The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-26 00:00:00

EMENTT3F,R, WE SUP AT EVANS'
r. VX ERY EVENING THIS WEEK aftr Alfred
Alellon's Promenade Concerts.

IEA.—VAC tiNCIES for MIDSHIPMEN and
APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping firm.
Premium moderate. Also apprentices without premium.—
Apply to SIMMONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East-
Cheap, E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted.

EDINBURGH (Reduced Fares), from Irongate-
wharf, Tower.—Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s; deck
(soldiers and sailors on'y), 7s M; return tickets (available for
a month), 30s and 22s rd. The cheanest and quickest sea
route by the splendid new sT AMSHIPS of the LONDON
and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every
Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the
Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf.

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
DEAD OFFICES,
29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal lneurance-
buildings, Liverpoel.
Total Annnsl Revenue exceeds LSO^,O^O•
Accumulated Funds in hand over 1000,000.

Chairman in Liverpool:
CHARLES TURNER, Esq., 31.1'.

Chairman in London

—...... .
WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR

1862.
The Directors of the Royal Insurance company arat the
e now
ft Red upon to make their accustomed periodical Report
Meeting of its Shareholders.
FIRE BRANCH.
The Directors have. ac pteasingly as unexpectedly, at the
close the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire
Premiums have not only reached. but exceed 4300,000.
The high comparative position held by the Royal in the
Government Returns of Duty is again fully msintamed.
The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably
the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact stir-
Passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sinc the
commencement of flit-, Office, the balance to the credit on
account of British and Foreign Insurances being £15,107 10s.
5d., and of the North American business, whichis kept sepa-
rately, £11,097165. 10d.
LIFE BRANC IT.
- -

The very g,ratifyln, duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on n-w policies for the year 1P62
exceeds even that of the yesr 1881 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a snurle year of
£701.427 on 1.408 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 busine,'s has been carefully
watched, and cannot fail to alve much satisfaction to the
shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for 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 as suran-e smounts to .£,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 aceepred lives annually at a sum not much. if at
all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
Mule 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
London 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
Insurance 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 mavnl-
tude, combiniug distinguished commercial success to the
Office with a lengthened'career of usefulness and protection
to the public.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE

SCIETY.
The business of V'e Company exceeds £70,000,000.
The duty paid to Government for the year 1562 was
£85,06?, and the amount insured on farming stock,
£10,C86,332.

A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to
parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received
sums amounting in the aggregate to £140,000: and the Society
now holds a large Reserve appli *able to a future Bonus.
The rates of premium are in no case higher than those
charged by the other principal offices making no returns to
their insurers.
For pro-pectuses aly at the Society's Offices, Surrey-
street, Norwich • and 6 pp,
Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars, E.C.

pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
A SOCIATION.
Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Barinfr Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Fsq.
Thomson liankey, hsq., 31. P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, 31. P.
Mutual Life. Assurance for all classes.
This Association hai now iu existence 6,000 policies, for a
total Stun of £1,500,000.
The Annual Income £51,000
The Accumulated Fund exceeds 2 0,, 00
It has paid in Claims .. 112,000
The whole of the profits are divided qvinquennially among
the Members Three nivisions have already been made'
when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the
Policies -
Dec. 31, 1847 £5,400
, )852 11,50)
1837 23 000
1862 .. .. 56,500
Makin; the total bonus additions, £91,600.

tionuses ma; be received us vtsh or appliel to the ro due
lion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
addition to the ol;cy.
Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid-
up policies introduced by this Association, by wh;cii the
sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of
po icy is wholly avoided.
The balance-sheets of the Association ara 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, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1,1883.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1809.
Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of
Parliament.
Accumulated and Invested Funds
Annual Revenue 422,401
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Insuran'es crranted both at Home and in Foreign Countries
on the most liberal terms.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Every facility offered to Insurers.
Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers
on the participating principle.
The new Life business iransacted in 1862 as follows :
Policies. Amount Insured. Premiums.
1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0
Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished
en application at the

LozID OrricEs:
ON SS, Threadneedle-street.
•••• ......... 4, New Bank Butlding.s. Lothbnry.
West-end Office S, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
~_nthe BIRTH of SITAR:SPE ARE, at Stratford-_oppenr-.
RI
arnilton
Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
in s,_arnilton Bart , fi.C.B.. is Chairman) are now r_e t -
g uIIseRIPTI . and they may also be paid to the
account ot he Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderstrnth
orratf ord-n ster or Warwick and Leamin,gton Banks,
nwn.„-Pan-Avon , Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Smeteth 'l.', Warwick ;* or their London agents, Messrs.
Glyn I.',
and Co'Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
PI and co
,bunkers,• o
The Te London.
tion list re"teuarY Committee, in submitting the subserip-
of Sha.k t°
ht e na.i-_,
at ion most earnestly appeal to the admirers
rest theirPeare tor their aid and assistance. The Committee
claims
the birthplace
all admirers of uPO the ..ronnd that Stratford is not only
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a spew e. but the
centre of attraction to
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home, great Poet's works, and a thwas his
the town he loved, and here he lived and died.
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