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The Invested Funds now amount to £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. Wholo-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 BLYTH, Secretary. QEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, k- 7 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 4879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane : and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William 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.H. the Duke of Chatuutnutg, K.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 wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee eqrnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSOOTE, Treasurer W H. WARWICK Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, W BRITISH 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. } Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Urchin. lane ; and Messrs. 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THE REVALENT A 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 e most e disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and frctually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption,raileme,ltlzbl3tmual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric &- nervousness, ra°rrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, catarrhs, colds, bilious ne ss,inlllue fever s , . sore throats, diphtheria, impurities in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, sleeplee:t: eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, "7 1 6 1 acidity, palpitation, heartburn t headache, debilit cramps, spasms, ;014217hgneorctssea, sinking inusea and sickness even in fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the pit of the stomach and betweoenf alltheint I tb a lf ea t the most digestible and nourishing for invalids and infants in all complaints. foods,sho ulatinedri)B;n: IMPORTANT CAnnow.—Tieware of the many unsay and more than slopy imitations to which, witho t "ry - u autho rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health -restoring Revalenta Arabica invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position h a d been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness the Pope, whose health has been perfec tly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Midi , July 25th (Cure No. f the 18,413):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health o donin all Holy Father is excellent, especially since, &ban to g Du other remedies , ho has confined hi mse lf entire ly a a 1 1 5 arry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consume s plateful at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly, b3neficial effect on his health, and his H oliness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 68,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven year& liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable n3rvons agitation. Cure N 0.78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ford: —"I have derived much benefit from your excellent f o od. — STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Curo No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, ast h ma, coug h, c onstipation, flatulency, spasm s Jolly, , sickness, and vomiting. Maria of Lynn, Norfolk. Curo No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor vols fancies. Cure No. 56 ,814. —M r . S amue l L ax t on, L e i c ester, of two years diarrh oea. Thn Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. 10. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., 21 b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b,, 225. ; 241 b, 40s. The 121 b. and 241 h. c inisters, c arr i age free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du B trry s Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tin eanisters For 12 cups at 2s, f or 24 cups a t 3s. Gd., for 48 cups at 65., f or 288 cups at 305., for 576 caps at 555. Being about cna p enny per cup. Te 30s. and 559. tins are sent f'ree of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. bittißY DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at vortnum and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61 , Gr acechnligi-street ;63 and 150, Oxford-street • and 121 New IsTerth-rud, London and all Grocers and 'Ohemi9tB THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. _ _ NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS ate 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 rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir zumstancef4, 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 ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. 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." MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that aro 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. T _AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN 1.11 EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which revokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoci.- tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of .HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the .loc-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 can tot fail to fit, forwardei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being seat to the manufacturer, • P . ost..o Mr f J eott O ptri l o i emea N rbdthie W lrileasi HlTE, 228, Piccadilly, London. 1 w• Single Truss, 165., 21s. 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. D o uble j; Truss, 31s. 6 ' d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Umbilical Tr us s, bm 4 ad 2s e . p a a n y d ab s l 2 o s. to 6d. Postage, Post - office, John White, Y. NEW PATENT ULASTIC STOCKINGS, 124 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Sprains,d all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like each. an ord Postagtoeinary , 6 sing. P r i ce 4 s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16 s. ck d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.' HOSPITAL, ROYAL FREE in the immediate vicinity ( ;ray's-inn-road R a ilway Terminus , K i ng' s Cross. Great N or th er n Patron—Her Most Gracious MArEsTy the o This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, —umEN. establish the principle of free admission to thefirst to without the delay and difficulty of Governors' sick o Poor, wholly dependent for support on voluntary coat 1 :: re, is and legacies. ri utiozs It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of th e destkute sick has for a considerable period averaged be.. tweon 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane • also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; 'Glyn and Co. ; Ilerries and flo. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Groto, and Co.; Smith, Payile, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Horners-street ;:snd at the Hospital from 10 till 5. R MAHAN'S LT,. WHISKY. - PIT , 1865. This celebrated OLD EXHIBITION IRISH WHISKY gained the prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesni Sold in Bottles, as. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lot the Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or wholes 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label and Cork Branded han's LL Whisky. " , - , ;1 ,2 i ~~ PitICE.... 4d. STAMPED bd. 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 months of April, May, and June next. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence 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 examination 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 be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes ; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to ime, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Cheeks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British 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. his private classes the reader will nse as text-books j —The Law of Contractls (Smith), — Anrctien — ttt 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. —l. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds ; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of Now Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c. d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, Jrc : 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. IV ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copy holds.-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' frust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectores and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Dart, Bar : ri;ter r at-t;v;: 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 JurisdietiJu in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, cottinued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, Iz, 23 ' Haddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable foi the law classes— For all the branches of Foreach instruction, branch. By every subscriber Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attend the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that theso who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. VRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITIITION. President—Rev. CANON DALE, COrrnißuTlONs for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, T HE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, 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 (peen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 370 children. . - £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, nigh Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, H.C. ; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Hous e ie re; lip o f o pons pity of of yis ;with' ecaw, si 3€ ll ' point' der t° 001 to .en ~~ np to°' 00 1 ' 4 ; 1/' ytf of THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APIIIL 9, 1869. 4PARTMENTS.—One or Two Floors, wit h Extra Bed Rooms if required. Close t 3 Omnibus, Rail, and Boat. Terms moderate. 13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-road, Brompton. THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROOM. Lombard-street, London. MANAGER-Mr J. H. YOUNGAUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. por annum, or I.os. monthly, payable . . in Advance. The Room is supplied with Newspapers, .both home and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached, as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will bo found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro- polls. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston -buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son and,Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. BRIT ON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRUSTEE.. 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., I Millis Coventry, EA. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR ANCIS WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN W. 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 3d. The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods : TRENCH. GALLERY, 120, Pall-math—The SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURE z, the contributions of artists of the French and Flemish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. Admission, 13. t. atalogue, 6d. COMPAGNIE GENERALE LANTIQI7E. TR ANSAT- 4, Ruo de la Pair, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for Now York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAvits or BREST to NEW YORK. First Class 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to Now York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. MILNERS' STRONG HOWFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Rooms, 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 471, Moorgate-street, City, London. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. s. d. 3 0 Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Supei fineThiek Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Suparilue Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commardial Note Papers Ss., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling... ....... ...plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6(1., or 5 6 Tne New Vellum Wove "Club House" I\ ote, five quires for . 7 1: 03 . n:, 5 g ' 6 l t g, g t 2 62, Amount 6 t Amount Annual fr., .0 . 9, Z Proposed. Z.B Assured. Premiums. z s. d. £ s. d. £s. (1. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 654,140 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 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 --- Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 The net premium income has increased to the sum of £216,704 1 7 The net premium income the sum of The interest on investmen of receipt yield [s and other items :1,276 18 1 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 the 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 Britannio. 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. jj E AGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Ptoprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 80Tn JUNE, 1868. Dn. 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 ditto 366,215 7 3 £380,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account Total income £1 317 207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors 010-ns on decease of lives assured .................. £265,523 13 5 Additi o ns to those under participating policies... 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered ...... 28,642 11 3 Re-assuranc es, new ...... 3,270 15 4 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 manage ment ........................ l5 489 8 5 , 400,777 9 5 Total charge ....• .C109,654 14 5 Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approval THOMAS ALLEN Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum la id b y - - viz., £134,811 14s. 9d.—raise 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 £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d,, derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per 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 preminms paid for re-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of management are less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 5 per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : Da. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, ttc. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 46,977 13 3 Total £7,565,198 1 3 CR. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest ments 36,243 7 6 Cash and bills 22,604 2 9 _ Advanced on security of the company's policies.... Agents' balr aces 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 ccmparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum ; ,, dicating the value of the future premium; the assets amount to £3,059,030 85. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., H.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 Sambrook°, Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D ., Esq. Admiral Tindal.: WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne; &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japan. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND FISHING. THE STRONGEST MAN in the world cannot break the ever-lasting Porpoise-skin Boot Laces made by GILL AND CO., 12, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W. Price ls. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, ss. FRENCH DUBBING.—This invaluable composition possesses the properties of preserving leather, rendering it supple and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing as that used by the best 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. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. CHAIRMAN, Right lion. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. DEPUTY - CHAIRMEN. William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S. Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D.C.L., Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at the Anrual General Meeting held on the 27th November, 1868: _ _ . 1. The sum of £412,3 45 w as proposed for Assurance, of dueiirit4hg.££3loo7,,o3697s w as complet e d a t P rem i ums pro per Annum. 2. The amount paid under Claims by d ea th was £100,8Q3, being the smallest si nce 1860, whilst the expenses of managementmana , ment and all other outgoings were even less than for many years past. 3. On the other band, the Income was raised to £219,769, notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by abatements of p-emium which did not take effect in the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867. 4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than £B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four years of the Society's existence. 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to £1,598,906. The following are aniongPle distinctive features of the Society :--7 CREDIT SYSTEM.: —On any Policy for the w'lole of Life, where the age does net exceed 60, one-half of the Sum NC E ts m ur a e y d becomes be effected, without Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on credit. ENDOWMENTProfi Profits, b wAhiSchSUthßeA pay able on the attainment o f a specified ago, or at death, whichever event shall first happon. INVALID LIVES may bo assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OP CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. Tables of Rites and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agent., or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St James's-square, London. S.W. A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN- Li FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London, E.U. 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 o pinion defective or uncertain, of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulg,to the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitablo, 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 guarant ees a t decease, when even a de fault is made in payment o f the premium , a fixed sum in respect of every pentium paid, beal the same propor tion this import an t advan t a ge, every policy will tiota to the total amou n t assure d a he number of pre miums actually paid may b ear to the whole number origi nally contracted to be p a id . ex pressly state what s um can at an y time e withdrawn on the discontinuance of th e assuran ce. The assured will th us always have the option of retain ing either an ascertai ne d f i xe d sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac cording t i the duration of the Policy,, such amounts being set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any future reference to the Company on these points, as is the case with ordinary assurances. Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate this feature as one gr ea tl y protec tive of their interests, and it will likewise comme n d i tse lf to bankers, capitalists, and others who are in the h a bit o f ma king advances collaterally secured by Life Poli c i es, as they c an at any time learn, by mere inspection, the exact va l ue , either immediate or re versionary, of a Poli cy o f th i s d e scription. Every Policy issu e d on th i s plan will be without any conditions as to voyagin g , fore i gn residence, or other usual limitations. , By this f ree d om f ro m 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 years, addition to the f orego i ng statement of advantages, years, and the sh or t es t the number of premiu ms i s stric tly defined. The l o n ges t term provided for is t wenty- fi fe five years, as shown by th e Tables. Thus , bankers, credi tors, and others holdi ng polic i es o f this class as security, may always know th e u t most amount they may b e ca ll e d upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a censeqdtnce of the policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground w hatever. They may therefore be apt l y t ermed 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 offi ce i n the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY lIARBEN, Secretary. A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For S B E r A, anc F h IR O :I 29 E, , and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL. EXOFIANGE, London. Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIIIS IVIGRAM, JAMES STEWART lI9DGSON, E CHARLES JOHN MANNING, I DIREC Robert. Barclay, Esq• John Garratt Cattley, Esq• E sq Governor. %B CI Sub-Governor. Esq ....... Deputy-Governor. !TORS. William Totlow Ilibbert, Esq. Mark Currie Close, ---4. . rilniot 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. E Esq. L eha ords r q l j e . s " Ro cei b l i n n e so W n, il E L Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Percy. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, O R h iEv a esa r rs le . s dai ll e er w ma ni n . n Gaorsecnhfeeinl: Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Esq. Joseph Smiles, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq: William Wallace, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire on the 9th of April. ASSURANCES peran m nu a m y . be effected on adFvalnßtEagaenoudsLtlerFsm.Es;d. pe rcent. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of i No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. FB .711ING STOCK.— No Extr a Charge is mado for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine. 4. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per ceut.: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 ono 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 of modern practi ce , w ith the secu rity whose reso urces h ave b een t es t e d The rityadovfanat:goeffis Office by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HATS. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ' ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary! 2s. 63, Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 63., 5s 6d, & is 6,1 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sank by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU ITED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes. Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 1811 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 ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. 8011, H., Libutiiiiant, 2d Madras Nattrtrfnlantrye... 10. Bouthflower, W. H., • Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Moyne, A., Assistant Surgeon,• Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. - 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Floud E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native In fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment. 121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native Infantry. Pinchard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G. Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. 11., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale. and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. 124. 1268, IR3. 140. 145. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. THE INVIGORATIVE NE RVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretion's, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing:. among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN St Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. ()NE lIUNDRED & 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. Me, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O QAMARTT AN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN kl and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dis .axes of women. 2,746 patients were tr( ated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations aro much needed, and will bo received by Messrs. Hatchard, ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. riVIIE 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 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 tary, Rev. C. B. ItEID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Calodonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 pationts 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 Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., Smith. Esa. Gro. Ran), Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CHEST, City-road.--The wards for in-patients are constantly full, thoso for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the TIIROAT, Golden-square, W. President—Ms Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge -road, S E. 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 ago and above the pauper class, who aro hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of .£2O per annum are also granted The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEA VER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S ACMES are as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Bent-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 a Lodge, l3uckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Choapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose historreg are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Repc rt (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DLNL. COOPER, Sec. 8; Queen-street Oheapside, HOME for the lIELPLESS.--ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng RO7. J. E. 'Kempe Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev, W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore • Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouso Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. (3anon Nepean Octavius Coopo, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon. Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom commur ications may be addressed. ROYAL 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 - lust been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual s ubscriptions, 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.C. September 1868. /-7 ( - - e-/7 t_ C ,ee-ee P.RINOP A.RT,EfUII IN IPELAND. Dublintcorrespondents, writing on the visit of Prince Arthur to the Puncbestown Races, agree that it added 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 are 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 fairest forms 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 sti►ruiate 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 net 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 -pal& 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 con course 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 E'pencer shortly before twelve o'clock. The viceregal party formed a 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 Excellercy 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. Roundell, 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 Oar( n,ged 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, wherea special train was in waiting to convey them to town. THE APPROACIIIXO 711 A N - 611'S OF VENUS The Daily A - ems 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 wine 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 in 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 observation which Mr. Airy had 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 bsgan 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 he wished. The Astronomer Royal, therefore, suggested that instead 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 as possible, another set to a place where it will begin as late as pos sible ; 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 shews that by 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 3769 and will be bat 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 seated in the monthly notices of the Astronomical Society, and the next number of the Quarterly Journal of Science will contain a more popular statement o f the facts which are in question. Fortunately there is still time to make preparations for applying the simpler mode of o bservation suggested, should astronomers decide that M. b statementsm e are thevery valid. Antarctic e discussed journey journeys Commander ll r h r t o Davis six weeks ago. stations FAITII AND RELIGIOUS FEELING.—Faith is by no means identical with the religious faculty and feeling. If it were4then the Scotch would he the mostreligious people that eve existed, because their whole being is inwoven with certain dogmas, especially the dogma of predestina tion. tittle emotion, however, enters into their religion, little imagination, and no sentiment or presentiment of the mySterious in its most awful aspects. They are God-fearing rather than devout. A Scotch sermon is a longiargument, often a very able argument, seldom a p a ssiorialte appeal. I am not aware that, though they have mitten controversial and theological works in abundrince, the Scotch have ever produced a single pro. perly devotional book. They go on singing, Sunday after Sunda ,;the Psalms of David in metre, and fiercely resist the i*.Ciinction of hymns an from and of the sweetest 4evotiont food.—" Scottish Ohara I InstrumentalandlubTlic tiding themselvesiti, th" Lig i f,. SW Otos a - s iv c , ti ciir_ 4 1 4 amino, , 3 3 0 111 6 2 2 0 E- OF s ub. At ha° • 1 2/1 e 1 C) : boo - 4 for: 1 0 76 e t IP $5O. m eo 3 t 0 - 0 ,t. of sq., Vif ° °I o jlJ l e , q:ti°- wood, zabetof" u :Lg., Ego bel4 vv oaf