The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-10 00:00:00

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, 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 Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co , banke( s, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare 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 the great Poet's works, and that it was his
home, the town he luved, and where he lived and died.

RO YAL NATIONAL LIF E-B OAT
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATnotqnss—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
I RESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,
K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S. V.?.
Onpumv-CuAiumAx—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., P.P.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, since
lie beginning, of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments .n the Coasts of Engand. Scotland, and Ireland.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800;
,or which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and
06,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £67,''00 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-can lazes, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous sup
which the y have received from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
port
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom
t)ceply sensib'e, however, of the great responsibility that
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rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and. 1 screws practised in the management of their
boa% whyli can only be effected by a large and pa, manent
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gtoanadllpeelraspesteusaotfintghelijor
acknowledge the following' The 0
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tributions:—X
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annual 50 C 0
Campbell, the MM. Mrs. G •• • • .. annual 50 0
Camp • EA, •
d Messrs" an en •• ~ alloual 10 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, . •13 i • .. . .. annual 11 0
Coutts an c 0.,••
• • • • • • .. 4th don 10 0 0
Her majority the Queen • • .. ..
Currie, Wm., Esq., ..
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2510 100 g
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sportingi::are innesw,
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• • • • • • .. 250 0 0
•? •• don. 3 0 0
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Harvey, Rev. G. 6, .../..
.. .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bar,
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.. don. 15 15 0
Moore, Rev. G. B. • •flwieli • • • • • • 30 0
Smith, Mrs. George,
0 0
K.C.B. .. .. annual 2
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony,niree
• • • • .. 16 16 0
Ilbe_thankfully Willoughby d'Ereby,
Thom-,s. Lady,i.p Weston-super-Mare, c. ollecot.edl:nynhuearl 5
0 0
Donations and AnnuLarSdn'ts.h
e9tnitsultviion, Messrs. Willis,
re-
eived by the Bankers of
Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard-Inti eet • Messrs. Coutts and
eetharnsdoCi oc.. ,uls6t,omS St.
Co..jarn
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and Bankers in the UnitedKlngdom ;
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a Strand;treet
Londonl7lessrs . ; Retries,
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Richard Lewis, Eta Institution, 14,
Min-Street, Adelp . Ignaclou, "i4-4:f. .'
, at the Office OfautdhebYth