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(-V2Ce.tri,l(//Zl4‘/cGec 6-/,? INAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. —DU _.. a EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated ODD IRISH WHISKY gained the prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesm Sold in Bottles, 3s. Rd., at the Retail Houses in Lor the Agents in the principal tcurns in Eneland; or wholes 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W, Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded pan's LL Whisky. 11UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 1 (lncorporritod by Act of Parliament, 1559), 14, 1117SSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And :IS, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRTGUTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. *Vol ms free on receipt of 'damned enrelone. Now ready, in 2 vols. Svo.. 3es., PRINCE CHARLES AND THE SPANISH MAR HIAGE : A Chapter of English llistory-1617 to 1623—from Unpublished Documents in the Archives of Siman cas, Venice, and Brussels. By SAMUEL IIAWSON GA.RDI- E it. "Mr. Gardiner's valuable volumes are profoundly and vividly interesting." —Daily Telegraph. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. JGOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price I.s. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-Street. London. ,CPARTMENTS.—One or Two Floors, with Extra Bed 1100ilas if required. Close t) Omnibus, Rail, ,in,l Boat. Terms moderate. .13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-roa,d, Brompton. EDWARD lIARPER, Secretary. R OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor. Mr. J. S. Sweasev. Unprecedented Success of the Easter Entertainment. Mr. Arthur Lloyd in his impersonations of Professor in the Original Christy's Minstrels—E. D. Davis, the greatest Ventrilo quist'of the day—Professor Beaumont in his wonderful Delusions (Magic)—Lelia and Florence Ellis, the Juvenile Actresses—Mr. C. Burton, Transformation dancer. in .teu Outracters —Miss Packer, from the Theatre Royal, Glasgow—Miss Fella, Miss Lizzie Reed, Serie -Comics—llarry and Battle King, Irish Duettists—and a host of other talented artistes. READAYLE SHORT-HAND, SELF-TAUG II T : Being a System by which people can teach themselves: write the longest wont without lifting the pen ; ,read what they write; and correspond with friends at home or abroad. on plea sure or busimrs. It embraces a double set of vowels, with liquid consonants grafted on the other lotters ; together with a DIAGRAM OF DOTS, and a combination of words in mast familiar use, into ready sentences The whole forming A S YSTFH OF READABLE SHORT- H AND, Shoitened. By /iIIJIIDO YOUNG. London: Edward Stanford, 6 and 7, Charing-cross, S.W. Price 2s. 6d. tar Mr. P. Corri's (the Musical Director) Benefit will take place on Wednesday, April 21, on which occasion Mr. F. Trot man will take the chair. Great Night of the Season. 'MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION._ Arrays Beautiful. Always Attractive. Redecorated. New and Beautiful Costumes.—Portrait Model of MADAME RACHEL, and numerous Additims. Admission, Is.; Cbildren under ten, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL R 0 OM S.-OPEN EVERY EVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The Rooms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt and Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-pact Eight o'clock. Admission, is ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director and Conductor--Signor LUIGI CURTI " PATE AU DIABLE." THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for Luncheon, Breakfast, &e. It will be found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (Ilanfleld's Patent), To be obtained Wholesale and Retail:of JOHN BURGESS AND SON,I 107, STRAND (Corner of Savoy Steps), London, W.C. AS II LEY AND CO. FOR WINES. PER DOZEN. Very Fine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry Old Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's Shipping), Vintage Wines Sparkling Champagne. Imperial. Dry TiTossemc, Sil lery, Qualitd Superieure (Perrier's Shipping) 36s. to 545. Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. GARRICK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. ..... 345. B. HALL. of Printing House-square, E.C., • next the "Times," London.--Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES ; Keatinge and Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA FIDE BITSINESSES.—A. number of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. SOU:NMI CI A NI) ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. iIItNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, N-1 and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment, of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar. &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W. 0., London. Mr. Tennant arratees elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. 11HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COSIPA.NY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Comhill ; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Facies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly , APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTII, Secretary. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGH T, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nations, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane ; and by the Secretary, at, the Society's offico, 86, King William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ;;Life Governor, £lolos. STATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, NI Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The objet of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to tit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee egmestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W WARvaOK Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, W BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, -LB Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all pa r ts o f th British dominions, and of all denominations, whoso parents wore once in prosperous circumstances. 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 and the public are invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and Its peculiar claims. Tho last Report can be obtained on application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY 0. PRICE, M.A., Hon. Secs. ALFC Offices, 73, Cheapside, Lo RED ndon, MA E.O KENZIE, Secreta r y.. Bankers —Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers, Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE BEVLENTA A saves fifty times its co s t in other remedies, RAßlOA and restores perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled —removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, hcemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the bead and ears, rheumatism, gout, impuritioes, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeepilissness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn t headache, d b_ n l ty, draopsoy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even t _i _ Pr e lim s oi f theoroahtessr, sinking l el ) e c1 4 . a. ,: intlatbll : t fits, bronchitis, scrof, en ightn the pit of the stomach nourishing d betweonnf allth the shoulders the most digestible and . complaints. IMPORTANT many unsavoury without antho for invalids and infants in u a o ll w eL . 2l o l IMPORTANT CAUTION.— . most audaciously attached. is and more than slopy imitations to which, rity, Baron Liebig's name 13e invalids' rties of ring Reva Henceforth Dußarry,s he n a o l n th e - wi res l t l o doubt the i v e a u l t n e ab A l re e b p i : and Infants' Food, s i nce to the thousands of position s ad it has already rece i ve d f rom inva li ds whose been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness the P o p e , w h ose health has been per f e ctly restored by it aft er thi rty years of unsuccess fu l medical treatment. We qu o t e f rom the Gazette du Midi,Jul 25th (Cure No. 18,418): —"Rome July 21st, 1866. — The health of the Holy Fath er is excellent, especially sinc e ,abandoning all other re me di es, he has confined hi mse l fen tirely to Du_ Barry's Rev a l enta Arabica Food, of which h e consumes a plateful at ev ery meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly unot bsneficial effect on hi s h ealth, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure debility, No. 68,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven ous_ years' liver complaint, wasting away, "ry bad °Tag, irritability with a nervous palpitation all ove r. digestion, constant slee lessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. p Cure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord foStuart dlDecies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water rd " have derived much benefit from your excellent fod.—SrtiAßT Waterfo r d' % DE CIEs, Dromana, Cure No 49 832 from dyspepsia,'nervonsness indescr ibable agony Cappoquin, County N. ' --of fifty years' . flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lyn n , N or f olk. -, asthma, co ugh, constipion, Cure No. 47,121. nervou Miss Eli za b et h Jacobs, of extreme y our fancies. sness indigestion, gatherings, l ow s pi r it s , and ner years d Cure iarrh No. 66,814. --Mr. S amue l Lawton , Leicester, of two ea. The F oo d i s sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; llb., 2s. 9d., 21b., 4s. 6d.; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b, 40s. Th o 121 b. an d 241 h o mister s , carr i age froe on receipt of P. O. Order. Also Dn B trry s Rovalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tia c anisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 freeacups at 65., for 283 cup s a t 305., for 576 ca p s a t 55 8 . B e i ng bt cue p enny per cup. The 3 0s. and 55 5 . ti ns are sent hatiftYof carriage in E ng l an d on receipt of Post Office Order. also . DU BAIIRY an d C o., 77, Regeut-screet, London ; at v ortnum and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside, 61 , Gracechutch-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford -street ; and 121 New Nertiv-raitd, London and all Grocers and Chemists Just published, price ls. Gd., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda. containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Bafflers, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, iLnd o ther journalt, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con/Tess, Parsooal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &c. Members of Parliament, Co:nmercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-streel. Strand. NICOLL. HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. Prince of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street. TRICHANOPHRON. Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it. • Sold in Bottles, 2s. 6d. Hair Restored and Baldness Prevented by WROUGHT -IRON FIREBRANDS, Sheep and Sack Marks, Stencil Plates of every kind, Timber Hammers, Steel Stamps, and all kinds of Cutting and Orna mental Punches made to order on the lowest terms, and delivered carriage paid for sets —H. MARRISON, Manufacturer, Orford. street, Norwich. Established 1815. InR. kSKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, of 8, Grogve nor-street, W., the Author of "MO ERN DENTISTRY: its Principles and Practice," "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC TION. or Ancesthesia Locally Applied," &c., at home for CONS ULTATIO N' DAILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVE NOR-STREET (a few doors from Bond-street). KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.- Important remedy in cases of INCIPIENT CON SUMP- flO Y. 17 EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A. certain remedy for relieving the IRRITATION of the BRONCHIAL TUBES. Sold retail by all Druggists. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for • BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, EARTBU RN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at ls. nd., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. THE ONLY COFFEE MACHINE to Pro duce the Real and Best French CAFE NOIR. Coffee Machines from 3s. 9d. to 12s. 6d. in tin. " 7s. to 245. in bronze. GI " £2 to £4 in electro-plate and gilt. French Coffee Roasters, tho Cheapest and Best, from 3s. to Ss. 6d. French Coffee Mills from as. to ss. Eggboilers and Rechauds from 3s. 9d. to fiff. dd. C. MAY elt & SON, Patentees, 40 and 41, Fleet-street, E.C. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. • NICOLL'S ELECTRIC -ffiik 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. In Bottles, 2s. Gd. NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES. For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in CHAIRMAN. Right lion. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. Bottles, 3s. Gd. each. NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY. DEPUTY- CHA I itrii)r. William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S. Sir Charles Locock, Burt, D.C.L., F.R.S. For removing superflons Hair, Sent free to any part of the three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable at Vigo-street, Regent-street. LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour, and Size, from Is. to 2s. Gd. SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge Gd. Extracts from the Repnrt of the Directors, presented at the Amami General Meeting held on the 27th November, 1868 : 1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of which £307,395 was completed at Premiums -pro ducing £10,067 per Annum. 2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,883, being the smallest since 1860, whilst the expenses of management and all other outgoingS were even less than for many years past. • 3. On the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769, notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by abatements of premium which did not take effect in the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on he largo sum paid as Bonus in 1867. 4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than £B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four years of the Society's existence. 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to £1,598,906. SAUCE. —LEA and PE TITUNS.--SAUCE. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Its use improves appetite and digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, To avoid which, see the names, LEA and PERRINS, on all bottles and labels, ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUOI& Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all •Dealers in Sauces throughout the World. I) SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.—A NE VElt-FA.ILING REMEDY. --Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and- liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms,. giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they aro truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen th e whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing- erns , , London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., a n d three times the quantity in one, 2s. Pd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. The following are among the distinctive features of the Society : CREDIT SYSTEM—On any Policy for the w' ole of Life, where the age does net exceed 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on credit. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes .pay able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death, Whichever event shall first happen. INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. T HE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS- HOONL Lombard -street, London. MANAGER—Mr J. IL YOUNGHUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annuin, or I.os. monthly, payable in Advance. - - The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign .; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information ; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached, as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient 'to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Boom; or to' Mr. a W. &nivel), Secretary of the city Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. • - - N.8.--For Acivertiserrient Spues applyto Messrs. Letts, Son and go., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. , • or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE, ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRUSTEE?. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. partridge, Esq., F.R.S. I Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Wobb, Esq. Sir James Duke, [tart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson; Bart., Millis,Coventry, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR AIN: GIS WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN - W. TYLER SMITH, Esq. EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS WEBB, Esq., in the chair. Tho directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in anima' premiums the sum of £25,227 80 The following tabulated retu ness transactions during the thr ~'~ .~❑~ U m L+ O O "6 , .t arf, 6 g, Z 2 RUPTURE6.-131r ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUES (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. 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 Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting 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, forwArdei 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, 165., 215., 26g. 6d. and and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double T russ , R . s. 6d., 42s ;and 525. 6(1. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbili ca l Truss, 4`2x. and 525. 6d. Postage , Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT vLASTIC STOCKINGS, 1124 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, Manufactiirer, 228, Piccadilly. jUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman-- General Sir FREDEUIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable —Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and fall particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the Now Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. 316, Regent- s t reet, and I ARM LAKE Manager. 7, W Nl aterloo•place , Pall mall, London. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Royal Insurance BuildiHnE AD OFFICES: gs ...... Lombard -street, London. Royal Insurance Buildings ... North John-street, Liverpool. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £Boo,loo Accumulated Funds in hand £1,500,000 LIFE DEPARTMENT. Life and Annuity Funds..... ............. £1,031,329 SPECIAL ADVANTAGIA— Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership. BONUSES among the largest ever declared by any Company. Profits divided every five years. All new Life Insurances now effected will become entitled to an Increased Share of the Profits. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Premiums in 1867 £463,553. REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this first took place the increase of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office, as shown by Government Returns. Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses. JOHN H. MCLARBN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts 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 b the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer? ' Mrs, Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. Treasur er, linformafrion respecting it m a y b e o bt a i ne d on writ tenorpersopal application to the Lady Superintendent. ions received a t th e I nst it ut i on, and by the at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. 0 SPRING RICE Hon Sec. E HOSPITAL Gray's-inn-road, Iftailw*ayo P atr on 1 e ll --4 r l e i nPi imm ediate n R i E ecie:P.atron_ ' _ vicinity of the Great Northern '''"Kosi.tv-niiit Cross. Most the QUEEN. Patron Her His Royal H i President—His IGnr:ee tkihioDPriknoceofofßWrcAXESticKu.,Gli•G• a t the l y s e s " a o r 31 1 f B O 2 B t , h o t b e e f c k fir p s o t o t r o , without the delay and diflieeueltoyn u.:: This Hospital, founded Vol f 9overnors' orders, is establish the principle of fr ee t a ar tp ; tu c it, o n n t t s ri , contributions wholly dependent for support and legacies. capable It affords relief to a large number of in pat ients teoictkhhis,estlifoeravaeroaogoesidnourmabbleorperia avers of the mofotrhoishohdossphiattda the a Committee ca e 0 . averaged be tween 3 61 0 m a i n t d tee 4,0 ea 0 r 0 n w es e t e ly kly s . olicit the assistance of the r bankers, M ess containing several benev.ol.ent, Contributions bchurch-lane • also by Messrs, TS. asthe Brown. Hansom, and Co., A C ) ; also p h re un m d i r se ed s the requiitefund:rteo received d in b th y em th . ei and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, an d Herries sod Co.: Ransom Barclay and Co.; William s , Conde' and Co.; Drummond and (. ; yo and Co. • Co.; Homers- street ; ;mid at tDeacon, t ia l i t t n b e i ll e f :o i e f . m r ; Nisbet o an ti d li ei s a . o n . (I Co.. IFEBOA'r SERVICES. —During the Storms 1.4 of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The institution also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re wards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the `tastitution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CIIALLENGEABLM, issued by th© PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, Loudon, B.C. Established 1848. . _ The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation of the customary conditions, have resolved to iomulgr.te the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional, and Unchallengeable. 1 1 4,r tho roason rofarred to, many pereone-h. , sitate or decline to assure on the ground.that, in the event of in ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the system now introduced will espe cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the Fame time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de fault i e oi s in p l m e t c os t at h o ct f eu e at v lol e yt r a y lp aa p im t d e o n nu a l i na u yt tn ha eshear paid, assured rt eo b dt e h a ne r s i nwighh whole l e t n e nu same r e r polf. o o r P o g r e r i wally contracted to be paid. Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on the discontinuance of the assurance. The assured will thus always have the option of retain ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of w ithdraw ing a certain amount, ac cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any future reference to the Oompany on these points, as is the case with ordinary assurances. Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and otheri who are in the habit of making advances collaterally secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re versionary, of a Policy of this description. Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any conditions s t o voyaeing, foreign residence, or other usual limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds the objections before referred to will be entirely removed, and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as actual securities. In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages, the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest term provided for is twenty-five years, and the shortest five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi tors, and others holding policies of this class as security, may always know the utmost amount they may be called upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground whatever. They m ay therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £215,000 a year. Its position is un. questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of now business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WAITED. HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. 4,802' 13,244 17,466 Amount Proposed. d 1,023,140 0.0 2,779,666 0 0 4,861,303 6 9 Total 35,r,12 8,664,109 5 9 3,313 9,746 13,699 -ns exhibit tl ;0 quinquenni Amount Assured. £ s. d, 0 54,140 0 0 2 ,037,383 0 0 3,752,967 4 8 26,763 6 , 4 14,490 4 8 The net premium income has increased to the sum of .............. ..................... £2 The interest on investments and other items of receipt yield ................................. ho now busi ial periods : Annual Premiums. s. d. 21,347 16 5 63,507 19 10 122,237 17 6 207,113 13 0 6,701 1 7 1,276 18 1 Making a total income (2f ........... .X 237.980 19 8 The claims were 333, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. id. . The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact that the next bonus valuation will take place at, the end of the year 1872, and that all polices entitled t p l e r d o fittosc:tlesp participatel.io r effected to the 31st December,lB69, in the same, The directors also draw attemion to the successful esta blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much to the advantage and profit of both institutions. it is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital feuds and constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN.MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th 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 Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to th em f or th e quinquennial period then terminating, and th a t a b onus 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 £772,740.135. 9d. STltirrt 'FUND ACCOUNT, 313 Tit J1171' . .E;1868: Dn. INcomn OF TILE Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 £772,740 13 9 Premiums on new assur- antes _ _ Ditto on old ditto --- 7 3 Interest from invest £3Bo'Bll 8 3 me nts 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance 6 of account Total income 46,070 13 3 544,46 9 2 £1,317,207 2 11 Cu. CHARGE OP THE YEAR' , 0 Dividend to proprietors .................... £8 877 5 010-ns on decease of lives assured £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new 3,270 15 4 Ditto, old 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 ,, Commission Medical fees 1 5,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 751 16 7 Income tax ... 2,215 4 Expenses of manage ment Total charge ......... ......... £409,654 14 5 Balance of account, 30th Juno .. 1868 ...... 901,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approval THOMAS ALLE N } Auditors HENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 14s. 5(1. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by—viz., £134,811 14s. 9d.—raise s the fund again to £ 907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £sl2s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 is. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurances. The claims on decease o f li ves assure d are n ear l y iden tical in amount with thos e o f 1866. They are less th an those of last year by nearly 410,000. A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. Th e expenses of management are less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of 'little more than 5i per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors .................. £6,977 13 3 Claims on d eceas e of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid .................. 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts .............................. 45,875 13 6 Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 , .................. 173,792 10 0 Surplus fund as before ........................ 907,552 8 6 Proprietors' fund Total .................................... 47,565,198 1 3 Ca. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto ...... 183,979 17 10 ... ,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto reversions ............... 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities .... 479932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities . 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest ments ........................................... 36,243 7 6 Cash and bills .................................... 22,604 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies.... ..................................... 159,503 14 9 Agents' balinces ............. ................ 27,112 9 6 Sundry accounts .............................. 112,460 15 0 Value of premiums (1867) • • ••• 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances ........................ 86,860 13 9 THOMAS A LLENI Total .................................... £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. HENRY ROSE, , . Auditors. The present di.Tositionof the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmpaying It with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 as. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair- man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Chas. Thos. Ilolcombe, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Ro se , E sq . D.C.L. George Russell, Esq. Robert A. Grayl Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrook°, Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., Esq. F.H.B. I Admiral Tindal - - - 1.• : : ~., . ~-., /5 1.114LN . ~ ( 4 . - , _• \ . ' ' • ' ''' . Dub • . , , , V'Ef--,- - '''' tc.,..‘. 4 e - ... 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ECEIVED 16 JUN \ '' ,., 1, 4 .4 ....,...„ .., • . ._, ------, ~.., )--- 2)n:, ~......... ........... n 5,..„.......„______- .c..it ,-- - / '\ - , .- - * 'A cit. nlzorr. / \1 \ •* t, ' i i N _-~,_~ -~~ 11/IILNERS' STRONG- 1101,1)FASI AND, Lv_x_ FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong 8001113, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experience. effectually guard against Aire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, 11l oorgate-street, City, London. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LINE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to tho COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. . s. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a c h eap paper per ream 3 . d 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Supet fine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Suporfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers Is., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream.., .....10s. 10s. 6d , 123. 61, and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 C Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. Gd., or 5 a Tile New Vellum Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for 25. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Gd, 5s Cl. & Cs 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 61 per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STA I,IPING (Relief) reduced to is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the bust artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. Au ILLU •TR tTED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Qcsles, Despatch Boxes. Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, Bce , post free Established 1811 INDIA OFFICE, .29th J anuary, 1 869.-- By order of the Secretary of State. for India in Council. Notice is hereby given ' that packages, stated to c on t a i n reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India. Company's Servicq, 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 eservod.from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. 8011, 11., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflovver, W. IL, Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Departin en t. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlo v, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras MediCal Department. 53. Fiend E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpo, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native in fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 3Gth Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. Maingsy, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment. 121. Porting, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native Infantry. 124. Pinchard. J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign, 3Gth Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A.. Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. 'Weymouth, Captain, 42f1 Madras Native Infantry. 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 iu question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents he disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. THE- INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the. secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing. among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda. will prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Ilassall's re port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALB ERT ORPH A tNI ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALK %11, Secretary. 0 lice, 54, Cheapsll3, Loa lon, SAMARIT 4 N FREE HOSPITAL f or WOMEN and Clirrnii - VN, Lower F 4 eymour-streot, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dis saes of women. 2,741 a patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca lilly; Sir Samuel Scott. Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Cloutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. (FILE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Sobo-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. hansom, Bouveric, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earrwstly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who aro treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE o f 1 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 aro granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living.' 500 blind men and women are applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by tho Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. REAI NORTHERN HOSPITAL , GC I alodonian-roacl, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbee at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds,. and Co. 60, Lombard street., Messrs. Ranso m an d Bouvene, 1, Pall-mall—Hon. Sec., 2 , Smith. Esa. Ozo. REID, SOC. riIHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of 1 the CHEST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President —His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. 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. REgTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge -road, S E. BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap 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 perscns 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 oponod in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may bo ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES Ise as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hemp- 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, Hampstead. 9, ITenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary cl Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Ilomo-85, Queen-street, Cheapsido. 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. 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 Repert (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 bankors are Messrs. Bairclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. CO )PER, Sec. fif Queen-street Cheapsidu. ~C i FOREIGN NOTES: rlticx.. 4d. STA 11PED ...... sd, iNCORPORA'rED U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. 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 iu the months of April, May, and June next. TILE BELGIAN RAILWAY err Am. M. Frere-Orban, the Chief Minister of Belgium, is now in Paris, and has had several interviews with the Emperor Napoleon and his Ministers. Of course the result of these conferences is not yet known, but it ceems that the negotiations are by ne means finished. The Paris . correspondent of tho Standard deems himself enabled to state on very good authority that the efforts of the French Government are directed to the establishment of a Customs Union between the two countries, by the abolition of the customs linebetween France and Belgium, and the adoption of French tariffs at the Belgian ports and the Belgian, Dutch, and German frontiers. The French Government also made it a sine gad non that the law recently pissed, wh'e't enables the Belgian Government to take immediate pos session of any line of railway sold to a foreign company without its consent having been previously obtained, shall not be allowed to interfere with the completion of the contract with the french Chemin do Fer de l'Est. The writer has reason to believe that M. Frere-Orban is not prepared to grant either of these preposterous de mands. This is no news. A declaration of the most positive character was some tune ago made by the leading Belgian journals. Belgium, they affirmed, would neither agree to a Customs Union, nor allow its right of forbidding the treaty with the Eastern Company to be brought into question. But, this precise statement notwithstanding, it is not a little significant. that Kiog Leopold's Minister should now be negotiating as a plenipotentiary at the French Court. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON F KMAL Es PR EVEN TIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. The Independance Berge publishes a detailed account of M. Frere-Orban's interviews with the Emperor and his Ministers. The diplomatist') seem to have rivalled cir cumlocut'on doings in England. The first interview M. Frkv-Orban had was with the Marquis de Lavalette. It was devotel wholly to things in general. Germany, the affairs of the East, anything but the railway business were fully enlarged upon in the course of this charming conversation. On Saturday the Belgian Minister wait to see the Emperor. Nothing could be more satisfactory than this interview, which lasted an hour. M. .F be- Orban met( with a warm welcome. The two talked together with the most perfect urbanity. The Belgian Minister explained the sentiments, the interests, the duties of Belgium, and assured the Emperor that nothing separated the little country from the big one. The Emperor heard all this with tine attention sour aye et une bienveillance marquee. • But the concessions which France demanded, and the extent to which Belgium was prepared to grant them, were two trifles left wholly out of the discussion. Then came M. Rouher's turn. It was now high time to begn business, and accordingly M. Itouher tried to demonstrate that the treaties by which Belgian lines are to be leased to French companies mightbe so surrounded byguarrntees as to obviate all the inconveniences which the Belgian Government dreaded. M. Rouher, the Independance Be'ge is aesured, maintained these treaties as one of tie principal elements of the solution which the t. - Governments sought. This is, indeed, coming to the point ; but here, unfortunately, the narrative stops. Frere-Orban's an3wer has yet to be known. It is President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1863 aro ear nestly solicited, which may bo sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, K. C.; Francis Nicholls, If sq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, N.C. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. evident, however, that the progress already made bears no pr( portion to the amount of time consumed. The METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duko of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. P. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults aro received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. ,Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. Belgians say that they will not have these treaties con- THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME f or DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under tho management of Mr. Baker Brown. firmed, and the French Government is clearly deternined The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. to raise the question. There the matter stands. ----___ Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. rnussr AND ROME. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS are or theearnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing f 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, attd Ealing 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. 21 0 0 4, tr ig High a n t o o I n s h r e m e. e andv e d 4 b l ,t~GVihoLtet h L I t r yA o n m d , o wi o n l o a r d ei W ot e m s h t sy m i s n e e s t e r e r t ß a Ban NO. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. The attempts of the Prussian Government to cultivate a good understanding with the Court of Rome are unrnis• takeably eager. Our Rome correspondent notifies Iha Count Bismarck is very anxious to secure a Papal nuiicia ture at Berlin. The Duke von Ratibor has been instructed to hear to the Pope, on the 11th of April, the personal congratula'ions of King William. The Duke has had an audience of the King, and is going to Rome for this spc cial purpose. "This marked proof of respectful deference given by a Protestant monarch to the Head of tl-,e Catholic Church," says the North Eastern Correslondo ce. "is made the subject of much comment hex e." H OME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIO@ESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Ilatnmersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Re 7. J. E. Kempe Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev, W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhens° Rev. E. Capel 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. Prescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey ilugh 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. Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom commnzications may be addressed. P OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution 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 £2O to patients at their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS aro urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There aro 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants aro awaiting election. - 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 proportion. Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary No. 10 Poultry London, E.C. September 1868. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair lA_ to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent 'Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull 'Wharf, • Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. 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- 29 , Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART 119DOSON, Esq Sub--Governor. CHARLES Jo MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS Robert Barclay, Esq. Y William Totlow Hibbort, 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 Dent, 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. Rive sdale 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. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire on the 9th of April. 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 Corpo:ation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. F.P .71IING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing ➢lachinea. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent.:por: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. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on ono Life. This Corporation affords to the Asrured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, an 4 exemption under Royal Ch ar t er f rom the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern p rac ti ce, w i t h t h e secu rity of an Office whose resources have ueen tested by the experienc e of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ,ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. L ON DON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; M essrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Iloare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, K LAW CLASSES In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and sup?rintendance 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 teaching 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 ime, 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 Nino Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects:— a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. • c. The Contract of Salo. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Chocks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreighttnent, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. 1. The LOBS of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. 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 I, 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 (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BRO WNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Niue Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory. —Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of Now 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. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. Vs ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyhold-% —l. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.--1. Crodi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these leetgres and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property aro reconimpnried. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., _ Barrister-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectur es : Lecture 1. 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, coatinued: 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, 1,, 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 he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable fot the law classes— 2 2 0 For all tho branches of For each idAn By every every snbseribcr 31eittlafrs of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. . . To preent interruption nt the lectures, subscribers cannot bo admitted to the hull after the lecture has com menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's ITall, 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 tho6o who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. TURKEY AND GREECE. The Greek difficulty must not, it seems, be forgotten yet. Its traces on the sands of European politics are not quite effaced. According to the Owl, the Cabinet of Athens is rais:ng a new question, " which threatens to give rise to much diplomatic correspondence. The chief point involved is the position of so-called Greeks as affected by the late decrees of the Porte." As to what ee. trees will thus be made the subject of contention, or in what respect the Greek Government complains of their effect, the Owl is, apparently, not informed. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The Owl has no hope whatever of any specdy settleu'e it of the Alabama difficulty. The Americans positively revel in the worry they give us about this affair, and delight in tearing in pieces the treaty which the twa Governments had concluded. General Grant, before he became President, publicly avowed his disapproval of the late convention„ adding, " I will send in the Ahab: ma Bill to England, and I hope she will not pay it." T e Owl interprets this charitable declaration to mean that General Grant would like to inaugurate his Pres`• dency by the annexation of Canada, the cession of which he would graciously accept as payment in full for all past offences. Our pleasant neighbours think ti.cy have a ready-made settlement close at hand. PEACE BETWEEN BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY. The Etenclard has received intelligence from the La Plata, which leads it to the conclusion that peace will soon be established in South America. The Foreign Minister of Brazil was at Ascuncion, occupied with the constitu tion of a Provisional Government, and the pre liminaries of a peace treaty. The independence of Paraguay will be conceded, but the Allies demand that the La Plata river shall be absolutely free to navigation. Paraguay will preserve its territory intact ; but it must renounce its claims to certain portions of the Ch:.co and of the Brazilian province of Matto Grosso. AFRICAN EXPL')RA lON. The Viceroy of Egypt intends to despatch an exp.,cli tion for the twofold purpose of suppressing the slave trade of the White Nile and to establish Egyptian autho rity throughout the entire Nile basin. This expedition is designed to explore as well as to conquer and annex, and Sir Samuel Baker, who is now in England, is to take charge of it. Whether the enterprise extends the glory of Egypt or not, it cannot fail to be highly important to science. A CONSEEVATIVE GATHERING. Mr. Disraeli has called a meeting of the Conser vative party, which is to be held at the residence of Lord Lonsdale, in Carlton-house-terrace, on Monday. The object of it is to decide upon the amendments which shall be proposed in committee on the Irish Church Bill. It is not stat e d w hy L or d L ons d a l e ' s residence has been chos en . Wh en th e l as t M arqu i s of Salisbury was alive Arlington House used to be the Conservative trysting place, but that house is now being pulled down; and, moreover, between the Conservative leader and the Marquis of Salisbury of to-day there is anything but brotherly love. Why was not 23, St. James's-square, chosen ? We cannot say, but can only hazard a guess that after Lord Stanley's speech at Glasgow, Lord Derby thought it better not to take any prominent part in the opposi tion to the bill. Then why was not Grosvenor gate selected ? We imagine for the same reason that Lord Lonsdale's residence was selected. Mr. Disraeli's house is small. The houses in Carlton house-terrace are very large, and even one is not sufficient for the Lowthers. The head of that Northern clan and his descendants occupy two of those mansions, and Mr. Disraeli, being desirous of impressing upon his followers how hopeless their resistance is, chose the largest available dwelling, in order that they might the better see what a little party they are. This is his answer to the Carlton 1 Club memorial, of which the Record lately spoke. THE COURT. The desire of the West-end tradesmen is at length gratified. Her Majesty does not still confine herself to Windsor ? Osborne, and Balmoral. Occasionally she now visits the metropolis, and stays for a time at Buckingham Palace. She is now residing there, and on Tuesday, wet and dreary though it was, drove out on a tour of inspection. St. Bartholomew's Hospital was honoured by a visit from her, and the patients were delighted by royal words of sympathy. Then . she drove through the new meat market at Smithfield. Of itself this news is not perhaps of very great importance. But it means the return of life to the Court, and, consequently, the return of vigour to frwip SUNDAY FOIL THE NEWSVENDOE , S. The newsvendors in the metropolis are grumbling very fiercely. They complain that they have not got one day in seven for themselves. They have to work on Sunday as on other days. The cheap weekly newspapers issue a Sunday edition, which customers T p h ro en pri w e t h o y rs sh n o o i t il t d o p it u b b e . ) e c a r n agreement . amongstthe will have rather than the earlier one. But there is very rarely anything in it other than can be found in the i S s a s t u u e l d laf f only liliseslittolifistheceliltvieoenk,lYthe newsrendors argue that nobody ,iv,gedetbionginjhuaild, beena. nd a he la ld rge to ch e ls o s n l s v i o d t e il r d be benefited. e t h v c e r n e i I C o 3" ti l i c l d e d o l i l i t . s ssu r e o , ss s ib al le e,. end it was determined to discourage the • paid Mil-Cry of Sunday papers as much a l One of the speakers made a curious statement. Be said that two-thirds of the bays he employed had ro bbed him. lie attributed that to the demoralisa tion produced by the Sunday work, and he therefore determined to take it himself, much to his own pecuniary benefit. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the worid. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports. tion. Quotations on application *to +Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, Loudon, W.O --(Ad vertisement. ,ution in at ruin and dis head of Mr. of the utter , the corres an attache to draw his he indepol - - agislature of ieial thieves :mpire State! COM ttiOpt lalled by its oned before hese sweep fact within ame of anY or could he restigations. 'mess stated purposely ry to trace ity did this ?aper seize gardless of sensation committee he press to ct of men ;uch indis )dy, based men who or false ily unjust, ;crease the correct.'' Alluding ar. Mines tioned—of only the ;test their n was cor- proximity r want to the money buff about ins of the Albany 1 vines that into the Assembly bursed to and host s not suc. lothing of mal nsions For corrupt !oncoming yists wore ley on the to bo in :ry of nuf in tho in- rour Coin' have been vriters, or touched aded, by ;ed shall disposi g bribes, ►e means this can ►ent ono by ac' violates in guilt rives it." ion that deposit of the to pre by the violate they 'cations the bill punish their te." It :eedingg Albany thfiablo in the :n pro' s much =Wee uptioa. Ihed on id m ade t of the the Ist i s a de :), sec- depart vaults, des, and ie Ist of has de 'est will :oin will interest )n that debt at as cow' 'reasu/ :oin and 000,00 0 • perhaps eluding conoile sea, at grarao :storing °wish nedies, sound tctional 1. We. :stored 71866. since ntirely Lsumes r bens s excel . =_. . ._ hire, ;,:111 0 to bell, nald tO of eSz .....• ~