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['he affairs of the ruined by Ina of L'he people of Or of things. Th e :ngland—Gladsto ne . were men of wider men, fit to contro l had felt dee Republican WI ;o it, he thciught, eal more in ntonei believed that biS been -greater tbeo inecl. Wh e n the yarning, and foun d the first to rush to now there was 0 s duty to warn 'the t of the character effreys and of t he 1, he said, was Vert present time. Four a great civil e'er 'ongress had bees, ony and prosperitl cork been carried: South ? Is Aber he people there? ! ironic revolution? Tho that is a P° °f any court in thio ;hts or liberties of , dom ? Th e benj" ,000 during the , cause the industd prostrated at th e remunerative err' in the West they gh to supply the ° er any one in 0 0 an of the der° . .urea, he w as sur e was ow i ng t o the but the real rey administration oi, encourage"csPi" 'atrial occupatil to be continue w be a clamour f° / But great as O S , hairs in every de' ar financial polief' d by the bankerto s they could ; bat dealers in woof Lions of mow/ ° bearing of all tbi s legislators cf the badly, how couli ies of the Eva: lin the election of a he believed that taminated by t b° 4 to see throng' h id listened to t he it, and had be ° his purpose to 53 fficial duties; b' t sacredness of th e ned and sorroi r canker that P°r, ;ot possession ithout hope. 11 : iscover the go" a, and would tar s -house. With ° l/ self, Mr. Sprngt° tors for the bi ll ' ority being D e ' leuators Fosse ° le, and Warne! i the House Na' who canvasses - - by Binglooth rnittee, to Igh ieli t asserted OA' re, supported b 1 itted by j3,ieg' but that PO er down, Wh ey carried and e t .bled him 0 1/ i Ivis made, 11 !, ie House, ab ly fight w as Or Democrats sal; ty for Butl er° sed to coac t° readers knot'', 99 against I°' ence being or, , ntially as ly both nou s° rs received 01 signed it, as f the lavilelf rersonal atta e° : the comic. l e i most corai .. ,e ° , allud e d to 1 . 9 1 Island. " I ' 6 t the danger,,o knowing I not knoe' Nye, " I We O e igs will G does not Of e fees, anal , P . l tgli to make 711 ng in • Mad lotion into Sr o f Li P. Hale, 10 0 aster, Tbe te e Tale in that of —Eujoymen' icn perfect , : 00 0 Lose pills poi ; o f ;rest secreteo lgthening 11111 „e Lfidently reoc!:„ lered digesti vw 13°), pains. 0 0 adache, qui t t o ives and g 0r3. 0 1 3 them witl io • iceable to o f ;e the action, iiversally 0): i), ConstiPal is, stomsch.„ o le, vated and a 4 ." tly curable bla Vi as prov e c s hopeless, flat! liver conill' — h yl9 throats, dilsett: ,d and eare,„ l oo neuralgia, I ,`,,clVP, •thurn, heaw, 9 sickness, .04 crofula, ugh , and betwee n Pi ealth restore of my 12, 156 6- :,, ts y since, algT o P of entirely onsumee a Pool [singly beli e ile , rise this mccecoe i," July 25. ,„/; Lent, of Frilly, ig of bloocL e i, ,771—Lerd've years' dysP4 from dye a ; ituleney, 0. 40 0.4 olant Ca . 1 10 sloppy irait' ne is mosto 5 lbs.ll o .bov 0 LAi Pia fad cups at 2 ! . .,'6 0. 1 0 as. for of i c e 30s. and P - A ?Apt of Fos: pr agent-ate 13 ' uare, the k, Lower I'lf Co d tint Patil' 6 o cef arendoot, W of the la ea - , royaoot Ot s r , flake, to All rd, 0 1 winioa 0 ice, Stan' fo ol' 0 Lt, of suip to l . -- 9' AND SS 1 ,5 1 511 go , 0011S:3,000# IR MAHAN'S Lt. WHISKY. - DUBV. MON, 1865. Th is celebrated OLD EXHIB IRISH WHISKY Pri It Medal gained the Dal It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. the Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd, at the Retail Houses i n London Agents in the principal tcwns in England: or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded ". ban's LL Whisky. 3jIJTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (I ncorporated by Act of Parli amen t, 1859), 14, RUSS ELL - STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. And 38, QUEEN'S -ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free bold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years. rePay able r eewiy, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. onus free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr J. S. Sweasey. ~,. Continued Success of the Easter Entertainment. Original Arthur Lloyd in his impersonations of Professor in the Christy's Minstrels—E. D. Davis. the greatest Ventrilo 9,p2st o f t h e day—Professor Beaumont in his wonderful Illusions ',.. l '!..gic)—Leli a and Florence Ellis, the Juvenile Actresses—Mr. iturton, the oricrinal transformation dancer. in ten characters cs.l7.MissPacker, from the Theatre Royal, Glasgow—Miss Pella, s Lizzie Reed, Serio•Comics—Harry and Kattie King, Irish st2ttists—and a host of other talented artistes. ,i l "tice.—Mr. P. Cores (the Musical Director) Benefit will take ace on Wednesday. April 21, on which occasion Mr. F. Trot- Man will take the chair. Great Night of the Season. ALACLAGAN IS COMING-MAY 10. DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.— New lways Beautiful. Always Attractive. Redecorated. b? and 13eautlful Costumes.—Portrait Model of MADAME lIRL, and numerous Ad litians. Admission, ls.; Children under ten, Gd.• extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL R 0 OMS.—OPEN EVERY attcrls ichavE ve NlNG for Inst rumenta l Music and Dancing. —The been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week IM attractive Dance music Pr ogramme of Operatic Selections and popular Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, ls. ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CURTI "PATE AU DIABLE." TxE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for _-Ifuncheon, Breakfast , Ste. It w ill be found most useful for ae villug Legs of Turkey, F owl, Biscuits, &c. Also their IGI IIAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND PURE PICKLES alanfleld's Pate n t), To be obtained Wholesale and RetailZof JOHN BURGESS AND SON,I 107, SraAND (Corner of Savov Steps), London, W.C. ASHLEY AND CO. FOR WINES' PEE DOZEN. 345. V ery Fine Pale, Dry, or G o ld en Sherry O ld Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's 245. to 965. Shi pping), Vintage Wines ............... Sparkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry Mosseux, Sil lery, Qualitd Superieure (Perrier's Shipping) 365. to h4s. Sample ca ses of the above, containing two bottles Port, two b ottles Sherry, t wo Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. GARRICK-S TREET, COVENr-GARDEN. Di B. HALL, of Printing Honse-square, E.C., • next the "Times," London. —Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES ; Heatinge and Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brandies: and Irish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA FIDE BusmssEs.—A. niunber of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. ORSCIENTIFIC' AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. NA MENTS for th e D raw i ng -room, Library, and Dining-room. consistingof a new and elegant 88- sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, dm., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar. &c. I m p or t e d and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W. 0., London. MINEMr. T ennant arranges e l emen t ary collections of ROCKS, RATS, 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. MINPRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and E RALOGY is given by M r . TENNANT, F.G.S., at , Strand. FIE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhfil ; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested F un d s now amount to .Z 3,401,055. the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Policies 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 urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTII, Secretary. QEAIIIEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Na'icns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, Kin William street, Lond on, E . C . g Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually I:Lifo Governor, £lolos. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under thepatronage of U.B.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G Whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The Objet 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 W ise provided fo r w h en they attain 16 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY SINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WlPWicx Secretary. Oftlee, 121, P a ll- ma ll , W RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron —Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all parts of 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. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,1 Hon. Sec& ALFREC Offices, 73, Cheapside, London er , E.O KENZIE, Secretary. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Havwood Brothers. Manchester. __.,.. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DII 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 snmption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, ha3morrhoids, liver complaint; flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, intliumepnnsaritineu,oiseesruipntietnhs,e head sad n ear eu s, catarrhs, colds, rheumatism, gout, eruptions, acidity alnitations, ralgia, irritability, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cr ,Q ) . , - nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, %IL 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 hantu unsavoury tahlt e_ and more than slopy imitations to rity, Baron Liebig's name is most a w u al dt b ou le lrl i y pruperties of Henceforth none will doubt the v n lal Du Barry's he a lth- res t or ing Rovalenta .Arafbicanv blessings invalids' and Infants' F oo d, s i nce t o the thousand s has already receiv e d f rom invalidswhose of po hie iin position bad been de eme d h ope l ess, we may now add that nese the P o p e, w h ose h ea l t h h as b een perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. No. We quote from th e Gazette du Midi, July 25 th(Cure 18 . 413 ):—"llome, July 21st, b doning all an 1866.—The health of the Holy F a th er i s excellent, especially since, a o ther remedies, h e h as con fi ne d hi mse lf entirely to Du BArry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes . a Plateful at every meal. Tt has proanced a surpri inl beneficial e ff ect on his health, and his Ho li ness can n o t praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brohan of seven - d years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, ry n u 9 s, irritabilit y w i th a nervous palpitation all over, ba d digestion c ons t ant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Dodos, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ford —" I have derived much benefit from your excellent food.—STuAnz DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Viraterford" f Cure No. 49,832.-Of fifty years' indescribable agony fir.°:n,clYspepsift, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, - 7'r u ' e ncY. spaßmn, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, 13 . -LiYcc. Norfolk. „oC:urfreaenNe joe.s.47,l2l:—Mie Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme 13 0, ervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner rears dia N rr e h • 5 ce5 6 ,.814.—Mr. Samu e l L ax t on , L e i ces t er, o f t wo The Food is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., cmist ers, lb., 4s. d.' 121 b ., 2 25. ; 241 b., 40s. Tho 121 b. and 241 b. carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du Barry e Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in ti 4 canisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 c uPF; at at; Cs., for 288 cup s a t 30 5 . , f or 576 cups at 555. Being free out cna penny par cup. Th e 3 0s. ani 555. tins are sent el carriage in E ng l an d on receipt of Post Office Order. hat-lily DU BARRY and C o ., 77, liogent-street, L on d on ; also at F ortnum and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, JJ Gracech utch-streetand 150, Oxford -street and 121, New Nerth-raad, London and all Grocers and Chemists. 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Just published, price ls. 6d., by post ls. 8.1., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Ballieie, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con aces, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad. &c. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will dui this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNIgG, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. WROUGHT -IRON FIREBRANDS, Sheep and Sack Marks, Stencil Plates of every kind, Timb er Hammers, Steel Stamps, and all kinds of Cutting and trna mental Punches made t o order on the lowest terms, and delivered carriage paid for sets —R. MARRISON, Manufacturer, Orford street, Norwich. Established 1815. SAUCE. —LEA. and PERRINS.--SAUCE. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by , Connoisseurs " THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Its use improves appetite and digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, To avoid which, see the names, LEA and PERRINS, on all bottles and labels, ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by al Dealers in Sauces throughout the World. NICOLL, HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. Pri nce of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street. TRICHANONTRON. Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it. ... Sold in Bottles, 2s. 6d. ---. Hair Restored and Baldness Prevented by NICOLL'S ELECTRIC HAIR REGENERATOR FOR LADIES AND GENTLEM EN. In Bottles, 2s. 6d. NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES. For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in Bottles, 38. Gd. each. NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY. For removing snperflous Hair. Sent free to any part of the three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable at Vigo-street, Regent-street. LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour, and Size. from Is, to 2s. 6d. SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge Gd. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all wh o suffer from bili ous an d li ver comp l a i n t s, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitu a l costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a pu r ifi er of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity iu one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square the green . package, w i t h " William Lambert " engraved on stamp NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. ixA GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter a t w h a t age . JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemist; succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public iu a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 38. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15e. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, A ngel - passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. WHRUPTURES. ---BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ITE'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 i n its effects, is here avoided—a. sosite ft bandage being worn r oun d the body, while the requi resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during slee A descriptive circular m ay be had, and the truss, which p. 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., an d 3 1s. 6d. Postage, is. A Do u bl e T russ, 31s. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-01310e Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-oftloe, Piccadilly. VILASTICNEW PATENT STOCKINGS, 112.4 KNEE-CAPS, Arc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of'Weakness and Swelling of tho Legs, Sprains, (tc. They are porous, light in texture and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet -street ; and b y th e S ecretary , at the Hospital, Liv erpool-road, Isli ng t on, N . ___ ESTABLISHMENT for durin g TEMPORARY I G LLNESS. ENTLEWOMEN The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, G overnesses, 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 application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. VV. C SPRING RICE Ron Sec. , Gray's-inn-road, eEdialtietTy-of the Great Northern R OY in A t L he F im ß m E Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the - -buxom. Vice-Patron-- His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BuccLEucir, This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governo rs ' orders, is wholly dependent fer support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a largo number of in-patients, and, i n addition to this, the average number of attendance of the dostizute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lano ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries and no.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Paiud, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernera- street ; :and at the Hospital from 10 till 5. A.D. 1720. II 0Y AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART H9DGSON, Esq Sub-• Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy. Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq. Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. E. Joeph omes, Esq. Francis Alex. H am ilt on, Esq. Wi s lliam S Wallace, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. NOTE CE. —The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire on the 9th of April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent, per annum. No or Stan charge is mad e b y this Corporation for Fire Policy y, however small the Assurance may be. FA r'MING STOCK._ No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine. 3. The Rever4onary 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 bo insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the AsFured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The adva ntages of m o d ern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBEUT P. STEELE, Secretary. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868, .read at the Annual General Meeting of Pioprietors, August 14, 1868 —Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. _ Tho proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was mad e t o t h em f or t h e quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9J. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30Th JUNE, 1868. PR. 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 Premiums on new assur- ances Ditto on old ditt0,,,,,,,,, 366,215 7 3 £380,811 8 3 Interest from invest- ments 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account ............... 544,46 G 9 2 46 070 13 3 Total income ............... £1,317 : 207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR- Dividend to prop r i e t ors £8,877 5 0 ClO-na on decease of lives assured ................. £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policie... 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered..., 28,642 11 3 Ile - assurances, new ...... 3,270 15 4 Ditto, old ..................... 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Commission ............... 11,702 15 ° Medical fees ............... 751 16 2 Income tax .. . ........... 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage ment ........................ 15 489 8 5 ' 400,777 9 5 Total charge .. ...... £409,654 14 5 Balance of account, ... ..... ...... 907,552 8 6 £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 £409,65 4 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by_ viz, £131.811 14s. 9d.—raises the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897457, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole asset s , productive and unpro d uct i ve, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate Of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than those of last year by nearly £19,000. A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of m anagement 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 by 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. LIABILITIE S Interest due to proprietors .................. £6,977 13 3 Claims on decease of lives assured, and • additions thereto unpaid .................. 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts .............................. 45, 469 11 7 875 13 6 Liability u n d er sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369, Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 Total .................................... 47,565,198 1 3 Cu. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages ....£1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto ...... 183,979 17 10 Ditto ditto reversions ... . ......... 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities ...... 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities. 142,424 011 Current interest on the above inv es t_ ments ........ . .................................. Cash and bills .................................... Advanced on security of the company's policies..... ..................................... 159,503 14 9 Agents' baltiaces .............................. 27,112 9 6 Sundry accounts ...... 112,460 15 0 Value of premiums (1867) . 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 36,243 7 6 22,604 2 9 Total .................................... X 7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS A LLEN,} HENRY ROSE, Auditors. The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with th a t o f 1867, i t will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 3d. Tho 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. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., D.C.L. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, Es . _ _.,....,, Esq. Robert A. Gray! Esq. Thos. Godfrey S am b roo k ° , Wm. Augustus Guy M.D., I Esq. F.R.S. I 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. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Horne—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Horne-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 are admitted about 1,000 friendless cervants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate 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. Tho Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. CO)PER, Sec. RF Queon-street Cheapside R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West -hill Putney-heath. _ Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has Just been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS aro urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 58. 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 Loudon. E.G. September 1868. THE SUN, LONDON, I'HURSDAY EVENING, AMIL 15, 1869. NEWSPAPER PARTNERSHIP.— A small additional CAPITAL REQUIRED, in a well established and rapidly progressing Trade Newspaper.—Address, Publisher, Ash Cottage, Sir Harry's Road, Birmingham. 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The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro- For further particulars apply polis. to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. B enwe ll , S ecre t ar y o f the City Offices Company, Palm ers t on -b u ildi ngs , L on don. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. MILNE RS' STRUNG HO LD F AST AND )-v-a- FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experience, effectually guard against Fire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (EA) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 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An MUT 3TR A.TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Pestage icales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. • Established 1841 INDIA OFFICE; 29th J anuary , 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 liar Majesty's Indian Military Forces, h are f ro m . time to. time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages oantaining articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. Bell, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. IL, Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. 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H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A.. Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-Goneral, Military Secretary. PRIC}I.... 4d. STAMPED sd. 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. R OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings Lombard-street, London. Royal Insurance Buildings North John-street, Liverpool. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. In antic'pation of the total abolition of F re Insurance Duty; as proposed by the Chancel:or of the Exchequer, and which will, no doubt, receive the hearty approval of the House, the Directors beg to intimate that, on all new I• surances now effected, there will only be payable (provisionally) the propor tion of Duty for the time between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. JOHN H. McLAREN, Manager. JOHN B, JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. • Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRIfSTEER. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. I R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S. Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry,.&q. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE BoARD A.NCIS WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN !-` l fr. TYLER SMITH, Esq. EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE PORT, read 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 : CLERICAL. MEDICAL , AND GENERAL -c .ii g E LTFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. cp*ro ;t1 , g g 8 1 .4 6 .9 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. t i . ,6 a Amount 6 . 2 Amount Annual 4 , 0 c 9 Proposed. X p Assured. Premiums. "0 r. 41 CHAIRMAN. CY,T, Right Ron. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. -_ _--- -- DEPUTY-CHAIRMEN. £ s. d. £ e. d. £s. d. William Bowman Esq., F.R.S. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 F 54,140 0 0 21 . 347 16 5 Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D.C.L. I F.R.S. 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,5n7 19 10 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13 ,699 3,752,967 1 8 122,257 17 6 Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at Total.. 35,612( - Ei,647109 ---5 9 27,763 T -- ,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 the Artnal General ?domino-hall nn tha 27th Nooonihor Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at the Annual General Meeting held on the 27th November, 1868 :- 1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of which 4.307,395 was completed at Premiums pro ducing £10,067 per Annum. 2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,8i3, 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 493,152, 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 net premium income has increased to the sum of .......................................£2 The interest, on investments and other items of receipt yield ................................. .6,704 1 7 1,276 18 1 Making a total income of .X 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 X 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 thr t 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, w ill t en d muc h to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quit e separate and distinct. By order of the Bo ar d , London, 1869. .TO ma ll re lg h I M B, ES SEN T, Actuary and Secretary. The following are among the distinctive features of the Society : CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the wilole of Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on cred t. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without Profits, by which th© 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 CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, 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 bite Assurance is in their opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional, 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 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 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 t , the duration of the Policy, such amounts being sot forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any future reference to the Company on these points, as is the case with ordinary assurances. Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re versionary, of a Policy of this description. Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds the objections before referred to will be entirely removed, and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as actual securities. In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages, the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest term provided for is twenty-fill) 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 polici e s are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a consequ ence o f th e policies under these tables being unforfeitablo 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 any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WARTED. HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing. among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will p*ove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. ((NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE NJ' ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderato rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES 9.. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Oheapsido, London, 143.0 QANIARIT A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN K- 7 and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour : street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dismses of women. 2,746 patients wore treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Iratchard, Picca dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, eoutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE o f the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston -road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amoults are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbee4tt King's-cross in 1856. Pation is are admitted free. Bankers--Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lombard street, Messrs. R a n som an d Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall—Hon. Sec.. I Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, SOC. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CIUIST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace th e 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 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 aro 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. B RITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for 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 opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAYER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. • ~_._-_._ j. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will bo conducted under the guidance and superintendsnco of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the instruction given will be confined to an examinatio❑ of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and he of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to ime, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. cl. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreighttnent, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. To•the Underwriter. g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore : also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. In his private classes the reader will use as text-books —'The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL I ROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements. —l. 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. Satlements 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. IN , ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remark; 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 reconni.nded. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister-at -Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture L 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 Jurisdicti,m 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, h., 23 ; liaddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Load ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable foi the law classes For all the branches of For each instruction. branch. By every subscriber Illembrrs of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. _ To pre , ;%ent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atteni the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, is;.o. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. T HE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—Ms Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers —The. Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 870 children. 413 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Oontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. H OME for the HE LPLE SS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME. for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P. Re 7. J. E. Kempe Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhens° J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon Nepoan Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. F. Pigou R. 'l'. Pigott, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq. ved by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. I, 14, Seymour-street, Port ications may be addressed. Rev. J. W. Ayre Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev. W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. E. Capel Curo Rev. J. E. Cox Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Furse C. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Homey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be race: Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyc man-square, to whom commi /., , - f~ THE EUROPEAN AND 10.7?I'Ll AMERICAN RAIL TVA Y. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the A-2gle-Amcrican Times : Sin, —I read with much interest the article in a late number of the A ngie A inc..;ca.l calling the atten tion of your readers to the European and North American Railroad, now in process of construction, and more than half completed, between Halifax and Nova Scotia, and Bangor, in the State of Maine, United States of America. As I have been over that ground several times as far as Shesine, and up the north shore to Chatham and Newcastle on the Miramichi River, allow me to add a few obser vations, by way of expanding somewhat your cogent article. The distance between Halifax and Bangor is, as you state, 458 miles. The road for more than one half of this distance is now completed, and trains of carriages running regularly over it, and all but about. one hunlred miles will be finished by next autumn, and the remainder is under contract, and will be pushed to completion early in the com ing year, 1870, when there wilt be a continuous line of railroad from Halifax, the most easterly available point on the Atlantic Ocean, stretching across the American continent for over 4,000 miles to San Francisco on the shore of the Pacific Ocean. The completion of this road will reduce the sea voy age from the shore of the old world to the shore of the new from nearly 3,000 to about 1,700 miles, and will save over 30 hours, two business days, in time. In an internatioual point of view, as a means of bringing two great and euli;htenel nations into more close relations with each other, and as a means of more rapid transit of the mails, pas sengers, and light valuable freight to their several places of destination the enterprise is one of an exceedingly interesting and important character, and highly worthy, on this international ground, of the encouragement and support of the people of the two countries in preference to enter prizes having a mere local interest. But aside from this broader view, which should not for a moment be lost sight of, the enterprise is one of strong local interest, and one which promises to be amply re munerative to its stock and bond holders. The people of the United States and the people of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island are now closely connected by fre quent personal and social intercourse, and by a large trade and commerce. This trade and com merce, it may be said with the utmost certainty, is sure to increase, and become more and more im portant to each of these countries as they increase in population and their resources become more and more developed in each succeeding year. The latest statistics on this subject within my reach are those of 1867. During that year the United States re ceived, at a specie valuation, products of the British North American Provinces to the amount of P 3,600,000, and sent to them nearly an equivalent value, making the trade of these provinces with the United States about ii,60,000,000 per anntrn, while their entire trade with each other, back and foith, for the year 1865, the last return I have seen, was but $5,670,310. About one half the trade which these provinces have with all nations and people is transacted with the United States, where they find their nearest and best market. When a treaty of true reciprocity is again established, and such a treaty is sure to be formed at no distant day, this trade wilt increase far more rapidly than it has under the discouragement of the last few years. Canada and New Brunswick lie contiguous to the United States, Nova Scotia is separated from them by New Brunswick, and Prince Edward's Island lies along the eastern coast of the latter. For a large percentage of what these provinces have to export, the United States is, and will long continue to be, their only market. Tne number of Anted rican vessels which cleared front American ports for ports in the " British North American Posses sions," during fit!: year 1867, was 5,135. Their tonnage was 1,625,515 tons. The number of Ame rican vessels which arrived from ports in these pos sessions during the same year was 4,609 ; their ton nage was 1,497,935 tons, making an aggregate of 9,744 American vessels, and 3,123,450 tons of Atneric in shipping, which catered from and cleared to provincial ports with cargoes in one year. But large as the trade carried on by American shipping is, it does not show ne ir one half the actual trade between the United States and these provinces, because by far the largest portion of it is carried on by provincial vessels. This already large and con stantly accumulating trade between the United States and these provinces has led to frequent per sonal intercommunication between their citizens, and consequent demand, on both sides of the line, for the best facilities for the transit of passengers and freight that modern invention has discovered, and enterprize and science have proved well adapted to this purpose. Communication between the United States and New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island is now carried on by steam and sailing vessels, and by stage coaches, &c. ; also by other wheeled vehicles to New Bruns wick. Lines of first-class passenger and freight steamers are now running from Boston and Port land to St. John, N. 8., conveying over 2,000 pas sengers per week, besides large quantities of freight. In the spring and summer these steamers carry large quantities of fresh salmon packed in ice. They are principally taken on the East coast, as far north as Miramichi. They are now carted to Shediac, from whence they are sent by railroad to St. John, and by steamers to the States. The head of tlfe Bay of Chaleur and the Restigaucho River, sixty miles north of the Miramichi, is pro bably the best salmon fishery to be found on the Atlantic coast of the American continent. They are so abundant in those waters, heretofore com paratively but little disturbed by net or line, that they are taken by Indians with spears by torch light in the night. When the " Intercolonial Rail road" penetrates that region of country, quite a trade in fresh salmon will be opened from there, which, united with that from Miramichi and along the east coast of New Brunswick, will give many tons of freight each day to the European and North American Railroad. I have particularized the salmon fisheries because of its unusual character, and will afford quite an item of through freight to the road. The exchangeable products of these lower or " maritime provinces " are raw material, such as lumber, bituminous coals, gypsum, or plaister of paris, grindstones, lime, a tine brown building stone, ship timber, fresh, pickled, and dried fish, potatoes, oats, hay, &c. These products they ex change for flour, Indian corn, groceries, dry goods, books, implements of agriculture, &c. &c. A rail road connecting Halifax, the laillge and prosperous country lying around the head of the Bay of Funday, Shesine, Manhattan, St. John, Frederickton, Woodstock, Calais, Holturn, and other interme diate commercial centres and prominent places along the eastern boundary of Maine, and in the " mari time provinces," with all parts of the United States and Upper and Lower Canada, and shortening by some 30 or 40 hours the sea voyage to and from Europe, has been talked of and looked forward to with confidence by the people on both sides of the line for the last twenty years. The full realization of these anticipations is close at hand. Business travellers and pleasure seekers will soon be accom modated with railroad facilities, and stockholders gratified with satisfactory dividends on their in vestments. The transportation of the mails, pas sengers, and light and valuable freight to and from Europe, via Halifax, will form quite a large item . of freight and to the road ; then there will be theprovinces and passenger traffic between their lowerrrhiswill be a and the United States and Canada. large othis the way travel and constantly increasing. through business, and will Addbee from Bangor from the start, portion laine of the way, east, and which ht will lof through itself,theS t f a t r e o a f especiallyo as it will be fed by alone support a road, in both the State of Maine and can doubt but that thist ded and long-desired railroad will take its much-nee Severalt e cnecah. lines w ho place among the m ost usefuland hest paying roa d s in the United States. It is fortunate for the pre sent generation that we live in an age when good and wise men are labouring to bind nations and peoples more closely together, and increasing their respect for, and interest in, each other by seeking a more close and harmonious union through all the ties of literature, social intercourse, and trade. I n eed but refer to the interesting character of the European and North American Railroad as a sec tion of, or link in, the great future international, postal, passenger, and commercial route around the globe. This is a fact too plain for argument, and one that all must see after a glance at the map of the world. -~,