The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-09 00:00:00

GREAT-WESTERN RAILWAY.-
(MESTER RACES—GRAND CUP DAY, May loth.—An
EXPRESS
EXCURSION tRAIN will leave Paddington on TUES-
DAY, May 9th, at 5.45 p.m., to reach Chester at about 11 45 p.m.,
tnacdt,
wlll
40s. andret ms
return on the following day, at 5.20 p.m.—Fares there and

RANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Directors oi the Bank
of brit sh North America do hereby give notice, that the YEARLY
01,0 ENF.RAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS bi• held ursuant
to Deed of Settlement, on Tuesday, the 6th June noxt, at the
at e of the Corporation, 7. Bishopsgate-street,
One o'clock precisely, when the elixtion of three Directors,, in the
Pence of those going out by the provisions of the Deed, will take

By order of the Court,
G. DE B. ATT WOOD, Seure Lary

London, Bth May, 1854.

INT-VENTIONS IN LETTER-PRESS PRINT-
:2G.—Types A•hich any man, worn in or child can coinp. se.
Ant.VIF four times (Nicker than usual. OLT COMPOSING.
kIN(3-ROLLER • beyond comparison superior to those at
t employed. Costle=s y' es for the Blind. Types ~overed
Pith Principle powerful,
metals, Printing Machinery on an absolutely novel
ta tpeole,,„ Powerful, compact, &c., &c., &c. The Inve Itor, Major
,n in SKI, will m•ke good the above cheering announcer! tent in
10 ,nin LECTURE, at Willis's Rooms, on %V EDNESDAY, May
Gi'Ea, l• 8 o'clock in the Evening ; the Right Hon. TIIO A AS MLLNER
Tickets, M.P., in the Chair. Admission, free ; t, eserved Seats, by
pa `l-4, to be obtained at the Offices of the Patent Printing Com-
vilei. Waterloo-place, Pall mall, and 31, Is icholas-lane, City,
.........2 511ustrated pamphlets may be procured.
____.---------_

THE PATENT PRINTING MACHINERY
Provisionally nd PRINTING —BENIOWSKI 8 PATIENTS.
Registered. C
ToOMPANY. be incorporated under the 7th and Bth
capital Victoria, cap. 110.
, 130,000/., in 65,000 Shares of 21. each. 11. to be paid on
allotment,
.b..... with power to increase it to 250,0001.
prioVincati in for Shares, in the usual manner, to be made to /trews.
st, R and Brown.
' -f
'Change-alley, Cornhill, Brokers to the Coo pan ;
for
toarbe Sleaden, Esq., 14, Parliament-street, Westminster, Solid--
Place tphe Company ; or at the offices of the Company, 5, Waterloo-
all-mall, and 33, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street, No appli-
cationor Shares will be received after the Ist June next.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
ENGLAND.
LECTURES AND GENERAL MEETING.
°Pell to the admission of all members of the Society.
W~DKlsbAy, May 10, at Twelve o'clock, Professor Way's Lecture :
" On the Progress made in the Manufacture of Artificial
anures."
'''DAY. May 17, at Twelve o'clock, Professor SIMONDS' Lec-
ture: "On the particular indications of Age in Ani-
mals, as furnished by the structure of the Teeth and
the general developments of growth in Cattle, Sheep,
Mo and Pigs."
May 25, at Twelve o'clock, GENERAL MEETING of the
Nirgb,,,, Society.
BDAY, May 24, at Twelve o'clock, Professor SIMONDS' Lec-
NrEb,,, ture, continued and concluded.
ESI'aT, May 31, at Twelve o'clock, Professor Wav's Lecture :
"On the nature and use of Peat Charcoal, and other
deodorising substances, in reference to Agriculture."
At the Society's House, No. 12, Hanover•square.
By order of the Council,
May 3,
JAMES HUDSON, Secretary.
1854.

llil4ll ON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE
ems,, n --"E.—"I am myse a admirer of this beverage, and my
exPerience enables melf to recommend it, in accordance with
able ot the most eminent English physicians, as a very gree-
anct efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both far the
inv~id
And the robust.—Giessen. May 6.
/I,?P'S PALE ALE ONLY is BOTTLED by PARKER and
Beer Merchants, 5%, PALL-MALL.
(for MEASURE.—Quarts, Ss.; Pints, 55.; Half-pints
'neheol:l), 3s. per dozen, Also in Casks of 16 gallons and
Ws.

CONTRACT FOR RtTlki.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
rim Services, Somerset-place, sth May, 1851.
JUYaE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
•
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
15 Ireland, do Hereby yGive Notice, that on THM
eaISDAT. the 18th
..'ant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such per-
-I,Z as May be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering,
`"w her
- Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD—
When to be delivered.
• Half in three weeks, and the re-
fit Gallons.o mainder in three weeks after•
• •
•• • • ''''''' • • 20'°°6 wards, or earlier if pre:erred
by the party tendering.
The R
ten, , UM to be exempted from the customs duties, and parties
"`TMg are to state where 't is lying.
to,_,nders will be received from any firm for any portion of the
`:•1 quantity not than 2,1'00 gallons.
ulna_ Pies of the Ruin to be sent in pints for each import mark, and
j average strength of each mark ex to be eta, ed, and
• as average of different marks or strengths of several imports,
and any Parcel of R..m that is found not to be of the same quality,
De rbark,or average strength of the sample tendered and accepted will
ezJected by the officers.
are ,ri
re samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted
"°t4l equested
been le be to
ided. ken away by them immediately after the con-
,,. have dec
.0
ender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
iiu!d for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application
s'e'Laa said Office, -Sr to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet
ree at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
ti 'um conditions of the revised coatracr, to wolch particular atten-
.o,llsis called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and
tol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day
treaty and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an
iagent
on his behalf, should attend at the ffice on the day of con-
„„raet, as the result of the offer received from each person will be
walMuncitted to him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty
•I+4 bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Rum," and
lanati also be delivered at Somerset-place.

ESTABLISHED 1841.
MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL
LIFE OFFICE, 25, Pall Mall.
Since the establishment of this Society, 5,074 Policies have been
Issued for 2,090,0291. with 10,3,5 of annual premiums.
Two Bonuses have been declared (in 1848 and 1853), adding nearly
I per cent. per annum on the averaga to sums assured, and by which
Policy of 1,0001. issued in 1842 on a healthy life is now increased to
1,2601
Profits divided every five years.
Assurances arc effected at home or abroad on either healthy or
'Teased lives, at as moderate rates as the most recent data will
allow,
Policies issued free of Stamp duty, and every charge but ths Pro-
*Warm.
Agents wanted for vacant places.
prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every other information,
y
e obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Office, or on applies-
uon te any of the Society's Agents in the country.
F. G. P. NEISO,7, Actuary.
C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary.

SUN LIFE ASS IJRANCE SOCIETY
London.
OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO

Pollciea
FOUR.FIFTHS.
rni effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850. and
,I,*e-
aT ng in force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTI
E FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society accru-
-t
t4sTer Midsummer, 1850, in proportion to their contributions to
Fa_
,3, Pren ill an according to the conditions contained in the
3,1!51 Prospecdtus.
rte 10 Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
re,,,:tver than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers
tlitto'"u9 protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad-
Pr n to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of
nun" •
14.3 -el Stamps paid by the Office.
44_,Vectuses nay be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
un, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

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,2 other r ,
411 s Packets
nd
ae.eis call at the-Graxs, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers.
call at the Piers as uerlined (weather permitting

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