The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-01 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 Cubs, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-

—.-
Unique, 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 Japat.
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.C.

SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
OF THE

PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
G 2, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.

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

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The Annual Premium Income of the company, at the
close vf 1868, was £220,978 05.10 d., and tho Total Amount
Assured .C 4.832,197.
The Business is divided under two heads:-
Ist--The General or Ordinary Business, being the
same as that transacted by other Compaiios.
2nd--The Industrial or Working Class Assurances.f
The Premium Income of the General
Business was £52,432, and tho.stnAss,ired
£1,362,960. The present value of the lia,-
buity_4. this Branch_bvilm Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing on the entire
load-
ing, wai £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

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.l proportion of
Policies which constantly lar 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
ruirs' experience to be abundantly suffi-
cient.

£lB 322 15 8

The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem-
ber, 1868, was
£241,'301 12 4
The average duration of the whole of
,he 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.

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where many 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, HOSPITAL (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.

PSICK 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 intnates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 71. Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILD RE N
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 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 is 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 received by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec.:""
Rectory Warping E

XTURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
111 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 Galignaui 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 tha General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, cr the Nurses' Pcusion 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, Lansdown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN.
President—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c.
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 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 ordet on a bank, agent,
or post-office ( Charing-cross), payable w.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary
Office 22 Cockspur-street London,

THE ASSOCIATION for the 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 mon and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women are applying for help, which
cannot I* given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. 0. B. REID, M.A.

ITOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-squlro, W.
President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help thorn to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have boon relieved in the
last six yours.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

KOAMARITAN 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. Hatchard,
Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.

N 0 TII LONDON or UNIVERSIIY
COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidentc and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earneslv 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.

L'RIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALU PREVENTIVN and REFORMATORY IN
STITIITION.

President—Rey. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 18G8 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, P.C.; Francis Nicholls
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road,

1410101 of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :-1 give and bequtv,tl4 to tho
Treasurer for the time being of the National 11:",Pital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established aou
1850, the sum of free t lqgacy duty, AM out
• -qh4"----
charitable purposes, and to e applied tce,,.l: . 3neria use
of the said Hospital. ,s:
Tke Institution comprises an Hospital f01.,,,Lia (lid On'.
Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the i idesti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.

E. IL 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 borne for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope..
lossly 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 boon 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, Evan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W,
ED WD. WEAVER, Soo.
Offices, 73, Choapside, E.O.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MerssTY the QUEEN.
Vice-patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Graoe the Duke of Bucca.nrcn. B.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 ter support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a largo 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 8,000 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 00., Abohnroh-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Harries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payxiii, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and oo.,:Berners-street ;:and at
the Hospital from 10 till 5;
THE RESCUE
1. nru as

30CIETY'S HOMES
aows:—

For Fallen Women.
2S, Ohurch-row, Eawp- 150, New. Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
I.3,oamden-street,Oamden- Newington.
town. I Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Groat Portland. strpot. wich.

For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Ohurcb-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Marrs 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 Report(of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended ito3lf to my mind and awoke my
sympathyn may be radon application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its banlgers are Messrs. Barclay and 00.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COOPER, 1300. q
RF Queen-street Cbeanside.

BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham rise.
Instituted 1861
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURED&
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-
curod from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions are earnestly solicited.

BANKERS.
Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Cnaring-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER Secretary.
Offices, 73, Cheapside.

NOTICE. - The annual fifteen days allowed for pay-
ment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling duo at Christmas
will expire on the 9th of January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.

FIRE DUTY—This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
FA IsMING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machined.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cont. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
Lyablo 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
ife.
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.

LIKBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEA r.
—AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION, 1869, FIRST PRIZE,
being ABOVE the Gold Medal. Supplied to the Bri,ish, French,
Prussian, Russian, Italian. Dutch, and-other Governments. Ono
pint of fine flavoured Beef-tea at 21d. Most convenient and
economic stock."

CmmoN.—Only sort warranted genuine by the Inventor, Baron
Liebig, whose signature is on every genuine Jar.

Ask for LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT, end not for
LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of MEAT.

QPLENDID SPECULATIONS.
ORE kT SUCCESS.
With a Single Stake of £8 you can realise £37,000!! with
.E 1 £20,000! ! with 12 shillings £12,000
For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT,
General Merchant, Guernsey.

DB. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE
LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury)
The very best remedy for
BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE,
HEARTBURN, &c.,
And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest
and mildest pills for every constitution.
In boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists.

'.,:DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET.
ESKELL, the Author of "Pure Dentistry,
d What it Does for Us," "Painless Tooth Extraction;
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trONLY Residence, (noon, Nn Er, GitOSVE-
(a few doors from Bond-street).

DINNEFORD'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, Headache,
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-street, London; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the CHZ.ST, City-read.—The wards for in-patients
aro constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

'LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Oornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
56, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Zion. Soc.

(NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
Waco, 54, Cheapeide, London, I,loi

LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E.
The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who are received without any recomendation.
The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.

SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Eirchin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
E.C., by

S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, £lO 10s.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 Pi- ... 11 19
Do
Rotterdam — ,12 1+ ... 12 14
Antwerp ._- ... 25 371 ... 25 42}
Brussels
Hamburgh — ,„13 101 ... 13 11
Paris
Ditto
„, 25 35 ... 25 40+
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120+ ... 1201
Vienna — .12 65 ... 12 70
Trieste _..., 12 65
... 12 70
Petersburg
Ccpenhagen —
.„ 9 18 ... 9 '22
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — ... 49 „, 491
Leghorn
Milan — „. 26 75 .., 26 771
Genoa - ..• 26 75 ~ 26 771
Naples
Palermo — .., 26 75 „, 26 771
Messina
Lisbon — .., 511 „.. 52
Rio J :weir@ — .•• -- -
"ID
New York ....... — .., ...
Oporto 5ll ... 52

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