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' 14 fs ... . ft c _ i ,' Rom ' '4 II ) ••.,,, Nz ,. -- " -. . /..‘'.. 0.4 1 ,... ,,,,, , . ..‘"- ' l . ..',...,., tc. '4. ~_'''?'"-_ " / • I RINAITAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin prtze Medal It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Is. 8d at the Retail Houses in London; by " l e Agents in the principal tcwns in England: or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. tobserve the Red Seal. Pink Label and Cork Branded "Kina , la, W hisky. <011103.01 UKE OP EDINBURGH AT TER" CAP.E. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1869. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ancorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859), 14, RIISSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, \old And 38, QUEEN'S -ROAD, BRIGHTON Free ANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, - °r Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay_ f i'r o a wee y , monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted rnas free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretory_. Y. 23,921 PRIM. 4d. STAMPED sd. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Th a mes- street, London. MLNERS' STRONG - HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Fooms, with the.progre ss i ve and recent improvements effected after half a century's exp er i ence, e ff e ctually guard against Fire and Burglars.—Liverp oo l , M anchester, Sh e ffi e ld, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, Ci ty, London. THE WELLINGTON, 54, St. James's-street, s.w. DINNER from the joint, with vegetable, bread, cLeese, and attendance, 2s. SET DINNER, including soup, fish, joints, and sweets, with attendance, 3e. The WELLINGTON DINNER; a most recherche dinner, with dessert and attendance, ss. A comfortable SMOKING ROOM, and the best BILLIARD ROOM in London. r rHE LOINIBARD EXC RANGE AND NEWS-ROOM. Lombard-street. London. MANAGER—Mr J. H. YOUNGB.USBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, a 3s. per ainnin, or 102. monthly, payable EAT IN G'S COUGH LOZENGES.- St. Paul s Cathedral, 30th Nov., 1849 p D ARTR I DGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF. CDANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. in Advance. Tho Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information ; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, an , ! other Books of Re ference. Just published, price ls. Gd., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. Sir,—l have much pleasure in recommending your Lozenges to those who may be distressed with Hoarseness. They haye afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of Catarrh. I think they would be very useful to Clergymen, Barristers, and Public Orators. CARRIAGE PAID to the (UNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. 1 NCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY,' U.K.— IL LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. Thera is also an excellent Refrosinent-room attached, as well as a Reading anti Writing Room, comfortably-fur nished. _ _ _ I am, Sir. yours faithfully, To Mr. Keating. THOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral, Sold by all Druggists. LEOTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be.delivered in the Hall of the Society in the mouths of February, March, April, May, and June next. oyAL, MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey (late Weston). ne-ea gagenlent of Mr. Pat Corri's Original Iris • Minstrels, 1 7 '2 0 .5' augmented with the first Irish Part Singers and Comic Z.ucalists of the day. New Songs, - written expressly for this .ttliahment.—Last six nights of Mr. Vance. —Engagement of y. Ross. J. G. Fords. tralle Sberrington, Miss Bella, Master vt;chales; Mr. JOE BROWN, the Champion Dancer of the world (from the Christv's Minstrels, St. James's Hall) . : and .e. Lary, the most fascinating Prima Donna, fr m Paris, her dent appearance here. Private boxes, ins. Mr. P. Corri, Musical Director. orchestra stalls, 25.; stalls, ls.; balcony, M. tRr Notice.---Alr. SIDNEY FRANKS, the Great Comique, on MonlaY Feb 15 * TADAIIE TUSSAUD'S EX FITBITION. PORTR MODELS of MARSHAL SERRANO and der ten, ''ERAL PRIM are nciw added.—Xdmittance, ls.: children years of age. Ad.; extra rooms, ed. Open from eleven till five, p m., and from seven to ten p.m. AR GYLL ROOM S.-OPEN EVERY RVENTNG for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The 'Dorm, have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt and The celebrated Band will perform during the week Dance ll ractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, ls. ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director and Conductor--Signor LUIGI CURTI " PATE AU 1)IABLE." THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for Luncheon, Breakfast, &c. It will be found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c.' Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (Ilantleld's Patent), To be obtained Wholesale and Retail of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107. STRAND (Corner of-Savov Steps), London, W.C. ASHLEY AND CO. FOR WINES. PER DOZEN. Very Fine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34s. Old Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's Shipping), Vintage Wines Sparkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry Mosseux, Sil lery, Qualitd Superieure (Perrier's Shipping) 36s. to 545. Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. GARRICK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. ipl3. HALL, o f P r i n ti ng H ouse - square, E . C ., • next th e " Tithes," London.—Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES ' (the Barton Brewery) ,r; s elebrated PALE and other w FALES; Kcatinge and Co.'s famous 1 ea ux Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch i is kles, from severa l of the best distilleries. Samples can aso be seen at the Ti mes ' S hades. BONA FIDE BusirrEssEs.—A. Mnnber of Hotels Public Houses, &c., for disposal. P a rti cu l ars O i r other s wanted n town and country. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. p,,g l ? a iralan General Si r F REDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S. cies Payable during Life--Indisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exCeeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand °nut's. and particulars etammityTables, offering special advantages to Annuitants. . of the popula of this Society, will ue ro und in the New Prospectus, r which Principles will be forwarded to aPPlicants post free. ale, Regent-street, and 17 11 E, W NR ter Y l LA . I KE ace ' Ge Pal n l e in ra a l l lr l, a L n o a n g d e o r n. a, 00 p THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Oinces-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. 'R .T re he Investe Funds no w amoun t to £3,401,055. the A:4 ~ s e v enue t o £836,816, a n d th a t o f t h e Life to £259,089. moderate rates of p rem i um, w i t h a guaranteed fixed Bo nes for the Life Policies of this Company, and their Value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, ?sender them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, .eff Greenwi c h, f or Si ck and Diseased Seamen of All "" st lcus, Who are received without any recommendation. The receipts f rom all sources during the past year were 079 less than the expenditure. • SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane ; and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William_ t, London, B.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21.5. annually ; :Life Governor £lolos. • 111STABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists nny, for a small 1 v 7 61,1 3r Payment, receiv e th e com f orts of a HOME, corn med with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley -street. b . T his establish men t , w hi ch was opened in 1850, is patro "l" by her Maj es t y. T he Bishop of London is Visitor, VA it is managed by th e M arc hi oness o f Ormondo. the Caroline R ' a clY Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward R oin illy, th e L a d y ussell, Mrs. Cecil Rustsoll, and other ladies. u3All i nformation respecting it may be obtained on writ °r Personal application to the Lady Superintendent. , r Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by th© -reasur er, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s. 59. Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. ATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, ilndßichmond, Surrey. Founded 1819. Enlarged 1861. whe;r the patronage of EMIL the Duke of oAmßianGE, K.G., Citt r i eb7 hoino has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan th,elSte°fgadlolina,!,,, classes, and denominations, from all parts of lie e e d obiect of the Charity Is to give orphan girls a plain Eng and 4„, s ue Ltion, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, vriso "-F, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not othey anitabiel-ded. for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain The CO tuttions for them. entirely mittee e , inestly appeal for support. The Charity is sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WAPwicK Secretary. _ Offi ce, 121 , Pall-mall, W - - - 0 R P HAN ASYLUM, Ma ckenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). PatLolen—rfer Instituted 1827. Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. gratuitous board, clothing, and education of and l destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, of all denominations, whose parents were once in vrOgperous circumstances.' ati?i3ohundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In elatocreased ; am p l e room f or a b out 3 0 more. s upport indispens a bl e , as this Cha r ity is not assi st w an ed e , e and is in th e greatest need of further pecuniary InSetteribers and the public are invited to inspect the its p ec li n t l i ", and judge as to the nature of the Charity and The rat claims. EO O . t t Report can be obtained on appHcation to the -e ary, THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. A.I. I BREY C. PRICE M.A.. 1- Hon. Secs. t. Om e" 73 ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. (111 • 1 L d EC. a n , , • eapsire, on n, . la s—Messrs Williams, o Deacon, and Co., Birchin , - ' an il Messrs. Ilev , zv Brothers ood Bthers. Manchester. ti zA/ ll! RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. '' 13ARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' 444 Infants' Food. 115 3 , es fl ft t.THE REVALEN TA ARABICA d restores Perfem..,y Imes its cost in other remedies, pefre wagestion strong nerves, sound lungs, heathy liver niestaulPg Bleep, functional regularity, and energy to the and ~..e t gl aordered or enfeebled—removing We 1 y _ *k g !: 114:1113' Indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma,. con tab 1)"°11, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de etrl6llt43 b h 'd' ' her,,,...,_ , .temorr el s,liver complaints, flatulency, cater.,lsricss, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, beu h :: colds, influenza, noises in the head' and n ea e r ta s_, t algTr°, gout, impurities, eruptions : hyste a rm, hearti) rirritability, sleeplessness, acidity, P lPi p ta a t s i m m s : 418eau and headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, s lit% b arid sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking ilae pit o f scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at il le ,V of the stomach and between the shoulders. . It is for 38t digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable Ilovalids and infants in all complaints. ttacit(P°llTAlST CAU TION.--lieware of the many unsavoury titl l °re than Blom? imitations to which, without au ho It 11r°1 Liebig's name is most audaciously attathed. of /ai l Il'eforth none will doubt the valuable properties 41 :1d t a l t ril he one Revalenta Arabica ln . val a id i s t ' 114 8 .111'84:its' Food, since to the thousands of blessings n ng had heee-dreadY received from invalids whose position Hall- Pe the hopeless, we may now add that of Pe a l,,, , t 7 rqs,.whose, health has been perfectly restored is we af ter th irtY years of unsuccessful medical treatment. I.B,4lcp?te from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure N t o e . tithe kißorno, July 21st, 1866.—The health ?f ,11 13 .. pu le . athor is excellent, especially since, abandoning all far . remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du „,,,a. Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consm g s ly oi at ov s net e i 1 crY meal. Tt has produced . a . surp tirtii ge ,_', effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Cure excellent food too highly." Year s , ,Po• 68,216 of the Marchioness de Br . ehan of seven ous_ ile B ,, . 'lvor c omplaint, wasti ng away, debility, nery di --' irlitabilitY with a nervous palpitation all . over, bad eg",t_i", -tatnt sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ( jurus agitation. 5t 8 , 4 ° ,,N0. 7 8, of dyspepsia, from the Right Ikon. the Lord f(31.,1: ,,, 4 , D od I have L ord-Lieutenant of the County of Water -lorod ::;" - derived much benefit from your excellent t erfo__TlT Pis DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, Conn y Curt, r r fr o , o _ , 0. 49 R, fifty years' indescribab c le i agony flattder;Fe'PePsla, ncrvonsness, asthma, cough, t con-p Jolly, of T,3,nlT,sPasins, sickness, and vomiting. Maria euro A orfolk. ap rw , NA 4121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme r VcnlS-fatsne(ir, idigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and no Cure Na S. Sea • 56,811.---M ' Samuel Liston, Leicester, of two rs diarrh 1.. ' ' Th 1, 0 „Jea• ~ Ts:,--2,-, iss sold in Canisters, at Is. 1 1 ,,d. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ane ters ".; 2, 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241b. 0 arr y , ~,, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order, Also D . ti e a_., 7valenta .Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in co pe a u, l Bl rs : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at Ss. 6d., for . 48 about `,.' °B -, for 28 cups at 305., for 576 clips at 555. Being fr ee °E ' e n° peen per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent BArtßv al t Tge in England on receipt of Post Office Order. also ai , ~,, B ARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Qra„,•losrtnurn and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, Nil, i-I'Ziiih-street ;63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, -r°44 , Liottdott And all,Simers and Chemist/. ANGLO-- AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION A L NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 21 PA GEL?. Reports of Con cress, Persona!, Financial, Mining, Railroad, Sze. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will dal this rewspaper of use. Published every SA.TUIID AY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine -street. Strand. THE ONLY COFFEE MACHINE to Pro duce the Real and Best French CAFE NOIR. Coffee Machines from 3s. 9d. to 12s. 6d. in tin. 41 7s. to 245. in bro nze . £2 to .£4 in electro-late anit. French Coffee Roast ers, " p the Cheapest and Best, from Is d . to gi Bs. 6d. French Coffee Mills from 3s. to ss. Eggboilers and Rechauds from Is. 9d. to 6s. 6d. C. MAY ltR & SON, Patentees, 40 and 41, Fleet-street, E.C. A B C PATENT DESPATCII BOX.—JEN NEIt and KNEWSTUB'S newly-invented Patent A B C and 1,2, 3, Despatch Boxes, "for general conve nience, for ready access to papers and methodical arrangement, have received the highest commenda tion." Price 10s. 6d. and upwards.. " This is a valuable contrivance."—Punch, Nov. 14. "Cannot fail to be useful in the library and office."—Record. " Will meet espe cially the requirements of literary, legal and official per sons. '— Star. " A boon to all lovers of order."—lllus trated London News. "There can be no question as to the value of this invention."—Morning Post.—Jenner and Knewstub, Inventors of the Elgin Writing Case, 33, St. James's-street, and 66, Jermyn-street. NICOLL, HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. P r i nce of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street. TRICHANOPHRON. 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 byl 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, 3s. 6d. each. NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY. For removing anperflous Hair. Sent free to any part of tho 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 ls. to 2s. 6d. SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge 6d. ..AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN _RA EFFECT UAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays 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 after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131-d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are 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 tailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." "Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient ; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir zumstanc,es, and thousands of persons can now boar 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 ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and lls, each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NZiIiTON'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." SCIENTIFIC. AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consistingof a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Oba licks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, lA Strand, N.C., London. Mr. Tennant arra/. ges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate th e now e diti on of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting' study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GiOSNELL 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. Bed Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here a voided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may bo had, and the truss, which can cot fail to fit, forwarded 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., 265. Gd., a.ncl3ls. Gd. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. Gd. 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 VLAS TIC STOCKINGS, IVA 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. Gd., 78. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.' KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and Prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. TIIE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults aro received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—llor Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— _ His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of Buccr.Ercir, K.G. This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a largo number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destiEuto sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. Tho Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more bode had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; 'lorries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Papio, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Burma street and at the Hospital from 10 till b. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, itc., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safe t and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at 15.10., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 61., at all chemists. ITALIEN SIX PER CENT. TOBACCO LOAN.—Messrs. STERN BROTHERS beg to announce that holders of the Scrip of the above Loan may, upon application to them, receive an allotment of Shares in the ITALIEN TOBACCO MONOPOLY COMPANY (Societe anonyme pour la regia co interessee desTobacs dans le royanme d'ltalie), at the rate of one share of the nominal amount of 500 lire for every 5,000 francs of scrip. Applications must be accompanied by the scrip, and by a payment of 250 lire per share, which will be credited as paid up thereon. l'ayment will be received in sterling monoy at an exchange to be fixed daily. No applications will be received after the 20th instant. Forms of application may be obtained at Messrs. Stern Brothers', Angel-court, London, E.C. Bth February, 1869. OPEN STOCK EXCHANGE (LIMITED), 5, LOTHBUBY, E.C. All kinds of Stock Exchange business transacted at a moderate scale of Commission. Money received on Deposit at 14 days' notice of withdrawal. Loans negotiated. R. W. IN4LIS, Secretary. B ENEVOLENT SOCIETY OFf ST. PATRICK Under the Patronage o HER MAJESTY AND 11.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that the Earl of CORK has consented to preside at the Stith ANNIVER SARY FESTIVAL of this Society, which will be celebrated at WILLIS'S Rooms, on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March next. Lists of Vice-Presidents and Stewards will shortly be published. The Committee earnestly solicit co-operation and support. THOMAS KIPPAX KING, JUN., Secretary. Stamford-street, S.E. DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. - THE CON SERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.—Persons wishing to invest large or small sums, receiving half-yearly interest war rants at four per cent. per annum, with power of withdrawal at fixed periods, according to amount invested, may deposit sums daily at the Offices, without becoming members of the Society. Q S HARE DEPARTMENT. Shares may be taken out daily at the Offices, or Investors at a distance can be enrolled as members by correspondence. Present rate of Interest —Five per Cent. per Annum, payable in half-yearly Warrants, with participation of any Profits declared annually above that rate. No partnership liability, and power of with drawal of subscriptions on shares at twenty-eight days' notice. Prospectuses sent free of charge. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. THE UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited). Persons desirous of purchasing freehold land in large or small plots, In or near the metropolis, or in the country, can in spect daily the plans of the estates acquired by the Society in twenty-six counties. On application, the prospectus containing a list of the properties on sale, together with particulars thereof, and instructions to buyers as to the payment of the purchase money in monthly or other easy instalments, after payment of a small deposit on the price of a plot or plots, will bo sent free of charge. Building advances will be made. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNE (SEM, Secretary. Offices: 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. GREAT SUCCESS. The present most eminent Speculations can be particularly recommended: — With a Single Stake of £1 you can realise £20,00011 with £2 £26,C00!! with £3 Z 37,00011 with £lO £45,000!! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. VALENTINES, specially adapted for children. Pretty little designs for pretty little people. Valen tines of a comic character, devoid of vulgarity. Valentines in the most costly style.—At CREMER, Jun.'s, 210, Regent-street. VALENTINE S.—The Fish Valentine (CREMER'S) - Notice to the public and trade gene rally. These fish being strictly preserved, can only be caught at Cremer, Junior's, 210, Regent-street, where also may be had the Fish Envelope (registered), price Gd. R IMMEL ' S NEW PERFUMED VALEN TINES.—The Watteau, the Valerifiiie Fan, the Shakesperien, the Musical, the Card, the Comic, animated flowers, the medimval, Cupid's Magnet, the Flora's Keep sake, &c. Detailed list on application.—Rimmel, per fumer, 96, Strand; 128, Regent-street; 24, Cornhill. XTA ENTIN ES. Funny, Rummy, Witty, Pretty, Tickling, Teasing, Pleasing, and Convinc ing, at prices to suit all purchasers, commencing with pretty little ones for the juveniles, from id. each, and end ing with the most elaborate work of art (fit to captivate an heress), at ..£3 35., all arranged in show rooms so as to be easily inspected, at JAMES GILBERT'S, 18, Grace church, London, E.C. Valentines carefully selected, and forwarded on receipt of stamps or post-office order. BARRACK CONTRACTS For the Supply of COALS, COKE, TURF, CANDLES, AND KINDLING WOOD IN GREAT BRITAIN. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W., 21st January, 1869. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SECRETARY of STATE f or WAR is prepared to receive Tenders for the Supply of Coals, Coke, Turf, Candles, and Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Stations in Great Britain, for a period of Twelve Months from the Ist April next. Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the proper printed Form, which may be obtained, with ever? requisite in formation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Bar rack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each day (Sundays excepted). The Tenders must be sent to the Office addressed to the Diree tor of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender for Coals, &c.," on or before Thursday, 11th February, 1869, after which day no Tender will be received. The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of rejecting any or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION. r HE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE _I VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December last, and every person keeping a dog in tho current year is required forthwith to take out a new License. The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings. The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five Pounds. A Licenso is not transferable from ono person to another. --- A License may be obtained by the owner giving his name and address, and the name of the place where the dog is kept, on application at The Office of the Collector of Inland' In the neih- Revenue, g The Office of the Distributor of St amps bourhood of the Or applicant's re- A Money Order Post Office. sidence • Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors of Inland Revenue. Persons residing at a distance from any of the above offices, by transmitting with their application Inland Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for the District, will receive a license in return by post. WM. COBBETT, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller Banbury, and Co., 77 , Lombard street ; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. A.D. 1720. 110 YAL 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 WIGRAII, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART 1-11DGSON, Esq Sub- Governor . CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy - Governor. DIRECTORS. 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, William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevilo Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord J oseeline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somos, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Luol Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Esq. Eiversdalo Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sami FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has boon 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. } l 2 rMING STOCIC.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Reverionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. and exempti on This Corporation affords to the AsFlue& Lib er al participation in Profits, with the guarantee estedCfarpoimtalthSetock, liabilities of lotfndaerlaßrgoye invested Charter 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. per ream. a. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Super fbaeThick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Sur orfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., 58., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream... ..... 10s. 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 ls. 61, or 5 6 Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" ote, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & Cs 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., Is COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU ,TR ATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free. INDIA OFFICE 29th January, 1869. By order of th e S ecretary o f St a t e f o r India in Council. Notice is hereby given that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the, estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, base from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing *Wes reserved from the follow ing estates'remain unelftitned, 8. Bell, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. 'Bouthflower, W. H., Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Mond E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, Gth 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, 36th 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, 3Lth Madras Native Infantry. 124. Pinchard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, 3ladras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madra3 Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Xadras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign , 36 th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. H., Lieutenant, 19;h Madras Native Infantry. furtherhnepcoe be disposed of 156. W y ai nter dA 3 W., Captainlst Madras F us ili ers. 158. Wynter, Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In • fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42 d Madras Native I n f a nt r y. Applications for such packages shouk be made by ne x t of kin of the deceased, or by the legal represe n t a ti ves o f such next of kin, to the Military Secdis•eot in Secretary, y qs , iux a e t smt t io h onn is trh O esnian mr fil f e oi e. - i t n h g si in u d n t a h c te e la , e i t m v h e e e n d y t forwillofa any ylrp oofteed, ac t Pe h ka e rig contests by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. 110 RIN TIN G.—TO PROPEIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODIO4LS, Ste. Tho Printing and Machining of NewEpapers &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLU at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Cheapside, London, F.O QMIARITAN FRE E HOSPITAL for WOMEN LI and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman- Evan:). The only. Joe hospital for disw_e.a_of women. '2, 46 patients were treated last month 'without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatehard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. T HE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Messrs. Ransom, Bouv er i e, and Soho-square. —Bankers : Mess rs . B arc l a y, Bevan, and Co. ; APPEAL very earnestl y f or CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospitaliis now open on M on d ays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated with out letters of (lo.—Tho Committee recommendation. _ . HENRY B. INGRA3,I, Secretary. THEthe Patroness—Her BLIND,2IO, MostO Oxford-street, o Graciousr d -st re et , ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of in various ways to This Institution affords employment 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts aro gran ted to the blind who cannot earn their own jiving. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Majesty and l 2 t 7 h, e. E ( ukt Euston-road. r N o a . d. Contributions will be thankfully re ceived by the Secre tary, R o y, C. B. ItEID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian -road, Islingto n, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospit a l h as relieved 481954 P ali it since was establisbeckat Bing's-c ross in 1856. Patients are admittedfree. Bankers--Messrs.Bankersessrs. Bar ne t , Ll o yds, and Co., 60 , Lombard street, Messrs. R ansom and Bou-v erie,ants 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., Y. Smith. Ego. GEO. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CH.e;ST, City-road. —The wards fo r in- p atients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly noeded. CHARLES L. ICEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, den- squar e President—HisGol Grace the Du'k W. e 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. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, " in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed; COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Re 7. 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, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepoan Octavius Coopo, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. 0. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F. Hussey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H 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 communications may be addressed. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings Lombard-street, London. Royal Insurance Buildings North John-street, Liverpool. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £Boo,ooo Accumulated Funds in hand £1,500,000 LIFE DEPARTMENT. Life and Annuity Funds...... ....£1,031, 329 SPECIAL ADVANTAGES— Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership. BONUSES among the largest ever declared by any Company. Profits divided every five years. All new Life Insurances now effected will become entitled to an Increased Share of the Profits. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Premiums in 1867 .£40,583. - REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this first took place the increase of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office, as shown by Government Returns. Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses. JOHN H. MCLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th' June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, Augnst 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUYE, 1868. X 11,10 Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 £772,740 13 9 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 £380,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account ............... 46,070 13 3 Total income ............... 514,466 9 2 £1,317,207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR. - Dividend to proprietors ...... Claims on decease of lives assured .................. £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies... 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered...... 70 28 3 ,642 11 3 • Re-assuranc es, new Ditto, old £370,618 5 3 Commission ............... 11,702 15 0 Medical fees ............... 751 16 2 Income tax .............. 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage- a, went ........................ 1489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total cbargn ..................... £109,654 14 5 Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approval THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors. lIENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 2d., and the total ou t go £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by—viz., £131,811 14s. 9d.—raises the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. 3d., arising from the pro ductive p ortion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned iu the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cont. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 is. 9d., and of this sum £ 3 , 270 15 s. 4 d. 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-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of management are loss than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 5?:, 1 per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid Sundt?' accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 Total £7,565,198 1 3 CR. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest ments Cash and bills 22,604 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies Agents' balances Sundry accounts 11594 0 • 4,506,167 18 0 Value of premiums (1867) • • •• 86,860 13 9 Value of re-assurances --- Total £7,565,138 1 3 Examined and approved. TITO - I\IAS A LLEN,} Auditors. HENRY - 110 SE, The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have d boon a rued on mortgage and in the Gov erinuent funds, an thatut £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating - the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right ion. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.8., Chair man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Thomas Boddlogtou, 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 Sambrook°, Esq. Admiral Tindal.: D.C.L. Robert A. Gray' Esq. Wm. Augustus Guy, MD., FILO. BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over 20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted. The Home was opened in September, 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections In May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. • ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE 'ire as ft:). ocIETY'S HOMES Lowe : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, HaraP - 150, New 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's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapsido. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland -street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 521 appli cants, 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 banliwrs are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. iDA.NL. CU DPER4 epc.o Bf. Queen-Argot Cleapaide4 LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures el asses will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proceel concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, end the instruction given will be confined to an examination of the students upon the subject of it preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes ; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to ime, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nino Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. To the Underwriter. g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore : also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. In his private classes the reader will use as text-books —The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures: — Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., M., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds ; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; C. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste; b. Jointures, Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Dieentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. Wills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Finei-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds-3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture I. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion: 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The. Administrative Jurisdiction, continued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended :—Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13; Iz, .23 ; Haddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the For each three courses. course. By clerks of members £2 2 0 £1 1 0 By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable foi the law classes 2 2 0 For all the branches of For each instruction. branch. By every subscriber Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. E. NV. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attend the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALI PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President —Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.C. ; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME f or 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 aro 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. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for tho purchase of food and clothing for tho 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing] 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLI AMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-bill Putney-heath. Established '3lst July, 1851. This Institution exists for the coinfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded—let. 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 has just been completed at a cost of upwards of .ElO,OOO, and FUNDS aro urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all ontirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of presont operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, aro earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will bo supplied, N v.ith the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, ,by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC AN.OREW, Secretary. No. 10; Poultry' London, E.G. faoptai,,nter, 1868. The attention of country banker; solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwoll, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spices apply to Messrs. Lifts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. COMPAGNIE GENE R ALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Pais, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAvuE or BREST to NEW YORK. First Class 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class Prom Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 410 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JA PAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japat.. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be bad of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—Every Policy effected with this Society by the 31st inst. will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. The Directors give notice that the Policies of the Society be come Indisputable, and are relieved of all conditions (except payment of the annual premiums), when they have remained unchallenged for five years, and the life assured has completed his 30th year. The bonus additions allotted by the Society are highly satisfac tory. In a recent claim the addition to a £l,OOO assurance, dated 1845, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. No. 39, Ring-street, Cheapside, London, December, 1863. The Duke of Edinburgh spent the ChristmaEt and the New Year season at the Cape of Good Hope. A local paper says : " The time has been for the last fortnight almost entirely taken up with the Christmas and New Year festivities, to which special test has been given on this occasion by the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The Galatea arrived in Simon's Bay on the afternoon of Christmas Day. It was under': stood to be the Duke's request that on this occasion his visit should be considered as quite private and unofficial; and that request has been acted up to with excellent good taste. He has been received everywhere with the heartiest cordiality ; he has moved about as he pleased, almost incognito ; and we believe that he has enjoyed his stay very thoroughly, On the day after his arrival he drove up to Capetown, to visit the Governor, and returned to Simon's Bay the same afternoon, calling upon'several old friends along the route. Sunday lie was on board his ship ; Monday and Tuesday he was up in town and at Government House. On Wednesday night he was entertained there at a fashionable ball given by his Excellency the Governor, Thursday evening he was entertained at a scirie musEcate, given by P. G. Vanderbyl, Esq., at Rondebosch. Friday (New Year's) night, a bril liant ball was given him by the 99th Regiment. On Saturday he inspected the progress of the breakwater works in Table Bay, and afterwards visited the cricket match at Wyiiberg, between the military and the civi lians. Yesterday morning (January 3) he returned to his ship in Simon's Bay. On the evening of January 4 there was a farewell ball given to his Royal Highness by Com modore Randolph, at Simon's Town. The Galatea was to have proceeded on the morning of the sth on her cruise eastward, calling fleet at Western Australia. She was, howeVer, detained throughout the day by a heavy south. east gale having set in, but was expected to leave that night.' A YANKEE VISIT TO TENNYSON. The Few York Citizen publishes a "private" lett* from a wandering Yankee who lately acted the part of Paul Pry in the Laureate's house at Faringford, in the Isle of Wight. Mr. Tennyson having shewn his guest his " newly -acquired territory," in the shape of wheat-fields, bought by the poet out of the proceeds of " Enoch Arden," our possibly too imaginative visitor continues :—" We dined at six, in a quaint room hung with pictures t and then . went into the drawing-room for desert. Tennyson and I retired to his study at the top of the house, lit pipes, and talked of poetry. I spoke of the idyll of ' Guinevere' as being perhaps his finest poem, and that I could not read it aloud without my voice failing me at certain passages. Why, I can read it and keep my voice,' he exclaimed triumphantly. This I doubted, and he agreed to try after we went down. But the first thing he did was to produce a magnum of wonderful sherry, jhirty years old, which had been sent to him by a poetic wine dealer. Such wine I never tasted. 'lt was meant to be drunk by Cleopatra or Catherine of Russia,' said Tennyson." As yet they had not exceeded the two glasses. After this " Tennyson and I " did a bottle of the poet's " Waterloo, 1815," the author of " Guinevere saying "We will make a night of it." A glass all round, and wo are told Tennyson took up the " Idylls of the King" Finally, when Arthur forgives the Queen, Tennyson's voice fairly broke. " I found tears on my cheeks, and -- and Mrs. Tennyson were crying on either side of me. He made an effort and went on to the end, closing grandly. How can you say,' I as k e d, ' that you have no surety of permanent fame? This poem will only die with the language in which it is written.' Mrs. Tennyson started up from her couch. It is true,' she exclaimed ; I have told Alfred the same thing." After this " Tennyson and I," of course, had more drink, and then went up to the garret to smoke and talk. Then ;dr. Tennyson, if we are to believe our authority, after Laving read his own poems to a guest the best part of a whole night, wound up with Andrew Marvell's " Coy Witness." "Tennyson and I" parted "at two o'clock.! A NEW MINERAL. Much interest nas been excited in the United States by. ;he discovery of a mineral which possesses the most valuable qualities of white lead, while it is superior in many respects to the manufactured article. This dis. covery is highly important, as white lead is used in many branches of manufacture. The mine in which it has been found is situated in North Carolina. It has been worked for many years as a silver and lead mine, but being mismanaged was never profitable, and the wasteful method used in working it has produced many thousand tons of d6bris about the mine. The property has lately changed hands, and the new owners found that these moun tains of refuse contained some very rich ore, whence gold, silver, and wad could be extracted. Further experiments sheaved that after roasting the ore possessed the best qualities of a paint, and could by a very simple process be turned in'o a material superior to the best white had. Works were at once esta blished for the manufacture which the heap of refuse keeps supplied with material enough for the production of 10 tons of the new pigment per day. It is estimated that this will last for a year or two, but there are, it is believed, 2ntold supplies of the richer ore in the mine. There are Aber veins in the neighbourhood, and the supply is deemed inexhaustible. The vein of ore hitherto worked presents an unprecedented variety and association of minerals. Lead, silver, zinc, copper, gold, iron, and manganese are found in the workings, which are con. tinually varying in character. At many spots are found nearly pure lead and silver, with some wonderfully rich phosphates and carbonates of lead. The ore usually averages about 30 per cent. of lead, and about $lOO of . silver can be extracted from a ton. The powder made from the ore, when mixed with oil, forms the . most durable paint known, and a yacht upon which it has been tried has been sailing for the past summer without coppering of any kind. The works for manufac turing this powder into white lead are situate at Bergen Point, New Jersey. It is more durable than white lead, quite impervious to water, and the action of fierce heat has little power over it. It will be invaluable for the coating of ships' boilers, and for iron and wood work generally. It threatens, indeed, to supersede white lead altogether, and the United States Government intend to Adopt it forthwith. COSMETICS. The Herald calls attention to the subject of cosmetics. Many preparations of a dangerous kind are, our contempo rary reminds us, sold with impunity, though stated to be harmless. The reader must be content with a few references to those which are of an objectionable character. Skin cos pieties act in various ways, and must be classed under several heads—(a), those which act mechanically, e.g., powders of a gritty:nature; (b), those which act as irritants,'e. g., powders •A other composition and such remedies as horseradish ; (c), :hose which act as:sedatives, e.g., liquids containing prussic acid ; (d), astringents and stimulants, e.g., sulphur, lead, bismuth, and mercury preparations. The simpler powders are more or less preparations of starch, but sometimes are made of talc, light carbonate of magnesia, or French chalk. These do little harm if used in moderation, and if ablution oe free and frequent, but there is risk that they will try the surface too much, and act as mechanical irritants. There are other powders of a very deleterious character. Some of the '• pearl whites" and "pearl powders" of the shops are preparation of bismuth, and now and then contain arsenic. The long-continued use of bismuth makes the skin sallow and hardens it considerably. "Flake white" :s mostly nothing but carbonate of lead, a very poisonous compound ; it is one that should never be used to the skin, but unhappily it is employed in theatres ; and, lastly, other powders contain white precipitate, or an active mercury compound : mercury and lead poisoning therefore are possible occurrences. Arsenic has also been used. The liquid paints and lotions for the i c n o s m ta p n le c x es io c n o orr f o t s e i n ve contain le, irn i at a ; d or an dbismuth, unpleasant c a o n n d se i g n m ue s n o ce e s have resulted from their use. A comparatively harmless powder is one composed of oxide of zinc and talc. The "liquid blanches" may contain sugar of lead, though sometimes only harmless substances. Carmine and rouge (the Herald goes on to say) have been largely used to give the bloom of health to tie cheek. They are gen erally innocent compounds. The form cr. is the prod ed u s aa c t fil oot little safflower. r l o i . ex Ofdc oxide ti tinnl v e o a 1 o iungsee usually--theci s t t , o le m laas b tt i ti n en e rj d ui rs of ' i i ni t rs h . thoughished he ialumil l ba rt at n hn lay be adulterated with mercury. The moral se m athl o ei r no a g l: of the ought to o vl b mle edo natt n i et e o r i i i s rot t e h e i t is t s h u e m i m m e b d lic np fr : om " dangerous cosmetics under the c o l our of harmleSsstiolapplica tions ; but, until that desideratum is obtained, there is a speedy means of detecting both imposition and dan ger , analyst.a d tli a t The e an m main appeal safeguardto t the in e the unerring criticism of h use of cosm e ti cs i s the avoidance of a ll compounds into whose composition any metallic preparation enters." Her Royal Highness the Countess de Paris was safely delivered of a son at York House, Twickenham, on Saturday, at ten minutes to two o'clock p.m. Dr. Priestley and Dr. Gueneau do Mussy were in attendance. The mother and child are doing very well. The infant prince was baptised on Sunday afternoon, at York House, by the Rev. Monsignor Weld, of Isleworth, and received the names of Louis Philippe Robert. He assumes the historical title of Duke of Orleans, which by tlutlamentoll fathez of the Count do rialto, MISS M. B. EDWARDS' NEW NOVEL. On Friday, Feb. 12, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., Ti_( Y. By MATILDA. BETHAM EDWARDS, Author of "A Winter with the Swallows," "Dr. Jacob," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.