The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-18 00:00:00

THREE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

The Standard gives statistics of the present and
the two last general elections. In 1859 there were
473 Liberal and 309 Conservative candidates; in
1865, 500 and 411 ; in 1868, 618 and 443. Com-
paring 1868 with 1859, we find that the Liberal can-
didates increased by 145, and the Conservative by 44.
This scarcely looks like progress on the part of Con-
servative opinions. At the same time it must be
remembered that while superfluous Liberal candi-
dates imply a predominance of Liberal opinions, this
very superfluity is likely to injure the representation
of Liberalism.

CARRIAGE OF VOTERS.
The man with money and influence must have the
advantage in an election struggle, despite Acts of
Parliament to the contrary. He is forbidden to pay
hire for the conveyance of voters to the poll, s) he
borrows of his friends all available traps, and there
is _4l g42OcUY a show of antiouated vehicles as uno,n. 4

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fierby day or the night of a bOuntrall. Time tine
man of most influence wins in the end.
THE POLICE AT ELECTION MEETINGS.

The other evening froth eighteen to twenter
thousand persons assembled in the Agricultural Hall,
Islington, to hear Mr. O'Malley, the Conservative
candidate for Finsbury. No sooner did Mr. O'Malley
come forward than a rush was made upon the plat-
form. A contemporary states that Mr. O'Malley
was obliged to beat a hasty retreat down a
flight of temporary stairs into a retiring-room
made by partitioning off a portion of the room,
and thence into Berners-road, followed by
several of the committee. A struggle then
ensued for possession of the platform. Mr. O'Malley's
friends held possession for some time, displaying
party placards in answer to a similar display from
the body of the hail ; the former, it is unnecessary to
say, bearing the words ." Vote for O'Malley," and the
latter, " Torrens and Lusk for Finsbury." The
O'Malleyites retained possession of the platform for
half an hour, when the roughs obtained possession.
They demolished everything they could lay their hands
on, destroying the valuable curtains and furniture;
they beat back. the supporters of Mr. O'Malley with
the legs and splinters of broken tables. The unfortu-
nate 0 Malleyites were driven into a corner ; a parti-
tion running the whole width of the hall was torn
down, ar d upwards of a hundred parsons, who had
clambered to the top of the partition for
safety, had it torn from under their feet, were left
clinging to the iron girders of the roof like a crew
of sailors in the rigging of a vessel, and had to
drop down as well as they could. There being
nothing left to destroy, the band of ruffians com-
menced bonneting those who were unable to get out
* their reach, until they were left completely in
possession of the place. The gas was at length
turned off, and the building was cleared. No
assistance was rendered by the police, one or two of
them who were standing at the entrance stating
they were forbidden to enter the building.

COMPLETE OUTFI'T'S for ALL CLIMATES.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.
Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, K.0.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair.
The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30T-H JUNE, 1868.
DR, INCOME OF TILE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0
£772,740 13 9

Premiums on new assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3

£3.10,811. 8 3

Interest from invest-
ments 117,584 7 3

£498,395 15 11
Profit and loss, balance
of account
Total income

£1,817,207 2 1

CR. CHARGE OF TIIE YEAR
Dividend to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives
assured V65,523 13 5
Additions to those under
participating policies 22,816 4 7
Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3
Re-assurances, new
Ditto, old.. 50,365 0 8

£370,613 5 3
Commission

Medical fees
Income tax 2,215 4 7
Expenses of manage-
ment 15,489 8 5
400,777 9 5

Total charge
Ealance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN ,•
Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 14s. sd. •, the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by—viz., £134,811 14s. 9d.— wises
the fund again to £907,552 Be. 6d.
The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s.
3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised
assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report.
The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there-
fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather
more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070
13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in-
cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cent.
The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d.,
and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re-
assurances.

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The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden-
tical in amount with those of 186 d. They are less than
those of last year by nearly £lO,OOO.
A c,nsiderable reduction, too, appears in the amount
of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks
re-assured having terminated by death and other causes.
The expenses of management are less than those of last
year by upwards of 21,400. But they still include charges
incurred in the final closing of the two oiliceslast absorbed
by the company. The whole expendituro, however, in-
cluding income tax, is at the' rate of little more than 5-3.
per rent. on the total income.
The balance-slaeet is as follows :

DR.
Interest due to proprietors

Claims on deceise of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 .5
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,10 11 7
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as bef0re....... 907,552 8 6

Total £7,565,198 1 3
On. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditto
Ditto ditto reversions 317,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities 479,932 13 3
Ditto ditto temporary securities
Current interest on the above invest-
ments
Cash and bills 2.)1 601 2 9
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Advanced on security of the company's
policies 159,503 14 9
Agents' balances
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

Total £7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS A LLEN,t Auditors.
HENRY ROSE, ff
The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further investments have been made
on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about
£ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com-
pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value
of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030
as. 3d.
The direction of the company is now constituted as
follows :

The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., 5.C.8., Chair-

man.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE,
Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq. I Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq. I James Murray, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq.
D.C.L. George Russell, Esq.
Robert A. Gray, Esq. I Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke,
Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., I Esq.
F.R.S. I Admiral Tindal.