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Sold in Bottles, as. 8(1., at the Retail Houses in London; by t he Agents i n the principal tcwns in England: or wholesale at 8, GRE AT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label and Cork Branded "Kina LL Whisky. ~ L VF" 11 • R • , FOREIGN 'NOTES/ RITSSIA. RECEIVE) 16 3 stated that nob , an area of 20 acres. xi had a fishysmell. iat there had been B ear d s l y r emarke d I Tennessee sumo iat rats were ate rong side out, sod rabbits, squirr e . ., /s : , ne of the Kiesty°. t the phenomena, :4IAMBIe LST EVENING• ;eat on the WOO PIGS. mation had WO" oken out in Amerces on bad been received 10 " hog cholera" bful of pigs on the ir rei .ssiou of any iofor• preva il e d gouerallf to call the attend tion. A 11 1 VERSTONE an- LAST EVEI4I I46 ‘ !lock. 'ARRIAGES• Metropolitan 14°1 on of the follo o4 ision in the .Rega pang shall pro,tiidg passenger traveo said that of all rail' on which stnok ia ous effluvia encou'l" ,screet stations 1/14 , I greatly countertio that was so loadii always objecleci t° the general Or d their endea lolo for smoking 1:t kletropolitan, a nd' crs that such Wl' of that railway'. axed— 175 1..-8 LUSO RTS. ie should move lember for OaIWO :he new law CO! s possible upoli t) authorising °F. OHAMES. t ta Gregory, Said ter 3 and Westiaju s Whitehall °I I the White 0 d an extens loll , t l . 15 ntil the year 4 terfere with tro w when doub t ' e p Le Board ofsll ,ERY. Ivor, said the 7 if OV he public on 0 1)16 !ay upon the Vends and V re t v insures wher e terms varied I s of each case Lord of the 041 01 ; f islate at 0 100 remedy reigl4 lg poor rates• of then in his e o p, •ed to by the ' , d to remin d t ba ;kings beside bt England Olio 'g althoug h De l inis teria I bo a° ~5 ) 31r. NewdeP te a , )plo of Engla", f a Id a right to hi,%, Irish Church _o, s opinion, th e Liat called for I tio notion which, g , 'lag through% I move for a Portpatrick UR. [lee on the use, Mr. Dis r 7 o % disestablisill )d that the 5 9 ish Church >f the AttarOr „ r , Graves, o' i "gr, :74gerton, anuw, r. Pirn, and to clauSo, allafr lacions. lip which vlnsi the condemne d O ,J been introdtle , r , a 3 wS e srece ived ice reported' E Mr. Noo, fat ant and Pt 13 r bad leg s ' 0 0 0 4 ng to dire° Sorel ulcerou s ,s,„O lug, but wi ll 010 nbers of re X O 3 hospitals, tyS ut deriving,o l I by II0 11° ';00 ellings, toy 10 medicine y „ol Pr ct, in the 4 00 6 If the blood cod " always agg 1 : 0 0 14 , health-re . 0 0 11 4, imes the Ol% c iitN a other r0n 4 ; 0 4 ih nerve o, 4d 6 sleep, fo i ;" r enfeeblea'aore.„ s health re' Or a, July 2 1 . , especially ,ire, himself e11".4 0 ' .ch he co,n s v e" - 0 6 arprisingl 6 ,1 1 6 t praise tin° c idi, July 26 .. d ;even Yee . `"rl9 ;, with a t e , , eeplessn e 1,0) No. 1, 77 1 . ,,070 t, of man' lei, able agoilioNO ation, 1 4 0 tu 10 0 of 3 ",, it 0 : 0 3 i rangenle — 'Ol t w- 61 .0 of th ° o ,o o l w hich, ~,Dr; piously s. 5 lbs. 11 0 . bfio"4 AFI Pte . !' fOr t g ' ;ups at cer6 10s., for u 1 0. O.:, )s. and 66 CO pt of PO ° :V CIA-Street, t ye cic-equa re ' e, the Wife 0 _ 4l O York, IVioiraf' p wort h, titer of or a ,v. C , 3s ge g A the 'O tt 90" to o f the Georg e 11. 5, 111 11- of 10 i o wes,, Ie AND II she 3, 0 ;` ,3 30 UIJTUA L LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 14 ancorporsted by Act o f Parliament. 1859), RUSSE LL - STREET, COVENT -GARDEN. LONDON, And 38, QUERN'S- ROAD , B RIGHTON AI:MANORS MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Salo, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay yble we eklY, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. orms free on receipt of stamped nnyelone. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. IR OYAL MUSIC Ti ALL, HOLBORN- Gr Prc.prietor. SweaseY• Theteat,Suceess of the Mertens Family in . their renowned Cat .---.vir. Arthur L'oyd in his imnersonation of Professor and Aotivlerful 11l Roues ,, In the Original Christy's NTinstrllA—E. D. Davis, the ;',7a•teßt Ventriloquist of the day—Professor Beaumont in his __if -aracters--I;ias t el 7 l _Zses—Mr. C. Burton. the .ri •Inal transformation dancer. in usi " B ( Magic)—Lelia. and Florenee. the Juvenile Noti arrY a n'l Kat R* . •.. Duettists—and a host of other P ella, 7+Tts, ,Tennie Franklin, Serio Comics te mg, Irish lalentel artiste' ' ce.--Mr. P. ('orris (the Musical Director) Benefit will take r ace on W fdnesda.v. April 21. on which occasion F. Trottnan. v , _will tal:e the hair. 17 r. Richard Dunn. nf the Ada and N il ,‘:t. John -street-road, Clerkenwell, will sing the D et" " m All 'a , 'il with Mr. P. Corr% Great Night of the Season. I ' . MACLAGAN IS COMING-MAY 10. ••• .7. - IVIADAM E TEISSAIJD'S EXHIBITION._ under t Ne w ~, , ,1 l b _waYa Beautiful. Always Attractive. Redecorated. RACITP ""' a utlful Costumes.—Portrait Model of MADAME I, and numerous Ad 'iti.ms. Admission,Children e ; Gd.• extra rao exl Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. MR, . A RGY LL ROOM S.—OPEN EVERY Roo ms RVE NING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The and `,, have been magn i ncently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt Dana:, 4 '. .The celebrated Band will perform during the week et/tire: Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, is Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY .Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CURTI rPIE "PATE AU DIABLE . " above Paste is a most agreeable relish for for uncheon, Breakfast, &c. It will be found most useful " i nn!? Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (M's Paten, To be obtained W anfleld le holesa and Iletail:of JOHN BUII(3ESS AND SON,' 107, STRAND (Corner of Savnv Steps), London, W.C. A. SULEY AND CO. FOR WINES. PER DOZEN. ve ry (ld e rine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34s. shiru.shed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's c, PPlog'). Vintage Wines oparklim. nu le " — "amnagne, Imrerial, Dry Mosseux, Sa c, r Y, Qualit6 Superieure (Perrier's Shipping)......— 36'. to "a' '' a n ) Ple cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. IARRICK-STREET COVENT-GARDEN. ip a HALL, of Printing House-square, E.C., Cons? next the "Times," London.—Wholesale Agent and celebrated for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) iio"Torated PALE and other ALES; Keatinge nnd Co.'s famous 4 e _ 4 or Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch olaluerieso,f from several of the best distilleries. Samples can '') "e seen at the Times' Shades. RONA FIDE BUSINESSES.—A Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars r °then 'wanted in town and country. ---------___ OSCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room. consisting of a new and elegant as sort lie of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe ilaks: Inkstands beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, m Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby wNSpar. Ice. Imported and manufactured by JAMES ANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Str an d, , London. ...Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, anNERATA and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of yell's El ements of Geology they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and (-40Leas OG ea c h Y, . and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, t o 500 guin MINERALOGY INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and mINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. TAE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices—l, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. T he Invested F un d s now amoun t t o £3 , 401 , 055 . th e Fire Revenue to 0336,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus f or the Life Porcies o f this Company, and their value as SPECIAL. SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. RING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED REDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTLI, Secretary. SEAMEN'S • EAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick end Diseased Seamen of All Na'icns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane end by the Set ecretary, at the S oc i e ty' s o ffi ce, 86 , Ki ng William st, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governo r , 21 s . annually. ;I;Life Governor, £lolos. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham- common, Richmond, Surrey. Fou n d e d 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the patronage of EIR.H. the Duke of CettimpoE, E.G.. Whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages classes, and denominations, from all parts of the ki ngdom. . .. The obje3t o f th e Charity Is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to lit them for domestic service : a n d, if not other 'lBe Provided for when th e y a tt a i n 15 years of age, to obtain Imitable situations for them. _ The Committee e‘tnestly appe a l f or su p por t . Th e Ch ar i ty i s entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. ____ HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer . ice, 121, Pall- ma ll , W WH. WAFWICIX Secretary. ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron— Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. dest For the gratuitous b oar d, c l o thi ng, an d e d uca ti on o f itute ohans from all t t the ominios par s o and of all rp denominations, whose paren ßr ts itish wer d in e once Prosperous circumstances. _Ode hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In sqution ; stn le room for about 30 more. enrereased support i n di spensa bl e, as thi s Ch ar i ty i s not a ssistan ce. c "'ed, and is in th e grea t es t nee d o f f urther pecuniary f3ubscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Its and judge as to the nature of the Charity and can be obtained on application to the eTerheetialyisatr L I Port lTns. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. MIAS. LEE, M.A. - AUBREY C. PRICE, MA., lion. Secs. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, ALFRED MACKENZIE, E.O. Bankers —Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Heywood Brothers, Manchester. iIyREALTR RESTORED WITIIOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. j BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA AR ABIOA s aves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled —removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric de rangements, basmorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throa ts, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in th e 'J14,1 and ears,' rheumatism gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteri ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity; pal pi tation,heartburn, headache, debility dropsy, cramps s p asms nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking' fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of tha chest, pains at Mae 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 Oarrios.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slopy imitations towh a i e which, without 11,neautho rity, Ba ron Li e bi g ' s name i s most tmd Henceforth none will doubttohveveanitua Aab valuable properties a pircoapienrtvieaslidosf, Du Barry's h ea lth- res t oring Revalenta and Infants' Food, since to the thousandsofpboslesisoio had blessings it has alre a d y rece i ved from invalids whose position been deemed hopeless, rfectl restored teas the P ope, whose health has b een pe y l treatment. we may now add that of his Holi sisa by it aft er thirty years of unsuccessful me 8e quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th al2shieh(tCh of ure the Nn ho. ,413);—"Bome July 21st, 1866. T oly Fath er is excellent, especially since, abandoning all u other re medies, he has confined himself entirely to D ilpllarrYtefu'el Rest v e a v l e e ry nta m A ea ra l. bica f ro h o a d s , of which h a e s c u o r n p s n iz g s ly a bsnoficial offoct on his health, and his Holiness cannot Praise this excellent food too highly." Cur e No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven Years' liver complaint wasting away, debility, nervous tia:ce.ve,oiurris ata:itialittlyonlwith a ' nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable St ua u ;t e d lo /j 0 7 , 8 '• a i d Yspopsia, from the Right Hon. o t f h w e L at o o r r ( - 1 ford :._, / 1 , 1 'ea, Lor d - Lieutenant of the County food.—sv,4` 7 : „,`l'njed much benefit from your excellent fvirca jtuerreforitni,:B:,r , eTz,, Dromana, Cappoquin, County fi r a o t i t n ih d n y e s y p ,s s • ' ----Of fifty years' indescribable agony Cure No p la, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of Lynn, Nepasma, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, orfolk nervousse ' 47,12.1. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme Vows fanci:, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner yettern3rdeirtNroo.ls.6,Bl4.—Mr. Samuel Lawton, Leicester, of two The T' Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. 11d. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., d . . • .; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b _attlistes, CArriago free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du -t,..r.ys Revaleuta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tip y : Por 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 L P! at 65., for 283 cups at 308., for 576 cups at 555. Being about cna penny per cup. The 308. and 555. tins are sent free , o i . garriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. al l : 'e h it ' cii/T BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ;1 at or and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, b race ; 63 and 150, Oxford -street • and 121 Rew Licrth-road, London and all Groom and ' ollealists I Y. 23,980. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., "pp AUL WYNTER'S SACRIFICE. By MRS. DUFFUS HARDY. 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REAI)AFLE SHORT-HAND, SELF-TAUGHT: Being a System by which people can teach th'emselves: write the longest word without lifting the pen; read what they write; and - corres'pond with friends at home or abroad. ou plea sure or business. It embraces a double set of vowels, with liquid consonants grafted on the other letters ; together with 9, DIAGRAM OF DOTS, and a combination of words in most familiar use, into ready sentences The whole forming A SYSTEM OF READABLE SHORT-Ii AND, Shortened. By lilU IWO YOUNG. London: Edward Stanis,rd, 6 and 7, Charing-moss, S.W. Price 2s. 6d. Just published, price is. GI, 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. Balliero, 219, Regent-street. 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Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japar.. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, B.C. IM[R. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, of 8, Grosve nor -street, W., the Author of " MO 'IERN DENTISTRY: its Principles and Practice," "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC TION, or Anaesthesia Locally Applied," &c., at home for CONSULTATIO v DAILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVE NOR-STREET (a few doors from Bond-street). KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.- Stratford.—Dear Sir—Having had a severe Cough this winter I was advised to try your Lozenges, which are invaluable, having purchased one box costing only Is, lid., completely set me up, and must, therefore, strongly recommend, them as a cer tain cure.—l remain your most obedient servant, W. ROBBINS, Manager.—Sold by all Druggists. NICOLL, HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. Prince of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street TRICHANOPHRON. Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation iu the world for the Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it. Sold in Bottles, 2s. 6d. Hair Restored and Baldness Prevented by NICOLL'S ELECTRIC HAIR REGENERATOR FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. • In Bottles, 2s. 6d. NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES. For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in Bottles, :4g. GI each. NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY. For removing superflons Hair. Sent free to any part of the three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable at Vigo-street. Regent -street. LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour, and Size, from Is. to 2s. 641. SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge 6d. HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND FISHING. THE STRONGEST MAN in the world cannot break the ever-lasting Porpoise-skin Boot Laces made by GILL AND CO., 12, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W. Price ls. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, ss. FRENCH DUBBING.—This invaluable composition possesses the properties of preserving leather, rendering it supple and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing as that used by the best currisrs in Borde aux . BOOTS,' SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its application. Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and CO., Carriers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden- square. Price ls. 6d., 2s. 6d., and ss. per can. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth i bet are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN KJ EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, 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, Bing William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., 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. 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 hero avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be wor n d ur i ng s l eep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being Sent to the manufacturer, 15.A.s2:7firielucJeTOroffurWF64Hst.I, WHITE, 222685,. 6d., and 6d. Postage, 0 2t Tru s s, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. P ost - oflico, le. 10d. n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Pic be made payable to John White, NEW PATENT rI4 LASTIC STOCKINGS, 1124 KNEE-CAPS, Fee., 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 sto'clring. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., Jaini-N68.1,V7111T• E,Polsitaagnuela.6cdt.nrer, 228, Piccadilly. 108., RAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gra' in the immediate vi c i n it y o f th y 8-inn-road, Railway Terminus, King's Cross. e Great North ern Patron—Her Most Gracious MinsTv the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, E.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCIEUCH, This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders i; wholly dependent for support on voluntary eontributiots and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and no. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pafue, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Oo 'Bornors-areot ;:sind at the Hospital from 10 till 5. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1869. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT —Paris and Pavre Exhibition Gold Medals. CAUTION. None genuine without Baron Liebig's (the inventor) signature being on every jar, accompanied by full printed directions. About 70 Pints of excellent beef tea for Ils., the present reduced retail price per pound. Finest, mast convenient, and by far the cheapest meat-flavouring ingredient for soups. made dishes, and sauces. Sold by all Italian warehosemen, chemists, grocers. ship chandlers, and prevision dealers. ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE (•OMPAN Y, in antic ration of tit • above. beg to intimate that on all new I sur.tnces now effected there will only 4.• payable (provisionally) the pr.)portion of Duty f. o. the time between the dale of the Order and Midsummer I next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool, and Lombard-street, London. APARTMENTS. —One or Two Floors, with Extra Bed Rooms if required. Close t) Omnibus, Rail, and Boat.. Terms moderate. 13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-road, Brompton. THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROOll. • Lombard-street. London. :MANAGER-Mr J. H. YOUNGRUSBAND, late Treasurer and_Seeretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or 10s. monthly, payable in AdVallee. - - - The Room is supplied with Newspapors, both borne and foreign ; fteuter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information ; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, snit other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached, as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. • Tho attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others isinvited to this Institution, which will be found very conven i ent to gentlemen w h ose bu s i n es s engagements oblipolls. - _ ge them frequently to visit the metro- . . For further particulars apply to tho Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company. Palm ers t on -b u ildi ngs, London. N.B.—For Adyertisement Sp aces a ppl y t o Messrs. Letts, Son - and Co., 8, Royal Eichange, E.C.; or at the Oilice in the Lom bard Exchange. • • BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRUSTEES. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq. , F.R.S. Dupuis, K.C.13. I Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bart: W. Tyler:Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart Millis Coventry, Esq. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR &MIS WEBB, Esq. • DEEUTY CHAIRMAN - W. TYLER SMITH; Esq. EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE POAT, read at the Ann** General Meetinc , held at the Society's Rouse on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS 'WEBB, Esq., in the chair. The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd. The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods : MILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Rooms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experience, effectually guard againid Fire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-strect, City, London. pARTRIDGE AND C 0 OPE It . MANUFACTURING STATIONF.RS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CFIANCEILT-LAME), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COU_NTTRY ON ORDERS' OVER 304. per r!aal. F. d. Fine Cream Laid Vote; a cheap paper Supertbe Cream Laid Note; much approved Extra Super tin mt e p T e h r 3 n k e 4 0 7 0 C D r o cin e L m aid ie N k opc. m speila b l i ly N r , c )t e,),n:neu led 5 6 Straw Paper, Patent;" adapted for rtpid writing 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., as., and ,6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 6,1, Us. 61, and l t 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note live quires for is. 61, or ..5 6 Toe New Vellum Wove "Club House" note, live quires for Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s (;d, Ss M, & ns Large Blue Wove . Cornmercilal Envelopes, 4a 6.1 per 1,000 Cheep Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s 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 hy the-retail houses.An • ILLU ,TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Baoks, Copying Presses, Plkstancis, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage ' , cities, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, fix , post free Established 1811 - INDIA OFElak,• 29th January,, 1869.-- 31... No B ti y ee o is rd h e e r reb o . f v i v e e :ec i h r a e t t try packages, ofS a s t t as s oetfer f lovtrihet the a cao d nn i d a taio i n n f Council. reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and East fr from Ind ia n t the Govern men ts Co mpa ny ' s t s i o m l soldiers e t : • e s e onf received e l c e e late e d Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.: 8. Bell, IL, Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. IL, 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. Flood E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native in fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment. 121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native Infantry. 124. Pinchard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 1501. Stewart, G., Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. 11., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of bysale d , e a ce nd asel the a mount realized be credited to the estate of the T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Me Profits. ALL NEW INSURANC:t:S, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER. IST JANUARY, 1863, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. McLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-M . IW ETTURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS msy be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETI %l E. B RITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street -place, Southwark Bridge, E.C. NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies issued. In Weeks, I.fiB ... 3 3863 ... 3 .. 86 -i14,250 ... 108 - 14,481 Excess 22 £4,231 In 52 weeks endin_T April 7th, 1869 ... 3,105 —£539,442 'BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION, Heat] Offices, 429, Strand. London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. bc , t 1 CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL ,„-14 ,E; ;) ..- 2 LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. .. 5= o 46. 1 3 0" 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. t o . `;) c ,- a Amount cs r, Amount Annual 4, P o Proposed . Z'3 Assured. Premiums. --- OLI 47, 7; CHAIRMAN. '3 , 4 Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. x B. d. £ a. d. £a. d. DEPUTY-CHAIRMEN. IRMEN. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 F 54,110 0 0 21,347 16 5 William Bowman, Es q., F.R.S. 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10 Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D. C . L ., F.R.S. 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at Total.. .75,M2 8,64,1095 9 2 - 6,763 6 —"--- ,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 the Annual General Meeting held on the 27th November, . 1868 : The net premium i ncome h as increased to 1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of _. the suns of ....... . ........ .... D .. : ... :.;:, ... ..... £216,704 1 7 which £.307,395 w as com pl e t e d at Premium s p ro - The inter est on investments . a. tn items diming £10,067 p er A nnum , of receipt yield ................................. 21,276 18 1 1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of which £307,395 was completed at Premiums pro ducing £10,067 per Annum. 2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,883, being the smallest since 1860, whilst the expenses of management and all other outgoings were even less than for many years past. 8. On the other Land, the Income was raised to £219,769, notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by abatements of premium which did not take effect in the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867. 4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than £B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four years of the Society's existence. 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to £1,598,906. '1,276 18 1 Making a total income of ............ V 37980 19 8 The claims were 335, amounting to the s um of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact that the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior to the 31st December, 186 9 , will be entitl e d t o par ti cipa t e in the same. The directors also draw attention to the s uccess f u l esta blishment during the past year of th e Britannia Fire Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to work in active co-operation with the . Life, will tend much to the advantage and profit of both institution& It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. The following are among the distinctive features of the Society : CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of Life, where the ago does not exceed 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on credit. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death, which ever event shall first happen. INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CITALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, Re. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional, mad bei F icullim o itny r s: o t t h rtoh e liaen r s e swA as uirls o lesi n unorg r ann e ne f te t st r se r t e logy d ri iol t ou o nnb , and Unchallengeable. e continue m t that, t u t t y , i P i e i rs tl o i n e s ev b e P n si t ta o t f e c n o u n e le pa f y o n r i f e e n it t e o d f . pre ino_r class of the public the system now introduced will espe cial 4 commend itself, being entirely free fro m a ll condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the same time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every premium paid, bearing the same propor tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi nally contracted to be paid. Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on the discontinuance of the assurance. The assured will thus always have the option of retain ing either au ascertained fixcd.sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any future reference to the Company on these points, as is the case with ordinary assurances. Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re versionary, of a Policy of this description. Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds the objections before referred to will be entirely removed, and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as actual securities. In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages, the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest term provided for is twenty-five years, and the shortest five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi tors, and others holding policies of this class as security, may always know the utmost amount they may be called upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon ditional, they will also be nnchallengeable on any ground whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £215,000 a year. Its position is un. questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. • A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART H9DGSON, Esq Sub-• Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. Robert 13'irclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currio Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Rermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfel], Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus 'Tomb, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam DIRECTORS. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard. Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcoirnson, Esq. Lord Josceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. ,uel Sol]y, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire on the 9th of April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent, per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. FA "MIND STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine& The Rever-ionary 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. This Corporation affords to the AsFured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, secretary. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th Juno, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Pi oprietors, August 14, 1868 —Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30nr JUI'E, 1868. PR. INCOME OF TILE YEAR. Balance of amount, 30th June, 1867, 0 981,514 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 £3e0,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 46070 13 3 544,466 9 2 Total income ' £1,317,207 2 11 On. CHARGE or THE YEA R * Dividend to proprietors 010; - ns on decease of lives assured .................. 4265523 1 3 5 Additions to thos e under , participating policies... 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered...„ 28642 1l 3 Re-assurances, new ...... 3,270 15 4 Ditto, old ..................... 50;365 0 8 --- £8,877 5 0 , ...... Commission ............ £370,618 5 3 ... 11 , 702 15 0 Medical fees ............... 751 16 2 Income tag,..... 2,216 4 7 Expenses of manage ment.. , .................. ... 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total cbargA ..... .......... £409,654 14 5 Balance of account, 30th June, 1868...... 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2.11 Examined and approv s 1 THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors . HENRY ROSE, The total incom e o f the year, it will b o seen , i s £544 ,4 6 6 9s. 2d., and the t o t a l outgo £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum l a id by- vi z ., £134.81 1 14 s. 9 d.—raises the fund again to .£907,552 Bs. Gd. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole asset s , productive and unpro d uct i ve, may there fore be considered as h aving improved at t h e ra t e o f rather more than 4 pe r cent. ; or, if the profit s h own o f £46,070 13s. 3d., derived f rom various extraneous sources, b e in cluded, at upwa r d s of £sl2s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 is. 91, and of this sum £3 , 27 0 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured aro nearly iden tical in amount with those of 1866. They are loss than those of last year by nearly £19,000. A considerable reduction, too, a ppears in the amount of premiums paid f or 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. Interest due to proprietors Claims ou decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts 45,875 13 6 Liability under sums assured, &c. ( 186 7) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund 173,792 10 0 Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 £6,977 13 3 Total .................................... £7,565,198 1 3 CR. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages ... £ 1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto ...... 183,979 17 10 Ditto ditto reversions ... ......... 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities . .... 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities . 142 424 011 Current interest on the above invest- , ments Cash and bills .................................... Advanced on security of the company's policies. .- .................................... 159,503 14 9 Agents' balrAces .............................. 27,112 9 6 Sundry accounts .............................. 112,460 15 0 Value of premiums (1867) Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 36,243 7 6 22,604 2 9 Total., .................................. £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS A LLEN,) HENRY ROSE, j- Auditors. The present diepositionef the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq. D.C.L. George Russell, Esq. Robert A. Gray, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke, Wm. Augustus Guy Esq. F.R.O. I Admiral Tindal. ; ' THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing, among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Rassall's re port. Priem Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at tho moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O QAMARITA N FREE. HOSPITAL for WOMEN ►) and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for disaases 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. ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPI CAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouveric, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospitalds now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. lIENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. PRICE . . 4d. STAMPED sd . INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY, U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Conunon and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and tho Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the months of April, May, and Juno next. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures elnsses ho conducted under the guidance and sop , rinton , i3nce Of tho lertur.trs, and will proceed concurrently with the leetnre,:. The number of subscribers to each class will be !Unite", nod the instruction given will be confined to an examioatiou of tLe students up el the sohject of a proc , din:.; lecture, Or 011 pOrtions of a giv. , l h ark barirot on the ..-info sttbj,et. A bulticient number of classes will follow each lector,. n o be of such duration ,is shall provide for the of (tient inst rec tion and examination of tie students. The tc.tutli;og of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes ; and the system Of constant ex amiumtion will test, from time to line, the progress made by the students. LEC ruftEs on CONDION end MERCANTILE LA.W, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The'Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under S"al. c. The Contract - of Sale. d. `Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Cheeks ; 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 Veccel and its .conseq.uonces— . 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 La* 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 LaNi-(Anderson). . LECTUR-ES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL I - ROPERTY, - 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 Clauges, 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 fo r Lif e an d i n R ema i nder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, &c ; c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. IN , ills.-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, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds-3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions- and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in 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, coLtinued: 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, L., 23 ; Haddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable foi the law classes— For all the branches of Foreach instrnction. branch. By every subscriber Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. .To prev — ent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's hail,Oct., 1868. _ N.B. Gentlemen /tiny subscribe for and atten 1 the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; hut as the instruction given in the ellsst.s will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that tho,e who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON F EMAL t PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITIITION. President —Rev. CANON DALE. CoNTßTßErnorrs for the support of the Homes in 1863 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambars, E. W. THOMAS Sea., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, ALP., 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, Socretaq. Office, 32, Sackville-street, 'HE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 13G, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 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, X. 0.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhool, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayro Major-Gen. 'Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. 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. Cam,n Nepean Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Ebq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. 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 comronr ications may be addressed. ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-bill 'Putney-heath Established 7 3lst July, 1854. This 'lnstitution 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 their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital hba gust been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary No. Q Poultry' London 4 E.O. September THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE o f the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPI TAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom an d Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.— Hon. Soc., I Smith. Eso. GEO. REID, Sec. rip HE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CliaT, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—Ms 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. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY f or 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 tho benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who aro rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Contts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. B RITISH 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 persc ns 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. WEA VER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES %re as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hemp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Cam den- Newington. town. I Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Groat Portland street. I wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurat-hill. Country Uomo—S t. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants.of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee are 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 524 appli cants whose histories are recorded in tho applicant's hook. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent DANL. CO 9PER, Sec. B.r Queen-tstreet ()heaped°. 3 3 0 111 6 2 2 0 Notwithstanding the recent peace manifesto - of the French Government, uneasiness still lingers in the continental capitals. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Tablet says that serious apprehensions of war still prevail at the Russian capital, and military men are con fident that the summer will not pass away without a cam. paign. Great activity prevails in the arsenals. The Government seems to share the expectation of war. Against this state of feeling, however, may be set off the fact that in Germany the Marquis de Lavalette's speech has been heartily welcomed. THE BELGIAN RAILWAY AFFAIR. Notwithstanding numerous interviews and Ministerial councils, nothing Las yet been done to hring to a termina tion the dispute between France and Belgium. From the admission of the official papers of Paris it is clear that the two Governments are precisely in the position they occu pied at the commencement of the dispute. The French journals arc resuming- the bullying tone with which the passing of the law in the Brussels Legislature was greeted, and the Liberal paper 4 are once more getting anxious respecting the issu e of this affair. The Paris corresquindent of the Post says the Imperial Government desires that the Eastern Company :•hou!d purchase the Belgian lines at a price much beyond their value, Government even snpply ing the funds if neeersary. This only renders the Bel gians still more rinpicions that the dispute rests on political as well as commercial grounds. 31. FrZre-Orban has been fifteen days in Paris, and has done nothing. TEE RIOTS IN DELGIUM. Just as the strike in the district of Liege has terminated, another on a very 'large scale has broken ont in quite another part of Belgium- , -the region. around Mons, pie tho south-western frontier. The history of. this strike so far, is very similar to that of the last., - Acting, it is said, on _ the orders of the International Society of Workmen, _ a very large number of colliers ceased work. At first their behaviour was unexceptional. As, however, they began to form in large groups, and disorders were feared, - soldiers were sent for. One -body- of worknien, to the' - number of no fewer than 1,500, perambulated the district in various directithis on Thursday morning, and at length assaulted the soldiers at Frameries with stones. The - troops replied with a volley, and about a dozen of the mob were wounded, two of whom died before Friday night. More troops were sent - for, but the mob did not disperse ; indeed, the Independence Beige received a tele gram stating that it had increased to 3,001 On Friday the train between Maubeuge and Mons was assailed with stones. Save that the blame of the strike is laid to the charge of the International Society, renal doubt pre vails as to the motives which have influenced the collien. It seems that hints of an approaching turn-out had been vaguely current for some time past. 3n reply to inquiries, some of the colliers said they were about to strike for more wages, others, " because they ought to do it.* DIFFICULTIES IN SPAIN. Dom Fernando's prematur refusal to accept the crown of Spain has had a disastrous effect throughout the country. " Out of Madrid," says the Times correspon dent, " I found one feeling uppermost among the people—. disappointment and disgust about the revolution, and an eager desire that there should, anyhow, be an end of it. In Madrid itself the general impression is that the revolution must either be violently stifled or it must go through a long period of vicissitudes, leading no one knows to what ultimate results. In the provinces men have no other thought than that of the general decline of public pros perity. The whole industrial movement of the country is at a standstill." Something like order or government is an imperative necessity ; but nobody sees a way out of the difficulty. There ought to be an' end for ever of Dom Fernando as a candidate for the Spanish crown. A refusal anticipating an offer is unpardon. b'e. But even the disappearance of this formidable rival does not seem to improve the chance of the luckless Duke of Montpensier. In fact, the Times correFpcndent comes to the conclusion that there can be no King yet, and that an interregnum of some kind is the immediate prospect. Tut no promising combination in the shape of Triumvirate o: Directory has vet been devised. CRISIS IN PORTUGAL. The Portuguese elections consequent upon reducing the number of seats in the Chamber of Deputies have passed off in favour of the Government. But the breach of constitutional law involved in the late decree has not been without effect. Great agitation prevails in the country, and intelligence comes that a military revolution is apprehended. The Government is making every pre• paration for an outbreak. ENGLAND AND GERMANY. By an arrangement concluded between England and the States of the Zollverein, the patterns and samples of commercial travellers will henceforth be admitted into these countries duty free. Conditions at e, however, im posed to ensure their re-exportation after a period of not more than twelve months. TURKEY AND GREECE. A difficulty has sprung up between Turkey and Greece relative to the neutralisation decree published by the Ports just after the late dispute ; an l it is not a little significant that Russia has sent a note to the various Powers supporting the Greek view of this gut, tion. The Etendard hopes that the Powers will lot give way to Russia. The object of the torte's decree was simply to put an end to the wholesale natura'i:ation of Turkish subjects in Greece and Russia. In one year the Russian Government granted 15,000 passports to Armenians resid ing on the Asiatic frontier. The Porte has found it necessary to repress this depopulation of Turkish ter ritory, COPYRIGHT IN CANADA. The Canadian publishers have held an important meet. * ing on the subject of international copyright. It is well known that English books are very extensively reprinted in the United States, and that authors rarely receive any remuneration from American publishers. These reprints are admitted into Canada upon payment of a Customs' duty of 12i per cent., and the proceeds are handed over to the authors. The publishers of the colony do not see why they should not be allowed to publish English works themselves on payment of this commission, instead of receiving them through the United States. If they were allowed to do this, they could undersell the American publishers. The case seems a good one. So long as English books are pub lished in the United States for nothing, and then allowed to be sold in Canada on payment of 124 per cent. to the authors, there is no reason whatever why the operation should not be direct, and the Canadians be permitted to publish in the first instance. PIMSVIT OF FAME. A very melancholy story was told to Dr. Lankester, the Middlesex coroner, on Friday. He was called upon to inquire into the death of a French artist, Isodore llagues. There were no rel a ti ves p resen t , and the only one who could identify was a brother French artist, who told the tale of how the deceased came by his death. I s od ore M aples was a very ambitious, and a clever man. He had taken formerly a high position in his profession, but was by no means satisfied. Ile wanted to leave a name in the world. So, some five years back, he commenced a large picture, with which he thought to startle the public. He hoped to get it into 7ers a ill es , and had an idea of sending it to the English Royal Academy. The conception of the picture is said to be good. It was drawn in crayons, and named, " L'Entente Cordiale; an Episode of the -Crimean War." For this study the enthusiastic artist neglected all other and more immediately remunerative work. His money being exhausted, he began to apply to his friends for funds. These they at first supplied him with, but advised hint to go on with that which would pay. He iefused, and they left him, one by one, to thrive as he best could. For the last two years he had been living on bread and potatoes. Gradually becoming exhausted with anxiety and want of nourishment, he had only time to finish his picture, and to send a photograph to the French Emperor, when he died. The doctor said that he had no brain left, and that the heart was most unhealthy. One cannot but censure the absurd weakness of the course pursued by the artist. Yet there is something inexpressibly sad in the last few years of a man's life being devoted to an object, and his dying almost in the act of attaining it. °Mt - A RY. Among the deaths recorded on Saturday is that of Sir Hugh Seymour 131ane. second baronet of that name. Sir Hugh was forMerly Lieutenant-Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and his military career was long, and eventful. He was born in 1795, and succeeded his father, Sir Gilbert, phy sician to the two last Georges, in 1834. Sir Hugh received his education c.t the Cbarterhouse, Marlow, Woolwich, and Addiscombe. He entered the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1814, and was present at Waterloo. On the 7th of April, at Wes t Cowes, died, at the age of 75, Helena, Countess of M o rnington. The genealogy of this lady is unusually interesting. Not only was she connected by marriage with the house of Wellesley, being the second wife of the fourth Earl of Mornington, bat she was by birth directly descended from the Plantagenets. Her mother, Anne Porterfield, wife of Colonel Paterson, wa s great-granddaughter of Alexander Porterfield and Lady Catherin e Bo y d. Lad y Catherine's grand father, the ninth Earl of Gler . icaarn, wasfifth in descent from Lady Johanna Hamilton, Countess of Glen cairn, who was granddaughter of Princess Mary Stuart, daughter of James 11. of Scotland, and seven th in descent from Edward I. of England. Dusvir.r.F. and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the wood. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application `to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buliings, Strand, London, W.O —[Act yertbement.