The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-20 00:00:00

GRE A T WESTERN RAILWAY.
An EXCURSION TRAIN at LOW FARES will leave
Padd baLrton at 9.45 a.m., and Reading at 10.50 a.m., en Monday,
June 24th, returning on Thursday, June 27th ; for Oxford
(Gs. 6d. and 45.), Banbury (Bs. and 55.), Leamington and
Warwick (10s. 6d. and 65.), Stratford-upon-Avon and Bir-
Mingham (12s. and 75.), West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and
Ililston (12s. 6d. and 7s. 6(1.), Wolverhampton (13s. and Bs.),
Wellington and Shrewsbury (17s. and 10s.), Oswestry,
Wrexham, and Chester (18s. 6d. and Ils.), Birkenhead, Liver-
pool, Warrington, and Manchester (21s. and 12s. 6d.)

CINDE RAILWAY COMPANY.-INDUS
STEAM FLOTILLA.
The Directors are prepared to receive applications for DE-
IiENTURES at par, in sums of not less than £lOO, for the
unappropriated portion of the £83,000 Debentures about to be
!ssued for the purposes of the Indus Steam Flotilla, bearing
interest at 5 per cent. for five years, renewable for a second
period of five years, and payable by coupon at the Ba.niting-
house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, No. 1, Lombard-
street.
The bonds will be dated on the Ist of May, 1801, and will
bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum from that
date on all monies paid on or before the 30th June, 1861.
The payment of the principal and interest is guaranteed by
the Secretary of State for India in Council, as will appear on
the face of the ponds.
The Debentures are convertible into Indus Steam Flotilla
Stock at par, at the option of the holder.
Forms of application may be obtained at the offices of the
Comp any.

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By order of the Board,
THOMAS BURNELL, Sec.
Scinde Railway Offices, Gresham-house,
Old Broad-street, May 25, 1861.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.

NOTICE.—MIDSUMMER RENEWALS.
Losses by fire occurring during the fifteen days of grace are
shade good to the assured.
The business of the Company exceeds £68,000,000.
The duty paid to Government for the year 1860 was £81,332
9s. od., and the amount insured on farming stock £9,988,368.
A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to
parties insuring, who have thus from time to time received
sums amounting in the aggregate to £400,000.
A further sum is applicable for a bonus upon Policies re-
newed in 1861.
The rates of premium are in no case higher than those
Charged by the other principal offices making no returns to
their insurers.
Por prospectuses apply to the Society's Offices, Surrey-
Street, Norwich • and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars, E.C.

TGOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE POLICIES.
HE CONSOLS ASSOCIATION,
429, STRAND, .
1. Provides the Security of ConsoIsLONDON for its Policies.
2. It lends, or returns to Insurers ON DEMAND at any time,
about One-half of all Premiums Paid.
Undoubted Security for Money with a liberal Rate of Inte-
rest. The Association possesses a Large Capital, subscribed
by several Hundreds of Shareholders. Full information may
be obtained on application to
THOMAS H. BAYLIS, Manatring Director.

ENGLISH AND IRISH CHURCH AND
UNIVERSITY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Head Office-345, Strand, London, W.C.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
Subscribed Capital—£loo,ooo.
Clergymen, Ministers of all Denominations, and Members
of the Universities assured at lower rates than the public
generally.

For a small extra premium payment of a policy may be
secured during life on the assured becoming totally disabled
from following his ordinary avocation by paralysis, blind-
ness, insanity, or any accident.
?At the annual meeting of Shareholders on the 27th May,
SG', the Directors reported the receipt, since the meeting
held last year, of Seven Hundred and Ninety-nine Proposals
10 assure £173,730. Of these 588 had been completed • and
16 Society's Policies issued for the same, assuring £127,912,
and yieldingee an annual income of £4,131 118. ld. Thirty-
seven had been declined, and 174 were either under considera-
tion, awaiting completion, or had not been carried out.
Prospectuses and every information may be had on appli-
cation to
JOHN SHERIDAN, Manager.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street;London, E.C.
Established 1821.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY VIGNE, Esq., Chairman.
Sir MINT(' T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Deputy Chairman
Trenry mise Berens, Esq., Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Charleg Wm. Curtis, "Req. John Martin, Esq.
Chaves F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
ir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart.
john G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. John Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
John Henry Smith, Esq. I Cornelius Payne, jun., Esq.
Thomas Tallemach, Esq., Secretary.—Samuel Brown, Esq.,
Actuary.

LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN
AcT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new- In-
turerm EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial
Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of
Profits.
Since the establishment of the Company In 1821, the
Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in
tsh value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary
Bonus es of X 1,058,000.
After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life
Assurances In force, with existing Bonuses thereon,
riounted to upwards of X 4,730,000, the Income from the Life
ranch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund
exceeded £1,618,000-
LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No
Extra Premium is required for service therein.
INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre-
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their
Values, if such value be not less than £5O.

ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re-
ceived and registered.
MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge
for Policy Stamps. _ _

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

()YAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT
INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution
earnestly APPEAL to the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST-
ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on
the limited funds of the Society.
THOMAS BARING, Chairman.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman.
14, John-street, Adelphi, Feb., 1861.
Bankers—Messrs. Willis and CO. ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries
and Co.