The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-01 00:00:00

NEW PATENT

LILASTIC STOCKINGS,
VA KNEE-CAPS, Stc., for Varicose Veins awl all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, drc. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive- and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. Gd., s. 6d..
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.:

CLERGY MUTUAL ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
Established in 1829.
OFFICE :
No. 2, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster.
TRUSTEES.
The Archbishop of Canterbury.;
The Archbishop of Dublin.
The Bishop of Winchester.
The Archdeacon of Maidstone.
CHAIRMAN.
The Venerable the Archdeacon of London.
'DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
The Honourable Edward W. Douglas.
ACTUARY.
Stewart Helder, Esq.
SECRETARY.
The Rev. John Hodgson, M.A.
Total Existing Assurances .01.473,023 Os. Od.
Total Annual income 173,545 9s. 7d,
Total invested Capital 1,693,975 Is. 6d

For the year ended 31st I\l-ay, 1869, 315 proposals, as-
suring £274,540, and yielding in annual premiums £9,383
16s. 6d., were completed ; and £88,482 135..1d. was (not-
wi- hstanding the large reductions made by Bonus in every
fifth year from 1831 to 1866, both inclusive) added to the
Fund accumulating for the purpose of meeting future
claims.
Prospectuses, Accounts of Bonus, &c., &c., to be had at
the Office, on application personally, or by letter ; also a
Pamphlet by the Rev. J. Ifodgson, called " Notes on Life
Assurance," containing explanations on various interest-
ing points.
Clergymen and their Wives, and the relations of Clergy-
men and of their Wives, are invited to make Life Assur-
ances in this Society.

IRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE FREVENITVIC and REFORMATORY IN
STITI7TION.

President—Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear-
nestly solicited, which may ho sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
gnat, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, 16.0.; Francis Nicholls,
Req. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 16.0.
E. W. THOMAS See., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

VORM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to tho
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.
The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Society -to relieve the more desti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec.

£189,322 15 8
The Liability of the Industrial Branch
does Lot admit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,
on account of the very large proportion of
Policies which coast -ntly la.t se. so that
the balk 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 mill-
cient.
The Assurarco Fund on 31st Decem-
ber, 1868, was £241,301 12 4
The average duration of the whole of
the Industrial Policies was considerably
under three years.
The average age of the Assured in the
Industrial Branch was 19 yeirs.
A detailed List of Assets can be had on application.
11. II ARBEN, Secretary.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
14 I) Open to all without letters of recommendation.
FUNDS are urgently needed.
JAMES S. BLYTII, Sec.

TREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-road, N.— Several beds in the new buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal.-
..IL 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.

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
56, Great liarlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec.

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Pimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand; Messrs.
I [care, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.