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London, England, 1869-04-19 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 upwardstf Five Hundred
Medical men to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Moc-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-
tot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
• 8d Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
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An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.
F LKNAEEVArIs,NaCE: PATENT
STOCKINGS,
aoref Wprroknus,essliagnhdtSiwneltleinx.gture, anidf4ins'exSpepranisnivs,e,
foofrtLaricose Veins and all cases
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 45. 6dB"
7gThey
faCcdt.urer, 228, Piccadilly. 6d.,
and are
10s.,
janodulN6s..wearichlT.
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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-rOad,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—ilor Most Gracious MAJESTY the Qum?.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.

cer,Exicx, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of Bu
This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' ordelr?s,ooF,
wholly dependent far support on voluntary contributions 8
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destimte 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.; Glyn and Co.;
lorries aed Co. ; Ransom and Co.- Prescott, Grote), and
Co.; Smith, Pay....;,, and Co.- Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-street ;:and at
the Hospital from 10 till 5.

A.D. 1720.

ROY AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCEIANGE, London.
Branch Office--29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIIIS WIGRA7A, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART lI9DOSON, ES4I. Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq ....... Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS.
William Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Berton llubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolnason,
Esq.
Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
uel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.

Lancelot William Dent; Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Frodk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Gren fell,
Esq.
Fran cis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam.

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 rato of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corpo:ation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
F.? 'MING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine. 4.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 por cont.: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 AsFund
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 au Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 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 PTTND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUFE, 1868.
PR. INCOME OF THE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, -e981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0

Premiums on new assur-

antes
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3

£3e0,811 8 3

Interest from invest-
ments 117,584 7 3

£498,395 15 11.
Profit and loss, balanco
of account
Total inc

£772,740 13 9

544,466 9 2

.£1,317:207 2 11

CR. ' CHARGE OF T 1 YEAR
Dividend to proprietors
Cla;ms on decease of lives
assured £265,523 13 5
Additions to those under

participating policies 22,816 4 7
Re-assurances, note "watt---15 —I--
Ditto, old 50,365 0 8

4870,618 5 3
Commission
Medical fees
Income tax 2,215 4 7
Expenses of ma nage-
ment 15,489 8 5

400,777 9 5

Total charge
Balance of account, 30th June, 1868, 907,552 8 6

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£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approv'.,l
THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
The total income of the year, it will be seen is £544,466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo 4109,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by-- x 134.811 14s. 9d.—raises
the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d.
The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s.
3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised
assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report.
The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there-
fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather
more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070
13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in-
The premiums on new
eluded, at upwards of £5125, per cent.
assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d.,
and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re-
assurances.

The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden-
tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than
those of last year by nearly £l9 000.
A considerable reduction,re re-assurance, many
in the amountce,
of premiums paid formany of the risks
re-assured having terminated by death and other causes.
The expenses of management are less than those of last
year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges
incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed
by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in-
cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 5i
per cent. on the total income.
The balance-sheet is as follows
DR. LIABILITIES.
Interest due to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, dm (1867) 6,369,169 11 7
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6

£6,977 13 3

Total £7,565,198 1 3
CR. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages ....£1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 183,979 17 10
Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities
Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011
Current interest on the above invest-
ment!

36,243 7 6
22,604 2 9

.rents
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the company's
policies....-
Agents' bah aces
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

Total £7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
The present disposition •f the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further investments have boon made
on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about
£ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com-
pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value
of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030
3s. 3d.
The direction of the company is now constituted as
follows :
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-
man.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray; Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq.
D.C.L. George Russell, Esq.
Robert A. Grayl Esq. I Thos. Godfrey Sambrooko,
Wm. Augustus Guy M.D., Esq.
I Admiral Tindal '
F.R.S.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
.uo as follows :--
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Cam den- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland- street. I wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, lienstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-strcet is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Repert (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its banisters are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COWER, Sec.
8: Q..twen-otreet Cheapside.

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.
Relief 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 has lust been completed
at a cost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS aro urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all'entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are 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, 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. Foultry:! Londoni B.C. t3optember 1868..