The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

LIFE 'BRANCH.

The very f.r,ratifyinz duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the. sum assured on n-w policies for fhe year iF:62
exceeds even that of the yeqr 1811 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a sinde year of
£701,427 on 1,408 new policies issued. Until within the last
few vears'it is believed that such a sum acsured as that which
has just been announced as the result of one year's business
was all but unheard of.

ThispiitiOnOftfieeompany's business has been carefully
Watched, and cannot tail to give much satistact,on to the
shaTeholder, as well as no small encouragement for the
lutnre to the participating life assurer.
Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply
a (lorded by a statement of the number rejected. These have
amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum
proposed for assurarre s mounts to .£ t 43,281. 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 in admis-
sille in a single year from deterioration of some kind or
another.
If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert
briefly to the United King-dom, they have to announce that
In Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more
rapid than that of any other Company established either in
Londmi or elsewhere, except when amalg,amations 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 brixhter, 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 3L DOVE, 3ranazer and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION.

Established 1810.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
Mutual Assurance for all classes.
This Association has now in existence 8,000 pollees, for a
total
sum of £1,500,000.
The Annual Income is .. • • • • £51,000
The Accumulated Fund exceeds • . 2'0,( 00
It has paid in Claims • •112,000
The whole of the profits arei quinquennially among
the Members. Three di
when the following sums lalasvoenbseehnavalready been made'
policies added as bonuses to the
Dec. 31, 1847 ..
• • • • • • £5,400
„ 3852
' • • • • • 11,500
„ 1857 ..
23.200
1802
yriakim.,, the total bonus 56,500
Bonuses may be received in chsh or applied to the reduc
lion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
addition to the yol.cy.
Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid-
lip policies introduced by this Association, by which the
sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of
po 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-
sented districts.
WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.
Chief Office, 15, ?floor ;ate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR 80EitBeerFsa,nrRRehoEyo,afalLcIep,E, AND ANNUITIES.
Exchange,c,pll London.
an'ns Eorilininl,qeg}.l W. OCTAVIITS WIGR ' a -ma
.
GEORGE PEAUREs BmIcAM, Esq., Governor.
Sir Jonx HENRY PELT,,,L.,A-Y, Esq., Sub-Governor.
' 'art, Deputy-Governor.
DIREcTogg.
Chas.
Leven and dE3sicte.
henry Bainbridg,e, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq.
The Iron. Josnce
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
CnheanrrlYe sl3teloslib°l Esq.
Q• Mark Currie Close, Esq. ,
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq,
William Davidson, Esq.
'Thomas Dent, Esq.
sqrcy
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Fllmann, Esq. Eric Carrinizton Smith Esq..
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. '
Bobt. Amadeus heath, Esq: Joseph Somes, Esq., 31. p.
Wm. Tetlow llibbert, Esq.. , William Wallace, Es.
Jas. Stewart liodg-son, Esq. Chas. Baring Young,llsq.
Medical Referee, SAmum, SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms.
4, 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.
Equivaknt 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.
L ife
AnY sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
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 HALF.
1 The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve
i'' the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the
Inted Kingdom, free of charge.
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ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. E. STEELE, Secretary.

y?CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the 811 IRT of SHAKSPEA.RE, at Stratford-upon-
Th, Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
Avon
,n.
Tramiltrm Bart., E.C.8., is Ch.,:.irman) are now reeet7;_
'llfi SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the'
":°llllt of the Tercentenary Committee. at the Sto,dtAx.m,,
~,,,r2d Kidderminster or Warwick and Leaminktm
c-'rattord-upon-Avon ; M',ssrs. Greenwa-y, Smith, and
Smith, Warwick ;Or their London sgents, Messrs.
671ith, Payne. and Co., Messrs. Hanburye and Co., or Messrs.
,Y,11,_ and , bankers, London.
tio'n'T Tercentenary Committee, in submitting. the subserlp-
et 81:13: to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
rest thesipeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
the bhilf_cjaims upon the ground that Stratford is not onlally
adiuirVace of shakspeare. hut the centre of attraction to
tbeilot the great Poet's works, and that it was his
It lit bVeGI, and When Wed And thed.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Office,
Aldershot, al September, 1803.
TENDERS will be received et this office, until
noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1803,
from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for
the supply of

FORAGE,
in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November,
1563, to 31st October, 186 f, for the use of Tier Majesty's
Forces stationed at Aldershot Canip, 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
orage"), and no Tender will be noticed
obtained from this office, and delivered
unlessboutsidey
theh‘
o'
madeu
rT Tender naopdnpe
ro mtrelsd

HENRY B. MORSE,
Deputy Commissary-General.

ROYALrGearta:No reg. ern mßeEdiEateHvicOinSiryloTt HOSPITAL,
G, V' 8-inn-road
lnthe
immediate
Rail-
way Teliminus, at King's-cross.
Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCII,
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 trovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom-
panied 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 support,
to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; hansom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co.; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretar

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,
K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Raring, M.P.,Esq.,sq 1
EF.R.80.,l V.P.
DEI,DTI:-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, ~ •1 .s V.P.
~ .
APPEAL.
haveitoya
it stateo
Nationalt h
Lifeboata that, since
The Committee of 31
'he beginning. of the year
~ etillte
lishments on the Coasts of Englan .
d Scotland,' -
and Ireland.
Institution has expended L-,2,000 on arious Lifeboat Fstab
at law:
' ce its formation, is 1. 800 .
Society, and other means, sin,. --, ,
The number of lives saved by. the Life-boats of the
in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £07,.,00 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-cari tages, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful. sense of
we generous support which they have received front the
British public during the past lew years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet.
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom
luinonatns;awinheio‘tni,cea,tt)hoenyl3,,Rbreneeffsteicltreadmea
Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and i' %Crews practised in the inanal2ement of their
by a large . permanent
The Committee gratefully acknowledge Countrymen to aid them in upholding
great and truly national a Work I , eso
4.1
ow lle
dtgoaenta alll ea)c(nfiron(plisl::tetioilt,con-
tributions:

Iler Majesty the Queen £ s. d
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G • ...„ • ' :: annual 50 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. ..
•. 7, .. anneal 50 0
(butts and Co. Messrs., nn-
nicer a
_• •annual 1 1 0
_
Currie, Wm. 14 ..q.,
.. '• .. annual 10 0 0
Erle, Lord Cliie*_
,tustice
Fallshavce• ',me-Admiral Sir .A., R:e.p, .' don. 10 10 0
• .. 2d don. 25 0 0
• : •• • , 4th don.lo 0 0
G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifel. .oat and Tran-
BP' ran, Carriage .. ..
..
T- "4 ' G and Mrs • ' • •
Fenwicl-
, drvey, Rev. G. U. • 250 0 0
• • • • don. 3 0 0
-Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. ..
.. 7th don. 10 0 0
Moore, Rev. G. B• • • • • •• • • don. 15 15 0
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich _
..
• • 3 0 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .„ .. annual 20 0
Thomas, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her
Ladyship .• • • • • • • •• is is o
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
1-eiyed by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis
Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St.
James's-street, London ; by a;1 the Collectors of Customs
and Bankers in the ljnitedKingdom; and by the Secretary
Richszd Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the institution, 11,
Jelin-Street, AdOphi. 1,900, W.'..

sence without leave, and in consideration of the
high testimonials produced, only adjudged him to
be placed at the bottom of the list, there to remain
for two years, and to be dismissed his ship. Her

Majesty's ship Growler, 2, tender to the surveying
ship Medina, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., left

Malta harbour on the 3d inst., for Sicily, under the

command of Mr. J. Stokes, R.N., Master of the
Medina. Her Majesty's gunboat Boxer is to be
sent to the Piraeus, in charge of Lieut. F. S. D.

Broughton, of the Qum), for particular service, to
carry despatches and telegrams between the Pi' VCIII3
and Syra, &c.
The paddlewheel steam yacht Salamis, 835 tons,
250 horse-power, fitting at Chatham for special
service, took on board at the dockyard yesterday
one 40. pounder and one 9-pounder Armstrong gun,
together with the usual supply of shot and shell.
She is being rapidly completed for sea, but no
orders have yet been received at the dockyard as to
the particular service on which she will be
employed.
The drawings and plans for Mr. Reed's new iron

frigate Bellerophon, proposed to be constructed at
Chatham, have been prepared by the draughtsmen
at that dockyard from the designs sent down from
the office of the chief constructor at Whitehall, in
readiness for the immediate commencement of that

vessel on the completion of the Achilles, which
occupies the same dock at Chatham as that in which
the new iron frigate is intended to be built. In
the construction of the Bellerophon several impr,r-
taut improvements will be introduced by Mr. Reed,

the result of the experience acquired during the
progress of the Achilles, Research, and other iron
ships of war now building. The thiek:iess it is pro-
posed to make the Bides of the Bellerophon
has not yet been determined, the Admiralty
awaiting the result of some experiments which
are to be made upon a target constructing
by the Miliwall Ironworks Company before
this is finally decided upon. The target which

is now under construction is formed of 10in. iron
frames,'about 2ft. apart, covered first with iron
nearly 2in. thick, then with teak 12in. in thickness,
and finally with Gin, armour-plating. The utmost

confidence is entertained that this construe•

tion of sides will exceed in shot•resisting strength
every other system hitherto actually adopted iu any
ship yet built, and should the proposed arrangement

be found to succeed ou the occasion of the trial, the

Bellerophon will be built after the same manner
from stem to stern. The Admiralty have determined
to fit the Bellerophon with engines of the most
powerful description, in order that. she may steam
at least 14 knots per hour, and this, coupled with
her enormous strength and her shot-resisting power,
will render her by far the most formidable of the
iron vessels yet constructed.
The whole of the remaining stores have now been
removed from Deal Dockyard to Chatham, prepara•
tory to the yard being handed over to the parties
who have hired it of the Government for conversion
to a private shipbuilding establishment. Among the
stores landed at Chatham are some 50 anchors of all
sizes, from 105 cwt. to 40ewt. each, and these have
been tested and deposited in store in readiness for
reissue. The naval transport Aid is now at Dept-
ford, discharging a cargo of stores belonging to the
victualling department at Deal.
The whole of the armour-plates required for the
iron frigate Achilles, 6,079 tons, building at
Chatham, having been forwarded to that dockyard
by the Parkgate Ironworks Company, in accord-
ance with the terms of the contract entered into with
the Admiralty, the officer from Chatham Dockyard
who superintended the manufacture of the whole of
the plates supplied by that firm resumed his duties
at the yard yesterday, in accordance with instruc-
tions to that effect. The plates now being fixed to
the remaining portion of the Achilles are those
manufactured by the firm of Brown and Co., of
Sheffield, and are all of a tapered form to fit the
receding sides of the stem and stern of that vessel.
The Dalhousie, convict ship, after embarking up-
wards
Portsmouth,
of
f7O convicts from the convict prison at
sailed from Spithead yesterday after-
noon Australia.
appointments were made yester.
The
for
following
lo Portland, nd, Plymouth, and
day at the Admiralty :—W. H. Fawckner, master,
to the Asia, for the Hector ; D. H. Wilder, master,
to the Indus, for the Aurora; Thos, R. Biddlecombe,
master, to the Asia, for the Lyra; Robt. Jackson,
master, to the Asia, for the Falcon ; James Brown,
midshipman, to the Earyalus ; Nicholas Giles, pay-
master, additional, to the Camberland ; John V alaler,
assist, paymaster, to the Edinburgh; Richard Cor-
nish, assist. clerk, to the Impregnable ; and Samuel
E. Lark, assist, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as su-
pernumerary.
The undernamed officers from her Majesty's yacht
Victoria and Albert were yesterday promoted :.--
Lieut. Charles Parry, to be Commander; Sub.-Lieut,
Hugo I. Pearson, Sab-Lieut. Henry J. Fairlie, and
Sub-Lieut. Hon Edward E. Dawson,
Theundtoernnaamvaeld
cadetships
were yesterday no-
minateda
:—Hon. to
be
RobertL ieli
W.
Craven, Augustus H. Coker, Gallwey, Cecil R.
o
Hervey, Richard Keown, Charles Edward Reynard,
Gerald W. Russell, Richard B. Sayce, Leonard Clive
Strachey, Cecil H. Wish, and Robert Thomas Wood.
At the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, the fol-
lowing sub-lieutenants have successfully passed their
examinations (find
yearly), and received certificates
to that effect for the rank of lieutenant :—A. G.
M'Kechnie, H. H. Justice, and J. A. Dauhwood.
The following second masters have also passed
their examinations, and received certificates for
masters :—John F. Barns, George Royal, E. H. C.
Smith, and Frederick K. Taylor.

'HIE ARMY.
Yesterday a detachment of 22 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal
Marines Light Infantry, together with 17 non-com-
missioned officers and gunners of the Royal Marine
Artillery, left head-quarters, and embarked on board
the screw corvette 5cy11a,21,1,4
S. Croswell.4oo-horse67toz
Yesterday
power, commissioned
a detachmentninmissilecbyCaptain of 42 eon-commissioned
officers and men arrived at head-quarters, Chatham,
from the Royal Marine establishment, Deal, under
the command of Lieut. Dixon, in readiness for em-
barcation on hard those vessels fitting for foreign

service.
A course of experiments is now in progress in the
Royal Arsenal at Woolwich which promises import-
ant results. A 32 pounder cast-iron service gun,
strengthened on Capt. rallieer's plan, has been

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