The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1853,

LUCCA AND PISTOJA RAILWAY
COMPANY.
(FOURTH NOTICE.)
Notice is Hereby Given that the THIRD CALL of 11. per share
on the Preference Shares in this Company will fall due on SATURDAY,
the 18th day of June instant, and that the same is to be paid at the
Banking House of Messrs. Strahan, Pants, and Co., 217 Strand. The
Bankers' Receipts, together with the Share Certificates, must be
produced and left at the offices of the Company, 25, must
be
Lothbary, in order that the receipt endorsed on the Certificates
may be signed by the agent of the Company.
Interest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum on the amount paid
upon the shares will be payable on the 3lst July neat.
K. MACKENZIE, Agent to the Company.

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25, Tokenhouse•yard, Jane 17, 1853.
N.B.—ln case of non-payment of the call on any of the shares for
15 days after the 18th instant, such shares will, by the constitution
of the Company, become lorfeited.
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LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
Fleet-street, London, Bth June, 1853.—Noncs Is HEREBY
GIVEN, That, in conformity with the provisions sf the Deed of Set-
tlement, a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors 'nil be held
at Society's Offices, Fleet-street, London on FRIDAY, the 24th day of
Jona instant, at 12 o'clock at Noon precisely, to elect Six Directors
and Two Auditors, when those who go out of office by rotation will
be proposed for Re-election ; and also for general purposes.
By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

METROPOLITAN
CIELIFE ASSURANCE
No. 3, Princes-street, Bank.
The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall
duo on the sth of July next, that the same must be PAID
within Thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
either of which several days constitutes the commercement of the
year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So-
ciety as Members on the sth of July next, should appear or lodge
their proposals at the off ee on or before that day.
This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the
whole of its prof ts to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
for the whole term of life as Members of the Society.
For the year ending the bth of April, 1854, an abatement of 51 per
cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five
Years' standing and upwards.
RICHARD HEATHFLELD, Superintendent.
Princes-street, Bank, June 6, 1853.

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
London.
SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO
FOUR-FIFTHS.

The Managers beg to remind the public that persons effecting Po-
licies with this Society now or before Midsummer, 1853, will PARTI-
CIPATE IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Not Profits of the Society at
the next Division, in proportion to their contributions to those pro-
fits, and according to the conditions contained in the Society's
Prospectus.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers
are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad-
dition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of
Premiums.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
London, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.
HAND-IN-HAND IT
No. 1, New Bridge-stret

gSURANCE OFFICE,
;t, Blackfriars, London.
d in 1696.

Establithei

DIRECTORS.
The lion. William Ashley. John Gurney Hoare, Esq.
The Hon. Sir Edward Cust. E. Fuller Maitland, Esq.
Arthur Eden, Esq. William Scott, Esq.
John Lettsom Elliot, Esq. John Sperling, Esq.
James Esdaile, Esq. Henry Wilson, Esq.
Harvie M. Farquhar, Esq. W. Esdaile Winter, Esq.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
This Office offers a low scale of premiums to Non-members, with-
out participation in profit ; or a Member's scale of premiums, with
an annual participation in the whole of the proflts after five full
annual payments.
In the years 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, and 1853, the premiums of all
Members' Policies were abated 52 per cent.; that is to say, a pre-
mium of 1001. was reduced to 471. 10s.
Insurances effected before the 24th Juno next will participate one
year earlier than if effected after that date.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Insurances are effected on every description of property at the
usual rates.

RICHARD RAY. Secretary.

NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE.
THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
18, New Bridge-street, Bla.ckfriars, London.
CAPITAL--ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C.,
Comptroller of her Majesty's Household.
Sir Charles Price, Bart., 3, King William-street, London.
Lieut.-General Sir W. R. Clayton. Bart, Gloucester-place, Portman-
square, and Marden-park, Surrey.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman—The Right Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C.,
Comptroller of her Majesty's Household.
R. Vallowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury.
G. Noel Clarke, Esq., late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club.
George Coode, Esq., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St.

Helier's, Jersey,
Stephen Cracknall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11
New-square, Lincoln's-inn.
W. Jones, M.D., Davies-street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth,
Leicestershire.
George Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor
Lodge, Staffordshire.
Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill.
C. Morgan, Esq., Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square.
William Prinscp, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park-
place West.
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.
Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square.
Maier Sperling, 14, St. James's-square.
AUDITORS.
F. J. Bigg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical,
Legal, and General Life Office.
William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers.
A. Peck, Esq., 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Life
Office, 345, Strand.
H. B. Sheridan, Esq., Manager of Times Assurance Company, Led

BANKERS.
Sir Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London
Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street.
PIITSICIANS.

Dr. Lewis, Finsbury-place.
Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square.

SURGEONS.
U. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street. Portman-square.
Michael Teevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-Place, Hyde-park-gardens.
CONSULTING ACTUARY.
Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe.
RESIDENT SECRETARY.
Charles W. Bevan, Esq.
The public is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the
Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated
by, and is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson,
Esq., F.L.S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company.
Comparative Tables to assure 5001. on death, by a person aged
twenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system
of Assure]

1522/.257d

If un able to pay, or not
desirous of paying or
omitting topay,thePo-
licy would still remain
of its rum value,
522/.21.7d.ti1l death, if
20 years after, no fur-
ther payment beingre-
quircd. If however the
party, from any cause,
wished to cancel the
Policy, he could rot
onlydraw out all hehas
put in, viz., 2251., but
a certain bonus of 62/.
2s. 9d. in the bargain,
which is more
than one-fourth of the
whole of his payments,
or he could either draw
out a part, 20/. or 501.,
diminishing the Policy
only by the assured
value of the sum so
drawn out at the ago
when withdrawn. See
pagess and 7 in detailed
pamphlet, by
F. G. P. Nelson, Esq.

On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person
under the novel system of DErosiT assurance can secure the follow-
ing advantages, viz., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure
a g
larer sum in of death than the system.
2dly. In the event ofcase a desire to surrenderunder his Policy heordinary can receive
in this Company, by the above example, which applies to all ages,
THREE times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event
of inability or omission to pay, his policy remains stilt his property,
of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments
tor any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets
nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase or decrease the
amount of his policy, he can do so at pleasure. Ile can at any time,
by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 11. up to the
Whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he
has withdrawn part one year he can, by a shagle payment, three
years, or ally time afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even
its former amount; and by this system he can at all times regulate
his annual savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the
a
palpable d to advantagesflto
oowf
enveecre!stiht ya
t,
he
he
gets s a l
tie ta se
rest for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than
lonrag abiann f;
hwaivtlii ntgh las
the amount of his savings. In ordinary Life Offices he can do no
such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment
he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any
fend to fly to for aid, all his haul-earned savings become forfeited to
the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his
more fortunate co-assurers.
such a system is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked
and DEPOSIT assurance is the only system of assurance which can be
universally recognised and adopted when the principles are impar-
tially canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. It
confers greater advantages than a bmk because it allows a fair rate
of interest in ease of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the
hands of the Company to the representatives of the Depositor in
case of death, thus combining the
ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF
AN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSI
system are still more striking.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY
LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH.
To those who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to
5,0001. on every known principle thereof.
Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been
cuL laoradnisseas.
from
501. and upwards granted on every kind of security,
e
rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti-
cular
Annuities
tei
er es oonfa
everyl ,o n the
descriptionmost
g equitableran te terms romn
very st o t
favourable
Non-forfeiture of a Policy.—ln case of inability to pay the cut-rant
premiums, the Directors will eitner purchase the Policy at a fair
prospectuseswttiht
rt
iaibi floe
inmarket value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less b:urrmabwleerterms.
5 per cent., inte-
rest corresponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments
which have been made.
Detailed
system,
„s inatftionnthmearyilblielsot,brataitionteldofcatihaeplp/lie:
posit
cation to the Agents in the country, or to
CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretor/.
, any
further

}LB.—Agents iv anted in all parts of the World.

THE PRESS.—No. 7, Published THIS DAY
(SATURD 1Y), Contains :—The Mystery of the Chinese Re-
bellion—The Present Phase of the Italian Question—The Turks-
European Question -- The Ballot—The Commission of Inquiry on her
Majesty's Ministers: Report of the Adjourned Meeting—Reviews of
the Castlereagh Papers—A Propose! for Remodeling the Govern-
ment of India—Convocation Controversy, &c.--Criticisms on the
Gore House Exhibition, the Philharmonic Society; the Haymarket
Theat re, &c. THE PRESS is published every eaturday, at the office,
No. 110, Strand. Price id. May be had of all newsmen, and at the
railway stations. Money or,:ers for subscriptions to be made pay-
able to Mr. Alfred lye.

THE CAMP AT CBORLIAM COMMON.

Yesterday was the first field-day at the camp. The
troops turned out on " private parade," as it is called,
at nine o'clock, and at ten Lord Seaton appeared on the
ground and took the command. In order that the
inanceuvres which we are about to describe may be
understood it is necessary to give some preliminary
explanations. To the rear of the camp is the Long
Cross-road, and beyond that again a large tract of un-
dulating ground covered with heath and admirably
adapted for setting off military movements to advantage.
The force now assembled on the Common forms a divi-
sion, with three brigades on foot and cavalry and artil-
lery in proportion. The whole turned out yesterday,
and, except of course the necessary guards, the encamp-
ment was deserted. An enemy was supposed to be
advancing from the direction of Guildford, and the divi-
sion manoeuvred in the face of it according to the most
approved rules of military tactics. In actual campaign-
ing evolutions so elaborate rarely took place. In the
Peninsula, Salamanca is perhaps the only example to the
contrary, for war is like everything else that man under-
takes, the theory being considerably in advance of the
actual practice. It must be understood, however, that
the operations of yesterday were not those of a sham
fight, but rather represented a, one-sided view of a
contest conducted according to the strict rules of mili-
tary science. Further it must be borne in mind that,
being the first field-day, and preparatory to the display
of Tuesday—when it is expected that the Queen will be
present—the whole affair was more in the nature of a
rehearsal than a deliberate exhibition of discipline and
professional skill. Yet these qualifying observations are
not made apologetically, for the men went through their
work admirably, the steadiness and precision of their
movements being, among experienced judges, subjects of
unqualified encomium)
Each regiment having left its private parade in front
of its encampment the whole division formed in open
columns of companies, the cavalry being in front. The
brigades having first formed into close columns, they
then wheeled into line of contiguous columns on the
Long Cross-road, which, as already stated, lies at the
rear of the camp. Thence they retired to the hollow
ground beyond, where the whole line, by a brilliant
movement, changed position—the left being thrown for-
ward on ,the right. IThe enemy being supposed to be
advancing, the line now retired, covered by the Rifles
as: skirmishers. While these operations were carried
out below the Foot Artillery had taken up their posi-
tion on the heights, and supported the movements
of the division with the fire of their guns. The
cavalry and Horse Artillery—which, when the infantry
advanced, had remained in the rear—now took up a
position on the left of the line, whence they first ad-
vanced, and then retired covered by skirmishers of their
own regiments. The next movement was a very fine
one—each battalion forming a double column of com-
panies on its own centre, after which they retired again.
The Rifle Brigade was now withdrawn, the battalions
deployed into line, and the three brigades formed into
echelon of battalions. The battalions then formed quar-
ter-distance columns right in front, and retired en echelon
—each covered by its foremost company. The cavalry
having advanced, and retired through the intervals, took
up a position in the rear of the line, after which each
brigade formed into battalion squares en echelon, the
kneeling ranks firing a volley. This well known mili-
tary movement was executed in the most perfect manner,
and nothing could well exceed its brilliancy. It should
here be stated that every change of position was accom-
panied with file firing, commenced from the right of
companies. From squares the infantry broke into
columns at quarter-distance, being still en echelon
of battalion. The left of the line was then
thrown back and the brigades formed into columns en
masse, the Guards occupying the foremost position. The
cavalry and artillery now moved to the front, and the
whole division defiled past Lord Seaton and his staff in
open columns of companies in quick time, with the bands
playing. Each regiment then filed off to its private pa-
rade, arriving in camp about two o'clock, well appetised
I for dinner by the morning's exercise.
Such, in brief terms, is an outline of what took place
on the first field day at the camp ; but technical phrase-
ology gives a very faint conception of a display which
may be enacted in other countries on a greater scale, but
can nowhere be seen to greater advantage than at Chob-
ham. The character of the ground admirably fits it for
showing off such military spectacles in the best possible
manner. It is not a level plain where little can be seen
except at an inconvenient distance, nor is it smooth enough
to admit of those dashing headlong cavalry charges which
look so well and would be so imposing if we could believe
that battle fields were always as easy to ride over as Hyde
Park. The rough, undulating, and dark surface of the
heath deprived visitors of the pleasure of seeing a
charge, but gave them instead—what, perhaps, was
better—a complete view of every manoeuvre, and an
appreciation of the picturesqueness which, notwith-
standing all our blunders in taste, we have undoubtedly
secured for our army costume. On the first of these
points the experience of yesterday was most satisfactory.
The humblest spectator could see thoroughly all that
took place, and could follow the action of the force,
whether forming line, or consolidated in squares and
columns, or arranged in stately battalions. The cavalry
advancing or retiring through the intervals of the foot,
and the artillery thundering from the heights, reminded
one so forcibly of the details with which historians
describe the great battles of the last war, that, even
if such mimic scenes presented no other interest,
that would be sufficient. Whatever Peace Societies
may say to the contrary, the precise movements and
the self-contained force of military power convey
impressions which, apart from the mere pageantry, touch
every heart. Here is a machinery upon which the
enthusiasm, the chivalry, the most earnest thought,
and the best blood of all ages, down to our own, have
been expended, and yet, while so complicated, it is per-
fectly simple, and, while directly aimed at what it seeks
to accomplish, it is carried out by blind obedience to
orders on the part of thousands of armed men. When,
however, to all this is added the splendid variety of mili-
tary garb and equipment which we possess, it seems
only wonderful that a love for soldiering does not run
I away with the minds of a, far larger number of our coun-
trymen. Yesterday this was strikingly brought out
when the troops defiled, the advance of each regiment
up the hill, led on by it band, being singularly imposing,
Both then and during the previous evolutions, as they
moved from point to point, or wheeled and formed
into new positions, the favourable disposition of the
ground, and the changing effects of sunlight upon cui-
rass and helmet, bayonet and fluttering lance, was
always altering and improving the general aspect of the
field. Now it was the Horse Guards, with their superb
accoutrements and coal black chargers, that claimed
attention ; then the long train of artillery came rum-
bling after them, the gunners looking as if they must be
shaken to pieces by the jolting of the carriages. The
Foot Guards, with their white trousers, red jackets,
and towering shakos, figured prominently in this closing
scene, as did the stern old "Black Watch" (the gallant
42d), and 93d Highlanders, with their pipers sending
forth a storm of warlike music in the van. These two
last-named were decidedly the most precise and rapid in
their evolutions of any corps on the field, and their dis-
cipline excited the unqualified admiration of those who
were well entitled to pronounce an opinion on the sub-
ject. An amusing incident ocdurred during the course of
the evolutions, which gave a good idea of the strict dis-
cipline and hardy training of these sons of the north.
When all the infantry were marching in column to form
squares, one of those stagnant marshes, which we have
mentioned as existing at the end of the common, lay
right in the path of the household troops, who appeared
to be not a little taken aback at the novel and uncom-
fortable adversary with which they had to contend.
They hesitated, wavered, and at length altered their
marching order from column, and formed four deep to
pass round the edge of the pool. The Highlanders,
who were immediately after them, never altered the
position of a single man, but, merely raising their phila-
begs, splashed through the marsh up to their knees,
scattering the mud and water in all directions. The
whole thing excited much laughter, and many were the
severe remarks we heard made upon the fastidious cha-
racter of the corps which would not, even on duty, risk
sullying the purity of their spotless " whites."
The -weather yesterday was highly favourable, and
the troops are not only reconciled to, but quite enjoy
their new life in the " tented field." Their health has
not suffered in the slightest degree from the unwonted
exposure, and within their lines they enjoy themselves
as much as possible. They joke and sing and raise an
occasional cheer as the work of pipe claying and clean-
ing accoutrements goes on, and in the evening some even
have the spirit to dance, where music can be obtained to
set their feet in motion. Two or three of the cavalry
horses have been either rendered useless or killed out-
right from accidents arising out of the want of separa-
tion between them, but the Duke of Cambridge has
taken steps to avoid a recurrence of such casualties. It
is also stated that one of the men died suddenly from
drinking some impure water, which contained an asp.
The camp, as a whole, makes no unusual call upon the
exertions of the medical staff in attendance, and yester-
day's parade especially passed off without the slightest
casualty.
The South-Western Company have made extensive
arrangements to meet the immense traffic from the me-
tropolis which is expected during the next few weeks to
set in towards Chertsey. Thence to the common a great
abundance of conveyances has been provided, and the
public, who have so few opportunities of seeing military
spectacles worthy of the name, cannot be too strongly
recommended, if they have any curiosity in such matters,
to go for the gratification thereof on any field-day to the
Camp at Chobham.
Since Tuesday the order, conveniences, and discipline
of this canvass town have been vastly improved. Each
regimental camp is distinctly laid out, its entrances de-
fined, a street through its centre, and sentinels all round
in rough sentry-boxes of thatch protecting its lines. The
whole position is seen to greatly increased advantage in
fine weather. Drains have been roughly cut to carry
away stagnant water, and the ground seems as dry as
need be ;here the tents have been pitched. There was
no great muster of people on the heath yesterday, for it
was not known that there was to be any unusual dis-
play, and it is such a quiet out-of-the-way place, that a
great battle might be fought there without attracting
much observation—during its progress.