The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-16 00:00:00

LIFE BRANCH.

The very zratifyincr duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on n,w policies for fhe year 1862
,exceeds even that of the ye.r 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of
£701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last
few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which
has just been announced as the result of one year's business
Was all but unheard of.
_ _

ThiSiottiolWlll;eompany's business has been carefully
Nv_atched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the
rlareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the
11" re to the participating life assurer.
,fl.,vidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply
"°rded by a statement of the number rejected. These have
anlo,
I,ro. anted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sem
„, ineligibility
for assuran'e .mounts to £'43,281. Various degrees
" have led to these lives being declined.
No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day
;Vord their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at
;,'exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
''''lo in a single year from deterioration of some kind or
atthPr.
briefly
to complete their review, the Dictors now advert
`e.Y to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that
rti,pire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more
pdid than that of any other Company established either in
and3n or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken
EiZe• The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the
e...ttitt of New Policies already reported make all other
'reuse needless.
ceprhe Directors conclude the?r present Report with the
ession of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal
hohnneß Company were never brighter, and of a consequent
tg`4, 'o,inded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
tud 'uture may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni-
°Tie, oOmbining distinguished commercial success to the
the
with a leo gthened career of usefulness and protection
lue Public.
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PERCY M. DOVE, 3ranager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION.

Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.
Rh°'lls Baring., Esq. M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Es'q•• I M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
Intual Life Assurance for all classes.
thistot Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a
"', Burn of £1,500,000.,000
The Annual Income is . • .. £51,000
The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 0,100
It has
Th paid in Claims .. 112,000
th 9 ,Vvhole of the profits are divided quinquennially among*
Wh,„.7eMbers. Three divisions have already been made'
polia_t_he following sums have been added as bonuses to the
"

Dec. 31, 1847 ..
•, 185 t .. • •
•• 1857 .. • • ,•
taai 1862 .. • • • • .. _
on the total bonus additions, X 96,600.
118 ea may be received in wish or applied to the reduc
ditton
premmthe r
ius at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
lii„Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid-
„,,k' Policies introduced by this Association, by which the
nifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of
y is wholly avoided.
whether balance-sheets of the Association are open to all,
waether assurers or otherwise.
Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre•
Eented districts.

• • • • £5,400

• • 119500
.. 23.200
.. 56,500

WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary,
Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863.

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royaj Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
OCTATTUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.

Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, E. Earl of Leven and Melville.
John Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Arark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Drnce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrinzton Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
WM. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq.' Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SoLvv. Esq., F.R.s,
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms.
In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par-
ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such
participation.'
The Reversionary Banns on British Policies has averaged
nearly
2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take placo every Five years.
Lifen.Y sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one

This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberalthe
of Mutual
n ficarßtoicfippaatritonnerinshrpr.ofits—with exemption from
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns
Capital
Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested
stock.
The advantages of modern practice,—with the security
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A lIALF.
The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve
in the Militia, Yeomanry. or Volunteer Corps within the
United Kingdom, free of charge.
ROYAL EXOFIANGE, Lownow.
ROBT. P. STEELP., Secretary.

Stratford-upon_
OELEBRATION of the ITR
which s;ir Robert
1-, CEN7m,,,,
to the
iciirbridge
kj the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, a ARY of
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (oft
N. C. Hamilton, hart., K.C.8.. is Chairmari
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also tree now receiv-
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the ,clia
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Lesmingt
Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, small:lnks,
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London anent;, m'e and
ears.
Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or )Messrs.
tilYn acrd Co , bankers, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting- the subscrip
lion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirer;
of Sha.kapeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
..'!!st their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
',le birth .' re hut the centre of attraction to
Place of shakspea .
homrnirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
`-------:_t_l_le town he loved, and where he lived and died.

dATint
seLES.—The Patent Newly-inventPd
rinaY, inciectimes are patronised by the majnrity of the
0T nn, rel.,,rllnc-Visconnt Pallllerkoll. They afford extra-
'v4l()llfr 0 weak, dim, and defective vislon.—S. and B.
,Opticians, 89, Albemarle-6treet, rioodUty,