The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-11 00:00:00

FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.-WHEREAS
on the night of SATURDAY, the 4th inst., about 10 o'clock, the
Driver of the Camden-town NI ail Cart unlawfully took up a man to
ride with him ; and at a public house in Camden-town the man
gave tke driver a glass of liquor, which he drank. The driver soon
afterwards lost all conciousness, and at about half-past 10 o'clock
the same night he was found iu a state of insensibility, lying in a
Yard leading out of the City-road, with the mail cart standing near
him. It was discovered that the Camden-town Mail Bag had been
cut open, and letters abstracted from it.
The man alluded to, by whom this robbery is supposed to have
been committed, is stated to be about 36 years of age, 8 feet S or
5 feet 10 inches high, with large b.ishy whiskers and long hair; ho
wore a rough overcoat. and a black hat with a broad broad brim.
he had a red scarf round his neck.
WH )EVER will give such information as shall lead to the ap-
prehension ,of the offender, shall receive a Reward of FIFTY
POUNDS, payable on conviction.
Apply to M. B. Peacock, Esq., Solicitor to her Majesty's Post-
OM ce. By command,
W. MABERLY, Secretary.
General Post-office, 10th February, 1854.

LONDON & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
The Directors of this Cornoany are prepared to take LOANS
en the security of their Debentures, at a rate of interest not exceed
leg 4% per cent., for eying off other Debentures now about to fall
due. By order of the Court of iilrectors,
CROMBIE, Secretary.

York-road Offices, 9th Feb 1854

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-NOTICE
is Hereby Given, is pursuance of the bye-laws of the Corn-
LIY, that the u dermentioned Froprietors ha. e duly signiflvd in
writing, fourteen days previously to the Hali-N early Meeting, their
intention to be NO NtINA.T Ell for RE ELECTION as DIR CTORS
of this Company at ,he slid Half-yearly Meettne, to be held in Lon-
don, on Thursday, the 16th February instant, viz. :
Samuel Baker. of Gloucester.
Capt. Thos. Bulkeley, of lewer-Lodge, Windsor.
Charles Russell, Eq., of London.
By order of the Directors,
CH kS. A. SAIJAIDERS, Secretary.
Paddington-station, 4th February, 1854.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is Heryby Given, that the next HALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETIN4; of the Proprietors of this Com.'anY will he
held in London, pursuant to Act of Failiament, at the t'addington
Station, on Thursday, the lt,th day of February, at hall-past twelve
o'clock, for the Election of Three Direct ra in the p ace of ~amuel
Baker, Esq., Captain Thomas Bulkeley, and Charles Russell, Esq.,
retiring by rotation, and !or other purposes of hns,ness ; and the
Raid Mteting will also be made SPE& I kL, for the purpose of consi-
dering, and, if approved. of adopting and confirming the further agree-
ment entered into with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Com-
pany, and the Shrewabtry and Birmingham Railway Company, dated
the 28th v,eptember, 1853, for the a —algamation of the said two Com-
panies with the Great estern Railway Company, upon the terms
therein contained. and authorising the Directors to • arry the same
Into effect. The Chair will be taken at half-past one o'clock pre-
cisely.

C. RUSSELL. Chairman.
BARRINGTON', Deputy Chairman

The Directors retiring are re-eligible, under the provisions of the
Act; and in compliance with a bye-law, notice must be given to
the Secretary on or before the 2d of i.eb•uary, of the names of any
Proprietors who are to be no,,inated for Election as Directors, at
the said halt-yearly General Meeting.
The Transfer Books of all Stock and ',hares will be closed on and
from the 3d of February, and will not be re-epened until after the
Said half-yearly General Meeting of the 16th of February.
By order of the Board,
CHAS A. SELUNDERS, Secretary.
Paddington Station, 24th January, 1854.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY
OF CANADA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the present Provisional
Certificates, representing the Shares and Debentures of this Company
will, on being forwarded to the u derqigned, be eachaeged for R, gis-
tared Certificates of Shares and ror separate Certificates of the Deben-
tures of the Company and of the Proviace of Canada.
By order.
WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Secretary.
2, Leadenhall-street, 7th February, 1854.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY ox
CANAD A.—Notice is Hereby Given, That the Directors hav,,
Made a CALL of 21. 10s. on each and every share of the A series of
the company, and a CALL of 10 per cent. on each class of the De-
bentures of the company, payable at the Bank of Messrs. Glyn, Mils,
and Co., Lombard-street, London.
The said Calls are due on Monday, the 6th February, 1854. If not
paid on or before that date, interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum willbe charged on those in arrear.
Shareholders have the power of paying up the whole or a portion
Of their shares in lull, Ind interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per an-
num will be allowed on all sums paid in ant`cipation of Calls.
The Directors further give notice, th 4 by a recent Order in Council
to the Government of Canada, the Debenture., of the Province will
be issued in January next to those shareholders who shall pay to
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Jo 51. pc, share (that is. 21. ;N. per share
In addition to the Call now advertised) on each of their shares, and
in full on the Debentures of the Province to which such shares are
entitled.

By order of the Board.
WILLIAM CHA PMAY, Secretary.
2, Leadenhaa-street, London, Dec. 3, 1853.

ANNUITIES ON THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE

ENGINEERS', MASONIC, and 17NIVERSAL
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

345, strand, London.

PURCHASERS OF A \ NUMES ADMITTED TO PARTICI.

PATION IN THE PROFITS.
Policy Stamps paid by the Society.
Assignments of Policies Regi4tered Free of Charge.
A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents on the
introduction of bu siness.
ANTHONY PECK, 11. A., Assistant-Actuary.

LIFE ASSURANCE;
REPORT of the SELEC r COMMITTEE of the HOUSE
of COMMONS, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM —the New and
Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The 'DEPOSI
and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
The following is an extract from the Report of the Select Corn-
Mittee
" THE OBJECTS which person. HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN-
SURANCES upon their lives, are GENERALLY or AN IMPORTANT AND
SOLEMN chiracte vit., the PROVISI OS FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
after the death of their NAI URAL PROTECTORS ; unlik any ordinary
transaction of trade, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTAILED INTO CANNOT BE
DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if donnas of the statglity of an
office should arise, WITHOUT A SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN
PAST TEARS, and the necessi y' ot effecting new polices in other
offices at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age
of the assured ; persons are thus placed in the ANXIOUS AND UN.
11ArrT DILEMMA OF BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVERE IN PAYING
PREMIUMS FROM TEAR TO YEAR, with SOME suspicion and doubt as
lathe eltlmite aftantage of dolut.10„folls wolfs Arirrurz
*lOOl LOSS WHICH. UNDER TUE Mbyr FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES,
MUST ATTEND THE ABAND•NMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY."
On the DEPOSIT SYSTEM a person is NOT " COMPELLED" to pay
from "TEAR TO TEAR," and he does not, it desirous of " ABANDON-
ING" his Policy, incur any' SERIOUS Loss," but, on the contrary. he
May pay such amounts, and at such Imes 4s he may find most con-
venient; he can stop paying whenever, he pleases, and he can with-
draw the whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be with-
drawn the Policy is cancelled ; if part only, then the value of the
Policy is diminished by the assured value of the part withdrawn.
AB, aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of 51 which
it will be seen he increases from time to time, and occasionally
diminishes.

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Thus AB, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different int•r-
♦als various sums amounting to 971., by which ho had been insured
la cage of death for 2601. 12s. 7d ; but A. B requires 22/. ; h draws
this sum out, and diminishes the value of his Policy by 60/. as. 3d.
at different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001.
45. 4d., and during his life a fund of 751. to draw out at any time, in
Part or wholly.
The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance
Company was upon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for each
of five children, instead of a 'ding it to an account they had at the
Savings Bank. One of them died a few days after the 101. was de-
Pollted, and the father received 34/. 68., being the amount of the De
posit Policy.

EXAMPLE No. 2.

Supposing A B, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy has the
Means, and continues vounvTAMIA to pay the same sum every year
in the same way as he is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system.

Tear. Age.
4 £. a. d.
18 49 6 6
1851................ 24 18 45 16 0
25
18 47 18 0
1853 ••••••• • •• ••
__ 18 47 4 6
1854.... ..... •••• • • • 221,7
la 46 10 6
1655" '' " • • • • • • ••
28 18 45 17 6
1856.... .• • • 29 18 45 4 0
1857...• .. .... ••••
30 18 44 10 6
1858.. —•• • • ..... •• • 31 18 43 17 6
1859.. .. .••••• " ' • • • 32 43 4 0
13
W 0..., .. ••••• • • • '• 33 .1
90 206 7 6
to
37
1865. ... ••••••• • • • a
90 190 4 6
1870.. 42
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72 141 3 0
to
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432 1,000 4 0
108 194 13 6
to
taso. .............. 52
1881.... .......... 53 i 90 147 18 6
to
1881.............. 57
1386 .......... 56 lB2 10 6
to 108
1891................ 63 S
738 ----
_
1,525 b 6

Th premium of 151. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid noon
an ordinary Policy (As IT sttisT DE) every year till A.B. is 46 years
old, will secure the same sum, viz., 1,0001., but if A B lives 7
years longer (which is the probable duration of life at the time he
effected the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payments
as for an ordinary Policy of 1,0001., will have increased to 1,5251.
6e. 6d.

TRUSTEES.
The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C.,
Comptroller of her Majesty's Household.
Major-General Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester-place, Port-

man-square.
Sir Charles Price. Bart., Banker, London.
Vice-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect House, Southampton.

CHAIRMAN.
The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Drumianrig, M.P., P.C., Comp-
troller of her Majesty's Household.

CONSULTING ACTUARY.
Francis G. P. Nelson, E4q., F.L.B.

STANDING COUNSIL.

R. B. Crowder, Esq., Q.C., M.P., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to the
Admlalty, and Judge Advocate of the Fleet.
R. maqns. Esq., Q.C.. M.P., Lincoln's-inn.
Chief Office, No, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, 'Landon.
Loans granted at 5 per cent. on real or personal security.
Annuities on most favourable terms. Diseased Brea and lives de-
clined by other offices accepted at equitable rates.
For Prospectuses and further information apply to the agents in
country, or to C Bevan, Itr sident Secretary.
Agents wanted in all parts f the United Kingdom,
Assurances effected on the ordinary plan,
pupphlets, tO be but gratis on application at the mums
tr VI POOSSOU.P.),