The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-14 00:00:00

RUPTURRS.-BY ROYAL LETTERCPATENT.

WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREA.T
i.:NRIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of El ERN I A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
~nd 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 (Ar-
c:len:ant et% entchee omf
manufacture;
acbtoudrye,r,two inches below the hips, being

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 168., 215., 268. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls.
A Doublo Truss, Ms. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 428. and 528. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to Johi White, Post-
office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
ELAsTic sTocKINGs,
KNEE-CAPS, ,te., for Varicose -Veins and all cases ol
Wvakness and Swelling of the Legs .
„,,,,,' --',Orains, &a They are
porous light in texture,
and iPer.isive, and are drawn on
lik'e an'ordinary stocking. Price 48.. tlel 7s 6d. 10s., to 165.
each. Postage 6d. • 1 • 1
_ - _

JOHki WHITE, btanutwe M, 2s, Pi0C40113%

THIRTY-FIRST REPORT of the UNION
BANK OF LONDON.
At a Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the
Court-room of the Banking House, 2, Princes-street, Man-
sion House, on Wednesday, the 13th of Janusry, 1864,
P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Esq., Governor, in the Chair,
the following REPORT was read by the Secretary :
The Directors have the pleasure to report that the net
profits for the Six Months ending the 31st December last,
after payment of all charges (including the snm of £112,487
ts. 10d. for interest paid and due to customers on their cur-
rent and deposit accounts), and making ample provision for
all bad and doubtful debts, amount to £114,323 148. Bd.,
which, with £668 12s. Bd. brought forward from 30th June
last, make together £114,092 7s. 4d.
The Directors now declare a dividend of 18s. per share,
clear of income tax, for the six months ending 31st Decem-
ber last, amonnting to £54,000, and leaving a balance of
£69,992 7s. 4d.
This state of the accounts induces the Directors to antici-
pate that which, in the ordinary course, they would have
postponed until July next, in order that the proprietors may
participate in the profits of the past six months at the earliest
Possible period ; they have, therefore, appropriated £60,000
of the profits of the past half year to the Reserved Fund ;
and out of such Reserved Fund, thus increased to £170,000,
they have appropriated £69,000 in adding £ f per share to the
paid-up capital of the Company, which will thus be increased
from £720,000 to £780,000.
After deductinz the sums applied in payment of the divi-
dend, and fu addition to the lie. erved Fund, amounting to-
gether to £114,00 ), there will remain a balance of £992 7a. 4d.
for appropriation in July next.

THE UNIO, BANK OF LONDON.
For the Half-Year ending 31st December, 18&3.
GENERAL BALANCE.

LIABILITIES.
Capital—Xlo per share paid up on
60,000 shares £600,000
~ £2 per share anded out of
Reserved Profits 120,000

£720,(00 0 0

Due by the Bank on Current Accounts. D: -
posit Receipts (including interest accrued),
and other obligations 16,472,178 13 7
Reserved Fund, invested in Consols, as per
Contra '
Rebate on Bills not due
llalauce at credit of Profit and Loss

£17,444,381 5 1

ASSETS.
Cash in the Bank X741,644 8 8
„ In B ►nk of England 779,688 13 7
„ lent at Call 972,000 0 0
X 2,493,331 2 3

Investments In Government Stock, Exche-
quer Bills, Debentures, &c...
£118,460 19s. Sd. Consols (taken at 921) Re-
served Fund llO,OOO 0 0
Bank Premises consisting of Freehold
Buildings in Princes-street, Mansion
House-street, Argyle-place, and Fleet-
street; and Lease and Fixtures of No. 4,
Pall-mall East 108,175 4 5
Loans, Bills Discounted, &c. 13,811,077 14 3

£17,444,384 5 1

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.

Amount of Dividend of 18s, per Share
Appropriated to Reserved Fund 60,000 0 0
Balance, beine Undivided Profit carried for-
ward to next half year 992 7 4

£114,992 7 4

Cn.
Profit unappropriated on 30th June 1.1863 .. £668 12 8
Amount of net profit of the half-year ending
3:st December, 1863, after deducting all cx.
penses, and interest paid, and due ,4112,437
ls. led.), allowed to customers on their cur-
rent and deposit accounts ...4 . „ 114,323 14 8

£114,992 7 4
The Governor then declared a Dividend for the past Half-
year of 189. per share. clear of income tax.
Also the capitalisation of £60,000 of the Reserved Fund, by
adding £1 per share to each of the 60,000 shares 01 the Com-
pany.
It was Resolved unanimously—
That the report now read be adopted, printed, and circu-
lated among the Proprietors.
That the most cordial thanks of the Meeting be given to
the Governor, the Deputy-Governor, and the Directors, for
the able, efficient, and profitable manner in which they have
conducted the affairs of the Bank during the past half-year.
Tha• the best thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr. W.
W. Scrimgeour, the General Manager, for the zeal and abi-
lity so long displayed by him in the discharge of his impor-
tant duties.

That the thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr. Barton,
the Manager ; Mr. Invpcn, the Manager of the Regent-street
Branch ; Mr. St. Barbe, the Manager of the Charing-cross
Branch; Mr. Beattie, the Manager of the T enaple-bar Branch;
and to Mr. Newmarch. the Secretary, for the zealous and
efficient manner in which they have discharged their several
duties.

(Signed) P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Governor,
That the thanks of the Meeting be given to P. Northall
Laurie, Esq., the Governor, for his conduct in the chair this
day.
(Signed) JAMES FARQUIIAR, Deputy-Governor.
Extracted from the Minutes.
HENRY NEWMARCII, Secretary,

N.B.—The Dividend will be payable on and after Wednes-
day, the 20th inst.
Propnetors, desiring it, may exehange their present cer.
tificates for new ones expressing that 413 per share have
been paid.

BENSON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate
and country; wholesale and retail. Chronometer,
duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeating, centre seconds,
keyless, astronoralcs.l. reversible, and chronograph watches,
from 200 to three guineas each.
An illustrated p,mphlet and price Hat of' every description
of watch post free for two stamps.

J. W. BENSON, by special warrant of appointment watch
and clock maker to the Prince of Wales. Manufac-
tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C.

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder,
and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir-
cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These
costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair,
teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be
had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street,
where she can be consulted daily. AU cOmMl4lllC4tions are
strictly confidential,

ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE S,H..G
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.

Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad-
mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the
affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged
to treat as out-patients many distres-ing cases which. with
more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards.
The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500
beds.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions and legacies,
which are received by
the Treasurer, Edward Mas erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and
Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith,
Payne, and Co, ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay
and Co. - Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ;
Overend, Gurney, and Co, ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ;
Masterman and Co. ; I. BS rued and Co., Liverpool ; and at
the Hospital, from 10 till 5.
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary.

AGENT, SURVEYOR and VALUER, 19
31[11. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. and
ATICCAIL ILLY. near Cambridge Rouse, opposite the
Establ►shed 23 Years, respectfully invites the
;Faarrak'of Landed Estates, arms, and House Property
and 92,
I`
PiGnarrretseinaele, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which
i s madeti
tine
nu. n liens s al
ctarseeast yo f is
no charge
only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be
g_iven on appbca Tenant i
and
concluded
ettin.,. ,F
aa
rnmd s thenu r.
Reardon charges Vieonly, and not the Landlord.
Residences, Landed Properties d Farms
Particulars of Property fur Sale and to be Let will be given
nany or forwarded free of charge. N.B
_Several Town
partiPlara to Mr. Reardon as above.
personally.
t y.
and Purchase immediat 1 ' aa
Rentwanaduteupdouitruo:itytuu

PERSONS WHO ARE INTENDING TO
1. direct by will, that they shall be buried in the new
Cemetery in the mountain opposite Inverness, are requested
to change their minds, as the said mountain has been pur-
chased fcr a signal station by the Loudon, Chatham, and
Dover Railway.

THE QUEEN OF MADAGASCAR DEEPLY
1. regrets that her husband has come to life again, and
also that he has sold the royal domain to the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway. Should either state of things
be altered, the Queen will give due notice,

THE BALL WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED
as to take place at the Countess of Battleauxe's, on
Tuesday next, is unavoidably postposed, in consequence of
the Earl having parted with his side of Beldragon Square
to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company.

By ROYAL COMMAND.—THE KNIGHTS
of the order of St. George, who had been summoned
to hold a Chapter on Saturday, are hereby informed that
the same will be held at the room of Mr. P. Green, Ccvent
Garden, in consequence of Windsor Castle having been
ceded to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway.

Inns of Court,—Lectures in Hilary Term,

The following regulations have just been issued as to
the lectures during Hilary Educational Term, which began
Jan. 11, and ends March 30.
MONDAYS.—The first public lecture of this course will
be delivered by the reader on Common Law, Inner Tem-
ple.hall, Monday, Jan. 18, at 2 o'clock; same place and
time every Monday during the term. Advanced Common
Law lectures at 3 o'clock, same place and day. Private
lectures on Equity, Lincoln's Inn, quarter to 4 and half-
past 4. Private lectures on Real Property, quarter to 12
and a quarter to one. _ _

TUESDASS.—ReaI Property, Gray's Inn•hall, at 2; ad-
vanced lecture at 3; first lecture, Jan. 19. Private Lec-
ture; on Constitutional Law, Lincoln's Inn, at 10; on
Jurisprudence, Middle Temple, at a quarter to 4; on Com-
mon Law, Inner Temple, a quarter to 12 and a quarter to
one, on and after Jan. 19.
WEDNESDAYS.—Constitutional Law, Lincoln's Inn, first
public lecture, Jan. 20, at two; every Wednesday during
term, same place and hour. Private Lectures—Equity, Lin-
coln's Inn, quarter-past three and quarter-past four; Real
Property, Gray's Inn, quarter to twelve and quarter to one.
THURSDAYS. —Public lectures on Equity, Lincoln's Inn,
at two; advanced lecture, at three; first lecture this term,
Jan. 21st. Private Lectures—Constitutional Law, at ten,
Lincoln's Inn; Jurisprudence, Riddle Temple, quarter to
four ; Common Law, Inner Temple, quarter to twelve and
quarter to one.
FRIDATEL—PubIic Lectures--jurisprudence and Civil
Law, Middle Temple, at two ; first lecture, Jan. 22. Pri-
vate Lectures--Equity, Lincoln's Inn, quarter past three
and quarter past four; Real Property, Gray's Inn, quarter
to twelve and quarter to one.
SATURDAYS—Private Lectrres only Constitutional
Law, Lincoln's Inn, at ten; Jurisprudence, Middle Temple,
quarter to four; Common Law, Inner Temple, quarter to
twelve and quarter to one ; Ist class, Jan. 23.
Students who have been uneble to attend a lecture or
class of either of the readers should make application, with
an explanation of the cause of ouch absence, in writing, to
the reader during the course, or immediately after the
delivery of the last public lecture of the course; and the
reader's report thereon, together with the application, will
be forwarded to the Council of Legal Education, who alone
have the power of granting dispensation.
The council have resolved that in no case shall students
be allowed to change from the elementary to the advanced
courses of lectures old classes, or vice versa, while qualify-
ing for call to the bar, or for the examinations on the
subjects of lectures.