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

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
~_PRortsson son(ENIIEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other
irplcSlVe Compounds, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on
-
rer`itYAN, daily at Halt past Three o'clock; and on the Evenings
-endays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays.
The principle of the various EL
,':CTRO-MAGNETIC TELE-
„ZnAPIIS explained dally by Professor BACIIIIOFFNE It, including
2e Patent of Messrs. Cook and 'Wheatstone, in use on the railways, and
tie/Imre recent Patent of Messrs. Nott anti Gamble ; the various
jlodols
to Magnified Specimens ©f DISEASED POTATOES,
ntibitm
4,.. —by the OXYHYDROGF.N MICROSCOPE, with the DE-
..stIICTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Smcc, Esq , F.R.S., to be
the. cause of the disease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING
'EWS. The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Experiments.
The PIIYSIOSCOPE, new CHROMATROPE, &c • &c.
Adml.ssion la. Schools, half-price.

IIEARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC

roRTILU .1"S.
At 34, Parliament-street, Westminster;
85, King William-street, City ;
„ And the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street.
h‘,.krorn the increased sensitiveness of the plates, portraits can now
laxe n in the dullest weather, if not densely foggy, in all respects
8.1300c1 as if in the sunshine."—Times.
REEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE

ASSURANCE COMPANY.
D
the Tee Is hereby given thaIVtIDENDS., front and after the 10th Instant,
C -441f-YearlY Dividend to the 31st ult., at the rate of Six per
tilt. per
holders. 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-
-
-,N ANCE SOCIETY, Poultry,House, Ldon.
rcL°,otlee is hereby given that the An Aual (Dividend on the Capital
~e' It of this Company, due on the 31st of December last, can be
trlteDAT
bY
next, applyi
thng atl2th inst the Offt.ices of the Society, on and after
e an
Jan. 9, 1847. J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary.
IKITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
ei7elte-stree
OMPAN-11, Waterloo-place, Pall.mall, London : 97,
4, Ed Y.inburgh; 12, St Vincent-place, Glasgow ;4, Col-
green, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1534.
412 1841 truce
,ompany added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on
m,°,,in as to all policies of the participating class, from the
'neY were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the
-•..!deivisiort of profits in 1848 should make Immediate application.
,1.12! n the Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium
Every inf Paid for the first 5 years.
Dirormation will be afforded on application to tke Resident
Lo"„7,cTir,
hero . Lennox Boyd, Esq. No. 8,
had. Waterloo-place,aterloo-place, Pall-mall,
Prospectuses, &c.,may be
•
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-

ANCE SOCIETY,
46 CORNHILL, LONDON.

Capital zsoe,ooo •
Zrnpowerea by Act of Parliament.
This In. t
wi,, I itutlon embraces important and substantial advantages
ba.`",
ornesP,?ct to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The acsusufreerd..
el* oarnj:cee,Ssi?ns the power to borrow, without e
also the
treats to rneetro°
tlh,ceY:cetewong-thirdseof the premiums paid (snseeeTable) ;
aPtion of sel cti ben fits and the conversion e his in-
ssurance, aveniences or necessity. rates. or terms of years are granted on the lowest possible

The rem DIVISION OF PROFITS.
a fo
_ arked the able su Directors ccess and increasing prosperity of the Society
u'urtr, at the last annual inTestigation, to declare
each P„,,,us, Varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
v.eY erected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

k I b.. zooi ?
.reniturn. 4 Bonus Bonus in a . Assuredcadded. Cash. , g may
p ; Borrow.
...................,....
£ 4 —.
1 (01000 —l. d. 1:g £217 15 I'£l9ol ^ 11i
4 11l 100 £4453
1? 01
1 2 4 1859 11161 g 1? 10i 74 1911 3 1 346 2 3
1849 116 7 61 54 010 718 10 296 13 4
..*•—:.........................2±141 111 6 8: 4919 0 710 4 247 4 i

,Tha
ueeev,_".on of prollts is annual, and the next will be made in
"v 4 or the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMICOUX, Secretary.
LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE
The SOCIETY, No 10, Fleet•street, London; established 1836.
plating
of the public, and particularly of persons con-
,bake lag assurance is invited to the several new and important
th veMents which have been now adopted by this Society, at
Arnerannation of the first decennial period from its establishment.
teeto2ag other advantages now for the first time offered by the Di-
,. itigorf this Society, are these:-
I'llcm of
assuring their lives in this office may, without pay-
Cloo O 1 any extra premium, reside in New South Wales, Cape of
any Canada, Northern States of North America, and in
ace distant more than 33 degrees from the Equator, and may
Without any extra charge, pass by sea between any two places
Ile sante hemisphere, distant, more than 33 degrees from the
,ittater.
tot ~TPee charging of low rates of extra premium for permission to
the,,"„LP East Indies, the West Indies, or to any place distant less
."?:.? degrees from the Equator.
maintaining of the policy in force when the person whose
tioi;i: ale goes out of the limits allowed provided that the re-
%re Le additional premium be paid as soon as the fact of such depar-
t bpecornes known to the party interested in the policy.
erne_ ersons who have appeared before the examining medical
11,4171.8 Of the Society arc not required to appear also before the
dof Directors. The amounts assured byloolicies will be paid in
oallf suicideca'f death by duelling or by the hands ofjustice. In the case
v_, when the person whose life is assured is also the party
is entitled to the benefit of the policy, the whole of the premiums
know silt
returned. Notices of assignment of policies will be
ged.
The advantages announced above are not restricted In their appli-
Cation to policies hereafter to be issued, but are extended to all poll-
-4411 now subsisting.
e.The persons assured by this Society are entitled to receive four-
1411is of the profits. The first division will take effect at the present
Ze (3lst December, 1546) ; the result of such division will be very
ortly declared. The future periods of division win not exceed seven
• No admission or entrance fees are required.
a;L'tedleal officers for the examination of lives proposed for assurance
in attendance at the office every Tuesday and Friday, at Two
WaloCk.
.„43..._fternber 31, 1846

By order of the Board,
T. It. EDMONDS ,Actuary.

EASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTEN-
SION SHARES.
th'rll4„ SECOND CALL of 2/. per Share on the A Quarters of these
(141,,es will be payable on TUESDAY, the 19th in,tant, and if not
rtai:44.l(l at that date the Shares will be subject to forfeitures. Into-
tkain
titrrheerate of 5/. per cent. per annual be charged to all par-

By order of the Board,
C. r. RONEY, Secretary.

tish
oF oDsgate Station, Jan. 8, 1817.
TILE COMPANY's BANKERS TO WHOM TILE CALL
tando„ IS PAYABLE
Lt~eand Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its branches
)4„,Pool Borough Bank, Liverpool
Itipll!heater and Liverpool District Bank, A tanchester
keZ arid Dorset Bankin; Company, Salisbury
/4,7,.1.8. Lemon and Co. Brentwood •
ke7B4. Bawtre.e and Co., Colchester
~atiSParrow and Co., Chelmsford
14t1"al Provincial Rank, Bath
Ichttioaal Provincial Bank, Birminghom
k.Proviwdal Bank, Boston
:ra. Fisher and Sons, Cambridge
*Zs. Becket and Co., Leeds
Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh
ko„,,Tla Bank of Scotland, Glasgow
flank of Ireland, DubliEft n
1v....14 England Bank, Great Yarmouth
k....7‘ of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol
)42'8' Barvey and Hudson, Norwich
24:,:r8- Bacon and Cobbold and Co.} Ipswich
(1,-;,°tra. Alexander and Co.
tilt "barn and Gloucestershire Bank, Cheltenham
N 1445 Bank, York
ational Provincial Bank, Exeter
4tharnberland and Durham District Bank, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

ItORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, AND CETTE
It AILWAY.—EZPELETA'S COMPANY.
',The Directors of this Company beg to acquaint their Shareholders
Zat a difference of some importance has tended to delay the issue of
Ne Shares of the Constituted Company.
In the negotiations which took place with the French Government
;Zt the direct concession of this line,the capital was increased beyond
;Lit !Mount originally contemplated, but the English Directors of
tis Company fully understood, and expected that the whole of this
oientation would have been r,bsorbed by the several amalgamated
I,Panies row forming the Constituted Company. A claim has,
11, been Wever, made upon them to take 62,750 Constituted Shares in
Of the 60,009 for which this Company was originally liable, and
Irl Wera duly paid on. The Directors have objected to this claim,
Vaeati4l,Vtna a t d they have no alternative but to submit the
g pers s e
legal decision.
They are deterred from having recourse to a French court of law,
.. :I'a desire to avoid the delay and depreciation of property incident
1 u
..ostile legal proceedings ; and yielding to this consideration,
ordie_nave agreed to refer the matter to a legal arbitration. But in
stk..; th
the at the delay and uncertainty attending the same may not
oreexchange of the scrip certificates of the Company, a pay-
ef 2s. per scrip share, will be required from each Shareholder
Le he can receive his Constituted-Shares, against which payment
Or -"1 be entitled to a proportion of the surplus shares, in the event
dettl:llverse decision of the question ; on the contrary, should the
le,u;bn be in favour of this Company, the money will be returned,
tea expenses incurred in bringing the subject of difference to a
c two,.
DAVID SA 1.0 MONS,
Chairman of the English Board of Directors.
By order, C. T. BEK.E, Secretary.
.........?Llibard-street, Jan. 4, 1547.
TIORDEAUX7 TOULOUSE, and CETTE

RAILWAY.
'S COMPANY
8/1010 Directors ofEZPELETA this Company request a. MEETING of the
04 w EROLDERS at the LONDON lb TAVERN, Ilishopegate-streetxEsnar NEXT, the 13th instant, at Two o'clock precisely,.
DAVID SALOMONS,
Chairman of the English Board of Directors.
By order,
at, c. T. BEKE, Secretary.
-,ornbard-street, Bth January, 1847.
NEW DRAWING PENCILS,
to , ad. each, or 2s. 6d. per Dozen, got up in polished cedar, to
hittl'etit the lead dust adhering to the pencil and soiling the hands,
the degrees of hardness and the makers' names stamped on them
$. told. ROWNEY, DILLON, and ROWNEY (late Rowney and
kil:m...), Manufacturers, 51, Itathbone-place, London. To be had of
•-'ooksellers and Stationers in town and country.
TESTIMONIALS.
Prom J. A. Rammersley, Erq., Head Drawing Master of the
Government School of Design, Nottingham.
St. 8. 146. 10;bear Sirs,—l have tried all the lead pencils you,
forwep 8 arded to me,
j;44ll`:,eonsider them the best I have ever hail; indeed, it is impossible
117 to compare them with any others, as they possess qualities I
tifir Yet found in pencils, amongst which I may name their beau-
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-fly elf, bat have had them tried by several students in this instita-
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" I am, sirs,
F " Yours most repectfully,
ro_
.1 Georg Barnard, Esq. Read Dra;ln*gA3.lialsAte2rl,sllEtulgtSbyLEserh.oo"
85, Great Yortland.street, London, June 25,
hemmytaotepintioonsaoyf
the Gentlemen,—ln reply to your inquiry roamotfo_ 1845.
,lliality and value of your new pencils, I do
entire
-"StSli '
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hi 4,1(1 working well, whether hrd or sort. These Twine?, croomm-
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rice,a render them very
_
4414,. with their moderato p
Slid their pupils.
"Truly yours,
AR.
From George Petrie, Esq., R.11.A. BARN D .
" Great Charles-street, May 27, 1845.
tiltlerrien,—l have tried the set of pencils which you were so
1404 ,k 3 tO Send me, and I have no hesitation in expressing my opf.
Mat
1.4,8 they are far superior to any that I have used for many
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"44; three or four times what it is, I should take them with plea.
',l I Shall recommend them confidently to my friends.
"I am, Gentlemen,
"Faithfully yours,
"GEOEGE PETRIE, R.1.1,A.,,
rs. Rowney and Co." "53, Blackett-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, July, 1845,
T
,tlil 4aen o
Most unen,—l have made use of your new penc, and consider
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U renders them valuable in sketching.
" I am, Gentlemen,
a"Yours most truly,
" T. M. RICHARDSON', Sen."
t 11:8_811. Rowney, Dillon, and Rowney, London."
°l.heinnhfacturers particularly request the attention of the trade
••• Pencils.

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';),
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Nel 4,l,7lahford, Wilts, retail price, is. 114 d. and 2s. 9d.
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and