The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-20 00:00:00

SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Miller and Horn, 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-
square.
BROKERS.—Messrs. Ballantine and Read, 4, Austin-friars.
SECRETARI".—H. R. Dennys, Esq.
PROSPECTUS. _ _ _

The numerous and extensive robberies which have been
recently effected constitute a new era in the annals of crime,
both as regards the value of the property stolen, and the
secrecy with which the burglaries have been accomplished,
and against which all ordinary means of security are ap-
parently of no avail.
The modern thief and housebreaker sets at defiance the
most approved lock, the best constructed iron safe, the
strongest fastenings, and the most vigilant watching ; so that
the property of bankers, jewellers, and other important
establishments, the occupants of hotels, the commercial
warehouse and the private residence, are alike accessible to
his reckless skill.
Happily the ingenuity of the age is as fertile in defensive
as in aggressive measures ; and however singular the proposal
to establish a company for the prevention of burglary and fire
may at first appear, a calm consideration of the various useful
and novel purposes to which the discoveries of science are
now applied will dispel much of the wonder that may be felt
at such a proposition, and a cnrscry examination of the
very simple, yet highly ingenious and efficacious invention'
the general use of which it is proposed to carry out through
the instrumentality of a Joint-Stock Company, will convince
the most sceptical that scientific means are capable of being
easily and successfully applied to the protection of both life
and property.

Before going further into the matter, and (on account of
the startling nature of the proposition) to propitiate the
mind of the reader, the promoters beg to call attention to
extracts from many daily and weekly London newspapers,
published within the last few weeks, which may be obtained,
with the prospectuses, at the Offices, to show the opinion
entertained by the Press of the invention in question ; nor
is such opinion confined to the Press alone, for scientific
men, of the highest standing, have equally borne testimony
to its merits. The adoption by the public generally of this
invention amounts almost o a positive certainty, and must
in consequence, in a pecuniary point of view, insure results
highly remunerative to the Shareholders.
The invention is most efficient, inexpensive, and simple.
Its operation cannot be better described than in the worth
of the Illustrated London News :—" It consists of a small
spring, concealed in every door, window, shutter, or desk, to
which it may be thought proper to apply it; and it -is so
arranged-that when any attempt at burglarious entry, -or even
of tampering with a Jock, is made, an electric current is com-
pleted, which causes an alarum-bell to ring in the bedroom
of the master of the house. In the day-time the current can
be shut off by merely turning a handle."
It also affords a timely and effectual warning against firs.
In the event of more than ordinary heat being generated in
any part of a house, or on board ship, a warning will instan-
taneously be given by the Alarum, and an Indicator will point
to the word " Fire."

Upon premises left at night an Alarum may be fixed on the
top of the building connected with every nook, corner, door,
shutter, window, &c., and upon the occurrence of unusual
heat, or any attempt to cuter, this powerful Alarum will
immediately arouse the whole neighbourhood.
For attaining the objects before adverted to, for detecting
the attempts of prisoners to effect their escape, for guarding
game preserves (however far removed from gamekeepers'
lodges), giving timely notice of undue beat generating fire in
Government and private depots, arsenals, warehouses, &c.,
this invention has no parallel. It is as nearly certain of
general adoption as the gas now burning in our crowded
streets.

The way in which the invention is intended to be applied
to public use is, as before stated, both simple and cheap.
The occupier may, at his option, either purchase the appa-
ratus, or pay the Company a small annual sum for the use
of it.

Arrangements have been made with the proprietors of the
patent for the transfer of the same, together with the models,
&c., &c., to the Company.
o carry this out, and to afford an ample margin for duly
working the patents and inventions, it is proposed to esta-
blish a Joint-Stock Company, under the Limited Liability
Act, with a capital of 100,000/., in 50,000 shares, of 2/. each.
Upon an estimate that only a very moderate numbor of
houses in London and throughout the country will use the
apparatus, at a minimum rent of 21. 2s. per enmum, and
upon careful calculations made, it is estimated that, at the
end of the first year's operations, a dividend of 15 co 20 per
cent. will be paid to the Shareholders.
In addition, the use of the apparatus in ships, to give no-
tice of nudue heat, spontaneous combustion, &c., and the
other sources of income above referred ta, and various use-
ful purposes to which the invention can be applied, such as
an alarum in shops, and for domestic purposes, arc calcu-
lated to produce a further considerable increase of duty.
A large number o 7 the shares have been already applied for.
Applications for prospectuses and for the limited number of
shares remaining to be issued may be made to the Brokers,
Messrs. Ballantine and Read, No. 4, Austin-friars, London ;
or to the Secretary, 25, Poultry ; or the Solicitors, 7, St.
Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square.

Applicants will be required to pay the sum of 10s. per share
on the shares applied t ) the Bankers of the Company, or to the
Secretary, for which they will give a proper receipt, which
amount will be retained on account of the shares allotted.
The remaining 11. 10s. per share will be called for after the
Certificate of Incorporation bas been obtainel In the event
of less than the whole number applied for being allotted, the
amount paid in excess will be repaid ; should no allotment
bo made to the applicant, the money lodged with the Bankers
will be forthwith returned.
Noricn —Tho apparatus may be seen in operation daily, be-
tween the hours of eleven and five, at the Offices of the Com-
pany, 25, Poultry. H. It. DENNYS, See.

TOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED
ftCAPSULES, approved of by the erench College of Physicians,
4,ccessfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and
,e,knowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder.
(see " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli-
catlon.—Price per 100 4s. 6d. ; 50 2s. 9d. To be had of the Inventor,
GAIIRIEL JOZEAU, '
sole French chemist, Haymarket, London,
and all the principal chemists.

CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West
Brompton.—Pecretary's Office, 167, Instito.
ion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor
afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167,
Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted
at the Brompton Establishment, for one month. and for a longer
Period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per-
sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for
the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation
of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, sufleriug under every
form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits cf this
Charity. A Weekly Board manage Its affairs, and every informa-
tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application
to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue
this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may he
paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's-
'
Officesinn-fields, 167, Piccadilly, ; MesSrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's

By order.

W.J. COCKERILL, Secretary.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828.
The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone ; no re-
commendation is required.
During the past month the following number received the benefits
Of this Charity', either as out or in-door patients, on their personal
application:—
Week ending 7th November 2,i54
Ditto 14th November.... • • 2,043
Ditto 21st November.... • • 1,072
Ditto 28th November
9th and 30th November. .• .•

Total in November • • .... 8,747
of which 2,775 were new oases, th
sly.e remainder (still under treat-
ment) having been admitted previou
The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the
patients.
Heavy expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such exten-
sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of
the public.
The management of the Uospital is in the hands of 30 Governors,
yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the
ursday Annuat
al
General Meeting in January. A Board is held every T,
4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. attend,wairman), to conduct the business,
when any subscriber may lf so disposed, the Board being at
all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation.
The Hospital is not endowed, but Is wholly dependent on volun-
tarY contributions and legacies, which are received by the Trea.surer,
John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Colitis
end co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; HarlFoll3 and Co. ;
iterase-s°trn
t rescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ;
Jones Deacon,
Loyd and Co.: Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams,
Clothing for the destitute
, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., her-
eet ; If asterman and Co.; and at the Hospital.
1 By order, patients will be thank tally received.
J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman.

TOWER.—SALE OF STORES.
BY order of the Secretary of State for War.—
To be Sold, by public au'tion, in the Tower, on THURSDAY,
26th, and FRIDAY. 27th February, 1857, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon precisely, the following STORES,Iying at the Victoria (L ndon)
Docks, viz.:
Bedding of sorts I Scales and Weights
Clothing, vario,u4 Candles, Tallow, and Price's Pa-
Mitts and Gauntlets tent PIP'
Accoutrements Heard's Marine Preparation
Copper, Pewter, Tin, and Zinc Stoves, Soyer's Field Kitchen,
articles &c.
Tools and Ironmongery

k -And Miscellaneous Articles.
May be viewed at the Victoria Docks, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the
3 days previous to the sale, and catalogues had at the War Depart-
ment, Pall-mall ; the Tower ; Victoria Docks ; and Royal Arsenal.
•Woolwich, on payment of 6d. each, which will be allowed to pit--
chasers.
No person will be admi.ted to view the lots; or into the sale rorwn
without a catalogue.'

CONTRACTS FOR7FRESH-BREF, MUTTON, BREAD,
VEGETABLES, &0.,

FOR THE ROYAL MARINE INFIRMARIES AT WOOLWICH AND CHATHAM.
ADMIRALTY, 17th February, 1857.
THE Commissioners for executing, the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 10th
March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready, at the Office of the
Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, Somerset-
place, in London, to treat with such persons as may be will'ng to
contract for the supply of all such quantities of all or any of the fol-
lowing Articles as shall from time to time be required for the use of
either one or both of the Royal Marine Infirmaries at Woolwich and
Chatham, from the Ist day of Apr:l next to the 31st day of March,
1858, viz :

BEEF and MUTTON
BREAD
M ILK

SOAP, Yellow
CANDLES, Moulds end Dips
VEGETABLES

Samples of the Soap and Candles, together with the conditions of
the revised contracts, to which particular attentica is called, may be
seen at this office, or by applying to the Purveyor at the Infirmaries
at Woolwich and Chatham.
So tender wi►l he received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
nor any noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly
authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty,
end bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for
and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a
letter s'gned by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering in the sum of 1001. for the due performance of
the contracts for Beef and Mutton, for Bread and for Vegetables, and
in the sum of 501. for each of the others.

ART - UNION OF LONDON. (By Royal
Charter.)—Prizehokiere select for themselves from the public
...nib:Lions. Every Subscriber et Oita Grasia4 will have, besides the
chance of a Prise, 'TWO 4211101 TS Tirra ....sirxwtcyr-necsacuma _
DR-LION," by H. C. Slienton, from the Historical Picture by Jno.
Cross. which gained the Government premium of 3001. ; and " THE
PIPER," by E. Goodall, after F. Goodall, A R.A.
GEORGE GODWIN, j Honorary
LEWIS rococK, Secretaries,
444, West Strand, 14th January, 1857.

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
LONDON.
Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN
FOUR-FIFTHS, or SO percent.. of the Net Profits of the Society,
,ccording to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
ire lower than in many other Mil-established eflices, and Insurers
are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in
~ddition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of
Premiums.

Policy stamps paid by the Odic";
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
Loudon, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
Establ;sheil 1840.

TYCSTEFs.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq.
Thomas Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baran L. de Rothschild, M,F.
Mutual Life Assurance for all classes of society.
Existing Policies.. .................. £8 0,000
Accumulated ...... • ....... A 3,000
Annual Income • • ..... .......... •• 26,000
A THIRD BON IJS will 13e declared during the ensuing year.
The Report and Balance-sheet for 1556 may be obtained at the
Office, 15, thrargate-street, London.
WM THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary.

January 31st, 1857.

PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause, "Martin against Martin," the
creditors of GEORGE 11011 U MARTIN, late of East Bridgford, in
the county of Nottingham, and of Deptford, in the county of Kent,
Esquire, a Captain in the Royal Navy, who died in or about the
month of October, 1854, are. by their solicitors, on or before the 26th
day of March,•lBs7, to conic it and prove their debts at the cham-
bers of the Vice Chancel' Sr Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3,
Stone-buildings, Lincoln's•lnn Iliddlesex, or in default thereof they
will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said order.
Monday, the 30th day of Much, 1857, at 2 o'clock in the after-
noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating
upon the claims.
listed this 14th day of Februery, 1857.
CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.
FISLIEIt AND LUCAS, 50, renchurch-street,
Plaintiff's Solicitors.