The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-27 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New 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, Guadelonpe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japan.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be bad of
STRINGER, PEIII3BROKE, and Co.,
Agents. 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
OF THE

PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
62, Ludgate gill, London, F.C.

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

The Annual Premium Income of the Company, at the
close of 1868, was .£220,178 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 £52432, and the sum A.ssured
£1,562,960. The present value of the lia-
bility of this 137ancli by the Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load-
lug. wa •
The Premium Income of the Industrial
Branch was 168,540, the sum Assured
£3,169,237, aid the Estimated Reserve...... 50,000 0 0

£lB 322 15 8

The Liahilty of the Industrial Branch
does Lot achrit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,.
on account of the very large proportion of
Policies whicl constantly by se, so tent
the bulk of thenssuraliCCS are, in fact, risks
for short terns only tho estimated re-
serve for the labilities of this Branch of
the business is shown by the result of 14
years' experience to be abundantly suffi-
cient.
Tho Assuran3e Fund on "Ist Decem-
ber, 1868, was... .............................. 12 4
The a.verage duration of the whole of
die Industrial ?olicies was considerably
under three years.
The average Igo of the Assured in the
Industrial Branci was 19 years.
A detailed List of Assets can be had on application.:
IL BATMEN, Secretary.

rrHE ROYA!-, HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
It the elle:SI, City-road.— The war& for in-patients
are constantly full: those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly n?,eded.
CHARLES L. KEMP, SPeretary.

lIE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 3G, Wey-
' mouth-stree;, W. (where many cases deemed incu
in-
r-
able are cured). midi needs support. Inspection is
vited from 10 till 2.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER.,
Esq., M.R.C.S., vho has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30 ; private, till 12.30.

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bern.; 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.

PAST LONDON HOSPITAL for C HI LD RE N
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them t) establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied aro crowded
and inconvenient, tausing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
occupied. There it a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
but no more can be admitted ,n the present building.
£B,OOO at least is:required to can y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme
Contributions will be thankfully recci red by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
SRELRARD B. BURNABY, Hoe Sec.,
Rectory Warping E 7

qualify
Families, and the Poor: established 1818.
URSIN G.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
t—Tbe Lord Bishop of LONDON.
the. Sisters of John's
IN. SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
at King's College and tb 3 Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at P •
H OTSh Po Irlr'
eA
nursings
iL dSen,
Paris,
art
illsouaste.p
Pension Fund, may be paid
themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
Ladies or en
trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the
o
Lady Superior.
present
tshuepr
se ri:itsehnidoegd b
toy
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
to Mesas. Coutts; or tot the Lady Superior, at St. John's
Horne Norfolk-street, Srand, W.c.
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses'

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lansdown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D. 1864.
A.D., •
Under the Patronage of her a] sty the QUEEN.
President—H.R.ll. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, LG., Arc.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B.
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 are
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 .C 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 ordet on a bank, agent,
or post-office Charing-cross), payable to.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary
Office 22 Cockspur-street London

IFEBOAT SERVICES.---During the Storms
RA of the past twelve mottha the National Life-
boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,233 lives
from various shipwrecks and 29 vessels from destruction,
The Institution also expended £24,746 in the same period
an its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting
£2,741 for rewards.
The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Zezi.; at the jugtittltiol33 14, Joiutitivet Adolphi, London.

PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY,
by Mr. B. L. MOSE LY, the Dentist by special appoint-
ment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal
Polytechnic, and 23, NTOORGATE-STREET, CITY. Estab-
lished 1820. This, the most perfected system of-pain-
less dentistry, originated and . invented by Hr. R. L.
Diosely, is r.commended by the Hospitals and adopted
by the profession as one of the greatest improvements
of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration
of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such
perfected success (the result of forty years' practical
experience) at his only residences, as above. Tho su-
perlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity
from pain, no operations, stumps, and decayed teeth ren-
dered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected.
Qualities : These teeth never change colour or decay—in
fit unerring—ease and comfort unsurpassed—detection
impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied—and
youthful appearance restored - mastication and articulation
guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—" So good
an imitation becomes the next best thing to tl-e original."
Teeth from hs.; sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation
free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing
the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Dloorgate-street, E 0.,
opposite the Star Insurance Office.

AUTION.—POPULAR ERROR.—PRICE'S
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Cough, Bronchitis, Consumption, and all wasting diseases,
Cholera, Dysentery, &c., has nothing whatever to do
with petroleum spirit, falsely called Benzoline, &c. This
unique remedy may be obtained of all Chemists, and
through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE, Analytical Chemist,
2, Lower Seymour- street, London, NV.
Prices—ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle.

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Qffice-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OOTAVITTS IVIGRAM,
JAMES STEWART 111DGSON,
CHARLES JOHN MANNING,
DIREC

Esq Governor.
lsq Sub.-Governor.
7,sq Deputy-Governor.
TORS.
Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert,
John Garret Cattley, Esq. Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson,
Alexander Drum, Esq. Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goscben, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
FIRE DUTY. This Tax having been P. bolishAd, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
F.,4 "'MING STOCK. No Extra Charge made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE FOLICTFR
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the Assured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P STEELE, Secretary.

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DIN N EFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—
The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap-
proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best
remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Ileada.che,
Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for
delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil-
dren, and infants.
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists,
172 New Bond-stret, London ; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.

pRITANNIA FIRE ASS()CIATION.
Tlcad Offices. 429, Strand, London.
The distinguishing fc,tures of this Association are
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
Prompt sottlement of cl,:bus.
JOIIN MESSENT, Manager.

r'',P,ITISH HOME for INC RABLES, 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 persc ns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O p3r annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1R63; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Election..
in May and November. Forms of applic:dion may he oh-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and thINNTIONS tin•
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, }Javan, and Co., 54, Lombard -
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEA TER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

1,157 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS Tel

THE METROPOLIS.

MUSEUMS.

Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by appiTcation

to the secretary.
Botanic - Royal Botanic Society of London. Regent's.
park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal
Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1. till 6, free.
British—Great Russell-s reet. Open free on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Frida s, 10 to 4 summer months 10
till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January:lst till 7th May, and
Ist till 7th September • al o on all thanksgiving days.
. .

City—Guildhall: A collet on of antiquities, &c. Daily

10 till 5.
Geological—Jermyn street. Open daily (except Fridays)
free.
India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his-
tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders.
King's College - Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily
10 till 4.
Patents—South Kensington.
Op ,n free daily.
Royal Institution--21, Albemarlo-street. Various objects.
Daily, 10 till 5.
Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of forti-
fications, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10
till 4.

Models and inventions.

Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Scien -
tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls.
Soane's-13, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities,
and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri-
days in April, May, and June; and Wednesdays, from
February to August. Admission on application to the
Curator,

Society of Arts—John-street. Adelphi. inventions, pic-
tures, curiosities &c. admission by member's
order.

South .Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free ; on other days
10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d.
Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, 1.17
till 4. ls.

PICTURE GALLERIES.
Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
Masters, June, July, and August. s.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free; other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. Is.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, ex, ept Friday.
Flagman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays,
10 till 4.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hat,
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free Gaily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Grek. Seorge-street.
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily till
10 p.m. ls.

SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cromorne Gardens—Chelsea. is.
Crystal Pa'aco ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, ls.; Satur-
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. (lean frAo
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens —Highbury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at ore o'clock.
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free; daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. 6d.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members' order.
Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Windsc»
Castle may he visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Z:ora s
Office, in the

How parties will adjust themselves this session is
not altogether clear. The land question, the colonial
question, education, and the reductions all afford
good ground for a •political struggle ; but we must
wait until Mr. Disraeli's opening speech to know
in what way he and his party will attack the Govern-
inent. The Pall Mall Gazette announces, however,
that the Admiralty reforms are to be the cause
of a contest. "Lord Halifax, Sir John Pakington,
Mr. Henry Corry, and Sir John Hay, are now, we
are informed, busily employed in getting up cases
against the First Lord, which they intend to
bring forward immediately after the reassembling of
Parliament." So it is upon Mr. Childers that the
grand onslaught is to be made. The colonial ques-
tion, which threatened not long. since to give us the
most exciting political struggle, seems just now to be
sleeping. But it is not dead.

THE REDUCTIONS IN THE DOCKYARDS.

Mr. Stansfeld, M.P. for Halifax, in his speech to
his constituents, vindicates the present policy of the
Government in effecting economical reductions by
gradual and considerate means. Speaking
of the discharge of dockyard artisans,
the conduct of Mr. Childers is made to
contrast favourably with that of Sir J. Pakington, who,
in a fit of panic, we are informed, took on 1,724 hands,
and soon afterwards discharged no less than 4,359,
only 411 of whom were entitled to pensions; whereas
under the present Government a reduction of about
1,600 has been effected gradually, and out of that
number upwards of COO are entitled to, and are now
receiving Os. per week. In commenting on this
part of Mr. Stansfeld's speech, the Globe says the
fact is that the 1,724 artisans taken on by Sir J.
Pakington were taken upon special terms for a special
service ; and when their work was finished they were
discharged without pension, having no claim to any.
But those being discharged at present have a legiti-
mate claim.