The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-23 00:00:00

The Gas-lighting byTons LESLIE, Esq.

THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA,
October 4, IBs4.—The General Screw Steam-shipping Com-
pany's screw steam-ship " ARGO," 1,850 tons, 300-horse power,
George Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her
Majesty's Mails for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and Sydney, on Wednesday
the 4th October, 1854, at Two o'clock p.m. punctually. The " Argo,"
one of the fastest ships afloat, is justly celebrated for her last passage
to Australia, having made the run cut in 64 days, and home within
the same period.. She is also the first steam-ship that returned to
England via Cape Horn, thus accomplishing a veyage roue d the
world in 128 days. —Tlfe'vessels forming the superb fleet of screw
steamers of this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known
for the punctuality and speed with which their voyages are performed.
No expense has been spared in their construction, and the accommo-
dations which they offer to the puolic are tansurpas-ed, if equalled,
by any ships afloat. Rates of Passage Honey vary, according to the
accommodation required, tram 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars
as to Freight and Pas Sage may be had at the Company's Micas, 21,
Cannon-street, London.—Agents at Southampton,
MESSRS. B. BALFOUR and CO.
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- "FRE CHOLERA and. LIFE ASSURANCE.—
IL To PERSONS of LIMITED INCOME.—On a former occasion, when
this country was visited with the fearful scourge of Cholera, the
Directors of the PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSURANCE ASSOCIA-
, TION earnestly called attention to the danger of neglecting the easy
and certain provision for a bereaved family which Life Assurance
affords; in many cases their appeal was listened to, and numbers
were thereby saved from having their sorrows increased by the pri-
vations of want and poverty. On the present occasion they again
desire strongly to urge upon those especially whose income dies with
them the imperative necessity and even duty of making such provi-
sion. To all classes the above Association offers every advantage
which an Assurance Office can afford, while to clerks its benefits are
both important and exclusive ; not less than forty aged clerks and
widows being already in receipt of annuitles varyins from 151. to 351.
a-year each from the PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT
FUND. Any information as to the progress of the Association, its
rates of assurance, &c , may be obtained of the agents, or at the
chief office, 15, Moorgate-street, London.
By order of the Board.
WM. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary.

LIFE ASSURANCE.
Mon IMPORTANT BENEFIT EVER YET OFFERED BY
THE UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE
ASSOClATlON.—Established 1849.
Persons insured for Life, who have paid three yearly premiums
and upwards, can receive back their money, less the premium for
the risk incurred during the time they were insured on surrender of
the policy.
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_ •
Exlxris.
AB, aged S 5, pays 141. 3s 9d. a-year for Life for 5001, and at the
end of seven years wishes to drop his Policy—he will at this time
have paid 991. 6s. 3d., and for the surrender of the Policy he would
in other offices get a very little, if anything, and the premiums
Would consequently be lost.
_ The Directors of the Universal Provident, feeling this lobe a great
hardship and a positive obstacle to the adoption of Life Assurance by
all classes, have adopted the equitable principle of deducting the pre-
mium for the time the risk has been incurred from the prethiums
Pahl, and returning the balance to the parties, thus making a profit
thenfselves without any risk. In the example above the insurance
for 5001. for the time would have been 91. 9s. 7d. per annum, or 661.
Os. : this deducted from 991. 6s. 3d. leaves 321. 19s. 3d. to be
returned. The advantage of this principle is peculiarly applicable
When Policies are taken out to cover Loans.
Diseased lives and lives rejected by other offices taken.
C. W. BEVAN, Managing Director.
E. P. ROWSELL, Secretary.
OFFICES-52, King William-street, City.
N.B.—Agents wanted throughout the kingdom. Liberal Commis-
sions.

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON.
Established A.D. 1844.
PARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY
are requested to examine the Plan of this Instituticu t on, by. which
a high rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect se ity.
Interest payable in January and July.
PETER. MORRISON, Managing Director.
Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Capital. 110,000/., fully subrribed.
CUAutmarr—KE NYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C.
DEvorf-CnAfitmAN—Henry Blair Mayne, Esq.
Accidents on Railways, fatal and non-fatal, insured against, either
by single or annual premiums, at very moderate rates.
Inquire at 7, Bank•buildings, Lothbury.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Accidents by Sea, Fire, ordinary Travelling, or from any other
cause, insured against.
Weekly payments; together with medical expenses, immediately
Minted in case of any accident whatever, which may prevent the
insured from following his usual occupation.
Inquire at 7, Bank•buildings, tothbury.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE
COMPANY.
WAR III:SKS either by Laud or Sea, or in the face of the Enemy,
INSUR AGAINST.
No personal attendance or medical examination required.
Prospectuses and further information can be had on application at
the Company's Offices, or of any of their gents.
By order. WMA. Secretary.UNG,7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury.

JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for
the PRESERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDS, &c.—This
valuable discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is
the result of fourteen years' study and experiments in the preserva-
tion of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to the
en Plantthe
s
alai Seeds subjected to its a, tion, and effectually prevts
1 TATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT,
all FUNiIAL DISEASES, and the attacks of INSECTS and VER
tt IN, and further recommends itself to the termer, the planter, an
the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its
appl leadoff.
It is sold by all seeds Men and Chemists, in packets of one, two,
three, and four pounds each, with instructions for its use, and parties
requiring larger quantities for their own use or for exportation, can
Le supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jackson, the
Patentee, 18, Cannon-street, London-bridge, where the article is
always on sale, and the fullest particulars and directions fur its use
can be obtained. •

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PACKETS.
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Between Gravesend and Intermediate Pio.
BOAT TICKETS.—Twcive Months, 54.
Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of tin
Packets 4 or or Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier,
Sept. 10th. 1A54,

THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY,
Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30
stamps,
NERVOUS DEBILITY;
Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper-
thatorrlicea, with Practical Observations on a safer and snore
successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative
System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and
distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real r,ause and effect of
every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits,
excesses, accident, or climate, allowed by practical remarks, founded
on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance,
Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which
are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre-
cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice,
and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on
these important disorders.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D.
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37, 13 ED FOR D-S QU AR E, LNDON,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin.
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., tcc.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
sequences resulting from certain habits,
irregularities, and excesses,
which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any
other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is
particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts 01
their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded
the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is
entitled.
It is abzolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties •
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removcd,
and how the evil and its con, equences may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive
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unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant
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VERVOLTS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper,
Brothers, and Co., 23, Paterno., er.row , Hannay, 63, Oxford-street
foetc
litwne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post
dirty stamps ,to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed-
ard-squarp.
0 mu At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
al it tlll Eight.