The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

IPMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS'
VY.RY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred
_________B_Promenade Concerts.

NORTH BRITISH ANT) MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Established 1809.
Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of
Parliament.
Acta.-
ululated and Invested Funds
-‘llllual Revenue.... 422,401
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Insar an es nrante4 both at Home and in Foreign Countries
the most liberal terms.

' LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Every facility offered to Insurers.
ji),ll'tY per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers
'us particip-,ting principle.
The new Life business ,ransacted in 1562 as follows :
Policies. Am-unt Inured. Premiums.
1,037
..-C763,334 £23.6.11 0 0
FOSS of Proposal and every information will be furnished
aPPlication at the

toxboiv OFFICES :
58, Thresdneedle-street.
4 New Bank Buntlines. Lothbury.
'‘ West-end Office B,' Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.
The business of t'e Company exceeds £70,000,000.
z3s duty paid to Government for the farms 1862 was
,°62, and the amount in on ng stock,
0,086,332.
A bonus of three-fifths of the profl's periodically made to
Parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received
'liras amounting in the an-mre,gate to L 440,000; and the Society
bow holds a larg,e Res rve appli-able to a future Itonus.
o' he rates of premium are in no case higher than those
Their by the other principal offices making no returns to
insurers.
Per pro-pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey
-
street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Wait
friars, E.C. -

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
nEAD OFFICES,
29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturance-
buildinixs, Liverpoel.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,0
Accumulated Funds in hand over 1000,000.

Chairman in Liverpool:
CHARLES TURNER, N',sq.,
Chairman in London :
WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR

call e A. 1862.
9'llf• Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now
upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the
Diming of its Shareholders.
,The Directors haw'. as
FIRE B RANCH.
p'easingly as unexpectedly, at the
Vose o the year, to announce, fo' the first time, that the Fire
Premiums have not only reach d, but exceed £300,000.
Government
high comparative position held by the Royal in the
Returns of Duty is ap,,in fully msintamed.
thehe profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably
amount realised in the preced.ng year, and in fact sur-
passes that of any wear, with but two exceptions, sine', the
commencement of thi Office, the balance t' the credit on
accountof British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 108.
rag., and ~f the North American business, which is kept sepa•
atelY, £11,097165. ltd.

The LIFE BRANCH.
verY gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors
_to
l'et)ca..t. the sum assured on IF w policics for the year 1t,62
at 7fds even that of the veer 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
47,„%0e almost unexampled amount for a single year of
2:11,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last
years it is beleved that such a sum arsured as that which
has"as all
b. en announced as the iesult of one year's business
";_all but unheard of.
1,7„°,18 Portion of the Company's business has been carefully
Celled. and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the
Jtreholder, as well as no small encouragrut re ement for the
to the participating life assurtr.
.2Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply
amountedlorded t_ y a stao
3111
ement
for the of
year, on the
whichnumber rected. These h
the aggregate stiavem
~1,
elPosed for assuranne mounts to £'43,281. Various degrees
No have led to these lives being declined.
'° small number of the Assurance Companies of the day
Feord their accep,ed lives annually at a sum not much, if at
Viil.t:x.ceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
a single year from deterioration of some kind or
au in
bheftv
to complete thsir review, the Directors now advert
t 0 the United Kingdom, they havere to announce that
21 Fireßusiness progress has been undoubtedly more
VLl.icl than that of any other Company established either in
`,;olld,m or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken
Vace• The returns o 1 duty have proved this. In Life, the
"Mount of New Policies already reported make all other
lrlence needless.
The Directors conclude their present Report with the
TXpression Company
an opinion that the prospects of the Royal
linsuranca Company were never brighter, and of a consequent
the future to 'nded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
is future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater mas:ni-
tg, e u_dec, comhinigg, distinguished commercial success to the
with a le. gthened career of usefulness and protection
40 the pubic.

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

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASOCIATION.

Estalished 1840.
TRUSTEES.

Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq,
Thomson Hankey, Esq.,lll.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
Mutual Life Assurance for all classes.
This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a
total sum of £1,500,000.
The Annual Income is .. • • .. £51,000
The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 20, 00
It has paid in Claims .. .. 112,090
The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among
the Members Three divhdons have already been made
when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the
policies -

Dec. 31,1847
~ 1852 ..
~ 18'17 ..
18112
Maki the total bonus additions, £91,600.
414 onuses may be received in cash or appliel W the redue
''3°n of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
adcliihm to the of cy.
Attention is especially invited to the system of free or pai
lip Policies introduced by this Association, by which the
Racriflee so often submitted to on the relingaishment of
Po icy is wholly avoided.
The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all,
Whether assurers or otherwise
Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre
tented districts.

.. £5,400

11,500

.. 23 200
.. 56,500

WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.
Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Remykobert Barclay Bainbridge, Es Wilmot Holland, Esq.
.
Earl of Leven and Melville.
irohn G arratt .d Esq. q
attlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
iark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
The Hon. Josceline W. Percy,
Davidson, Esq.
homes Dent, Esq.
Ai Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster,-Esq,
Alexander Druce, Esq
Fredk. Jos. Ildlmann, 'Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Itiversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Solts,u, Esq,_._.
L'obt, Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M
Wm. Tetlow H allibbert, Esq.' William Wace,
Esq.
Esq.
aas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. - Chas. Barin oung,
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY,
Esq., F.R.S.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms.
In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par-
ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such
Participation.
The -Reversionary Banns on British Policies has averaged
nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding
Life. £15," may be insured on one
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from
the liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual
Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital
Stock.
The advantages of modern practice,—with the security
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF.
The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve
in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the
United Kingdom, free of charge.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.

ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Office,
Aldershot, 2d September, 1813.
TENDERS will be received at this office. until
noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1853,
from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for
the supply of

- " -- FORAGE,
in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November,
1W to 3 st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's
Forces Et tationed at Aldershot Camp, and Within the com-
mand.

Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract
tained on apulication at this office, by letter or in person,
may be ob-
Signed, and
between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and
delivered at this office (under closed envelop:, marked on the
outside " Tender for Irnrage"l. and no Ten d .r. will be noticed
unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered
by the hour appointed.

HENRY B. MORSE,
Deputy Commissary-GeneraL

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

FORAGE.
1. Hyde-park, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse
Guards.
2. Hounslow and Kanner Hall.
3. Hampton Court.
4. Windsor.
5. Bricrhton.
6 Sandhurst.
7. Enfield.

1. Brompton House, Jo
h‘..park, and Kenaington.
PAILLASSE STRAW.
2. Regent's-park, St. j:-
Barracks. B-wood, and Portman-street
3. New Barracks, Chelsea.
4 Wellington and St. Geore'a Ba-racks.
S. The Tower.
6 I I ounslow and Kneller Ital.
7. Hampton Court.
3 Winds -r.
9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from rceiviiaven to Shore-
ham.
10. Croydon.
Separate Tenders must he made for Fora::,,a and for Pail
lasse Stra'y for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Bar-
racks as
groupe i and numbered.
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on appl cation at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tenders on 'he printe 1 forms must be properly filled up
"), before
and st/ned, and no Tender will be noticed unless debvered
at the under-mentioned ' ffice under ell:red enveloo, (marked
Itthe outsiee " Tender for C'ommissariat Supplies
-'cl°ek noon on the 3d October next.
(
Si ned)g W. T. POWER,
Comm F sary-General.
33 'l2.nt
s.Le,_ornmissary-Generai's Mice,
Lone-strePt. Spring gardens.
cl .)7', Ufa sept., 1G(33.