The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-02 00:00:00

SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.
Policies become payable during the lifetime of the assured,
'without any increase of premium.
Life polieie. are Indisputable, and not liable to forfeiture
by inability to continue the premiums.
Life Policies in full force during the days of grace.
Annuities are granted on very liberal terms.
Full particulars of these valuable and popular features will
be found in the prospe 3tus.

HENRY LAKE, Manager.

STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
10, Moor ate-street, I ondon.

DinxcrAns.
Chairman—CHARLES HA.R WOOD, Esq., F.S.A., Judge of
the County Court of Kent, and Recorder of Shrewsbury.
Deputy-Chair, an—JOHN CHURCHILL, Esq.
Extracts from the Report of the Directors i re-ented at the
Annual Meeting held at the Society's douse, March 2,
1863:

The D rectors of the Star Life Assurance Society hive
mu, h rleasure in presenting to the members their Nineteenth
Annual Report.
During the year 1862. 1,108 proposals for assurance were
submitted to the consideration of the Directors, and 1,007
policies were issued for the assurance of £375,197, yi Ming; in
annual premiumm £12,562 Ts. 9d. ; 86 were declined, and 13
stood over for completion at the end of the ye r
By the Audit •r's report, the ociety's .ncome on the 31st
December last amounted to Z 114,56! 128. 7d.; and its accumu-
lated fund, irrespective of the capital stock, at that Mate was
£484,976 148. ; showing an increase of £, 0,745 3d. during
the ye .r.
The following table will best illustrate the progress of the
Society during the last seven years

Year.

No. of New Sums
Policies Assured
issued. thereby.
603 X 201.451
572 221,122
658 235,350
812 291,495
902 336,290
1,115 361,960
1,(07 375,197

Total -
Annual lAccumulations
Premiums from
therefrom. all Sources.

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£6,597 18 3 I £202,110 7 2
7,735 9 5 238,055 1 7
8,582 0 9 274,797 15 4
10,17 19 6 309,441 5 2
11,312 15 9 360,530 3 0
12,861 311 414,231 5 9
12,562 7 9 *484,976 14 0

By order of the Board,
JESSE HOBSON, .
* Since this report was closed the accumulated fund Secretary
has so
increased as to raise it above £5C0,000.

THE P ANOXIA LEATHER CLOTH
COMPANY (Limited).
Re„,,istered under " The Companies Act. 1862," whereby the
liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their
Subscription.

Cait4, ZlOO,OOO.
First Issue £5O 000, 5, in ,000 Shares of £lO each.
£1 to be paid on Application, and £1 on Allotment.
No call to exceed £1 per Share, nor to be made at any in-
terval of less than Three Months.
DIRECTORS.
Charles Bazin, Esq. (Messrs. Mechi and Bazin), Leadenhall-
street,
A. Elliot, Esq., New Bridge-street, Vauxhall.
I). Fraser, M. 8., 15, Ilat rWgton-square, N.W.
Charles Mouat, Esq., Dacre House, Lee, Kent,
C. W. Poole, Esq., 110, Wood-street, Cheapside.
George Ritchie, Esq., Malvern-villa, Hounslow.
'Thomas Vaughan, Esq., 10, Addiseombe-villas, Croydon.
N. C. szerelmey, Esq., Crescent-lodge, Clapham common
(Director ex officio).

13.A.mcrus. Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Limited, 75, Cornhill.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30, Cornhill.
SOLICITORS.
F. W. Snell, Esq., 1, George-street, Mansion E.C.
Mesa's. C. A and A. Jenkinson, 7, Clement's-lane, E.C.
SECRETARY (pro tern.).
L. B. Martin, Esq.
AITDITORS.
C. F. Kemp, Esq. (Messrs. Kemp, Ford, and Co.), Public Ac-
countant , Gresham-street.
Cornelius Walford, Esq., F.S.S., 27, Great George-street,
Westminster.

Temporary Offices-30, Comb'll.
Leather Cloth, or American Cloth, has been manufactured
With considerable success for some years past, and adat.ted to
li any purposes for which leather had formerly been exclu-
sively employed.
Mr. N. C. Szerelmey, the well-known chemist who for a
ecinsiderable period has been engaged by the British Govern-
ment in indurating the exterior of the H ruses of Parliam-nt,
has made very important improvements in the above-named
article, and has erected works near London, for the purpose
of more fully developing his improved process.
There is already a considerable and rapidly increasing de-
mand for the improved pro.uction termed " Panonia "
Leather Cloth, and the object of the Comp my is to provide
suffirient capital to extend the works so that the ciemand
may be met.
The " Panonia" Leather Cloth, exhibited in the Great In-
ternational Exhibition of 1862 Class 27, was very favourably
commented on by several of the leading Jce.rnals ; and the
following is a I extract from "The Times" of the 27th Octo-
ber, 1862 :
" Daring the last few weeks Mr. Szerelmy, so well known
for his labours in connexion with his new process for pre-
serving the stone of the Houses of P. rliament irom decay,
has sent in several sr ecimens of a new kind of Leather Cloth,
which is just now exciting a good deal of attention, and is
likely to prove a valuable discovery. By the application of a
comp sition known only to the inventor, calico, linen, or
alpaca, when coa ed with it, assumes many of the most
valual,,ve properties of ordinary leather, the fabric itself re-
taining all its flexibility, though oertectly waterproof and
possessing all the strength of commo.i leather, though in-
finitely lighter and less than half the cost. The pro _ess is
capable of application to all the materials for which hides are
now used, so that if the material only realises in an
on eof the many savings its use is said to effect itp wiralcltic- be oney of the most valuable new materials the Exhibition has
brought forth."
tSpecimens of the "Panonia" Leather Cloth may be seen.
heevery information obtained, at the Temporary Offices of
Company.
of
Athe pplications for shares must be addressed to the Bankers
, otnpany, with a deposit of £1 per share.
ProspeAuses may be had of the Brokers of the Company,
Messrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Cornhill.
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R.H. THE PRINCE AND H.R.H. THE
-L• PRINCESS OF WALES, the Nobility, and the
Gentry are respectfully recommended to use OLDRIDGE'S
BALM of COLUMBIA, established upwards of forty years.
It is acknowledged to be the best and only certain remedy
ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying,
or restoring the hair, whiskers, or moustaches, and prevent-
ing them from turning grey. Price 35. 6d., 65., and lls. C. and
A. OM:MIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C.,
and all chemists and perfumers. For children it is in-
valuable.

STRATFORD-ON-AVON STEEPLE CHASES
will take pace over the Borden Hill Ground, on Wed-
nesday, April 8, 1813.
The STRATFORD-ON-AVON ()PEN STEEPLE CEIASE
rllan-
Thur
dicap) of 10 soya each, 5 it, and 2 only if declared on or before
sday, April 2, 186:3, with 60 sovs added, over al;out four
rldlrs of fair hunting, country ; the winner of any handicap
steeple chase, after the weights are declared, to carry : lb
extra ; the winner to pay 10 suits towards expenses, and the
se:.ond horse to save his stake. To close and name to Capt.
Hamilton, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, on or before Mon-
day, March 23, 1563 ; weights to appear in " Bell's Life," on
the 20th day of March ; the 5 sovs ft, name of horse, and
Colours of rider to be enclosed together, or the nomination
will not be received; three horses to start or the public
money will not be added.
The HurcrErts' STARES of 5 sovs each, 3 forfeit, with 30
soya added, over about four miles of fair hunting country, for
horses that have been regularly hunted with any established
pack of foxhounds in the season 1862-63 lour years 12st,
five years 12st 71b, six and aged 13st ;
winners 71b extra;
professional riders 71b extra ; the winner to pay 5 sovs to-
wards expenses. To close and name to Capt. Hamilton,
Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, on or before March 23 1863;
the 3 soya ft, name of horse and colours of rider to be en-
closed together, or the nomination will not be received ;
three horses to start, or the public money will not be added.
The WELTER CUP, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs eac•),*
13st 71b ; about three miles ; a winner of 100 sow; to carry 71b
extra, and of 200 sovs 141 b extra ; gentlemen riders : nomi-
nation, with entrance-money, name of horse, and colours of
rider, to be sent to Capt. Hamilton, on or before Wednesday,
April 1.1863.
he FARMERS' AND T7ADESTIEN'S STARES of 2 soya each,
with 5 soya added, for horses bona fide and unconditionally
the property of farmers or tradesmen residing within fifteen
miles of Stratford-on-Avon, and that have not been in a train-
ing stable for six months from date of entry ; 12st each ; to
be rid en by farmers, tradesmen, or their sons ; winners of
any steep' echase or hurdle race 101 b extra. To close and
name (with entranco money) to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery,
S, ratf orcl-on- A von, on or before Wednesday, April 1 ; about
three miles ;_ three horses to start, or the public money will
not be added.
Sir t HARLES MORDATINT, Bart., M.P.,
Sir ROBERT HA AILTON, Bart„ K.C.8.,
Capt. PEACH.
lion. W. H. NORTH, Stewards
Lord CONYERS,
F. W. HAMILTON, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon,
Ho Secretary and T. easurer.

BERIvIcKgTITRE STF,EpI,E n" _Fs
KimmerAt ame-Mains, ee
At
miletwelve of Berwick, on Wednesday, April 29th, and
I. THE SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE
nABE
Of 100 soya, added to a Free Handicap of 5 Bove each in
of acce thrice); the winner of any handicap at spit o,H:sage,
the value of 50 toys after the weights are ~üblished to carry
71b extra; the winner to pay 20 soya town ds expense., and
the second to save his rake ; five horses to start, or the added
money will nnt be given wit out the consent of the Stewards ;
about three mil a and half over a ood hunting country; 2
soya entrance, to no to the fund, which must he remitted with
the entries, otherwise they will not he received. To close and
name with the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before 31st
of arc • 1553. Top wei.ght, 12st 71b. Handicapper, Mr. R.
Johnson, York.

11, —The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 50 BOk S., aided to a
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, open to all
orses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, and with
the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second
hor ato save his stakes four yr old- ltst 41h. five yr olds 12st
21h, six and a ed 12st 71b ; previous winners of any steeple
chase or hurdle race value 50 soya 71b extra ; the winner to
pay 1 Fovs towards expenses : about three miles and a half ;
gentlemen riders : professionals, trainers, grooms, or any one
who has ridden for pay 71b extra.
In.—The TALLYHO 11IINT STEEPLE CHASE of 25 sovs.,
a lc-led to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund,
for horses that have never won any steeple chase or herdic
race, nor paid race horse duty previous to 1863; open to all
horses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, or with
the li'arl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second
horse to save his stake; about three miles and a half;
weiAts and riders same No. 2.
HUNTER!' SELLING STEEPLE CHASE of 2 sovs
each, I forfeit to the fund, with 20 sous added ; the second to
save his stake ; four year olds, list 41b ; five year olds, 12st
21b ; six and aced, 12st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs:
if entered t.) be gold for 50 R 0179 allowed 71b, if for 40 soya 141 b,
if for 31 soya 211 b, and if for 20 sovs 281 b ; the winner to be
sold immediately after the race, and the surplus to go to the
race fund; three horses to start, or the added money will not
be given : about three miles and a half.
Nos. 2 and 3 being
intended for bona fide hunters only, cer-
tificates from the respective masters of hounds must be pro-
duced before starting, if required, that they have not
only
been regularly hunted, but ridden to hounds, and must not
have been in a public training stable in Vea,
Entries for Nos. 2 and 3to be made to the Clerk of the
Course, Dunce, on or before the 21st April, and objections to
qualification of hor-es to be made to him in writing not later
than Monday, 27th April. Colours to be declared at time of
entry for each race.