The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-31 00:00:00

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PE'ARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOIIN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
John Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Mark 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.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Pobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: Witham Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq.' Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, 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 Baffle 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 place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from
the liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual
Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital
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.DALF.
The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve
in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the
United Kingdom, free of charge.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS.

Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
14th Aug., 1863.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS
and OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS of this HOS-
PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to
receive TENDERS from and to treat with such persons as
may be willing to Contract for victualling the in-pensioners
of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th
September, 1864, both days inclusive, with the following
articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beet and Mutton, Bread,
Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice,
Pepper, Flour, Suet, Coroa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions
or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory
and Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole
ration accordinforth e established allowances of the house, as
specified in the of Tender, which may be obtained at the
office. of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3
ls?ck,ivhich Tender must be tilled up and delivered, sealed,
o'clock, the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or
b.halt, on Tuesday, the
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o'clock.
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A. J. MOORITEAD,
Secretary, and Registrar.

ROYAL NATIONAL LIF E-Boxr
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS-11er Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Tice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,
K.G., F.R.S.
_ ir.mitMAN—Thos. Raring, Esq., M.P., r'll'S'' .7•P•
IMPlrrv-Cmunidari—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, since
the beginning of the year 1880, the Royal. National Lit eboat
Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat
Estab-
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
'The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800;
tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and.
£18,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended X 87,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Trnsportinzcniages, and Boat-houses.
BThe Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
rit generous support which they have received from the
ish public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present nig,n ific,,ent fleet
of 123 Lifeboats on the shoresof the United kingdom
Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibilitythat
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughlyefficient
state, and its Crews practised in thea In
boats, whi h can only be effected b anagernent of their
appeyal
toarg; and permanen
o aid them in upholding inaacil
annual income, they earnestly
pcelraps
es
te
us
aouf their
ng s o
countrymen 1
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowied
go the following con-
tributions:—

Tier Majesty the Queen
campbel,., the Hon. Mrs. G.., '' ••• annual 00a. dno
Clerk. Colonel, R.A. .. . "" • • annual 55 5"
Coutts and Co., Messrs., %niers :: .• annual 1 i 0..
Currie, Wm., Esq., .. ..
.. • • annual 10 0 6
Fee, Lord Cief Justice .. .
Fansha.ye, Vice-Admiral Sir A.,R.6.R. :: flgt). it, 10 0
Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and T-6°. 25 o 0
..ran-
sporting Carriage .. .. ..
•• 250 o
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. • • don, 3 n
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .• • • .. 7tit don. 1.0 0 °
Moore, Bey. G. B. • • • • •• • • don. is 0
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. .. . .. 15 o
4 0 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.13. .. .. annual 20 0
Thom's, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collectedby her
Ladyship .. .. • • • •
•• „ 16 16 0
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord ......annual 5 o o
Donations and Annual Su hscriptions will be thankfully re-
ceived by the Bankers of the institution, Messrs. Willis,
Percival, and 713, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and
Co.. 59, Strand; Co.,:lessrs. 'Terries, Farouhar, and Co., It, St.
Jameg's-street, London ; by a I the Collectors of Customs
and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary
Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 11,
John-street, Adelnhi. London, W.i;.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
ExHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of HERNI 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
Moc-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 tie had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.

A Single Truss, 18s., 215., Ms. 6d., and 318. Bd. Postage, 18,
A. Double Truss, 31s. &1., 425., and 528. 6d. Postage, ls Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, ls. 10d.

Poet-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Poet
office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, dm, for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
,We an ordinary stocking. Price 45. CA, 7s. 6d., 105., to 165.
each. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 9.21 t. Piccadilly.

ELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
C the BIRTH of SHAKSPEA.RE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N• C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
:and Ridderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
tratiord-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
usenwaY, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith,
pae.
and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co , bankers, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakapea re for their aid and assistance. The Committee
rest their claims
upon the ground that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
all admirers of
then breat Poet's works, and that ii. was his
hc'mc, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail•
way Terminus, at King's-cross.

Patron--The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free
and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
mality of governors letters. It is entirely dc-voted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom-
pulled by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient
magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered
capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of
the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the
funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of
these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover,
it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.
The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an
EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued supper-t,
to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Mae 'CrifiallLsq., NiCholaS-lane; also by Messrs. Coatis and
; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; -Hansom and
; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne. and Co. ; Giya
rid CO.' ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and
Co. ;Co. Nish t
; Biams;lleacon, and Co. ; Overdid, Gurney, and
and at the no -
e and Co.; Messrs. J. Barnett and Co., Liverpool

STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary,