The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-31 00:00:00

o. 14.787.

TAONDO;N" and BRIGHTON RAILWAY
COMPANY.
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At a General :Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the Lon-
don Tavern, Lisl'aopsgate-street, on Thursday, 30th January,
1840,

JOH N HARMAN, Esq., in the Chair,
It was moved a' ad seconded, " That the Reports now read be
received, entered'. on -the Minutes, and printed, and a copy sent
to each Propricto r."
On which an _ &mendment was moved by Mr. Troup, and
seconded, pro ford sa,
• " That the Rep arts be printed, and the meeting do adjourn."
Negatived with .3nly one dissentient. Motion subsequently
carried.

Mr. Troup put in a paper, which was read by the Secretary.
Resolved, That the meeting having heard the statement
given in by Mr. Troup, now read by the Secretary, the Pro-
prietors cannot too strongly express their deliberate opinion,
that all and every contract has been fairly and properly entered
into by the Directors.
That the declarations of forfeiture of 244 Shares, viz., Nos.
30,892 to 30,911, 15,001 to 15,025, 12,390 to 12,399, 30,274
to 30,293, 7,7131 Ito 7,800, 24,291 to 24,300, 24,627 to 24,630,
28,202 to 28,246, 226 to 255, 9,007 to 9,026, 9,151 to 9,155,
18,659 to 18,663, 5,493 to 5,502, 6,181 to 6,1911, 200 to 205,
'and 6,317 to 6s32ll,—made under minute of the Board of 6th
December, 18:7, on which the second and subsequent calls have
not been paid 7 and of 85 Shares, viz., Nos. 31,685 to 31,734,
21,571 to 21,580, 31,507 to 31,516, 20,640 to 20,649, 3,812
to 3,Bl6—male under minute of the Board of 28th March,
1839, on which the third and subsequent calls have not been
paid—be and are hereby confirmed, and that the Directors do
dispose of the said forfeited shares, pursuant to Act of Parlia-
ment.

That the Directors be instructed to take coercive measures
for recovering the whole of the arrears.
That the following Directors, who went out of office accor-
ding to the provisions of the Act, be, and they are hereby re-
elected, viz., Donald Maclean, Esq. ; M. A. Goldsmid, Esq. ;
R. Heaviside, Esq. ; Thomas S. Robinson, Esq. ; Robert Sut-
ton, jun—, Esq.
That the Directors be hereby authorized to negociate and
make such arrangements with the Croydon Railway Company,
as they consider will tend to the benefit of Ihis Company,
and the .convenience of the public.
That :the Directors be authorized to borrow and take up at
interest any sum not exceeding in the whole 600,0001., when
one-half .of the capital shall have been paid up, agreeably to the
terms of the Act of Parliament.

That t be Directors of this Company be authorized to deposit
plans for the branch to Horsham.
That tl tis Meeting offer their warmest thanks to the Chair-
man and Directors of the Company, for their assiduous and
successful exertions in promoting the best interests of the
Proprieto rs.

Tiiat this meeting duly estimating the great exertions made
by Mr. R:utrick to bring the works to their present forward
state, beg to express to him their high and just sense of his
meritorious services.

JOHN HARMAN, Chairman.
London wild Brighton Railway Office, 10, Angel-court,
'Throgmorton-street, Jan. 30, 1840.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS-
SURANCE AND
DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY.
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
EASTERN' ,BRA NCH.-5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe.
Capital, 600,000/.
EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
DIRECTORS.
T. L AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
Col. Sir Burges Camac, Ii:. C. S. Robert Hollond, Esq., M.P.
Johrfitlliotson, F.R. S. George Lungley, Esq.
H. Gordon, Esq.' John Rawson, Esq.
[Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Dr. Oliathus Gregory, F.R. A. S.!
Profs ssor Wheatstone, F. R. S.
ACTUARY—. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S.
By the new pr inciplcs of Life Assurance and Deferred An-
nuities, • ounded ;by this Society, the moral obligation of all
classes of making a provision for a family or for old age is
largely enhanced, by the immediate advantages secured to the
Assured themselve s.
The details of the principles of the Society, its improvement
in the system of Assurance, its economical arrangements in
lavour of the Assured, its extensive Tables, &c., will be found
in its Prospectus, which may be obtained at the Offices of the
Society, 26, Corthlii/i, London, or at any of its Branches
throughout the Cowitry.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

,AW LIFE - ASSURANCE OFFICE,
FLEET-STREET, JANUARY 23, 1840.
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Notice is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING of
the Proprietors of the LAW LIFE-ASSURANCE SO-
CIETY, will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street,
London, on SATURDAY, the Ist day of February next, at Half-
past Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, precisely, pursuant to the
provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose
of receiving the Auditors' Annual Report •f the Accounts of
the Society up to the 31st December last; and for general pur-
poses. _ _

By order of the Directors
GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary.
Business will commence at Twelve o'Clock precisely.
The Dividend on the capital Stock of the Society, for the
year 1838, has been in the course of payment since the 6th day
of April last.

METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY

FOR. MUTUAL ASSURANCE.
This Society APPROPRIATES the WHOLE of the PRO-
FITS to the reduction of the Premiums of its Members, and this
is UNDIMINISHED by AGENCY or COMMISSION, the
business of the Society being conducted without incurring that
expense. The effect o f the principle of Mutual Assurance, so
CARRIED OUT, is shown by the abatement of FORTY per Cent.
eeclared for the ensuingyear, upon the Premiums of Members of
rVG Years' standing, and which abatement has been computed
on ata justifying the expectation of the continuance of an
equal rate of abatement, at least, throughout the remaining
term of life.

This abatement of FORTY per cent., the amount being laid
out in a new Assurance, is equivalent to a bonus of one-third
of the amount of the .existing Policy.
A Reduced Table of Rates for Assurances not claiming Profit.
RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent.
Princes-street, Bank, Jan. 1, 1840.

WESTMINSTER DISCOUNT, LOAN,
and INVESTMENT SOCIETY, enrolled pursuant
to Act of Parliament, sth and 6th Wm. IV., cap. 23, 10, Buck-
ingbam-street ,Strand.
The Trustees of this Institution, hereby give notice, that
APPLICATIONS for LOANS under the provisions of the
above Act, may be made daily at the Offices of the Society,
from nine in tketinerning till five in the evening, and also that
DEPOSITS train Si. and upwards continue to be received, for
which five per cent. per annum is allowed, payable quarterly or
half-yearly, as may be required. The Establishment further
advances money upon freehold and leasehold property in Eng-
land and Scotland, upon reversions, annuities, pensions, or any
other description of assignable property or income of adequate
value. By order of t Board,
CHARLES KERRY NICHOLLS,
One of the Trustees empowered pursuant to the 4th section
of the above Act to sue and be sued.

VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE AND
LOAN COMPANY.

No. IS, King William-street, City.
Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
William Allen, Esq. ' John Enid, 'Esq.
Benjamin Barnard, Esq, Benjamin Lancaster, Esq.
Charles Baldwin, Esq. Thomas Nesbitt, Esq.
James Cockburn, Esq. Major-general Robertson
Bryan Donkin, Esq. Daniel Sutton, jun., Esq.
Aaron Golthmtd, Esq. O'Bryan Bellingham Woolsey,
James Law Jones, Esq. Esq.
SOLICITORS.... Messrs. Lake and Curtis, Basinghall.slleet.
As how Rates of Premium as are consistent with security,
which may be paid annually, half yearly, or quarterly.
The whole of the Profits equally divided between the Assured
and the Shareholders.
Claims payable in two months after death.
Loans may be effected by parties Assured with this Company.
WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.
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ENEVOLENT FIRE and LIFE IN-
SURANCE, and NAIIONAL RENEFIT SO-
CIETY, 351, Strand.

Capital, 250,0001.
Under the Management of a Board of Directors.
This Society, in addition to the general business of Insur-
ance Companies, has been formed for the purpose of enabling
persons of very moderate means to attain those •bjects hitherto
confined to the more wealthy, viz. :-
Ist. Insurit.g their lives in sums from 51. and upwards, se-
curing Deferred Annuities as a provision for Old Age; Weekly
Allowances during Sickness ; and Endowments for Children,
the Premiums being divided into Monthly Instalments for the
convenience of the Insured. Also for the protection of such
as possess only a small personal property, Insurances are effected
against loss by Fire, in sums from 10/. to 1001., by Quarterly
Payments ; thus Household Goods, Wearing Apparel, Stock
in Trade, Workmen's Tools, &c., to the value of 201. can be
Insured, on payment of Sixpence every Three Months, duty
included.

The attention of the Public is particularly directed to this
very novel feature, for the man to whom this fact is known, will
hence:orth deserve little sympathy should he become the victim
of a calamity, against the evils of -which he could se readily
have guarded. _

Prospectuses, detailing at length the various modes and rates
of Insurance, can be obtained on application at the office, 351,
Strand, or to any •f the Society's Agents.
HENRY WILSON, Actuary and Secretary.

CAu'l lON AGAINST FRAUD!
CatIMSTONE begs to inform the No-
• bility and Public that his celebrated Grimstone's
Eye S uff is the only Eye Snuff made from British Herbs Authorised
by Government, and to prevent the fraud practised on the unthink-
ing, look to the QUEEN'S a RMS, with thewords Patronised by
His Late Majesty, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and
Authorised by the Lords of the Treasury," securing the Lid to each
Canister, and after the Directions for Use, Ace. &c., NV. Grim-
stone's Signature.—None is genuine that has not a Label thus au.
thorised and signed by me,

_
W. GRIMSTONE.
Affixed to each Canister of Sd., Is. 3d., 2s. 411., 4s. 4d., Ss. and 15s, 6d.,
30, Broad-street, Bloomsbury; 24, King-street; Manufactory, Bowl_
Yard, late 371, Strand, London.
Read the Label affixed to each Canister.
A few Cues of Cures, Copies of Original given Gratis by all Agents
with every Canister of Grimstone's Eye Snuff:
Mrs. Ann Cole, aged 69, Sight restored, Head-ache and Deafness
cured, 7, Skinners' Almshouses, Mile-e d
W. Bicknell, Penryn Arms, Bangor; Sight restored, after many
years' affliction.
Mr. H. Pluckwell, Tettenham-house, Tottenham, Middlesex, cured
of Opthalmia and Deafness.
Marchioness de Broglie) Solari, 46, Charlotte-street, hearing and
sight restored.
aW. M. Reynolds, Dimness of Sight and Head-ache cured ; 36,
Upper Stamford.st reet.
J. Protheroe, Esq., Sight restored, Nervous Hcad-ache cured; Wa-
terford, Ireland.
George Smith, Esq., 6, York.place, Kentish-town; Weakness and
Dnasness of Sight cured by its use.
J. B. Lachfield, Esq., cured ofOpthalmia, Whitehall and Thatched-
house Tavern. Read his letter attested by G. J. Guthrie, EN ,
Scc.
Many hundred original Letters of Cures, of the very first respects.
hility, may be seen at the Inventor's Establishment, 3:1, Broad-street,
Bloomsbury.—See Vignette Na. 26, Tallis's London Street Views.
Manufactory for Grimstone's Eye Snuf, Rowl-yard, Lnade
From the Old Monthly Magazine, Sept.
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habits or
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we should be most happy to turiwours in.
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