The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-06 00:00:00

CALLAGHAN'S OPERA, RACE, and FIELD
GLASSES, of Matchless quality.
23A, NEW BOND-STREET (corner of Conduit-street).

N.B.—Sole Agent to Voigtlander, Vienna.

AGENTS WANTED EVERY W HEI/E
to introduce commodities valuable to every householder
high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to
Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with
two stamps to R. VARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich.

ITY OF LONDON BONDS.

METROPOLITAN MEAT AND POULTRY MARKET
(SITE AND APPROACHES).
£231,000.
The undersigned is directed by the Finance Committee
of the Corporation of Lon ion, acting under an order of the
Court of Common Council of the I;th of June, 1869, to
DISPOSE OF CITY BONDS to the above amount, for
the purpose of completing the purchase of lands and the
execution of works connected with the Site and Approaches
(other than the Western Approach, called Charter-house-
street), of the Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market at
Smithfield.
The Bonds will be issued, at par, under the common
seal of the Corporation, for sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, or £lOO
respectively, for a period of n'ne years, and bearing in-
terest, payable half-yearly by means of coupons, at tho
Bank of England, at the rate of £1 ss. per cent. per
annum.
Security. The Bonds, principal and interest, will be
paid out of the moneys to be received by the Corporation
from the rents and other payments of the tenants of the
said Market (subject to existing charges); and in the
event of those funds proving irsuffic:eut, then out of the
general revenues of the Corporation.
Parties desiring to tender for any of the raid Bonds
must make application at the Bank of England (Private
Drawing Office), in the form annexed ; such applications
to be accompanied by a payment or remittance to the said
Bank of le per cent. upon the amount applied for. Appli-
cations will not be received later than three o'clock on
WEDNESDAY, the 7th of July instant.
Allotments will take place at this Office by J. T. Bed-
ford, Esq., the Chairman of the above Committee, with
the undersigned, on Friday, the 9th of July ; and in the
event of an amount greater than the sum of £234,000 being
offered, a rateable allotment (not less than £lOO in any
case) will be made to each applicant.
No application for a greater sum than £50,000 will be
received from any individual or firm.
The balance of the amount allotted must be paid at this
Office not later than Friday, the 23d July instant ; upon
payment of the balance Scrip Receipts will be issued to
parties producing their Lettere of Allotment and Bank of
England Deposit Receipts; such Scrip Receipts' will be
exchanged for Bonds, so soon as they shall have been pre.
pared and sealed by the Court of Common Council.
Interest will commence from the dates of payment in
full respectively.
Printed Forms of Application will be furnished at this
Office and at the Bank of England,
BENJAMIN SCOTT, Chamberlain.
Chamber of London, Guildhall, July 2, 1869.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
LOAN £234,000.
METROPOLITAN MEAT AND POULTRY MARKET
(SITE AND APPROACHES).
To the Chamberlain of the City of London.
Sir, —I hereby tender the sum of Pounds
by way of Deposit of 10 per cent, upon the sum of
Pounds, on account of the Loan of £234,000 to be
raised by the Corporati,n of London for completing the
purchase of Lands and the execution of Works connected
with the Site and Approaches (other than the Western
Approach, called Charterhouse-street) of the Metropolitan
Meat and Poultry Market at Smithfield ; and I request
that City Bonds may be delivered to me, or to my order, in
respect thereof, in accordance with the announcement in
respect of the said Loan, which has been made public,

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ticular amounts ara - Bonds for £5OO each -

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Name in full
Address in full
Quality or description
Dated this day of , 1869.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE.
Established 1821.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
11, Lombard-street, London, E.O.
DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq.
DEPUTY-CHAIMIAN Frederick llJanson, Efq.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq
Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq
Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P.
Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq
Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq
James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq
Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq
'1 homson Hankey, Esq
SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq.
ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq.

N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at 111 idsummer must be re-
newed at the Head Office or with the Agents, on or before the
9th of July.
The full benefit of the Abolition of the Government Duty will
be all.rded to Insurers.
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Prospectus and Forms of Proposal free on application to the
Company's Agents, or to the Secretary.

BRITAN NIA FIR] ASSOCIATION
Head Offices, 429, Strand, London.
The distinguishing features of this Association are
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
Prompt sattlement of claims.
JOHN MESSENT, Manager.

MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY.
lON-FORFP.ITUItL POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBI4,II
of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make
POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME.
BRITISHEQUITABLE ASSURANCE
CO2,IPANY.
4, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.C.
NEW POLICIES ISSUED.
New Policies
in Weeks. issued.
IP6B ... 3 .. 86 —£11,250
1869 m 3 ... 108 18,481

Excess .. 22 44,231
In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1869 3,105 —2539,442