The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-23 00:00:00

THE BRITISH BANK,
On the SCOTTISH SYSTEM.
Temporary Offices, No. 52, Threadneedle-street.
The Deed of Constitution, preparatory to the grant of the Charter of
Incorporation, has now been approved of by the Lords of the Com-
mittee of her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade, and it provides
for the extension, from
CAPITAL time, of the
to 2.000,0001.
TRIISTEES.
Arthur Anderson, Esq., M.P. for Orkney.
William Cash, Esq., of Wood-street.
dehn Mixon, Esq., of the RegMent's-park.asgow.
Governor —Joins Macgregor, Esq., .P. for Gl
Deputy-Governer—K. Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
This Bank, the first to be Incorporated by Charter in London, ex-
cept the ]lank ~f England, will shortly be in operation, and its busi-
ness will consist---
First—ln receiving Deposits at Interest, as in ScotlanAccounts, and
d.
Second—ln Discounting Bill., keeping Customers'
transacting every other description of Banking business.
Third—lll making temporary Advances on convertible and market-
able Securities, on terms at once safe and profitable to the Bank and
Eivantageous to the borrower. And,
Fourth—ln granting Cash Credits r fter the method and according
to the practice so long and so judiciously followed in Scotland.
One share is 1001., of which only 501. is to be called up by a pay-
ment of 101. before signing the Deed of Constitution, and the remain-
ing 401. by instalments.
Applications for the remaining unallotted shares aSecretarccompan at ied
tie
temporary offices of tho Lank, 52, Threadneedle-street, where
Prospectuses can be obtained.

THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of the
ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY will be cele-
br tted in the Freemason's Ball, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-
nems OU WEDNESDAY, June
His Grace the Duke of Argyll, President of the Scottish Board,
will take the Chair.
STEWARDS.
Ills Grace the Duke of Buccicuch The Rev. J. M. Fisher, A.M.
and Queensberry, K.G., D.C.L John B. Allan, Esq.
Ms Grace the Duke of Montrose, John Murray, Esq.
K.T. William Beattie, Esq., M.D.
The Right Hon. Lord Drumlan- Robert Henderson, Esq.
rig. M.P. rhomas Hughan, Esq.
The Right Hon. Lord Haddo Thomas Pryer, Esq., F.S.A.
Major-General de la Mott,., C.B. Frederick Tritton, Esq.
Benjamin Bond Cabbell Esq., Robert Low, Esq.
M.P , F.R.S., F.S.A. George Virtue, Esq.
John Hardy, Esq.. M.P. Andrew Maclure, Esq.
The Rev. Dr. Cumming
The Rev. Herman Douglas
The Rev. A. Houston Douglas,

....
Thomas Macgregor, Esq.
John Mouat, Esq.
David Winton, Esq.

A. M.
Gentlemen connected with the Highlands are requested to appear
in the National Costume, Officers of the Army and Navy in Uniform.
The Misses flh.ch will delight the Company by singing several Na-
tional Melodies.
Tickets, 205. each, to be had of the Stewards ; M'essrs. S
Strand ;
Smith and
Elder, Cornhill ; Mr. Charles Cox, 12, King Wiffiam-street,
Messrs. Maclure, Macdonald, and Macgregor, 6, Leicester-square
South-
,
and 3, Bow Church-yard ; Mr. Truscott, 24, Nelson-square,
wark ; Mr. Bacon, Freernasons' Tavern ; and at Mr. Brooks', Sta-
tioner, 72, Farringdon-street.
Ladies' Gallery Tickets, 6s. each, to be had of the Stewards and
Secretary only.

CHARLES MACKIE, Secretary.

NEW ZLAND COMPANY'S SHIP.-
The First-class EA
Passenger Ship KELSO, 560 Tons, now lying
in the London Docks, will be dispatched for the Company's Settle-
ments, from the Port of London, on MorinAi the 2d of July next.
Bates of PILSSagg , Provision includd :
c heief Fore
For each Person. Cabin. Cabin. Steerage.
14 Years old, and upward .. •• 45 7_l 25 74 ro 1
7 Years old, and under 14 .... 27 CI 15 ca,
1 Year cld, and under 7••••.. 18 g 10 -; 8
'Under 1 Year old •••• • • • ..... 0 ri 0
An experienced Surgeon is appointed by the Company, and Medi-
cines, Medical Comforts, and an ampie Dietary provided for each
Class of Passengers.
Steerage-Cabins are provided for Persons paying in full for their
own Passage in the Steerage-
For Freight, Passage, or further information, apply at the New
Zealand House ; or to Sir. Joseph Stayner, Brgker, 110, Fenehurch•
Street, London

By order of the Court,
THOMAS CEMBERT HA RRING TON.
New Zealand House, 9, Broad-street-buildings,
London, 29th May, 1849.

BOULOGNE from LONDON DIRECT.--The
COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior Steam-ships CITY
of BOULOGNE, Captain Tune, or EMERALD, will leave LON-
DON-BRIDGE WHARF every Thursday, according to tide.
Saloon, 121.—Fore Cabin, Bs.—Children under Ten Years, Half-price.
Thursday, June•• 28, at 6, Morning.
Thursday, July.. 5, at 11, Morning.
Thursday, July• • 12, at 3, Morning.
Thursday, July .• 19, at 11, Morning.
Thursday, July • • 26, at 3, Morning.
For particulars of freight, apply to Mr. James Whisson, 5. Arthur-
street East ,or at the Compiny's Offices, 4, Arthur-street East ; and
Chaplin's Universal Office, Regent-circus.

LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN
RAILWAY.
EXCURSION TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY.
In order to give the public facilities for visiting these Lakes and
the adjacent country, arrangements have been made between the
London and North-Western Railway Company, the C
Holyhead Railway Company, and the Great Southern and Western
Railway Commity, by which visitors from London, Birmingham,
Manchester, Liverpool, and Chester, will be enabled, on and after
anythe
22d inst., and until the 30th of September next, to proceed
of the following Station., by any of the Through Trains, to Holyhead
and Kingston, on TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Class. in each week
Class.
:
FARES.
•lit 2d
£6 0 .. £4 0
London to Killaraey and Back •• • •
Birmingham ditto ditto •• •• •• b 0 310
Manchester ditto ditto ..•••• .• 44.. 3 3
Chester ditto ditto .. •• ..
The Tickets will be available for return on any day
within a fort-
night of the date of issue, and will also entitle the bearer to pass
free over the Great Southern and Western Railway from Dublin to
Killarney, and over its branches, during the whole period for which
the Ticket is issued.
The Great Southern and Western Railway being open to Mallow,
Coaches are constantly running between that Station and Killarney,
the fare by which once each way during the visitors stay is included
in the above charges.
Parties wishing to break the journey to Dublin may sto at any
station between Chester and Holyhead for a day, provided p they
llolyhead
do
not travel twice over the same portion of the Chester
Railway.
The Tickets will be forfeited if transferred, and all parties
the
taking them will be required to give their names
Great and
Southern add
and
resses in
full.—The Tickets will be indorsed by
Western Company, in Ireland, without which they will not be valid
for the return journey.
Parties residing at a distance can, by writing to the Head Office,
in London, and remitting the amount, be supplied with Tickets from
any one of the four-named Stations.

By Order,
MARK

General Manager's Office,
Easton Station, 11th June, 1849.

MORTGAGE LOANS.
LANCASHIRE and YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
COMPANY,
The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive
Seven TENDERyears,
for LOANS on Mortgage, for periods of Thre Five, or S
for which Interest at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. per annum
Will be allowed, payable half-yearly.
Further particulars may be known on application to Mr. S. W.
Bulteel, Finance Department,Company's Offices. Hunt's Bank, Man-
c By order,
heater.
J. S. HERON, Secretary.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.—S, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97,
Geerge-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent place, Glasgow; 4, Col-
legs-green, Dublin.

DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq.
Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq.
SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords
the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great
success which has attended it since its commencement—iTs Amaral.
INCoNF: BEING UPWARDS OF 94,000/.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840 annum , and from
that date to 31st December, 1847, 2%
/. per cent. per
added at the General Meeting on the 6th of July, 1848.
The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of
December, 1847, is as follows:

necemUer, 1847, is as i 0,..,....
Sum added to Sum added to Sum payable
SUM Time Assured. Policy inlB4l Policy in 18* at Death.
Assured.
- .------------ -
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths £6S3 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8
5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0
5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0
5000 8 years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0
5000 8 years .. .. 675 0 0 5675 0 0
5000 4 years .. .. 450 0 0 5450 0 0
5000 2 years .. .. 225 0 0 5225 0 0

The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
Only one-hall need be paid for the first five years where the In-
Itirance is for Life.
No Entrance Money or charge except the Policy Stamp.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Director. No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London.

In the Press, to be publishedndh in
en la July
rged, next, athe New Edition, revised
a wuc of
IT'STORY OF ENGLAND,
from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Reign of
William and Mary, in the year 1690.
By the Rev. Dr. LINGARD.
Handsomely printed in ten large octavo volumes, price Six Pounds,
cloth lettered, and will be enriched with a likeness of the Author,
engraved in the best style, from a portrait taken last year by Mr.
Skaife.
A list of subscribers will be inserted in the first volume, and the
name of each subscriber will be printed in red at the back of the
e in every volume of his own copy, provided the name is recei red
the Publisher on or before the 1,,t July.
London : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street.

lIIHE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford.

street.
The leading OVERCOAT for the present season is made from
cloths of the lightest and richest textures, and faced and lined with
silks of especial costliness. From the distinguished prestige of the
firm with which this Paletot originated, it is unnecessary to speak
upon the recherehe character of its style.
The following Merchant Tailors are the Agents for its sale in their
various localities
:
Mr. W. BeTiri, Chester.
Mr. F. Bare, Ip,wich.
Messrs. G. and W. Clarke, Bury St. Edmund's.
Mr. John Crisp, Norwich.
Mr. George Davison, Sheffield.
Mr. John Hollingsworth, Birmingham.
Mr. Martin llutstein, Bristol.
Mr. Thomas Hubback, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Mr. John Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Mr. Robert Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Manchester.
air. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury.
Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin (for all Ireland)
Mr. William White, Edinburgh.
r. Robert Wilson, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mr. Henry Whitmore, Stockport.
Mr. Thomas Wright, Northampton.