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

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE .ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, •LIFE. and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office—Td, Pall Mall, S.W.

, Esq Governor.
Sub-Governor.
;]sq Deputy-Governor.
;TORS
Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert,
John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Lancelot William Dant, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson,
Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

OCT AVMS WIGTZ AM,
JAMES STEWART I{')WiSON,
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, E

DIREC

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling duo at Michaelmas will
expire on the 14th of October.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
FARMING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the,
use of Steam Thrashing Machines,
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Auy sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the Aseured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

KlNsa'Set, CL9114.E. HTTPClTALitteePoearrtnufsatlly-
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.
F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman.
JAMES BLYTII, Secretary.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCUR AXLES,
_Putney-keitth.

Established atst July, 1851.
This ittstittltion exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.

Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.

2d. By granting an annuity of 420 to patients at their
own hotnetkb.

A nett/ wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at a cost of upwards of XlO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and. 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subseriptione.
Nearly 300 approved applicants art mitaititig
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportions
upon application to the Becretary, by whom contributions
willln fbeermthankfully
l be
recesiuyperdifed, with the greatest pleasure,
FREDERIC ANDREW, Setretaryt
No. 10; Poultry, London, E. 0., September, 1808,

J'OMJ for the HELPLESS.-ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by aSisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of EngICOUN ClLand." FUNDS greatly needed.
The Bishop of LONDON.

Rev. J. W. Ayro
Rev. F. (.3r. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. B G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
.The Lord Clinton

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert, M.P.
Re-i. J. E. 'Kemp
Rev. W. F. Erskino Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A, Martineau

Rev, W. Cadman R. W, D. Mitclitgan
E. Charrington, Eeq. Re,. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse
R9v, E. Capol Cure J. D. Morton ,Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepean
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott
Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freaks. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Et,q. R. R. Pym, Esq,
Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H. G. Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook,-Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon.
Sedretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port.
MAZt-EitUtret 0 whoa coaratudatoao tray lie acicirogm

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITUTION.

President—Hey. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868
rs. are ear
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard.otreet, &a ; Francis Nicholls
neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Mess Blow
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, EX.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
ate earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
eSilftg for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-stroot.
94 girls in the Refuges, Is, Broad-street, and Ealing

370 children.
£l5 Will keep a boy or gitl for oda year.
Clonttibutions iodated by. the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E. 0,; and by
WILLIAM WiLLIIIIS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

—A'rlOistAL OAVE{AII HONit, Etaniadommon,
liichniotid, Surrey: Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861.
iiL3r the patronage of 11.11.11. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G.,
Whereby a hetzie has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
df till aids, clagsds, titid detiOnlinations, from all parts of
the khigdotti.
The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain 13 years of age, to obtain
suAtable siteatiOns fdt MO.
The Conlmittee eiktnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.
HENRY AINGSCOTE, Treasurer
W U; WArwiCK Secretary.
°Meth 121; rig

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as folloVr,S
rbi. Pitll6n ditiefis
28) ilamp- 160, New Xent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden=street,Camden- Newington.
town. Maizezhill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland- street,
Por Young Oirls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Heustridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St, Mary's Lodge, Buolthurstchilh
Country Itome—ilt. James's-street,
Temporal Itonie-83, Qfieen=stkeet, ChespSide:
In iteiditidii to the above-Ammed homes, the Committee
haVe under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants anntalip
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. 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 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 are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COPER, t3eo,
051 Given-stoats 00041

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. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

BRITISH HOME for INC URABLES, Clap-
barn-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness-11.R1I. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over
20 years of ago 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. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited,
Bankets—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. j Messrs, Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED VVD. WEAVER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

ESTAULISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
during TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
'the felatites t►f Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro-
festlidnal Men! Goteniessesi and Artists may, for a small
weekly payment, Vedette the clomforts of a HOME, com-
bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the
establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street.
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies.
All information respecting it may, be obtained on writ-
ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent.
Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the
Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts Si
Co.'s, 59, Strand.
W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec.
•

J3RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM,
Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise).
Instituted 1827.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vor the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of
destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions,
and of all denominations, whose parents wore once in
presperots cirdunistdiceg.
One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In-
stitution ; ample room for about 30 more.
Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not
endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary
assistance.
Subscribers road the public are invited to inspect the
Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and
its peculiar claims.
The last Report can be obtained on application to the
Secretary.

THOS. TILSON, Chairman.
CHAS. LEE, M.A. Hon. Secs.
ATJBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,
ALFRED MACKENZ E, Secretary.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C.
Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., 846141,-
1114 iteIWQQ(3I 13Z9ther5, 3t4l2Cint3ter.