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X \ - `",:.";- ' 1 ( 1 - I t b 1 Princess Charlotte, late Empress of Mexico, has become , : , ... A, .t bY IRECEIVE" 4 S. „ e re ~?„: 4 4 , . 1,.:,! , _.. ~, ---- -„tir.k...t.,, ': , ~. .;.-.;,4NILA , .. 4: 1. --, .4 \-. -5 c- a, „ . -, t , , p - 2,- - ' ,, : _ very much worse during the last few clays. Her insanity N . '': ,- ' ''.,;:'' ' l.. -'.:,. -..,,.... >-. '-.4o,4er i m . - , /4 , . 16 0 , ..., -nnorr. t ig --..' --- '''‘,. ' -.. r- •- ~ ,_ has grown much more violent, and though fatal results 'S PAPUA LA s RINAIIAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBL. EXHIBITION 1865. Thi s celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dub) Prize Medal. s , Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. th,,, ' A id in Bottles, as. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; "'gents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at , 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. 41neerre Is Wh the R y.d e Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded "Sine LL ' k contenW t. Ite and the the motion nbinecl with only Pi order upon come to by the result 'he BOOM [tiler by the nt that Mr. of he pre- stated that rn a t Hull ppearing 011 th er as no e t Pa file P d , lad inserted the Weekill ,et the eN a.- xhat he 1:3,1 i tors. Le d no feJillg !plaint, cow the Pa . Ifunt Was t clerk from 'as the first .ed of. 011 the artice olicitors have been L qtleStioll! •, and so' early of, 5 8 iable. wister,ll3" sno sPolo' , h e i notsel" Nornin 4 bad 0 01 Y Register, in lA,'ldtclis apers , boweveri they cow improper • • row n rs-R ted by ad s ted of ,er big lw the Pa l l' . [se swag' diseretio e io orldent • any 31 ' 1 1869. Tar, aid steriins.'• price of t ry thAt iu Loa' for bills )cr coot of g°l4 e huma n fatigue, 'rider Itg bunden t ttenti°n . h cone ), w hich noway s )e taken fict i on ef the over ing ner- valua ble Arahieu, blessings aa,d been the PeP e ; ye ars 1 ;- ) ! azette u the 110 1 9 Ler reale' levalenta al. ;IT a lth, Attu %Ve • f iS 21 61 % Ipitabt?u, most Or tuart do TspePs!!' spasm s, 170: 351 ! . : d so jai_ ore 030 0 Liebig ° • 121 1 A bitoC . °" s. , for 4 OP ° ' s ' sB. 01 ' 8 )Ft 0111 0 et. Lou • _ _ ~ * ,- Irs. E• Catil" ;urreY , innoii )wood, la, tho 1 2 War" llol~~rt ~ Esq.? _~ EL.e.wr ro 1)2 113 , 1 . of MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859), 14, nusSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, AD And And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON NOES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free Abele or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, W eeklY. monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. rine free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. ROYAL MUS IC HAL L, HOLBORN. Proprietor. Mr J. S. Sweasey. , Ctr eat Success of the 'Martens Faintly in their renowned Cat " unet • --- Mr. Arthur L'oycl in his impersonation of Professor and ls in th e Orizinal Christ y'n Minstreln—E. D. Davis. the l'eatest Ventrilo-Mist of the day—Professor Beaumont in his wonderful Illusions Magie.)—Lelia and Florence. the Juvenile t7 tres ses—Mr. C. Burton. the ori 7inal transformation dancer. in elia. Mien Jennie Franklin, Serio Comics wie i n a i rry el narntile7.,,.ttie King, Irish Duett i sts—an d a h os t o f o ther P. Corri's (the Musical Director) Benefit will take on «'s dnegday. April 21. on Which oeeß:ion F. Tr, ttnftn. 110:e the ehnir. N l r. Biehar 1 Donn. or the Adam and ' l . John-street -road, Clerkenwril. wil' sine; the Dtlet 'All's With Mr. P. Coml, Great Night of the Season. MACLAGAN IS COMING-MAY 10. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- A hyrtys Tleamtiftd. Always Attractive. Redecortted. ii7v and 13eantlfol Costumes.—Portrait Model of 31A1).A.ME u „ A CIIEL, and numero u s Ad Tints. Admission.Clalren under ten, 61.; extra rooms, ad. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS.-OPEN EVERY RVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The ms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt .d Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week an Dance attr M active Programme of Operatic Selections and popilar usic. Doors open at halt-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CURTI " PATE AU DIABLE." THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for Luncheon, Breakfast, &e. It will be found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their °I IIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (Mantleld's Patent), To be obtatued Wholesale and Retail:of JOHN BITRO-ESS AND SON, _ 101, Snwar (Corner of Savoy Steps), London, W.C. ASHLEY AN D CO. FOR WINES. PER DOZEN. 7 _ 01 7 Pine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34 s. 01(1 Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's Shipping) Vintage Wines "Darkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry Mosseux, Sil lerY, Qualite Superieure (Perrier's 365. to 545. Rample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 218. GARRICK-STREET, 00VENr-GARDEN. PB. HALL, of Printing House-square, E.C., " • next the "Times," London.—Whosale Agent and 81 Knee for NICFIOLS and STONES' (the le Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES; Keatinge end Co.'s famous ‘ ,..rdeaux Wines and Charente Brandies; end Irish and Scotch 7 hiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA FIDE BUSINESSES.—N l'Oonber of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. S CIENTIFIC.' AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room. consisting of a new and elegant RS- Portment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, °be ' 1 , 8 , Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, u‘c-, in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby- Sparshire (tc. Imported and manufactured by JAMES , tr 'TE NNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, "• 0 ., London. ...Ur. T ennant arranges e l ementary co l lect i ons o f R OCKS, MI NERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition , Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facili- LOA the interesting study of MINERALOGY and ‘IEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. ,PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and . I LNERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., a t 449 , Strand. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offlces---1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. ~The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Vro Revenue to 036,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. T he moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed 130 nus for the Life Policies of this Company, and their ' c line as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, ;ender th em par ti cu l ar l y a d van t ag eous. Wh o l e - wor ld t hey is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid urtY days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. RING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly 41- " PEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex- Peases. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED REDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTII, Secretary. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick end Diseased Seamen of All ti cns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were 079 less than the expenditure. Williams,.li Deacon,SeltlPTlONS thankfully received by Messrs. and Co., hankers, TM-chin-lane and by the Secretary, a t the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ;;Life 4 °Yernor, £lolos. NA'FIONAL ORPHAN H OME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1841. _,Juder the patronage of H.B.U. the Duke of CAMBUIDGE, K.G., `cillarereby a home has beon afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan thele of all ages , classes, and denominations, from all parts of kingdom. a , Tha °bleat of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng "Rh education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, TV laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other 6 provided f or w h en th ey atta i n 15 years o f age, to obtain suitable situations for them. ,„„Th,,e C ommittee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is """relY sustained by donations and Subscriptions. HENRY KINGSOOTE, Treasurer W H. WABWIOIL Secretary. F . ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL, is the only .1.4 institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contazions 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. ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CIIALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, E.C. 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 py-onmlgate the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absonitety Linrortettabie, Unconditional, and Unchallengeable. For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the system now introduced will espe cialls commend itself, being, entirely free from all condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the same time it absoliitely 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 an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac cording tl 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 voyagin f o reign residence, or other usual limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds the objections before referred to will be entirely removed, and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as actual securities. • In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages, the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest term provided for is twenty-five years, and the shortest five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi tors, and others holding policies of this class as security, may always know the utmost amount they may be called upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £215,000 a year. Its position is un. questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new business of anv office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. bc "g . 1g . 3 g a a 8' 3 •-• . 0,-, '' ' • 6 Amount , • .., Amount Annual c 0..• 0 a „ P 7•4 iZ 4 rroposed. 4. -2 ;,..!: Assured. Premiums. v a4 Pa -- ---- Z s. d. - £ s. d. Z p. d. 185 t 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 854,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,74. 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13 , 699 3,752,967 4 8 122 , 257 17 6 ---- ---- ---- T0ta1.. 1 75 - , - 572 8,6E4,109 6 9 26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 The net premium income has increased to the sum of 4216,704 1 7 The interest on investments and other items •f receipt yield Making a total income of £237,980 19 8 The claims , were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. id. The balance of the year's income was £8,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year mounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact that the text bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1372, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior t) the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate ii the same. The directors also draw attention to the successful esta bishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc to-s believe that the establishment of s. Fire Company, to wtrk in active co-operation with the Life, will tend muc h to advantage and profit of both institutions. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. Loadon, March 18, 1869. T HE 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 sod?. will prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. yule Dr. Hassall's re port. Price tis. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPH AN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. 'WALKER, Secretary. Office, M, Cheapside, London, E.O Office, 121, Pall-mall, W - lirtiTisn ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. dent tuts Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. e gratuitous board, clothing, and education of orphans denomfrom all parts ot tho British werein once in prosperousr, circumstan ce s. ‘-le hundred an d seven t y -fi ve orp h an s now in the In abtution ; ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistsnce. itziarieTSsepectuub:sutcliroiainb;rs and the public are invited to inspect the c a l n ai d m j s u . dge as to the nature of the Charity and „ he last Report can be obtained on app:ication to the Y• TUOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., } Hon. Secs. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. ( ) Rees 73 Cheapside, London, E.C. 13 "kers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., l ane; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers. Manchester. R EALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA. ARABIOA saves 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, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, Influenza, noises in the bead and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many nnaavoury and more than slopy imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it ,has already rece i ve d f rom invalids whose position had peen deemed ness the Pop e, w h ose h ea lth h as been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 18,413) ;—" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the 1:101 Y Father is exce ll en t, espec i a ll y s i nc e, abandoning all _ ether remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du B arry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful a t every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchi o ness de Brehitn of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bad di gestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord l S tuart do Denies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ord :.---" I ha ve d erive d much benefit from your excellent c) " I STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." f Cure No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony r cuu dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flat I~leney, e neY. spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ne rvousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vous fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, L e i ces t er , o f t wo years diarrhoe a . The Food is sold in Canisters, at is. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40e. The 121 b. and 241 b „„ a nistere, carria ge f ree on rece i pt o f P . 0 . O rder. Also Du Barry a Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tie canisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 free n ll l 5 B at 68., fo r 288 cups a t 30e. for 576 cups at 555. B e i ng about cue penny per cup. The 30s. and 558. tine are sen t of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. baltßY DIJ BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at vortnum and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, Gr Acechuicii-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street • and 121, NeW licrth-read, London and all Grocers and bhelaktal G'STABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal appli ca ti on t o th e L a dy Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W.'C SPRING RICE Hon Sec. Rin the immediate vicini ty ITAL, OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, Railway Termin ea , King's Cr oss. of the Great Northern Patron—Her Most Gracio us President-- oya il l is High n ess Grace the Duokn-e—ofofßWuceLßALlßuicili.,Gli.G. Vice-Patron— His A"8" the gull" ' the Prince v ors This Hospital, founded i establish the principle of free admission 4 Governors' orders, is n the fpear 1828, the first to to the sick p oor , without the delay and difficulty o wholly dependent for support' on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, an & addition to this, the averag e num ber of attendance of the in destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchureh-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Papas, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Dsacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-street ; end at the Hospital from 10 till 5. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. — During the Storms of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re wards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistancoto enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty Goorge the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART H9DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riveradale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam DIRECTORS. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, s q. 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. aol Solly, 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 boon reduced to the uniform rate of Is. Gd. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Firo Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. .111ING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cont.: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 ono Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the sem -- rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON. EOBEIIT F. STEELE, Secretary, EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of tho Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1838, read at the An n ual General Meeting of Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, S.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in tht ("hair. 'The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last anrual 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 £203,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonne--that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30rti JUFE, 1868. INCOME OF THE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 £772,740.13 9 rjr..”;nrom cn new tummy a races • 14,596 1 5 Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 X 380,811 8 3 Interest from invest- meats 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of recount 46,070 13 3 Total income - 544,433 9 2 £1,317,207 2 11 en. CHARGE OF THE YEAR. Divioend to proprietors ...... Cla;-rs on decease of lives assJred £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 R e _alsurances, new 3,270 15 4 Ditto old 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Comoission Medical fees Lawrie tax ••• 2,215 4 7 E x poses of manage melt 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Totalobargo ..... .................... . ......... £409,654 14 5 Balan3e of account, 30th Juno. 1868...... 907,552 8 6 THOMAS ALLEN} £1,317, 207 2 11 E x 6nined and approv HENRY ROSE, The total income of the y ear, i t w ill be seen, is £ 544,466 9s. 2d, and the total outgo £409,654 1 4 s. s d. ; the diffe rence or the sum laid by—viz., £131.81 1 14 s. 9d.—raises Auditors the find again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. Bd., a rising from the productive portion of the realised a s s e tsof £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore b e considered as having i mprov ed at the rate of rather more Ilan 4 per cent. ; or, if th e profit shown of £ 46,070 13s. 3d, derived from various extraneous source s, be in cluded, at upwards of £ 5 12s. per cont. Th e premiums on new a ssurances are £14,596 Is. 9 d., and of ;his sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurarces. 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 ree-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of management are less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed hy the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51 per cent, on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : Dn. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 Sundry 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. ABOTS. 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 Ditto ditto temporary securities Current interest on the above invest- 36,243 7 6 22,604 2 9 rnents Cash and bills Advanced on security of the company' s 159,503 14 9 Agents' balunces Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 RSE, , T0ta1..., £ 7 , 56 5,198 1 3 E xam i n ed and approved. funds is shown f , Auditors. ors. THOMAS A LLEN ' ) by this account. On compar in g it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further i nvest ments have been made The present dispositio ll n E of N th ß 9 YO Company's 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 M.D ., Escl• rae.Admiral Tindal.: THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows: For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. wish. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Irampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buekhurst-bill. 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 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 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 banlasrs are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. fOODPED See. a opm-street Oheapoide. R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES Putney-heath. Established'3lst July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) ufflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, wit} medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. _ _ 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A I ew wing to the Hospital has just been completed at a cost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There aro 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. No. 10 Poultry' London, E.C. &ptember 1868., are not feared for the moment, it is imnossible to avoid presentiments of the worst. Y. 23,985. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 1 vol., Bvo., THE GLADSTONE GOVERNMENT. CABINET PICTURES. 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Churchyard, rchyard, CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. CHAIRMAN. Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. DEPUTY-CHAIItIiEN. William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S. Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D.C.L., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at the Annual General Meeting hold on the 27th November, 1868 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. 3. On the other hand, the Income was raised to. £219,769, notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by abatements of premium which did not take effect in the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867. 4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than £B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four years of the Society's existence. 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to £1,598,906. The following are among the distinctive features of the so - Ciety : CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on credit. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay able on the attainment of a specified ago, or at death, whichever event, shall first happen. INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk, PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTULIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. 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Red Bull Wharf, MI6-el-passage, 13, Upper Thames qtreet T.ondali. E.C. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN --- EEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Groat 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 vying, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being Worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may bo worn during sleep. A descriptive circularmay be had, and the truss, which can rot 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. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to bo made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, drc., for Varicose Voins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, etc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and aro drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. T HE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which expire at LADY-DAY, must be Renewed within Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com pany's Agents, or to T. TALLEMACH, Secretary. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1869. VEIVSPAPER PARTNERSHIP. 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THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE OMPA ANY, in anticpation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new surances now effected there will only be payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITALi — TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSURANCES, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUART, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. McLAItEN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROOll. Lomba^d-street. London. MANAGER —M r J. 11. YOUNGIIUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per Annum, or 108. monthly, payable in Advance. The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached, ns well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institntion, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, LC.; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. B RITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL ASSOCIATION. _ Chief Offices-429, Strand, TRVSTEEg. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. I R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S. Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, cart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, En. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR &NC'S WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CIIAIRMAN. TYLER SMITH, Esq. EXTRACTS from tYOI7OII6II`.ANK-TIL-AliNii:AL 4t f PORT, road at the Annual General Meeting held at the Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS WEBB, Esq., in the chair. The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were 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 : INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869. By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packairea, 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, hare from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.": S. 8011, H., Lieutenant, 2d MadßiPTafive Infantry. 10. Bouthilower, 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. Flout' 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. 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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 by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. • 13ARTRIDG1 AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CIIINCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDEII3 07E11 2)s. per ream. s. d. 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An ILLU &TED CATA_LOWE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage 7cales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 1311 SIAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CIIILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dis-ases of women. 2,74 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations aro much flooded, and will be received by Messrs. Iratchard. Picca dilly; Sir Samuel Scott. Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. - THE HOSPITAL, for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouveric, and Co. —The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Nlondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,951 pationts since it was establisbet , at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers;—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Iron. Bee., E Smith. Esa. GEo. REID, SOC. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CIIST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President —His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. tTpwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, 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. 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 persc ns over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been e:lec!.•d. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. 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A t , ullicient number of classes will followr' each lecture, and be of such durst ion as shall provide for t eft cien t instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thns 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 ANDERSO', 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. iiiiisoiExci,Prontissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightrnent, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British 'Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the VesseL 2. To the Owner of tbe 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 Mentor-for fairtnets of his flatish- - 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., 111., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds ; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste; b. Jointures, Portions, &c : c. 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Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended: —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 23 ; Haddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. 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Dr. F Hessey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be recei Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyc man-square, to whom comm: THE BELGIAN RAILWAY AFFAIR. M. Frere-Orban, the chief of the Belgian Cabinet, is still in Paris. Naturally enough such an extraordinary procedure as that of a Premier going to another Court a* special ambassador, and remaining there for many days, gives rise to much uneasiness, though how a serious quarrel could ensue from such-a difference it is difficult tc Enrmis , .... There is no doubt, however, that the two Govern. ments cannot come to terms. The Belgian Minister has offered a revision of railway fares and the like arrange. ments. These terms do not satisfy France, and a counter. proposal has been put forth, France demanding that the lease of the two Belgian lines to the French company be confirmed. This, the Indepazdanee Beige naively says, is the " only" point on which the two Governments differ. Unfortunately it is a most important one. It is easy for Belgium to agree to a revision of tariffs so as to establish a sort of commercial alliance between the two States ; but this question of leasing nelgian lines to a French company was the source of the whole difficulty. There has been some talk of English mediation, but the report is without foundation. The Belgians, who are clearly getting frightened, do not hesitate to say how thankful they would be if England would help them. They wish to preserve their independence, and they believe that if they agree to these railway contracts their independence will be menaced ; but they find it hard to resist France. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. A. "circular note" was recently sent by the Russian Government to the various European capitals, corn. plaining of the rigid naturalisation law by which the Porte strove to prevent the wholesale alienation of Turkish subjects. Passports were given to persons owing, allegiance to Turkey they crossed the frontier and became Russian and Greek sub jects, as the case might be. The Porte declared that all such persons should still be regarded as subjects of the Sultan. The North-East Correspondence states that the Russian note has produced its effect. The Ottoman Government is disposed to modify its decree. SERVIAN AFFAIRS. The Porte has recognised the right of the Servian Government to make commercial treaties. This point has been in dispute for some time, and the concession of the Turkish Government is therefore a new guarantee of peace in the East. But the correspondent of the Telegraph is, nevertheless, confident in the prophecy of future trouble. He says that the assassination of poor Prince Michael was really promoted by Russian agents, because the Prince had turned his face from his old protector, and had adopted the policy of peace, or rather of quiet, advocated by England, France, and Austria. But, unfortunately, the crime was useless, for the Govern. meat is still conducted on the same principles of non• agitation. Russia is therefore again at work attempting to change the Government—to overturn the present Regency, and put a member of the Karageorgewitch family in its place. The correspondent of the Telegraph thinks that the assassination of the head of the regency, Milivoi, is by no means improbable. "The truth of the saying that threatened men live long' was terribly disproved in the case of poor Prince Michael, who had a menacing letter, in which he had scorned to put faith, in his pocket at the time he was mercilessly butchered by Joko, Costa, Lazar, and Stanoc ; and I fear that Milivoi Petrovich, by far the most able and upright ruler that Servia has possessed for many years, is just now in grievous peril." All this must be very comforting to the said Milivoi ; but we have heard these predictions before. POLYGAMY AND THE PRINCESS OF WALES. The institution of polygamy is rather shaky, it seemg— at all events in the Turkish dominions. Turkey is not getting much richer, whilst the times are getting very much worse. Many wives, in short, are being found too expensive, and one partner is rapidly becoming the fashion. More than this, it has been reserved for the Princess of Wales to deal a ruthless blow at the social inequality of the two sexes in Turkey. Mahom rnedan rites and manners forbid the sitting of women at the table with their lords ; but when the Princess came there was no help for it. Her Highness could not be relegated to the seraglio whilst the Prince of Wales and the Sultan crossed their legs and smoked their pipes in solitary state. A place, not only for the Princess, but for three other ladies, was made at the table of the Sultan. This, at least, is a beginning. More intercourse of this kind can hardly fail to give the women of Turkey a better status, and thus raise the tone of social life amongst these peoples. IN ME3IO/1/AM. A melancholy incident has just occurred at Athens. A lady named Stilman, wife of the American Consul who played an important part during the progress of the Cretan insurrection, endeavour:l43 a- much as possible to mitigate the sufferings of the Cretans, has just poisoned herself with prussic acid. It is said that the scenes of misery which she was compelled to witness during the conflict affected her reason, and finally produced insanity. She was generally esteemed for her virtues and charity. A very large number of Cretan refugees, " several thousands" it is said, followed her to the grave. The number, in fact, caused the greatest astonishment, for the French steamers have been carrying back the refugees ever since the termi nation of the Conference. THE GUNPOWDER PLOT IN EGYPT. The attempt to assassinate the Viceroy of Egypt is a strange enigma. The affair was dramatic enough from the nature of the scheme, but the current statements as to the originator of it render it still more fit for the "boards." The correspondent of the Levant Times says that the manager of the theatre himself concocted the plot, and arranged the details of the bomb and the powder train which were destined to improve the Viceroy off the face of the earth. More remarkable still, this manager first gave information to the authorities, desiring to gain credit for saving his Highness's life rather than to immortalise himself by taking it. If this be correct, there was, then, no plot at all. However, the manager is in prison with his accomplices, and a commission, consist ing of the English, Austrian, French, and Italian Consuls, is appointed to investigate the affair. His Highness, it seems, will not trust the case to his own subjects. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. Some apparently trustworthy intelligence has arrived at Liverpool from the River Plate. Lopez is collecting arms and men, and seems bent upon prolonging the contest. But many of the families who were.ordered to follow him to the mountains have escaped and returned to Asuncion. Here things are beginning to look orderly. The Brazilian and Argentine representatives charged with the formation of a provisional Government have succeededin preventing anarchy, if nothing more. The town is quiet, and property of every description is respected. There have brim no further war operations, but the Allies are " advancing." There was a Liberal demonstration at VICIMIM on Wednesday, to celebrate tho return of the Liberal members at the la-Mt election, and the defeat of the petition which was presented against their election. The festivities c ,mmenced with a banquet in the afternoon, fol lowed by a soiree and public meeting at night. It iv stated that the Bishop of Down, " who has alone among the Irish prelates proved himself capable of taking a dispassionate view of the question which is at present engrossing the attention of Parliament and the country," will be nominated President of the Commission in which the property of the Irish Church is to be temporarily vested. SINGULAR CASE OF TRANCE.—Another interest ing case of Trance, in which a girl has lived for six months, and is still living, without food (and which is somewhat analogous to the case reported from Wales), has occurred at Ulverston. It is now occupying the at tention of the medical men in the district. A girl named Addison, eleven years of age, was in October last re moved to the Old Hall Farm, the property of Mr. A. Brogden, M.P., for change of air, and almost imme diately she lapsed into a state of lethargy, being totally unconscious of everything passing around her. In this condition she remained until January, her parents occasionally moistening her lips with a little tea or wine and water. She then regained consciousness for a few days, and was able to converse. She spoke of the hap piness she had lately experienced, and of interviews she had had with friends in heaven. Upon relapsing into the unconscious state in which she now lies, her features assumed an ecstatic expression; and, strange as it may appear, that portion of the head which Dr. Gall assigns as the organ of veneration has retained a perceptible degree of warmth, whilst the rest of the head, as well as the body, has bee n perfectly cold. The features are immobile, the eyelids alone shewing a reflex action when touched. All the limbs are rigid, and the only sign of life exhibited for the long months has for beenhas the as continualthpetmonths n ot a inthree gentle it eav ,o solidtstn; a or liquid, has passed the child's p e of the che st lips. The period d p a r ticle o T o hf s ix m ei medicalod men who have visited the case consider it more interesting than any of the numerous similar ones related in Dr. Forbes IVinslow's work on " The Obscure Diseases of the Mind and Brain." Dr. Barber, who is contributing a paper on the case to the Cumberland branch of the British Medical Association, holds the theory that the lethargic condition of the child is due to non-elimination of the urea. She is gradually becoming -ttiiire and more emaciated, and appears to be ra 'di y a Rieching AlidoM944 - 4 • • THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. 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