The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, NoNDAy EVENING, APRIL 26, 1869.

THE INSTITUTE. OF PAINTERS IN
AV ATER COLOURS, 53, Pall-mall. The TH I RTY-
FIFTII ANNUAL EXFIIBI I lON NOW OPEN. Daily from
Nine to dusk. Admission, Is. Catalogue, 6d.
JAMES FAHEY, Focretary.

HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND
FISHING.
THE STRONGEST MAN in the worbi cannot break
the ever-lasting Porpoise-skin Boot Laces made by
GILL AND CO.,
12, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W.
Price ls. per pair; by post, 11 stamps; six pairs, 57,.
FRENCH PUBBING.—This invaluable composition
possesses the properties of preserving-leather, rendering it
supple and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing
as that used by the best curriers in Bordeaux. BOOTS,
SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its
;application.
Soli Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and C 0.,.

Curriers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden-

square.

Price Is. Gd., 2s. 6d., and ss. per can.

JOMI'AG NIE

GEN ER. ALE • TRANSAT-

L AN TIQU E.
4. Rue do la Paix. Paris.
FRENCH MAIL -STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for Now York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From lIAVitE or BREST to NEW Youx.
First Class 7OO fr.
Second Glass 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.

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La. Guars, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, Ste., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japat..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
' Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

CLERICAL. MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LTFE ASSURAN E SOCIETY.
13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W.

CHAIRMAN.
Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, M.P.

William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S.
Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D.C.L.,

Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at
the Ant ual General Meeting held on the 27th November,
1868 :

1. The sum of £412,845 was proposed for Assurance, of
which £307,395 was completed at Premiums pro-
ducing £10,067 per Annum.
2. The amount paid under Claims by death was .£100,833,
being the smallest since 1860, whilst the expenses of
management and all other outgoings were even less
than for many years past.
3. Oa the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769,
notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by
abatements of premium which did not take effect in
the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on
the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867.
4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It
amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than
£B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four
years of the Society's existence,
5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to
£1,598,906.

The following are among the distinctive features of tho

. - SO-Ciety :
CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of
Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the
Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain
on cred t.

ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected,
without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay-
able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death,
whichever event shall first happen.
INVALID LIVES may bo assured at rates proportioned
to the increased risk.

PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid
thirty days after proof of death.
Tables of Rites and Forms of Proposal can be obtained
of any of the Society's Agents, or of -
GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London. S.W.

X BSOLITTR . SECURITY POLICIES, UN
L CITLA Ll' (E)RiNFGEEIATTIAALI,E, i
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the
LI OPNRAULD,
Ea nNi IT y
ANL-
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E.C. Established 1848.
The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-:
jection not nufrevently urged,-lty persons invited to as-
sure. tlia t. the ordinary mole of Lift., A55,0.„,,,..0 L...n their
opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operauee
of the customary conditions, have resolved to p-ointilgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
I
which shall ho absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Uncliallengeable.
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 plemium 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 on
the discontinuance of the assurance.
The assured 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, ee-
-1
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
Isecured 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 voyaging, 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.
]n addition to the foregoing. statement of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly 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 aimmaintin the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great portance 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.

APARTMENTS..----One .or Two Floors, with
Extra Bed Booms it required. Close t) Omnibus, Rail,
and Boat. " Terms moderate.
13, Chelsea VillaS, Fulham-road; Brompton.

THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND
NEWS. ROO W.
Lombard-street. London.
MANAGER—Mr J. IL YOUNMIUSBAND, lato Treasurer
and S cretary of the Liverpool Exchange.
Subscription, £3 3s. per rinnum, or I.od. monthly, payable

in Ativa icy,

The Room. is supplied ;ritliNewspapers, both home
and forego • Renter's 'l'el•grams, giving com,nereial,
political, and general telegraphic information; Shipping
Lists, Directories, Timo Tables, and other Books of Re-
ference.

There is also an et eellent Refreshment-room attach..d,
as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably for-
nished.

The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac-
turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will
be found very convenient to gentletm!n whose business
engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro-
polis.
For further particulars apply to the Manager of the
Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City
Offices company, Palmerston-buildings, London.
N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to 31assrs. Letts, Son
and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C.; or at the Office in the Lom-
bard Exchange.

BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Chief Offices-429, Strand, London.
TRUSTEE?.
Lient.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
I Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, EA. '
F.R.S. • .
CHAIRMAN OF THE Boiuta—FRA.NCIS WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN - W. TYLER SMITH, Esq.
EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE-
PORT, read at the-Annual General Meeting held at the
Society's House on Thuisday, 18th Altm's.:l7, niANOIS
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 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 :

Nit ILNERS'• STRONG 110 LDFAST AN
•LV-I- FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors. and Strong
Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected
after half a century's experienc", effectually guar.' against P Ire
and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds,
and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London.

pARTRIDGE . AND COOPER.
MANUFAC 1 URINq STA nwaro,
192, FLEFS-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.)

TIIE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT. WHOLESALE PRICES.

OARRIAGZ PAID to tha COUNTRY ON o.apza 3 OVZII 23a.
per ream g.
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Btyee INDlA.Cooisur
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Secretary
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reserved articles from flie estates of deceased Officers and
soldierscs,
m
He r Ma joefsttyh'se
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencies in India.
Packages containing articles reserved, from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
8. Bell, H., Lieutenant, 20 Madras Native Infantry.
10. Bouthflower, W. H., Surgeon,' Madras Medical
Department.
13. Buchan, 0., Sub-Conductor, Madras E+tablishment.
22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenany 50th Madras Native
Infantry.
25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
53. Floud E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Ugh t Cavalry.
60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native In-
fantry.
76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In-
fantry.
78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Do-
partmcnt.
94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native
Infantry.
98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na-
tive Infantry.
113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment.
121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native
Infantry.
124. Pincbard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery.
126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry.
133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry.
140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery.
145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In-
fantry.
150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry.
155. Watson, G. IL, Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native
Infantry.
156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In-
fantry.
163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
of kin of the deceased, Or by the legal representatives of
such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from
this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
of
yf
thesa deceased.le,
and the amount realized De credited to the estate

T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Socretary.

THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE
ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever
introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions,
on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific
for debility of all kinds, and from its containing:. among other,
ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly
beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re-
port.. Prim Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225.
BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car-
riage free on receipt of remittance.

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN aro being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPH A N ASYLUM, at the moderato rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
0 Hee, 54, Chespside, Lon lon, ex;

(ZAMARIT,N FREF: HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower. Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free_ Hospital for dissasesgif women.
2,746 patients were trt abed last mouth without lettors of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donation., are much
dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott. Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Gou s,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by tho Secretary.

THE H OSPITA L for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay. Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bonveri€, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earn6stly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is vow open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to ont-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.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 pationts since it was
establisbeo st King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted
free.

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., GO, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverio, 1, Pall.mall.—lfon.
Sec., I , Smith. Esc]. GEO. REID, Sec.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
MI CREST, City-road.—Tho wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded. daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
-1 CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President —His Grace the Duke f GRAFTON.

The Committee of Management etirnestc;;XPPEAL for
FUNDS to help thorn to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.
GEORG]) WOOD, Secretary.