The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-28 00:00:00

EAST.INDIA HOUSE, 'Tear. 26. 1853,

TH ti COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That
the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on
THURSDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clock, and opened
again on THURSDAY, the 14th April following.
That a General Court of the said Company will be held at their
House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th April,
from Nine o'clock in the morning until Six o'clock) in the evening,
for the Election of Six Directors of the said Company, for Four
Years.
That the form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration for en-
abling Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by Proxy, on tbls
occasion, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this
House.
That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready
to be delivered on Thursday, 31st March, 1853.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY,
67, Cheapside, London.
For the YOUNGER AGES the Premiums of Life ASSIIr&TICe re-
quired by this Company will be found lower than those of most other
offices; while the BONUS ADDITIONS that are periodically made
to the sums assured from the Company's profits, tend still further to
lessen the outlay on account of premium.
Life Annuities are granted by the Company on equitable terms.
Prospectuses may be had on application.
• T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary.
Chief Agencies—Manchester, 1, Ducie-place ; Glasgow, Buchanan-
Street ; Hull, Exchange-buildings ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, Royal Ar-
cado; Leeds, 17. Albion-street : Rlrrnineharn. 27. Water 00-otr.et

PATRON .H R. 11. PRINCE ALREN.T.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
NEW EXHIBITION. —An OPTICAL and MUSICAL IL-
LUSTRATION 01 sHAKSPEEE'S " MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM," with an ENTIRE CHANGE of MUSIC, introducitr, the
ORIGINAL MUSIC by Sir Henry Bishop, Morning and Evening.—
LECTURES by. J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the endless AMUSEMENTS
of CHEMISTRY, adapted to a Juvenile Audience; by Dr.
I3achhoffner. on the PHILOSOPHY oh SCIENTIFIC RECREA-
TION; by Mr. Crlspe, on BALLOONING.—DISSOLTING TIEWS,
including Day and. Night Views of WALMER CASTLE, WALMER
CHURCH', &c., &c.
Admission, is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age,
half-price.

THE HOOD MEMORIAL.
CLOSE OF THE SITBSCRIP,TIONt
A
GENERAL NIEETL.VG—of the SUB-
SCRIBERS to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above
the Grave of THOMAS HOOD in Kensal-green Cemetery, held Dec.
2d, at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscription
List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and
Miss ELIZA COOK,

MR. MURDO YOUNG, and
Ma. JOIDT WATKINS,
Were appointed Trustees to the Fund.

The amounts subscribed are deposited at Interest in the London
and Commercial Bank.

Contributions are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the
Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54,
Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins,
Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street.

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