The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

ITATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION
.11 for lUTILIL LIFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, &c.,
48, Gracechurch-street, London. •
_SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES LUSHINGTON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S.
Extracts from the Report for 1852.
"In the year ending the 20th No7ember last, 1,127 Policies have
been issued : the Annual Premiums on which amount to 17,7261.
4s. hi.

" Since the establishment of the Institution in 1
14,556 Polic'es have been effected, and the Annual
206,7001. 1 Is. fid
" The balance of receipts over the disbursemei
137,1931. 7s. 3d. ; making the Capital 875,61461. ss. 7i
" The fol owing shows the progress of the Institu
the three divisions of Profit:—

December, 1835,
Income is now

tnts in 1852 18

Ltion at each of

Amount of
C.lpitaf.

X 8.

From 1835 to 18'2, being
7 years .. •• •• ••
From 1842 to 18,11, being
5 years .. •• •• ••
From 1847 to 1852, being
5 years

139,806 1

227,366 14 5

508,513 9 7

Total on Nov. 20, 1852

14,856

£206,700 11 5

£i75,686 5 7

By a recent Act of Parliament the Directors are empowered to
grant Loans to Members on the security of their Policies to the ex-
tent of their value.

Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist January, are re-
minded that the same must be paid within thirty days from that date.
The Directors' Report presented to the Annual Meeting of Mem-
bers on the 22d instant is now ready, and may be had on application
at the Office, or of the Agents in the country.
December 24, 1852.

JOSEPH lIARSII, Secretary.

EXETER-HALL, THURSDAY EVENING,
3d February, 1853.

CHARLES 3IACKAY, Esq., L.L.D., in the Chalr.

AN EXPOSITION OF THE GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF

THOMAS HOOD, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS,

Under the auspices of the HOOI► MEMORIAL COMMITTEE,
for the Benefit of the Fund.
Will be given by
Mr. WILLIAM PARSONS.
The Chair will be taken at Eight o'clock. Doors open at
Half--past Seven.

Introductory Remarks.—Definition of true Poetry; its various
manifestations.—Orginal bent of Hood's genius, as evinced in his
earlier poems ; their comparative neglect —Wit and Humour;
Hood's genial and kindly spirit as a humourist ; exuberance of his
comic vein; more chastened development of his hum ,tir when freed
from uncurbed conceits.-Effects of higher aims upon his powers, as
shown in his later poems.—Combination of Humour and Pathos ;
Hood's earnest and large-hearted sympathy with want and suffer-
ing.—His purpose of assisting to redress the social wrongs or the
age, and the eminent success of his first efforts.— His enthusiasm
in the cause unsubdued by ill health, and arrested only by his death.

Reserved Seats, 2s. ; Body of Hall, Is.

Tickets may be bad of Mr. J. Watkins, Hon. Sec. to the Hood
Memorial Committee, 36, Parliament-street; Mr. W. Strudwicke,
Whittington Club, Strand; Messrs. Chapman and Hall, 193, Picca-
dilly; Mr. David Posue, Fleet-street; Messrs. D'Almalpo and Co.,
20, Soho-square, and 714, Upper Charleton-street, Fitzroy-square;
Mr. Fenton, 78, Strand ; Mons. Jullien, 214, Regent-street ; Messrs.
Keith, Prowse, and Co., Cheapside ; Mr. Mitchell, Bond-street ;
Mr. Novello, 69, Dean•street, Soho; Mr. Peachy, 108, Bishopsgate-
street ; Mr. T. E. Purdav, St. Paurs•churchyard ; Mr. Tolkein, 27,
King William-street ; Mr. J. A. Turner, 19. Poultry, City ; Messrs.
Wessel and Co,, 229, Regent-street; Mr. Moore, 104, Bishopssate-
street ; Mr. F. Ross, 81, Great Portland-street; Mr. Mayhew, 27,
Little Guildford-street, Russell-square; Mr. W. Theobalds, 314,
Oxford-street; and of the Hall-keeper, Exeter-Haq.

FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S
THEATRE.—SEASON 1853.
Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the SEASON of
FRENCH PLAYS will be COMMENCED on MONDAY next,
Jan. 31, by the engagement of M. nsieur Ravel (of the Theatre
du Palais Royal —his first appearance since the year 184 w). The
first performance will consist of two new and amusing Vaudevilles,
entitled UN MONSIEUR QUI SUIT LES FEMMES, and YORK; ou,
Une Recompense Honette, in both of which Mons. Ravel will ap-
pear. Mr. Mitchell has the satisfaction to submit the following
List of Artistes, engaged to appear during the season :—Monsieur
Ravel, Madame La•nbert (or the Theatre the Paisis Royal), Madlle.
Bertin (of the Theatre Francais), Madlle. Luther (of the Theatre du
Gymnase—her first appearance in England), Monsieur Lafont,
Madlle. Emma Fleury (Eleve du Conservatoire, Paris), Madlle. Page
(of the Theatre des Varietes—her first appearance in England),
Monsieur Adrien Fed e, Monsieur Leonard, Madlle. Madeline Brohan
(of the Theatre Francais -her first appearance in Eng'and), and
Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Frk,gsis). The eminent Trage-
dienne, Madlle. Rachel, is also engaged for Twelve Representations,
and will appear in Monsieur Emile Angler's successrul Play of
DIANA, at the commencement of her engagement.—During the en-
gagement of Monsieur Ravel, at the beginning of the season, it is
intended to give Four Representatioas a week—on Monday, Wed-
nesday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings—the Mondays and Fridays
being, as usual, Subscription Nights.—lt is also respectfully an-
nounced that. during the Easter week, front Monday, March 28,
until Saturday, April 2, M. Robert Houdin will exhibit his extraor-
dinary Entertainment of Soirees Fantasigues, being his last appear-
ance in England. previous to his final retirement from his profession
—The French Plays will be resumed after Easter, on Monday, April
4. The Sulwriptton will be arranged for Thirty Representations, on
Mondays aad Fridays, until the end of May. The favour of an early
application for Season Subscriptions is respectfully solicited at Mr.
MLcliell'a Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the principal
libraries, as usual.-33, Old Bond-street, Jau.22.

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Adm keion —ONE RIIILLINa.

Door,' open at Half-pnst Eight o'c,ock, nanoing to commence at
Nine. enO te-mtnate at Half-past Eleven precisely.

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DR. CIILVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To ho had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho,
147, Fleet-street ; -Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price Ono Shilling each; by
post, is Gd

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
CONTENTS : —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
cursions shout the Environs of London—Toe Parks, Lanes, Bills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant plates Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at [Lome
Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c.,

FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols.
Vol. I.
VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c.
VoLII.

THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
111.
DUBLIN, &c.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
" That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and care) of ner-
vously-debllitatf d health and enfeebled constitution that harasses
the young. besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em•
hitters old age; with tables and riles for the diet and physical regu-
lation of every-day life.

Iv.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties
oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra-
tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
To be or not to be, that is the question."
PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c.
By H. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827).
(1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matters.