The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-08 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE. BAND OF THE
FRENCH NATIONAL GUARD.
(Their first appearance in this country.)
This Military Band, consisting of thirty performers, will visit
the Palace on Monday next the 10th inst., in full uniform, and give
a performance of Music in the Centre Transept.
Programme—Part 1.-1. " God save the Queen." 2. English
march, cornet solo, M. Marie (Marie). 3. Selection from I Puri-
tan], with cornet solo, M. Hottin (Bellini). 4. Grand descriptive
March, "Battle of the Alma " introducing the bugle calls of the
French army, " Le Revell," " Les Tirailleurs," " La Battalle," " La
Victoire a nous." trombone solo, M. Harndoff (Marie). 5. Quadrille,
"Rose of Castille (Ralf.).
Part IL-1. French march with variations for the petit bugle
soprano, by M. Gobin (Marie); 2; Varsovie Polonaise, with trom-
bone solo, by M. Harndoff (Marie). 3. Overture, " Masani. 110 "
(Auber). 4. Grand Waltz, "La Reins Marguerite " ( Marie). 5.
Quadrille on English, French, and Turkish airs (Marie). 6. "Rule
Britannia." Conductor of the band, Mons. E. Marie.
The Palace will open at nine. The music will take place as tol-
lows:—Band of the company at 12.30, Band of the National Guard
at two, organ performance at three, Band of the National Guard at
four, Band of the company at flue.—Admission, as usual, one
Shilling; children under twelve, halcprice.
(By order) G. GROVE, Secretary.

GREAT UNITED STATES' CIRCUS.
Messrs. HOWES and CUSHING, Proprietors.—FlFTH
WEEK—Unprecedented Success—First week of the Sprites of the
Silver Shower—The largest Equestrian EstabliahmPnt in the World,
numbering over Two Hundred Men and Horses, is NOW OPEN for
a Short Season, at the ALHA3II3RA PALACE, Leicester-square,
living Two Performances each day, commencing at half-past
Two, and a quarter to Eight o'Clock. p.m.
*a►* In consequence of the immense attendance at the evening's
Performances, the proprietors beg to state their intention of
continuing the Grand Morning Entertainments daily until fluther
notice. The Day Performance is fully equal to that of the Evening.
Admission—Private Boxes from 2/. 2s to 3/. 3s each ; Stalls, 5s ;
Reserved Seats. 3s; Boxes, 2s; Pit. Is; Gall.ry, 6d. Private
Boxes and Stalls can only be secured at the Alhambra Palace, and
)fr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Box-Office open from
10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fee for booking places. No Programmes
ars correct but those purchased inside the building, and only One
Penny each is allowed to be charged. Carriages must set down with
horses' heads towards Charing Cross ; taking up to the North.

METROPO LIT A N COUNTIES LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETT, 27. Regent- treat. Waterloo-
place, London. S.W. Life assurance, annuities, endowments, and
loans on advantageous terms.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

N.B. Policies in force, notwithstanding the Decease of the Life
Assured, provided the Fremiums be paid within the thirty days
of grace.

THE GENERAL LIFE AND
FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY,

Established 1837.
Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament.
62, King William-street, London.

Capital, 1,000,0001.

The Directors give Notice—

I. That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS will be held at 1 o'clock precisely, on WEDNESDAY,
the 26th day of May next, at the Office of the Company, 62, King
Willlam-street, in the city of London.

2. That at such meeting, the Proprietors who then hold ten or
more Shares, Which they have possessed six calendar months, may
attend and vote.
_3. That three Directors, Jacoh George Cope, Eget. ; John
Thompson Fletcher, Esq. ; -and- Charles !Dudley, Esq., M.P., and
One Auditor, George Meek, Esq., retire, all of whom (excepting
Charles Rlndley, Esq., M.P., deceased) are re-eligible to their re.-
BPective appointments.
4. That any Proprietors, duly qualified, who shall be desirous
of becoming Candidates for any of these situations, must give written
notice of their intention at the Office, to the Secretary, at least ten
%II previously to the time of such meeting.

By order of the Directors.
May 7, lasB. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary.

INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSITRLNCE
SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858 : estab-
rhed 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Grace,—lt always
has been and still is the practice of this society to pay claims under
Policies of assurance notwithstanding the death of the assured oc-
curring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the
annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice •f
the death be:glven to the office before the expiration of such days
I grace.

For the Court of Directors,
E. S. SYMES, Chairman.

THE INTERNATIONAL LIF
ASSUR tIiCE SOCIETY,

142, Strand, London.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SCR
VIVORSHIPS,'ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.

EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.
Eenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq
&untie' King-Church, Esq. John Nloms, Esq.
John Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq.
F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO THE SOLED.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.'
Augustus]Rlondel, Esq.
AUDITORS.

Proftwor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young

MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab , F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S.,
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolhouse, Esq.

RANKERS. •
:Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Ihears. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowellife, Bedford-row

..The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared i ,
ma.Y118604

Examples of Bonus up to May. 1855 :

Policy , Bonua in Permanent
taken Age. Sum - addition Bonus in Redaction of
eut In, Assured. to Sum • Cash. Annual Pre-
Assured. mium.
X Xs. d. £s. d. Xa. d.
1838 ,55 3,000 867 17 i 424 1 4 56 3 8
1841 48 4,000 749 4 U 325 16 0 32 0 4
1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
lasta 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 i 10 15 2
1 .55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7

The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter-
national Life Assurance Society:—
The Society was established in 1838.
Two-thirds of the profits are 'divided amongst the assured every
" years.
Its subscribed capital Is five hundred thousand pounds.
Its investments, at the date of the last annual report. amounted
to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds.
Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds.
The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand.
About one thousand new policies are added every year.
Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards
of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds.
For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair-
man, 142, Strand.
EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman.
142, Strand, London, W. C.

GRANDES NOUVEAUTES IN PARIS.-
LA COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE,
/Co. 37, Boulevard des C tpuelnes, Paris,
Ilan just exposed for sale their NOVELTIES for the SEASON, corn-
Zhing SILK-STUFFS LACE, Indian and French CACREMIRES, printed
~• usLuss and PIQUES', FANCY STUFFS Of all kinds, WEDD,NG OUT-
FITS. MANTLES. BURNOUS, &c.
The succtasive aggrandizements of the establishment of LA COM-
LYONNAISE have rendered it one of the most extensive
VI
irtEurope ; the ware-rooms at the present day comprise upwards of
Y saloons or galleries, having four separate entrances. Being
inefr own manufacturers, their productions are not liable to the
extra, Charges made on account of intermediate agents, and thus this
4._e°mPany can afford to offer to the public on terms far more advan-
eous than any other house. Every article, even the Cachemires
'3 'narked In plain figures.
y COMPAGNIE LYONNAIRE have established houses at
''s, Kashmere, Alencm, and Chantilly for the manufacture of
„k ron
stuffs, Cachamires, and Lace, but they have no succursale for
`tile in any country whatever.

ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE
INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIIIENTS TO MARRIAGE.
"vi and iniproved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100
Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price,
free by post, Is.,
rip HE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work
on the phys al xhaustion and decay of the frame, from the
"ects of solitary indu,.ence, infection, and the injurious conse-
il,uences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the oblige-
trls of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica-
°". By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Surgeons. Consultations as
"sual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Peter-
Pleitter-row; Sanger, 160. Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leaden
MI-street, I Sidon.
, The CORDIAL BALM of SYRTACITM is employed in bothsexes
1!: renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic;
.14 Power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and
,ides
debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi-
., arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by
„`e unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price l Is. per bottle,
"I".l,eur quantities in one for 339., which saves I is.
li he CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi-
t tie remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of
~," varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the
tt",f). blotchei on the head and face, enlargements of the throat,
/,rll°, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c.
4,7,,,,etien is purely detersive. and its beneficial influence on the
sf'."l/1 is undeniable. Price 1 ls. And 335. per bottle, also a saving
Pt any,
tom r S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec-
et_.fimed in either sex for all cases of gonorrhma, gleet, stricture,
diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., aril I Is.
box. .j
Sold by
Daniel Church, 713, Gracechurch-street, City; Bartlett
u"er, 43, Ring William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ;
tts, 17, Strand W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard;
~ts._v..c;wards, 67, St. Paul's-charchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-
r,ln Denney and Dietrichsen, 63. Oxford-street ; Butler and
41 CheaPSlde Prout and Harsant, 229, Straad; and all
',wane endors throughoat the United K ingdom!