The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-19 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR SOFT SOAP.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 17th March, 1856.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
nu: Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
the 45th instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
7,`0e4 Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's
Dockyard at Woolwich with

200 cwt. of SOP.
A simple of the soap and a formSOFT of the tender may be seen at the
said office.
ri He tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty,
117 w
'l,ll any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for
"y authorised in writine.
'''crY tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
and. bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Soft Soap,"
a 4 must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a
letter ,igned by a responsible person, engaging to become hound with
the Person tendering in the ittn of 1001. for the due performance of
the" contract.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
EASTER HOLIDAYS. —RETURN TICKETS
„7:ed on TEIURSDAY, the 20th March, and following days, will be
'‘voilahle up to and including MONDAY, the 24th.
tio 11 Good Friday the Trains will run as on Sundays, with tell;as °r the 9.15 a.m. down Mail Train from London, whichi run
00 Week days, except over the Chester and Holyhead Railway.
By order.
General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March, ISM

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN and MID-
A.ND RAILWAYS. EASTER HLIDAYS. —DA Y
to 'IS,TinsT and SECOND CLASS, will be Issued from LONDON

Lincoln 1 lowdham 1 Normanton
CoHingham Nottingham Oaltenshaw
Newark York Doncaster
.1' iskorton Bradford I Sheffield, and
I
tv I
hnrgarton Leeds Masborough,
ea ordinary trains on THURSDAY, March 20th, and Int orme-
ab-tLe433l, to MONDAY, March 24th, inclusive, and will be avail-
in,,,;(lr return by the ordinary trains on any day up to and 'mind-
, Tuesday March 25th
to''' Tivess day tickets will' also be i*sued on the same days, available
return by express train.
tuaY tickets will also be Issued from the above stations to London.
6Ey order.
`+t
on on Station, March, 185

G-REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
Tau, 14% ASTER. HOLIDAYS.--RETIMN TICKETS i.sued on
/10 itSDAY, the 20th of March, en' following days will be available
itia,,and including Mondsy, the 24th. On the Bristol and Exeter
80"Htioouth Devon Railways Return Tickets arc not avalable
the a". On Good Friday the Trains will run as on Sundays. with
10 addition of the 10 a.m. Down Day Mai:rom Pdditon and the
ex4nl• Day Mail from Bristol, which will runa aq onng week days,
yt the branch trains between Maiderhead and Wycombe, Read-
lai,„7nd Basingstoke, between Chippenharn, Frame, and Warminster,
"ceeter and Hereford, and over the South Wales line,

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
tarib EASTER SUNDAY.—CiIE.A.P EXCURSION to Oxfon.l,
1.0 urY, Leamington, Warwick, and Birmingham. —A Train will
km° ljaddington on SUNDAY, March 23, at 7.30 a.m.,returning the
telube evening from Birmingham at 7 o'clock ; Warwick, 7.35 ;
lortr,Pgton, 7.45 Banbury, B.lsOxford, 8.55. Fares —ox-
pi„,:9B. 61. and 45.; Banbury, 83. and 53. ; Leamington and War-
ci"vr 10s. 6d. and 6s. ; Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. No luggage
spZ,..nci• Tickets not transferable, and only available for the trains
wed.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
le,tv EASTER HOLM —An EXCURSION TRAIN will
to„:Vaddington on MONDAY, March 24, at S a.m., for Learning-
arwick, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Bilston,
/47 rhampton, Wellington, Shrewsbury, Chester, Birkenhead, and
into ; returning from Liverpool (landinq stage) at $ a m., and
11,_--Llnediate stations as per hand-bills, on Friday, the :Bth instan,.
""
ana eamington and Warwick, 18s. and Bs. ; Birmingham, 20s.
10s , Gd. ; West Bromwich, Wednesbury, awl Bilston, 2ls. 6d. awl
kir" Z.olverhampton, 225. 6d. and 10s. 6d. ; Wellington and Shrews-
14. Gd. and 13s. ; Chester, 335. and 15s. ; Birkenhead and
not 375. and 17s. Children under twelve calf-price. 'tickets
'ransferable, and only available for the excursion trains.

RE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. --
T
TRUSTEES.
11_Lord Viscount Renelagh. Right Hon. R. Christopher N.
v 4 Colonel Lowther, M.P. Hamilton, M.P.
T• he .T. C. Cobh°ld, Esq., NI.P.
OURTEENTEI QUARTERLY MEETING will be held at
eAtt
er Hall, en THURSDAY, March 27, at Three o'clock ;
Alen In Viscount RANELAGII in the chair ;
Ntr,, -1 Rights of Choice will be drawn, and 50 added by seniority.
ech,„'' taken up to the time of the drawing will h included in the
op tlittages thereof, and shares drawn may have-the right of choice
l 656
a following valuable estates, to be allotted on Thursday, April
viz.:-
2. o aldon, Sellth ESFCX.
,ot. Catherine's-close, Lincoln, North Lincolnshire.
4. rand Hill Park Estate (third portion), Brighton, East Sussex.
ritteroekley MR Park Estate (reserved lo!s), Forest Hill, West
For
prospectuses, shares, plans of estates. &c., apply to
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNELSEN, Secretary.
• -,-sorfilk-street, Strand, London.

STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
THE
tIIRTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEET-
OT,ING of THE STANDARD ASSURANCE
%), Irtr . ANY was held within the Company's Office, Edinburgh,
rclaY, the 15th of February—
/:RJ Mom, Esq., Advocate, Sheriff of Ross and Cromarty,

in the Chair.
OLE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WERE SUBMITTED
b. 4'114 MEETING
4t)„,P°lst'r by the DIRECTORS as to the Progress of the Busi.
TIA.L BALANCE-SHEET as at 15th Nov., 1855, ecr-
t47, °Y throe Directors and the Auditor, in accordance with
REP
Act of Parliament.
ailci'rOßT by the AUDITOR after examination of the Books
Accounts.
FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM THE
REPORT:—
ti,sThßoard of Directors have more than ordinary satisfac-
tlAT n
Meeting their constitutents on this occasion, as they
44-1,4 i their power not only to report that the past year
tvueell the most successful since the Company commenced
2i:cgs in 1825, but that the five years completed at 15th
preZnber lust exhibit a greater measure of success than any
Th °nos quinquennial period.
liov ° Results of the year, from 15th November 1854 to 15th
kx4 ernber, 1655, are as follows :
I'ROPOSED FOIL ASSURANCE £716,383 7 11

11/441A _
445141.31,A5C28 EFFISCTED..

_2609,323 7 11

04
k.,„ --..._____.
cL, 4.PORDIE6 ANNUAL PREMIUMS on New
Assurances E20,047 18 0
,:11,8 BY DEATH during the Year, exclusive
£75,640 8 0
"` zinnus Additions
ks
From
INCOME as at the date of Balance :
----
Vorn Premiums £185,559 16 5
£51,890 5 4 Front Interest on Invested Capital

Income..

1!237,450 1 9

--.-
To,
v--4 AmorsT AISSURED, in force at 15th
"7enaber, 1855

NIIffiBL
x. OF POLICIES in force 9,244
185,(41% the Directors state that tho now busincs - of the year
Gr i% understood to exceed that of any other Life Office in
fc,,,'44l!iiritain during the same period, it is scarcely necessary
theta to make any further o,,servation in evidence of the
taaiit3„44Y's continued success, and its position M public esti-
; but as the progress of one year, which might be the
48-:' Of a sudden effort, is less satisfactory than the result
itte47, continuous course of exertion showing gradual and
eel,„"7 improvement, the Directors beg attention to the de-
-IBsr,ent of the business during the ten years from 1845 to
pa"'
,z that is, from the 20th to the 30th year of the Com-
's
existence.
'it yr"
-,,LLowiNG TABULATED STATEMENT SHOWS THE

'..----....:- - --
- CHIEF RESULTS •
____
41'144 Amount of -
Claims by
Revenge
16thg New Amur- , in Death in each Subsisting
Igor. ances in each.•car, exclu- Assurances.
each year.
......___ year. give of Bonus
--- -
1846 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d X s. d.
1547 368,679 710 120,815 19 ! 35,574 16 0 1,929,306 10 7
154 g 443,578 411 131,316 10 7 62,972 11) 3,143,090 11 2
154 395,864 12 5 136,129 18 146 645 13 0 ,279,478 3 7
9
1
5
5
r, 429371 17 1 ,45,037 15 9 63,353 0 '
" 509,,147 10 6 169,151 16 4 46,550 9 6 4,138,865 5 6
Issl 2,146,641 1,146,64 i 12 5 255,096 011
1552 • 467,499 8 1180.203 5 8 51,952 311 4,380,339 3 9
155 445,799 6 6 192,928 16 10 59,322 13 0 4,648,751 4 9
155 •"
455,248 17 1 205,035 6 2 84,445 17 0 4,877,378 0 8
----515,1-117
55t 0 2_18,968_113_10
_4, 1_5_3._.364
609,323 7 11 237,450 1 9 75,64018
0 5,556,106 17 4
Toted
.6ew
"11r. Total
knee, 4,639,629 19 4 Claims by 615,885 16 8
19 to death paid
ia 10 years.
tears.

-
ISA°, Proposed for Assurance during the same period,
iin".o7s/. 15s. 10d.
dsriag thus brought before the meeting the results of the
4 Year, and of the two quinquennial periods, closed at the
the balance, the Directors prospects further remarks on
_ Company's position and till they have the
oretclure of meeting again iu a few weeks, to report the result
Isto ha investigation of the Company's affairs, as at 15th
vernber, 1855, now in progress ; and they trust they will
14:11 be able to show that the business transacted during the
tei"ll,ve Years has been prolitab'e as well as extensive. The
Lee'ulations are r advnced,nd a Special Committee has
re 11 appointed to examinea they securities and to bring up a
he Dort
6/1 tho whole matter, after a
The Report
assets and liabilities. thoiongh investigation of
tiba7a Report having been unanimously approved of, the
tio irrnan congratulated the meeting on the satisfactory posi-
j „11 of the Company's business, and stated that the ad-
v:ii,_ed meeting to receive the report on the D vision of Profits
be held towards the end of April.
RE Meeting then proceeded to elect new Di-
tin rectors in room of those who retire by rota-
orl. and after the appointments were made the Direction
f ..°lB Company was declared by the Claairman to be as
(wows

GOVERNOR.
Ilia Grace the Duke of Bucoleuch and Queensberry.

narurr-oovEalloß.
The Right lion. tho Earl of Elgin awl Kincardine.

EDINBURGH.
ORDINARY DIRECTORS.
James Veitch, Esq., of Eliock.
WiLiain Wood, Esq., Surgeon.
Alex. J. Russell, Esq., C.S.
Wm. Monereiff, Esq., C.A.
George Patton, Esq., Advocate.
John Robert Tod, Esq., W.S.
Charles Pearson, Esq ,O.A.
James Condi°, Esq., Perth.
James Robertson, Esq., W.S.
James Hay, Esq., Merchant, Leith.
George Moir, Esq., Advocate.
11. Maxwell Inglis, Esq., W.S.
John Sligo, Esq., of Carmyle.
Anthony Trail, Esq., W.S.

LONDON.
Chairman of the Board,
The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen.
ORDINARY DIRECTOR.I.
'rh, °lnas H. Brooking, Esq., 14, New Broad-street.
"hn Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin Friars.
Alexander Gillespie, Esq , 3, Billiter-court.
Alexander Macgregor, Esq., Arlington-street.
John Scott, Esq., 4, Hyde Park-street.
Sir Anthony Oliphant, C.B.
Francis Le Breton, Esq., 3, Crosby-square.

whi
eh the vote of than
meeting eparaks wasted presented to the Chairman, after
s.
By order of the Board of Directors.
WILL. THOS. THOMPSON, Manager.
Lo A H. JONES WILLIAMS, Resident Secretary.
n,40; 82, King William-street.
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D °•• . B2, King William- street.
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