The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-27 00:00:00

TIE ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM
Incorporated
Fur Supporting and Educating the Children of Soldiers. Sailors, and
Marines, Native's of Scotland, who have died or been ditab'ed in
the service of their country ; and of indigent Scotch parents resi-
dent in London, not entitled to parochial relief.
The THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this
Charity will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
on SATURDAY, 30th June.
Ills Grace the'Duke of BUCCLEUCH ate' _
It.T., President of the Institution in the Cha..
STEWARDS.
His Grace the Duke of Argyll James Matheson, Esq., M.P.
Ills Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, Win. Forbes Esq., M.P.
K.T. Arthur Anderson, Esq., ist.r.
The Most Noble the Marquis of William Ewart, Esq., M.P.
Huntley, K.T. Alex. Oswald, Esq., M.P.
The Most Noble the Marquis of John Auldio, Erq , F.R.S.
Queensberry James Tulloch, Esq., F.R.S.
The Right Hon. 'Viscount Drum- Captain Lamont
Lindsay
H , R.N.
lanrig, M.P. Captain 11. .
The Right Hon. Lord Sonoma, Lieut. Colquhoun, R.N.
K.C.8., G.C.H. Jas. A. Simpson, Esq.
The Right Hon. Lord Dolmen), Charles Forbes,
Esq. E.g.
Lord James Murray ,George Forbes,
Lord Willoughby D'Eresby IGeorge Lindsay, Esq.
Sir Charles Forbes, Bart. iChas. Sutherland, Esq.
S'r 11. Campbell, Bart. i Hector Rose, Esq.
Major-General Sir James Cock -; Ed. Edward Antrobus, Esq.
burn, Bart. William Dallzs, Esq.
Major-General Sir W. L. Ilerries,lHenry Aulcljo, Esq.
C.C., K.C.11. !Neill Malcolm, Esq.
Lieut.-General Sir D. Leighton,;M u ngo Gilmore, Esq.
K.O B. IDuncan or son Esq.
General Sir John Macleod J. it. Macrae, Esq.
Colonel Sir Duncan M'Dougal' 'Charles Black. Esq.
Esq.
C.B. Win. James Maxwell,
The Hon. Sir George Rose, K.T.,' William Irie, Esq.
F.R.S. A. Stewarmt, Esq.
Sir Allan Macnab J. Walker, Esq.
The Rev. John Cumming, D.D. I lt. Lindsay Lcckle, Req.
The Chisholm } David Gordon Lain Esq.
Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Blair Illugh Stark, Req.
Colonel Win. Millie, M.P. 'Geo Virtue, Esq.
•
Colonel Hugh D. Baillie 'Patrick Robertson, Esq.
Dinner on Table at Six o'clock.
Tickets, 20s. each, to be had of the Stewards ; of the Dth e ireclnstitu-
tors ; at
the Bar of the Tavern ; and of the Superintendent, at
tion, Copenhagen-fields, Islington.
CHARLES RENTON, Superintendent and Secretary.
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THE Commissioners of the Wtropolis Turnpike-
roads north of the Thames, will hold a Special Meeting at
their Office, 22, Whitehall-place, in the parish of Saint Martin -in-the-
Fields, in the City of Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 20,h day of July
next, at the hour of One in the Afternoon, for the purpose of con-
sulting whether any and which of the several Toll-gates and Side-
bare now placed on and by the,side of the Fourth District of the said
Metropolis Turnpike-roads north of the Thames, shall be removed
and placed else-iihere or discontinued, and whether any othcr Toll-
gates and Side-bars shall be erected on or by the sides of the roais
in the said district, and in what situations the same shall be placed.
By order of the Commissioners,
J. L. RANTER, Chief Clerk ar:d Secretary.
Metropelis Roads Office, Wt.itehall-Place, June 21, 1849.

ATLAS ASSURANCE
92, CIIEAPSIDE, LONDON.
Established 1808.

COMPANY.

DIRECTORS.
JOHN OLIYER HANSON, Esq., Chairman
WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deput
Esq.
Chanty Chairman.
Sir William Baynes, Bart. Moses Mocatta,
Edward James William Ogle, Esq.
Arthur
Thomas Chapm Campbell, Esq.
an, Esq , F.R.S. Emanuel Pacifico, M.D.
Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq.
Samuel Eustace Magan, Esq.
AHDlTOBs—Francis Bligh Hookey, Esq., and Arthur Augustus
Easel), Esq.
ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S.
Somcnort—Thomas Browning, Esq.
SURVEYOR—Thomas Hopper, Esq.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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RETURNSolicies for 300/. and upwards which may
hare been
In force for one year prior to the date to which the Account is
made up, will be periodically entitled to participate in the return of
Surplus Premium.
Distilleries, Sugar Houses ; and Mercantile Property, in the Docks ;
in Private or Public Warehouses; also Shipping in Harbour; assured
for the Year, or for any shorter period on advantageous terms.
assured
Farming Stock is now exempt from Duty, and may be
without the average clause.
On Assurances for Seven Years by one payment, a deduction of
one-seventh part of the Premium and Duty will be made.
RENEWALS.—Policies one on Midsummer-day should be renewed
within fifteen days thLIFE ereafter.
DEPARTMENT.
The attention of the public has, in the advertisements and pro-
posals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of
Additions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular
dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to subutt the following
statement of Claims actually paid, showin; the' sums respectively
assured and the Bonuses thereon, and they request, in order to
exemplify the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this
Company, that persons desirous of effecting
theistAssr nces on their own
lives or on the lives of others, will compare tement now sub-
mitted, with the addition or bonus of any of the other offices which
may apply to a Policy issued by them since BIG, when the Atlas
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Persons assured for the whole term of Life for 109/
. and upwards
end
,
in Great Britdin or Ireland respectively, will be entitled a
h t theeretofore to
of every fifth year (instead of every seventh year )
participate in the Surplus Premiums, either by Addition touture their Ppay-
o-
licies, or an equivalent Reduction will be made tho f
ments of Premium, at the option of the Assured.
Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life by a limited
number of yearly payments.
ASSURANCES for SHORT PERIODS may now be effected in this
Office at considerably reduced rates of Premium.
The NEXT VALUATION will be made at Christmas, 1849, and
Policies effected before that date will participate in proportion to the
time they may then have been in force.
The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in
London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorised
to report on the appearance HENRYoposed for Assurance.
lIENRY DESDOROUGH, Secretary.

92, CheapsUle, June, 1849.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No, 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at te Entrance of the Old Post.
office, London.

DIRECTORS.
JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman.
J011).7 3IARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
John Labouchere, E.sq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq. 1 ,:amuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
lo w Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at modate Rates
with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seve my ears. At
each of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made,
the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
pany exceeded 530,000/.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided 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
on the 6th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1848, and the same
is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
also by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire
at
withs 'Midum-
mer must be renewed within fifteen days, at this oe, or Mr.
Barns, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ;or with ;he
Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become
void.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
27, REGENT-STREE f, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
Incorporated furs rant to Act or Parliam nt.
LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also A nnuif es,
immediate and deferred.
The payment of fixed sums to th Assur dat any specified age, or
to their Representatives in case of death before that age.
Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years.
Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and
Loans granted, repayable by instalments.
ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum
on attaining the age of 21, and also theod return of the whole of the
sum paid for the same at a given peri.
RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of
10s. for every 1001.
Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual
Commission allowed on the introduction of business.
Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society,
and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents
in the Country.

BANVARD S ROYAL PAINTING of the
MISSISSIPPI and 3IISSOIMI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN
HALL, PICCADILLY, being by far the largest PAINTING ever
executed by man, showing the scenery on the above great Rivers a
distance of over 3,000 miles, extending through the heart of America.
This great Original Painting having been exhibited by command, to
her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal
Family at Windsor Castle, where it received the Royal approbation,
is NOW on exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, every Morning, at
Half-past Two ; Evening, at Half-past Seven.
Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.
Doors open half-an-hour before commencing.

A R I A E.
inone hail the world are desolately envie and the other
Supposing them Married, quedionaldy contented-. biffidence, or a
sense e right deterfrine the former, and miscalculate.l hopes em-
bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
comprosine hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should not be the Only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and Justice demand that health should form an item
In the compact; it atone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these istirm'ses concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little
MEMOIRS 4, On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., is.
each (by post, In stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginativeke
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
ey misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
thorn. They are not intended certainly for inure idle cariosity, but
for the c'..oset perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
trey are offered as antegonistic to
li the em
fied aupyrical trash h
putalon forth on
or
tre above subjects, by unquathors, whice
f„ nether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
little pub'ications clans your attention (same price Is. sack,
by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " se, to be Happy." They are not merely
pm;hlets, hut equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
hide -
re ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
fee who owes his pros Ir. existence, health, and position to this ob-
fservanea of the max'ais he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
'would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keey always
Sr tee .4 euenv allie of the way." The above works may be had of
She wood, •; 3, Paterncseir 'row ; Carvalho, 149, Fleet-street • Mann,
Combill ; NaLson, 457, Nest Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
b9, Cornball
.) from the anther (who may be Conferre. with personally,
En 'Wags MC..44E10141), 1), Argyll-plaa liesent-strect aa.l all