The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1853.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,

No. 11, Lombard-street, London,

DIRECTORS.
THOMSON HANKEY, Jun., Esq., Chairman.
Sir WALTER R. FARQUWAR, Bart., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. John Martin,Esq., M.P.
John Dixon, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq:
John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.

John G. Hubbard, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq.
John LabouchPre, Esq.
John Loeb, Esq.
Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.

Henry R. Reynolds, km., Esq,
John Thornton, Esq.
James Tulloch. Esq.
genry Vigne, Esq.

TOES.
A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq
Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq.
SECRETARY—George Keys, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.

AUDI'

LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par-
liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of
the Profits, with Quinquennial Di-Tision, or a Low Rate of Premium
without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when
all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits.

At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the
Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the
Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One
per Cent. pt,r Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses
added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East
and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
United states of America, have been materially reduced.
INVALID LI VES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as
would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums,
may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.

LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 50/.

ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received
and registered.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Fire Policies which expire at Lady-
day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr.
Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of fail• mall ; or with the
Company's Agents ttuvughout the kingdom, otherwise they become
void.

REGENT GALLERY, 69, Quadrant.—
The GRAND HISTORICAL DIORAMA, illustrative of the
Life and Exploits of the EMPEROR NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,
painted by Mr. Charles Marshall, of filer Majesty's Theatre,.lS NOW
OPEN.
Performances.—at 12 o'clock, Afternoon, 3 ; Evening, 8 o'clock.
Admission, Is. ; Stalls, 2s. 6d. ; Reserved Seat•, 3s.

EAST INDIA HOUSE. MAR= 30, 1853.
TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
rillHE Election of Six Directors of the East India
1. company being appointed for Wedeesday, the 13th April ne4.t,
the favour of your vote and interest is requested for the following
gentlemen, viz. :
. HENRY ALEXANDER. Esq.
The Hon. WILLIAM HENRY LESLIE MELVILLE.
Major JAMES OLIPHANT.
HENRY TIIOBY PRIMA Esq. - •
JOHN SHEPHERD; Esq.
Which will much oblige,'
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
Your most obedient servants,

W. H. C. nywden.
11. Shank.
M. T. Smith, •
W. 11. Sykes.
John C. Whiteman.
W. Wigrani.
Henry WI:lobk.
J. ll' Astell.
W. B. Bayley.
Robert Campbell.
John Cotton.
Wm. Dent. ,

Proprietors desirous of voting b
attorney for that purvse at the Treasu

Wm. J. Eastwlek.
Runsell Ellice.
J. W. Hogg.
ltd. Jenkins.
John Loch. •
J. L. Luslungton.
3faenagh, en.
Ross D. !Winging.
John Ulsterman.
C. Mills.
J. A. Moore
J. Petty Muspratt.
)Y proxy may obtain a letter of
ury in this House.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

THE CITY ADDRESS TO LOUIS NAPOLEON.

(From the Times.)

The address of the merchants and bankers of
London, which filled seven columns of this journal
with signatures on Tuesday last, and was presented.
to Louis Napoleon by Sir James Duke and a depu-
tation the preceding day, appears to us to contain
nothing to which every man, woman, and child in
her Majesty's dominions might not have assented,
with the single but important exception of the mis-
statement to which. it appears to owe its origin.
To assert that the welfare of the two greatest na-
tions of Western Europe is closely interwoven,
that sentiments of hostility are unchristian in their
nature and onerous in their results; that the criti-
cisims of a free press on the reprehensible acts of a
foreign Government are not to be understood in a
spirit of national hostility ; and,. in short, that we
are all of us as desirous of the maintenance of peace
as the association claiming a monopoly in that bles-
sing which it is the object of all good government
to secure, are truisms of so obvious and undoubted
a character, that if it were worth while to testify
in such a cause, the subscription of these articles
might have been indefinitely extended. But
the question is, whether it was worth while to
make so large an effort for so easy a purpose, and
to collect the signatures of so many mercantile
firms in London to a declaration which no human
being is prepared to dispute. The authors of this
manifesto do indeed state a motive for this pro-
ceeding : they assert that " they have, learned
through various channels of information that an
impression exists in the minds of the 'people of
1 an unfriendly character are

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