The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-16 00:00:00

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'HE above Paste is a most avreeable relish for Luncheon, T3renkfast, fir. Tt will he founi most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits., &c. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (Mange! I's Patent), To be obtainei Wholeqa7e awl Retail of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107, STIUND (Corner of Savov Steps), Lon.lon, W.O. pB. HALL, of Printing Ilonse-square, E.C., . next the "Times," London --Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES: lioatinge and Co.'s famous Pordeanx Wines and Cbarent3 Brandies; and Irish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA FIDE BITSINESSF:S.—A, number of Hotels, Public Houses, ezo., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION kL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. eporta of Conzress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, etc. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURD %Y MORNING. price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. FISTABL I inSTIMENT for GENTLEWOMEN tlrg TEM PORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists ma:7, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormond% the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edwardlly, the Lady Caroline Itnase”. Mrs. Cecil Russell, and othet ladies. All inforn-, on respecting it may be obtained on writ ten c,r personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution. and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Contts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C SPRING RICE Hon. See. / F RE DEAF & DUMB.—The Committee of the 11 JEWS DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to receive APPLICATIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF and DUMB CHILDREN, of all denominations, as Day Puvils, for instruction in audible sneech and lip-reading. The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the manual alphabet and all artificial signs. A public lesson is given every Wednesday, at 8 p.m., when the successful results of the system can be wit nessed. Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and all other particulars, to be made to W. VAN PRA A.GI3, Esq., Director of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, 44, Burton-crescent, W.C. rrHE LIVERPOOL ANL) LONDON and GLOB! INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to Z 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 or the Life Policies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render ; them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. rrIIE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES I 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 tlwn to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous p ,or suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, l►Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street ; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under thepatronage of H.B.H. the Duke of OA.MBRIDGB, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes. and denominations , from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit thorn for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee est nestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENItY KINGRCOSE, Treasurer W H. WirwiCX Secretary. Office, 121, Pati-ms 11, W GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-rond, Islinzton, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 48L954 patients since it was eetablisbee at King's-cross in 1836. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall—Hon. See., F. Smith. Esa. CEO. Rath, Sec. gIRITISH 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 be obtained on application to the S ecretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. 1- Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin ano ; and Mows. Heywood Brothers, Manchester. IFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms S.A of the past twenty-two mouths the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,633 lives from various shipwrecks and 44 vessels from destruction, The Institution also ~x nended £36,134 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £4,250 for rewards. Tho Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution. 14, John-street Aclelphi, London. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. Du BARRY'S delicious health -reator in g Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIC% 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 onfsebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrheas, all gastric de rangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, stervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, Impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the cheat, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury anu more than slope imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liobig's name is most audaciously attaohed. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabic& 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 Gazelle du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 48.413) "Rome, July 21st, 1866. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all ther remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Do arry's Revalenta Arabica Food of which he consumes a lateful at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly enoficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly., Care No. 58,216 of the IWarchioness de Prehan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ervons agitation. Cure No. 71. of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart da Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the Comity of Water ford :—" I have derived mach benefit from your excellent foe - I.—Sri :ART i u DECIES, DroMna, Cappoquin, County Waterford." g- Cure No. 40,332.—0 f fifty years' ind escr ib a bl e agony from Ilyspep:l;la, ner7onsness, asthma, ef!n h, constip a ti on datulen::y, spa,:ms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. Care No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervonsnes, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vons faucio. Odra No. 56,314.- - Ar. Satnnel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhooa. The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid.; 11b., 2s. 9d., 21b., 4s. 6d.; 121 b., 22e. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Dn Barry's Revalena Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tin claistera : Por 12 cr.ps at 2a, for 21 cops at 3s. 61, for 18 c 10A 11C 5F., for 283 cups at 305., for 576 nips at 555. Beim u Jib J aa penny par cup. The 30,1. an I 555. tins are sent tree of .3arr*e in En g land on receipt of Post Office Order. 1)15 11:11111,Y and Co., 77, P.egeut-street, London, also at Fortnum and Mason', - ; ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, Ors.ceohuteh-st-est ' • 63 and 150, Oxford- street ; and 121, New North-road, London and LU Grocers audlShealigs7 'TOMBLESS BOYS OF LONDON.--FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training F,L` b. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Quoen-- 4 , 166 k: 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad ~crect, and Baling' 870 children. £lB will keep a bOle or girl for one year. Contribttiona:eceived by tbo London and Westminster Bank 314, High Holborn, ar.l 4t Lothbury, IC.O. ; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fieldif H OME 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 Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. !Ltd Rev. P. Byng Rot. J. E. K ant . * Rev. R. O. Baker Rey, W. P. Er s ki ne li no fl ys Rev. S. Brooks Rev. S. W. Ll o yd Roy. A. Martineau The Lord Clinton Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Ma.clagan Rov. Daniel Moore r E to . r e . h E a . r r i i j n . gt Cutts,o,E o g Seq. 1 a i n , : Rev. J. Moorbonm. i J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox ' Rev. Canon Nopean Roy. E. Capol Cure ; Octavius Coop; Esq. ;Rev. E. Parry Arihur Currie, Esq.! I John Pearson, Esq., Q.O. '1 Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. J. Conn e ll Rev. 0. W. Fume I Rev. F. Pigou 0. J. Freak ° . E sq . R. T. Pigott, Esq.. i J. S. Gilliat I Pym, Eq. I R. R. Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey ' Hugh H. Sericrar, Esq. H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, EN. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer 1 Loftus Wigram, Esq ! , Subscriptions will be received bl'' any of the above t • by Messrs. Harries, Fa rqu h ar, an d Co; and by the gen. Secretrry, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14 Seymour street, Port iglißiktoir% to wlicskocsanasUma rig bro WM44 1 - 7AsT LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which shall enable them to establish the Hospital in morn suit able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole sale tams many articles of daily consumption from want of room for stowage, eVery inch of available space being occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the staff el nurses would be able to attend upon more children, brat to more can be admitted 'n the present building. £B,OOO at least is required to can y out this much-wished for and urgent scheme Contribittions will be thankfully received by the Trea surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by SHERRARD B. BURNABY, lion. Sec.,®' Rectory Warping rit URSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and 1 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848, President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris, is at present superintended by the; Sisters of John's House. Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be trained to nurse, are quested to com►nunicate with the Lady Superior. Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the Sisters' Fund, ce the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid to Messrs. ()mitts; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's nous° Norfolk-street, Strand, W.U. ItOYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lansrlown, Bath. Instituted, A.D., 1864. Under the Patronage of her Maj sty the President—H.R.A. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G. 4e. Chairman—Major -General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE: This school has been founded upwards df 134' and it is intended for the educattth, of 11.1 d daughters Pt officers of the army, ludiati Maria(M 4 : Where are already in „f ccill '7iittee had further funds; they, therefore 70141 0 1 s tb " , school 1 . - nti more could be admitted as" _ .L.AAL to the public to aid them in carrying out r te its full extent the benefits of the only institution specially provided for the daughters of oflkers of the Army. Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to ono life vote at all elections, 4oh annual subscription of .£5 os entitles to one vote at all elections during the current year. The amount may be forwarded by an erdet on a bank, agent, or post-Oleo (Charing -cross), payable aIIO, W. FORSTER, thder 6%.9M4 1 7. WO. c044444t.4t0t) 164(1014 BRITISH ROME FOR INCURABfES, Clapham rise. Instituted 1861. PATRONESS. lter Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. 'kith A qt.tittit qetiree AtbdFCl ERq. i Mr. Alderman Gibbons. Phi - ,E; institution, extending its operations to all parts of the kingdom. provides for those afflicted with incurable diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO obtained by election. No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Pull particulars and the necessary forms may be pro cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub scriptions are earnestly solicited. BANKERS. Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and Messrs. Drummond, Cnaring-cross, S.W. EDWD. V4. 7 1;4Y1i , secretary. Offices } 7; cloapsido. QIEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nations, who are received without any recomendation. The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this Hospital. SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchiu lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street, E.C., by S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lO 10s. I IN°. 24,191. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215., FRANCIS THE And other Historic Studies, FIRST By A. BAILLIE COCHRANE. "These eloquent volumes contain three interesting and in structive studies—' Francis the First,' "rhe Council of Blood,' and ' The Flight of Varennes.' It not lessen the attraction of these bright page; that the author deals mainly with the romantic elements of th , ,se historical passages."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ILLUSTRATED EY THE MATZCHIONESS OF HASTINGS. Just ready, in 1 vol., IN. 6d , elegantly bound, F AIR Y FANCIES. Ey LIZZIE SELINA EDEN. Illustrated by the MARCHIONESS of HASTINGS. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price 2s. 13d., •- - THE EXTRAORDINARY CURES EFFECTED UNDER the lIYGEIAN SYSTEM by MOKNON'S VEGETABLE UNIVER,AL MEDICINES. May be had at the British Collcgo of Health, Euston-road, London. Mind, no Vaccination, which poisons the blood. Just published, price is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: U. Balliore, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and o ther journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. SHOOTING SEASON.--- E. M. REILLY and CO. beg to acquaint their numerous Patrons and Sportsmen that they have for inspection a large ASSORTMENT of the LATEST IMPROVED CENTRAL FIRE and other BREECHLOA DINO GUNS and RIFLES, at their usual moderate prices. EVERY RE XIS ITE for the FIELD. 502, New Oxford-street, Loudon. Branches: 315, Oxford-street ; 2, Rae Scribe, Paris. Illustrated Price Lists on application. DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET. R. ESKELL, the Author of "Pure Dentistry, 11 R. and What it Does for Us," Painless Tooth Extraction; or Aniesthevia. Locally Applied ;" •• Dental Surgery: a Practical Treatise ;" Modern Dentistry; its Principles and Practice," &c., may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVE NOR-sQuARE (a few doors from Bond-street). DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.— The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil dren, and infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172 New Bond-street, London ; and of all other chemists throughout the world. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice railed 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 is. lid., 2e. 9d., and Hs. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAITTION. Bo 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 N orton's Camomile Pills." RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. Tviffros MO C-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 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be - worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can rot fail to lit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. Gd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Gd. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadi'ly. NEW PATENT jLASTIC STOCKINGS . KNEE-CAPS, Arc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, arc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive. and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. Gd., s. 6d.. 108., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.: r ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL, is the oily in stitution in the Metropolis for the treatmout and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. .Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. tinder the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of tho 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. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Open to all without lottery of recommondation. FUNDS are urgently needed. JAMES S. BLYTIT, Sec. R I NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained In the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderato rate of 425 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CH ARLES A. WALKER, Secretary Office, 54, Cheapaide, London, LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E. The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,069 were free cases. CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested. WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary. , ROYAL HOSPITAL for INICURABLES, _yutpey-hoath. Etitablished'3lst July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded--Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendanoe, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to !patients at thoi own homes. A row wing to the Hospital has lust been oomploted at a cost of upwards of XlO,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 subs3riptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, X. 5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with tho g-eatest pleasure upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIO ANDREW Socrotary 17,,,,N0. 10 Ponitry London. PLO Bei:Amber 1868. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, " WOODIN'S RETURN TO LONDON." W. S. WOODIN "AT HOME" with his groat Original CARPET BAG and SKETCH-BOOT. TO-NIGHT, In the large Room EGYPTIAN HALL, Plan of Stalls at Mitotic Royal Library, Old Bond street. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, A A FIXED SUM IN ND CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by _ _ Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of .£3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an. Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCI i )ENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Ticket?, for Single or Double Jouruies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, CORNIIILL and 10, REGENT 5T111 , ..2T, LONDON. 'WILLIAM J. \TIAN Secretary. DECEMBER 16, 1869. PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT -STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 23, MOO R GA TE - ST REET, CITY. Estab lished 1820. This, the most perfected system of pain less dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical ex perience) at his only residence, 312, 11,egent-street. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps, and decayed teeth ren dered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities : These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring —ease and comfort unsurpassed—detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied and youthful appearance restored—mastication and articulation guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says : —"So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets. 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only address es , 312, Regent-stre t, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgate-street, E C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. R OYAL AI usic HALL, IIOLUORN. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Swe:lsey. THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN LONDON IS LE PE I IT BLONDIN AND lIIS SISTER BLANCHE, who dance a comple e Set of Quadrilles on the Double Tight Rope, without the aid of a Balan. ing Pole. and perform Feats never attempten by any other, Perfotmer, ECLPSJNG THE OiICHNAL BLONDIN. Great Success of Mdlle. Csrlitze Marino. Miss Carlotta Verte, Serio-Comic and Dansense; Vr. M. P. Foster, Miss Kate Macnamara, Mr Louis Lindsay, and James Layfleld. Miss Julia Wade, the fascinating Serio-Comic; Miss Clare mont; the Sisters Rushbrooks ; and ITr Rowland Laseelles. Prices of A dm'ssion as usual. Balcony, 6,1.; stalls, Is. Mr. P. CorH, Musical Director. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street.—ON VIEW, a POR HIATT MODEL of the late EARL of DERBY. Admission, ls.; Children under ten years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, Gd. Open from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production . - )f the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the r r. sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses, ; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor fialliman M.C. Admission. is.; Reserved Seats. - - xr.." - .Bitirsu, — Tt PrOpitetor SA U C E.—L E A and PERRINS THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," , pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." 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An ILLU -TR ATED CATALOCIUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account B oo k s , Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes. Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 1841 BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION. Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The:distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION OF TIM PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, C 2, Ludgate Hill, London, E.O. Branch Officol-7, hind-street, St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the Company, at the close cf 1.68, was £220,078 Os. 10d., and the Total Amount Assured £4,832,197. The Business is clivided under two heads:- Ist —The General or Ordinary Business, being the same as that transacted by other Companies. 2nd —The Industrial or Working Class Assurances. The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sutnAssured .£1.562.960. The present value of the lia bility of this l'arliSle a FT, Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load ing. waq £139,322 15 8 The Premium Income of the Industrial Branch was 168,54, the sum Assured £3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 £189,322 15 8 The Liability of the Industrial Branch dees not admit of being estimated in the same way as that of the General Branch, on account of the very larg,) proportion of Policies which constantly ler se, so that the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks for short terms only ; the estimated re serve for the liabilities of this Branch of the business is shown by the result of 14 years' experience to be abundantly suM cient. The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem ber, 1868, was £241,301112 The average duration of the whole of Lhe Industrial Policies was considerably under three years. The average age :)f the Assured in the Industrial Branch was 19 years. A detailed List of Assets can be had on application. H. lIARBEN, Secretary. THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, \Vey & mouth-s!Teet, W. (where trany cases deemed incur able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is in vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER., Esq., td.R.C.S., who has above 30 veers' experience in Mesmerism and nervous disuses. 'Consultations—gra tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30. CANCER HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851. —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000 cases treated since foundation. P,ornedies and diet very expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many eases unable to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300 out-patients. Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslot, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace. Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. By order, H. J. JUPP. - DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN. I_ —The ROYAL INFIRAARY for CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810. Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the poor little suffering inmates at this hospital. Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E. BAnkers—Messrs. Puller, Banbury, and Co., 71, Lom bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary. , - ,ZALVIARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN kl and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hosoital for diseases of women 2,74.6..patients..srare-treated-l3idt- ition-th without - letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed ,and will be received by Messrs. na.tchard, Picca dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bait ; Messrs. Barclay, Cloutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. I' HE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. L —Bankers : Mesers. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverio, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for th e 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. IiOSPITAL 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. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL f or WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ; 2,5.3 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN GUARANTEED STATE LO A NS. No LOTTERIES. Bona-fide chances to win for £1 the large premiums of £30,000, £25,000, £20,000, &c., b.% Public drawings on the First of every Month, under the superintendence of the Austrian Government, and official public functionaries. OFFICIAL LISTS SENT GRATIS TO SUBSCRIBERS. apply for £1 chances, issued upon forms supplied by the Austrian Government and bearing the Imperial half a florin stamp, and for prospectuses to VOELCKER & CO., Bankers, VIENNA. NTORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY -L-1 COLLEGE HOSPITAL —Accidents and Sickness. —CONTRIBUTIONS earneelv solicited to meet the annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000. The committee also plead for help for the sick children, the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the charity. HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary. VRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PBEVENTIVIC and BEFOBAIA.TOILY IN STITI7TION. President --Roy. CIANoN DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may he sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E. 0.; Francis Nicholls Esq. (ot the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS See., 200, Euston-road, N.W. FORM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC, Queen-square, Bloomsbury :,—I give mud bequeath to the Treasurer for the tin* being - ill .Lll , , ktiorml Rosnit.2 tin, IN.-1 j n r it,ptio, established in London in 1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use of the said Hospital. The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out Patients, a Samaritan Soc'ety to relieve the more desti tute out-patients and their families, a oonvalesoent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER. Hon. See. BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. Instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.RJT the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good 1 2 2ss y l e raffi o ic f te ag d e w a i n th d nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc ns over who are hope- Pensions of £2O per annum arc also granted The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have boon elected. Elections iantvreabthiee d p i a s u es p s e e r . class, in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solieited, Bankers—Messrs. Barclay , E wa n, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Oharing-cross, S, W. EDWD. WEAVER, Soo. Offices, 78, Chsapside, E.O. D. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS. A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared with out any mercurial ingredient, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity.ln one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern meat stamp. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, ea in the immediat e v i c inity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, Ki ng ' s c re ss. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUERN. Vice-Patron — His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grano the Duk© of Buccizron, K.G. establishTi This Hospital, principlepital,fonndoedf free iu admission to the si c k poor, the year 1828, the first t o without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent loc support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a largo number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. Tho Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to m a i n t a in them. Contlibt.tions are rec e i v ed by their bankers, M essrs . Brown, Hansom, and Co,,Abehurch-lane ; also by M essrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Gly n an d C o. ; Barrios and Co.; Ransom and Co, ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Parue, and Co. ; Barclay and Co,; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Barnera-streot ; : an d a t the Hospital' from 10 till b T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows: For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hemp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Groat Portland. street. w i c h . 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 are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Pottland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 ycnng women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 624 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may bo had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers aro Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DiNL. COOPER, Seo. RE Queen-street Meru:Ade, A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCIIANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty Georgo the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Officos—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OOTAVIITS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART IF)DOSON, Esq Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq =Lancelot Willi=Derit,7§A. Alexander Druce, Esq. -- Fredk. Joseph Edlrnann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam William Tetlow Hibbort, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevilo Lubbock, Esq. Wrie Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. 'tie' Solly, Esq., F.R.S. NO TICE. The annual fifteen days allowed for pay ment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th of January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. FIirMING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines.. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums ayablo by parsons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding X 15,000 may be insured on ono de. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A Kum. 130yAL EXCHANGE, Loxnox. ROBERT P. STEELE, Socrotary. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS GREAT SUCCESS. With a Single Stake of £8 you can realise £07,000!! with £1 £20,000! ! with 12 shillings £12,0001 For Prospectuses apply without delay to Et.TOENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. ARROW . ROOT.—Just received from the West Indies a large consignment of ARROW ROOT of excel lent quality, which can he confidently recommended to clergy men and ot ler visitors of the poor, as an economical and whole some article of diet for Invalids. Sold in 71b., 141 b., and 2.61 b. tins, at !W. per lb., tins extra: also a large quantity of the finest BERMUDA ARROW ROOT, which can be offers 1 at. the reduced price of ls. (id. per 1b..: in quantities of not less than 71b., tins extra. THO3IA.S KEATING, 79, ST. PAUL's CHURCHYARD. TIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEA I'. A —AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION. ISO, FIRST PRIZE, being ABOVE the Gold Medal. Supplied to the Eri.ish, French, Prussian. RuF,s'an, Italian, Dutch, awl other Governments. One pint of flue flavoured Beef-tea , at 241. Most convenient anti CA uri ox.—Only sort warranted genuine by the Inventor, Baron Liebig, whose signature is on every genuine:Jar. Ask for LIEBIG COMI'A NY'S EXTAACT, and not for LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of MEAT. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury) The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, die., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons - to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at 10.1 K, 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. 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. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary. BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES, 56, Great Marlborough-street, W. Bankers, Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnestly solicited. ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec. BEAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale 'Or donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings cauuot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS. F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CHAST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients aro constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. PRICE 43 STAMPED, bd. CENI'RES.—No. 11. COUNTRY AROUND OMAHA. (Front the Anglo- American Times.) A letter just published by Mr. Joseph Nelson, aldressed to the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, thus alludes to this district : "About half acroas the United States of America, be tween the 13th and 233 degrees of longitude west from Washington, and 37th and 47th degrees of latitude north, there is a square portion of territory containing about 360,000 spare miles. It comprises the whole of the State of lowa, and a great portion of the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Kansa , , and the territories of Ne braska and Dacotah ; it embraces Ihe whole of the Mis sissippi River and its tributaries above St. Louis, and the main portion of the Missouri and its tributaries. The Union Pacilic Railway runs through its centre from east to west. It is tapped by the head waters of Lake Su perior, and it will compriSe within its boundaries the eastern terminus of the North Pacific Railway, now under construction. Its iron, coal, copper, and lead mines aro the richest and most extensive in the world. On Lake Superior there are now 62 copper mining companies, and 100 great iron mines under working:, and It blast furnaces in operation. The annual shipment of ores from the mines now averages 12,000 tans of pure native copper and 500,000 tons of iron, the iron ore containing no less than 70 per cent. of pure iron. Its prairies, whether for the pro duction of grain or the grazing of cattle, aro unequalled on the American continent. Its timber lands are the most extensive and valuable of any now remaining in the Nor- ' thern States. Its main productions are easily accessible to water-carriage to the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and innumerable railways intersect it in every way. Its climate is genial, healthy, and invigorating, and the region is capable of absorbing and giving employment to thirty millions of people in addition to its present population." Mr. Nelson is personally and professionally well qualified by thirty years work in Canada and the United States to give an opinion on the subject. It will be seen that he masses the States con stituting the three centres wo desire to treat of separately. The first is Wisconsin and Minnesota, of which St. Paul is the centre; the second is lowa and Nebraska, of which Omaha is the centre ; the third is Missouri and Kansas, of which Kansas City is the centre. Of these we will first take the middle district, as in former articles in this paper Minne sota and Kansas were each discussed. It is to be regretted that the end of the decade now closing leaves us without the advantage of the late and full reports which, now compiling, will presently pour out of Washington, and we are therefore un able to give reliable figures showing the actual population and progress of the different States up to this date. The natural features of the country are, however, the same yesterday, to-day, and to morrow. Both lowa and Nebraska are parts of the vast territory purchased from Franca in 1803, known as Louisiana. The former occupies a magni ficent area between the rivers Mississippi and Mis souri, stretching 300 miles between them, the breadth being 208, containing a surface of 55,045 square miles, equal to 35,228,800 acres. Accord ing to the Land Commissioner's Report for 1867 of these 11,571,722 acres have been sold, 291,038 are entered under the Homestead law, with nearly 14,000,000 acres given for military services, which, with other grants, left unappropriated on June 30, 1867, 3,113,464 acres. Nebraska extends from the Missouri River, lowa being the western boundary, 412 miles at its broadest part, decreasing to 310 ; the extreme width is 208 miles, narrowing to 138 miles. Its area is 75,905 square miles; or 98,636,800 acres. Of these the Land Commissioner reports as sold 205,475, entered under the Homestead Act 708,545, given away for military services 1,428,758, with other grants, leaving a residue unappropri ated of 42,523,627 acres. lowa is an undulating State, of great natural beauty, though the surface nowhere rises into mountains. Generally the land is rolling prairie intersected by timber-skirted rivers, the banks often of calcareous bluffs rising as high as 130 feet. Gra.;•sy plains and verdant groves add to the loveliness of the landscape in the South, beaut ful streams being found everywhere ;- but in the North the elevations are bolder and more abrupt, though never attaining the dignity of mountains. The scenery, nevertheleasAs'atriking, the hills and mounds being as a rule crowned with fine oak forests, while the rivers, often assuming a savage wildness, rush over rocky ledges towards the lower plains. While well wooded to the north and south, the cha racteristic of the prairies is absence of timber, though here and there are hazel thickets and sassaf ras shrubs. In the flower season portions of the plains burst forth with abrilliant garniture of honey suckles, jessamine, wild roses, and violets. Most of the country is of this bare prairie description, though the streams and timber have been distributed by Nature as if desirous of meeting man's necessities. The English emigrant cannot understand the value of this until he has experienced the want. Eng land is a garden to an American eye in its rich and minute cultivation. The labour of centuries of an overflowing population has made it what it is ; but the emigrant cannot disabuse himself of the notion that nature has done this. To see what untouched nature did for Great Britain the inhabitant of to day must look with the eyes of Julius Caesar, but he may go to a much later period, and read the cele brated chapter on the condition of the country in Macauley's History. Could he behold at the same moment the untouched portions of lowa as they are now, and of Great Britain centuries ago, he would see how charmingly nature has provided for man's immediate wants in the former compared with the latter. In lowa he would find vast reaches of grassy country whereon to feed his stock, wood and water being amply supplied by the numerous streams lined along their banks with timber, some of considerable magnitude. The largest flow into the Mississippi, that is, have a south-easterly course. Indeed those which flow west into the Missouri are mere creeks, and he who cannot see the reason has not read our article of last week with attention. lowa is to the west of the Alississippi ; hence it is on the slope—scarcely perceptible, it is true--but still on the rise from the great river backwards to the Rocky Mountains. and of course the water will flow with this incline. The finest tributary of the Mississippi above the Illinois is the lowa, which descends from the table lands of Minnesota, as do the large parallel streams of which the Des Moines is the principal, being navi gable for 200 miles when the water is favourable. 'The lowa and the Wapsipinicon run through rich valleys a course of 200 miles, and the Skunk a dis tance of 150, much of the country through which it passes being heavily timbered. The lowa is na vigable for steamboats to lowa City, which is to wards the eastern boundary of the State, 80 miles from Its mouth, and, cutting through the northern districts, all help to open out the splendid oak forests for which the State , is famous. lowa City, once the capital, is embowered in beautiful groves, sur rounded by wide fertile plains. It has a population of 6,000, with the State University and other insti tutions of learning. But the capital has been trans ferred to Des Moines, well towards the centre of the State, of which the population some years ago, 7,000, has, we believe, greatly increased. Steam boats can navigate the river for 200 miles from the entrance into the Mississippi. Around the city there is plenty of timber and coal, with abundance of water power. Railroads intersect, and the emigrant bound to Omaha will proba bly pass through Des Moines as well as lowa City, though there is a more northern road. This State, which perhaps ranks after Ohio in natural beauty, is underlaid by limestone. The northern section belongs to the great drift depostt, which distinguishes Minnesota, and in parts the prairies are thickly covered with boulders some of immense dimensions. A coal bed extends for 200 miles in the direction of the valley of the Des Moines. In parts the beds are 100 feet thick, lying near the surface and easily worked, the area being not less than 20,000 square miles. There are lead, zinc, and copper deposits. The timber, besides the oak forests, consists of ash, elm, white maple, poplar iFF-4 and walnut. Dubuque is the Cell, 440' region, of which 3,256,9701b5. were sh. in tx It is the largest city in lowa, having coigleraay over 20,000 inhabitants. As no State has a smal!ec proportion of inferior land, the increase in agricul tural development and population has lately been on a marked scale. The first settlement was 2.1' at Dubuque by Frenchmen in 1686, who then built a fort, and commenced trade with the Indians. From 1804 to 1821 it was a part of Missouri. territory, when it .was added to Alichigan,then to Wisconsin. L~ finally, in June, 1838, it was erected into a terri tory, and in 1846 was admitted into the Union. In- dependent of Dubuque, the first white settlement was in 1833, yet in 1840 the population numbere 43,112; in 1850, 192,214 ; in 1860, 671,913; what it is at present we fear to say, but the Commissioner of Public Lands puts it down in his report of 1867 at 1,000,000, and it is now far in excen of that num ber. In the &each from 1850 to 1860 the increase in the value of lands and implem ants short of sevenfold, the live slo.±. increasing in the same ratio, while the advance in the cereals, in tobacco, sugar, hay, and molasses was still greater. In orchards and market gardens the in crease averaged fifteen fold, and the Commissioner certifies, although not having the advantage of the figures of the census, to the maintenance of this in crease, more especially in wool growing. In manu factures there were 1,939 establishments, with a capital of $7,247,130, in 1860. The raw material cost $8,612,259, labour $1,922,457 ; the produce was valued at $13,971,325, the profits being 47 per cent. on the capital invested. The Land Commis sioner says the completion of the railroad system will make Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, opposite Omaha—the eastern terminus of the Paci fic Railroad—the point of intersection of four extensive lines connecting with the railways of all the North-Western States. The nature of ie country renders the construction of such lines - easy and inexpensive. Council Bluffs has been connected -with Omaha by a bridge across thy; Missouri, and the system alluded to by the Com missioner has been completed, the Pacific Railway itself now being opened to Sacramento. Here we reach one of the three great emigration centres, but we find it impossible to give even the barest out line of the country on the other side to the west in the limits of an article. Next week we will tell how the emigrant is to reach this centre from New York, the time, and the cost ; but we cannot con- elude our remarks On lowa without saying some thing of its climate. The winters are frequently prolonged into April, ice covering the rivers from December to the end of March. Then there is a rapid change, and the peach immedi ately bursts into bloom. The summers arc charming, the air being dry and bracing ; in deed, throughout the year, especially on the prairies. There are no sudden and injurious variations of temperature. The country is free from epidemics, and pulmonary diseases are rare. Periodical breezes blow with regularity over the prairies. In the north the lands are inferior, the lower grounds being wet or marshy, or filled with numerous ponds, and entirely destitute of timber. The emigrant will see that nearly all available lands of lowa have been appropriated ; indeed, if he glances at a good map, and remarks how well situated the State is, he will notbe surprised that theland should have been rapidly taken up, and that an unknown district should, within the lifetime of a young man, have grown nto a populous and powerful State, with it 3 steam- boats, railroads, cities, manufactures, agriculture, Legislature, and all the paraphernalia of a State, we may add now wholly free from debt. Thil progress Nebraska cannot effect, for that State, as we shall next week show, is greatly inferior in natural advantages to lowa, for the country north of the Platte does not improve, but, on the con- ,rary, deteriorates, and even more to the West as he Rocky Mountains are neared. Fifty million envelopes are sold annually, and stamped with the crest and address from upwards of 35,000 steel dies, at Parkins and Gotto's, who make no charge for stamping or cement ing, and, having only one price, undertake to supply the nobility and gentry with every description of writing paper and envelopes of the best and most fashionable kind, at extraordinarily low charges. Monograms, crest, or address dies cut at less than half price. Coloured stamping reduced from 2s. to ls. per 100. Arms, monograms, and crests emblazoned. GO stompers, die sinkers, and engravers being kept upon the premises. all orders are exe cuted with great despatch. Dance programmes, invitations, at home notes, MSS. books, return thanks, bordered and overland papers, dish, dessert, and bouquet papers, and every description of fancy and household stationery. Parkins and Giotto, mane acturing stationers, 240.0. 4 5, Oxford-street, W BUDGET de MISCELLANEOUS.—It costs $200,000 per week to bury the dead of New York. —The Vermont Legislature has passed a bill holding liquor dealers re sponsible for the damage to person or property done by those obtaining liquors of them.—The principal hotel at Sacramento goes by the name of the Golden Fleece in San Francisco.—The Secretary of War has ordered the discontinuance of the United States Arsenal at Baton Rouge.—A Convention of Southern and Western steam boat men is proposed at St. Louis to secure Congressional legislation in furtherance of navigation interests, and for the better protection of the lives of passengers.— New York is io have another "Delmonico's" farther up town. —Brazil has lost 150,000 men in her four years' war with Paraguay.—ln Cincinnati, 50 years ago, the proprietor of the pork-slaughtering houses considered the curing of 50 pigs a good day's work, and the killing was done with a rifle.—Now, a single establishment will kill and put up 2;000 head daily.—Wisconsin has a now State Capital at Madison, costing $531,000. —At Machias, Maine, the up heaval of vastquantities of water, mud, and stones to the distance of many feet, with a furious rushing noise, has occurred a number of times during the summer, and once as Into as a month ago.—lt takes $330 of Haytien money to buy a cigar. —A Number Oao Chinese wife in San Francisco is valued at $5OO. —Six oxen drew the Cardiff giant to Syracuse, and he in return draws two thousand spectators daily.—Boston is to pay $7,630,698 taxes fur this sear, nearly a million and a half more than last year.— The " mining share bubble" has burst in California. Min ing stocks have depreciated $5,000,000 during a few months past.—The Philadelphia Ledger thus summarizes a long I, ndon law report—breach of pro mise—servant woman of 53 against gouty old man of 77—promise given 19 'pars ago—damages $250.• -It is proposed to put into Now York Central Park busts of all the American Presi dents.—There are 200 lines of telo3raph converging at New York, and 75 telegraph offices scattered over the city, giving employment to 250 operators.—The Commis sioner of Customs, in his annual report, just completed, will show that smuggling on the Northern frontier has wan materially suppressed during the year just closing, and that the contraband trade in spirits has entirely ceased.—The celebrated " Gurney Horse," said to be 5 years old, died at Alexandria, Licking county, Ohio, a short time since. He was exhibited at a State Agiicultura Fair in 1852—seventeen years ago—and was then quite grey.—Compotition has reduced the price of telegraphing ton words between New York and Chicago from $2.05 to $1.25 within the week that the Pacific and Atlantic lino has been operating agaiust tlkWesternynion.—Here is the way live Yankees settle in the West: A man recently arrived in a town in Minnesota, bought a lot, built a house, and set up house-keeping within the space of forty-eight hours, and had a son and heir born to him before the first meal was eaten in the house.—Thera is a miners' union in Great Britain numbering 60,000 man. Its president, Alexander Dl'Donald, is now, or was recently, in California, for the purpose of examining into the oppor tunities it offers for English mining emigrants.--Six hun dred packages of tea were forwarded by railroad from San Francisco to New York on Nov. 25.—A1l the movo able ordnance property will be transferred to such points as the Chief of Ordnance may designate. After the build ings are vacated by the Ordnance Department they will be transferred to the custody of the Quartermaster's Depart ment for the use of the troops.—A German scientific jour nal recommends laundresses to use hyposulphite of soda in place of common washing soda. It does not injure the fabric in any way, and at the same time exerts some bleaching action, which greatly improves the app-arance of linens and calicoes.—The new building of the Young Men's Christian Association, at New York, one of the finest iu the city, was dedicated on Thursday, December 2.—A Wisconsin paper gives an account of the capture is northern Montana of "an animal of a species wholly un known to naturalistP, which is claimed by some to be a rvlie of the mastodon." This marvellous creature is only two years old, but stands 7 feet high. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. --- bT• JOHN'S COLLEGE.- The Casberd Scholarship, open to all undergraduate mem bers of St. John's College not on any foundation, has been adjudged to Mr. Walter E. Matthew, Exhibitioner of the same society. BREAKFAST.— EPPs'S COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.-The very agreeable character of this prepara tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Sei Gazette remarks :—" The singular suczess which Mr. Epps attained by his homcsopathic preparatioa of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JA24.ES Errs and Co., Honiceopathio Chemists, London. ►'HE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers— The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. 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