The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

ARMY CONTRACTS.

Commissariat Mike, Aldershot, Oct, 9, 1863.
TENDERS will be received at this Office, tuitil
12 c'elLek, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November,
1863, f rem persons who may be willing to enter into Con-
traot to supply
PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL
ENGINEER SERVICE,
in such quantities as may be required fram the Ist December,
3863, to 30th November. 1864, for the use of her Majesty's
Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, 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
sait,ide "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will
be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office,
and delivered by the hour appointed.

~WALIiER'S NEW NEEDLES.—" The
~ Patent Ridged-Eyes extend the Cloth, so that the
thread may_ pass through it quickly and without the slightest
drag. For ease in threading- they surpass all others.
amPlea. most tree, at is. per too, of any Dealer. H. Walker's
Patent Penelope Crochet Needles have the word "Penelope"
on eat} handle. A set of four Bone Handles tor
Japa,:med, Bd.; Parallel Tartan, is.
_"Black, sd. A set of four'
with the new Patent Uneotopio Handles, which keep the
hooks at all times in their true position for work, for Is. post
free of any dealer.-11. WALKER, Patentee and Manufac-
turer to her Majesty of Needles, Fish Hooks, Pins, Hooks
and Eyes, .tc., Aloester, and 47, Gresham street, London.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TITE 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 DERNI 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 he 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 Siwee Truss, 165., 215., 265. M., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is.
A. Double Truss, 31s. tid., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 52e. Bd. Postage, is. 10d.
_Post-o Mee Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
'mice, Pi ccadilly.
NEW PATENT
VLASTIC STOCKINGS,
•NlNl'%l'%-CAP
•- A"
S, ,ac., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
r,)i•eou., ~ and Swelling oi the Legs, Sprains, Am They are
alan2u ght in texture and inexpensive, and are drawn on
ell. tTlita narY stocking'
• rrioe as. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s.
6d.
.011 N
LEITH. Manufacturer. 228, Piccadilly.

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hi the i PREE HOSPITAL, Grads-inn-road,
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t ande i. It I entirely pis to desti-
F:nied by sickness orta_
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ni,,iide that, with
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and i.an
nowiv itelitsa2wcom-
„Tole ot admitting. in,"ooi-trate support, it m:y leie rengqict
the casual sick of this ,r wa•e'is a ve
N eat in, ry large proportion of
throis in order to have 500 beds ziv°PnliB. It requires but the
these the most wretched of oiir ailable for the reception of
it gratuitously affords medical ai-411°w- creatures. M oreover,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patigiaha medicine to more,
The Weekly Board feel it their fin 8 a week.
EARNEST APPEAL to the publterfative duty to make an
to present hem to adndt and relieve theteici.'netinued suppoxt,
daily themselves. distressing cases that
Contributions are received by the Trea
Masierninn, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Cos
an Edward
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Ilerries and Co. ; itaCoutts and
Co. ; Prescott. Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and ZBo°,ll. and
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ,• Barclay and Co. ; De • •
nCis iyn
and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, on
Co. ; Nisbet and CO. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital
STANFORD
_S. small
_Secretary.

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES,
29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance-
buildings, Liverpool.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds
Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000.

Chairman in Liverpool:
CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P.
Chairman in London :
NVILLIA3I WAINWRIGHT, Esq.

ExTRACrs 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.

Ite a
firs ustnetixthPee dly, at the
ththe Fire
FIRE BRANCH.
cloTsheeofDtihrece
ytoerasr,htaovaen,
naosupnleeea,sfionrgtl
Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £.300 a
The high comparative position held by the Royal
Government Returns of Duty is again fully mhintaineln the
The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerab y
the amount realised in the preceding year, and in. fact suit;
passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the
commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on
account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 108.
5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa.
rately, £11,097165. 10d.
LIFE BRANCH.
The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on new policies for the year 1P62
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
few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which
has 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 fbr the
future 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 assuratve smounts to 43,2 ii I. 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 inadmis-
sicle in a single year from deterioration of some kind or
another.

If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert
briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that
in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more
rapid than that of any other Company established either in
Londrn or elsewhere, except when amalgamat ions 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 brizhter, and of a consequent
hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, ti, at
the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater mac ,itt.
tude, combining distinguished Commercial success to, 'the
°Mee with a le,gthened career of usefulness and protection
to the public.

PERCY M. DOVE. Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.