The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-03 00:00:00

-L--7 UR OPEAN AND AMERICAN STEAM
-1-:4 SHIPPING COMPANY (Limited).—The Directors of
this Ccmpany (having, tfilder the powers vested iu them, re-
solved, in order to pay off and consolidate their present de-
benture and mortgage debt, to raise the sum of £lOO,OOO as on
the Ist February, by new debentures, at the rate of 7 per
cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, and to be secured as
the first and only charge upon their splendid fleet of eight
ships, exceeding 2,300 tons each, making a total of 19,022 tons,
viz., the Indiana, Jason, Argo, Hydaspes, Queen of the South,
Calcutta, Golden Fleece, and Lady Jocelyn, which were pur-
chased, at a low rate, from the General Screw Steam Shipping
Company, and have cost, including outfit and repairs, upwards
of £450,000). Hereby Give Notice, That as about £BO,OOO may
be considered as already snb_cribed up to this time, they are
now prepared to receive APPLICATIONS from the Public
for such NEW DEBENTURES to the extent of the remain-
ing £BO,OOO, which will be issued for sums of £5O, £lOO, £5OO,
£l,OOO each, aad for fixed periods of one, two, three, or five
years, with an extra bonus of six months' interest if paid off
by the Company before the period so fixed by the parties
taking them.
The printed particulars and printed forms of application,
and all other information, may be had by applying to the
Secretary, either personally, at the offices of the Company, or
by letter.
11, king William-street, London, E.C., Jan. 28, 1850.

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
Established A.D. 1844,
3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON.
Capital Stock, £lOO,OOO.
Parties desirous of investing money arc requested to ex-
amine the Plan of the Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate
of interest may be obtained with ample security.
Deposits made by special agreement may be withdrawn
without notice.
The interest is payable in January and July,
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
Forms for opening accounts sent free on application.

GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT
ASSOCIATION. Established 1829.
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Accumulated Invested Capital £295,162 19s.
Immediate, Deferred, and Survivorship Annuities 'can be
secured at this Office upon safe and advantageous terms, the
rates of Premium for the latter having been recently revised
by Mr. Ansell, of the Atlas.
93, Chcapside, E.C,

PHILIP CURTIS, Secretary.

ESTABLISHED 1837.

BRITANNTA-fiWaSSURANCE
COMPANY,
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict. cap. 9.

AND
BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION,
Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London,
Major-General ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, Chairman.

HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit
for half the amount of the first five or seven annual premiums
paying interest thereon at the rate of Five per Cent. per
Annum, with the option of paying off the arrears of Pre-
miums at any time, 'or having the amount deducted from the
sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

UARDIAN FIRE Al
COMP.
No. 11, Lombard-st
DIREC
HENRY lITJLSE BElt
JOHN G. HUBBARD,
John Dixon, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq.
Sir W. 31. T. Farquhar, Bart.,
31. P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., 31. P.
John Harvey, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.
Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.

ND LIFE ASSURANCE
'ANY,
treet, London? E.C.
!TORS.
LENS, Esq., Chairman.
Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
John Martin, Esq., Itfrtt-- -
Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.
Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart.
John Thornton, Esq.
James Tulloch, Esq.
Henry Vigne, Esq,

AUDITORS.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
John Henry Smith, Esq.
Thomas Tallemach, Esq., Secretary.—Samuel Brown, Esq.,
Actuary.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.—UNDER TILE PROVISIONS or AN
ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to future In-
surers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division,
or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860,
when MI Participating Policies which shall have subsisted at
least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in
the Profits.
At the Five Divisions of Profits made by this Company, the
total Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have
exceeded £913,000.
At the last valuation, at Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in
force amouted to upwards of £4,240,000, the Income from the
Life Branch in 1854 was more than £200,003, and the Life As-
surance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded
£1,700,000.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the
East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern
parts of the United States of America, have been materially
reduced. •
INVALID LIVES. —Persons who are not in such sound
health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular
Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their
values, provided such Policies shall have been effected a suffi-
cient time to have attained in each case a value not under £5O.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of re-
ceived and registered.
➢IEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge
will be made for Policy Stamps.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon
every description of property at moderate rates.
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this
Company.