The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-22 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND, MARCO IS, 1517.
TIM GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the
n BANK of ENGLAND give notice that a GENERAL COURT
ttrte-1e S4id Company will bo held at their House, in Threadneedle-
°Tl TCESDAT NErr, the 23d instant, from Eleven o'clock
tent7'l,l in the Forenoon until Four in the Afternoon, for the de-
elation by Ballot of the following question, ViZ. :
pofi,_t in addition to the dividend of 3/. 10s.
th per cent. interest and
e halt-year ending the sth April next, a bonus out of the
114,7 and trellis be made of one per cent. on the capital stock of
ArPOration JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary.

TEAST INDIA DOUSE, MARCH 17, 1847.
lIE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
tr ,„_,I InNDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, that a Proprietor
of C.,'" dia Stock has postponed until the Quarterly General Court
1141.°,M1,1 Company, appointed to be held at their Douse, in Leaden-
on Tlicasoav, the 25th instant, the motion of which he
,p.e vlously given notice,
tbr call the attention of the Court of Proprietors to the advan-
r,;:Conferred on India by the exertions of Lieut. Waghorn, and to
1) him to the favourable consideration of the Court of
Dam"
courtithated
butt 1.0 Court of Dlreciers do also give notice, that a Proprietor
his intention to move, at the said Quarterly General
tr,°r a Committee to inquire into the circumstances attending the
of a Proprietor in the India House, under the direction of the

JAMES C. DIELVILL, Secretary,

EAST INDIA 110176 E, 'MAncit 20, 1847.
RP COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INI-14
1, --lA. COMPANY de hereby give Notice,
lutat the Despatch of the Mail for India, via Marseilles, having
2;th , MSTPONED from Wednesday, the 21th, to THURSDAY, the
to ho'natant, in consequence of the for.ner day having been appointed
Ilieo:bserved as a GENERAL FAST, the Bills of Exchange upon
ash., 'rerlitrietits of India, for Cash paid into the Company's Trea.
Tit al this house, on TUESDAY, the 23d instant, will be delivered on
Tr:l3/T, the 25th instant, at the usual hours, the Company's
. urY,
ins as Nv
tante
.11 as the other) Offices in this llouse, being closed on
AMES C. MELVILL, Secretary,

EAST INDIA HOUSE, Mitten 17, 1847.
TAE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
et s, rxDrA COMPANY do hereay give notice, that the RATE
It.i.g4TEREST payable upon the Company's BONDS, will be
ED florn 3!. per cent. per annum to 31. 10s. per cent. per
commencing from and after the 31st instant.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA
STOCK..
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
et;re lamented death of the highly-respected Mr. Astell, whose
tt4uet during the protracted period of forty-seven years was
,‘"ilY calculated to preserve the best interests of this country
'4rornote the well-being of our Indian empire, having created a
14,,'cY in the House List of the gentlemen now out by rotation, I
lea~„?e honour to intimate, in accordance with my former an-
idMent, that it is my intention to proceed to the Ballot to be
4,,,;x1 the East India House on the 14th of APIttL, and most
Th:tfullY and earnestly to entreat your support.
ten
tealiround upon which I solicit your favourable reception of my
slons seat in the direction of your affairs having been long
yo-tiltted to your consideration, it only remains for me to assure
fva ;iat should my efforts, aided by your influence, prove success-
shall be my constant and anxious desire and care to justify by
success-
, rlduct the good opinion and confidence of those by whose
alitS I shall have been placed in that responsible situation.
I have the honour to remain,
• Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and faithful servant,
J. CA,tiLF.EILD, Major-General.
' 4tßon Tawrn, March 9, 1847.
My Committee will sit daily at the London Tavern.

CONTRACTS for COALS for the ROYAL
MARINE BARRACKS and INFIRMARIES.
event of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Ser-
-I'4 vices, Somerset-place, Igth March, 1847.
t; gornmissioners fur executing the Office if Lord High Admiral
'loft,. lilted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give
that on Tntntsnsv, the 25th instant, at One o'Clock, they will
14;413' to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON-
tbe for supplying the Royal Marine Barracks at Deptford, and
Po Royal Marine Barracks and Infirmaries at Woolwich, Chatham,
mouth, and Plymouth, with all such
of COALS
dek"' or other of the following sorts, as shall from3lstof time
M arch to time
1848. be
anded, ' ,

15L,,,,;“, between the Ist et April next and the 3 Istot
IFORD, WOOLWICH, and CllATllAM—Lambton s, or
po7aB. or Iletton's, or Russel's lletton's Walisend.
113!SMOUTII—Lambton's or Stewart's, or ton's Wailsend.
eptin_"!ollTll-I:ussel's Iligk Main, or Stobart's Wallsend, or
pereir Wallsend's, or Usworth's Main Coals.
Tti'g°?le tendering must state which sorts they intend to supply.
11 iti:C:onditions of the Contracts may be seen at the said office, or
Te4d,fheation to the Barrackmaster at the respective ports. No
kny nsf,Will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, nor
7tieed,unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly autho-
t_nl
bkit;erY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Idiniz
t:aand bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for
ttr 4,t also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a let-
i:Lned by a respectable person, engaging to become bound with
kteh ,:;°n tendering, in the sum of 200/. for the due performance of
400/ the Contracts' for Deptford and Woolwich, and in the sum of
each of the other places.

AFATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
2 CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
•
11113 Empowered by Act of Parliament.
-ntion embraces important and substantial advantages
it 4 'esPect atituto Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
~,?4 all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
-1.11,--tar the policy, t,,v•-thirds of the premiums paid.(see Table);
IresZle option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
-48.. to meet other conveniences or necessity.
14j3:L1.41:Ices for terms of years are

lowest possible

r DIVISION OF PROFITS.
remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
e
f_zrt"moled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
it
,each bonus,
varYing from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
l'Que7 effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

~... - --______________:.--- ,;:—...,i,lui,;L:rs.•
t! R ~ .1R,,_,7
.1 y -renilum. V Bonus Bonus in ii i g Assured
Ended. Cash. g' ; E may
51 . Borrow.
...
I • 5.'..-. i
.—__
£ £s. d. I
--..---,-----
118.31 £217 15 1 £lOO 011 £l6 0 4'X445 0 0
(/'llOOO 3 4 1839 i'.2 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 395 11 1
I .9. 11 10 74 1 9: 11 3 11 346 2 3
I 1840 1i• 7 6 64 0 101 716 10! 296 13 4
....7......._________:1841 111 6 8, 4910 0 710 4. 247 4 5

Otle division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
iXto,ber of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMItOUX, Secretary.

G-UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
-1(0 ANCE COMPANY.
' 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post
office, London.
ntaxCTOas.
JOIIN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman.
11 JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
,etA.), n
,huo ulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P.
k 3 fart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjorilianks, Esq., M.P.
'11), Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
4h;:',l;on Hankey, jun.. Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
4,01 rlan-ey, E.,,, - Robert Mitford, Esq.
GA4r.G. ellibra.nilTubbard, Esq. James Morrie, Esq.
io Johnstone, Esq. "' Loch Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
1A),...
_, ,.m. John Thornton Esq.
". Loyd, j-,
un., Eq. James Tulloch,, Esq.
1,, AUDITORS.
Nezu'elitobarts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Jones Leyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
114 The ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
Yt xt LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
*it thi,t.tes 'without participation in the Profits; or at moderate hates
Lacy 07;,,ciPation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
/10. s three Septennial divisions which this Company has made,
:4111er,„,," es amounted to about 1 per cont. per annum on the sum
(1, 4-", or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
koL,,,ay,t:_ eewhosle amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
letied 530,
11e4 .7._ granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
kth,nlCli Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
Ie ti,' in each case a value not under 501.
4 ti e FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
't ath
1 ,uel, , of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
ISo 'Y'll been in force seven years at Christmas 1845, and the same
i.e wln
~tw course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
'4O h„,the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Stead Office ; and
A tot:', the Agents in the Country Districts.
& '413 hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady-
cr, piNt be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with
I,t't wins, No. 1, St. Jaraes's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with
vDel,"4lDany's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be-
void.

DR. CULVERIVELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and
LONG LIFE.
In pocket volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each.
OW T 0 BE HAPPY.
Jucunde Ylvere."—Clc.
2.

WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID.
(With Diet-tables for all Complaints.)
3.
MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES.
`, To:be, or not to be, that is the qmstion."—Shakspeare.
4.
The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL.
" Cure ut valeas."
These publications are free from empyrlcal mysticism, and are
adapted to the intelligence of the times.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn-
hill : Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from
the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta-
tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine,
at 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

I,
Itlure

SPECIAL NOTICE.
-It Year's entry, Insurances

- the Advantages of the am
),tiA lanist be effected on or before the 25th of March next.
MERS' and GRAZIERS' MUTUAL
'' 41t1114te,. • CATTLE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
'ea A.ecording to the ProTisions of Act 7 and 8 Vict., c. 110,
For insuring ilea lives of neat Cattle and Horses.
Offices, Strand, London.
444 Ay Guarantee Fund, 50,0001.
4 1, lociation cornmeaced business on the 25th of March, 1844,
"4 'ince paid for losses to Farmers, arising from the Epidemic
4-otrliaLliser die asps, UPWARDS OF TWENTY TIIOUSAND

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN
LIFE.

l'ertil4 Claims for Losses are Settled immediately.
Insured for Three Years, ending the 25th of March, 1847,
441,Jecreive a BONUS on their renewals coming due at that date,
tt
th to such regulaticats as the Board may consider expedient
Interests of the Association, and as the state of the Funds

—•
ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., sr free
by post, 3s. 6d.
CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS: a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering from the destructive consequonces of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen-
sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Cases, Sac.
By C. T. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, London.
Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c,
CONTENTS OP THE WORK,.

Thy Grace the Duke of Richmond
bight Hon, the Earl of Westmoreland
1,4 "Ight Hon.. Viscount Torrington
The ~ lion. Viscount Wellesley
;ght lion. Lord Abercrombie
Tht ;!Ritt Hon. Lord Kenyon
11,. '.
rn 2ght lion. Lord George Beauclerk
Si.-illla Gage. Westbury House, Hants
Wlillam
Vir Jardine, Bart., Dumfries
'l?ore Langton, Esq., M.P., Newton-park, Somerset
L. • Colville, Esq., M.P.. Governor of the Royal Agrieultural
tr." 4, Ciety, Lullington Hall, Staffordshire
*l2l Chance Whitley Dean Pandas, Alston Hall, Flintshire
,ijtr H. Barnston, Esq., Crewe Hill, Cheshire
qbh Dent, Esq., Ribston Park, Wetherby, Yorkshire
• Korrison, Esq., Brome Hall, Suffolk
t'Arton r?tler, EsT., Kildale Hall, Tokesley, Yorkahire.
t-p Re. Re.
to . particulars may be obtained by letter (posakD addressed
114111 Shaw, Esq., Strand, London, or to the Agents in the
ntry.
. •

Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate
indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured En-'raviegs
Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body,:
evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idlosy, moping Melancholy, Indiges-
tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the
Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful
Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital
Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and
the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused by the practice
of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhcea, its symptoms, complies-
Cons and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prastate.
Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases,
and concluding observations, Plates, &C.
Sold by Brittaiu, 11, Paternoster-row ; Gord, in, 116, Leadenhau.
street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ;No
78, ble,
High -sll4, Chancer
Bir-
y-
lane ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street treet,
isiingham ; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester
side stree ; Howeall
lt,
l,
54, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Grefn Dublin; and
Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street,
Booksellers.
Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to
apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it
direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps.
Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be censelted from Ten till Two, and
from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. V),
Newman-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may
be successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos-
:ug the usual fee of IL for advice.

Agents wanted in placte where none are appointed

I'irERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
CORNIIILL, LONDON.
DIRECTORS.
UENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman.
GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
CZne es C. C. Bell, Esq. Daniel 3131dred, Esq.
h heel Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq.
'Anarles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq.
Fl:odreve Colvile, Esq. Henry I'aaree, Esq.
cleo..g4lll?nry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq.
,ge Ilibbert, Esq. IVilliaso It. Robinson, Esq.
l'Olji, ,„
°s' Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq.
vg IFTHS, or 80 per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as-
timtd Policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the
tphred, to an immediate payment in cash, cr to the reduction
14t e:lrate extinction of future premiums, its shown in the follow-
s to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STANDING, entitled to
Pr lcipate in the Bonus declared in 1846.

'a to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STAI,I)I:.tS, enuueu to
.''.".................1Laite in the Bonus declared in 1846. A :POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE aid VIGOH •
Nt I of the BODILY FUNCTIONS.
et I. s Cash paid on Or Prem. And an-
NINETEENTH EDITION price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Pest (in a Seale
..,LitrY.' in Annual Bonus surrender reduced nial re- Envelope) 3s. 6d.,
-----,............._Ltir0d. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of.
THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Worli
1, 1 z -------
, , ,z,,,, Xs. d. X s. d. Z a. cl- Xa.d. X a. d. -A- 011 the I.,ss of the reproductive powers, with means of rotors
1,7 1 "',, 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3a69 • Lion. The bane.lll effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se
"" 1000 21 15 10 451 i 0 193 12 2 8150 :• •••• condary Symptom!, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Es
40 1000 26 14 2 451 1 0 236 18 7 710 5
!° I ,1060 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 1 49 8
85 .900 45 6 8 451 0 335 911 •••—1 4 19 4 Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence.
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1i5.... us 13 4 451 5 0 384 12 5 •- .. •• ,
.. carnet , Purkis. Conantoio-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co.. G 3. Oxford-

of the BODILY FUNCTIONS.
NINETEENTII EDITION price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Pest (in s Seale
Envelope) 3s. 6c1.,
THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work
on the lOss of the reproductive powers, with means of resters
tion. The banc,lll effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se
condary Symptom!, &C., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En
gray/Rigs ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L
PERRY skid Co., Co.wulting Surgeons, London.
Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence.
Sold by Strange, No. 11,. Paternoster •row ; Gordon. 14G, Leadenhal -
street ; Purkis, Conaptoio-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., G 3, Oxford-
street, and 37, Ito al Exchange ; and all booksellers.
Part I. of this Work 1g particularly addressed to those who at,
prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, throngs tear of eer•
taint disqualifications, and gill be.' ound an available introduction t
the means of perfect and secret rest oration to manhood.
Part 11. treats perspicuous') npos, those forms of diseases, either
in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showinE
how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail
upon themselves years of misery and suffering.
The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to
the cure of nervous and sexual debility, Irregularity, weakness, bar-
renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debili-
ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Brice lbs. and 335. per bet.
tae, The Five-pound cases may be had as usual.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti.
sypkilitie remedy for searching out and purif3ring the blood troni ve-
nereal contamination, icurry, blotches on the head, face, and body
ulcerations, and those panful affections arising from improper treat
and all eruptions of the skin. Price Ils
manednt3,:os.ecopeurdbeaTcy.ruptoms,
PERRY'S PURIFY ING SPECIFIC PILLS, price Is. Dd.. 4s. itd.,
and lis. er box, are the most effectual remedy tor strictures, in.
thumnatiopn, irritation of the bladder, es.c., without hindrance to
business.
Consaltatlon fee, if by Letter, 1/. A minute detail of case is ne•
ceesary. Messrs. Perry are in flatly attendance at their residence,
19, Renters-street, Otnord-street, Loudon, trona eirren tilt two, and
Iyo tul OM; mad 04 Ottawa iron; cloven 1311 twelve.

rttEs ,ran
eea Without participation in profits effected at reduced
14,
rwst
gtres"`„",s, and an explanatory statement of other advantages
've •; at
', by this Company, may be had at the Chief Offices as
the Branch Office, 16, Pall-mall ; or of the Agents.
SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary.

Pit ORIGINAL METALLIC STROP (with
(:11
'sbx.Pottr sides), for KEEPING RAZORS in PERFECT
'lt, 4.
It 6 Air
A ',tiers in r
. 16, h- --TAILIC TABLET STROP was invented in the year
stit"7 (loon, . f " Y lc and was favourably re-
e. b„oallners, O. :New or ,
to e ' Las public as far gur a4sing any other Razor Strop. The
14j rean urope, after trial, hays
' P -acknowledged its superiority,
4 re pow use it in preference to the llone, the effect being much
k„4! to ,t,ll‘ll, and requires neither oil or water. A keen, smooth
'LK 11.1,,,!az0r, so necessary to shave with comfort, is obtained and
kicif4 41.Ut haying recourse to any other means.
%.,on""lican Institut, for the Encouragement of Science, in con-
ll'et. " Its superior value and qualities, awarded the Inventor
To 0441edal and diploma.
:4d:,...%?etneit who shave themselves the following query is pro-
bt4b4ers;,: u,,,7 do all the first cutlers in Europe use and recommend
wilii, cif our-sided Tablet Razor Strop ? The answer is, simply
' 41 titt Only one that gives to a razor a keen and AMOOtll

DEPOT. 275, STRAND.