The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-04 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR WHOLE WHEATEN 51EAL.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, March 2, 1847.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECU
bthe OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
ttiNgboll of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give
aUce, that on Tituasnsz, the 11th instant, at One o'Clock, they
11,11,_be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
nniTRACT for supplying, and delivering into her slajesty's Victu-
'ulg Stores at DEPTFORD, 2,688 SACKS of WHOLE WHEATEN
A Sample of the Meal, and the Conditions of the Contract, may
be seen at the said 01114. No Tender will be received after One
O'Cioet
On the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party at-
1-7's °T an agent for him duly authorized in writing.
7grY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
IntaltY, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for
..__•ak and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied
zy2 letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become
td with the person tendering. in the sum of 251. per cent. on the
-.tie, for the due performance of the Contract.

EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time
to L0„,,t0
01l a sPare are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed
pA,.nund country towns to the EAST INDIA TEA CO3I
for the SALE Of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9, Great ,
t
ein2!_church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in leaden
.75, from an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight
con each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the
the
tile only license required is 1 ls. per annum, and many during
low, 2,, Years have realised considerable incomes by the agency,
L)
Is, lot or loss
_„„.,..2.__..PlLllcation to be made, if by letter, post paid, as above.

STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
(Constituted by Act of Parliament, 1825.)
til GONOR.
Grace the Duke of BUCCLVER
ECCH and QUEENSBERRY.
The RI DEPUTY-GOVERNOR.
Tht gut Hon. the Earl of ELGIN and KINJ'ARDINE.
"ENTY-FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the
Cc RD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY was held within the
SP of F,B,„?ffice, 3, George-street, Edinburgh, on Monday, the 15th
'Met th:'guarY, 1847, in the terms of the Act of Parliament by
~,..,oropany is constituted.
r;'3I,ES 310NCRIEFF MELVILLE, Esq., in the Chair.
kit ~P" on the progress of the Company's business during the
11414ar was submitted by the Directors, in which the following re-
The ere communicated:—
lath op';'.4' Policies issued from the 15th of Novemb,,,r, 1845, to the
89% . ovember. 1846, the Company's business year, amount to

the ."—• • -- - -
/tried
ino, 763 ...ovr of proposals made to the Company during the same
The a •
bruit mount of new Assurances, covered by the 592 new Policies
Inneetl9l•7s. 10d. (an average of 625/. for each Policy) ; the
~
478,135, Assurances applied for during the year being
`• .73 9d•
The venne
re of the Company is upwards of 120,0001. per annum.
claims
!plume have been moderate, both In number and amount, and
ecaep 4,7137 less than shown by the mortality tables on which the
Of meet' Calculations are founded. The results in other branches
I,,.....Uthiess have been favourable.
"
oaltless of the Commercial Life Assurance Company of Scot-
' year7,..._been transferred to the Standard Company during the past
Woe brg.,,,.-388 Policies, covering about 200,000/. of assurance, and
The salon to the new business of the year above reported.
*eh_ i 01 the York and London Assurance Company, which
- Standard Company in 1844. cOntinuelll) amid'
The results in its progressive development. •
ISlstaftirsq., then alluded to the great extension of the Company's
Vairt ge'cotland generally, and to the rapid progress of the Corn-
, The lltuold, also in Ireland.
_
• hula. jig success of the Branch Office opened by the Com-
Leefas.._ —%•"' was subject of congratulation, and the establishment
later. in Aberdeen and Inverness were reported.
n 8 new Directors were elected i—
„Bl.BMith, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh.
Henderson, Esq., Merchant, Edinburgh.
JolDss Condie, Esq., Perth.
ut Lindsay, Esq., Lawrence Ponntney-lane, London.
By order of the Directors.
The WILT lAM THOS. THOMSON, Manager.
lee be, _.,Lard Life Assurance Company is so constituted as to afford
that f„"euts of Life Assurance to all who may seek its protection in
Able those
Which is best suited to attain the particular object in view ;
tthose who look to the advantage to be derived by way of
aletheir Policies from the favourable results of the business.
Theft rY inducement to connect themselves with the Company.
aSee-,7„ lal contributions demanded for Life Policies have been
The , the most approved Information as to the value of life, and
Inite 6,PanY have published an extensive set of Life Tables (18 in
pz-2 h set
estiare fully ng forth its terms e
for all ordinary transact' ns, so that
itZ ci Pl before th public.
Ito additions to Policies have been declared on three occa-
The fin 1835, in 1840, and in 1845.
The following are examples of the additions made :
• ofloY of 1825 for £l.OOO increased to £1,600 0
Do. 1830 do. do. 1,412 10 0
Do. 183.5 do. do. 1,225 0 0
An Do. 1840 do. do. 1,087 10 0
aanvestigation of the Company's affairs, and a division of pro-
re made every five years, the next being in 1850.
The the system of bonus being .an advantageous ona for Policy-holders,
Whiff Directors of the Standard Company, in fixing the mode of division
thro, Zw.....L'udey
by have adopted, gave the subject much attention, ant after
srho—',,_°st Particular inquiry into the practice of other Companies
divided profits, they adopted the survivorship principle
Policy the Equitable Society of London, under which s 3 stem a
has been known to realise at death six or seven thn •s its
• ..• 4,a1 amount. The Standard Company do not holt out the pr
of similar results as regards the amount of additions to their
do ts, for there are peculiarities in the arrangements of the Lon-
er4ll,,quitabie conferring Class Benefits, and there Ns ere ttdvantu,:es
open to
arose in its earlier years, which are not in the present day
%t° "3' office But it is the principle of division which is
Sr.-
to as common to both Companies, and which has bees highly
lincive to the production of the great results alluded to.
1542 the terms and conditions of Assurance the Directors of the
ti.,.uaard Company have directed their particular attention, satisfied
the more liberal these are made, the wider will the practice of
'""• Assurance be extended,
PETER E WART, Resident Secretary,
82, King William-street.
Porlns of proposal and every information may be obtained at the
Company's Offices, 3, George-street, Edinburgh ; 82, King William-
,7,7eir,, London ; 66, Upper Sackvllle-street, Dublin ; :35, St. Vincent-
rue Il'asgow ; or at any of the Agencies which are established in
the principal towns of Scotland, England, and Ireland.

LIFE ASSURANCE.—BRITISH
SOCIETY, 17, New Midge-

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
street, Blackfriars, London.
roars.

John Atkinson, Esq. Captain Twisleton Graves
henry Wm. Beauclerk, Esq. Thomas Hamber, Esq.
Henry Charles Curtis, Esq. John Lodge, Esq.
G. Godwin, Esq., F.E.S., F.S.A. Lieutenant-Colonel Montresor
lion. William Gore George Alfr, d Walker, Esq.
IIHE BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY entertains proposals of any descrip-
tion involving the contingency of human life.
Prospectuses and every information may be bad on application at
the office, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Resident Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26 CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
in,ThiS Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
,',1,!.11 respect to Lifs Assnranees and Deferred Annuities. The assured
'46, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
elture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
erests to meet ether conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
ates.

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
tag enabled the Directors, at the hat annual investigation, to declare
k fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
°ll each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

bay
t i,l Bonus Bones in Ia P
a I Assure 1
Premium. P added. Cash. E § may
7 Borrow.
.ems
.... I '
r 1837,.£217 15 rzioe o iilzis 0 4'X445 0 0
4 lc 4.
1 18381 192 3 0. 87 1 41 13 10 2; 395 11 1
0100 p a 4 1,18391 165 11 10. 74 1 91 11 3 1 346 2 3
118401 116 7 6 54 010 716 10 296 13 4
...-__ :18411 111 6 8, 49 10 Ol 710 4 247 4 5

?he division of profits is annual, and the neat will be made in
bar of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SUB-
SCRIPTION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE
3'21 IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.
Committee appointed to carry into effect the above laudable
keelln Particularly request that Commercial Gentlemen and Inn-
Peri to whom Subscription Lists have been sent, will return them
iii !;R
i_ediCUttir ately. tgether with the amounts collected, to Mr. R. ALLEN,
"OFFICE, NOTTINGHAM, the Honorary Secret
Secrer
„,
y.
..'e Subscription Lists being all numbered consecutively andregis-
tered, it is requested that where they are not used, the numbers may
e
ut off and returned by post.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to Richard Allen.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
FERAL At the FOURTH ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY
MEETING of of the SHAREHOLDERS of the CALEDO-
hiI
u__---,, RAILWAY COMP .I>.TY, held in pursuance of public Adver-
reMent in Gibb's Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, on SATURDAY, the 27th
day of February, 1847, at ens o'clock ; JOHN JAMES HOPE
;rIrNSTONE, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Company, in the
the following Resolutions were proposed, seconded, and
'1'7%4 unanimously :
let. That the common seal of the Company be affixed to the re-
al!tr of shareholders now produced.
_hu• That the report of the Directors and Engineers, and the
Zdatements of receipts and expenditure now read, be received and
Opted, and printed and circulated among the shareholders.
The CHAIRMAN having intimated that the Extraordinary General
',ring Would take place at Two o'clock; and, having left the
Chair,
Was resolved unanimously, that the cordial thanks of the Meet-
Mt be offered to the Chairman and Directors for the able manner hi
'Which they have conducted the affairs of the Company, and to the
Chairman for his conduct in the chair.

And at an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS of the COMPANY, held in like manner, same
Place and day, at Two o'clock—
JOHN J. HOPE JOHNSTONE, Esq., M.P. in the chair,
It was resolved unanimously,—
let. That this Meeting sanctions and approves of the proposed
Joint Lease or Guarantee of the Scottish Central Railway, and its
Branches, by this Company, in conjunction with the London and
North-Western sad Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Companies, and
authorisesthe Directors to apply to Parliament, and to do an other
acts that may be necessary for carrying the same into effect.
2d. That this Meeting sanctions and approves of the proposed
Lease or Guarantee of the Wishaw and Coltness Railviruy by this
Company, and authorises the Directors to apply to Parliament, and
to do all other acts that may be necessary, for carrying the same into
effect.
3d. That this Meeting sanctions and approves of the proposed
agreement for a lease of, er amalgamation of, the Glasgow, Kilm, r-
ack, and Ardrossan Railway and its Branches with tit's Railway,
and authorises the directors to apply to Parliament, and to du all
ether acts that may be necessary for carrying the same into effect.
J. H. JOHNSTONE, Chairman.
Caledonian Railway Office, 122, Prince's-street,
Edinburgh, 27th February. 1847.

TRE WELLINGTON SURTOUT.'
A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE
17,4'1...M.—Registered 6 and 7 Vict., cap. 65.—PATRONISED by
M.R.H. PRINcE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the
'COMMANDER-;N-CHIEF, the PRINCIPAL NOBILITY, and
OFFICERS of the GUARDS.
._This gentlemanly garment, cut without the usual shoulder seams,
'" as to improve the figure, and which (owing to its elasticity) .t.
LqUIY well either as an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK,
made of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England,
expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and welt, and finest
Saxony wool, is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive
appearance at least twice the time of ordinary cloth, however good
the quality, at it does not wear white or rough, and although re-
pellent, 15 perfectly porous. The sleeves are lined with af ich dura-
ble silk, so that the coat slips on and off easily, and, owing to its
Softness, lightness, and elasticity, the wearer experiences perfect
ease and freedom when the coat is buttoned.
The WELLINGTON -URTOUT commends itself to all who desire
trading
elegant, gentlemanly appearance ; it is kept in every size and
colour, ready for immediate wear, price Two Guineas and a
tr_
the royal
net cash on delivery. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing
raYal aryls, with a number indicative of the size, and name and
address of the
Ttegerit-street. patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, Conduit-street,
and 11, Poultry, near the Mansi..n-house, London.

PEARL CANDLE LAMP.-NO FICTION !!
—The Lamps hitherto used have created vast inconvenience,
!.nd 'cis high time they
were armihilated—thanks to the gigantic
Improvements of our age, the time is at hand. To offer a Lamp—
rtrfection.-13, we deem, rendering a public service ; tor what are we
thment light ? The Pearl is so simple, it cannot be mismanaged.
N.A
I,: 'leaning required. To sell the ordinary Caudle Lamps is now
liossible; the public have long enough been pestered with such
71141)18h. The Pearl Candle Lamp is the perfection of candle lights.
The Public will have none other. Designs to suitrevery taste.
burning continually at CLARK'it, the Immense Lamp Depot, 447,
West Strand, Ten doors from the Lowther-arcade2 Please write
clown address.
N.B.—Every persons Candle :,Lamp can be altered to the pearl
Principle.

PRICE SD.