The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-20 00:00:00

CARTIIAGEN,9 A FREE PORT•

The following translation of a decree of the 31st of
March, declaring the port of Carthagena a free port, has
been forwarded to us for publication :
" The Senate and House of Representatives of New Granada,

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assembled in Congress, decree,—
" Art. 1. From the Ist of September next the port of
Carthagena, on the Atlantic coast, shall be completely free
from all imports. In consequence all vessels entering the
said port, as well as all merchandise imported therein, shall
be exempt from all fiscal dues.
" Art. 2. The immunity of the said port shall only com-
prise that part of the district of Carthagena within the walls.
" Art: 3. The executive will issue tho
regulations that it
may consider necessary for the opportune and due execution
of the present decree.
" Passed in Bogota March 29th, 1856.
" T. C. DE MOSQUERA, President of the Senate.
" J. ANTONIO CALVO, President of the House
of Representatives.
" M. M. MEDINA, Secretary of the Senate.
" MANOEL POMBO, Secretary of the House of
Representatives.
" Let it be put into execution and published,
"M. M. MILLA.RIN 0, Vice-President of 'the
Republic, intrusted with the executive
power.
" RAFAEL NUNEZ, Secretary of Finance."

ito.o. earaples show the respective amounts of the Bonus'
,tie la.: PECLAPED and 'VESTED Under the provision made at
-V\d. tr'"l;llvestigatiou for the payment. of an INTERMEDIATE.
N, 4,u1 the case of Policies becoming Claims by death
tipectiZ,e current Septennial period,
.th.e whole. amounts
tc rieks 13" payable under the above Policies, in the event of
aLlse 5h,,,,11ew emerging, would be considerably more than
ti7re4-171, in the last column. Thus, supposing the life
24„e at, '7 the first policy to drop daring the present year,
41/. °Ptlt ablepayb under Ute 10001. Policy would be, not
wlll kis,' 8(1-, 23. SI 2d.
,ay fr„ a-es where the member is not incapacitated in any.
Tertit:k dealing with his Policy, he has the option of con-
„4l(leei.th• Reversionary Claim for whatever Bonus has been
i, aptec.' it, into an equivalent present payment in cash, or
Iltlire7,,r2g am same towards extinction or reduction of the
~,"t p,,-reiniums. As showing the effect of such conversion
&he 'qeation, the cases of the above Policies may be taken. The aerip of the new loan was first quoted ji premium,th
whence it advanced to I.i. The applications, including e
404/I'4,c"mt of additions to the second Policy being amount required by Messrs. Rothschild themselves, are stated.
411 'B. 10d , the member might at the present time to have amounted to 40,000,0001., and the total paid on
cash ilder the'reversidnary claim therefor, and [receive in Friday as alO per cent. deposit was 3,700,0001. The proper-
Or a
l'. „,suni of 3301. 19s. 11d. tion allotted was in most cases about one-tenth of the amount
the- '4'ght surrender the reversionary claim for bonus to asked ior, but some applications of an immoderate character
krtbeltent of 4671 12s. ld., and be ,relieved from any were cut down-much below even that proportion.
Poli„er Payment of the premiums exigible in terms of the The value of the new Scrip, as compared with Consols, de-.
tietBJ. retaining a claim for the remainder of the addi- ponds in some measure ou the rate of interest which may pre
jh rtirtbalrPadY made, namely, 112/. os. 9d., and for any vail between this period and the 18th September, when the
-. the -r bonus to be declared in future. , . last instalment will be payable. The market price of Consols
Of -4,,e40.4. of the third Policy, to which there are additions being 944, and the Scrip being issued at 93, there is a direct
ki,tiv,ti. 12s. 31, the member, on surrendering these difference of 14 per cent., but, as the 1001. Scrip represents
riii°o,4,; tithar receive a sum of 2281. 12s. 9d. in cash, or he 107/.los. 741. Consols, the profit of 11 per cent. on 71. 10s.' 7d.
Do Z' have all fu'nre premiums exigible in terms of the must be added, as well as the interest saved by the interval
, It. ~Y-reduced from the original amount of 314 17s. Gd, to
Or s allowed for paying up the full amount. This interest at
under
itzai existing rate of 6 per cent. would be equal to 195., but
th, I,n, he, might, by renouncing right to 2041. ss, 6d. of the anticipation of an early improvement in the money-
Deli ~'"us, have the premiums exigible in terms Of the market, it will be more c meet to take it at 5 per cent., or
utia from this date to the close of the year 1859, four in 15s. 10d. This would show the Seri) when Consols are at
elaiZer, altogether extinguished, reserving to himself a 94. i to be worth a premium of 21. 2s. 10d.-namely, 1/. 5! ,
ad !h, for the balance of 2031. 6s. 9d., and for any further the direct difference in price ; 2s. the percentage of. that d.if-
1, -liion.t.-
rt, ury way of bonus to be afterwards declared. ferenee on 71. 10s. 7d. ; and 15s. 10d., the saving of in-
kliD,"sPectuses, containing full information in regard to the terest.
ticl L' and other points connected with the Society's history
Of Vale°, may be obtained at the Head Office, or from any
various Agents.

THE SEW LOAN.

JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
WTI. LINDESAY, Secretary.
burgh, 5, St. Andrew-square, 10th May, 1556.

LONDON HONORARY BOARD.
Cle°rge Y onng, Esq., Mark-lane
ii"u„ lea Edward Pollock, Houseister, Temple
• 4.,vlvid Hill, Esq., East ind'a
jatin 'hurray, Esq., publidler, Albemarle-street
Llhnuel Laing, M.P.
Tr Jo hn Thomasßriggs, Admiralty
J°
7..nard Horner, Esq., Home office
°l'll Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place

LONDON AND THE SUBIIEES.

CENTRAL AGENT.
Ilaah Xtßean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornlaill.
DISTRICT AGENTS.
11t11 ‘ti It a Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District
tor, • p„
Jame Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street
JoeAßarris, 38, St. George's-square, Belgrave-road, Pimlico.
tio -"• Burdon Manager Royal British Bank, 60, Stone's-end,

tR,T,IN THE HIGH COITET OF OHANChttY.
„ . 4-SSEIVIA.R.—On the 29th of May, 1855,
p, the libonetion was granted by the Migh Court of Chancery, and
444111141 t f June following was made perpetual, against Joeoph
I,o..arvi others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou-
pe,al to from imitating this Medicine, which is protected Wf
V-()Ie Patent of England, and secured by tho Seals of the
'544. ,Lannacie tic Paris, and the Imperial Coilev of Medicine

A capital execution was to have taken place a few
days since at Potsdam, but the town invoking, an
ancient privilege which interdicts executions from being
carried out in that town of neighbourhood, opposed it.
Tile condemned prisoner was in consequence transferred
to Berlin. The executioner in that capital, however,
refused to act, saying that his services were only at-
tached to the tribunal of Berlin. The execution was
eeAeGREAT CENTRAL THOROUGHFARE FOR LONDON.—
This road should commence from the city in a direct
line westward ; it should open out from the statue of Sir
Robert Peel 100 feet wide, slick through Paternoster-
ro w. Leave the valuable shops in St. Paul's-churchyard
if you like—that is, if they are too costly to lsay the
tribute to our great architect, Sir Christopher Wren, now
deferred 200 sears. Cut on thence, with the same lati-
tude of design, straight to Gough-square, thence to
Carey-street (across Chancery-lane), thence diagonally,
through blocks of wretched and dingy buildings, bounded
by Vere-street, Wild-street, Stanhope-street, to Hart-
street, and thence across St. Martin's-lane between
New-street and Long-acre, so crossing St. Martin'felane
and issuing into Leicester-square (north side), without
interfering with Cranhourne-new-street, except at the
point of junction. Thus the present business streets
would be spared, and the slums only opened out to
fresh air and daylight.—The Builder.
THE ROYAL ACADEMY.—SIR CHARLES EASTLAKE
AGAIN.—Mr. Saulbach complains that his picture of the
Duke of Cambridge has been excluded from the exhibi-
tion ; but not because of the number of portraits this
year, for they are comparatively few ; nor because of
the badness of the picture, for the high officers of the
Academy admit its merits, and in writing confess their
regrets at not hanging it. Want of a " fitting place" is
the alleged reason. Nor is it the only picture excluded.
Another excellent portrait has been kept out ; not
because the artist, Mr. Augustus Heroien, is regarded
with hostility, by the Academy, for he has been an
exhibitor constantly admitted, and he, we fancy, is not
in question ; not because the picture is bad, for it is
reported to be one of the best by the same hand, and an
admirable likeness. Why, then Is it because the
original is flint "WILLIAM CoemicrisiAsf," whose eig-
the foot of ;:cvere criticiroluen

TRIESEMAR, NO. 1, •
NILE 0Y for Relaxation, Spermatorrhma, and all the distresseinz
i.leletts-einnces arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are ill-
_eoth manhood and old age ; and V, those persons who
're enter, married state from the results of early
it jab, th-
valuable.
erfectll
TRIESEMAB, No. 2.
te3.die„4ll2. In the short space of three days, completely and ertixe•
.7,a‘ all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubeb
f p--.-''zg been thought an antidote for, to the :um of the heart
Portion of the PoPulatim*
ikthe
TRIIdSEMAR, No. 3.
'' ''tcrtere4t Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whic
eIY the E,ngilqi physician treats with Mercury,. to the in
saraip: destruction of ine pa.tient's consttution, and which all the
Tit4ll,B. In the world cannot remove.
Lnlcf Nos. I, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
" t tl,
,cU`"`d'eating qualities. They may lie on the toilet
Iltp..„_eir beircr. sugPested
N. eaB446ETAIt, !Nos. 1,2 and 3 are s3ld in tin cases, price I Is., or
!here iscs in
one for 335., irhich saves Ils. ; and in Si. eases, wherehy
savn•-; Of 11. 12si; sivldn. in s doze', es athrtr,v,.
c. •

'and P3tail 1
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"• lugh.an ,tri.:;•gist, 46, • •
Dear.;:gato, Bolton ; J. l'riesty, clein;st,
ustr . 'Lv,TPOO•I; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street,
"‘ziusil, book:eller, High-street, DirnainEtan2.

res lil anotl2.,

gaileri-Vie Natioliai ? Was it thclught improper to
admit "CONING11A11," even in picture, as A guest under
the roof of Eastlake ?—koectator.