The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

The premiums of the Year LIU readmit the sum of £1141,609
Being an advance of 40,977
over thir , an amount of bacranethosedhig that of say previous
The revenue from Ire predithishas bean enhanced
In four years by the lesupsidth lR
The duty paid to goverment in 188! was
„ 11163
Showing an tonere is the year of A12,1175
Among the laddents, which bath thaded to the advanoinded
of the Royal within the last few months may be rocitowed lis
action with respect to the home sustained by the explodes of
the Letryilisigh, which, although only condstent with the lucent
tenor of the conduct of the Company, and ulUmatety proved to
be no meth than whet had been done In former them by the
oldest and good proverbially honourable among Its contegepo-
redo', yet at, need Mead= and public favour by int salsooliat-
bisPere =:t total of revenue and the largest ratio of pro-
bars been attained In the present year, so It happens
=in
tge largest prat which It the ever fallen to the Dirocton to
record has likewise cei If& oecadon to be anneanced. The
balich son 634.100 hesance et ad prong on the peer bus sineunted 482,145 ;of
wh born appropriated to dividend and
boom, and the lege halm id MI u 9 both earded le use re.
WS MANCE.
The of the Life Moab, as shown by the new bedsore
transacted In the last yea, 4 most promising, and the advances
made, year by you, la the amount of new Insurances effected,
show clearly the cothootion In which the Company Is held. The
following le the eletendat for the lath Over years ;
lletithni Armored on New Policies
after deducting Onaraoteen Net Premiums.
18.60
1856
lath
1902

DNB
This rapid grim* arnoantiag to 711 pm coat on the sum as-
sured, and upwards of 130 per coat on the Premium remind in
the coarse of Ore years, may justly be considered as larger than
any which could hare been reasonably expected. The first-ha/I
of the current 'ear 1834, however, far out-strips the ratio of in-
cream indicated by the Moves Just wood, as the sum assured
for that period of six months only actually exceeds half -a-million
sterling.
The nee of mortality, likewise, still presents highly favourable
features, and augurs well for the malt to be shown by the quiz -
uennlal Invest on, which is to take place when the present
year Is
PERCY 11. DOYZ, Meoeger and Actuary.
JOHN IL JOH2fBTON, feeczerary la London.
Aught, int

STEVENS and 80E8,78, Bishopegate-at. Within.
GINITINIS FOREIGN WIM
Port. trees the wed
Ditto, old =sled
Sherry
Mortal; lure Yea. Caret, lea, tOw, Ste., to Sea. ditto.

STEVBSSand BONS, 78, BiEhmkte-st.Within.
7O&LGX rod DRITThIt II
OW, seposior LaiUsk . Is. Mt , 100 Id, 125., Ms id. par gallon. Moody, Cognac.... Us., lea . Ditto, Pak, !Ti.. DX ditto.
Doak host.lomales
Whisky

JOHN BROODEN'S GOLD CHAINS by troy
weight, at realisable rains, and the workmanship at
bole's& tosauractarers* prices. The gold In the chains gua-
ranteed, end re purebred at the price charred.
" Hen's the nate.
HOW such 70111. !half weighs to tie utmost carat
The ilnenem of the gold, and charge for fashion.'_

Menateetary, N 0.16, Henrietta-street, CoVerit.prdes, W.C.,
London.
Mays made of ebeine and jewellery tar Is. emelt.
N.B. This establishmeat is clamed at 6 is the evening, sad ea
Ilatardays at lei:tack.

HOWARD and SONS' DINING TABLES,
natio by sloom . Id* wood mid meal trunk ro•
2.2.thij..a..4.• screw.— 1171111081114. Si Ma 27.
ova.
—Maenad cogsaoguir on applicatioa.

PHOTOGRAPHIC and SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS. &a.
MB. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION,
at Ws Great Rooms, IS, Lag-street, Covent•gardee. TO-
MORROW, Amt ff, at beltyest 1.1 precisely. a variety of use-
fel APPARATUS. etimistlag of a wigwam chemical balance,
several Tab:table cameras and lenses, microscope and objects
for ditto„ photographs, superior album, fancy boxes. peen.
portage', gat frames. ac.—Ou Mew, and catalogues bad.

PRIZE POMO receiving the 100 Guineas as
cared In Advertiseweeta "Ho l for a Shakeepeare
will be published early In July. Mustratad with Lithograph
?aerate. Gratis on applitatioe to prhiftel Drapers every-
where, or by stamped address to DAY sad SON& Lincoln's-
leo-gelds, leadow

Uttivisssz. PRIVATE TELEGRAPH COMPANT.—AD
extramdinary rand media of this company was held
y at the office. 4, Adelaide-street, Strand ; Mr. J.
yesterday at the office. 4, Adelaide-street, Strand; Mr. J.
Mellon ii the chair. The Chairman said the meeting had
ban called for the purpose of recommending the share-
holders to declare an interim dividend at the rate of 6 per
cat. per annum, which dividend the director. could state
had hen fairly earned. After paying this divideed there
would rentals • balance of 2,373/. 16s. lid. to the credit of
revenue, being 3201. 17s. 4d. more then the balance carried
forward last March. They were enabled to pay this 6 per
cent without touching ay of this balance. Re tbee mead
• resolution authorisieg the declaration of • divided at the
rate of 6 per ant. per annum. Mr. F. Gana seconded
the modes, which was agreed to. On the motion of Mr.
Mackenzie, seconded by Mr. Reid, a resolution was thee
adopted fixing the remusemtion of the directors at 6001.
per amain, and that the expenses of the country directors
opening up to attend the meeting be also paid by the corn-
an!.
" Bffirtinto our" Ton Dam. —The question of
the Isgality of keepers of refreshmest bases, eat licensed
to deal in excitable liquors, seeding out for the tame to
eirighboarieg public.bouses, on being paid for them before.
bud by their enitonsers. was Gees more raised in an excise
prosecution heard on Tuesday at the Manchester police-
court, before Mr. Robinson Fowler, the stipendiary
magis-
trate.—Margaret Cooper, the keeper of • refrethment
house ta Wiadmillatreet, was summoned for allies ex-
cisable liquors without • license. Mr. R. B. R
who appeared in support of the informatics, said that
if the decision already given in a similar case governed all
such came, it would appear that there was a defect in the
law, which weld have to be amended, or matters mud
medium in this trade in a state which hitherto bad been
thought unadvieable. So far as the refreshment houses
wise ceseereed, the practiml effect of the decision given
the other day appeared to the excise to be this :—A person
I kerbs • refreshment bona and at being licensed
to sell them articles, might nevertheless, unlawfully
sad practical', with impunity sell them, provided
that person took are
to be paid for them beforehand.
Mr. Thomas Atria. and Mr. A. Cartwright, excise of-
doers, proved that they west to the defendants house about
20 minutes pest twelve o'clock of the night of Saturday the
11th of June, ad ordered beer and wine. The money was
asked for and paid, the servant left the room, and io about
four misers returned with the articles ordered, which
were coesumed. The things ware ordered at 2!r minutes
past twelve, and supplied at 29 minutes past. They after-
wards returned, and, after knocking at the door, were
admitted. They asked for whisky, which was not supplied.
They bed four men watching the bona outside—two in
front and two at the back. Mr. Fowler disguised tbe sum-
mons withoet ceiling as Mr. Robinson, who appeared for the
defer*, to open his caw The magistrate said be was most
anxious to get a &cilia from a higher tribunal. Be had
dismissed these informations on the circumstances of each
particular ease ; ad in this there as attendant evidence
to show that the drinks were sent for.—Notice of appeal
to the seadoce being given on behalf of the exeiss,Mr.
Robinson tendered three witnesses in order to entitle
the defended& to call them on the hearts; of the appeal.
—Mr. Cobbett declined to erom.examine them, re.
marking that • crow examination must arise out of
an exudation in chief, without which it would be
impossible for the excise to know what • 'Mamas could
prove at the tainiatAt—The edemas having been tendered,
Mr. Cribber Undated as many excise officers is oddities to
those who had been examined.—ter. Rebate= objected
that Mr. Cobbett had closed his case, and that it was not in-
tended that the informants should feeder edema. whom
they had not summed.—Mr. Fowler : That no harm ma
be dam, for the recorder wia not allow them to be sworn at
thesessices, ad I am anxious to relearn Tierra that is
leeched.—The excise offioers were thee tendered as wit-
nesses, end the dismissal of the summonses ia this and ors
or two previous oasis of a similar kid wall be appealed
against at the seldom as behalf of the erre
Itresesituro VALUZ OF FREEHOLD LAND IN NORTH
WALTlL—]fern. lafehild and Chains offered a further
portion of the Mateyo estates at the Town-hall, Rh 1, as
the 16th. They ramrod several flee farms, valuable se-
ammedathe land, exteadve woods and plentatioes, and
nearly the alit, student borough town of Caerwys, taa-
tainiag together about 2,200 wee. The estates were put
up in ea lot (though
_divided into 128 lota in the particu-
lars af isle) at 70,0001., sod after • spirited competition
mere lambed dews at 86,000 i., 'Deluding the Umber, te
Hugh James, of Woodarest, Cheepside, who received
the Warty regratelatiess of • very large company on his
number. As a prod of the inadequate rentals at present
received, we are antlieeled to state that forty-Bee years'
parcels* were realised at this eat.
LONDON GENICLLE OMNIBUS COMPANY (LIMITED).
—Tinissessipbks week ending Awes 21, 11.59 W. 2s. 7d.