The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-08 00:00:00

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK;
And 14, PALL-MALL.
THOMAS FARNCOMBE, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
• WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Humphery, Esq., Ali. M.P.
William Banbury, Esq. Isupert Ingle4y, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
..
nortas Camplin, Esc'. Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq.
Janes ChM, Esq. iLewis Pocock, Esq.
AUDlTORS—Professor Hall, M.A. ; J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square.
Sneneow-L.W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
Co/ism:rise ACTUARY—Professor Hall, M.A.,of King's College.
STANDING COUNSEL—Sir John Romily, M.P., Solicitor-Genervi.
SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Fisher, Esq., 19, Doughty-street.
ADVANTAGES 01 ASSURING WITII TIIIS COMPANY.
In addition to a large subscribed capital, Policy holders have the
security24t;ff of an Assurance Fund of more than a Quarter of a
on, and an Income of 65,0001., annually increasing, arising from
..ho issue of upwards of 6,000 Mid"'
BONUS. OR PROFIT BRAIWEL
Persons Assuring on the Bonus system will be annually entitled
to
80 per cent. of the profits en this branch (after payment of five
7early Premiums) ; and the profit assigned to each Policy may be
'laded to the sum assured, a: applied in reduction of the Annual pre-
Warn

NON-BONUS, OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCIT.
ahe Tables ow the non-participating princinlo afford peculiar ad-
Vantages to the assured, not offered by any other Office—for where
e object,is the least possible outlay, the payment of a give* sum
,
Secured to the Policy-holder, on the death of the Assured, at a r -
Quced rate of Premium.

......nPHI7I,IB TO ASSUER XIGO. WHOLE TERM.
Age. One Year. Seven Years. W Profits.' Vithout Profits.
......____
- --
2.,2 .£0 17 8 £0 19 1 £1 15 10 £1 11 10
" 11 8 12 7 25 5 20 7
41
- 1i• 16 9 30 7 214 10
50
1 14 1 1 19 111 4 6 8
4 0 11
GO 6 0 10
3 2 4 3 17 1 6 12 9 _

, of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit
ter
tseven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a
tiPun the policy at i per cent., or may be paid off at any time
Without notice.
Claims paid in one month after proofs have been approved.
E. BATES, Resident Director.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £508,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
2'
.olicies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage : —Provi-
0n for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary
;amiable
resource to himself, if needful, while living,. The Assured
feat; on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or f
re of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid.
Division of Profits Annual.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
Increased facilities for travelling.
Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options.

A Penna.. Stun the
Av. .1.4 Anneal Policy Berms in! sent Re- Assured
--''' E Pre- taken additiee i Bonus in duction of may her-
co ' 'ilium. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row of
......... Assured. Preniluin. Polley.
—_---- —_ --- --
X s. 4. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. 4.
1837 2G2 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9
A_ £ AB. 4. 1838 237 15 6 108 16 417 7 6 494 611
ow 1000 74 3 4 1839 211 18 695 16 914 17 7 445 6 0
1840 163 8 4 75 15 10 11 10 9 395 11 1
1641 159 3 4 71 5 0 16 19 8 346 2 3
1842 132 2 6 58 17 6 8 19 10 1296 13 4
..---_____ 1843 84 11 8 37 10 0 514 2 247 4 5

Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may
be had at the office,
or
ed any of its branches in the country ; or, on applicati • . will be for-
art Post free.

W. S. B. WOOLHOWSE, Actuary.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
x,. „ ANCER COMPANY.
.+, LOMBARD-STEET, at the Entrance ef the Old Post.
office, London.
• DIRECTORS.
JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman.
;en T 3 MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
Francis
Tilulse Berens, Esq. -.:ewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
!ancis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
Sir R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
..tri..4,44,,nasioarynllya? Ekesyq,.j mi., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
~,.I.or . Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
` ge Johnstone, Esq.
John Thornton, Esq.
Ohl
_Loeb ahou ch ere, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
'4. v
....sq. -ames Tulloch, Esq.

,
• iT • Rebarts, Esq AUDY__ R 5.
. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
lenry Sykes Thornton. Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
low Th—the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
~,,.Inates without participation In the Profits ; or at moderate Rates
e".t Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
the Bonuses
the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made,
assured,
amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
wuled, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
the Whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
rale exceeded 530,000/.
vrtd2,"AXS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
vn the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
inch had been in force' seven years at Christmas 1847, and the same
,now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
also
the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
.50 by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Not is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at
lChriist-
Inas must be renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with . r.
nan,s, No. t, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mail; or with the
,einpany's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become
Veld.

GEORGE KEYS. Secretary.

MEDICAL, FROM 600 TO SOO THANKS.
THE, above will he given to any Party who can
as soon as possible procure legally an Eligible Medical
APPoinnuent or Partnership for a Young Gentleman, who has been
Lot' some years in the active, private and public, employment of his
Profession, and who can be highly recommended. He is a Member
°!., Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, a Protestant, and married.
.11e strictest secresy may be most implicitly relied on.
Address, " Medici's," care of Jo,nston and Co., Eden Quay, Dub-
• None but principals need app';.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
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L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human
" breast. More exalted than mere passion, it sears high shove
bat ms
.r other impulse of nature, and
m Is
is not only,. stronger than avarice,
its :"e engrossing even than a bition. o man s exempt from
altuence, or can avoid its swa3 ; and business, pleasure, philo-
Z,,PhY, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
vet er of
LOVE which, unlike most things, increases in intensity
Whh thne, until it receives tho sacred consumation of marriage.
en /mien does not take ph.r,e, howevemr, this passion, this
lervour, this golden tide of the :wiliest feelings becomes a deadly
Pelson in the heart, which so,: darkens, as it before bright-
•all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most UTl-
iiUtteablik habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life-
„zsiaepspent in the fulfilment. of every engagement, snap the very con-
t,asinder which should be most binding to an honourable mind?
;LIS the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
ritS, Or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
4ualitied and dares not enter a state which has been
by Divine Law for tke fulfilment of important
l2ls. The wretched condition of sach a being must subsequently be
k
,7,3 rd Measure deplorable! Loving and beloved, ho entails the
,erniserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
hnt~slf a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of
,nai\ol attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
att,,troe.c.lheliPiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
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i0n,.',1'`•,,,7es of the reproductive orgs.as ; with practical observe-
;._" secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting frone
--J uaints, excesses, or infection.
I)eeior f By SAMUEL L,VMEIST, M.D.,
Ildinbur:b —"e,eielne, Matriculated Mciaber of the University of
member
nit Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary
This treat he London Ilospita' Medical Society, &c.
nine}, neglectedise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and
tainedh the
of medical practice, and the author having ob-
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haent oilerietnce, which has reference almost solely to the treat-
, es diseases.

REVIEW OF 'ME WORK.
c%pljr": Ir, el.t on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are
-o-'s in the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but
mortal nee ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the
i ortal who
timely
with a mentor t o from the gulf ~ntoll which such meets
scenes must pamge him 1 Insnatch him
the book before us
:„..,ch it Monitor is to be found, cOculated to warn and instruct the
~mg, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al-
'ea,lY tutored by the vices of which it treats. it is written in a style
ofrsesterly precision and lucidity, blending the
offprooundest truths of
Prod"PhY and physics with the loftiest precepts morality, It is Is
UCtiOn calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally,
r°upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemioasaess and
PrietY. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. fly on
. aught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these
Page, is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of
_a__llicssnmit.4,lly4 blended with the practical advice a a writer on medicine."
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