The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-27 00:00:00

No. 17,2i7.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
S. WATERLOO-PLACE, PILL-MALL, London ; 97, George-
street, Edinburgh ; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, College Green

(Established by Act of Parliament in 1634.)
in 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum en
!lie sum assured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the
time. they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of
tke next division of profits in 1844, should make intinediata appli-
.ation.

When the insurance is for life, (oily owe-half the annual premium
need be paid for the first five years.
Every information will b, afforde.l on application to the :tesk:ent
Dir,,ctor, No. 8, Waterloo-place, EMI-mall, London, where prospec-
tuses, &c., may be had.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
6, NEW BRIDGE, STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON,

Established 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.
DIR/CTORS.

CsuramAN—Right Hon. Sir 1.111.1..\—:-liLAND LEWIS, Bart M P
DEPUTY CIIIIIIIIAN—HENRY FRE DE RICK STE PII E NSON, Esq.
The following are among the advantages offered by this Society :
Lower Rates of Premium than those of any other office, which en-
title the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower
than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society.
A Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre-
mium, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim
accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits.
Three Bonuses have been declared out of three-fourths of the pro-
fits, the last of which, In 1844, averaged 361. per cent. on tha pre-
mi atus paid.
In future the whole of the profits will be divided among the
Assured.
The next division of profits will be made in 1849.
Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to
CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURAN(:F. SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital .f#500,000. Empowered by Act et Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
w:th respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, th; power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
a'so the option of selecting benents, and the conversteu of his In-
terests tosneet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for twins otlOrttni UN lowest -Pnealbla
• 'DIYISIONIr-TROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
balms, varying from 35 to 8.5 per cent. on the premiums paid on each
policy effected ea the profit scale.
..TAM PLEA.

The Annual Report, with tables *irides, &c., ntay be had at the
)Rice, .r any of its branches in the country ; or, •n application. wi,
be forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, secretary.

NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
POULTRY, MANSION-BOURN. LONDON.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DO.lEOl'Olll.
ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman.
Edward /taker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and Ce.)
George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row.
William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson: and Trower).
George Moore, Esq. (Grouceck, Cepestake, and Moore).
William Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.)
James Peck, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.)
Giles Redmayns, Esq., New Bond-street.
Peter Ruh, Esq. (Brocklebank and Rolt).
David Waddington, Esq., M.P.
Among ether advantages offered by this Society, are :
Security witbrut liability.
Economy in the management, and low rates of premium.
mints promptly paid.
Profits to policy holders.

PUBLICATIONS.

uNtTED SERVICE MAGAZINE,
and NAVAL and MILITARY -JOURNAL. for

DECEMBER, 1847. .
CONTENTS :
Naval Improvements of the Nineteenth Century.
Military Education in Frauce, trent Doeuments furnished by the MI
tiliter of War.
The Fox and Otowa Indians in Michigan.
lecollectiens of the Early Life of a Sailor.
The Banks of the Haines River.
Memoirs of Zurnalacarregui, Commander-in-Chief of the Carlist
Army.
The Siege of Oldeourt House.
The Fusilier; or Bygones of a Bear-skin.
Last Words of Nelson.
Alison's History of Europe during the French Revo'ution.
Martial-law for Ireland.
The Peninsular Medal.
Operations in New Zealand..
Peter O'Haggerty.
Affairs of the Cape of Good Hope.
Stations of the Army and Navy—Promotions and Appointments—
With all the Professional News of the Month.
11. Hurst, Publisher, King William-street, Strand.

FREE EXHIBITION OF MODERN ART.
Gallery, Hyde Park-corner, Nov. 22, 1847.
Artists are hereby informed that the Commatee meet every Sa-
turday Evening, at Seven o'clock, at the Craven Hotel, Strand,
where all communications and applications for space are requested to
be sent, and where tall particulars may be obtaitted.

E. J. tiIEMANN, lion. Sec. pro tem
C. E. WAGSTAFF, Treasurer.

NUISANCES IN DWELLING-HOUSES.
Stagnant Drains, Noxious Effluvia, Smoky Manias, or Im-
pure Air of whatever kind or from whatever cause, rendering Dwe.l-
ling•housee Unhealthy, effectually and economically cured by RIND
aad CO., 80, Cornhill, where all applications, by letter, will reeei V.)
prompt attention, and parties waited on. Office hours, Ten till Four
o'clock.

Birmingham; Troughton and Lea, Coventry ; Austen
and Hobson, Raymond- bnilflings, London
Henry Dyer Cosains, mlh er, Ilmimater, Somersetshire,
Dee. 7, at eleven, and Dec. 30, at one, at the Exeter
District Court: lierneinse, official assignee, Exeter ;
Brown, I Iminster ; Steedon, - Exeter ; Rickards and
IValker, Lincoln's Inn-eulds.
Christopher Samuel Flood and Harry Buckland Lott,
bankers, Honiton, Devonshire, Dec, 13, and Jan.• 20, at
ten, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtz-1, official as
signet', Exeter; Gidley, xeter; Raven, King's Bench-
walk, Temple.
James Lawton, grocer, Hev wood within Heap, Lan-
cashire, Dec. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the ;Manchester
District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester;
Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-
Grundy, Bury, Lancashire.
Thomas Gardiner, hotel keeper, Holt Fleet Inn, Wor-
cestershire, Dec. 14, at keen, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at
the Birmingham Dish -t Court. Valpy, official as-
signee, Birmingham;
Jones, Worcester; Smith, Bir-
mingham.fields;
Samuel Hobbs, confectioner, Camberwell-green, Sur-
rey, Dec. 9, at one, and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard. sheet; Bromley and Aldridge,
South-square. Gray's Inn.
John Capel, coal merchant, Bolieerie-street, Fleet-
street, Dec. 3, at one, and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Court
of B tnkruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Lawrance and Hews, Old Jewry-chambers.
William Fly, Dani,l Frost, and Donald Oliver
Matheson, railway contractors, Swaffham, Norfolk, Dec.
7, at half-past two, and Jan. 11, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane,
Lombard-street ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-
chambers; Pillars, Sw.iffhaire
John Blackburne, tailor, Liverpool, Dec. 17 and Jan.
5, at eleven, at. the Liverpool District Court. Cazeaove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Reed, Langford, - and Co.,
Friday-street, 'ondon ; Sale and Co., Manchester;
Jenkins, jun., Liverpool.
Samuel Handacomb and Ebenezer Handscomb, dealers
in watches, Woburn, Bedfordshire, Dec. 10, at eleven,
and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; De
Medina, Crosby-hall-chainbers.•
William Cusse, grocer, Christchurch, Southampton,
Dec. 3, at half-past one, and Jan. 5, at half. past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall -street; Temple, Temple; Tanner, Christ-
church.
Sibson Rigg, cotton spinner, Manchester, Dee. 8, and
Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Bower, Tokenhouse-
yard, Lothbury; Joynson, Manchester; Foster, Man-
chester.
James Hudson, marine store dealer, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, Dec. 6, at half-past ten, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hoyle, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and Compton, Church-court,
Old Jewry.
Robert Imeary, alkali manufacturer, East Jarrow,
Durham, Dec. 9, at half-past ten, and Jan. 11, at one, at
the Newcastle- upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hark, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lin.
coin's Inn fields.
Jonathan Thompson, bookseller, Tamworth, Dec. 4
and 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Nevill and Sons,
Tainworth; Hodgson, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Spalding, Cambridge, brazier, Dec. 17, at one-A.
Fielder, Alton, Hampshire, brewer, Dec.- 17, at one-
J. T. Curtis, Norwich, grocer, Dec. 17, at half-past
eleven-R. Nicol, Fenchurch-street, grocer, Dec. 17, at
eleven J. Bellars, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire,
money scrivener, Dec. 20, at eleven-T, Pye, King's-road,
Chelsea, timber merchant, Dec. 18, at one-T. Wliinney,
Parton-street, Haymarket, licensed victualler, Dec. 18,
at half-past one-C. E. Neale, Hammersmith, coal and
corn merchant, Dec. 18, at eleven-S. Taylor, Tonbridge
Wells, plumber, painter,
' and glazier, Dec. 18, at half-past
eleven-T. Thomson, Rochester-row, brewer, Dec. 18,
at eleven-T. W. Home. Pelham-terrace, Brompton,
hotel keeper, Dec. 18, at twelve-C. Lewis, Stangate-
street, Lambeth, tin plate manufacturer, Dec. 18, at
half-past twelve-J. Gass, Colchester, draper, Dec. 18,
at half-past twelve-M. Lewis, Oxford-street, linen
draper, Dec. 17, at half-past one-G. Heath and G.
Dann, Canterbury, drapers, Dec. 17, at two-W. H.
Osborn, jun., St. James's-street, Piccadilly, silversmith
and jeweller, Dec. 18, at half-past eleven-R. Woods,
Bi ighton, grocer, Dec. 23, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
R. RI mer, Manchester, hotel keeper, Dec. 18, at
eleven, at the Court, Manchester.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
J. E. Pye, Berkeley-square, milliner, Bs., on Monday,
Nov. 29, and two following Mondays, between .eleven
arid three, at the office of Mr. Caunan, Bisphin:lane.
J. E. Green, Whitecross-street, Cripplegate,- house
agent, la. B{l., on Monday, Nov. 29, and two following
Mondays, between eleven nu& three, at the office of Mr.
Gunnan, Bircliin- lane.

11. L. Davis, Ludgate-hill, glass dealer, 25., on Monday,
No,. 29, and two followipg Mondays, between eleven
and three, at the office of Mr. Carman, Birchin-lane.
C. Burrows, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, beer brewer,
3s. Gd., any day after Nov. 30, between eleven and three,
at the office of Mr. Irernaman, Exeter.
C. Burrows and J. Gliddon, Plymouth, beer brewers,
Bs., any day after Nov. 30, between eleven and three,
at the office of Mr. llernaman, Exeter.
J. Carne, jun., Falmouth, grocer, is. 6.1., any day after
Nov. 30, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
liernaman, Exeter.

J. Smith, Ashton, Lancashire, cotton spinner, ls. fid.,
on Thursday, Dec. 2, or any subsequent Thursday, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
G. Bagnall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, music seller, 35.,
any Saturday after Nov. 26, between ten and three, at
the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
R. Selby, Burleigh• street; Strand, wine and spirit
merchant, 145., any Wednesday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coltman-street.
C. R. Bewlay, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire,
grocer, 7s. 9d , any Thursday, between eleven and two,
at the•office of Mr. Valpy,
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basitighall-street.
J. Featherstonhaugli and W. Putterill, St. Martin's
Stamford, Northamptonshire railway contractors, Dec.
20, at twelve—H. J. Beliars, Whittlesea, Cambridge-
-hire, money scrivener, Dec. 20, at eleven—T. M
Oxford-street, jeweller, Dec. 17, at half past one—J. A.
Andrews, Liverpool-terrace, Liverpool road, Middlesex,
Dec. 18, at twelve—G. Brown Southampton, builder,
Dee. 18, at two—J. Bishop Little Russell-street, Gilbert-
street, and Bury-street,St. George's, 8100m-bury, wheel-
wright, Dec, 17, at two—F. Ricketts and T. James,
Moorgate-atreet, City, m rehants, Dec. 20, at half-
past ten.

In the country.
T. G. Shann, Leeds, woollen cloth merchant, Dec. 18,
at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Marsden, Blanches
ter, commission agent, Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—ll. Thompson, Manchester, and Nafferton,
Yorkshire, corn merchant, Dec. 20, at twelve, at the
Court, Manchester.

At the Court of Review, Dec. 17.
11. T. Woodhouse, Aldermanbury, City, warehouse-
Illilll-J. Reid, Newcastle-upon -Tyne, ship broker—
.J. Humphrey, North Wulsham, Norfolk, grocer—J.
Morgan, Southampton-row, Russell-square, tailor—J.
Dodge, Walworth-road, ironmonger—ll. Wilkinson,
Watford, cabinet maker—W. Judd, Kensall New Town,
builder—J. J. Jackson, Liverpool, silk dyer---J. Watson,
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, farmer—W. Dawhirst, Hudders-
field, printer—G. Miller, Whitby, innkeeper—W. Raw-
linson, George•street, Minories, draper—J. Rollings,
Landport, Portsmouth, stay manufacturer—J. Morris,
Walsall. Staffirdshire, saddlers' ironmonger—J. Pavey,
sen., Clifton, Bri►tol, mason—S. Slater, Albemarle-
street, tailor.