The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-25 00:00:00

No. 17,446.]

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent.
(less income-tax) on the paid-up Capital on the Shares of the Society,
will be p::yable at this office, on and after MoNnav, the 21st day of
August inst.
Proprietors living at a distance may obtain their Dividends either
by sending an order to the Secretary, or by applying to any of the
Society's agents

GEO. 11. PINCKIRD, Resident Secretary
99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury.

'IMF. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
8, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-IIOUSE, and 28, REGENT-
6TREET, wATERI.OO-PLACE, LONDON.
Capital, 1.500,000/. ; surplus, 160,0001.
LIABILITY of the PROPRIETORS UNLIMITED.
FIRE INSURANCES at Home and Abroad, effected on Moderate
Terms.

LIFE INSURANCE in all its branches, on a nay system of Gua-
ranteed Bonuses, and at I.,mr Premiums.
1' ull Prospectuses may be had on application at the Chief Offices,
and the various agencies throughout the country.
SWINTON BOUM', Secretary to the Company.
BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident secretary in London.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND,
42, Moorgate-street, London.
FIRST DIVISION of PROFITS was declared 30th June, 1848,
being ONE per Cent. per Annum on the amount Assured equal to
THIRTY-THREE per Cent. on the Premium paid.
Every description of MUTUAL .LIFE ASSURANCE effected
daily.
The Seventh Annual Report may be had on application.
THOMAS MULLINDER, Secretary.
July 5, 1848.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Asiatic Cholera, its dependence on the Electrical State of the At-
mosphere. This important Lecture, with New and Practical Sugges-
tions tor its Treatment, will be delivered by Isham Baggs, Esq., on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. at Two o'clock, and on the alter-
nate Evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Nine, till the
2d of September. In Dr. Ryan's Lectures, the Fatal Explosion In
Albany-street will be referred to ; and the valuable Patent Gas Ap-
paratus of Stephen White, Esq., will be explained.—Lectures by Dr.
Bachhoffner, on Pneumatics.—The various Optical Effects.—Diener
and Diving-bell.—An elegant Model of a Vessel, with Captain Car-
penter's Improved Propeller, at Work on the Water, &c., &c.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and fa the Evenings (including
Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is.

Next Week will be published,
EPITOME of ALISON'S HISTORY of
EUROPE.
For the Use of Schools and Young Persons.
Price Seven Shillings and Sixpence, strongly bound in cloth.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.
Sold by all Booksellers.
The Trade may have Specimens of this Work for distribution, on
application through their London correspondents.

TEE cheapest, and one of the most useful presents
to a newly-married couple is one of JAMES'S recently-in-
vented English TIMEPIECES, which for style, accuracy, and price
far surpasses anything ever yet offered to the public. They aro
packed in cases and warranted, for the low prices of 155. and 17s.
each. A Pest-office Order for either of these amounts will ensure
one being forwarded immediately.
Address JAMES'S Timepiece Manufactory, 13, Great Alie-street,
Goodman's-fields, London. The Trade supplied. All kinds of re-
pairs done at equally low rates.

TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
No. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, Cheapside.
Black, 2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4e. 4d., ss.
Green, 35., 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 55.. 65., 7s.
Coffee, 91, 10d., Is., Is. 2d., Is. 4d., Is. 6d., Is. Bd.
Delivered free of carriage to any part of England.
CARRIAGE FREE TO ANY PART OF
ENGLAND.—Six Pounds and upwards of TEA delivered
carriage free to any part of England at the lowest wholesale price.
All orders not containing remittances must be accompanied by a re-
ference to a respectable party in London.
MANSELL and Co., Wholesale Tea-Dealers, 2, Bucklersbury,
Cheapside.

lIWALKER'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 on coloured grounds. Sent free by post, by any
respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling
value.
H. WALKER'S NEEDLES FOR TIIE MILLION are about half
the price of the " Queen's Own." H. W. also manufactures improved
Hooks and Eyes, Groclthts, Flah-hooks, Steel Pens, &..t.
Gresham-street West, New Post-office, London.

kl OR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.
Price 2s. 6d.
Patronised by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
Mr. THOMAS HOWARD'S SUCCEDA.:SEUM, for Stopping De
cayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in
a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and soon becomes as hard
as the enamel, and will remain firm in the tooth for many years
reniering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the further progress
of decay. All persons can use Mr. Howard's Succedaneum them-
selves with ease,as full directions are enclosed. Price 2s. 6d.
Prepared only by Thomas Howard, Surgeon Dentist, 17, George-
street, Hanover-square, who will send it into the country free by
post. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street ; Starkie, 4, Strand ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnstone, GS,
Cornbill ; and all Medicine Vendors. Pride 2s. 6d.
Mr. Howard continues to supply the loss of teeth on his new system
of self-adhesion, without springs or wires. This method does not re-
quire the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful operation
w hatever. —l7, 6eorge-street, llanover-square.
At home front Eleven till Four.