The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-14 00:00:00

(Established 1810).
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M. P. Thomas Hankey, Esq.
IL W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M. P.
The report and balance-sheets of this Association for the year
1869, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the
members, with particulars of the invested fund, may be had on
application to the chief office, or to the agents.
The annual income from premiums is .. ...V4,000
From interest on investments ... ... 19,000
The invested fund, after payment of all claims, exceeds 415,000
The whole of the profits divided among the members.
Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured,
amounting to £lOO,OOO.
W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.
No. 15, Moorgate-street, March I, 1870.

PARTRIDGE AND COOPER.
MANUFACTURING STATIONERS,
192, FLEET-STREET (OORN= OF ORANOZRY-LANS), LONDON (5.0.)

THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES.

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Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper
Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved . 4 0
Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 8
Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note . .. 7 0
Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing ........ .... 2 6
Large Commercial Note Papers. 3a, 4e., Cs., and 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream.......... 105. 6d., 128. 6d., and 14 6
Outsides Foolscap
Letter Paper for scribbling . plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6
Tinted Lined Note ........,...five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6
The New Vellum Wove i Club House" Note, five quires for
Is. 6d.
Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, &68 6d ..
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., Is. .
COLOUR STA.IIPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
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BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham-rise

Instituted 1861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALE?.
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 atti ndance. Patients
are admitted, and annuities of XI)) obtained by election.
No person under 20 sears of a.,0, nor of the pauper class, is
eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may b procured from
the Secretary. Donations and annual subscriptions are earnestly
solicited.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E.P. ; and
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W._

Offices, 73, Cheapside,

'ED WD."lti EAiIE it, Secretary.

STATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861.
Under the patronage of Halal the Duke of CAMBRIDGB,
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
Tie :Meat of e Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, an' practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
Ind laundry, to lit them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them.

The•‘ Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations andsubseriptions.
HENKY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer'
W S. WARWICK, Secretary.
Cifice,l2l, Pall mall S.W;

Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co. beg to
announce that upwards of $3,000,000 having been privately
subscribed, • they are authorised to offer to• the public
$1,300,000, the balance of these Bonds, bearing 8 per cent.
interest at the price of 93 in American currency, and have
arranged to secure the payment of the interest in cash in
London, to all who on purchasing now prefer it, at the rate
of 71 per cent. per annum on the purchase price.
Each Bond of $l,OOO bearing 8 per cent. interest in
American currency will be sold for £l7B 2s. 6d., and if
specified in the application the interest will be made payable
in cash in London, at the rate of £6 13s. Bd. every half-
year, being at tha rate of 71 per cent. per annum. These
Bonds are thug made a First Class Laud Secured Railway
Bond, bearing 71 per cent. interest on the cost price payable
in London free of all charges and free of American Income
Tax.
The Bonds are a First Mortgage on 85 miles of Railroad,
from Des Moines to Fort Dodge, of which 77 are already
completed ; on 365,000 acres of and or thereabouts in the
State of lowa, already parcelled out.end granted by the State
to the Railway Company, and on 100,000 acres of land
granted by the State to the Rail way Company, on condi
Lion of the completion of the Railway by the running of
trains into Fort Dodge before the end of the year 1870 ; and
are a Second Mortgage on 162 miles of railroad from Keokuk
to Des Moines.
The Terms of Repayment are at par on the lst October,
1898, or at any time by optional purchase by the Company at
market value not exceeding 120 per cent, by means or the
proceeds of sale of surplus lands, or by drawings from time
to time at 120 per cent., so often as $50,000 shall be in the
hands of the Trustees of the Deed from the same soutces.
The numbers of the Bonds drawn for payment are to be ad-
vertised in New York and London Newspapers.
The Trustees have power in the event of default being
made for six mouths in payment of the interest to foreclose
and sell the property after three months' notice.
The Bondholders are privileged to purchase any of the
surplus lands comps ised in the security at a minimum price,
fixed by the Company and the Trustees, and the bonds or
coupons are receivable in payment at their par value.
The title to these lands is derived by direct patent from
the United States Government to the State of lowa, and
conveyance from the State to the Railway Company for
railway purposes.
The present value of these lands is estimated to be from
$5 to $lO per acre, and their rapid future increase in value
is considered certain.
_

The net earnings of the Railroad from its first opening
throughout have been sufficient to pay all interest, and the
operating expenses have averaged from 50 to 60 per cent. of
the gross receipts.
The Share Capital of the Company amounts to $3,904,400,
which was subscribed for bona fide at par by owners of
property and inhabitants of lowa and the adjoining States,
and is all paid up.
Further information, with full Prospectus, Map, and
copy of the Deed of Trust and Land Grant, may be ob-
tained of Messrs. John Stuart and Co , Bankers, Manches-
ter; or from Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and
Co., 65, Moorgate-street, London, and 64, Cross-street,
Manchester.

Applications for these Bonds, in tho annexed Form
accompanied by a deposit of £lO per Bond, will be received
up to Three p.m. on the 15th instant by the London and
County Bank, London, or any of its branches ' • by the Con-
solidated Bank (Limited), London and Manchester; or by
the National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, London and
Branches.

The balance of £l6B 2s. 6d. per Bond will be payable
within 14 days after allotment.

FORM OF APPLICATION. •
To Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co.,
65, Moorgate-street, London,
Agents for the Des Moines Valley Railroad Company.
I request you to allot me 8 per cent. Des
Moines Valley Railroad Bonds of $l,OOO each, issued at 95
per cent., or £l7B 2s. 6d. each.
I have paid a Deposit of £lO per Bond to the Bank,
and I engage to pay the balance of the amount of issue
within 14 days after allotment; and I request that the inte-
rest thereon may be made payable in London at the rate of
£6 13s. Bd, half yearly, or 7} per cent. per annum.
Name

Address
Description
Date

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE.
Established 1821.
Subscribed Capital.. Two Millions.
11, Lombard-street, London, E.O.
DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN— Frederick H. Janson, Esq.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq
Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq
Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Eaq, M.P
Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq
Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart ;antes Morrie, Esq
James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Itobarts, Esq
Archibald Hamilton. Esq' Henry Vigne, Esq
Thomson Hankey, Esq
SECRETARY—Tha
ACTUARY—S,
The Government Dtity is
Prospectuses and Forms of
Asset+ and Liabilities in the LI
the Company's Agents,or to the

nos Tallemach, Esq,
Brown, Esq.
totally abolished.
Proposal, with statemen` of the
fe Branch, free on application to
Secretary.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for tho purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealirg.

870 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Ban It,
214, Bigh Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, E. 0.•, and by
WILLIAM WILLIAIIS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPI PAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn. lhe Committee earnestly APR.LiL
for FUNDS to defray the heavy current expenses. Assistsace is
urgently needed.

J. W.WALDRON, Secretpry