The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-23 00:00:00

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S' MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is alloWed by upwa.rds of Five Hundred
Medical men to bo the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is hero avoided - a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the loc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
_ A
manufacturer,
griejlgriluNss,WHlTE,
s. 22268;. P6dic.tcaandaill3lL.
6odn.dopno.
Postage,
le. A. Double Truss 31s dd 42s.,and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 8d„ A .. • •
Is. 10d. n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Post- office Qr
,ders to bemade payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
Et-LAS TIC STOCKINGS,
ail KNEE-CAPS, &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.,
lOs , and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road
in the immediate,viciaity of the Great Northern'
Railway Terminus, Kings gross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, R.G

President—His Grace the Duke bf BUCCLEUCIT, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, i;
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 8,000 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 arid Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;
Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Paik., and Co.- Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners- street ;:itnd at
the Hospital from 10 till 5.

MEWS!' A PER, PARTNERSHIP. A small
4-1 'ilitional CAPITAL 1U QUILLED, irta well established
and ttpidly progressing Trade Newspaper —Address, Publisher,
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AND
A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY RANO, may be secured by a
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGFRS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
An Annual Payment of f 8 to .£4 ss. insures £l.Ono at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of V; per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACC(I)ENTS ALONE may he provided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 51, Conzinim, and 10, REGENT
;.TRENT, LONDON

WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT-
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FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Itavre and Brest, for New York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From IfAvitE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First :;lass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr. _

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BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Chief Offices-429, Strand, London.
TRUSTEE
Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir James Duke, Batt W. Tyler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, Esq.
F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD —FR &NCB WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN - W. TYLER SMITH, Esq.
EXTRACTS .fro the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL UE-
PORriead the Enrinal General Meeting held at the
Society's Hondo on Thursday, 18th March, FitA.NCIS•
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,866 38s. 9d. 2,472 policies were
issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual
'premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd.
• The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi-
ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods :