The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-18 00:00:00

MR. POPE HENNESSY, M,P.

Mr. Pope Hennessy, M.P. for King's County, has
been presented by the ladies of Poland with a very
handsome screen of heavy black velvet, framed in
oak, richly carved, and on which the arms of Polaad
are exquisitely wrought in needlework of silk and
gold, with the initials of the honourable member
surmounted by a Polish coronet. This splendid
gift was accompanied by the following letter from
the venerable and illustrious Prince Czartoryski
Paris, Jan, 10, 2863.

" My dear Mr. Hennessy,—When you first came forward
in the House of Commons, on the 3d July, 1861, as the
champion of Poland, the wrongs of my country had been
for several years left unnoticed in that assembly. Your
motion, connected with that of the Earl of Harrowby in
the House of Lords, elicited from her Majesty's Ministers
the production of most valuable diplomatic correspondence
on the subject.

" Thirty years had passed since that correspondence had
taken place, and yet its production still carries weight, not
as an historical document only, but as one calculated to
bear on present and future decisions. _ _

" In the following year, on the 4th of April, the Hon.
G. Denman moved for further correspondence of more re-
cent date, and you seconded his motion. The value of
those debates, and the production, however incomplete, of
documents showing how Great Britain had remonstrated
and protested against the violation of solemn treaties, the
warm feeling, the depth of argument, which you so elo-
quently displayed on those occasions, have excited in every
part of Poland a wish to testify their gratitude. The
ladies have undertaken for you the arms of Poland sup-
ported by the British lion, which I am now commissioned
to offer for your acceptance.

,4 May the sight of this memorial further arouse your
sentiments as to what Europe, and Great Britain in Par-
ticular, suffer from the violation in Poland of all those con.
ditions without which there can be no peace and no secu-
rity among nations. May we soon see the day when
liberated Poland will inscribe you among the friends and
statesmen who never despaired of the aid of Divine Pro-
vidence in the triumph of a just cause.

" I am, dear Mr. Hennessy, yours most truly,

L. CZARTORYSKI:'

The Mutual Life Assurance Society.

ANNUAL MEETING.-{THIS DAY.)

The annual general meeting of the policy holders
was held this day, at the offices of the company,
39, King•street, Cheapside.

Alderman DAKIN occupied the chair.

The Actuary (C. INGALL, Esq.) read the report,
which was as follows :
"Your directors have the pleasure of presenting their
29th annual report upon the progress and business of the
society.
" The cash account for the year 1862, and the balance-
sheet to the 31st December last, have already been for-
warded to each member.

. .......
" The new business of the past year consists of 244
policies assuring £124,850 at annual premiums of £1,434
18s. ld.
" The claims for the year 1862 have been on 33 policies
assuring 31 lives for .. • • • • • . .. £21,980
The bonuses on these policies are .. ..
.. 6,020

Making the claims and bonuses together .. .. £28,000

The expected claims without bonuses were 44

lives assuring • • • • • • .. £29,788
Taking one policy with another, £127 Bs. has been paid for
every £lOO assured.
" On the average of the last 8 years, where 100 lives were
expected to fail, the number has been but 79, and the ex-
pected claim of £lOO has been met by £Bl 10s. These facts
denote the care with which the business is conducted, and
are evidence that the very large bonuses awarded have been
fairly earned.

"The accumulated fund is now £439,174 Bs. sd. The
increase for the year is £36,009 4s. Ild., or more than half
of the year's income saved and invested ; all claims, paid
and unpaid, and all expenses, being allowed for.
" The surrendered policies in the year 1862 were 28, and
those lapsed and expired were 45; the accumulated amounts
received on these were .. £4,090 14 0
Cash paid for surrenders .. 867 14 0

In favour of the society .. .. .. £3,223 0 0
"The following table shows the state of the assurances
on the Ist January, 1863 :