The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-07 00:00:00

OYAL FREE HO SPIIIAL. Gray's inn-rngd,-
-a, the ATD of the benevolent is earnestly solicited, to
enable the Committee to maintain the efficiency of this great
Work of charity.
Treasurer and Banker --Edward Masterrnan. Esq., Nicho-
las- kne.

RE 4T WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION on SATURDAY, August 10.—
An Excursion Train will leave Paddington at :3.30 p.m., and
Reading at 4.35 p.m., for CIRENCES CE t and STKOUD
(12s. and 65.), Glouce,ter and G,eltenham (14s. and 75.), Ross
and Hereford (16.. and Ss.), returning on Tuesday, August
13, from Hereford at 5.0 p.m., and intermediate sta, ions as
per bills.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSIoN on SUNDAY, August 11.—An
Exeusion Train will leave Paddington at 7A5 a.m., and Redo
inn at 8.59 a.m., for OXFORD (6s. 64. and 4s ), Worcester and
Malvern (10s. end 65.), 13 mbury (Bs. and 55.), Leamir gton and
Wars ink (;Os. fid. and fie.), Stratford-on-Avon and Birming-
ham (12s. and 75.). West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston
(l2s. 6d. and 7s. 6d.), and Wolverhampton (138. and Bs.), re-
turning the same day as per bills,

Or_REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next
RALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of
this CO lIPANY will be held, pursulnt to Act of • arliament,
in London, at the Paddington station, on FRIDAY, the 16th
6aY of August next, for the general purposes of business.
The chair will be taken at 1 o'clock precisely.
SHELBURNE, Chairman.
BARREN GTON, Deputy-Chairman.
The Transfer Books will be Closed on the Ist day of August,
and will not be opened until after the said Half-yearly Gene-
ral Meeting on the 16th August.
London Terminus, Paddington, July 18, 1861.

TGOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE POLICIES.
HE CONSOLS ASSOCIATION,
429, STRAND, LONDON.
Pr vides the Security of Consols for its Policies.
2. It lends, or returns to Ins firers ON DEMAND at any time,
about one-half of all Premiums Paid.
Undoubted Security ror Money with a liberal Rate of Inte-
rest. Ihe Association pos:•esses a Large Capital. subscribed
bY several Hundreds of Shareholders. Full information may
be obtained on ap lication to
THOMAS H. BAYLIS, Managing Director.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

READ Orncrs—Lombard-street, London ; and Royal
Insurance Buildings, Liverpool.
Branch Offices—Nlanchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860.
The success of the Company, e en in its earliest years,
received the marked atten ion, and elicited the surprised
e 0" mentg, of writers best acquainted with the history of In-
surance Companies.
, "Fire Premiums for 1860 EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums
for the SEVEN YEARS 1845 to 1851.
"Life Premiums for 1860 I. NC, ED the Entire Life Pre-
miums for the EIGHT Y, ARS ending 1852.
"Purcha,e of Annuities inlB6o LARGELY EMCEE n S the
similar receipt for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1814.
"This prNress, it is believed, is unsurpassed. cousideriir:
that it applies to each of the three branches of the business."
FIRE BRANCH.

"The Fire Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dim-
ing the year 1860 of that impetus which had previously
brought it to a position of the first marrnituct- among the
Insurance Companies of the United Kingdom. The Ftre
Premiums in 1859 had advanced to the sum of 4.2' 8,314 7s. 3d.
In 1860 the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of
£2 2,977 19.. 11d., showing an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., ex-
ceeding, the large advance of the preceding* year, so that in two years the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en-
h .need by the enormous sum of £66,829 17s. sd.
"The Parliamentary Report of Returns of Duty pPid to
Government for the year 1860 exhibits the augmentation of
the business in a more promine .t way, as it affords the means
of comparison with shier Companies. The Proprietors will
be gratified to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the
Royal in the last year is more than double that of any other
Co rpany, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of
those Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad-
vance of this Comp ny. Our increase actually equals 30 per
cent, of the entire increase of tl,e whol- of he Metropolitan
Offices combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up-
Wards of 30 ner cent. of the total advance of the other2t. offices
established out of London.