The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1867.

INDIA OFFICE, MAY 30, 1867.
THE Socretary of State for India, in Council
leoreby gives notice that the present rate of interest
on East India Bonds viz., Five Pounds (£5) per cent. per
annum, will cease and determine on the 31st May, 1868,
and from and 41 f ter that date such Bonds will carry interest
at, the rate of Four Founds (.£4l) per cent. per annum.
JAMES FEIIGUSSON.

ETR,OPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN
AL RAILWAYS.
HORSE SHOW, AGRICULTURAL HALL,
ISLINGTON,

.
May 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, awl 31st.
KING'S-CROSS i. 3 the NEAREST STATION. Frei
(pent TRAINS between the CITY, PADDINGTON,
NOTTING-HILL, HAMMERSMITH, KENSINGTON,
and all intermediate Stations.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RA.ILWAY.—IMPROVED COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN WATFORD, LOCAL STATIONS, and
the CITY (BROAD-STREET).
Commencing on the Ist June, new Trains will leave
Watford for the City (Broad-street), at 7.50 n.m. and 6.50
p.m., calling at Intermediate Stations, to Willisclen and a
now Train will also leave Broad-street for Watford at
5.40 p.n. .
Tho Faros for Return Tickets between all Stations on
the London and North. Western Line will be revised.
By order,
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Easton Station, May, 1567.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE.SOCIETY.. •

BONUS MEETING, 1867.

The Report presented at a Meeting hold on the 3d
January last, for the declaration of the EIORTIi BONUS,
showed,
1. As TO TILE PROGRESS or THE SOCIETY,

that, during the quinquennial period which terminated on
the 30th June, 1866,
NEW ASSURANCES for a total sum of £1,518,181,
and yielding £50,497 in Annual Premiums, had been
effected, of which sums the former exceeded by £31,811,
and tho latter by £2,392, the corresponding items of any
previous period ; that
THE INCOME had increased from £195,400 to £215,327
per annum ; and that
THE ASSURANCE FUND, after payment of £85,303
on account of Bonus at the last Division, had risen from
£1,422,191 to £1,619,539.
2. As TO THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE SOCIETY.
That the Assets on June 30, 1866, were £1,619,539 11 8
And the Liabilities on the samo date ... 1,313,708 19 2

Leaving a surplus of £275,830 15 6

and that, after setting aside £50,000 as a special Reserve
F and,

THE AVAILABLE PROFIT was £225,830 15s. 6d.,
of which sum £225,000 was recommended for division.

3. As TO THE RESULTS OF THE DIVISION.
That the portion of this sum of £225,000—viz., five-sixths,
or £lB7,soo—which fell to the Assured, would yield a
REVERSIONARY ADDITION TO THE POLICIES
of £272,682, averaging 45 por Cent., or varying, with the
different ages, from 32 to 85 per Cent. on the premiums
paid since the last division; and that the
CASH BONUS, which is the exact equivalent of such
Reversionary Bonus, would average 26 per Cent. of the
like premiums.
The Report explained at length the nature of the In-
vestments and the bases of the Calculations, the results of
which, as above shown, are eminently favourable.

The next DIVISION OF PROFITS will take place in
January, 1872, and Persons who effect NEW POLICIES
BEFORE THE END OF JUNE NEXT will be entitled
at that Division to one year's additional share of Profits
over later Assurers.

Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, the Report above men-
tioned, and a detailed account of the proceedings, of the
Bonus Meeting, can be obtained from any of the Society's
Agents; or of
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary,
13, St. James's-square, London, S.*Ar.

OSB RNE'S STILTON

Is THE Cheese!

FRENCH GALLERY I.2O,PALL-MALL.-
,
The Pouit r mKNTII ANNUAL EXHIBITION of
PICTURES, the 'ontributions of Artists of the erent,h and
Flemish Schools, lS NOW OPEN.

ners of the Ascot, Goodwoo
an, interval of two years, lm
chided, 71b; of two or rao
prizes, 101 b extra. Two rni
D❑ke of Beattfort's Vauban,
3 yrs.
Marquis of Hastings's Miss

linv..leek, 4 vrR
Mr. 11. Saville's Sealskin, 4

Mi.. IT. D'Es:ournel,

irl, or Doncaster Cups within
oth Goodwood Cup de-7s in-
ne of the above stakes end

Iles au l a half. 31 subs.

Mtrquis of Hastings ns Viri-
dis, 3 yrs
Mr. J. Johnstone's Tynedale,

3 yrs
Baron Rothschild'. Lethario,
4 yrs
Lard St. Vincent's Cannon

3 yrs
Mr. EI. Saville's Moleskin, 3

yrs
Mr. A. Th.•atheote's Bees-
wing, 4 yrs
Mr. T. Parr's Clarice, -3 yrs
Count F. du Lagrange's An-
4uste,: 4 yrs •
Mr. Chaplin's Rama, 4 yrs
Mr. Chaplin's Hermit, 3 yrs
Captain Machell's Knight of
the Garter, 3 yrs
Sir 11. Hawley's The Padi-

shah 3 yrs
Lord Exeter's Grand CrosF,
3 yrs
Mr. Graham's Regalia, 5 yrs
Marquis of Hastings's Lord
of the Dales, 3 yrs
Marquis of Hastings's Lec-
turer, 4 yrs
Lord Abercora ns Moose, a

Bahl, 3 yrs
Lord Adcsbury's Savernake,

4 ors
Mr. IL Ten Broca-. ns 31010-
sec, 6 yrs - •
Mr. IVatt's Stratliconnn, 4

yrs
Mr. Merry's Marksman, 3 yrs
Lord Westmorlaud's Master

Willie, 3 yrs -
Lord Glasgow's c by Toxo-
philite—,Stafford's da►n, 4
yrs

14,;rd Annesley ns IVynd-
ham, 6 yrs
Lord Bradford us Lady Vane,
4 yrs
Duk© of Manchester us Tor-
mentor, 4 yrs
Duke of Rutland ns Dalby,
yrs •

WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, June 27th and 28th.
Entries fur the Womstorshire Stakes. One mile and

three furlongs. ' (59 subs.)
Vigilant, 5 yrs Nukuheva, 6 yrs Mrs. Allan, 4 yrs
Bugler, 4 . Svcs, 3 King of Spades, 4
Apsley, 4 Mother-of-Pearl, 4 Steamboat, 4
Success, 5 Priority, 3 The Rescue, 3
East Lancashire a Ackworth, t Trombone, 3
Janitor, 4 Edgbaston, 4 Geojerat, 4
Cedric, 94
Vedette, 3 Indigestion, 5
Proserpine, 4 Staghound, 4 Aggravator, 3
Archimedes, 5 Drum, 4 Wroughton, 3
Chev. D'Esprit, 3 Ammunition, 3 Python, 3
Maid of the Mill, 3 Tottel, 4 Regalia, 5
Wave, 4 Watchbox, 5 Caithness, 4
Dust, 4 Alicante, 3 Mischief, 4
Esparto, 3 The Colonel, 4 Arabia, 5
Miss Skerratt, 3 Brimstone, 4 Annie Laurie, 3
E n d sleigh, 5 Special, 4 Edinburgh, 5
Bmdamante, 6 Chicken Hazard, 4 First Hope, 3
The General, 3 Miss Prances, 3 Flutter colt, 3
Foresight, 3 Sultan, 5 Beeswing, 4
Skirmish, 5 Ben Nevis, 3
The Croome Handicap, for two-year-olds and upwards.
About three quarters of a mile. (17 subs.)
Mrs. Spence, 3 yrs La Maudite, 3 yrs . Calot colt, 3
Miss Williams, 4 King pf Spades, 4 Wroughton, 3
Master Willie, 3 Cedric, 5 Python, 3
Overtonitin, A Gordian Knot, 6 Mongrel, 5
Raven, 4 Anchorite, 3 Master Robert, 3
Honoymcon, 4 Rustic Beauty, 5
The Grand Stand Plate, for all ages. About a mile.

. (16 subs.) -
•
Rocket, 5 yrs Success, 5 yrs Anchorite, 3 yrs
Esparto, 3 Edinburgh, 5 Mother of Pearl, 4
Havannah, 4 Gundrede, 4 Python, 4
Steamboat, 4 Honeymoon, 4 Mongrel, 5
Duchess of York, 3 Goojerat, 4 Master Robert, 3
Sis to Flying Jib, 3 .
The Flying Stakes. T.Y.C., a straight half-mile. 20 subs.
Mrs. Spence, 3 yrs Parma, 3 Cranbury, 6
Miss Williams, 4 , La Maudite, 3 Miss Frances, 3
Flying Jib, 4 Goodfellow, 3 Timolaus, 3
Gundrede, 4 Queen of Trumps, a Skylight, 3
Volunteer, aged The Returned, 2 Huntsman, 3
Problem, 3 Bello Salvage, 2 Katie, 4
King of Spades, 4 Spokesman, 4
The Worcester Cup. Ono mile and three furlongs.
19 subs.

Rocket, 5 yrs Annie Laurie c, 3 Anchcrito, 3
Esparto, 3 Janitor, 4 Queen of Trumps, a
Havannah, 4 Edinburgh, 5 Cedric, 5
Steamboat, 4 . Watchbox, 5 .Endsleigh, 5
Arabia, 5 Red Shoes, 3 Caithness, 4
The Colonel, 4 Honeymoon, 4 Fort Royal, a
Master Willie, 3

PRICF 4d.
STAIPED. sd.

! took a remarkable turn ; for Mr. Stuart Mill
brought on that scheme for preserving the votes of
minorities which is known as Mr. Hare's plan. As
described now by Mr. Mill, its object is that in every
locality where electors who decline to vote for the
candidates who se -k the suffrages of that locality
shall have power to bestow their votes on a candi-
date anywhere, and if in the whole kingdom a num-
ber of voters equal to the quota on the registry of
the locality fix on the same candidate, he shall be
elected. This proposition was enunciated in a
speech of great power, which was listened to atten-
tively but which at times was interrupted by laugh.-
ter, and when the question was put there was an
almost universal cry against the proposal. It
seemed as if the matter would be decided without
further discussion, but Lord Cr.tnborne inter-
posed, and in emphatic terms protested against
the more than indifference with which anything new
in the theory of representation was treated by the
house.; and, though he practic illy argued against
the plan, he was profusely and apparently genuinely
complimentary to its author, and the house was de-
cidedly sympathetic irr•this respect. The gentle-
men who followed were not particularly calculated
to enforce gravity on the house ; and Mr. Sergeant
Gaselee and Mr. Fort effectually contrived—un-
consciously, be it understood—to set every one in
a roar; andit was in this inood that a decision on
the philosophy of representation was. about to be
taken. However, Mr. Disraeli intervened, and,
with implied rebuke, stated that under the circum-
stances it would be better to report progress ; but
before that was done Mr. Mill withdrew his motion.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Ills Prussian I.llajesty's screw unarmoured cor-
vette Gazelle, Capt. Henke, arrived and anchored
at Spithead yesterday morning on her voyage from
the Mediterranean to the Baltic. The Gaulle was
sail from Spithead this morning for Kiel.
The armoured iron-built screw frigate Resistance,
Capt. 11. J. HillyAr, C.B.i returned to England
from a tour of foreign service in the Mediterranean,
steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morn-
ing from Spithead, and was berthed alongside the
great south jetty of the dockyard, to be dismantled
and prepared for paying out of commission. The
Resistance arrived at Spithead from her foreign
station in the best order.

The Euphrates, screw troopship for the new In-
dian troop service, 4,173 tons, 700-horse power,
Capt. Montagu B. Dunn, is in the Warrior dock at
Portsmouth, having her hull below the water-line
coated with the " Hay" preservative and anti-
fouling compositions. She will be undocked on
Monday next, and will afterwards take in 1,000
tons of coals and other stores preparatory to her
trial over the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. Her
trial will most probably take place about the 11th
or 13th prox.
The Tamar, screw iron troopship, Capt. F. Sul-
livan, C. 8., has been undocked at Portsmouth, after
a refit, and placed alongside a coal depot to fill up
with fuel in readiness for another voyage. Her date
of sailing from Portsmouth according to present
arrangements is the Bth prox. _

The Simoom, screw iron troopship, Capt. T. B.
Lethbridge, will sail from Portsmouth for Halifax
and Quebec on her next round of troop service about
the 12th prox., and will call in at Plymouth Sound
and Queenstown on her way down Channel. This
serviceable, although not very large, troopship has
been fitted internally on the improved system which
has been adopted in the five new screw ships just
completed for the newly-organised Indian troop re-
lief service. This is owing to her fittings having
undergone an entire re-arrangement, under the
supervision of Citpt. Lethbridge, about the time that.
the plans for the fittings of the new ships by Capt,,
Mends, R.N., Director of,' Transports, were under,
consideration, and also ee'tainly, in some .measure;-
to the forethought and persevering energy of Capt.
Lethbridge.

Mr. Roche, assist -surg. Royal Navy, serving on
board her Majesty's training vessels St. Vincent and
Martin, at Portsmouth, was yesterday tried by court
martial on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at
Portsmouth, on charges of absence from duty with-
out leave and drunkenness. The Court sentenced
Mr. Roche to be dismissed from her Majesty's ser-
vice.
A divisional field-day of the infantry brigades at
Aldershott, under the command of Lieut.-Gen. the
Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., was "held
on Tuesday. The division formed up at half-past
10 o'clock on Cove-common, near Elmoor-bridge,
facing north. The Lieut.-General and staff arrived
soon after the formation was completed, and was re-
ceived with the customary honours. He inspected
the ranks, and the troops then marched past in open
column of grand divisions at quick time, then re-
sumed their original formation, of contiguous
columns, advanced about 150 paces, and formed a
general line across the common diagonally from
north-cast to south-west, to attack an enemy which
had taken up a strong position on the hills to the
westward of the Queen's Hotel. Various evolutions
followed, and the troops" returned to quarters.
The head-quarters of the C Brigade Royal Horse
Artillery will arrive at Aldershott from Woolwich
to-day.
The 68th Light Infantry Regiment from Ports-
mouth, under the command of Col. 11. H. Greer,
C. 8., arrived at Aldershott camp at 2 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon. The marching in strength was
48 sergeants, 656 rank and file, and a proportionate
number of officers, women, and children. The re-
giment, which is one of those that served against
the Maories in New Zealand, is quartered in U,
and D lines, North Camp.
The 72d Highlanders struck their tents on Cove-
common on Monday, and went into quarters in 0,
I', and L lines, South Camp.
The steel cutter, constructed at Chatham dock-
yard, to be used by Mr. E. D. Young and the ex-
ploring party about to be despatched to the interior
of Africa for searching along the shores of Lake
Nyassa and the adjacent rivers for traces of Dr.
Livingstone, was completed in the factory yesterday,
and removed to one of the building slips of the yard,
where it was painted and fitted with lockers, thwarts,
sheets, and every requisite for the particular service
on which it will be employed. Although the boat
measures 30ft. in length by Bft. in depth, with a
draught of water of 2ft. 6in., the steel plates of which
it is constructed are so exceedingly thin and light that
it weighs only 22ewt., while the tittings, sails, stores,
and everything complete, bring its weight up to
rather under a ton and a half. The boat is con-
structed of 36 half sections, the steel-plates, 1-11th
of an inch hi thickness, being fastened to the keel
and jointed together by screws and bolts. An iron
framework runs the entire length, fore and aft, for
the canopy, which will cover the boat when not
under sail, for the protection of those on board from
sun or wind. The boat is rendered watertight by
the use of red lead between the joints of the steel
plates. Three out of the four members of the expe-
, ditionary party—namely, Mr. Young, Mr. Faulkner,
and Mr. lt...Td—have had great experience in African
exploration, they having been connected with the
former Zatnbc.si expedition. The present arrange-
ments contemplate
fricauarty mailing steamer
land by the WesttChoast of e explorinA
g p leav Eng-
, sailing on the 9th of June.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. L. B. Heath, C. 8., to
the Octavia, to be Senior Officer and Commodore of
the second class on the East Indian Station, vice
II illyer, promoted to be Rear-Admiral ; Richard B.
O'Toole, assist.-surg., to the Euphrates ; George B.
Beale, assist.-surg., to the Juana ; U. R. Lawreu-
son, assist.-surd., to the Excellent; G. H. Bradley,
assist.-paymaster, to the Duke of Wellington; Chas.
0. Salmon, assist-payinAster, to the Victory, as
secretary's clerk ; Ferdinand J. Fairclough and H.
White (B), first-class assist.-engineers, to the Mi-
notaur; and George F. Laird, acting second-class
assist.-engineer, to the Minotaur.