The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-27 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S—THIIRSDAT.
A very thin attendance, and only the following bets

laid:—

CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 10 agst St. Giles (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Dulcamara (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Wrestler (taken)
1000 to 10 apt Bashi Bazoak (taken)

THE SIAMESE AMBASSADORS.—WINDSOR, Thursday.
—The Siamese Ambassadors and suite arrived at Wind-
sor at 25 minutes past 6 o'clock yesterday evening by
the Great Western Railway. Three of the Royal car-
riages being is waiting, the Royal visitors and attend-
ants were conveyed to the Round Tower of Windsor
Castle, where a suite ot magnificent apartments had been
prepared for them. The Ambassadors had the honour
of dining with the Queen, and slept in the tower, and
this morning, after taking leave of her Majesty and the
Prince Consort, left for town by the 11.20 train.
Cheriff Achruet, the Envoy from the Sultan of Mocha,
who arrived at Southampton on Monday, left that town
yesterday by the 11.30 a.m. train for London. He was
to be met at the Waterloo-bridge station by a gentleman
deputed for that purpose by the Ottoman Ambassador.
Among the presents for, her Majesty brought by the
Cheriff was a large and beautiful shell surmounted with
gold ornaments. He had a number of documents formed
of some curious material, which was covered with
apparently Arabic writing. The documents were each,
about the eiz3 of a man's band. He stopped at the
Dock Hotel during his sojourn at Southampton, but be
would not touch wines or spirits there. His mode of
r
salutation was graceful and princely, and in conversa-
tionm
his features were at play with true Arab mobility.
SOUTHAMPTON, Th u raday. —The Spanish screw steamer
Barcelona, Captain Argento, sailed to-day for Hamburg,
from which place she will return in time to leave this
on the 17th proximo for the Spanish ports. She took
out about 50 passenger=, among whom are the officers
and crew of the paddlewheel steamer Germania, on their
return to Bremen, the vessel having been sold to Mr.
Marks, of Greenwich, for 4,5501., for the purpose of
being broken up.
SUDDEN DEATII IN THE CITY.-0a Wednesday after-
noon a remarkalve instance of sudden death occurred in
the City. Mr. L3ggatt, printeeller, of the firm of Leg-
gatt, Hayward, and Leggatt, in Cornhill, suddenly
dropped down in the street, not far from his own door,
from an apoplectic seizure, and almost immediately ex
pired. He was carred by the bystanders into the shop
of Messrs. M'Cabe, but almost before medical attendance
could arrive, life was extinct. The deceased, who resided
at Brixt in, and had left home that morning in the best
of health, was upwards of 60 years of age, and was well
known as one of the most respectable tradesmen in the
City of London. He has left a large family to lament
his loss.

MEDICAL INVALID AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

The Hixteenth annual general meeting of this society
was held yesterday, at the offices, 25, Pall-mall.
Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. presided.
The following report from the directors was unani.
mously adopted :

"During the year now reported on (being the sixteenth
of the society's business) a larger number of proposals has
been received than in any previous similar period; 1,517
proposals for assuranceslhave been made for sums amount-
ing t0'770,272/., of which number 1,207 have been com-
pleted, and policies issued assuring 570,2831., producing an
addition to the annual income by new premiums of not less
than 2:3,015/. Os. 2d.
"This statement will bear favourable comparison with

Ito preceding five years, as will Appear by the following
figures

Sums assured. Ann. prems.
1853... 922 policies for £402,178, yielding 16,934 7 3
1854...1,119 „ „ 534,188 „ 22,758 0 0
1865...1,129 „ „ 538,084 „ 22,606 9 6
1856...1,137 „ „ 556,70 „ 24,051 19 10
1857...1,207 „ „ 570,282 , 23,015 0 2
"It is proper to state that the chief source of the in-
crease in new policies has been in the Home District ; the
business in India having received a check from the terrible
calamities which have visited that country. Had the
average amount of Indian Assurances been effected during
the two last months of the year, a much larger amount of
new business would have been realised than in any previ-
oni year. _ _ _

"The result of the year's business, as compared with
that of previous years, will be seen by the following state-
ment, viz. :

1855. 1856. 1857.
£ £

Sums proposed for Asssnr-
anco