The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-14 00:00:00

INVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK-
ING MODELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as
well as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION)
are respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious
consideration to the new appointment of DEMONSTRATOR in
MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to the Visitors the
Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and
simplicity. The Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful
Optical Exhibitions, &c. &c.
• • Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

g) IRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS.
The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive
LOANS of. MONEY 'for periods of five or seven years, under the
authority of their second Act of Parliament, passed Bth May, 1845,
at the rate of five per cent: per annum.
The interest will •be paid half-yearly, on the Ist of January, and
Ist July, in London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer.
Sealed tenders, stating the amount and term of years for which
the money is propoied to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis-
sioners, endorsed .• Tender for Loans "

_
By order,
Birkenhead;•lOth-of August, 1846,

RICA. HIND, Secretary.

AST.URIAN MINING COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that all Shares on which the Call of
1/. per Share, (lite on the Ist inst., shall not be .paid on or before the
Ist proximo, will he declared FORFEITED, and the numbers pub-
lished. • •By order of the Board of Directors,
K. MACKENZIE, Secretary.
No. 9, Austin Friars, Sept. 7, 1846.

JOTICE is hereby given, that the BUSINESS
of LETTER FOUNDERS heretofore carried on in GREAT
NEW STREET, LONDON, under the Firm of ALEXANDER
WILSON and SONS, 'will be carried on from this time by the
undersigned FREDERICK COLLIER, under the same Firm.
The Operative Department will be condueted,by Mr. Alexander
Wilson, as. heretofore..
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London,. September 8, 1846

FREDERICK COLLIER,

TO THE LETTER-PRESS PRINTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

AND IRELAND.

ALEXANDER WlLS67l4—aidk•iii, Letter Founders, .Great
New-street. London, beg to intimate, in reference to an Advertise-
ment Which lately. appeared m the names of Marr, Gallic, and Co.,
of Edinburgh, announcine the purchase by them of the entire Plant
in London and Edinburgh of the Glasgow Letter Foundry, that
Mari, Gaulle, and Cci.; having this (I,:y, at the urgent solicitation
of Mr. Alexander Wilson, handsomely surrendered their purchase of
the London Plant in favour of Mr. Frederick Collier. of London, the
bu.iness there will be continued, as formerly, under the old Firm,
while the hasiness which was carried on in Edinburgh, under the
Firm of A. and P. Wiliona will be conducted, as already advertised,
by Marr, Oallie, And'Co. ' "
London, September 8. 1846.

FFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE
wasp ANY.
19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
London, Sept. 8, 1846.
Notice is hereby given, that the Court of Directors of the Gas
Light and Coke Company do hereby declare that a vacancy has oc-
curred in the Court of Directors, by the resignation of Sir David
Pollock, Governor.
Notice is hereby also givee, that a Special General Court of the
Proprietors oft •is Company will he held. at this office, on Tuesday,
the 6th day of Octob r next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the
election of it.GoverniSr, to surilly the said vacancy; and that should
a ballot be requh ed it *will continue open for four hours from its com-
mencement.

- By order of the Court of. Directors.
- . CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
N.B. The chair will he taken at twelve o'clock precisely, and none
but
,p,oprietors admitted.

ATIONAL t: sz. Liifii Aaiun
• ASCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL LONDON.
Capital X-500.000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces. important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances an 4 Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the oremiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates. _

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

EXAMPLES.

bay
Bonus Bonus in Fl g g Assured'
added. Cash. 5* § may
Fog; Borrow.

111 g Premium. 1 F.

X £s. d. r

18371X217 15 1 'XIOO 011
1838 192 3 0 87 1 4
1839 165 11 10' 74 1
1840 116 7 6 54 0 101
1841 111 6 8, 49 10 0,

'£l6 0 41X445 0 0
13 10 2' 395 11 1
11 3 11 346 2 3
7 18 10, 296 13 4
710 4; 247 4 5

60 1000 34 1.

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

HOT WE ATHER.-TR AVELLING.-SEA-
SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at
22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange ; and the chief Llama
Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a
similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the
neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and
D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street."

AS.—From FORTY to SIXTY PER CENT.
SAVED.—CONTRACTS TAKEN for LIGHTING owns,
Villages, Mansions, Mills, Factories, Railway Stations, Signal-lights,
Dockyards, Lighthouses, Churches, CAleges, Hospitals, Theatres,
Public Institutions, Prisons, Barracks, Asylums, Schools, Unions,
Poor-houses, Pul•lic Gardens, &c., with pure and brilliant GAS, by
FRANCIS' PATENT GAS-LIGHT APPARATUS, either by rental
or purchase. Applications at the offices and factory, 112, High
Hoßorn, and Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, London, where the Gas
can be seen manufactuied on the principle of this invention, from
Ten till Four daily. Prospectuses and every information may be
obtained.

n IA MOND CARCEL LAMP-NEW LIGHT.
The DIAMOND CAR-lEL LAMP is the best light In the
world. The Carcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe ; it burns
oil, but is free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns
from sunset till morning without attention ; Is so simple it cannot be
mi: managed ;no cleaning required for years. he Gt•m. the Vesta,
and all other Spirit or Camphine Lamps given awa• at half-price. but
such abominations are dear at a gilt. The Diamond Carcel Lamp is
the only light—pertectien in light—the public will have none other.
Designs to suit every taste. To be had only, and seen burning daily
at the PATENTEE'S Immense Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, ten
doors from Lowther Arcade.
A NEW NIGHT LAMP.
CLARKE'S PATENT MORTAR LAMPS
and PATENT LAMP MORTARS.

For elegance, simplicity, and cleanlinesa, this night light is very
far superior to any hitherto submitted to the public. To medical
gentle' en, invalids, hhtel-keepers, and all persons requiring a night
light, this invention will prove invaluable, being the best, safest, and
most economical ever produced; it will also be serviceable in halls
and passages. It can he carried in perfect safety without extinguish-
ing the light, supplying a desideratum that has long been felt. It is
tree from danger, uncertain burning, and the offensive odour and
smoke arising from rush•lights and other night lights, and so portable

At it will be found a great comfort to ladies or invalids travelling.
Price of the Lamps Is. 9d. each, and upwards ;an the Mortars
Gd. per box, twelve, ten, or eight Mortars in each, to burn, six, eight,
or ten hours.
CLAW :E'S PATEYT NURSERY LAMP.
This Lamp burns the Patent Lamp Mortars, and will be round in-
valuable, not only in the nursery but in the bachelor's•room ; it will
keep hot a quart of water, or a pint of food and a pint of water, at
an expense of one halfpenny for six hours, besides serving as an ex-
cellent, night ligh it is entirely free from smell or smoke, and may

be carriedabota with perfect safety.
CLARKE'S PATENT ALBANY LIGHTS, with metallic bottoms,
will consume all the material, and are warranted not to ignite the
wrapper, at one-third the price of Wax 'Mortars.
Sold by John Bla,kbur ‘, 19. Bedford-street. C'oyent-sarden. T,ondon.