The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-07 00:00:00

QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
L) and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed ,and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by tho Secretary.

rHE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

THE ASSOCIATION for no WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. ,

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.

President—llis Grace the Mike of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to moot tho heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ;
2,5.3 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needed, and will be received by Messrs.llatchard,
Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

NORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE HOS PlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children,
the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19,
Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the
charity.

HENRY J. KELLY, R.N., Secretary.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY Di
STITUTION.

President—Rev. CANON DALE.

CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers Messrs. Blon
qtret, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, E.O. ; Vrancie Nicholls
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 16.0.

E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

FORM of BEQUEST..—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.
The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the more desti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, B3van, and Co., 54, Lombard--
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway King's Cross.
troTne—nnHinerusiost Gracious ItterssTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALms, K.G.
President—His Graoe the Duke of BUCCLEXICH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent, for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Aboherch-lane ; also by Messrs.
°mitts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Harries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Paraa, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ;
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,;Barners-street ;:and at
the Hospital from 10 till s'l

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
fare as follows : -
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland• street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's &port (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read :-. report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. CO)PER,
8.! Queen-street Cheanside.

BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham rise.

Instituted 1861
PATRONESS.
Her Iloyal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.

This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom. provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO
obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions are earnestly soliCited.
BANKERS.

Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Cna,ring-cross, S.W.
EDWP. WEAVER Secretary.
_ _ _

Offices, 73, Chaapside.

ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
The extraordinary success which has attended the production
:tf the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance
Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the t r sent one the
most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The
celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are
assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses, ; Messrs.
W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr
Thomas Pitts. Professor Hallman M.C.

Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 2s.
B. B. Minium, Propriotor

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BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
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Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all
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COMPAGNIE GENE RALE TRANSAT-
. LANTIQUE.
4, Rue do la Paix, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
t-eaVe every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From Ilavitx or BREST to NEW YORK.
First Class 7OO fr.
Second Clasq 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, Mfr. ; second class, 440 fr. , • third class
285 fr.
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Jakciat..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.O.

SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
OF THE

PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
62, Ludgate MIL London, E.C.

Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's.

The Annual Premium Income of the Company, at the
close of 1868, was £220,978 Os. 10d., and the Total Amount
Assured £4,832,197.
The Business is divided under two heads:-
Ist --The General or Ordinary Business, being the
same as that transacted by other Companies.
2nd —The Industrial or Working Class Assurances.;
The Premium Income of the General
Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured
£1,662,960. The present value of the lia-
bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load-
ing. wa ............................................. £139,322 15 8
The Premium income of the Industrial
Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured
£3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve...... 50,000 0 0

£lB 322 15 8
Tho Liability of the Industrial Branch - -
does not admit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,
on account of the very large proportion of
Policies which constantly large, so that
the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks
for short terms only ; the estimated re-
serve for the liabilities of this Branch of
the business is shown by the result of 14
years' experience to be abundantly suffi-
cient.
Tho Assurance Fund on 31st Decem-
ber, 1868, was .................................. £241,401 12 4
The average duration of the whole of
the Industrial Policies was considerably
under three years.
The average age of the Assured in the
Industrial Branch was 19 years.
A detailed List of Assets can be had on application.:
BARBEN, Secretary.

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where !roily cases deemed incur-
able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30.

CANCER lIOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851.
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.

POOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
—The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, musing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible oven to purchase on whole-
sale terms any articles of daily consumption from want
f ~
ige'every inch of available space being
pa daily demand for more beds, and tho
.
oo
eu roomi, a. for
Theresto wa
e staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
bat no more can bo admitted ;1). the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to can y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme 1
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris,
Esq , Shadwell ; or by
SICOMMIII 611EREABD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec.,
....
Rectory Wapping Erg

URSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
SISTEIIIIOOp. for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, FarniliCS, and the Poor: established 1848,

President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at Kings College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's
House.
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained qualify themselves as
quested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Ladiest or
nurse, othersare wishing to
Pension Fund, may be paid
Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.
to Messrs.
rFs.uando,uottrst;heorNtuortshees'
Lady

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGIITERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lansdown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1861.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN.
President—H.ll.M the Duke of cl...,AmmtmeE, K.G., &c.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K. 0.13.
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There aro
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted
if the committee had further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to .one life vote at all
elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to
one vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may be forwarded by an erdet on a bank, agent,
or post-office (Charing-cross), payable to.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary;m
Office 22 Cockspur-street London,