The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-23 00:00:00

LONDON AND NORTH - WE3TERS
RAILWAY.

WEST COAST ROUTE TO SCOTLAND.
Additional Express and Further Improved_ Service of

Trains betsieen London and the No.rth of Scotland.

An ADDITIONAL EXPRESS TRAIN, conveying
first and second class passengers, now leaves Euston Sta-
tion at 8 p.m., for EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH,
and tho North of Scotland. A direct Train for Greenock,
in connection with this Express, leaves Motherwell at 7.0
a.m., arriving in Greenock at 8.20 a.m., allowing ample
time for passengers for Oban and the West Highlands to
join the lona Steamboat, which leaves Greenock at 9.0
a.m. Tourist Tickets and Return Tickets for Scotch Sta-
tions are available by this Train. Passengers for Green-
ock are conveyed without change of carriage by this Train.
Passengers for Edinburgh by this Train will join the
Limited Mail at Carstairs: those for Perth and the North
of Scotland will join the Train at Gartsherrie.
Passengers by this Train are allowed fifteen minutes at
Carlisle for refreshments.
The Train leaving Easton Station at 9.0 p.m. has been
accelerated so as ro arrive at Alo-rdeen at 2.0 p.m., two
hours and twenty minutes earlier than heretofore.
A new Express Train for London leaves Aberdeen
(Caledonian) at 9.0 a.m., Glasgow (Caledonian) 1.45 p.m.,
and Edinburgh at 2.0 p.m. ; arriving in London (Euston
Station) at 3.15 a.m.
Passengers booked through to Scotland are allowed to
break their journey at Carlisle.
For further particulars see Time-bills.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, August, 1869.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS,
For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual
General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869,
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy-
Chairman of the Company, in the Chair.
The Report which the directors have now to submit to
the proprietors differs in its tenor but little save in one or
twc particulars from that laid before them in 1861.
The income of the year, it will be seen, amounts to
£540,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 108. 9d.
The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of
the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial
year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present
amount.
SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869.
INCOME OF THE YEAR.
Da. s. d. s. d.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1868
Premiums on new assur-
ances

Ditto on old ditto 357;988 7 0

371,548 12 1
Interest from investments 120,959 12 10

492,508 4 11

Profit and loss, balance of
account ' 47,991 13 1

530,499 18 0
Total income

£1,448,052 6 6
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
CHARGE OF TEE FEAR.
Cx. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Dividend to proprietors B,BBO 4 0
Claims on decease of lives
as.ured
Additions to those under _

participating policies 24,304 6 6
Policies surrendered
Re-assurances -new
Ditto old 51,009 4 1

405,561 12 1
Commission

Medical foes

'760 18 0

Incometax 3,017 15 8
Expenses of management 16,238 910
------ 436,187 6 9

Total charge
Balance of account, Juue 30, 1869, as per
balance-sheet

£1,448,052 6 6

The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. id., of
which sum £13,560 ss. ld. is for new assurances effected
in the year.
Tho interest from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or
.£4 28. per cent. on the net amount of the company's
realised assets existing in June, 1868 ; and in connection
with this important feature of the company's affairs the
directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the profit
and loss account again exhibits a considerable profit,
amounting this year within a trifle to the sum o! £48,09'.
It may be remembered that a profit of nearly equal amount
was announced in last year's repoTt.
Turning to the items constituting the charge of the
year, it will be noticed that the sum payable in satisfac-
tion of claims on decease of lives assured is larger than
usual. This circumstance, however, is not very material;
as was observed oa a previous occasion, the proper qnin-
quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and
the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex-
ceeds £301.,000 tends to confirm that statement.
The expenses of management are greater by nearly
£3OO than they were last year. They would have been
materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring
the compan2.'s securities into the names of additional trus-
tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must
be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that
they arc only three per cent. of the ti t d income.

BALANCE-SHEET. Juxm 30, 1569.
Dr.. LIAhILITIES.
lutvrem. du, to livoprieturs
Claimq on etervase orTfirr,, Ltd, :Awl
cdflitions tlwreto unpai,l
Sundry pecoul.t.i
Liability untkr sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2
Proprid!ors' fund
Surplus fur d

£7,675,813 0 10
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN,}
Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
Cu. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2
Ditto ditto decreasing dittc, 162,770 15 2
Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6
Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2
Ditto ditto Temporary secu-
rities 198,20717 0
Current interest on the above investments 30,934 4 6

Cash and bills 12,256 15 10
Advanced on security of the company's
policies 165,387 1 8
Agents' balances
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867)
Value of re-assurances 85,706 14 5

£7,G75,813 0 10

The balance-sheet does not appear to call for any re-
mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of
£95,422 7s. 3d. already mentioned, as is shown by the
augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus
fund.

The Direction of the Company is now constituted as
follows :

WILLIAM FREDERICK OE LA RIIE, ESQ., Chairman.
ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-(rnairman
Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq. George Russell, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bt., D.C.L. Thomas Qodfrey Sambrooke,
Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., Esq.
F.R.S. Admiral Tindal.
CharlesThos.Holcombe,Esq. Right Hon. Sir John Young,
Joshv.a Lockwood, Esq. Bart., K.C.B.