The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-09 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR HONDURAS MAHOGANY TIMBER
AND MOULMEIN TEAK TIMBER.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, Bth Sept., 1858.
THE 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 28th
instant, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such
Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her
'Majesty's Dockyards with 11,250 loads of HONDURAS
MAHOGANY TIMBER, and 7,509 loads of MOULMEIN
TEAK TIMBER, to be delivered during the years 1859,1800,
and 1801, according to distributions, which, with the forms of
the Tenders, the conditions of the Contracts, and a specimen
of the Mahogany Timber; may be seen at the said office. 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
" Tender for ," and must be delivered at Somerset-
place, accompanied by a Letter signed by Two responsible
Persons, engaging to 'become bound with the Person tender-
ing, in the sum of £5OOO for the due performance of each of
the Contracts.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
NORTII WALES.—TOITRISTS' TICKETS to CIIES-
TER, CA RNARVON, LLANGOLLEN, BALA, &c., for One
Month, are now issued at Paddington.—Fares (rail and coach),
70s. and :ios.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
ISLE of MAN, BANGOR, BEAUMARIS, and LLAN-
DUDNO. RETURN TICKETS for One Month are now.issued
at Paddington. Fares (rail and boat) : 70s. and 50s.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
SOUTH WALES.—TOURISTS' TICKETS to MIL-
FORD HAVEN, available for Narberth-road (for Tenby)
Carmarthen, Swansea, Neath, Chepstow, &c., for One Month,
are now issued at Paddington.—Fares : 70s. and 50s.

(`IREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
V-A FAMILY TICKETS to DAWLISII, TEIGNMOUTH,
or TORQUAY, for One Month, are now issued at Paddington,
to parties of not less than three persons.—Fares (each passen-
ger) : 50s. and 355.

CItEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
JERSEY and GUERNSEY, via WEYMOUTH.—
RETURN TICKETS for One Month are now issued at Pad-
dington.—Fares : 455. and 355.

•
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
FAMILY TICKETS to WEYMOUTH, for periods
varying from a Fortnight to Three Months, are now issued at
Paddington, at greatly Reduced Fares.

• GREAT
TIVCIEcESTST EtoRNNARBERBAJLI Y.
FAMILY AVDA(for
Tenby) and MILFORD lIA.VEN, for One-Month, are now
—lssued at Paddiwz-,ton, to parties of not less than three persons.
Fares (each person): Ms. and 4.".1t..-

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
KILLARNEY and SOUTH of IRELAND, Via Mil-
ford Haven and Waterford.—RETUßN- TICKETS for One
Month are now issued at Paddington.—Fares 105 s. and 80s.

REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION to Oxford, Banbury, Leaming-
ton, BirmincY,ham, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Llangollen
Road, Chester, Birkenhead, Liverpool, &c., from Paddington,
on MONDAY, September 13, at 7 a.m., returning on Saturday,
the 18th, from Liverpool (Landing. Stage) at 8.30 a.m., and an-
te-mediate stations as per handbills. Fares—Oxford, Gs. 64.
and 4s. ; Banbury, Bs. and ss. ; Leamington or Warwick. 10s.
Ed. and Gs. ; Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. ; Westbromwich, Wed-
nesbury, or Bilston, 12s. Gd. and 7s. Gd. ; Wolverhampton, 13s.
and Bs. ; Wellington or Shrewsbury, 17s. and 10s. ; Llangollen
Road or Chester, 18s. Cd. and 118. ; Birkenhead or Liverpool,
21s. and 12s. 6d. Children under 12, hall-price.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the
Shareholders of the ACHILLES. INSURANCE COMPANY
will be held at the Offices, 25, Cannon-street, London, on
THURSDAY, the 16th September next, at 12 o'clock pre-
cisely, to confirm the resolutions passed at an Extraordinary
General Meeting, held the Bth day of September, for the dis-
solution of the Company, and confirming the provisional
agreement entered into by the Directors for the disposal of
the business of the Company.
By order of the Board,
London, Sept. 8, 1858. H. B. TAPLIN, Secretary.

THE TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, and 42 and 43, Poultry, London.
With which is incorporated the business of
THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY.
Established 1849, and Empowered by Special Act of
• Parliament.
TRUSTEES.
Matthew Marshall, Esq., (Bank of England.)
William Smee, Esq., (Bank of England).
Kenyon S. Parker, Esq., Q.C.
henry Blair Mayne, Esq.
The business of the ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE
COMPANY having been purchased by the TRAVELLERS' AND
MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, all the Policies of the late
Company adopted under the Deed of Purchase are guaran-
teed and kept in force by the Travellers' and Marine In-
surance Company, upon precisely
.the same terms and con-
ditions under which they were originally issued.
• Total Policies issued
Claims paid since 1819 £71,003
Annual income from Premiums(lB37)
Insurance effected against General Accidents, Railway Ac-
cidents, and Marine Risks ; either Fatal, Non-fatal, or both
together ; with or without Medical expenses extra. For
Proposal Forms, Prospectuses, and all other information,
apply to the Manager, at the Chief Office, or, to any of the
Company's local Agents.

EDWARD SOLLY, Manager.
7, Bank-buildings, Lothbary, London.

INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858.—
Established 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, notwith-
standing the death of the assured oc3uring within the 30 days
of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided
payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to
the office before the expiration of such days of grace.
For the Court of Directors,
E. S. SYMES, Chairman.

THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
142, Strand, London.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE,
SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.
DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.
W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. I Henry J. Hodson, Esq.
Samuel King-Church, Esq. Johd Moss, Esq.
John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab.,John Symes, Esq.
I
F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO .THE BOARD.
Alexander. Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blondel, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford
Young.
MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cants!), F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.5.,.F.5.5., Ste.
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barktr Woolhouse, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-
row.

The next Qu
in May, 18GO.
Ex,

duquennial

Division of Profits will be declared

Lmpks of

onus up to May, 1855 :

Bonus in Bones in ~. Permanent
Policy Sum tulditic n Reduction
taken Age. Assured. Cash.
out in to of Annual
Assured.
Premiums.
•
-
1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 f 4 56 3 8
1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 04•
1843 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2
1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7

The following are amongst the advantages offered by the
International Life Assurance Society:—
The Society was established in 18.18.
Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured
every five 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 huiidred and twenty thousand pounds.
For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the
Chairman, 112, Strand.

EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman
142, Strand, London, W.C.

THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.-
It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious
article of animal diet first made its appearance; and already
its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder,
and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been
brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts
concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since,
a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a •
" perfect hag of bones." lie tried all kinds of things to get
the animal into condition, but in vain. Ile then bought some
of Thorlev's food; and he says the effect was wonderful. The
. horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had
gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri-
cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which
carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor-
ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we
are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely
from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can
proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those
who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle
will do well to apply to 77, Newolite-street, London, for a
pamphlet which is sent post-free.

THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MAT.

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k I on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System,
and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting
from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from
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Microscope in revealing, the hidden mysteries "of Life within
Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examina-
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with numerous engravings and cases
BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, 'Hono-
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The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear-
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