The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-28 00:00:00

HENRY LATCR, General Manager.
3113, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
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CLERICAL, MEDICAL,
:AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

13, St. Jamos's squaro, Loudon, S.W.

Established 182 L

was £272,682
The Total Claims by death paid amount to £2,369,876

The following are among the distinctive features of tho
Society:-
-

CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of
Life, where the age does not exceed GO, one half of the
Annual Premiums during the first five years may remain
On credit, and may either continue as a debt on the Policy
or be paid off at any time. •-•
LOW RATES of PREMIUM for YOUNG LIVES,
with early participation in Profits.
ENDO W MEN T ASSURANCES may be effected, with-
out Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes payable
on the attainment of a specified age, or at death, which-
ever event shall first happen.
INVALID. LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned
to the increased risk. . • -

PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims
paid thirty days after proof of death.

-The Reversionary 'l34lnt s,,iittjho, Quinquennial -DivisiOit'.
in-1867 averaged 45 per cent.,' and the .oash.l3,opuS 26, por'
cent., en the Premiums paid in. the . ireikv%\'".•
-The next Division of Profits s
ylacii- itt la.nuary4.
1872, and persons who effect 116 W. *Pelicies,before
of June next will be entitled at4liat.diviken.to:one4Pav's'
additional share of prefabO'Ver rater-entrantS. • •

Tables of Rates 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.

CONTRACT FOR WHEAT, PEPPER, RAISINS,
AND SUGAR.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House,
April 184 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of
the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND do hereby Givo Notice, that on MONDAY,
the 4th May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they, will
bo ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned
articles, viz.:

, To. be tendered
Quantities. ' • for at rates:
WHEAT 15,000 Imp. Busi?olsi
PEPPER
RAISINS
5150:000000 Pounds per 100.1bs."
S (MAU 500,000 ~
When to be delivered"--One half of each quantity in
,hree weeks from the date of Contract, and the remainder
hereof in three weeks afterwards (or earlier if preferred
by the party tendering).
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the articles.
Separate Tenders are to be made for each article
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole,
or fur such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for
a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also
an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
The Pepper, Itaisine, and Sugar to be exempted fr
the Customs duties, and parties tendering are to state
where they aro lying. -
Samples of the 'Wheat (not less than 2 qnaris), of the
Pepper (not less than 21bs.), and of the Raisins (not loss
than 3lhs.), must be produced by the parties tendering. -
Each Tender for Sugar must specify the mark and hurl-
ing number of each cask or package, the ship iu which im-
ported, and the country or place of its growth or produce,
and an average sample (not less than 2lbs. for each import
mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, a Id not
an average of different marks or several iepotts, and ar4,;.,
parcel that-is found not ;to fie of-the palm) mark pr average,.
quality as the samples• i'endered and;accepted, t/i3 'ree,
jetted by the officers. ' •
No Wheat tendered is to be of less weight than GOlb. per
bushel. 0
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates ; and
Contractors in claiming paYment for articles supplied are
to make out their invoices in-accordance therewith, both
as to quantities and rates, excepting those for wheat, which
are to he in pounds, at per 1, 0 pounds.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the
party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend
at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the
offer received from each person will be communicated to
him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not
before, the rejected samples are to be removed.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of
the. Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
Tender for
," and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House., . •

By order.
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Socurities.

CONTRACT' FOR CANDLES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, ,Gth A ri 1848.
HE COMMISSIONERS for l,
EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD MOH ADMIRAL of the,
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY,
the 29th instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to
treat with such persons as may bo willing to CONTRACT
for supplying. and delivering into Store at her Majesty's
Dockyards ut . Doptford and Woolwich all such (pan-
ties of

NDLES
as may from time to time CA
be ordered, under a Contract for
12 months certain, and further until tho expiration of two
mouths' warning.
A Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract may
be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Depart-
ment, Admiralty, Somerset Rouse,
No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the
day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party
attends, or an agent for hitn duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-baud corner the words
Tender for Candles," and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Storekeeper - General, Admiralty,
Somerset llouse, accompanied In a letter signed by a re-
sponsible person engaging to beCome bound with the per-
son tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due performance
of the Contract.

By order,
ANTONIO BRADY
Registrar of 'Llontracts and Public Securities.

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,
1.0 boys in the Refuge, 9, Groat Queen-street,
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

370 children.
.Cl 5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the -London and Westminster Bank
14, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, 14.0..; and by
WILLIAM WILLI A MS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Qneon-strcet,

THE RESCUE F.
•are as

30CIETY'S HOMES

For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 43, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
205, GI% at Portland-street.
town.ge, Green-
wicii.
For Young Girls in Danger. Maize-hill Cotta
27, Church-row,. Hampstetyl.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodige, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home--St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
The home at Great Portland-street is, for young fallen
girls from 10 to IG. The committee ate 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 gompelled to refuse:s24-01,pH_
cant; whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which Aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes,
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. 1
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. . DANL. COPEI SW.
85, CZnetou-street, Cheapside.

ipUROPEAN ASSURANCE SUCIE rY.
•
Etnpowered by :Special Alt of Parliament,
For Life Assurance, Annuities, all Guarantee of Fid3lity in
Situations of .Tra3t.
Ch - General Sir Faln31(10 .3 qr. r:r. .K.TI., F.R.S
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not lia;tie to
Forfeiture.
The ROYAL, Nkvm, Mtur.kaY, and EAST INDIA ETVR, EN-
I'AIITNU:Nr, 9, Turtling Peculiar Alyantages to om_ters rzn i others
in the Navy anti Arrny, is under the especial Patrtnage of
Her Most Gracious MA:II:STY the Qu!: v.
The EUROPEAN Society is specially attlhor7sei by the, Int
perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Government
Officials.

New Premium Income in 18,53, 1859, 1331 £76 009
14 lB6l, 1362, 1863 ,117,000
" 1861, 186-5, 1866 ...... £171,000
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Forty Thousand
Po ands,
The Return of each Week's NEW Business may bo obtained at
the Offices, or of any of the Agents. •
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full partieulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwardel to
applicants post free.

Financiatresults of the Society's operatiohs.
The Annual lucerne, steadily increasing, exceeds £218,000
The Assurance Fund, safely invested, is 0ver...£1,507,000
The Bonus added to Policies at the last Division