The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER-BILL OFFICE.
2, Whitehall Yard, Feb. 16, 1847.
The Exchequer-bills dated in the month of March, 1846, viz :
V.s, Viet. cap. 23, 9,379,6601., Anne, 1845 ; 8 and 9 Viet., cap. 129,
,24,900/., Anne, 1845 ; also tho Exchequer-bills dated in Septem-
Zr and November, 1845, p. 2 and 3, Wut. IV.. cap. 125 ; for relief of
Nest India Islands, with the interest due thereon, will be PAID OFF
?Z‘t_its 16th day of March, 1847, when the interest will cease. Such
,„!,' Will be received daily from half-past Ten o'clock till Two, until
Z", including the sth clay of March, at th's office, where lists are to
obtained, containing instructions for arranging the bills. The
bearerstheir
must endorse each bill with their usual signatures, and write
r 'tames and residences at the bottom of each list ; and where
the
h"e, names of holders are inserted in bills, the bearers, not being such
louden,Qnle must previously obtain their endorsements. The bearers
attend to give receipts for the payment.
Payment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 16th
`,'Y of March, upon leaving the bills for examination one day prior
to that on which such payment is desired.
New bills, bearing an interest of one penny halfpenny by the day
'l'oll every one hundred pounds, and dated the said 16th day of
„`u.ch, may be obtained in whole or in part payment of principal of
the Exchequer-bills issued under the above-mentioned Act of 8 Viet.,
23, and 8 and 9 Viet., cap. 129, upon stating the required
March, which
on the lists, delivered on or before the said sth day of
Which new bills, with the interest on the bills exchanged,
will be issued on the 17th day of March.
The bills to be classed in separate lists, according to the Acts under
Which they have been issued.
TLe bills issued for relict of West India Islands will be paid offis
Money,
All Exchequer-bills charged on supplies dated prior to
Mar.,,` 1R46, have been advertised to be paid otf.

THE PATENT MILE-INDEX CARRIAGE
COMPANY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 65,0001., in Shares of 101. each.
Deposit, Is. per Share, (amount limited by Statute).
eP"its will be returned without deduction, if the whole capital
• be not subscribed.
TRUSTEES.
Richard Barker, Esq., 14, Fitzroy-square.
R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Resington Lodge, Notting-hill.
U. II BOARD
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
ar-ey Kennedy, Esq., Chairman of the India and London Life
Assurance Company, and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank,
esington Lodge, Notting-hill,—Chairman.
Captain Tyndale, Director of the South Eastern Railway, 2), Alfred-
13rompton,—Deputy Chairman.
utenant General Wright, Royal Engineers, Army and Navy Club,
James's-square.
Glasier, Esq., 84, Milton-street, Dorset-square.
' x•'• B. Curtis, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, and 29, Wellington-road, St.
John's-wood,
4*bert. Faulder White, Esq., 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park.
(With power to increase the number to ten.)
MANAGING DIRECTOR,
Henry Von:Uster, Esq.
BANKERS.
Sa,pte, Muspratt, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Moire. Wire and Child, St. Swithin's- lane, City.
SECRETARY.
Mr. Lionel Curtis.
The features of the undertaking are as follow :
I. Patent Mile-Index. 2. Mile Tickets, at Gd. per mile. 3. Supe-
rior Cabs, with better class of drivers, under control and guarantee
„
body of gentlemen. 4. Act of Incorporation. 5. Detailed esti-
plates, showing five per cent. interest, and a dividend of ten per cent.
and upwards, both clear of income-tax. 6. Abstract of deed for In-
formation of applicants, copies of deed given to Subscribers. 7. De-
posits returned if capital not subscribed, unless subscribers decide on
Commencing business with capital actually subscribed. 8. The re-
numeration to the promoter and the directors postponed till share-
holders receive five per cent. interest on capital, and then propor-
tioned to profits realised—thus giving but proof of the accuracy of
the calculations.
The Subscription List will shortly be closed.
Prospectuses, Estimates, and Forms of Application for Slum, trusy
be obtained on application to Messrs. Wire and Child, solicitell, St.
Swithin's-lane, City; or to the Secretary.
By order of the Board,
• LIONEL CURTIS, Secretary.
Ternrorary (Maces, 32, Charing-cross, Feb. 9, 1847.
The whole Prospectus was published in this paper en Monday, Feb. 8.

TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS,
BUILDERS, and OTHERS.
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will
SUBMIT to PUBLIC COMPETITION by AUCTION, on
the Premises, Stanhope Nursery, Gloucester-road, Old Brompton,
on NnAT, February 22d, 1847, and Five fallowing Days, at Ele-
ven o'clock each day (in consequence of the death of Mr. Rigby),
The whole of the valuable NURSERY STOCK, consisting of Fruit
and Forest Trees, Ornamental and Deciduous Trees, a large assort-
ment of Evergreens, American Plants, Rhododendron Arboreum,
flue standard and dwarf Roses, &c. Also, the Greenhouse Plants,
consisting of large Camelias, choice Geragiums, Erica, Epacris, Bo-
conia, tcc., and about 500 Orchidaceous Plants, lately imported.
May be viewed prior to the Sale ; Catalogues (Is. each, returnaMe
to Purchasers), may be had on the Premises, of the Principal Seeds-
4,en, and of tho Auctioneers, American Nursery, Leytonstone.
N.B. Should any party be disposed to purchase the whole of the
urchidaceous Plants in One Lot, they would be disposed of previous
to the Sale. The Premises and Grounds to be Let.

PARISH OF Si'. GEORGE, Hanover-square.
TO BUTCHERS, CHEESEMONGERS, CORNCHANDLERS,
GROCERS., Milkmen, Potato-dealers, Oil and Tallow-chandlers, Co-
lourmen, and Coffin-makers.
Such persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors
and Directors of the Poor of the said Parish for Supplying the Work-
house for Six Months, from the 25th day of ttarch to the 29th day
1:31 September, 1847, may deliver in their sealed Proposals at the
..oard-room, in Mount-street, on or before Nine o'clock on Monday,
the 22d day of March, 1847. Persons tendering are desired to be in
ntlendance, and to take notice that all offers must be made upon, and
strictly
in accordance with, the printed form of Tender, which may
Mount-street,
on application to the Master of the Workhouse, in
as well as any further particulars.
By order, T . B. CHAPPELL, Clerk.

DESTITUTION AND SICKNESS.
efts;[ The affluent and benevolent are earnestly solicited to aid the
Committeekß now making by the Managing Committee of the ROYAL
E'im
eli
HOSPITAL, Gray's Inn -road, a charity established for the
of of the foreigner, the stranger, the friendless, and the outcast,
71 ti in sickness or disease, who are here received so far as the
means of the Institution will permit.
_i:r:iither patronage nor letters of recommendation are neustary ;
it otherwise, the wretched beings fur whose benefit the Institu-
...."oA is intended would not know how or where to obt lin them, and
:Inne Seeking for the means of admission would, in all probability,
unheeded and unk..own ; a melancholy instance of which
kind gave rise to the founding of this charity.
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large debt, which is now gradual y being radticed, still encum-
bers the operations of the Committee, but confiding in the sprit
and benevolence of an English public, in support of such a
"aritY, they fearlessly continue their efforts to meet the urgent
appeals daily made at their gates by the most miserable and wretched
Of the human race.
Contributions received by the Treasurer, Jtio. Masterman, Esq.,
:r•P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond
Co. co.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and
'
0 ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn rind Co ; Jones Loyd and Co. ;
Barclay and Co-
Denison and Co. Co.;; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ;
Orerend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Mas-
ternaan and Co. ; and at the Hospital.
By order of the Weekly Board,
EDW. RICE, D.D., Chairman.
The Committee meet in the Board-room every Wednesday,
Six o'clock,
at to manage and direct all the affairs of the Charity,
which meetings the subscribers are invited to attend, and the Hos-
pital is at all times open to the inspection of the public.

NEW SHARE and MONEY MARKET,
ROYAL EXCHANGE. LONDON.
SEVERAL THOUSAND SHARES WANTED, AT GOOD

PRICES,
Daily Share Lists are publicly exhibited'at the TRA NSFER-OFF ICE,
facing Cornhill, and will be sent to any part of the Kln;;dom on appli.
cation. Detailed Lists may also be had at 114, Cheapside ; 25, Strand ;
32, Cockspur-street ; 53, Piccadilly ; and 191!,,,, Oxford-street.
Stevens, Hansard, and Co., Transfer-office, 5, Royal Exchange
London.

N ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE. LONDON.
maxcroas.
ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman.
• THOMAS SIDNEY Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman.
Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and Co.)
George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row.
William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower).
George Moore, Esq. (Greucock, Copestake, and Moore).
William Nieholsen. I:sq. (J. and W. 'Nicholson and Co.)
Jamee Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.)
Giles Redroayne, Fes., New Bond-street.
Peter Holt, Esq. (Brocklebank and Roll).

AJ&g other advantages offtred 1)7 this Society are security with-
out BM:17111y, economy in the management, anti low rates of premium,
ClaiMi promptly paid.
PROFITS TO POLICY.IIOLDERS.
(Bonus declared July 1, 1846.)