The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-26 00:00:00

MONT BLANC IS OPEN TO-NIGHT.

T.IICKNOW and DELHI.—GREAT GLOBE,
Leicester-square.—DlOß kMA of LITCKNOW and the SIEGE
and CITY of DELHI ; its Streets. Palaces, and Fortifications—at
1,3, and 7 p.m. INDIA, A DIORAMA of the CITIES of, with
Viewsot Calcutta, Benares, Agra, and the Scenes of the Revolt, at
12 noon and 6 p,m. The RUSSIAN DIORAMA at 3 and 8 o'clock.
Illustrative Lectures. Admission to the whole building, Is.

C HRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC-
HILL, King-William-street, Strand.
THE ONE ITUNDRED AND PMENT.
oRTY-SEVENTII ENTER-
Seventh week of the JULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nightly
With shouts of laughter. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8.
Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. • amphitheatre. Is.; Private Boxes, 11. Is.
Seats can be secured ati Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and at
the Had. On Thursday and Saturday, a Morning Entertainment,
commencing at 3.

PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—PHYSICAL and NATURAL
MAGTC.—TWO HOURS OF ILLUSIONS.—Saturday Afternoons
at 3, and Every Evening at S. Stalls, 55.: ttalcony Stills, 45.;
Boxes, 35.; pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Private Boxes, two guineas :
One guinea and a-calf, and one guinea.—Places to be secured at Mr.
Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade,
Strand.—Great success of %I. Lamotte's Havelock Schottische,
and Grand Fantasia from "Ii Trovatore," ant the 'Jew Caledonian
Quadrille. by Charles II ill. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcoart.
Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The
Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. R. R. Pimsztt, Ma-
bager.

DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY
OF SCIENCE, 3, Tichtiorne-street, fecal: the Haymarket.
This Institution presents entirely new f tatures and offers unpre-
cedented attractions. Its object will he .o combine Natural with
EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE, and to show the connection be-
tween the functions of the Human Body and the great Forces of
the Universe. Amongst the numerous novelties now added, may be
?Pored the laree Oxyhydrogen Microscope. GITENAL'S AP-
rAREIL UR ANOGRAPHIQUE (now first introduced). The latest
improvements in Electric and other Apparatus (including RUIISI-
- WORLD-RENOWNED COIL), Illustrations or Micro-
scopic Anatomy, Dissolving Views of Physiological Phenomena,
Orion a principlenever before attempted, &c. Lectures are delivered
"TY on the various branches of Science, and their application to
the Human Frame, the Laws of Life, and the Preservation of Health,
by Dr. Kahn and Dr. Sexton. The Institution is Illuminated out Me
With DU BOSQUE'S M sGNIFICENT ELECTRIC IH
LGT.
Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 5, and 7 till 10 oclock.
Admission to the whole Building, One Shilling. Illustrated Cata-
lone% Sixpcnce. Programmes and Lectures gratis on application,
Or by post free for six stamps.

OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA,
also CIVILIANS, can effect ASSURANCES on their
LIVES with the COLONIAL LlFh ASSURANCE COMPANY on
the USUAL TERMS, the Directors having RESOLVED NOT TO INCREASE
Tutu RATES at this time.
Premiums can be paid to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma-
4ras, or Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East.
The Lizectors also advance Loans on good security for temporary
Periods.
The Colonial have Agencies in every British Colony, where Pre-
Wawa are received and claims settled.
WILL. TllO. THO m SON, Actuary.
SAMUEL R. FERGUSS' ,N, Resident Secretary
in London.

L0ND0N..... ••••• • • • • •• • • 81, Lombard-street (E.C.)
EDINBURGH (Head-office) .... 5, George-street.
DUBLIN.. • • .. • • . Uppvr t4ackvllle-street.
GLASGOW • • ....... • .. • • 58, St. Vincent-street.

ESTABLISHED 1841.
MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL
LIFE OFFICE, 25, Pall-Irian, London..
• Empowered by special Act of Parliament.
Ity the Annual Report ot 1853, it appeared that the number of
Policies then in force was 3,434, insuring 1,337,5001., and yielding an
Income of 55,2071.
At the Sixteenth Annual Meeting, held on the 26th November
1257, it was shown Opt on the 30th Tune last
The number of Policies in force was
The amount insured was— ...... 2,917,598/. 13s. 10d.
The annual Income was •••• • • • • .... 125,113/. 3s. Bd.
Two Bonuses have been declared (in 1848 and 1853), adding nearly
1 Per cent. per annum on the average to sums assured, and by which
14 Policy 0(1,0001. issued in 1842 on a healthy life is now Increased to
1,2601.
Profits divided every five years —next division in 1858.
_ The Society, since its establishment, has paid claims on 781
Policies, assuring 312,8811.
Assurances are effected at home or abroad on healthy lives, at as
Moderate rates as the most recent data will allow.
Indian Assurances at very moderate rates, and great facilities
liven to assurers.
Invalid lives assured on scientifically constructed tables.
Policies Issued free of Stamp duty, and every charge but the Pre.
khan.
Active working Agents wanted for vacant places.
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposa's, and every other inforraa' ion,
kay be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Office, or on applica-
Rea to any
of the Society's Agents in the country.
C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary.