The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-03 00:00:00

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
Royal Exchange, London,

20th November, 180!.
The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal
Exchange Assurance do Hereby give Notice, that their
Transfer-Books will be shut from TUESDAY, the 10th of
December next, to TUESDAY, the 7th of January following;
and that the Annual General Court appointed by their Char-
tcr will be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchange,
on WEDNESDAY, the 18th of December, at Twelve o'clock
at noon ; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the
said Court.

ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS
"Al' HOME,"
At Tier Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket,
Every Eveninz at Eight o'clock (except Saturday).
Saturday Afternoon at Three.
"REMINISCENCES in Eight Chapters."
Part I. "'The Romance." Part 2. "The Reality."
Prices of Admission :—Dress Stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle, is. ;
First Circle, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, I=,. ; Private Boxes,
£1 Is. No extra charge f booking. Private boxes, stalls,
and plac,s may be secured at the Box-office, which is open
daily from 10 till 5, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33,
Old Bond-street.

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Sept. 30, 1861 315
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tion of M. Bour,cou'r, Conductor and principal Cornet. In 7ADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1862. The forty-
uddition to the Laurent False, Strauss uadrille, and novel- 118 16,055 481,000 8 7
ff--J fourth thousand ; price 61., contains :—Reiult of the GToratanl,st to Sept. 18:00 12,907 3,
ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by 31. Boulcourt, the War in America and Warlike Doings in England. See Michaelmas, 1861 1:3,766 3,780 17,516 561,588 10 9
Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.—
Manager, 31. P. Grenet. .11 page 38, c.
&, &c.—G. Berger, olywell-street, London; and
h..1,—..11.,.. Hs, Thn fArArrninr, returns show an increase on the final

ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1862. The forty-
fourth thousand ; price 61., contains :—Reiult of the
War in America and Warlike Doings in England. See
page 38, &c., &c.—G. Berger, liolywell-street, London; and
all Booksellers.

" The foregoing returns show an increase on the final
quarter over the Christmas one, of £17,626 2s. Bd. ; over
the Lady-Day quarter of £18,104 15s. 9d.; and over the
Midsummer :quarter of £15,012 15s. ld. Compared with
corresponding quarter of Sept., 1860, the increase is £6,743
Bs. 3d. ; and of Sept., 1859, is £15,709 7s. 10d. The last
quarter of the year 18611 is the largest in amount since 1852.
The increase in the receipts of 1860-61 over the correspond-
ing financial year of 1859-60 is £7,561 Bs. ; and compared
with the year 1858-59 the increase is £31,565 3s. 4d. Total
withdrawals from September, 1852, to Michaelmas, 1861,
£244,581 ls. 3d. The subscriptions, on shares during the
year 1860-61, were £19,410 3s. 11d., and the cash received
on deposit (being sums loaned to the society under rule 45)
amounted to £13,956 15s. The subscriptions withdrawn on
shares were £14,576 ss. Gd., and on deposits, £lO,BlO 18.4 d.
The total amount of subscriptions on shares now in the
society is £124,138 Os. Gd., and total deposit account is
£16,439 15s. ld. During the past year the sum of £27,508
4s. 7d. was transferred from the share account to pay for
allotments of land, and the repayments of loans on land
were £34,11455. 2d. The amount advanced in 1861 to allot-
tees, who borrowed 7-Bths of the cost of their land, was
£36,816 ss. 10d. The total balance of advances to allottees
on land account is £39,699 14s. 10d. Tho sale of land on
the allotment of 1861, as per prices on plans, was £35,214
4s. 2d.-an increase over that of 1860 of £14,148 13s.
10d. The sale of the stock in hand (being land previously
allotted) during the past year was £9,589 165. 7d., being
an increase on that in 1860 of £4,838 Os. Id. The total
sale of land in 1860-61 was £44,804 Os. 9d. The grand
totals of the sale of land to Michaelmas, 1861, are £299,891
Ils. Bd. The freehold building plots now fur sale in
various counties amount to £48,788 17s. 7d. The repay-
ments of advances for building during the past year were
£3,328 10s. sd. The amonnt advanced this year for build-
ing has been £9,855 15s. 2d. The total balance of advances
for building, &c., is £31,491 ls. Bd. The balance-sheet
further shows, that after providing for the guaranteed in-
terest of five per cent. per annum on shares, and four per
cent. per annum on deposits, and under Rule 44 adding
£1,429 Bs. 11d. to the reserve fund, which now amounts to
£lO,OOO, there remains an available balance of £2,906 3s.
11d., out of which the board is enabled to declare a bonus of
five and a-half per cent. por annum for the financial year
ending 30th September, 1861, on all subscriptions paid on
existing uncompleted shares in respeot of which lots on
estates have not been taken ; and such bonus of five and
a-half per cent. will be added to the accounts of the several
members in their pass-books, as provided by the rules. The
holders of completed shares, and of all shares on which
subscriptions have been paid a year in advance, and up-
wards, will be entitled to receive the additional half per
cent. (over and above the five per cent. already paid to
them), and the amounts under this head will be
added to the Lady-Day interest warrants to
be issued on the Ist of May, 1862. Every pay-
ment into the society on shares not in arrear and on the
register at this annual meeting will thus realise five and a-
half per cent. per annum, for the year ending 30th Sep-
tember, 1861. The Executive Committee have the pleasure
to add that, until further notice, the:rate of interest on com-
pleted shares and shares in progress paid a year in advance
and upwards will continue at 5 per cent. per annum, pay-
able half-yearly up to Lady-day and Michaelmas, the war-
rants for which will be issued on the Ist of May and Ist of
November. The interest to be allowed for deposits under
Rule 45 (which authorises tho committee and trustees to
borrow money on the credit of the society's assets) will con-
tinue at four per cent. per annum, payable at the same dates
as the interest on shares. Tho allotments during the past
financial year were the second portion of the Woodbury
Park estate, Tunbridge Wells, and ground rents on the
Battersea and St. Margaret's estates, on the 28th of Fe-
bruary; the Putney Heath estate on the 16th of May; the
third estate at Hertford, and the third portion of the 'Wood-
bury Park estate, Tunbridge Wells, on the 17th of July.
To these allotments, and the sale of Bessborough House,
Roehampton, with a considerable portion of land, are to be
ascribed the year's successful operations. The Executive
Committee cannot better illustrate the extent of the opera-
tions of the Conservative Land Society since it has been in
existence than to enumerate hero the estates which have
been acquired, showing at the same time the facilities af-
forded for prompt communication therewith :-
/sIfonLESEX-Kentish-town, York-road, N.-by rail and
bus; Old Ford, Old Ford-road, E., and Roman-road, North
Bow-by rail and bus ; Seven Sisters, Tottenham-by rail
and bus; Wood-green, Bound's• green-by rail; Enfield,
close to station, by rail ; Hackney, close to station-by
rail and bus; Ealing, the Church-by rail and
,bus ; Houn-
slow, close to station-by rail ; St. Margaret's,l wickenhans,
and Isleworth-by river, rail, and bus; Markfield, Stam-
ford-hill-by bus.
SURREY, EAST-Putney, Putney-bridge and Wands-
worth-road; Putney-common, Putney-heath; and Battersea,
Lower-road-by river, rail, and bus ; Camberwell-houses,
Denmark-road-by bus ; Roehampton-park and Redhill-
by rail.
&Jitney, WEsr-Oatlands Grange, Weybridge, and
Guildford-by rail.
KENT, WEST-Brocklcy-hill-park, Forest-hill ; Wood-
bury-park and Londonroad, Tunbridge Wells ; Maidstone,
St. Paul's Church-by rail.
HERTFORDSHIRE Hertford and Nero (No. 1), halfway
between the two towns; Hertford (Nos. 2 and 3), Fore-
street, adjoining station-by rail.
ESSEX, SOUTH-Maldon-by rail.
SUSSEX-Roundhill-park, Brighton-by rail.
BERKSHIRE-Downshire-square, Reading-by rail.
WORCESTERSHIRE, WEST- West Malvern, close to
church-by rail.
LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH-St. Catherine's, Lincoln-by
rail ; Alford-by rail.
SOMERSETSHIRE, WEST- Taunton, Silver-street -by
rail.
LANCASHIRE, SOUTH-Prestwich, Manchester-by rail.
DonsETSHIRE-Park Estate, Weymouth, by rail.
HAMPSHIRE, NORTH-Winchester-by rail.
OXFORDSHIRE-Iffley-road, Oxford-by rail.
SUFFOLK, EAST-Felixstowe, opposite Harwich-by rail
and river.
NOTTS, Nourir-East Retford - lay rail ; Northgate
Beacon-hill, Newark, by rail.
YORKSHIE-Kirkstall-road, Leeds, by rail.

HE WELL IN GTO N, St. James'-street,
-/- entrance 1 Piccad London
'•-• during the CattlerA Show are reminded—Gentlemen
that this eg stablish
ment maintains -its reputation for Dinners and Wines, A.
Dinner from the Joint, Two Shillings. A Set Dinner, in-
cluding Dessert and Attendance, Four Shillings.
FREDERICK SCOIVEN, Superintendent.

11 0 YAL ,NA'T'IONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM
SHIPWRECK,
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland, K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair-
man of Lloyd's.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.,
Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and
Foreign Shipping Society.
_APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, during
the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount-
'ng to .£6,'58 Is. in establishing Life-boat stations on dif-
ferent parts of the Coasts of Eng and, Ireland, and Scotland.
The Institution has also expended on the repair', stores,
alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bods, Boat-
houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 19s. ; and £1,550
for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats--making altogether
a total of 411,541.
Durilig the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have
been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following
Wrecked Vessels :
Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose
Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone
Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • • • •
Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow ..
Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth ..
Schooner Catherine, of Newry
Barque Niagara, of Shields ..
A Barge of Teignmouth • • • •
Brig George and James, of London
Brig Zephyr, of Whitby • • ..
Coble Honour, of Cullercoats
Schooner Eliz of North Shields ..
Barque Oberon, of Liverpool • •
grigantine, Nancy, of Teignmouth
Smack 'Wonder. of Teignmouth
Brig Scotia, of Sunderland ..
Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole ..
Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge
trig Ann, of Myth • •
Sloop Hope, of Dublin
Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth ..
Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. ..
Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon
Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby
Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis
Steam Dredge, at Newhaven ..
Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester
Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee
Schooner Rose, of Lynn • • ••
Brig Prodroma, of Stockton ..
Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough
Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg ..
Brigantine Diana, of Frcdrikshamn
Brig Gloucester, of South Shields ..

.. 1

.. 6
.. 3
.. 9
.. 5
.. 4
.. 11

.. 2

.. 5
.. 16
.. 2
- 5
.. 3
.. 9
.. 6

- 5
.. 3
.. 11
.. 7
.. n
.. 7
.. 7

Total ..

-210

For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has
Voted £903 Bs. 4d. as re yards. It has also granted rewards
amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by
shore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons
saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United
Ringdom.
During i,ho present year (1801), the Life-boats of the Tnsti-
lution have also been instrumental in rescuing Vie Crews of
the following Vessels :
Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham
Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford •
Sehoener Prospect, of Berwick
Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives
A Fishino•-boat of Whitburn .•
Brig Arethusa, of Blyth
Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc
Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris
Schooner William, of Morecambe ..
Smack Gipsy, of Newry • • • •
Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston
Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven
Schooner William, of Liverpool ..
Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown
Brig Providence, of Shields ..
Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle
Schnoncr Village Maid, of Fleetwood
Barque Guy ina, of Glasgow ..
Brig Roman Empress, of Shields ..
Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide
Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna
French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese
Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough
Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
Ship Danube, of Belfast • • ••
Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover ..
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven
Brig St. Michel, of Marans
Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves-
sel and one of the crew) . .•
Schooner Murrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and
crew) • • • • . 4
Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8
Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and
crew) • . .. 6
Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. 1
Barque Peace, of London .. 2
Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11
Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew
of four hands) 4
Sim.* Adventure, of Harwich.. 10
Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. • • •• ./
Barque Undaunted. of Aberdeen . •• 11
' 'Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish
coast, saved one man
Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. •
Brig Lively, of Clay, Noi folk ..
Darque Robert Watson, of Sunderland
Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth
Schooner Friends, of Lynn ..
Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin

.. 4
.. 4
.. 8
.. 5
.. 3

.. 8
.. 4

.. 2
.. 8
.. 6
.. 5

.. 1
.. 6
.. 5
.. 5
.. 6
.. 4

.. 3

Total ..

-275

'he public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts
now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
eeked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at
the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions
~.the Society has made within the past few years, it has now
nearly One Hundred and Twenty Life-boats under its man-
ageMent, tor the mainteuanceof which, in a state of thorough
l'HieienoY, a large permanent annual income is absolutely
needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated.
Donations and Annual Su',scriptions will be thankfully re-
eeive by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-
ted t ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Nfesers. Berries,
'arquhar, and Co., 16, St. Jamei's-street, London ; by a 1
To Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary,
kb chard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14,
John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C.
Payments may be made be Cheques or by Post-office Orders
crossed), to Messrs. Wills, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre-
tary.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFEC EXTIIBFFED IN TH GREAT
-`',.•XITIBITION orTED
AND
1851), is allowed by upwards of Two
Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of II ERN I A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
TOY, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
•unc-Main Pad anctratent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
truing sleep. A descriptive circular may he had,' and the
truss,Which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
Bent to the manufacturer,

Mr. WRITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Sin 1e Truss, 165., 215., 265. 64., and 31s. 64. Postage, is.
Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
Mee, Piccadilly.
NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &0., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s.
each- Postage 6d.

The purchases of :estates this year have been the third
Hertford estate, close to the railway and fronting the High-
street of the town, and another property with Gothic
cottages thereon at Tunbridge Wells, adjoining the Wood-
bury Park estate. Two estates have also been acquired at
the thriving town of Newark-upon-Trent, in Nottingham-
shire. The allotments for the tenth year will be Tunbridge
Wells, Roehampten, and Newark, and negotiations are in
progress for land in other localities. A new plan of the
Kentish-town estate has been issued since the completion
of the drainage under the sanction of the Metropolitan and
St. Pancras Board of Works. The works on the Weymouth
a property.
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Conservative Land Soeiety. On the Forest Hill, St. Mar-
garet's, and Reading estates, pieces of land for the same
purpose have been granted, and the committee would be
glad to report at some future period that these freehold
plots were also covered with sacred edifices, and
duly endowed. Tho quarterly meetings were held on
16th April, 2d July, and Bth October. The executive
committee have the pleasure to report that H. W.
Currie, Esq., and C. E. Newcomen, Esq., have been elected
members of the Board, from which the Rev. Dr. Worth-
ington has retired. The following members If the Execu-
tive Committee retire by rotation, but are eligible for re-
election ; namely—The Earl of Bective, M.P. ; Viscount
'
the Hon. Robert Bourke; Sir Lawrence
Palk,
and Newnham Winstanley, Esq., who
offern g ef' for re-election. The register in various
s t
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counties has been much increased this year by the addition
of the names of freeholders who have acquired their fran-
chise from plots on the society's estates. Although there
has been the customary amount of vexatious opposition on
frivolous grounds, the allottees of the Conservative Land
Society have this year less reason to complain than at former
periods; the action in the courts is, of course, confined en-
tirely to sustain the claims of all those persons who purchase
plots; but every year's experience proves the necessity of
leg'slative interference as regards the functions of the re-
vising barristers, from whom there is no appeal on ques-
tions of fact. On the Brighton estate, for instance, claim-
ants have been disqualified this year on the ground that
land which cost £15() was not worth 408, per annum, and