The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-27 00:00:00

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ST _INDIA OUSE.—(I HIS I) AY.)
A cogrterly gelit:ral Court of the Proprietors. of :as'
India :7; t (WIC to,,k plt.e3 to-(Lk)' at the East Intim Ccni

vany's euse.
Sir J. L. Lushing,ton took the chair at twelve O'Cloch
MAJOR EDW ARDES.
Mr. SULLIVAN, before the regular business of tit
Jourt was gone into, proceeded to call the attentiot.
if the Court of Directors to the unprecedented con-
!net in India of Brevet-Major Edwardes, and venture)
o express a hope that the Court would mark in som,
.ignal wanner its sense of the high estimation in whirl.
hey held the intrepidity, valour, and detertuination ce
he Gallant Lieutenant—now, he was happy to say, a
Brevet. Major.
The CHAIRMAN said that by a resolution of the Court
tf Directors, on the 13th of the present month, it was
manimously agreed that Brevet-Major Edwardes should
presented with a gold medal—(Hear, hear)—and
hat resolution had been most cordially approved of b:
.he B ,ard of Control.—(llear, hear.)
HISTORY OF INDIA.
Mr. Sergeant STORKS wished to know whether it was
he intention of the Court of Directors to purchase the
cot k of Professor Wilson and others, which was a con
'nnation of Mr. Mills's History of India ?
The CHAIRMAN said the work was a most expensive
,ne, and it woul I be for the proprietors to say whether.
n the present state of the Company's finances, which he
was sorry to say were not ver) flourishing, they ought
o incur such an expense.

TEMPLE OF JUGGERNAUT.
POFNDER then brought forward, pursuant to no-
ice, his motion relative to the annual money payment
ft,. Temple of Juggernaut, and moved that it be dis.
continued.
r. Nlanniorr seconded the motion.
Mr. FIELDEN was addressing the Court on the motion
when our report left.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
The following notice was issued by command of the
Po,tmaster General this morning :--
With a view to simplicity and economy in the ac-
counts of the money order office, it has been found ne-
cessary to lay down the following rules:-
1. Every money order issued on or after the 6th
October, 1848. must be presented for payment before the
end of the second calendar month after that in which it
was issued, (for instance, if issued in October, it must be
he presented for payment before the end of Decem-
ber.) otherwise a new order will be necessary, for
which a second commission must be paid.
2. As already notified to the public, if an order be
not presented for payment before the end of the twelfth
calendar month after that in which it was issued, (for
instance, if issued in October and not presented before
the end of the next October,) the money will not be
paid at all.
3. As, after once paying a money order, by whom-
,oever presented, the office will not be liable to any
further claim, the public are strictly cautioned
a. To take all means to prevent the loss of the money

b. Never to send a money order in the same letter
with the information required on payment thereof.
c. To be careful, in taking out a money order, to state
correctly the Christian name as well as the surname of
the person in whose favour it is to be drawn.
d. To see that the name, address, and occupation of
the person taking out the money order are correctly
known to the person in whose favour it is drawn.
4. Neglect of these instructions will lead to delay and
trouble in obtaining payment, and even risk the loss of
the money.
These instructions, together with some others of
minor importance, will be found printed on every money

ordcr.