The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-07 00:00:00

BUILDING GROUND.- CITY OF 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, iu 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.

FERDn. BRAND, Comptroller.
Guildhall, 29th Nov., 1869.

hZ,FLEI'iDID SPECULATIONS-
-1-7 GEE 1T SUCCESS.
With a Single Stake of XS yo. ~,, realise £37,090!! with
Ll £20,000! ! with 12 shillings £12,000 ! 1
For Prospectuses apply without delay to En:l-ENE TrLLOT,
General Merchant, Guernsey.

DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE
LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury)
The very best remedy for
BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION,
_ACIDITY, HEADACHE,

HEARTBIIfIN, &c.,
And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest
and mildest pills for every constitution.
In boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—
The medical profession 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.

BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION.
Tread Offices, 429, Strand, London.
Thedistinguishing features of this Association aro
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
Prompt settlement of claims.
JOHN MESSENT, Manager.

SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
OF THE

PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
62, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.

Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's.

The Annual Premium Income of the nompany, at the
close cf 1868, was £220,978 Os. 10d., and the Total Amount
Assured £4,832,197.
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. wa4 £139,322 15 8
The Premium Income of the Industrial
Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured
53,169,237, 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 larg•A proportion of
Policies which const ntly large, so that
the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks
for short terms only ; the 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.
Tho Assurance Fund on 31st Decem-
ber, 18G8, was £241,301 12 4
The average duration of the whole of
tighAlN,lir`i:t-).y ears. "
The average age of the Assured in the
Industrial Branch was 19 years.
A detailed List of Assets can he had on application.
11. 11ARBEN, Secretary,

(I HEAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, C de-
-43 donian-road, N.— Several beds in the cew buildings
cannot bo occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH', Eaq., lion. 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.

mHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1 the CHAST, Tho wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for out-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 RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec.

fINE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
Ar• ORPHAN CHILDREN are bein maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPH ASYLUM, Est the moderate rate
of £25 por annum each. Funds greatly neodel.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary:
Ms, 54, Cheapens, London, E.O

LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E.
The great Cast: end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were froe cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WlI. 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 .£1,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be 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.