The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-23 00:00:00

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMBS STEWART 119DOSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, E5q....... Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Robert Barclay, Esq.;VilliamTetlow Hibbort,
John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Esq,
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
William. Davidson, Esq, Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson,
Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., Ems.

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire
on the 9th of April.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
Fts r'ONG STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent, per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the Assured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a
Charter
rCfario)initalthSe liabilitiestoek of part-
, and exemption
under
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
laßrgoe aliynCv
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

;ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution
contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship-
wracks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution
also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition to granting £2,431 for re-
wards. _ _

The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the
public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments.

Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
end counts bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-Argot, Adelphi, London.

Applications from Corps desirous of attending this
Review must be made on the prescribed form (NV. O.
Forin,'No. 1,629) through the Lords-Lie ,tenant of their
respective Counties, and delivered at the War-office on or
before Monday, the Bth of March, after which date no
further applications will be received.
It is, however, particularly requested that Command-
ing Officers will make their applications as early as pos-
sible before the above date, as their doing so will greatly
facilitate Railway and other arrangements.
JAS. LINDSAY, Major-Goneral.
War-Office, 19th February, 1869.

THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND
NEWS-ROO 11.
Lombard-street, London.
MANAGER—Mr J. H. YOUNGRUSBAND, late Treasurer
and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange.
Subscription, £3 3s. por annum, or 103. monthly, payable
in Advance.
The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home
and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial,
political, and general telegraphic information; Shipping
Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re-
ference.

There is also an excellent Refreshment-rOem attached,
as well as a Reading and Writing RouL.7 •
/date/'
tuttt min nuhvLo =G .--....4---1---at-Tn&tnNitibn, which will
be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business
engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro-
polis.
For further particulars apply to the Manager of the
Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City
Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London.
N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son
and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.O. ; or at the Office in the Lom-
bard Exchange.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
- For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
• Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC %Mil, K.H., F.R.S.
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
HENRY LAKE,
et
General Manager.
abpepfloineanndtsinpotefrNeee.w Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings Lornl•ard-street, London.
Royal Insurance Buildings North Jk+hn-street, Liverpool.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds .......... £Boo,`oo
Accumulated Funds in hand ...................£1,500,003
LIFE DEPARTMENT
Life and Annuity Funds • ....Z1,031,329
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES-
Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership.
BONUSES among the largest ever declared by any Company.
Profits divided every five years.
to an Increased Share of the Profits.
will become entitled
All new Life In suFrlannEce sDnEopwA
ReTffleicEteNdT
Premiums in 1867 £461,553.
REDUCTION OF DoTT.—Since this first took place the increase
of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office,
as shown by Government Returns.
Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses.
JOHN H. MCLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETIIERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair.
The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a-report was made to thorn for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
.£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT. 30-rx JUTE, 1868.
Dn. INCOME OF TUE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus 908,774 0 0
X 772,740 13 9

Premiums Pn new assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3

£380,811 8 3
Interest from invest-

ments ..,..
117,584 7 3

£498,395 15 11
Profit and loss, balance
of account
544,46 G 9 2
Total income -

.£1,317:207 2 11

CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR
Dividend to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives
assured £265,523 13 5
Additions to those under
participating policies 22,816 4 7
Policies surrendered..,,, 28,642 11 8
Re-assurances, new 3,270 15 4
Ditto, old 50,365 0 8

£370,618 5 3
Commission ............... 11,702 15 0
Medical fees ............... 751 16 2

Income tax ••• 2,215 4 7
Expenses of manage_
ment 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5

Total chargA ........ . £109,654 14 5
........... .........
907,552 8 6
Balance of account, 30th. June 1868.....•

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approvA 1
THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors
IfENRY ROSE,
The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by-- viz., £134,811 14s. 9d.—raises
the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d.
The interest received during the Tear is £117,584 7s.
3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised
assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report.
The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there-
fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather
more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070
13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in-
cluded, at upwards of £sl2s. per cent.
The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d.,
and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re-
assurances.
The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden-
tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than
those of last year by nearly £19,000.
A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount
of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks
re-assured having terminated by death and other causes.
The expenses of management are less than those of last
year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges
incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed
by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in-
cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51
per cent. on the total income.
The balance-sheet is as follows :
DR.
Interest due to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, ctc. (1860 6,369,169 11 7
Proprietors' fund ...........
Surplus fund as before

Total .................................... £7,565,198 1 3
Cu. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages ... £1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditto ...... 183,979 17 10
Ditto ditto reversions ... : . ........ 347,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities
...... 479,932 13 3
Ditto ditto temporary securities . 142,424 011
Current interest on the above invest-

ments ...........................................
Cash and bills ....................................
Advanced on security of the company's

36,243 7 6
22,604 2 9

..................................... 159,503 14 9
Agents' baliAces .............................. 27,112 9 6
Sundry accounts .............................. 112,460 15 0
Value of premiums (1867) • 4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances ...................... 86,860 13 9

Total .................................... £7,563,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN,}
lIENRY Ros Auditors.
The present dispositionof the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On cemparing it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further invostments have been made
on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about
£ll,OOO more has. bePn advanced on security of the com-
pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value
of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030
3s. 3d.

The direction of tho company is now constituted as
follows
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-
man.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq. I Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq.
D.C.L. George Russell, Esq.
Robert A. Grays Esq. I Thos. Godfrey Sambrook°,
Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., Esq.
F.R.S. I Aduziral

CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s.
per ream. s. d.
Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 3 0
Superfide Cream Laid Note much approved 4 0
S npef fineThiek Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 6
Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0
Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6
Large Commercial Note Papers 38., 45., 55., and 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 6d., 12s. Gd., and 14 6
Outsides Foolscap 6 6
Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6
Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6
Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for
25. 6d.
Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Gd, 5s Gd, & 6s 64
Large Blip, Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 61 per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, 3s
COLOUR ST A. APING (Relief) reduced to is. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.

An ILLii,,TIC). TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free •

INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869.
By order of the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that,packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, hare from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencias in India.
Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
8. Bell, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry.
at TT Sere eon. Madras Medical
13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Ala.dra,
22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native
Infantry.
25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
53. Floud E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry.
60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native in-
fantry.
76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In-
fantry.
78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partmen t.
94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native
Infantry.
98. Marriott, B. NV. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na-
tive Infantry.
113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment.
121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native
Infantry.
124. Pinchard, J. Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery.
126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry.
133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry.
140. Stewart, M Lieutenant, Madras Artillery.
145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In-
fantry.
150 a. Stewart, G., Ensign. 36th Madras Native Infantry.
155. Watson, G. 11., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native
Infantry.
156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In-
fantry.
163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
such next of kin. to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from
this date, they will be opened, the contents he disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased.
T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.

pRINTIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.
The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, etc., done
on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and
Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on
receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelop.l for
reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices,
8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand,V.C.

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum oach. Funds greatly needgd.
CHARLES A. WALK ER, Secretary.
0 Mee, S 4, Clheapsido, London. F.CI

QAIVE ARIT A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
K-.) and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
cenare. The only free Hospital for dis ntses of women.
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

TnE nosPrrm, for NVOMEN, Soho-square.
—.Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bonveric, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL, very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
flospital.is row open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

EIENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

rrHE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
1 the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Enston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot bo given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will he thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Calodonian-road, Islington, N.
_

Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. GO, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon.
Sec., I Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Sec.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the CHEST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
aro constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.

The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
-11_ of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-
road.

'Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

BRITISH IIONIE for INCURABLES, Clap-
bam-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for preens over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted.
The Homo was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have boon elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEA ITER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
•%re as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, lamp- 150, New Bent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-stroot, Camden- Newington.
town. I Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland- street. I wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Ifampstead.
9, Henstridgo-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Homo-85, Queen-street, Cheapsido.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Groat Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to IG. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories aro recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's .3,eport (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a rep art of any charitable institution which so
entirely commerlded itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be bad on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its baulers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very esrnestly
commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. CO)PEB, Sec.
RF Quo°, frstreet Cheapsida,