The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-21 00:00:00

J,ELAT and NEPANEE PRIZE-MONEY
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, June 14,1848.
The Directors of the East India Company having paid over to this
40aPital the amount of the Unclaimed Shares of the Prize-money
for the Capture of KELAT, in 1839, due to her Majesty's Troops,
L. the 2d and 17th Regimeits ofFoot ; and also the amount of the
nclaimed Shares for the Capture of NAPANEE, in February, 1841,
on account of her Majesty's 4th Regiment of Foot ; notice is hereby
kivert, that Payment of the said Shares will commence on the 17th
day of July next, and be continued at this Office on each succeeding
day between the hours of Eleven and Two.
RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary and Registrar.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET,
.tirst Exhibition of Important and Novel Experiments in Elec-
tricity, by Isham Baggs, Esn., illustrating, by means of the Hydro-
Electric Machine, the Phenomena of Thunder-storms and the Cause
V.Llghtning, in a series of Lectures, to commence on Monday, the
a?th instant, to be continued on Wednesday and Friday, at Two
o'clock, and in the Evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at
4111 e o'clock.—The popular Lectures of Dr. Ryan and Dr. Bachhoff-
lier.—Dioramic effects are exhibited in the new Dissolving Views,
which, with the Chromatrope and
,Microscope, are shown on the
large disc.
._OPea daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
mturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price.--The New Catalogue, Is.

THE GREATEST IsTOVELTT IN EUROPE.
ryHE CHINESE JUNK,
The KEYING, manned by a Chinese crew, as visited by
Zr Majesty the Queen, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal
ghness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Visitors are re-
It red by a Mandarin of rank and a Chinese Artist of celebrity,
9ebited in full Chinese Court Costume. Grand Saloon gorgeously
lurntshed in the most approved style of the Celestial Empire.
Iggendid Joss or Chinese Idol, &c., &c.
Tne KEYING is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION, from Ten to
a,__
in the Last India Docks, adjoining the Brunswick Pier and
4alivray Terminus, Blackwell.
Admission, 2s. ; Children, Half-price.
Junk Tickets, including fare and admission, are issued at all the
elation' of the Blackwell and Eastern Counties Railways. Convey-
112e also by Steam-boat from all the Piers between Westminster-
waft. and Woolwich.
Catalogues, obtainable only on board, price Sixpence.
"There is not amore interesting Exhibition in the vicinity of Len-
'on than the Chinese Junk—one step across the entrance, and you
ale In the Chinese world—you have quitted the Thames for the vi-
cinity of Canton."—The Times.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS" SCHOOLS
for Orphan and Necessitous Children, Wanstead.
raTaoN—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, &c. &c. &c.
PRESIDENT—J. MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P.
Notice is hereby given, that an Election of Children and a Quer-
-4,,r13, General Court of the Governors of this Institution
city will
Lokue
ta
Place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in of -
"on, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of June instant. The General
the
will commence at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, for
1
Purpose of receiving the Quarterly Reports fromn the Board of
management and the Auditors ; also to entertain and determine the
410 ions of Messrs. Cuffiey, Gunton, and Rumsey, and such other
questions and matter as may be authorised and required by the rules
Of the Institution. The Election will commence at Twelve o'clock,
and the roll be closed at Three o'clock precisely.
On the MONDAY previous, June 26, an EXAMINATION of the
Wanstead,
in the Schools will take place at the Institution, at
Zvanstend, to be conducted by Messrs. Saunders and Smith, of the
'Titbit and Foreign School Society, to commence at Twelve o'clock.
fk Cold Collation will afterwards be provided, to be on table at
Three o'clock. A Band of Music will be in attendance.
Tickets for Gentlemen, 125.; for Ladies, Ss., may be obtained on
application at the Offices, or by letter, enclosing the amount.
CHARLES NASH, Secretary.

Offices, 60, Bread-street, Cheapside.

....
REDUCED FARES.
HE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
T
COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAm-
sHIPS are appointed to leave—
The Custom-Flonse or Tower, for—
_ HAMBURGH, carrying her 3lajesty's Mails, every Tuesday aid
Friday Evening.
From Blackwell Pier, for
ROTTERDAM and the RELINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails—
ROTTERDAM
Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning.
ANTWERP and the RIIINE—The Soho, every
,„ Thursday, at
4ell. Morning.
OSTED—In Ten Hours, every Wednesday,
,_and Saturday Morn-
NJune 24, at Six ; 28, at Ten.
From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, ter—
nAVßE—Every Sunday and Thursday, at Eight, Morning.
From London-bridge IN narf, for—
BOULOGNE—Every Thursday Morning. June 22, at Four ; 21,
at ,f„.
CALAIS--Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. Jana 22, at
''ye ; 25, at Seven.
HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight Morning.
YARMOUTH—Every Wednesday, and Saturday, at Six Evening.
HAMSG.4.TE Direct—The Mercury or Little Western
Tuesday,—Every
Thursday, and Saturday, at Half-past Nine Morning,
411thit, at Blackwell at a Quarter-pest Ten Morning.
From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for
Wednesday and Sa
Saturday ; the Leith,
turday, at Ten Evening.
Pe Trident, this Evening ; the Clarence,
Saturday, July 1.
From fore's Steam Wharf, Wapping,
at Eight Even-
for—
,NEWCASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday,
wg• Chief Cabin, 1/. ; Second Cabin, 12s.
To *enure Berths, for Freight, and for Billls, containing hours of
te
„. Parture, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 7, Lombard-street ; 37,
Regent-circus ;
and 35, Leadenhall-street._____
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
ini CALLS for SEVENTH INSTAL3IENT of 31. 10s. per
...-ARE on 251. Shares, making 211. paid, and for FIFTH INSTAL-
',ENT of 31. 10s. per SHARE on 171. Shares, making 13/. paid.
The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a
reeLing held this day, to CALL, under the provisions of the Acts of
arNursleat, for an Instalment of 3/. 10s. per Share cm 25/. Shares ;
111 4 also for an Instalment of 31. 105. per Share on 171. Shares;
Otiee is hereby gives, that the Proprietors are requd to pay, on
or before the sth day of July next, to any
re
the tinedreond
!ankers, the said earn of 31. 10s. en each of their respective 251.
*hires ; and the like sans of 31. 10s. 01 each of their respective 17/.
_shares, viz. :
Ideadon-I(essrs. Glyn, fainters, Mills, and Co. ; at the Great West-
era Railway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City.
Instol—Messrs. Mlles, Uarford, and Co.; Messrs. Beihe llie, Ames, and
Co. ; Stuckey's Banking Company ;
t West of Eng-
land and South Wales District Bank.
—14"111001—The Bank of Liverpool.
Cheltenham—TheCoanty of Gloucester Bank.
''''4ll-11S—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Ce.
By order of the Board of Directors,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
tendon Terminus, Paddington, June 1, 1848.

LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION,
Instituted 1806.
Mee, 81, RING WILLIAM•STREET.
Paßstrortur—Sir CLAUDIUS STEPHEN HUNTER, Bart.
VICE-PRESIDENT—CHARLES FRANKS, Esq.
The Members of this Association who have been assured seven or
Inore entire ears are iormed that their pmiums falling due on
ty e Ist July seat will bnfe reduced this year 661. re per cent., leaving only
I. Per cent. to be paid.
Parties desirous ofjoining this Association will be entitled to a re-
duction of premium one year earlier by effecting their Assurances on
or before the Ist July, and for their c onvenience a Boar
Frid d of
ay Directo
during
rs
7511 be held at Twelve o'clock every Wednesday and
the month of Jane.

EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary.
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FIRE INSURANCE DUTY.
THE GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE AS-
SURANCE COMPANY.
62, Ring William-street, London.
~At the Annual Meeting of the CcmPatty on'the 13th of May, 1848,
the following resolution, submitted by a Proprietor, was unani-
-4"e.w4 adopted :
..." That this Annual General Meeting cannot review their business
'l' the Fire Department without observing lilth regret the continu-
ree of the Duty on Fire Assurance (from which only farming stock
exempt), and wlsfch they regard and condemn as most objection-
able 4
.._- at principle and practice, and as a prohibitory impost on that
tridenee and forethought, especially amongst the inhabitants of
•,. towns and of the manufacturing districts, which every enlightened
;ei,_ Mature and Government should recommend and promote. And
lion
this meeting therefore instruct the Directors to present a peti-
rn to both Houses of Parliament for the repeal of the tax on Fire
I.lfurances, and to co-operate in any judicious efforts that may be
10Me to accomplish so desirable a result."
JIB GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE AS-
SURANCE COMPANY.
r.tEstablished 1837. 20, and 10
"arc.._ by Special Acts of Parliament, 3d Vic., Cap.
ft,„.
Vic., Ca4p. I.
42, King William-street, London ; 21, St. David-street, Edinburgh ;
and 1, Cross street, Market-street, Manchester.
Capital, One Million.
DIRECTORS.
Iti Sorge Bonfield, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M,P.
„ Mai Challis, Esq. and Ald. Thomas Piper, Esq.
John▪ eb George Cope, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq.
; Dixon, Esq. Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.
tePh Fletcher, Esq. Jehn Wilts, Esq.
,chard Miller, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq.
hr.he MIDSUMMER Fire renewal receipts are now ready, and may
7_ Had on application at the Head Offices of the Company, or ef
...? of its Agents throughout the country.
iln the Life Department the Company
i. transacts all business re-
sating to Life Assurances. Deferred Annuities, or Family Endow-
ntte, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles
"wf Public security.
toLoans granted on personal security, and the deposit of a Life Policy
oe effected by the borrower.
.____To all Agents, Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, liberal al-
lowances will be made.
By order of the Directors,
THOMAS PRICE, Secretary.

LIFE ASSURANCE FOR ALL CLASSES.
EN GL I S I-I WIDOWS' FUND AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
Capital 200,0001. •
PRESIDENT.
Ills Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, B.G.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Most Hon. the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MORFETH, M.P.
C.B.Cuataxas—Major-General Sir GEORGE POLLOCK, G. B
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—EDWARD ESDAILE, Esq.
Assurances effected with and without participation in profits.
Four-fifths of the profits divided amongst the Assured on the profit
scale.
r.grllll4eMall TO INSURE £lOO AT DEATH WITHOUT PFITS.
16 1 18. d.
i Ago 1 x 5. d. 1 Age 1 £s.d. I Age 1 £ si.sd.o
PREMIUMS TO IN. "10I 30 208 I 40
Age 1 x d 1 'IT" £lOO AT DEATH WITH PROFITS.
16e 16 11 4
le. * rge I £ sdIA! I X"
lAge 1 X'•
d*
20 Age
2 4'4' 40 219 9
ANNUITIES PAYABLE HALF-YEARLY.
£a. d. £ a £s. d.
Age 40..6 18 6 (Age go..
8 0. d.
0 I Ageo 60..10 9 8
Provo:Ansa and every information may be btained at the Office,
it Fleet-street, London.
THOMAS ROBINSON, Resident Director.

G. It EA T YORKSHIRE STAKES.
EVERY HORSE A PRIZE.
SARACEN'S HEAD. AYLESBURY.
First second Third Among Among
s. Horse. Horse. Horse. Starters. Non-do.
Subscriber
6,000 at £5 05. £lO,OOO £5,000 £5,000 £5,e00 £5,000
6.0(0 at 1 os. 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
6•°00 at 0 10s. 1,000 500 500 500 NO
6,000, at 0 OS- 500 250 250 250 250
'',4o at 0 25. 200 100 100 100 100
Parties desirous of securing CHANCES in the above SWEEP-
IIITAKEs are invited to do so early, as each Sweep will be drawn im-
mediately it is full. Absent Subscribers may rely upon being faith-
fully represented. Ladles' Communications will be kept secret. Cor-
respondence addressed, and Money Orders made payable to Richard
Nicholls and James Parkinson, Temple-square, Aylesbury. Prizes
Laidthe first Monday after the race, less
5 per cent. The Drawing
take place in the Large Room. The Third gorse to be decided by
" Bell's Life."

~, Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engra.rinvs...... on Steel.
Olt PHYSICAL DISQUALICA.TIONS, GENERATIV GEE INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDMENTS TO MARRIA. _
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, Sc. 6d. In postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and 4iecay of the generative system, from ex-
tes,_, sive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marringe, end the means of obviating certain dis-
rand. cations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London.
Publishedli by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ;
~:nus.Y. 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Static, 23, Titehborne-
- _eet, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street.
rani I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is Illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PnaT 11. treats of the consequences resulting fl•em excessive indul-
:nee, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
Itis bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
" illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
,l'AnT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
Primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse
ot
mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated
bySeventeen Coloured Engravings.
~„Pear IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple al).
ration, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action
simple bat sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys
itisa
Power on the system. This important part of the Work should
be read by every Young Man entering into life.
defied,
P. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
* The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
rho whole
tic
_whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
CORDIAL BALM or STRUM:IX is exclusively employed in treat-
i "In
lervous and sexual debility, impotence, 11s&c., .and 335. per
re bottle, The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphili
tc,"°edY, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp-
i, rUptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 338. per bottle.
n:/7.37's PurifYing specific piss, ys. od., 4s. 6,1., and I Is. per box, a
• emetly in gontirrhom,gleet, strictures, and chronic inilamma-
lof the bladder. I.:onsultation fee, if by letter, 11. 5/. Packets
advice to be had at the EAtablishment only, by which the fee,
11. i 3 d• Attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, from Eleven
~fwa
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