The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

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.
.lohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. , Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Bruce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Fredk. JO9, Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Pobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring-Young, Escl•
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., E.R.s.
NOTICE.— l'he usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas
will expire
on 14th October.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms.
The Reversionary Lulus on British Life Policies has ave-
raged ',early 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
I ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take placa every Five years.
L Any sum not exceeding £15,000 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.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Policies on the participating system, granted on or before
the gist December, 1883, and in force at the close of the year
1885, will be entitled to share in the next division of profits
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

IFIE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
TIE AD OFFICES,
29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance-
buildings, Liverpool.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds ..... ...Zsooonn.
Accumulated funds in hand over ......1,000,000.

Chairman in Liverpool :
CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P.
Chairman in London :
WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR
1862.
The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now
called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the
Meeting of its Shareholders.
RE R.
The Directors have as as pleaßsingAlyNCH 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 fact sur-
pasmes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the
commencenaent of this Office, the balance to the credit on
account of 13ritish and Foreign Insurances being Z 45,107 10s.
Ad., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa-
rately, £11,097165. 10d.

LIFE BRANCH.
The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862
exceeds even that of the yesr 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of
£701,427 on 1,498 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 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 assurance "mounts to £143,28 I. Various degrees
of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined.
Din small number of the Assurance Companies of the day
record 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
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
Lon dan 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 thep that
the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater
tilde, combining distinguished commercial success
°Moe 'with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection
to the public.tothe

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

SALEV.R.—TOWER.
OF STORES.—By rder of the
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR, Mr. GEORGE
iSPILLMAN will SELL, by Public Auction, in the Tower,
nIIIITRSDAY, The Bth of October, 1863, at Eleven o'clock
the Forenoon precisely, the following Stores :
.ed Cases and Blankets. Small Arms of various de-
., CCaps, Clothing and Woollen scriptions.
aps.
Armourer's Pack-saddle
-llainmock Rugs
20 Gal. Co • Forges.
Ita_ pliers. Sets of Ironwork for do.
ugem complete with Ovens Files, various.
and Boilers. ' Atk ~...
day, ~a, "-'e viewed at the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock the three
teeirvitous to the day of sale, and catalopites may be had
WcoiwZr-offine, Pall-Mall ; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal,

YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
ii--,-------------------
aY TelLtbe immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
--giaile, at Ring ' '
s-crois.
Patron--The QUEEN.
rreatd cnt—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
This was this
Treaßurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
snd ins 'as
_ : first hospital to introduce the principle of free
nrdity ot 71,1ifision to the destitute sick, without the for-
till ion in it, I.4:l'N' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
pr.nied by „foul' ialitiahle form—viz., that which is accom-
rnaznitude that, ~;itrici disease, and is now of sufficient
capable of admittinr). ii adequate support, it may be rendered
the casual sick of tti.nto its wards a very large proportion of
funds in order to have rrreat metropolis. It requires but the
these the most Ivretc}?e,p_Peds available for the reception of
it gratuitously afford, ni,",ii!),Ur fellow-creatures. Moreover:
p.atiente a week.
on the average, than 3,0% :41_ advice and medicine to more,
The Weekly Roard feel it th EARNEST APPEAL to theel7,ll,n;Perative duty to make an
to enable them to admit and refte-1° I°r
daily present themselves, continued support,
re the distressing, cases that
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward_
Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; ale, -
Co. ; Drummond and CO. ; Herries byd Messrs. Courts and
Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smitha,P.,,,e(x ;
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Battle --"'°' and Co. ; Glyn
Ransom and
..,Y and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; Waves, Deacon, and Co.;' ' "verend G ev and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Berried and C0.,-Luiniveip'ool
Mid at ttw U9opital.
STANFORD a nurrix uvretary.