The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-28 00:00:00

RUPTURES.--BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S MO C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is horn avoided—a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the 'floc-Main Pad and
Patent Lover, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot bo detected, and may be worn during slecp. A
descriptive circular may bo had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwardei by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JO [IN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
LILAS TIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-OAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d.
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.!

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.
J. W. 'WALDRON, Secretary.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Esq., lion. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road
Open to all without letters of recommendation,
FUNDS aro urgently needed.
JAMES S. BLYTH, Sec.

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, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street: and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

rrIIE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, WeY-
I- mouth-street, IV. (where rrany 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.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-

road.

Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co, 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. P. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the past twenty months the National Lifeboat
Institution has contributed to the saving of 1,496 lives
from various shipwrecks and 34 vessels from destruction,
and has also expended £33,000 in the same period on
its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting
£3,968 for rewards.
The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
znd country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
'Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London.

DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION.
TIIE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 18(S expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to take out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.
A License is not transferable from ono person to
another.
A License may bo obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of tho place where the
dog is kept, on application at
The Office of the Collector of Inland") In the neigh-
Revenue,
bourhood of the
The Office of the Distributor of Stamps ti
re-
Or
A Money Order Post Office. jas rapelni ccaeny s
Licenses will also bo granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by tV, namitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the Dis rict, will receive a license in return by post.
WM. GOBBET 11, Secretary.

NORTH LONDON or UNIVERSIIY
COLLEGE llOSPlTAL.—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.

LIORAI of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury giro 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 persc us over
20 years of age 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, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard
street, E.O. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. ED WD. WEAVER, Sec.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
%re as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Bent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camdon-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Groat Portland. street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Tlenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Homo—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 aie deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
Tho 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 road a 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 bankters are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Bee.
81 Queen-street Cheapside,