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TATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 . U nder the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G., nereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan ")" , rls of all ages classes, and denominations, from all parts of Oslo kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng ush education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other v ise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. Tho Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. °Mee, 121, Pall-moll, W HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WaFwicii Secretary. IIORPHAN ASYLUM, 41 -P Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—ller 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 ftsoistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the I n stitution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and ts peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on application to the S ecretary, _ _ _ THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,} ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. %racers M rs Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin i_ ess " and Messrs. Haywood Brothers. Manchester. tiXAITII RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' 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 ost disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia\ cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea., all gastric de ,,'"gements, ba3morrheids, liver complaints, flatulency, r ,„" e e _ r vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, rhe umatism, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, ,ellrnatiem gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu -1,-alida, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, Z" ea rtburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, t,nsea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking th e b ronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the Pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. hIPORTANT CAurrox.—Beware of the many unsavoury ' more than slopy imitations to which, without autho ity, Baron Liobig's name is most audaciously attaohed. y, hencefo rth none will doubt the valuable properties of . " 11 Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica invalids' d Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it `!E 4 already received from invalids whose position had "i n en deemed hopeless we may now add that of his Holi bess the Pope' whose ' health has been perfectly restored it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 1 8 e A quote from the Gazette do Midi, July 25th (Cure No. ICT l3 );—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the O ,?'Y Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all ,d,ner remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Revalenta Ambles Food, of which he consumes a t aterul at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly 2oeficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot wraise this excellent food too highly." corn No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan o f seven Sea rs ' liv er comp l a i n t , was ti ng away, d e bi l i ty, nervous u,lyritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad ti on, constant sleeplessness, and the most intoler a bl e morous agitation. r.v ure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord fordrt do Docies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water r—l have derived much benefit from your excellent v v. STUART --- DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Aterferd.,, fr o Cu f , No. 49,832. - Of fifty years' indescribable agony rlat n oi 78Pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of L e ncY, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, 0 ynn, Norfolk. n 4r° No. 47 121.—Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ervollsness indigestion,gatherings, low spirits, and Der- Y),I, fancies, Cure No.' o : C 814 Mr Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two Years (l r iar 1 The Food is s o ld in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. cl n i ste t " 6 d.; 121 b., 225. ; 211 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b carriage free on recei arr pt of P. 0. Order. Also Du _aY Revalonta A rabica Chocolate Powder is packed in elp u s n o t iler 2 : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 about cia ,s, for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 555. Being fr ee , e Penny per cup. The 30s. an 1 555. tins are sent Eiv,,,,_.c_arriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order also""JPl.7 BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; o,_ _ a c t. 'i'ortnuln and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, biZe_ftouriel-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, A th-nad, London and all Grocers and Chemists. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Hor Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vico-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 n um b er o f attendance of the destitute 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 aro 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., Abehurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.: Herries sind Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pay.o, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Beruers-btreet and at the Hospital from 10 till b. ICINAHAN'S LL. WIIISKY. - DUBL . EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dnl rriZe Medal. it Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in B o ttl es , 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London the Agents in the principal ft WEIR in England: or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label and Cork Branded " hen's LL Whisky. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. 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GAME LICENCES. rr HE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE hereby give Notice that LISTS, con t a i n ing the Names of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL and DEAL in GAME in the current Year, to 30th September last inclusive, have been printed for each Excise Collection. A Copy of the List, applicable to any District, may be obtained GRATIS on application at the Offices of the respective Collectors or Supervisors of Inland Revenue, Distributors or Sub-Distribu tors of Stamps, by whom Licences are issued. The Commissioners further give Notice that instructions have been issued to their Officers to take the necessary stern to orefer informations for penalties against all persons found in inn tit of or dealing in Game without license. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenne, Somerset House, London, October 29, 1868. 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 }MYTH, Secretary. W ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only AA institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will he 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. r lIE 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, FRIDAY EVENING, J NUABY 15, 1869. 9"IIE LOMBAIU) EXCHANGE A1'.;1) INEWS•ROOU. 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Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Me-cantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the months of January, February, March, April, May, and June next. PILICP 3d. STAAIFXD 51. A LBEItT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Waterloo-placo.Pall-mall, London, S.W. - Establ!shed IS3'B. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Half-yearly DIVI• DEND to the 31st ult. is in course of PAYMENT to the Share holders. • FRANK EASUJI, Secretary. January, 1869. AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet street, London, 11th January, 1869. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL MEETING of the proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of February next, at. 12 o'clock at neon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of re ceiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st day of December last, and for general purposes. By order of the Directors, GRIFFITH DAVIES. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave ovary 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for Now York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From ILANTRE Or BREST to NEW YORK. First Ulass 7OO fr. • Second Class 425 fr. Third Class , 275 fr. ' 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, Llaiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AD SOU PH 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, Paratnaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and JapaL. 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.C. INDEMNITY MUTUAL - MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 36, Great Winchester-street, London. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Annual Dividend, due to the Shareholders on their Capital in this Company to the 81st December last, will be Paid on Monday, the Ist day of February next, by Warrants, which will be forwarded to each Proprietor on that day; also, that the Books of the Company for the transfer of Shares will be Closed from Tuesday, the 19th January, until Thurslay, the 4th February. FRANCIS STEPHENS, Secretary. 13th January, 1869. R OYAL 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,' 00 Accumulated Funds in hand £1,500,000 LIFE DEPARTMENT. Life end Annuity Funds .. £1,031,329 SPECIAL AD VANTAGES — Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership. RoNusES 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 £461,553. REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this first took place the increase of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office, as shown by Government Returns. Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses. JOHN H. MeLAREN, 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 Ptoprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES NETHER ALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the i`hair. 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. Balaueo of account, 30th Juno, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 £772,74013 9 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 £380,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 3 Profit and l oss, b a l ance £498,395 15 11 of account Total income 544,466 9 2 £1,317 ; 207 2 11 CR. CHARGE Or THE YEAR Dividend to pr o p r i e t ors Claims on decease of lives assured £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new Ditto, old 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees Income tax 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage ment 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total charga Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by—viz., £134,811 14s. 9d.—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., a nd of this sum £ 3 , 27 0 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 menagement are less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But th e y s till i nc l ude charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. Tlr whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51 Per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : DR. LIAI3ILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of li ves assured, and additions thereto unpaid Sundry accounts 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 reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest- 36,243 7 6 22,604 2 9 ments Cash and bills Advanced on security of the company's policies 159,503 14 9 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 Taal £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,) HENRY ROSE, Auditors. The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.8., Chair- man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., D.C.L. Robert A. Gray, Esq. Wm. Augustus Guy, 11.. D., F.R.S. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. JamP•s Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke, Esq. Admiral Tiudal. 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6s Gd Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STAM PING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in tbe trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU •TR A TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books. Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free. TNDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868. .1 By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company'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 India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain , unclaimed, :- 11. Babington, W. R., Asistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 12. Briggs, F. W., Rev., Madras Establishment. 17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native Infantry. 20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran Battalion. 21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In fantry. 33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 42. Dillas, 14., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi ment. 48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras Native Infantry. 52. Fenning, D. A., Colonel, Ist Madras Light Cavalry. 63. Grinelac'k, E., Private, 104th Foot. 65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In- Infantry. 69. Hawes, .f. 0, Brevet-Maier, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 7;. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In fantry. 83. Keighly, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In fantry. 85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 88th Madras Native Infantry. 128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 134 A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and M iners. 142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 1508. Stothert, IL, Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry. 154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment. 165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Miners. 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 mouths 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. pR.I NTIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope fur reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices, 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. ()NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHA. NT CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPH NT ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. OH ARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. (nice, 51, Cheapsido, Loni)a. R.O A 1 AnrrAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN ki and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dig •uses of women. 2,7.16 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will bo received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutte, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. riMIE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and CO.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital as now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to - out - patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secrotary. TIDE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of tho 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. bOO blind men and women aro 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. G REAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road Islington N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,951 patients since it was established at Bing's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., - Smith. Esa. Gro. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CHEST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CIIARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. BRITISH HOME for INC URABLES, Clap ham-rise. Instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. Tbis 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. EDWD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES ere as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Baru- 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. 11, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Houle—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Homo-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 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, “.1 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 o Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Braclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to Ow benevolent. DANL. CO DPEII, ZSee. ilf Queen-street Cleanside. 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 limite.l, 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 time, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nino Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, 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 tho 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. 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 (Authrson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Niue Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. _ _ . ....... Lectures IL, 111., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds ; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trusteos; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, dz.c. d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate; A. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, (Vc : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Di.enlailing De-ds, the existing Law of Entail 4. 1 ractical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of. Settlements. Lectures V., VI. Vv ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will- 2. Principles of construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wils. Lecture VII. Copy - holds.-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, Sze. In these lectqros 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., Ballrgter-at-Laxv. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture I. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture IT. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specHly, 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 ; Hadrian's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for the Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. c'mrse. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members .. The subscription payable fot the law classes— For all the branches of Foreach instruction. branch. By every subscriber 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. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct, 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atteni the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. " S ELF-CLOSING DOUBLE-GRIP" ACTION. CENTRAL-FIRE BREECH-LOADING GUNS. E. M. REILLY and Co., 502, NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON. AB C PATENT DESPATCH 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 tail to be aseful in the library and office."—Record. " Will meet espe cially the requirements of literary, legal and official per sons.'-- Star. "A Loon to all lovers 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, end 66, Jermyn-street. I'RIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN• STITUTION. 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, K.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of thq Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. 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 invited 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, 136, Harley- street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS aro earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for tho 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street, 94 girls in the Refugee, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing] 370 children. 416 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Oontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. 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. The Bishop of LONDON. Rev. J. W. Ayre Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Hon. and 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 Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Furse C. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Rev. Dr. F Hersey H U Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be receil Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom commn Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P. Re 7. J. E. Kempe Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhonse J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon Nepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Esq. R. R. Ppm, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq. Lved by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. I, 14, Seymour-street, Port nxications may be addressed. ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-bill Putney-berth . Established ' 31st Jury, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sona (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. ----- 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. _ A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed 'it 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 are 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 Aolicitod. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. No. 10, Poultry, London, E.C. SepteMbor, 1868. , ,t-, -- '____i, CONTRACT FOR BRUSUES, BROOMS, &c. Contract Departtnent, Admiralty, Somerset House, Jan. 13, 1869. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING _ the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 2d February, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into Store at her Majesty's several Dockyards, all such .quantities of BRUSHES, BROOMS, HAIR PENCILS, and TOOLS, &c.„ _ as may from time to time be ordered, under a Contract for Twelve Months certain, and further until the expira tion of Three Months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen, the average annual expenditure of each article during the last three years may be ascertained, and a Form of the Tender (including a Schedule of the Articles), and Conditions of Contract, may be obtained on application at this Department. No Tedder will be received after Two o'clock on the day of Treaty; nor will any be noticed unless the party at tends, or an agent for hini duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, "Tender for Brushes, &c.," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accotrpanied by a tter signed by two resp'onsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £5OO for the due per formance of the Contract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. " PATE AU DIABLE." 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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 Asrurod from a the Stock, li i ab and litie s exemption of Liberal participation in Profits, with tho gua ran t ee invested nvested Capital uofnda largeorßoyal Charter 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 HALF. AND A ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. --l A_..> -'---.-V--°..#. THE HOME SECRETARY'S ELECTION ADDRESS'. Mr. Bruce, the Home Secretary, has issued his .address to the electors of Renfrewshire. It runs as follows : " The lamented deathof Captain Speirs has deprived you of a representative whose youthful years and previous career gave promise of long and faithful service. I have been- invited by many influential Liberals of your county to offer myself as a candidate to supply his place, and I gratefully accept the proffered honour. A stranger to the great body of the electors, unconnected with you by ties of birth or property, I can only attribute the distinction of being so selected to the fact that I am a member of a Government whose principles you approve, and in whose adminstration of public affairs you are die— posed to confide. That Government has, through its most conspicuous members, pledged itself to a policy of justice and conciliation towards Ireland ; to carry into every department of the state a spirit of order and economy ; to introduce measures for extending and improving the education of all classes, with due regard to the equal religious rights of all, and to apply itself with energy and promptitude to the many questions of legal and social reformation which demand solution. It is obvious that these large designs cannot be accomplished in a single session : they demand time and opportunity. Yet I hope that among the measures which shall signalise the coming session will at least be reckoned one for settling the religious troubles in Ireland on a basis of strict equity and equality ; and another for completing in Scotland that system of national education, which, imperfect as it may be, and inadequate to the present and future wants of a growing population, has been of incalcu lable benefit to your country, and may, I trust, herald the way to the extension of a similar blessing to England and Wales. I hope by your aid and confidence to bear my part in carrying these and other measures of pressing interest ; on all of which I propose, with your permission, to take an early opportunity of more fully expressing my opinions and of hearing yours." A WIFE CRITICISING HER HUSBAND. What is styled by a contemporary " one of the most magnificent efforts of self-assertion ever made by weak woman" is to be seen in Mrs. Burton's preface to her husband's book c n Brazil, recently published. It deserves to be quoted separate and alone :—" Before the reader dives into the interior of Brazil with my husband as a medium, let me address two words to him. I have returned home, on six months' leave of absence, after three years in Brazil. One of the many com missions I am to execute for Captain Burton is to see the following pages through the press. It has been my privilege, during those three years, to have been his almost constant companion ; and I consider that to travel, write, read, and study under such a master, is no small boon to anyone desirous of seeing and learning. Although he frequently informs me, in a certain Oriental way, that ' the Moslem can permit no equality with women,' yet he has chosen me, hispupil, for this distinction in preference to a more competent stranger. As long as there is anything difficult to do, a risk to be incurred, or any chance of improving the mind, and of educat ing oneself, I am a very faithful disciple ; but I now begin to feel, that while he and his readers are old friends, I am humbly standing unknown in the shadow of his glory. It is therefore time for me respectfully but firmly to assert, that although I proudly accept of the trust con fided in me, and pledge myself not to avail myself of my discretionary powers to alter one word of the original text, I protest vehemently against his religious and moral sentiments, which belie a good and chivalrous life. I point the finger of indignation particularly at what mis represents our Holy Roman Catholic Church, and at what upholds that unnatural and repulsive law, polygamy, which the author is careful not to practise himself, but from a high moral pedestal he preaches to the ignorant as a means of population in young countries. I am compelled to differ with him on many other subjects ; but, be it under stood, not in the common spirit of domestic jar, but with a mutual agreement to differ and enjoy our differences, whence points of interest never flag. Having now justi fied myself, and given a friendly warning to a fair or gentle reader—the rest must take care of themselves—l leave him or her to steer through these anthropological sand banks and bidden rocks as best he or she may." AN EVENING WITH THE HAIRDRESSERS The Telegraph, with the surplusage of words which is so common to it, and which makes us often ask, like the Queen, in " Hamlet," of Polonius for " more matter with less art," reports a singular meeting, enter- tainment, or what not, held in the metropolis a few days ago. The billet of invitation recited that " Fifteen artists will execute a great variety of head-dress ing in the most fashionable and characteristic style ; con sequently, we beg the honour of your presence to give your support to that useful society which has been esta blished six years to create and propazate the newest styles in the art of hair-dressing." This courteous invitation was signed by MM. Colin, Theodore, Jules Beaupin, 13. Coureau, Rossignot, Jules A rdouin, Auguste Topet, Joseph, Fressange, and Eugene. When the audience were fairly seated, about a dozen young ladies, leaning on the arms of gravely urbane cavaliers, were escorted to a long deal table, which one of the coiffeurs began to cover with a long white cloth. The cloth being laid, no viands more appetising than pomatum and powder were put upon it. To these succeeded twelve large looking-glasses, and the third course consisted of hair-pins, combs, and brushes, and sundry myste rious pasteboard boxes, which subsequently proved to contain wreaths of artificial flowers, diadems, plumets, and—well, let us be frank a considerable quantity of false riglets, bandeaux, and plaits. The twelve young ladies, who were mostly blonde children of Albion, having been enthroned in as many fauteuils, were draped in snowy surplices or wrappers; under which circumstances, with a touching expression of resignation depicted in their countenances, they reminded the spectator of offenders against the ordinances of the Ecclesiastical Courts doing penance in white sheets, and victims awaiting the sacrifice. They took things pleasantly, however, and one Grecian daughter was thoughtful enough to keep between her lips a stock of hair-pins, which she handed to the officiating flamen as he required them. We think it was Colin who first applied the sacrificial tongs to Iphigenia. He frizzed her up prodigiously. Theodore, not to be behindhand, rushed on Joan of Arc, bound her to the stake, and seizing her long hair, brandished it aloft, as though he had a mind to scalp her, after the Red Indian fashion. Rossignot, meanwhile, was making furious running with Jephtba's daughter, and had her head off her shoulders in no time, substituting for it quite another head of marvellous configuration. Both Auguste Toupet—we are certain it must have been Toupet—do you think he was not to the fore? This determined man was, figurately speaking, " all there." He was alive to the immensity of his task. It itait et la hauteur de sa mission. To him had been apportioned the labour of converting A fair young English damsel of some nineteen summers into the late Madame de Pompadour. He spreads a cloth beneath the victim's feet. What ! blood I—rash man !—no, only violet powder. The puff is whirled on high, and now the snowy shower descends. A monstrous fabric of stiffened hair rises under Auguste Toupet's hand. He knits his brow ; he grows warm. This is Marengo, but Austerlitz is to come. He strips to his work—off coat, off waistcoat; "is he a beef. eater," we mean a hairdresser, now? He appears in a white jerkin and apron, as though he were a cook —and, indeed, the zeal with which he labours on the late Madame de Pompadour's head has something of culinary zest in it. What is that thunderous peal of applause? It is only one of the young ladies who is " done "—her hair is cooked. Another and another come perfect and complete from under the artist's hands. Iphigenia is converted into Mademoiselle de la ValliZze ; the Grecian Daughter is Belinda, from the " Rape of the Lock ; " Joan of Arc rises as Gabrielle d'Estrees. Another peal of applause : Madame la Marquise de Pompadour is Uri fact accompli. LIBERAL BANQUET IN GLOUCESTER.—A great county Lowe , Chancellor held oft a gathering to celebrate the return of the two Liberal mem. the Exchequer, is to be one of the s peaker; and there is a p ro bability that other Cabinet Ministers will be p resen t. bensa Glou cester furc es the te ro n the western 27 t h division of th e Mr. instant. Lord Ducie is to preside, and he will be supported by all the representative Liberalism of the county. ALLEGED OUTRAGE NEAR SOUTHAMPTON.—Tho adjouned inquiry respecting the death of Henry Barfoot, of Totten, has been held. Three men had been taken .nto custody, named Brandon, Rose, and Rice. The deceased had been playing at skittles with the prisoners on the day lie met with the injuries that caused his death and bad quarrelled with Brandon. The medical evidence went to prove that death resulted from erysipelas, caused by•wounds in the face, which might have been produced by a fall or blow. The jury returned an open verdict s and the three men remain in custody. ANOTHER BATTLE WITH INDIANS. —A special despatch to the Republican, from Topeka, Kansas, says : " Reports thought to be reliable have reached here to the effect that another battle had taken place between our troops and th I Indians on the Wachita Mountains, in which a large number are said to have been killed, and Sa tanta, chid of the Kiowas, and Little Raven, chief of the Arapahoes, taken prisoners. The Indians engaged were the Kiowas, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes. The particularsof the fight cannoioie given in consequience of the official messen• Cer's losing his mail while crcVing Arkansas River.".