The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-05 00:00:00

QTANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
k. 7 was established in 1625, and during the last 15 years the
annual average t,f new assurances has exceeded half a million
Sterling„ being the largest business transacted in that period
by any life assurance office,
From 1846 to 1851 the amount of ass3r-
auces effected was
From 1851 to 1858 the amount of assur-
ances effected was 2,541,840 6 1
From 1856 to 1861 the amount of assur-
ances effected was 2,802,958 14 5

Total in 15 years £7,590,260 12 6

Accumulated Fund £2,000,000 0 0
Annual Revenue
The D: rectors invite particnlar attPntion to the New Terms
and Conditions of th 4 standard Policy.

FREE ASSURANCE.
The assured under these policies may proceed to and reside
in any part of the world without payment of extra premium ;
may serve in militia or volunteer corps, in time of peace or
war, within the United Kingdom ; and, further, no policy of
live years' duration shall be liable to any ground of cnallenge
whatever connected with the original documents on which
the assurance was granted.
Policies of Five Years' duration effected for the whole term
of life at a uniform rate of premium may be renewed within
13 months of date of lapsing on payment of a fine, during
which period the risk shall be binding on the Company in the
event of death, subject to the deduction of premiums unpaid
and fines.
_Policies of Less than Five Years' duration may be renewed
`yi in 13 months on very favourable terms.
'wren der Values granted liter payment of one annual pre-
rahon on " with profit" policies, or three annual premiums
"without profits. ' Loans granted on such policies
on thOse
within their value.
j 37( order of the Directors.
WILL. TIIOS. THOMSON, Manager.
If. JONES WILLIAMS, Resident Secretary.
London, E 2, ,King William-street.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION.

Established 1840.

The 22d Annual General Meeting of this Association was
held on Wednesday, the 4th February, 1863
The Income for the year 1862 was £50,135 0 0
The Accumulated Fund
The Report and Balance-sheet may be had on application
to the Agents, or at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street
E.O

February 5, 1863.

WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.

VIE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY
Issues guarantee policies or bowie at reduced rates of
prerninza, on behalf of officials in or under th, Treasury,
Cuaton2S, Inland Revenue, General Post-office, Board ot
Trade, War-office, Admiralty, the Home, Colonial, and India
Offices, Poor Law Board, Office of her Majesty's Works, &0.,
and other public departments.
given to substitute the bonds of this
Every.Pacilitv will be
Scolety in lieu of existing securities.
Life Assurance in all its branches at moderate rates, with
or without participation in profits.
Life Assurance, combined with guarantee, on terms most
advantageous to the assured.
Immediate Annuities, payable during the whole et life,
may be purchased on the following scale :
Annuities granted at the undermentioned Ages for every
£lOO of Purchase Money.

Ages
I
1 £7 170. 6d. I .£lO 3e. 4d. 1 £14165. 2d.

50 1 6O
70

Annuity

List of Shareholders, Prospectuses, and Agency applica-
tions may be obtained on application to
W. CLELA.N Manager and Secretary,
>, Waterloo-place. Pall-mall.

FURNITURE AND DECORATION.
PRIZE MEDAL, GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851,
GOLD MEDAL OF HONOUR,
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1855.

MEDAL FOR GREAT EXCELLENCE OF DESIGN AND
WORKMANSHIP."
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862.

A CKSON and GRAHAM resp.c'mity inform
0 the Nobility and Gentry that they have recently made
great additions to their former extensive premises, which
ren •cr their establishment the largest and most complete of
its kind in this or any other country.
Tile spacious Show-rooms and Galleries comprise a super-
ficial area of 27,000 feet. and are filled with an unrivalled
sto,lc the prices of which arc all marked in plain figures at
th.- most moderate rate for ready money.
The extensive. Manufactory adjoining, with Machinery
work, d by Steam Power, is fitted with ail means and appli-
ances to ensure superiority and econo nise cost.
Each of the undermentioned Departments will be found as
complete as if it formed a separate lousiness,
Decorations of
Paper Hangings, PainUvs and Interior
alt kinds. Experienced Wor'kmen sent to all parts of the
king,ftm.
Carpets of Superior Manufacture of every description.
Cabinet Furniture, Chairs, Sofas, Ottomans, &c.
Silk and Silk and Wool Damasks, Aubusson and Venetian
Tapestries, Chintzes, Utrecht Velvets. Arras, Reps, Merino
Damasks, Cloths, &c., &C.
Bedsteads of Iron, Brass, and various Woods, and superior
Bedding and Mattresses of all kinds. (Four Snow-rooms,
each 120 feet long, are devoted to this department.)
Plate Glass, Carvin and Gilding.
Gallery of Bronzes l'Art (sole depot for the productions of
enne and Co, Paris)
F. Barbedi Mocks, Candelabra, Vases,
and Ornamental Porcelain.
The Public are thus enabled to selectad their Paper Hangings
or Decorations, Carpets, Curtains, Furniture all in har-
mony with each other at one establishment.

83, 34, 35, 37, and 38, Oxford-street.
Perry7a-place, Preston-place, and Newman-yard, adjoining.

AS WEETHEART for Is.—RDINIEL'S NEW
VALENTINES, the " Sweetheart," delightfully
scented, and the "Floral Valentine," made from natural
flowers perfumed, the prettiest novelties yet produced, price
is. each ; or either free bypost for 14 stamps. sold by all the
trade.— RIMMEL,
Perfumer to Her Majesty, 96, Strand,
24, Cornhill, and Crystal Palace.

rJiEA, DIRECT AT MERCHANT'S PRICES.
A- MOORE BROTHERS' Mixed ASSAM, very choice,
4s. per lb.—quality considered, the cheapest Tea sold.
MOO RE BROTHERS' Choice SOUCHONG, s
uit-
able for superior purposes, full rich Souchong Savour. id.
per lb. deduction on 201 b. Bags and 451 b. Chests. Prospectus
free.

MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C.

NATIONAL CHORAL SOCIRTY.—Exeter Hall was
fully attended last night to hear an admirable per-
formance of Haydn's masterpiece, the " Creation," by the
National Choral Society, under the conduct of Mr. G. W.
Martin. The eminent position attained by this society in
choral execution was fully sustained on this occasion. Mr.
Sims Reeves, too,who is a "tower of strength" to any enter-
prise, joined his powerful aid to the perfecting of the ora-
torio. The organ under the manipulation of Mr. G. Board-
man, lends a substance, steadiness, and ensemble to the
vocal leading, which is of
great service to the general effect
of these excellent performances.
Every seafaring man is fully alive to the diffi-
culties and dangers attending the lowering of boats
under some of the circurnstrulae, mentioned, besides many
others by the tackles in common use ; that boats are liable
ship
to be swamped, or stove against the 's sides, with per-
haps half their crews thrown into the water. Thee men
must be picked up before another boat, which may have
been successfully lowered, can go to the assistance of him
who has fallen overboard, and whose struggles are probably
at an end before it can reach the spot where he was last
seen, and no vestige of him left owing to the delay. Matters
with' these tackles are better managed on board men-of-war,
partly on account of being strong-handed, partly that
neither ccnfusion nor contradictory orders ever interfered
with the duty, partly that the right moment was always
in first-rate
t theate
chosen to drop the boat into the water
tackles, and finally that all wastheand
unhook
hands e
f n
fitted with the
seamen. This system, however, is now. .changed, the boats
of every ship in her Majesty's service be
patent disengaging hooks, so that thelyngcan be lo wered
without fear or risk whenever the sea is rot too heavy for
them to live in. The merit of this invention belongs to the
late Captain Kynaaton, a brade and excellent officer,
and
withal much given to scientific pursuits. The effects of a
wound received at the bombardment of Sebastopol cut short
a most promising career, but not before his inver 'ion had
been tested successfully in every possible way. It would
be well if the same order regarding his hooks as that issued
tar her Majesty's ships should extend to all mail steamers
and hired transports; with the former it should be a clause
in the contract with the Government; with the latter the
remedy is apparent, not to take them up unless their boats
are so fitted.—United Service ilfacazins.