The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-11 00:00:00

D NOT FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT.
—We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, afier Jullien's
Concert.

BANK OF BRI rISH NORTH AMERICA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL
MEETING of the Proprietors of the Bank of British North
America will be held on TUESDAY, the Bth day of Decem-
ber next, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, st. Helen's-
Place, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock precisely, to receive
a Report from the Directors.
And, at the conclusion of the business of that Meeting, an
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING will be held
for the purpose of Electing Two Directors to supply the
'vacancies caused by the retirement of Henry Barnewall, Esq.,
and William Chapman, Et q.
By order of the Court.

C. 11PNAB, Secretary.

7, St. Ifelen'slam
London, 10th Nov-p
~ 1863.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent
heavy g•ales some of the boats of the National Lifeboat
institution saved 67 persons from different wrecks. The
C'mnmittee of the Institution earnesby AP PEAL to the
Public for ASSIsTAN,E to enable them to meet the con-
rshred hes., y demands on the In,titution's 125 lif eb at estab-
naents. Contributions are received by all the London
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
at the Institution, 14, J (.11u-street, Adelphi,

NORTH BRITISH ANI) MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1809.
Incorporated by Iloypr7ihaaniretenrt. and Special Acts of

ACcumulated and Invested Funds ..£2,122,528
Annual Revenue.. • • ***************************. **** 422,401
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Insurarres grantel both at Home and in Foreign Countries
On the most liberal terms.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Every facility offered to Insurers.
Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers
on the participating principle.
The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows :
Policies. Amount Insured. Premiums.
1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0
Porms of Proposal and every information will be furnished
on application at the

OFFICES :
LONDON 58, Thrertdneedle-street.

4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury.
~ West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.
By order.

F. W. LANCE, Secretary.

LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

At the ANNUAL MEETING of the Proprietors in this
Company, held on Thursday, 25th of Fetruary, 1863,
- - -

JAMES ASPINALL TOBIN, Esq., in the Chair,
the Report of the Directors for the year 1862 was read ; it
showed :
That the Fire Premiums of the year were... .£13(1,065 0 0
Against lhose in 1861, which were

£75,934 0 0
That the new Life business
Giving an' increase in 1562 of
comprised the
issue of 785 Policies, insuring ....... 467,331 0 0
On which the annual premiums were. ....... 13,935 711
That there was added to the life reserve.... 79,277 11 4
That the balance of undivided profit was in-
creased
That the invested funds of the Company 21,725 9 7
amounted to
In reference to the very large increase of X 76,000 in the
Fire premiums of the ar, it was remarked in the Report,
" The premiums paid toea company are the me isure of that
company's business of all kinds ; the Directors, therefore,
prefer that test of progress to any the duty collected may
and a larg
afford, as that applies to only a part of a company's business,
e share of that part may be, and often is, re-insured
with other offices. In this view the yearly addition to the
Fire premiums of th,!. Liverpool and London Company must
be very gratifying to the proprietors."
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.
JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary, London.

THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY.
156, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C.
Queen Insurance-buildings, Liverpool.
Capital ONE MILLION STERLING.
At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver-
Pool, on the 21st October, 1863, BERNARD HALL, Esq..
Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, the Directors'
Report for the year stated—
That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted to £70,300
being an increase over the precedl
That the Life Premium Receipts forin they first three 22,b80
Years were
and for the past three years
being an increase iu the latter triennial period
over the former of
That the amount accumulated since last Meeting, as
a Eire Reserve Fund, was 23,427
and the amount added to Life Fund was
That during the past five years the Company had paid
for Claims
The Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been
Valued on the soundest principles, viz., Net Premiums at 3
per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to participating Policy-
holders averaged as much as 46 per cent. per annum of the
Premiums paid, while in some instances it was as high as 65,
70, and even 73 per cent.
A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per
Cent. per annum.
J. MONCRIEFF WILSON, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary.

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.
nr.oncE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOIIN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
nonry Bainbr
rid e,
Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barcl Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
lan Garratt dattley, 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 Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Predk. Jos. Edimann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
niversdale W. C,renfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Pat. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, 14:sq., M.P.
Wm. 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
Corporation on advantageous terms.

The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave-
raged Pearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
ayable 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 RALF.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Policies on the participating system, granted on or before
the 31st December, 18,3, and in force at th- close of the year
1865, will be entitled to share in the next division of profits

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

A GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES
WILL TARE PLACE AT
ST. JOSEPH'S RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N.,
On THURSDAY, the 26th of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in
liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and
Orpan ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of
St. Nicholas in Paris, now under the charge of the Passionist
Fathers.
e prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of
obj The prizes of the first catalogue consist Principally of
cbjetts of art and other precious articles, /resented by His
11°11nnctioess, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of
distin in Rome.
TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH.
The amount realised will be disp9sed of as follows :—That
arising from the sale of tickets in England will be applied to
St.
St. Nicholas; Joseph's, and
that from the sale of tickets in France to
, in Paris.
THE DRAWING
OP PRI7ES WILL BE ON THE
PRINCIPL OF THE ART UNION.
one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be
Any
entitled to a large Enp,Tavin,,
either of the Death ot St
Joseph, or of Blessed l'aur ot the Cros, which will be
forwarded by post upon receipt of 4 postage stamps.
Catalogues as well as tickets may be had on application at
St. Joseph's Retreat,
Highgate, and at 39, Rue de Berri, Paris.

SPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented
Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the
Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra-
ordinary redef to weak, di 11, and detective vision.—S. and B
80LcomNS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.

1)R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESIEDY.—Pre-
Pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
tieott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
Puffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind,
qasma, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual
("Ostiveneiss, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
1).1f the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
rnote. digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
ld
don
W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing•-eross.
.:,ridon, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three
I,fnes the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
AtaraD '-een package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SIIAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
jeoll. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B.is Chairman) a now
~.'4* SUBSCRIPTIONS, and 'they may also be receiv-
paid to the
count of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
Zid Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
'(,tratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Srnith
Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
I'ayne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
(ilyn and Ca, bankers, London.
tilitle Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
on lig to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
• Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
.1.;11'.e ~t,tyeir claims upon the ground that Stratford is not. only
E,„ birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
," admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
—1341 e, the town he luved, and where he lived and died.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
"Y Terminus, at King's-cross.
Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward 3lasterman, Esq.
This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free
and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
Canletters. It is entirely devoted to slesti-
ty of governors'
for-
Canty in its most pitiable form-112., that which is accom-
ed by sickness and disease, and gs now of sufficient
'nag.nitilde that, with adequate support, it may be rendered
N)able of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of
the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the
tibulds
ther to have 500 beds available for the reception of
it gratuitously
most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover
f2;ratuitously aflords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.
The
eekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an
ARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued suppart,
todaily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Blasterman, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
; Drummond' and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and
'1 ; •Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
?-,31._d Co. ; W Blame, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Liospital.
SWANFOLD S. SMITH Secretary