The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, *lB5B.

GUARDIAN FIRE A.
COMI
No. 11, Lombard-st
DIREC'
HENRY HULSE BER
JOHN G. HUBBARD,
John Dixon, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq.
Sir W. ➢l. T. Farquhar, Bart.,
ltr

ND LIFE ASSURANCE
?ANY,
treet, London, E.C.
•
LENS, Esq., Chairman.
Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
I John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Rowland. Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.
Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart.
John Thornton, Esq.
James Tulloch, Esq.
Henry Vigne, Esq,

Sir Walter RI Farquhar, Bart.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P.
John Harvey, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.
Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
_ . AUDI'

'ORS.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
• John Henry Smith, Esq.
Thomas Tallemach, Esq., Secretary.—Samuel Brown, Esq.,
Actuary.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN
ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to future In-
surers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division,
or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860,
when all Participating Policies which shall have subsisted at
least one year at Christmas, 1839, 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 £913,009.

At the last valuation, at Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in
force amouted to upwards of £4,240,000, the. Income from the
Life Branch in 18.54 was more than £200,000, and the Life As-
surance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded
£1,700,000.

•
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 sueh sound
health as would enable theminsure their Lives at the Tabular
Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
LOA.NB granted on Life Policies to the- extent of their
values, provided such Policies shall have been effected a suffi-
cient time to have attained in each case a value not under £5O.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIESIACrittwo, Natio.e of
served and registered.
MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge
I will be made for Policy- Stamps.
• Notice is Hereby Given, That Fire Policies which expire at
Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at-this Office,
or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-
Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the King-
dom, otherwise they become void. '

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

CONTRACT FOR BRITISH OAK, TIMBER, THICK-
,. STUFF, PLANK, AND TREENAILS. •
Department of the Stoickeeper-General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 24th Dec., 1858.
rfillE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE' NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 25th
January next, .at Two
.o'Clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for sup-
plying
26,030 Loads of BRITISH OAK TIMBER (rough contents,
but to ire delivered in a rough or sided state as the
- said Ctumnissioners shall direct.),
9,500 Loads of BRITISH OAK, THICKSTUFF, and
PLANK, and
1000,000 BRITISH OAK TREENAILS,
to be delivered at her Majesty's several Dockyards by the 31st
December, 1861, at prices including all carriage and other
expenses..
A tender may be made for the whole contract, or for the
quantities required at any one or more of the yards, but not
for less than the full quantities of Timber, Th:ckstuft; Plank,
and Treenails required for any one yard.'
A form of the tender, Showing the distribution sidings.and
dimensions of the Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Treenails,
and all other necessary particulars, may be had on application
to this office, by letter or otherwise.
No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an
agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the:Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten-
der for British Oak," and must be delivered at Somerset-
place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per-
sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in
the sum of £20,000, for the due perforniance of the whole con-
tract, or in a due proportion for a part only.

THE MADRAS IRRIGATION and, CANAL
COMPANY.

(Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament.) :r
For Constructing," Maintaining„ and Working (under the
sanction andwith the support of the Government of India)
a comprehenaive system of Irrigation Works and Navi-
gable Canals throughout the Presidency of Madras and
opnAghbouringTorritoriceef-Berar.Cooliin,'
Mysore, istagpoor; Orissa, the South- Mahratta Country,
and Travancore; and also throughout the Lower Pro-
vinces of Bengal when the necessary powers shall have
been obtained.

First Capital, £2,000,000 (with power to increase). First
Issue thereof, .4000,000, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each,
upon which a perpetual Minimum Interest of £5 per
cent. has been guaranteed by the Secretary, of State for
India in Council, all surplus profits being divisible equally
between the Government and the Company : which
arrangement is subject to be determined only by the Go-
vernment purchasing the Works constructed within six
months after the expiration of each period of 25 years, at
a sum equal to the market value of the shares of the
company on an average of the three preceding years.
Deposit, £1 per Share, to bear Interest at the guaranteed
rate from the day on which the same shall be paid into
the Indian Treasury.

and advantages, they shall be permitted to extend.
Christianity amongst the Chinese, and for this pur-
pose they may travel in all security in the interior
of, the empire. A certain number of missionaries
shall be furnished with passportsfrom the Russian
Government.

" Art. 9. Those parts of the frontiers between
China and Russia hitherto not satisfactorily laid
down shall be settled without delay; for which
purpose commissioners of both Governments shall
be immediately appointed who shall examine and
survey the disputed tract and fix the boundary line
by a separate treaty. Maps and a detailed de-
scription of the frontier shall be made by them,
mutually signed, and to be considered in future as
incontestable documents by both Governments.
" Art. 10. The residence of the Russian ecclesi-
astical mission at Pekin shall no longer be considered
temporary, and their members may return at any
time. Their travelling expenses, as well as those
of other official persons, shall be borne by Russia,
The Chinese authorities are bound to afford them
the most perfect protection.
" Art. 11. A regular postal serviee shall be im-
mediately organised between Kiachta and Pekin.
For this purpose a Chinese carriage shall run once
a month, and shall deliver the mails at each place
in not more than 15 days. Besides this a convoy
for heavy goods shall be organised to go once every
three months each way, and not to be longer than
()lie month in performing the journey.
".Art. 12. All political, commercial, and other
privileges accorded. by China to other countries
shall be immediately, and without any further
treaty, extended to Russia.
" The ratifications_ofthis present _treatL:shall be
e-a-,:et."l-e-ca at Felon within 12 months from the pre-
sent day, or earlier if possible. The original is
Written in the Russian, 'Mantchu, and Chinese
languages, but • it is specially agreed that, the
IVlantehu text shall be considered as the basis for the
interpretation of the Articles in case of any dispute.
" Done at Tien-tsin, 13th June, 1858.
(Signed) " COUNT EUPHEMILTS POUTIATIN
" KWEI-LIANG.
" HWASHANA."