The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOI,:, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN ELARY 11, 1861,

LLOYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT
Liu INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution
earnestly APPEAL to tl'e public for PECUNIARY ASSIST-
ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on
the limited funds of the Society. It has now 108 life boats,
some of which have saved last year 204 persons from a watery

THOMAS BARING, Chairman.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman.
14, John-street, Adelphi, W.C.
Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co.; Harks
and Co.; and at the Institution.

INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY,
142, Strand, London, W.C., January 10, 1861.
Notice is Hereby Given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVI-
DEND on the Capital Stock of the Society, at the rate of
Six per Cent. per annum, to the 31st December last, is now
due, and in course of PAYMUNT at the Society's Office, be-
tween the hours of 11 and 3.
EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman.
No. 142, Strand, London, W.C.

NO 'ICE OF DIVIDEND. -BANK OF
DEPOSIT (Established A.D., 1844), No. 3, Pall-mall
East, London, S.W.—The WARRANTS for the HALF-
YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
on Deposit Amounts, to the 31st inst., will be READY for de-
livery on and alter the 10th January, and payable daily be-
tween the hours of 10 and 4.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.

December, 1860.
Prospectuses and forms sent free on application.

DR. MARK AND HIS LITTLE MEN
In London, for One Week Only,
At the Great St. James's Hall, Regent-street and
Piccadilly.
TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) EVENING, Jan. 12.
Doors open at half -past 7.
And the SECOND CONCERT on Monday Afternoon,
at half-past 2.
Tickets, 55., 35., 25., and Is., which7may be obtained at Mr.
Mitchel's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, W.

BUCKLEYS' ARRANGEMENTS foi the
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Open every Night at 8,
and Two Day Performances on Wednesday and Saturday
Afternoons at 3. ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly. Stalls,
3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Seats can be secured at all the
Libraries, and at the Ticket-office, 28, Piccadilly.

the Crimean medal, several having clasps attached
for Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, and Sebastopol.
The companies and detachments of Royal and
Indian Engineers having been drawn up on the
parade-ground, in the form of three sides of a square,
Colonel H. 1). Harness, C. 8,, Director of the Royal
Engineer establishment, advanced to the centre,
attended by all the officers of the Staff at the head-
quarters. The non-commissioned officers and men
to be decorated, about 96 in number, were then
paraded in front by Lieut.-Col. Collinson, when
Col. Harness, addressing them, expressed the honour
and pleasure he felt in being deputed to present the
medals which had been awarded them for their ser-
vices in India. Distributed as the corps of Royal
Engineers was all over the world, it was rarely the
commanding officer had to perform the pleasing duty
which now devolved upon him. The pleasure he
experienced in distributing the medals on that occa-
sion was greatly enhanced by the circumstance that
he had served with most of the men who now stood
before him, and could therefore speak from his own
knowledge of their bravery and devotion. Speaking
to the remainder of the men who were drawn up
before him, the gallant Colonel reminded them that
it was a great honour to the recipient of suck a
distinguishing mark of her Majesty's approbation
as was now conferred on the non-commissioned
officers and men selected to be decorated with the
Indian medal. He would exhort them therefore to
do everything in their power to maintain the high
position the corps now held. Colonel Harness then
distributed the medals to each of the recipients,
many of those decorated having three or four on
their breasts already, including the Caffre, Baltic,
and Crimean medals. One of the recipients, Ser-
geant Lendrim, in addition to wearing three medals,
is also decorated with the Victoria Cross, which
was awarded him for conduct of unexampled gal-
lantry and heroism, and on being presented with
the Indian medal, was particularly complimented
by Colonel Harness. After the whole of the medals
had been distributed, the companies marched past,
and the interesting proceedings terminated.
Lieut.. Col. S. D. Broughton, Ist brigade Garri-
son Artillery at Woolwich, some time under arrest,
was yesterday granted three months' leave of
absence, on the expiration of which period, he
will be permitted to retire from the service on
half-pay.
The state of the river off Woolwich dockyard and
Arsenal was yesterday extremely embarrassing to
the shipping. The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle
remains at the floating coal depot, unable to be sup-
plied, in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining
a passage for the labourers from the ship to the
shore. The communication from the flagship is
only kept up at the ebb and flow of the tide, when
the flakes of rough ice separate, so as to admit a
passage of the boat, which is guided by means of
boat hooks and a strong hawser run out from the ship
to the landing steps. The master of a collier
vessel, lying in the bight below the Arsenal, yes-
terday put off a boat's crew to purchase provisions
in the town. They left their vessel at 11 a.m., and
did not make the pier till half-past 3 p.m., when,
by the assistance of rope and plank's supplied by
Mr. Pellet, of her Majesty's War Department
steamer Balaklava, they were enabled to effect a
landing.