%ffp.,lnarvellous accuracy and minuteness of detail, fills one with
''. 11tnent."— Morning Post, November 7, 1853.
• It ,t 6 annual miracle appears again."—Globe, Nov. 8, 1853.
.1 titt.! Unrivalled —indeed quite unapproached by any competitor
Klitr,e seen."—Examiner, Nov. 12, 1853.
nt ;z7a a gentleman of our acquaintance stating to us that the two
w..._ nders of the age are the electric telegraph and chloroform,
?pry
induced to observe that there was yet a third, and that—
,o; 7 post-office London Directory." —Bell's Weekly Messenger,
4 'l2, 1853
)1114°t t '
he accuracy of the Court Directory, we can ourselves speak
601111denee."—Court Journal, Nov. 12, 1853.
\*, Most valuable, commodious, and almost indispensable work."
ilklY Times, Nov. 13, 1853.
1'141,4 e biggest as well as the best book of our acquaintance."—
4, , Nov. 19, 1853.
111s4oirrould be quite superfluous for us to dwell at length upon the
ii r excellence of this work."—Economist, Nov. 19, 1853.
%Wes no rival in the publishing world."—Britannia, Nov. 19,

bllttZt,B4, volume before us far surpasses in bulk, weight, and corn.
any that has appeared before."—Literary Gazette, Nov. 5

4\_"4> told Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell Court, and all Booksellers.

ki4 Or LISH ASSISTANCE DURING THE
Nkl4l PRESENT WAR.
ttptz;"t all the readers of the daily papers are puzzled to make
Position and prospects of the combatints, but English inter-
-14%, lisj enough
be required. The elements of the present war are
%slts en°llBh in the City and in the country. The grand northern
k141.14t lions
his hostilities, and opened a regular siege on the
`,..'°1.111 of the British subjects, by Fogs, Damp, Rain, and Frost,
VZ_toiel consolidated masses, or dispersed in irregular troops under
, Pand of General Winter. To meet these inhospitable in-
11siZse,„—* MOSES and SON have marshaled an in omparable army
.45 Paletoss, Wrappers, &c., &c., of sufficient force to
4041114`ue antagonistic influence of the elements, and to' act as
eotrifort Guards on unnumbered thousands; and the re-
)l;9o4,trtillery of their strong, neat, and substantially-made Win-
111:ers72 'Vests,
rheumatics
Trousers, will entirely subdue the capturing
~,1 colds, whose penal settlements are rh.matics and all the
)I(loa,,Winter Season. n army of reserve is just made up by
and SON for sale at their Establishment and West-end
ieconsisting of Oxford Blues, Greys, and Mixtures of the most
14171: frtm."'onable, and serviceable materials, associated with the
414 kilonable and accomplished workmanship ; and millions of
/tlll,l4,,a,ntrY, in Children's and Youths' Attire, most magnificently
Nit ce `'e rear of Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-three. Victory
litZtisoll4ated by the best Understandings which ever existed
kesp.natei°l Boots and Shoes of unparalleled quality and cheapness;
,ti vp.,P jug of these victorious powers will be at the establish-
% ris JlO 'ES and SON, the largest, best, and cheapest stock
s
..11:1britUaPS being prepared for the purpose. The event will
Ot et„-- by a vast selection of Hosiery Goods, Furs, Shawls,
• ei~_,
&e., &c. • and in superabunJant satisfaction every
" Long live the Queen, and prosperity to all her
41._11114111110
MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
.• "coci*"sl imposition having learned that the untradesman-like
4%1,37;is :of: Being connected with their Establishment," or
teecill," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
voZnk, they beg to state that they have
04404. '4101.1 wITR ANY OTHER ROUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
.s.gs ZePt.their own Establishments, as follows :
Zlusit 8.,7 Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
gi,.,(1 a •,,,eat-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2
C4ror'e..art-street, all communicating.
%101'11sid Branch,
Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Rirrncil, 36, Pargate.
„`nch, M. lbou-ne, Australia.
iliss,„"takes:ailcr' Clothiers, Hatters, Rogers, Furriers, Boot and
ksiZ,::tl.oo/;;;':01:.Gleneral Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
14thontod 14,41°-Bhould any article nth give satisfaction, it will be
kits tth- desired, or, If preferrede money will be returned
All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
ktisra tstabteh ID) abatement can be made.
sishe-'n'enta are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on
ble 1/47 ttook business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
114ta The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain-
. so
Ad on i"",e, our system of self-mealurement, Stc., &c.,
va,-xisora. itAolication, or post-free.
I.,ctio: Almanac for t e year ending 1853 can be had gratis,
-.11% ".
%he atrim„ll DUI,' Francais. Qui si parla Italian.
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