The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-29 00:00:00

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

W7HITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. Tho 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 Moo-Main Pad and
Patent Lever,ltting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
tot fail to fit, forwArded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,

Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Trues, 165., 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 Jan White.
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
ILAS TIC STOCKINGS,
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 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d.,
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

QANIARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
kJ 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 METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.

President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable tho Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary.
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-

road
Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coatis and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in tho immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.

If
President—His Grace tho Duke of BUCCLEITII, K.G.
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 arfords relief to a largo number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute 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. ;
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street; and at
the Hospital from 10 till 5.

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

Bankers--Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon.
See., I - Smith. Esc'.
CEO. REID, Sec.

H-O.MELESS 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 Ealing;

870 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, 141. C.. • and by
WILLIAM "WTI:LI I.MS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

RITISH HOME for INC UR ARLES, Clap-
411' ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted.
The Home was opened in September, 1863; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Electirus
in
taiMned and No
the vembeeta r. Forms of application may be ob-
from Secr ry.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER, Sec.

Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.O.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
%re as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Chnrch-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland- street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Ifampstead.
9, llenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Duckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Horne-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
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 home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
Tho Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants,
whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
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.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers aro Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. CO PER, Sec.
85, Queen-street, Cheapside.

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 £320,000.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at MIOHAELMAS 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 the benefit of the Reduced
Duty of is. 6d. per cent.
For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com•
pauy's Agents, or to

T. TALLEMACH, Secretary.

ROYAL INSURANCE " COMPANY,
ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS,
Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool.
EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 18G7.
The " ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents
than now.
FIRE BRANCH.

PREMIUMS in 1867 £460,553
being a larger revenue than in any preceding
year.
LOSSES by Fire in 1867 £292,125
NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex-

penses £56,373
LIFE BRANCH. •
Annual Average of new business in 1865_6_7.., £BOl,OOO
• Do. during previous Quinqueunium £688.000
Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583
. LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the
increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy-
holders.

PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.
August, 1868.

CONTRACTS FOR PEPPER AND TEA.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 23d Oct., 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on MONDAY, the
2d of November next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they
will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing
to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her
Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermen-
tioned Articles, viz.:— _ _

To be tendered for
Quantities. at Rates.
PEPPER 12,000 Pounds per 100 Pounds.
TEA
When to be t'elivered—One-half of each quantity in
three weeks from date of contract, and the remainder
thereof three weeks afterwards, Of earlier, if preferred by
the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole 3r any portion of
the articles.

Separate Tenders aro to be made for each article.

Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting eit her for the whole,
or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a
greater quantity, or of net contracting for any, and also
an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
The articles to be exempted from the Customs duties,
and parties tendering are to state where, they are lying.
Samples of the Pepper (not less than 213.) must be pro-
duced by the parties tendering.
Each Tender for Tea must specify the import mark and
number of each parcel, the ship in which imported, the
dock or warehouse where lying, and must bo accompan'ed
by an average sample (not less than 21b.) of each parcel.
Tenders failing in any of these conditions will not be en-
tertained.

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 there with.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpo.e, which may be obtained on
application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualting, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contracts 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 communi-
cated 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 deli-
vered at the Department of the Controller for Victualling,
Admiralty, Somerset House.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.