The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-29 00:00:00

E
EMBER,EVE SUP AT EVANS'
IR EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK aitn• Alfred
lellon's Promenade Concerts.

EDINBURGH (Rooloud Fires), from Irongste-
wharf, Tower.—Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s ; deck
(soldiers and sailors only),7s ; return tickets (available for
a month), 30s and 22s lid. The cheanest and quickest sea
route by the splendid new STEAMSHIPS of the LONDON
and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every
Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the
Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Iron ate-wharf.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION.

Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Bathw, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq.
Thomson Donkey, Esq., M I.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
Mutual Life Assurance for all classes.
This Association has now in existence 8,000 policies, for a
total sum of £1,500,000.'
The Animal Income is . £51,000
The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 0,4 00
It has paid in Claims .. 112,000
The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among
the Members. Three divisions have already been made'
When the following sums have been added as bonuses to the
Policies . • _ •
Dec. 31, 1847 .. • .. £5,400
„ 1852 .. 11,500
1857 .. .. 23.200
_.„ 1882 .. • 56,500
snaking the total bonus additions, £95,800.
Bonuses may be received in wish or applied to the reduc-
tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
addition to the policy.
Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid-
olicies introdced by this Association, by which the
sacripfice so often u
submitted to- on•the relinquishment 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-
sented districts.
WM. TUOS.. LINFORD; Secretary.
Chief Office, 15, Moorg•ate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863.

THE. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES,
29, Lombard-street, Lodings, ndon, and Royal Insurance-
buil Liverpool.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds zson,coo.
Accumulated Funds in hand over 1 OOO,OOO.

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

Chairman in London

WIIOLIA.3I,WAINVTRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR

1862.
The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now
called upon to make their acouatomedperiodloal4teport at the
Meeting of its Shareholders.

FIRE BRANCH.
The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the
close of 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 again fully maintained.
The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably
the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fast sur-
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 Forein Insurances being £45,107 10s.
5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa-
rately, £11,097 16s. 10d.

LIFE BRANCH.
The very grratifyinz duty now falls upon the Directors to
Mate the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862
exceeds even that of the yeir 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a sinzle year of
£701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last
few years it is believed that such a sum acsured 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 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 mounts 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 accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at
all, exceedincr 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
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
Lope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni-
tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the
Office with a leu gthenecr career of usefulness and protection
to the public.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.

The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000.
The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was
£8.5,062, and the amount insured on farming stock,
£10,086,332.

A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to
parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received
sums amounting in the aggregate to .£440,000 ; and the Society
now holds a large Res 'rye applif.sable 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 apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey.
street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black•
friars, E.C.

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 PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.

Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
John Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josoeline W. Percy.
'Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander i,
Druce, .sq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
IL9bt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Est, M.P.
WeTetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace' 'Bl,
S. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. • Chas. Baring Young, 'sq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., P.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Cu_rporation on advantageous terms.
~ 1n the Life Department, assurances are granted with par-
LierPation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such
particiation.
The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged
teTa.riiley2bpyer cent. per annum on the sum assurte_de.
Premiums
payable Equivalent reductions have been made in 11
divisioenrronispwr
ohfiotpreferred e
otheavtefryo form
Five
yeaßonus.rs.
...ny 8
may be insured on one
Life. sum not exceeding £15,000
TltilislLeeilbeoi Corporation affords to the Assured—
abrditip:rsticipation in Profits—with exemption from
A ties of II uf partnership.
Societi onus equal to the average reeintuvrnessteodf l&Claupttittaall
Stook, es with the guarantee of a large
The advantages the security
uie ;Lic:elo_air
pone ffie..;l
roay n whose oresourcmodernes
have practice; b e e n with
tested by the ex-
The
1 n
,Po fe
nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF.
e 0 ttavnerayl woary BVolunteer allowed the
CoArpsssurwedithinto servee
'United
Kingdom, free of Char charge.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS.
Royal Chelsea,
Royal How
____.
14th Aug., 1"3
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS
of this HOS-
PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, T
and OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS
era
the
receive TENDERS from and to treat with such may be Willing to Contract for victualling in-pensioners
1863, to the 3.
of the said Hospital, from the Ist October,
the following
September, 1864, both days inclusive, with
Mutton, Bread,
articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beef and
le or Rife,
Cheese, Butter. Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Bar y
person
Pepper, Flour, Suet, Coco
Savory
a. Black Tea, Suar,
or Leeks, Carrots. Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter
whole
and Parsley, daily, at Der head per diem for the
as
ration according to the established allowances of the house,
specified
the he form of Tender, which may be obtained at tiok.
office oSecretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3
Milk, Onions
o'clock, which Tender must be filled up and delivered, sealed,
at the Board-room of the said _Hospital by the party or
parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their
behalf. on
Lord.e Ist of September, at 12 o'clock, at
which time their ships will be prepared to take the same
Lath consideration.
It If 4
• to be observed that the Contractors will be required
find Security to the Crown for the du
e performance of the
to
Tender 11
that no wi be
Contract, and
received after the day
mentioned d hour above m
an
Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the
The C omm
lowest Tender.
A. J. MOORHEAD,
Secretary and Registrar.
_____

and
melzertsteyn.th
ROYAL NATIONALINsTITON Lit, ..E./3 0
AT
e ofi, Nom,rthtul:
PATRONEBS—H Most _ e Queen.
(Incorporated
er
seiß ooyuasl
FRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral
Raring, Fsq., 31.' ~' ."..,.„°•.,,, V.P
RAIRMAN—Thos.
APPEAL' to state that, since
Dry"Y-CnAmmAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., .., „,,,,s., Q.P..v
al National Lifeboat
„The Committee of Management have
'ne beginning of the year 1860, the Roy
nd, and Ireland.
Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotia
The number
of lives saved by the Life -boats
Society, aformation,
and other means, since its m lo2f,
for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and
The Institu-
tion nas also expended £677,000 X 16,480 in cash have been
aid in rewards. ts
Transporting-can ifte.e t houses. sens of
The Committee, Life-boat
”, s, and Boa - (frateful the
desire to express their ~
the ener
p., 01.14 support Which they have received
on Life-boa
rt which
British public during the past few years, a supPo
i t fleet
has enab'ed them to establish their present maw
n ficl,dom
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United 1 -
1 that
Deeply sensible, however, of the
great responsibilitye c
ffl tent
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly
state, and its Crews practised in the management of their
boats. whirth c Ibe large and permanent
an on y effected by a
of their
annual income, they earnestly an peal to all classes
countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefulty acknowledge the following con
tributions:—

Cl:TR:it:n.lril:rii,lvtp:itoe Majestyt b etirioQnu,eßeinrs. G . • £s. d
0. •• ••• • •
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. .. .. .. aaannnnnnuuuaaalll 5501
COl. o°o
Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0
Currie, Wm. Esq., .. .. .. .. 4th don.lo 0 0
Erie, Lord Wm.,
justice .... don. 10 10 0
Vanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. . 2d don. 25 0 0
Penwiek, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and 'Fran-
•• • • bportinz Carris2:e • • " .1 ,„ don. 30 0
; ; itnh.n.duoanl2. 51102063
100006 000:
11" tin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. ..
.11°°re Bev GB. • • • • " •. don. 15 15 0
.. • •
..
Lady.ll.Y:g.:':ll.llßCl:Lrbiay.v.la(*d3ySC:e.,;lrrV:Ae.esalittnnorindr°-e: iskeYunr'pws;•Cire.-Chls.7a .r
e..., collected:
by her
... annual 5 0 0
~elv,„l. b ns and Annual
osrduh.scri.
Y the Bankers of pti.o.ns will be thankfully re-
l'et•eivals
sArlse.scs rosu.
tts
a Willis,
d
Co 59 t 5141 co 76, Lom bt ahFed-Isnt'rtettu ;tirle
a•Tnadm" 71:11sSit..areendt;,
L.oinesdsorns.;llbeyrrale7 Far.quhar, and Co., 16, St.
Richard i-- In the United King' ' the Collectors e
be tyo rtsh
co ofSecretary
s
Johil.Bu.,,,.e.wie. Each at the QdfliCell:
'''% A.deinhi. London, fi•td•
'ot the Institution, li,