The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-12 00:00:00

,AL- A U I 7 ; trOrslciirNo - Tigir TEN MASSACRE IN EAST AFRICA; a INA HAN'S LL. FITRK Y. - DUBLIN P. 14 F.XHIRTTION. 18M This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Drize Medal. ..$-~ .~ Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Bs. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by he Agenti in the principal tcwns in England; or wholeralo at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. • - Observe the Red Seat. Pink Label and Cork Branded "Kina , sn's LL Whisky. VUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVEN"r-O-ARDEN, LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S -ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bins of Sale, Free bojd or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. OYAL MUSIC HAT, L, HOLBORN. Proprietor. Mr J. S. Sweasey. CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE NEIV COMPANY. Mr HARRY RICKARDS. the Universal Comique Mr FRET). COY E. the Sterling Comique • Mr LTSTT .t RD. the Musical Momns Mr GEORG L F.YROT ri? NE, the Lion Comique Miss A NTE ADAMS. the Queen of Serio-Comies Miss 'EMMA ^ T.FORD, the pleasing Seen Comic. Mi s KATE BELT. %, the new fascinating Serio-Comic, and MACLAGAN, THE GREATEST COMIC SINGER IN TIIE WORLD, EVERY EVF.NING. Fie' Bind of 2r, Performers. Mr. P. Corri, Musical Director. Spec'al Notice.—Come early to ensure Good Feats. Ni AD AME TITSSAIJD'S EXHIBITION, t Rtko - , treet.—r EATTTI Fur, COLOR C PRESSES, Manufacture I by the first Houses in Paris, are now on view, Admission, ls.; Children under ten years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, &I. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 pm. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant. and varied effects of the e'ectric light on the groans of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable ' /peratie and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have hag the gratifying effect of making the r sent ono the most extensiyely.patronizel season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, S'arnor Luigi Curti. performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist. Signort. Moses; Messrs. W. Graves. L. Silberherg, and otherable artistes. Manager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman M.O. Admission, ls.; Reserved f4eats, 2s. " PATE AU DIABLE." 91HE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for It Luncheon. Brel,kfast, fin. It will he found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Bien:tits, tte. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES Mantleld's Patent), To be obtained "Wholesale and B.etail:of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107. STRAND (Corner of Savnv Steps), London, W.O. PB. HALL, of Printing House-square, E.C., B . next the "Times," London.--Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES; Keating° and Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brand7es: and Irish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA MD M BUSINESSES.—A. number of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. SCIENTIFIC" ANT) ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for - the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar. &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.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. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION I L NE WS P A PER, Devoted American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of COII7ITBR, Personal, Financial. Mining, Railroad, &c. Members of Parliament, Cotnniarcial Men, and those tumble an interest in the United States. will fin" this newspaper of use. Published every 8 ATURD A.Y MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale : street, Liverpool;_ 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to .£259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life PolVes of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims aro paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. ATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, i N Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 18C1. tinier thenatronage of H.R.IT. the Duke of ClitunutDGE, whereby a home has been afforded for 2SO Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The ohie tof the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish o location, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service: and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of ago, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnostly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY RINGSCOTE, Treasurer W 11. WAFIVICIE Secretary. 011ee, 121. Pall-mall, W QEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Naficns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lolos. ORITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution ; ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can bo obtained on application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. Hon. Secs. AITBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,} ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Heywood Brothers. Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious la ealth-reatoring Invalids' and Infanta' Food. THE BEVALENTA ARABICA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, hasmorrheids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, inhuman, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, neusra and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and l etween the shoulders. It is the most digestiblo and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slopy imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health -restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 18,413):—" Rome, July 21st, 1866. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du arry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a lateful at every meal. it has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Prehan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, had digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord t rart do Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water fos,l:—" I lave derived much benefit from your excellent feOI.—STUART DE DICIES, Drat/inns, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,832.- Of fifty years' indescribable agony 'tom dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatsleney, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, s• Lynn. Norfolk. Cure No. 17,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme arsrvoosness., indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor vo.iB fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Lawton, Leicester, of two years diarrhoea. The Fool is sold in Canisters, at ls. ljd. ; 11b., 2s. M., lb., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 1211. and 241 b misters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du lisrry s Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in :ia canisters : ror 12 cups at 2s, ler 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 sups at 65., for 283 cups at 30s. ' for 576 cups at 555. Being al:out coo penny par cup. The 30s. an I 555. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. bssttßY DU ItAIiRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at vortnutn and Mason's; also at 4, Oheapside, 61, Gracechuish-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ' • and 121, kiert Ncrth- road, London and all Grocers and 012endsto. IV. 24,027. READABLE SHORT-HAND, SELF-TAUGHT : Being a System by which people can teach themselves: write the longest word without lifting the pen; read what they write; and correspond with friends at home or abroad, on plea sure or business. I t embraces a double sot of vowels, with liquid consonants grafted on the other letters ; together with a DIAGRAM OF DOrs, and a combination of words in most familiar use, into ready sentences. The whole forming A SYSTEM OF READABLE SnoRT-Ii Nu, Shortened. By IUU I:DO YOUNG. Lon : Edward Stanrord, ii and 7, Oharing-closs, S.W. Price 2s. Gd. 'Jest published, price ls. 6d., by post J. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cti.,o2, in illus tration of the nefarious R proceedings of the Advertising Qul,oks, E VELATIoNS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: 11. 13alliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling, work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, other journals, recommending its un:vorsal perusal, are repriutel with this edition. ,1 R. A: ESKELL, SUftGEON DENTIST, of 8, Gros- Tenor-street, the Author of ".MODERN DENTISTRY: its Principles and Practice," "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC TION, or Anaesthesia Locally Applied," &c., at home for CONSULTATION D IL' , at his ONLY Residence, 8, Gaosvz- NOB-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE. lk/fR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH', fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. Thoy so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth 'hat are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti -52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. \ ,... e ' \ :_______;.. o74 l7 : l , ---'-'' ,....) i s)-1 , -41 : . . 7 : ....:. 1 _ ~.,... elr ~ ..) ;s:,-- A„..g.e. 4:i de 6 4412 k. .fi ftCf :- ' - , 4: , 4 . ) . .." . A.; . ... ....; :: . ..7 . 1 4 0 6gr;4. ; ' : ',13:1-1 ..,.. . krA -- :,!....k .lr t \ ' ' ''' , tr . 7 ---.-* , . „, , r _.., - 4 tm --- ....,,.„,rr; ..: t_ 4- .......igor ct . 0 ... t i 1 t , ~... ..., "*.t' ,'. • r ..........._.. \-4 „_ t , ...:. ..,, ../...„ ,g -r, -. ~. • , _....-t. -,•__ A, e* 5r .....,....„ „--,,....) ~,.. ,„. J R , ?,,',4.144.17...#; irporr, ~1 41- ' 3l ' -.1 4, 144 - Tr • '''. -,....- . • a \ '' Ca - ......_-.• \--- - „. 1 I l', \__ _.., ~..,... u; —Fir. iv 4 ___ 1 ------"' "" m }Java. ~ PH10N.... . 4d STAMPED bd. pAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY by Mr. B. L. MOSELY , the De ntist b y s p ecial appoint ment, 312, REMT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic. Established 1820. This, the most perfected system of piiuless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. R. L. Mosely, is r commended by the hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improve ments of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration o! the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years practical ex perience) at his only residt•nee, 312, Regent-street. The superlative excellence of this system is twrfect immunity front pain, no operations, stumps, and decayed teeth ren dered useful. loose teeth anti tentl , r gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never change colour or. decay—in lit uuet ring—ease and comfort unsurpassed—detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied and youthful appearance restored—mastication and articulation g.'arauteed. The "Times" of March 6 says: - "So good an imitation ly.comes tit • next beat, thing to ti-e original." Teeth from Sc.; sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation freo.—noly addre , s, 312, Reg out-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic. COM PAW.; I E GEN E RALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4. Rue de la Paix. Perin. FRENCII MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for NowlYork. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAVRE or BREST to NEW Youx. tirst Class 7OO SPcond Class 425 fr. Thirc 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, Now Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND 1.. - E la A (yin Panama). Unique, St. Martha (United States of Uoiumum), Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca hello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, 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 bad of STRINGER, PFXBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we aro subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice mile(' 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 zumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear 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 the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of Norton's Camomile Pius." RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-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 effects, is hero avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Itoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which Can not fail to fit, ferwftrdei 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 Trues, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525.-6 d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to bo made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, P KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, dm. 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, Manufact'irer, 228, Piccadilly. ADMIRALTY, STH JUNE, 1869. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. IN future notification will not. be sent to p-rties whose Ttrulers for Suppli s may he declined: but every information as to acceptance or otherwise will be given on per sonal application at the Co:itract Department. Admiralty. Whitehall. ANTONIO BRADY. Superintendent of Contracts. n RITAN NIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 42,J, Strand, London. . . . . The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of el:drug. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Lifo Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC Stunt, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to • Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Ilwadred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, 25th May, ISGP, The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Ex change Assurance do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be shut from THURSDAY, the 10th of June next, to THURSDAY, the st of July following; and that a Ge neral Court of the said Corporation will be holden at their Office at the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY. the 23a of June at Twelve o'clock at Noon to considee of a Dividend. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ABOLITION OF TIIE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE °MBAS Y in anticipation of the a b ove, b eg to i n timate that on all new I. eurances now effected there will only be payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: • Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSURANCT.S, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY, 1.863, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. MeLARF.N, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. CONTRACT FOR COAL FOR TIIE ADMIRALTY OFFICES IN LONDON. Contract Department., Admiralty, Whitehall, 4th June, 1869. /VENDERS will he received on TUESDAY, th e I 15th inst., for 685 Tons of COALS for the Admiralty Offices in London. The Coals will be subject to the approval of the in spector, and parties tendering are to state the denomina tions of those they propose to supply. The Conditions of Contract and all particulars may be ascertained at this Office. ANTONIO BRADY, Superintendent of Contracts. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the MUST, City-road.-- The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. K IN G'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. DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION. COMMISSIONERS of INLAND I RE VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31 s t D ecem b er last, and every p erson keeping a dog in the current year is requ i re d forthwith to take out a new License. The duty payable for each dog kept is Fiv e Shilli ngs. The penalty for keeping a dog without 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 neigh- Revenue, the : a b p o p u i r iti o n ocl es of The Office of the Distributor of Stamps } Or sidonce. A Money Order Post Office. 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, tp the Collector of Inland ROVQIIUO for the Ins rict, will receive a license in return by post. WM. COBBLT r, secretary. A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN- El- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional, and Unchallengeable. For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the system now introduced will espe cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the same time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every piemium paid, bearing the same propor tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi nally contracted to be paid. Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on the discontinuance of the assurance. The assured will thus always have the option of retain ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being sot forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any future reference to the Company on these points, as is the case with ordinary assurances. Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re versionary, of a Policy of this description. Every Policy issued on this plan will be withcn any conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds the objections before referred to will be entirely removed, and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as actual securities. In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages, the number of premiums is strictly detine4. The longest term provided for is twenty-fire years, and the shortest five years. as shown by the Tables. Thu., bankers, credi tors, and others holding policies of this class as security, may always know the utmost amount they may be called upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. piiiiti&o9l,TAPragr-gMuWALtkitt. !_ l 5 a _eo ' ll r i gta ditional, they will also he unchallongeabre oR lkuy whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £215,000 a year Its position is un questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new business of anV Offico in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED HENRY HARDEN, Secretary. A.D. 1720. It 0Y AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIITS WIGRAU, Esq Governor. JAMBS STEWART HIDGEON, Esq Sub Governor. CR&RLEB Join MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. ,William Tetlow Hibbert, sq. W E ilmo t Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Lor E d sq. J osceline Wm. Percy. Mules Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Some; Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Raring Young, Esq. uol Solly, Esq., F.R.S. 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. Fred k. Joseph Eanann, Esq. Charles Hermann Geschen, Esq. Riversdale Wrn. Grenfell, Francsqis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Req. 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. F.. rItING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE-POLCIES has averaged ne arl y 2 per cent.:per.:annuin on the sum assured. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. Equivalent reductions have been that mad form e in the Bonu Premiums payable by person s who preferred of s. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. This Corporation affords to the Asrured Liberal participatiG.n in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capita 13tock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. Tho advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resourew have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE. Secrearv. E SUN, LONDON, SA T URD/ EVENING, J t ;NE 12, 1869. AinCRTITEITTS.—One or Two Floors, with Extra Bed Rooms if required. Close t) Omnibus, Rail, and Boat. Terms moderate. 13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-road, Brompton. THE LOM BARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROONL Lombard-street, London. MANAGER-Mr J. IL YOUNGHUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or Ws. monthly, payable in Advance. The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached, es well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or td 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., S, Royal Exchange, E.C.; or at tho Office in the Lom bard Exchange. BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRUSTEES'. Lient.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq.. F.R.S. Dupuis, K.C.B. I Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., I Millis Coventry, D.q. DEPUTY CHAIILMAS W. J 111. a i La, EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS WEBB, Esq., in the chair. • The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur ing the sum of £972,866 18s. H. 2,472 policies were issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd. The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods : O a g .... ... • = PI .r." .-. , 5 t g "c * 8 - 4 ~ . • c " o Amount ~• Amount Annual g- 6 44 cs r oZ 0 0. Proposed.-§ Assured. Premiums. rs k 4.4, s 0) a --- z s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 f 54,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,517 19 10 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 1 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 -- -- Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,7631 6444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 The net premium income has increased to the sum of - £216,704 1 7 - - • The net premium income has L the sum of The interest on investments and of receipt yield other items 1,276 18 1 Making a total income of £237.980 19 8 The claims wele 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact that the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate in the same. The directors also draw attention to the successful esta blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, under tho auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. pARTRIDGE AND DOPER. MANUFAidIING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (comp' or e t :BEY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AfIIOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the bOUNT ON ORDERS OVER 208. por ream. R. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a chear '"' 3 0 - - -.--••••••• IItJtC ; 6p tr... SuperiLle Cream Laid Note; muelPr"ecl 4 0 Supel flnoThick Cream Laid Note : rially recommended 5 6 Extra Suparllne Double Thick CraiA l4 Note 7 0 .Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers. _, 3s, 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream,. Os. 6d., 12s. 6d., and It a Outsides Foolscap Letter Paper for scribbling , Tinted Lined Note Moto, five quiros for 2s. 64 'uperflne Cream or Blue Envelopes ,6,1, 5s ad. & Cs 6.1 fr :l i s . The New Vellum W ove "Club for Is. 6,1.. or 5 6 e Large Blue Wove Commercial EnvPe 3 , 43 6 d per 1,000 tp s i t or ee : l dies sunk by the best artists Pe Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars &Ds i . Polished k,s ~,u l with COLOURicharged t P rl T e B A -byo3fithPAelNre Account n a i t hone,Bo( Reliefso .. ' ' D : i t ri l 1 s . per Presses,l An ILLIT,TRATED CATALOC:, containing full descrip tion, Cabinets, Postage ScalPespatch Boxes, Travelling trade at about half the Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post fre Established 18 k INDIA OFFICE, 291 January, 1869.-- By order of the Secret* , of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that ickazes, stated to contain reserved articles• from the este of deceased Officers and soldiers of the l a t e E ast I nd i a ompany ' s S erv i ce , an d o f Her Majesty's Indian Militarierces, have from time to time been receiv e d tive Presidencies i n I n di a. Packages containing articlereserved from the follow ingfrom the overnments of the respec estates remain unclaimed, : 8. Bell, H., Lieutenant, 2dMadras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. 11., krgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub- Conducte, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., AssiatagrAfccv-alnalffailrar-31-odical 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Rurgeon, 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. Jervi.9, S. W 4 Lieutenant, 3Gth Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Do partmeut- -94. M Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry 98. Marriott, B. W. F. , Lieutenant, 13 th Madras Na - n f g a a n t t , ry J. W., Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment. 121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant; 35th Madras Native Infantry. 124. Pinchard. J, Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 1268. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, MiaiTas 'Artillery. 14c. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In- fantry. G. IL, Lieutenant, 19th M a dras Native 150 A. Stewart, G., Ensig n, 36 th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, 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. THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing, among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly beneficial to the nervous and•dyspeptie. Vide Dr. rfassall's re port. p r i ce Bs. per bottle, ~ o r four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., Loedon. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. • _I'VE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ‘_o ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPH AN ASYLUM, at the nodorate rate of Z 25 per annum each. Fanda greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER,Socretary. (Mice, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL fce WOMEN ►►. l and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-strait, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseas3s of women. 2,746 patients were treated last month withiut letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donatims are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatthard, Picca dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. rrIlE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —lktukt-q, S 3.1e3.', - . Barel,l 7 , P m wan, and f'•-• Messrs. Ransom, llouverie, and Co. —no. Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBITIIONS. The Hospital is row open on Ddondays, Wednesd:ys, and Fri days to ont-patients who are treated withcut letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRA3I, Secretary, THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127 , Euston - road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women 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. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributione. This Hoepital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's- cross i n 1856. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Sec., / Smith. Dia. GEo. REID, Sec. INCORPORATED LAW SOCIE [Y, U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of, the Society in the months of May, and June next. LAW. CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintend:nice of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the inAruction given will be confined to an examination of the students upon the suhjoct 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 he of such duration as shall provide for tbe etEcient instruc tion and examination of the students. The tAaching 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 hue, the progress made by the students. LECrunEs on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. • The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol , lowing subjects:— 11. 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 Affreighttnent, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences— I. 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 —.The Law of :f10tf1iA161 . 70,11“.,p - ------- -- -- - (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL I ROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will erg:BW of Nine 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 Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ; A. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste; b. Jointures, Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disent i ailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. W ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will—'2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints 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.—l. Credi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In those lectures 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., Baz:riiter-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 Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, L., 23 ; Raddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures — For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members a 2 0 £1 1 0 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 Foretell instruction. branch. By every subscriber Members of tbo Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. cal . :Z(1; admitted admitted to the hall -- aft — c - r Alie com menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. taw Society's gall, Oct., HO. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attni 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. FR FEMAL lENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON S PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STIT TION. President Rev. CANON DALE. COrramarloNs 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, KO.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 1.0. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. • T UE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, IMP., 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-streot, EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. _ Report of the Directors fo; the year ending the 80th Juno, 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 JU E, 1868. PH. INCOME OF THE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th .Line. , °G 7 £981,514 13 9 Less amount t istributed • as bonus 208,774 0 0 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 3'66,215 7 3 X 380,811 8 Interest from invest ments 117,581 7 £772,740 13 9 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account Total income 544466 9 2 £1,317,207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors Cla;nas 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 3,270 15 4 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 charge) Balance of account, 30th June 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approv THOMAS ALLEN HENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £5 44,466 Auditors 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 bo 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 boon 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 absorbed by the company. The 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 : Dn. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,169 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 £6,977 13 3 Total £7,565,198 1 3 CR. 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 112,421 011 Current interest on the above invest ments Cash and bills 22,604 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies..., 159,503 14 9 Agents' bah aces Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ..,„ 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 Total £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS A LLE\,t Auditors, HENRY ROSE, . _ The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On comparing 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 futur e pr e miums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 3d. Tho direction of the company is now constituted as follows : Tho Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair- man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Thomas Boddingtoo, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Robert A. Grayl Esq. Wm. Augustu6l:Guy BLD., Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Georgo Russoll, Esq. Thos. Godfrey SatubrogYe, Esq. A dmiral Tindal HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-uare, W. President —Ai s Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help th em to meet t h e h ea vy current espouses. Upwards of 18,000 l poor persons have been relie ved 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 ehildrbn are relie ved dail y at this Hospital. The Committee m os t earnes tl y solicit Contributions, to enable them to conti nue the bene fit s o f medical aid to those numerous poor sufferin g c hild r en, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. street; and by Mes srs . C o ' uttii an d Co., Bankers, Messrs. F u ll er Ban b ur y, a nd Co., 77, Lombard- Strand.CHARLEs J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. lnstitated in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution p rov id es a h ome for life, with good nursing and skilled m e di ca l atten d anc e, for perscns over 20 years of ago and ab ove th e pau p e r class, who are hope lessly afflicted with in cura bl e d i sease . Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted The Rome 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. Bankors—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard groat, E.O. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEATER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapsicle, E.C. LIFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels f . rom dest ruc ti on. Th e I ns tit u ti on ad n dition n he tos granting X 2.431 for au'e period on its Lifeboat re wards. The Committee o f the Institut ion earnestly appeal to the public for assistanceto enable them t o mee t th e con tinued also Establishments, heavy demands o n their 198 Lifeb oa t E s t a bli s h men t s . 2 i o n , 42 c l Contributions will be thankfully received by the London 3.nd county - bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the `.nstitutton, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES %re as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland street. with. 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 Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 frieudiess servants annually. The home at Groat Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. _lt was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, w h o se histories are recorded in the applicant's book. ne T ve h r 'e r S ea o d a report cietysßePcrt (of which a contributor writes, "1 of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may , be had on application. Tho Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its banlaers aro Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DA.NL. Ct./91'ER, Sec. Q3lllOll - etreet Cheapeide. • 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 thorn,' 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 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 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, le1.0.; and by WILLIAM WILLI tMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-ftelds. 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. 'ln Bishop of LONDON, Rev. /. W. Ape Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Re 7. J. E. Serape Rev. It. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. Brooke • Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain: Rev. J. Moorhouse R•3v. 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.O. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. F. Pigou Rev. C. W. Furso . C. J. Freaks. Esq . IL T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F ~Hassey H ug h H. Seymour, Esq. H G H e ald, E. R. Wade, Esq. R. H o ok, Esq., Treasurer t Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon. Secretary, Rev. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom conamnaications may be addressed. 1 ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only .11.1 institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill;']Siessrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. I.l` STAB LI SHNI EN T for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, a nd Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com- the bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. Tho B isho p of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormond°, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and othet ladies. All information respe ctin g it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Stran Hond. W. 0 SPRING RICE Sec. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY tho (tows, Vice-Patron — His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K..G. President —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital: founded iu the year Ins, the first to cst thlish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, wit bout the delay end difficulty of Govurncrs' orders, is wh , illy dependent :or support on voluntary contributions and legacies. D. affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in add ttion to this, the average number of attendance of the des acute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tw Jen 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly so licit the assistance of the bonevolent, 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.; Berries Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Greta, and Co.; Smith, P&p.", and 00.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.„Berners-street sncl.at As) Hospital from 10 till 5. ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-bill, 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—let. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thei own homes. A r ew 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 are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the beeefits of the Charily, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the g-eatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions I will be thankfully received. • FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary: IsTo. 10 _Poultry! Loudon, E.O. September 11365.) Lieutenant Prideaux, in a letter to the Telegraph, thß•wii some light upon the meagre accounts of the massacre of Mr. ' Powell and family. In the first place, the massacre did not take place in Abyssinia at all. The country of Bazft, in which the calamity is stated to have occurred, does not belong to Abyssinia, either geographically or politically, but is properly a dependency of Egypt. It is inhabited by a set of irreclaimable savages,' of Negro or Shankela origin, between whom and their Christian neighbours as interminable feud subsists. Though superior in physique and courage to the Abyssinians, as a rule, the latter nevertheless hold them in great contempt, and always denominate them the "Barea," or slave-race. Thus Mr. Powell followed the advice of his two friends, and avoided the dangers of Abyssinia, but unfortunately plunged into a region not less unsafe. " In Macerer, who accompanied Mr. Powell, and was killed with him, Lieutenant PridMx recognises an old acquaintance. His proper name is Jean Baptiste Mackerer. He was not an Englishman, but a native of Alsace, who, after having served for some years in the trench army, came to Abyssinia as an advetturer, and &Itered the service of the late Mr. Bell, Theodore's friend ziid counsellor. After that gentleman's death he became nothing more nor less than a private soldier in the King's army, and afterwards accompanied Captain Speedy in an elephant-shooting expedition in the Atbara country.' Eventually he became a dependent of Consul Cameron, and shared his captivity, in and out of chains, till released by Lord. Napier's army. He then went to Egypt, but his roving habits led him to persuade Mr. Powell to hazard his life in the jungles of Bazen. Lieutenant Prideaux much fears that the murderers will go unpunished, and it is, unfortunately, impossible to entertain any hope of justice. The Government of Egypt can do nothing—indeed, the country is not yet under sub jeetion, and many years will probably elapse before it will be so, As to another expedition, the Times and other papers simply allude to the idea, with the comment that it is not to be thought of. MR. OOLDWIN SMITH AND THE ALABAMA. CLAIMS. Some of the American journals have attempted to throw, tilligule_upon Professor Goldwin Smith, and, indeed, upon to Mr. Sumner's famous philippin. Mr. Smith. writes_ to the Beehive ju - stifYing the serious apprehensions which he, in common with his countrymen, entertained when the senator's speech was made public Mr. Sumner did not speak merely for himself ; being Chairman of the Cominittee on Foreign Relations, he spoke as the organ of the Senate, which, instead of reject ing the treaty in Secret Session, according to its custom, threw open its doors that he might denounce and menace England before the world. All his colleagues except one voted with him ; all who spoke supported and commended him. His speech was received with acclamation, as a' faithful expression of the feelings and intentions of the country, by the great organs of public opinion, especially by those connected with the party in power. The antipathy. to England had for some time been assiduously cultivated by the press ; and the President himself, if the circum stantial statement of the great journal of his own party, was to be believed, had expressed sentiments similaP to those of Mr. Sumner on the question at issue. The pro penalties of the Annexationist Party had been excited by the insurrection in Cuba ; and the annexation of Canada had been propounded in a quarter so influential as to cause alarm to the Canadians themselves. If this state of things was not serious, I do not know what state of things is." The Professor is quite right. Mr. Sumner's speech was, indeed, extravagant, but it was for some time accepted as a just exposition of American demands. It is true that it has since been generally discarded, true that the Herald alone remains faithful to it ; and to this change of senti ment every credit is due. But it is unfair to tax English. men with undue alarm, when Mr. Sumner's bellicose speech was at first met with such acclaim. As Mr.. Goldwin Smith justly observes, "Nations very seldom wish for war. They drift through diplomatic complies, tions, and under the influence of excited feelings, into situations in which war becomes inevitable." The correspondent cf the Telegraph adds his testimony to the general opinion that the President has refused to adopt Mr. Sumner's suggestion. A period of rest is deemed the best for both countries. Mr. Motley is to go to work on the naturalisation protocol, and the settlement of the rights and duties of consuls, especially with refe rence to offences committed by seamen in the ports of the other country. The writer is told that the idea of the American Government is to turn over the offenders to the Consul of their own nation for punishment. POLICY OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. The excitement of the electoral disturbances in France does not exclude attention from the probable policy of the French Government in face of the national manifestation. Divers rumours are in circulation. One is to the effect that Prince Napoleon will be made President of the Council, with a responsible Ministry. Still more persistent is the revived belief that the official days of M. Ronher are numbered. This opinion is founded on a statement in the article of the Peuple previously referred to, that the moderate men of the Left had been " classed as enemic., the electi - 60; etiiiiteOf the wise mildnets of tile Minister of the Interior." This passage can apply to no one but M. Rouher, and is certainly a strange expression for an Imperialist journal. The Paris correspondent of the Independance Beige hears from a very good source that M. Rouher and M. de Forcade la Roquette have resigned, but that the Emperor has not yet made up his mind to accept their resignation. THE ELECTIONS IN HOLLAND. The elections in Holland possess some interest, owing to the fact that the Conservatives and Clericals have united in order to abolish secular instruction, which has been introduced into Holland. They have been defeated. The Liberals have elected twenty of their candidates, the coalition only eleven. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. The Patric is as • anxious to inform the world that Austria, Italy, and France are on the best of terms as it is to prove that affairs in Prussia are in the worst possible condition. Its last impression states that the three former Powers are entirely at one upon all the great questions of the day. It is to foster this excellent understanding that General Fleury has been sent as Ambassador to Florence. The Patric is happy to announce that the explanations consequent upon the assassination of the Austrian Consul at Leghorn have ended satisfactorily. The King of Italy has written a cordial letter to his brother sovereign, the Emperor Francis Joseph. Some Italian officers have been invited to take part in the grand manoeuvres of the Austrian army. All, in short, is couleur de rose in the relations between these three Powers, and woe to the unwary State which ventures to offend any one of them. But the Patrie ought to furnish an answer to one ques- tion. It half denies that the French troops are about to evacuate Rome. How can this good uuderstandincr eon tinue if they remain? • LIFE IN ETAT'. The Pacific Railway is likely to disturb the quietude and seclusion of life at the great Salt Lake. The correspondent of the Standard, who is " doing " the line, passed through several canvas towns of railway builders on the way, and at one of these, wonderful to relate, be met with a decent woman. Her story, he thinks, will often be repeated now that the Pacific Railway affords facilities for flight. She was a fugitive from Utah. Her parents, who reside in Wales, became perverts to Mor monism, and though they did not choose to make the pil grimage to Utah themselves, they sent their daughter out as the wife of a leading Mormon —not wife number one the • correspondent inferred. She, however, had soon become sick of her existence among the saints, but had had not had an opportunity of leaving them till a " Gentile " mechanic offered her honourable marriage if she would run away, and she gladly did so. The Mormons simply repudiated her, and expelled her from the Church. She said that hundreds of other girls would run away but for the strictness with which they ; are watched, and knowledge of the outer world kept from them. Whether the woman's story be true or not — and the correspondent was evidently impressed by it—it is quite clear that the Pacific Railway will place the doctrine of polygamy in some jeopardy. It is hardly likely that women will consent to be the twenty-sixth spouse of soma saint, when hundreds of prosperous sinners in the Western States want wives and cannot find them. - - In the United States Circuit Court, at Boston, May 25, an interesting case was decided growing out of the work of the rebel cruiser, the Alabama. The plaintiff, W. A. Caldwell, a citizen of South Carolina, was in 1861-2 part owner of the bark Lamplighter, one of the early vic tims of the Alabama. Of the other owners three were in habitants of States in rebellion, and the rest of Massachu setts. When the bark was destroyed, John Payne, the master of the vessel collected the insurance and accounted for it, and for their share in the earnings to the Massachu setts owners, but nr.t to the Southern owners, for obvious reasons. Afr. Payne died just at the close of the war. The plaintiff now brought suit against Mr. Payne's adminis trators, to recove r his share of the insurance and earnings. The decision was for the plaintiff, the court overruling the c hief point of defence, that as a citizen of a rebel stato no legal contract to pay money could be ma, to with him, on the ground that, though a good plea during a state of war, its merits were annulled by the r*turn of peace. Among the items that were received by the first through freight train over the Pacific Railroad were three barrels of choice California wine ; one of them was ad dressed to the President of the United States, another to an ex-Senator from California, and the third to Vice- President Huntington of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. The wine was a present from B. N. Bugbev of the National Vineyards, near Folsom, who has one of the most extensive vineyards on the Pacific coast, located on the Pacific Railroad lands, and is a largo manufacturer of wine and raisins. The consignment wouldreachWashing ton in 13 days Iran §a.cramento.