The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

ARMY CONTRACTS.

Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct, 9, 1863.
TENDERS will be received at this Office, until
12 o'cicek, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November,
1863, f rem persons who may be willing to enter into Con-
trart to supply
PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL
ENGINEER SRV,
in such quantities as may be required fralCEm the Ist December,
1883, to 30th November. 1865, for the use of her Majesty's
Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com-
mand.

Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and
delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
beide "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will
tioticed unless made on forms obtained from this office,
and delivered by the hour appointed.

II WALKER'S NEW NEEDLES.—" The
• Patent Ridged-Eyes extend the Cloth, so that the
thread may pass through it quickly and without the slightest
drag. For ease in threading they surpass all others.''
kiamP'es, post free. at is. per moo, of any Dealer. H. Walker's
Patent
each Penhandle. elope Crochet Needles have the word "Penelope"
on A set of four Bone Handles for 10d. ;
Japalned, Sd. ; Parallel Tartan, Is.: Black, scl. A set of tour
with the new Patent ITncotopic Handles, which keep the
hooks at all times in their true pisition for work, for ls. post
free of any dealer. —H. WALKER, Patentee and Manufac-
turer to her Majesty of Needles, Firli Hooks, Pins, Hooks
and Eyes, ttc., Alcester, and 47, Gresham-street, London.

RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
RXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of HERN I A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Bloc Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the dr-
_ cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Trliss, 168., 21s.s 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls.
A- Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 52e. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
°lnce, Piccadilly.
NEW PATENT
LASTIC STOCKINGS,
„,,k,xl'sTEE-cAPs, ac., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
oro
P4;rBB and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, dm. They are
Dre in texture, and inehensive, and are drawn on
"44- ibroTnal7 stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s.
joliage 6d.
WHITE. Manufacturer. 2213. Piccadilly.

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ROyAL-------------------__:_
letzatron
Ter the i ‘II•ER HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
Presi vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
s;'u 8-cross.
—The QUEEN.
Tr The
„sty Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
This was the n,..rur—Edward M
and instant adrai;t hospital
.0 asterman, Esq.
malitypt trovernorsipn to t
the
dintroduce the principle of free
tution in its most paitilaetters. i?ptute sick, without the
ponied by by sickness and hie form, 1
;tient-hely devoted to he
that, with,,. tlisease, z"that which is accom-
capable of admitting. iniwecluate st and is now of sufficient
the casual sick of this great wardsna)port, it may be rendered
funds in order to have suoal! nietropoivise.ry large proportion of
these the most wretched of eod, available
flt requires but the
it gTatuitously ailords rnedic,4.lr fellow-crez the reception of
on the average, than 3,000 out_padagece and muerZi Moeover,
ts a
week. ne for more,
The Weekly Board feel it theirs m
EARNEST APPEAL to the publrrative duty to make an
to enable them to admit and relieve tch for
e distressing support,
daily present themselves. cases that
Contributions are received by the T
Masterman, I+lsq. Nicholas-lane; also by
ivtieeasurer, Edward
Co. ; Drummond' and Co. ; Herries and co.ssrs-
C°ntia and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne:a—anBorll and
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co eO. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, 61!,,&18on
CO. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. liarned and Co., Li—y, and
verpool
and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretair
Y.

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY
HEAD OFFICES,
29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance-
buildings, Liverpool.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,010.
Ammoniated Funds in hand over 1,000,000.

Chairman in Liverpool:
CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P.
Chairman in London :
WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR
1862.
The Directors of Roy Insurance Company are now
called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the
Meeting of its Shareholders.

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Premiums have not only reached, but exceed L.'300
The high comparative position held byytinlizinlttaoi,nael
since the
Government Returns of Duty is again full
The profit of the business of the year exceeds consider b y
the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact asurl--
passes that of any year, with but two exceptions,
commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on
account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 108.
5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa
rately, £11,097165. 10d.
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LIFE BRANCH.
The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862
exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and hat 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.

• • ...••• •••
This portion of the Company's business has been carefully
watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the
shareholder, as well as no small encouragement fbr the
future to the participating life assurer.
Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply
afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have
amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum
proposed for assuran ^e Amounts to £l4 i,281. Various degrees
of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined.
No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day
record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at
all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
sii.le in a single year frosa deterioration of some kind or
another.

If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert
briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that
in Fire Business ifs progress has been undoubtedly more
rapid than that of any other Company established either in
L on d3n or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken
place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the
amount of New Policies already reported make all other
evidence needless.

The Directors conclude their present Report with the
expression of an opinion that. the prospects of the Royal
Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent
hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni-
tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the
Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection
to the public.

PERCY X. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.