The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-07 00:00:00

NEW PATENT

1,-ILAsTic STOCKINGS,
11.11 KNEE-OAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. • They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d.,
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly:

JIB. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.
IL" ANE VER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared with-
out any mercurial ingredient, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they aro truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. ld., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in
a square green package, with "William Lambert, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern-
ment stamp.

ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
INSURANCES.

THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new Insurances now effected there will only be
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, LiverpDol,
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 PaoFrrs, in accordance with the Resolution
passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
JOHN H. MCLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

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.

F. ALFRED-BEISWELL, Vice-Chairman.
JAMES BLYTH, Secretary.

ROBERT MARTIN COLE, deceased.—Pur-
suant to an Act of Parliament, 22• and 23 Vic.
cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law
of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, That all Creditors of R. M. Cole,
late of No. 22, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, Brompton,
in the county of Middlesex, Commander in the Royal
Navy (who died on the 6th day of April, 1869),
and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly
proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh,
one of the Executors therein named, and all other
persons having any claim or demand against the
Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required
to send particulars in writing of their claims and demands
and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to
me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in
the city of Lon don,Solicitor to the said Executor on or before
the 31st day of July next, after which time the said Execu-
tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert
Martin Cole, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having
regard only to the debts or claims of which the said
Executor shall then have bad notice, and that the Exe-
cutor will not be liable for any debt or claim of which he
shall not then have had notice.
Dated this 24th day of June, 1869.

J. CHAPPLE,
Solicitor for the Executor.

DOG LICENSES.-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 Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog withuut 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,
The Office of the Distributor of Stamps I bourhood of the
applicant's re-
Or
sidence.
A Mosey Order Post Office.
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 Die riot, will receive a license in return by post.
WM. COBBETT, Secretary.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.
Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
Juno, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair.

The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 80TH JUNE, 1868.
Dn. INCOME OF THE YEAR.
Balance of account, 80th
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amountdistributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0

Premiums on new assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto 866,215 7 3

£380,811 8

£772,740 13 9

400,777 9 5

AMARTT A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,7.16 patients wero treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatcbard, Picca-
dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

f\HE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital.is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

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

TRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITITTION.

President —Rev. CANON DALE.
CO/Truer:molts for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear.
neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73,. Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls
Esq. (of tho Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road,

'FIE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.