The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-17 00:00:00

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Bbshopegata Station, Dec. 16, 1847.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPE-
CIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS in the
DOBAEI SUGAR COMPANY will be hold at the Office of the Com-
pany, 46, Lime-street, on TURODAY, the 18th day of January next, at
Two o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of giving power and
authority to the Directors to Lease or Sell all or any part of the Com-
pany's E•tatea, Works, Manufactories, Stock, and Effects, on inch
terms as the Directors shall think expedient, either to , a Proprietor
or Proprietors in the said Company; or to any other parson or per-
sons, and for the purpose of amending, altering, or repealing, either
wholly, or in part, such of the existing laws, provisions, and regula-
tions of the said Company, and making' Stich new laws, provisions,
and regulations for the said Company as •may be necessary, for the
purpose of enabling the said Directers tolSell or Lease, as aforesaid,
and for the purpose of confirming the resolutions relating to the mat-
ters aforesaid, which were agreed to at a Special General Meeting of
the Proprietors in the said Comrany, held the 14th day of December
Instant.

Dated tie 17th day of December, 1847.
By order of the Board,
ROBERT GARDNER, Secretary.

• NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
6 Geo. IT., Cap. 16, Sec. 4.
= - ivoTrcE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that by an
INDENTITRE of ASSIGNMENT, bearing date the fifth
day of November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ferty-seven,
made between JOHN HARRISON, of the city of Hereford, silk-
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Inercer and linen-draper, of the first part; KEDG WIN HOSKINS,
of Birch House, in the county of Hereford, Esquire ; and WILLIAM
BENIAMS, of the city of Hereford, Gentleman, of the second part ;
and the several other persons whose names are thereunder and seals
' &lifted, being creditors of the said John Harrison, of the 'bird part :
the said John Harrison bath assigned all and singular his stock in
• trade, book debts personal estate and effects, unto the said Kedgwin
Hoskins and William Beniams, upon trust for the equal benefit of the
creditors of the said John Harrison, who shall execute the said As-
' Signrnent or a.sekt thereto in writing within two calendar months
from, the date thereof, and which said Indenture was duly executed
by the said John Harrison and William Beniams on the day of the
date thereof ; and by the said Kedgwin Hoskins on the sixth day of
the said month of November, in the presence of, and attested by
• Thomas Hardwick, of the city of Hereford, Solicitor, and Frederick
Hooper Lewis, his clerk.
Dated this third day of December, 1847.
HOMAS HARDWICK, Hereford,
Solicitor to the Trustees.

.THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
8, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON.
LIABILITY of the PROPRIETORS UNRESTRICTED.
MODERATE PREMIUMS in the FIRE DEPARTMENT.
GUARANTEED BONUSES and other peculiar advantages in the
Lifa Department.
Policies, insuring the value of Leasehold Property at the termina-
' • tint of the Lease, are also issued.
Persons whose Policies with this Company expire on the 25th in-
Stant are respectfully reminded, that Receipts for the renewal of the
lame will be found at the Head Offices in London and Liverpool, and
tit the hands of the respective Agents; and those who, preferring the
sectirity offered by this Company, may desire to remove their Instt-
, Maces, are Informed that no expense will be incurred by such removal.
• SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.
BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary, London.
December 9, 1847.

ATION AL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
' Capital 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
With respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
Iwo, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of tho policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion et his in-
Wrests to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 3.5 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each
Palley effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

•'lGAge.

•
1
... Annual ;Polley Bonus inl Perm- Sum the
Perms-
Re- Assured
An. * Pre- I taken addition I Bonus in duction of may bor-
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• a.I mitun. out in Assured. I Cash. Annual row on
71
I Premiums. Policy.
'l7 ----
X s. d., X s d. X e. d. X e. d.
x x .
d. 1:1T,
218243 94 :112 8 6
99 8 10 1518 4 6
13 5 444954 8 0
100
60 1000 74.3 4 1839 192 1 10' 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1
1840 143 3 10; 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3
1841 133 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
, 1842 111 6 EC 49 10 0 7 10 4 247 4 5
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The Aannal Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
ease, or any of its branches In the country ; er, on application, will
be forwarded post tree.

F. FERGUSON C.A.MROUX. Secretary.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
LECTURES on AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, by F. 11.
Nolmes, IZsq., Daily at Half-past Three, anti every Evening at Nine
o'clock, except Saturday Evening. TWO LECTURES by Dr.
RACHHOFFNEII —one •n the Laws of Nature, in reference
to the important subject of SANITARY MEASURES; the other

on thet various modes of VENTILATION, in which the my:3l-
- PROPERTIES of a JET of 'TEAM will be exhibited, witk
Novel and highly Interesting Experiments, Daily at Two and at
...Eight o'clock in the Evening. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS
worked. The WORKING MODELS, explained. DISSOLVING
'VIEWS. The CHROMATROPE. DIVING BELL and DIVER,
Ifith HyDE'..i NEW APP.A.RATUS for CONVERSING under
WATER, &c. Sce.

Admission, le.; Schools, Half-price.

• FOGS AND DAMP AIR.
•,
BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for
many years, been proved an effectual preventative from the
' ill effects of the fogs and damp air, which, in the winter season, are b 0
Prevalent in this climate. its effects are to expel wind, to preserve
i . the stomach from the admission of damps, and to relieve those who
, der from difficulty of breathing.
Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, Lon-
don; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-
-4 street ; Clifford, 104, and H. Burlleld, 180, Strand ; Johnston, 68,
Coruhill ; Hallows, Druggist, 2, High-street, Islington; and all re-
'Pectable Medicine Vendors in town aid country.
Observe.—None can be genuine, unless the names of " I3ARCLAY
7.., and SONS" are on the Stamp affixed to each box.

COCO , COLDS, IN LUENZA, &c.
This week upwards of fifty testimonials have been received of the

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efficacy of
nR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS.
From Mr. James Drury, Medicine Warehouse, 224, Stone-
'. 'sw, Lincoln. " March 10, 1847.
" Gentlemen,—l am authorised by several ladies and gentlemen
Whose names I can give if required) to state that Dr. Lecock's
;Tillers have proved of the highest efficacy to them for colds, coughs,
401xsenes!, wheozings, influenza, sore throat, &e.
(Signed) "JAMES DRURY."
Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief and a rapid cure of
asthma, coughs. and all disorders of the breath and lungs.
To singers and public speakers they are invaluable for clearing and
Strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste.
..,_Friee Is. 9s. 9d., and I Is. per box.—Agents: Da Silva and
‘..9 Bride. lane, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all medicine
• Is114:10ra

SIR a
JAMES MURRAY'S FLUID CAM-
'' PHOR —Three grains to the fluid ounce, the most cordial re-
,
" terative in low fevers, mental depression, and nervous diseases. Sec
The Lancet," November 20, 1847, page 553. In bottles, Is., 25.,
43.. and as. each, with directions for use.
SIR JAMES MURRAY'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
• The safest Antacid, said solvent of uric salts in gout and gravel.
Sold by the Sole Consignee, Mr. WILLIAM BAILEY, North-
..rest,... Wolverhampton ; and all wh .Issale and retail Druggists and
atedLelne Agents throughout the British Empire, is bottles, Is.,
• 21. 6d., 3s. fid.. is. 6d lls and 21s. each.
The Aceidulated Syrup in bottles, as. each.

LA'MERT ON TIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUTS
AND VATURITT.—WITII 49 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
STEEL.
Just published, and may be had in French er English, is a Sealed
• Snvelope,' 24.
tamps!, 641,, or post-free, front the Author, fir forty-two
ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise
On the physiology of Marriage, Intblleltons and Unproductive
•,•, ._"
sn
I°llB. "WA thkitec.r444nOrraitiecand Disorders of Youth aid Ma-
-43 iscsuritzosally acquired at an early period of Rh, which enervate
hephYsicel and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
teelinirs, and exhaust the vital energies, of Manhood ; with Practica:
Ybeervatiens on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, er the influence of
Y•Dics.l climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from
Indis-
tion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
atconYs Physiology, and Diseases ef the Reproductive Organs,
....Veining their structures, uses, and (Unctions, and the various
the • Pllttrlis that are prOduced is them by solitary habits, excesses, and
Arection:
ET SAMUEL LA'MERT,
.• 9. BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD•SQUARB,
LONDON.
%tor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University et Edit-
., Inirgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
tft.laltrriage requirei the fUlfllment of several conditions, in order
• it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
4t it
t its trite source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
o's traced to physieal disqualific.atns and their attendant disap-
.. h_littnents. lixeesses are always injurious; the gift, which when
A),.-"."°1 moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
ta7,4cd, the prollee source of mischief, and of greater or lees injury
ii_s•oe constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on
▪ nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
Productive of greater severity et misery te tke humus frame,
This
any other to which it is subject.
ub.4418 work contains an accurate aid complete account of the
-'tonlY aid Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of
etr relatind conditions 1* health and disease. It deservedly
• irksts the closest attention and study, for what subject can
• 4,21 Mere hnsortance than the preservation of the health,
01 the physical capabilities of which every man should
vto,Posseased. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy
11, ex.:wash,* indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired
11.0-,ny life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
1,141 their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of itp-
eriw% n 9 to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so
to
but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
• to and the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
• kr.% 44Istanee where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
41;ra that accurate discrimination la ascertaining the causes of
• rtitils.c, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, seerecy, lava-
sq.;;`,Jj charasterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
fait-ral Man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal
• aqmalitections that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
4,_Pursaits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr.
t,...ftERT has obtained the highest medical henonrs, as his diplomas
tZ. and the great extent of his practice for many years is a
fet his
L professional experience, whisk has reference almost
0 treatment of these diseases.
• 92, iiPlisised by the Anther, and may be had of Kent and Richards,
• ets,:ternester-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Star's:, Tichborne-
Lead' liansarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146,
Nal tt,hall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps,
nfie Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally
settee dan
essinuco, from Tea till Two, and from Five till Eicht at his
eqXrditrlet Stand-mare Lodon,

STEAM TO C H I N A.
Regular Monthly Steam Communication for Passengers and
Light Goods to Penang. Singapore, and liong-Kong, via Egypt.
The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION
t'OMPANY book Passengers and forward Goods and Parcels to the
above Ports by their Steamers from Southampton the 20th of every
month.

For particulars, apply at the Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe,
London, or 57, High-street, Southampton.

GRAVESEND viA BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Railway and Boat Included in one Payment.
Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, NINEPENCE ;
Saloon tuld First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING.
To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers,
Fore Cabin.... •• • • 6d. Saloon • ....... Bd.
No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhlthe Piers.
From The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 734, 834*, 934, 11%, I, 3,
AM 5. Sundays, at 7%, 8%, 113 ,1, 3, and 5.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 934, 11, 12, 134, 3,4,
and Si,. Sundays, at 934, 11, 134, 3,4, and s*.
The TRAINS starting cote quarter of as hour before each of these
times.

Paesengen marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per-
mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats.
Omnibuses from' Fenchurch-street StallOn to all part! of London
every quarter of an hour.
BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. lbs. ;
Three Months, 11. 155.; to he had of the Collectors on board the
packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; c.r of Mr. Saunders,
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell.
November 42, 1847.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
TENDERS FOR LOANS.
The Directors of this Company are ready to receive TENDERS
for LOANS on security of the Company's Debentures, in sums of
not less than 1,0001. each, at 51. per Cent. interest, payable hall-
yearly, and for terms of Three, Five, or Seven years.
Applications to be made to the undersigned.
CHARLES A SAUNDERS, Secretary.
London Terminus, Paddington, August 20, 1847.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
At a MEETING of the BOARD of DIRECTORS, held this
lith day of December, 1847, it was resolved,
" That 10,425 Eastern Comities York Extension Shares, having
10s. per Share only paid thereon, and 3,20.5 like Shares, having 2/.
per Share oar paid thereon, be this day absolutely forfeited.,
By order if the Board,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.