The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-26 00:00:00

MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL LIABILITY.
PROFITS MAY BE APPLIED SO AS TO MAKE POLICIES PAY

ABLE IN LIFETIME.
SECOND CLASS LIVES ASSURED ON AN IMPROVED SYST M.
FOURTII DIVISION OF PROFITS DECEMBER 31ST, 1866.
BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

47 and 48, King William-street, E.C.

Capital Fund—A QUARTER OF A MILLION.
Accumulated Fund exceeds One Hundred and Ten Thou-
sand Pounds.
The Accumulated Fund is equal to about 50 per cent. of the
entire Premiums received on Policies in force on December
31st last.
New Business reported in 1863 amount to £353,700.
9,306 Polices in force L 1,569,791.

THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
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Established 1821.
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, B.C.
REDUCTION OF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY.
Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.
Total Invested Funds upwards of £2,73C,000.
Total Income upwards of £320,000.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at MIDSUMMER must be RENEWED
within Fifteen Days at this Oflic,, or with the Company's
Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void.
All Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduoed Duty
of is. 6d. per cent.
For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com-
pany's Agents, or to
T. TALLEMACHE, Secretary.

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER
BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 25th to the 30th day of
June, preparatory to the payment of the Half-year's Inte-
rest due by the Contractors on the Ist of July next.
PROVISIONAL SCRIP CERTIFICATES
FULLY PAID UP £lOO BEARING 6 PER OENTN
PER ANNUM, and
ORDINARY £lO PAID BEARING 5 PER CENT.
PER ANNUM,
must be forwarded to the Registrar at the Offices of the
Company, in order that the Dividend Warrants may be
duly prepared.

GEORGE HOPWOOD, Registrar.

6, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-

street, S.W.

A BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE,
WITH Illustrative Sketches of CABINET
FURNITURE and DECORATIVE UPIIOL-
StERY, s3nt free per post or given on application. The
Stock, corresponding to the List, is marked in plain figures.
An efficient representative will wait upon the Nobility,
Clergy, and Gentry in any part of the kingdom.

ATKINSON & CO.,
CABINET MAKERS,
T.I.PLIOLSTERERS, LINEN DRAPERS, AND
lIOUSE AGENTS,
198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210,
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON.

THE CURTAINS OF A HOUSE
give the tone and character to its appearance. They
should ho changed with tho changing seasons.
ATKINSON and CO. are prepared with their Sum-
mer Stock of Curtains—the new Pekinetto Stripes for
Drawing and Dining Rooms, Pekin and Persian Cloths,
Lace and Leno, with all the now Designs in this
Year's Chintzes.
ATKINSON & CO.,
198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, and
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON.

THE SUMMER STOCK OF CARPETS,
REPLENISHED with the Newest Designs from
the be,t makers, comprises FELTS, KIDDER,
ERUSSELS VELVET PILE, AXMINSTER, and
TURKEY.
Every kind of material for covering hall or passage,
oleum,
Floor Cloth, Cork Carpet, Lin aud Kamptulicon.
ATKINSON & CO.,
198, 200, 202, 201, 206, 208, and 210,
'WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON. .

A GREAT LUXURY FOR THE SUMMER.
ATKINSON and CO.'S PATBNT SPRING
MATTRESS, cool, comfortable, and cvnomlcal.
ATKINSON and CO.,
19S, 200, 2D2, 204, 208, 208, awl 210, Westm'nster-bridge-
road, London.

•
RU f'T U EtES.—I3Y ROYAL LETTERS PAT E
MITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT
Vx/
irnmoNs of 1851 and 16621, allowed by upwards of
wo Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the mo-t effective
121vention in the eurative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steels prinz, so o ten hurtful in Its effects, is hoe
avoided—a soft bandage beim; worn round the body, while
inraequisite ,esisting- power is supplied by the Moc-Main
hand Pa,enr Lev( r fittin‘f, with so m ic" ease and close-
"a that it cannot be detected, and inty eporn during
Ineep A
; descriptive circular way he har, ..nd truss,
Imen cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the oircum-
.9-ence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
Manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
Bindle Truss, ltis., 215., 226 s 6d., and 318.6 d. Postage, Is.
„
Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42s , an,l 525. 6d. Postage, is.
Bd.
'll_ Umbilical Truss,42s. and 528. 6d. Postage, Is. 1,,d.
.°st-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
vmee, Piccadilly.
NEW PATENT
RLASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS. &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
DoWeakness and Swelling- o the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are
liice°!", light !a texture, and tnexpen=ive, and are drawn on
en_, an ordinary stocking. Price 4e. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16e.
"n. Postage 6d.
_ JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

SUBSCRIPTIONS for the WIDOW and
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urrrierly of the Grenadier Guards, and Author of " Recol-
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left a widow and four young children, by his second
fujia7o utterly destitute, without means to defray his
Or °rale expenses, or even to purchase bread. Captain
his°4ow was disinherited by his father, in favour of
he
_brother, clergyman, and the small income which
e'w derived f:pm the interest on a sum charged on the family
f,,Lato ceased with his life : while the sums be received
1:°/11 trice 10 time for b;s " Recollections" were expanded
fa" Providing for the increasing expenses of
th his y? ends
of these distressing circumstances e frnds
Madame Gronow iu Paris came to her aid, and they now
?Peal to the liberality of her late husband's friends in
"dori, and also to the readers of his Reminiscences, for
otaributions to enable her to maintain and educate her
children.
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