The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-27 00:00:00

AN ACT OF GRATITUDE.-5,000 Copies of a
Medical Hook for Gratuitous Circulation.— GEORGE Thomas.
Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss ofmemory,
and dimness of sight, resulting from the early errors of youth, by
following the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Physician,
he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and tbr the benefit
of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore
send free, to any afidress, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct-
ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, .a copy of the
medical work containing every information required. Address, G.
Thomas, Esq., Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION,
48, Gracechurch-street, London.
For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c.
Established December, 1835.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman—SAMCEL FIATHIIRST LucAs, ESQ.
Deputy Chairman-03,mm LIISHINGTON, Esq.
Francis Bennoch, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P.
John Bradbury, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq.
Thomas Castle, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq.
William Miller Christy, Esq. , William Tyler, Esq.
John Feltharn, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq.
Charles Gilpin, Esq., M.P. I

3. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D.
Bar:sus—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co. ; and Bank of England.
SOLICITOR—Septimus Davidson, Esq.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansel], Esq., F.R.S.
Abstract of the Directors' Report for the year ending 20th No-
vember, 1856:
Number of policies issued from the commence-
ment of the institution in Dec., 1835......
Amount paid in claims

19,617 0 0
.• .... £609,161 11 11

Amount returned to the assured in abatement
of premiums In the 17 years ending Nov. 20,
1852 •••••• ....•• .................. .......... £240,134 11 8

£126,a64 0 0
Additions to policies by Way of bonus..

Annual income, after deducting 33,3481. abatement
of Premiums£2sB,73s 7 2
Mt amount of capital arising exclusively from the
premiums paid by the members, who are them-
selves the role proprietary, sad among whom
the whokt profit is, dlvlded • t-43-41546e- 5 l*
At the last division of surplus profits made op to Nov. 20, 1852,
the reductions varied from 6 to 89,per cent. on the original amount
of premiums, according to the age of the member and the time the
policy had been in force ; and the bonuses ranged in like manner
from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received during
the preceding five years.
The next DIVISION will be made up to the 20th November, 1857.
Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist rct are reminded
that the same must be paid within 30 days from that date.
The Prospectus, with the last Report of the Directors, and all
other information, may be had on application at the office.
Sept. 16. 1857. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary.

PROSPECTUS of the next EXAMINATION
for ADMISSION to the ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY at
WOOLWICH.

The Examination for the Admission of Cadets to the Royal Mili-
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January, 1858.
Provided a sufficient number of the Candidates are found compe-
tent, thirty admissions will be made to that Institution. Candidates
mast between the ages of seventeen and twenty years. The suc-
cessful candidates will remain under instruction at the Academy
for about two years, or until they are sufficiently advanced in scien-
tific knowledge satisfactorily to pass a final examination, and they
Will then receive Commissions In the Royal Artillery and Royal En-
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during this period of gentlemen not being sons of officers of the Army
or Navy, and for sons of officers, upon a scale according to rank. A
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The subjects of examination will be as follows:
Pure 2,000
1. Mathematics •
Mixed 1,500 j- • • • • 3,500
2. English .. .. 1,250
f Latin 1,000
1. Classics 1,750
Greek 750
4. French .. 1,000
5. Getman 750
6. Experimental Sciences 1,000
7. Natural Sciences
•• •• •• •• 7 0
8. Drawing, Geometrical and Lan,scape 1,000
No Candidate, who does not obta'n at least I,o'o marks in Mathe-
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and Drawing amongst the subjtcts of examination will b 3 required
to pass a qualifying examination in those subjects

Marks.

Turther information may be obtained on reference to the War
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Gentlemen de, irons of becoming candidates sheuld send in their
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1. By a Certificate of Rapt sm.
2. By a Certificate of Moral Cl ter.
3. By a statement of the subjecill in which they desire to be exa-
littered. H. R. DREWRY.

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BY SAMUEL
LONDON,
37, BEDFORD SQUARE,Edinburgh,
LA'MI.?..RT, ~i.D.,
Matriculated Member of the University of
Licentiate of
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Honorary
Apothecaries' Hall, London, B,:c, &c.
and excesses,
11,6 essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
s; quences resulting from certain habits, irregularities,
.i., _Th_--
I,hich have produced more misery in youth,
licod, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, per 1p
,„
ottur class of disease known tomodern pathologists. its perusal "
/ articularly recommended to
degradation
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• et doubts ol
persons e .
thelr ph3s,cal condivon, p.m
having hazarded
ntertaiiiingo se"
who are conscious of
the health, happinets, and privileges to which every
ititled.
It 1, i.bsolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
human being is
I I inciples of personal management which cannot be violated with-
, ut incurritg grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret sue-
may the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties,
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be remove,l,.
and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all,
that there is scarcely ally degree of pll3 steal Infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of scietee cannot at ply a cure.
•,131 iVarwick-lane,
Published by J. Allen,
and
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