The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-08 00:00:00

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d 'IV MIT EVENING THIS WEEK aft.r Alfred
Xenon's Promnade coilezTt9.
NOTICE IS C-',TVEN, Thrat en EXTRA ORDT-
NARY ORM: UAL ITEE TING of the LONDON
QUITAIILE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANc F. SOCIETY
'WM be held at Radlev's 'Hotel, New Bridge-street, bloc -
friars, London. on WF.DNEsD.A.V, the 2:1(1 inst., at One
O'clock precisely, to ratify an agreement, to be r, ad at such
Tneetinc,,, for a. transfer to and an amal?-amation of the busi-
ness of the Society with another approved A ssu -ante
dation, and, if deemed advisable, to dissolve the So3it.ty.

J. L. PILKTNGTON, M .nager.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.

The business of t':e Company exeeeds £70,000,000.
,YiV e duty paid to Government for the year 1562 was
',62, and the amount insured on farming stock,
£10,c56,332.
- •

A bonus of three-fifths of the profi s periodically made to
Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received
"raa amount 4v.;- in the agirregate to .£440,000 ; and the Society
lloNv holds a large Res 'rye appli able to a future I:cnus.
rile rates of premium are in no case higher than those
cnarVed by the other prirripal offices mAing no returns to
their insurers.
For prozpectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey-
street, Norwich ; and 0, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars, RC.

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
TIEAD OFFICES,
29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance-
buildings. Liverpool.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds ........ Z 500,0
Accumulated Funds in hand over 1 OOO,OOO.
Chairman in Liverpool :
CHARLES TURN.ER, Esq., 31. P.
Chairman in London :
WILLIA3I IVAINWRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRAc ps FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR
1862.
The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now
called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the
Meeting of its Shareholders.
FIRE BRANCH.
The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the
close 0; the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire
Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000.
The high comparative position held by the Royal in the
Government Returns of Duty is ag,in fully maintained.
The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably
the amount realised in the preced,ng year, and in fact sur-
passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sine, the
commencement of thi- Office, the balance tet the credit on
account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s.
tel., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa
• lately, £11,097165. 10d.
LIFE BRANCA.
The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on n w policies for the year 1862
exceeds even that of the yesr 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
hayears it is believed that such a sum ar.sured as that which
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 for the
tut' re 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 mounts to £ 43,28'. Various degrees
of ineligibility have led to the.e lives being declined.
No small number of the Assurance t ompanies of the day
Tetord their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at
all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
Buie in a single year from deterioration of some kind or
If, to complete their review, the Dictors now advert
lirietly to the United Kingdom, they have too d
that
in Fire Business ins progress has been undoubtedly more
rarid than that of any other Compine established either in
London 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
CV dence needless.
The Directors conclude their present Report with the
expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal
Insurance Com any were never brig -liter, and of a consequent
hope, p nded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater macni-
tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the
Office with a le gthened career of usefulness and protection
to the gable.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
,TORN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

pROviDE'NT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIF:
AS6OCIATION.

Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.

Thomas Baring Esq., I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq.
Thomson Ilankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
Mutual Lif Assurance for all classes.
This Associai ion has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a
total suns of £1,500,000.
The Annual Income is • • .. X 51,000
The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 0,, 00
It has paid in Claims .. .. 112,000
The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among
the Members Three divisions have already been made'
when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the
policies •
Dec. 31, 1847 .. .. • •
, 1852 .. • •
,', 1857 .. .. • •
„ 1862 .. • .
making the total bonus additions, £96,600.
Bonuses may be received in wish or applied to the reduc
tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
addit jun to the j of cy.
Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid-
up policies introduced by this relinquishment which the
s4crifice so often submitted to on the of
pc icy is wholly avoided.
The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all
whether assurers or otherwise.
Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre
Rented districts

X 5,400
11,500
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, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Henry- Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq.
IZobert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
Tchn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Aiark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrineton Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
t!obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.* William 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
`:'orporation on advantageous terms.
In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par-
ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such
participation.
The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged
iwarly 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
Stpck.
The advantages of modern practice,—with the security,
()i an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF.
The corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve
in the Mi;itia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the
United Kingdom, free of charge.

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

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
DISU fAi CE COMPANY.
Established 1809.
Incorporated by ,:oval Charter and Special Acts of
Parliament.
ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, .£2,122,828.
ANNUAL RE VENUE, £422,401.
LONDON BOARD.
John White Cater, Esq., IP. du Pre Grenfell, Esq.
Chairman. A. Kloekmann. Esq.
Charle Morrison, Esq., De- John %toilet t, Faq.
puty hairman. J nius S. Morv,an, Esq.
A. De rtrrovave, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq
Edward Cohen, Esq I John IT. Wm. Schroder Esq.
James du Buisson, Esq. George Young, Esq.

EX-DIRECTORS.
A. 11. Campbell, Esq. 1 Robert Smith, Esq.
E
P. C. Cavan, sq. Frederic Somes, Esq.
P. P. Bath, Esq.
Manager of Fire Department—Georg,, H. Whyting.
Manager of Life Department—W. F. Birkmyre.
Superintendent of Foreign Department—G. 11. Burnett.
Secretary—F. W. Lance.
General Manager—David Smith.
FIRE DE PARTMENI.
The Company grants Insurances against Fire in the United
Kingdom, and all foreign countries.
Mercantile Risks in the Port of London accepted at re-
duced rates.
Losses pr' ptly and liberally settled.
Foreign Risks.—The Director=, having a practical know-
ledge of foreign countries, are prepared to issue Policies on
the most favoura',le terms. In all cases a discount will be
allowed to Merchants and others effecting such Insurances.
LIFE DEPARTMENT
The following Statement exhibits the improvement effected
during the las - few years :
No. of Policies
Issued. Premiums.
ISSI
465
£377,425 ...... £12,5p 181 6
1859.-- -• • frs
18 0 449,913 ...... 1,1140
1811 741 ........ 4.5,649
...... 14,071 17 7
785 ...... .. 527.6 ...... 16'5" 2 0
1862
Thus in five years the •n• • •
l'( 37 ''' • 7 334 21.611 0 0
assuring the large sum of umber of ,
the Office are:—
The leading features 42,928 947.
1. EntireSenurityof 68', P. olii•e.: issued was 3,623,
2. The large Bonus to Assurers.
additions already declared, and the
_ ._
_tion. further Bonus at the next investiga-

3. Theadvantazes afforded by varied Tables of premiums,
—unrestr eted c of Policies—and general
liberality in dealing with the A ssured.
Forms oT Propo;al and every information wili be furnished
on application at the
HEAD OFFICES : .... LONDON. SS, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildiugs.
EDINBURGH ...64, Princes-street.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
WEST-END OFFICE :
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL.
Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
Z.-) the BIRTH of SHILK RE, at Stratford-upon-
113:Zn. The Tercentenary CommitteeS..l (of which Sir Robert
ing. ~Raftilton, Bart, 1i.C.8 is Chairman) are now receiv-
acenWu,RSCRIPTIONS, d they may also be paid to the
arni ilttpi the TercentenaaryniCocincimanitdteei aeatmithnegStotonurraindkgse,
tratic:ulerminster or Wil.;rB.
Me.
oktnrertii;F;u, pvr-Avon: Greenway, Smith, and
Glyn aYne• and Co Messrs Hanbury
k or their 1 ondognansdgceon.t,so,r Messrs.
Glyn
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rest ther e tat.
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°I Shaksnsue nation, most earnestlYappe
in submitting the subscrip-
all a
the birthrptealeblosrlpon the g.T011.1 to
their aid and assistaL,ce
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„,3hakspeare. but
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admirers atand that it was hie
bonze, tile he great Poet's works,
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