The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-01 00:00:00

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCIIANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First',
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pail-mall, S.W.
OCTAVIUS WIG RAM, Esq., Governor.
.TAMES STEWART lIODGSON, Esq., Sub-Governor.
CIIARLES JOIIN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.
John G arratt Cattley, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Stark Currie Close, Esq. Neviie Lubbock, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Geo. P. Malcolmson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
Thomas Dent, Esq. I Lord &isocline IV. Percy.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Charles H. t-loschen, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, I,lsq.
Rob,. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLT, Esq., P.R.S.
NOTICE. The usnaridttfteen Diaji allowed for Payment
of FIRM PREii lUMS falling due at CHRISTMAS will ex-
pire on the 9th of January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on ad-
vantageous terms. ,
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uni-
form rate of Is. lid. per cent, per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or
Stamp, however small the Asiurance may be.
FARMING-STOCK.—No extra charge is made fo•• 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 large ~invested Capital Stock, and exemption, under
The advantages of modern practice,
Royal Charter, trinn the liabilities of partnership.
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
—with the security

ROBT. 1). STEELE. Secretary.

11/jANSIoN-MOUSE FUND for the RELIEF
of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY
EXPLOSIONS.

COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. - •
IL C. Tj. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheri
Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow.
Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycett.
Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman Besley.
J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakiu.
Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq.
Frederick Thompson, E. R. N. Fowler, Esq.
R. A. Gray, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq.
Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman Cotton.
The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the
suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by
the recent colliery explosions.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the
numerous familieh Made destitute thereby.
C_ The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley
Colliery Accident_ in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204
men and boys lesttheir lives-; in the present instance
double that number are.known to have perished, there-
fore to make-a suitable provision for the families depen-
dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the
final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund,
£3,140-waiallotted to the districts in which the present
accidents occurred, and. this sum is now available towards
the fund now being raised.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales • • £lOO
H.R.H. the Princess of Wales
The Corporation of London
Amount already advertised £12,774 5 2
Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house; Messrs. Barclay,
Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., &trend ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-
street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street;
Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street ;
Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Coruhill ; the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint-
Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ;
London and County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank
of England and all their branches; Messre.Willis, Percival,
and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of
the Committee.

JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary.
Mansion House, Dec. 29, 1866.