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444., j... -4 ';'( - I ''‘ i - A4.l, c y' . Mt , • 7- t 1 • , I \t' • /<.ll - • to. I 4 '2, fAiifOL Fr I` tV'T Y - I :4 SPIRIT OF THE PT_lliTitd JOTTRIVA_LS. . . -old in Bct`les, :3s. gd., at the Retail Houses in Lor.dov; by t - ,e Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or wllolesale at 8, GitrAT WINDMILL-STLEET, LONDON, W. Observe the Bed Seal, Pink Labe , and Cork Branded "Kina - ros LL-WhteitY ~~~ UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Art of Parliament. 1859). 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, - And RA, QUERN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal sect&ty, Bills of Sale, Free bold or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay- We weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. ,•-, rcs free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. THE stiN, L(JNUON, null UllsiM Y EVENING, .DECEM BEE,' LO, 1869. PRICE ... 4d STAMPED.. sd. 203 • Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., Fl ORG . OTTEN BY THE WORLD. A NOVEL. Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FOREIGN NOTES TUE UNITED STATES' NAVY. PATE AU 1)IABLE." T - --- HE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for Luncheon, Breakfast, Tt will be found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCEION'T AND PURE PICKLES (I.lanfleld's Patent), To be ohtaine,l Wholeatee an 4 Retail of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107. QTR&SID (Corner o! Savov Steps), . London; W.C. • PB. HALL, of Printing Honse-square, E.C., . next the "Times," London.--Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) relehrsted PALE and other ALES Keatinge and Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brand'ea: and Trish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA FIDE BunNusaxg.—k number of Hotels. Public Houses, etc., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted ln town and country. ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWsPA PER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. eports of Coswress, Personal,letnancial. Railroad. he. Members of Parliament. Cornmerciai Men, and those having an Interest In the Unitel States. will thul this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street, Strand. ISTABLISTIMENT for GENTLEWOMEN 4 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 £c Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of nrnaonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other 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 and Co.'s, i 9. Strand. W. C SPRING RICE Hon. Sec. 'IIIIE DEAF & DIIMB.—The Committee of the JEWS DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to receive A PPL faLTIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF and DUMB CRILDREN, of all denominations, as Day Pupils, for instruction in audible speech and lip-reading. The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the manual alphabet and all artificial signs. A public lesson is given every Wednesday, at 3 p.m., when the successful results of the system can be wit nessed. Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and all other particulars, to he made to W. VAN PRAAGFr, Esq., Director of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, 44, Burton-crescent, W.C. rIIHE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and x -GLOBE INSURANCE CO&IPANY. Offices-1, Dale : street, Liverpool; . 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055. the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Lifo to £259,039. The moderate 'rates of premium ' with a guaranteed fixed Bonnet or the Life Pol;cies of this Company, and their value 'as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render, them partjcularly, advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident 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 enablo ths - n to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous p or suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street ; and by Messrs. Clouds and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, S:oretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. IVATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, `t Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. 1 4 : n 1 arged 1861. Under the 7,3tronage of H.R.H. the Dnke of Csmsitroon, K.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 obje It of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain 'Fug 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 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee e.rnostly appeal for support. The Charity is stitirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. ITZNRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WA.FWECqC Secretary. Offloa. 121, Pall-zn3ll. W GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, 09.1wionian-roi , i, I sl in eton t N. Supporter) by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481.964 patients since it was establisher , at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted free Bankers--Messrs. Barnet, tloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Soc., I Smith. Esa. GBO. REID, Sec. RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, EN 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 parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were 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. Th. last Report can be obtained oil application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE. M.A. Hon. Secs' ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin ane ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers. Manchester. f IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the past twenty-two months the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,633 lives from various shipwrecks and 44 vessels from destruction, • The Institution also Papended £36,134 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £4,250 for rewards. - The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Institution, 11, John-street delphi, London. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. ITT BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' IJF and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA. saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, 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 - snmption, habitual constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric de rangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, aervonsness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and oars, • rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, • acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at Rea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTIoN.,-Beware of the many unsavoury anu more than slopy imitations to which, without autho • ray, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health -restoring R evalenta Arabica invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored • •by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Ilfidi, July 25th (Cure No. tB,4l3):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all ther remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Arry s Revalenta Arabica Food of which he consumes a lateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly eneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."l Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Rrehan of seven • years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ervons agitation. Cure No. 71. of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord S'unrt do Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ford I have derived much benefit from your excellent ,food.—STUART DE DECIBEL, Dromana, Oappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,832. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation latulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly f Lynn. Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vous fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Lanton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhcea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. ll j d. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., 21h., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. Tho 121 b. and 241 b anisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du arry's Ilevalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in n oaoisters : Por 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 c los at 6a., for 288 cups at 30s. for 57G caps at 555. Being ~roan) la penny per cup. The 30s. an 1 555. tins aro sent , tree vi carria,ge in England on receipt of Post Office Order. 3AEitI,Y Dll BARRY and Co., 77, liegent-s treet, London, - also at Fortnum and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, Cracechnieli-st-eat ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, London awl ail titrooetsjazul Oltoraiskij NEW BCOK BY TIIE• AUTHOR OF ", JOHN HALIFAX." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 cols., r r II E UNKIND NV OPT, AND OTIIEB, S FORMS. Py the luthor of "John HaEfax. Hurst anti Mae...tett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.- No. 445. FOR JANUARY. 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THE ATHENEUM for DECEMBER 25T11 containß SPECIAL ARTICLES neon the LITERATURE of ENGLAND, 'FR INCE, GERMANY, it USSIA, ITALY, BELGIUM, SPAIN, HOLLAND, TURKEY, DENMARK, SWEDEN, P 4 atTUGAL, HUNGARY, and AMERICA. funn ing a SURVEY of EUROPEAN and AMERICAN LITERA TURE for the YEAR ISO. NOTICE. THE ATHENEUM will be PERMA NENI LY ENLARG k D on and after the Ist of JANUARY, 1,;70. May be ordere'd of any Bookseller or sewsagent, price Three pence. Single-foxic,r,T.t. by r.....64,-on receipt of 7:,uiTOll,Age Published by John Francis, 20, Weill ngton-st reet, titrand,WV.o Just published, price ls 6d., 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, 1) EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Bafflers, 219, Regent-street. Tho numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, sud o thor Journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. NEW ORLEANS, JACKSON, AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILR , D • CO PANY. —FI RS T MORTG AGE CONST I UCTION 130 v DS. endorsed payable in Sferling in London —The HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the above Bonds, due on the IstJanuary next, will be PAID on that day, and any, succeeding day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Lea !enhall-street, between the hours of Ten and Iwo o'clock. _ _ The Coupons must be left for examination two clear days be fore applying for paymomt. London, December 17, 1969. DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET. R ESKELL, the Author of "Pure Dentistry, i a_ and What it Does for Us," "Painless Tooth Extraction; or Antestheria Locally Applied ;" Dental Surgery a Practical Treatise ;" Modern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice." &c., may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Pour o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GRosvENOR-STREET, GROSVE NOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street). . i6iiiiii THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice tailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.' Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir cumstances, and thousands of persons can now boar testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at is. lid., 2e. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations winch have sprung up in consequence of tho success of N orton's Camomile Pills." RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ViTilTrE 7 B - M C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862)18 allowed by upwards of Five Elundred 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 hers avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moe-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 ciret/lar may be had, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forw,rdei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truga, 165., 21s. 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 64. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 64. Postage, Is. 10(1 . . Patt-office Orders to be made payable to John White. Cost-office, Piccedi-ly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, VA KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Wcekness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensice and are drawn ou like an ordinary sleeking. Price 4s. 6d., d. 6d. 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufactgrer, 228, Piccadilly. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Coin nine° earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary. CIREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Gile kJi donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS. F. SMITH, Esq., lion. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. "IR OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Open to all without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed. JAMES S. BLYTIT, Sec. rrHE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for A DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are in sited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 186, Harley-street, W. ROYAL 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 thei own homes. A Lew wing to the Hospital has lust been completed at a eost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe daily annual subsc r iptions, 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 reatest pleasure upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary No. 10 Poultry London. E.O September 1848. LTOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS El are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 160 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealinel 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn. and 41. Lothbury, KC.; and by WILLIAM WTLLI AMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.! lA_ OME for the HELPLESS. —ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of tho Bishop of London. The work Carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of EnglandOUN CIL." FUNDS greatly needed C. 'I he Bishop of LONDON. Rev. J. W. Ayre Rev. F. G. Bloomfield lion. acd Rev. F. Byng Rev. R. G. Baker "Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev, W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain ~.! Rev. E. Capel Cure Rev. J. E. Cox Ociavius Coopo, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq.] Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Purse C. J. Freake. Esq. J. B. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Healey G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert. M.P. Re 7. J. E. Kempe Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Lev. ^.:Y. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Mobre Rev. J. Moorbonse.. J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon Nepean Rev. E. Parry- John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. rreseott Rev. F. Pigou R. P. Pigott, Esq. R. h. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esa. Subscriptions will be received by any of the abon ; by Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hen. Secretrry, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port lilfilklitpVO: to viiww_cualauaicatiguil =lle atireteed COMPENSATION IN C ISE OF INJURY, AND. • A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by • Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An A nnual Payment of £3 to /6 as. insures £1,600 at Death, and an - Allowance at the rate of • £6 per week for Injury. lt AMWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or DOuble Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to .he Local Agents, or at the Offices. 5.1, CORNRILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LoxuoN. WILLIAM J. ti lAN Secretary. pARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFAC TURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF Off A.N ERY-LA NE), LONDON (8.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. s. d. Tine Cream Laid Note ; a the an paper 3 0 S'uperilae Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Supei aneThick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra cur ertine Double Thick Cream Laid Note •Brav: Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers Es., 45., be., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 103. GA, 12s. 6d., and 14 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note —five quires for ls. 6&, or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "Clublliouse" is‘ ote, five quires for 2s. 6d. Puperline Cream or Bine Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6s 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4 s 6 d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 35 COLOUR t;•TAM PING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU,TR ATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books. Copying Presses, Inkstands, Mationery, Cabinets, Postage ,•ce.les, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &o , post free. Established 1841 I, I ANIARIT N FREE HOSPITAL for WO MEN L-- 7 and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women 2,746 patients warn treated last month without letters of 72cm:omen da'pn* , S übscri pti4ans—alaiione aro m ucla needed ,and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. PHE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. . —Bankers : Mesirs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and (o.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays ' and Fri days to out-patients who are trea ted without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women am applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A; 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. A.MARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portmati square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ; 2,53 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatcbard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. ORTH LONDON or UNIVERSII Y 1 - 1 COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidentsaud Sickness. CONTRIBUTIONS earnealy solicited to meet the annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000. Thp committee also plead for help for the sick children, the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank- fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the charity. HENRY J. KELLY, R.N., Secretary. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON F MAL T. PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. _ President —Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, t;.O ; Francis Nicholls Nag. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 16.0. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. .1 10PAI of BEQUEST..--NATIONAL HOS PITAL for the PAILILYSED and EPILEPTIC, QuFen-square, Bloomsbury give and I.o,neath to the Treasurer for the time being, of tho National lioapital for the Varalysed and Epileptic, estal.lished in London in 1859, the sum of -, free of lersey duty, t) be paid out of such part of my estate as nay by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes, and to bo applied to the general use of the said Hospital. The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out Patients, a Samaritan Soc'ety to relieve the more desti tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec. BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. Instituted in 18111. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc ns over 20 years of ego and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O par annum are also granted The Home was opened in September l 863; 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. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, L3Vall, and Co., 54, Lombard - street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Obaring-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEA TER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C. OPAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, t, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MArEsTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALss, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BuccLzuctr. K.G. This Hospital, founded .iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick peer, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent ‘.er support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the desthuto sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requizito funds to maintain them. Contaibttions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; berries and no. ; Ransom and Co. ; Presect; Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payue, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-street ; _and at the Hospital from 10 till 5 rgi I E RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as folows: .1. For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Greet Portland. street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, liampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Pottland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. Tho committee ale deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women arid 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 Scrciety is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Baeclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to tho benevolent. DANL. CODPER, Sec.;.' 9 Qn.en-street Cheausiae. BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham rise. Instituted 1861. PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. TREASUREE S. Georgo Moore, Esq, Mr. Alderman Gibbons. , , This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical attendance. Patients aro admitted, and annuities of £lO obtained by election. No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Full particulars and the necessary forms may bo pro cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub scriptions are earnestly solicited. BANKERS. Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and Messrs. Drummond, Cnaring-cross S.W. E.DWD. WEAVZiIt 6aerotexy, Waco ; M cheapiths " AATOODIN'S RETURN TO LONDON." •VV w. S. wormusr AT HOME" with his great Original CARPET' BAG and SKETCH-BOOK. In the large Room L'UYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Plan of Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond street. OIAL IiALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor J. S. SWO sey. MONSTER CHRIST:4AS ENTERTAINMENT. First appearance,. is Lonlon of the Female Acrobats, in their l'raw!ng-room Entertainment. Itcturn of E. D. Davis and' his Two t'ons, Tommy and Joey, with new Songs and Ane , otes. .1 or y Nash. the laa:Mter exciting Comic. Enna West, and West, the celebrated Stump Orator. First appearance at this t.all of Funny Little Lewis, the proviuclvl favourite. Re engagement of Mdlle. Cariotta Vert°, premier Serio-Comic • and Teri)sichorean Artist Metz, Redman, and Metz, Burlesque Artists Mr. Isowland Lascelles, the unrivalled Tenor. And a host of other talent. Pr"ces of Admission as usual. Balcony, Gd.; stalls, Mr. P. Core. Musical Director. Chairman—Mr Hamilton, from the Canterbury. pADAME T LISSA tiIYS EX II 1B ITIO N. Bake ',street. —PO It FR, kIT MODE LS of F itEDERICTi HINSON and TRAUPPMA NrS are added to the Chamber of Horrors. Admission, is.; Chamber, of Horrors. GI extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., and from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. . . ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which hss attended the production ,f the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the t r. sent ono the most extensively patronize 1 season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent enphoniontst, Signor L. Moses.; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberbeng, and otherable artistes. Manager Mr Thomas Pitts. Prt4essi.r Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. BIIINELL, Proprietor U O E.—L E A and PERRINS. 1.7 THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improves the appetite, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLEn FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK 'or " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. BEWARE OP IMITATIONS, and see the names of LEA & PEBRINS on all bottles and labels] Agents—Crosse and, Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers in Sauces throughout the World COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Pala; Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. heave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New,York RATES OF PASSAGE. From lIAvnE or BREsT to NEW YORK. First ',lass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico Haiti, Santiago de Cuba ' Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadelonpe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japat.. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be bad of _ _ STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents. 8. Austinfriars, London, E.C. BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION. Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The_ distinguishing features of this Association are • Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, C 2, Ludgate 11111, London, E.O. Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's. , - The Annual Premium Income of the Oompany, at the close t f 1;468, was £22.0,978 05.10 d., and the Total Amount Assured £1.832,197. The Business is divided under two heads:- Ist --The General or Ordinary Business, being the same as that transoc:ed by other Companies. 2nd --Thu Industror Working- Class Assurances. I The rimnintiilrionme* of the Genbrat Business wa51:52,432, and the sum Assured -£1,562,960. The present value of the ha bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load ing, wik. The Premium Income of tho Industrial Branch was 168,546, tlio sum Assured £3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 £lB 822 15 8 The Liability of the Industrial Branch does Lot admit of being estimated in the same way as that of the General Brauch, on account of the very largs proportion of Policies which corst tntly la; se, so that the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks for short terms only ; the estimated re serve for the liabilities of this Branch of - the business is shown by the result of 11 years' experience to be abundantly suffi cient. The Assurance Fund on ;:Ist Decem ber, 1868, was .................................. 12 4 The average duration of the whole of Lhe Industrial Policies was considerably under three years. The average ago of the Assured in the Industrial Branch was 19 years. A detailed List of Assets can be had on application.' IL lIARBEN, Secretary, THE MESNIERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey mouth-s'Teet, W. (where mans cases deemed incur able are cured). much needs support. Inspection is in vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER, Esq., 11 11.0.5., who has above 30 years' experience in Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30. fIANCER HOSPITAL (Free): fou n ded 1851. V —Brompton, cases treated since f oun d a ti on . Remedies and diet very S.W. and 167, Piccadilly.— Over 8,000 expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable to be admitted for want of FUNDS; at present over 300 out-patients. Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace. Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. By order, H. J. JTJPP. DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN. 1 —Tho ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridgo-road. Instituted 1810. Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital. Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E. Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. EAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which shall enable them to establish the Hospital in morn' suit able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that circumstance. It is impopsible even to purchase on whole sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want of room for stowage, every inch of available space being occupied. There is a daily demand fur more beds, and the staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children, but no more can bo admitted 'n the present building. £B,OOO at least is required to can y out this much-wished for and urgent scheme Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell; or by SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec., Rectory Warping E URSIN G.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and 1 1 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris, is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's House. Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the Lady Superior. Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. OYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lansdown, Bath. Instituted, A.D., 1864. Under the Patronage of her Maj,sty th& QUEEN. President—ll.R.ll. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c. Chairman—Major -General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B. This school has been founded upwards of fonr years, and it is intended for the education of the daughters of officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted if the committee had further funds; they, therefore APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out tq its full extent the benefits of the only institution specially provided for the daughters of officers of the Army. Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to one vote at all elections during the current year. The amount may be forwarded by an ordet on a bank, agent, or post-office (Charing-cross), payable ro. GEO. W. FORSTER, Uutier scaotarv, 0a 22 Cookopuottautleacka._. pA IN LESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSE LY, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGE:cvsTnEET, exactly opposite the Iloyal Polytechnic, and 23. MOOIiGATE-STREET, CITY. Estab lished 1820. This, the most perfected system of pain less dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is r commended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration o! the natural functions, can solely be obtained in.such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical ,xperience) at his •only residences, as above. The su perlative excellence of this rystem is perfect. immunity front ptin, no operations, stumps, awl decayed teeth ren dered useful, loose teeth and tender gums proteJed. Qualities These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring—ease and comfort onsnrpassed—detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied —and youthful appearance restored mastication an , ' articulation g arauteod. The " Times" of March 6 says : —"So good au imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Tooth from 55.; ssts, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free. —Only addresses, 312, Regent-sire t, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, noorgate-street, 8.C., opposite the Star Insurance nTVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. Persons j desirous of being admittel to the f ;PEN COMPETITION, commencing on sth April, 1870, should apply at once for the necessary forms; which must be returned, with evidence of age, health, and character, not later than February Ist —CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Cannon-row, Westminster. A.D. 1720. .11 OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George tho First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVMS WIGRAM, Beg ' Governor. JAMES STEWART HIDGBON, ESCI Sub-Governor. Onknizs JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. Robert Barclay, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Tetlow Hibbeit; Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. EgArton Hubbard, Esq. Novile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline Win. Percy. Gbarles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq, William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Luel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. . . John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Lancelot William tent; Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sami NO ncE.- The annual fifteen days •allawei for pay ment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th of January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY. —This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. F. "MIND STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3. 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. Any 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. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN GUARANTEED STATE LOAN S. No LOTTERIES. Bona-fide chances to win for £1 the large premiums of £30,000, £25,000, £20,000, &c., &c. Public drawings on the First of every Month, under the superintendence of the Austrian Government, and official public functionaries. OFFICIAL LISTS SENT GRATIS TO ►SUBSCRIBERS. Apply for £1 chances, issued upon forms su pplied by the Austrian Government and bearing the Imperial half a florin stamp, and for prospectuses to VOELOKER & CO., Bankers, VIENNA. ARROW ROOT.—Just received from the West Indies a large consignment of ARROW ROOT of excel lent quality, which can be confidently recommended to clergy men and of ler visitors of the poor, as an economical and whole some article of diet for Invalids. Sold in 71b., 141 b., and 2 lb. tins, at Bd. per lb., tins extra; also a large quantity of the finest BERMUDA ARROW ROOT, which can be offers t at the reduced price of Is. tid. per lb.. in quantities of not less than 7th., tins extra. TIIO 31 AS KEATING, 79, ST. PAUL's CUURCIIYARD. ir AM BERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM. - AN AA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the heal, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for iminediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed eases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It freqpeutlycures persons vtiorl she faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only end sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, R, King William-street, Charing-cross, Loudon, and by all druggists, in bottles, lnd., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. JIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAT. A —AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION, WM, FIRST PRIZE, being ABOVE the Gold Medal. Supplied to the Briish, French, Prussian, Russian, Italian, Dutch, and other Governments. One pint of tine flavoured Beef-tea at 2id. Most convenient and economic "stock.' CAUTION. —Only sort warranted genuine by the Inventor, Baron Liebig, whose signature is on every genuine Jar. _ _ Ask for LIEBIG COMI'A NY'S EXTRACT, and not for LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of Mr.AT. EZPLENDID SPECULATIONS GEE > T SUCCESS. With a Single Stake of £8 you can realise £37,010!! with .£20,000! ! with 12 shillings £12,000 ! ! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILL or, General Merchant, Guernsey. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury) The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.— The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil dren, and infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, . 172 New Bond-street, London ; and of all other chemists throughout the world. riI I HE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CH.6ST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL, is the only in stitution 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 ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ' • Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. B RITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES, 56, Grent Marlborough-street, W. Bankers, Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnestly solicited. ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, lion. Sec. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN aro being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPH 4,N ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary' 051ce, 54, Cheapeide, London, E.O; LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E. The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059 wore free cases. CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested. Wll. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary. ri HE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults aro roc.3ived at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary Offlo', 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly. QEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nations, who are received withuut any recomendation. The Committee require upwards of t,500 annually from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this Hospital. SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., banker:, Birchia lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street, E.C., by S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary. Qualification for a Governor, 21s, annually ; Life Governor, £lO 10s. PRICE OF GOLD. i'ne quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and t to short exchange on London is 251. 151 per £1 sterileL • In comparin , r these rates with the English Mint price of lis.lo4d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the alma prig@ 111 11431114 *GM j. 13 jP UII tin ie 14111110 g. Among the reports presented to President Grant at the opening of Congress was a very interesting and important one by Mr. Robeson, the Secretary of the Navy. The Ameri can navy has five cruising stations, the North and South At lantic, the Pacific, the European, and the Asiatic, comprising within their limits most of the ports and sea-coasts of the known world. The present Government on assuming offica found, however, that the in !ans employed were quite inadequate to the ends aimed at. Franca had on the same seas 150 ships, with a tonnage of 250,000. England had 191 ships with a tonrage of 328,000, and her flying- squadron ready to reinforce them when required; while of the forty-three vessels comprising the American fleets, not more than eighteen were in a con lition for real service, and their efficiency was le. - ;sened by the fact that most of them were steamers without ade quate sail power. The monitors and ironclads laid up since the war, were rapidly deteriorating, and not one could have been ready to resist a sudden attack. The Administration has, therefore, exerted itself to repair and restore the efficiency of the navy as quickly as possible, and a great deal has already been accomplished. All the steamers susceptible of it have been . given full sail power, and re.rigged, so that, without interfering with their speed under sail, they are entirely inde pendent. of • it. The monitors and ironclads have been put in repair, four of the largest sent on cruise, and the rest kept in order in readiness for service at a week's notice. The Secretary strongly recommends the building of sea-going ironclads suitable to cruise on foreign stations, and able to protect American commerce in any emergency. Ten such vessels are requisite, four of which he would build at once—one for the Asiatic, one for the Pacific, arid' two . fer the European - sepia - droll. "It isAiot doubted," he says, " that any war with a foreign enemy • must - be a maritime one. Yet we have not, at this time, on any foreign station a squadron whose combined force would avail for a day against the powerful seagoing iron clads which both France and England have on the same stations. It is true our best monitors would, if brought into action, be powerful against anything that floats, but these are steam batteries, not seagoing cruisers." The depression of trade has produced a sensible effect on the American Mercantile Marine, which compares unfavourably with that of England and France. Mr. Robeson speaks plainly on all these topics, and openly declares that America can profit largely by the experience of the European Powers. He dwells at some length on schemes for the improvement of the personnel of the navy, and especially recommends the rule strictly enforced in English ships, by which no seaman can be shipped without chewing an honourable discharge from his last ship. By this means the English marine secures the best American as well as the best English sailors. In the French navy the crews are native born, in the English they are made up of English and Americans, in America they are cosmo politan " waifs of the ocean," with no attachment to the flag, and only held in the service by convenience or necessity. Leatourt IN NEW TORE. There are in New York 11,843 mechanics belonging to trades unions. Of these, the carpenters number 2,000, the bricklayers of the second order 800, journeymen tailors 1,300, clothing cutters 800, horseshoers 400, and other trades in lesser numbers. The Operative Plasterers' Union has adopted a resolution, permitting its members to work on unfinished buildings at the standard wages of 34 50c. per day of eight hours, which they have not hitherto been allowed to do. The Daughters of St. Crispin have twenty-four lodges in connection with the Grand Lodge of the order in the United States. The largest lodge is at Rochester, New York, where there are 700 women. At Lynn, _Massachusetts, 1,800 women are engaged in manufacturing shoes, of whom 460 are daughters of St. Crispin. Work is not flourishing in New York, though prospects are rather better than they were last year. It was estimated in December 1868 that more than 50,000 men and nearly as many females were suffering from want of employment. In some branches of industry there is, however, a good demand. In New York itself the demand for female domestics is greater than the supply. German girls are scarce, while English and Scotch servants are not to be had. In the Southern plantations there is great demand for labour, hut the employers are unable or unwilling to pay the passage money of these they hire. The cold weather has stopped many hinds of work, espectllly-oti ill& rail roads. The La 1)07'1' Ere?, a »5e re port 3 n iTtild en stoppage in -theliiiilicAtlonk for railwaylands, though had I eon called forin two months. In Kentucky thcre is a demand for miners, who receive 200 dollars a year with board and lodging. The c-migrant asylum in New York has now thirteen hundred inmates, with no immediate prospect of providing for them out of doors. Immigrants to New York have a right to relief from the Commi,,sioners of Charities for a term of five years from their arrival. ASSISTED EMIGRATION, The Government of New South Wales have not been successful in their Assisted Emigration Dill. M r . Parkes declared that the Catholics bad used some unfair means to increase their share of the money that was given in proportion to numbers under the denominational sys tem of education. The money was employed for ecclesi astical purposes and not for education. The fun•ls that might now be devoted to assisted emigration would most likely be absorbed by the priests, who are anxious to in crease the number of their people in New South Wales. A national emigration scheme is looked upon as the ono most likely to succeed. AUSTRIAN TREATY `VITA CIUNA. Tho Austrian Treaty with China is worthy of notice, as it flews the improved state of our communications with the Chinese. The Chinese have refused to allow foreign vessels to trade, on account of the confusion that has been created by merchant consul; in the East ; rand in many instances the Engl's:: Government have appointed only salaried consular funs tionaries. Tho Court of Rome expected, through the Austrian influence, to gain further concessions for Catholic converts, but such has not been the case, as the Chinese have objected to the introduct'on of any clause which gave the foreign authorities the right to claim protection from the native law for Chinese subjects converted to Christianity. It is a satisfaction that the Austrian Government has been able to extend its views on commercial subjects abroad, and to conclude treaties with China, Japan, and Siam. THE FIJI ISLANDS, The European population of the Fiji Islands is rapidly increasing. The inhabitants have addressed the President of the United States, through the American Consul at Leonka, desiring to be taken under the protection of the American flag. They have been induced to take this course by the policy which the English Government has pursued towards the colonies. TILE TURKISH QUESTION , A letter has been sent from Constantinople to the North East Correspondent, which says that Server Effendi's mis sion to Egypt was not quite so successful as had been reportel. The firman had been extensively cir culated, but there was reason to suppose that it would be restricted in its carrying out. It is said that Ismail-Pacha's reply to the last Imperial act was of so un satisfactory a nature that the Commissary of the Sultan refused to take it to Constantinople. It was taken to the Porte by an Egyptian functionary. The letter in question is not to be made public, fur fcar it should be prejudicial to the Imperial interests. An immigration agent states that he has settled eighty families of Danes near Okalona, Mississippi, and is confident that within the next ten years be will have twenty thousand Scandinavian families in Mississippi and Alabama. An immigration society has been formed among the planters at Okalona, and fifteen hundred acres have been given to the company, to be sold at a low price to actual settlers. " Mr. Koopmanschap, the Californian contractor for the delivery of Chinese coolies, has proposed to the North German Lloyd Company at Bremen to charter some of their steamers for the conveyance of Chinese, not from China to California direct, but ria the Suez Canal to New Orleans. The steamers are admirably adapted for the purpose, being built and fitted up for the conveyance of German emigrants from Bremen to New Yolk, Baltimore, and New Orleans, and often carry over 900 to 1,000 in a single vessel ; but we understand that, as that branch Of business is so remunerative, and they are, moreover, under contract with the different overnniehts to carry the Ger man, French, and United States' mails every week, they were obliged to decline the offer. —London and China Tele graph. Fifty million envelopes are sold annually, and stamped with the crest and address from upwards of 85,000 steel dies, at Parkins and Gotto's, who make no charge for stamping or cement ing, and, having only one price, undertake to supply the nobility and gentry with every description of writing paper and envelopes of the best and molt fashionable kind, at extraordinarily low charges. Monograms, crest, or address dies cut at less than half price. Coloured stamping reduced from 2s. to ls. per 100. Arms, monograms, and crests emblazoned. 60 stampers, die sinkers, and kept upon the premises , all orders are exe cute d withg engravers r being St deep ra atch. Dance progmmes, invitations, at home notes, MSS. books, r eturn thanks, bordered and overland papers, dish, dessert, and bouquet papers, and every description of fancy and household stationery. Parkins, and Wm, maim. y' 9 , 2104 2; Wad-Argo, The Times, in discussing the electoral situation* in France, observes that there representative government is an innovation; parliamentary interference is resented as an intrusion, resisted as a disturbance. The struggle in France is not one of classes, of interests, or even of parties in our own sense of the word. It is the Administration as a body that is always fighting for life. Let it be remem bered that it is the Government in France which corrupts, which bribes or intimidates ; and it is not only the individual elector, but the whole constituency, that .is opep to the Government's seductions. Be it remembered, too, the Government bribes, not at its own cost or at that of its party, but at the cost of the whole nation. The slightest hint by a prefect or mayor that the construction of a breakwater or a pier, of a town-hall or an opera honSe, at the expense of the State, is con tingent upon the vete of a town or district is more than sufficient to determine that vote in the sense that may best suit the men who have such gifts at their dispose]. An election is thus ruinous not less in its result than in the means by which it is obtained. It calls forth as candi dates, not, as with us, the prodective, but the perasiti cal elements cf the community. It opens a wide .6. , ,.4€1, not culy for needy adventurers an 1 place-huntels, hot also for begg:ng corporations and sponging districts. The c yuntry pays for a representation which robs it, or helps t, rob it, et its very birth. The Executive bribes, as it; wore, the nation against the nation. The evil is inherent partly in the conditions of a disorganised society, incapable of independent action or combination, partly in a cen tralised Administration whose compact influence it is difficult to withstand, and almost impossible to break up. After all, had the French people the real free exercise of their suffrage, what would they do with it ? What has been for these last eighteen years—what was, before the coup d' Oat placed all the a.dministrative.machinery in the hands of Napoleon —the vote of the French people ? Were the influence of the Emperor fairly withdrawn, which of the extreme parties - would have the upper hand? What has the country to hope from " Arcadians" on one side, and "Irreconcileables" on the other ? Could an election in France really elicit the free will of the people ? Is it so certain that the Emperor would not have in any future leifislatitre the ee"oierwhelm reckons in the present Chamber. Now that so many of our bishops and clergy are rising one after another to predict the impending separation of Church and State, it is desirable, says the Daily News, to get all the information we can as to the religious condition of the greatest English-speaking country in which the separation of Church and State is a fundamental principle of the Constitution. Fortunately an opportunity for this study has just presented itself of the most unexcep tionable kind. The Rev. Harry Jones, the well known and hardworking Vicar of St. Luke's, Berwick-street, has been spending the autumn in making a tour of the United States, and has been week by week communicating his impressions of that country to the clerical public in the column.; of the Guardian. Like other Englishmen, Mr. Jones has seen a good deal that surprised him, and a vast deal that has both interested and instructed him in a study which, in more senses than one, is the study of our posterity. As an English clergyman, Mr. Jones, of course, had an eye for all the matters in which the American system of voluntary Churches is most supposed, on this side of the water, to be necessarily defective. He had often heard it said in England that the American Churches made no pro vision for the poor. But on no one point has his observa tion been more strongly corrective of previous impres sions than on this. Mr. Jones sees the agglomeration of sects—all equal before the law—" the nearest approach to a National Church." Our Beresford Hopes and Newdegates, and our ecclesiastical authorities, are never tired of drawing sad pictures of the religious indif ference and destitution which, they tell us, exist in the United States under the voluntary system. The exact contrary is the truth, this English clergyman being wit ness. The system has its defects, but these which are charged upon it are not among them. We can imagine, from the Broad Church point of viow, strong objections to it; but as a means of satisfying the religious needs and cultivating the religious sentiment of the people, it is evidently more effectual than the system which exists among us. The Telegraph alludes to the American practice of " interviewing" notabilities which is not yet adopted in this country. We treat our public men with scant courtesy enough on the hustings, and generally at election times ; we sometimes pelt them not only with ribald questions, but with rotten eggs. Yet we do not follow them to their homes; we let them alone at their firesides. On the hustings the candidate can turn away an awkward yiery with a good or bad joke. When Lord Palmerston, then "sulking in his tent," was asked at 'Tiverton hia tormentor Roweliffe, a local butcher, whether— he,,would accept of lce under Lord Derby, he declined- to - preaz - ge himself further ths A n that iia " :1 - eVer, iftlar-.4.4:llinuntaL post in a Rowcliffc Administration." Yet, if interviewing were allowed here, we can well conceive that the late Pre mier, face to face with any journalist, would not come oft second best. There are living statesmen, too, who cer tainly would not fare ill in a conversational tournament. Anybody who observes Mr. Lowe's delight in bewildering a deputaticn can fancy the pleasure that he would draw from the intrusion of a reporter commissioned to put into short questions every foolish idea of the Opposition press. When Plato wished to record the wisdom of Socrates, he imagined interlocutors whose role was to invent fallacies; and Mr. Lowe's Heaven assuredly ought to be a place wliere he should be continually surrounded by foolish people with a mania for perpetual interrogation. Indeed, many statesmen must lament that their enemies are not more inquisitive; their combativeness must occasionally fail. If they were wise, they might occasionally invite or invent an interviewer. Mr. Lowe might send down to some Opposition member or journalist, and insist on his coming to his office by appointment, at twelve o'clock sharp, to talk Toryism in detached bits, and to listen to its refutation in detail. In America the im pudence of journalists and the publicity of even tie private lives of the leading men render such an order unnecessary; .here an enormous power of political repartee is running to waste. Down at Hughenden a vast reserve of unuttered epigrams lies unused. Nobody has intruded into Hatfield to ask Lord Salisbury whether he is going to take the leadership in the Lords. Lord RnBqsell's opibion on the escape of the Alabama has not been sought. At present, such is our delicacy and reserve, we do not discuss the details of our great men's lives until they are long dead, and then it is au American authoress that must show us the way. The Standard thinks that the winter campaign of the Anti-Sunday Trading League has commenced with a half promise that Government intend to deal with the subject, if possible, next session. At the Lambeth meeting, held this week, in preparation for the New Year's movement, a resolution was passed inviting the seventy thousand tradesmen at present doing business on the Sabbath to keep their shutters up from Saturday night until Mon day morning. They in all likelihood would be provided that the change did not interfere with their profits. But, relatively to this point, they have to consult the four or five hundred thousand of the poorer orders who persist in making their purchases at the very time tabooed by the League. Sunday trading and labour there must and will be, and the only question is with respect to its limitations. Undoubtedly a very large proportion of both, as at present carried on, is unnecessary and perni cious, demoralising and offensive; and in so far as the agitation can sweep it from the alleys and slums, from the Dudley-streets and Old Clothes-lanes of London, it will b 3 doing a work of good. The bird, rat, rabbit, and dog markets, held in the vilest neighbourhoods, and especially attractive to the young, are nuisances of the most egregious character, while, on the other hand, the poor depend in a great measure for a fresh and sweet Sunday meal upon what they can buy on Sunday morning. It is in the power of those who are directing their influence against tbi3 traffic to confer a valuable boon upon tho humbler classes, or to irritate them into a suspicious and unreasoning op- Position. Let us hope that the principle of moderation, now that the question is being once more shaped for con sideration by the Legislature, will prevail, and that no attempt will be made to worry the poor in their domestic life under pretences of benefiting them in a.-way they do not understond and would not like. - - If the Cannon-street colonists needed any spur to make them take our advice, and quietly yield up their self constituted functions, it is, remarks the Post, to be fount in the resignation by Lord Bury of the chairmanship of their committee, und in the repudiation of the interfe rence of the body by the Australian colonies, to say nothing of the virtual collapse of the New Zealand rebellion. The colonista cannot do better than imitate the example of Lord Bury. As it was the Now Zealand enzeute that called into existence the association of colonists and colonial sympathisers which holds its meetings in Cannon street, so the subsidence of that imeute might fairly be expected, when taken in conjunction with the other con siderations specified, to suggest the desirableness of a ces sation of this particular agitation. We trust we may, therefore, consider that the two projects of a confederation of the scattered members of our colonial Empire and the proposed conference of colonial delegates have been disposed of ; but, at the same time, it is not to be regretted that they have Leen fully and fairly discussed. It can no longer be maintained with any show of truth that the Colonial Empire of Great Britain is on the verge of disintegration, that the colonies are discontented, or that we are either neglecting or tampedv4 With the 1114ittriattiggtitiSiMk114.(0.4.01 . f +~*,,~ .. -