The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1868.

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.
India Office, Ist.December, 1868.
INTOTICE.is Hereby Given, that an examination
of Candidates for 26 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons
in ter Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at
Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869.
Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi-
dates, together with information regarding the pay and
retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob-
tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India
Office, Westminster, S.W.
T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.

BAY of lIAVANA and MATANZAS (CUBA)
RAILROAD SEVEN PER CENT. LOAN of £400,0(0,
IS6-.—The Half-yearly Interest on the above Bonds, due on
the 10th December next, will be PAID on that day, and any
succeeding day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry
Schroder and Co., 146, Leadenhall-street, between the hours of
Eleven and Two o'clock

The Coupons must be left for examination two clear days
before applying for payment.
London, Dec. 1,186 S.

BAY of HAVANA and MATANZAS (CUBA)
RAIT.ROAD SEVEN PER CENT. LOAN of £250,000,
1861.—The Half-yearly Interest on the above Bonds, due on the
15th December next, will be PAID on that day, and any suc-
ceeding day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder
and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, between the hours of Eleven
and Two o'clock. _ _

The Coupons must be left for examination two clear days
before applying for payment.
London, Dec. 1, 1868.

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT-
.LANTIQUE.
4, Rue de- la Pais, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for Neve,York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From IIAvRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First Mass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for gt.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
Unique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe,., Trinidad, Demerara, • Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japan.
Hand 'books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

EAGLE INSITRA.NCE COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending the 80th
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 ('hair. . . . _

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 FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUNE, 1868.
Dn. INCOME OP THE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0

Premiums on new assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 8

;380,811 8 3

Interest from invest-
ments 117,584 7 3

£772,740 13 9

£498,395 15 11 -
Profit and loss, balance
of account
Total income 544,466 9 2

£1,317:207 2 11

Ca. CHARGE OF THE YEAR •
Dividend to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives
assured £265,523 13 5
Additions to those under

participating policies-. 22,816 4 7
Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3
Re-assuraiices, new
Ditto, old - 0 8

£370,618 5 3
Commission
Medical fees

Income tax 2,215 4 7
Expenses of manage-
ment 15,489 8 5

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uperfine Cream or Blue Envelopes,d 49 Gd, Cs Gd, & Gs 6,1
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s Gd per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &e., 3s
COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in tbe trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLU ,TR ATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free

ITNDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868.
IJIL By order of the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencies in India.
Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
11. Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras
Medical Department.
12. Briggs, F. IV., Rev., Madras Establishment.
17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native
Infantry.
20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran
Battalion.
21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native infantry.
26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In-
fantry.
33. Doune, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
42. Dillas, R., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi-
ment.
48. Edmonston W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras
Native infantry.
52. Fenning, D. A., Colonel, Ist Madras Light Cavalry.
63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot.
65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In-
Infantry.
69. Hawes, J. C., Brevet-Maior, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
75. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment.
79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In-
fantry.
83. Keighly, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In-
fantry.
85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 98th Madras Native Infantry.
128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
134 A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and
Miners.
142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partment.
1508. Stothert, 8., Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry.
154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment.
165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Miners.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the further period of six mouths from
this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased.

T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.

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ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
Mee, 51, Chnpside, London, 1,:,0

cIANTARIT AN FREE. HOSPITAL for WOMEN
k-1 and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women.
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed. and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard,
; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
1_ —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, 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.

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY,I:U.K.
LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 186 F-59.

LECTURES.

Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile
Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and
Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the
months of December, January, February, March, April,
May, and June next.

LAW CLASSES.
In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted
under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers,
and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The
number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and
the instruction given will be confined to an examination
of the students upon' the subject of a preceding lecture, or
on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject.
A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and
be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc-
tion and examination of the students. The tPaching of the
lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the
memory by the classes; and the system of constant ex-
amination will test, from time to time, the progress made
by the students.
LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW,
by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister-
at-Law.
The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon tho fol-
lowing subjects:—
a. Simple Contract..
b. Contracts under Seal.

c. The Contract of Sale.
d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ;
with the distinction between negotiable instruments and
other simple contracts.
e. Freight and Contracts of Affreighttnent, with tho pe-
culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading.
f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences--
1. To the Owner of the Vessel.
2. To the Owner of the Cargo.
B. To the Underwriter.

g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered
the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on
Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a
Master for the acts of his Servant.
In his private classes the reader will use as text-books
—The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law
(Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anthrson).
LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of
REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law.
This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:—
Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal
and examination of Abstracts.

Lectures IL, M., IV. Settlements. —l. Settlements of
Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds ; b.
Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c.
Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the
Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ;
a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures,
Portions, &c ; c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases
and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty
Act-3. Diseutailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail-
4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of
Settlements.

Lectures V., VI. NV ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents
of a Will-2. Principles' of Construction of Wills-3.
Practical Hints on DravfingiWilts.
Lecture VII. 'CoPyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks,
Fines-2. Surrenders Od t Covenants to Surrender-3.
Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds.
Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi-
tors' Trust Deeds----2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of
Partnership, &c.
In these lectures and classes the Introductions and
Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially
referred to.

As elementary works, Hr. Joshua Williams's Books on
Real and Personal Property aro recommended.
EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart.,

Bairiiter-at-Law.

This course will consist of Nine Lectures :
Lecture I. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange-
ments for purposes of Study.
Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account;
generally, Apportionment and Contribution.
Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued : specially, between Principal and Agent.
Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued: specially, between Partners.
Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra-
tion: 1. The Administration of Assets.

Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction,
continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged
by recent statutory enactment.
Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions.
Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence,
chapters 8,9, 10, 13, le, 23 ; Haddan's Administrative
Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery.
Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead-
ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred
to during the course.
The subscription payable for the Lectures—
For all the Foreach
three courses. course.
By clerks of members £2 2 0 ' £1 1 0
By clerks of gentlemen not
members
By all other persons not being
members
The subscription payable fot the law classes—
For all the
branches of For each
instruction. branch.
By every subscriber
Members of the Society may attend Um lectures withput
subscribing.
To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers
cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com-
menced.

2 2 0

E. W. Williamson, Secretary.
Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868.
N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atteni the lec-
tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as
the instruction given in the classes will have special re-
ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that thoae
who desire to attend the classes should also attend the
lectures;

THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
_ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1821.
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
Total Invested Funds upwards 0f....£2,750,000.
Total Income upwards of .020,000.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at MICHAELMAS must be Renewed within
Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents
throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void.
All Insurances now have tho benefit of the Reduced
Duty of ls. 6d. per cent.
For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com-
pany's Agents, or to

T. TALLEMACH, Secretary.