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And_3B, QIIIiENI3-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal secur;ty, Bills of Sale, Free bold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted, Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD AR PER, Secretary. • R OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN Proprietor—Mr. J. S. - Sweasey. Continued success of the most versatile Comic in the world, MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Bake - -street.—PE A TNT FM, COUR 1' DRESSES, Manufactured by the first Houses in Paris, are now on view. Admission, ls. ; Children under ten years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.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 t r sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, SignorL. Moses.; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. BIONELL, Proprietor "PATE All DIABLE." THE above Paste is . a most agreeable relish for Luncheon, Breakfast, &c. It will be found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (11.1anfleld's Patent), To be obtained Wholesale and Retail of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107, STRAND (Corner of Savov Steps), London, W.C. B. HALL, of Printing House-square, E.C., Ir. 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 FrnE BUSINESSES.—A. number of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W. 0., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting' study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by 31r. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Conrress, Personal, Financial, Mining. Railroad, &e. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those baying* an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOM: INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to 0,401,055, the Fire Revenue to 0336,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonusf or the Life Policies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render ; them particularly advantageous. Wh o l e - wor ld leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. NA'rIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richm, Surrey. Enlared 1861 Under the patron ond age of H.R.H. the Founded Duke lB49. of Cxxsurp g cm, E.G.,. whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The ohjelt of the Charity Is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction In the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other Wise provided for when they attain lb years of age, to obtain Suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSOOTE, Treasurer W H. WARWICK Secretary. 01113 e, 121, Pall-mall, W SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Naticns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane ; and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William- Street, London, E.O. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lolos. lIRITHII ORPHAN ASYLUM, A-JP 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 80 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., Bi rc hi n - L ane ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers, Manchester. 4 EALTFI RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. 1)0 BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIOA s axes fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, r efreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con snraption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, n ervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, r heumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ,algia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, Qeartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, n ausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking hbronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at e pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is `e most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury !lad more than slopy imitations to which, without atitho- Lt tY, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. r• fenceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of '" 11 Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' :ad Infants' Food, since to the thousands (posit blssings it be en already received from invalids whose on had " 50 a deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness the Po, whose health has been perfectly restored . 1 „,,Y It after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. e quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. pf' 4 , l 3):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The h ea lth of the Y Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all Other remedies, be has confined himself entirely to Du ; tr rY's Revalenta Arabic& Food, of which he consumes a beneficial at every meal. Tt has proiluced a surprisingly Prai se effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot v t `lise this excellent food too highly." C ure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brohan of seven gea rs , liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous d. with a nervous palpitation all over, bad " I gestion constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable asrvous agitation. rCure N 0.78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord uart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water f°ll:—"l have derived much benefit from your excellent W aterford." DE DECIES, Dromana, Capp o q u in, C oun ty fr Ours No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony ft °el dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of lency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme v et vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spiri ,ts and ner ells fancies. „ C ure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, L e i ces t er, o f t wo Jekrs diarrhoea. i ) The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., a 4 8. 6d. ; 121 b 228. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b atlisters carriage . free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du tit k lT Y 8 itevalenta Arabic& Chocolate Powder is packed in ttl canisters For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 tt bi l e at 65., for 288 cups at 30s. for 576 cups at 555. Being fr e l ni t,,cue penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent 13 4 a , ,..earriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. alsoX BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; stetnd Mason's ; also at 4 Cheapside, 61, ek -ceehuteh • 63 and 150 Oxford-street; and 121, k „., 7 m crth-road.;London and all Grocers and Chemists- IiENTAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin prize Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by he Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded " Kitts han's LL Whisky. UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), • 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, MACLAG- A N. . The Sisters Gillbee Gifford, Emma Alford, Kate Bella. Four-pert Songs. GEORGE LEYBOUR NE, the Lion Comique. FRED. COYNE on his Velocipede. LT.SK &RD. the Musical Momus. Mr GUY LINTON (his first appearance), and the Largest Company in London. Private boxes, lOs 6d.; orchestra stalls, 2s; stalls, is; alcony, 6d. Mr. P. Corri, Musical Director. 11335 - Special Notice.—Mr. George Leybourne's Benefit on FRIDAY next, on which occasion all the London Stars will appear. ~~ N°. 24,048. DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION TO THE QUEEN. Now ready, in Bvo., 155., bound, SIXTH EDITION of HER MAJESTYS 'COWER. By W. HEPWORTH DIXON. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, ].& 10 t Marlborough-street. Just published, deny 12m0., boards, price 2s. Cd., READABLE SHORT-HAND, Self-Taught : being a System by which People can Teach Themselves: Write the Longest Word 'without Lifting the Pen; Read what they Write : and Correspond with Friends at Home or Abroad— on Pleasure, or Business. It Embraces a Double Set of Vowels, with Liquid Consonants Grafted on the other Letters; together with a Diagram of Dots, and a Combination of Words in most familiar use into ready sentences. The whole forming a System of Readable Short-hand, Shortened. By MURDO YOUNG. "A simple comprehensive system, which the student may ac quire without a master."--Sunday Times. London: Edward Stanford, 6 and 7, Charing-cross, S.W. Just published, price is. 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. WANTED, by a highly respectable married Man, a SITUATION in a PRINTER'S WAREHOUSE orßookseller's. or as Light Porter, in Town or Country. Good eharar. er. Address, J. 8., 28, Foley-street, Tidalleld-street, W. TEETH. - JEWEL-POINTED INSTRUMENTS ; a Treatise on their safety, comfort, and efficiency in the cleansing and improvement of Natural Teeth. By A. ESKELL, Consulting Dental Practitioner, of 8, Grosvenor- street, Gros venor-square. Free on application, or by post for two stamps. COMPENSATION IN C ASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY MIND, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of .£3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, nd an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCI t )ENTS ALONE may be provided against `)3 , - Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, Consniu and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary. R. 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 bo distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not,. require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth That are 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. D R. 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 ls. lid., 2e. 9d., and 4s. Cd., at all chemists. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.— The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil dren, and infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172, New Bond-street, London; and of all other chemists thrOughout the world. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 'WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is 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 bad, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwardel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John. White., Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ULASTIC STOCKINGS, VA KNEE-OAPS, &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.' ------.......,_ ----------- - • Air- i; .s 4 • A ' )i -- ' -"'''-----""li4i i • n-ji .11f r V. : r=„ rr Y • - .. REC Fivp -,..-4,p, , r7t. '" -; "- - i 4 :Vi?) ^ ) i -, .-:;r:: 4 .'• -:,'• -: z: :- ' ' —."LI 1 9 A; , - ..s: - illei - 4* , . , 41 ___ •u e ; ~.,9 • }...: _._ --_______ . :7 p....., -475 ,- 4 4 i4 -. ~..., . . ......„ . *" • • . ''. ' -*I .C.' 4.'4 • 4 . ''''''' • .. . . . 411 1 ~. ___l4,6v. - 7 1- 1 ,...-w. 1 / 4 l'llis. ; - ._ .It 6, it: ' W 4 4r•`' 1 ) , ' i,,,,,' ' • fix' I - 10 tat , ~ f... 3 "'*-- -- . ,, DO •,_, ' inzorr.. cg --. r A.D. 1720. OCTAVIUS IVIGRAN, JAMES STEWART EN:MON, E: CHARLES JOHN MANNING, E DIREC' _ Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam PRICE 4d STAMPED bd. PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSE EX, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT -STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic. Established 1820. This, the most perfected system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improve ments of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical ex perience) at his only residence, 312, Regent-street. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps, and decayed teeth ren dered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities : These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring—ease and comfort unsurpassed—detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied and youthful appearance restored—mastication and articulation guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says : —"So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only address, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic. C 0 MPAGNIE GENE RALE I TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New;York. RATES OF PASSAGE. Prom HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK. First °lass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brost, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of oach month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and JapaL. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, E.O. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional, and Unchallengeable. For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the system now introduced will espe cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the same time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every premium paid. bearing the same propor tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi nally contracted to be paid. Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can at any time bo withdrawn on the discontinuance of the assurance. The assured will thus always have the option of retain ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac cording t) the duration of the Policy, such amounts being set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any future reference to the Company on these points, as is the case with ordinary assurances. Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re versionary, of a Policy of this description. Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds' the objections before referred to will be entirely removed, and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as actual securities. In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages, the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest term provided for is twenty-five years, and the shortest five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi tors, and others holding policies of this class as security, may always know the utmost amount they may be called upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any•ground whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £215,000 a year. Its position is un questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY HARDEN, Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty Georgo tho First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. Esq Governor. ;sq Sub-Governor. l'sq Deputy-Governor. ;TOES. William Tetlow Ilibbert, 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. mei Solly, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will ex pire on the 9th of July. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. F.l l r MING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in tho Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £L5,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE. Secretary. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only 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, Fleot-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY JLLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at tho establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Lanra Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and othet 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. C outtsspaßndCG T Co.'s, 59,1 n Strand. ro W. C SPRING Sec. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vico-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCIL 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 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 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pays, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,Berners-street ; and at the Hospital from 10 till b. THE SUN, LONDON, :± NV . ERN ESDA Y. EVENING, J LLY 7, 1869. APARTMEINTS.—One or Two Floors, with Extra Bed Rooms if required. Close tp Omnibus, Rail, i and Boat. Terms moderate. 13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-road, Brompton. THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROO T. Lombard-street, London. MANAGER-Mr J. H. YOUNG-HUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or 10s. monthly, payable in Advance. The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached, as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. _ _ For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. N.l3.—For Advehisement Spaems apply to Messrs. Letts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in 'LA° Lom bard Exchange. RIT ON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRUSTEES. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge,. Esq., F.R.S. I Dupuis, K. 0.8. Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bart. I W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Millis Coventry, ELq. Sir W. Ferguson,'s Bart., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD—FRANCIS WEBB, Esq, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN W. TYLER SMITH, Esq. EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNEAL RE PORT, read at the Antittnl - Mineral Meeting held at the Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS WEBB, Esq., in the chair. The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were 1, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual urns the sum of £25,227 Bd. e following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi ;ransactions during the three quinquennial periods : premi Th , ness t T e a tf p„, 0 a • a Amount Amount Annual r. 4 ° 61 C Proposed. Assured. Preminms. o'4 - - £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 R 54,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 - - Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 has increased to £2 The net premium income the sum of The interest on investmen of receipt yield Is and otheritems 6,704 1 7 1,276 18 1 Making a total income of £237,980 19 8 The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. id. The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact that the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate in the same, The directors also draw attention to the successful esta blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d. 13AR,T1116GE • • AND COOPER. 7, IANITE,AOTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER. OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O. 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 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 .6 Extra Sursrfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 351., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note f i ve quires for is. 6d., or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 45 Gd, 5s 6d, & Gs 6cl Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s Gd per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STA M PING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU +TR ATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage scales,Despatchßoxes,Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free Established 1841 INDIA OFFICE, 29th J anuar y, 1869. 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 la le East Indiri Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the'Povernments of the respec tive Piesidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. 8011, H.,. Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bauthflower, W. H., Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan., C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow,W. A., liisaist, t wt -Surgeon, MacTfas - Medical Department. 53. Floud E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Guntborpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native In fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant., 36th Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment. 121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native Infantry. 124. Pinchard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 1268. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 183. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 14u. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G. Ensign, 36th Madras Nati ve I n f an t r y. 155. Wat son , G. H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should bo made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SHIM, K.H. 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 A TTRACTIVE SP EC U LATION S. UNRIVALLED SUCCESS. You could never meet with a more advisable opportunity to try the favours of Dame Fortune. With a Single Stake of £1 you can realise £20,090!! with £2 £27,(00!! with £8 £42,000! ! with £lO £45,000!! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. fINE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of 425 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Olice, 54, Oheapside, London, ?.O INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY, U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity-, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society. 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 amination will test, from time to ime, 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 Ex - change, 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 (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW o 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 perusi 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 i n R ema i n d er, W as t e ; b . J o i ntures, Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Dicentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. 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 Prr per'y are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister-at-Law. This course will consist of Nino Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. 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 he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members £2 2 0 £1 1 0 By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable for the law classes— For all the branches of For eacb instruction. branch. By every subscriber £s 5 0 £2 12 6 Members of the Society may attend the lectures withou subscribing. 2 2 0 To preent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. F. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. 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. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUNE, 1868. Dn. INCOME OP THE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount d istributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 - £772,740 13 9 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 Interest from invest ments.. £380,811 8 117,584 7 544,46 G 9 2 £1,317 ; 207 2 11 £8,877 5 0 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account . Total income R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS. AY A NEVER-FALLING REMEDY.—Prepared with out any mercurial ingredient, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in a square green package, with "William Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern ment stamp. ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new Insurances now effected there will only be payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverplol, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSIIRANCES, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PaoFrrs, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. McLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. ROBERT MARTIN COLE, deceased.—Pur suant to an Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Vic. cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That all Creditors of R. M. Cole, late of No. 22, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, Brompton, in the county of Middlesex, Commander in the Royal Navy (who died on the 6th day of April, 1869), and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh, one of the Executors therein named, and all othor persons having any claim or demand against the Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required to send particulars in writing of their claims and demands and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in the city of Lon don,Solicitor to the said Executor on or before the 31st day of July next, after which time the said Execu tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert Martin Cole, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the debts or claims of which the said Executor shall then have had notice, and that the Exe cutor will not be liable for any debt or claim of which he shall not then have had notice. ...17atedtiis24tb: day of Juno, 1869. J. CHAPPLE, Solicitor for the Executor. DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION. THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE -1 VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is required forthwith to take out a new License. The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings. The penalty for keeping a dog withuut License is Five Pounds. - A License is not transferable from one person to another. _ _ A License may be obtained by the owner giving his name and address, and the name of the place where the dog is kept, on application at The Office of the Collector of Inland Revenue, In the neigh bourhood of the The Office of the Distributor of Stamps Or applicant's re sidence. A Money Order Post Office. Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors of Inland Revenue. Persons residing at a distance from any of the above offices, by transmitting with their application Inland Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper amount of duty, to the •Collector of Inland Revenue for the Dia rict, will receive a license in return by post. WM. COBBET T, Secretary. 46,070 13 3 CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors Clai . -ns on decease of lives assured £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new Ditto, old 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees Income tax 2215 4 7 Expenses of manage ment 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total chargo . Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approv THOMAS ALLEN Auditors HENRY ROSE, ff The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by- - viz., L 134.811 14s. 9d.—raises the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate Of rather more than 4 . per cent. ; or, if the profit show n o f £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £sl2s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 Is. 9d. and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in ro assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than those of last year by nearly £19,000. A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of management are less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51 per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors £6,977 13 3 Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 , L Su ia n b d il ry ity under accoun sumsts 4 5, 875 assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 Total £7,565,198 1 3 CR. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto Ditto ditto reversions Ditto ditto funded securities ... 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities. 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest- 36,243 7 6 22,604 2 9 ments Cash and bills Advanced on security of the company's policies...o , 159,503 14 9 Agents' baliAces Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 Total £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS A LLEN ' Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 Bs. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE- Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Robert A. Gray, Esq. Wm. Augustus Guy M.D., F.R.S. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrooko, Esq. Admiral Tindal.' A,ZAMARIT.A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILD LIEN, Lower Seymour-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 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 HospitaLis 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 o f 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. G REAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. , Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establishea at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., GO, Lombard. street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon Sec., I . Smith. Esa. GEo. REID, Sec. 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. riIHE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES 1_ 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-bridge-road, S E. BRITISH 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 perscns over 20 years of age and-above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAYER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES .t.re as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New gent-road. stead. 48 Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Marys Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street ) Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 624 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may 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 the benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec. A& Qualm-street Cheapside. VRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON F EMAL ti• PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, K.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, TIIE 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 moot 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, Piccadilly. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are in vited to visit them, and to meot in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, 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, Rev. J. W. Ayro Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain' Rev. E. Capel Cure Rev. J. E. 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. Lloyc man-square, to whom commi 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. Canon Nepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq. ived by any of the above by and Co; and by the Hon. I, 14, Seymour-street, Port ications may bo addressed. R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West hill, ^ Putney-heath. Established 'Blst Jul - y, 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 aew 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 tho 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_ Poultry? London, E.O. September 1868. road. FOREIGN NOTSS. THE SPANISH MINISTERS. The Spanish revolutionary party has nano* escaped a collapse. The Spanish Ministry is divided on the ques tion of Free Trade, and it was this division that led to the recent quarrel between Prim and Figuerola, the Minister of Finance. During a recent debate in the Cortes General Prim spoke very strongly in favour of Protection, whilst Figuerola, with the most pri mitive disregard of that unity supposed to be an essential element in the conduct of a Ministry, made a speech in favour of progressively reforming the tariff in the direction of Free Trade. At one point in his address he spoke of a Catalonian Protectionist who had sent him a document in favour of high duties as a "miserable fellow." Prim thereupon got up and vehemently contradicted the the Finance Minister, declaring that the Catalonian was not a " miserable fellow." High words passed, and a scene of great excitement followed. However, the temper of the new Spanish Parliament is decidedly in favour of Free Trade, for this stormy sitting was wound up by an anti-Protectionist vote of 130 to 30. Prim, as the chief of the Ministry, looked upon this as a vote of censure, and resigned, the whole of the Ministry following him. For some hours a vehement agitation reigned at Madrid. It was thought that the unity of the revolutionary party was at an end. The wildest rumours respecting the return of Queen Isabella, the arrival of the Duke of Montpensier, and the entry of Don Carlos into the field, were circulated in the capital. But, though the deputies had voted against Prim's Protec tionist policy, they felt that he could not be dispensed with, and a vote of confidence in his administration was passed at a meeting of the majority. His resignation and those of his colleagues were withdrawn. It is expected that a new Minister of Finance will be appointed, and that Prim will be more than ever master of the situatirn. COUNT BISMARCK ON PRUSSIAN POLICY. One of the irrepressible correspondents of the New York Herald furnishes that journal with a report of a con versation with Count Bismarck, in which the Prussian Chancellor seems to have been remarkably communicative on important matters of policy. The inquisitive journalist had no hesitation in asking the statesman whether the sivation of Europe would permit a reduction of the army budget, with the view of relieving North Germany from financial difficulty. Count Bismarck replied that such a course could not be thought of. "North Germany," he said, "must remain watchful and armed, for she has no guarantee of the intentions of France and Austria. England and America have a quarrel of their own, and as to an alliance with Russia, the Opposi tion in the North German Parliament will not hear of it. In such a situation Germany must rely upon herself, and cannot therefore reduce her military force. It is true that the people of France do not desire war ; but the French nation is easily inflamed, and it may plunge into hostilities with a precipitation incredible to more phlegmatic nations." This is interesting, and the meaning is clear. As the French Nation, however much " inflamed," cannot make war of its own will, Count Bismarck evidently meant to say that though the people of France did not desire war, yet their ruler was not in this respect to be depended upon. THE BELGIAN RAILWAY DIFFICULTY. The Constitutionnel says that by the agreement arrived at in the matter of the railway difficulty between Belgium and France, a direct service of trains is definitely esta blished between Anvers and Bale, and a common tariff of fares has been prescribed for all the railway companies concerned. The commission has like wise arranged a financial settlement between the East of France Company and the Belgian and Dutch owners of the lines over which the French trains will run. The Constitutionnel adds that this agreement has not been embodied in a convention; but merely takes the form of a minute, laying down general conditions on the basis of which the companies themselves will be enabled to establish an international system of traffic. THE SITUATION IN FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Post has been adopting the American system of " drawing " politicians. Meet ing an old member of the Corps Legislatif, the representa tive of the fashionable journal took opportunity to ask him what he thought of the new Chamber. The old deputy's opinion on the subject was very unfavourable. He believed that France was at the beginning of parliamentary troubles. The Opposition were very violent, and a feelingof personal hostility was growing up. "For the moment a perfect babelisnte prevails. None of us are sure whether the Emperor is going backwards or forwards, or whether we are to expect the status quo. He has a majority at his disposal. That majority desires a move forward. I look to the moderate Reformers as the only salvation for France and the Emperor. We have amongst us a party of reaction, and we have a revolutionary party. Both are equally dangerous." AI:ISTRIA AND THE CZECHS. The Austrian Government has not yet been able to settle its difficulties with the 13ohemians. Nothing will satisfy the latter except such a complete recognition of their nationality as the Hungarians have already obtained, and this the Emperor Francis Joseph has not found himself in a position to concede. An attempt has recently Leen made to get over the nationality aspirations of the Czechs by dividing them, by separating Moravia from Bohemia, and by creating a dis tinct province of the former. But this disingenuous idea has met with the failure which it merited. The Moravians saw through the artifice at once. It was not difficult to divine that if the Austrian Government refused to concede an autonomy to the Bohemians, it would not grant that right to the Moravians, except to further its own pur poses. The latter, therefore, have held a great meeting at which community of race with the Bohemians was solemnly affirmed. The inhabitants of the two pro vinces proclaim the same grievances, and look to the same means of reparation. The Bohemians remain the great stumblingblock in the way of Austrian progress, and it is clear that their case cannot be met by such shallow artifices as this expedient of dividing them into two peoples. GENERAL DULCE. The ex-Governor of Cuba, General Dulce, who was compelled by the volunteers to resign, has arrived in Spain, and has met with a very bad reception. The inhabitants of Santander got up a hostile demonstration on his landing, and he was surrounded with a furious mob crying for his execution. A similar welcome awaited him at Reinosa and Valladolid. The Spaniards are profoundly affected at the prospect of losing their fine possession, and they complain that General Duke acted far too leniently towards the insurgents. What will they think of the conciliatory policy which, a cable telegram informs us, has been adopted by C aballero de I-lodes? A FREE PORT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. A free port is about to be established in the African State of Tripoli, at a point on the coast of the Mediterranean due south of the western end of Candia. Every induce ment will be held out to foreigners to settle at this new port, which is to be called Tabrouk. No taxes will be imposed on the inhabitants for ten years, and they will be furnished with tools, and even with food for the first twelve months. An English company has been deputed to construct the works necessary for commercial and defensive purposes. It is expected that this free port will, through the opening of the Suez Canal, become a place of some importance. PRIZE-FIGHTING IN AMERICA. Judging by the comments in the American papers on the recent prize-fight, our cousins are not proud of the noble sport which they have inherited from us. Prize fighting has been driven out of England, and has taken refuge in the United States ; but the Americans unhesi tatingly declare that they will have none of it. The sport lost its " ancient nobleness " here ; but it has sunk to a lower level on the other side of the Atlantic. The crowds which muster at these reunions consist of the lowest of the low ; the fighting itself is mere scrambling and throttling, not boxing. It is alleged by some that the referee between M'Coole and Allen was bribed to give his decision in favour of the latter. The New York Herald remarks that the only remaining question to be settled in connection with these pugilistic gentry is to estimate the cost of accommodating them in gaol. "ALCOHOLISM." The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes that habitual drinking is largely on the increase in the United States. What it calls " chronic alcoholism " is now becoming a common cause of the removal of officers from the army. In the ordinary walks of life, too, this moat deadly of epidemics is spreading alarmingly. The high price of genuine spirits having introduced inferior whiskies and brandies, the fatal effects of the morbid taste for liquors are more and more to be observed. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 221 c. per £1 sterline'. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 'is. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is dearer in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight was on the 3d inst. about 1091 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de • lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. 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