The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-09 00:00:00

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II
EARD,s
COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC
PORTRAITS.
At 34, Parliament .street, Westminster;
85, King William-street, City ;
,t And the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street.
From the increased sensitiveness of the plates, portraits can now
*, taken In the dullest weather, if not densely foggy, in all respects
111 good as if in the sunshine."—Times.
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FREEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Half
ixhereb DIVIDENDS.
tke
y given that, from and after the 10th instant,
"alf-Yearly Dividend to the 31st ult., at the rate of Six per
hoeft
ipser annum, will be in course of payment to the respective Share-

JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary.
11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, Jan. 7. 1847.

NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR-
-1; , ASCE SOCIETY, Poultry, Mansion House, London.
st Vice is hereby given that the Annual Dividend on the Capital
iilst of December last, can be
r oc of this Company, due on the
ee,eived by applying at the Offices of the Society, on and after
To,tritan.sy next, the 12th instant.
Jan. 9, 1847. J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary.

U_
...UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London: 97,
ueorge-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; 4, Col-
ege-green, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament In 1834.
_ In 1841, the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on
.1,1 Sum assured to all policies of the participating class, from the
time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the
text division of profits in 1848 should make immediate application.
When the Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium
seed be
_iyPaid for the first 5 years.
.very information will be afforded on application to the Resident
1, eCtori E. Lennox Boyd, Esq /co. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall,
14ndon. where Prospectuses, Stc..,'naay be had.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR.
.__

ANCE SOCIETY,
26 CORNHILL, LONDON'.
Capital £500,000.
This Institution
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
with rembraces important and substantial advantages
haespect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
eis' °n
111 °ccasions, the power to borrow, without expense or or--
of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
:42/0_ the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
cl.? to meet other conveniences or necessity.
utes.urances for terms of years are granted oa the lowest possible

DISION OF .
The remarkable successlV and increasing PROFITS
prosperity of the Society
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
a fourthb"us. varying from 35 to 85 per cent, on the premiums paid
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

EXAMPLES.
It R. 7
mp Assured '
. a Premium. (1;4 Bonus Bonus in g .... i
it' added. Cash. E 2 may
5. a Borrow.
2, ..•
... —.......______ _ 1
s. d. -----
1837 .£217 15 I'XlOO 0 11!L16 0 4 £445 0 0
t Z t,,
• 192 30, 87 14j 13 10 2 395 11 1
01000 3 4 11839 165 11 10-, 74 19' 11 3 1 346 2 3
11840 116 7 6 54 010 718 101 296 13 4
...._ 1841 111 6 8; 49 10 01 710 41 247 4 5

DeeeThMber e divisi
ofon
prese the of profits
nt year is annual, and the next will be made to
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, No 10, Fleet- street, London; established 1836.
.he attention of the public, and particularly of persons con-
nlPlating assurance, is invited to the several new and important
thproveinents which have been now adopted by this Society, at
e termination of the first decennial period from its establishment.
Among other advantages now for the first time offered by the Di-
rectors of this Society, are these:-
1. Persons assuring their lives in this office may, without pay-
fient of any extra premium, reside in New South Wales, Cape of
°01:1 Hope, Canada, Northern States of North America, and in
11Y place distant more than 33 degrees from the Equator, and may
without any extra charge, pass by sea between any two places
11 the same hemisphere, distant more than 33 degrees from the
Equator.
2. The charging of low rates of extra premium for permission to
/Co to the East Indies, the West Indies, or to any place distant less
than 33 degrees from the Equator.
3. The maintaining of the policy in force when the person whose
life is assured goes out of the limits allowed ; provided that the re-
quisite additional premium be paid as soon as the fact of such depar-
ture becomes known to the party interested in the policy.
4. Persons who have appeared before the examining medical
Officers of the Society are not required to appear also before the
Board of Directors. The amounts assured bylpolicies will be paid in
all cases of death by duelling or by the hands of justice. In the case
of suicide, when the person whose life is assured is also the party
who is entitled to the benefit of the policy, the whole of the premiums
received will be returned. Notices of assignment of policies will be
acknowledged.
The advantages announced above are not restricted in their appli-
cation to policies hereafter to be issued, but are extended to all poli-
cies now subsisting.

The persons assured by this Society are entitled to receive four-
fifths of the profits. The first division will take effect at the present
time (31st December, 1846) ; the result of such division will be very
Shortly declared. The future periods of division will not exceed seven
years. No admission or entrance tees are required.
Medical officers for the examination of lives proposed for assurance
are in attendance at the Mike every Tuesday and Friday, at Two
o'clock.

By order of the Board,
December 31, 1846. T. R. EDMONDS, Actuary.

EASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTEN-
SION SHARES.
The SECOND CALL of 21. per Share on the A Quarters of these
Shares will be payable on TUESDAY, the 19th instant, and if not
cIUIY Paid at that date the Shares will he subject to forfeitures. Inte-
rest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum will be charged to all par-
ties in arrear.

By order of the Board,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Tilshopsgate Station, Tan. 8, 1847.
'4O OF THE COMPANY's BANKERS TO WHOM THE CALL
Lona IS PAYABLE :
Live
.on and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its branches
rPool Borough Bank, Liverpool
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester
....Wilt-3 and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury
Messrs.
Lemon and Co. Brentwood
nessrs. Bawtree and Co., Colchester
Messrs. 'Sparrow and Co., Chelmsford
National Provincial Bank, Bath ,
National Provincial Bank, Birminghom
National Provixdal Bank, Boston
Messrs. Fisher and Sons, Cambridge
Messrs. Becket and Co., Leeds
Western Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh
Western Bank of Scotland, Glasgow
.114)Yal Bank of Ireland, Dublin
x; Rat of England Bank, Great Yarmouth
West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol
Messrs. Harvey and Hudson, Norwich
lessrs. Bacon and Cobbold and Co.} Ipswich
Messrs. Alexander and Co.
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank, Cheltenham
'Union Bank, York
National Provincial Bank, Exeter
Northumberland and Durham District Bank, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, AND CETTE
RAILWAY.—EZPELETA'S COMPANY.
The Directors of this Company beg to acquaint their Shareholders
that a difference of some importance has tended to delay the issue of
the Shares of the Constituted Company.
In the negotiations which took place with the French Government
for the direct concession of this line,the capital was increased beyond
the amount originally contemplated, but the English Directors of
this Company fully understood, and expected that the whole of this
augmentation would have been absorbed by the several amalgamated
companies now forming the Constituted Company. A claim has,
however, been made upon them to take 62,750 Constituted Shares in
lieu of the 60,009 for which this Company was originally liable, and
Which were duly paid on. The Directors have objected to this claim,
but it being persisted in, they have no alternative but to submit the
question to a legal decision.

They are deterred from having recourse to a French court of law,
from a desire to avoid the delay and depreciation of property incident
to all hostile legal proceedings ; and yielding to this consideration,
they have agreed to refer the matter to a legal arbitration. But in
order that the delay and uncertainty attending the same may not
affect the exchange of the scrip certificates of the Company, a pay-
Ment of 2s. per scrip share, will be required from each Shareholder
before he can receive his Constituted Shares, against which payment
be will be entitled to a proportion of the surplus shares, in the event
of an adverse decision of the question ; on the contrary, should the
decision be in favour of this Company, the money will be returned,
less the expenses incurred in bringing the subject of difference to a
Coisclusiom DAVID SALOMONS,
Chairman of the English Board of Directors.
By order, C. T. 8E1;..E, Secretary.
31, Lombard-street, Jan. 4, 1847.

BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, and CETTE
RAILWAY.
EZPELETA'S COMPANY.
The Directors of this Company request a MEETING of the
SIIAREIIOLDERS at the LONDON TAVERN, Ilishopsgate-street,
Oh WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 13th instant, at Two o'clock precisely.
DAVID SALOMONS,
Chairman of the English Board of Directors.
By order,
C. T. BEKE, Secretary.
31, Lombard-street, Bth January, 1847.

NEW DRAWING PENCILS,
3d. each, or 2s. Gd. per Dozen, got up in polished cedar, to
to prevent the lead dust adhering to the pencil and soiling the hands,
with the degrees of hardness and the makers' names stamped on them
In gold. ROWNEY, DILLON, and ROWNEY (late Rowney and
Forster), Manufacturers, 51, Rathbone-place, London. To be had of
all Booksellers and Stationers in town and country.

TESTIMONIALS.
From J. A. llammersley, EN., Head Drawing Master of the
Government School of Design, Nottingham.
" Sept. 8. 1846.
"Dear Sirs,—l have tried all the lead pencils you forwarded to me,
and consider them the best I have ever had; indeed, it is impossible
justly to compare them with any others, as they possess qualities I
never yet found in pencils, amongst which I may name their beau-
tiful transparency and clearness. I have not only made use of them
B's are
and
most tlr
su e
myself, hut have had them tried by several students in this institn-
tion,
pexcerbllpeennceilse is.acknowledged by my pupils. The double
" I am, Sim_

" Yours most repectfully,
"J. A. lIAMMERSLEY."
From G2org Barnard, Esq., Dead Drawing Master, Rugby School.
" 85, Great Portland-street, London, June 25, 1845.
" Gentlemen,—ln reply to your inquiry respectng my opinion of
the quality and value of your new pencils, I do not hesitate to say
that I find them excellent in all respects, with entire freedom from
whether hard or soft. These qualities, com-
grit, and working well,
blued with their moderate price, render them very valuable to
artists and their pupils.

" Truly yours,
" Great Charles-street, May
From George Petrie, Esq., Railt BARNARD.,,
27, 1845.
Gentlemen,—l have tried the set of pencils which you were so
Rood as to send me, and I have no hesitation in expressing my opi-
nion that they are far superior to any that I have used for many
3-ears, perhaps, indeed to any that I ever used. Were the price of
them three or four times what it is, I should take them with plea-
sure; and I shall recommend them confidently to my friends.
" I am, Gentlemen,
" Faithfully yours,
"GEOEGE PETRIE,

"tsars. Rowney and Co."
"53, Blackett-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, July, 1845.
" Gentlemen,—l hive made use of your new pencils, and consider
uteln a most desirable acquisition either to the artist or the amateur.
They work pleasantly, and the variety of tint which they are eapable
Of producing renders them valuable in sketching.
" I am, Gentlemen,
"Yours most truly,
RICHARDSON, Sen."
"Messrs. Rowney, Dillon, and Rowney, London."
The manufacturers particularly request the attention of the trade
to their pencils.

DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL, or celebrated
~EM
En,a—r BROCATION, has long been known throughout theelilnebhatgoe,f
gland, as lhe most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism, L
Pains in the Limbs and Num:mess, Sciatic and Paralytic Affections,
Pains in
Sprains arid Bruises, Burns and Scalds,
Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frczon Limbs, Chilblains -
fore they are brokm It is likewise an infallible Cure for that dangerous
Spasms andbe
disorder the Quinsey orSore Throat, in which it was never known to
fail after a few hours' application.
Observe—That none can be gelatine unless the Stamp affixed to
oach bottle conta is the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No.
95, Farringdon-Street, who have purchased the property in this
1'41114131e article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge,
late of Wlshford, Wilts, retail price, Is. I%d. and 2s. 9d. per bottle ;
0114 try.
and sold
retail, by all respectable 'Medicine Venders In town and