The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-07 00:00:00

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REtEIVEt 16 -."'"•*ser sins of adulating' esident GRANT 1 317/ self of the oppe . hether that 0 7 )n or in the re' tAGUE, who id' ought that the louses; educated Ls and experience+ present faithful?! ies of the nation , S were lawyers; ed a legal educa' )3r the lawyet • worse state d He was 1101 political syste/ it their great to slavery ani . denounced the up the two gr eai pitted in conilic! were for "party, He would fa,vout d that if he m ust al that of a noil .esponsible pose' y like the Senate 1 the lawyerS PRESIDENT 115' e of fitness than gainst rebellioP L was made sty he would there' r. BAYARD, Wll 4 a by those wil l g the law to be e Senate had 10 itutional powe r by the constitir he Senate up to id that the p O3l )se awaiting tile ) there must be who GRANTII 3 what Cengre.il 'hat course the ;ertain that N 3 sanctions the we may expe l Mr. REVEIW ESS. w York Leg,i/ r on Judicial vorn staternev 3paper of till ;ue. The NO re newspaper is not sorry to opportunit l re that a wid / le value of 0 3, weighs iiioS l publisher, for wiew for air hai che s P doyd's Weekig Id not pay 0 aper circulat' lends more fa t , than on 0 mittee repot / declare it t° ass each paP ef known as the manufacture / 1 select that is custom omers. iiacTs, to The stie' nt as it i s f sir hands' env 17 04 ave to be ies vola°' )mpulslo r elemeo t.4 uch fairet the soli' , , üblisheot Ldvantag e added mber o° l 4 intro the pig' v each 13 . , abouncle t ; stale, 0 1 ' this tittle -ew Yo rg yr Affair' gislatio ol that vid, t e ndere d ,he ls. S. rer fails tA" aolour sar ss a ( I ,° H a ir fro ], gross moves Bottler' 3erfunlCO Prinee'lr a 60. -lane, t ‘ i i : rds, I'S fia °l l datif'' Robe ° f rful°' L©-sh ee t ut , n tof roinoir Y 1 (- i ll !: g° sll" ___.,...._...S SVS' 00 / 0 4 ) N. l ' :nti 4: IJTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION v (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859). 14, RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRMIITON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free - hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. EASTER HOLIDAYS.-MADAME TITS SALT SEX MB ITIO N.— A lways Beautiful. Always Attractive. Redecorated. New and Beautiful Costumes.— Portrait Model of MADAME RACHEL, and numerous Addi tions. Admission, is.; ChTldren under ten, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. R OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr J. S. Sweasev. Unprecedented Success of the Easter Entertainment. Mr. IA rthur Lloyd in his impersonations of Professor in the Original Christy's Minstrels—E. D. Davis. the greatest Ventrilo quist of the day—Professor Beaumont in his wonderful Delusions (Magic)—Lelia and Florence Ellis, the Juvenile Actresses —Mr. C. Burton, Transformation dancer. in ten characters —Miss Packer, from the Theatre Royal, Glasgow—Miss "ells,. Miss Lizzie Reed, Serio-Comics—Harry and Kettle Ring, Irish Duettists—and a host of other talented artistes. I . tar Mr. P. Corri's (the Musical Di rector) Benefit will take place on Wednesday, April 21, on which occasion Mr. F. Trot man will take the chair. Great Night of the Season. AR GY LL ROOM S.-OPEN EVERY EVENING for Instrumental rated by Dancing- —The Rooms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt and Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director and Conductor--Signor LUIGI CURTI " PATE AU DIABLE." rr T HE above Past e i s a most agreeable relish for h Breakfast, &c. It will be found most for deviling Legs - of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, Sm. Also their useful ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (Manfleld's Patent), To be obtained Wholesale and Retail'of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107, STRAND • (Corner of Savoy Steps), London, W.C. ASHLEY AND CO. FOR IVINES. PER DOZEN. Very Fine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34s. Old Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's Shipping), Vintage Wines Sparkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry Mosseux, Sil lery, Qualite Superieure (Perrier's 3g,:. to 54 5 . Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. GARRICK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. 1D B. HALL, of P r i n ti ng H ouse-square, E.C., . next the "Times," London.--Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES ; Keatinge and Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA. FIDE BErEINEESES.—A. number of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the D raw i ng - 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 arrar,ges 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. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. • Offices-1, Dale-street, Liver')Ool; 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 axed Bonus for the Lif e P o li c i es 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. JOLIN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal. street, Lincoln's-inn. —The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED REDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. QEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Naticns, 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. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1381. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. LG., whereby a home has been afforded for 230 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The Welt of the Charity Is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. KINGSDOTE, Treasurer W H. WABWICK. Secretary. Office, 121, Pa.ll-ma 11, W ORITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, ..Iffi Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education o f destitute orphans from a ll p ar t s 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 Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., } Hon. Secs" ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers, Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health -restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA saves fifty times its coat 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, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, 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 chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishin g 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 auda c i ously attaaheii Henceforth none will doubt the valuabl e properties of Du Barry's health -restoring Revalenta Arabic a and Infants' Food, since to the thousands •of blessings it has already received from invalids whose wdh..!nreafet:i his tf oore i ld _ position2rieathad been deemed h o p e l e ss, we may now ness the Pope, whose health has been p by it after thirty years of unsuccessfulii, July 25th (Cure No. medical treatm ent. We quot e f rom th e G aze tt e d u M d 18,413) : —"R ome, J n l y 21 s t , 186 6._Tcheo, health abandoning a f the l Holy Fathe r i s exce ll en t , espec ially sin other re me di es, h e h as con fi ne d himself en e suticroenlytmees a Du Barry's R eva l en t a A ra bi ca Food, of which h plateful at eve r y mea l. Tt h as produced a _ss cannotsnuerprisngly beneficial eff ec t on hi s h ea l t h , an d hi s Holiness praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Breh .t ry an D o e fse e r c e s ! years' liv er comp l a i nt, wast i ng away, debility, ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, tstd di gestion, constant sle e pl essnes s, an d th e mos t intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Bight Hon. the_alfrd- Stuart do Docies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of IV ford :--"I have derived much benefit from your excellent food.—STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jo:ly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, i ndigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ter vous fancies, year s d Cure iarrh No. 56,814. —Mr. Samuel La x t on , L e i ces t er , o f two cea. The Food is sold in Czinister at ls. ; 11b., 2s. 9.d., 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241b., ' 405. The 121 b. and 2-ilb c misters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du B irry s Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tin canisters : Per 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 283 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 555. Being about ens penny p ar cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. batißY DU BARRY and Co., 77, negout-s meet, London ; also at Portnum and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, G racechincla-street ;63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121 Ness Nerth-rsad, London an d all Grocers and Chemists 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. It embraces a double set of vowels, with liquid consonants grafted on the other letters ; together with a DIAGRAM OF DOTS, and a combination of words in most familiar use, into ready sentences The whole forming A SYSTEM OF READABLE SHORT- H AND, Shortened. By 11 U IMO YOUNG. London: Edward Stanford, 6 and 7, Charing-moss, S.W. Price 2s. 6d. Just published, price ls. 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: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. itNGLO -AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION A L NE WS PAPER, Devoted to Ametican Intellizence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Conzress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, dm Members of Parliament, Conanetreial Alen, and those having an interest iu the Untied States, will tiu , l this newspaper of nse. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. KEATING R 'S NT COUG O,7 II AL LOZENGES.-... August 23, 1868. Dear Sir,--11aving tried your Cough Lozenges in India I have much pleasure in testifying to their beneqcial effects in cases of Incipient Consumption, Asthma, and Bronchial aff , ctions ; so good a medicine ought to be known to bo appreciated. I have prescribed it largely with the best results. W. B G., Apothecary lI.M. Indian Medical Service. To Mr. Thomas Keating. Sold by all Druggists. 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. HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND FISHING. THE STRONGEST MAN in the world cannot break the ever-lasting Porpoise-skin Boot Laces made by GILL AND CO., 12, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W. Price ls. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, ss. FRENCH DUBBING.—This invaluable composition possesses the properties of preserving leather, rendering it supple and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing as that used by the best curriers in Bordeaux. BOOTS, SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its application. Sold Wholesale and Retail by IV. GILL and CO., Curriers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden- square. Price ls. Gd., 2s. Gd., and ss. per can SI R. F ( t ) li -street, hays t Rd introduce D e n l;: i N r - l e l ly si SnT, e -5d2, scription of ArcriFic[AL TEETH, 1ix. , (1 without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to bo 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 that aro loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects aro truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, Loudon, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also ss, 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Rod Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. VIVEITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. Tho 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 Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot bo detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JO EIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. Gd., and 31s. 6d."Postago, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. Gd. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VILAS TIC STO CKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. Gd., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small '7eekly Paymen t , receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined withtho best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Barley -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. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All informeion respecting it may be obtained on ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. writ- Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutt s and Co.'s, 59, Strand. C SPRING PIGI4I lion Sec. 1 - 1 OYAL FREE lIOSPIT G It) in the immediate vicinity - o f'' -r aY's-inn-ro d Railway Terminus 2 King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJtEhe Great Northern This Hospital, founded in the year establish the principle of free admission to 1828 the first to without the delay and difficulty of G'ovornorel sick poor, wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributionsorders, is and legacies. erYlBt2h Q I. 9 It affords relief to a large number of in -patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attenda nce of i th e - destizuto sick has for a consid erable p eriod av eraged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abehurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; D rumm ond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; lorries and tie.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pap;, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Coißerners-street ;,and at the Hospital from 10 till b. N°. 23,970-. Now ready, at all th e Lib raries, in 1 vol., Bvo., THE GLADSTONE GOVERNMENT, BEING CABINET PICTURES. By A TEMPLAR. " This book, Which merits attention, contains an interestin account of the principal persons who figure in the present Ca. binet."--Pall Mall Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publisher:, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IC ow ready, in 2 vols., with Portrait and numerous Illustrations, 24s , CHAUCER'S ENGLAND. By MATTHEW BROWE. "Pleasanter volumes have never been written on a subject so dear to every Ehglishman as these two interesting volumes of `Chaucer's England.' "—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION TO THE QUEEN. FIFTH EDITION, now ready, i n 1 vo l ., B vo., U ER MAJESTY'S TOWER. By W. HEPWORTII DIXON. "This charming volume will be the most popular of all Mr. Dixon's works." Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LADY CHARLES THYNNE'S NEW NOVEL. - On Friday, April 9, i n 3 vo l s ., ADVENTURESOF MRS. HARDCASTLE By Lady CHARLES THYNNE, Author of "Colonel Forteseue's Daughter," &e. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE SUN, LCNDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1869. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 1811 - INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869. 1. -- By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Servics, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, hare from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive4asseislanciaa.ia-la4ia.-- Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. 8011, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. H., Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Mond, E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, Gth Madras Native in fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. IV. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras 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. 126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G.,Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, . 11., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. 'Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. 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 dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re port; Price 8s: per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. FRENCH GALLERY, 120, Pall-inall.—The SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EX (I IBITION of PICTURES, the contributions of artists of the French and Flemish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. AdiniSsion, ls. t atalogue, 6.1. IWIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE- is greatly superior to auy tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is., 6d.—Rod Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street, London. COMPENSATION IN C ASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATII Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIN u, may be secured by a Policy of the .RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of - .(2 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACM t)ENTs ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, COENRILL and 10, REGENT ::TREET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT _ LANTIQUE._ 4, Rue d© la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for Now York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAvuE or BREST to NEW YORK. First Mass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havro or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr..; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST I 1 TES AND MEXICO. Leave St- Nazaim 3.6 th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cub a , G ua d e l o upe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and JapaL. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, ANI) GENERAL VV LTFE ASSURANrE SOCIETY. 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. CIIAIRMAN. Right Hon. John Robert Mowbroy, DEPUTY-CITA William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S. Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D.O L 1' R.S Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at the Annual General Meeting held on the 27th November, 1868 : 1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of which £307,395 was completed at Premiums pro ducing £10,067 per Annum. 2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,833, being the smallest since 1860, whilst the expenses of management and all other outgoings wero even less than for many years past. 3. On the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769, notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by abatements of premium which did not take effect in the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867. 4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It amounted to £93,152, n sun exceeding by more than 8,0 0 0 of tiny the during the forty-four years 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to previous soiet3,s Surplusxeistexistence. c e £1,598,906.. The following are amou r ; the distinctive features of the Society : CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the w`-ole of Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on credit. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, pay able on the event shall attainment fir o s happen. ft ahaspecified ago, or at d ea th, without Profits, by which the Sum A ssure d becomes INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates pr o p or ti one d to the increased risk. t s whichever PROMPT SETTLEMENT OP CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can bb obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE OUTGLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. A FARM EN TS.—Ooe or Two Floors, with LA. Extra Bed Rooms if required. Close t) Omnibus, Bail, and Boat. Terms moderate. 13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-road, Brompton. TIE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROONI. Lombard-street, London. MANAGER —Mr J. H. YOUNGIIUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or 108. monthly, payable in Advance. The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Renter'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, as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messra. Letts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRUSTEES. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S. Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, Esq. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF TAE Roaza z - . 11 iNCIS WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN - W. TYLEIr,fetISIT t -gsq. 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. 9d. 2,472 policies were issuad, 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 : g • . 6 8 o_ Bg . Amount Annual w Proposed. Z.g. Assured. Preminms. •3 I- 1 ce f f, - - - £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1858 4,502 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 C 54,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10 1868 17,436 4,861,303 5 9 13,399 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 —— Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 The net premium income has increased to the sum of - - - .£216,704 1 7 The net premium income the sum of The interest on investment of receipt yield Is and other items 1,276 18 1 Making a total income of £237,980 19 8 The claims were 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 to the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year andLs t t 1 December,mt al l polices 1869, will effected be en entitled t p l e r d o scalesfitto participate in the same, The directors also draw attention to the successful esta-• blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fite Association, under the 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. (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPIIAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. ORlce, 54, Cheapside, London. Z.O QAMARIT A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dis , ases of women. 2,74(1 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bert.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers: Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bonverie, and Cin.—Tho 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. MITE 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 grant e d t o th e bli n d 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 Snore- Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. tary, GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. ' 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall.mall.—lfon. Sec., I, Smith, Esa. GEO. REID, Soc. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CILZST, City-road.---The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. Tho Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. BRITISH HOAIE for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise, instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEA . YER y Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are 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. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Renstridge-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 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. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. sympathy") may The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so S T h h a e fte c s io b ra ur rn y i entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my be had on application. t t e l e ts ve b r a y n . e t a r r s n earnestly y The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of e Messrs.commend ts Barclay wo r a k n d t t C h o e . benevolent. DANL. COOPEB, Sec. QuAeu-street °Wayside. L ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CIIALLENGEABLM, isgucd by lb° PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, E.C. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not nufiliViitly urged by persons invited to sore, 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 th e groun d that, in the event of in ' ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre miums, tho Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the syst em n ow 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 premium paid, b e aring 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 i the duration of the Policy,, such amounts being set 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 th e h abit of mak i ng advances coll a t era ll y 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 without any conditions as to voyagin g 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 defined. The longest term provided for is twenty-fire years, and the shortest five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, 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 ta Assurances—a matter of grea t importance where policie s are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground 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 any office in tho Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. lIENRY IJARBEN, Secretary. "A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-20, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, E n Governor. JAMES STEWART H9DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor. CIIARLES JOHN MANNING, E5q.,..... Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS . Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, John Garratt Cattley, Esq• Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq.,., _Wilmot Holland, Esq. Edward James Daniell, DSCI• ZgArtOn Hubbard, Esq. William Davidson, Esci• Nevile Lubbock, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy. Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq. Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esci• William Wallace, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, Samuel Sony Es q ., F Rs NOTICE.--The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire on the 9th of April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Firo 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. Fit ^IfING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machmea. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE TOLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent.4per:annu►n on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Auy sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the A sFund Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter front the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested 127 the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HAIL 'R OY AL EXCHANCR, L ONDON. ' ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. EAGLE INSITRA.NCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of tho Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, Au r rnst 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 JUTE, 1868. DR. INCOME OF TUE YEAR. 13.1ance of account, 30th June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 _ Premiums on new assur- fences Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 X 380,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 3 £772,740 13 9 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 46,070 13 3 Total income 544,466 9 2 £1,317.207 2 11 CR.' CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors . £8,877 5 0 Cla;-ns on decease of lives assured £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new Ditto, old 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees Income tax ... 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage- _ want v 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total dargo Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approval. THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors HENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 98. 2d., and the total outgo £409,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by-- viz., £134,811 14s. 9d.—raises the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in to 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 officeslftst absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than &I per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : Du. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,580 4 5 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 £6,977 13 3 Total £7,565,198 1 3 Cu. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities Ditto ditto temporary securities Current interest on the above invest- ments Cash and bills _ 86,243 7 6 22,601 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies....• 159,503 14 9 Agents' balfitces 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 LLEN,} Auditors. • HENRY ROSE, The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., D.C.L. Robert A. Gray?. Esq. Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., F.E.S. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. . James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrook°, Esq. it drairal Tindal.: 4d. STAMPED sd. INCORPORATED 1., SOCIE ry, U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the mouths of April, May, and Juno next. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will bo limited, and the instruction given will be confined to an examination of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject.. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes ; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to line, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects:— a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightmenk with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. To the Underwriter. g. In connexion with the foregoing will bo considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. In his _private classes the reader will use as text-books —The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Andarson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BRO WNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., M., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and C ovenan t s , & c . : d. R emar k s on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Satlements of Real Estate a. Estat es f or Lif e an d 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. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. "Ai ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and. Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfradchisernent of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.--1. Credi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these 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', Barrister-at -Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suegested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. - Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion: 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1,, 23 ; Haddan'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 ...... £2 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 For each instruction. branch. By every subscriber Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hull after the lecture has com menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and :Men . ] the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes Ivill have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN • STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 16.0. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE 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 'Tendon. ,Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME f or DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private• medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to moot in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS aro earnestly solicited for tho purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions reetsive , l by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury,b WILLIAM WILLIAM S, Secretary. No. 8, Groat Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fie:dß. H OME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the im me di a t e di rect i on of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of tbe Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P. Rey. J. E. Kempe Rev. W. F. Erskine - Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhouse J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon Nepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Esq. R R. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq. ved by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. I, 14, Seymour-street, Port utications may be addressed. Rev. J. W. Ayr° Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Bon. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev, W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. E. Capel Cure Rev. J. E. Oox Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Furse C. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gillist, Esq. Rev. Dr. F. Hessey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be racer Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom comum R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West -hill Putney-heath. _ Established . 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort. and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief Is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for tho in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A now wing to the lio.pital 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 ap . plicants aro awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upward; with votes in proportion. Information will bo sup plied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Se eretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received.' FRED111:10 ANDREW, Secretary No. 10. Poultry London,. T.C. September 1868. Mr. J. Lothrop Motley will, we are told, bring with him a new Alabama policy. Mr. Reverdy Johnson's treaty is regarded as dead, and the new plan will be a demand for payment of the claims, and also the acknow ledgment by England that she was wrong in recognising the belligerent rights or the Confederacy. This demand will be pure and simple. No commission, or arbitration, or other formalities will be tolerated. Such are the best- founded rumours in American circles. But it is one thing to make these pure and simple demands and another to get England to meet them. The recent articles in the English newspapers have been reprinted in America, and have excited much attention. One would have thought that the unanimity of the British press on the subject of further concessions would have demonstrated to the Americans that there is a point be yond which we will not go. But they are of opinion that the more they bully us the more we shall yield. 01111 POLICY IN QENTBAL ASIA. Dr. Vambery writes to the Times from Pesth touching the meeting of Shere Ali and Lord Mayo at Umballa. He quite approves of our interference in Affghanistan, thinking that it has been delayed far too long. It is essential, too, if we would secure the friendship of the Affghans, that they should be well paid. Hence the grant of £120,000 and some weapons annually is well advised. But in return for this money and goods we ought to have some• thing more substantial than words and promises. England must make good her footing in the country which will soon have to serve as a buffer between Russia and India, and in order to do this three consulates ought to be esta. Wished at Cabool, Herat, and Candahar. These consu. lates ought to be regular British agencies, presided over by officers of ability. They will be useful in respect of trade, but for political purposes they are indispensable, WAR OP EXTERMINATION IN CUBA. . Like all civil wars, the Cuban revolt is being conducted with exceptional ferocity. The responsibility of the earliest excesses must he laid to the Spaniards themselves ; for it has long been no secret that the volunteers at first gave no quarter. All insurgent prisoners were shot until the arrival of General Dulce, who forbade such cruelty. Whether he has perfectly succeeded in asserting his autho rity in this respect is doubtful; but it is certain that the in surgents have not been slow in retaliation. The Madrid correspondent of the Libcrte states that the struggle has now assumed the most sanguinary and merciless cha- racter. Every Spaniard taken in arms is doomed. At Mayari fifty-two were hung. On the River Sagua the crew of a Spanish vessel were all massacred. From Sagua-la-Chica the Spaniards have fled, and what was once a city is now a desert. As to the fate of the Cuban prisoners, it appears that if they are not shot they are banished to Fernando Po. Here they are imprisoned without food ; their families being informed that they must support them, for the State will not. The corres pondent of the Libel* confirms the reports of American aid. One general has landed with 250 men perfectly equipped, and has already commenced operations. THE CROWN OF SPAIN. Dom Fernando has once more risen in popular estima tion as the probable successor of Queen Isabella. One of the Madrid papers has affirmed that a considerable majo rity in the Cortes might induce him to take the Crown, and that such was very likely to be the issue. But the Lisbon journals, of March 30th, publish a letter from a Portuguese Minister, stating that in no case, large majority or not, would Dom Fernando take the Spanish Crown. The Madrid correspondent of the IndependariCC Belac thinks that this settles the question. BE HUNGARIAN ELECTIONS. The composition of the Hungarian Diet is now web nigh complete. The Dealcists have a majority of 63 on all Hungarian questions, besides which 30 Croatian deputies will support the Government on Croatian questions. But though the Red party is still so far behind, it has largely gained upon the Government. It is now 170 strong, whereas in the last Diet it numbered no more than from 110 to 117. Advanced opinions have clearly made great urogress in Hungary. THE LATE RITUAL TRIAL. The Rock says : "We are informed that the proctors of Mr. Mackonochie have requested the Church Association to compromise, for little more than a third of their amount, the cost in which the defendant was condemned. In accepting the pro posal to release Mr. Mackonochie from a heavy ioecu niary burden proof has been afforded that the object of the Church Association is to viudicate principles." There is such a thing as making a virtue of necessity, and we suspect that the Church Association has adopted that course. The intimation that Mr. Mackonochie would, if necessary, go through the Bankruptcy Court, has produced a satisfactory effect upon the Association's lawyers. They would hardly have been so modest if they had known that their bills would be paid by the English Church Union. THE LANDED GENTRY. Attention is again called to the continuance of the influence of • the landed gentry in political matters. Notes and Queries some time since published a list, shewing that the mine names which composed the list of the Long Parliament of 1640 are in many instances to be found in the list of the present Par liament. The same journal now compares the first Irish Parliament—of which there is a complete list, that of 1613—with the present one. A Burke then sat and now sits of Galway County ; a Kavanagh then represented and now represents Carlow; a Nugent then held and now h o ld s the seat given by the county of Westmeath ; and a Power then was, and a De la Poer now is, member for Waterford. Besides these, the familiar names Annesley, Barry, Bingham, Brady, Dalway, Hamilton, Kavanagh, Pollard, Trevor, and White, with more than forty others, appear in both lists. THE COLONIAL SOCIETY. • There has been a meeting of the newly-formed Colonial Society, at which several well known poli ticians spoke. The principal point discussed was the military relation between the colonies and the mother country. The Marquis of Normanby said that if we left the colonists to fight their own battles we ought to allow them to fight in their own way. He thought we should have had fewer Kaffir wars if the colonists had been allowed to deal with the Kaffirs as they had liked to do. He held that the colonies were well able to defend themselves. Sir William Denison sympathised with the Maories, and thought they had been hardly treated. At the same time it was a pity they had taken to eating white men. Lord Alfred Churchill thought that discharged soldiers would make capital colonists, and that settlements of such might be formed advantageously. At the same time he considered that the presence of soldiers in New Zealand had been most disastrous, the sight ofJ a red coat having the same effect upon a Maori as upon a bull. Mr. Arthur Mills said that the policy laid down aid acted upon by the House of Commons was that the Imperial Treasury was to be drawn upon to protect the colo nies from any consequences of imperial policy. So long as England continued to hold the command of the seas so long would she hold her colonial empire. Sir Francis Hincks had always entertained the opinion that there was nothing to prevent an eternal con nection between the colonies and the mother country. He thought that the best way would be for England to leave the defence of the colonies to themselves, and, if necessary, to give them for a time some pecuniary assistance. In a multitude of counsellors there is said to be wisdom. But every rule has its exception. If we were to listen to the counsellors of the Colonial Society, we should allow our colonists, in gratifying their land-hunger, to inflict any amount of wrong-doing upon the aborigines. It was this land-hunger which originated the Kaffir and the Maori war. No doubt when the colonists were at war the Imperial troops did them little service. But as was pointed out at the meeting, war ought not to be considered the normal condition. We have to consider what shall be our relations with our colonies when there is peace. There can be little doubt that we cannot let them have their own way with the native populations. All experience, from the time of Sir Walter Raleigh down to the Aborigines Protection Society, proves this. The aborigines are the Queen's subjects, and must be protected, if necessary, against their fellow subj ects. A TELEGRAPHIC FEAT. Between two and three o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, 24th March, the House of Commons divided on the second rea ding of the Irish Church Bill. At six o'clock of the same morning, the New York papers, thanks to the energy of the New York Associated Press, came out with the result of the division, with a summary of the debate which preceded it, and with a description of the scene of excitement which followed it. This is the most rapid feat of journalism which has yet been accomplished; and even with the largest faith in the development of mechanical science, we do not see how this feat can be greatly surpassed, even though that which men " have done is but an earnest of the things that they shall do." To transmit) news . over 3,000 miles, and to set it up in type, to rint it, an . 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