The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-25 00:00:00

ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
INSURANCES.

THE Director; of the ROYAL INSURANCE
t OMPANY, in antic'pation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new I. suranees now effected there will only I),
payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time
between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next.
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpol,
and
Lombard-street, London.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

Important Announcement.
Increased Share of Life Profits.
ALL NEW INSURANCEs, with Participation, EFFECTED
AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED
SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution
passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
JOHN H. MclajtF,N, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

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. end many eases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.

Castlrer—Geo. T. ITertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. Janit-s's Palace.

Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JTJPP.

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.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
_

Established '3lst July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded—let. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.

2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thei
own homes.

A new wing to the Hospital has lust been completed
at a cost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex
tension of the beneSts of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subsziptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the g-eatest pleasure
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.

FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary
No. 10 Poultry Loudon. E.O September 1868.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
128 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
160 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing
370 children.

£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Oontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214., High Holborn, and 41. Lothbury, E. 0.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), wider the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by aSisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of tbe Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON.
Rev. J. W. Ayre I Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. P. G. Bloomfield I _ Herbert, M.P.

Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker

Rey. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys

Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton

Rev. 8. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau

Rey, W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain
Rev. E. Lapel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox

Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhoust.
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean

Octsvius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. 0. W. Furee
O. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recei'
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd,
man-square, to whom commu

Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. F. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Ppm, Esq.
fluffH. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.
iced by any of the above ; by
and Co; and by the Hon.
1, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
irications may be addressed.