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forced for sale . Ist M. 9 1 2d M I;x.. 91, 2d M '88... 78 $ Ch. Ist M.. Ext .......... 98 2d M......... st M ... . ..... 98 t 3 acific7's... 93g S. Fund... 1 Ist ...... 99 i 1 2d M...... 89 &CU. &C11.2d3i. ---; &Ch.3dM. 91 s. 2d 31 ... 90 n, F. Inc. 90 5.E.1501. 1 9 11 inl Ist M... 89 ml 2d M... ;in. Ist M... sex Ist M... 1 0" iex 2d M... 9 0 ic. Ist M... senlstAl... 8 9 . 3. G 5..... 9 ; .City,lst 9 ' st .31 ......... . Ist M...... 94 C0n........, 301. E. D..• 1.. W. Ist blislied in Neo -Notice is bet!" lvania and Ohio Great Western il, 1869, will be . Had tbe Erie For the over g9 Bonds, Firs t nd EriejtailwaY guaranteed 1 3 9 1,000 each, Wil l if lesser amount.. company, Nei ;. Satterfhvrai te In United States erage Mo unt of uotations hav e d exchange re -1 1865 have bil -1 the 1867 issue ;t point totale d now quoted on Illinois Shares at at 231 to 24 ' Great Western 1 the announce ing the coupon s pril 1, there has 31 to 32. Th e There has be° s generally, bat ired for, and the By the Siber ia arch. Govern led demand for s from the sam e Railroad Shave s slight improve North Western, Jr. Theodor e a succosful ,edmen's Bureit° ithdraw his re the Freedmen's -General Ade l ant Freednad° I General J. 1/. ,; axas.—Marshv Park Conlr os°- al statue of 0 0- anon $27,5 00 i New York.' 'ongressmen f er Lee has latelf to the South< In an estate 0' Bred sufficien tl y Matthews We re rine's, Cane d* eery in John s itor of the OP° died at Ssle °3 ; Captain freer: Rome, NO le ' overnor ily have brut Sorrento, toly.—Adolphl the firm r , at his ho ol . l l church is said Lrd Beecher t° Maine, has r e ' it, for malP re „ e' ra.l Robert A r urplus pro ,cect4 to the purcb t l , N. M , Far l3° '., l arge of the I " te .. „ reland, 01110. 29, at his r e ti , rk,in the 79 !miffs of ge e ' ant. Mr. 13 ` a a ' I make a gr e ti n a Spain , j ,nt lawyer fte a), March 29 12 March 28. e ol the Board th t° the Sou 1, d °° The Preside°, nt Postmas ter s Connolly , t announced ° early nt ... . t ., c sylvania. he total I° o If March, 11 % o losses cla ri sin F. Wa d° '9 ,9 ddrew to an a e a o f colo r . P r ' s , so much . P If his coa r !io resigned 13,8 1. He wi ll ° , Hartford, co and Univer °l 7), t.—Richa rd le d Lladelphia, p, Harriso ° hant of 13 1 ,0 by cuttiug / m isfortus e lte e ad a Con:10_0 ;ident John 0, 1, has bee o ; l3 o ro days bi 3 4y ill a t A O era l Tho'w e a Lim and 0 1° 0 0 pair of 09 Amaker t ° t •clei" the Pres' 00 )olonel of A d a the tenin id will a cc 17 ,00 , of the Pas.„'do, ISt. Det o / s it e d State to Judge o f eneral general. 'racy for A l? , towart 01 6 shalship i ° ,4 sus penof nastershiP 1 A e/ pnfidenlie hel4 Age' ou s hea-, 0 , st strongloV: t mode 19 0 11 A ' rr the e ' , 1, qui in e l° oe Luces nit deleY;0 0 ; uugs thelifico d by Pu t ,l i i ° L E ' Ely pra.' ofi r j on o f ese pills ajog 3ssing le- Or off, r !win aS sir. too d, 5 •e, n'P e d •oy dor) , fli%, t , t° rd, Esq . ' t 0 0 f : inst .8. G. •cO ev of th° esceot, fob ° et. „e nse-S 1)1' NP r,,f 0 01 p h : .31 0 00/ RENTAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLII\ EXHIBITION, 1565. ~Thla celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin . r " 7 ° Medal. - It Pure Mild, ' Bellow, Delicious , and very Wholesome. thinld In Bottles, Bs. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by 'Mita in the principal tcwns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. L Yinierve the Red Seal. Pink Label and Cork Branded "Sins s Ll 4 Whisky. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION n L Act of Parliament. 18493, 14, S TREE T. Rus s o COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, And t'4, QUR EN ' S - ROAD , BRIGHTON AbVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free !pibold or Le asehold Property, for o ne , two, or three years, repay e we 'klY, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. ems free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. ROYAL. MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Great S .1,1:-eateat Proprietor. Mr. J. S. Sweaeey. i ht t , IICC'PSR of the Martens Vainly in their renowned CfLat fines ones --Nir. Arthur Lloyd in his impersonation of Professor an --_in the Original Christy's Minstrels—E. D. Davis. the V entriloquist of the day—Professor Beaumont in his a araeters—lii:,s ()eu' Ill u s iona . (Magicl:--Lelitt and Florence. the JuYenile Aetres t„, cli -sesMr O Pnrton, the ori -inal transformation dancer in II les rr Y and &MI King, Irish Duettists—and a host of other "el'a. Miss Jennie Franiclin. Serio Com' e talented artistes. Notice Mae '—, Mr. P. Cores (the Musical Director) Benefit will take 2 (T. We dnesday. April 21. on wh - ch oc,ension F. Trotnan. F ;',,:,take the chair. Mr Richard Dun. of the Adam and vi e i t• Ja hn -street -road Cler . kenw . ell. will sine , the Duet 'All's I" with Mr. P. Corr . i.. Gr ' eat . Night of the Season. IW. MACLAGAN IS COMING-MAT 10. MADAM E TUSSAMYS EXHIBITION.- Newalways Ttemntiftil. Always A ttraetire. Redeenrated. RACKAI3end nuautlfu merous l Costumes.— AdPOrtrait ns Ad mM i odel on. Is of MA Ot D alren AME . assi.: unde r t en, 6 d.; extra rooms, M. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. A IIG I P Lr ROOM S.—OPEN EVERY Roomy tVENTNG for Inßtrumental Music and Messrs.gTll Dan 7 e tra hve anc Vaa c aye been magnificently re-decorated by . u n a e r e a k an • c The celebrated nand will perform during to w Music Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, is o Balcony, 2s. W INDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CU ATI n g i T"bo " PATE AU DIABLE." above Paste is a mos t agr e ea bl e r e lish f o r f or devil -LunchLes eon, Brenkfast &e. It will be found most useful o of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, fite. Also their GINAL AND SUPERIOR E'SENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES egantleld'n Patent), To be obtnined Wholesale awl Retainof JOHN BURGESS AND SONO 107, STRAND (Corner of Savoy Steps), London, W.O. ASHLEY AND CO. FOR WINES. PER DOZEN. Very Pine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34s. O ld Crushed P rt (Dow's T 1 r's and Cockburn's BhlPPing), V in tage , "') ' Wines let iiiinag Clihte lTp a rrie e ule m (P pe ec i r a ie L r P s Ms. to :545. rr shi M pp o i s n se g ux, ).... S . i . l: satnple cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. GAR RICK-STREET, COVEN r-GARDEN. --......_____ p - -- -L - ---- - -- B. HALL, of Printing House-square, E.C.. ge 0 _ • next the " " London.— Ant and unsignee for NierfoLs Times "and STONESWh' (the olesale Burton Brewery) celebr ated PALE an d other ALES ; Kcatinge and Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch a' iskies, fr om several of the best distilleries. Samples can lso be Been at th e Ti mes ' Shades. BONA FIDE turriberBUSINESSES:A. of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars o f others \ranted in town and country. OSCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dinine-room, consisting of a new and elegant as ft.ortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe- Voil Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, ! in Italian, A labaster , Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby llire S par , &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES W.O nAN I ' E T, Mi nera l og i s t t o h er M a j es t y, 149 , S tran d , ~ London. m_Mr Ten ant arratves elementary collections of ROCKS, INERALS, and s o FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elementf Geology they will a•reativ facili !lie the interesting' study of MINERALOGY and u.E.OLOGY, and can be h a d at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. ...PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and miIsTERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149 , Strand. TUE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices -1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. he In ves t e d Funds now amount to X 3,401,055. the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus f or the Life Policies of this Company, and their Value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly. APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED REDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT , off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Na t icns, 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, Deac 3n , an d C o., b an k ers, Birchin-lane and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William- Street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ;3:Life Governor, £lolos. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, R i chmond, Surrey. Found e d 1819. E n l arge d IS6I. Under patronage of H.B.H. the Duke of Catuurnan, G wbe rehY a home has been aff or d e d f or 280 D est it u t e O rp h an irls of all ages classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. lispe objet of the Charity i s t o g i ve or ph an g i r l s a p l a i n Eng ducation, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, la undrY, to flt them for domestic service; and, if not other ".se provided for when they attain 16 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. MCRRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer, °lle% 121, Pall- ma ll , W WH. WL9vriOX Secretary. lIRITIsH ORPHAN ASYLUM, M ackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron —Her lifost 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 In stitution ; prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In ample room for about 30 more. endow n ased support indispensable , as this Charity is not a nd d, and is i n th e greatest need of further pecuniary stance. p _ Subscriber s an d the public are invited to inspect the its astituti on, The l and jud ge as t o th e na t ure o f th e Ch ar i ty an d Pec uliar claims Bocretary, set Re Port . can be obtained on application to the THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. I- Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside , London, E.O. l ane Bankers— Messrs. Williams, D eacon , an d C o., Birchin _ ;and Messrs. Haywood Broth ers . M anc h es t er. ....______ ~.. . _ ..... ._„...,.. REALTR RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. saves THE REVALENTA ARAI3ICA 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, diarrhcea, all gastric de rangements, hemnorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, estarrlas, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleepleanesa, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, ms, 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 hetween the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of . al l foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints, IMPORTANT CAUTION.-13eWere _e_ many . unsavoury and more than slopy imita.tsiomnossttonwndhalotc.ho,tiwo4thnotutut autho rity, Baron Liobig ' s name a n i t u a ab Ar le ab P i r c ° a P i i n rt v ie al g id n i f e Dit He ß n a ce rr f y o , r s th ho n a o l n th e - w ro i s l t l or d i o n l u g bt rto th v e si v e and Infants' Food, since to the thousands whose sandsof p b o l s e it s i s e i n ng h s a i d t has already rece i ve d f rom invalids add that of his Holi ness deemed hopeless, we ma y now been perfectly restored the Pope, whose health has by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical (Cure No. We quote from the Gazelle du Midi, J uly 181" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—T Holy Father is excellent, especially other remedies, he a b b e a n n l d th on o in f g t a h l e i t__e__Du_ a surprisingly plateful at every meal. it has produced Iln'Y's Re valenta lle A h r:b s ica °° F afi o n od ed , of h im w sise h n i el ch e h n e tir co e n ly steea beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58 ,216 of the M arc hi oness de Braban of seven Yearns' liver c omplaint, wasting awaY, bad T : 55, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, -'geation, constant sloe lessness, and the most intolerable debility, nervous nervous agitation. P Cure N 0.78, of d ys pe p sia ,from the Right Hon. the Lord ford : I have derive Stuart de Decies, LOr d - Liett(enat of the County of Water excellent fool.--STrA W aterford: , 111. DE DECIEs, Lord s mnch benefit from your Cure No. 49 8 Dromana, Cappoquin, psis , nervousness, asthma, indescribable agony from dyspe • ' ` 12 .-- Of fifty years' . County flatule Cure No Sickness and vomiting. of Lyno, Norfolks' SIC nervousn neY spu rn . k , cough, 3coranrsitaip Jolly, Cure 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme r "Cisurfael34: indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ne No. 56814. —Mr. Samuel Lawton, Leicester, of two years diarrhcea. , The Food is sold in Canisters, at Is. 11d. ; lib., 2s. 9d., 0 ., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b ~.40s. The 121 b. and 241 - anisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Pu Barry s Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in ti a aanisters Per 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 39. 6 ( 1 ., for 48 c ape ilt Gs., for 288 cups at 30s. for 576 caps at 555. Being about cna penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Poet Office Order. hii. ally DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-etreet, London ; a lso at Portnurn and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, Gracec hutch-street ;63 an d 150, Oxford -street • ' • and 121, New Nerth- marl, London an d all Grocers and Chemists I.R. NEWSPAP RECEIVED J 6 J IV. 23,081. Now ready, in Bvo., with Fino Portrait, 155., T II E LIFE OF ROSSINI. By H. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS.. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL. This day is published, DOUBLES AND QUITS. By LAIT. ENCE W. M. LOCKIIABT, Late Captain 92d Highlaniters. With Twelve Illustrations by Sylvestris. In Two , Volumes, post Bvo., pri, e 2lg. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. JOURNAL OF THE INS TITUTE OF ACTUARIES. No. LXXV., for April, price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS: Mr. John Coles—On Railway Debenture Stock considcted es a Security for the Investment of the Funds of a Life As surance Society. Mr. Samuel Itrown's Extracts from Opening Address to Section F (Econ9mic Science and Sbitistics), of the British Asso ciation for. the Advancement of Science, at the Thirty- Eighth Reeling at Norwich, August, 1868. Government Life Annuities. German Life Assurance Institute: Thirteenth Annual Report of the Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 1, 1868. Part IL Life and Accident Insurance. Home and Foreign Intelligence ; Un the Condition and Progress of the German Life Assurance Offices in the Year 1867. Bonus Reports. Correspondence. London :—Charles and. Edwin Layton, 150, Fleet-street ; Depot for Books on A ssurauce—Life, Fire, and Marine. THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are singing daily, with immense applause, Mr. A.S. Gatty's new Comic Song, PUT IT DOWN TO ME. They will sing it at the Theatre-royal Drury-lane To-morrow Afternoon. The new ballad by Mr. G. B. Allen, " When the Roses Blow," is also sung nightly by them. Each song free by post for 19 stamps. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORF MURK POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETI BRI'T'ISHEQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.C. NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies In Weeks. issued. 1868 3 ••• ••• ••• • • 86 —114,250 3869 3 103 1Q,481 London: Robert Cox and Co. Order of all Musics°llera. MEDICINE JACK : New Comic Song. By A. S. CATTY.—" There is one of the greatest rarities of the present day I should like to introduce my readers to, namely, a new comic song. Medicine Jack' is a first rate lively song, and possesses a splendid chorus (ad. lib.)" —Vide the " Hornet," April 7. London : Published by Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. Excess 22 £4,211 In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1869 ... 3,105 —£539,442 - bc 71 ~' • CLERICAL. MEDICAL, AND GENERAL 2= - 5 - I '. 1 T HE LADIES' NEW COMIC S. SONG.— ~ —gg og .c. B. R. A. G." Words and Music by A GATTY. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. o Amount 6 : Amount Annual :T . ..3 Order . of all Musicsellers. 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE , LONDON, S.W. 44 7, 2 ' 2 ' Proposed. Assured. Premiums. p., O READABLE SHORT-HAND, SELF-TAUGHT : CHAIRMAN. • ap., -- ----- -- Being a System by which people can teach themselves: Right lion. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. £ 8. d. 13,6993318 3, 7:1 , 4 6 0 7 8 0 4 . 0 8 d. 1 2 2 1 2: 3 2 4:7 7 1:6. d. 56 write the longest word without lifting the pen; read what they DEPUTY-CHAIRMEN. write; and correspond with friends at home or abroad , . on plea- SWirilCliahrnarlßesowLmocalE, S W, ' D.C.L. . R.5. , F.R.S. 1858 - 4,802 1,023,140 0 5 9 0 ~ 4 3 9 8 3 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 6 3 7 , , 5 1 1 0 3 7 1 1 3 9 10 9 sure or business. It embraces a double set of vowels, with liquid 1 18 8 6 6 8 3 1 1 7 3 ;4 24 6 4 6 2 4:8 77 6 9 1:3 6g 3 6 0 0 9, 7 7 63 46 6 2 :44 03 4 7 _ _ -- consonants grafted on the other letters ; togetherwaDlAGl i t t 2 OF DOTS , and a combination of words in most f amiliar use , _____ ready sentences The w hole f o rming A SYSTEM OF READAB LE Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at SHORT-HAND, Shortened. By MU II DO YOUNG. the Att. ual General Meeting held on the 27th November, _The net prom um income has incroased to Total.. 35,512 8 i ,664,10 9 5 9 26, London: Edward Stanford, 6 and 7, Charing-oloss, S.W. 1868 :___the sum of ....................................... 4216,704 1 7 Price 2s. 6d. 1. The sum of .£112,345 was proposed for Assurance, of The interest on investments and other items • which .£307,395 was completed at Premiums pro- of receipt yield _ . _ ... _ . _ —... 1. 4A +h Sartnna mani"" .1.1,.:...... el n nn- . 1. The sum of £112,345 was proposed for Assurance, of which £307,395 was completed at Premiums pro (Wing £10,067 per Annum. 2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,883, being the smallest since 1860, whilst the expenses of management and all other outgoings were even less than for many years past. 3. On the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769, notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by abatements of premium which did not take effect in the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867. 4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than £B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four years of the Society's existence. 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to £1,598,906. '1,276 18 1 Just published, price Is. 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, contfaininp 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. Making a total income of ............ £237,980 19 8 The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the clo s e of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact thst 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 Bo ar d , and Secretary. London, March 18, 1 869 . The directors also draw attention to the success f u l esta blishment during the past year of th e B r it ann i a Fi re Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Co m p an y, to work in active co-operation with the Life, will t en d muc h to the advantage and profit of bo s t e n pa in ra st t i e tu a t n io d ns d . ist l in t e i t s . scarcely necessary to remark that th e capital funds and constitutionj JOHN each y E ° o f fi s r d e s eeEr are quiteT Actuary The following are among the distinctive features of the Society : CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on cred.t. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death, whichever event shall first happen. INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. ' Tables of Rites and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, De►oted to American Intelligence. ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con!ress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, dm. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every 8 ATURD A Y MORNING. price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. D ID. 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 bozos at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 61, at all chemists. THE ONLY COFFEE MACHINE t o Pro duce the Real and Best French CAFE NOIR. Coffee Machines from 3s. 9d. to 12s. 6d. in tin. " 7s. to 245. in bronze 64 " £2 to £4 in electro-plate and gilt. French Coffee Roasters, the Cheo e pefa and Best, from 3s. to Bs. 6d, French Coffee Mills from Ss. to ss. Eggbollers anti Rechands from Ile. 9d. to Pe. Ad. C. MAY kit & SOS, Patentees, 40 and 41, Fleet-street, E.O NICOLL, HAIRCUTTER t o Prince of Wales, 40, Glasshouse -street, Regent-street. TIII C HA NOP II RON. Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it. Sold In Bottles, 2s. Gd. Hair Restored and Baldness Prevented by NICOLL'S ELECTRIC HAIR REGENERATOR FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. In Bottles, 2s. 6d. NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES. For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in Bottles, 2s. Gd. each. NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY. For removing superflous Hair. Sent free to any part of the three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable at Vigo-street. Regent-street. LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every shade, Colour, and Size, from Is. to 2s. 6d. SHAMPOOING. BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge 6d. DB. scorrs BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, §pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, drc. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice sailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.' " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient ; are mild in tbeir 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. gold in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 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 ' Norton's Camomile Pills." NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores th e H uman H a i r to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. B.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WIRTE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five 131!ndre:!d 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 circu lar may be had, and the trues, which can not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JO FIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 21s, 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. P ostage, ls. Bd. ls. A Doubl e T russ, 31s. 6d., 42s and 525. 6(1. Postag e , An Umbilical Truss 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. be made pay a bl e to John White, Post-offic,e Ord ers t o Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT `cc' Thoy vLASTIC STOCKINGS CI KNEE-CAPS, drc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and S . wolling of the Legs, Sprains, are porous, light in . texture, :Ind haoxpensivo, and aro 10s. draw and 16s. n on like each an ord Pos ta inary ge, stocGd. king. P r i ce 4 s. 6d., 7s. 6d., . ' JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. ROYAL FREE 'HOSPITAL, Gray' s -i nn -road, in the immediate vicinity of the Gre a t N orthern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QtnEN. Vice-Patron — Hie Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President-LHis Grace the Duko of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. This Hospital, founded hi 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. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lano ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Horries and no. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payiwi,, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and oo.,:Berners-street ; ',slid at the Hospital from 10 till b. ./c 4 ; ~......% ....c- 4- ‘ -, .• , " 7 -1, , -<t-• °- ' ' l tli- - .. 71-- 7 i - 4.1 y• ..,...... :. / ----- 1 . --:--- I _ ~ . I Er rm' • ' tge. ,k v c- t eli-4Zir cf. ):- ' 3,0 i „.,.,. 4 ~..4 , , 4--......- .."-- I t - .*),..., ~. 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The Directors of this Company, in deference to en ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of Lite 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 Unforfeitablo, 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 paym en t o f th e i r 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 th© number of pre miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi nally contracted to be paid. Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on the discontinuance of the assurance. The assured will thus always have the option of retain ing.either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac cording ti 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 ono 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. Tho 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 A s s ura n ces —a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. i t i s on l y neces sary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfeitablo and uncon ditional, they will also bo 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 nn• questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY HARDEN, Secretary. A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS NVIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STE WART IPIDOSON, Esq Sub--Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. 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, sq. Fr E ancis Alex. Tiamilton, Egg. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam' DIRECTORS. William Tetlow Ilibbert, Wilco W E ilmo t Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevilo Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline \Vm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. uel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. 1 1 11 E INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing. among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassan's re port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, NV.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. EAGLE INSURANC 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 dedu c ti on o f this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALB ERT ORPH A N A SYLIIM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Seoret4ry. Once, 51, Cheapside, London, •f:.O SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30nt JUIE, 1868. INCOME OF ME YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867 £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,77+ n 0 QAMARIT NN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN k-1 and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dis uses 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, thitchnni, dilly : Sir Samuel Scott. Bart.; Mess., Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, : and by the Secretary. £ 779 ,740 13 9 TIIE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bonverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is row open on klondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women am applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the. Secr etary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Calo4onian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbo at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall.mall.-ITon. Sec.. Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, SOC. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CHEST, City-road.—The wards for in-patlonts are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. .... ',a1.., ...If. aa aa s.• a • • The Committee of Management e arnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help thorn to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved iu the last six years. Inn GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. NOTICE. —The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS f a lli ng d ue a t L a d y D ay will expire on the 9th of April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. PA TILING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine. 4. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent.:per:annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons w h o preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may bo insured ou one Life. This Corporation affords to the Asrured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested C ap it a l St oc k , an d exempt i on 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. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. Upwards of 100 poor sink 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 sioknoss and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, S4crotary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. B RITISH lIO.IIE for INCURABLE'S, Clap ham-rise. instituted in 1861. Patroness—ll.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc ns over 20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who aro 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 boon elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS aro earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEA VER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES Ore as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland• street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary d 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 aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. Tho committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. Tho Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") . may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. CODPEIt, Spy, Queen-street o.hetwaide. ~~ 7HE PACIFIC RAILROAD. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The Grand Trunk Pacific line from Omaha to Sacramento, which is virtually from New York to Sati Francisco, has been, we doubt not, finished ere this so far that trains can pass over it, though in the English acceptation of the term we fear it is yet far from being a finished road. But, scamped though it may be, it is the grandest of undertak ings, furnishing an instance of American energy such as the history of the world cannot equal. From the beginning to the end, the scheme is characteris, tic of the Arneric..n, alike exemplifying good and bad qualities. Its conception in its magnifieen . ce bordered on temerity seeming to the world but narrowly sepA.. ra ed from the point where angels fear to tread but fools rush in. Through almost unknown wastes, over three of the most stupendous woulituit. ranPes, - it vast desert, a country covered with hostile bands of Indians, heights overhung by the I 1 ava ane it has been carried from ocean to ocean acro s a con tinent to Connect the Eastern portions of the world with the Western portions. This stupendous work was commenced during a war which threatened to shiver the Republie into f ragments, when t4s energies of the nation, North and South, were ab sorbed in the effort to annihilate each other. That such a giant work, prujt!e - .ed and commenced at such a time, should require men of giant strength is the next co:,clusion at which the world would arrive. Not a bit of it. Anybody, Nobody, did it. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN says he was the man, with the street rails he laid dowa in London, which were pulled up and thrown at him by the City authorities. Mr. DuRANT, the Vice-President, gave' some interesting information in the examination. still progressing in the New York Courts. One thing is certain that all interested in its start have feathered their nests till they have become the most downy in the States. Whether GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN started the Union Pacific Railway or not, he . left England with everything with which be was counected in a state of collapse. The flag, be main- • tains it was he who flew so defiantly iu the face/of a hostile Europe, over our predecessor the Lon-' don American, had been hauled down, and his rails pulled up; but *now Mr. TRAIN is building palatial' residences, that at Newport at an expenditure of some hundred thousand dollars. The testimony given in the investigation showed the enormous profit made by the contractors; and the contractors were the promoters ; the whole neatly worked out through another company called the Credit Mo bilier. The Court insisted on the production of the papers and books ; Mr. DURANT so strenuously re sisted that the Judge entertained a motion to com mit him for contempt. The safe was in the office; the combination key in the pocket of Somebody Else, and that Somebody E!se nowhere. The Judge ordered the safe to be blown open, but the safe, too, resisted even more strenuously than Mr. DURANT, as if bent upon being a fine advertisement for its maker. The best of this joke, if it be a joke at all, is, that JAMES FISK (junior), of Erie notoriety, is the self-constituted champion of the public against this railway jobbing. Mr. TRACY, counsel for the defence, asserted that the Receiver had once been through the safe, and had found in it only an old almanac and one dollar and a half. About two centuries ago, replied Mr. STOUGHTON, a lawyer on the other side, a certain JOHN HAMPDEN made a great fuss over a few shillings of ship money. Mr. TRACY retorted that he had heard of JAMES FISK in several capa cities, but never before as the philanthropist and patriot "JOHN HAMPDEN." How they had heard of Mr. FBI( was stated by another counsel for the defence, Mr. M'FARLANE, who insisted on reciting a precedent why a Receiver should not be ap pointed. "It was one of the Eric cases wherein the plaintiff in this suit was sought to be restrained from ravage and pillage, of which he thought he had shown him to be guilty. In that case a re- PRICE.... ild. STAMPED sd. ii-NCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY, U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLA SSES, 1868-69. -I- LECTURES. Thrse Couises of Lectures on Common and Mercantile L aw, Cot, veyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, Nv.1.1 be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the mouths of -April, May, and June next. ceivership of the railroad had been denied on mo tion. Was this man (Mr. FtsK) yet unwhipt of justice to obtain an order cx pante, without proof, which had then been denied on the fullest proof ? It is pa sing strange that a Director who led in the affairs which made the Erie notorious should prosecute in this dog cat dog way ; but Mr. FISK,s with more than American versatility, is ready for any character, from the pulpit of the ILL. HENRY WARD BEECHER to " Ile Wickedest Man in New. York." That the projectors of the railway hwe made a goof thing out of it is undeniable, while it is equally true that they have accomplishe I a great. work. The world could not expect the road to be substantially formed, and doubtless the Commis sioners lately appointed are justified in reporting adversely. Bat the Government may compel the Company again to go over the work, to ballast, and, to use a favourite word in the United States,- to reconstruct it. At Washington a contest has been progressing between the Union Pacific and the Central, as to the point of junction in Utah. The former desires the spot to be Monument Point on the Great Salt Lake, the latter Ogden in the Salt Lake Valley. As yet the Central is successful, Ogden being named by the Senate Committee, though the Union Pacific had been completed some time ago, 25 miles beyond that town, while the Central Pacific had not reached within a consider- able distance of Monument Point. The Central alleges that its rival is not finished to Ogden as stated, as there are several miles of temporary track i❑ the Wasatch Mountains, 30 miles cast of Ogden, with grades exceeding 200 feet to the mile ; and two tunnels which could not be finished till the 30th of April, by which time the Central would have laid its trick to Ogden City. The Union retorts by asserting a❑ over-issue of Government Bonds to the Central, that the track is badly built, &c., and the CominLsioners on that point seem to bear, out the recriminations of both companies. Indeed, on one Saturday, a few weeks ago, the Union finished 6 miles of its road, at which rate a railway could be completed between London and Liverpool under forty days. Still enough rem tins to show that enormous ingenuity and energy have been expended on both math, especially the Central. Take for instance the means used to protect the elevated portions most exposed, from snow in winter. For twenty-two miles a shel has been matt-acted, which appears like a tunnel sixteen feet high, not including the pitch of the roof, and sixteen feet wide. It is made of the best timber procurable, braced together, and firmly bolted to the rocks, and where snow slides, the roof is carried with extra strength to the cliffs, so as to conduct the falling masses over the road down the chasms. This snow-shed covers 43 acres, and 40,000,000 feet of timber have been used in framing it. We have said that the undertaking brings out in a high de gree American characteristics. It was a grand con ception ; it was carried through with extraordinary speed and success ; it was used as a means for job bing, the plunder being Bonds in millions, and estates equalling principalities, and in success it opens with everybody at loggerheads, with half-a dozen lawsuits, and the point of junction, a vanish ing point which no one can determine; coupling a strange amount of grandeur and of littleness, asso ciating names with a work worthy of a combined world, with mean motives and insatiable plunder. Mr. Thomas C. Bowie, belonging to the En gineer Corps of the Noith Missouri Railroad, was killed by falling into a cellar in Kansas .City on the 30th March. He was a nephew of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, also of the present Governor of Maryland, and was formerly con nected with the United States Coast Surrey. Dr. Guy R. Phelps, President of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, died at his residence in Hartford, Thursday morning, March 18, aged 67. - He graduated at Yale in 1825, and directed his attention to insurance in 1846. He signed, either as secretary or pre sident, 97,000 policies, and paid $8,000,000 in losses. H e had an insurance on his life far fro,ooo, 916,000, of which was in his own company, and the rest in the Mutual Bene fit of New Jersey. Senator Sprague is described by himself as "no speaks "with his pantaloons pockets, say saps by with his arms akimbo, or o h ra an t d o s r. i " n i A ds his hands clasped under his coat tails. Also, that he turns his back upon the Vice-President and talks to the galleries, while twisting and jerking and pounding his empty chair. J)UNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in tho world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application 'to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Besafort-builiings, Strand, London, W.Q Yertisement. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1869. JWIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY Q. , TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decxy, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Th a mes- street. London. ItEATING .'S COUGH LOZENGES.— St. Paul s Ca:hedral, 30th Nov., 1819 Sir,—l have much pleasure in recommending your Lozenges to those who may bo distressed with Hoarseness. They have afforded me rePef on several occasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of Catarrh. I think they would be very useful to ClOrgymen, Barristers, and Public Orators. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, To Mr. Keating. • TnoMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. Sold by all Druggists. ABOLITION OF TILE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPAVY, in antic pation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new I Fur:ll2ms 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, Liverpool, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announeenient. Increased Share of Life Profits, ALL NEW INSURAvCF.S, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCRHASED SIIARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. MCLAREN. Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. A PARTMENTS.—One or Two Floors, with LIL Extra Bed Rooms if required. Close t) Omnibus, Rail, and Boat. Terms moderate. 13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-road, Brompton. THE LOMBARD . EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROOK. Lombard-stredt, London. MANAGVIt —Mr J. 11. YOUNGRUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or 10s. monthly, payable in Advance. The Boom is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Reuter . s Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general tele.graphic information ; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference; There is also an excellent Refreshmont-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 oonvenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. _ _ For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. - - • N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son and Co., 8, Royal E xc h ange, E.C.; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. BRITON MEDICAL • AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRUSTEE:. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq. , F.R.S. Dulitiie,.K.C.B. • F ra ncis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bert. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, E.A. CHAIRMAN or THE Bamtn—FRINCIS WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN - W. TYLER SMITH, Esq. • EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE PORT, iertd at 'the Annual General Meeting held at the Society's House on Tlntrttlay, 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 issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd. The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods : MILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experience, effectually gnarl against Fire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London. pARTRIDGE AND COOPER. IitAisTUFAC HIRING STA rioNaits, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (S.C.) TETE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20e. per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper 1 0 Superflae Cream Laid Note: much approved ,.. , 4 0 Supet flneThick Cream Lni , l Note: especially recorn non le 1 e 6 Extra surcrtlne Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing.... ... , Large Commnecial Note Papers 1t9., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 103 6.1, 12s. 61., and 1 I 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling .. plain. 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for Is. 61., or • 6 Tile New Vellum Wove "Club House" 1' ote, five quires for • 2s. 6.1. superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 55 6d, & 6s G 1 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 61 per 1,003 Cheap Riff Colour, for circulars &c., as COLOUR STA 1I PING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU ITlt ITED CATALOGUE, containing full doscrin tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstan is, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage -tales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 18 11 INDIA OFFICE, 29th • J anuar y, 1869.-- By order of the Secretary of State for India in Notico Co is uneil. hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from liavteed Efraso from the nt hd eia estatesGcg Company's e m o rp f na d inn e ey ! s a t : s e! : v O tih ffi c e a r n s d an o d f ts,oimldeiebz•eseonf received e Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, hare from time to respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. 8011, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. IL, Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub Ccinductor, Madras Estabitrit." 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Floud E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. 31., 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. 126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, bth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A., Oaptain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six mouths from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of o b f y t sale, e a c n e d a s e t h d. T. T. PEARS, Major - General , am ount realized be credited to the estate Military Secretary. LAW CLASSES. In co „„ x f o. -i with the lectureScraS - s - os will be conducted under do guids,, , ce and superintendance of the lecturerA, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscric'rs to each class will bo limited, and the inAruction given will be confined to an examioation of tie students upon ti subje .t of a preceding lecture, Or on portions of a given oiel: be Aring on the stunt subject. A sufficient number of class. , s w, 1 follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall previa • for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the studeL ts. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified. and impressed on the memory by the classes; arid the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to iruc, the proi.'ress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LA.W, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The °ours° will consist of Nino Lectures upon do fol lowing subjects:— a. Simple Contract-% b. Contracts under SPal. c. The Contract of Salo. _ d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightrnent, 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 Vgest of Common Law (4tldarson). 'LECTUIr4 I :Bnn OONVEYANIINAnd the LAW Of REAL I ROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Eci.," Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:- - Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds ; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Satlements of Real Estate; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Diseutailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Battlements. Lectures V., VI. TV ills.-1. Usual Frani° and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Constritction 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. Crodi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds-3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Bairiiter-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in natters 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. 'rho Administrative Jurisdiction, continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1. , 23 ; lladdan'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 tho books principally referred 16 during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— • For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members .. The subscription payable foi the law classes— For all the branches of Foreach instruction. branch. By every subscriber Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subseribinlr. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be :Omitted to the hall after the lecture has coin ttleuuud. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's ITall, Oct., 186 R. N.B. Genilem , m may subscribe for and ;Meal the lec tures and classes, either separately or c,dleclively ; but as the instruotion given in the class , -s will have special re ference to preceding- lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to att , n4 the classes should also attend the lectures. I'RIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LON DON F !MAL PR EVIG N TIV R I FORM ATORY IN STITITTION. President Bev. CANON DAL& CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, ➢iessrs. Blon greet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston -road, N.W. TILE 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 aro 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, 82, So.ckville-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 meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-bill, 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 Ranges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, 5.0.; and by WILLIAM WTI:M.4AM, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fleids. 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. 1 he Bishop of LONDON, _ Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gon. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. atd Rev. F. By Dg RO7. J. E. Kempe Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Eeq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse Rev. E. Capol Cure . J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox • Rev. Canon Nepean Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Ebq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. 11 G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by any of the above,- by Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon. Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom commurications may be addressed. R OYAL 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. Belief 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 their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital h:;e lust been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,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 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? Loudon, 8.0. September , • • - Premiums on new assur- aces Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 £380,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,581 7 3 Profit and loss, balance 44 :::::: of account l3 3 544,466 9 2 Total income ---- 15 11 £1,317,207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OP THE YEAR. Dividend to proprietors ...... . ............. £8,877 5 0 Cla;-ns on decease of lives assured .. . ............. £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies... 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered...... 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new ...... 3,270 15 4 Ditto, old. ................... 50,365 0 8 Commission ....... ...... . 43 Medical fees ..... ' 751 16 2 17017 61 02 8 155 3 .......... Income tax........, 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage ment ........................ 15,489 8 5 ----- 409,777 9 5 Total charge ................. ... . ...... £409,634 14 5 Balance of account, 30t1; Juno 186 . S ...... 907,552 8 6 £1,817,207 2 11 Examined and approv ‘d -- viz., THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors HENRY ROSE, The total inco me o f the year, it will be seen , is £ 544 , 466 98. 2d., and th e total outgo £409,654 14s. s d. ; the diffe rence, or the s um l a i d by £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 f rom the productive por ti on o f th e rea li se d assets of £2,897,157 , mentioned i n th e last ye ar ' s re p or t . The whole as se t s, productive and unpro d uc ti ve , ma y there fore be consid ere d as having i m proved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re 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 - a ssurance, 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 , 40 0. But t h e y s till include charges incurred in the final closing of the two offices last absorbed by the'company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 5} per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : DR. Interest duo to proprietors ... £g977 13 3 Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &o. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before ........................ 907,552 8 6 Total £7565198 1 3 CR. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 183,979 17 10 Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest ments 36,243 7 6 Cash and bills .................................. 22,604 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies.... 159,503 14 9 Agents' balr.nces Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ........... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 Total ............ ....................... £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and app rove d . THOMAS A LLEN,I . HENRY ROSE, f Auditors. The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmpaying it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have boon mado on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on secur i ty of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, too assets am oun t t o £3 , 059 , 030 3s. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair- man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq• Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke, Esq. Admiral Tindal.: D.C.L. Robert A. Grayl Esq. Win. Augustus Guy ~~~ ,i :..- L,! r _ r 3 3 0 111 6 2 2 0 I