The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-24 00:00:00

No. 14.155.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, JAN. 19, 1838.
NOTICE is hereby given, that her MAJESTY'S
POSTMASTER-GENERAL will be ready to receive
TENDERS, on or before the 10th day of February next, at
Twelve o'Clock, for RUNNING a MAIL COACH with four
horses between LONDON and LOUTH.
The Conditions may be seen on Application to the Post Offices at
Peterborough, Boston, and Louth, or at the Office of the Surveyor
and Superintendent of Mail Coaches in London.
The Tenders are to be endorsed Tenders for the " London and
Louth Mail Coach," sealed up and addressed, to her Majesty's
Postmaster-General.

(iSigned)

By Command,
W. L. MABERLY, Secretary.

NOTICE.

January, 1838.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a reduction will be
made in the charge on Letters and Packets of the under-
mentioned description, arriving from the Colonies or Foreign
Countries, so far as relates to British postage, viz. :
On Letters and Packets containing patterns or samples of
Goods, the Postage will be reduced to ls. per ounce weight.
On British Plantation Accounts, and on Deeds from the Colo-
nies and Foreign Parts, according to the annexed scale :---
Z 9. cl.
Not exceeding
.-k lb.
Above i lb. and not exceeding iDs to 0 10 0
Above i lb. and not exceeding 4lb to 0 15 0
Above i lb. and not exceeding 1 lb to 1 0 0
Above 1 lb. and not exceeding li lb to 2 0 0
Above li lb. and not exceeding 2lb to 3 0 0
Above 2 lb. and not exceeding 2i- lb. to 4 0 0
Above 2i- lb. and rice exceeding 3 lb. to 5 0 0
After the weight of 3 lb., the full charge of Postage will be
maintained, it being desirable to prevent Packets above that weight
from being sent through the Post Office.
On Boilcs, Pamphlets, and other printed Paper;, the reduction
will be made as at present, viz. :
To 4s. if the original charge be under 20s.
To 51. if under 50s.
If above 505. to one-tenth of the total charge.
To prevent Letters being sent clandestinely in such Packets, for
which practice facilities would be afforded by these concessions, no
relief will be given unless the Packets are opened at this Office, or
if in the Country, in the presence of the Postmaster, or one of his
Clerks, when, if any Letters are found to be enc:osed, they will be
charged with full Postage.
In order that Parties residing in the Country may be saved the
trouble and delay of applying to this Office, reductions will be made
on the principles above described, at the following Towns, viz.:—
Aberdeen Galway Norwich
Bath Glasgow Nottingham
Birmingham Gloucester Oxford
Bradford (Yorks.) Greenock Paisley
Brighton Halifax Perth
Bristol Huddersfield Plymouth
Cambridge Hull Portsmouth
Cheltenham Inverness Preston
Chester Leeds Sheffield
Clonmel Leicester Shrewsbury
Colchester Leith Sligo
Derby Liverpool Southampton
Devonport Londonderry Sunderland
Dublin Maidstone Taunton
Dundee Manchester Wolverhampton
Edinburgh Newcastle-on-Tyne Worcester
Exeter Newcastle (Stafford.) York
By Command,
W. L. 111 AB

,ERLY, Secretary.

HER MAJESTY'S MAILS by STEAM to VIGO, OPORTO,
LISBON, CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, GREECE,
THE lONIAN ISLANDS, EGYPT, and INDIA.
THE IBERIA will start from GRAVESEND
early on FRIDAY Morning, 26th January (Passengers must
be on Board the Over-Night), and from Falmouth ea MONDAY,
29th January.
The PENINSULAR PACKETS start weekly as above, b.ing
met loy her Majesty's Packets at Gibraltar.
Further particulars may be obtained on application at the Panic-
solar Stoma Navigation Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe.
WILLCOX and ANDERSON, Manaiers.

T ONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.
A Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will
be held at the London Tavern on WEDNESDAY, the 7th day of
March next, at one o'clock precisely to declare a dividend, and for
other purposes.
At this Meeting three Directors, viz., Henry Bosanquet, Esq.,
David Salomons, Esq., and James Halton!, Esq., retire by rotation,
but being eligible for re-election offer themselves accordingly.
By order of the Board,
J. W. GILBART, General Manager.
The Books will be closed to prepare for the dividend from the
19th February to the 12th March.
Throgmorton-street, 19 January, 1838.

ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY

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COMPANY.
HENRY BOSANQUET, Esq., Chairman.
Colonel Sir ROBERT HARVEY, K. C. 8., Deputy Chairman.
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Act of Incorpo-
ttion, a GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held
at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY, the 6th
of February next, at One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of re-
ceiving a Report from the Directors of the progress of the undertak-
ing, aid of electing Four Directors in the place of the same cumber
who then go out by rotation, and for the transaction of other Business,
and that between Saturday the 27th of January, and Wednesday the
7th of February, the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed.
The Act of Incorporation provides that every Director who shall go
out of office on any day of election may be re-elected.
By order of the Board, J. C. ROBERTSON, Sec.
Office, 4, Adelaide-place, Jan. 16, 1838.

STANDARD of ENGLAND LIFE ASSU-
RANCE COMPANY.
8, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY,
And REGENT-STREET, LONDON.
D'Olier-street, Dublin ; Princes-street, Edinburgh.
Capital One Million.
WILLIAM I)AVIS, Esq. Chairman.
W. CORY, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Lawrence Dorgan, Esq. J. Barrett Lennard, Esq.
William Gunston, Esq. W. J. Richardson, Esq.
Col. Christopher Hodgson Frederick T. West, Esq.
Henry Lawson, Esq. George Whitehead, Esq.
Mush Lower Rates of Premium than those of any other Office ;
hence an immediate and certain Bonus is given to the Assured,
instead of the remote and contingent advantage, offered by some
Companies, of a participation in their profits.
Increasing Rates of Premium, peculiarly advantageous in gases
where Assurances are effected by way of securing Loans or Debts.
Age of the Assured in every osse admitted in the Policy.
Premiums may be paid Half-yearly or Quarterly.
Liberal Commissions are allowed to Solicitors and Agents.

:WCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM-TWENTY YEARS' SCALE.

Annual Premium for 1001. payable during
Y 4 First Second I Third Fourth Remainder
9 Five Years. Five Years.'Five Years. Five Years. of Life.
X. d. X. s. d. IX.s. d. s. d. X. a. d.
'2O 1 0 4 1 5 5 1. 10 6 1 15 7 2 0 8
30 1 6 4 1 12 11 1 19 6 2 6 1 212 8
40 1 16 8 2 5 10 213 0 3 4 2 8 13 4
50 2 17 0 3 11 3 4 5 6 4 19 9 5 14 0
. _ _

By Order of the Board of Directors,
W. WRIGHT, Secretary.

STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY, insti-
stituted in 1785, for Visiting and Relieving the Sick and
Distressed Poor at their own habitations, in London and its ♦icinity.
The continued severity of the weather greatly augments the
number of claimants on the Society's Funds. The Committee
therefore earnestly solieit the benevolent support of a Christian
public to enable them to mitigate the sorrows and sufferings of tht
sick and starving poor.
The following Subscriptions are thankfully acknowledged, toge-
ther with a few smaller sums, which will appear in the Annual
Report :=_

Of Messrs. Hoaxes. IMr. W. Irby
Anonymous
Hy. ikleyriek Hoare, Esq. 20 0 Francis Lind, Esq 2 2
The Rev. the Provost of Of Messrs. Hatchards.
King's College, Cam- Thomas Walker, Esq 5 5
bridge lO O.A Lady
Crawford, Esq.
Mrs. Hill
Lady Mary Hoare
Hon. Miss Arden
Wm. Becton, Esq ...... ... 5 0 Rev. F. Reeves 2 0
J. W. Brereton, Esq 4 OH. D.
Mrs. Capt. Innes
Wm. Gibson, Esq 2 0} Of Mr. Nisbet.
C. H
J. C 5 OA. A. M 3 0
G. F. A
Of Mr. Hy. Clarke Rev. A. Obins
F. J.'s Subscription and Of Messrs. Drummonds.
Donation.... .... ...... ... 40 0 A Lady.. 5 0
To 11 Lying-in The Misses Perceval l5 0
Women 11 11 J. D
I
11 Family blankets 4 8 I
Lady.
Georgians Bathurst 2 2
11 Sacks of coals 2 15 A. C. ...
Special purposes.. 1 6 I Of Thos. Farmer, Esq.
Rt. Hon. Lord Stanley... 10 OW. H. Acton...
Rt. lion. the Lord Chan- Philip Martineau, Esq 2 2
cellor ... 20 01 Of Mr. Win. Cooper.
A. F.. 2O OiThos Sheperd, Esq.
Earl of Tankerville 5 0 Geo. Pearce, Esq. 3. 3
Rd. Berens, Esq 5 0! Of Mr. J. Hiley.
Lord Somerville .
Hon. Miss Somerville— 3 oMessrs. Barclay, Brothers,
Mm. Quintin, Esq 3 0 and Co lO 10
Captain Sartorius ... 20; Rich: rd Durant, Esq 5 0
General Ramsay
and...
01
Sims
Hon. Miss Arden, Brigh- No. 5,090
Ntvonar,Miss Spedd:ng. by Sir
5 0
Subscriptions and Donations are received by Thomas Farmer,
Esq., Treasurer, Gunnersbury, and 18, London-wall; Mr. H.
mfoCrloßthlainngke.t.s. ..
Clarke, 52, New Bond-street, and Mr. William Cooper, 104,
Wood-street, Cheapsidc, Secretaries : Mr. J. Hilley, Assistant
Secretary, Society's Office, 18, London-wall; Messrs. Hoare,
bankers to the Society, Fleet-street ; Messrs. Currie, 29, Corn-
hill ; Messrs. Whitmore, Wells, and Co., Lombard-street ;
Messrs. Hammersley, Pall Mall; Messrs. Drummonds, Charing-
cross; Messrs.. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane ; Messrs.
Ashley and Son, Regent-street; Messrs. Saunders and Benning,
Fleet-street ; Messrs. Hatchards, Piccadilly ; Mr. Nisbet, Berners-
street ; and Mr. W. Sims, 51, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-
fields.

Donors whose addresses are not known, and to whom Reports
have therefore not been sent, are respectfully requested to make ap-
plication for them to the Secretaries, or at the Society's Office.