The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-03 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

The usual result, namely, decided success, attended the
production of the new two act drama, " While there's Life
there's Hope," at this theatre last evening. The plot is
not remarkable, for clearness or novelty, yet it gave un-
bounded satisfaction and pleasure to the entire audience,
which, we take it, is quite as much as any manager re-
quires. A very pretty young lady is represented as having
married an old man, and the invariable result of a May
and December marriage ensues, via,, the appearance of a
former lover of the lady, who has just returned from Aus-
tralia, having been successful in his attempt to acquire a
rapid fortune in the gold fields. The right man, although
in the wrong place, holds a number of love letters of the
aforesaid young lady, which coming to the knowledge
of a rather unscrupulous relative of hero, a nephew
of the old gentleman, he determines, if possible,
to turn the fact of the lover's retu, n to his own advantage,
and thus estrange husband and wife, and by that means
secure the old man's fortune. Of course, this is not per-
mitted—the young plotter is discovered and exposed—the
returned emigrant makes all the reparation he can for the
part he has taken in the affair, and husband and wife de-
termine to live happily together for the rest of their lives.
Miss Louisa Thorne, as the young wife, acted with her
usual spirit and grace, while Miss Ada Swanborough and
Miss Bufton have each parts which fit them exactly. Mr.
Vollaire, as the old husband, played with good effect,
whilst all that was possible to be done with the unpleasant
parts of the emigrant and the nephew was well developed
by Mr. Parselle and Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
The applause at the fall of the curtain was enthusiastic,
and the principal actors received the honour of " a call."
Although the splendid burlesque of the " Thirty-nine
Thieves" still retains all its attractiveness, we perceive
another novelty of a very extraordinary nature is an-
nounced for immediate production.

HARROW SCHOOL SPEECH DAY.—Yesterday was
" The Speech Day" at Harrow School, and, as usual
at that anniversary meeting, a large number of those inte-
rested in the prosperity of the school were present. From
a combination of circumstances, the gathering yesterday
was deprived of several public characters, who usually at-
tend at the speech-day. Neither of the visitors of the school
(the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London)
were present, and of the governors we only observed the
Earl of Clarendon and Mr. G.yn, M.P. The Marquis of
Abercorn was prevented from attending from a slight acci-
dent. Earl Russell and Viscount Palmerston were ex-
pected to be present, buk were compelled by unavoidable en-
gagements to absent themselves.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 2.

INTERNATIONAL EXUIBITION BUILDING.
In committee of supply, motion made and question pro.
posed, "That a sum not exceeding £105,000 be granted
to her Majesty to defray the charge which will come in
course of payment during the year ending on the 31st
day of March, 1864, for the purchase of the existing
Exhibition buildings at Kensington Gore from the con-
tractors, and for repairing, altering, and eventually com-
pleting the said buildings." The committee divided--
Ayes, 121; Noes, 287,

AYES-421.
Acton, Sir J. Grey, Sir G. Ponsonby, A.
Adderley, C. B. Gurney, Samuel Portman, W. 11. B.
Antrobus, E. Hankey, Thomson Powell, J.
Ashley, Lord Hanmer, Sir J. Pritchard, John
Baines, E. iiartington,Marquis Proby, Lord G. L.
Baring, H. B. Headlam, Thos. E.' Ricardo, 0.
Baring, Sir F. Henniker, Lord Robertson, H.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Herbert, IL A. Roebuck, J. A.
Bathurst, A. A. Hervey, Lord A. Rothschild,Baron M
Biddulph,;Col. R.M. Hodgson, R. Russell, A. J. E.
Bruce, H. A. Hope, G. W. Russell, F. W.
Buchanan, W. Howard, lion. C. Russell, Sir Wm.
Buller, J. W. Hutt, W. Seely, C.
Butt, Isaac Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, Sir F.
Cardwell, Rt. lin. E. Kennard, R. Smith, J. A.
Castlerosse, Vist. King,scote, Col. Somerville, Sir W.
Churchill, Lord A. Knatchbull-Hugess Stansfeld, J.
Clay, James Layard, A. H. Steel, John
Coke, Col. Langton, W. G. Stuart, Col.
Cole, J. L. Lee, W. Sturt, H. G.
Colthurst, Sir G. Lennox, Lord H. G. Start, Lt.-Col. N.
Corry, H. L. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Taylor, Colonel
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lygon, Hon. F. Vandeleur, Col.
Crawford, R.,,W. Mackinnon,W. A. Vane, Lord H. G.
Dalkeith, Earl of Mainwaring, T. Verney, Sir Harry
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Mildmay, H. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C,
Davie, Col. F. Miller, William Vivian, H. H.
Denman, G. Mills, J. R. Walter, John
Disraeli, Benjamin Moffatt, George Warner, Edward
Dunkellin, Lord Moncreiff, J. Watkins, Col. L.
Elmley, Viscount Montgomery, Sir G. Westhead, J.
Fitzroy, Lord F. Northcote, Sir S. H. Whalley, G. H.
Foljambe, F. J. S. Packe, Col. White, L.
Fortescue, Hon. F. Padmore, R. Whiteside, J.
Fortescue, C. S, Paget, C. Whitmore, H.
Gavin, Major Paget, Lord A. Wood, Sir C.
Gibson. T. M. Paget, Lord C. E. Wyvill, M.
Gilpin, C. Palmer, Sir R.
Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Sir It.
Gower, F. L. Peel, F.
Grenfell, C. I'. Peto, Sir M.
Grenfell, H. R. Pinney, Col.

TELLERS.

Brand, H. B.
Dunbar, Sir Wm.

NOES —287.
Adair, IL E. Fergusson, Sir J. Morgan, Major
Adittn,W. P. Ferrand, W. Morris, D.
Addington, Hon.W. Filmer, Sir E. Morrison, W.
Adeane, H. J. Finlay, A. S. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J.
Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Fitzgerald, W. S. Mundy, William
Agnew, Simi. FltflPilliarll. C. W. Naas, Lord
Alcock, T. Foley, lion. H. W. Nicol, William
Annesley, Col. H. Forester, Gen. North, Col.
Astell, J. H. Forster, W. E. North, F.
Ayrton, A. S. Foster, W. 0. O'Conor Don, The
Aytoun. R. S. French, Col. O'Donoghue, The
Bagwell, J. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Ogilvy, Sir J.
Bailey, C. Galway, Viscount O'Hara, C.
Baring, A. H. Gard, R. S. Onslow, Guildford
Barttelot, CoL Gaskell, J. M. Osborne, Bernal
Bass, M. T. George, John Pakington, Sir J. S.
Bathurst, F. H. Goldsmid, Sir F. Papillon, P. 0.
Bazley, Thomas Goschen, G. J. Parker, Major W.
Beach, W. W. Gowen, G. W. L. Patten, Col. W.
Beamish, F. B. Graham, Lord Wm. Peacocke, G. M.
Beaumont, W. B. Greenall, G. Pender, J.
Beaumont,Somerset Greene, J. Pevensey, Viscount
Beecroft, G. S. Gray, Capt. Potter, E.
Bentinck, G. W. P. Grey deWilton,Lord Powell, F. S.
Bentinck, G. C. Griffith, C. D. Pugh, D.
Berkeley, Col. Grogan, Sir E. Puller, C. W.
Berkeley, C. Gurdon, B. Raynham, Viscount
Blackburn, P. Hadfield, Geo. Redmond, J. E.
Blake, J. A. Hamilton, Viscount Repton, G. W. J.
Blencowe, J. G. Hanbury, It. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Bonham-Carter, J. Handley, John Robartes, T. J. A.
Bovill, Wm. Hardy, J. Rowley, Hon. R. T.
Bowyer, Sir G. Hartopp, E. B. St. Aubyn, J.
Bramley-Moore, J. Hassard, M. D. Salomons,Alderman
Bramston, T. W. Hay, Sir J Scholefieid, W.
Bright, J. Heathcote, Sir W. Sclater-Booth, G.
Briscoe, J. I. Henley, J. Scourfiela, J. H.
Brooks, It. Henley, Lord Scully, V.
Brown, J. Hennessy, J. P. Selwyn, C. J.
Browne, Lord J. T. Hesketh, Sir T. Seymer, H. K.
Bruce, Lord E. A. Heygate, W. U. Seymour, Danby
Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Hibbert, J. T. Seymour, Digby
Buller, Sir A. Hill, Hon. R. Seymour, A
Burghley, Lord Hodgkinson, G. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Burrell, Sir P. H odgson, K. Sidney, Thomas
ButlerJohnstone,ll. Holford, R. S. Smith, J. B. .
Caird, James Holmesdale, Lord Smith, M. T.
Calthorpe, F. 11. Hood, Sir A. Smith, Augustus
Cargill, W. Hopwood, J. T. Smith, M.
Carnegie,Hn. C. Ho. sali, T. B. Smith, Abel
Cartwright, Col. Hotham, Lord Smith, S. G.
Cave, S. Humberstone, P. S. Smyth, Col.
Cavendish, Lord G. Hunt, G. W. Smollett, P.
Cecil, Lord R. Jermyn, Earl Spooner, R.
Chapman, .1. Jolliffe, H. Stanhope, J. B.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Jones, D. Stanley, Lord
Clifford, C. C. Kekewich, S. Stirling, Wm.
Clifford, Col. King, J. K. Stewart, Sir M. It.
Clifton, Sir R. Kinglake, A. W. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W.
Cobbett, J. M. Knatchbull, W. Sullivan, M.
Cochrane, A. D. Knight, F. Sykes, CoL W. H.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Knightley, R. Talbot, C. R. M.
Collins, T. Knox, t,ol. Taylor, P. A.
Coningham, Wm. Knox, Major W. S. Thornhill, W. P.
Copeland, Ald. Lacon, Sir E. Thynne, Lord E.
Corbally, M. E. Laird, J. Thynne, Lord H.
Cox, W. Langton, W. H. G. Tite, Wm.
Craufurd, E. 11. J. Lawson, W. Tollemache, Hon.F.
Curzon, Viscount Leader, N. Tollemache, J. H.
Dalglish, Robert Legh, Major C. Tomline, G.
Davey, R. Leighton, Sir B. Tottenham,Lt.-Col.
Dent, John Dent Lennox, Lord G. G. Trefusis, Hon. C. H.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Lennox, C. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Douglas, Sir C. Leslie, C. P. Trevor, Lord A.
Doulton, F. Lever, John 0. Trollope, Sir John
Duff, R. Lewis, Harvey Turner, J. A.
Duke, Sir James Liddell, Hon. H. G. Turner, C.
Dundas, Fredcrick Locke, John Vance, John
Dundas, Sir David Long, R. P. Verner, Sir Wm.
Dunne, Col. Longield, Robert Vernon, H.
Du Pre, C. Lowther, Col. H. C. Walcott, Adm. J. E.
Dutton, Hon. R. H. Lowther, Captain Walpole, S. H.
East, Sir J. B. Macaulay, K. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Edwards, Col. M`Cann, J. Watlington, J.
Egerton, Sir P. M`Cormick, W. Welby, W. E.
Egerton, E. C. MacEvoy, E. White, Jas.
Egerton, W. Maguire, J. F. Williams, Col.
Elliee, E., jun. Mains, R. Williams, W.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Manners, Lord J. Willoughby, Sir H.
Enfield, Viscount Manners, Lord G. Wilmington, Sir T.
Evans, T. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. Woods, Henry
Ewart, William Martin, P. W. Wyld, James
Ewart, J. C. Martin, J. Wynn, C. W. W.
Ewing, H. E. C. Merry, James
Farquhar, Sir M. Miller, T.
Ferrer, J. Mitchell, T. A.
Fenwick, Henry Morgan, C. 0. S.

TELLERS.
Elcho, Lord

Gregoiy, W. H.

Meeting of the British Reversionary and
Investment Company,

The second annual general meeting of shareholders of the
British Reversionary and Investment Company (Limited)
took place at the offices of the company—Mr. George Ber-
mingham presiding.
The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the
profit made during the year amounted to more than double
that of the preceding seventeen months, and recommended
that, after writing off all the bad debts, and making an ad-
dition to the reserve fund, a dividend at the rate of £lO per
cent. per annum, free of income tax, be declared, leaving a
surplus to be carried over.
The directors in their report also suggested the propriety
of increasing the share capital, which would enable them
largely to extend the operations of the company, and render
it one of the most successful of its kind. They therefore
recommended that the present shareholders be offered one
share for every two they now hold, at par ; one other share
for every two at £1 premium; and that 1,000 other shares
at £2 premium be offered either to the shareholders or to the
public.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be received
and adopted, said it afforded the directors the greatest satin.
taction in meeting their proprietary on the present occasion,
and congratulating them on the exceeding prosperity which
their company had attained during the two years of its
existence—a prosperity, with the moderate means at its
command, almost unequalled by any similar institution. It
was customary with many new institutions to declare divi-
dends out of capital, in order to attract the notice of the
public, but such a policy, he was happy to state, had been
entirely eschewed by the British Reversionary Company•
The dividend now recommended had been earned out of the
net profits of the year, and the various items in the balance
sheet clearly indicated the careful prudence the directors
had exercised in the management of their affairs. If
anything were to be deduced from an examination of their
accounts, he believed it was the fact that an increased capi-
tal would bring largely increased profits. and so self- evident
did this proposition appear to the minds of the directors,
that, after long and anxious deliberation, they had resolved
to recommend it to the consideration of the shareholders.
With the employment of additional means, and without any
augmentation of expenses, there was little reason to doubt
that a still larger dividend might bo declared next year, and
even now a larger distribution conld have been made, had
the directors not been mindful of discharging all liabilities
and making provision for a reserve fund.
Mr. G. F. ANDERSON seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously carried.
It was moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, that a
dividend of £lO per cent. per annum, free of income tax, be
declared, payable forthwith.
A resolution was also passed authorising the directors to
issue the shares as recommended in the report.
The sum of 200 guineas was voted for the remuneration
of the board.
The re-election of the retiring directors, Messrs. Clench,
Chatteris, ana Fairlie, and of Mr. Hodges as auditor, was
also agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that before the meeting sepa-
rated he was desirous that it should testify its appreciation
of the services rendered by the Secretary, Mr. Whiffin.
That gentleman had so well and zealously discharged his
duties, had exhibited such energy, and had brought his
labours to so highly a successful result, that he deserved
not only the thanks of the directors, but also of the body of
shareholders, whose interests he had so efficiently served.
Col. HAMMILL seconded the motion, which was carried
Are con..

The SECRETARY returned thanks, and said it was grati-
fying to him to hear the complimentary remarks of the
chairman respecting the manner in which he had performed
his duties. It was pleasing to him to know that his labours
had not only been appreciated, but had also been success-
ful ; he trusted that in years to come he should occupy the
same position and continue to deserve their good opinion,
and if anything were needed to produce an additional in-
centive to his efforts it would be the vote of confidence just

passed.
Mr. H. CRATTERIS moved that a vote of:thanks be ac-
corded to the Chairman for the impartial and able manner
in which he had that day, as well as upon all other occa-
sions, presided over their meetings.

The motion was carried by acclamation, and the Chair-
man baying returned thanks, the meeting separated.

The steamer airier], the pioneer of the new line
between Liverpool and Aspinwall, arrived at the latter port
on her regular day, the 25th ult., and will sail again about
the end of the month.—Pananta)Star, June 9.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 2.
The Queen, and the Queen of Prussia, attended
by Viscountess Jocelyn, Countess Schwerin, Count
de Boos Waldeck, and Colonel Hon. A. Hardinge,
drove yesterday afternoon to Cleifden.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise took a drive.

The Queen, accompi,,nied by her Royal Highness
Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds
this morning.
The Duchess of Wellington arrived at the Castle
yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen this
morning.

Messrs. Good had the honour of submitting, for
her Majesty's inspection, patterns of a dessert ser-
vice, and other specimens, manufactured by Messrs.
Minton, for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

His Royal Highness Prince Leopold is suffering
from a slight indisposition, which will detain him
for a few days at Windsor Castle after her Majesty's
departure for Osborne.