The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-30 00:00:00

N0.17,319.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING

WLIF a IF E ASSURANCE OFFICE,
FLEET-STREET, next St. Dunstan's Church.
March 27, 1818.
Notice is hereby given, that the BOOKS for TRANSFERRING
SHARES in this Society were CLOiED on THURSDAY, the 23d
lost , and wilt bo RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 6th of April
next.
The DIVIDENDS for the year 1847 will be PAYABLE on THURS-
DAY, the 6th April next, or on any subsequent day (Tuesdays
excepted), between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock.
By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM S. DOWNES, Actuary.

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
ANNUAL REPORT, 1848.
The TWENTY - SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
of this Company took place on Tuesday, the 15th of February,
within the Company's Office, No 3, George-street Edinburgh.
GEORGE MOIR, Esq. Advocate, in the Chair.
The Report and Statements submitted by the Directors contained
a very sattsfacioty account of the progress of the Institution during
the year 1847. It was reported :
That the 'number of Policies for Life Assurance issued by the
Company from the 15th November, 1346, to 15th November,
1847, was 621.
That the Sums Assured during the same period, contained in
these Policies, amounted to 443,5781. 4s. 11d.
That the number of applications for Policies made to the Com-
pany, and from which the above transactions were selected,
was 804, containing proposals for Assurance to the extent of
591,663/. Bs.
That the Annual Revenue of the Company, as at 15th November,
1847, was 131,3161. 10s. 7d.
That the whole amount of assurance covered by the Company's
Policies, in force at 15th November, 1847, was 3;262,0901.
14s. 10d.
The Report then proceeded as follows:
" The past year has been marked by the most extraordinary fea-
tures as regards commercial affairs and general credit ; but, while
all classes of society, especially tho mercantile community, and our
public institutions connected with the general affairs of commerce,
have felt the pressure of the times, the Life Assurance Institutions
of the country have stood unaffected by the crisis. 'ffothing can tend
more to extend confidence in these institutions than this result ; and
ft is hoped they will always be found affording protection and dis-
pensing benefits to all connected with them, unaffected by those
periodical changes.
" Notwithstanding the unfortunate position of the country daring
the past year, the amount of new business transacted by this Com-
pany has exceeded to a large amount the business of the previous
„yeer. The claims during the year have been greater in proportion
than usual , bat when the increased mortality throughout the king-
dom generally is remembered, the Directors consider they have
reason to be well satisfied with the results."
After the Report and Statements were read, the Chairman con-
gratulated the meeting on the favourable position of the Company,
and its prospects generally, and again brought under notice the
most prominent features in the Report. He drew attention to the
great increase of the business, the increase of the revenue, and the
rapid accumulation of the Company's Funds, which it appeared
HAD BEEN MORE THAN DOUBLED DURING THE LAST
FIVE YEARS.
The following Abstract, showing the new business transacted by
the Company annually since 1842, was referred te, as exhibiting, in
a marked degree, the growing estimation of the STANDARD in
public favour:—

Number of Corresponding Sum
New Policies issued. Assured.
1843, New transactions .... 383 .• ...• .. £348,135 17 1
1844, „ 01 .... 562 .. • • .... 387,381 0 0
1845, „ (Bonus year) •• .. 698 .• • • .... 446,026 13 10
1846, „ •• .... 592 .. ...... 368,679 7 10
1847, „ o .... 621 ........ 443,578 4 11
The meeting expressed entire satisfaction with the report and
statements ; and, after the election of new directors in the room of
those retiring by rotation, in accordance with the Act of ?ornament,
the establishment of the Company for the ensuing year was declared
to be as follows :

GOTEINOIt.

Ma Grace the DUKE of Eir6C-I.—EU-on and QUEENSBERRY.

DEPUTY-GOVEANOR.
The Right Hon. the EARL of ELGIN and KINCARDINE.
EDINBURGH.
ORDINARY DIRECTORS.
Humphrey Graham, Esq., W.S., 14, Atholl-crescent.
John Sligo, Esq., of Carmyle, 15, Drummond-place.
Alex. James Russell, Esq., c.S., 10, Walker-street.
William Wood, Esq., Surgeon, 9, Darnaway-street.
William Keith, Esq., Accountant, 50, Castle-street.
John Robert Tod, Esq., W.S., 30, Moray-place.
John S. Newbigging, Esq., Sherif-Clerk of Roxburghshire.
George Patton, Esq., Advocate, 38, Frederick-street.
Alex. Clapperton, Esq., Merchant, 128, Prince's-street.
Charles Pearson, Esq , Accountant, 128, George-street.
David Smith, Esq., W.S., 2, Ainslie-place.
Eagle Henderson, Esq., Merchant, 16, Coates-creseent.
James Condie, Esq., Perth.
James Robertson, Esq., W.S., 28, Stafford-street.
James Hay, Esq., Merchant, Leith.
LONDON.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
The Right Hon. the Earl of ABERDEEN.
ORDINARY DIRECTORS.
Thomas Holdsworth Brooking, Esq., 2, Alderman's-walk.
David Laing Burn, Esq., 12, Kensington Palace-gardens.
Alex. Gillespie, Esq., 5, Gould-square.
John Lindsay, Esq., 26, Laurence Pountney-lane.
Alex. Macgregor, Esq., 31, Chester-street, Grosvenor-place.
John Scott, Esq., Moorgate-street Chambers.
MANAGER—WiIIiam Thos. Thompson, Esq.
RESIDENT SECRETARIES.
London—Peter Ewart, Esq. I Dublin—Samuel Sinylle, Esq.
Glasgow—William Hunter, Esq.
82, King William-street, London, March 1, 1848.

`0 IRONMONGERS. —An old-established
JL Wholesale and Retail Business in the above line, with Smiths'
and Braziers' Trades attached, in a ILarkot Town 01 considerable
importance, upwards of one hundred miles front London, yielding a
net profit of 6001. and upwards per annum, is new to be disposed of,
with the Stock In Trade, and remainder of Term in Lease. The
business tray easily be increased to a much greater amount of profit,
by an active business man ; and the proprietor will give satisfactory
reasons for his quitting the same, and good proof of its eligibility and
worth. Principals only will be treated with who can command a
capital of 3,0001. and upwards, and respectable references will be
required.
Letters post-paid, addressed " Z. Y. Messrs. Hopewocot and Park,
24, 111,h-street-hill, London-bridge."

SUBSCRIPTION for the BRITISH WORK-
MEN, REFUGEES from FILiNCE.

COMMITTEE.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Loudon.
The Right lion. the Speaker.
The Right lien. the Lord Mayor.
The Earl of Amide' and Surrey, M.P.
The Marquis of Granby, M.P.
Lord Ashley, M.P,
The Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart.
Sir Edward North Buxton, Bart., M.P.
Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P.
George Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P.
Charles Pascoe tirenfell, Esq., M.P.
George Hudson, Esq., M.P.
Augustus Stafford, Esq., M.P.
George Edward Anson, Esq.
Henry Kingcote, Esq.
David Salomons, Esq., Alderman.
A Committee, consisting of the above-named Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen has been farmed for the purpose of raising funds, to he re-
mitted to the English Consuls in the French ports, and to the authori-
ties in the English ports of arrival, for the benefit of the numerous
British artisans, labourers, domestic servants, and others, who are
now daily arriving in this country, having been forced to leave their
employments in France, either by the tyranny of the French snob, or
by the suspension of the establishments in which they were engaged,
sonsequent on the recent Revolution.
The following contributions towards the object have already been
received :
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert £2OO 0 0
Yier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent . 30 0 0.
the Duke of Cambridge 21''
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester . 25 0 0
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London . 10 0 0
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. . 10 0 0
The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby . 10 0 0
The Right Hoz. gir Stratford Canning . 10 0 0
Sir Tkomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P. . 10 0 0
S. Jones Leyd, Esq.
M. Meredith, Esq. • • . .
George Ilibbert, Esq. . • . .
James W. Farrer, Esq. • • .
Anonymous
The Countess of Jersey • • •
R. Currie, Esq., N.P. .
lion. Mrs. R. Currie
A Mackenzie, Esq.
Mrs. Walter Burrell
George Hutson, Esq., M.P. .
The Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. •
R. S. Holford, Esq.
W. Tennant, Esq.
W. Clement, Esq. .
The Hon. Edward Lygon, per Messrs. Hoare 20 0 0
II Tamil, Esq., M.P. . . 10 0 0
Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. . . 20 0 0
Right lion. Sir G. Grey, M.P. . . . 20 0 0
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor . . . 10 10 0
David Salomons, Esq., Alderman . - 10 0
Messrs. Coutts and Co. , . .50 0 0
Subscriptions from French Residents in Lon-
don in favour of the English Workmen
forced to quit France by late events, paid
by M. E. Gam', art and C. Hubert, through
the Lord Mayor
Right lion. Lord Robert Grosvenor .
George Vaughan, Esq., • .
The Worshipful Company ofTsierchant Tailors 31 10 0
I he Most Rost Noble the Marquis of Lands-
downe . .
Lieut.-Colonel Dixon •• 10 0 0
The Right Hon. the Speaker . . . 10 0 0
Robert Viner, Esq.
Messrs. 'Terries, Farquhar, and Co. . . 20 0 0
David Baillie, Esq.
R. J. M. St. George, Esq. . • . . 10 0 0
Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood . . . 20 0 0
Sir Robert Fitz-Wygram . • . . 10 0 0
The Morning Chronicle • • . . 10 10
James sloxhay, Esq. . • . . . 2 0 0
John S. Harford, Esq. . . . 5 0 0
Miss Jeffries . . . . . . 1 1 0
W. C. Towers, Esq. . • . . . 5 0 0
Thomas Arthur Stone, M.D. . . . 5 0 0
Sir Henry Lushington . . . . 1 1 0
Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart . • . 10 0 0
Custance, Esq. . • . . . 1 1 0
Sir George Phillips, Bart. . . . . 10 0 0
Rev. Dr. Hodges . • • . • . 1 1 0
Thomas Brettel, Esq. • • • . . 1 1 0
Tke Earl of Radnor . • . . . 10 0 0
Lady Charlotte Copley . . . 60 6
General the lion. Lygon, M.P. . . . 5 0
Hurnley, Esq. . . . . . 2 0
Sir Joseph W. Copley . . • . II 0 0
Earl Cornwallis . • • . . . 30 0 0
M. B. . ......
Charles Dixon, ltsq lO 0 0
George Crowder, Esq. . • .
Newell Connop, Esq. • . . .
Mrs. AL Warren . . . .
C. NV.
Captain Henry CiVei • . • .
S. Pierrepont, Esq. • • .
The Bank of England . .
The Solicitor-General . • • .
Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart. . .
The Marquis of Westminster • .
Miss Copley
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Lord Willoughby . . • . . 0 0 0
Sir Robert S. Moir . • . . . 3 3 0
Rev. R. B. Bourne • • . . . 0 0
at. George Berke, Esq. • • . . 0 0
Captain H. Edwards, R.N. . . . . 1 0 0
Commander F. Holland . . . . 1 0 0
Hon. Mrs. F. Holland . . . . 1 0 0
.... 3 0 0
Miss Louisa Ilollards
Lieut.-General Birch, R.E. . . 2 0 0
The Duke of liutherland, K.G. . .
A Lady
Lady Pniteney
George Bankes, Esq., 5f .P. . .
James S. Wickens, Esq 5 0
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Messrs. Morrell, Brothers . . . . 2 0
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C. M. White, Esq. •
Abraham Howard, Esq.
Thomas I'age, Esq. •
Colonel Bulkeley
Rev. R. Palmer . •
11. T. Hope, Esq.
Mrs. George Byng .
G. W. Bush, Esq.
Lady Seymour . •
Lady I)ufferin . •
R. B. Sheridan, Esq. .
Mrs. T. Sheridan . . .
Sir T. C. Colebrisote, Bart., M.P.
The Earl of Auckland .
Anonymous • • •
The Countess Grey . .
Major-General Duffy
The Duchess of Grafton
G. W. B. . • •
M. C. J. S. (Brighton)
G. Robertson, Esq. •
M. Faraday, Esq. •
lion. G. 11. Cavendish
Robert Blanc, Esq. •
W. G. . . • •
M. G. . • • •
P. A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.
Mrs. Eliz. Ann Sheriff .
Lord Duff rin . •
The Mayor of Folkestone
The Duke of Norfolk, K.O. .
The Marquis of Granby .
M. C. J. Delille . . •
Members of the St. James's Benevolent In-
stitution, at the Goat and Star, Swallow-st. 1 0 0
Lady Robert Grosvenor . . . 1 0 0
T. Wigloeworth, Esq. . • . . . 2 0 0
Right Hon. Sir A. J. fester, Bart • . 1 1 0
Chas. Nugent, Esq. . • . . . 1 2 0
W. L. Farrar, Esq. . • . . . 10 0 0
11. L. Wickham, Esq. . . • . . 2 0 0

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Contributions will be received by the following bankers

IN THE CITY.
Mesas. Jones Loyd and Co.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
Messrs. Glyn, Hal Wax, Mills, and Co.
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.
Messrs. Sapto and Co.
AT TUE WEST END.
Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street.
Messrs. Coutts, Strand
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross.
Messrs. Ilerries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-sires'

PU BL I C ANNOUNCEMENT
From the " hull Advertiser" of FRIDAY, Mittett 24, 1848.

We have this week to aneounce an entire change in the Proprie-
torship of the " Hull Advertiser." Mr. William liettison, the last
of a spirited Reform l'roprietary, dating from the era of the Re-
form Bill, ceased to have any pecuniary interest in this Journal
from the f fret day of March instant. This event, usually:so important in
the social and political life of a community, involves in the future
conducting of this Paper no change of persons ; no modification of
political principles ; no fresh combination of party associations.
The late Proprietor had nothing more at heart than that the " Hui/
Advertiser " should always be found the faithful and fearless advo-
cate of liberal opinicns; and the hands to which he has entrusted it
have never perused a sentence which a Fox, a (ire), a Romilly, a
Mackintosh, or a Cobden could have objected to as favouring mono-
poly in trade, inhumanity in law, bigotry in religion, or corruption
in Parliament. lie who was the Editor for the last six years, and
who, duriin the whole of that time, was guided in his treatment of
all public questions by the free and undisputed exercise of his own
unfettered judgment, is still Editor, and one of the two Proprietors
to whom the Paper now belongs. The other has for same years
conducted the pecuniary business of the office, and will continue to
confine himself to what the Chancellor of the Exchequer would call
" the Ways and Means " department—an important one in a news-
paper office as well as in a Royal Cabinet. To tho general render,
therefore, there will be little at first besides the imprint to remind
bins of a change which has been forced on the late Proprietor by
the necessity of extending his regular trade as a brewer. The most
satisfactory way of placing this before the public will be to quote
the following letter from Mr. Betti,on to the Editor:—
" 18, Charlotte-street, Hull, March 21, 1848.

. .
" My Dear Sir,—lt will gratify a very natural degree of public
curiosity, and relieve me from more personal questionings than I
have time to attend to, if you can make it convenient to announce
this week that I am no longer proprietor of the ' Hull Advertiser,'
and that the sole proprietorship of the paper is now rested in your-
self and Mr. Marling.

" When, many years ago, I became one of several proprietors,
and in 1844, the sole proprietor of the ' lluil Advertiser,' I made up
my mind never to part with it, unless to sonic one as strongly devo-
ted to the support of true Reform principles as I was myself. The
management of newspaper property was far from being as congenial
to my habits as the business of a brewer, which I inherited from my
father ; but I looked upon the Advertiser' as a public trust, which
I felt bound only to deliver to one capable of carrying out the ob-
jects for which it was first purchased for the Reform party. For six
years you have been its uncontrolled, irresponsible Editor. By the
fearless and able exercise of your talents and your industry, you
bave obtained for it a larger circulation, and a more commanding
influence than it ever possessed before ; and such is my unbounded
confidence in your personal and political integrity, that I believe
that I cannot perform a greater service to the Liberal cause than by
committing the chief organ of the Liberal party in the East Riding
of Yorkshire permanently to your management and direction. You
have made the paper a good property, aid one with which I should
be very loath now to part, but that there is a necessity for very
greatly extending my brewing business. My son Samuel, as you
know, has become my partner in that business, and it requirn that
all our energies should be employed in carrying it on with spirit.
This is an age of competition, in which to do one thing well is enough
for one establishment.

" In Mr. Marling you have a trustworthy colleague, and a safe
man of business. During his management of the affairs of the Ad-
vertiser office ho possessed, and proved hirnsel deserving of pos-
sessing, all my confidence. You know his worth, and how to appre-
ciate it at its true value.

" And now, my dear Sir, in severing my connexion as proprietor
with the' Hull Advertiser,' it is my earnest wish, as it is that of
all my family, that the friendly and affectionate intercourse which
has subsisted between us, without an hour's itterruption, since the
day of your first appearance in Hull, may be continued on the old
footing. You can hardly represent yourself as less free from all poli-
tical influence, en my part, than you ever were. Let us then retain
the old intimacy so gratifying to us all. Yourself and Mr. Marling
have the sincerest wishes of -y heart for your joint success in an
undertaking, in which it would be hard to find two men mere compe•
tent for their respective parts. Indeed, I knew that your labours
must be crowned with success, if merit meets with its due reward.
"I am, my dear Sir,
" Yours very affectionately,
" WILLIAM BE TT ISON
" E. E. Collins, Esq."

This letter is all that we could wish—all that the public can rea-
sonably desire hi the way of explanation of a eltange, which will not
be felt either in the political tone or in the general management of
the "Hull Advertiser." The new Proprietors nave few professions
to make, and are content to rest their success on the extent and fide-
lity of their endeavours to deserve it. One promise the editor may
make to the people. The " Hull Advertiser" will never, under his
management, be the tool of any party, or the organ of any clique or
faction —political or religious. It will never be found supporting
corrupt and ambitious men at the expense of great and enlightened
principles ; nor attacking the foundations of law and order to court
an ephemeral popularity. Not that we wish the shadow of doubt to
be felt as to our political principles. We are Liberals in the most
general Interpretation of that term. We are the advocates of Free-
Trade—Church Reform—Law Reform—the supporters of an ex-
tended Electoral Franchise—of the abolition of the Navigation-
Laws—the University Tests—the mockery of Official Sweariag—
Capital Punishments—and for the substitution of Peace for Military
principles in the :government and control of all the nations of the
earth. We are strongly in favour of a system of National Educa-
tion, and look upon the schoolmaster as the great regenerator of our
social system.
It will be our peculiar study and our greatest pleasure to co-ope-
rate with every movement having for its object the improvement of
the social and physical condition of the people among whom this
journal more especially circulates. Local reforms are, after all, the
things which should chiefly occupy the constant attention of a pro-
vincial press. And here we hope to be well supported by our con-
temporaries of every shape of opinion. We have no jealousy of rival
newspapers, and do not propose to ourselves the employment of any
means to diminish their profits, or curtail their circulation. We can
speak of the success which has attended our own labours without
directly or indirectly implying a want of success on the part of our
contemporaries. The great mission of a free press is not fulfilled by
the traduction of rival journals, or the. vituperative railings and
counter-railings of the organs of adverse opinions. The press, as a
great intellectual institution, owes a respect to itself inconsistent
with those coarse bickerings which are never popular but in a semi-
barbarous state of society.
We trust to be pardoned for observing that henceforth all our in-
terests are mixed up with the prosperity of Hull. In assuming the
proprietorship of this paper, we have aimed as much at making our
residence in Yorkshire a permanent ene, as in obtaining an organ
wherewith to effect some social and political good in our generation.
We are happy to say that it would require no Increase of our present
circulation to make the engagement upon which vs e have entered a
profitable one. To stand still would be to obtain a remunerative
share of success. But, with the blessing of God, we are not destined
to enter upon what, In this ever-advancing world, should be con-
sidered as a retrograde course. We have arrangements in contem-
plation, which, when completed, will place us In an advanced posi-
tion as rexerds our most enterprising provincial contemporaries.
Wherever lurking genius is to he found, it will be our peculiar care
to draw it forth, and to enrich the world with its hidden treasures.
There is a great abundance of unemployed intellectual
wealth in Hull, for which we hope some day to find profitable in-
vestment. There is also a vast amount of moral and social evil to
he remedied, not entirely beyond the reach of newspaper influence.
In the way of sanitary reform there is more to be done than would
sutllce to constitute the twelve labours of Hercules. with these
♦iews, and with an earnest determination to do all in our power to
redress the real grievan-es of every class and party of our fellow-
townsmen, we enter upon the more extended sphere of our public.
duties. We ask from all extens ve support, and generous sympathy
and encouragement.

The " hull Advertiser" is most extensively circulated in Hull, the
East Riding of Yorkshire, and North Lincolnshire, and Is therefore
an excellent Advertising Medium for professional gentlemen, agri-
culturists, auctioneers, commercial agents, &c.
It it published for the proprietors, Edvrard Francis Collins and
John Marling, early every Friday morning, at the office, 26, Low-
gate, Hull, where all communications, orders for papers, advertise-
ments, &c., are respectfully rerpsested to be sent.
N.B.—Posting Bills, Band Bills, Circulars, and every description
of Printing, executed with the greatest neatness and dispatch.

ErWALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority),
• the " QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are
easily threaded, even by the blind, and have improved points, temper,
and finish the labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince
Albert in relief en coloured grounds. Sent tree by post, by any
respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling
value.
11. WALKER'S NEEDLES FOR THE MILLION are about half
the price of the " Queen's Own." H. W. also manufactares improved
Crochets, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, &c.
Gresham-street West, London.

BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-
road, London.
The principles of the Itygelan theory are contained in the follow-
ing propositions :-
1. Tho vital principle is contained in the blood.
1. Everything in the body is derived from the blood.
3. All constitutions are radically the same.
4. All diseases arise from the impurity of the blood, or, in other
words, from acrimonious humours lodged in the body.
5. This humour, which degenerates the blood, has three sources
—the maternine, the contagious, and the personal.
6. Disease and pain have the same origin, and may therefore be
considered synonymous terms.
7. Purgation by proper vegetable purgatives is the only effectual
mode of eradicating disease.
8. Experience of upwards of twenty years has amply proved MO-
RISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE to be each
proper vegetable purgative.
9. From the intimate connexion subsisting between the mind and
the body, the health of the one must conduce to the serenity of the
other.