The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-22 00:00:00

DUBLIN•

A few samples of new whe
unsaleable. New oats and bi
s. d. s. d.
Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6
Do., red 21 6 to 24 0
Du., new 0 to 0
Barley
Oats
Do., black — 0 to 0

A SNOW STORM ON THE ALPS.--The 124rIti
Gazette of the 16th states that on th
day snow fell heavily on Mont Cenis. The crests of thethe
Alps which surround Turin were white. Th4ti,fiancht' d
journal states, explains the lower temperature ¶vm.-
suddenly taken place in that •
e previous

Births. vein d'
HARRIS.—On the 19th inst ,at 4, Osborne IrillaS, "
sor, the wife of W. H. Harris, 8.A.., of a son.
ct. lio
MASON.—On the 19th inst., at 65, Mildmay-road, ,--%
Newington, the wife of Colonel Mason, of twin dellg--
tern.
at Greencroft, Darlingtoo) til
PEASE —On the 19th inst., ofe
wife of Gurney Pease, Esq., eon.
Marriage&
CAPERN--VOULBIr.—On the 20th inst., at St. Geore,_'°:
Hanover-square, John, third son of the late litr. IliZt,
Capern, to Alatilda, youngest daughter of the late Anu
yodel, Esq.
HAitnlS--GAMBELL.—On the 17th inst., at HaltonChureiti;
Charles R. Harris, third son of Johnarris B'cl.9ll,ger
of Peter Gambell, Esq.,
of Cotton's Wharf, London, to Sophia, second dag--
Halton, Bucks.'
~-0n the 18th instat Brighton,
Deaths.
DTINELTGeOIg°
,
Dunell, Emq., aged 55. •
GE(A, CII,—On the 19th inst., at Pa k treet Westrainer,4:
harles S. Geach, Es of 19, Dr -s
' re, miner ,='
cf., Dorset-square,
park, aged 76.
JEINNINGS.—On the 17th inst., at The Precincts, Cante.,r;
riy, James Jennings, Esq., of The Elms, OldWiade"
Berks, aged 63,
JONEs.—On the 19th inst., at Co nant House lisle- vo,
the Rev. Thomas Jonec• BDY
" • ~ rector of A'tilhall°
Robert
Lombard-street, aged 79. late of
the 19th inst,, Mr. Geo. Snelling,
Greenwich. wicloW
m Visn.—On the 20th inst.,of Eliza Ella de V ismet drewn 0.
of the late Gerard do Visme, Esq., 5. A
place, E.egenL'B-park,
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London: Primed and ITb:felled by WI T
Ii LN LIAM AND.U, ..,
Sing NO
Office 1. '"
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at
Strand, in the Precinct of the Eiavoytin the
tuntY. oi
Jliibtlesex, Illonday, August 2.2, 1840.

•
bEAR DOCTOR, what do you advise ? I
„dvise,
Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to
atie'LS Covent-garden, hear some charming singing, order
~of their canital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that
the best advice I can give you.

ICNAHANIS LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
pgXCIRANDY BRANDY.
I orated
celebrated Old IRIS a WHISKY rivals the finest
4.
It'
th!.s Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
od in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
&ents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W.
iobserve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
LL Whisky.'

CONTRACT POR PROVISIONS.
ROYAL HOSPITAL, Chelsea, Aug. 20, 1565.
stT.she Right Honourable the LORDS and others COMMIS-
tht,ERs of the Hospital do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE
at they are ready to RECEIVE TENDERS from and to
i°(' VICTUALLING
such
theersons as may be willing
RS to Cof theONTRACT
413 IN-PENSIONE said
BPboth ital, from the Ist October 1861, to the 30th September,
days inclusive, with, the following ARTICLES of
gOVISIONS, &c., viz.:—Beef and Mutton, Bread, Cheese,
Flour, Su
Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, Pepper,
pour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk. Onions of Leeks,
arrots Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savoury, and
atBleY daily, at pr head per diem, according to the
„tablished allowance of the house, as specified in the form of
iveteler, which may be obtained at the Office of the Secretary
TendllY between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, which
r mute be filled u and delivered sealed at the Board
i7_oora of the said hospital by the party or parties tendering,
ij41.3„.3' an agent appointed on his or their behalf, on TUES.
the 6th September, at 12 o'clock, at which time their
tdships will be prepared to take the same into considers-
It is to be observed that the Contractors will be required to
:1,41 security to the Crown for the due performance of the
'llll-:9htrahourct, and
above that
menti no Tender will be received after the day
4,d.
West Tender.
A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar.

111 HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
29, Lombard-street, London; and

Royal Insurance-buildings, Liverpool.

At the Annual Meeting, on:the sth inst., the following were
Pine of the leading results disclosed in the Report to the
shareholders.

FIRE BRANCH.
The Premiums of the year 1863 reached the sum
of' £341,663
_ Being an advance of 40,977
rer )862; an amount of increase exceeding that of any pre-
'l,,,°lB year.
pre-
The Revenue from Fire Premiums has been en-
hanced in four years by the large sum of £113,353

The Duty paid to Government In 1862 was. £75,993
bitto ditto, 1863 88,966

Showing an Increase in one year of .... ...... £12,973
zaAniong the incidents which have tended to the advance-
isent of the Royal within the last few maul hs may be reckoned
a2tion with respect to the losses sustained b the explo-
thTl of the Lotty Sleigh, which although on'y conyistent with
mate general tenor of the conduct of the Company, and ulti-
,y proved to be no more than what had been done in for-
Z‘sst times by the oldest and most proverbially honourable
14;1°11g its contemporaries, yet attracted attention and public
lour by its unhesitating promptness.
°g the largest total of Revenue and the largest ratioo of
ression have been attained in the it
blDens that the largest Profit, which it has ever iallen to the
b,.._ectors to record has liketise on this occasion to be an-.
to"unced. The balance of net profit on theyear has amounted
;83,515 ; of which sum £34, ICO only has been appropriated
-.tied to
and Bonus, and the large balan_e of £49,441 been
-.tied to Reserve.

LIFE BRANCH.
Th
114„, Progress of the Life Branch, as shown by the New
th„—n,ess transacted in the last year, is most promising, and
etiaktvances made, year by year, in the amount of New In-
tor.slices effected, sh,,w clearly the estimation in which the
fir'"Pany is held The following is a statement for the last
e Years
•
Net
Sion Assured on New Policies
after deducting Guarantees. Net Premiums.
1859
1860
449,241 11 2
1861
1863
1862 701,4 7 15 3
752,546 18 10
4._ s rapid growth, amounting to 73 per cent. on the Sum
ce7!ured, and upwares of 80 per cent. on the Premium re-
vel in the course of five years, may justly be considered as
maker than any which could have been reasonably expected.
first r half of the current year 1864, howev
jr,
u,far outstiips
the ratio of increase indicated by the figures t quoted, as
sum assured for that period of six months only actually
"„,eeeds Half-a-Mil•ion sterling..
4.1,- he rate of mortality, likewise, still presents highly favour-
4Cie features, and augurs well for the result to be ehown by
e quinquennial investigation, which is to take place when
e present year is concluded.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.
August, 1864.

HE ABERAMAN IRON WORKS (Limited),
(late Crawshqy Bailey's). Introduced b the I'INAN-
-I,IAL CORPORATION (limited), who invite Subscriptions
!,.r Shares, of which upwards of 5,000 have been alied for
In the above Company, pp
1110rporaied under tue Companies Limited Liability Act,

1862. - -
Capital £50:`,000, in 100, CO Shares of £5O each.
It • E 1 Deposit on Application, and X.l on Allotment.
is not contemplated to call up more than £25 per Share.
DIRECTORS.
tamilli
am Walter Cargill, Esq., M.P., Director of the Orien-
.o'nk Corporation.
lu"gene Collins, Esq., Director of the London, Birming-
-11, and South Staffordshire Bank 1 Limiter ).
/,„"_•_,B. Cumming; ii,sq Messrs. J. B. Cumming and Co.,
(enux)n), Director of the Continental Bank Corporation
'rafted).
llu,h Logan,Banker, Berwirk-on-Tweed.
stnes Marsh 41, Esq , Wildwood, Hampstead.
oflN Esq. (Messrs. B. Gott and Sons), Leeds, Di-
-I,cr the London and Lancashire Assurance Company.
ee
kionamy Price, Esq., Director of the Western Life Assur-
rß Company,
'e,rinald Read, Esq., Director of the Crystal Palace Com-
ally°

(With power to add to their number).

BANKERS

The London and County Bank and its Branches.
-the AM-ince B ink. at Liverpool and Manchester.
lilessrs. Bail ic, Cave, and Co., Bristol.
he Leeds Bankinv Company, Leeds.
IcTfressrs. Crawahay Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Monmouth,
'WPort, and Abergavenny.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, GB, Aldermanbury.

London.
BROKERS.
Irnes Shepherd, Esq., 36, Throgmorton-street, London.
easrs. T. Tinley and Sons, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool.
flessrs. Ridsdale and Wailes, nark-row, Leeds.
444.1essr Mewburn and Barker, Moult-street, Manchester,
aX.

AUDITORS.
PredCriCk 'Maynard, Esq., Bread- street, London.
James Matinee, Esq Old Jewry, London.
Samuel Lowell Price,• Esq., Gresham-street, London.

SECRETARY.
J. 11. Fleshcr, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
29, Threadneedle-street, London, E.C.

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
'el'he extensive and valuable properties of CrawshiLy Baile
11:1, M.P., known as the Aberaman Iron Works and M-
O
rti', which are of European celebrity, have been carefully
kaelred by Joshua Richardson, Esq., M.1.C.E., F.G.S., &c.,
s.extend over an area of 1,530 acres of Freehold Land on
"40rth Crop of the South Wales Coal Basin, and contain
ne°,,re,ater number cf the veins of ironstone and coal than is
"ailY found in any property of equal extent.
bb -e coal is the noted Aberdare Steam Coal, and certified
Richardson as " The best steam coal in the kingdom,"
'l% stands at the head of the Government list.
e, Richardson describes the property in his Report "as
fee Juin.' 16 veins of coal, of the aggregate thickness of 48
tatttes besides the numerous courses of ironstone, of the aggre-
Nth thickness of 141 feet ; the extend over e area of th
beele estate, and there are foues the
e r veins of the average tlfeke -
a4B a 8 feet, which crop out on the side of the mountain ;
t„.. below the 9 feet there are four more veins of coal of 10
`'t in thickness."
Np;lske ironstone " is the black bind, a carbonaceous ore,
011%eu is comparatively rare, and yields from 60 to 70 per cent.
sgr,..°n." and aso the ordinary argillaceous ironstone. The
xegate thickness is 5} feet.
Nvilit_e estate contains at least 91,485,440 tons of whole or un-
-10-,,l'l`ed coal, which would yield a supply of upwards of 00
bra a day, or 3C0,0)0 tons per annum for 304 years ; and of
Oak band iron ore, 4,f40,500 tens, which is equal to 3,000
gni& of bar iron per annum for 773 years; and of argillaceous
Vt:Lstene, 135,3..9,270 tons, which is equal to 500 tons per
or 26,C00 tons of bar_ iron per annum for 1,300 years.
tjilta Company has entered into a provisional cDntract for
2 Purchase ot the whole of the freehold 'and leasehold
vpates, including the whole of the minerals, rents, royalties,
~_l2gYleaves, &c., besides the ironworks, coal-fields, and good-
-7111 of the business, and aso the mansion, 300 cottages,
ttlildings, plant, machinery, engines, stocks, railways, tram-
waYs, and other property.
filr Crawahay Bailey, although working the property only
i,eetl.revserrniioomintseedqueexnteeenti;f hasasva
at realised very r,yvilinepyirencefitlss;
farnrd
.
time. kr Richardson reports with the g
income may be doubled
Or trebled with moderate additional outlay, and Mr. D. Jones
reports that 2100,00) per annum net profit can easily be
tea- lised; and assuming only half this income be proiured,
Brest
supposing the share capital upon which the dividend will
aable to loie £250,000, ii follows that, after allowing in-
on loans, &c., from 15 to 20 per cent. will be available
nor a dividend to the shareholders, and this not from an un-
itettaking requiring to be developed, but from an old-estab-
"shed and lucrative business.
With a view to keep the called-up Share Capital as low as
%Bible, arrangements have been made by which the vendor,
ras agreed to allow a large portion of the purchase money to
tostaain at interest; this will materially increase the dividends
shareholders.
maples o f the Articles of Association, which contain the
te%la of the provisional contract, and of the reports referred
1:1443,.
tnaY be seen at the offices of the Solicitors of the Com-
14Pplications for the remaining shares must be made in the
annexed, and be accomp tnied by a payment of Z 1 per
10,te ; if no allotment be made, the amount will be returned
th".nwith ; if a less number is allotted than is applied for,
ba:_ftinount paid on appli ation will be applied towards the
bit client of the £4 due on allotment—the balance, if any,
Detailed
returned.
vuetailed Prospectuses and Forms of App'ication may be
ad
It at the Office of the Company, and of the Bankers, Bro-
eotl. and Solicitors ; and also at the Offices of the Financial
'l3oration (limited), 14, Leadenhall-street, London.

OL DR ID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA
egt..‘ standsnrivalled as a tlet requisite. It has bee_n
ev:+olished 40 years, and is the best and only certa'n remedy
tl."l' discovered for preserving, strengthenitur, beautityinv,
l'ioring,r the Hair, Whiskers, or 111oustaeltes, and pre-
N. „lug' them turning gray or fa linz off.—Sold in bottles,
1047 ,6s , and Its. by U. dA. OLDRIDGE, 22, W elling-
street, Strand, W .C. ; and all chemists and perfumers
1111',..,r Children's and Ladies' liar it is most efficacious and

CAMERON'S GOUT SPECIFIC.
ka„ An Effectual and Speedy Remedy for the Gout, Rhen-
1t,,,.qh, Sciatica, Lumbago, and Neuralgia. This invaluable
,ncine is so pre-eminently efficacious as to admit of no
16"1111el. Instance, have been known, in which sufferers have
ik-", confined to their :ptartrnents, hand and foot, writhing'
imsler the most intense ;ig-ony, whose sufferings, to the asto-
itnent of their friends, lace been wholly removed in less
Len 24 hours after taking the above medicine, and themeelves
mdered abe to resume their avocations, Indeed, the effect
a been such, and brought about in so harmless and speedy
eh7a3:llaer, that the pro'priator, with the utmost. confidence,
It „Viges the medical world to odce a medicine equal to
114,,..-uo the constitution it is harmless; to the fluids of the
g"'o33. frame it adds an agreeable impetus ; to the system
kaPally it is i4vigorating to a degree unparalleled ; and
the or temale may tyke it to equal advantage. A dose of
".4." above medicine taken about once a month operates most
ftiltually in preventing- a return of the complaint. e
.i.r„ id, 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle. Prepared only by the
FcPtetor, If Cameron 40, Tavistock-street,Covent-garden,
(41. Wholesale 'London agents—Barelay and Son, 95,
of 13don-street ; Butler ard Crispe, 4, Cheapside, corner
ao, -Paul's Churchyard ; Cleaver, 63, Oxford-street ; Dart,
....outhampton-street, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -street,
etinMPle bottle fortvaided free from the manufactory on re-
-0110 stamps,

(lONNECIING SHIP' OWNERS
(Limited).
Incorporat d under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act, 1862,
whereby the liability of each shareholder is limited to the
amount of his shares.