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• - _ • 7- , • .. , • • • . n. • .A. , 4 *4-4 `v,r+- - I ES . 54 , q1 . 1 . 0 3 41. • '4'"d4 4 , 2 1:; I -) 46 :1 .11.• . • • tr• • • ,-V • -4 R Pp • - . . 11 >4 - PV: r- 9 Algal Lt. WIILMRY DIAL4tt4. CAMETTION, 1845. This telecited OLD IRISH'WHISKY galled the Dublin pT ze Medal. - Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lor.don; by t 9e Agents in the principal tc wns in Eneland; or wheesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-SThEET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Labe. and Cork Branded "Sins• n's LL Whisky sumo the sheet will be of the form of the morn. ing journals. The New York Herald says there are only three daily newspapers in London which pay their expenses, and it is sometimes asserted in American papers that there is not one evening paper among these three. Of course the Times and the 7 elegraph are two of the paying number, but we cannot pretend to say which is the third alluded to by the Herald. Of this we feel assured, that the present dull period tells severely on the daily press. The expenses are enot 1110113—perhaps the most ex pensive machine in the world is a dilly paper—and the rapidity with which it runs through a vast sum has brought many aspiring attempts to establish such an organ to a speedy end. The experiment, as regards the Pall-Mall Gazette, will b -gin with 1870, and that year will tither see it a great power in England or the shutters of its office up. It is a grand experiment, and we like the 4 , pluck" with which it drops into the ring. We also admire its style, while coudeinning the severity of its criticisms as well as its tone on America. F UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, A n‘i QtrEMWS-Re &n. BRITIRTON k DVANCES MONEY upon personal seetalty, Bills of Sale, Free bold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay tble weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. v'orms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. THE SUN, LoNDON, THURSDAY EVENING, PECEMBER 9, 1869. N°. PRICE... 4d! STAMPED ba. "WOODIN'S RETURN TO LONDON." W. S. WOODIN "AT HOME" with his great Original CARPET BAG and SKETCH-BOOK. TO-NIGHT, • In the largo Room EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Plan of Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Lil,raiy, Old Bond sfreet. COMPENSATION INC CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY 1:C11%10;1:nay be secured bv! Policy of the • A AnßAnUtail'PaymPAeSnStEoNf PASSENGERS .£ A 6 SS s U s. lt in A s N u C r E eft C Z O I, 3PA £l,OOO at f Death, Y and an Allowance at the me of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCIOENTS ALONE may be provided against. by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations; to the Local Agents, or at the Offices. 54, CORNUILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. 13A IN LESS. and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSE Ll', the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT- STREET. exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 23. MOOItGATE-STREET, CITY. Estab lished 1820. This, the m os t perfected system of path less dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Nfosely, is 1-commended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely bo obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical ox lerience) at Ws only residence, 312, Regent-street. The =uperlatwe excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps, and decayerl teeth ren lered 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 g..aranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—"So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.: sots. 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addreSses, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing .he Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgate-street, E C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. Su9I,VER'S LECTURE ON !ASTI:: "PATE AU 1)IABLE." 9 HE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for It 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 Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, 305., LIFE AND REMAINS OF ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor -Mr. 3. S. Swe , sey. THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN LONDON IS LE PE*l IT BLONDIN AND lIIS SISTER BLANCHE, who dance a complete Set of Quadrilles on the Double Tight Rope, without the aid of a Balanving Pole, and perform Feats never attempted by any other Performer, ECLIPSING THE OttIGINAL BLONDIN. Great Success of Mdlle. Csrlitzo Marino. • Miss Carlotta Verte. Serio-Comic and Danseuse ; \fr. M. P. Foster. Miss Kate 3lacnamara, Mr Louis Lindsay, and James Lay - field. Miss Julia Wade, the fascinating Serio-Comic; Miss Clare mont; the Sisters Rushbrooks ; and Mr Rowland Lascelles. Prices of Admission as usual. Balcony, Gd.; stalls, ls. Mr. P. Corti, Musical Director. PURE PICKLES (Mani Patent), To be obtained Wholesale and Retail of JOIIN BURGESS AND SON, 107. STRAND (Corner of Savov Steps), London, W.O. 19 0 BERT LEE, D.D., Minister of Old Grey it IL, friars, Dean of the Chapel Royal of Hulyrood, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, &c. By I?. H. STORY, Minister of iloseneath. With an Introductory Chapter, by Mrs. OLIPRANT. Author of 'The Life of the Rev. Edward Irving," etc. From the rimes.—" We need mike no apology to our readers for calling their attention to the life and writings of a man, who by the force and energy of his character, has left an indelible mark on the annals of his country. It is but a small thing for a man to leaven mere name behind him, even though that name be famous: it is a far higher merit to bequeath to posterity a living influence, and this De. Lee has certainly accomplished. We cordially commend the perusal of the book to everybody." Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary. pARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING . STATIONERS, 192, FLDET-STIMBT (OORNER OF CELLNCEILY-LANB), LONDON (MO.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. COMMODORE V.INDERBIL7. B. of Printing. 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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 the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1860, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Contts and Co.'s. 59. Strand. W. C SPRING TIME Hon. Sec. Ir HE DEAF Sr DIIMB.—The Committee of the 1 JEWS DEAF anti DUMB HOME are prepared to receive AP PI. 1 . 0/..TIONS for the ADMISSION of DE AF and DI7bIB CHILDREN, of all denominations, as Day Pupils, for instruction in audible speech and lip-reading. The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the manual alphabet and all artificial signs. A public lesson is given every Wednesday, at 3 p.m., when the successful results of the system can be wit nessed. Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and all other particulars, to be made to W. VAN PRAAGIT, Esq., Director of the .lews' Deaf and Dumb Home, 44, Burton-crescent, W.C. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; - 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to Z 1,401,05. the Fire Revenue to £33R.813, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus`, or the Life Polic'es •of this Company, and their value na SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render. them particularly advastageons. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable term; and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. rfiFIE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- road. ti pvrards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable ths - n to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous p ,or suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street ; and by Messrs. Coutta and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. TA'rIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. F,nlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CANnIUeCI3, K.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 oblett of the Charity Is to give orphan girls a plain Fng- Rah education, and practical instruction In the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee e.rnestly appeal for anymore. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. • HEART KINGSCOTE, Treagllre W H. WAYWICX Secretary. Office, 121. W GREAT NORTLIERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relievqd 481,954 patients since it was establisbe at King's-cross in 18.56. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall.mall.—Hon. Soo., T. Smith. Esa. Gro.lbm, Bea BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, .1-1. 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 th British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution , ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. - Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin sue ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers, Manchester. IFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms ILA of the past twenty-two months the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,633 lives from various shipwrecks and 44 vessels from destruction, The Institution also expended £36,134 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in, addition to granting 41,250 for rewards. The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infanta' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIOA saves fifty tinsWit:l c ost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or onfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric de rsngements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, servonsness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises In the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, hesslaChe, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula ~ tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury anu more than slopy imitatisns to which, without autho rity, Baron Liobig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Berry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabioa Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of bis Holi ness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 48,413);—"R0me, July 21st, 1866. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all they remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du arry's Revalenta Arabica Food of which he consumes a lateful st every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly eneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."T Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness do Brehan of seven years liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ervous agitation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord St ;art de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water fo i :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent food.—STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 19,832. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation flaf , ilen spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor vo 1-; f tneies. Cure No. 56,811.—Mr. Saciusi Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. ; 121 h., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241b c i tist -rs, carriage free on receipt of P. O. Order. Also Du Barry's ilevalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tin ..ltaisters : Po? 12 cups at 2s, for 2i cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cad 4at ;s., for 28d cups at 303., for 576 caps at 558. Beiag ),.3 penny par cup. The 308. an 1 555. tins are sent free ut ;Arriage in England on receipt of Poet Office Order. 3 A.B it Y DU BAhRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London , 61-3 o at Fortnum and Mason's; also at 4, Ohoapside, 61, Grscechuieh-street • 63 and 150, Oxford-street • and 121 t N3W Hcrth-road, L o ndon and all Grocers and:Ohentiqta 1 0 ; L TD 5 56 011$ P Just published, price 2s. td., . _ THE EXTRAORDINARY CURES EFFECTED UNDER the HYGEIAN SYSTEM by MORIsON'S VEGETABLE UNIVER -:AL MEDICINES. May be had at the British College of Health, Euston-road, London. Mind, no Vaccination, which poisons the blood. Just published, price Is 641., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in inns tradon of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, - • - - - REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QI7AOKRRY. By DICTECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. BaMere, 219, Regent-street. The nmnerous 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. qHOOTING SE ASON.- P., E. M. REILLY and CO. beg to acquaint their numerous Patrons and Sportsmen that they have for inspection a large ASSORTMENT of the LATEST IMPROVED CENTRAL FIRE and other BREECHLOADING GUNS and RIFLES, '— at their usual moderate prices. EVERY RE ,EISETE for the FIELD. 502, New Oxford-street, London. Branches: 315, Oxford-street; 2, Rue Scribe, Paris. Illustrated Price Lists on application. DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET. R. ESKELL, the Author of "Pure Dentistry, i and What it Does for Us," "Painless Tooth Extraction; or Antestheda Locally Applied ;" "Dental Surgery: aPractical Treatise ;" Modern. Deny istry: its Principles and Practice." BtO:,' may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STRUT, GROSVE NOD-SQUABN (a few doors from Bond-street). 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. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. A MSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI ZS._ 1869.—The GRAND DIPLOMA OF HONOUR, being the First Prize, and superior to the Gold Medal. bas been awarded to LIEBIG COMPANY'S EX TRACT OF MEAT ; which likewise carried the First Prizes at the Paris and Havre Exhibitions. A single trial will at once convince the consumer of the great superiority in flavour strength, and olearness, over all other Extracts of Meat, thus hilly showing the correct ness of the high distinctions received. Every genuine Jar bears Baron Liebig's signature. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. T 4 TORTON ; S -- CAMOMILE PILLS aro confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we aro subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficia that it is with justice palled the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.' " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Bold in bottles at is. 14.1., 2f. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be snro to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of N orton's Camomile Pills." RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUES (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-91aIn Pad nue Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which car rot-foil toAt,-forw.rdel 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., 215., 268.6 d., and 31s. Cd. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 528. 6d. Postage, Is. 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 VLASTIC STOCKINGS, VA KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d.- 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufactgrer, 228, Piccadilly.: f.OND ON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ' • Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary , at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Open to all without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed. JAMES S. BLYTII, Sec. _ROYAL HOSPfrAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st 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—lst. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to :patients at thei own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed at a cost of upwards of XlO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex• tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the g-eatest pleasure upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary No. 10 Ponitry London, E.O September 1868. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the introhase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 160 boys in the Refuge, 9, Groat 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 . 114, High Holborn, and 41. Lothbnry, KC.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Qaeon-street, Lincoln's ian-Seide. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under tho 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." OUNCIL FUNDS greatly need e d C. The Bishop of LONDON. Her. J . W. Ayre i Major--Gen. Rt. lion. Percy Rev. F. G. Blomfiold Herbert, M.P. Re 7. J. W E. Kom Hon. and Rev. F. 1 4 11 g Rev. W. F. rskive Knollys Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore N. . Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhoum. Rev. E. Capol Cure J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Cant,a Nepoan Ociavius Coop @ Esq. Rev. E. Parry Ar,hur Cur r i e , ' Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rreecott Rev. G. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hersey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. El Cl Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasnrer3 Loftus Wigram, Esq. . Subscriptions will be received by a n y 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 communications may be addressed. M.ADAME TUBSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Bake;-street—ON VIEW, a PORTRAIT 110 DEL of the late EARL of DERBY. Admission, is.; Children under ten years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production if 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 patronize.' 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 aro -4tooirtoci-to -the enfinent - enphonio;aist, SignorL. Mt:ism; Merffrr W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman M.C. _ _ Admission, 114; Resolved Seats, 29. B. R. BRINELL, Proprietor SA U C E.—L E A and PERRINS. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improves the appetite, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, and see the names of LEA & PERRINS on all bottles and labels Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers in Sauces throughout the World COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4. Rue de la Pair. Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. • NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days,ES OF from Hav PASSAGre and Bres E t, for New York RAT. From laavitE or BREST to NEW Yonx. First Ulass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INnIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 18th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico Haiti. Santiago do Cnba, Guadelonpe, 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, (kc., Callao, Valparaiso, dm, San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japak. Hand books, with full details of all tho routes of this company, can be bad of STRINGER; PEMBROKE, and Co., Agents. 8. Austinfriars, London, E.O. BRITANNIA Read Offices., 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, Livigate Hill, London, E.C. Branch Office —7, King-street. St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the (lompany, at the close c f 1868, was £220,978 06. 10d., and the Total Amount Assured £4,832,197. The Business is divided under two heads:- I.t --The Ctunoral or Ordinary llnsinesa, b..int; the same as that transacted by other Companies. 2nd —The Industrial or Working Class Assurances. The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured £1,562,960. The present value of the lia bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load ing. wa4 £139,322 15 8 The Premium Income of the Industrial Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured £3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 £189,32215 8 The Liability of the Industrial Branch does tot admit of being estimated in the same way as that of the General Branch, on account of the very large proportion of Policies which corst ntly larse, so that the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks for short terms only; the estimated re serve for the liabilities of this Branch of the business is shown by the result of 14 years' experience to be abundantly suffi cient. Tho Assurance Fund on 21st Decem ber, 1868, was £241,301 12 4 The average duration of the whole of die Industrial Policies was considerably under three years. The average age of the Assured in the Industrial Branch was 19 years. A detailed List of Assets can be had on application. HARBEN, Secretary. `I'HE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey mouth-street, W. (where n-any cases deemed incur able are cured). much needs support. Inspection is in vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER, Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30. CANCER HOSPITAL (Free) • founded 1851. —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.— Over 8,000 cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300 out-patients. Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace. Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. By order, H. J. JUN'. 1111110 OR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN. _IL —The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810. Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital. Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E. Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 71, Lom bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.= VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILD RE N The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want of room for stowage, every inch of available space being occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children, but no more can be admitted 'n the present building. £B,OOO at least is required to cart y out this much-wished for and urgent scheme _ _ Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by 6IIERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec., Rectory War Pin XURSIN G.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. _ _ The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris, is at present superintended by tho Sisters of John's House. Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the Lady Superior. Donations and Subscriptibas to the General Fund, the Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may bo paid to Messrs. Contts; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lans'lown, Bath. Instituted, A.D., 1864. Under the Patronag, ,, of her Maj sty the QUEEN. PreSide the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., Chairman—Major -General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, KA.1,11. This school has been founded upwards of four years, and it is intended for the education of the daughters of officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted if the committee had further funds; they, therefore APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out its full extent the benefits of the only institution specially provided for the daughters of officers of the Army. Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to one vote at all elections during the current year. The amount may be forwarded by an ordet on a bank, agent, or post-office (Charing-cross), payable to. GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary. Offico 22, Cockspur-tatreet, London. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON 'ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. e. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper 3 0 Superilie Cream Laid Note : much approved 4 0 Suptu finoThick Cream Laid Note ; especiall y recommended 5 6 Extra SuT3rline Double l'hick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers__ ........ is., 45., .55., and 0 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for is. 61, or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "Club yßouse" Note, live quires for 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 69 6d, 4 as ad Large Blue Wove Commer c i a l E nve lopes, 41 6:1 per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3 s COLOUR STAMPING (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 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books. Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage ~tales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , peat fre,e, Established 1841. ...Q_ADS AIM A IC FRE anOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, 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 ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. 11HE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. k —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverm, and Cie.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is row open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of reoommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. TE ASSOCIATION for th e WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street and 127, Euston-road. M Patroness—Her .ost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts aro granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women am 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. 110SPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT. Golden-square, W. President —llls 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. Aid ARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ; 2,5.3 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are much needeti, and will be received by Messrs. datchard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, ransom; and by the Secretary. MORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY LI CO LLEGE HOS PITA L.—Accidents and Sickness. —CONTRIBUTIONS earneslv solicited to meet the annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000. The committee also plead for help for the sick children, the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the charity. HENRY J. KELLY, R.N., Secretary. IRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.--LONDON FEMALE 4 PREVENTIVIC and lIEFOIMA.TOBY IN STITUTION. PlTS!dent nee. elliON DALE, CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1888 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, t. 0.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 1.0. F.. W. THOMAS See., 200, Euston-road, N.W. 11~10l M of BEQUEST.---NATIONAL lIOS- I'ITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEMO, Queen-square, Bloomsbury : —I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London •in 1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to bo paid out of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use of the said Hospital. The 111g:it:Won comprises an Hospital for In and Out Patients, a - Samaritan SoCety to relieve the more desti tute out-pAtients and their families, a convalescent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER, llon. Sec. BRITISFI HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. instituted in 1861. Patroness-11.1.L tho Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for lifo, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who aro hope lessly afflicted with in cura bl e d i sease. Pensions of £2O per annum ar o 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 bo ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, L3van, and Co., 54, Lombard - street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEA YER, Soc. Offices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C. 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 Qum. Vice-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 tho principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abohurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and flo. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pay, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,;Borners-street ; and at the Hospital from 10 till 5 T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES <co as fol:ows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, flamp- 150, New sent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 18, Camden-street,Camden - Newinn. town. Maize-hill C gto ottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. w i c h . For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. C oun t r y Homo—St. James's -stre e t, Dover. ry Homo-85, Quee n - s t ree t , Ch eaps id e In the above-named h omes, th e C omm itt ee haveTaudnedmdietpirootran to their charge three hom es f or servants o f goo d character,servants annually. in which are admitted abo u t 1,000 f r i en dl ess The home at Great Portland -street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16 . T h e committee are deeply anxious to o p e n another house for this pitiable class. Th e Society admitted to its homes last year 687 ycung wom en and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, w h os e histories are recorded in th e applicant's book. The Society's Rupert (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 bo had on applicati on . `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. D&NL. CODPER, Ci.naen-strest C`hnu side BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham rise. Instituted 1.861. PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. TREASURERS. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons. This Institution, extending its operation s to all parts of the kingdom. provides for those afflicted with incurable diseases a home for life, with every camfort and medical attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of .4:10 obtained by election. No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Full particulars and the necessary forms may be rra cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub scriptions are earnestly s B o A RsliNcixteEd.. Messrs 'Barclay, Bevan, and Co.,lombard-street, E C.; and Messrs. Drummond, Cnaring-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER Secretary. Offices, 73, Ohoapside. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY, The COURT of Dm:Er:Tons of the East and West India Dock Company II E. ItERY GIVE NOTICE, That the Transfer B ioks of the said Company will be Slll7l' on TUESDAY, the t tit day of December, and OPEN again on FRIDAY, the 31st lay of December, 1869. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, 7th Dec., 1869. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS GRE AT SUCCESS. With a Slitgle Stake of £8 you can realise Z 37,000!! with El. £20,000! ! with 12 shillings £12,000 ! ! - For - Prospectuses apply without delay to &rem General Merchant, Guernsey. ymPERIAL AUSTRIAN GUARANTEED IL. STATE LOONS. No LOTTERIES. Bona-fide chances to win for £1 the large premiums of £30,000, £25,000, £20,000, &c., &c. • Public drawings on the First of every Month, under the suprintendence of the Austrian Government, and official public functionaries. OFFICIAL LISTS SENT GRATIS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Apply for £1 chances, issued upon forms supplied by the Austrian Government and bearing the Imperial half a florin stamp, and for prospectuses to VOELCKER & CO., Bankers; VIENNA.. IRROW ROOT.—Just received from the West Indies a large consignment of ARROW ROOT of excel lent quality, which can be confidently recommended to clergy men and of ier visitors of the poor, as an economical and whole some article of diet for Invalids. Sold in 71b., 141 b., and 2 , 4 b. tins. at 6 L per lb., tins extra; also a large quantity of the finest BERMUDA ARROW ROOT, which can be offe re I at the reduced price of Is. 6d. per lb.. in quantities of not less than 71b., tins extra. THOMAS KEATING, 79, Sr. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. B. scorr's BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS. A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared with out any mercurial• ingredient, will be found invaluable to 41 who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind. apastns, giddiness, dizziness of the_eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, arid 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, ls. lid., and throe times the quantity iu one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern meat stamp. nINNEFORD'S FLUID MA GNESIA._ Tho medical profession for Thirty Years have ap proved of this puro solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Ilendache, Gout, and Indigestion; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil dren, and infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, t 72 New Bond-street, London ; and of all other chemists throughout the world. A MORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE Is most agreeable and efficacious, preventing and curing levers, skin complaints, and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most inte sc head ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup is a spedfle fa gout and rheumatism. --113, Holborn hill, London, E C y AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN AA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the bead, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably alleys the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes elm- taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, ft, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13141., and three quantities in one, 2s. fid. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Astli imitie Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. (BEAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale donian-rond. N.—Several beds in the i err buildings cannot be occupied for WANT of FENDS. F. SMITHY, Esq., lion. Secretary. GEORGE REID, 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. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary. 'THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of fl the CHEST, City-road.—Tho wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. B RITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES, 56, Great Marlborough-street, W. Bankers, Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnestly solicited. ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. See. (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderato rate of 425 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary, Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.°, LONDON HOSPITAL, Whiteclaapel-road, E. The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059 were free cases. CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested. WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary. f 1 lIE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary Office, 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly. ~QE AMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nations, who aro received without any recomendation. The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this Hospital. SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most tbankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street, E.C., by S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lO 10s. i7OURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 11 181 ... 11 19 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 14 ... 12 14 Antwerp — ... 25 374 ... 25 424 Brussels — ... 25 371 ... 25 421 f Hamburg h — ... 13 104 ... 13 11 Paris Ditto . 3 Ms. ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1204 ... I.fxll Vienna l2 65 ... 12 7 Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg - Copenhagen.. — .„. 9 14 ... 9 16 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 42 ... 494 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 85 ... 26 95 Genoa — ... 26 85 ...- 26 95 Naples Palermo — ... 26 85 ... 26 95 Messina ~. 26 85 ... 26 95 Lisbon — ... 511 ...,. 52 Oporto — ••• 514 ... 52 Rio Janeiro — ••• ••• New York ....... - .., - ••• I A DVEItTISENIENT. I—Tiolloway's Pills.—lndigestion and Liver Complaints.—. Lovers of society, and all athFcted to enjoyment of the table, would do well to remember that the digestion cannot be long or seriously disordered with out the derangement being perceptible on the counten ance. These Pills prevent all unpleasant consequences; they improve the appetite, and with the increased desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assi milation in the stomach. flolloway's Pills deals most satis factorily with deranged or diseased conditions of the many organs engaged in extracting nourishment for our bodies from our various diets. The liver, stomach, bowels, and kidneys, with :many minor parts suWerving the same end, readily bow to this treatment, The Hon. Charles Sum per delivered the first of a series of lectures, Nov. 17, on " Caste." He showed that the claim to superiority on account of colour was inconsistent with American laws, with those of nature, and of God. The assumption set up by men to a superiority over other men, in conside ration of birthor colour, he wholly rejecte.l. All men had an equal co-partnership in ruling beas`s, which should symbolist co-partnership in the rights of man. Government would yet become a science, and the only groundwork upon which to erect it is the great law—" To do unto others as you would they should da unto you." The Portuguese, in opening India, found a state of society the grada tions of which they described as caste ; hence the word. Ile entered minutely and learnedly into these distinctions, thus continuing : "A distinction in character and capabilities, it was claimed, grew out of a difference in race. But science was at fault in informing us of the number of races. Four was the number of races of men which scientific inquiry first established ; then another was added ; then it was demon strated by eminent travellers and naturalists that there were eleven, and scientifio men equally respectable hold that there are 65 human races upon the earth. If philo logy wore called to our aid, how great an increase of races might be figured up. Men of our race are known to speak in languages widely different, and those of different races use the same. Whatever may be the origin, there is an influence stamping them all with a. cosmopolitan character —giving them thought, intelligence, conscience, and the hope of heaven—making them alike in their general cha racteristics as they aro dissimilar from everything in na ture. He might introduce great names in science to cor roborate the opinion that the origin of human species was the same. But there could be no final human testimony. There was another unity to which we could all anchor safely the unity of intellect, mutual identity, and capacities for improvement. All history, anatomy, psychology, and philology testified to the unity of mankind. By these tokens man everywhere was known as man, and by these tokens the speaker claimed for him all the rights of man." The European man, though risen to the highest civilization, emerged from an Ethiopian darkness ; painted savages, lower than the most degraded of Africa, greeted Caesar in Great Britain, and the Irish were cannibals. (Mr. Sumner might, we think, have added the Scotch). Even 80 years ago parts of Great Britain were in a state of bar barism, while France, the home of modern civiliza tion, not a hundred years agn, in morals and man ners, would have disgraced Ethiopia : " Given d gradation and subsequent elevation in the space of 100 or 1800 years, how long will it take others similarly d graded to similarly rise? Besides the natural and historical argument in favour of the improvement of the negro race, the age which sees their degradation sees also institutions and opp.trtnuities for their more speedy advancement. The progress of the times is more rapid than that of the times when Britain raised herself into civillzation and grea'ness. The African race may come up slowly, like a backward child at school, but there is no reasoa why she may not rise at last. In concluding, Mr. Sumner spoke of the practical effects of the exclusion of the spirit of caste from our institutions. Drive it out from our own country, and it would be, no Cain, a vagabond on the face of the earth ; and other nations, rising to our greatness, woul I hold us as an example in this. lie w quid plead for the negro that the manhool that existed in the d-'graded one might be permitted to expand and raise itself to a level with our own manhood; and he would plead for the Chinese strangers that one word of welcome should be given them--'Be strangers no more If the Chinese come for labour only, we shall have the advantage of their won derful skill and industry; if they come for citizenship, they will become first assimilated with us. But the gate of iruprovetnent and the opportunities of freedom should be opened in this land to every member of the human family. Mr. Sumner concluded his address amid loud ap plause. After the audience had dispersed he received a large number of citizens and ladies at the house of Sena tor Frelinghuysen." THE "PALL MALL GAZETTE" AS A MORNING JOURNAL, (From the Anglo American Times.) " I saw a goad thing in your last pamphlet," said Dan O'Connell to a vain literary acquaintance; " What was it?" eagerly asked the gratified writer. " A pound of butter 1" was the killing reply. It is a pity the enormous waste of the Echo cannot be thus utilised. Often we see a cartload of old num bers tied up in bundles going—where? we cannot imagine. Whether the man seated on the top is duly impressed with the weight of the knowledge beneath him we do not pretend to say, but • tho horse jogs along under the idea that, there is no thing in the cart. The manufacturer of the paper at least knows how to make much out of little, whether they have learnt that useful lesson or not inside the office. Bat the free circulation of the Echo, light though it be, appears to have had an unsettling effect on its heavy evening contempo rary, the Pall Mall Gazette (that is, the paper for a pound of butter, though we cannot understand why any class of dairymen should use printed paper as a wrapper for butter). The Gazette announces its intention to descend into the rank of the morning papers, thinking, perhaps, that a place has been opened for it by the vanished Star. The change will be made with the new year; the form of the paper will be altered and enlarged, and the price will be twopence. There will be also an evening edition, and thus the Pall Mall gets back to its old price, from which experience is said to have taught that it should never have moved. Our evening con temporary tried to persuade itself that it was the journal for the people, if brought within the peo ple's means. It was so brought, and the change now announced shows the result. The truth is, that the Pall lllall is too good a paper for the masses. We know what sells, for we have the example in the 7 elegraph. It is vain for the contemporaries of that journal to denounce the style, to sneer at the " Literary Body-Snatcher," to call it the Bellow graph, or to scream "Heigh-ho, Ninny !" for its is the style that pays. Other journals imitate it, even the greatest, and produce what the Spectator calls "Telegraph and water." " The largest circulation in the world" remains untouched because its style remains unapproached. " One fact is worth a thousand arguments," as it once said, or rather in tended to say, though the meaning was strangely perverted by a compositor's blunder, and the fact that it maintains its position and maintains its style, in spite of hostile criticism, shows the taste of the masses. Now the style of the Pall Mall is the reverse ; terse, argumentative, solid ; perhaps many will add, dry. The severity of the journal in its criticisms, both on contemporary literature and on the stage, has doubtless swelled the number of its bitter enemies into a host. Such writing may give momentary gratification to thou sands who, after discussing the subject for an hour, dismiss it from their minds for ever ; but not so with theheartwhicb has received the dart, where itrankles, and another lifelong enemy is added to the detrac tors of the journal " written by gentlemen for gentlemen." It is not the habit of people who have a good thing to unsettle it, for the truth of the old proverb is felt alike by all " to leave well alone." ',Englishmen will curiously watch the result, and so will Americans, who take a personal and in dividual interest in the changes which occur among the great journals of the Loudon press as well as in their own country. No paper is more quoted in the United States, and there the impression is that the Pall Mall Gazette has a wide circulation and ex presses the sentiments of a powerful class. There it will be supposed that it is in its might that it thus enters the lists against the 7 intes, though those who know more may entertain a very different opinion. We do not profess to know, and allude to the merest rumour, but that rumour does say that the Gazette made a fatal mistake in coming down to one penny, that instead of increasing, its circulation has decreased, not perhaps because of the alteration in price, but because it was essen tially a London journal sold in the streets, and, more still, in the squares to people of the upper classes, and the change was made at the close of the fashionable season. The morning Pall Mall Gazette can hardly fail to prove a formidable • rival to the Morning Post, as the former will be twopence and the latter threepence, and we pre- Cornelius Vanderbilt has made mistakes in hie career, not often, it is true, hut it may be doubted whether the bronze effigy farce is not to be classed among them. It gave rise to the most ridiculous scene ever enacte 1 on the Wall- street StoCk Ex change, and it has drawn attention to the Commo dore and his career to a degree on which we may congratulate him, if public attention was alone his object. Among these sketches is one forcibly drawn by the pen of the New York correspondent of the Daily News. Ilestyles his picture the " Canonization of Mammon," and in the foreground he introduces a bishop invoking a blessing, men spechifying and reciting verses, and the authorities of the city bowing down and worshipping before the brass image Vanderbilt had at his own expense set up, for it was supposed to be by public subscription while the statue was really paid for by Vanderbilt himself. This is the career which called forth honours ac corded only to the worst specimens of Roman Em- erore. Cornelius Vanderba was born in 1794. His father died when he was still a child, and he became a sailor on a small schooner belonging to his mother, which plied as a ferry boat between this city and Staten Island. At the age of Is, having saved some money, he bought a boat him • self, and entered into competition with his mother, whom he ruined. At that time there was a certain Mr. Gibbons, who, from some reason or other, had vowed vengeance against the proprietor of the steamboats which had recently been started on the Hudson River. He heard of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and, pleased with the early emancipation from vulgar prejudice which he had shown in beggar ing his mother, he engaged him to superintend a complete line of steamers on the Hudson. This was the origin of Vend,rbilt's fortunes. In his new occupation he gave evidence of energy, re solution, and of a perfect absence of all scruple. The new boats drove the old line off the river after a lengthy struggle, and Vanderbilt, who never for got his own interests, managed to make money fur himself as well as for his patron. Mr. Gibbons died, and left his yoaeg friend some of his steamers ; these he used to goad purpose ; wherever he heard that a boat was doing a remunerative trade on river or estuary, he seat one of them, and there it remaine 1, carrying passengers and freight at nominal prices, until the competition was bought off at a figure which yielded him a handsome profit. his name soon became such a bugbear to all engaged in river navigation, that for seve ral years, after the manner of a Highland c ate ran, he received more than 1,000 dollars a month as blackmail from individuals and cam panics as the price of immunity from his de predations. As his resources increased his am bition took a wider range,_ and he determined to pursue the same tactics on the ocean which had proved so remunerative on rivers. The Pacific Mail Company was then at the summit of its pros perity. Gold has been discovers 1 in California, and the steamers of the company were crowded with passengers, travelling to and fro from the Isthmus of Panama. The commodore—for he had proprio mote assumed that title—organised an oppo sition cowpauy. Had he confined himself to a legiti mwe attempt to share in a growing trade he wand very probaLly have benefited the community. But it was repugnant to the nature of the man to gain by common place enterprise what might be acquired by other means. Walker, " the grey-eyel man of destiny," was then filibnstexing in Nicaragua, and, making this his excuse, he signed, as president of his company, an agreement with the directors of the Pacific Mail to withdraw from the Isthmus trade on payment of 8,000 dollars monthly for two years. The first instalment he paid into the exchequer of the company, the others he absarbed into his own; and it is only within a few months that he has been forced to disgorge to the shareholders a portion of this booty. This finan cial operation had reduced the shares of the com pany to a mere nominal value, and the president, its fiduciary guardian, declared that it was in debt to him, and as a set-off appropriated to himself its ships. Having by this sharp practice become the absolute owner of a fine fleet of ocean steamers, he engaged in what may be called the trade piracy of the 19th century. Wherever a merchant had built up a remunerative carrying trade, one of these cor sairs made its appearance, and competed with him for it, until he agreed to terms of capitulation. Flushed with success, at length Vanderbilt deter mined to levy contributions from the great Eng.. lish companies which carry passengers between New York and Europe. Ile established a new line between France and America, and advertised a scale of prices which he imagined would secure a mono poly of the traffic. But he found that he had to do with men who were not to be frightened. In vain a complaint, Congress aided him in his enterprise with a subsidy; his boats were bad, his officers were ill-paid, and few cared to save a few dollars at the risk of their lives. The Vanderbilt steamers sailed with a beggarly array of empty berths, while the Cunard and the Southampton boats were always full. Ile persevered for some time in the attempt, but finding that, in his expectation of black mail, he had for once reckoned without his host, he at last avowed himself beaten, and withdrew his ships. After his defeat he turned his attention to theprofit able field of Government contracts, and in 1861, find ing that some sort of public recognition was due to his merits, as a gentle reminder he presented to the United States Navy one of his steamers, which unfortunately was so constructed that it burnt so much coal as to render it, like an elephant, a bur then to its owner. The thanks of his country and a gold medal were voted to him by Congress for this generous act, although even within the doors of the Legislature many were heard to mutter that the gift was in part a restitution of some portion of the sums which bad found their way into the donor's pockets for questionable contracts, and in part a bid for others still more questionable. With this present to his country Vanderbilt closed his career on the seas, and he sold the remainder of his steamers to a company which in a few months became bank rupt. 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