The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

DIED.

At 7, Phillimore-terrace, Kensington, Lieut..Colonol l''
Hall, late Bengal Army, aged 85. -pc•C.O.'
Ou the 22d inst.. Rear-Admiral Sir Hy. Hart, —•
Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital.
On the 23d inst., suddenly, Mr. Richard Evans ThCirn'
of 78, Upper Thames-street, and Lorn-road, BrizLeri;:nau,
On the 22d just., at Finchley•common, Isaac Aker •
Esq., formerly of the War Office, aged 71. .
2E] ssqt . ,
ilnastte.
On the 22d inst., at Ewell Castle, very auddenlYt J 3333 ire°
f Stare.' .
'HS gohh John SheriffW elsoyEtglige.,connty 0. bar-
On blio,
land-street, Strand, and the United Service Club, u
On the 21st inst., at 3 Upper Mount-street, Ptiii,g,
neSCithe'
Rear-Admiral Frederick Augustus Wetherall, of Ba'
Gaod
Middlesex. 1,
On the 21st inst., at Dunt's-hill, Wandsworth, durre
Mr. Wm. Day, aged 80.
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of Northum, 8,..3.

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MET ROP 0 LITAN COUNTIES and
GENKRA.L LIFE A-ISURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-
etreet, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001.

TRUSTEES.
Rt. Tin. Spencer TT. Wal pole, M. V. Richard Spooner, Egg:, MP.
Henry Peter Faller, Egg. • lE. Vdnsittart Neale, .Esg
Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches.
N.B. The bonus declared ^t ttr:s last division of profits averaged
33 per cent. on all the premium,: paid.
F. FERBUSON CAMROUX. Manager.

DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmas'er-
General, anxious to promote rapidity and
correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes,
divided London and its environs into ten district 4, each to be
treated, in many respects, as a separate town; and to render
this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every
means may be taken by the public for causing letters to be
directed according to the district for which they are intended.
Initials will suffice, and for the house at which this notice is
left the initials aro W. C., the district being the Western
Central. In the direction of a letter, these initials should be
legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end
the address, thus :

JAMES THOMPSON, Esq.,
s(lo,'High Holborn,
W.C.

Or, when the letter is from the country, thus :
JAAtzs Tuomrsmr, Esq.,
500, High Holborn,
London,
W.C.
Among other means of inducing this practice, it is sug-
gested that, when convenient, each resident of the Western
District should add the name of the district, or the initials, to

his own address inside his letters when writing to his corm-
, gpondents, and on his address card. Also, that ,if in busi-
ness, he should give the name of the district, or the initials,
in the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or
placards, and on any article of Manufacture whieh may bear
his address.
Correspondents not attending to the above arrangement,
should be requested to use the initials iu reply.
Information as to the district in which any locality is in-
cluded may be had at any receiving-house in London and its
environs, or at any head post-office in provincial towns,
at all of which alphabetic lists of streets, &c., will be
kept for reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be
procured (price 6d.) at any head post-office, will hereafter
Contain a similar street list showing the district initials : and
like information* the Postmaster General is assured„ will be
given is the London Post Office Directory for UM. year 1857,
in the part headed " Street Directory."
The following additional information may prove Useful :
TABLE OF DISTRICTS.

Names.
l3astern Cenfral District
Western Central District
Northern District
North Eastern District N. E. .
Eastern District
South Eastern District
Southern District
Seuth Western District S. W.
Western District W.
North Western District . .

If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart-
sent will be able to assort with facility and correctness the
tountry letters, according to their respective districts, before
they reach London in the morning.
By a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third,
of such letters are already so assorted with as much correct-
ness as circumstances allow a change which has greatly ex-
])edited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous
Assortment, with full facility for correctness, can be extended
to all, this advantage, seconded by other improhments now
in progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit
eta further and important acceleration of the morning deli-
very throughout London.
By command of the Postmaster-General.
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, Dec., 1856.

irriaß MONS UNITED COLLIERIES
COMPANY (Limited).
411-
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2/. per Share on Allotment.

TRUSTEES.
The Grace the Duke of Wellington.
'The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle.
If. S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane.
T. M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England.

AWIDOW LADY, thorqughly acquainted
with the routine of Housekeeping, is desirous of an engage-
ment as Domestic CoMpanion to an elderly or invalid Lady or Gen-
tleman or Widower with young children, where one or m re servants
are kept. A comfortable home the chief con,ideratien. Unexcep-
tionable references given.—Address C. G,, Airs. Po well's, 4, Trinity-
street, Blackheath-hill.