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of )twitiv, It ien iti is irw h 11 0 Dvei 11 de' it is metal than 121bg, DEOO O ' , for 2 4 r 6 cups tiffS t Office t, Loll mosans..... Jas MO lajor- '<MAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It Pure Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in B ottles , 39 Bd., a t the Retail Houses in London; by t he Agents in th e principal tcwns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal Pink Label and Cork Bran ded " Kinn LL Whisky. * MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859). 14, RUSSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BMA-ETON A.DVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free - hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. rorms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. ROYAL MUSIC HAL L, HOLBORN. Proprietor. Mr T. S. Sweasey. , Unprecedent Lloyd e in Su his cce imnersonstions ofss of the Easter Entertai Professor ent in the Original rthur Christy's Minstrels—E. D. Davis. the greatest Ventrilo ,3t 9f the day—P ro f essor Bermmont in his wonderful Delu sions ( g a g l o—Lclia and Florence Ellis, the Juvenile Actresses —Mr . Burton, Transformation dancer. in ten e Iracters —Mlss Packer, from Pie Theatre Royal, Glasgow—Missnella, Miss yzzte need, Se r i o C om i cs —Harry and Kettle King, Irish Duettists —and a host of other talented artistes. Mr. P. Corgi's (the Musical Director) Benefit will trio v`ace on Wednesday. April 21. on which occasion Mr. F. Trot - Man will tak e the chair. Great Night of the Season. I\IAD AMR TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,_ lwaYs Beautiful. Always Attractive. Redecorated. New and Beautiful Costumes.—Portrait Model of MA DA E OREL, and nu merous Adltbns. Admission, ls. ClAdren under ten, Gd. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. AR GY L L R 0 OM S.-OPEN EVERY EVENING for In4trumental Music and Dancing.—The Rooms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt and Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week en attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, is ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LITIGI CUATI “PATE AU ' DIABLE.” THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for Luncheon, Breakfast, FT. It will be found most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, owl , Biscuits, &c. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES (Manfield's Patent), To bo obtained Wholesale and Retail:of JOHN BURGESS AND SON,I 107. STRAND (Corner of Savov Steps), London, W.C. A . S lIL EY AND CO. FOR WINES. PER DOZEN. Very Fine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34s. Old Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's Shipping), Vintage Wines Sparkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry Mossenx, Sil lery, Qualite Superieure (Perrier's Shipping) Hs. to Ms. Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. GARRICK-STREET, COVEN r-GARDEN. B. HALL, of Printing House-square, E.C., . next the "Times," London.—Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES ; Keatinge and Co.'s famous Bordeaux W;nes and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samp'es can also be been Pt the Times' Shades. BONA FIDE BUSINESSES.—A. number of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar. &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W. 0., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting' study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20; 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE CONIPANY. Offices-1, Dale : street, Liverpook 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to .0,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836.816. and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderete retes of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for tie Tire Pol;cies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urzently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Na'icns, who aro received without, any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year wore £879 less then the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deae,ln, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ;';Life Governor, £lolos. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.11. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 230 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The objelt of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. 11614raY KmascOTE, Treasurer W H. Wlovricfc Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, W IRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-pack, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution ; ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers. Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. . I.I U delicio as health-restoring Invalids' and Infanta' Food. THE REVALEN T A ARABICA 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 indigestio n (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, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, or at sea,pgiainnksinagt rheumatism, gout, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, . It is nausea. and sickness even d in b p e r t e w gc eeoannttb:R?ort.i.s. fits, bronchitis, scrofula,han tightness the pit of the p p la f in tt man V masavnurY the most digestible and n . ourishinc, , of all food s , and suitable f or lsa inv o a ß l T id A s4nB A in u f T a i n o ts ic L n i 7 e ll y :: most audaciously attached. and more than slopy imita.tions to which, without autho rity, Baron Liobig's name is Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of e al thousandse nt a A r o a b f i blessingse a i t Du Barry's health -restoring invalids whose position had and Infants' Food, since to the ß has already received from invnow add that of his Holt been deemed hopeless, we may been perfectly restored ness the Pope, whose healthstlnea: (Cure by it after thirty years of un Midi, July 26th No. ' d treatment. We quote from the Gazette du since, abandoning all ssfnl me I H 8 o 3 1y 13) Father '"-- B° is m e e x' especially i self entirely to Du other remedies, ho has confined h m . L. _ . consume , a et3Jlulelynt,2lst, 1866 The health of the Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which " u — r isingly plateful at every meal. Tt has producedrialinB :P si; baneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise thi s exce ll en t f oo d too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Bre h an of seven years' liver com pl a i n t, wa sting away, debility, nervous ness, irrit a bilit y w i t h a ner vous palpitationall over, bad di gestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure N 0.78, of dyspepsia, from the Right H on. the Lord Stuart de D ec i es , Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ford :—" I have derived much benefit from your excell ent fund.--STIYA.RT DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." fromre No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony atulency, spasms, sickness, B dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, Lynn, Norfolk. of Ly and vomiting. Maria Jolly, Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extre me nervousness, indig cation gatherings, low spirits, and ner vous fancie s . ' Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. S amue l L a wton, Leicester, of two years diarrhea. __ rho F oo d i s sold in Canisters, at ls. 11a. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., z lb. : 4s. 6d, ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 h. a e r a y n a i ateri: Revale n t a For l A 2 r c a u b C tin:stem carriage free on recept of P. 0. Order. Also Du Btipicas atC 2hso,cfoolra2to4Pcuopswdaetrsiss."67.c,ked in cups n at 65., for 288 cups at 30s. for 576 cups at 555. Being t of carriage in En free ens penny per cup.for 48 The 30s. and 55s tins are sent England on receip t of Post . Office Order. hill{ RY DIT BAURY and Co., 77, also at Fortnum Grac echutch-street • 6 3and ' Regent-street, London ; and Mason's • also at 4, Cheapside, 61, NOW Nerth . , l5O, Oxford-street ; and 121 -road, London and all Grocers and Calel2l9tB IR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52 , 11 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 tooth ihat 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. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN IA 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, colde, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci 'pleat 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 fow minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. 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 Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which oan aet_ fail to fit , f orwarded b y post, on th e c i rcum f erence o f the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the 11. DoAnubltremTbrnueicas, manufacturer, A Single JO EIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. _ B. Ingle Trues, 16e., 215., 265. Gd., and 31e. 6d. Postage, 1 3 T 15 i . m5 61., 4 4 2 2 8 e . ., a a n n d d 0 5 2 2 5. e . 6 62. r P o o s s t t ag a ge e : 10. 1 Post-office Orders t o b e made pay able to John White, 0. Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT LASTIC STOCKINGS, . 1 . 4 KNEE-CAPS, tte., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They ar e light in texture, an d i nexpensive, and are drawn on an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. ad, 7s. 6d., 108 " JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228 , Pi ccadilly. and 16s. each. Postage , 6d. in the immediate vicinit fth ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's inn -road, y o OGr road, Railway Terminus, Sing's Cross. oat North ern Patron—Her Most Gracious Mansrr the This Hospital, founded hi the year 1828, C t IErEN. . . he fir establish the principle of free admission to the sick first to without the delay and difficulty of Governors' o(i poor, wholly dependent for support on voluntary rers is contributions and legacies. o f l num ber of in-patients, and, in It t to a he ave arg rag,l3 number of attendance of the addition affords relie a ddition to this dostiatte sick has for a considerable period averaged b©- 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. 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An ILLU.TR ITED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Qcales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 134 t INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869 . By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, hare from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. . Packages containing articles reserved from the follow mg estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. Bell, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native-gentry. 10. Bouthflower, W. 11., Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. IC., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Bond, 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 Surgeons 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. 1268. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 183. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A. Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras N a tive In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should be made by next of su c k h i nn next t t hoof kin,d ece t a o s e thed, by Military th e s et c legal .ea r r e y r n e t s e t h n i t s a t o i v ffi e s ee! of ln 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, Ma Miljor-General, itary Secretary. THE INVIGORI TIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all Reisth secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. a specific for debility of all kinds and from its containing, among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of so Videill prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspepr. quantities one for 225. tic. Ds re port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four in BAIIMGARTEN & Co., 520. Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. _ _ A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN- El- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Once, 54, Ohes,pside, London, M.O TANQAMARI' FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN kJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for di, uses of women. 2,74 ti patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation, 'Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard. Picca dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, 13art.; Messrs. Barclay, Goutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. 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 promulgate the present Tables , and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely TJuforfoitable, Unconditional, For the reason referred to, many and Unehallengeable. decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre persons hesitate or miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the s y s t em new introduced will espe cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the same time it absolutely guarantees at dec ease, when even a de fault is made in payment of the pre mium, a fixed sum in r espect 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 The assured will th us always contracted to be p a id. Besides this importa n t advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can a t any t i me be withdrawn on the discontinuance of th e assu rance' y ing either an ascertained fi xe d sure future reference to th e Company payable ion at decease, s h a ve the opt of or, in in case of need, of withdraw i n g a certain amount, ac cording t , the duratio n o f th e Policy,.s uch amounts bein g set forth on every Policy, an d r endering unnecessary any on these points, as is the it will likewise commend itself to, ban kers ' case with ordinary assurances. capitalists, and Creditors assuring th e li v es of debtors will appreciate others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and s ecured by Life Polici es , as they can at an y time learn, b y mere inspection, the exa c t va lue, eith er immediate or re versionary, of a Policy o f thi s description. Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any conditions as to voyagin g , f o reign res idence, or other usual limitations. By this f ree d om from rest rictions of all kinds the objections before r e f erre d to will b e entirel y removed, a nd the Policies will b ecome at once po sitivel y valu ab le as actual securities. In addition to the f orego i n g stateme nt of ad vantages , the number of premium s i s strictly de fined. The lon g est t e rm provided for is t wen ty-five years , a nd th e shortest five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi tors, and others holdi ng po licies of th is class as securi t y , may always know the ut mo st amoun t the y ma y be called upon to advance so a s t o ma intain th e full benef it of t he Assurances—a matter of gr eat impo rtance where p olicies are held as collateral security. as a consequence of the p o licies under these t a bl es b e ing unforfeitable and to add that, It is only necessary uncon ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground whatever. They Security Policies. may therefore be a p tl y termed Absolute 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 offi ce i n the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WARTED. HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS aro confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine . so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice railed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach. " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape dent; are mild in their operation, safe under any cif zumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. rr,IIE HOSPITAL for WOMEN. Soho-square. IL —Bankers ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co. —The Committee APPEAL very ea rnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The nospitatis now ens on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-petients who aro treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of ' Norton's Camomile Pills." THE ASSOCIATION for the W E LFARE 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. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tarn Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, 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 and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Soc.. Smith. Esa. GEo. REID, Sec. rpHE•ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of 1 the ClirIST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. H OSPITAL 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. Upwards 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- A.D. 1720. R OY AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE , LITE, an d ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. B ra nch Office-29, P a ll Mall, S.W. OCTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Es q Governor. JAMES STEWART Honstsox, E sq Sub-Governor. C HA RLES JOHN MANNING , Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS • William Tetlow Ribbed, • W E ilmo sq. t Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Maleolmson, Esq, Lord Joseeline Win. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq , mei Solly, Esq., F.R.S. 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. CoutJ. F. RE NTON, and 00., Strand. CHARLES Secretary. Waterloo-bridge -road, S E. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Escl• Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Freak. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Grenfell, E. Franc cis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Atnadsus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee , Baur NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire on the 9th of April. FIRE a nd LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on uniform rate of ls . Fir fid. per cent per annum e Assurances has been re d u ced to the „, m ade by this Corpoeation for Fire Policy No charge or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. FA "MING STOCK. —No Extra Charge is made for the use ot Steam Thrashing Machine-a. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent.:per:annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons 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 Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Cha rt er from the liabilities of part nership. The rfty ad o v f sant:ges of modern practice, with the secu -office whose resources have been tested by th e experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. `ROYAL EXCHANGE, Lorrnox. Inal4tft. BQI 3 FAT r, agar, 41g9tery. D .€ :c:„;11.4.1::::*.zize: ~..4, • , ',' - 7 .. .el7-11.111b—(4: ." ' .-- . . i , 41111 6, / ......„.... • „.„,..A , --- A - itt. : . * - 0 , tik . l. ~ .,t t, ,,,...40, , A 5,, . • . • ".'. , ... „1,, 1: f .1 1 / 4 ' N . : ,r . ,.... .1.1 . ~:•. - 4 . - -.- -.... :' : -vionow , k , W ‘e .... 4 •V — .l • .-- , . 4.10111111 k . - 1. -- . . ....... ... .. ~ I • , 1 - -2... ...- .• . - - , i.- , K'eli. - . + . , ~ ,ff. , 4 , „,, J..v. - - )' l- ..1‘..V. i ., :„ 2 .°-. _ . 1111 . .... .217 . 1t0ttcii..1.11"...,,t. , n:Rorr. . 4 •••. • ~. W''' " • -5 : 4. "••.- ' • '-',..,\:•.. •-• .• .' t • ok 7 '''..-:;': . ..:Ti WV : . • le IN .. , 16 Dr I 1 ' .- •'-',: .- 2.:.. •,...., .., l'i, - +•••• '`••:::' : ••_ - _ - _lj:-> . ' 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 perscns 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 opene d in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and Novemb er. 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. WEAYER-, See. Offices, 73, Chenpside, E.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES %re as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camdon-street, Camden- No win gton. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland. street. wish. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, 'Hampstead. 9, llonstridgo-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. Tho committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and g i r l s , It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in t he a pp licant'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. Tho Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bank :re aro Messrs. Baeclay and Co. Tho Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COUVIII Soc. Qmen-street Aheappide. , 4, ~' ~-- tom-- ''V~L/-~✓ GILL AND CO, 12, Brewer-street, Gold—care, London, W. Price ls. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, 55. FRENCH DIIBBING.—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 curriers in Bordeaux. BOOTS, SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its application. Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and CO., Curriers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden square. Price ls. 6d., 2s. 6d., and ss. per can. —Sc •c! .5 • o 0 , c ..._. m N ..-8, rc CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL i i . l S E A Amount ,-- . Amount Annual LIFE ASSURANrE SOCIETY. grg Z F Proposed. -.si Assured. Premituns. Et: ei'. . 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. a. 76 134 A 4 -- ----- ------ CH AIRMAN. £ s. d. £ 0. d• £s. d. Right Hon. J o h n Robert Mowbray, M.P. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3 , 318 054,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9 , 746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10 DEPUT Y -CHAIRMEN. William Bowman 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13 , 699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 , Esq., F.R.S. Sir Charles Locock, Bart, MIA., F.R.S. Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 ..-- -------- Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at The net premium income has increased to the Annual General Meet in g held on the 27th November, the sum of £216,704 1 7 1868 : The interest on investments aud other ite ms 1. The sum of £1 12 , 345 was proposed for Assurance, of of receipt yield ------ 7121 ,, i . 11_ £€3lon , n 7 n 73 n 95 fr was completed at Premiums pro _ _ - -- --- Annum. Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at completed at Premiums pro 2. Annual General Meeting held on the 27th November, 1868 :- 1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of which £307,395 was 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 3. On the other band, 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, past. 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to £1,598,906. Making a total income of £237,980 19 8 The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the year's income was £ 68,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the 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, 1869, will be entitled to participate in the same. The directors also draw attention to the successful esta blishment during the past year of the 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 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. London, March 18, 1869. The following are amonObe distinctive features of the Society : CREDIT SYSTEM. —On any Policy for the whole of Life, where the ago does net 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 Assur e d becomes pay able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death, whichever event shall first happ en . 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. E AGLE IN SUR A.NC El COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the qu i nqu ennial 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 £772,740135. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30nt JUNE, 1868. PR. INCOME OF TUE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867 £981,514 13 9 Less amounedistributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 - £77:2,740 13 9 Premiums rn new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 366,215 3 £3E0,811 8 3 :ntcrest from invest ments ..................... 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11. Profit and loss, balance of account ............... 46,070 13 3 Total income .............. . 544,466 9 2 £1,317 7 207 2 11 On. 011ARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors £8,877 5 0 Claims on decease of lives .................. £265,523 13 5 assured Additions to those under participating policies... 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered...... 28,642702 11 15 4 3 Re-assurance s, new ...... 3, Ditto, old ..................... 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Commission ............... 11,702 15 0 Medical fees ............... 751 16 2 Income tax .............. ... 2,215 4 7 Expenses of nas nage ment ........................ 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 T o tal charge ....... Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6 X 1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approv THOMAS ALLEN Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by - - viz., £134,811 14s. 9d.—raises tho fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest receive:endtuiorinnegd i t n he th y e e l a a r i t s y £ e a r 11 , 7 s , report. 7 s 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised aTshseetswohfol!2;sBse974l,sp7rOductive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as haYinff improved at the rate Of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d , derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded; at upwards of £sl2s. per cent. The remiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. ~ and of t h is sum £3, 270 15 s. 4d. has been expended in 9d re assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden tical in amount w ith those of 1866. They are less than those of last year by nearly' £19,000. A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of management aro less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they o still include charges i ncurr ed in the final closing of the twast a by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 54 per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : Dn. Interest due to proprietors .................. Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid .................. 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts .............................. 45,875 13 6 Liability under sums assured, etc. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund ............................. 173,792 10 0 Surplus fund as before ........................ 907,662 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 securi ties 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest -36,243 7 6 ments Cash and bills 22,601 2 9 Advanced on security of the compa n y' s 159,503 14 9 Agents' balinces Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) .... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 Total £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN ,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On comparing 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,Ladicating 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. Grayl Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke, Wm. Augustus Gun M.D., Esq. F.R.S. I Admiral Tindal.; P‘ . 7 • PRICE. STAMPED id. -INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY,' U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the mouths of April, May, and June next. LAW CLASSES. - - In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and s uperintendence of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the inAruction given will be confined to en examination of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portious of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shell provide for the eir.cientiustruc , tion end examination of tho students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the jmemory by the classes; and the system of constant ()x -i aminaliou'will test, from time to ime, the progress mado by the students. LEO r LAZES on CONIM ON and MERCANTILE L.AW, by CHARLES HENRY AND ERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Coarse will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Prom issor y Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment,.with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel a nd its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 8. To the Underwriter. g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. In his private 4saes the reader will use as text-books The Law of L'Oritracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures: — Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., M., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Sallements of Real Estate; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, &c c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. 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 Si rGEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barristerat- G 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: "I. The Administration of A sseis. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommende d : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, c h a pters 8,9, 1 0 , 13, 1.., 23 ; Iladdan'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 Foreaeh three courses. course. By clerks of members £2 2 0 LI 1 0 By clerks of gentlemen not 3 3 0 1 11 6 members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable lot the F la r a w classe the s 01l branches of For eacli instruction. branch. By every subscriber Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot ho admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. 2 2 0 E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. N.B. 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Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully FRreceived. EDERIC ANDREW; Secretary No, 10„.PoltrylLvidoxi, Lc, pepternkg OM INEM'S PAPER - - . PRINCE ARTHUR IN , r i ; AV 4 ‘r Dublin correspondents, writing on t 171 , Arthur to the Punchestown Races, agree 1,14 it Wed S more to the celebrity of the place than to the pleasure of his Royal Highness. The eccentricities of Irish weather are proverbial, and Tuesday afforded an opportunity of seeing them displayed in efforts which may have been very, interesting to observers of atmospheric phenomena, but sadly disappointing to others. It is rather tantalising to be told , that the landscape is picturesque, that the country through which the course lies is undulating and verdant, covered with thick hedges, intersected with high banks, and girt with a bright little stream in which many an impetuous rider has come to grief, when its beauties and its dangers arc alike obscured by mists and mud. There is little attractive or exciting in such a prospect., and it requires a strong effort of the imagination and an exercise of patient faith of which few are capable to invest it with agreeable attributes. It is little satisfaction to see the grand stand filled with the fdrest forths when they droop without the sunshine, and to know that everywhere around them are elements of ani mation and interest when they lack the cheer ing ray to stimulate them. Tents and coloured streamers floating above them, and sounds denoting a desperate attempt at revelry within—a chaos of vehicles of every kind, from the dashing four-in-hand to the pea sant's low-backed car—crowds of people skirting the lines, crowning the bill tops, or moving about like shift ing sands in restless masses, the excitement of the "ring" and the medley of incidents and accessories are all familiar features of the racecourse, which possess a certain interest even when seen under the most disadvan tageous circumstances. But Irish life and character are n)t fairly developed under such depressing influences as prevailed on Tuesday, when the lustre of Punchestown was sadly dimmed. The unfavourable appearance of the weather in the morning discouraged many from attending, and the number present fell short of last year, when, however, it was larger than usual; but still there were several thousands on the course, who came from every side by road and rail, animated with a desire to see the young Prince, and ready to endure every possible discom fort in order to accomplish their cherished object. Rain had fallen on the previous night, and the ground was in a pulpy state ; but it was hoped the weather would relent, and permit this national festival to pass over with untar nished splendour. At the most critical part of the day, however, after the first race, and when expectation was strained to the highest point to witness the contest for the Prince of Wales's plate, the rain came down in torrents, and there was little to be seen but a forest of umbrellas. The spectacle was interesting only from its discomfort. All its chief attractions disappeared, and the multitude were reduced to a pitiable plight. The effect of the rain upon the ground altered the fortunes of the competitors, and made success depend upon other conditions than swiftness. The Prince was during the day the chief object of interest to the course of of spectators. He was warmly greeted on being recognised, and returned with evident appreciation the salutations of the multitude. His Royal Highness left the Viceregal Lodge with their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and Countess Spencer shortly before twelve o'clock. The viceregal party formed &brilliant cavalcade. In an open carriage with his Royal Highness were seated Lady Spencer and the Hon. Miss Vesey, accompanied by the Hon. Captain Villiers , A.D.C., and Captain Bridges, A.D.C. A carriage followed, in which was his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by Lady de Vesci, Lady Charles Bruce, Captain Kearney, A.D.C., and Lieutenant Lascelles. In another carriage were Lord de Vesci, Lady Sarah Spencer, Miss Vesey, and Mrs. Leslie. The following noblemen and gentlemen accompanied the viceregal party : Lord Suffield, Lord George Paget, Mr. Burke, Major White Melville, Major H. Seymour, Captain Wellesley, Colonel Elphinstone, Lieutenant Pickard, Mr. Bounden, private secretary to his Excellency, and Mr. C. Boyle, assistant private secretary. All along the route to the King's-bridge terminus groups of people assembled to catch a glimpse of the royal visitor and bid him welcome, and at the terminus there was a dense crowd in waiting, who loudly cheered. Lady Spencer wore an emerald green silk dress, which was received as a delicate recognition of the national sentiment. The viceregal party arrived on the course shortly after 1 o'clock, amid the acclama tions of the people, and in spite of the unpropitious weather the scene presented at the Grand Stand was extremely gay and brilliant. There was a pleasant encampment in its vicinity, where the officers of the 9th Lancers found willing allies in performing the duties of the field. All the Stands were thronged with gentlemen of rank, many of whom had come from remote parts of the country. His Royal Highness and their Excellencies remained until the close of the - races, and were cheered as they returned in their equipages to Sallins, where a special train was in waiting to convey them to town. TIIE APPROACHING TRANSITS OF VENUS The Daily Hews discusses the approaching transits of Venus, and calls attention to the means which have been taken to observe them. The Royal Geographical Society has been discussing some important questions with regard to the subject. Commander Davis, in describing the pre parations which were to be made for Antarctic expeditions to observe the transit of 1882, quoted the statement made by the Astronomer Royal, that the transit of 1874 will be wholly unsuited to the particular mode of observation he was considering. This statement has now been called iu question. M. Puiseux , a well-known French mathematician, and Mr. Proctor, the author of a treatise on the planet Saturn, have, by independent processes, arrived at the con clusion that astronomers cannot do better than to apply to the transit of 1874 the old-fashioned and simpler mode of obsen ation which Mr. Airy bad, rejected as un suitable. As usually applied, the method of determining the same distance by observing Venus in transit resolves itself into a comparison of the durations of transit, as seen from a northern and from a southern station. The greater the difference of dui ation the more effective is the method. If one could find one station where the transit began as early as possible, and ended, as late as possible, and another where these conditions were reversed, we should have precisely what is wanted. But astronomers have to be content with only an approach to these conditions, and it happens that in 1874 the approach will not be so close as could that be winstead ished. The Astronomer Roy al, therefore, suggested of sending out observers to places where the whole transit could be seen, we should send one set of observers to a place where the transit will begin as early latee- ano ther set to a place where it will begin as a as po3 B ible ; and two other sets to places where the transit will end as early and as late as possible. As the four positions thus marked out are separated by thousands of milesfrom each other, it would be requisite that the exact longitudes of each place of observation should be ascertained, and very accurate chronometers made use of, in order that it might be possible afterwards to effectually compare the observations inter se. An error of a single second in determining the true local time of any place would vitiate the resulting esti mate of the sun's distance in an appreciable manner. M. Puiseux has shewn that the simpler method can be made use of effectively. He names places where the differ ence of the duration of transit is as much as 30 minutes, whereas the greatest interval by the Astronomer's Royal's method is but 22 minutes. But Mr. Proctor goes much further than this. He che ws that b y attending only. to the particular appearances which observers are required ,to watch, the superiority of the simpler method is much more strikingly exhibited ; and not only so, but that the transit of 1874 is shewn to be clearly superior to the transit of 1882, and also to the famous transit of 1769. The appearances referred to are what are called the internal contacts of the planet with the sun. All calculations of the sun's distance have been founded on observations of the moments when the planet is just fully seen within the disc of the sun, after ingress, and before egress. Neither Mr. Airy nor M. Puiseux seems to have paid sufficient attention to this circumstance. It now appears that whereas the greatest observed difference of dura tion was less than 24 minutes in 1769 and will be but 28 minutes at the outside in 1882, it Will be possible to find places in 1874 giving a difference of fully 36 minutes. The full mathematical details of the correction are pre sented in the monthly notices of the Astronomical Society, and the next number of the Quarterly Journal of Science will contain a more popular statement of the facts which are in question. Fortunately there is still time to make preparations for applying the simpler mode of observation suggested, should astronomers decide that Mr. Proctor to 8 s t a t em ents are valid. Anta rctic journeys will h be made to the very stations discussed by Commander ')avis six weeks FAITH AND RELIGIOUS F E ELING.—Faith is by n o means identical with the religious faculty and feeling. If it were, then the Scotch would be the most religious people especially the dogma of predestine , that ever existed, because their whole being is inwoven however, enters into their religion, little imagination, and no sentiment or presentiment of t h e mysterious in its most awful aspects. They are certainLttle dogmas,otion God-fearing rather than devout. A Scotch Sermon withti n is a long argument, often a very able argument, seldom a passionate appeal. I am not aware that, though they have written controversial and theological works in abundance, the Scotch have ever produced a single pro• perly devotional book. They go on singing, Sunday after Sunday, the Psalms of David in metre, and fiercely resist the introduction of hymns and of instrumental music, • - Wu 'excluding themselves from the awaited and anblinitPt t .votipo4 isva,--"Boo.ttish Ofiaraotorlitico :4; „ - RE-0F 'pre' .q., Of ifo of WOOdt abetil 1t1. 7 Of ,obert iptOV good, EWE' ° f