The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-23 00:00:00

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing3

870 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, Iligh Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLI 4MS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-Sells.

AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-
, street, London, 11th January, 1869.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL
MEETING of the proprietors of the Law Life Assurance
Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street,
London, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of February next, at
12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of
the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of
the Society up to the 31st day of December last, and fur
general purposes.
By order of the Directors,
GRIFFITH DAVIES.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S.
Policies payable during LiForfeitur fe-.—lndisputable—Not liable to
e.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free

HENRY LAKE, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London.

A.D. 1720.

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

OCTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART 111DGSON, Esq Sub-• Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS.

Robert. Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
Willia-n Davidson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
sq.
RivEersdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert AmadAus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sami

Tetlow
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord Joseeline Win. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
fuel Sony, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
F 4 "KING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on 13ritish LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.
Equivalent reductions have been blade 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 Corporatiorraffords to the Assured
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 an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.