The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-13 00:00:00

LONDON FRIDAY
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No. 16,686,

GRAVESEND FOR SIXPENCE.
BOAT AND RAILWAY INCLUDED.
The Star and Blaekwall Packets leave the
BRUNSWICK WIIAIII,', 13 LACKWA LL.
WEEK DAYS.—At 934, 1034, 12, 1%, 3%, and 5.
SUNDAYS.—At 9%, 11, 14. and a.
The Trains starting- One Quarter of an Hour before sash of
these times.
FROM THE ROYAL TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.
WEEK DAYS.—At 8%, 9%, 11M 1,3, and 5.
SU.}:DAYS.—At 834, 11%, 3, and 5.
on Monday Mornings an extra Packet at half-past 7.
Fore Fare, Gd.; Chief Fare, 9d.
Bills of the times for boats eallirr, at the tatermediate Piers, to
be obtained at the Star Office, Black-wall Railway.
Star Office, Gravesend, Feb. 27..,

THE CAMPAIGN on the StITLEJ creating
immense interest at the present moment, there is exhibiting
at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Portraits of the
most Distinguished Men both in the SIKH ARMY and GOVERN-
MENT of LAHORE, taken by a lady of rank, distinguished in the
Fine Arts, daring her residence in India. Also, Portraits of Sir Henry
Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale, &c. My mans of the OPAQUE
MICROSCOPE these interesting Portraits are on a magnific, nt
scale. Mornings, at Half-past Four o'clock ; Evenings at a Quarter
to Ten. The LECTURES Include those on ASTRONOMY, during
Lent on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, COLEMAN'S WORK-
ING MODEL ascending and descending Inclined Planes, Ste. &c.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

ItNOTHER DECEPTION. - GENERAL
TOM THUMB does NOT pl ty at Asiley's next Week. The
person advertised to appear there on Mr. Carter's big horse, as
" Field-Marshall General Tom Thumb," Is FOUR TIMES the Ge-
neral's wolght.and size. The General weighs only 15 Pounds. He
has appeared THREE TIMES before her Majesty the QUEEN, and
h.Ol performed before nearly all the Crowned Heads of Europe. Ile
is now about to return to America, and is holding his FAREWELL
LEVEES every day and evening at the EGYPTIAN HALL (up
stairs), from Half-past Eleven to One—half past Three to Five, and
Ii alt-past Seven to Vise o'clock. I)oors open half an hour previous.
Admission Is.—Children half price.

Every Night ni;xt week, after the dote of his Evening Levees at
Egyptian Hall, at Nine o'
clock, the little General 101 appear at the
Lyceum Theatre, in a New Play, written expressly for hint by Albert
Smith, Eeq., entitled "Hop o' my Thumb, or the Ogre and his Feven-•
League Boots."

NTA'PIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LoNrcor.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution oft,:ra important and substs ntial advan-
tages with respect Loth t. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The essared hes, on all ocessiens, the rower to borr)vr, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); a:eo the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of lei,: interests to meet other conveni.ncet er necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are minted on the low,st possible rates.
DIVISION OF PIM:FIT:.
The saceess and Increasing pyreir;srity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the :sit anvaial investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from an to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid en
each Polley effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

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I g 1 .c ~ ~ 1837 £l9l 13 5,487 13 11113 17 1 £395 11 1

1837 .£l9l 13
60 1000 74 3 4 1,83308 136: 1133
1840 89 0

87 13 5!11317 1k395 11 1
74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3
61 14 3 9 2 10, 296 13
41 13 4 60 Of 247 4 5

The d'2rislon of profits is annual, and the next will to made in Ds-
erniser of t.Lo present year. _ _ .

F. FERGUSON CAMROI7I, See,

COURT OF COMMON- COUNCIL.
Yestordsy a Court was held for the despatch of pub-
lic business. The paper of business presented a long
list, but the subject of greatest interest was a p:om'.sed
motion for the consideration or the propriety of providing
better abodes for the working classes. The galleries
were crowded with a most respectable auditory. '
The Court was occupied for a length of time in discus-
sing the merits of a petition from the rector, church-
wardens, and parishioners of St. James, Duke's-place,
for aid in the purchase of an organ.
It was contended by those who advocated the p4i-
tion, that as the churches of the rich parishes of the
City were supplied with organs, it would be invidious to
deny to the poor parishes the advantage of church mu-
sic—a luxury of the most pure and exquisite description,
and not calcuLtel, like luxuries of another kind, to
draw away the mind from the contemplation of the most
sublime objects. By the opponents to he petition it
was objected, that as the parish of St. James, Duke's-
place, was an indigent parish, it would be v.ry cruel in
the Court to aid it in the purchase of an organ, for the
possession of such a luxury would entail upon the poor
parishioners a heavy annual expenditure in the shape of
an organist ; that., after all, 'the music of the human
voice, eloquently uttering the poetry of the Church in
full harmony, far exceeded the music of the pipes and
whistles of the:mec'eanical instrument ; and that if the
Corporation had established a precedent by acceding to
the requests of the parish of St. Peter's, Cornbill, and
other affluent parishes, for similar indulgences, the cor-
poration had a very powerful argument for their acqui-
escence in the very considerable sums of money paid in
the form of rates, &e. •
The petition was rejected by 54 to 42.

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