The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-07 00:00:00

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

M C-M AIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to bo 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 lloc-Main,Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot bo detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwsrdel by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being seat to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 168., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
ls. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
PLASTIC STOCKINGS,
111 2.1 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price is. 6d., 7a. 6d.,
10s., and 16s. each. -Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

PROPOSED MEMORIAL OF LEIGH
HUNT.
The grave of Leigh Hunt--one of England's most
charming Poets, Essayists, and Critics—at Kensal Green,
is without even a headstone. It has been proposed to
erect there a modest Monument to his memory. Mr.
Joseph Durham, A.R.A., has been selected to execute a
Portrait Bust and Pedestal. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE
SOLICITED for the purpose. The following gentlemen
form a Committee for the collection and application of the
requisite amount :
William Barry, Esq. Charles Kent, Esq.
Sir John Bowring. W. C. Maeready, Esq.
Thomas Carlyle, Esq. J. Bertrand Payne, Esq.,
Robert Chambers, Esq, F.R.S.L.
Sir F. Pollock, Bart.
LL.D.
Charles Dickens, Esq. B. W. Proctor, Esq.
George Godwin, Esq, F.R.S. Sir Percy Shelley, Bart.
C. L. Gruneisen, nsq., Chas. Ratcliff, Esq., F.S.A.
F.R.G.S. E. M. Ward, Esq., R.A.
Alexander frefand, Esq.
S. C. HALL, F.S.A,
EDMUND OLLIER,
Hon. Secs.
S. R. TOWNSHEND MAYER, F.R.S.L., 25, Norfolk-
street, Strand, W.C., Hon. Treasurer, by whom Subscrip-
tions are received.
Bankers—Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.

NORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY COL-
LEGE HOSPITAL.—DONA.TIONS are earnestly
SOLICITED to secure the opening of the Wards for
" Little Children" on the Ist of October. Contributions
will ba thankfully received by the Treasurer, Sir Francis
H. Goldsmid, Bart., M.P. St. John's-lodge, Regent's-
park ; by the Secretary ; and by Mr. J. W. (loodiff, Clerk
to the Committee.

By direction of Committee,
HENRY J. KELLY, Secretary,

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted
free. _ _ _

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall—lron,
See., F . Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, SOC.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,'
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a largo 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. ;
Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co, ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bemers-street ; end at
the liorspita trona-10 tin 6.