The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-21 00:00:00

THE SUN is Published ET ERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIV.ERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—The im-
provements intrrduced in " Beard's" Process, render
those likenesses unerring reflections ti face, figure, and dress.
Portraits and Groups of various sizes, in Frames, Cases,
Lockets, Brooches, and Rings, in an elegant style.
Royal rolytechnic Institution, Regent-street ; 34, Parlia-
ment-street ; and 85, King William-street, City.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION:
The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE, ex-
hibiting the varied and be ‘ntiful Phenomena of ELECTRIC
LIGHT, the AURORA BOREALIS, &c. &c. is shown
Daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight in the Evenings. Three
excellent SPECIMENS if MACHINERY have just been
completed, and are now at work by Steam Power, in the Hall of
Manufactures. CALOTYPE PORTRAITS taken daily by
Mr. Collen. On THURSDAY, the 9/Jth inst.. a LECTURE
on LINGARD'A PRINCIPLES of the ORIGIN of FUNGI,
and the PREMATURE DECAY of TIMBER will be deli-
vered at Two o'clock. The fine Exterior of ST. PitTER'S at
ROME, and the Interior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELENA
at JERUSALEM, the latter after D. Roberts, R.A. (pub-
lished by Mr. Moon), are among tho latest additions t• the
ENLARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS. The ORRERY,
DIVING BELL, DIVER, &c. &c. To the COSMORAMIC
VIEWS, shown in the Evenings, a beautiful addition has just
been made. Conductor of the Band, Mr. Wallis.—Adseis-
sion, Is. Schools, half-price.

'IMF, CHINESE COLLECTION
I- ST. GEORGE'S-PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER.
This Splendid Collection, consisting:, of Objects Exclusively
Chinese, surpassing in extent and grandeur any similar display
in the known world, entirely filling the spacious saloon, 225
feet in length, by 50 feet in width ; embracing upwards of
Fifty Figures as large as life, all fac-similes, in groups, in
their native costumes, from the highest mandarin to the blind
mendicant in his patched garment. Also, many thousand spe-
cimens, both in Natural History and Miscellaneous Curiosi-
ties, illustrating the appearance, manners, and customs of more
than Three Hundred Million Chinese, respecting whom the
Nations of Europe have had scarcely any opportunity of judg-
ing, IS NOW O"EN for Public Inspection from Ten in the
'Morning till Ten at Night.
Admission tls. 6d.—Children. Is.

UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE
OFFICE, I. King William-street, London.

The Rates •f this Office, founded on the most accurate ob-
servations of the duration of human life, are as moderate as is
consistent with perfect security.

One-fifth of 'the ascertained profits of the five preceding
years is divided between the policy-holders and shareholders;
three-fourths to the former, and one .fourth to the latter. The
remaining four-fifths are set apart to enter into the average of
the succeeding years, and thus to provide against unforeseen
contingencies.
The first division of profits took place on the 13th of May,
1840, when a reduction of 60 per cent. was declared on the
current annual premiums of all those policies entitled to parti-
cipation. The second division of profits was in May, 1841,
when a similar reduction was again declared.
The following table will show the operation of the reduction
made by the Society:—

Ago
when
Policy
was
issued.

Date of
Policy.

May 1833.

Sum
Assured.

£l,OOO
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,004

Iteduceti

Original Annual
Premium. Reduction Premium
payable in
1841.

£l9 6 $ £ll 12 01 £7 14 $
O.
24 8 4 14 13 9 15 4
31 10 0 18 18 0 12 12 0
42 15 0 25 13 0 17 2 0
66 11 2 39 19 8 26 12 8

and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMESTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that hour.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereiy in. tring 'lt TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, et ONE CHARGE.

The pony stalls, the fences of which are extremely
:nassive, and constructed of highly-polished oak, are
thirteen feet low, and six feet wide. The stalls (the
iame materials being used for the fencing throughout
the stabling department) for
.the carriage and riding
hJrses are a little larger.
The fronts of the mangers, and also the wall at
their backs, extending four feet in height to the top
of the hay racks, are of slate. The front upper edges
of the mangers consist of a revolving cast-iron roller,
about three inches in diameter, extending their whole
length, thus offering an insuperable bar to the exer-
cise of the tricks of crib-biters.

An apparatus for heating water for the use of the
men, and for warming the coach-houses, &c., is at-
tached to each quadrangle, and situated in the base-
ment, with pipes communicating to every part of the
buildings where it will be required.
The width of each stable, from the back of the
manger to the opposite wall, is 22 feet; thus allowing
plenty of space for the men behind the heels of the
horses.

Each of the stables, which are ventilated by means
of an admirable contrivance, through an aperture
leading to the roof (and which can be opened or closed
at pleasure, will be lighted, at night, by gas. The
whole of the flooring is composed of Dutch clinkers,
imported expressly from llolland for the purpose.
An interminable supply of water, by the means of
pipes laid on from the large reservoirs at the Castle,
which is forced up by the Royal engine, from the
Thames, in Datchet-lane, will be obtained in every
portion of the Royal stables, cleaning-rooms, &c.
In the centre of each stall are iron gratings, com-
municating with cross drains which run into the heel
drains, under the flooring of Dutch clinkers, and
through these, by merely turning a tap at the upper
end of the stable, a strong course of water is forced,
cleaning every accumulation away from the under
drains into the common sewer to the river.

Each stable is conveniently fitted up with corn-
bins of oak, and, indeed, with every convenience
that skill and experience could suggest to the several
persons engaged in the erection of this immense pile
of building.
It may be here observed that,' frorn'the admirable
and convenient style of the whole of the arrange-
ments, and the beautiful economy which prevails in
every department, the new Royal stables may be re-
garded as perfect models of stable architecture.