The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-28 00:00:00

LONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies' Act, with Limited
LtAbility,

Capital £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of £lO each.

First Issue 6,000 Hiares.
bcposit:on application £l, and .£1 10s. on allotment, with a
further Call not exceeding .Z.llos. within three months.
DIRECTORS.
Mr. Alderman ABBISS, Chairman.
Joseph Causton, Esq., Eastcheap.
Sir Cusack P. Roney, 15, Langham-place.
J. W. Chatcr, Esq., London Tavern, Manacing Director.
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAGER.
Mr. John ,'untie.
11Axtuns.
The Bank of London, rareadneedle-strect ; and 450,
F.-strand, W.C.
SOLICITORS.
?Actin's. Sole, Turn'a's, and Hardwick, 3 and 4, Alderman.-

bury, E.C.
BROKERS.
Messrs, Eykyn Brothers, 29 Chano-e-alley, B.C.

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AUDITOR.
Dioney, Esq. ( 'Toney and llumphrys), 14, Ironmonger-

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SECRETARY pro tern.
Mr. Reed.
Offices—The London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street.

PROSPECTUS.
It is proposed to form a Company to purchase the business
Of the well-known London Tavern, Bishopggate-strect.
The Directors have entered into a provisional agreement
w lnth Mr Chater, which g yes them tire cption of purchasing
the Freehold (within three years), or leasing- the property at
a fair rental.
The stock in trade, (r ood will, wines, plate, furniture, fit-
Vigs, &c., are estimated at £30,00/, and the present Proprie-
or guarantees a minimum dividend of 10 per cent. on that
amount for three years.
'These estimates have been verified RS to the furniture and
Illaut by Mr. -Daniel Cronin ; as to the wines and spirits, by
'tr. R. C. Wilson, of 37, i+rury-lane ; as to the fre hold, by
m•
l'ebenham. of the firm of Debenham and Tewson, 80,
`"leapside ; and a report has been made on the nrofits of the
~ .I...”ilsiness by Mr. Henry honey, of the firm of Honey and
''''„tlinphrys, Accountants.
The ompany to take possession on the Ist October next,
and the profits will accrue as from that date. The option of
purchasing the freehold of constantly increasing va ue, and a
substantial guarantee of a minimum dividend of 10 per cent.,
are obviously great advantages.
In the formation of this Company no promotion-money has
been or will be paid, and with a view to avo d a'l unnecessary
expens, the offices of the Company will be at the London
Tavern.se
Upwards of two-thirds of the requisite Capital for the first
issue has already been subscribed for by Mr. Chater, the
.1../irectors, and their friends.
Forms of Application for Shares to be made in the form
annexed to the Prospectus, with clencsit of £1 per Share, to
the Bankers, Toe Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and
450, Strand.
The Articles of Association can be inspected at the offices
of the Company.
_ Prospectuses may be obtained at the office of the Brokers,
n. Change-alley, E C. ; at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street ; and at the Company's Bankers.
The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the
amount of his subscription, and if no allotment be made, the
deposit will be returned in full.

TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON TAVERN
COMPANY (Limited).
Registered as a Limited Company under the Joint-Stock
Companies' Act, 1862.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of £lO
each in the above Company. and I hereby agree to accept
Fuck Shares, or any less number that maybe alioted to me,
and to pay the deposit of £1 10s. on allotment, and I further
authorise you to enter my name on the Reg.ster for the num-
ber of Shares so allotted.

Signature Ir•••• •
Address in lull
Date

TFIE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established in 1836.
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flees :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry,
London, E.C.
PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1850 :

.car. Fire Premiums. I Life Premiums.) Invested Funds.
18i/ £51,305
1856 222,279
1861 360.130
18g9
- 436,065

£27,157 £5n2,824
72,781 821,061
12 974 1,417.808
1 13,,703 1,417.803

...r-rbe Fire Duty paid by this Company in England in 1862
SWINTON 130TTLT, Fec-etary VI the Company.
JOIIN ATKIN S, It, sident Fe retary, London.
Fire Policfr.s falling due at BlLhaelmas should be renewed
by the 14th October.

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES,
20, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance-
buildings, Liverpoel.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds £soo,o'o.
Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000.

Chairman in Liverpool:
CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P.

Chairman in London :
WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRACTS FROX THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR

1862.
The Directors of the Royal Insurance rompany 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 oi 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 preceding year, and in fact sur-
passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the
commencement of thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on
account of British and Foreign Insurances being £15,107 10s.
6d., wad of the North American business, which is kept sepa-
rately, £11,007165. 10d.
LIFE FRANCA.
The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directcrs to
Mate the sum assured on n,,w policies for fhe year 1862
exceeds even that of theyesr 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of
•P 01,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last.
ICS Years it is believed that such a sum assured as that a hich
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
i4iareholeeer, as well as no small encouragement for the
lutsre to thearticipating life assurer.
Evitlence ofp continued care in the selection of lives is amply
afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have
,alwaunted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum
Proposed for assuran^e mounts to 43,281. Various degrees
el ineligibility have led to these lives being declined.
No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day
tecord their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at
all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or
another.
If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert
firiefly 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
ondm 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
evidence needless.
The Directors conclude their present Report with the
expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal
;llsuranca Company were never brighter, 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 rnagni-
Ilide, combining distinguished commercial success to the
Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection
to the public.
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PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

MINERALOGY.—King's College, London.—
Prefessor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COURSE OF LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view
to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of
Mineral substances in the Arta.
The Lectures will begin on FRIDAY, October 2, at Nine
o'clock, a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding
Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 28.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SITAKSPE ARE, 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 , bankers, London.
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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 loved, and where he lived and died.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, at King's-cross.
Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BITCCLEUCH, K.G.
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 zovernors' 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 the imperative duty to make an
EARNEST AY
admit to 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
liltuiterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. Herries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; W Mims, IDeacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
TENDERS will be received at this Office until
from persons who
12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October,
may be willing to enter into' Contracts to supply
FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW,
in such quantities as may be required, for the use of Her
Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places,
from Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1864 :

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FORAGE.
1. Hyde-pa-k, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse
Guards.
2. Hounslow and Kneller
3. Hampton Court.
4. Windsor.
ti. Brighton.
R. Sandhurst.
7. Enfield.

PAILLASSE STRAW.
1. Brompton House, Hyde-park. and Kensinzton.
2. Regent's-park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street
Barracks.
3. New Barracks, Chelsea.
4. Wellington and St. George's Beracks.
5. The Tower.
6. Hounslow and lineller Hag.
7. Hampton Court.
3. Windsor.
9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore-
ham.
10. Croydon.
separate Tenders must be made for Forage and for Pall-
58Se Straw for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Bar-
racks as grouped and numbered.
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 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up
atitilltest`4l'ett and no Tend will be noticed unless delivered
on tk under-mentioned tffice, under closed envelope (marked
72
wel outsioon on thede " Tende3d October next for Commissariext at Supplies "), before
c'uk n.
• (Signed) W. I'. POWER,
Deput. Commissary-General.
•Gill
• ew ...._ratssary-oenersi's office,
Londoe'ree,t, Spring-gardena.
lOth Sopt., 1863.