The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-15 00:00:00

FIRE BRANCH.

Notwithstanding the large accessions of business made
annually thropgh a long series of years, which obviously in-
crease the difficulty of further advances, yet the Fire Pre:
miums of the year 1859 rise above those of the preceding
year—by a larger sum than has been obtained by the increase
of any single year since the formation of the Company, ex-
ceptiug the year 1853, disclosing an advance of 50 PER CENT.
IN THREE YEARS.
The following figures exhibit the progress of the whose
Fire Branch, running over the last Ten years :
Total Premium Increase of the year
received. above each preceding one.
1850 £44,02710 0 £9,557 19 8
1852 76,925 4 2 24,251 18 3
1854 128,459 11 4 15.895 7 0
1856 151,733 9 6 21,673 17 7
1858 196,148 2 6 21092 17 10
1859 228,914 7 3 32,,166 4 9
Placing the Company among the very largest offices in the
Kingdom. Indeed, it is believed that there are now only
three offices in existence which equal it in Fire revenue.
LIFE BUSINESS.
The Directors desire to call the especial attention of the
Proprietors of THE LIFE BRANCH of the Establishment.
&the ACTUARY'S Report on this subject is accompanied
by an Appendix, illustrated by two coloured Diagrams,
which make plain to the unprofessional eye the mortality ex-
perienced by the "Royal," as indicated by curved lines,
which contrast most favourably with the former Averages of
mortality, also displayed on the Diagrams.
The Bonus apportioned to the Assured, with participation,
amounts to £2 per cent. per annum, to be added to the origi
nal sum assured of EVERY PARTICIPATING POLICY
effected previously to the Ist of January, 1858, for each entire
year that it had been in existence since the last appropriation
of Bonus thereon, and is ONE OF THE LARGEST
BONUSES EVER DECLARED.
The Paid-up and Invested Capital, including Life Funds,
amounts to upwards of £700,000 sterling.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary.

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II .R 111A.TESTI'S LEVEE.

The Queen held a levee, the first this season, yesterday
afternoon, in St. James's Palace.
Mr. Richard Charles Kirby, C. 8., late Accountant-
General, War Department, was presented to the Queen by
Lord Herbert, and received from her Majesty the honour of
knighthood.
Mr. John Hillyard Cameron, Q. C., Grand Master of the
Loyal Orange Association of British America, presented
an address to the Qeeen front their Orand Lodge, expressive
of their devoted royalty to her Majesty, representing that
this association is under no legal disability in British North
America, and that therefore their claim to be publicly re-
cognised during the progress of the Prince of Wales
through Canada ought to have been admitted by the ad-
visers of his Royal Highness.
The following presentations to the Queen took place, the
names having been previously left at the Lord Chamber-
lain's Office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval:—
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Abbiss, by the Right Zion Sir
G. C. Lewis.
Major-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., on appoint-
ment to colonelcy of the 17th Foot, by the Duke of Cam-
bridge.
Mr. Edward H. Anson, on appointment as Gentleman
Usher, Daily Waiter, by the Lord Chamberlain.
Captain H. T. Arbuthnot, on promotion and return from
India, by Colonel Chas. Bingham.
Col. James Armstrong, C. 8., by the Duke of Cambridge.
Mr. Baring, on appointment to be Under-Secretary of
State for War, by Lord Herbert.
Captain Barton, by Major-General Sir R. J. Dacres.
Captain F. P. Bailey, by the Secretary of State for India.
Lieut. Berthon, by Major-General Sir R. J. Dacres.
Lieut. A. Bishop, by Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett.
Captain A. Blunt, by Major-General Sir R. J. Dacres.
Lieut.-Colonel Bousfield, by the Lord Chamberlain, in
the absence of Earl de Grey and Ripon.
Commander C. Boxer, R.N., on promotion, by the Duke
of Somerset.
Lieut. G. E. Brace, by Colonel Clarke Kennedy.
Lieut. E. It. C. Bradford, by Sir Stafford Northeote.
-Lieut.-Colonel H. Le Geyt Bruce, by Major- General Sir
R. J. Dacres.
Lord Burghley, on his appointment as Military aide-de-
camp, by Lord Herbert.
Cornet Butlin, by the Adjutant-General.
Ensign Butlin, 22d Regiment, by the Adjutant-General.
Captain A. Byng, on promotion, by Viscount Torrington.
Captain N. Campbell, by Major-General Sir R. J. Dacres.
Ensign Carpenter, on appointment to 60th Rifles, by
General Lord Gough.
Colonel F. E. Chapman, on appointment as deputy
adjutant-general Royal Engineers, by the General Com-
manding-in-Chief.
Commander Henry Christian, R.N. (her Majesty's
yacht), by Captain the Hon. J. Denman.
Lieut. and Adjutant R. A. Clementsen, by the Secretary
of State for India.
General Lord Clyde, on his return from India and ap-
pointment to the Coldstream Guards, by the Duke of
Cambridge.
Mr. J. Coombe, by the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood.
Major-General F. B. Corfield, by General Viscount
Gough.
Cornet Edward Corbett, on appointment 17th Lancers,
by Colonel Seymour, C. 8., Scots Fusilier Guards.
Ensign J. F. Cousins, by Major-General the Hon. Sir
J. Y. Scarlett.
Lieut. H. A. Coventry, on his appointment to the Gre-
nadier Guards, by Colonel the Hon. James Lindsay.
Ensign Cox, by Colonel Gawler.
Lieut. K. B. Creagh, by Colonel C. Kennedy, C.B.
Major-General Hon. A. A. Dalzell, on appointment to
the command of the Dublin Division, by the Duke of Cam-
bridge.
Captain A. Davidson, on return from service in India,
by the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood.
Rev. John Davis, by the Lord Mayor.
Lieut. J. S. Derriman, on appointment to Royal Marine
Artillery, by Major-General Wesley.
Commander R. Gordon Douglas, R.N., on promotion,
by the Duke of Somerset.
Mr. Stair Douglas, late Colonial Secretary, Mauritius,
by Lord Monteagle.
Captain John-Dowman, captain of Invalids, Chelsea, by
the Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant William Duberly, on his appointment to the
Grenadier Guards, by Colonel the Hon. Jas. Lindsay.
Cornet Francis M. Drew, on appointment 7th Hussars,
by Colonel Seymour, C.B.
Major W. F. Eden, political agent in Rajpiitana, on his
return from India, by Lord George Lennox.
Captain W. C. C. Elwes, on promotiop, by the Duke of
Cambridge.
Viscount Enfield, M.P., by Viscount Torrington.
Lieutenant Eyre, by Lord Clyde.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. .Wm. Feilding, on promotion,
by General Lord Clyde.
Major-General Wm. Fredk. Forster, on appointment as
military secretary, by the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieutenant T. C. Ffrench, by the Adjutant., General.;
Lieutenant B. Garnett, by Viscount Bury.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick W. Grey, on re-
turn from foreign service, by Earl Grey.
Sir Frederick Halliday, on being appointed K.C.8.; by
the Secretary of State for India.
Mr. Frederick Halliday, by Sir Frederick Halliday.
Captain George Harcourt, by his grandfather, General
Sir George Pollock.
Lieutenant Pemberton Harrison, on appointment to the
Royal Artillery, by Colonel Lord West.
Mr. James L. Hart, Consul of Salvador, at London, by
his Excellency Don Carlos Gutierrez.
Captain Hayter, on promotion, by Colonel The Hon.
James Lindsay.
Commander Win. Hewett, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by the First Lord.
Mr. H. Hill, on appointment commission of lieutenancy,
by the Lord Mayor.
Captain Hilliard, by Sir Charles 'Wood.
Lieutenant Geo. Hollings, by the Earl of Sefton.
Lieutenant the Hon. W. S. D. Home, on his appoint-
ment to the Grenadier Guards, by the Hon. James Lindsay.
Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard, on his appointment of
deputy earl marshal, by Viscount Palmerston.
Captain Hutchinson, by Major-General Sir R. J. Dacres.
I I Col, the Percy Herbert, o>a appointment as deputy