The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-06 00:00:00

BUILDING GROUND.-CITY OP LONDON.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
City Lands Committee will meet at Guildhall, on
WEDNESDAY, the Bth December next, at half-past One
o'clock precisely, to receive proposals for Building Lease
for 80 years of the site of the Premises No. 48, London
Wall, in the City of London.
A Plan of the Property may be seen, and further parti-
culars and Forms of Tenders obtained, at the Architect's
Office, Guildhall.

FERDD. BRAND, Comptroller.
Guildhall, 29th N.N., 1869.

QPLENDID SPECULATIONS
,7 GRE 1T SUCCESS.
With a Single Stake of £8 you can realise £37,000!! with
£20,00011 with 12 shillings £12,0001 1
For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT,
General Merchant, Guernsey.

MORNING and EVENING.DRALTGIIT of
LAMPLOUGITS PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable
and efficacious, preventing and curing levers, skin complaints,
and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most fate• sc head-
ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup is a spe.iflc :n
gout and rheumatism. -- 113, Holborn hill, London, E

KEATINQ'S COUGH LOZENGES.-
WHAT DISEASES AEE MORE FATAL IN THEIR
consequences than neglected coughs, colds, sore throats. or
lungular affections? The first and best remedy is KEATING'S
COUGH LOZENGES, which are daily recommended by the
Faculty—Testimonials from the most eminent of whom may bo
inspected. Sold in boxes, is. lid.: tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. rd., and
6d. each. T. KEATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard,
London. Sold retail by all Druggists, tte.

DU. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE
LIVED, PILLS (Without Mercury)
The very best remedy for

DILE, 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. licL, 25. 9d., and 4s. 61, at all chemists.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID M AGNESIA.—
The medical prlession 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.

JAM BERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the
bowels or affecting the head, truly efficncious'and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci-
pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the
faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the
stamp.

BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION.
Head Offices, 429, Strand, London.
The:distinguishing features of this Association are
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
Prompt settlement of claims.
JOUN MESSENT, Manager.

SHORT SUMMARY OP THE POSITION

OF THE

PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
62, Ludgate London, E.C.
Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's.
The Annual Premium Income of the Vompany, at the
close, f Is6B, was £220,978 0-8.10 d., awhile Total Amount
Assured £1,832,197.
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 the lia-
bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load-
ing, wad £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

£189,322 15 8
The Liability of the Industrial Branch
does not admit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,
on account of the very large proportion of
Policies which constantly lapse, so that
the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks
for short terms only ; tho 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 1214
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. DARBEN, Secretary.

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

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.

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

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
56, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVI/sIGTON, Hon. Sec.

fINE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
kfi 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?
Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O,

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.
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 bo most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-
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.