The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-20 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

ARMY CONTRAC.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, PA LL MA T
LSL, MAncn 4, 1840.
NOTICEis hereby given to all Persons desirous
of Contracting to supply
MEAT, BREAD, OATS, AND FORAGE,
To Her Majesty's Land Forces (Bread and Meat for the Foot
Guar(3,s generally, and for the Household Cavalry in Middlesex
excepted) in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the
Counties of England severally, in Wales, in North Britain, in
the Isle of Mn,r and in the Channel Islands, for Six Months
from the 174. of May nest inclusiv,:.
That Proposals in writing, addressed to the Secretary to the
Bo;rd of °rat-alive, sealed up and marked on the outside " Ten-
der for Arit,v Supplies," will be received at the Ordnance Of-
fice, Pall Mall, on or before Thursday, the 9th day of April
next; but none will be received after Eleven o'clock on that day.
The Correspondence relating to the Contracts for Commis-
sariat Supplies cannot pass free from postage.
Persons who make Tenders are desired not to use any Forms
but those which may now be had upon application at the Office
of the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance in Pall Mall ; and of
the Barrack Masters in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and
Man. By Order of the Board,
R. BYHAM, Secretary.

BitiTlSH COLONIAL BANK AND
LOAN COMPANY.

Office, 13, St. vvithin's-lane. Lombard-street.
Capital 1,000,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 401. each.
Deposit 5/. per Share.
DIRECTORS.
The Hight Hon. Sir R. Wilmot Horton, Bart., Chairman.
The Right H on. Thomas P. Courtenay, Deputy Chairman.
George Fife Angas. Esq. Sir J. De Courcy Laffan, Bt.
Sir William de Bathe, Bart. Geo.AlfredMuskett,Esq.,NLP
Robert John Bunyon, Esq. Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart.
Sir Herbert Compton William Sloane, Esq.
Andrew Tucker Follett, Esq. James Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Colonel Sir William Gossett John Shewell, Esq.
Moses Asher Goldsmid, Esq. Thomas Teed, Esq.
BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London, 3, Moorgate-

street, Bank.
Sotterroas—Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and

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Follett.
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Wright, Esq.
,‘ This Company has been formed for the purpose of supplying
the colonies of Australasia with capital, where a high rate of in-
'rest is obtainable, upon undoubted and improvable securities,
and the Directors, from various sources of intelligence, are
e,unfirmed in their opinion, that these transactions may be con-
filleted with all the safety and advantage they originally con-
templated.
! t is intended to restrict the operations of the Company in
first instance to making loans on real securities and on con-
s_ignments of the staple produce of the colonies, by which
uliu,ns much profitable business may be transacted at a cora-
Pyatively small expense, with little or no risk, and the burden
of large establishments rendered unnecessary ; and the transac-
nous of the Company being confined to the lending its own
capital, the personal liability of the Shareholders will be prac-
t!eall avoided ; and the Deed of Settlement renders it impera-
:Te uPoo the Directors to contract with all parties doing busi-
ness with the Company to take the capital stock of the Corn-
PanY es theirsecurity, in the same manner as if a charter were
obtained.
As the Directors do not purpose, at present, toundertake the
bincss of banking, they have made arrangements to facilitate
their
pecuniary operations in the colonies with the Union Bank
el Australia and the Bank of South Australia, upon terms
Mutually advantageous.
Considerable subscriptions have been already received, and a
rtar.gu number of Shares are reerved for the Coloniesthe
. eators will be ready to receive applications for the remain-
lug unappropriated Shares reserved for this country.
~Prospectuses and all other necessary information may be ob-
'Tuned of the Secretary, at the office of the Company.
Deposits of 21. per Share, to accompany each application,
ZuY be paid in London to the Commercial Bank of London, 3,
eergate-street, Bank ; and to the principal Joint-stock Banks
and their branches throughout the country.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
Date
To the Director.; of the British Colonial Bank, and Loan Corn.
pany, No. 13, St. Swithin's-lane, London.
shutre_ntle. rnen—l request you will assign to me
es in the British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ;
Ting, in terms of the Prospectus, paid into the
sum of
the nn
jo Pounds, or per Share, to be applied
Part payment of the first Deposit, in the event of this appli-
etion being complied with either in whole or in part, such
Shares to be holden as stated in the Prospectus, upon the rules
and regulations of the Deed of Settlement,

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant.

No.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
This LINE will be OPENED to READING
on MONDAY, the 30th of March, for the Conveyance of Pas-
sengers, Carriages, Horses, and Goods from and after that day.
The times of Trains, Fares, &c., will appear in a subsequent
advertisement. Bills thereof may be had at any of the Com-
pany's Stations on and after the 23d instant.
C. A. SAUNDERS,
I Secretaries.
THOMAS OSLER,

VATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
AS-
SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SO-
CIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
EASTERN BRANCH.-5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe.
Capital, 500,0001.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
Col.:Sir Barges Camac, K. C. S. Robert Hollond, Esq., M.P.
John Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. George Lungley, Esq.
11. Gordon, Esq. I John Rawson, Esq.
Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Dr. Olinthus Gregory, F. R. A. S.
Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S.
ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S.

By the new principles of Life Assurance and Deferred An-
nuities, founded by this Society, the moral obligation of all
classes of makinc, a provision for a family or for old age is
largely enhanced, by the immediate advantages secured to the
Assured themselves.
The detailsof the principles of the Society, its improvement
in the system of Assurance, its economical arrangements in
favour of the Assured, its extensive Tables, &c., will be found
in its Prospectus, which may be obtained at the Offices of the
Society, 26, Cornhill, London, or at any •1 its Branches
throughout the Country.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OF HOUSES AND GOODS FROM FIRE,:
No. 21, LOMBARD-STREET,
(Established by Royal Charter in the Reign of King George
the First),
For Assuring Houses, Buildings, Goods, Farming Stock, &e.,
from Loss or Damage by Fire; and also for the Assurance of
and Granting Annuities on Lives.
Sir JOHN WM. LUBBOCK, Bart., Governer.
THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., Sub-Governor.
BARTHOLOMEW JEFFERY, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS
Henry Bainbridge, E.sq. Charles John Manning, Esq.
George Pearkesll.arclay, Esq.' The Hon J. L. Melville.
Wm. Brown, Esq. Henry Nelson, tsq.
Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq. Thomas Poynder, Esq.
John Ede, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq.
James Gibson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. William Sampson, Esq.
William 'Fetlow Hibbert, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.
Lancelot Holland, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
G. G. de Hochepied Larpent, Esq. Robert Thorley, Esq.
John Christopher Lochner, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq.
Persons whose Annual Premiums fall due on the ,25th inst.
are hereby informed that Receipts are now ready to be delivered
at the Company's Offices, 21, Lombard-street, and in Pall-
Mall, as well as by their respective Agents in the several coun-
ties ; and the parties assured are requested to apply for the re-
newal of their policies on or before the 9th of April next, as
the usual fifteen days allowed for payment, beyond the date of
each policy, will then expire.
SAMUEL FENNING, Secretary.
March, 1840.

AR'I'ISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT
INSTITUTION, for the RELIEF of DECAYED
ARTISTS, their WIDOWS and ORPHANS.
Under the immediate Protection of her Most Excellent Majesty

The QUEEN.
PATRON.
His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, K. G.
VICE-PAT RoNs.
His Grace the Duke of Buc- Right Honourable the Earl of
cleuch. Dartmouth.
His Grace the Duke of Devon- Right Honourable. Lord Lynd-
shire. hurst.
His Grace the Dukeof Sather- Sir John Swinburne, Bart.
land. Sir T. Baring, Bart., M.P.
Most Noble the Marquis o Sir George Phillips, Bart.
Lansdowne. W. J. Denison, E.q.,
Most Noble the Marquis c Joseph Neald, Esq., M.P.
Westminster. JQSSO Watts Russell, Esq.
Right Honourable the Earl
Shrewsbury.

PRESI
Sir MARTIN ARCS

DENT.
HER SHEE,P.R.A.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Themas Phillips, Esq., R.A. C. R. Cockerell. Esq., R.A.
Sir Francis Chantrev, R.A. George Jones. Estit. A.
Sir David Wilkie, R.A. B. Bond Cabbell, •
Sir Robert Smirke, R. A. William Brockedon, sq:
Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A. J. H. Mann, Esq.
FES-
TIVAL will be celebrated at Freemasons' Hall,
TheNthoabtiltihtey,TFwriEenNdsT,yan.clFlSFuTbsHerAihNerNs,laryEe
RresspAeßetyfulli in-
formed
on FRIDAY,
the 27th instant.o
The Mist Noble the Marquis o
in the

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In consequence of the destruction of the ROYAL EX-
CHANGE by Fire. the business of the Company in all its
branches, is carried on at their Premises, No. 21, LOMBARD -
STREET, until the Company's Offices on the Royal Exchange
are rebuilt.

F NORTHAMPTON, P.R. S.,
Chair.

Rev. E. T. Daniell.
Henry R. Abraham, Esq.
John Armstrong, Esq.
Jacob Bell, Esq.
W. M. Browne, Esq.
Thomas Sydney Cooper, Esq.
William Dyce, Esq.
Mark Feetham, Esq.
Angus Fletcher, Esq.
S. Carter Hall, Esq.
Philip Hardwick, Esq., 4. R. A.
John Kirkpatrick, Esq.
E. Landefis, Esq.
The Dinner on Table at Six o'Clock precisely.
Tickets, 1/. Is. each, had of the Stewards; of Charles Fow
ler, Esq., Honorary Secretary, 1, Gordon-square; and of the
Assistant Secretary, 14, Csnaburgh-street, Regent's Park.
WILLIAM JOHN ROPER, Assistant Secretary.
'U NION BANK
London Office, 38

Daniel Maelise, Esq.,
WARDS.
R. A.
Samuel M. Peto, Esq.
William Read, Esq.
W. C. Ross, Esq., R. A.
Robert W. Sievier, Esq.
Sydney Smirke, Esq.
W. B. Sarsfield Taylor, Esq.
William Thomas, Esq.
Thomas Thorby, Esq.
George WhiteNad, Esq.
George B. Whittaker, Esq.
William Wyon, Esq., R.A.

OF AUSTRALIA
Old Broad-street.

DIRECTORS.
George Fife Angas, Esq. Benjamin E. Lindo, Esq.
Robert Brooks. Esq. Charles Edward Mangles, Esq.
John William Buckle, Esq. Christ. Rawson, Esq., Halifax
James John Cummins, Esq. Thomas Sands, Esq., Liverpool
Rbt. Gardner, Esq.,Manchester James Bogle Smith, Esq.
John Gore, Esq. James Ruddell Todd, Esq.

TRUSTEES.
George Carr Glyn, Esq. ; John Gore, Esq. ; James John
Cummins, Esq.
BANKERS.
Mess► s. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bartlett and Beddome.
SECRETARY.
Samuel Jackson, Esq.
COLONIAL INSPECTOR.
John Cunningham Maclaren, Esq.
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INDEPENDENT WEST MIDDLESEX
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
Opposite the Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square, London.
South St. David's-street, Edinburgh ;
Ingram...street, Glasgow •
And Sackville-street,
Ernpowered under the several Acts of Parliament of 14th Geo.
111. c. 48 ; 22d Geo. 111. ; 53d Geo. 111. c. 141 ; 3d Geo.
IV. c. 92 and Ist Vie. e. 10.
IMMEDIATE BENEFITS OFFERED TO THE
PUBLIC.
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE RATES
Reduced 30 per Cent. per Annum Lower than any other Office.
LIFE ANNUITY RATES
CALCULATED ON EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES ! !
FOR EXAMPLE.
For every 1001 deposited, this Association will grant the An-
nuity placed opposite the Age of the Party depositing.
From MM. and upwards, in proportion.

The Directors of this Bank grant Letters of Credit, which
are not transferable, for sums under 3001. ; or Bills at thirty
days' sight for larger amounts, on their Branches at
Sydney,
Hobart Town,
Launceston,
Melbourne, Port Philip, and
New Zealand,
Nithout charge, on the Money being deposited.
They also negotiate approved Bills on the Colonies, at
thirty, sixty, and ninety days' sight, the terms for which may
b e obtained at their office.
Bills on the Colonies transmitted for collection at a charge of
two per cent. on the amount when realized.
By order of the Board,
SAMUEL JACKSON, Secretary.

ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.
Capital, 1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of 50/. each.
Deposit Si. per Share.
DIRECTORS.
Ben DIRECTORS.
Boyd, Esq. Alexander Cockburn, Esq.
nomas Meux, Esq. William P. Craufurd, Esq.
George Webster, Esq. John Connell, Esq.
4°114 W. Sutherland, Esq. John Mitchell, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL.
Peter Laurie, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Parken and Webster, 13, New Boswell Court.
Messrs. Johnston and Farquhar, 32, New Broad-street.
BANKERS.
M Union Bank of London,
oorgate-street, Lothbury ; and Argyle-place, Regent-street.
Edinburgh—National Bank of Scotland.
Leith—Edinburgh and Leith Bank.
Glasgow—Western Bank of Scotland.
Greenock—Greenock Bank. •
Aberdeen—Town and County Bank.
Arbroath—Arbroath Banking Company.
Dumfries—Southern Bank of Scotland.
AYr—Ayrshire Banking Company.
The object of the Company is for the transaction of all
Banking business at SYDNEY, LAUNCESTON, ADE-
LAID
L'', PORT PHILIP, and such other places as the Di
rectors may
deem advisable ; and it is intended to apply, as far
as possible, the system which has proved so successful in Scot-
land.
. The extraordinary progress which the Australasian Colonies
have made within the last few years, the continued flow of emi-
gration towards them, together with the high value of money
there, call for an increased number of establishments of this de-
scription, and the prosperous condition of the Banks already in
operation is a sufficient guarantee that under prudent manage-
meat this Investment must prove a most profitable and secure
one to the Shareholders, as high rates of interest are obtained
with perfect security in a country where, from well ascertained
data, Capital is improving at rates varying from 50 to 75 per
cent. per annum.
The following Extract from the Official Share List of February
4th, 1840, shows the present value of Stock in Two of the
Australasian Banks formed in London :
Original Share Paid up. Present Price
Bank of Australasia ...£40... £4O 0 £57 10
Ditto (new Shares) ...... 40 ... .. 10 0 l7 10
Union Bank of Australia 1 25 l7 10 25 10
(established in 1838) f
Nor can the prosperity of Banking operations connected with
those Colonies be better illustrated than by reference to the
satisfactory Report of the Directors of the Union Bank of
Australia, presented to the Proprietors at their General Meet-
ing, on the 3d of February, and by the following extract from
the Rev. Henry Carmichael's Pamphlet on New South Wales,
wherein he observes—" There are at present in Sydney three
Joint Stock Banking Companies in operation, with a paid-up
capital of abut 80,000/. each ; which divide a profit r•nnually
of from 20 to 25 per cent. His Excellency Sir James Stirling
also, in his recent work on Western Australia, says, in allusion
to the Western Bank of Australia, " The second half-year left
a clear profit over the expenditure of 14 and a half per cent.,
which, after setting aside one-fifth as an accumulating fund,
according to an existing rule, enabled the Directors to declare a
dividend of 11 and a half per cent. on the paid-up capital ;at
the close of the year no dishonoured bill remaining on hand, nor
had the Solicitor of the Bank to commence a single suit for the
recovery of a debt due to it."
The Directors have for some time been making arrangements
for immediately carrying into effect the objects of the Com-
pany; and in ordert o advance the influence of the Bank in the
Colonies they have reserved a portion of the shares for distri-
bution there.
. As the principal part of the business must necessarily be
!led on on in the Colonies, it has been thought inexpedient to
have a numerous Board of Directors in London : it has there-
forei been determined that the number shall not at any time
exceed ten ; but to secure the prudent administration of the
affairs of the Bank, a complete system of superintendence is
now being organized by the Directors for the Establishments
in the Colonies.
~.A sufficient capital has already been subscribedto enable the
9rectors to commence business immediately. They have
therefore resolved, in order to avoid the inconvenience which
has been found to arise in other undertakings from an unre-
stricted application of shares, and to induce only those to apply
who wish to become bona fide proprietors, not to entertain any
application unless made in the printed forms provided by them
fur that purpose, and accompanied by a payment of 2/. upon
each share applied for, the Directors reserving to themselves,
at the time of appropriation, the right to reject or comply with
such application, either in whole or in part, the money to be
returned if the application be rejected, and to be placed to the
credit of the party in respect of the shares allotted to him
if accepted.
For the guidance of those who may wish to become proprie-
• tors, it may be mentioned, that it is not in contemplation to
• call up more than 10/. per share for
the next twelve months.
The Directors have postponed filling up the London Board
to the full number of ten, in order to give them the opportunity
of selecting influential proprietors, whose assistance and co-
operation they may think it advisable to secure for the interests
of the concern ; power is reserved to them for that purpose,
and they are also authorized to complete all other arrangements
necessary for putting the Company into immediate operation.
lApplication for shares, in accordance with the printed form,
to be made to Messrs. 130yd,4 , Nei Bank Buildings, Lothbury,
London

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LONDON, VRTDAY. MARCH `1:1 1549.

COMMISSION WANTED.
A. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER in the
PAPER TRADE, well acquainted with the Booksel-
lers and Printers in the North of England is at liberty to take a
COMMISSION for the SALE of any other article connected
with the Trade.

To any House wishing to extend its business this will be found
a favourable opportunity.
Letters, addressed J. L., 18, Wilton-street, Oxford-street,
Manchester.