The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-30 00:00:00

No. 16,653. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIN

CHRIS rMAS HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and
Professor BachotYlier in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO-
SOPHY will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments.
A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in roTAToEs will be
delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC .RAIL-
WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of whirl, car-
rying several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA-
TROPE are very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex-
periments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among
the various additions to the Working Models is e-olennan's NEW
AIin:RICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and de-
scending inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL
FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flats Player, will take part
in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half-
past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admission, One Shilling. Schools. Half-price.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY
Is prepared to receive LOANS on SECURITY of their Deben-
o
tures fr perl
ods oThee, Five or Sven Years, in su
ms of not less
than 1,0001. each, rat interest, after.e the rate of 41. per ceit. per

annum.
Applications to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office,
Derby. By order,
Dec. 16, 184 i. J. F. BELL, Secretary.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
EXTENSION STOCK, No. 2.
The Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company do, in
pursuance of the power vested in them by the General Meeting of
the Proprietors held on tke 28th August last, and for the purposes
mentioned in the report of the Directors to the Proprietors, call the
further sum of Two Pounds per share on the shares of the Extension
Stock, No 2, of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to be paid
en THURSDAY the 22d day of January next to any of the undermen-
tioned Bankers of the Company, who are instructed to receive the
same on presentation of the Scrip. Interest will be charged upon
the instalments at tke rate of 51. per cent. per aanum, if not duly
paid at the above-mentioned date.
By order of the Board,
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman.

C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its Branches
Liverpool Borough Bank—Liverpool.
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank—Manchester.
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company—Salisbury.
Messrs. Lemon and Co.—Brentwood.
Messrs. Mills, Bawtree, and Co.—Colchester.
MeSsrs. Sparrow and Co.—Chelmsford.
xa,ttop,al 7,-. .:,.r
National Provincial Bank—Birmingham.
National Provincial Bank—Boston.
Western Bank of Scotland—Edinburgh.
Western Bank of Scotland—Glasgow.
Royal Bank of Ireland—Dublin.
East of England Bank—Great Yarmouth.
West of England and South Wales District Bank—Bristol.
Messrs. Harveys and Hudson—Norwich.
Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co. 1 Ipswich.
Messrs. Alexanders and Co. • • .•
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank—Chelteham.
Union Bank—Tork.
Offices, Shoreditch Station, Dec. 27, 1845.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
On and after the Ist January, 1846, an additional Third
Class Train will run daily (Sundays excepted) between Paddington
and Bristol in both directions, Down at 10.30 A.M., Up at 6.30 A.M.
The stoppages at the intermediate stations may be seen by refer-
ence to the time bills.
Third Class Passengers, and Horses will no longer be conveyed
between Paddington and Bristol by the 2.15 r.m. Down Goods Train ;
or by the 2 P.M. (10 P.M. from Bristol). Up Goods Train.
Third Class Passengers between Exeter and Swindon will be con-
veyed by the 5.15 P.M. Train, instead of by the 2 P.M. Goods Train,
as heretofore.
From Bristol to Exeter Third Class Passengers will continue to
proceed by the 2.15 P.M. Goods Train, as at present.
The usual Passenger Train, from Bristol to Bath, at 6.30 ♦.M.,
will NOT be discontinued.

By order of the Directors,
CHAS. A. SAU.NDERS, Secretary.

'ftddington. Dec. 29. 1643

EAST DEREHAM AND NORWICH
RAILWAY.
The Committee of ➢lanagement beg to announce to the Share-
holders that a large proportion of the Scrip has been sent in for re-
gistry, and they request that persons who hold the remainin4 por-
tion will send it forthwith to the Secretary in Norwich, in order that
their arrangements may be completed in ample time for the requia;
ments of Parliament.
. _

By order of the Committee,
EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman.

Norwich, Dec. 27, 1845

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LEEDS AND CARL ISLE RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Natio° is hereby given, that a Meeting of Shareholders of
this Company, will take place at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, on MONDAY, the sth of January, 1846, at One
o'clock precisely, to lay before the Proprietors the terms of the
amalgamation which has been agreed to with the Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union Railway Company, and the general state of this
Company. By order of the Committee of Management,
C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary.
Gresham-rooms, Basinghail-street.

HARWICH RAILWAY and PIER COM-
PANY (with Branches to Thorpe to ioken and Alresford).
MANAGING COMMITEEE.
Sir ROBERT PRICE, Bart., M.P., Chairman.
Martin Stutely, Esq. Charles Sturgeon, Esq.
R. Borman Fisher, Esq. James R. Croft, Esq.
William Downes, Esq. John G. Wilson, Esq.
ENGINEER—Joseph Gibbs, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London—Thomas Jones Mawe, Esq.
Colchester—William Salmon Cooper, Esq.
The Committee beg to announce that it is their intention to pro-
ceed to Parliament in the ensuing session, and that the standing
orders to the present time have in all respects been fully complied
with.
The share list will close on the sth day of January next, previously
to which forms may be had and applications will be received, accom-
panied by references to a banker, or person of known responsibility,
addressed to the solicitors in London or Colchester, or to the brokers
already advertised

By order,
4, New Bridge-street, Dec. 23, 1845.

T. PRICE, Secretary.

GRAND UNION RAILWAY.
ISSUE OF SPALDING AND BRANDON JUNCTION
RAILWAY SHARES.
Notice is tereby given, that the Shareholders of the Grand Union
Railway who are desirous of taking shares in the Spalding and Bran-
don Junction line, are required to send in the original scrip for re-
gistry on er before the 6th of January, 1846.
signed by the owner
The scrip must be accompanied by a letter,
with his name in full, his occupation, and residence, stating the quan-
tity of scrip, and the respective numbers sentin for registry, together
with the name of a party in London to whom reference may be made
as to responsibility, otherwise it cannot be received. A receipt will
be given for the scrip deposited, and at the expiration of two days (if
the holder be considered sufficiently responsible by the Directors) it
will be returned, together with a letter of allotment for the Spalding
and Brandon Junction Railway shares. The allotment will be in
the proportion of one share for every five of the Grand Union Rail-
way scrip. Application must be made on er before the day above-
named, otherwise no claim for the Spalding and Brandon Junction
shares will be recognised.
The deposits will be payable at the several Bankers specified on
the Letter of Allotment, on or before the 15th of January, and the
Deeds will lie for signature as under, when theßankers' receipts may
be exchanged for Scrip Certificates.
London—At the Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill, and at the Offices
of the Norfolk Railway Company, Guildhall-buildings, from the sth
to 20th January, 1846, inclusive, between the hours of Ten and Five
o'clock.
Nottingham—At the Offices of the Grand Union Railway Com-
pany, St. Peter's. square, Friday, 16th January, 1846.
Leeds—At the White Horse, Saturday, 17th January, 1846.
Manchester—At the Albion Hotel, Monday, 19th January, 1846.
Liverpool—At the Angel Hotel, Tuesday, 20th January, 1846.
As it is understood that Parliament will meet on the 22d January,
the time for payment of Deposits and execution of the Deeds can on
no account be extended. The Plans, Sections, and Books of Refe-
rence were deposited with the Board of Trade and the several Clerks
of the Peace on Saturday, the 29th November, and all necessary
arrangements have been made for obtaining an Act in the ensuing
session of Parliament

By order,
78, Conditll, Dec. 24, 1845.

ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt.•
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital $500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bonny, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of hi; interests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances'
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 31J to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid en
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

Vil 1 Pr 4 g
~,d ce rr mi ' t 4 Bonus Bonus in iii ari 4•0 to :,T
. 0 , a "1. ' added. Cash. i'; ; E' r 4 15
I • • ._, t,
• E. F..- 1 (4.
_,-.-- - --- ----- -- --
IA 1
74 1 x ii. 4 1537 £l9l 13 6 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 £395 11 1
4' 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3
60100
1839, 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4
1540 89 0 0 41 13 4 6. 0 247 4 6
-' -

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in Do-
cenier of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CA.MROI7%. Sib e.

ANNUITIES.
THE AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COM-
PANY, 126, Blshopsgate-street, corner,el Con hill.
Capital, 200,000/., in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, E.
Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
TRUSTEES—Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. ; J. H. Capper, Esq. ;
Edward Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS—JaMeS Easton, Esq., and C. Richardson, Esq.
Sommoza—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples.
BANKERS—The Union Bank of London.
COLONIAL BANKER£P—The Bank of Austral
-frias, asia
London.rp (incoorated by
Royal Charter, 1835), 8, Austin
PRYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Edward Ttyley, Esq.
to par-
To the purchasers of Annuities this Company,
in addition
ticipation in profits, holds out the advantage of a much higher rate
of Annuity than can be granted with safety
by companies which
make their investments entirely in this country.
The following are specimens of the rates of annuities
granted for
every 1001. sunk

Male Female
\
1 Male Female
Age. Lives. Lives. Age. Lives. Lives.
40 Z 7 8 3 Z 6 18 2 65 Zl2 12 0 £
10 19 0
60 016 6 714 4 70 15 0 8 13 2 6
60 10 16 3 99 0 75 18 9 2 16 3 5

Prospectuses, with Tables, forms of Proposal for the purchase of
an Annuity or for malting an Assurance, and every information,
may be obtained by application at the Office of the Company.

JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LO-
ZENGES, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons
or afflother
icted
Nish cough, asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption,
diseases or derangement of the respiratory organ*, will experience
mmeAliate relief, and derive permanent benefit, by
the us of
JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LOZENGES, which are so silica
cious, that they will cut short the most violent paroxysm of cough-
ing, and are so agreeable to ths palate that they may be eaten
as a conyfection.
Sold b the proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton-
folgate, Bishopsgate-street, London, in boxes ls. 114 d., and in tins at
2s. 9d. each, duty included ; and by most chemists and patent medi-
cine veedors in town and country.

DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL,
or CELEBRATED EMBROCATION,
Has long been known throughout the West of England as the
most efficacious remedy for rheumatism, lumbago, pains in the
limbs aid numbness, sciatic and paralytic afTecgrins, face-ache,
sprains and bruises, barns and scalds, spasms and cramp, §tlffness
of the joints or neck, frozen limbs, chilblidllS before they ars
broken. It is likewise an infallible cure for that dangerous disorder,
the unitise), or sore throat, in which it was never known to fail after
a few hours application.
OBSERVE—That none can be genuine unless the Stamp affixed
to each Bottle contains the Name and Address of BARCLAY and
SONS, No. 95, l',aringdon• street, who have purchased the property
in this valuable article from the executors of the Inventor, William
Dredge, late of Wishford, Wilts.—Retail price, Is. lid. Anil 2s. 9d.
per bottle ; and solCretail, by all respectable 131.0411.0
tows. and oountry.

PUBLICATIONS.

41FNLARGEMENT OF THE ATHEN2EUM.
On and from January 3, THE ATHENALUM will be PER-
MANENTLY ENLARGED to Twenty-Four Large Quarto Pages.
Price Fourpence.

Pice 35., No. XL., New Series of
THE JOURNAL of AGRICULTURE and the
TRANSACTIONS of the HIGHLAND and AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY of SCOTLAND.
Published Quarterly.
William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh; and
37, Paternoster-row, London. Sold by all booksellers.

rrHE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
I_ for JANUARY, price 2s. Gd., contains :—Prizes in the Lottery
of Repeal. The Prodigy of Salzburg, Old Letters—by Elizabeth
Youatt. Irish Rivers—No. ll.—The Bride. Literte Orlentales—
Ottoman Poetry. The Falcon Family : or, Young Ireland. Present
State of our National Defences. Captivity and Adventures of Joseph
Pitts, an English Slave in Algiers. Italian Peets—No. VI.--Ariosto,
Part 111. Newman on the Development of the Christian Doctrine.
The Stone of Witness—by a Dreamer. The Wanderer's Return—
by J. Fullarton. Spare me yet Awhile—by John Fisher Murray.
New Year's Night Wishes—From Jean Paul Richter. Social Disor-
ganisation in Ireland—The National Club.
Dublin : William Curry, jun., and Co. London : W. S. Orr and Co.,
and all Booksellers.

TAITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,
for JANUARY (the Commencement of a Volume), Price
One Shilling, contains—
Visit to Mr. O'Connell at Derry-nane ; by William Howitt.—
Children.—Fairies and Railroads.—Naples in 1A43-4 ; by Madame
Wolfensberger. —Notes on Gilflllan's " Gallery of Literary Portraits ;"
by Thomas De Quincey; No. 111., Shelley.—Love, Jealousy, and
Vengeance; a Highland Tale, by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder.—Oliver
Cromwell's Letters and Speeches.—How is Parliament to get through
its Railway Business ?—Literary Register.—Politics of the Month.
W. Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY
MAGAZINE.
Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.
Contents for JANUARY. No. CCCI.
I. The Murderer's Confession. By Horace Smith.
11. The Westminster Play. By Sergeant Talfourd.
111. Echoes from the Backwoods. By Captain Levinge.
IV. The Vision of Carl Van Quiet. By Charles llooton.
V. New Year's Day. By Dudley Costello.
VI. The Prixateersman. By Captain Marryat,.l3,l4:
VIT. The Roberties orilhelr Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. (Concluded.)
VIII. Beauchamp. By G. P. R. James, Esq.
IX. Sonnet to Sergeant Talfourd. By E. Kenealy.
X. Old Romalioes concerning Bernardo del Carplo. By John
Oxenford.
XI. Sketches of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon.
XII. Lights and Shades. By W. 11. Maxwell, Esq.
XIII. The Old Pilgrim Ferry. By Andrew Winter.
XIV. Travels and Opinions of Mr. Jolly Green.
XV. Revelations of London. By the Editor.
XVI. Literature of the Month.
Embellished with a Portrait of
W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq., by DANIEL MACLISE, R.A.
Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand.

WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
AINSWORTH'S MAGAZ IN E.
Contents for JANUARY.
No. XLVIII.
I. The Count of Monte Christ*.
11. The Guerilla's Daughter.
111. Tom Walker's story. By Jackson Lee.
IV. The Miseries of a Prize. By George Raymond.
V. Life and Writings of Nimrod. By the Author of "Handley
Cross."
VI. Deeds not Words. By J. E. Carpenter.
VII. How Miss Mountnorris got a Husband. By Shirley Brooks.
VIII. Saib and Nourmahall. By Thomas Miller.
IX. The Diamond Lance and the Golden Basin. A Breton Le-
gend. By W. Hughes, Esq.
X. Shelley. By E. Kenealy.
XI. Dreams. By J. L. Forrest.
XII. SIR LIONEL FLAMSTEAD.
By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK.
hapinan and Hall, 186, Strand.

JUL LIEN'S MUSICAL ETRENNES for
1846; or, ALBUM DES BA LS DE LA COUR.
This Album contains JULLIEN'S newest and most fashionable
QUADRILLES, VALSES, and POLKAS, as performed at the Court
Balls, and at the Grand Bal Masque on Monday last. It forms an
excellent selection for the balls and parties of the present gay season,
and, at the same time, a most recherche cadeau for the New Year.
M. Jullien has also published
L'ALBUM VOCAL,
L'ALBUM DE L'OPERA,
and several other beatitully illustrated volumes, which are now
being exhibited at his Depot Musical, 214, Regent-street, in the style
of " Expositions du Jours de I'An," at Paris.

DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO DR. ABERCROMBIE.
In One Thick Volume Octavo, double columns, price 145.,
TIIE SEVENTH EDITION, ENLARGED, CORRECTED, AND
IMPROVED, OF

A DICTIONARY 'OF MEDICINE,
DESIGNED FOR POPULAR USE,"
containing an Account of Diseases and their Treatment, including
those most frequent in Warm climates; with Directions for Admin-
istering ➢ledicines ; the Regulation of Diet and Regimen ; and the
management of the Diseases of Women and Children.
By ALEXANDER ➢IACAULAY, M.D.,
Fellow of the Royal. College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and Phy-
sician-Accoucheur to the New Town Dispensary.
" Just such a work as every head of a family ought to have on his
book-shelf."—Brighton Herald.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh ; Longman and Co., London.

PARIS AND LYONS RAILWA.Y.
(GANNERON'S COMPANY.)
A PUBLIC MEETING of the Sharehokiers of this Company will
be lieldat the City of London Tavern, Bishosgate-street, on FEIDAY
NEXT, tke 2d of January, 1846, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely,
to receive the report of the Committee relative to the general fusion
of the Companies formed to bid for this line, and on other matters.
By order,
WILLIAM VILLESBOISNET,I
E „eeTetaries.
EDWARD FILDER,
7, Tokenhouse-yard, London, 27th December, 1845.