The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

EAST INDIA. HOUSE, 25Tn Arum, 1856.
HE COURT of DIRECTORS of, the EAST
INDIA. COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a
'SE,CIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at
their House izt Leadenhalb street, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th May,
1` EreVen o'clock in the forenoon, forth purpose of laying before the
roPrietors for their approbation a Resolution of the Court of DireC-
Of
Ist " this day's date, granting to tin Marquis of Dalhousie, K T.,
Governor-General of India, an annuity of Five Thousand Pounds
°601.), upon the grourd4therein stated.
ado
Report required by the bye-law, cap. 9, sec. 3, together with
documents upon which the saki reFolution has been formed, are
°Dente the inspection of the fronrietors at this "Boise.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

AN K OF LONDON,'
-1113
Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross.
eitkramew —Sir JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., M.P.
VICE-CIIAIEMAN—JOEIN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq.
Current Accounts are received, and interest allowed on Balances.
51. Per cent. Interest is at present allowed on deposits, With 10
daps'
flake of withdrawal on sums of 10:. and upwards.
By order.
MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager.
• BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary.
Threadneedle-street, April P, 1856. •

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY:
TO CONTRACTORS.
The Directors of the London and North-Western Railvray. tom-
'ry. are prepared to receive TENDER; for. the CONSTRUCTION
the BRANCH RAILWAY frem.Watford to St. Alban's.
Parties desirous o! tendering may sea the drawings and obtain a
statementt of the quantities at the Engineer's Office, on Monday,
aY 5, between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
Sealed tenders, addressed to the Secretary at this Office, to be sent
'non or before Wednesday, May 14, at ten o'clock a m
The Directors do not bind them elves to accept the lowest tender.
Order. C AIME 4 E. STE W R I', Secretary.
Secretary's Office, Euston Station, April 25, 11355. A

einußca PASTORA.L AID SOCIETY.-
)ANNUAL SERMONS on behalf of the above Society will
be preached at Christ Church, Blackfriars-road, TO- MOR-
Vw. April 27th, in the Morning by the Right Reverend the Lord
of WINCHESTP R ; in the Afternoon by the Rev. A. B.
jgjoN, M.A., Association Secre'ary ; in the Evening by the Rev.
BROWN, M.A., Rector of the parish.
~laDiVipe service will commence at Eleven, Three, and Half-past

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. [tin Inal Cornet
aiFilton, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at a, Admiggion ')no
_..lltirent's new Varsovlana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night.

mR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES.
Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character,
Ind Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as
Camille, in " Lea Horace:l," TO-N !GPI P and every evening, at 8.
rrivate boxes and stalls may be secured in advance, without eXtra
charge.
Polygraphic-htll, King William-street, Charing-cross. A
Performance
eirery Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8.

r- JR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
4, Coventry-street. Leiceper:swarc.—Open (for GeeCemeli
XI)
from In till 10, eontain,ng r& of one Mot-mind models
-rd Preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in
and disease, the race of men, &c. Leetureq delivered at 12.
4.. 4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SErrog,F.R.G.S. ; and a new and
tighk-interesting series of Lectures is no:tv in emirs. of delivery
r. Harm, at half-past 8 every evening —Admission, One
Shilling.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURkNcE sOerF,TY, 27, Regent•
Street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,001.
Tunsuas.
Spencer H. Walpole, M.P. Tachard Spooner, E q., M.P.
illenry Peter Fuller, Esq. I E. Vansittart Neale, Esq.
Life Assurance business transuctel In all its branched.
14.-R. The bonus declared at Us, last division of profits averaged
33Pgr cent. on all the premiums paid.
F. FERGUSON CAIIROUX, Manager.

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
LONDON.
Policies effected with this Society row will PARTICIPATE TN
FOUR-FIFTHS, or 80 per cent. of the Net Profits of the Society,
accorchng to the conditions contained in the S•rciety's Prospectus.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
ate lower than in many ottrar obi-established offices, and Insurers
'lre fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in
to the accutonlated funds derived from the investments of
rremituns.
Policy stamps paid by the Office. -
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
"Indon, or of any of the-Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND
LIFE ASSURANCE 'SOCIETY.

• Founded AD. 1815.
HEAD OFFICE—No. 5. St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh.
The Assured or Members are the only parties interested in the
Wands of this Institution, which now amounts to upwards of •
THREE MILLIONS STERLING.
The Society's claims to public confidence and support are grounded
m-
ainly on the sound and equitable principles of its constitution, and
On the care and success with which its operations have been con-
ducted from their commencement up to the present time.
While the Premiums are not higher than those requirel by many
other Offices, the Society does. not pretend to compete with those
_
hold out the attractions of cheap rates, whether as being the
ciweit which are compatible with safety, or as being based on what
111 tented the " HALF-CREDIT SYSTEM."
_ There being no Proprietary, however, those of the Assured who by
Hie terms of their policies are entitled to participate in the Profits of
the Society, are the only parties who derive benefit from the rates
being more than what are found from time to time to be required to
meet the iv:l.nel risks; and the result of past allocations of Surplus
profits has been such that in the case of all the earlier Policies,
which have become claims within the last few years, the amounts
Paid to the representatives of deceased Members have been MORE
'fIAN DOUBLE THE SUMS ORIGINALLY ASSURED.
fk•ln cases where familyprovision is the sole object this result cannot
to be considerei as of the most satisfactory nature ; while in other
instances where the parties are desirous of securing benefit from the
Zurpins Payments DURING THEIR OWN LrvEs, instead of allowing the
Boons to remain an addition to the Assurance payable at death, the
alternatives practicable under the laws of the office have been com-
mensurate in degree. In many cases, in consideration of an &eon-
aotttnent of the reversionary claims for Bonus Additions already de-
clared, such parties have either received large payments in PRESENT
CASH, Of have been LONG AGO ENTIRELY RELIEVED FROM FURTIna
PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, the Policies still remaining ent.tied to partici-
pate in future allocations of the profits.
__lllustrations of the application of Bonus on either of the footings
above referred to are contained in the Society's Prospectuses, which,
together with Forms of Proposal, &c., may be had on application at
tale Head Office, or to any of the Agents in the three kingdoms.
JOIDI MACKENZIE, Manager.
Edinburgh, March 1856. W NI. LIND ESAY, Secretary.
LONDON HONORARY BOARD.,
George Young, Esq., Mark-lane
Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple
' David Hill, Esq., kl:.st India House
John Murray, Eqq., publisher, Albemarle-street

0411.14e1 Linll4i. ...r.
Sir John Thomas Brings. Admiralty
Leonard Homer, Esq., Home-office
John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-Place
LONDON AND THE sUUUISBS.

• CENTRAL AGENT.
Hugh WlCean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill.
DISTRICT AGENTS.
Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District
Renton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street
James Harris, 38, St. George's-square, Beigrave-road, Pimlico.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE CDMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London.

DIRECTORS.

FRANCIS MIRY DYKE,
HENRY HULSE BEREN
John Dixon, Esq.
air W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P.
John Harvey, Esq.
achn G. Hubbard, Esq.
!George Johnstone, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.

, Esq., Chairman.
fi, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
- Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.
Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
John Thornton, Esq.
James Tulloch, Esq.
Henry Vigue, Esq.

,TORS.
A. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq.
George Keys, Esq., Secretary.
Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par-
-1 lent this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of
Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium
1t.,"
Ith"t participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will bo declared in June, 1860, when
" Participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
at chrtstnaas,
1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits.
At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total
reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000.
At Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in lone amounted to upwards
of 4,240,0001.; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more
2004100/. • and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the
Darantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East
and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
united States of America, have been materially reduced.
INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as
would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums,
may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
~,,,LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
Tied such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received
and registered.
MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be
?node for Policy Stamps.
Notice is hereby given, that Fire Policies which expire at Lady-
day must be renewed within fifteen days at this office, or with Mr.
.I,Ams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the
q"VanY's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become

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Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company.

SORWEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER
WATER.—Having leased the Holy Well spring at Malvern,
I enowned for its purity. J. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZER
WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have
rendered
the Nassau Spring so e',lebrated. They continue manufac-
trug SODA, MAGNESIA, a4l po ras4 WATERS and LEM.ON-
I)E, at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.
very nettle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures.

IlAißb
DESTROY LR, 1, Little Queen-street,
{ng effec
11-g- U°ll}orn•—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY, for remov-
tually Superfluous Hands , Ifb Hair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and
w--,out the slightest injury to the skin. A. R. will warrant
it not to *Rate the flesh in the smallest degree, and the hair to be
entiFelY destroyed.—Sold in bottles, at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d. f and les. 6d ;
or applied at the Hair-dyeing Establlshmeat, as above. Forwarded
for BtamPs, free by post, eight extra.

R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced nu entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
-Perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
decay,,„ and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
Thin method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
Operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
(guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth
rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At
borne from ten till five.