The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-29 00:00:00

Just published,

THE FIRST VOLUME OF THZ
FA MI L Y I?ItIEND.
Already established a 3 the favourite of Fifty Thousand
Subscribers, it is iritlcipated that the Excellence and Cheapness of
the Volume now Advertised will ensure it an Immense Po-
pularity. •

The following is a much abridged summary of the principal Con-
tents of the 381 pages comprising the Book :
The Emigrant's Daughter, or the Rained Mime ; and Eleven
other Tales.

Lectures to Little-Folk, by Gran:Muller Whitehead, upon into-
resting branches of Natural Scien.e. Illustrated by many
Wood-cuts.

Cabinet Pictures from English IFstory, by Aunt Mary.
A Comp'ete System of Marino Botany, making popular the
Beauties of Sea-Weeds, illustrated with many Engravings of Plants
typical Of all the Families. _

- illustrated Instructions in Wax-Flower Making. By a Practical
Botanist. The only series of Instructions yet published which are
wrtten from actual manipulations.
Eighteen superb Work-Table Designs. By Mrs. Warren. Beau-
tifully Illustrated, and accompanied by acctuate directions.
Patterns for Ornamental Patch work, including a matchless Table
Cover, and numerous other Patchwork Designs. Illustrated.

Three Hundred Useful and Tested Receipt; in Medicine, Cookery,
Experimental Science, Toiletry, &c. &c.
Several 'Hundred Enigma•, Conundrums, Arithmetical, Chess,
and other Problenis ; Definitions by the " Council of Friends," &c.
Twelvetrees' New Method of Washing Linen, &c., fully explained
and simplified,
Plain Instructions for the Manufacture of Genuine Revalenta, the
natural remedy for Constipation, at a trifling c‘ist.
A mass of valuable matter, under the heads of the Gardener's
Friend,' the Housewife's Friend, the Naturalist's Friend, Family
Cautions, &c.
Together with Poetry—Facts from Instory—Statistics—Trities—
Treasures —Hints to Wives - Hints to Husbands, &c. &c.
Price 2s. 6.1. cloth gilt ; or Handsome Presentation Copies, extra
sloth, full gilt, printed upon superfine paper, 3s. 6d.
*.* As a Chrl.tmas or New Tear's Present, The Family
Friend" is a charming and appropriate book.
London: Houleton and Stoneman, and all Booksellers.

‘,ICOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Foundvd A.D. 1815.
Constituted by Act of Parliament.
PRESIDENT.
The Right Icon. the EARL of ROSERERRY, K.T.

The Society is founded on the principles of Mutual Contribution;
or, in other words, on the principle of appropriating the whole Profits
to the Assured.

The average amount of Insurances effected during the last twelve
years his been upward'; of Half a Million sterling annually.
The Capital accumulated and invested now amounts to upwards of
'2,070,n Cl, and the Annual II•v•onue ao npn-a,“18 or 005,0001.
The Bonus Additions declared at the last periodical investigation
In llecelnber, 1845, were In the case of the elder• Policies and on the
original Sums Insured, a, foliowe s—Tile Retrospective Bonus up-
wards of 3 per rent. per annum, and the contingent Perspective
Bonus upwards of three and a half per cent, per annum.
The proportion of tile Profits allocated to each Member, may bo
applied in any of the following ways, viz.:
By Additions to the Original Sum Insured.
By sit Immediate Payment of its Value in Money,— or
By an Equivalent Deduction from the future Annual Premiums.
The practical operation of the principles upon which the Society is
established, may be judged of from the fact, that in the event of the
death of a Member in the present year after payment of the yearly
premium,
If insured in any of the years from 1815 to 1819, for
every 1,0001. insured his representative would
receive • • • • • • • • • • •• .. £1•954 ,3 8
If insure,i in 1825 for 1,0001., they would receive .. 1,550 18 10
If insured In 1830 for 1,6006., they would receive .. 1,445 13 6
Aud so on, proportionally, to-the Members insured subsequently to
the year 1830, if the Policies be of five years' endurance.
Proposals completed before the Books are closed for the current
year have the important advantaire cf a Rill year's standing over
those delayed till after that period.
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Tab:es of Rates, and every in-
formation may be obtained at the Head Ofßce, or at any of the io-
ciety's Agencies,

JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
WM. GEORGE, Chief Clerk.
Head Mee. 5, St. Andrew-souart, Edinburgh,
November, 1849.
OFFICE IN LONDON—No. 4, Royal Exchange-buildings.