The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

BIRTHS,

OP A SON. On the 15th inst., at Wickham House, Clapton, Mrs.
Vincent J. Collier.
On
Jordan K the night, inst., at 37, Camden-road Villas, Mrs. J.
OF A DAUGHTICIL
On the 14th inst., at 45, Porchester.square, Hyde-park.
On the 13th inst., at the Parsonage, Temple Gnyting,
Mrs. James S. Walker.
45'
the wife of the Rev. Edward Da Pro;
MAR
On the 15th inst., at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Sir Ed-
ward Colebrook° Bart., to Elizabeth Margaret, second
daughter of John Richardson, Esq of the Kirklands,
~
Roxburghshire.
On the 15th inst., at St. Michael's Church, Pimlico,
William Sandford Pakenham, Esq , son of the Very Rev.
the Dean of St. Patrick's, to Henrietta Constantia, the
youngest (laughter of Colonel Sir William Verner, Batt,
M.P.

DIED.
William Elliott Le Blanc), RN ,
On the 14th inst., at Sitntnsbath House, Somersetshire,
Blackfriar London
8, , and St. Petersburg-plate, Bayswater,
aged 53•
On the 14th inst. at Ilii ,hton Mrs. Ann Webb, relict
of William Webb, inst.,
,
On the 13th inst. Fulham,
late of Purser's-cross,
agel 79. of New Bridge-street,
James Hannon, Esq., formerly of lc gswood Lodge, D
in
wick, aged 68.
On the 12th inst., at 11, Princes-street,Leicester-square,
, at Weir Cottage, Maidenhead, Berke,
On the 11th inst., George Williams, Esq.,
Mr. Wm. Peaks, aged 43.
Villas Maida-hill-vvest, and of 147, Leadenhall-street
H.
On the Bth inst., at Plymouth, Rear-Admiral R ici
Rogers, ,., third son of the late Sir F. Leman Rogers,
Bart. aged 74. 10, Clifton.
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onox : Printed and Pnblißhed by MURDO YOUNG
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No.
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county
of Middlesex, Friday, January 16, 1t57.

"1 R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC,
• Ult BADEN", up the RHINE.. and PARIS. is NOW OPEN
VERY EVCNING (except Saturday) at 8 o'clocic.—Srallr, Is
:ea. 2r. ;:callerv. Is. Stalls can be recurci at, the box oftlee,
gyptian Hail, Piccadilly, every day leetween eleven amt four, with-
, It any -extra charge. the INT4rpina Representation; take place
ef (cry Tuesday and -aturday, at Three o'clock.

ITONSEIGNEUR SIBOUR.-A PORTRAIT
11 MODEI, of the ever-to-be•lamented ARCIIBISHOP of
A AltlS, basely assassinated In the Church of St. Stienne•du-Mont,
WO . the infamous Verwer, a few days Move, may he seen in Alaeam,
USSAUD'S HISTORICAL G 11.LERI, Bazaar, Baker-strect, Port-
!" tan-square. --Alm!ssion, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Opea from eleven
le 11 dusk, and torn seven till ten.

•
R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES,
M wit' New Costumes and v irious Nov:ltieq, Tocal anel
racteristie, every evening (except Qat:inlay) at Eight A MOEN.
•*. ING PE ItirOlt Ni ANC E every SA. TTRD AY. at Three. Private Boxes
: and Malls may be secured, without extra charge, at the iSox-office,
Polygraphic-hail. Mg William-street, Charing-crow. The hall has
r eert entirely redecorated.

ARGYLL ROOMS.—LAURENrS CAS I.lVc ),
Great Windmill-street, St. Jawe's.—The ahnve elegan
' Rooms are now open every evening tor the wlnter season, with
Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston,
Roalcourt. The Proprietor begs to ',dorm the public that this
fashionable place of resort ha• been entirely redecorated during the
recess. poom open at half-pot eight, c,on.mence at nine. Admis-
rision One Shilling.

-DR. KAHN'S , ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.•—Open (for Gentlemen
only) from 10 till 10, containing upwsrds of one thousand models
end preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in
. health and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivered at 12,
2,4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and
highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery
t.y Dr. KAHN, at a quarter p xst 8 p.m. precisely. Admission. One
Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered• by Dr. Rhan
(gratis).

GENERAL TOM THUMB,
the AMERICAN DWARF.—Cromled Houses.—Patronised
thirteen years ego by her Majesty, R.R.H. Prince Albert,
the Duchess of Kent, &c.. &c. Exhibiting every day and eveninz,
previous to visiting Russia, in Regent Gallery, 69, Quadrant. from
11 to 1, 3 to 5, and 7 to 9 o'clock., liis beautifully proportioned,
and the smallest man alive. 1119 performances are, remarkably
talented and enchanting. New Characters, Costumes's Semis, Dances,
Statues, Ice. The General continues to wait on the nobility and
gentry, at their residences, on due notice. Ma miniature equipage
promenades the streets lair. Admission, is. each, regardless of
age ; Stalls, 2s. and 3s. ; children half-price.

AIESSRS. PETTER and GALPIN beg
respectildly to intimate that they have removed to their
:newly erected premises, La Belle Sausage-yard, Ludgate-WV.

PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX
ASSOCIATION.

Ilees-156 (opposite the Peel Statue), Cheapside.
Chairman—Major DEED, M.P.
Treasurer —T. SIDNEY, Esq.. Alderman.

The objects of this Association are to obtain the immediate repeal
,of the Acts of Parliament which increased the Property and Income
'Tax from 7d. to 16d. in the £, and a more equitable adjustment or
as total repeal of the Tax upon Trades and Protessions.
The Great Central Meet!nr—Mr. Alderman SIDNEY in the chair
be held at EXETER-lIALL, on WEDNESDAY next, the
:list JANUARY, at 6 p.m. for half-past 6 precisely. General Sir
J. F. Fitzgerald, M.P., K.C.8., C. S. Butler, Esq . M.P., Alderman
Chan s, M.P., T. S. Buncombe, Esq.. M.P., John Brad", Fsq.,
'moo. Bowyer, Esq., ALP., D.C.L., Montagu Chambers, Esq., M.P.,
Q.C., Thos. Chambers, Esq., M.P.. Apsley Follett, Esq., M.P., and
other Members of Parliament will attend. . . . .

Deputations are expected from several large provincial towns.
Admission tickets may be had at the offices of he Association, of the
Members of the Committee, and at various places in the metropolis.
CYRUS F. BUOTT, Bony. Secty.

PRESERVATION of LIFE from SHIP-
WRECK.—The Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL
LIFE-BOAT INSTITITTIIN would earnestly call the attention of
the public to the great and extraordinary exerthms which the Society
Is now making to supply exposed points n the coast with efficient
Life-boats, and which will involve an expenditure of more than 3,0901.
The Lifeboats of the Institution have, during the terriCc wale of last
week, saved the lives of sixty persons from shipwrecks. They there-
Ibre earnestly APPEAL to the benevolent to- assistance, to enable
them to continue, with unabated vigour, their hitherto successful
exertions in the cause of humanity.

THOMAS H ART a, Chairman.
'NUM AS CHAPMAN. Deputy-Chairman.

gabscriPtions and Donatlona will be thankfully received by a'l the
London bankers, andat the house of the Institution, 14, John-street,
Adelpht.

NOTICE OF DIVIDEND.

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
No, 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON.

ketabli@hed A.D. 1844.

The Warrants for the Half-yearly Interest. at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts. to 31st December, are
reMy for delivery on and after January the 10th, 1857, and payable
daily.

PETER MORRIRON, Managing Director.
Parties desirous of INVERTING MONEY are requested to
4xamlne the plan of the 13,,nk of Deposit.
Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli-
cation.

LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, rhat the ANNUAL GENE-
RAL MEETING of this Company will he held at the Bank, in
Lothhury, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st of January, at Ono o'clock.
precisely, to decree a Dividend. to submit for confirmation the eke-
tisn of William Tile, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., and Bonamy Dobree, jun.,
Esq., who have been nominated by the Boar() of Directors, in the
place of Frederick Burmester. Esq., deceased, and Thomas Fern-
tomb, Esq., Alderman, resigned, and to elect three Directors in the
place of Bonamy Dobree, Jun. Esq., David Salomons, Esq , Alder•
m s.n, and Henry Bosanquet, F:sq., who retire by rotation, bat being
eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly.
By order of the Board.
J. W:GILBART, General Manager.
Lothbury, January, 1857.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed until the 26th
instant, to prepare.for the Dividend.

THIRTY-NINTH REPORT of the
LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.
At a GENERAL MEETING of the SIIAREHOLDERS. held at
-the Banking•house of the Company, in Prince's-street, Mansion-
;louse, on Thursday, the 15th of Januiry, 1857,
PHILIP WILLI %NI FLOWER, Esq.. Chat cm an.
THOMAS TILSON, Esq., Deputy-Chalrman.
DIRECTORS. ,

William Vird, Esq.
William Blount, Esq.
Sir George Carroll.
William Miller Christy, Esq.
Aid. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P.
Philip William Flower, Esq.
George Holgate Foster, Esq.
Francis Bennett Goldney, Esq.
Will. Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P.
Mary Grace, Esq.
TITS MANAGER—G,
SoLicrrosa—Messrs

Archibald Hattie, Esq., M.P.
William J. Lancaster, Esq.
Rir John M'Taegart, Bart., M.P.
George Meek, Esq.
AMbrORO Moore, Esq.
John Timothy Oxley, Esq.
John Joseph Silva, Esq.
George Tayier, Esq.
Thomas Tilson, Esq.

eorge Pollard, Esq.
I. Clarke and Morino.

The following Report was presented :
With much satisfaction the Directors again meet the Proprietors
of the Bank, to place before them the state of their affairs, and the
Profit and Loss Account for the Half-year ending the 31st December,
1856.

The Proprietors perceive that, including the sum of 25,0861.
lbs. 6d., broucht forward on the 30th of Jane last, there Is a net
balance of 84,2171. Is. 9d., which the Director] have appropriated as
follows, Ti Z :
£37,500 0 0 to the payment of a Dividend of 67. ss. per cent. for
the hair-year (being at the rate of 12% per cent.
per annum) upon 600,0001. tho paid-up Capital.
46,500 0 0 to the payment of an additional bonus of 15s. 6d. per
share, and
217 4 9 to the credit of the Guarantee Fund.

£84,217 4 fl
With tits addition the Guarantee Fund amounts to 165,932/. 13s.
10d.

The following gentlemen retire from the direction by rotation,
ILL:—

William Miller Chris'y, Esq.
Francis Bennett Goldney, Esq.
William Ormsby Gore, Esq , M.P.
Henry Grace, Efq., and
Thomas Tilson, Esq.
all of whom offer themselves for re-election.

The dividend and bonus, free from income tax, will be payable
on and after Friday, the 231 instant.
The preceding report having been read to the meeting by the Sr last,
after a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December
after the rate of .2L 10s. per cent. per annum, and a further division
of 15s. 6d. per share, out of the net profits of the year ending as above,
were declared by .he Chairman.
Resolved unanimously—That the report now read be received, and
that it be printed for the use of the shareholders.
'1 he I°lle.hig Directors having retired by rotation, were unani-
mously re-elected, viz :
William Miller Christy, Eeq.
Francis Bennett Goldney, Esq.
William Ormsby Gore, Esq., Henry Grace, Esq., and
Thome,' Tilson, Esq.
Resolved tuaanimously—That the thanks of the meeting, with the
expression of its confidence, be given to the Directors for their very
able and excellent management.
Resolved unanimously—That its thanks be also most cordially
tendered to George Pollard. Esti, the Managei.
Extracted from the bned)
Minu p.
tes F-LOWER, Chairman.
JNO. WARDROPE, Secretary,
LIABILITIES and ASSETS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31, 1856.
THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.

To capital paid up, viz.,60,000 shares iitt each..
To amount due by the Bank ...... 4 4600,900 0 0
To amount of "The Guarantee 7,224527 13 5
Fund," June 30, 1856 .. • 4163,266 9 2
To six months' interest on ditto,
at 31. per cent. per annum • •

2,44$ 19 11

To undivided profit for the last halficar
To amount carried to profit and loss account..Z.
....

165,'15 9
25,085 18 6
113,424 5 11

23,128,154 6 11

Cu.
By Exchequer-bills and India-bonds £1,018,611 5 o
By cash, loans, bills discounted, and other securities 7,065,068 1 11
By building, furniture, itte., in
Prince's-street
By ditto, ditto, in Pall mall 8,125 0 0

45,075 0 0

£9,128,754 6 1

PROFIT AND LON ACCOUNT OP THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANIC, FOR
THE lIALP.YEAR, ENDING DEC. 31, 1856.

Da.
To current expenses, proportion of building ex-
penses, directors' remuneration, bad debts, in-
come tax, &c £26,473 16 6
To amount carried to profit and loss, new account
being rebate of interest on bills discounted not
Yet due
To amount transferred to the credit, of " The Gua-
rantee Fund"..To • • ...... • • • • ***************
•
dividend account for the payment of 4 all--a-year's
divulead, at the rate of 12% per cent. per annum
upon 600,000/ amount of paid-up capital upon
60,000 shares **
To ditto for the payment of a bonus of 15s 6d. per
share .. ...... „

27,820 3 2

217 4 9

37,500 0 0

46,500 0 0

£133,511 4 5

By balance brought clown ..
"'"•r—••••••••1 ••• £ll3 121 5 11
By undivideorwad from
thalf-year • • .....d profit brought fth
.. e.

25,086 18 6