The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-29 00:00:00

ASK Tor " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
and see the names of LEA & PERRINS on all bottles and labels

Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by al
Dealers in Sauces throughout the World

COMPAGNIE (ENERALE TRANSAT
LANTIQUE.
_ _ _ _

4, Rue do la Paix, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.

~eave every 14 clays, from Havre and Brest, for Now York
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From HAvuu or BREST to NEW YORK.
First '2lass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 410 fr. ; third class
285 fr.

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on tho lfith 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 Columbi
Portoa), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra., Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and JapaL.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE,
Agents. 8. Austinfriars,London, E.O.

SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
OF THE

DRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
62, Ludgate Hill, London, E.O.
Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's.
The Annual Premium Income of the tlompany, at the
close cf 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 tho lia-
bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load-
ing.
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

The Liability of the Industrial Branch
does tot admit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,
on account of the very larg,4 proportion of
Policies which constantly lay se, 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.
The. Assurance Fund on 31st Decem-
ber, 1868, was £241,301 12 4
The average duration of the whole of
ale 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
H. HARBEN, Secretary.

rFHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1 the (MAST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where =any 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.0.5., who 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, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL *erg 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.

VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
-11--4 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, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible oven 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 is a daily demand for more beds, and tho
staff of nurses would be able to attend apon 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 reed red by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon: Sec.,
Rectory Wapping rri

URSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
1111 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor : established 1848.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by the , Sisters of John's
House.
Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lantriown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Maj sty the QUEEN.
President—H.R.H. the Duke of °AMBRIDGE, K.G., &c.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B.
This school has been founded upwards of fonr 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 tl 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 os 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
Office 22 Cockspur-street London

r IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
_LI of the past twelve mottLs 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
on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting
£2,744 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.
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London.