The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-26 00:00:00

JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
HANANEL DE CASTRO, Deputy Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq.
Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. William Railton, Esq.
Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. John Ritchie, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq.
Charles Graham, Esq.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
Perfect security in a large paid- up Capital, and in the great success
Which has attended it since its commencement in 1834-17 S ANNUM.
1110030 srtxo UPWAIDO OP 84,r001.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De-
ceMber, 1840, is as follows:
Sum Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy.
25000..........6 years 10 months • • • • £683 6s. Bd.
5000 ...... 6 years
5000........ • • 4 years
5000.... .... .. 2 years 200 Os. Od.
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the In-
surance is for Life. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the next
division of profits, in 1848, should make immediate application.
No Entrance Sioney or charge except the Policy Stamp.
Every Information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Director, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNLIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
With respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
h L; on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests 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
et the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each
Policy effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

I Perma- Suns the
, ."..,:1 Annual Tolley Bonus ini nent Re- Assured
ote. 1 taken addition Bonus In duction of may bor-
= * mimic'. out in Assured. i Cash. Annual row on
ce ' Premiums. Policy.
,0------ -
X a. d 4 £ s d. £ s. d. X s. d.
r 1837 243 9 3,112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10
1838 218 4 8,1 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0
X Xs. d. 1839 192 1 101 86 9 313 4 9 395 11 1
60 1000'74 3 4
I 1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3
1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
1842 111 6 81 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
office, or any of its branches in the country ; or, ou application. will
ee tbrwarged post tree.

F. FERGUSON CIMROUX, Secretary.

PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,
50, REGENT STREET, LONDON,
Established 1806.
INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0001.
Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 529,0001.
Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001.
PRESIDENT.
The Right Honourable EARL GREY.
___ DIRECTORS.

The Earl of Macclesfield. Rev. James Sherman.
The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. I Henry B. Churchill, Esq.
Sir Richard D. King,-Bart. William Judd, Esq.
Alexander Henderson, M.D. James Sedgwick, Esq.
Capt. W .John Williams. Alfred Beaumont, Esq.
John Deering, Esq. George Deere, Esq.
William Henry Stone, Esq. Richard Sherwood, Esq.
1. 'The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life
‘4lllceu. the rate without bonus is lower than that of most other
Otilees.
L. The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the reduc-
!,.loU of the Premiums, or may be received in cash as soon as &-
rifted, at their then present value.
3. Loans are granted upon the Policies issued by this office, or the
cuticles are purchased at their full value.
_4. If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may
',Pair the omission any time within twelve months, upon proof of
good health.
Bonuses paid upon Policies which have become Claims.

Life insured.

Sum insured.t Sum paid.

X.
John Wharton, Esq.. Skelton Castle 5,000
Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart... 5,000
°Jr William Wake, Bart. .. ••• • • • .. 5•000
Earl Strathmore ••• • • • • •• • • •• • 5•4300
40Y. H. W. Champneys, Canterbury 3,000
~.117te Marquis ot Wellesley • • • • .. • 2,000
4sui Cathcart ............. ..... .. l,OOO

£ s. d.
7,706 6 0
7,652 13 3
7,500 5 9
7,128 15
4,509 1 1
3,411 1 3
1,862 4 11

Prospectuses and MR particulars may be obtained upon applica-
„
+?ri to the agents of the office in all the principal towns of the United
1"larlom ; and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street.
JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CALLS for FIFTH INSTALMENT of 21. 103. per share
Cp 251. shares, making 151. paid, and for TRIED INSTALMENT
21. 10s. per share on 17/. share, making 71. paid.
The DIRECTORS of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY having
I.ssolved at a Meeting held this day to call, under the provisions of
the Act (.f Parliament, for an instalment of 21. 10s. per share on 251.
tares, and also for an instalment of 21. 10s. per share on 171. shares,
TICE is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to
,41( on or before the sth day of JULY next to any of the under-
ntioned Bankers the said sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respective
,e
1;1. shares, and also the sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respective
tol• shares, viz. :
ndon ..... Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., at the Great
Western Railway Office, 22. Gresham-street, City.
sistol ...... Messrs. Miles. Harford, and Co.
Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co.
Stuckey's Banking Company.
The West of England and South Wales District Bank.
ei;ererPool The Bank of Liverl.
Iterlhain.. The County of Gloucester Bank.
ailing ....Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co.
_ _

By order of the Board of Directors,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
Loudon Terminus, Paddington, May 27, 1847.

GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, and
all the most precious and costly gems, are imitated to such
iZeetin, tht but very few uniitited persons can positively tell a
hZto brooocha or a ring from an diamaond, the real pearl from the
the hands
or German Silver from the genuine ; but put them into
'
he Rands of the connoisseur, how soon the delusion vanishes when
they are but vile and bass imitations. So it is with the
the valuable inventions as well as stones and metals. None but
! Walkable in value are imitated in appearance, and as soon as
thebe consumer (the best connoisseur) attempts to use them, how soon
110,18 oat their utter uselessness. Thus it is with the most valuable
et all inventions ; the celebrated METALLIC RAZOR TABLET
tEORGE SAUNDERS has been the target for imitation for
°a ast thirty years.
0 Gentlemen who shave themselves the following query is pro-
ii:!ed.—Why do all the first cutlers in Europe use and recommend
luders' Four-sided Tablet Razor Strop ? The answer is simply
-w4lUlse it is the only one that gives to a razor a keen and smooth
Mae.

DEPOT, 278, STRAND.
To wholesale purchasers a liberal discount will be made.

NOVELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, at 20s.
—A most varied and beautiful assortment of those elegant
t British
NOVELTIES, wkich threaten entirely to supersede all
o,,,,ritish manufacture, from 20s. and upwards, complete for any
Lnary window (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about 155. each
bra), is now on SALE at WILLIAM K. BURTON'S (late RIP-
„ and BURTON'S), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-street.
bul'etailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every iron-
-,„gerY article, nt (per pt) free.
~ILLIAM S. B seURTON'S oe
(late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock
iLfeneral Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the
14d. and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of
established
and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it
--:„Zitablished in Well-street, 1820.

LAMB'S VEGE FABLE COMPOUND; an
the Effectual Cure for all descriptions of Worms that infest
1,7, Human Body, Indigestion in all its varied forms,
.N.er-
., Diseases, Bilious or Liver Complaints, all cases of Fits arising
Cfla Intestinal Irritation, Impurities of the Blood, Early stages of
Cisurnption, and all other ailments producing a delicate state of
,I,onstitutien.
tlen,`!' Ye setable Compound is extremely mild and easy in its opera.
shirt, females of the most delicate constitution, either suckling or
Pess,,,,ng Pregnancy ; young children, or persons at an advanced
bsc" of life may take it with perfect safety, without hindrance of
the tiless or change ot diet, and at all seasons of the year without
Dr__ east danger of taking sold, and warranted not to contain any
preparation of mercury or turpentine.
11,1, ao following are a few of the many thousands of cases success-
wit?" treated by the Vegetable Compound, during a practice of up-
Zf twenty years .
Stre
tss.", Kin
Y 19th, 1847.—John Lawrence, cabinet-maker, of 13, Essex-
g's Cross, New-road, London, while taking Lamb's Vege-
,'re Compound, passed a tape-worm eight yards long. He corn-
i4med for some time of pains and giddiness in the head, sickness in
and truing, and violent pains and weakness between the stomach
with
wind, very
unpleasant fullness after eating, the bowels distended
low-spirited. and nervous, a sensation of something
In the throat7ar'c'ingpttrss in the limbs, &c.
Metscit 20th, 1847. ))raper, Go, wife of John Draper,
of Wildmoor, its the parish or Green, near Basingstoke.
While taking Lamb's Vegetable Compound passed a tap
several yards long. She had been subject to almost every symptom
to iT,
Of indigestion for many years, and never could obtain any benent
until taking the Vegetable Compound, since which she has enjoyed a
840 d state of health up to the (resent time, May 22d, 1847.
Sims 18th, 1847.—Mrs. Sims, living servant with Mrs. Dill, St.
James's-walk, Clerkenwell, London, while taking Lamb's Ves.e-
tabi
ss,-e Compound passed a tapeworm several yards long. Sae had
'''sruPlained of pain and giddiness in the head, sickness,
i weakness,
?, the limbs, shortness of breath, and palpitation otthreciirecasriti: painsrom
'' the stomach, side, and back, and scarcely ever felt d i
food or sleep
s,Scild wholesale nd retail y the proprietor, Richard Lamb, 75,
i ugh Holborn, in apackets at b
2s, 9d. each;
elent oue packet being suffi-
t for a child from one to ten years old; all person above
Chemist, 78,
require two packets. Retailed in London by Mr. Miles,
rns inist, 78, Gracecburch-street ; Mr. Dodd, Chemist, 91, West•
s, t'ster Bridge-road Lambeth ;T. A. Bridge, Chemist, 270
15'1.T:eta-street ; Decostro' and Co., Chemists, Wilton-pace, Knights-
andt; J. Chapman, Chemist, 7, High-street, Islington ; Congreve
Ch—elisle. Chemists, 1, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall ;T. Riches,
N.:lnist, London-street, Greenwich ; It. Sutton, " 11.CViCW" °Tee,
paid, It will be sent to any part of the kingdom, carriage
w".. on remitttng 84 postage stamps for persons above tea years
High. under ten years, 48 postage stamps, directed to Mr. Lamb, 75,
`ugh Ilolborn, London.
double Observe.—All persons above ten years old must ask for the
packets.
14-Ir. Lamb may be consulted personally at his residence, every
aY, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from Ten to Four.
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ON •
fIIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITYI TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
71„„
day is published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope,
prtee 2s. 6.1., or forwarded, post paid, to any address, secure front
obsgervation, for 3s. rid. in Fos+aze Stain,
ELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise
11 th" Marriage, and on those Secret Infirmities and Disorders of
hf arid Matur.l y, that are u-u
cal
acquired at an early period of
whim tend to destroy phys l and mental Energy, ardour, pas-
ri;l2, and all the attributes o Manhood. illustrated with Twenty-
Coloured Engravings on the AllAtorny, Physiology, and Dis-
eases Of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their
k;7:'°,ll. structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that
NvUroduced in them, by solitary habits, excesses, and infection.
r '-..Practical Observations on the Treatment or Nervous Debility,
3.1 and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stric.ure, and other
dttease
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
~atiyeulated Member of the University of Edinburgh, lionorar
4:rnher of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
mtbecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
Crum. CONTENTS OF TOE TREATISE.
ertcv,,, zit 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance
e,'-dllgations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
C'Prxa 2, On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ,
laC_ans, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that gre
~,ntal and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
I,RAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects OTI th
-,-,7?_nal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the funertion,
-I,_`nne Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness o th.
Zne, tal Faculties. CIAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youti
1,4e°1 Maturity', and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness.
th.latal Debility, and Premature Decay.—CRAPTERS S and 6. Or
osZeDlsorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, and
Other Diseases.

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