The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-16 00:00:00

Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCK, K.G.
This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, ie
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large 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 3,000 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 Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyu and Co. ;
Herries and no.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Ptifur, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; 'Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners street" slid at
L the Hospital from 10 till 5.

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire
on the 9th of April.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
Fp rMING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Rever-ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable 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
Life.
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.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CIIALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London,

E.C.
The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-
jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as-
sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their
opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation
of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
which shall bo absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this
class of the public the system now introduced will espe-
cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatever; while at the same
time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid, bearing the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre-
miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi-
nally contracted to be paid.
Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex-
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn ou
the discontinuance of the assurance.
The assure .I will thus always have the option of retain-
ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording t ) the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally
secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re-
versionary, of a Policy of this description.
Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any
conditions as to voyturing, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the objections before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as
actual securities.

In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages,
the number of premiums is str►ctly defined. The longest
term provided for is twenty-five years, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this class as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.
It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies.

The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215,000 a year. Its position is un-
questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED. _ .

HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.

THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST
PATRICK.

(Instituted in the year 1784.)
Under the Patronage of her MAJESTY and his Royal
Highness the Prince of WALES.
The EIGHTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL
of this Society will be celebrated at Willis's Rooms, King-
street, St. James's, on ST. PATRICK'S DAY, the 17th
March, 1869.
The Earl of CORK and ORRERY, K.P., in the Chair.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Duke of Devonshire, K.G.
The Earl of Bessborough.
The Earl of Charlemont, K.P.
The Lord Otho Fitzgerald, M.P.
The Lord George Hamilton, M.P.
The Viscount Stratford de Radcliffe, G.C.B.
The Viscount Crichton, M.P.
The Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P.
Sir Ralph Howard, Bart.
STEWARDS.
Captain the Hon. Robert W. Grosvenor, M.P.
The Right Hon. John Wilson Patton, M.P.
C. Weguelin, Esq., M.P.
Captain J. C. Weguelin.
Sir Edward Coey.
Arthur H Smith Barry, Esq., M.P.
Sir Richard J. Theodore Orpen.
The Hon. Temple Harris-Temple.
John Ivatt Briscoe, Esq., M.P.
Edmund Haviland Burke, Esq., M.P.
William Thomas Charley, Esq., M.P.
James Courtenay, Esq.
Charles M'Garel, Esq.
Charles Brinsley Marlay, Esq.
Joseph Radcliff, Esq.
J. F. Corscaden, Esq.
The Musical Arrangements will be under the direction.
of Mr. Land, of the London Glee and Madrigal Union.
Dinner on Table at Seven o'clock punctually.
As this Festival affords to Irishmen in London the op-
portunity of uniting in the celebration of the National
Anniversary, the Committee earnestly hope for a nume-
rous and influential meeting.
Tickets, 21s. each, to be had at Willie's Rooms, and at
the schools in Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road.
The Children dine, as usual, on St. Patrick's Day, at the
schools, at One o'clock.
THOMAS KIPPAX KING, Jun., Secretary.

DOG LICENSE -i.—CAUTION.
MITE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE_
VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 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 ShillinErm.
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.
A License is not transferable from one person to
another.
A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address' and the name of the 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 t he Distributor of Stamps
applicant's re-
Or
A Money Order Post Office. sidence.
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the Distlict, will receive a license in return by post.
M. S COBBETT, Se
M.

QANTARIT 'IN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
ki and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for dis •ases of women.
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hetchard, Picca-
dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bert.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ftansorp;-and by the Secretary.

sm.miTttheee
Messrs. Ransom,
Rf-lanOsoTTßAouLvefrojer NaVnaOMEN, Soho-square.
and Fri-
HlLospit—alßisannkoewrso:pelinfoenssrxis.onßdaarycsl,ayw,
edßneev:,ys,and Co.;
APPEAL very earnestly foil- CONTrIBRTeIONI
Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.
HENRY B. INGRA.3I, Secretary.

LAW CLASSES.
In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted
under the guidance and superintendance of the lecturers,
and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The
number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and
the instruction given will be confined to an examination
of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or
on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject.
A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and
be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc-
tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the
lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the
memory by the classes; and the system of constant ex-
amination will test, from time to ime, the progress made
by the students.
LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW,
by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister-
at-Law.
The Course will consist of Nino Lectures upon the fol-
lowing subjects :
a. Simple Contract..
b. Contracts under Seal.
c. The Contract of Sale.
d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ;
with the distinction between negotiable instruments and
other simple contracts.
e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, with the pe-
t. .LAP.Pbr lit Lasliuq.
1. To the Owner of the Vessel.
2. To the Owner of the Cargo.
3. To the Underwriter.
g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered
the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on
Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a
Master for the acts of his Servant.
In his private classes the reader will use as text-books
The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law
(Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Andarson).
LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of
REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law.
This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:—
Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal
and examination of Abstracts.
Lectures II„ 11I„ IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of
Personal Estate; a. investment of Trust Funds ; b.
Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c.
Usual Powers and Covenants, d. Remarks on the
Effect of Recent Statutes-2. St- ttlements of Real Estate ;
a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste; b. Jointures,
Portions, ex : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases
and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty
Act 3. Disentailing Duds, the existing Law of Entail-
4. I- ractical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of
Settlements.
Lectures V., VI. ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents
of a Will —2. Principles of ronstruction of Wills-3.
Practical Hints on Drawing Wills.
Lecture VII. Copyholds.--1. Introductory Remarks,
Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3.
Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds.
Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi
tors' Prust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds-3. Articles of
Partnership, &c.
In these lectures and classes the Introductions and
Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially
referred to.
As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on
Real and Personal Property are recommended.
EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart.,
Barrister-at-Law.
This coarse will consist of Nino Lectures :
Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange-
ments for purposes of Study.
Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account;
generally, Apportionment and Contribution.
Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued : specially, between Principal and Agent.
Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued: specially, between Partners.
Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra-
tion : 1. The Administration of Assets.
Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction,
continued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged
by recent statutory enactment.
Lectures Injunctions.
Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence,
chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 23 ; Iladdan's Administrative
Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery.
Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Load-
ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred
to during the course.
The subscription payable for be Lectures—
For all the Foreach
three courses. course.
By clerks of members
The 3
el: cc: £2 20£1 1 0
By clerks of gentlemen net
members
ipthtieonsopcaiyetayblmeafyot the law classes—
By all other persons not being
members
nrtelaihellesthoef
lectures
without
atteblanrado
instruction. branch.
By every subscriber £s 5 0 £2 12 6
subscribing.
To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers
cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com-
menced.

E. W. Williamson, Secretary.
Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868.
N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attend the lec-
tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as
the instruction given in the classes will have special re-
ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those
who desire to attend the classes should also attend the
lectures.

VRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALIC PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITUTION.

President Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1863 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may bo sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E. C. ; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
1- DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

The private medical attendants of the patients are
in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 1.36, Harley-street, W.

OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 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.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLI 4.MS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-ftela's.

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,
Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert. M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng He 7. .r. E. Kempe
Rev. It. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore
1 Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
E. Cox Rev. Cant,n Nepean
Rev. J. E
Rev. E. Parry
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. l'rescott
Rev. G. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the /ion.
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom communications may be addressed.

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

Established 31st July, 1854.

This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Belief is afforded-Ist. 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 their
own homes.

A new wing to the Hospital hhe lust been completed
nt 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 aro awaiting election.
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, 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 greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary.
No. 10. Poultry' London, E.C. September, 1868.