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Sd., at the Retail lenses in London; by tYe Agents In the principal tcwns in Entzland: or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STItEET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Labe, and Cork Branded "Sine n's LL Whisky UTUAL LO AN FUND ASSOCIATION : ancornorated by Act of Parliament. 18.59), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, And 33, QURE'N'S-Ite A.P, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Norms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. N°. 24,183. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, _DECEMBER 8, 1869. PRICE , 4d STAMPED bd. DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION TO THE QUEEN. FOURTH EDITION, now ready, in Bvo., 155., VOL. 11. of lIER MAJESTY'S TOWER. By W. HEP WORTH DIXON. "Mr. Dixon dashes c.ff the scenes of Tower history w;th great spirit. Both volumes are decidedly attractive, and throw much light on our national history."—Times. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. " WOODIN'S RETURN TO LONDON." W. S. WOODIN "AT HOME" with his great Original CARPET BAG and SKETCH-BOOR. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND - A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATII Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by Policy of the PAILWAY PA SSENGFRS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of .£3 to £6- ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance nt the rate of £G per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Jouruies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations; to The Local Agents, or at the Offices Al CORNHILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON TO-NIGHT, In the largo Room EUYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Plan of Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond street. " PATE AU 1)IABLE." rirIII; above Paste is a most agreeable relish for .1 Luncheon, Breakfast, ftc. It will he found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, Etc. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND NEW BOOK BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 cols., 215., PURE PICKLES (Manfteld's Patent), To be obtained Wholesale and Retail of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 10T, STRAND (Corner of Savoy Stops), London, W.O. n B. HALL, of Printing. House-square, 8.C., IPIL • 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 PIPE BUSINESSES.— number of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. ANGLO - AMER.ICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NE P7SPAPER,. Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. epor of Congress, Personal, Financial, Mining; Railroad, twc. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, prize 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. GiSTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN .1 1 .1 &icing TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The selatives of Clergyinen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists mav, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a 'HOME, com bined with the beat medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper [Earley-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 Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly ' the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59. Strand. W. C SPRING RICE Han. Sec. V RE DEAF & DIIMB.—The Committee of the - 1 1- JEWS DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to receive AP Pr, [CATIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF and DUMB CHILDREN, of all denomivations, as Day Pupils, for instruction in audible speech and lip-reading. The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the manual alphabet and all artificial signs. A public lesson is given every Wednesday, at 3 p.m., when the successful results of the system can be wit nessed. Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and all other particulars, to be made to W. VAN PRAAGII, Esq., Director of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, 44, Burton-crescent, W.C. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and Gl.nni4l INSU'RANCE COUPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to .C 1,401,055. the Fire Revenue to CRS x,315. and that of the Life to .£259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus! or the Life Polic'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. • JOIIN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable thb - u to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous p or suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbnry, and Co., 77, Lombard-- street ; and by Messrs. Contts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. ATATIoN AL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1881. tinder the •ostronago of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGR, K.G., whereby a homo has boon afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain 'Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to flt them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for whoa they attain 16 years of age, to obtain suitable sitttitions for them. Tho Committee ei.rnastly appaal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscription& ITENRY NINGSCOTE, 'Pre&Mire!' W H. WavvirreK Secretary. ofne.i. 121. W GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Calerlonian-road, lelinzton, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has rolloved 481,954 patients since it wam eatablisbe at Eing'e-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., Y. Smith. ilso. GEO. REID, SOC. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution , ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin ane ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers, Manchester. LIFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the past twenty-two motths the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,633 lives from various shipwrecks and 44 vessels from destruction, The Institution also expended £36,134 in the same period On its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £4,230 for rewards. The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. RENLTEI RESTORED WITIIOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIOA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhma, all gastric de rangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, Asrvousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gent, 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 nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury anu more than slopy imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt tho valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabic% Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position dad been deemed hopeless, wo may now add that of his Holi ness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 18,413):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all thor remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du arry's Revalenta Arabica Food of which ho consumes a lateful at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly eneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."; Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Prehan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and tho most intolerable ervons agitation. Cure ":o. 71. of dyspepsia, from the Right lion, the Lord Stuart de Docies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water have derived much benefit from your excellent foe l —Sru UT DE DECIES, DPoMall3, Cappoquim, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,532. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervol;nLels, a;tlynl, cons', constipation 6atuleney, sicicaesA, and vomiting. Maria Jolly or Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 17,121.—Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervou;noiß, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor vo fancio3. Cur.-, No. 56,511.—Mr. Sann3l Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrlima. The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., 21h., 4s. 63. ; 121 h., 225. ; 211 h., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b e t i's!ers, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du B,lrry's Itevalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in ti.l i,aisters 12 cups at?,,, for 21 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 iat for 238 cupi: at for 573 cups at 555. Eciog IV"; )at sso penny per cup. The 30s. and 35:4. tin:4 are sent ,: - irnaga in I:n4land on receipt of Post Oftico Order. 3 iiiY 1: and Co., 77, fi , g ,, nl - --stre'lt, London , also at Fortnum and Mason's; also at i, Cheapside, 61, Grlcechuteh-street ; 63 and 150, 0 xford-stroet ; and 121, Nin' Neill-road , London' and alliGrocers andChemlsti / e A UNKIND W ORD, AND OTHER STORIES. - T " Py the Author of "Johnllalifax, Gentleman "The author of 'John Hal:fas ' has written some interesting and fascinating stories, but we can call to mind not's'ng from her pen that has a more enduring charm than 1/ • t esh and graceful sketches in these volumes. Such a char4c a .s Jessie in The Unkind Word' wands out from a crowd 01 ..,roines as the type of all that is truly noble, pure, and womanly."—United Service Magazine. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready. Price Gd., by Post for 7 Stamps. RIMMEL'S PERFUMED ALMANAC for 1870 (the Heroines of British Poets), beautifully illumi nated. Sold by all the Trade. RIMMEL, Perfumer to 11.R.11. the Princess of Wales, 96, ftrand; 123, Regent-street; and 24, Cornhill, N.B.—A List of Rinamers Christmas Novelties sent on appli- Cation. Just published, price is 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: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday 113 , 716 W, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. "fr EATING'S EASI CO NM LOZENGES.- i WHAT ORE FATAL IN THEIR consequences than neglected coughs, colds, sore throati or lungular affections? The first and best remedy in KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES, which are daily recommended by the Faculty—Testimonials from the most eminent of whom may be inspected. Sold in boxes, Is. I id.: tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. rd., and Ics. 6d. each. T. KEATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists, &c. QH()OT.ING S.E ASON.- L, E. M. REILLY and CO. beg to acquaint their numerous Patrons and Sportsmen that they have for inspection a largo ASSORTMENT of the LATEST IMPROVED CENTRAL FIRE, and other BREECIILOADING GUNS and RM. tiiS, at their usual moderate prices. EVERY BE s UISITE for the FIELD. 502, New Oxford-street, London. Branches: 315, Oxford-street; 2, Rue Scribe, Paris. Illustrated Price Lists on application. DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET. R. anci ESlC . E t L it f, rioe tp f e or A L u Ts t?o! pa o in f ie " . P T u o r o e th D , entis, Extraction; or Anesthesia Locally Applied ;" •• Dental Surgery: aPractical Treatise;" Modern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice." er.c., may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four o'clock, at his oNLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVE NOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street). AMSTERDAM . INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI TION, • 1869.—The GRAND DIPLOMA OF HONOUR, being the First Prize. and superior to the Gold Medal. has been awarded :o LIEBIG COMPANY'S EX TRACT OF MEAT; which likewise carried the First Prizes at the Paris and Havre Exhibitions. A single trial will at once convince the consumer of the great superiority in flavour" strength, and olearness, over all other Extracts of Meat, thus fully showing the correct ness of the high distinctions received. Every genuine Jar bears Baron Liebig's signature. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. MORTOMORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are eon& N'S dontly recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we aro subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice palled 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 cumstances, 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. S-.)ld in bottles at is. lid., 2e. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of N orton's Camomile Pills." RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'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 inTention 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 sit., resisting power is supplied by the Iloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and clesents:.4 that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may bo had, and the truso, which can tot fail to fit, forwarded. by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, boing seat to the manufacturer,— Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 1 265. 6d., and iis. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 641. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payablo to John White, Post-offico, Piceadi'ly. NEW PATENT ULAS TIC STOCKINGS, IVA KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, etc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive. and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d.. 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.; ROYAL • MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Swe%sey. THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN LONDON IS LE PETIT BLONDIN AND HIS SISTER BLANCHE, who dance a comple.e Set of Quidrilles on the Double Tight Rope, without the aid of a. Balancing Pole, and perform Feats never attempte , f by any other Performer, ECLIPSING THE ORIGINAL IMONDIN. Great Success of Mdlle. Csrlitze Marino. 'Miss Carlotta Verte, Serio-Comic and Danseuse ; Mr. IL P. Foster, Miss Kate 31acnaanara, Mr Louis Lindsay, and James Layfleld. Miss Julia Wade, the fascinating Serio-Comic; Miss Clare mont; the Sisters Rushbrooks ; and Mr Rowland Lascelles. Prices of Admission as usual. Balcony, 6c1.; stalls, is. Mr. P. Corit.Alusical Director, AD AME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Bake r-street —ON VIEW, a PORTRAIT MODEL of the late EARL of DEBBY. Admission, ls.; Children under ten years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. tills p.m. and from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. _ .. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the 1 r sent one the most extensively patronizel season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor Hulliman 31.0. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. BSUNELL, Proprietor A CE:—L E A and PERRINS. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improves the appetito, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. D;msdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Open to all without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed. JAMES S. BLYTH, Sec. ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, _ Putney-heath. Established '3lst July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to :patients at thei own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has Just been completed at a cost of upwards of XlO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There aro 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 ox• tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subnriptions, 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 reatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary No. 10 Poultry London. E.O September 1868. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys en board the Ohicheater Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing; 870 children. 415 will troop a boy or girl for one year. Oontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41. Lothbury, E.O. ; and by WILLIAM 'WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fie:de. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME, for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under tho immediate direction of tho Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England. OU " FUNDS greatly need e d CNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, - Rev. J. W. Ayro Major. Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, MP. Kempe lion. and Rev. F. Byng Rey. J. E. Rev. It. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Nev. S. Brooke Rev. A. Martineau 'rho Lord Clinton Rev W. Cadman ltev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. D:iniel Moon ? iltetz. E. .H I. c . p C e ilt c ts, ur C e J Chaplain' R . D ev... l :lo m rt o o o n, r l l , , u s 6 c r . Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. CanzAi Nepean Cotavias Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arihur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Froake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gillkt, Esq. H. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hosaey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H G Heald, Esq. ft,Wade, Esq. R. Hook, L'sq., Tree.surel Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon. Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom conmna ications may be addressed. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the Company, at the close ,•f 1868, was X 220,978 05.10 d., and the Total Amount Assured .£4,832,197. The Business is divided under two heads:- Ist --The General or Ordinary Business, Leine the same as that. transac!,sd by other Companios. 2nd—The Industrial or Working Class Assurances. The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured £1,562,960. The present value of the la bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load .l3g, way £139,322 15 8 The Premium Income of the Industrial Branch was 1(i,546, the sum Assured 43,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 £189,322 15 8 Tho Liability of the Industrial Branch does not admit of being estimated in the same way as that of the General Branch, on account of the very larg , proportion of Policies which coast .ntly lar se, so that the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks for short terms only ; the estimated re serve for the liabilities of this Branch of the business is shown by the result of 14 years' experience to be abundantly suffi cient. The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem ber, 1868, was £211,301 12 :4 The average duration of the whole of the Industrial Policies was considerably under three years. The average age of the Assured in the Industrial Branch was 19 years. A detailed List of Assets can be had on application. H. 13 ARBEN, Secretary. TILE W MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, ey mouth-street, W. (where =any cases deemed incur able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is in vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLEf . i, Esq., M . R.C.S., who has above 30 ye ars ' ex perience in Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30. CANCER, HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851. —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000 cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300 out-patients. Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertalet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace. Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. By order, 11. J. JUPP. DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN. I. —The ROYAL INFIRAARY for CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810. Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital. Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E. Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. N CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary. EAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want of room for stowage, every inch of available space being occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children, but no more can be admitted 'n the present building. £B,OOO at least is required to can y out this much-wished for and urgent scheme Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea surer, E.S. Norris, Esq. Shadwell ; or by SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec., Rectory Warning E'; ITURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and 11 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for HOSPITALS, Families, and tho Poor: established 1848. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. The nursing at King's Collego and the Charing-cross Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris, is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's House. Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the Lady Suporior. Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid to Messrs. Goutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's House Norfolk-stroot, Strand, V.U.I ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of OFFICERS. of the ARMY, Lans‘lown, Bath. Instituted, A.D., 1864. Under the Patronage of her Maj sty the QUEEN. President-11.RX. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, &e. Chairman—Mojor-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B. This school has been founded upwards of four years, and it is intended for the education of the daughters of officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There aro already 70 pupils in the school, but more could ho admitted if the committee had further funds; they, therefore APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its full extent the benefits of the only institution specially provided for the daughters of officers of the Army. Etch donation of ,C 5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to one vote at all eloctions during the current year. The amount may be forwarded by an ~r det on a bank, agent, or post-office (Charing-cross), payable o. GEO. W. FOESTEE, Under Secretary. Office 22, Cockspur-street, London. 511 RITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap -111 bam-rise- Instituted in 1861. Patroness—lLEX. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical a tt en dance, for perscns over 20 years of ago and above th e pau p e r dua l 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 annuit a nt s h ave b ee n 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, B 3van , and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAYEA Soc. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. ROYAL FREE HosprrAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most GraCkons Merssry the QUEEN. Vice-patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BuccLErou, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the y e ar 1828, the first to establish th© principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 8,000 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. Contlibutions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abohurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; 'Terries and 0o.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payiia, and Co.-, Barclay and Co.; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,;Berners-street ; _end at the Hospital' from 10 till 5 THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES *re as follows : For Fallon Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camdon-streot, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. wick. 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 Homo---85, Queen-street, Oheapside 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 521 appli cants, w h os e histories aro recorded in the appli can t' s b o ok. 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. Tho Committee very' earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. CODPER, $l5 Canaen-street Cheansidn. BUITISII HOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham rise. Instituted 1861. PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. TREASURERS. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons. This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of the kingdom, provides for those afilicti , d with incurable diseases a home for life, with every comfort and.medical attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO obtained by election. No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub scriptions are earnestly solicited. BANKERS. Messrs Barclay, 131 van, and Co., Lombard-street. E C.; and Messrs. Drummond, Onaring-cross S.W. ED WD. WEAVEIt Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside. QEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the D rea d noug ht), o ff Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nations, who are received without any recomendation. The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually from voluntary bounty to moot the expenditure of this Hospital. SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, Bing William-street, E. 0., by • . S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, .£lO 10s. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo- American Times) NEW YORK, Nov. 20. _ Last Tuesday we had a grand wedding at Cal vary Church, Fourth-avenue. Miss Ada Torrance there appeared iu all the grand attire which so in terests women in a bride—lavender tinged white satin, the lace veil falling from a head wreathed with white flowers, &c., &c. Mr. Meredith [low land, the bridegroom, was by no means so interest ing an object, while his reverend brother of the Episcopal Church tied the knot. The Aspinwalls were there, as was the great Vanderbilt, fresh from his statue, and he could afford to look with com placency on a proceeding which tended to perpe tuate his line (for the bride is his grand-daughter),as he felt that he could safely confide the perpetuation of his memory to the bronze statue, and all the grand designs adorning the roof of the entrance to his railway station, by means of which the artist has recorded his achievements. The Herald has lost a compositor, named William Keane, a young man of 24. He had been drinking with Lee, one of our low Ward politicians, and as (to put it in its mildest form) when none the better for liquor, politics were broached, they soon got into a fight. After being ejected from the saloon they returned, anct began again so warmly that Lee pulled out his revolver and shot Keane through the head, which ended that argument, and transferred his op ponent to the hospital mortally wounded. I dare say the Herald will take care that its employes are not so treated with impunity, but there is no saying what a politician cannot do in New York City.* In Twenty-eighth-street two murdered infants have beendiscoverecl in the chimney flue of an English basement house, No. 128, occu pied by three families. A stone setter was called in to ascertain whence the disagreeable smell pro ceeded, and the discovery of the skulls and skele- , tons was the result. The infants had been thrust through the aperture used for the stove pipe, and must have been roasted. Suspicion attaches to a dressmaker who some months ago occupied the lower part of the house, and this woman, Wright, is being inquired after. The first stone of the new Post-office was laid last Saturday, and I have no doubt the work wilt now progress with great speed. In taking over the Sub-Treasury Senator Folger was introduced by General Butterfield in a little * Our Correspondent is correct, as we see in the latest accounts that James Lee. who shot William Keane in Alderman Miller's "Bank" saloon, at No. 398, Grand street, has been held to bail by Coroner Rollins in the sum of $lO,OOO. Mr. Daniel Beekman, of No. 234, East T wenty seventh-street, and doing business at - No. 19, Stanton street, became tau (Ay. speech to the emplves of the Department. Iu reply Mr. Folger spoke in high terms of the faith ful service rendered to the Government by his pre decessor. He, however, told his subordinates to mind what they were abnut in these worth :—" We stand in the focus of public criticism, and will be judged not only by those around us, but by those afar off. Our best intentions and efforts may be misrepresented and mijadged by those NVII.I are ever watchful for self-interests." The sensation of the week has been the complaint of Mrs. Rowena Florence in the Superior Court, before Judge Jones, against General B. F. Butler, who, when . in command in New Orleans,forcibly entered her house, taking three jewel-hilted swords, with gold scab bards, valued at $35,000, together with a box of silver spoons, valued at $2,000. The defen dant having stated that the swords were sent to Washington, search was there made in vain to recover them. The silver, however, the General is openly charged with having appropriated. Bail is demanded at $15,000, which was to be immedi ately forthcoming. Messrs. Lockwood are to re sume business next week, with a change in the part nership. The announcement has given much satis faction, as Legrand Lockwood is greatly respected. The first of the steamships from the Mediterranean has arrived, the Agamemnon, built to ply between Hongkong and London, now running between Mes sina, Palermo, Malaga, Marseilles, and New York; she brought a full cargo of fruit and other products of the Mediterranean. There is a movement here for the establishment of a bank exclusively for dis counts, with a capital of $20,000,000, of which a considerable portion has already been offered. It is necessary here for the accommodation of mer chants, who are sometimes unmercifully fleeced by the present banking system. The Hanlon brothers are drawing crowded houses and meeting large suc cess. Thanksgiving Day was more generally and heartily observed than is usual, and all over the Union. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Washington is now really beginning to fill, and many Congressmen are making house arrangements for the approaching Session. Among IL-ose who have returned is Representative Schenck, who, as you are aware, has lately been travelling in Europe. He is a man of great weight in the House, and is at the head of the most important Committee of Congress —that of the Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. His health is much improved, and he is ready to resume his'arduous work. He has bought a residence at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and • Fourteenth-street, for $34,000. I hear that Senator Grimes has not impraved in health, that he hall had a second paralytic stroke, and that be intended to proceed to the Mediterra nean on a long tour. Ex-Secretary Stanton's health is also a matter of anxiety to his friends. For some time he has been unable to attend to work, though he may occasionally be seen out riding. There was a nice little party at the White House yesterday, where an example was set of making turkies pay for the feelings with which wo overflow on Thanks giving Day. Your correspondent was not-there to see, for he had his own turkey, and made his own speech, and otherwise acted the Grand Seigneur elsewhere; but Mrs. Grant and her father, Mr. were, and so were General T. F. Dent and wife ; also Judge Louis Dent and wife ; likewise the Masters Dent ; so also were Dr. Alex. Sharpe and wife, as well as the young Sharpes ; and what with the Dents and the Sharpes the Grants had quite a family party. Why was not poor Corbiu there —echo is still sorrowing over his gold operations in New York ? Mr. Reverdy Johnson has had a gala day, too, for in Baltimore he and his wife celebrated on Tuesday their golden wedding. As our habit is (particularly we Washington correspondents) to give an account as full as pos ible about everybody, we not only tell Reverdy Johnson's age, which is 74, but his wife's age, which is 67, and I would descend into the sex and age of the twelve children, the forty-eight grandchildren, and the four great grandchildren, if I could but persuade myself that the information was of interest to you Europeans. Many gentlemen from our city went to Baltimore to attend, for Reverdy Johnson, whatever may be his shortcomings, is a favourite, who, if he shines anywhere, comes out quite a luntinary at the festive board. But in England the people know this, and what he likes and what he eats, otherwise I might tell you what the festive board contained, and the nature and the quality of the wines consumed. But I refrain, although I have said enough, I hope, to gain the credit of having been there. General Spinner is ill, and Dr. Bliss has been called in. His work is so heavy, and he is so indefatigable in at tending to it, that although he had been unwell for several days he had pursued his usual avocations till he was compelled, last Monday, to remain at home. It may not interest your readers much to know that the water of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is to be drawn off (Dec. 5) to repair the banks. But just imagine the interest to the fishes, if only ac quainted with the fact. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and our city corporation are at war. They got the ground on which they run through Wash ington when the track was a common, and they seem bent on keeping it a common. The line is lower than the streets, and the railroad company neglects to raise it to the established grade. The company, in defiance of the corporation, refuses to budge from its squatter's rights, and the question will be tried on the Boundary-street, which is cut into two by the line, the street ending at what appears a cutting six feet below it. The corporation proposes to block up the track, unless it be raised to con form with the street. It is not, however, the main line which passes through this city, but a branch which runs to Baltimore, and another to Frederick, making a triangle, ono angle of which is in cur midst, and hasbecome an obstruction of which the city complains. The supervising architect of the Treasury Building having exhausted the appropriation for repairs s for the present stopped the work till Congress votes more money. Congress will be called upon when the session opens to make appropriations for Government offices in this city, and a fight is anticipated on the part of those who design to remove the capital to the west. It is true that Senators are buying houses here and making themselves comfortable, because they know that even if - destined eventually to be successful, years upon years will elapse before such an agitation could assume a character really formidable to 'Wash ington. It is easier to abuse it than to find a substitute, and I acknowledge that most people, nearly all, do abuse it, but it will be our American way of checking its progreSs, and taking the heart out of those who desire to make it a capital worthy of such a nation without effecting any change. This was noticeable in our method of treating the National Debt. We did all we could, as you very properly explained, to damage our national credit at home and abroad, while not gaining a penny by our efforts. Indeed we made the debt which we really intended all the time manfully to shoulder, the heavier and more difficult to bear. So likewise will we deal with this transfer of the capital ques tion. We will first place every obstacle in the way of making 'Washington - a handsome city, and having carefully accomplished this we will set to work and make it a handsome city. I may add that while doing so we will keep shout ing to the world, that so energetic, so tasteful, or a community with such magnificent ideas, never existed before. This is our pleasant way—but we do the work. You may recollect that Gen. A. B. Dyer had to undergo a lone. and painful inquiry into his conduct as Chief of Ordnance, which ended in his honourable acquittal. Ile was put to great expense as a matter of course, one of the items being $5,000 for the fees of his counsel, Mr. D. D. Field. He has lately endeavoured to recover this, aided by Gen. Sherman, front the Government, but Attorney-General Hoar strenuously opposed the claim, and Gen. Dyer has failed. It niay be a bad precedent for the Government, but it is unques tionably hard on the wrongly-accused officer. The transmission of mails has occupied the attention of our Post-office, which now keeps a register of the time taken. Between Boston and San Francisco the schedule gives an average of 7 days 19 hours and 25 minutes. Between New York and San ; Francisco the average is 7 days 2 hours and 23 minutes, but it has gone as low as 6 days 15 hours. • Between 'Washington and Sau Francisco the time is 7 days 6 hours. Mr. Stanton would have taken his place on the bench of the Supreme Court bad I his health permitted, and Thomas J, Durant, of New Orleans, .has declined a jadgeship on the Louisiana Circuit. Mr. Aubit, editor of a Mon• trAl paper, is here to oppose reciprocity with Canada, with the avowed object of favouring an nexation, and it is rumoured that both the Presi dent and Mr. Bon t well think with him. The question as regards the fishermen may cause trouble, but the subject will be early discussed in Congress. The Ways and Means Committee are getting ready for work on the new tax and tariff bills, and General Schenck, the Chairman, is engaged in his consoli dation bill, to simplify the numerous Acts relating to internal taxation, which ha last session intro duced. The chairmanship of the Senate Commit tee on Appropriations is vacant through the tleaih of Mr. Fessenden. Mr. Merrill, of Maine, ap pointed by the Governor to finish Mr. Fesseeden's term,will probably take the vaeant seat on the Cont. ; as Mr. Fessenden succeeded him in it, be will be at home in that chair. Another Chairman , ship is vacant through the retirement of Mr. Grimes, and it is generally rumoured that his successor on t he IC aval Committee will be Senator Cragin,w ho will have to resign his place he holds on Contingent Ex penses. Secretary Boutwell went home for Thanks giving, and will not return for a few days. Mr. Sherman has been here to complete his arrange ments for the winter, but has returned to Ohio. Vice-President Colfax will be here next week, so will Speaker Blaine and his family. General Tate, the new Minister for Hayti, is expected almost im mediately, in the room of Laroche, resigned. A great fuss was made here over a cent in closing the Treasury Department account with the Na tional Broadway Bank of New York. Millions had passed, but there was a mistake of a cent, which caused the expenditure of some hundreds of dollars before it was rectified, and the check forwarded for that sum. Mr. Kelley has gone back to Philadel phia, with the assurance that Free Trade will not be discussed by the President in his Mes sage, who holds that it is not a party qu: stion, that the best Republicans differ on the sub ject, and that it is the business of Congress, not his, to take the initiative. It is thought that the Federal Legislature will strike off many taxes against the President's desire, and among them the Free List Custom House Tariff will bs enlarged. Last Saturday Senator Cameron, Col. Forney, and others, left Washington for the Georgia State Agricultural Fair, which the Governor has been trying to make as attractive and brilliant as possible, London, Nov. 30. Sgt,—Nothing is more remarkable in the history of Empires and Governments of late years than the influence of the Press ; a power more stable and lasting than any Government, but, like all powers, it has its responsibilities, and two of its most im portant attributes are surely truth and independence. These remarks are suggested by what appears to be a painful little history connected with a journal called the Levant Tim s and Gazette, which re appears after a " suspension." This suspension, it states, was "by an arbitrary decree of the Sublime Porte, alleging against us offences, which, we feel confident, could not have been substantiated before even a Turkish tribu nal ;" and, if so, it would appear that the " offences" must have indeed been trifling •, and the article goes on to say, with a naivete which is quite refreshing, " IVe have various solid reasons for complaining of this proceeding," if the expres sions "of indignant sympathy and astonishment at the event, which we have received from all quarters, should have reached the ears of the Grand Vizier, who we willingly believe signed the order with much reluctance." This no cl.)tibt is a gentle and almost pathetic hint to that Mini-ter. "it wu' all very well to disßomble your lova., But why did you kick mo down stairs?" " His Highness could scarcely but feel that the des potic sentence with which we were visited was as impolitic as regar Is the Government itself as it was unjust to us." But it is evident "his Highness" did not feel so, whether because the " indignant sympathy" was riot loud enough to " reach his. ears," or that lie was not the editor of the Levant Ti»zes, it is impossible to say. "Never theless the treatment we have received at the hands of the Porte, though a lesson not lost upon us, and which we hope to profit by * * * will make no difference in that loyal conduct to wards the Sultan and his Government, which we adopted as one of our fundamental principles when we established this paper. We had three motives for this—First, a sincere conviction ; secondly, a conscientious feeling ; and, thirdly, a prudent sense of the interest with which a journal de pendent like our own on the steady develop ment of local trade, commerce, and industry, with which the Levant Times and Gazette is of all the papers published iu the empire spe ci.tlly and solely connected." This does not say much for the remaining portion of the Levant press in the maintenance of peace, order, and authority. I hope the offences did not include any conspiracy agains!.; these three last institution:4, especially the latter. " Whatever change may have taken place during that period has not been on our part." . This is pathetic b.tt imprudent., because forcibly reminding U 3 of Punch's illastration of " the lover" out at elbows and his pockets turned inside out. "But were I in a foreign land, They'd find no change in me." " If the Porte suspended the Levant Herald in Oc tober, 1868, for attacking the Viceroy, and the Levant Times in October, 1869, for defending the same personage, against that very paper, it is cer tainly not we who have been guilty of tergiversa tion." This is severe, but well-deserved. " No, no, we are incapable of it." " No, our loyalty has and shall answer !" .1 pause timidly to remark that "has and shall answer" is not English—it may be Turkish ; but although, having partially forgotten my Greek, I am still convinced it is not Greek—will our Editor kindly explain ? "No ! our loyalty has and shall answer to Shakespeare's description of real affection, which does not alter when it altera tion finds, or move with the remover to remove." It is evident the Sultan is not going to get rid of the Levant limes just yet. As " Mawwcrtn" says in the Hyprocrite " I like—to be despised ;" so our Editor says, "We like to be suspendd,--our affection will not move with the remover to remove." This will probably be a bitter disap pointment to the Sultan and his Grand Vizier. "We confess we were well nigh sickened with the way in which our honest exertions were met, in a quarter where we had imagined they might have been more justly, if not generously, appreciated, but the popular goodwill manifested to us * * * has made us take fresh heart, and feel, that having cast our bread uPonthe waters', it will surely return to us. Encouraged by such support, we can bide our time, &c. ; and meanwhile we shall make, &c., renewed efforts, &c., to merit the favour, &C., as an earnest of which we may announce that we have every rea son to hope."—Now, oh ! Grand Vizier —now, oh Sooltan—now all ye Potentates, Kings, and Minis ters whatever, in whose hands is the terrible power of the Suspension, hearken—" That arrangements which are now in progress will enable us, without extra charge to our subscribers, to enlarge our paper, &c., and to improve the quality as well as quantity of its contents." To which I will devoutly say, Amen ! 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' Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 48 54 -, 5s 6el, 4 6 a 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &G., 3s COLOUR STAM PING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artiste in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU3TR &TED 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 1841 k•-)QANTARITAN FREE 1141WITAL for WO MEN , and CHILDREN, LoweeTeymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed ,and will bo received by Messrs. Hatchard. Picca dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. rimiE HOSPITAL, for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. DarelaY. B evan , an d C o . ; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee A_ 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. riIHE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of 1 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 aro 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. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden -square, W. President —111,; 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. • €7`,4 A M ARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN )0 and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ; 2,5.3 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS aro much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. ORTH LOND ON or UNIVERSITY Li COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness. CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the annual expenses, which exceed the- income by £4,000. The committee also plead for help for the sick children, the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the charity. HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary. IIRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON F EMALT PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN President —.Rev. auros Aux. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 12E4 aro car fleetly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. 111lon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard !Arcot, 1 , ..C.; Franzls Nicholls, Esq. (ot the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, ii.C. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. 1 4'w of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC, Quren-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in 1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes, and to bo applied to the general use of the said Hospital. The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out Patients, a Samaritan Soclety to relieve the more desti tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. 13. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec. AIANLES and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. 310SELY, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312,‘ REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 23. 0011CrATE-STREET, CITY. Estab lished 1820. This, the most perfected system of Rtin less dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as ono of tho greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty wears' practical ex perience) at his only residence, 312, Regent-street. The superlative excellence of this eystetu is perfect immunity from pain, no operation' stumps, and decayed teeth ren dered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities : These tooth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring —ease and comfort unsurpassed—detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied —and youthful appearance restored—mastication and articulation guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—"So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-stre , t, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgate-street, E C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Deck Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the Transfer Books of the said Company will l'e SHUT on TUESDAY, the 11th day of December, and OPEN again on FRIDAY, the 31st day of December, 1869. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Biiliter-square, 7th Dec., 1869. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS GREAT SUCCESS. With a Single Stake of £8 you can realise £37,090!! with Ll Z 20,00011 with 12 shillingi £12,0001 1 ror Prospectuses apply wltheut delay to EtIOENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury) The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at la lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 61, at all chemists. LINNEFORD'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-str..et, London ; and of all other chemists throughout the world. A. MORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints, and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most int e sc head ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup is a specific in tont and rheumatism. --113, Holborn hill, Loudon, E 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, cold, confirmed eases of nothing, and *inci pient' consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. Tn approach ing consumption its effects are 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 end sold by W. LA:NITIERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13141., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The mime and address are engraved on the stamp. CIREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, kfilCale donian-road. N.—Several beds in the new buildings cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS. F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—Tho Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary. HE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of I_ the CH.e.21 1 , City-read.—The ward 3 for in-patients aro constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. B RITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES, 5(1, Great Marlborough-street, W. Bankers. Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnestly solicited. ALEXANDER REVINGTON, Hon. Sec. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE t ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALB CRT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderato rate of £25 por annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALK ER, Secretary Once, 54, Oheapsida, Lend(); X.O, LONDON lIOSpiTAL, Whitechapel-road, E. The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059 were free cases. CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested. WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary. ►f RE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary Office, 32, Sackville-street. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam ~. Short ... 11 181 ... 11 19 Do Rotterdam ..... — ... 12 1 f ... 12 1 i Antwerp --... 25 371 ... 25 42 Brussels Hamburg h. ... 13 101 ... 13 11 Paris Short ... 25 15 ._ 25 221 Ditto Marseilles ... 25 35 „. 25 40 Frankfort-on-the-M a i n ._ 120} ... 12 0 } Vienna ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Trieste . 12 65 . ... 12 70 Petersburg ... 29 .. 291 Copenhagen .. — •• 9 14 ... 9 16 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn - ::: 4 4 2 8 i ::: 4 4 9 8 1 Genoa - -- .. .. .. , ; 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 ... ... .l . 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 9 8 5 5 5 Milan 25 83 ... 26 95 Naples 26 85 ... 26 93 P a l ermo — ... 26 85 ... 26 95 Messina - .• Lisbon — ... 511 . . 52 Oporto _ ... 511 ... 52 Rio Janeiro - ••• ,•. New York - 41" BREAKFAST.— EPPS'S COCOA.— Cr RATEFUL AND COM FORTING.— The very agreeable character of this prepara tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Service Gazette remarks : —" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained 1i his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the flue properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES Errs and Co.,ll . omcoopathic Chemists. London. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE. AND VALUABLE ara the properties of Laffiplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or billiary affections. Pleasant, palatable and inYiLorating. Sold by all Chemists—[Advt.]