The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-20 00:00:00

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
BOOKS in which TRANSFERS of the undermentioned
1:001E and SHARES of this COMPANY are registered, vir.,
Midland Consolidated Stock,
Consolidated Preferential Stock,
. ErewConsolidated Birmingham and Derby Stock,
ash Valley Shares,
`,XI6. 13s. 4d. Shares, and
',Midland Bradford Shares,
Will be closed on MONDAY, the 31st day of January instant
that all transfer deeds for registration must be deposited in tbis
did on or before that day, to entitle proprietors to the forthcoming divl-

JOHN ELLIS,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
SAMUEL BEALE,
Deputy Chairman.
By order. J. F. BELL,
neli)Yr Ja :18th, 1853. Secretary.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.—MIDL AND BRADFORD SEIAIIII4.
THE HOLDERS of SCRIP CERTIFICATES
nsinfor the MIDLAND BRADFORD SHARES, are required to
,trait such Scrip to the Secretary, at the Company's OffiCe, at
berY, on or before MONDAY, the 31st day of January instant, with
their Names, Professions, and Residences distinctly written at full
ellgth, in order that the same may be entered in the Share Register
Or the Company.
Receipts for the Scrip will be given, and on the completion of
'tegistry, they will be exchanged for Certificates under the Seal of
the Company.
JOHN ELLIS,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
SAMUEL BEALE,
Deputy Chairman.
By order,
J. F. BELL, Secretary.
Derby, Jan. 18th, 1853.

ONSOLIDATED LIFE ASSURANCE
C .
COMPANY.
1 Life assurance, endowments, and annuities, on the most equitable
erms:
Persons in doubtful health, or whose proposals for assurance has
been declined at other offices, assured at premiums carefully adjusted
to the increased risk.
Loans granted upon every real security, and also upon approved
personal security, from 501. to 5001.
Alliciaims payable within one month after satisfactory proof of
death.
45, Cheeped e.

NOAH COLLIER, Secretary.

THE HOOD MEMORIAL.
CLOSE OP THE SUBSCRIPTION.
ICI' a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB-
• SCRIBERS to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above
the Grave of THOMAS HOOD in Keusal-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,
Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and
Ma. JOLT WATKINS,
appointed Trustees to the Fund.
The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London
and Commercial Bank.

Contributions are reee'ved by Mr. William Strudwieke, at the
Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54,
Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins,
lion. Sec., 34, Parliament-street.

• Among the subscribers are the following :
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, £25 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P....... 5 0 0
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P • • .... 5 0 0
The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P........• •.. 5 0 0
Sir William Frazer, 6 0 0
James Harmer, E5q.,........ •• ••
John Macgregor, Esq., M.P...... ..... 5 0 0
Arnold Rogers, Esq. .. • ...... .•• • • ••.. • • 55 0
Mrs. Robert Elliot ....... ................ 5 0 0
Richard Dawson, Esq., 0 0
George Peabody, Esq.... •• •••••••• • • " • • • 55 o
.P.Clward Moorman, Esq.... 5 0 0
David Salomon, 5 s 0
Messrs. Spalding and Hodge... .• • • •• • 5 5 0
Miss Eliza Cook .• 5 0 0
Miss Cashman.... • • • • .... • ..... ........
Proceeds of an "Evening with Hood ' at the
Whittington Club.. •..• • • • • .......
lfurdo Young, Esq., and family 4 4 0
Samuel Rogers, E5q..... ...... ........... 3 0 0
C. W. Dunce, Esq.
Charles Lushington, Esq.. ••.. • •• -
The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere ........ 2 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P..• •.. 2 0 0
Sir James Duke. Bart., M.P........_ 2„, 2 2 0
Afenckton Milnes, Esq., 2 0 0
It• W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) ....... _ 2 2 0
Douglas Jerrold, E5q...... ..... ..... 2 2 0
T. K. Hervey, Esq. •••••••••• • • • • •• • .
Rowland Hill Esq., General Post-office ..... 2 2 0
C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. 2 2 0
C. W. Dilke, jun.. E5q........ ••••• . • • ..
Edward Moxon, E5q...... • • 2 2 0
James Coppock, Esq.• •••••• • • • • ..
Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham.........• . 2 2 0
Collected by M. J. O'Conner, Esq , Morpeth,
Northumberland • ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 2 2 9
Jas. Wyld, Esq., and family.... 2 0 0
Mrs. Theodore Martin (Miss Helen Faucit) .... 2 2 0
A few Young Men at Simpkin and Marshall's— . 1 5 6
Nine half crowns from Manchester...... 1 2 6
The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle „... 1 1 0
The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans.• • • 1 1 0
The Right Hon. Lord 8r0ugham.............. 1 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord Dadley Stuart, M.P. ~ 1 1 0
The Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne 1 0 0
Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet L 1 1 0
Lady Sandys.... •••••••••• •• •• •• • . 1 1 0
W. M. Thackeray, Esq .. •• ••
Charles Swain, Esq,
W. C. Macready, Elq• • . .......... •• .• 1 1 0
J. Westland Marston, Esq
Albert Smith, Esq. .. •••• .. • • 1 1 0
Lady Morgan •• •
W. CM. Kent. Esq. ••• ..
Alfred Crowquill, Esq. ••.• .. • ............... 1 1 0
William Jerdan, Esq.... •• ••
Hepworth Dixon, Esq.
W. H. Gore Langton, Esq., )LP.. ..... 1 1 0
C. Baring Wall, Esq., MX ...... 1 1 0
Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., M.P.... •• .. 1 0 0
R. Swift, Esq., M.P.. 1 1 0
James Macgregor, Esq., M.P 1 0 0
It. Oliveira, Esq., M.P... ..... ....... ...... 1 1 0
W. J. Fox, Esq., ..
Sir John Kerle Haberfleld, Kat.. Bristol ...... 1 1 0
'3l-rs Milner Gibson • • ..... 1 0 0
Thomas Creevrick, Esq. R.A. 1 1 0
J. B. Bnekstone, E5q................... 1 1 0
Mrs. Fitawiluem. 1 1 0
Rev. Felix Palmer, Friernlng .........• 1 1 0
Horace Mayh.w, Esq.. .. • ..... 1 1 0
j Sydney Yendys Dobell, Esq. . . 1 1 0
C. Cowden Clarke, E5q..... ...... 1 0 0
J. E. Carpenter, Esq. 1 1 0
•Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford .................. 1 1 0
"' Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution.. 1 1 0
Eight half crowns from Preston
In pence ftom Bideford ............ • • ......... 018 8
In Half-,crowns, from 8ri5t01.................. 1 2 6
In Half-crowns and 0 11 0
In pence from • .. 012 6
• Miss Martineau.........
1:
Miss Mitford ... •• .. . •
- Geo. Dawson, Esq., M.A. .. •••• • • „ „ ........ 010 6
E. L. Blanchard, F.sq. ........... ..... 0 10 6
W. C. Bennett Esq.... ................ 010 6
A few poor Needlewomen .......... • 0 10 6
In other sums .................. • • ........ 228 0 1

£416 3 0
Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Journal.
JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec.

R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row Carvalho,
CZ. Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cernhill. Price One Shilling each ; by
lOost, is gd.

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
" Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
Snrsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
IriPs and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home
luslc—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, bleeping, Bathing, Air,
Itest, Rue, Occupation, &c., Sm.