The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-08 00:00:00

in the Chair.

Tickets of admission may be obtained of Wm. Allen, Esq.,
Trei'urer, Plough-court, Lombard-street; Messrs Harvey and
Darton, Gracechurch-street ; Messrs. Hatchard and Son, Pic-
cadilly; Tblessrs.Nisbet and Co., Bernen's-street ; Mr. Bagster,
Paternoster-row; Mr. Davis, Sunday-School Union Depo-
sitory, Paternoster-row ; and at the Central School, Borough-
road.
The doors will be opened at Eleven o'Clock, and the Chair
taken at Twelve precisely.

HENRY DUNN, Secretary.

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
OPENING of the LINE.
ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE of the TRAINS.
The public is respectfully informed, that on and after the 11th
of Nay, the cRAINS of this Corepany, and those of the Lon -
don and BiAningham, and Birmingham and Derby Junction
Lines in conrection with them, will START and ARRIVE
according to the several Tables below, until further notice. '
BETWEEN DERBY AND SHEFFIELD.
Departure from Sheffield. Arrival at Derby.
11. 31. 11. M.
5 30 a. m. 7 43 a. Mt'
915 I 11 30
12 0 noon. 2 15 p. m.
2 Op. m.
4 15
6 0 6 10

SUNDAY

6 30 a. m.
9 30
6 op. m.
Departure from Derby.
5 55 a. m.
9 15
1 op. m.
3 15
8 0

TItAINS.

8 44 a. m.
11 45
8 14 p.m.
Arriv,,l at Sheffield.
8 0 a. m.
11 30
3 15 p. m.
5 30
10 15
TRAINS.

GREAT REDUCTION IN INSURANCe. ON FAR m-

ING STOCK.

THE FARMER'S and GENERAL FIRE
and LIFE INSURANCE LOAN and ANNUITY
INSTITUTION;

(To be Empowered by Act of Parliament.)
Offices, No. 23, Norfolk-street, Strand.
Capital, 300,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 10!.•heach.
Deposit, I/. per Share.
HONORARY DIRECTORS.

(Those marked thu;;B.re.lli;mbersof the Royal Agricultural
Society of England.)
The following gentlemen have consented to act as Honorary
Directors for the respective Counties attached to the.r
Names :
The Earl of Coventry—Worcestershire.
Load Rayleigh, a Governor of the Royal Agricultural Society
of England—Essex.
.Lord Moreton, Vice-President of the Royal Agricultural So-
ciety of Englind--Glokicesterahire,
The Hon. C. G. Noel, M.P:, a-GovernOr •44-+3u
Agricultural Society of England—Rutlandshire.
The Hon. 11. Fitzroy, M.P.—Northamptonsire.
* Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Bart.—Somerset,hire West.
* Sir R. Simeon, Bart. President of the Isle of Wight Agri-
cultural Society—lsle of Wight.
Sir T. Baring, Bart.—North Hants.
Sir J. B. Mill, Bart.—Hants:
• Sir R. Jarvis, Bart.—South Hants.
• Col. Le Couteur, a Member of the Council of the Royal
Agricultural Society of England—Jersey.
J. J. Farquharson, Esq., a Governor of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society of England—Dorsetshire.
• J. J. Horlock, Esq.—Gloucestershire West.
W. L. Bruges, Esq., M.P., a Governor of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society of England—Wiltshire North.
Win. Miles, Esq., M.P., a Governor and Member of the

Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England—
Somersetshire East.
F. 7yrn, Esq., a Governor and Member of the Council of

the Royal Agricultural Society of England—Bedfordshire.
T. E. H. Hele Phipps, Esq.—South Wiltshire.
Quintin Dick, Esq., M.P.—Essex
Lieut.-Colonel North, President of the I3ambury Agricul-
tural Association—Oxfordshire.
The Rev. E. H. G. Williams, a Governor of the Royal
Agricultural Society of England, and President of the
Llandovery Agricultural Society—Carmarthenshire.
+ W. Holme Sumner, Esq—,-Surrey.
Sir Thomas Mansell—Guernsey.
SCOTLAND.
Sir James CoLpihoun, Bart., M. P.—Dumbartonshire.
S. H. Stewart, Esq.—Wigtonshire.

DIRECTORS.
With power to add to their numbers.
Chairman—Rogerson, Joseph, Esq., a Governor of the
Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Managing Director—Shaw, W., Esq., a Governor and
Member of the Conncil of the Royal Agricultural
Society of England.
' Blackstone, J., Esq.
• Larey, J. M., Esq,
Low, Wm., Esq., a Governor of the Royal Agricultural
Sooiety of England.
Pate, William, Esq..
Wentworth, Godfrey, Esq., Woolley Park, Wakefield, a
Governor of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
• Workman, J , Esq. .
Wilmot, E. Woollett, Esq., a Governor of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society of England.
Youatt, W. Esq., a Governor and Member of the Council
of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
.7 0I NT SOLICITORS.
* John Rogerson, Esq., and C. Boydell, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL.
C. W. Johnson, Esq. ; W. Shaw, Esq.
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Blackstone, J., Esq. ; 4' Blanch, Gustavus, W , Esq.
SECRETARY.—I' John Hanson, Esq.
AUDITORS.

• Birnie, John, Esq. ; * Donaldson, John Strangeways, Esq. ;
Jeokinson, William, Esq.
B.siKuts.—The London and Westminster Bank.

In order to carry out effectually the objects of the Legislature,
in repealing the Duty on the Insurance of Farming Stock, and
to induce Farmers generally to insure, a charge of only Is. 3d.
per cent. with the average clause, and Is. 9d. without the ave-
rage clause, will be made.
COMMON INSURANCE.

Private Houses and Shops, not hazardous, Is. 6d. per cent.
Hazardous, 2s. 6d. per cent.
Doubly hazardous, subject to special agreement.
Fire Insurances may be effected for a longer term than one
year, at Reduced Rates,-by payment in advance.
The Premiums for Insurance of Lives are upon an equally
moderate scale of charge. ,
A sufficient capital having been already subscribed to enable
the Directors to commence business, the office Was opened on
the 25th ult. It has been the object of the Directors to re-
strict the allotment of shares as much as possible to the agricul-
tural classes, they being the parties for whose interests the In-
stitution has been established, they have, therefore, resolved,
in order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found to
arise from an unrestricted application for shares, and to induce
only those to apply who wish to become bona fide proprietors,
not to entertain any application unless made agreeable to the
printed forms provided for this purpose, the Directors reserving
to themselves the right to reject or comply with such applica-
tion, either in whole or in part.
PROPOSALS for INSURANCES may be forwarded to
the AGENTS in their respective Districts, or to the Office
in London.

W. SHAW, Managing Director.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
GENTLEMEN,
I apply for Shares in the Farmer's and
General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity In-
stitution, and engage to pay the Deposit of One Pound on each
Share, or on such portion of them as may be allotted to me, to
the Bankers of the Institution, or their Agents, whenever
called upon.

I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
To the Diredors of " The Farmer's and
General Fire and Life Insuranc:•, and
Loan and Annuity Institution."

This day is published, in Bvo. (pp. 60), price One Shilling,
CONSIDERATIONS on the STATE of
the LAW regarding MARRIAGES with a DE-
CEASED WIFE'S LISTER.
By A BARRISTER of the MIDDLE TEMPLE.
London : Longman, Orma, and Co.
MARRIAGE ACT, sth and 6th Wm. IV. c. 54; com-
monly called LORD LYNDHURST'S ACT.—Parties ag-
grieved by the above Act, which prohibits Marriages with a
Deceased Wife's Sister are earnestly solicited to co-operate
in an endeavour now making to obtain its repeal. The pro-
hibition has no foundation either in Religion or Morality, and
cannot be supported upon any ground of rational expediency.
Communications to by addressed to Messrs. Wilson and
Ogilvy, Printers, 57, Skinner-street, Snowhill.—Names will
be scrupulously concealed, if desired.