The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1860.

THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY of the
1- BANK of ENGLAND do liereby Give Notice, That on
and after the 19th day of May next the business of the Bank
of England will CLOSE on SATURDAYS at Three o'clock
in the afternoon, instead of at four, as at present.
April 20, 1860. JAMES STEWART, Secretary.

METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,'

27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.

CAPITAL £lOO,OOO.
Assurances upon single and joint lives and survivorships.
Immediate annuities, and annuities to commence at a fixed
age. Endowments for children and for expected families.
Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years.
Three-fourths of the profits divided amongst the assured.
Policies purchased after five years premiums have been paid.
No charge for policy stamps, or other entrance fees. Loans
on approved real and personal security, in connection with
life assurance. Service permitted - within the United King-
dom, in any volunteer corps free of extra premium.
'F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Fleet-street, London.

10th May, 1860.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a SPECIAL
~l NEI:AL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Society
will be held at the Office, Fleet-street, London, on FRIDAY,
the Bth day of June next, at twelve o'clocrat noon, precisely,
for the purpose of declaring a Division of the Surplus of the
Assurance Fund of the Society, in respect of e five years
ending on 31st December last. And Notice is Hereby Fur-
ther Given, that a Second Special General Meeting will be
held, at the like hour and place, on the following FRIDAY,
the 15th day of June, for the purpose of confirming the reso-
lution which shall. have been agreed to at such first meeting,
in pursuance of the provisions contained in the Deed of Set-
tlement. And Notice is Hereby Further Given, that any per-
son who shall have been assured by the Society for two whole
years may, on the production of his Policy, and of the last
receipt for the premium thereon, be present at such meeting.
At each of the said meetings the Chair shall be taken at 12
o'clock precisely.

By order of -the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

TII E INTERNATIONAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY..
--142;'Strrtnd;- Laird •
Empowered by Act of Parliambnt, for LIFE ASSURANCE,
SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.
DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.
John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Moss, Esq.
F.R.S. John Symes,'Esq.
Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blonde!, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford.
Young.
MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c.
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Batter Woolhouse, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messis.. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowoliffe, Bedford-
row.

The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared
n May, 1860.
_ _ _ _ _ _

Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 :

Polley Sum Bonus in Permanent
Bonus in Reduction
addition
taken Age. Assured. Cash.
to Sum of Annual
out in' Assured. Premiums.
£ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8
1841 48 , 4,000 749 4 0 325-16 0 32 0 4
1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2
1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 6 7 7
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adjoining the mill, are two offices and the dwelling
house of the manager, and, the conflagration so very
soon ShOwing such alarming symptoms, it was found
necessary to remove the whole of the furniture from
both into anudjoining field; but by seven o'clock,
the tire being then pretty well subdued, they were.
enabled to get it back into the liduse again. - Great
praise is due to the w:)rkmen of Messrs. Grace and
Co., for the intrepidity and activity displayed by'
them on the . trying and fearful occasion, as no
doubt but for their exertions a deal of valuable pro-
perty would have been destroyed. Had the fire
occurred.at night in all probability the whole of
the extensive mill and adjoining premises would
have been burnt to the ground; as it is, the loss
sustained by Messrs. Grace is estimated at some-
thing-like £5OO. We are happy to say, however,
that the loss will be covered by insurance. No cause
can be at present ascertained for this fatal and ill-
timed occurrence, but it is probable that art investi-
gation will be made, which, we hope, may throw
light on the subject. We are informed on autho-
rity that scarcely any interruption will take place
on the Newcastle and Carlisle line in consequence
of the destruction of the bridge. The passenger
trains will run as usual, and omnibuses will convey
passengers between Scotswood and Blaydon. Ar-
rangements
,have also been made with the North-
Eastern Company to convey the goods and mineral
via Gateshead:

LAUNCH OF A NEW STEAMER FOR

THE GANGES.

The Jumna, a new steam vessel, belonging to the
Oriental Inland Steam Company, and destined for
the navigation of the Ganges, has just been launched
fronrMessrs. Reid and Co.'s building yard in Port-
Glasgow, and will be immediately towed round to
Liverpool to receive her engines, which have been
constructed by. Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co.,
the eminent engineers of that place. The length of
the Jutnna is 220 feet; the breadth 30 feet; and the
depth about 74 feet. She is built with two rows
of longitudinal truss work to impart longitudinal
strength, and has also an iron deck beneath the
wooden one, so that the vessel virtually constitutes a
great iron tube which is divided at intervals by water
tight compartments. The Jumna will be propelled
by engines on the double cylinder principle. There
are two high pressure cylinders of 26 inches diame-
ter, and 6 feet stroke, and two low pressure cylin-
d'rs of 48 inches diameter and 6 feet stroke. The
steam is generated by four locomotive boilers. The
pressure of the steam is 1?0 lbs. on the square inch,
which is the pressure now used in locomotives of
the most approved construction. The steam, after
having generated power in the high pressure
cylinders, passes into the low pressure cylinders,
where it again generates power, and finally passes
to the condenser. The condensation of the steam

is effected by extreme cold, so that only pure water
is supplied to the boilers—an object of much im-
portance in muddy rivers like the Ganges. The
engines of the Jumna-are expected to work up to
1,200 or 1,300 horses power. The vessel will tow

THE CENSUS OF NEXT TEAR.

Yesterday Lord Palmerston was waited upon, at
Cambridge House, -by four deputations, represent-
ing the Dissenting Deputies, the Congregational.
Union, the Board of Congregational Ministers, and
the Executive of • the Liberation Society; .who
wished to acquaint his lordship, as the hea.d of the
Government, with the strong objections entertained
by the Dis.senting body to that Fart of the *Census
Bill, now before Parliament, which compels every
householder, under a penalty, to state the "religious
profession" of every one sleeping in his house on
the night of the Census Sunday. The four deputa
tions met his lordship jointly, and it was stated
that, if time had permitted, other bodies vould
have availed themselves of the opportunity of stat-
ing their views. Mr. Frank Crossley, M.P., intro-
duced the deputations, and Sir S. .M. Peto, M.P.,
was. also present.: Mr. Hall Terrell, the Rev. G.
Smith, the Rev. H. Mudg:n, and Mr. Carvell Wil-
liams stated the case of the bodies they respectively
represented—other gentlemen also taking part in
the discussion.

It wa6 stated that, instead of the people co-ope•
rating, as they should do, with the Government in
obtaining statistics affecting the social interests of
the people, large classes, including many thought-
ful and patriotic men, would, at all risk, decline
giving information which they thought could not
properly be asked for. It was pointed out that in
many eases householders would do injustice to the
inmates of their houses, by'giving, either from care-
lessness or partisanship, incorrect information re-
specting the religious opinions of servants, lodgers,
and others. Many also would be unable satisfactorily
to define their own ecclesiastical position, and would
make a return iri so general or doubtful a shape,
that it would be utterly valueless, To state the
religious profession of the hundreds of thousands of
the community who really made none, would be a
mockery. The power given to the enumerators to
ask questions, under a penalty, might, in respect to
this matter, also prove a source of great annoyance.
The deputations did not object to a census of the
number of the places of worship, and the extent of
accommodation provided ; as such information could
be obtained without giving any offence, and by
affording a means of comparison with the facts re-
vealed at the census of 1851, it would stimulate re-
ligious and philanthropic effort, as that census had
unquestionably done. It was finally agreed, that
the results of the census, if taken as proposed,
would only occasion irritation, while the Legisla-
lature would be ignorant, or be misled, as regards
the real religious condition of the people, and a
mass of statistics would be colleetcd which would
be delusive, and in some cases dishonest also.
The suggestion of the Statistical Society, that this
part of the census might be made optional, was ob-
jected to, on the ground that the value of such in-
formation depended on its completeness, and that
it was better to be without statistics than to have
statistics which would lead to erroneous inferences.