The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-24 00:00:00

LECTION of LORD MAYOR,
A MEETINT) of the. FRTEICDS of Alderman WOOD will
!,.e.!leirl at the Crown Tavern, Bow-lane, Cheapside, on FIUDAY NEXT,
Ilk, 25th instant, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, precisely.
H. sm' SMITH,
Cormnittee-rooms, Swan with Two Necliks, Gresham-stmllot.n. Sec.
September 23, 1546.

ROYAL VETEitINARY COLLEGE
LONDON.
ulhe LECTURES will COMMENCE at the above Institution on
DAY, October 12, at Twelve o'clock.
,!+ natomy, Physiology, and Pathology, of ci.e Horse—Mr. Spooner.
Particular Anatomy and Diseases of other Domesticated Animas
--air. Simonds.
Chemistry and Materia 3ledica—Mr. Morton.
The Introductory Address will be delivered by Professor Sewell.
Perpetual Fee to all the Lectures, Twenty Guineas.

WELSH MIDLAND and BRECON and
MERTHYR RAILWAY.
4111C,,°Iiic S
is herey give, tat PAYMENT of te FIRT
of 15s. Iss. per sharen onh Wulsh Midland Sharesh, and of 7s.\ 6.. per
share on Brecon and Merthyr Shares, is being daily made at the
ogees or the Company between the hours of Eleven and Three.
And notice is hereby further given, that from and after the 3d day
rl
;01.cTeuEn next, the Directors will attend on Tuesdays and Fridays
to continue payment between the same hours until further
ltotiee.
By order,
THOMAS PRITCHARD, Secretary.

24th September, 1846.

LEICESTER, TA MWORTII, COVENTRY,
...MI. WA
hIRMINGIIA3f, AND TRENT VALLEY JUNCTION
Y.
The Directors have already announced to the Shareholiers that
Zdangements were pending with the London and Birmingham
waY Company (now the London and North-Western), having for
toeir object the transfer of tne line to that Company, and the return
the Shareholders in this undertaking of the whole of their deposits.
,40 Directors recommend the proposed armigements to the Share-
'''iders, as being much to their alvantage, and most calculated to
!ere the speedy completion of the line, and to afford the best
Vliselaranof teethe of its
hareh‘li being e
lersfficientl wisa y worked toous of receiving
the publ
hacks, in
,o„
ondi
itch Zerrnity with these arrangc:nents, the full deposit of 2/. 2s. on
share, are requested to transmit their scrip to Mr. Henry
ar,shl, the Accountant to the Company, at the Company's offices,
the hours 4P• 3, Chof Ten urch-couandrt, OThree ld JewryfromLo Monday, the 21st , ndon, at an time
instant, to
between
,
11
°-114a3Vlie•t sth of October.
Ott the scrip, or bankers' receipts, or secretary's receipts for scrip,
,ng delivered up hthe holders thereof will receive back the full de-
tof 21. 2s. upon each share. Those parties who (as holders of
e:es in the original Coventry and Leicester and Coventry, Nun-
,.`9ll, Birmingham, and Leicester Companies) have only paid a de-
,,esit thereon of 1/. 55., may in like manner receive back It. ss. on
tkeh such share.
NA. 17, 18411
Iti

(Signed) EDMUND PEEL, Chairman,

EAIINGTON'S LONDON and MAN-
- CHESTER RAILWAY.
SIAt an Adjourned Meeting of the Committee appointed by the
da, %holders to investigate the affairs of this Company, held the 26th
(4 August, 1846,
• D. W. HARVEY, Esq., in the Chair;
(30,, wng Resolved,—That as the number of Shares returned to the
Mittee exceeds 15,000, yet as the total issue of Shares exceeds
'O
PO. the Committee feel, that until a far larger amount of Shares
tr,, be notified, no negotiation can be opened with the Directors.
„,.?Itlers of Shares, therefore, who desire to bring the affairs of this
rxnlPatiy to a speedy and equitable adjustment at the least possible
ah„Pense. aro requested to -transmit their names, and the number of
irres they respectively hold, to the Chairman of the Committee, D.
n • Harvey, Esq., Old Jewry, London, not later than the Ist of
October, after which day no communication will be received. .
D. W. HARVEY, Chairman.

'VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the FIRST ORDINARY
i'TING of Proprietors of the Vale of Neath railway Company
a.: be held at No. 449, West Strand, London, on TUESDAY, the 29th
Do;l'eof September next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the put-
tg of business required by Act of Parliament to be transacted at
First General Meeting of the Company ; and also for the purpose
trio.: authority to the directors with respect to any agreements
bia other companies, and applications to Parliament which they
1'0.3' think it expedient to make in the ensuing session, and generally
°ther matters.

VILLIERS, Chairman.
44n FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
West Strand, London, Ist Sept., 1846.

CirTJARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR.-
°. Lomßsztro-sTARYEET,CaOtMtPheNEYntrance of the Old Post

office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman.
tI JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
4: i. 3- Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P.
Rh. Leis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjorlbanks, Esq., M.P.
Thow alter H. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq.. M.P.
,101:,?on Mulkey, jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
eliii
~,,Ila!vey au, Esq. Robert
M Esq E.
(leo elltbrd Hubbard, Esq. James orris,
dohh Loch, rge Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynlds, jun., Esq.
4 Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
*ls Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
•
TORS.

AUDI'

gl5. Robarts, Esq I
llenry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
tlel Jones Loyd, Esq. ll:nry Norman, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
.%29the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June
eXceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an
average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly
OQatOh amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842.
to the average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added
kbo„ Several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to
tepe.' 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those
Rea Years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three
f:nnial divisions exceeded 530,0001.
111,,,ftas granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
ktO such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
Ooh the
in each case a value not under 501.
o;j,the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
IvilTe 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
is ea had been In force seven ears at Christm and the same
I),4°W in course of payment day daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
,eeti thc hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
uy the Agents in the Country Districts.
c.tiee
Is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Michael-
Jay must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or
16 gr. Sams, James's-street, Corner of Pall-mall ; or with
1,4 h Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they
void.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-

ANCE SOCIETY,
26, COItNIIILL. LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
„4,lBtitution embraces important and substantial advantages
on to Lifs Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
„74tre olf,,°,easions the power to borrow, without expense or for-
""
tile "Polley, two-thirds of the-preminnas paid (see ?rahle);
terests option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his hi-
to
Ass Meet other conveniences or necessity.
4tectirances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
hltThe remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
rn
tt'arth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.

EXAMPLES.
.74
p•
Premium. ? Bonus Bonus in g• g g Assured'
added. Cash. c— o inay
g z Borrow.
!--
t s. d. r,197,.£217 15 I.XIOO 011 .£l6 0 4.£445 0 0

t s. d. 11837
tOOO ,18381
3 4 11839 j
18401
'lBO

;21715 1 £lOO 0 11 ,
192 3 0 87 1 4
165 11 10 74 1 9;
116 7 6 54 010,
111 6 8 49 10 0

Xl6 0 4.£445 0 0
13 10 395 11 1
11 3 11 346 2 3
7 18 10: 296 13 4
710 4! 247 4 5

diYisionof the of
present profits is annual, and the next will be made in
ete,,,
"Auer year.
F. FERGUSON CADIROUX, Secretary.

,PERFECTION in LAMP OIL.—A PATENT.
tklo„ CLARK'S PATENT SPERM OIL, only ss. per imperial
114.4",., Is bright as crystal in the coldest weather, and lasts longer
ilre4,[eal sperm. It burns in all descriptions of Argand Lamps The
exPense of Sperm Oil, and the trouble of common oils, can now
14,1`;',Densed with at pleazure. It is admirably suited for Solar
tom 08, as they will not want cleaning for years, and being so pure,
,teal4allolls co as far as five gallons of any common oils ; so, in
their,. Clark's Patent Sperm Oil is cheapest. Families laying in
tock of Spermaceti or Was Candles, Soaps, &c. &c., will
Wordy save 30 per cent. in their outlay. This is no fiction, and
glYslem of equitable charges the public will support.
Dat'ulPles sent in London and list of prices, with description of the
c„Illt article, sent on app,lication to all parts of the wc.rld.
4,11( and Company, the immense Lamp, Oil, and Candle Depot,
west Strand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade.

'PRE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER.
30 to 50 per Cent. Saved!
Te be had at the Patentees. 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross.
ilit,"e Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts,
4trkbrantages resulting from the invention are various and
,klistrZ. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per Ferit„ the corn-
'sll Is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light
tit,L;rto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns
t ."4,1,1Y for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects
ts4;)os the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have
Ate to the introduction of gas in dwellin:-houses, to the expense of
Lit S, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, Stc. ;
kr: are entirely obviated by the "PATENT 'UNIVERSAL GAS
llsoPa." As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is corn-
et% supposed, it Is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for
talounses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the
114 Z. burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum
I,e.',!SSUrably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of
es,or trouble.
ge Merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing
ether known gt, aro shown by the annexed authentic
E"'°ns of the qualitielish of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER.
tract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
tesday, 26th May' 1846, Sir JOIIN RENNIE, President, in the Chair.
Th gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited.
sei`'•
Principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the
'llletre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner.
passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was
and passed out by two series of flre-holes around the periphery,
t, 41pinging with force on the llama of the gas cu.rved.it outwards
the 'l5 shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with
carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very ptrfect combustion,
111,11ne was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady,
v,),"ss'amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution,
orli:Q these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption
theburners with that of the concentric ring burners, arid trying
le,trwer of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a
rufiht,
with a saving of rather more than one-third."
CERTIFICATE.
,o,l',OLlTEcnrac CHEMICAL .iCHOOL.—" In testing Clark, McNlell,
Co,'s Unlversa ;Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless
il4rtier., it gave a more pure d brilliant light, with a saving of 20
25 per cent." an
GEORGE CRISP, Engineer.
ROUT. LONGROTTOM, Secretary,
CERTIFICATE.
In a series of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s
;allied
Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily est-
allied in economy and the quality of t6l7lsliiewhite..),Teitsteatffl
oargdaeidnsat
braand n,rs, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and.
fat least 25 per cent., and against three flsh-tall burners,
Ph'4 to 4. 48
ny per cent. Thu colour and brilliancy of the flames supe-
a other bur."
T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist,
J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector.
leeT"4ie
e 'UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used slightly at the Poly-
Ict Institution, and may be had and seen from till 4, at the
-,entees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters.

NRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH
T he manifold advantages to the heads of families from the
Ivtlession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted. to
11,1 confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary
sic k-
+ in families more or less every day, arc so obvious to
tiohillat no question can be raise am its importance to every house-
olio" in the kingdom. Fromong numerous testmonlals, the
Wing is respettfully submitted:—
" To AIL. THOMAS ruouT, 29, STRAND, LONDON.
" 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1442.
Solt have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re-
fit. ,11' My experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL
“BALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of
1•4„?, Years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found
fre' (8 at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system
the'l3 redundant bile, &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience; I am
one ore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means
NZeNvanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and
Vzti„el,4llY mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most
to'4ole resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit
pillYself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making
,41IPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated.
am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH."
ellle unprecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re-
frojnenatons of te manthousands who have deriv ed benefit
ricia their ui se, renderh any lengthened comment necessary ; they are
for 11t ,It. forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but
tom,. hous and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at-
Giorts, Bilious and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals,
le ness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness,
rcrtburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c
ffe%,.? or three doses will). convince the afflicted of their salutary
azd.:,*. The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy
a,. .1 f the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place;
Str,,:nstead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance,
wi,, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age,
keHobe the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions
nimPhanYing each box.
DerLs "Y T. Pr out' 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d.
ugdom.
also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
14.4.11/4 for FII.UIPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
43,;`e and Address of " Thomas Pieta 229 strand, Loudon," on the
"Mutat StamD

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