The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-18 00:00:00

SPECIAL NOTICE.
101) P.
-ring the Christmas Holidays a performance every
",. ng
e.ni --Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
''..lld Saturday, at 8. Morning: Performances every Wednes-
4ay and Saturday at 3, except Christmas Week, when the
Ironing. Entertainments will be on Thursday (instead of
Wednesday) and Saturd iy, at 3.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS !!-
The Band and Musical arrangements under the tfirec-
ton of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In
Ogdition to the Laurent False, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel-
-I,.?es of lost Week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the
I°lo3 Performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.—
Aranager, M. P. G ren et.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.
NOTICE. —CHRISTMAS RENEWALS.
Losses by fire occurring during the fifteen days of grace
are made good to the as ured.
The business of the Company exceeds £68,000,000.
Tffie duty paid to Government for the year 1860 was
£81,7i32 £9 95. 9d., and the amount insuring on farming stock
.9g8,368.
A bonus of three-fifths of the proflis periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus from time to time received
Stuns arnountin,_4- in the afgregate to £lOO,OOO.
A further sum is applicable for a bonus upon policies
renewed in 1861.
The rates of premium are in no case higher than those
charged by the other principal offices making no returns to
their insurers.
l'or prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey-
street, Norwich, and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars P C
.

SALE OF lIER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.
- Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 16th Dec., 1861.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
ITNITED K INGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
34AND DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on FRIDAY,
J
the 3d anpary next, at TWO o'clock, they will be ready to
receive Scaled 'renders for the purchase of her Majesty's un-
dermentioned Ships :--

Where
Lying.

Where
Tos. Tns.
Portland 14n77' Frolic .. o
. . f,01) Lying.
Lively. . IpBo , Arab.... 4Bl
Pallas. Oil !Daring ...... 426
'Spartan 9lB , Elk
Pilot
}::xpress 362 ' Electra. 462
Peterel
Pandora... 319 ii Dispatch .... 483
Canner 359 ! Daphne 726
Arrovv., .. ... 477 i Mariner 4Bl
I,
viper 477) 1 Vestal ... 913
Cleopatra.... 218
Mn Tender will be received after Two o'clock
(A -treaty.
Every Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of the
dmiralty, and bear in the left-hard corner the words
`' Tender for the purchase of lI.M. Ship," and must alto be
delivered at Somerset-place.
Persons wishing to view the Ships must apply.to the Su-
Perintendents of 11. M. Dockyards at Devonport and Chatham
for Notes of Admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here or at
thcsaid yards.

Chatham,

on the day

11 0 VAL NATIONAL LIFE-B OAT
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.
•CRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum.
berland, K. G., F. R. S.
ext,truinAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., ALP., F.R.S., V.P., Chair-
DE. man of Lloyd's.
UT CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.
Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and
Foreign Shipping Society.

APPEAL.
vsThe Committee of Management have to state that, during
" past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount-
-PR' In establishing Life-boat stations on
Lerent parts of the Coasts of En g ancl, Ireland, and Scotland.
Zit,The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores,
erations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bo ,ts, Boat-
g.°llses, and Transpoiting-carriages„ £3,63t ; and £1,550
a 51. exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether
total of .£11,441.
loebehu
ecliln the past year the Life•boatssof the Institution have
'4,f,d in the
in rescuing the Crews of the following
s :
Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose
Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone
Brig Pallas. of Shields • •
Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow
Smack John Hull, of Yarmouth
Schooner Catherine of Newry Barque -Niagara, of Shields •• •••
•
Bitrge of Teignmouth • • ••
George and James, of London
Brig Zephyr, of Whitby • •
Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • •
Schooner Eliza, of North Shields Barque Oberon, of Liverpool •.
•
Brigantine Nancy, of Teig,nmouth
Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth
Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole • •
•
Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge •
Brig Ann, of Blyth . •
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 :•,tuckt.n
g Eliza, of Middlesborough
Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg ..
Brigantine Diana, of Fredriksharnn
Brig Gloucestdr, of South Shields ..

.. 1

.. 9
.. 5

.. 4
.. 11
.. 2
.. 8

.. 3
.. 7

-- 3
.. 11
- 7

.. 6
•• 7
• • 7

--
Total .. .• ..210
Por and other Life-boat services the Institution has
I,o+
::Led £OOB Bs. 4d. as re :yards. It has also granted rewards
,nounling to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by
Eu?re•boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons
ed from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United
in;rdom.
tubtiuring the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti-
the
°n have also beeninstrumental in rescuing the Crews of
f°lloWing Vesselsi :
...13rIg Lovely Nelly, of Seaham • •• • -tingantine Nugget of Bideford . .•
Schooner P rosp .ct,, .
of Berwick
op Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives
I'rA. Fishing-boat of 'Millburn
Arethusa of Blyth
.6
Schooner Dewi Wvn, of Portmadoc Plat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. • •
Schooner Iv Miran, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry
j3rin -
Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston
New Draper, of Whitehaven
chooner William, of Liverpool ..
1.„-ligger Nimrod, of Castletown
-"rig Providence, of Shields .•
Mayflower, of Newcastle
h,,oner Village Maid, of Fleetwood
Barque Guy ma, of Glasgow .. •• •
Brig Roman Empress, of Shields ..
'-)rig San Spirid one, of Galaxide
Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna
4Prench Brig La Jenne Marie Therese
11rque Perseverance, of Scarborough .
•--f:aooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
amp Danube, of Belfast • . •• .•
nehooner Hortensia ot Hanover ..
•,..z.thooner Oiegon, of, Stonehaven .• • • •
rig St. Michel, of Marans •• ••
ePanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves-
sel and one of the crew) • • • •
Schooner Harrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and
crew)
lirig• Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew)
Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and
crew) • ' •• •• •• •• •• •. 6
tarque Frederick, of Dublin .. .. • • .. 1
,Rarque Peace, of London .. .. • • .. 2
ugger Saucy Whitby westoft 11
'ehooner Fly, of (saved vessel and crew
of four hands) . • • • • • • •
Vna.-"k Adventure, of Harwich.. • • • •10
Pilot cutter IVliim, of Lowestoft .. • • •• 7
Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. • • •• 11
IVrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish
_ 1
Brig toast saved one man • • • • ' • 6
he hooner Skylark, of Folkestone . • • • • • Lively, of Clay, No/folk • • • • u
Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. • • 5
~'Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. ••
•• 6
Schooner Friends, of Lynn
.. .• • • • • A
`Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin • • • •

- 4
- 19
.. 10
.. 2

.. 5
.. 4
.. 17
4
4
8

Total .. ..275
bowhe public cannot but sympathise with the vigorouz efforts
trreei'elng made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
the ed Crews. Their help was never more needed than at
Present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions
bj'a,:nciety has made within the past few years, it has now
lizeLlY One Hundred and Twenty Life-boats under its man-
' eVent, !or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough
ttee,,jeelr, large permanent annual income is absolutely
'ell, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated.
Do
tei nations and Annual s4uhscriptions will be thankfully re-
13,trYed• by 111-cssrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-
thleet ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Nliessrs. Herries,
aulitir, and Co., 15, St. Jame-'s-street, London ; by a 1
l
-,i-eartkers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary,
411_411 Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14,
Adelphi, London, W.C.
et.,,,,rlYtents may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders
tati.sed.), to Messrs. W llis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre

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