The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-31 00:00:00

0- ATI NAL PROVIDENT INSTIMTION,
43, Gracechurch-street, London, for Mutual Assurance
Annuities, &c.
""uplled under the Acts of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies.
DIRECTORS.
SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq., Chairman.
WILLIAM CASH, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
';'.as. Pritchett Bouslield, Esq. ! Robert Ingham, Esq.
liraeury, Esq.
4aors,l Charles Lushington, Esq.
„_._ as Castle, Esq. John St. Barbe, Esq.
William M. Christy, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq.
°l'n Felthant. Esq. - William Tyler, Esq.
r"
nag Hodgkin, M.D.
DIRECTORS.
J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.I. S. I Thomas Bevan, M.D., F.L.S.
TIVITaIeS.
' William Cash, Esq. -I Samuel H. Lucas, Esq.
John Feltham, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq.
• BANKERS—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson.
CONSULTING AcTn.sar—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S.
UPORT OF -TILE DIRECTORS FOR 1846, PRESENTED TO
- THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS,
HELD AT THE LONDON TAVERN, BLSIIOPSGATE-STREET,
1% 1844 -
CHARLES LUSITINGTON, Esq.; in the Chair.
The return of another Anniversary of this Institution affords the
Directors the gratificaction of laying before their, fellow Members a
highly satisfactory Report, chewing not only a large Increase of Busi.
"ess during the past year, but exhibiting in its various details the
°r°3Perous condition of the Institution, far exceeding that of any
t'arer period.
tis with feelings of lively satisfaction that the Directors con-
gratulate the Members at large on the high reputation the Institution
1,4),,1tts in public estimation, and on the extensive sphere of usefulness
' "as already attained, including, as it now does, 4,372 Members.
This number comprises Members residing in all parts of the country,
55d there is every prospect of the number being progressively in-
-7...,e"ed as the benefits of the Society become more and more widely
„7", teed, so that at no distant day it may fully accomplish the design
its founders, in proving itself a truly National Provident
institution.
, In the course of the year just terminated, the large number of
Policies have been issued, the Annual Premiums on which
',',nount to 15,4411. ss. 3d. • and 128 Proposals for Life Assurance
"lore been declined as ineligible.
.4.• The accounts have, as usual, been made up to the 20th November
t ; and from tho Auditors' Report, the Capital Stock of the
Foei t
e 7' on that day appears to be 299,6751. 12e. 4d., being an in
last year of 58,2141. 19s. Id.
The Annual Income is now 88,9401. 81. 2d.
'The claims paid on account of deaths during the year amount to
I+.oool.
1 s. 4d.
At the close of the ensuing year the assets and liabilities will be
• far by Charles Ansel, Esq., Actuary to the Institution,
f_ the purpose of apportioning such surplus funds as my. have ac-
enied since the last division of profits in 1842 ; and, from the large
Inc
rease of business since that period, the directors entertain sanguine
expectations of a satisfactory result.
The following statement shows the progress of the institution since
ire
cunumencement:—
_

No. of
Tears endieg Policies Annual Income. Amonat of Capital
£ s. d. s. d.
20th Noy. 1836 616 8,021 12 2 10,736 3 0
p. „ 1837 43.5 14,600 0 0 31,592 10 6
• .• 1838 459 19,934 19 4 46,855 010
„ 1839 490 25,497 4 2 64,959 10 10
„ „ 1840 494 31,051 10 10 90,545 13 9
1841 357 36,357 1 4 114,993 2 4
e. •I. *MIT' ' -364 39,360 9 7 -239,806 1 7
1843 703 44,219 17 0 167,079 11 2
1844 722 52,037 9 2 202,162 1 9
" 1845 911 70,819 14 5 241,460-13 3
- • 1846 1005 88,940 8 2 299,675 12, A
TOtal number 6.556

rtt. rr:iti, •
.Mg result of the valuation of the liabilities and assets
;lithe Institution made in November, 1842, is exemplified in the fol-
Zing instances. exhibiting the profit assigned to Policies which had
n to existence from one to seven years:—

Equal to a
, . , :.: Reduction
1 ~.. ; t..: Et . -5a ow; 2 A in Pre- Reduction
per cent.
-% 11 It, "- °N 'i ''''.. miunl in on the
Z-4 .4 v.. 4 ~,*g
__. lien o
11..., .6 -4
c .4f Original
- Bonus' Premium of
Tears, Years. PX. £. a. d. £. S. d. Z. 8. d.
7 59 1,000 163 11 0630027 17 2 . 44
7 46 1,010 115 12 040 1816 3 5 40
7 33 2,000177 10 05418:20 11 6 39
32 5001 44 7013 2 II: 51 4 39
6 52 2,000,227 19 097118:34 5 10 35
6 80 1,000 106 5•451010 15 10 7 34
e 31 500 37 201217 6: 42 5 32
S
81 I,^oo 91 30472 C 13 6 4 28
5
5 41 2,000 146 13 0691001 18 1 0 26
30 600 37 2015 8 0 4 1 2 26
4 42 500 28 19 017 12 1 313 3 20
4
3 28 1,000 46 14 02434 4 16 5 19,4
46 800 37 80131 18 8 418 10 15%
2 25 2,000 69 60:4450 6 14 11 15. i
2 63 3,000 140 15 0 224 15 02311 7 10%
1 26 5001 11 11 0: 11 10 01 2 6 9%
...ft.._ 42 2,0001 26 14 0: 70 843 3 9 4%

kern
4 bers whose Premiums becomo due on the Ist of January next,
th reminded that the same must be paid within thirty days from
it time.
The
ber Next Division of Profits will be made up to the 20th of Novem-
, 1847.
Oopf
eh.— es. of the last report, and every other information, may be
1.1 ned at the Office, or of the Agents in the country.
tegraber 23, 1846. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
INCE SOCIETY,
2 CONNHILL, LONDON.
Capita 12.600,009..
11.11 h, , Empowered by Act OfTnr'lament.
with _ttltion embraces important and substantial advantages
ihag. ~ to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
;qua occasions. the power to borrow, without expense er for-
the Polley, two-thirds of the orentiums paid (see Table)
tt eittlen of selecting benefits, and the conversion.nf
to- meet other conveniences or necessity.
rue, eaces ter terms of years are granted on the lowest possible

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
relsarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
itZbled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
'.eh Policy effected oa the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

41 .:-I.'"i?
/*rent' . g Bonus ! Bonn M •2. , Assured
adder'. i Cash. -,' '
= o may
g , . Borrow.
... I • ar.
A , - . r.11137,.£217 IS 1 £lOO 0 11.£14 0 4 .£445 0
. ._ ... -

14 Xs.d.l r 1
111°°° 2 4

1111371
!183g1
1839,
1s
41f

£21715 I'AlOO 0 11*16 0 4
192 3 0 67 1 41 13 10 2
165 11 111 74 1 9' 11 2 1
116 7 6 64 010 718 le
111 4 8, 49 14 1 711 4

£445 N 0
395 11 1
34i 2 3
296 13 4
247 4

be'rhe dlviigon of pro9te to auntie', and the next will be made
°Mater ef the preseitt year.
F. FKROUSON CAMROUX. Secretary.

METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, No. 3, PRINCES-STREET, BANK.
The DIRECTORS hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums
hill due on the sth of JANUARY next, that the same must be paid
within thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, on the
%th of January, stb of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either
riwhich several days constitutes the commencement of the year to
embers. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the Society, as
,embers, on the sth of January next, should appear, or lodge their
vroOosals, at the Office, on or before that day.
Society, for mutual and general assurance, appropriates all
v7,profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the
W°le term of life as Members of the Society. Au abatement of
144%M has been made at the rate of 45 per cent. for the year end-
fie 4th of April, 1847, under the confident expectation of a con-
abate abatement at that rate, at least, to all Members of five years'
tiLding and upwarels.
P. RICHARD HEATIIFIELD, Superintendent.
..nces-street, Bank, Dec. 12, 1846.

liIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS.
The
LOANS OF MONEY.
Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans
`, Money for period: o; flv• or seven years, under the autherity 01
the Acts of Parliament, at the rate of i per cent. per annum. The
Interest will be pa 44 half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist of
Jl7.lnLtoodon or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer.
Scaled
enders vs.
----na the amount and term of years for which the
Money is proposed to 1
ie lent. to
endorsed "Tender for addressed to the Commissioners,
order:sirkenhead, Sept. tl, 1X46.
RICHARD 111'D, Sec.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC ri
BY PERMISSION -TS ITUTION.
SCIICENTIEIN'S GUN COTTON, ditTerier all other spe-
c Three ; and on
.—P
ROF E S OPT
litieng recently before the public, Is LECTURItn from
to.‘eslYe cenipeunds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Hall on, with other ex-
nwE.A.I.ONSTRA-
" tvenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Yries4r
4,„Th_e principle of the EL.. CTRIC. TEI
`.O daily, by Professor BAC lIIIOFFN ER, especially
Vhe new patent of If ee.srs. N, 11 and Gamble, By the ca.lWrence
7,7 X MICROS: 'on areexhibitedspeclrnen3 of the insicAsxiTip-
is:Sou, showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, am, together
1,1 the DES TRUCTITE INSEC I', sappesed, by A. Dunce, Eer
1ii1t...432 to he the canse of the disease. The PHYSIC/A(2OA'
a...4LN. EXPERIM it %TS, DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c'
Admission Is. Schools, half-price.
An entire NEW and Ilk: A UTIFITL SERIES of DISSOLVING
v.
,iiirS will be introduoed at CHRISTMAS, and the Institution will
- °Pen ex the evening of Saturday, the 2Gth.

„., UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE.
..jrll2 HALI, OF ROME, GREAT s
WIND-
ILL-STREET,M TIATMARRET.
Th
'fly , _Windld B
comport of the Visitors. In addition to the much-
admil
Drew d eomPany will be added male and female artistes, arrived ex-
TAN Y from Italy, Germany', France, &c. Amongst the new series of
or the
will be represented, the Four Seasons, the Mietletos Bough,
„"0 Christmas Fete, and the Spirit of the Waters.
nzerffonnance to commenee at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, and
0,41,2" t Eight In the Evening. Stalls, 25.6 d.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.;

SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE.
years The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty
ante! have *Ye used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only
• extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or
;,▪ `.ll hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black,
—,entio` ut trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro-
application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it
Thtae incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy
li„„all. by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
the,.._"•ne that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing
pertali the latest period of life. Price Ps. 6d., 65., and les
"vme
T•
or.: be
had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate
bin ; .
4,Yhtteshapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, fig, Corn-
str.__lngtler, 4, Cheapsido • Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, ISO, Oxford-
itr;:t ; Barclay, yarrint;don-street ; Atkinson, 24 Old Bond-
kus_t ; nooper, 43, Ring William-street, London bridge; Finnigin,
Bath; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of mos
en; miners and Medicine Vendors is town and country. Sent to
Please
of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid.
o}„,ta** to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye."
—vzl'e. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper.

IFIRA.mpTON'S PILL OF HEALTH
The manifold adtantages to the heads of families from the
session of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to
With confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick-
nets. occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious to
. that no question can be raised of its importance to every house•
bolder in the kingdom. From among numerous testmonials, the
'glowing is respostftilly submitted:—
" TO )13. THOMAS ?ROUT, 29, STRAND. LONDON.
" 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 11142.
Sir.—l gave much satisfaction in communicating to you the re-
-11"7 experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL
HEALTH,OF and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of
many years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found
results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system
ftom redundant bile
—. Ike.. with so little inconvenience; I am
therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a mean?
Ong wanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and
specially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most
Valuable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit
to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making
"AMPTONT'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated.
am. Sir, respectfully' yours, " WILLIAM SMITH."
The unprecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re-
commendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit
from their use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are
not Put forth as a cnre for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but
Ter Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known
fondants, Bilious Bilious and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals,
-utuness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness,
~,ertbum, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c
"r
...o or three doses willl convince the afflicted of their salutary
euect. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy
t 441 f the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place;
.4 !Mead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance,
Okre4tb. activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age,
vnll be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions
liteonipanying each box.
Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand. London. Price Is. l d. and 25.9 d.
;f x, also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
'wisdom.
~.ksk for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
41.....Ltrae and Address of " Thomas Prout 229 strand, London," on the
wvniameat stamp