The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-25 00:00:00

ME'S'SAGERIES IMPERIALES.

At the annual meeting of shareholders in the
Messageries Imperiales the report was read, which
stated that during last year the property of the
company had been increased by additions to the naval
material worth £333,200 ; provisions, £28,320 ;
fittings and tools, £44,000; and immovable pro-
perty, £1,480. On the Ist of January of the present
year the company's fleet consisted of 48 vessels
afloat, of 12,850 collective horse-power and of
65,211 tons burden. There are six vessels building
of 2,390 collective horse-power, and 15,664 tons,
giving a total of 54 vessels of 15,240 collective
horse-power, and of a total tonnage of 80,875 tons.
During last year 47 steamers, of which three were
hired, were employed in the Mediterranean trade,
and the total distance they ran was 322,143 leagues.
Theycarried 118,964 civilians as passengers, 70,442
passengers for the State, 100,450 tons of merchan-
dise, and 5,294 tons of material for Government.
Compared with 1859 there is a falling off of 6 per
cent. in the number of civil passengers, of 5 per
cent. in the number of State passengers, and of 39
per cent, in the amount of Government material,
but an increase of 7.5 per cent. in goods traffic.
The balance-sheet for the Mediterranean trade
shows £9,502 brought forward from last year. It
Government
ceipts from various sources, £655,236 ;
subsidy, £253,154 ; total, £917,893. 8 general
side the working expenses were £605,65
of 'accounts,
expenses, £35,883 ; various settlements
and L 11,084; assurance, £33,828; sinkriensg
on bonds,
depre-
ciation fund, £87,432 ; and
interest
entueently £129,606,
£14,400. The profits are 0 Ont.heother
6 48°012,s ale deducted to be
£115,200 to be paid on
of £2 4d. a share, and the
from which 5 per cent.,
carried to the reserve fund,
oarried forward to the credit
divbalancedividends
d £7,9269
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dividendc is equal to 12
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THE FIRE AT LONDON BRIDGE.—It appears im-
possible at present to ascertain the proportion in which each
of the principal fire insurance offices will suffer from the fire
of Saturday, since
many of the claims for goods destroyed
will arise upon open
policies in which the place of deposit
is not specified.
Then, which has the most extensive busi-
ness of all the London offices, may be expected to incur the
largest loss, and the offices next in rank are the Phcenix,
Royal Exchange, County, Imperial, Alliance, Globe, and
Atlas. Some of the country offices, such as the Norwich
Union, Liverpool and London, West of England, Royal,
and Manchester, have likewise a large London connexion,
and will, probably, be called upon for heavy amounts. Tho
stock of tallow destroyed at Cotton's Wharf is 8,800 casks,
worth about £200,000, all which is insured. The whole of
the buildings constituting Cotton's Wharf (belonging to
Messrs. Scovell) are insured, and the same is thought to be
the case with most of the other premises. Probably, how-
ever, as much as one•third of the goods destroyed was un-
insured. Among these goods were East India cotton, rice,
teas, fish oils, saltpeire, &c.
The King of Prussia addresses his Generals in Berlin ono
day, and his words are in print in London the next. The
latest improvements on magnetic actiem have rendered this
and many other results undeviating. For instance, He:
ring's magnetic brushes ; in restoring- grey hair to its naturn
colour, and in eradicating the agony of tic doloreux
nervous headache. N.B.—Counterle ,ita sre being
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