The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

B-ANK of BRITISH - NORTH AMERICA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
The Court of Directors hereby give notice, that a HATT-
YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annuin,
on the capital of the Bank, will bo PAYABLE' to the Proprietors of
Shares registered in this country on and after the sth day of January
neat, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, St. Helen's-pace, Bishops-
Late-street, between the hours of Ten and Four.
No transfer can be made between the 15th instant and sth proximo,
me the Books must be Closed during that period.
By Order of the Court,
G. DE B. ATTWOOD, Secreta;y.
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7, St. Helen's-place, London, Dec 5, 1849.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CALL for FINAL INSTALMENT of 21. per Share on 251
• . Shares, and SECOND INSTALMENT of S/. per Share on. Great
Western Windsor Shares of 201. each, making 81. paid.
• __Two Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved at a
sleet ng, held this day, to call under the provisions of the Acts of
Parliament relating thereto for an INSTALMENT of 21. per share
_on 15/. shares, and also for an instalment of 51. per share on Great
Western Windsor shares of 201. each, not*ce is hereby given that the
respective proprietors are requested to PAY, on or before the 7th day
of January neat, the said sum of 2/. on each Great Western share of
nl.. and the sum of 51. on eac't Great Western Windsor share of
• 411- to either of tile undermentioned bankers of the Company, viz:
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co ; at the Great
Western Bawdy office, 27, King-street, C ioaptide, London.
Bristol—Messrs. Miles, Hurford and Co. ; Messrs. Baillle, Ames
and Co. ; Stuckey's Banking Company; the West of England and
Petah Wales District Bank.
Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool.
Cheltenham—The County of Glocester Bank.
Iteading—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co.
By order of the Boari of Directors,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Sec.
London Terminus, Paddington, 29th Nov., 1849.

METROPOLITAN LANDLORDS' PRO-
TECTION OFFICE, 7, Nicholas-lane, City.
Established to furnish landlords with information respecting pro-
Posed tenants and their references, and to protect owners of House
Property from the constant frauds practised upon them by proposed
tenants, and to afford to them legal and other assistance in all cases
of d facility, at fixed charges.
Prospectuses and further information may bo had st the Office,
far by letter, addressed to the manager; or to the Solicitors, Alesas.
(widen, 6, Gray's Inn-place, Gray's Inn.

STEREOLAIC BLACK CLOTH.
-BULL AND WILSON,
52, ST. MARTIN'S-LANE,
invite public attention to their important improvements in the dye
and finish of Black and other Cloths. By their new process the black
eye is permanent, does not wear white at the seams, and resists all
stains of acidoi, &c. The finish is peculiarly soft and glossy, is im-
pervious to rain or dust, and retains an uniform lustre iu wear. For
a description of the Stereolaic Cloth, see Journal of Designs for De-
cember, 1819.

NOTICE.
QMITFIFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE
SNOW and EXHIBITION of SEEDS, ROOTS, IMPLE-
, MENTS, &c., 1849, commences on TUESDAY, instead of WEDNESDAY,
and oases On FRIDAY Evening, instead of SATUEDAY as keretohore,
Pal, 12th, 13th, and 14th December. Bazaar, King-street, Port-
: sun-square
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PARTNERSHIP.—In consequence of the death
Rlvw, of Mr. J.J. Deii,hton, his SIIARE in the old-established NU-
of Messr,. Delghton, of Cambridge, is to be DISPOSED OF.
The sum to be paid to the Executor, or secured at short dates, would
about 4,00491. ; the residue might be the subjoct of arrangement
any Sue having command of that amount would find this a favour-
able opportunity for embarking in a first-class business.
...Further particulars may be had on application to the Executor, J.
412 tt, Esq., Wissett Lodge, Halesworth, Suffolk.

In Bvo. cloth, lettered, price 12s.
IETTERS on the THEORY of PROBNLI-
-4 TIES, applied to the Political and Moral Sciences. By
A. QUETELET. Translated from the French by Mr. 0 G.
.„," Pre have no doubt that the work 'alit be eminently useful In
"di country."—Louden, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Mac

We have rarely seen a scientific work rendered with so much
"gance."—Atias.
" M. Quctelet is an able reasoner, and chooses his illustrations
'Ol7 happily, so as to render an apparently abstruse subject of easy
Lotaprehension. The study of causes is shown in natural pheno-
writ. such as the flowerinz of plants ; and the proba,diities of
in the domestic superstition of ' thirteen to dinner.' "—ll.us-
"ted London News.