The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-13 00:00:00

UM CHARLES DICKENS WILL READ,
at ST. MARTIN'S HALL, TO-NIGHT, May 13, his
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
The Reading will commence at Eight exactly, and will last two
Lours.
Stalls (numbered and reserved), Five Shillings ; Area and (1,1-
larks, Half-a-crown; Unreserved Seats, One Shilling. Tickets
to be had at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's, Publishers, 193, Picca-
dilly; and at St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre.

CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polvaraphic Hall.
TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVENTH ENTFRTAIN-
MENT.—Change of Programme, introducing Burlesque on the
Circus.—Many Patrons of the Christy's having been unable to gain
admission owing to the limited numbers of Stalls, they have now
Introduced an extra row, which will afford more ccmforts to their
numerous patrons.—Evening at 8, and on Saturday Morning,
commencing at 3. Prices—Boxes, 1/. Is.; Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.;
tack, Is.

DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL AND
PAT FIOLOGICAL M USED M,
TICIIBORNE-STREET (Opposite the Haymarket).
LECTURES daily by DR. KAHN at Three, and by Dr. REXTON at a
quarter past One, at Four, and, on Diseases of the Skin, at Eight.
Open from Twelve till Five, and from Seven till Ten.
Admission, ONE SHILLING.
DR, KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF
MARRIAGE, &c., post free for twelve stamps.

ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade,
Strand.—ARGYLL CASINO. with IL BIGNELL'S celebrated
band; formerly conducted by the late Emma LAURENT, now con-
ducted by the great artist, Mons. LAMOTTE, of the Grand Salle
Valentino at Paris; principal cornet-a.ntston. W BouLcounT, "the
greatest artist in the world on that instrument;" Leader, Mr.
CHARLES HALL. The above hand plays selections from "La
Traviata," "Ii Trovatore," and "Lucia Di Lammermoor," nightly,
and is to be engaged for Concerts and Balls. Apply to R. R. BIGNELL,
at the "Original Argyll Rooms," Great Windmill-street, Hay-
market. Doors open at half-pastB. Admission, is.

GREAT UNITED STATES' CIRCUS.
Messrs. HOWES and CUSHING, Proprietors.—SlXTH
WEEK—Unprecedented Success—Second week of the Sprites of the
Silver Shower—The largest Equestrian Fstabilshment in the World,
*umbering over Two Hundred Men and Horses, is NOW OPEN for
a Short Season, at the ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square,
giving Two Performances each day, commencing at half-past
Two, and a quarter to Eight o'Clock, p.m.
*.* 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 further
notice. The Day Performance is fitly equal to that of the Evening.
Admission—Private Boxes from 2/. 2s3s each Stalls. 55 ;
Reserved Seats, 3s ; Boxes, 28 ; Pit, Is ; 6d. Private
Ilexes and Stalls can only be secured at the Alhambra Palace, and
Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33. Old Bond-street. Box-Office open from
10 a.m. unt I 5 p.m. No fee for booking places. No Programmes
are correct but those purchased inside the building, and only One
Penny each is allowed to be charged. Carriages must set down vs Ith
horses' heads towards Charing Cross ; taking up to the North.

ET ROPO LIT AN COUNTIES LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, Recent- Ireet. Waterico-
place, London, S.W. Life assurance, annuities, endowments, and
loans on advantageous terms.
.______

F. FERMI :7.0N CAMROI7X. Manager.

N.B. Policies in force. no'.withstanding the Decease of the Life
Assured, provided the Premiums be paid within the thirty days
of grace.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE', That the business of the late
Accidental Death Company having been purchased be the TRA-
VELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, all the
Policies of the late Company adopted under the Deed of Purchase
are guaranteed and kept in force by the Travellers' and Marine
Insurance Company, upon precisely the same terms and conditions
under which they were originally issued.
Total Policies Issued •• •• • • 39,000
Claims paid since )849 .. £71,000
Annual Income from Premiums (1851) .. £25.530
Insurances effected against General Ac-tdents, Railway Acci-
dents, and Marine Risks.
Apply at the Chief Office, 7, Bank Buildings, Lothhury.
7, Bank Buildings, Lothbnry, LondWARD SOLLY, Manager. EDnn.

INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSITRA.NOE
SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858: estab-
lished 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of (race,—lt always
Las 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 of
the death be given to the office before the expiration of such days
01 grace, -

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

THE INTERNATIONAL LI F
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,

142, Strand, London.
taaPOWerel by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR
VIVORSIIIPS,:ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.
DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.
Wm. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hocigson, Esq
Samuel King-Church, Esq. John NlO5B, Esq.
John Mason. M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq.
Joseph Thompson, Esq.
BECRETAIY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
AugustuslEllondel, Esq.
AUDITORS.

Pronmor 'Wheatstone, F.R.S.,;ndT;ofessor J. Radford Yo 4'

MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elllotson, M.D., Cantab., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.
W. B. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S.,
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolbouse, Esq.
BANEERS.
:Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Items. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-row

The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared t
May, 1860.

Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 :

Bonus in Permanent
Pulley Sum ' addition Bonus In ne,luction of
taken Age. Assured. to Sum Cash. Annual Pre-
out in' Assured. mium.
.........-- - -- -
X £s. d. £s. d. £s. d.
1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 424 1 4 55 3 8
1841 43 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4
1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
!8_43 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2
MI 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 IR3R.
. Two-thirds of the profits are :divided amongst the assured every
aVe Years.
Its subscribedtapital 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 upward,
of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds.
For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair-
%Wl, 142, Strand.

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

ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE
INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New and improved Edition, enlarged to 1 ri6 pages, illustrated .by 100
Anatomical Coloured Ella ravings on Steel, Just published, price,
free by post, Is.,
TFIE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work
on the phys al xhaustion and decay of the frame, from the
effects of solitary indu'-ence, infection, and the injurious conse-
quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga-
tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica-
tions. By R. and T.. PFRRY and CO., Surgeons. Consultations as
Usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pa ter-
noster-row ; Sanger. 160, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, ',cactus-
hall-street, Tendon.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes
to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purelybalsamic:
Its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and
sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi-
Wes arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by
is unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price I Is. per bottle,
or four quantities in one for 335., which saves Ils.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESENCE, an anti-syphi-
litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of
the *varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the
skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat
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Si I Is.
PERRY'S PURIFYING 'SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec-
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Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City; Bartlett
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liege in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are
ended
remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden
mysteries "of Life within Life," and its advantages In detecting, by
Urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these
,
coMplaints with numerous engravings and cases.
..-..._

BY SAMUEL LA'MF.RT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hosptizi Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hail, London, &c., &c.
ilia essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses,
,whieh have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
"°od, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any
Other class of disease. known to modern pathologists. its perusal is
particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of
their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded
Lle health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is
eqtitled.
it is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
111nelPles of personal management which cannot be violated with-
out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret sue•
et
d the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties
as be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may beremoved,
t wthe evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all,
that there
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ti
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