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The celebrated Band will ns an attrlctive P rogramme of Operati k. and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Et Admission, la ; Bal tLY. WINDMILL STREET, PI inGI CuitTl Musical Di rector and Conductor ---1 OTIN PITRGESS ANDS Original and J p k e r ap r erpir C ßSENCE of ANCHO rilllMoured.lEPoph'Se had of all dealers and a d re perfectly hl in f l r adon. BURGESS AND SON, 107, Strand ( corner erwofoSfaToye-sote DR. RING'S DANDELA. enry). QUININE LIVER PILLS (Witho 7l The very best rem BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, A t HEADACHE, HEARTBURN. ns to be the saf e t And acknowledged by many eminen titution. and mildest pills for eve at all chemists. In boxes at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and COUNTER CLOTHS FLICENCEI) VICTUALL'' for that purpose, (ARE only article really suit, y for use. Address 1 ss. 6d. rer dozen, hemmed Clapham. 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pa,;(' GLASS CLOTHS SUITABL!,3R LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 940 PR DOZEN. 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Qualification for a Governo r, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lolos. 14-I STABLI SHMENT for IENTLEIVOMEN U/ during TEMPORARYILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, 14 51. Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesse s, and 4iists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comf‘ts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and SLgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-s.„t • This establishment, which was ( wiled in 1550, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bisb, of London is Visitor, and it is manao-ed by the Marchsness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edw r d Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil R usso , and other ladies. All information respecting it my be obtained on writ ten or personal application to th e Itdv Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the I Mitution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts a nd 59. Strand. W. C. SPRINT RICE, Hon. Sec. I\TATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1 8 49 . Enlarged 1861. Under thepatronage of H.R.H. tho Dts .0 of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., whereby a home has been afforde d fir 280 Destitute Orphan . Girls of all ages, classes, and denommitinns, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give tßphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruct - tot in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic se ev iee; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 y ea rs of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subs c riptions. HENRY ItiNGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WAIrisrICK Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, W HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. E) BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. 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Athenaeum.—" All lovers of a good novel will find di,varion in the pages of 'Kathleen.' " • Hurst andElacliett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Now ready, Mustrated by Tenniel, 55., bound, C . EAP EDITION of A NOBLE LIFE. By the Author of "John Halifax ;" forming the New Volume of "Ifusgr AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY." "A story of powerful and pathetic interest"—Daily News. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great .!tkrlborough-street. RL EMOVA-POST OFFICE DIRECTORY PUBLISHING OFFICES removed to 1 61 - , Great Queen street, Limoln's-imi-fields, W.C. The LONE.GO•DIR. FICTORY for 1869 is now•ready. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for J A.NURY, 1869. No. DCXXXTY Price 2e. 6d CONTENTS. Historical Sketches of the Reign of George 11. No. IX.—The Philosopher. The Fifteen Lonis-d'or of Beaumarchais. Doubles and Quits: A Comedy of Errors —Part 111. Kinglake's History of the War in the Crimea.—Part IL Christian Missions to India. Seats and Saddles. Bits and Bitting. Gain or Loss?—The Statistics of the Campaign. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Just published, price ls. 6d., by post Is. 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 o ther journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 rAGES. Reports of Conzress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &e. Meinbers of Parliament, Commercial Alen, and those having an interest ih the ILlnited States, will du this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING. price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. 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ORNAMENTS for the Drawi ng - room, Lib rary, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the now edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY ani GEOLOGY, and 'tan be bad at 2,5, 10, 20, SU, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. - RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS V (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 Moc-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 fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. PAIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Trucs, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 61 Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLAS TIC STOCKINGS, 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. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. GAME LICENCES. 'HE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND 2 REVENUE hereby give Notice that LISTS, containing the Names of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL and D EAL in GAME in the current Year, to 30th September last Inclusive, have been printed for each Excise Collection. A Copy of the List, applicable to any District, may be obtained GRATIS on application at the Offices of the respective Collectors or Supervisors of Inland Revenue, Distributors or Sub-Distribu tors of Stamps, by whom Licences are issued. The Commissioners further give Notice that instructions havo been issued to their Officers to take the necessary steps to prefer informations for penalties against all persons found in pursuit of or dealing in Game without license. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenne, Somerset House, London, October 29, 1868. liING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL , Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. --The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only 1,4 institution in the Metropolis for the treatment 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 H osp it a l , Liverpool-road, Islington, N. JOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most (a MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— . _ His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and of difficulty Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributious and legacies. It affords relief to a large numhor of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destiatte sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and C and lorries and Co.; Ra nsom and Co. ; Prescott, and and Co.; Smith, rap..o, and Co.; Barclay a nd Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bornoro-otroot 9,0 at the kloopitol from 10 till 0. THE SUN, LONDON, FIIIDA Ar EVENING, NUAEt Y 1, 1869. THE WELLINGTON, 54, St. James's-street, s.w. DINNER frcim the joint, with vegetable, bread, cLeese, and attendance, 2s. SET DINNER, including soup, fish, joints, and sweets, with attendance, sv. The WELLINGTON DINNER, a most recherché dinner, with dessert and attendance, ss. A comfortable SMOKING ROOM, and the best BILLIARD ROOM in London. lIINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.— The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap " , ved 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, t 72, New Bond-street, London; and of all other chemists throughout the world. NCORPO RATED LAW SOCIE rY,I 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 dell:;•ered in the Hall of the Society in the months of December, January, February, March, April, May, and June next. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the instruction given will be confined to an examination of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes ; and the system of constant ex rmination twill test from time to time, the progress made by the students: - LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. _ _ _ d. Bills of Exchan g e, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. To the Underwriter. _ g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. _ _ In his private classes the reader will use as text-books The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Andarson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. _ _ Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect. of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, &c c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. TV ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-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., Bairis - ter-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. _ Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, Admfraistratiou of Trusts, as enlarged by'tecent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., TX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 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 the Lectures— For all the Foreaeh 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 fot 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 hall after the lecture has com menced. 2 2 0 Law Society's Hall, Oct., I E. W. Williamson, Secretary. 868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attend the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. MILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Rooms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected afterhalf a century's experience, effectually guard against Vire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London, PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved Super flneThiek Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 89., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........10s 61, 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ru!&d ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for Is. 6d., or 5 6 Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" Dote, five quires for 2.69. Puperflne Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Gd, 5s 6d, & 6s Gd Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s Gd per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLII -TR k TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage , tales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, Br.c , post free INDIA OFFICE. 15th October, 1868. 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 Servic', and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed. viz.:- 11. Babington. W. 8., A7:gtani, Surgeon, Madras Medical Department.- 12.. Briggs, F. W.:Rev., Madras Establishment. 17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native Infantry. 20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran Battalion. 21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native infantry. 26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In fantry. 33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 42. Dillas, R., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi ment. 48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras Native nfantry. 52. Fenning, D. A., Colonel, let Madras Light Cavalry. 63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot. 65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In- Infantry. 69. Hawes, .1. C., Brevet-Maior, let Madras Fusiliers. 7'. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In fantry. 83. Keighly, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In fantry. 85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 88th Madras Native Infantry. 128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 134 A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and Miners. 142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 1508. Stothert, R., Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry. 154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment. 165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Miners. Applications for such packages should be made by next of 'kid 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. PR INT I N G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, Ac._ . . The Printing and Machining of Nevrspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices, 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Choapside, London, 1X) QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dis-ases of women. 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard. Picca dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly 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 the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. MR. WEBB, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of "Th e Latest Improved System of Dentistry," second edition' just published, and sent free for two stamps, "Will well repay perusal." Express. Attendance nine to six. Consultations free. —27, New Bond-street. N.B. Many years with Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street. DEAFNESS.—Aconstic Instruments, for the Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to join in general conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies. The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cor nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.—SOLOMONS, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. SPECTACLES. --:-The Achromatic and Tinted SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO MONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief to weak, dim, and defective vision. Conies of Testimonials from the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.-39, Albemarle-street, Pic adilly. B C PATENT DESPATCH BOX.—,TEN NER and KNEWSTUB'S newly-invented Patnmt A B C and 1,2, 3, Despatch Bores, "for general conve nience, for • ready access to papers and methodical arrangement, have received the highest commenda tion." Price 10s. 6d. and upwards. "This is a valuable contrivance."—Punch, Nov. 14. "Cannot tail to be useful in the library and office."—Renord. " Will meet espe cially the requirements of literary, legal and official per sons. '-- Star. "A boon to pH:lovers of order."—lllus trated London News. "There ean be no question as to the value of this invention."—Morning Post.—Jenner and Knewstub, Inventors of the Elgin Writing Case, 33, St. James's-street, and 66, Jermyn=street. IUR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found suporior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teethe 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. 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 tailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient ; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir- Jumstances, and thousands of persons can now 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., 2s. 9d., and 11. s. each, in every town in the kingdom. bATITION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of " Norton's Camomile Pills." DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVEIi. PILLS.—A NE VER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, 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 in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. T HE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which expire at CHRISTMAS must be Renewed within Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. All Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced Duty of ls. 6d. per cent. For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com pany's Agents, or to T. TALLEMACH, 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-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART 111DGSON, Esq Sub--Governor. CHARLES JOIIN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard. Esq. Nevilo Lubbock, Esq. George 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. fuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME fo r DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady - Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to M r. B a k er Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing. 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 2 14 , gigh Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, L.C..• and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert. M.P. Re 7. J. E. Kempe Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhouse J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Camin 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 a ications may be addressed. Rev. J. W. Ayre Rev. F. G. Bloomfield lion. 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 R9v. E. Capel Cure Rev. J. E. Cox Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Furse C. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be recei' Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom comma 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 diseaso. 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 new wing to the Hospital has just been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. No. 10, Rcaltr7 l :49nd9P, E.g., gepttanber, 1604 GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-m*ll.-110n. Sec.. / Smith. EA°. GEO. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CEIr:ST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. H OSPITAL 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- Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridgo-road, S E. road. B RITISH HOME 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 persons over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted. The Home was opened in September, 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE Are as fo, i 0 CIETY'S HOMES lows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. I 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland. street. I with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have• under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls frokn 10 to 16. The committee aie deeply anxious to open anotLer house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may . be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to tho benevolent. iDANL. (MER ) Seaga Qmaitrott cliealtdd* Robert Barclay, Eq. John Garratt Ziatth;y, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq, Killian Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredlr. Joseph Edl mann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sami NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling duo at Christmas will expire on the 9th of January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of ls. Gd. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. _ _ P/ 1 rkING STOCK.- No Extra Charge Is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Rever , ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the AsFured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. PRICY 4d. STAMPED 53. COMPAGNIE GENE RALE TRAN SAT. LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la P - aix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days. from Havre and Brest, for Now York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From IlAvitE or BREST to NEW YORK. First ~ .11ass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via llavre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr.; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. EUROPEANASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—Every Policy effected with this Society by the list inst. will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. The Directors give notice that the Policies of the Society be come Indisputable, and are relieved of all conditions (except payment of the annual premiums), when they have remained unchallenged for five years, and the life assured has completed his 30th year. The bo'nus additions allotted by the Society are highly satisfac tory. In a recent claim the addition to a £l,OOO assurance, dated 1845, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. No. 39, King-street, Cheapsido, London, December, 1863. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and JL GLOBE INSURANCE CO3IPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street•, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life 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. V.R.-TOWER. SALE OF STORES.—By order of the Secretary of State for War.—Mr. GEORGE SPILLMAN will Sell by Public Auction in the Tower, on I IJESDAY, 12th of January, 1869, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, the following Stores: Bedding. Haversacks. Brass. Tin Sheets. I Musquet Stocks. Iron. Accoutrements. Engine Hose. Tools. May he Viewed at the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock the Three Days previous to the Day of Sale, and Catalogues may be had at the War-office, Pall-mall ; the Tower; and Royal Arsenal, Wool wich. INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. India Office, Ist December, 1868. NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination of Candidates for 20 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869. Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi dates, together with information regarding the pay and retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India Office, Westminster, S.W. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, §Nret6rn WEST INnIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Tho►naa, Havana, Vera Cm; New Orleana, Porto Rico, Haiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND OENTR..9.L AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazlire 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, Paramiribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japat.. 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. F. THOMAS AND CO.S PATENT V V • SEWING MACHINES. —The celebrated No. 2 Ma . - chine, unequalled for general work, £lO. The new Domestic Machines, complete (Lock Stitch), .£5 55., £6 65., and CS. Catalogues free. -W. F. Tnouls and Co., 1 and 2, Cheapside, and Regent-circus, Oxford-street, London. WATJKENPHAST'S BOOTS, 10, PALL-MALL, EAST, LONDON, S.W. Choose your fit, and have your number registered for future supplies; and obtain all the advantages of special lasts, at far lower cost. AT CH R I g'T MA S many persons are induced to take more than is wholesome. Two or three of PARR'S LIFE PILLS will clear off ACIDITIES, and remove FEVERISH HEADACHE and other unpleasant symp toms, without pain or inconvenience. PARR'S LIFE PILLS may be obtained of any Medicine Vendor, in boxes. ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and in Family Packets, lls. each. Directions with each box. INDIA OFFICE, DECEMBER 10, 1868. By order of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Council. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to send to India annually a certain number of YOUNG MEN, trained and educated for ultimate employment in the higher branches of the Department for the conserva tion and management of the Forests under tho Govern ment of India. Eight young men will be selected in February next to go to India at the end of 1871. The salary will be at first £3OO a year, and the salaries of the appointments in the three Presidencies range be tween that sum and £1,900 a year. Promotions will de pend upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacancies in the higher grades. Applicants must be British subjects above 17 and under 25 years of age. As active habits and a strong constitution are most im portant, candidates will have to undergo a strict medical examination. _ _ They must send to the Revenue Department of the India Office, on or before the Bth of January, 1869, a statement of their names and parentage, with a certificate of birth, and of being posssesed of a competent knowledge of the following subjects, and they must be prepared o undergo an examination in them :- 1, English writing from dictation and English com position. 2. Arithmetic in all its branches. 3. Algebra, elementary principles, simple and quadratic equations, ratios and proportions, logarithms, arithmetical and geometrical progression. 4. Geometry (Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th books of Euclid) and plane trigonometry. 5. Free hand and plan drawing. 6. A good colloquial knowledge of either French or German, with the facility to read and translate the works of some classical writer in the language. A preference will be given to those candidates who obtain a certain proficiency in,—. IL 1. Surveying and land measuring. 2. The elements of any of the following natural sciences : Mechanical and natural philosophy. Chemistry. Botany. C4eology. If selectea, they will be further required to go through a course of training and instruction in Forestry and cog nate sciences for two years and a half, in France or Ger many, previous to their departure for India, and the Sec retary of State will contribute £5O at the end of each half year towards the expenses of their training, in the case of such candidates as are favourably reported on by their in structors. In addition to this, if it should be found prac ticable, the young mon will be required to place them selves under an approved forester iu Scotland for a few months before they go out to India. More detailed information as to these appointments may he bad on application to the Under Secretary of State for India, India Office. Westminster. (Signed) HERMAN MERIVALE. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS, Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 18G7. The "ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents than now. FIRE BRANCH. PREMIUMS in 1867 being a larger revenue than in any preceding year. LOSSES by Fire in 1867 NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex penses £56,373 LIFE BRANCH. Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7 £BOl,OOO Do. during previous Quinquennium £688,000 Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583 LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy holders. _ . --- IERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. August, 1868. r r lIE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-map. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. METROPOLITAN GOSSlP—Thursday. Mr. Glyn seems to have had no difficulty in forming a ' House on Tuesday, albeit we are still within the " octave" of Christmas. About a hundred and twenty members were present, and a little liveliness was imparted to the scene ' by the applause with which the new Ministers who have obtained re-election were received as they went up to take the oaths. They did not all perform that formality. The Right Hon. John Bright " made affirmation" only, being, as the official records of the House say, " one of the people called Quakers "—one of " my own people," as he would say. It was noticed that the new President of the Board of Trade had received the seal of advancing age during the last few months. His hair has become c al most white ; yet otherwise he looks rather younger than older, looks as a man has a right to look who sees the prin ciples for which he has been battling all his life, some , times almost singly, but never faintheartedly, triumphant. Having taken his seat on the Trea sury Bench he went away, not alone, but with that one man who of all others most vigorously opposed Mr. Bright's principles —his late antagonist, his present colleague—Mr. Lowe. These two Ministers of the Crown walked together arm in-arm—a sight for politicians and philosophers to ponder over. It was only one of those many results of the Con servative opposition to a mild Reform Bill which has fairly bewildered the county squires who cheered so lustily the denunciations of the member for Caine. A Cabinet Council was held on Tuesday. After that Ministers dispersed. They mean to take a fortnight's holiday, and they will then return to town to work like giants. They are fully alive to the great expectations which they have excited, and they mean to strain every sinew to justify those expectations. Just now the most pressing matter is the Turco-Greek difficulty. This was the main subject of discussion at Tuesday's Council, which was held at the Foreign Office. There is now good hope that war may be avoided. The Conference is considered certain to take place ; some sanguine persons have fixed January 2 for the first meeting. But this is wholly out of the question. All the arrangements have to be made the various plenipotentiaries fixed upon, and the programme drawn up. It is determined that the Conference shall be held at Paris. I cannot state positively who will attend on behalf of this country, but, remembering that Lord Lyons, our Ambassador at Paris, has a special acquaintance with Eastern affairs, derived from his position for some years as Ambassador at Con stantinople, it seems not unlikely that he will be our representative. When Ministers return to town each will have to prepare his contribution to the Ministerial list of measures. This list is likely to be an extended one, and it will also be marked by a more than ordinary degree of unity. There has not been for many years a Ministry whose members are so thorougly in accord as the present. It may seem strange to say this, remembering that the Cabinet contains Mr. Bright and Mr. Lowe ; but these have almost everything in common. Mr. Lowe was always a Radical so far as political work was concerned; he was not a Radical einaply 19 fax Alf referred to political machinery, He believed that if the lower classes were enfranchised they would, by yielding to corrupting influences, become obstacles to real Radical reforms. The change has been ,made now, whether for good or ill, and Mr. Lowe is not the man to cry over shed milk. He will simply acknow ledge the inevitable, and endeavour to make the best use of the new materials with which he has to deal. Some little surprise was excited among the uninitiated that no writs were moved for on behalf of the Marquis of Hartington and Mr. Bruce, who are still without seats. Rumour says that a seat will be found for one of them at Morpeth by the retirement of Sir George Grey with a peer. age. This would be a very suitable arrangement. Sir George deserves his peerage, if long years of official life entitle a man to that reward. The only question is, if he, being by no means a wealthy man, and being one of the four ex. Ministers who are in receipt of a pension, would care to accept a dignity that implies a substantial income to sus tain it. It is still thought not improbable that the Marquis of Hartington will be raised to the Upper House, and in that case only one seat would have to be found. As for the Minis ters against whom election petitions were threatened, they a re, with one exception, no longer troubled. Viscount Mahon seems to have been advised by his seniors not to fulfil his threat of petitioning against Mr. Gladstone; the petition against Mr. G °schen has been withdrawn; and yesterday it was decided to withdraw that against Mr. Moncrieff, the Lord Advocate. This step, I believe, is due to the influence of Mr. Gordon, the ex-Lord Advocate and defeated candidate. He bas always been adverse to the action of his committee. There now remains only Mr; Forster, and he, it seems, will have to stand a trial ; for a recent effort to bring about a reconciliation between the two political sections at. Bradford, with a view to the withdrawal of both petitions, has failed. Sir Henry Bulwer has decided not to make his motion with respect to the Ballot whereof he had given notice Mr. Henry Berkeley, the antiquated and should-be-super- annuated member for Bristol, claims the Ballot as his own peculiar property, and to him the member for Tamworth yields place. It was but in accordance with human nature, I suppose, that Mr. Berkeley should, now that it is on the eve of success, have insisted upon bringing forward the subject with which he has been associated all his life, but that success would be more assured if the matter were entrusted to an advocate who has not passed into the stage of old fogeyism. Politics are just now of subsidiary interest to ecclesias tical affairs. The ritual judgment is discussed on every side, and the more it is discussed the less it is liked. The party which at first claimed it as a triumph now find that they are affected by it in a way they never contemplated. It appears that Lord Cairns has, inter alia, ruled that the proper place of the celebrant during Boly Corn. munion is in front of the Holy Table, with his back to the people, and it is even affirmed that the judgment renders compulsory the use of the eucharistic vestments ; so that the prosecutors, while endeavouring to curtail the liberty of their opponents, have curtailed their own still more. Yesterday there was a large gathering of High Church clergy and laity at the Freemasons' Tavern, to consider their position, About 200 were present, and Archdeacon Denison presided. There were several speakers, and it was mentioned as a matter of fact that the judgment was not the finding of all, but of a bare majority, Lord Westbury and Sir William Erle being opposed to it, Sir J. Colvile being neutral, and Lord Cairns, Lord Chelmsford, and the Arch bishop of York being favourable to it. This was thought to weaken in no small degree the force of the judgment, especially as the Archbishop of York had pronounced an opinion upon the question before he heard the arguments. Eventually it was resolved to adjourn the meeting for a fortnight, and to appoint a committee who should report upon the matter. I believe that Mr. Perry, of Brighton (one of the Royal Commission on Ritual), Dr. Littledale, Dr. G. F. Lee, Mr. Carter, of Clewer, the Hon. C. L. Wood (President of the E. C. U.), and Mr. Turner are on the committee, and that they have power to add to their number. Last Sunday, at a well-known church in London, a last sermon was preached by the curate, a gentleman who is known in the literary world. He ceases henceforth to take part in clerical duty, or to retain any clerical dis• tinction of title or dress. He is on the staff of a very well-known evening journal, and that same journal has among its writers two other ex clergymen, one of them the son of a distin guished litterateur and the son-in-law of another still more distinguished. There is also at one of our principal hospitals and schools of medicine a physician who has been in holy orders ; and there is another, the defendant in a trial for heresy, who is now on the Stock Exchange. They have all abandoned their original professions from dissatisfaction with the stringent formalities of the Church. I believe that the number of these is much larger than is generally supposed. Of course the world does not hear of these secessions. There is no party interested in pro claiming them. Christmas all but suspended the play in the British Chess Association tournaments. The numbers of games remaining to be played is not large. The Challenge Cup rests undecided, Mr. Blackburn and Mr. De Vere, who now hold the cup, having scored the largest number of games. In the Handicap Tourney, only Herr Steinitz, Mr. Wisker, and Dr. Murphy, the two former of the first, and the latter of the second class, remain. In the Glowworm Tourney competition rests only between the Rev. G. A. Macdonnell, Messrs. Black burne, De Vere, and Wisker. The contest in this last match promises to be very keen. Chess never, I believe, flourished so vigorously as it does now both in the metropolis and in the country. The Westminster Chess Club has taken up its quarters at the old Divan, and now numbers between 200 and 300 members. In addition to the St. George's in the West and the London in the City, a new club is being formed under the direction of the well known author and player, Mr. Staunton. Its head quarters will be at the Westminster Palace Hotel. Chess literature is on the increase. It now includes one quarterly and two monthlies, four weekly and one biweekly columns in London newspapers, and others in the provinces. There was an interesting Christmas dinner given on Tuesday by the manager of the Australian Meat Agency. Some forty persons sat down to feast on Australian meat dressed in various forms. There were several Australian notabilities, and in reply to the toast proposed by one of them in honour of Mr. Tallerman, the manager of the company, that gentleman described the pro gress which was being made in the introduction Of Australian meat. In 7867 only £3,500 worth was itn- ported ; in the first nine mouths of 1868 the amount was £lO,OOO. A description was given of the apparatus used in preserving the meat, which, by the way, was somewhat highly spiced ; and it was stated that sufficient encourage. merit had been given for the experiment to be carried out on a large scale. The increase in metropolitan railways makes it very important that a coal should be consumed which is not sulphurous. Until lately, it was a real penance to go into any of the stations on the line between King's-cross and Baker-street. But recently an anthracitic coal from South Wales has been used, with a manifest improvement of the atmosphere. It has been found also that the coal is economical. Not only is it less sulphurous, but it possesses more heating power, and, weight for weight, will do more work than other coal. The result will be that a saving of £3OO a week will be made on the Metropolitan Railway alone, and that more trains will be able to run. No appointment has yet been made to Sir Richard Mayne's place, but Captain LabaLmondiere is acting pro I mentioned in my last letter that Mr. Tennyson had transferred the copyright of his poems from Moxon and Co., to Messrs. Strahan. These latter gentlemen advertise the works at the same price as before, but it is rumoured that they are about to bring out a cheaper edition. The firm of " Moxon and Co." is to be reconstituted with the new year. Mr. Bertrand Payne, who has hitherto con ducted it in the interest of the widow of the late head, retires from business, and devotes himself to literature, and Mr. Arthur Moxon takes his place. A dinner was given to Mr. Payne a few evenings back by way of celebrating the production of Dore's illustrated edition of the " Idylls of the King." Another publishing change is the dissolution of the old firm of Smith and Elder, and the removal of the new firm from Cornhill to Waterloo Place. There seems a tendency on the part of the book trade to push westwards. Mr. Masters has long had a West•end as well as a City place of business. Messrs. Allen moved from Leadenhall-street to Waterloo-place about ten years ago, and in that same place Messrs. Rivington are established. Of new books there is still a limited supply, considering the season. The new novel " Wife and Child," is by Miss Whitty, sister of the late Edward Whitty, who wrote " Friends of Bohemia." Captain Semmes's book on the Alabama is just out. One of the most charming gift books of the season is Mr. Warne's. " The Nobility of Life," edited by L. Valentine, and inns _ trated in coloured engravings and printed borders, by J. D. Watson, P. Hundley, Le Jenne, Francis Walker, H. C. Selous, E. J. Poynter, Dalziel, Thompson, Green, and Wehnert. Messrs. Routledge have just made another agreement with Lord Lytton for the right of publishing his novels. Their first agreement was a payment of £20,000 for ten years' copy. right. At the expiration of that time they paid £lO,OOO for a further five years, and now they have obtained another term of six-and-a-half years. The new agreement is to be signalised by the apperance of all Lord Lytton's novels in two-shilling•volumes, each volume containing a complete work. NEW NOVEL BY MISS WHITTY. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 8 vols., WIFE AND CHILI) By MISS WHITTY. llurst and Blaekett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. „ /.1 1 7 3 4 3~j ~~ :Z : ~. ~ a~ )111