The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-23 00:00:00

CLERGY MUTUAL /
Establishes

SSURANCE sOCIBTA
in 1829.

TRUSTEES
The Archbishop of Canterbury. I The Lord Bishop Sumner.
The Archbishop of Dublin, The Archdeacon of Maidstone.
Total existing sum assured upon life .. £4,689,458 Os. ed.
• Total annual income £183,444 Os. 6d.
Invested Capital in support of As-
surances ........................... £1,729,173 16s. 7d.
No less a sum than £103,198 15s. ld. was (notwithstanding the
large reductions in the Premiums made by Bonus every fifth
year, from 1831 to 1866 both inclusive) added to the Invested
Capital for the year ended 31st May, 1870.
No agency employed, and no commission paid.
The whole surplus capital (accumulated quinquennially) is
divided amongst the Life Assurance Policies at the end of every
fffth year,
Next Bonus will be due on let of June, 1878.
Life Assurances may be effected in this society by Clergymen
and their wives, and the near relations of Clergymen and of
their wives, but by none others,

41st AnnUal Report, Prospectuses, &c., and "Hints to Clergy-
men on Matters of Life Assurance," by the Rev. John Hodgson,
may be had at the Office of the Society, No. 2, Broad Sancluary,
Westminster.

JOHN HODGSON, M.A,, Secretary,

BAY OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS
RAILROAD COMPANY
First Mortgage Loan of £250,000-1881, and Third Mortgage
Loan of £400,000-1865, on the Bay of Havana and Matanzas
Railroad, and First Mortgage Loan of the Coliseo Railway.

Notice is hereby given, that the Committee of Bondholders of
the above Loans have directed that the Funds remitted by the
'lay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad Company on account of
the overdue Coupons on the Loan of £250,000-1861, due 15th
June 1869, 15th December, 1809, 15th June, 1870, as well as those
of the First Mortgage Loan of the Coliseo Railway, £400,000-
1865, due 10th June, 1869, 10th December, 1869, 10th June, 1870,
shall be forthwith distributed in accordance with the recom-
mendations of Mr. E. M. UNDERDOWN, approved at the Meeting
of Bondholders, held at the London Tavern on the 21st of June
last.

Accordingly, holders of Coupons of the Loan of 1861 will
receive payment in full of Coupons due June and December,
1869, and 30 per cent. of Coupons due June, 1870, and holders of
Coupons of the Loan of 1865 will receive 2371 per cent, of the
amount now due (less 6 per cent. retained to •meet expenses of
the Committee) on the 27th of July next, at the Counting House
of Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co., 145 Lbadenhall-street.
The Coupons must be delivered up to Messrs. J. lIENRY
SCHRODER and Co., who will hold them in trust for the Bond-
holders until the final payment of their claims, and Certificates
will be issued in respect of the unpaid Balances, which Balances
will bear Interest from the 15th June and 10th June, 1870
respectively. _

The Coupons must be left two clear days for examination
before payment can be made.
145, Leadenhall-street, 22nd July, 1870.

ENGLISH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PRUSSIN

AND THE WAR.
Shortly after midnight on Wednesday the steamer Sea-
horse, Captain Riches, entered the Humber Dock at Hull,
having on board a large number of English passengers
whom she had brought from Rotterdam, between which
port and Hull she is a regular trader. Among the pas-
sengers there were about a score of children, who were
at school at various places in Prussia. Some of these
children relate that they were unceremoniously turned
out of the school premises, which were immediately taken
possession of by Prussian soldiers. The Rhine was their
only means of transit to a port at which they could
embark for England, the railway lines having been torn
up along the banks of the river. The telegraph wires
have also been cut. The upward traffic on the Rhine
was stopped last Saturday, and an order then issued
that the downward traffic would cease on Wednesday
evening. Since Sunday the river has been crowded
with steamers and other craft, and it is said that, not-
withstanding the extraordinary despatch which has been
used, there are still scores of Englishmen and school
children left behind who are now deprived of the means
of transit. On Tuesday night the steamer Leopard,
belonging to Messrs. Brownlow, Lumsden and Com-
pany, left Hull for Hamburg, although the notice of
the removal of buoys and the extinguishing of lights
had previously been received in Hull. She had on
board about a score of young men, clerks and salesmen,
who were going home to join their military depots.
Freights for all kinds of merchandise are greatly hn-
proved at present, but should the war become more gene-
ral the steamers must to a great extent be laid up early.
Many steamers as they arrive are sent off in ballast, so
that they may arrive out and take in cargo before the
ports close. Three of the Wilson line of steamer were
despatched to Stettin in two days, and other owners also
sent out their vessels with all the speed possible.

The High Stewardship of Windsor has been
vacant for several years. It was held until bis death by
the late Prince Consort, and when the Council proposed
to fill up the vacancy the Queen expressed a wish that the
office should be left open. It is now proposed to offer
the post to Prince Christian, and the suggestion is to be
made to her Majesty.

THE INDO-EUROPEAN LINE TO INDIA.—On
finding that this company's submarine cable was broken in
the Black Sea, negotiations were immediately entered upon
with General von Liiders, the Director-General of Imperial
Russian Telegraphs, for permission to use the Government
overland wires from Kertch to Tiflis, thus cutting out the
section where the cable is broken. Permission was readily
accorded, and this route has been taken advantage of to a
limited extent. The company, however, asked to be
allowed to connect its wires directly with the Crown
offices, and to work the Indian traffic over the Crown
wires by its own English clerks. These requests, we
are informed, have also been acceded to ; the clerks are
now at their stations, and until the submarine cable is
repaired the work will be got through accurately and
without delay.