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FEBRUARY 23, 1856. THE NIGHTINGALE FUND "A Record of National Gratitude to Miss Nightingale for the invaluable Services rendered by her to the Sick and Wounded of the Bntish Forces;" and raised " to enable her to establish an Institution for the Training, Sustenance, and Protection of Nurses and Hospital Attendants." Miss Nightigale has signified her accetance of the proposal m ade to her, a n nd has named the gentlemen p whom she wishes to act as her council (vide appended list). Miss Nightingale postpones all consideration of details until her return to England enables her to digest and arrange them. All necessary rules and regulations nave been confided by the Committee, wish the assent of the public, " to her experience, energy, and judgment." The Committee announce that they have received a first in stalment of contributions from the army in the Crimea, particu- lars of which will be advertised in due course. Meetings have been held and auxiliary committees formed at Edinburgh, Manchester, Oxford, Bolton, Truro, Brighton, Shef field, Devizes, Arundel, Winchester, &c. ; and arrangements are in progress by Mayors, &a., of various other corporate cities and towns, and by leading persons in towns not so represented, in order to co-operate with the Central Committee in London. The Committee and the Honorary Secretaries will be happy to receive and attend to any communications with which they may be honoured. Printed reports of public meetings, subscription-lists, and other documents, may be obtained by any applicant to the Secretary. The Committee acknowledge with exceeding gratification the contributions of a large number of the clergy of various denomi nations, and refer with much pleasure to the large sums con tributed by the army at home as well as abroad. The Committee are also in communication with the authori ties in the Colonies, from many of)whom they have received offers of co-operation. The Committee direct attention to the large results they have already obtained from the aggregate of small subscriptions en. tered in collecting-books, which small subscriptions are espe cially gratifying and encouraging. A fifth subscription-list wilt shortly appear. ADDITIONS TO TIIE COMMITTEE. Admiral W. Bowies, C.B. Thomas Farmer, Esq. Augustus Stafford, Esq., M.P. Robert Hddulph, Esq. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. Ed. Marjoribanks, jun., Esq. The Rev. J, Beecham, D. D. ADDITION TO THE TRUSTEES . The Right Hon the Earl of Shaftesbury. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Right Hn. the Lord Monteagle John Thornton, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. (firm of Ed. Marjoribanks, juu., Esq. (Cocks and Buidulph.) (firm of Coutta and CO). THE COUNCIL SELECTED BY MISS NIGHTINOALE. The Right Hon. the Earl of The Dean of Hereford Ellesmere Sir John M'Neill, G.C.B. The Hight lion. Sidney Herbert H. Bence Jones, Esq., M.D., Colonel .iebb, C. 8., R.E. F.R.S. Sir James Clink, Bart., M.D. IC. H. Bracebridge, Esq. . . F : • I Wm. Bowman, sq. F.R.S. , Subscriptions will be received by the bankers and joint stock banks in London and the provinces, Ireland, and Scotland, and at the Offices, b, PARLIAMEN T STREET, Westminster. Post-office orders should be made payable to " Samuel Carter Hall," at the Charing-.:rose Post office. SION EY HERBERT, Hon. sees. S. C. HALL, IURNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST ARTICLES at DEANE'S IRONMON GERY and FURNISHING WAREHOUSES. A Priced Fur nishing List tree by post. Deane, Dray, and Co. (opening to the Monument), LONDON•BRIDGE. Established A.D . 1.00. HAIR ll E R.-1, Little Queen-street, High Holborn. —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY, for re moving effectually r aperlitious hair from the face, neck, arms, anti bands, without the slightest injury to the skin. A.R. will warrant it not to irritate the flesh in the smallest degree, and the }lair to be entirely destroyed.—Sold in bottles at Ss. ed., ss. 6d., and Ws. 6d.; or applied at the flair-Dyeing Establishment, as above. Forwarded for stamps; carriage free, eight extra. THE PRESS. Price le. lid. end 9d. per box. fiIIiAAIPTON'S PILL 01? HEALTH.—The manifold advantages to the Heads of Families from the possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness, occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importhnce to every housekeeper in the kingdom. These Pills are a mild ape rient. and if taken after an indulgence at table they tu e speedy restoratives. Fur FEMALES, they are truly excellent, ren oving all obstructions, the distressing Headache so very preys. lent with the Sex; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affextions, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and produce a healthy complexion. Sold by Prout and Hamm., 2:9, Strand, London : and by all Medicine Vendors IRESPIRA TOR S.-F. C. REIN'S CORK RESPIRATORS for the MILLION.—They are not affected by the atmosphere nor the acids of the stomach, will remain perfectly dry while worn, and allow free respiration. By its use It is Impossible to breathe any other than warm and per fectly pure Mr. It will be found highly beneficial on leaving heated rooms, crowded assemblies, (to., for the Prevention of Coughs, Colds, Consumption. and all Affections of the Throat and Lungs. Price Bs. Oil., sent free to any part of the kingdom Address F. C. Rein, at his Paradise for the Deaf, 108, Strand London.—The 'Dacia supplied. Also, Rein's Double%Action Fountain, Railway Convenience, Elastic Stockings, Trusses, and all other mechanical assistance for infirmities. N.B.—Mrs. Rein attends on Ladies. Misr TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. THE PATENT PNEUMATIC PALATE, for the Construction of Artificial Teeth.—Messrs. MOGGRIDGE and DAVIS, Surgeon-Dentists to the Royal Family, 19, Old Burlington-street, Bond street, Patentees of the seltenstaining principle of fixing Artificial Teeth. The PNEUMATIC PALATE has excited the greatest admiration of the most eml- Lent physicians and surgeons of England and the principal cities of the Continent, who constantly favour them with their distinguished recommendations, and who consider their systew to be greatly superior to any in use, as by it the greatest possible firmness and security in the mouth is attained, and the patient enabled to properly perform the important operation of mastica tion, which is most essential to health. It also renders the ar ticulation clear and distinct, and the unpleasant whistling so long complained of impossible.--This to public speakers is in valuable. Messrs. MOGGRIDGE and DAVIS, Surgeon. Dentists to the Royal Family No. 13 OLD BURLINOTON-STREET, BO ND - STREET. I EAST KENT RAILWAY. NOTICE OF CALL. Fourth Call of 21. 10s. per share on original Capital, making, with Deposit and previous Calls, 121. los. paid; and first Call of 21. 10s. per share on Preferential Dover Extension Capital, making, with Deposit, ta. paid. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Board of Directors of the East Kent Railway Company have made a Call of 21. los. in respect of every Share in the original Capital of the Company, and a Call of 21. 16s. it respect of every Share in the Preferential Dover Extension Capital of the Company, and have appointed such Calls respectively to be paid on the 12th day of April, 1856, at the banking-house of Messrs, Glyn and Co., No. t 7, Lombard -street, London, sud the several Shareholders of the Company are hereby required to pay the same accordingly. Dated this sth day of February, 1856. By order of the Board, SONDES, Chairman. GEORGE FItEDERIC HOLROYD, Secretary. Offices, 2, Moorgate-Street. Theßest Food for Children,lnvalids, and Others ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY, for making superior Barley-Water in Fifteen Minutes, has not only obtained the Patrcnage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, but bag become of general use to every class of the community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an emi nently pure, nutritious, and light food for infants, children, and invalids. Much approved for making a delicious custard-pudding end excellent for thickening broths or soups. DOBINSON'S PATENT GROATS IL for more than thirty years have been held in constant and Increasing public estimation as the purest farina of the oat, and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a pure and delicate gruel. which forms a light and nutritious supper for the aged, is a popular cure for colds and influenza, is of general use in the sick-chamber, and, alternately with the Patent Barley, is an excellent food for infants and children. Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLVILLE, and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 64, Red Lion-street, Holborn, London. Sold by all respectable grocers, druggists, and others, in town and country, in packets of 6d. and is., and in family canisters at as., 65., and 10s. each. 191 This day is published, THE POETICAL WORKS of THOMAS AIRD. A New and Complete Edition, handsomely printed in small kvo.. pp. 44(1, price WILLIAM BLACKWOOD and doss, Edinburgh and London. Elementary Works by the Rev. H. C. Adams late Fellow of Mo(gdalen College, Oxford. OREEK EXERCISES. adapted to the Arrangement of the Greek Delectua, and the Rev. C. Wurdewortlis ()manner. With a Lexicou. 12ru0., cloth. GREEK DELECTUS, adapted to the Arrangement of the Rev. C. Wordsworth's Grammar. With a Lexicon and Appendix. Third Edition, much improved. 12m0., cloth 3s. Gd. LATIN DELECTUS, adapted to the Arrangement of the Eton and Edward the Sixth's Latin Grammar. With a Lexicon and Notes. 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Ross's, Wigmaker, 1, LITTLE QUEEN-STREET, High Holborn. I n 1 BAZAAR. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION and DISEASES of the CHEST. The Committee of Management beg to announce that, in order to promote the funds for carrying on this national and now ex tensive charity—t usefulness of which has been increased by accommodation for 130 additional patients, and the opening of the Sanatorium at Bournemouth—a GRAND BAZAAR will be held on its behalf in June next, and by the kindness of the Committee of the TOXOPHOLITE SOCIETY, in their beautiful grounds in the REGENT'S PARK. The friends of the Hospital and the public in general are, therefore, earnestly and respectfully solicited to prepare such articles of work as they may consider suitable for the occasion, including paintings, drawings, &c. ; donations also of music, auto• graphs, minerals, botanical specimens, and flowers will be grate. fully received at the Hospital. Further particulars will be duly published. PHILIP ROSE, Hon. Secretary. OSBORN P. CROSS, Secretary•. Brompton, February. QCINDE RAILWAY COMPANY. kJ At the First Annual General Meeting of the above Company, held at their Offices, Gresham house, Old Broad•street, on Monday, lath February, 1866, W. P. Andrew, Esq., in the Chair, the following RESOLUTIoNS were carried un .nitnonsly Proposed by the Chairman. seconded by Sir Herbert Maddock, M.P. _ . . .., That this Meeting receive and adopt the Report of the Di rectors. Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Sir Herbert Maddock M.P. That the Board shall for the present consist of five Directors only, of whom three shall be a quorum. Proposed by Sir Herbert Maddock. M.P., seconded by Francis }forsley Robinson. Esq. That W. P. Andrew and Thos. Williams, Esqs., the two re• thing Directors, be re-elected Ditectors of this Company. Proposed by the Chairman, seem:wed by Sir Herbert Maddock, M.P. That Alexander MacKenzie and Harry Borradaile, Esqs., be elected Auditors of this Company. Proposed by Thos. Williamson Ramsay, Esq., seconded by Charles Fraser, Esq. That this Meeting desire to record their sense of the ability, zeal, and economy evinced by the Chairman, W.P. Andrew, Esq., and 'he Directors of the Company in the management of the affairs commuted to their hands. Proposed by W. H. Tyler, Esq., seconded by C. Nicholson, Esq. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be tendered to W. P. Andrew, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct in the Chair. W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. (Signed) THOS. 11 URN E LL, Secretary. Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, 16th Feb., 1856. VAST KENT RAILWAY. IA SIXTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Sixth Half-yearly General Meeting of Proprietors will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on FRIDAY, the 29th inst., at Two o'clock, for the purpose of transacting the usual business, and also for confirming the forfeiture of shares num bered 10,583 to 12,582, also shares numbered 17,424 to 18023, also shares numbered 2,015 to 2,544, also shares numbered 9,50 to 10,082. Notice is hereby also given, that four Directors of the Com pany and one of the Auditors will retire by rotation. The Transfer Books will be closed from the 16th to the 29th February, both inclusive. By order, SONDES, Chairman, GEORGE FREDERIC HOLROYD, Secretary. Offices, 2, Moorgate-street, London, February 5th,1856. WYCOMBE RAILWAY. NOTICE is hereby given, that the next GENERA!. MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this Company will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Great Western Railway Hotel, Paddington, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of February instant, at Eleven o'clock in the furenoon precisely, for the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of the Company ; and the Books kept by the Company fur the regis tration of the transfer of Shares will be closed from the IGth of February instant until after the Meeting. By order, W. W. WILSON, Secretary. OMces of the Company, 3, Park-street, Westminster, February Gth, 1856.