The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-06 00:00:00

OONIMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON, Loth-
bury, and No. 6. Henrietta-street, Covent garden.
The Directors hereby give notice, that the ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Banking-
house of the Company, in Lothbury, on TUESDAY, the 18th day of
July next, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving the
Report of the Directors, declaring a Dividend, and transacting other
business connected with the general interests of the Bank.

Also for Electing Four Directors in the room of Edward Cotton,
Y William Wektord Collett, James Alexander Doeglas, and Edward
Oxenford, Esquires, who retire according to the provisions of the
Deed of sett:ement ; and notice is hereby further given, that James
Sys
Alexander Douglas, and Edward Oxenford, Esquire=, being eligible
n 1 for re-election, offer themselves as Candidates accordingly ; and that
1- Charles HUI, Eiq., of llyde Park-square, ono of the Sheriffs of Don-
t() don and Middlesex, and Thomas Winkworth, Esq., also offer them-
selves as Candidates.
T The Transfer Books will be CLOSED on the 15th instant, and
'5, re-opened on the 6th August following.
41 By order of the Board,
!IC A. B. CUTBILL, Manager.
I- Dated Lothbury, July 5, 1548.

FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE.

TH E LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and
GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE;
23, THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH;
GREAT BIZIDGEWATER-STREET, MANCHESTER ;
WASON'S-BUILDINGS, and MATTHEW-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The Company transact business in • every department of Life and
Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq.

At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the
Life Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of
5 per ceut. was added to the share, in addition to the payment of the
annual interest.

The following' are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 100/.
for the whole life, one-half of which may remain for five years by
merely paying the interest annually, at 5 per cent.; and should the
policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then L e
deducted.

Age 20, without profits •£1 13 0 With profits .... £1 18 0
1 19 8 2 5 8

) 50

For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for
any ages or contingencies not usually advertised linormatiou may be
obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary.

FIRE DAPARTMENT.

The Company insure houses, furniture, stock in trade, farming
Stock, and every description of personal property, against luss or
damage by fire.
The Directors beg to remind their friends, whose premiums become
due at Midsummer, that no extra charge is made at this office for
the transfer of policies, and that they will be rated on terms pecu-
liarly favourable to parties insuring.
Insurances may be effected for any period of time ; if fur seven
years, the Premium and Daty will only be charged for six.
June, 1948. JOHN BIGG, Secretary.

DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED.
MEDICAL, INVALID, and GrENERAL LIFE
OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON ; 22, NASSAU-
STREET, DUBLIN; GROSSE GALLENGASSE, FRANKFORT
BORSEN PASSAGE, HAMBURG; and LILLA. NYGATAN
STOCKHOLM.

Subscribed Capital, 500,0001.

This offica was established in 1841, and possesses tables formed on
scientifte basis for the assurance of diseased lives.

Policies of twelve months standing are not affected by suicide,
duelling, &c., and Assigned Policies are valid from the date thereof,
should death ensue from any of these causes.
Policies issued by this Society give the Person whose life is assured
permission to go at any time beyond the limits of Europe, on the
payment of certain, but small and fixed, rates of premium, which arc
indursed on the Policy at the time when first issued.
HEALTHY LIVES, both at Home and in Foreign Climates, aro
Assured with as much facility and at lower rates than at most other
offices; and a capital of Half-a-Million sterling fully subcritiet
affords a complete guarantee for the fulfilment of the Company's
engagements.

Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal will be forwarded, postage
free, on application to any of the Safety's Agents, or to FRANCIS
G. P. NEISON, Actuary, 25, Pall-mall, London.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
The Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS on
MORTGAGE for Sums of 5001. and upwards, and for any period not
less than Three, and not exceeding Seven Years, at Five per Cent.
per Annum Interest, to be paid half-yearly by Coupons, at Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Bankers, London.
Loins may be effected for Sums of less than 5001., by parties wil-
ling to bear the extra cost •f the stamp.
By order,

J. R. MOWATT, Secretary.
Company's Offices, 11, Moorgate-street,
London, June 6, 1848.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
TO CONTR ACTORS—TENDERS FOR WORKS.
The Directors of the Great Northern Railway will meet at the
Company's Offices, No. 14, Moorgate-street, London, at Eleven
O'clock in the Forenoon of MoNtuT, the 24th day of July next, to re-
CAIVe Tenders for the Execution of the Works of the Line between
Copenhagen Fields and King's Cross, London.
The necessary particulars may be known at the Offices of the Com-
PallY ; or at the Offices of the Company's Engineer, Mr. Joseph Cu-
bitt, 6, Great George-street, Westminster, on and after MONDAY, 3d
July next.
N.B. The Directors will not be bound to accept the lowest Tender.
By order,
J. It. MOWATT, Secretary.
Company's Offices, No. 14, Moorgate-street,
London, June 22, 1843.

SCAREOROUGH.—RLACKSMITH'S ARMS, QUEEN-STREET,
COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL.
MRS. ENNOS begs to inform COMMERCIAL
GENTLEMEN that she has taken this OLD COMMER-
CIAL HOUSE, and respectfully solicits a continuance of the support
enjoyed by her predecessor, the late Mr. Rudilock.

THE PATENT CARARA-WATER COM-
PANY, under the immediate superintendence of Mr.
lIIAUGHAM, the original Patentee, are now producing one of the
most agreeable and salutary effervescent beverages ever submitted to
public approbation ; which Chemists, Confectioners, and others are
enabled to vend in high perfection, at the price of common Ruda Wa-
ter. The CARRARA-WATER is manufactured only at 78, Upper
Thames-street, and may be obtained wholesale (or in any quantity)
on manufactory terms, from the principal London Agents, Messrs.
IIENBY BRETT and CO., Brandy Merchants, Old Furnives Inn,
Holborn.

BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-
road, London.

eCases ef Cure performed by MORISON'S VEGETABLE
,„'AIVERSAL MEDICINE may be had as above ; also at the
flYgeist Office, 368, Strand ; and of all the llygelan Agents through-
oUt the country, price 2d., or 4d. by post.
In consequence of the numerous counterfeits of Morison's medi-
cine °° the Continent, parties travelling abroad aro requested to be
0114 heir guard, and to purchase only of respectable merchants.
'IL NO chemist or draggist is authorised to sell Morison's me-

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The thousands of individuals who for upwards
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can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy
the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing
the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s.
per bottle.
To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate-
street, Wlalteshapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn-
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street; Barclay, Farrinidon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-
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Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to
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Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye."
Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper.

A A
.11'1 One half the wend are desolately single, and the other
supposing them married, questionably contented. Dltfldence, or a
sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
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SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise
on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
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37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
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Marriage reqvires the fillfilment of several conditions. in order
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