The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-04 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR WHOLE WHEATEN MEAL.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
TR
Sorvires, ! 17.
E COMMISSIONLaS for E.X.EUUTiNC'.
the
OFFICE of LORD lIIGII ADMIRAL of the UNITED
IkiDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give
e, that on THURSDAY, the 11th instant, at Oue o'clock, they
be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
FACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victu-
ireteres At DEPTFORD, 2,688 SACKS of WHOLE IVIIEATEN
s BAraple of
*N. the Meal, and the Conditions of the Contract, may
`" the said °Mee. No Tender will be received after One
uz...A on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party at-
-17 411 agent for Mil dul authorized in writing.
1,217 Tender must be ads ressed to the Secretary of the
jr:Ttelty, and bear in the :eft hand corner the words "Tender for
must also be deliverei at Somerset-place, accompanied
isttud" e
t' rt.signed by two responsible persons, engaging to be,ome
talae, Zi the Person tendering, in the sum of 25/. per cent. on the
r the due performance of the Contract.

EMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
neln I:::;:::retpbaere are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed
t0;,;.t,1k and country towns to the EAST INDIA. TEA COM-
SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9, Great St
t: g Chureb-Yard, Bisbopsgate-street. They are packed In leaden
_ltarkei 0„'r°11, an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight
me; Paeket, and but little trouble is occasioned by the
the] 4.44 Only license required is I Is. per annum, and many during
Sat 29
Yean have realised considerable incomes by the agency,
Is, let or loss.
44111eaticat to be made, if by letter, post paid

bon.

LARD LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
(Constituted by Act of Parliament, 1825.)
Ilia a GOVERNOR.
race the Duke of BUCCLECCII and QUEENSBERRY.
The RI DEPUTY-GOVERNOR.
Tv, Right Ron. the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE.
NattiAbE,Filt-FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the
lenikw'w LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY was held within the
'l> of 3, George-street, Edinburgh, on Monday, the 15th
'nth the-arl 1847, in the terms of the Act of Parliament by
Ja3gu., Company is constituted.
MONCRIEFF MELVILLE, Elm., in the Chair.
Alt 74;" on he progress of the Company's business during the
Salts weYea submitted by the Directors, in which the following re-
The 2a coMmunicated
latit 4,7 Policies issued from the 15th of November, 1845, to the
..652 the ZvenMer, 1846, the Company's business year, amount to
"led mbar of pro ale made to the Company during the same
The ting 763. props
i5:3647-oUnt of new Assurances, covered by the 592 new Policies
0,441°,111. t "9,,L,75*, 10(1. (an average of 6251. for each Policy) ; the
'1°451 ti; Assurances applied for during the year being
rev• en,,•
Ane of the Company is upwards of 120,0001. per annum.
leiteiderebra have been moderate, both in number and amount, and
Cealpin„ Ikea than shown by the mortality tables on which the
of the 4 calculations are founded. The results in other branches
The bustn„ess have been favourable.
and hu ","eal of the Commercial Life Assurance Company of Scot-
ear heireu transferred to the Standard Company duriug the past The
being 111,498 Policies, covering about 200,000/. of assirance, an
bust: tion to the new business of the year above reported.
was new of the York and London Assurance Company, which
• hit saiiTii',"erred to the Standard Compan in 1844, developmentsnues to exiti-
The act°l7 results in its progressive.
bun_re ,f
then alluded to theg great extension of the Company's
ih—Enstland
generally, and to the rapid progress of the Com-
also in Ix eland.
va,‘Y in
_the.,ing success of the Branch Office opened by the Com-
"' Local w Was subject of qpngratuiation, and the establishment
The figtowi„l in Aberdeen and Inverness were reported.
David Directors were elected
Eagt Mith, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh.
Jjenuesllenderson, Esq., Merchant, Edinburgh.
E°.,ndle, Esq., Perth.
—ulasaY, Esq., Lawrence Ponutney-lane, London.
BY order of the Directors,
„The te,„,,, WILT TAM THOS. TITO'MSON, Manager. d
tae ben,r_uard Life Assurance Company is so constituted as to.affori
end fo'Z'a of Life Assurance to all who may seek its protection n
.
t,.;l7hicia la best suited to attain the particular object in view ,
Zatts '''se WhO look to the advantage to be derived by way of
.aere
etheir Policies from the favourable results of the business,
01:1e nnen.,erY inducement to connect themselves with tho Company.
ed Onthe contributions demanded for Life Policies have been
the Cote r, ° Most approved information as to the value of life, andI
4it.t/nlber),and.,have Published an extensive set of Life Tables (18 in
forth its terms for all ordinary transacti,,ns, so that
nOnnsr "" are fully before the public.
1104...,_ additions to Policies have been declared on three occa-
The 41835, in 1840, and in 1845.
g are examples of the additions made :
""c3' of 1825 for £l.OOO increased to £1,600 0 8
Do. 1830 do. do. 1,412 10 0
Do. 1835 do. do. 1,225 0 0
44:14 I'. 1840 do. do. 1,087 IO 0
•de,,,,,..resigation of the Company's affairs, and a division of pro-
11.—"nade every five years the next being in 1850.
• 1.14, LiraY'stein
._ of bonus being .an advantageous ono for Policy-holders,
Whitt, Zwire of the Standard Company, in fixing the mode of division
the e 7 have adopted, gave the subject much attention, and after
Ithe 1,7,' Particular inquiry'
into the practice of other Companies
ioltowati., divided profits, they adopted the survivorship principle
the Equitable Society of London, under which system a
k--,:ccu known to realise at death six or seven tim-s its
of amount. The Standard Company do not hold out the pro.
similar results as regards the amount of additions to their
uoflies, for there are peculiarities in the arrangements of the Lon-
trkehquitable conferring Class Benefits, and there were advantages
t:rfte in its earlier years, which are not in the present day
•Irred any °Mee But it is the principle of division which is re-
totti„ as common to both Companies, and which has been highly
,relve to the production of the great results alluded to.
°a terms and conditions of Assurance the Directors of the
grd Company have directed their particular attention, satisfied
._“°' More liberal these are made, the wider will the practice of
durance be extended,
PETER EWART, Resident Secretary,
1,0 82, King Wililam-street.
Comilha of proposal and every information may ho obtained at the
it2B4, ..ra Offices, 3, George-street, Edinburgh ; 82, King
,
DO London ; 66, Upper Sackville-street, Dublin ; 35, mt..% incent
tC4.,,s2liasgow ; or at any of the Agencies which are established in
''"ncinal towns of Scotland, England, and Ireland.

IdtASSURANCE.—BRITISH
SOCIETY, 17, New Bridge-,

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
street, Blackfriars, London.

la.. DIZECTOII.B.
V.. Atkinson, Esq. Captain Twisleton Graves
'eery Wm. Beauclerk, Esq. Thomas Hamber, Esq.
•thry Charles Curtis, Esq. John Lodge, Esq.
..• Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. Lieutenant-Colonel Montresor
t:William Gore George Alfred Walker, Esq.
HE BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY entertains proposals of any deserip-
--. involving the contingency of human life.
Pro'
the ....Pectuses and every information may be had on application at
'gme, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriara.
___ CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Hesitant Secretary.