The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-15 00:00:00

THE NATION'S GIFT to the BRITISH
VOLUNTEERS. sr,
The Committee beg most respectfully to solicit the con-
tributions of the public towards this great national under-
taking, s Subscribers are requested to cross all cheques with
the names of the bankers, Messrs. Barclay and Co., or Sir
Claude Scott and Co. ; and to make post office orders pay-
able to Desmond G. Fitzgerald, Esq., the Hon. Secretary,
at the offices of the Committee, 7, Princes-street, Cavendish •
Square, W. Subscriptions may also be paid to authorised
Collectors, who will each be furnished with a book of
stamped receipts, countersigned by two of the Committee,
and by the Secretary-
A receipt will be given by the collectors for every sub-
scription, in addition to which a printed acknowledgment
will be forwarded from the office within three days. Sub-
scribers failing to receive such acknowledgment will much
oblige by immediately communicating with the Committee.
DESMOND G. FITZGERALD, Hon. Sec.
August 14, 1861.

THE NATION'S GIFT to the BRITISH
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VOLUNTEERS.
Ladies and gentlemen desirous of forwarding this great
national project, by forming Local Committees for the col-
lection of subscriptions or otherwise, are respectfully
requested to communicate with the Committee, at their
°lleeß, 7, Princes-street, Cavendish-square, \V.
DESMOND G. FITZGERALD, Hon. Sec.
August 14, 1861.

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
71, Lombard-street, London.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF-
,EARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS
of this COMPANY wi 1 be held, at the Company's offices,
7!, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 27th inst., at Two
clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to trans-
act the usual bnsiness and to declare the dividend for the
half-year ending the 30th June, 1861.
MARTIN PRATT, Secretary.
London, August 2, 1861.

THE COMMERCIAL UNION FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
(Registered provisionally, and intended to be incorporated
under the statute 7 and 8 V ict., cap. 110.)
CaAtal, £2,500,000, in 30,000 shares of £5O each, of which it
is intended to call up only £5 per share. Preliminary deposit,
.£1 per share on application, and £1 upon allotment.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Wm.
-" Peck, Esq. (Peek Bothers and Co.), Chairman.
ftryTrcwer,-Esq:(Trowerst andr Lawson),Deptttr-Chnirman.
Charles Curling (Charles Curling and Co.)
Edwin Fox, li.sq. (Halliday, Fox, and Co).
Ghinn, Eqq., late of Victoria, 39, Eaton-square.
ehemiah Griffiths, Esq. (N. Griffiths, Tate, and Fisher).
Samuel Hanson, Esq. (Samuel Hanson and Son).
George Harker, Esq. (G. Harker and Co.)
Frederick William Harris, Esq. (Dixon, Harris, and Ainger).
~,Struith Harrison, Esq. (Harrisons and Crosfield). -
"arid Hart, Esq. (Lemon Hart and Son).
Francis Hicks, Esq. (Thomas and Francis Hicks).
John Hodgson, Esq. (Grant, Hodgson, and Co.)
John Humphery, jun., Esq. (Humphery and Son).
Noss Joshua. Esq. (Joshua Brothers and Co.)
William Leask, sq., Eastcheap.
William Lee, Esq., M.P. (Lee, Son, and Smith.)
kr. Sheriff Lusk (A. Lusk and Co.)
John Robert Thomson, jun., (J. R. Thomson and Co.)
Joseph Underwood, Esq. (Hills and Underwood.)
John Kemp Welch. Esq. (Orlando Jones and Co.)
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
The London and County rank.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane.
'BROKER.
George E. Seymour, sq., 38, Th-ogTnorton-street.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
34, Gracechurch-street, E.C.

PROSPECTUS.
The Committee of Merchants, Brokers, and others appoin-
ted at a Public Meeting, held at the Mansion House, on the
25th July, 1861, to consult with the combined Fire Insurance
Offices relative to the re-adjustment of their greatly increased
rates of insurance, have decided upon the establishment of an
Independent Company.
Powerful support has been already obtained from the vari-
ous interests represented at that Meeting, and a Provisional
isoard has been formed from leading commercial h uses, and
others, who, by their influence and extensive connections, at
°nee secure to thi4 Company a large amount of profitable
business.
The first principles of the Company will be the establish-
ment of an equitable classification of risks, as regards both
Inerchandise and Warehouses, and more liberal arrangements
than are now obtainable upon Floating and Short-time Poli-
cies. A Scale of Rates will be adopted which, while fully re-
munerative, shall be sufficiently moderate to encourage a
universal habit of insurance.
It is intended to reserve a Per-centage of Profits for perio-
dical division amongst Insurers.
The Company will undertake the Insurance of Houses and
their contents at equitable rates, this class of business having
long proved a large source of profit to the existing offices.
The Company will be strictly independent in its operations,
and, in pursuance of the comprehensive principle on which
the Board has been constituted, will address itself to every
Class of Insurers.
The principle of Limited Liability will be extended to all
Insurances effected with the Company, by the introduction of
the usual clause limiting the amount of each Shareholder's
reSPOnsibility.
Power will be taken in the Deed of Settlement (with the
Consent of a Meeting of Shareholders) to extend the opera-
tions of the Company. to Life and Marine business, should it
hereafter be thought desirable to do so.
It is intended to call up £5 per Share only, of' which a de-
Posit of £1 will be paid on application, £1 on allotment, and
£1 at intervals of three, six, and nine months. •
Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be
obtained of George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-street,
the Broker of the Company ; or of the Solicitors ; or at the
Temporary Offices of the Company. A deposit of £1 upon
each Share applied for must be paid to the Company'4
Bankers previously to the Application being sent in. This
sum will be returned if no allotment is made to the applicant.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Directors of the Commercial
Union Fire Insurance Company.
Gentlemen,--13..hyr paid to your bankers the som of
I hereby request you to allot me Shares of £5O--acu in the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company, and
tbetrby agree to accept such Shares, or any smaller number.
that may be allotted to me ; and to pay the further sum of
£1 per Share upon allotment, and to sign the Deed of ziettle-
xnent of the Company when required.
I am, Gentlemen,
Name in full
Address in full

Date
Received the 1861, on account of the Provisional
Directors of the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company,
from the sum of being the deposit made
In accordance with the terms of the Prospectus on an
application for an allotment of Shares in the undei -
taking.

RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
-IATHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two
Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of ii ERN I A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its ,ffects,
15 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
~..11.bcdy, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
'oc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had,' and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
eninference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is.
Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bcl.
4111 Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6€l. Postage, is. 10d.
..Post-office Orders to be made payable to Jolm White, Post-
cluice,
)LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for
, Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of
'Be Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture,
band inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking.
rice 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 105.,_ and 16s. each. Postage 6d.