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1( ARAN'S LL. WITISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 18g5. Y hi g celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin prtze Medal. It are, Mild, M e ll ow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. the A SoI4 in Bottles, 38. Bd, at the Retail Houses in London; by gents in the principal tcwns in England: or who!esale at 8, GREAT W INDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded "Kina kin's LL Whisky. UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION • 14 ( Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), , RUS SELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, MONEY, QUEEN'S -ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free bold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able p ee--.3r, montl or uartery. Bills prbmptly discounted. °ram free on recei h pt y, of stamped q l envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary._ ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey (late Weston). largeng of Mr. Pat Corri's Original Iris't Minstrels, Vocalist s augmented with the first Irish Part Singers and Comic vocalists of the day.—New Songs, written expressly for this estab lishment.—Last six nights of Mr. Vance. —Engagement of - W. Ross, J. G. Forde. Louie Sherrington, Miss Bella, Master .7lehales; Mr. JOE BROWN , th e Ch am pi on Dancer of the m °llldlle. ' Tara, th the most Chrifasstycinating's Minstrel s Pri m, a Donna, fr,m Pari St. James's Hall)s, her : and nrst e appearance here. Privat e Mr . P. Corti, Musical Director. boxes, 10s.; orchestra stalls. 25.; stalls. le.: balcony, od. Notice. —Mr. SIDNEY FRANKS, the Great Comique, on - "nday, 1 - Feb.- MADAMDAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. E PORTR IT MODELS of MARSHAL SERRANO and `-'VERAL PRIM are nnw added.--Admittance, is.; children ti nder ten y ears of age. ed.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from eleven •n. till five p m., and from seven to ten p.m. GYLL ROOMS.—OPEN EVERY EVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The ems have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. llubardt and Co. Th e ce l e b rated Band will perform ddring the wee k an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, ls ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LITIGI CURTI " PATE AU DIABLE." THE above Paste is a m os t agreea bl e re li s h f or Luncheon, Breakfast, &c. It will be found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (Manfleld's Patent), To be obtained Wholesale and Retail of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107, STRAND (Corner of Savoy Steps), London, W.C. ASHLEY AN D CO. FOR WINES. PER DOZEN. Very Fine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34s. Old Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylur's, and Cockbnrn's Shipping), Vintage Wines Sparkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry Mosseux, Sil lery, Qualite Superieure (Perrier's 365. to 545. Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. GARRICK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. I) B. HALL, of P r i n ti n g House- square , E.C., e next the " Times," London.—Wholesale Agent and celebrated ,Pnsignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton B rewer y) ALE and other ALES ; Keatinge and Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines a n d 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. rflunber of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, R.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable —Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. and The Annuity Tables, offe r i ng spec i a l a d vantages to Annuitants, full be fo und particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 318, Re gent-street, and 17, Waterloo-plaeo Pall mall, London, IRE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE CO%tPANY. Offices -1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. T he Invested F un d s now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire R evenue to £836,816 , an d t h at o f t h e Lif e to £2r)9,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed ' d orms for th e Life Porcies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable term; and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. SEAMEN'S Hosprl---77---kr), DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, f or Si c k and Diseased Seamen of An 41 Wiens, who are received without any recommendation. S heB receipts from all sources during the past year were less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co:, bankers, Birchin-lane : and by the e Secretary, at the S oc i e t y ' s off i ce, 86, King William et, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; ;Life Governor, £lolos. PSTABLISEIMENT 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. alThis establishment, which was opened i n 1850, i s pah a sed by he r Majesty. The Bish o p o f L on d on i s Vi s i tor, Lnd it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormondo. the ady Laura, P a l mer, M rs. Ed ward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Sub scriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59. Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. H m common ATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, a - tr Richon, S o H.R.H. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1881.. nder the patrona f H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G., "hereby aho has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan kiirle of all a rae classes, and denominations, from all parts of the k ingdom! ", liZhe object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng a d l a ,cation, and practical instruction in the lutphen, hon e s r e, p undry to fit them for domestic service; and, if no o t o og ain _rovided for when they attain 16 years of age, t T Ole situations for them. ent h _ e e co mmittee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is 1 Y sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY HINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WAswicir Secretary. O aks, 121, Pall-mall, W lIRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827, Patron_ Instituted Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Far the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of oteatituto orphans from all parts of the British dominions, a nd of all d enominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. „,.?se hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In endowed ; ample room for about 30 more. .ncreased support indispensable, as this Charity is not "saovved, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the tustitution, and judge as - to the nature of the Charity and its Deauliar claims, S ecret last Report can be obtained on application to the vvretar THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. I- Hon. Secs. AIJBREY C. PRICE, M.A., 2faces, ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. -, Cheapsid e , Londn, E.O. ry hole 9-tik 78ers—.Messrs. Williams, o Deacon, and Co., Birchin -1 ansi MAscrs. Ilavwcod Brothers, Manchester. 741%AlirEI--------------------------OR EXPENSE. ju, RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE u BARRy's delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants Food. Ra ve T HE REVALENTA ARABIOA A fiftY tixaes its cost in other remedies, and restores Peperect.digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, h, r a e t s li ( ipg sleep, functional regularity, .and energyto and etr ectu 1 is j erd ered or enfeebled —removing speedily sh,,, . 4 Y indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con k-11410n, habitual constipation, diarrhea, all gastric de u 48enients, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatu t tn i ly a: eZatniness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, Ph the cata rrh colds, influenza, noises in the h e ad di a . nd n ea e rs,_ ereaia, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysterliaitatioun, bAßuil, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, Pa 1 3 asms, h.iilunl, headache, debility, dropsy, cramPe' %king. i sea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, LIZ ronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, p ains s at il l P i t of the stomach and between the shoulders. . It is f e taost digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable oti invalids and infants in all complaints. 41'(ATasT C arrioN.—Beware of the many unsavoury ti l La tfi _d ii.lyzuthan slopy imitations to which, without autho- Liebig's name is most audaciously attaah . ed. . D u re forth no will doubt the valuable propertiesot sad rarrY's he alth -restoring Revalenta Arabica Inval ids ' behas anfants' Food, since to the thousands of bltr,.3angs i d e already received from invalids whose position ha . nee ueereed hopeless we we may now add that of his Holid h.,. th e p 0,... ., P Ne whose health has been perfectly restore Ct after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 18,119aote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. II 1 8) '` 111,0 /ne, July 21st, 1866.—The health of t h e oja? Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning ail ll r renle dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Ilia:trra Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consuurs a k m %DI at every, meal. It has produced a surprisingly prais e effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Ii this excellent food too highly." near-. e ,yo. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven aver dig,stability,- plint, wasting away, debility, nervousd er:"tl with a nervous palpitation all over, ba , constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable aS'itsti Cur e N . "- Stuart A the Lord °,.; d 8. of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. ford , ', 4 "eofe L ord-Lieutenant of the County of Water food --` I have derived much benefit from your excellen t t WetZ s ri Ztprr DE DEciEs, Dromana, Cappognin, Conn y Cure fre e , d 0. 49,832.- Of fifty years' indescribable . ag . ?ny flathi4esPePafa, nervousness, asthma, cough, coanra.taiPiroTlyn: of Lytuj;,sPaairls, sickness, and vomiting. II I . IA orfolk -tire N - • ner vou __ . 4 r.,121.--Mias Elizabeth Jacobs, .of extreme Vous Nos,huleaa, Indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner- Cure 66 8 years di , , 14.--Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two Eltroce a b., 4s POod is .sold in Canisters, at Is. 10. ; 11b., 2s. 9c 1 . .. i l i s l ts '; s 6 d• ; 1.21 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. • , carnage free on receipt of P. T o h . e o l r 2 d i e b r . . 4 rrY 8 Ito an A d lso 24 D l . b no 0, 4 __ . valenta. Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed i c,_cantlstera ?or 12 cups at 2s, for 2 , 1 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 a iZ u m 68., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 caps at 555. Being fr e , of c n° lzlenny per cap. The 30s. any 555. tins are sent 11 gRio c ;. a ,,, , fig'e in England on receipt of Post Office Order. als o ' "Li BARRY and Co. , 77, Regent-street, London; ii___ act vortnum and Mason 's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, elfoe„butei-street • 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, '""th-rd, Lo' ndon and all_Grocera and Chemist,. I ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. _ _ President-:-His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; ferries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, -Paywi, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Willi ams, D e scon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners street snd at the Hospital from 10 till 5. BARRACK CONTRACTS For the Supply of COALS, COKE, TURF, CANDLES, AND KINDLING WOOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W., 21st tJanuary, . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, IB69 That the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive Tenders for the Supply of Coals, Coke, Turf, Candles, and Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Stations in Great Britain, for a period of Twelve Months from the Ist April next. Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the proper printed Form, which may be obtained, with every requisite in formation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Bar rack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each day (Sundays excepted). The Tenders must be sent to the Office addressed to the Three tor of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender for Coals, Rze.," on or before Thursday, 11th February, 1869, after which day no Tender will be received. The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of rejecting any or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts, DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION. THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is required forthwith to take out a new License. The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings. The penalty for keeping a dog withuut License is Five Pounds. A License is not transferable from one person to another. A License may be obtained by the owner giving his name and address, and the name of the place where the dog is kept, on application at The Office of the Collector of Inland) In the neighßevenue, The Office Of the Distribut or o f S tamps Or applicant's re- A Money Order Post Office. bourhood of the sidence. Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors of Inland Revenue. Persons residing at a distance from any of the above offices, by transmitting with their application Inland Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for the District, will receive a license in return by post. WM. COBBETT, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES .1. 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. Puller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. e, , z,' 1/4....i ,-, / / _ _ V / _ - - • / G" --' ,-- .;„.-.7_, .... "---,-- .----i , - A , •- .... ._ . ( -6.-- ...74v5 , - ...ior . • tb. 41 0 , 1 _ . r IN, J . . ~.., ( . . ~ '') cCr "- . '' - i '.' ',!Z . 9. . i ' 1. k" . ' t. Cl •- • . 41 Z - '' ' ' felryi j , k,...... 4., f l / 4 .. .L . ..., ~,, Iri, - --, 0 1 . . ( 17 , -21`>4.-- .1, ' - ."--* .‘, ,- - -- .'( / , / tt i j. ..... 1,-. , r .., 7 ,` ' 1 (, c ~,, -''' i;:t -...` ', A , : - - .' " , - A ,;,-, „, a -,, .r-1f -- -.±-L--- ,, - R.-----7 , ---0.• "6 —, „ ~ ----• '. 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The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION tL NE 97 SPATHE?, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Report s o f C on * real; Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &c, Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will fin i this ucwspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. THE ONLY COFFEE MACHINE to Pro duce the Real and Best French CAFE NOIR. Coffee Machines from 3s. 9d. to 12s. 6d. in tin. ti 7s. to 245. in bronze. 4f p £2 to .£4 in eleetro-late and lt. French Coffee Roasters, " the Cheapest and Best, from 33. to gi Bs. CI French Coffee Mills from 3s. to ss. Eggboilers and Rechauds from 3s. 9d. to fp. dd. C. MAYER & SON, Patentees, 40 and 41, Fleet-street, E.C. AB C PATENT DESPATCII BOX.—JEN NER and KNEWSTUB'S newly-invented Patent A B C and 1,2, 3, Despatch Boxes, " for general conve nience, for ready access to papers and methodical arrangement, have received the highest commenda tion." Price 10s. 6d. and upwards. " This is a valuable contrivance."—Punch, Nov. 14. " Cannot fail to be useful in the library and office."—Record. " Will meet espe cially the requirements of literary, legal and official per sons."—Star. "A boon to all lovars of order."—lllus trated London News. " There can be no question as to the value of this invention."—Morning Post.—Jenner and Knewstub, Inventors of the Elgin Writing Case, 33, St. James's-street, and 66, Jermyn-street. ?tki - ICOLL, HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. Pri nce of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street. TRICHANOPHItON. 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 byl NICOLL'S ELECTRIC HAIR REGENERATOR FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. In Bottles, 2s. 6d. NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES. For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in Bottles, 3s. 6d. each. NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY. For removing superflous 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 ls. to 2s. 6cl. SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge 6d. I -e LyirE DUKE OF EDIIv7BUI?GH AT THE CAPE. The Duke of Edinburgh spent the Christmas and the New Year season at the Cape of Good Hope. A local paper says : " The time has been for the last fortnight almost entirely taken up with the Christmas and New .Year festivities, to which special zest has been given on this occasion by the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The Galatea arrived in Simon's Bay on the afternoon of Christmas Day. It was under stood to be the Duke's request that on this occasion his visit should be considered as quite private and tiruacial ; and that request has been acted up to with excellent good taste. He has been received everywhere with the heartiest cordiality ; he has moved about as he pleased, almost . incognito ; and we believe that he has enjoyed his stay very thoroughly. On the day after his arrival he drove up to Capetown, to visit the Governor, and returned to Simon's Bay the same afternoon, calling upon several old friends along the route. Sunday he was on board his ship ; Monday and Tuesday he was up in town and at Government house. On Wednesday night he was entertained there at a fashionable ball given by his Excellency the Governor. Thursday evening he was entertained at a soiree musicale, given by P. G. Vanderbyl, Esq., at Rondebosch. Friday (New Year's) night, a bril liant ball was given him by the 99th Regiment. On Saturday he inspected the progress of the breakwater works in Table Bay, and afterwards visited the cricket match at Wynberg, between the military and the civi lians. Yesterday morning (January 3) he returned to his ship in Simon's Bay. On the evening of January 4 them was a farewell ball given to his Royal Highness by Cool. modore Randolph, at Simon's Town. The Galatea was to have proceeded on the morning of the sth on her cruise eastward, calling first at Western Australia. She was, however, detained throughout the day by a heavy south, east gale having set in, but was expected to leave that night.' A YANKEE VISIT TO TENNYSON. -41.- The New York Citizen publishes a "private" letter from a wandering Yankee who lately acted the part of Paul Pry in the Laureate's house at Faringford, in the Isle of Wight. Mr. Tennyson having shewn his guest his "newly-acquired territory," in the shape of wheat-fields, bought by the poet out of the proceeds of "Enoch Arden," our possibly too imaginative visitor continues :—" We dined at six, in a quaint room hung with pictures, and then went into the drawing-room for desert. Tennyson and I retired to his study at the top of the house, lit pipes, and talked of poetry. I spoke of the idyll of ' Guinevere' as being perhaps his finest poem, and that I could not read it aloud without ply voice failing me at certain passages. ' Why, I can read it and keep my voice,' he exclaimed triumphantly. This I doubted, and he agreed to try after we went down. But the first thing he did was to produce a magnum of wonderful sherry, .thirty years old, which had been sent to him by a poetic wine dealer. Such wine I never tasted. It was meant to be drunk by Cleopatra or Catherine of Russia,' said Tennyson." As yet they bad not exceeded the two glasses. After this " Tennyson and I " did a bottle of the poet's " Waterloo, 1815," the author of " Guinevere" saying "We will make a night of it." A glass all round, and we are told Tennyson took up the " Idylls of the King " Finally, when Arthur forgives the Queen, Tennyson's voice fairly broke. " I found tears on my cheeks, and -- and Mrs. Tennyson were crying on either side of me. He made an effort and went on to the end, closing grandly. • Ilow can you say,' I asked, that you have no surety of permanent fame ? This poem will only die with the language in which it is written.' Mrs. Tennyson started up from her couch. It is true,' she exclaimed ; I have told Alfred the same thing.' " After this " Tennyson and I," of course, had more drink, and then went up to the garret to smoke and talk. Then 311 r. Tennyson, if we are to believe our authority, after tiaving read his own poems to a guest the best part of a whole night, wound up with Andrew Marvell's " Coy Witness." " Tennyson and I" parted "at two o'clock. 7. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whorl the 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 f ear o f suffoca tion, may depend on reliefin a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13F1., and three quantiti es i n one, 2s. 9d.. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. \fORTON'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- Jumstances, 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 ls. lid., 2s. 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 tho various imitations which have sprupg up in consequeuce of the success of Norton's Camomile Pills." SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a now 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. Import e d an d manu f acture d by JAMES TENNANT; Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges 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. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair 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. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its offsets, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be bad, and the truss, which can tot fail to fit, forwardei 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 Truss, 165., 21s. 265 . 6d., and 3 1 s. 6 d. Pos ta g e, is. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. H. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS , LA KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Ice. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. 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 BLYTH, Secretary. JONDON FEVER HOSPITAL i s th e on ly J institution in the Metropolis fo r th e t rea t men t an d 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. T 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 are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32 , Sackville-street, Piccadilly. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEI3I - i - UTitY 9, 1869. I OLIN GOSNKLL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the tenth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Th am es- street, London. KE A TIN G'S COUGH LOZENGES.-- St. Paul s Cathedral, 30th Nov., 1849 Sir,—l have much pleasure in recommending your Lozenges to those who may be distressed with Hoarseness. They have afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of Catarrh. I think they would be very useful to Clergymen, Barristers, and Public Orators. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, To Mr. Keating. THOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. Sold by all Druggists. R. ICING'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 safe t and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. ITALIEN SIX PER CENT. TOBACCO LOAN.—Messrs. ST ERN BROTHERS beg to announce that holders of the Scrip of the above Loan may, upon application to them, receive an allotment of Shares in the ITALIEN TOBACCO MONOPOLY COMPANY (Societe anonyms pour la regie co interessee desTobacs dans le royaume d'ltalie), at the rate of one share of the nominal amount of 500 lire for every 5,000 francs of scrip. Applications must be accompanied by the scrip, and by a payment of 250 lire per share, which will be credited as paid up thereon. . _ _ Payment will be received in sterling monoy at an exdtange to be fixed No applications will be received after the 20th instant. Forms of application may be obtained at Messrs. Stern Brothers', Angel-court, London, E.C. Bth February, 1869. OPEN STOCK EXCHANGE (LIMITED), 5, LOTHBURY, E.C. All kinds of Stock Exchange business transacted at a moderate scale of Commission. Money received on Deposit at 14 days' notice of withdrawal, Loans negotiated. It. W. INGLIS, Secretary. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OFf ST. PATRICK Under the Patronage o HER MAJESTY AND H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that the Earl of CORK has consented to preside at the 86th ANNIVER SARY FESTIVAL of this Society, which will be celebrated at WILLIS's Rooms, on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March next. Lists of Vice-Presidents and Stewards will shortly be published. The Committee earnestly solicit co-operation and support. THOMAS KIPPAX KING, JUN., Secretary. Stamford-street, S.E. DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. - THE CON SERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.—Persons wishing to invest large or small sums, receiving half-yearly interest war rants at four per cent. per annum, with power of withdrawal at fixed periods, according to amount invested, may deposit sums daily at the Offices, without becoming members of the Society. SHARE DEPARTMENT. Shares may be taken out daily at the Offices, or Investors at a distance can be enrolled as members by correspondence. Present rate of Interest —Five per Cent. per Annum, payable in half-yearly Warrants, with participation of any Profits declared annually above that rate. No partnership liability, and power of with drawal of subscriptions on shares at twenty-eight days' notice Prospectuses sent free of charge. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISENT, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. THE UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited). Persons desirous of purchasing freehold land in large or small plots, in or near the metropolis, or in the country, can in spect daily the plans of the estates acquired by the Society in twenty-six counties. On application, the prospectus containing a list of the I roperties on sale, together Ni ith particulars thereof, and instructions to buyers as to the payment of the purchase money in monthly or other easy instalments, after payment of a small deposit on the price of a plot or plots, will be sent free of charge. Building advances will be made. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNELSENT, Secretary. Offices: 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS• GREAT SUCCESS. The present most eminent Speculations can be particularly recommended : With a Single Stake of £1 you can realise £20,000!! with £2 £26,f WI! with £3 £I37,000! ! with £lO £45,000! I For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. VALENTINES, specially adapted for children. Pretty little designs for pretty little people. Valen tines of a comic character, devoid of vulgarity. Valentines in the most costly style.—At CREMER, Jun.'s, 210, Regent-street. VALENTINE S.—The Fish Valentine (CREMER'S) - Notice to the public and trade gene rally. These fish being strictly preserved, can only be caught at Cremer, Junior's, 210, Regent-street, where also may be had the Fish Envelope (registered), price 6d. RIMMELRE4 - NEW PERFUMED VALEN TINES.—The Watteau, the Valentine Fan, the Shakesperian, the Musical, the Card, the Comic, animated flowers, the mediteval, Cupid's Magnet, the Flora's Keep sake, &c. Detailed list on application.—Rimmel, per fumer, 96, Strand; 128, Regent-street; 24, Cornhill. VALENTINES. --Funny, Rummy, Witty, Pretty, Tickling, Teasing, Pleasing, and Convinc ing, at prices to su it a ll purc h asers, commenc i ng wi th pretty little ones for the juveniles, from ld. each, and end ing with the most elaborate work of art (fit to captivate an heress), at £3 35., all arranged in show rooms so as to be easily inspected, at JAMES GILBERT'S, 18, Grace church, London, E.C. Valentines carefully selected, and forwarded on receipt of stamps or post.office order. IIILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AM) FIRE RESISTING- SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Fooms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's exporiencP, effectually guard against Fire and Burglars.--Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London. DARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream, s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 3 0 Superflie Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Supei flneThiek Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Snporline Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream... .....10s. 10s. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 • .... .... Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6 Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" A ote, five quires for 2s, 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Gd, Gs Gd, & 6s 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STA M PING (Relief) reduced to is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artiste in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU )Tlf. TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Bodes, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage "•=csles, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bagsi4c , post free. INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869. By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby g i ven, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles fr om th e estates o f d ecease d Officers and soldiers of the late E as t IndiftCompany's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in In - dia. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. Bell, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. H., Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13.. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Floud E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native in fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishme n t. 121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th M a d ra s N a tive Infantry. 124. Pinchard. J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 126; Presto; Richard 13., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. IS3. 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, 36th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. IL, Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A.. Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d 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 in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. pRINTIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, Newspapers, ODlO..k LEI er &c. on T e h a e ce P ed ri i n n t g i l n y g f a a n vo d ut a bl h e ining 0 terms. U se o f Edi tor i a l an d Publishing Offices, if required. Esti mates f orwar d e d on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed enve l o p s for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" P r i n ti ng Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. done (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Once, 54, Choapside, London, 1.0 QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL f or WOMEN L. 7 and CHILDREN. Lower.4eyroour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Tratchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly io'r CONTRIBITTIONS. The Hospitaliis now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters ol recommendation. HENRY B. INGRA3I, Secretary. THE WELLINGTON, 54, St. James's-street, S.W. DINNER from the joint, with vegetable. bread, cl eese, and attendance, 2s. SET DINNER, including soup, fish, joints, and sweets, with attendance, 3s. The WELLINGTON DINNER, a most recherche dinner, with dessert and attendance, Cs. A comfortable SMOKING ROOM, and the best BILLIARD ROOM in London. 'INCORPORATED LAW SOCIE ry, 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 he delivered in the Hall of the Society in the months of February, March, April, May, and Juno next. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence 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 Nina Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects:— a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightmfflit, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss 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 a 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 (Andarson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., 111., I.V. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. St ttlements 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. Di.entailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. I'v ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Dints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors' frust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds-3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectgres 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 are recommended. . EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : 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, continued: 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 ; Iladdan'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. , 1 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 lot the law classes— For all the branches of For each instruction. branch. By every subscriber £s 5 0 £2 12 6 Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. 2 2 0 E. W Law So c i e t y ' s H a l l, Oct., 1868. .Williamson, Secretary. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atten I 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 those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. 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, L ondon. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, s.w. OOTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART 111DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor C H ARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq De puty - Governor. • DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, EFq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline Wm. Percy. Cbarles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. luel Solly, Esq., P.R.S. Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam, FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. Fp 7MING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Rover-ionary 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 Assured 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. THE ASSOCIATION f or the WELFARE of Patroness —Her the 8L1N,2 31 10 0 , the QUEEN. This Institution aff or d s employmen t i n various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. s O t x G fo ra rd co s u tr s ee 3s t ia a j n e and 127, 127, Euston-road. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS• Contributions will b e thankfully rece ived by the Secre ry R o y. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cal edonian -road, Islington, N. Su pp or ted by V o l un t ar y Contributions. This Hospital h as rel i eved 481,954 pa ti en t s s i n ce it was establisbej at King's- cross in 1856. P a tients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. B arnet, Lloy d s, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messr s . R ansom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall—Hon. Sec., 2. Smith. E sa. G ro. R BID, Sec. THE ROYAL HO SPITAL f or DISEASES of the MAST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients constantly full, those fo r ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, o W. President —His Grace the D u ke f GRAFTON. The Committee o f M anagement earnes tly APPEAL f or FUNDS to help th em to meet the heavy curren t ex p enses . Upwards of 18,000 p oor last six years, persons have been relieved in the GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-riee, instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted. The Home was opened in September, 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. 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, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED IVD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE are as fol. SOCIETY'S HOMES [lows : 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, Great Portland- street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Homo-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 are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. ;DA.IsTL. CODPER,: 56e,,,2 tif Qugen-street Cheapaide.a FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON F EMAL PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITITTION. President —Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.C. ; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for 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 vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrac o Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Br own, 13 6, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON . -FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing] 370 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, M.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLI 4 MS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-flells. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. Tho Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. lion. and Rev. F. Byng Re 7. J. E. Kempe Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knellys Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Itev W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse 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. rrescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou O.J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott., Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the lon. Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom cotntnur ications may be addressed. R 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, wilt medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites fur 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 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 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 bo 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. , ruler—. id. STAMPED sd. f r II E LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROOll. Lombard -street. London. MANAGER—MI' J. H. YOUNGRUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. par annum, or 10s. 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-ronm a tt ac h e d, 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 obligo them frequently to visit the metro polis. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company. Palmerston-buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Pais, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAvBE or BREST to NEW YORK. First ',Mass 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 IN DIES 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, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japai. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., - Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.O. MITE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—Every Policy effected with this Society by the 31st inst. will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. The Directors give notice that the Policies of the Society be come Indisputable, and are relieved of all conditions (except payment of the annual premiums), when they have remained unchallenged for five years, and the life assured has completed his 30th year. The bonus additions allotted by the Society are highly satisfac tory. In a recent claim the addition to a £ ~000 assurance, dated 1845, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. No. 39, King-street. Cheapside, London, December, 18G3. 110YAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings Lombard-street, London. Royal Insurance Buildings North John-street, Liverpool. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £Boo,roo Accumulated Funds in hand £1,500,000 LIFE DEPARTMENT. Life and Annuity Funds.— ............. ....£1,031,329 SPECIAL ADVANTAGES— 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 £46',553. REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this fires 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. MCLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. 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 them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus 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 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUYE, 1868. DR. INCOME OF THE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £081,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 £772,740 13 9 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 X 380,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account ............... 46,070 13 3 Total income ............... £1,317.207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors Claims on decease of lives £265,523 13 5 assured Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new 3,270 15 4 Ditto, old £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees Income tax Expenses of ma n age ment 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total charge Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 fl Examined and approvA THOMAS ALLEN 't Auditors. HENRY ROSE, f The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £ 409 , 654 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, the sum laid by—viz., £131,811 14s. 9 d.—raises 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 £5 12s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than those of last year by nearly £19,000. 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. The 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 abgorbed 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 Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid Sundry acco un t s Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,169 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 Total £7,565,198 1 3 Cu. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto Ditto ditto rev ers i ons 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities Currents rrent interest on the above invest -36,243 7 6 Cash and bill s 22,604 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies 159,503 14 9 Agents' balances Sundry accounts alue of premiums (1867) Value of re-assurances 4, 5 1 8 ( 1 1 6 6 2 , , 8 4 1 6 6 6 0 70 1 1 1 3 8 5 9 0 0 V Total £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,' Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1837, 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 emit pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 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. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrook°, Esq. Admiral Tindal.: D.C.L. Robert A. Gray - Esq. Win. Augustus Guy, M.D., F.IL S. A NE IV MINERAL. Much interest has been excited in the Untted States by she discovery of a mineral which possesses the most valuable qualities of white lead, while it is superior in many respects to the manufactured article. This dis covery is highly important, as white lead is used in many branches of manufacture. The mine in which it has been found is situated in North Carolina. It has been worked for many years as a silver and lead mine, but being mismanaged was never profitable, and the wasteful method used in working it has produced many thousand tons of debris about the mine. The property has lately changed hands, and the new owners found that these moun tains of refuse contained some very rich ore, whence gold, silver, and lead could be extracted. Further experiments shewed that after roasting the ore possessed the best qualities of a paint, and could by a very simple process be turned into a material superior to the best white lead. Works were at once esta blished for the manufacture which the heap of refuse keeps supplied with material enough for the production of 50 tons of the new pigment per day. It is estimated that ;his will last for a year or two, but there are, it is believed, 2ntold supplies of the richer ore in the mine. There are ether veins in the neighbourhood, and the supply is deemed inexhaustible. The vein of ore hitherto worked presents an unprecedented variety and association of minerals. Lead, silver, zinc, copper, gold, iron, and manganese are found in the workings, which are con tinually varying in character. At many spots are found nearly pure lead and silver, with some wonderfully rich phosphates and carbonates of lead. The ore usually averages about 30 per cent. of lead, and about $lOO of silver can be extracted from a ton. The powder made from the ore, when mixed with oil, forms the most durable paint known, and a yacht upon which it has been tried has been sailing for the past summer without coppering of any kind. The works for manufac turing this powder into white lead are situate at Bergen Point, New Jersey. It is more durable than white lead, quite impervious to water, and the action of fierce heat has little power over it. It will be invaluable for the coating of ships' boilers, and for iron and wood work generally. It threatens, indeed, to supersede white lead altogether, and the United States Government intend to Adopt it forthwith. COSMETICS. The Herald calls attention to the subject of cosmetics: Many preparations of a dangerous kind are, our contempo rary reminds us, sold with impunity, though stated to be harmless. The reader must be content with a few references to those which are of an objectionable character. Skin cos. petics act in various ways, and mustbe classed under several heads—(a), those which act mechanically, e.g., powders of a grittynature ; (b), those which act as irritants,'e. g., powders of other composition and such remedies as horseradish ; (c), :hose which act as:sedatives, e.g., liquids containing prussic acid ; (d), astringents and stimulants, e.g., sulphur, lead, bismuth, and mercury preparations. The simpler powders are more or less preparations of starch, but sometimes are made of talc, light carbonate of magnesia, or French chalk. These do little harm if used in moderation, and if ablution oe free and frequent, but there is risk that they will fry the surface too much, and act as mechanical irritants. there are other powders of a very deleterious character. Some of the " pearl whites" and "pearl powders" of the shops are preparation of bismuth, and now and then contain arsenic. The long-continued use of bismuth makes the skin sallow and hardens it considerably. "Flake white" :s mostly nothing but carbonate of lead, a very poisonous compound unhappilyis pound;it it one that is should never in everbe t u h s e e a d tr t e o s t ; he skin, but an lastly, active o ry the m r er p c o u wders com c p o s n u ta nd contain wmhietrecupryrecipaind leadtate,or poisoning therefore are possible occurrences. Arsenic has also been used. The liquid paints and lotions for the i c n o s m ta p n le c x es io c n orr of o t s e i n ve c s o u n b t l an im i ate; lead, or andun b p ir ea u sa th, an nt cons d e i g n some have resulted from their use. A comparatively harmless powder is one composed of oxide of zinc and talc. The " liquid blanches " may contain sugar of lead, though sometimes only harmless substances. Carmine and rouge (th e Herald goes on to say) have be a n largely used to give the bloom of health to tl e cheek. They are generally innocent compounds. The former is the product of the cochineal insect, combined with alumina and a little oxide of tin usually—the latter is fur nished by the safflower. Of the two rouge is the least injurious, enstdsh Somethingeapplica tionsdrigs erat though it may be adulterated with mercury. The moral of the whole mattertdiieattuesciidcalsotdefmiesentgirlig:ittluocalribsliraelodlts:Cuiluosiimmlnoiinititiniisliit,:e)otol of harmless nun: obtained, ought to be done to protect the public from the sale of speedy a e ll e g d e y; r o bi u nu s et a, cosmetics ntisntoilf ta a i n iiie d alayN t s : ot ia id t ain is chee an omf a a ai p ili l l val to the unerring criticism of the into usewii whose of compositioncosmetics any metallic preparation enters." Her Royal Highness the Countess de Paris was safely delivered of a son at York House, Twickenham, on Saturday, at ten minutes to two o'clock p.m. Dr. Priestley and Dr. Gueneau de Mussy were in attendance. The mother and child are doing very well. The infant prince was baptised on Sunday afternoon, at York House, by the Rev. Monsignor Weld, of Isleworth, and received the names of Louis Philippe Robert. He assumes the historical title of Duke of Orleans, which was last borne by the lamented father of the Culla de Paris. MISS M. B. EDWARDS' NEW NOVEL. On Friday, Feb. 12, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T T By MATILDA BETIIAM EDWARDS, Author of "A Winter with the Swallows," Dr. Jacob," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.