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ABLE IN LIFETIME.
SECOND CLASS LIVES ASSURED ON AN IMPROVED SYSTEM.
FOURTII DIVISION OF PROFITS DECEMBER 31sT, 1866.
BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

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9,306 Polices in force

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, London,
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS,
Fur the year ending 30th June, 1866, read at the ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING, 10th August, 1866. - •
CHARLES CHATFIELD, Esq., in the chair.

Tho Directors have the satisfaction of reporting to the
proprietors that, in pursuance of the resolutions unani-
mously passed at the Special General Meeting held in
April last, the amalgamation of the National Mercantile
Assurance Society with the Eagle has been carried into
effect, and two of the directors of that society—Mr. Wil-
eexon (heretofore tho chairman), and Mr. William Fre-
derick- De la Rue--now occupy seats at the Eagle Board.

The following account exhibits the increased income
and outgoing of the year arising from the junction, which
it may be remembered takes effect retrospectively, and the
balance-sheet shows the assets as they existed on the 30th
June last, augmented by those just. transferred.
By the Surplus Fund account it will be seen that the
total income from premiums and interest is £183,376 Os.
11d., and the total outgoing .£411,700 13s. 6d. The dif-
ference £68,585 is. 5d., and the surplus fund contributed
trif, surplus fund of the company to ..{:899,01J5 Bs.
The premiums on new assurances are considerably
less than those of the foregoing year; but at the same
time a much smaller portion of them has been devoted to
re-assurance.

The change in the financial position of the Company
precludes an exact comparison with former years. The
expenses of management of the Eagle for the year are al-
most identical in amount with those of the last. The Ex-
penses of the National Mercantile Society will, of course,
henceforth cease.

Deducting the several items payable on demand, or at
an early maturity, the realised assets, as set forth in the
balance sheet, amount to .Z 2,559,135 4s. Bd. Of this sum
£178,340 belongs exclusively to the proprietors, £1,481,699
16s. Bd.* exclusively to the policy holders, and £8J9,095 Bs.
partly to the one and partly to the other. The last two
items subject, of course, to exact adjustment at each quin-
quennial investigation.
It remains only for the Directors to, mention that, since
the last annual meeting the Company has lost, by the de-
cease of Sir William Gore Ouseley, and by the retirement
of Mr. Gould, the services of two of the members of the
board. Both gentlemen were much respected, and it is
with great regret that the directors have to make this an-
nouncement.

* £5,880,1C3 14s. 4d., less £4,398,463 17s. Bd.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT.
DE. INCOME OF TUE YEAR.
Balance of Account, 30th
June, 1865 ... ....£678,984 12 1
Ditto National Mercantile
Society

151,545 8 6

£830,510 0 7

Premiums on new as-

surances ...
Ditto old ditto

_ 21,553 18 10
_ 354,800 3 7

, 376,354 2 5
Interest from Investments 107,021 18 6

Total income

On. CHARGE OF THE TEAR
Dividend to Proprietors
Claims on decease of lives
assured, &c. ...£265,399 3 6
Additions to those under
participating policies... 22,574 13 7
Policies surrendered ... 23,289 5 5
lteassurancee, new ... 6,951 16 5
Ditto, old 55,344 12 10

Commission
Medical fees
Income tax

373,559 11 9
• 10,405 010
• 892 14 4
• 2,017 17 3
Expenses of management 12,48:2 10 8
DittoNationalMoreantile
Society

6,012 1 2

483,376 0 1.

£1,313,886 1 6

£9,420 17 6

405,369 16 0

Total charge ... ... .., ... 414,790 13 G
Balance of account, 30th June, 1866, as below 809,005 8 0

£1,313,886 1 6

Examined and approved,
THOMAS ALLEN,}
HENRY ROSE, Auditors.
BALANCE SHEET.
Du. LIABILITIES.
Interest due to Proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured and
additions thereto unpaid
Cash bonus due to policy-holders ...
Sundry accounts ...

£6,086 3 9

80,748 9 11
538 6 1
69,624 9 11

Value of sums assured ... 5,880;163 14 4
Proprietors' fund £178,340 0 0
Surplus fund, as above 899,095 8 0

1,077,435 8 0

X 7,114,59612 0

ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages X 4317,142 13 2
Ditto, ditto, degreasing ditto - 182,841 .8 10
Ditto, ditto, reversions 477,590'15 11
Ditto, ditto, funded securities•• 331,421 -4' 5
Ditto, ditto, temporary securities
.. 50,1`24' 11)....6
Current interest on the above invest-
ments
Cash and bills
Advanced ced on secutity of• the Company's Company's...
Agents' balances
Sundry. accounts
Valuoof premiums
Yaluo of reasSurauccs

31,783 17 10
17,744 10 2

165,567 7 9
34,231 • 6 5

... 60,500 •5 8
... 4,398,463 17 8
... 41,173 14 8

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1866,

It is a great satisfaction that due honour should
have been shown to Mr. EYRE, not only on account
of the distinguished services he has rendered to his
country, but also because of the intolerant. de-
meanour which has characterised many who ought
to know better. We arc glad to find that the chief
men of the neighbourhood of Southampton and
others from a distance attended yesterday to re] &der
a tribute of respect to one who so richly deserved it.
The banquet was successfully carried out. The
Earl of lIAnDWICKE proposed the health of Mr.
EYRE, but the hour was too late for the
speeches to appear to-day, but at five o'clock
an address was presented to Mr. EYRE by the
Mayor of Southampton, who referred, in eloquent
terms, to the eminent services which Mr. EYRE had
rendered to his country for many years. The terms
of the address were very suitable, and rendered full
justice to the distinguished individual to whom it
was given. The undersigned, who comprised the
chief personages of the town, desired to express
their deep sympathy to Mr. EYRE after the " severe
and trying circumstances by which he had been so
long surrounded." They then went on to say very
truly that they, in common with a large por-
tion of his fellow-countrymen, were im-
pressed with the conviction that Mr. EYRE
had saved an important British Colony by his
firmness and determination, protected the
lives of the loyal colonists, " and saved Jamaica
from an ordeal, the memory of which no time would
have effaced." Regret was expressed that, in
carrying out the difficult work of putting down the
rebellion, excesses were committed by some, and
circumstances thus occurred which all must deplore;
but at the same time, it is added, that no one can
impute other than honourable and praiseworthy
intentions towards the Governor who laboured so
strenuously to preserve peace and restore order.
Thirdly, the address contains this appropriate
language—" We have unabated confidence in your
integrity,, your honour, and your public spirit.
We feel that you have been sacrificed to
circumstances, as many a man has been before;
but your fellow-countrymen appreciate you, sym-
pathise with you, and will in every part of England
not only honour you in your retirement, but look
anxiously forward for your return to that position
of public usefulness in the many directions for
which you are so eminently fitted." Mr. EYRE
made a reply, in which he declared his gratification
at meeting with this prompt recognition of his
services, and the expression of that sympathy,
which was rendered the more valuable as
some persons had expressed so unfavour-
able an opinion of his conduct. With those
who presented the address Mr. EYRE deeply de-
plored the excesses that had been committed during
the continuance of martial law; but he added that
this was hardly to be avoided where, as in the ease
of Jamaica, " a mere handful of troops occupied an
extent of country amidst a numerous and disaffected
peasantry." " Severity," said Mr. EvuE, " appeared
to me to be in reality true mercy."

Nothing could possibly be fairer than the language
used by Mr. EYRE, and we would point special at-
tention to it, because it contrasts so strongly with
expressions of those who have taken up this question
in an adverse spirit. He said that he could respect
the opinion of those who believed that this severity
on too lone. but he said to such
that while they now possessed many details of the
carrying out of the martial law that were not be-
fore him at the time, they could not possibly realize
the " fearful responsibility which he felt would
attach to him were he to stay the trials by court-
martial too soon, and thus remove the dread of im-
mediate retribution, which alone prevented the
rebellion from breaking out in other parts of the
island." Mr. EYRE has every right to claim from
those who animadvert upon his conduct a just
regard for the circumstances and considerations
which influenced him. It is exactly the absence of
this consideration which has rendered the course
pursued by the opponents of Mr. EYRE'S policy so
one-sided and unfair. In every sense of the word
we rejoice at the tribute of respect and sympathy
which has been awarded to him on his return to
this country, which he truly declares he has served
to the best of his judgment and ability, and with all
his heart, and even his strength. It really seems
as if the upholders of the " faction," as it has truly
been styled, were determined to lose no oppor-
tunity of displaying their want of good sense,
good feeling, and right judgment. Last night
a meeting was held in Southampton, for
the purpose of condemning the conduct of Mr.
EYRE and the authorities in Jamaica, the particu-
lars of which have not yet reached us, but which
are sure to be most violent and prejudiced in their
character. We cannot too strongly reprobate the
course pursued by those agitators who persist in
their mean and mischievous purpose, and so mix
up matters in their confused statements that they
confound conduct which at the worst was charac-
terised by an error of judgment with acts that
amount to crimes, and thus show how unfit they are
to judge others, when their own proceedings are so

wanting in the commonest principles of justice.

The weekly return of the Registrar-General for
for the week ending last Saturday gives us en-
couraging news respecting the decline of cholera
in the east of London. The deaths during last
week were less by 500 than those in the week
before, and although the mortality amounted to
455, yet this was little in comparison to 781 and
1,053 in the two previous weeks. The decrease has
been gradual and steady, which is especially encou-
raging, as it gives us reason to hope that it is due
not . to any temporary fluctuations in the viru-
knee of the attacks, but toa actualnid ene
li.
Tabate-
menthe of the severity of the
epidemic.
efforts which have been the
o
sufferers to separate the sick
infarodine thte haesasilstthy,
to
bury the dead with decency and promptitude, and
to relieve the extreme destitution of the districts
most affected have met with their reward, and the
public generally may well feel grateful under PRO-
VIDENCE to those who so gallantly led the forlorn
hope, and faced the disease in its moral strongholds.
One very important question in regard to public
health is amply discussed by the Registrar-
General, who, now that his duties are less press-
ing, has taken the opportunity of analysing the
records of the five weeks ending the 11th of August,
during which time the epidemic was at its height.
The details which he gives of the different localities
most affected are very suggestive. Thus, after
giving us the death-rate for the West, the North,
and the Central districts, the Registrar comes to
consider the seven districts of the East, in which the
mortality. was very unequal. Thus in Shoreditch,
a very poor district, the mortality was at the
annual rate of 4 per 1,000,
diarrha 8 per 1,000, five by cholera and
of its sit-bdistricts
being supplied with water by; the New River,

ca le partially and one wholly by the East Lon-
don. In Bethnal-green the rate of mortality
was 39 per 1,000, in Mile-end Old-town
50 per 1,000 in St. George-in-the-East 60, in
Whitechapel 70, in Poplar and Bow 70, and in Step-
ney it actually reached the rate of 80 per 1,000. In
the Whitechapel rate are included the deaths in the
London Hospital, which is situate in that district,
and which of course received patients from the
other eastern districts, but there is no such rea-
son for the terrible mortality in Poplar, Bow,
and Stepney. Neither can the destitution
of the inhabitants explain it, since the Regis-
trar observes that " Bethnal-green is one of
the poorer districts of London, if we may judge
from the annual value of the houses ; but the people
of Poplar and Bow are not conspicuous for poverty."
Poverty and want of good wholesome food are no
doubt strongly predisposing causes, but we must
look elsewhere for the particular virulence of the
disease in some districts. The Registrar is not long
in finding it. He says—" The whole of these dis-
tricts where the mortality from cholera was from
30 to 40-fold higher than it was either in the west
or the central, in the north or the south of London,
were supplied with water from the Old Ford reser-
voirs. London is divided into 37 districts ; six
districts are supplied from Old Ford, and every one
has been ravaged by the epidemic ; the other 31
districts have for six weeks suffered slightly." As
if still further to confirm the inference to be drawn
from these facts, we find that the 37 districts are
divided into 135 sub-districts ; 21 are supplied with
the same water, and have all suffered six weeks in
succession ; 115 have suffered inconsiderably with
the exception of a few, where the same water has
been used, and the mortality has been
swollen. No wonder that the Registrar-
General exclaims emphatically —" By the
doctrine of chances, it is impossible that the coinci-
dence between this particular water and the high
mortality should be fortuitous in 135 cases during
six weeks in succession." The facts which these

statistics impress upon us are not new. Sewage
water, as the return reminds us, has often led to
cholera outbreaks. " Unclean water cannot be
consumed with impunity, its consumption is the sin
of which cholera is the punisbment." Such are the
terms in which no mean authority delivers the re-
sults of his extended observations.

Surely the question of the metropolitan water
supply cannot much longer be neglected. We have
paid heavily for our previous indifference to so im-
portant a matter, and it will be, indeed, a national
disgrace if, with all our wealth, our sanitary know-
ledge, and our engineering skill, the inhabitants of
this metropolis are suffered to imbibe slow poison
in the guise of their water supply. Where is the
use of a costly system of registration and statistics
if we do not profit by the deductions which may
be drawn from the facts collected ?

After the undue praise that has been accorded in
certain quarters to Count BISMARCK, and the ab-
surd opinions some have expressed relative to the
policy of Prussia, it is really quite refreshing to
peruse the remarks made by certain French journals
about the grand doings in Berlin. The Siecle aptly
describes the proceedings of the heaven-sent KING
by saying that ." With a single stroke of the pen

the great Monarch Prussianises four independent
States of Germany, and this is the needle-gun ap-
plied to diplomacy ; these are the brutal proceedings
of war. The politicians of France disbelieve the
statement of those who declare that Prus.sia will
keep all she has now acquired, and look forward to
some reaction taking place sooner or later. Bts-
mAnK's insincere professions do not take in the far-
sighted observers of Paris, who delight in taking
every opportunity of showing up his actions, and
Clilqfinkr llrfl•l V.; r. n... est", nr• 9'brt 71:,/,nr# is nlor‘ xrrlrir
strong on the point of Prussian annexation, and it
is asked very plausibly why the principle which
allows the Berlin Government to take possession of
Frankfort, Nassau, Hesse, and Hanover is not
carried out still further and applied to Saxony and
Bavaria. It is at all events certain that for
the present the peaceful relations will not be
disturbed between France and Prussia, but at any
rate all these expressions of discontent must be
admitted to show that the recent course pursued by
Prussia is most inimical to France, and that the
feeling will rankle in the minds of many cannot be
questioned. The EMPEROR'S health is better, which
is a very satisfactory announcement, for he can ill
be spared from the position he so ably fills, and the
affairs of Europe, already sinister enough, will look
far worse and assume a still more unfavourable
aspect if Prussia is left to pursue her way
unmolested and unrestrained by the con-
sideration that a powerful opponent is watching
her manoeuvres, and may at any moment turn round
upon her if she goes too far and attempt too much.

the preparations for the French Exhibition are
proceeding with vigour, and are regarded as a con-
clusive sign of pacific intentions; but of course at
any moment all this could be put aside, if circum-
stances occurred to alter the opinions of the French
Government. The great offence which Prussia has
given to France is certainly one very notable sign
of the events lately occurring, wad that we shall
hear yet more of it in the future we may be well
assured.

According to the news brought by the Peruvian
quiet is not yet restored to New Orleans. Military
law still prevails, and the sale of arms and ammu-
nition is forbidden. Governor WELLS, of Louisiana,
has been making himself very busy in the Radical
cause, by issuing an address justifying the assembly
of the recent Convention in New Orleans, which
was the immediate cause of the mischief, denounc-
ing the " slaveholding aristocracy," and declaring
that if the military are withdrawn the lives of Union
men will not be safe. It is quite evident that
Southern politics will never be in a satisfactory
condition until the national representative system is
once more in working order, instead of one parti-
cular faction overriding the whole Congress.
Weare sorry to learn Mr. Davis's health is
rapidly declining. his counsel is endeavouring to
obtain his—release on bail, a favour which we
should hope that Mr. JOHNSON is now strong
enough in his
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suaded,the who would really desire such a conclusion
to a chequered but illustrious career. The public
health of New York is improved, the cholera having
abated. The great object of interest now is the
grand Convention of Philadelphia, the result of
whose deliberations will, we may hope, exercise a
powerful effect on the political world. Party feel-
ing and fanaticism have had their way long enough.
It is time that all the States should be really re-
united if they are to be kept under one Govern-
meat, and that the attention of all parties should be
directed to the internal improvement of the coun-
try, and the consideration of those important topics
of domestic and social existence which so greatly
affect the happiness and welfare of a mixed com-
munity.

FATAL SLEEP WALKING.—On Sunday morning
a man named William Taylor, lodging in Harper-street,
Leeds, rose from bed, and when asleep fell from the top of
the stairs to the bottom. When taken to the infirmary it
was found that he had fractured his spine, and ho died in
about an hour. An inquest was held on his body yester-
day, when a verdict of accidental death was returned..

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
The llloniteur says The Times, of the 18th
of August, gives the analysis of a letter which the
Emperor is said to have sent to the King of the
Belgians. This news is erroneous. Although it is
true that the Minister of Foreign Affairs made it
known to the English Government that France did
not claim the fortresses of Marienbourg and
Philippeville, which are in the possession of a neutral
Power, it is not exact, as the Times affirms, that
the Emperor has written a letter to the King of the
Belgians."

This is the position of affairs in Germany, ac-
cording to the bulletin of the Aloniteur :
" It appears certain that in the conditions of peace
negotiated at Berlin between Prussia and the States
of the South of Germany, IVurtemberg will have to
pay 20 millions of francs, and Baden 15 millions of
francs. It is believed that Grand Ducal Hesse will
preserve the integrity of her states, with the excep-
tion of some slight rectification of frontier. The
portion situated to the north of the Maine will enter
into the Confederation, which will be placed under
the direction of Prussia, whilst the part to the south
of that river will remain independent. It is hoped
that Bavaria will retain her territorial integrity, and
that if she be compelled to make some sacrifices
they will be but of trifling importance.
"It is announced that the Prince Royal of
Prussia will proceed immediately with the title of
Viceroy to Hanover, and also to preside at the or-
ganisation of the Prussian administration in those
countries."
There are some newspapers in Paris, the editors
of which always try to blame the authorities, and,
in short, to make a capital of disaffection. Thus
these insignificant journals have had the hardihood
to assert that the accidents at the fete were caused
by the police. The simple facts are these. The
authorities, knowing that the additional attractions
of the fete would cause a more than usually nume-
rous assemblage, sent to the Pont de la Concorde
and vicinity more than a thousand agents, sol-
diers of the Line and Horse Guards, in order
to enforce the regulations arranged for the pro-
tection of free circulation in one direction. While
these orders were observed all was right, but there
came a moment when the crowd, instead of follow-
ing the directions of the police, rushed upon them
with such violence that the Paris Guards were pre-
cipitated against the parapet. This violation of the
excellent regulations for the protection of the public
was the cause of the disaster, which would have
been tremendous had it not been for the energy and
self-possession displayed by the police agents. My
account of the number of deaths is to-day officially
confirmed. It was nine. The same authority
states the number of persons who received in-
juries to be thirty-five, some of whom have
nearly recovered. The names of the injured per-
sons and their relatives having been sent to the
Empress, by order of her Majesty, one of her Cham-
berlains, the Marquis de Piennes, immediately went
to the places where 'they live, and gave to them in
her Majesty's name pecuniary assistance, which
was acknowledged with profound gratitude and
sentiments of the highest respect towards her
Majesty.

The improvements immediately to be carried into
effect will entail the destruction of a house, No. 3,
St. Honore, which has a remarkable record in his-
tory. It was before the door of this house that
Henry the Fourth was assassinated in the year
1610. This house, with 45 other houses adjoining,
will shortly disappear to give space at the south of
the new Central Hales.

The Austria& journals arc occupied with the sub-
ject of the rectification of the limits to be established
between the empires of Austria and Italy. Some of
those papers claim froin Italy the possession of all
the mountainous portion of Lombardy and Venetia,
the sources of the Oglio, the fortress of Rosen
d'Aufo, the heights of Rivoli, Primolan, the Pieve
of Cadore, Poutabla, and the greater portion of
the Frioul.

'The Siecle, in discussing these claims, says they
are all put forth upon the argument that the places
mentioned are all natural frontiers. The extrava-
znnro of sylph an nre,•rova46 sat4l.i ;11,,,,ka.ntoci ono
example. It is known that we consider our fron-
tier of Spain as one of the best natural frontiers.
The limit follows the summit of the Pyrenees, leav-
ing to France all the tributaries whose waters run
in France, and to Spain all those which flow in Spain.
Such a limit is authorised by good sense and geo-
graphy. If we are to adopt the Austrian claim
France would have to give up to Spain various
French towns near the Pyrenees, including Bayonne
and all the high valleys of our rivers, and all the
forts which cover the passage of the mountainous
chain.

The Unita Cattolica, a Florence paper, contra-
dicts a report prevalent in Italy that the Pope had
manifested the intention of delegating his temporal
power to Napoleon 111., in his quality as successor
to Charlemagne, and to appoint him Sovereign
Vicar-General of the Church.

The Constitutionnel says that according to its
correspondence from Berlin the negotiations with
Prussia, Bavaria, and Hesse Darmstadt are not
concluded. The Courts of Russia and England
have interfered, with the view of preserving for
the Grand Duchy of llesse the northern portion
of its States. The success of the proposal, how-
ever, is doubted, Prussia being desirous to increase
her territory by the incorporation of Upper Hesse.
Prussia also claims the right to keep a permanent
garrison at ➢layence.
Again we are under the influence of unsettled
April showery weather, and the meteorological
indications portend its continuance for.the present.

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