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

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EXCHEQUER-BILL OFFICE.
2, Whitehall Yard, Feb. 16, 1847.
The Exchequer-bills dated in the month of March, 1846, viz :
D. 8, Viet. cap. 23, 9,379,6001., Anno, 1845 ; 8 and 9 Viet., cap. 129,
9.024,9001., Anno, 1845 ; also the Exchequer-bills dated in Septem-
ber and November, 1845, p. 2 and 3, Wm. IV.. cap. 125 ; for relief of
West India Islands, with the interest due thereon, will be PAID OFF
on tha 16th day of March, 1847, when the interest will cease. Such
bills will be received daily from half-past Ten o'clock till Two, until
and including the sth day of March, at this office, where lists are to
be obtained, containing instructions for arranging the bills. The
arm must endorse each bill with their usual signatlist ;ures, and write
their names and residences at the bottom of each and where
the names of holders are Inserted in bills, the bearers, not being such
holders, must previously obtain their endorsements. The bearers
Janet attend to give receipts for the payment.
Payment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 16th
day of March, upon leaving the bills for examination one day prior
to that on which such payment is desired.
Neve bills, bearing an interest of one penny halfpenny by the day
aPOn every one hundred pounds, and dated the said 16th day of
24arch, may be obtained in whole or in part payment of principal of
the Exchequer-bills issued under the above-mentioned Act of 8 Viet.,
ca 2. ?3, and 8 and 9 Viet., cap. 129, upon stating the required
""".... mut on the lists, delivered on or before the said sth day of
'web, which new bills, with the interest on the bids 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.
The bills issued for relief of West India Islands will be paid off in
Money.
X.B. All Excheqnei-bills charged en supplies dated prior to
March, 1846, have been advertised to be paid off.
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T"E PATENT MILE-INDEX CARRIAGE
COMPANY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 65,0001., in Shares of 10/. each.
Deposit, is. per Share, (amount limited by St atute).
IlePtelta wlll be returned without deduction, if the whole capital
be not subscribed.
TRUSTEES.
Bichard Barker, Esq., 14, Fitzroy-square.
B. llattley Kennedy, Esq., Resington Lodge, Netting-hill.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
R.
Assurance Company, and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank,
„ nesington Lodge, Notting-hill,—Chairman.
t4Ptaln Tyndale, Director of the South Eastern Railway, 20, Alfred-
... Place, Brompton,—Deputy Chairmen.
Lieutenant General Wright, Royal Engineers, Army and Iravy Club,
pSJames's-square.
~, B Glazier, Esq., 84, Milton-street, Dorset-square.
B. B. Curtis, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, and 29, Wellington-road, St.
John's-wood.
Robert Faulder White, Esq., 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park.
(With power to increase the number to ten.)
MANAGII4G DIRECTOR,
Henry Von:Uster, Esq.
BANKERS.
Mean% Sapte, Muspratt, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Wire and Child, St. Swithin's-lane, City.
SECIETARY.
Mr. Lionel Curtis.
The features of the undertaking are as follow :
is Patent Mile-Index. 2. Mile Tickets, at Gd. per mile. 3. Supe-
rior Cabe, with better class of drivers, under control and guarantee
of 4 body of gentlemen. 4. Act of Incorporation. 5. Detailed esti-
mates, showing five per cent. interest, and a dividend of ton 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 .actatalig. subscribed. 8. The re-
Atuneration to the promoter and the directors postponed tin share-
holders receive live per cent. interest on capital, and then propor-
ioned to profits realised—thus giving best proof of the accuracy et
the calculations.
The Subscription List will shortly be closed.
Prospectuses, Estimates, and Forms of Application for Shares, may
be obtained on application to Messrs. Wire and Child, solicitors, St.
Swithin's-lane, City or t..) the Secretary.
By order of the Board,
LIONEL CURTIS, Secretary.
Temporary Meets, 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 Nurse, Gloucester-road, Old Brampton,
en IiONDAY, February 22d, 1847,ry and Five following 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-
Meat of Evergreens, American Plants, Rhododendron Arboreum,
fine standard and dwarf Roses, &c. Also, the Greenhouse Plants,
consisting of large 'amelias, choice Geraniums, Erica, Epacris, Bo-
Mcc., and about COS Orchidaceous Plants, lately imported.
gay be 'viewed prior to the Sale ; Catalogues (Is. each, returnable
Purchasers), may be had on the Premises, of the Principal Seeds-
eand of the Auctioneers, American Nursery, Leytonstone.
"_41.8. Should any party be disposed to purchase the whole of the
Orchidaceous Plants in One Lot, they would be disposed of previous
to the
The Promises and Grounds to be Let.

PAMISH OF ST. GEORGE, Hanover-square.
b TO BUTCHERS, CHEESEMONGERS, CORNCIIANDLERS,
10"„LetRii, Milkmen, Potato-dealers, 011 and Tallow-chandlers, Co-
Vile; and Coffin-makers.
ell Persons s.s are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors
;1441 Directors of the Poor of the said Parish for Supplying the Work-
Inise for Six Months, from the 25th day of March to the 29th day
September, 1847, may deliver in their sealed Proposals at the
Tani-room, in Mount-street, on or before Nine o'clock on Monday,
e 22a day of March, 1847. Persons tendering are desired to be in
attendance, and to take notice that all offers must be made upon, and
at
klletlY 1n accordance with, the printed form of Tender, which may
n obtained on application to the Master of the Workhouse, in
410114 t-street, as well as any further particulars.
By order, T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk.

DESTITUTION. AND SICKNESS.
The affluent and benevolent are earnestly solicited to aid the
F$ ,• ;_ hew making by the Managing Committee of the ROYAL
„',..111 HOSPITAL, Gray's Inn-road, a charity eatablished for the
IT,ornof the foreigner, the stranger, the friendless, and the outcast,
in sickness or disease, who are here received so far as the
means of the Institution will permit.
wernther patronage nor letters of recommendation are necessary ;
-t otherwise, the wretched beings for whose benefit the Institu-
tion is intended would not know how or where to obtain them, and
• seeking for the means of admission would, in all probability,
kind
unheeded and unknown; a melancholy instance of which
At,l,llave rise to the founding of this charity.
h„,.. ',urge debt, which is now gradually being reduced, still enctun-
;:: the Operations of the Committee, but confiding in the spirit
j, benevolence of an English public, in support of such a
a—"lnn tY, they fearlessly continue their efforts to meet the urgent
-Deals daily made at their gates by the most miserable and wretched
" the human race.
Ite,sn'TM--,bntions received by the Treasurer, Juo. Masterman,
"Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. Drummond
and
C°.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and
13°. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co ; Jones Loyd and Co. ;
O:I2°IAY and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ;
t 'rend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; MaS-
trnlall and Co. ; and at the Hospital.
By order of the Weekly Board,
EDW. RICE, D.D., Chairman.
XII. The Committee meet in the Board-room every Wednesday,
_athTlei ix o'clock, to manage and direct all the affairs of the Charity,
!Pr meetings the subscribers are invited to attend, and the Reo-
Malls stall times open to the inspection of the public.

NEW SHARE and MONEY MARKET,
noYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
SEVERAL THOUSAND SHARES WANTED, AT GOOD
PRICES,
Daily Share Lists are publicly exhibited*at the TRANSFER-OFFICE,
facing Cornhill, andwill be sent to any part of the Kingdom 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-efllca, 5, Royal Exchanges
London.

NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
POULTRY, 31A.NSION-lIOUSE, LONDON.
otarscroos.
ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairmsn.
THOMAS SIDNEY Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman.
Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Raker, Wards, and Co.)
George Comtism, M.D., Saville-row.
William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower).
George Moore, Esq. (Groucock, Cepestake, and Moore).
William Nicholson. Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.).
James Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.)
Giles Roimayne, Egg, New Bond-street.
Peter Rolt, Esq. (Broeklebank and Rolt).
Amen; other advantages offered by this Society are security with-
out llktitlity, economy in the management, and low rates of promitst.
Claims promptly paid.
PRO

"ITS TO POLICY-HOLDERS.
onus declared July 1, 1846.)

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,000 82 15 0 24 15 5 245 40
1889 7 46 1,000 39 15 0 14 7 3 844 36
1889 6 89 1,000 60 0 0 25 115 224 33
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43 2,000 68 0 0 21 0 7 474 I 31
1840 8 44 1,000 35 0 8 9 6 8 202 27
1841 4 49 2,000 82 10 0 18 10 0 341 23

J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26 COENIILLL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
irkli Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
baa, oa all oocasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
,
aeltnre of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
ls* the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
tercets to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Aantrancee for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
ne remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
a r•urth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ea the premiums paid
*a each Polley effected on the Profit settle.
EXAMPLES.

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PreMinot. rel Bomis !tonna in fi., i Aunred_
added. Cash. c; I may
5 is 11°I•row.
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£ s 3. d.
118378 1
£2g 153 #l9O 01 141' 16 0 4A445 0 0
0 1000 3 4 83
1839 16.5 11 10 74 1 9;41 13
1
1 :
346 2 3
21 398 11 I !
1840 116 7 61 54 010 718 10, 296 13 4
1841 111 6 8: 49 10 0, 710 41 247 4 8

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Tke division of profits is animal, and the next will be made la
December of the preamit year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary.

LIFE ASSURANCE.—BRI MIL
SOCIETY, 17, New Bridge-

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
street, Blackfriars, London.
John Atkinson, Esq. Captain Twisieton Graves
Henry Wm. Beauclerk, Esq. Thomas Ilamber, Es
Henry Charles Curtis, Esq. John Lodge, Esq..
G. Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. Lieutenant-Colonel Mentresor
Ron. William Gore George Alfred Walker, Esq.
ruHE BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE
1. ASSURANCE SOCIETY entertains proposals of any deecrip.
tiou involving the contingency of human life.
Prospectuses and every information may be had on application at
the ()nice, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
CHARLES JAMES TIIICKE, Resident Secretary.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE . SSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
97, GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH.
12, ST. VINCENT-PLACE, GLASGOW.
DIRECTORS.
LAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
HANANEL DE CASTRO, Deputy Chairman.
twang Anderson, Esq F. C. Maitland, Esq.
Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. ,
William Railton, Esq.
c!ii•
4 1.-*----riae:opxollwonyesd:
}q.
Esq.,:s Resident. Julio Ritchie, Esq.
F. 11. Thomson, Esq.
',males Graham, Esq.
thThmil...C.c"PanY, est.9.blished by Act of Parliament in 1634, affords
--`46 Perfect security in a large paid. up Capital, and in the great
ititituie-anstetszhlch has attended it since its commencement, its annual
rn. being upwards of 84,600/.
the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on
1t sum Insured to all policies of the participating clawfrom the
iT they were effected.
bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 3lst of De-
ber, 1840, Is as follows:
Sum
Auured.
Ono Time Assured Sum added to Policy.
• • •• • • • • •• 6 years 10 months ....£6153 6e. Bd.
vue •••••• • • • .6 years •••• • • • • 600 Os. Od.
"'tat • • • • • • .. • • 4 years • 400 Os. Od.
Thes°oo. •..••• • • .2 years •• • •• • • 200 Os. 001.
oigtPreniluma, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
r—J_ 'Pe-half need be paid for the first five years, where the insu-
Te Is for life.
in I:Wee wishing to secure the benefit of the next Division of Profits
Lo__, should make immediate application.
on 'fla Made on Policies to the extent of half the sum to be assured,
No 1,..,!7 approved by the Directors of the Company.
x...:.trance Money or charge except the Policy Stamp.
Dire'ellj, information
Boyd be afforded on application to the Resident
404,4 Z. Le/1110X , Eal, of :go. 8, Waterloo-place, Fall-mall,
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