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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 weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. forms free on receipt of stamped envelope., EDWARD lIARPER, Secretary. NO. 24,035. RECEIV A LIG E. SUN. LONDON, TUE SDA Y E V ENING, . J '!. N E 22, 1869. F 81,.... 4 d STAMPED bd. NCORPORATED L SOCIETY, U.K. IL LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-'39. )AItIIUDGE AND COOPER. MANUFAOI lIRING STATIONERS, 192, MET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and tho Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the mouth of June THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES TII E LOM BARD EXC lIANGE AND NEWS-ROOll. CARRIAGE PAID to th© COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s, OYAL MUSIC HAL L, HOLBORN. Proprietor. Mr J. S. Sweasey. CONTIVUED SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMPANY. Mr HARRY RICKARDS. the Universal Comique Mr FRED. COYNE. the Sterling Comique Mr L'SK A RD. the Musical Momus Mr GEORG 4 ` LEYBOUIt NE, the Lion Combine Miss A' NM ADAMS. the Queen of Serio-Comics Miss FNMA A LFORD, the pleasing. Ser:o litiess KATE BELE. the new fascins.ting Serio-Comic, and MACLAGAN, TILE GREATEST COMIC SINGER IN THE WORLD, EVERY EVENING. Full Band of 20 Performers. Mr. P. Corti, Musical Director. CU" Special Notice.—Come early to ensure Good Feats. ~'IADAbIE T LISS AUD'S EXHIBITION, Bake •-street.—T"E A UTIFUL COURT DRESSES, Manufactured by the first Houses in Paris, are now on yiqw. Admission, ls. ; Children under ten years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production tit the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of •Ule electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable t)peratic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the i r sent one the boost extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra. under the direction of its highly efficient Chef, Signor Luigi Curti. performs the choicest and latest com positions of all diatingaished composers—the solos in which are a...!_signed to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses: Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman M.C. Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 9.5. R. R. BroNELL, Proprietor ~ PATE AU 1)IABLE." THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for • Luncheon. 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ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as aertment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &e., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar. &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES 'PENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant arrstates elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting' study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be bad at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 14 9, Strand. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, . I) .evoted American Intelligence, ENLARGEn to 24 r iC St. Reports of Con Trees, Personal, Financial. Mining, Asti road, tom Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will fini this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, prioe 4d. 15. Catherine-street, Strand. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCI COHPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; . 7, Cornbill; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderato rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed /tonus for the Life Pol'cies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, r ender-them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave granted on reasonable terms , and claims are paid t hirty days after admission. JOIIN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. NATI - ONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarge-4 18i1. , nder the patronage of 11.11. H. the Duke of CAmsltrocm, Vereby a home has been afforded for 980 Destitute Orphan Iris or all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of tbn kingdom. , The obie3t of the Charity Is to give orphan girls a plain Eng 'Wl education, and practical instruction In the kitchen, house, %Ili laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wi se Provided for when they attain 15 years of ago, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee esruestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by Collations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGISCOTE, Treasurer W H. Wisvnox Secretary. °tale, 121, Pall-mall, W SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nations, 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, Bircbin-lane ; and by The Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, Sing William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £IOIOF. RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, au' 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, sad 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 a ssistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the I nstitution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and 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, 78, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Heywood Brothers, Manchester. trEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIOA eaves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion' strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, r efreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the Most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con enraption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de tersgements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, b ervonsness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, Ntarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, t oeurnatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, non *alfllft, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, h eartburn, headache, Elebility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, I . l ` 4 llsea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking ,";_t B , bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is • :' , Et most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable ler invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Bowaro of the many unsavoury.., 4lll :l more than slopy imitations to which, without autho 'ttY, Baron Liobig's name is most audaciously attached. henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of - up• Barry's health-restoring Rovelents Arabica Invalids' bye Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it been already received from invalids whose position had "een deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Rol-- 4( qm the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored L. it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. , v v Il e quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. b.03.412):—“0me, July 21st, 1866. —The health of the ut elY Pathos is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du f ateful Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a b eneficial at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly e sneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Prehan of seven Years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous -88, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bad ,14estion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable "ervous agitation. Cure N 0.78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord ptnart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County ofWater fordl have derived much benefit from your excellent f v ?,9 I .—STUART DE DECIEF, DPOLnalia, Cappoquin, C oun ty "atArford." cure No. 49,832.- Of fifty years' indescribable agony AAtri dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, 'Maloney, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn. Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ne rvousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor tells fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Lawton, Leicester, of two Years diarrhoea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. 11b., 2s. 9d., ' h s 4s. 6d.; 12th., 225. ; 24th, 40s. The 12th. and 24th ,Attimopp, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du flrry a ReYalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in enoldtera : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at Ss. 6d., for 48 at Cs., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 caps nt 555. Being Vout cna penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent ce of car r i age i n En g l an d on receipt of Post Of fi ce Order. t ri 1 1 _ 1 tiRY BAHRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; It r at vortnum and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, eleschinch-stseet ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street - and 121, Nerth-rasl, London and all Grocers awl 'Chemists READAPLE SHORT-HAND, SELF-lardiTTF Being a System by which people can teach themselves: write the longest word without lifting the pen; read what they write; and correspond with friends at home or abroad, on plea sure or business. It embraces a double set of vowels, with liquid consonants grafted on the other letters ; together with a DIAGRAM OF DOTS, and a combination of words in most familiar use, into ready sentences The whole forming A SYSTESI OF READABLE SHORT-H. ND, Shortened. By BIURDO YOUNG. Lon : Edward Stanford, 6 and 7, Charing-moss, S.W. Price 2s. 61 dust published. price is. 61, by post ls. 8:1., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in limns trationof the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, en 1 other journals. recommending its universal perusal, aro reprinted with this edition. THE INSTUUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, 53. Pall-mall. The THIRTY FIFT fI ANNUAL EXHIBI t lON NOW OPEN. Daily from Niue to dusk. Admission, Is. Catalogue, Gd. JAMES FAHEY, Secretary. 1 R. A. ESKELG, SURGEON DENTIST, of 8, Gros venor-street, the Author of "MODERN DENTISTRY: its Principles and Practice." "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC TION, or Anaesthesia Locally Applied," &c., at home for CONSULTATION DAILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVE NOR-STREET, GI ROSVENOR-SQUARE. R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, itlk. Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETII, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth i hat aro loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Lot cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at ls. lid., 2s. lid., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. Lombard-street. London. MANAGER-Mr J. IL YOUNGRUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or Hs. 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 be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Sim and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. 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, 55. 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. Gd., 2s. Gd., and ss. per can. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. I\l-ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are 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 jastice 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 cumstances, 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 " 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." RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 11 T HITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Groat Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five hundred Medical men to be tho 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 Sloe-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 mny be bad, and the truss, whith can rot fail to fit, forw:krdel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, _ _ Mr. JdEIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Trim, 165., 21s. 265. Gd., and Ais. 6d. Posta g e, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. • Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-of f ice, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ILASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-OAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. TIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT —Paris Extdbition, 1867. Two Gold Medals.—Favre Ex hibition, 1868, The Gold Medal.—Only sort warranted rerfect and genuine by Baron Liebig, the Inventor.—" A success and a boon."—Medical Press and Circular. One Pint of delicious beef tea for nd., which costs is. if made from fresh meat. Cheapest and finest flavoured "stock" for soups, &c. CAUTlON.—Require BARON LIRBIG'S signature upon every jar. Sold by all Italian warehousemen, grocers, chemists, and ship's store dealers. AT'T'RACTIVE SPECULATIONS. UNRIVALLED SUCCESS. You could never meet with a more advisable opportunity to try the favours of Dame Fortune. With a Single Stake of £1 you can realise £20,00011 with £2 £27,00! ! with £8 Z 42,00011 with £lO £45,00011 For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TiLLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FOREWITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. B RITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street -place, Southwark Bridge, E.C„ NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies In Weeks. issued. 1,268 3 .. 86 —t14,250 2869 ... 3 ... 108 13,481 Excess .. .. 22 £4,231 In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1569 ...3,105 —£539,442 oWL7 A g A t g 6 F Amount Amount Annual IF4 Z Proposed. 2- 9 0 Assured. Premiums. a p t, 75 Pk s. d. £ s. d. s. d. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3.318 e 54,140 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 1 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 Total.. 35,512 8,864,109 5 9 126,763 6444,490 4 8 207,113 13 The net premium income has increased to the sum of £216,704 1 7 The net premium income has increased to the sum of The interest on investments and othe ritems of receipt yield 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. T o assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact thrt 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 attemion to the successful esta blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, ceder 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. E AGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 80th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the 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, 80TH JUNE, 1868. DR. INCOME OF TILE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £9Bl, 514 13 9 Less amount 1 istributod as bonus 208,774 0 0 Premiums en new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 X 380,811 8 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 £772,740 13 9 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 46,070 13 3 Total income 544,466 9 2 £1,3i7,207 2 11 , . On. CHARGE OF THE TEAR Dividend to proprietors Clas-ns on decease of lives assured £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new Ditto, old 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees Income tax 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage ment 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total chargA Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6 X 1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approv 1 THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors HENRY ROSE, Tho total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9a. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by- - viz., £134.811 14s. 9d.—raises the fund again to X 907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 75. 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. 8(1,, 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 51 per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : DR. LIABILITIES Interest duo to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 Total X 7,565,198 1 8 Cu. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages X1,460,772 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 Current interest on the above invest- ments 86,243 7 6 Cash and bills 22,604 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies....• Agents' balunces Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ••••• 1 , 4 506 167 18 0 86,860 13 9 Value of re-assurances Total £7 , 565 , 198 1 3 , • Examined and approved. THOMAS A I.LEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On comparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of tho com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair- man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Eeq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., D.C.L. Robert A. Gray, Esq. Wm. Augustuspuy F.R.S. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, Esq.- Thos. Godfrey Sambrooko Esq. Admiral ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new surances now effected there will only be payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings, Liver')3ol, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSURANCES, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF TIIE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. McLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CHZST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, 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. DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION. rpHE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE -1 VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December last, and every person keeping a dog in the current. year is required forthwith to take out a new License. The duty payable foreimh dog kept is Fi ve Shilli ngs. The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five Pounds. A Libense is not transferable from one person to another. A License may be obtained by the owner giving his name and address, and the name of the place where the dog is kept, on application at The Office of the Collector of Inland' In the neigh- Revenue, bourhood of the The Office of the Distributorof Stamps 1., applicant's re- Or sidence. A Monerder Post Office. Licenses w O ill also be granted by the several Supervisors of Inland Revenue. Persons residing at a distance from any of the above offices, by transmitting with their application Inland Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for the Dis riot, will receive a license in return by post. Wlll. COBBE'r 11,-S-ecretary. BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, Loudon. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. IR. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S. Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq. Sir Jambs Duke, Bart. IW. Tyler Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, E:,q. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OP THE BoAnn—FRANCIS 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 Bd. The following tabulated returns exhibit the now busi ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods : LAW ICLASSES. In connexion with the IckurCs classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. Tho number of subscribers to each class will be limite.l, and the instruction given will be confined to an examination of the students upon the 441,ject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given bifolt bearing on fife same subject. A sufficient number of cla.ssos 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 imo, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister a t-Law. The Course will consist of Nino Lectures•upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simplo Contracts. -;;,, b. Contracts under Seat, c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightmont, 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 Vessel. 2. To the Owner ift MA - 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 classos the reader will use as text-books The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (And3rsou). LECTi.TRES on CONVEYANCING find 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 tho 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. S(,ttlemonts of Real Estate ; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on tbo Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disentliling Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. _ . _ ✓ Lectures V., VI. Vv ills.-1. Usual Frame end C on t en ts of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.—l. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to S urren d er . 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 lect , ires and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister -at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures lecture I. 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 awl Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. - _ Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 23 ; Iladdan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and Wbite 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 Fore:Leh three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable fot the law classes— For all the branches of For each instruction. branch. By every subscriber a Members of tiro Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. . . . . cannot bo admitted to tho h a ll a ft er th e l ec t ure has corn - To proveut interruption at th o l ec t ures , subscribers mcncod. P. W. Williamson, Secretary. Taw Society's Hall, Oct., 180. 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 bare special re ference to preceding lecture s , it is recommended that -thosewho desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. QANIARIT.4 N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN kJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dismses of women 2,i -1g patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, ()mitts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. VRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALS PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITITTION. _ President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1 . 868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon qua, Salt, and Co., . 73, Lombard street, 141.0.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of tho Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, N.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. rt lIE 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 Ch ar i ty. 240 a d u l ts are rece i ve d 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 bo 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 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No, 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. HOME the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN f ocg AN 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. H on. P ercy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng rte - J. E. Kemp° 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 M oore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq. R ev . J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepean Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. C. W. Purse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freak& Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gil Hat, Ersq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hemp Hugh H. Seymour ' Esq, H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigmm, 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, ‘ l4, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom communications may bo addressed. ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established .3l st 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—let. 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 thei own homes. A rew 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 subs - xiptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards ; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the g - eatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary: No. 10 Poultry? London, E.C. September 1868. i per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a clie%p paper 3 0 Supera_le Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 S upet. that:Mick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers Is., 45., 65., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 103. 61, 12s. 6,1., and 14 6 Outsides Foolccap6 C Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Ltned Note five quires for Is. 61, or 5 6 Trio New Vellum Wove "Club House" rota, live quires for 2s. _ _ _ nperfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Ca, 5s 0.1, & Cs Cd Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s GI per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STAN PING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU ,TR ATED 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 131 t INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869.-- By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, hare from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencbs in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-- 8.. _24-11tadrsua..N ati ye - In f antxy. 10. Bouthflower, W. 11., Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheync, 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. CO. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, Gth Madras Native in fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 3Gth Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partnirn t. 94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment. 121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native Infantry. 124. Pincliard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 1268. Presto; Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 14t,. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, U., Ensign. 3Gth Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, . H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 150. Ward, A.. Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., LieuLnaut, 52.1 Madras Native In fantry. 163. 'Weymouth, Captain, 42 , 1 Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of suelt next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of Ihe packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents he disposed of by sal.% and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. INVIGORATIVE NERVINE I ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normll condition all the secretions, on the Integrity of which perfect he Ilth depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds. and from it; containing. among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will p-ove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassell's re port. Price Ss. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman-- General Sir FacucuiC SffITII, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found In the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LARE. General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and,l7, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. (1N E HUN IMF, 1) & SEVENTY IiESTIT UT •P' ORPITA V CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL A LI3ERT O.IIPH A ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of .£25 per ananm each. Fonda greatly needa .1. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. 0 Mee, 54, Chaapaido, London, e.a 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 row open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. rullE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of _L the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers-Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall.mall.—Hon. Sec., I. Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Sec. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON._ _ The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, E.C. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional, and Unchallengxable. • For the reason referred to, many persons b.sitate 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 daily commend itself, being entirely freo from ai condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any ether cause whatever; while at the same time. it absolutely guarantees at d 3,10,15 P, when even a de fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every premium paid. baring the same propor tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre miems actually paid may bear to the whole number origi nally contracted to be paid. Besides this important. advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on the discontinuance of the assurance. The assured will thus always have the option of retain ing either au ascertained 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 set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any future reference to the Company ou 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 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. Tho longest term provided foris twenty-five years, and the shortest ityo years, es shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi tors, and others holding policies of this class as security, may always know the utmost amount they may be called upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. It is ouly necessary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallongeable on any ground whatever. They may therefore bo 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 businf.tis of anv office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART HIDGSON, Esq Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRE ;TORS. _ Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, 'William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Darin.. Young, Esq. fuel Solly, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Same FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Sta►np, however small the Assurance may be. Ft% "'SUNG STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. °The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent:per:annum on the sum assured. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Div►sions of Profit take place every Five Years. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capita Btock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALE. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE. Secretary. MHE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES 1 of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. Tho 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. Puller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. F ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only 1.4 institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and C o ., 50, C ornh i ll ; - Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet -street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. B RIT IS II 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 boon 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.O. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C. ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850 , is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Lanra 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. C SPRTNG RICE Hon. Sec. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES aro as follows: — For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Efamp- 150, New Kent -road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Cam den-stroef, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Groat Portland. street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, E - ampstead. 9, llenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Marys Lodge, Duckhurst-hill. Country Forne—S t. ames's. street, Dover. Temporary Homo-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 servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its banbers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. CODPER, Sec. RI Queen-street Choapside. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious 'MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vico-Patron— His Royal Righoc-ss the Prince of WALES, R.G. Grace the Duke of BrecT.E;zcii. K.G. This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admiesicn to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destiinto 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. Contriln.tions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abeherch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; South, l'ap,e, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,Barners-street ; and at the Hospital from 10 till 5. SIN'L'ESS IN LESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MO3ELY, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT -STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic. Established 1820. This,'the most perfected system of p unless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Alosely, .is r 'common led by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improve ments of the ego for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical ex perience) at his only residence, 312, Regent-street. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps, and decayed teeth ren dered useful, loose teeth and t , nder gums protected. Qualities : These teeth never change colour or decay—in tit unerring—easo and cbtefort unsurpassed—detection impossible—the facial 'anatomy faithfully studied and youthful appearance restored—mastication and articulation goarauteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—" So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from bs. ; sets, sto 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only address, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brost, for New;York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From 11A %ME or BREST to NEW YORK. First Class 7OO fr. Sccond Class 423 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 410 fr, ; third clkss 283 - fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti. Santiago de Cuba Guadeloupe, Martinique. JA PAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japar.. Hand books, with full details of all tho routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. The able Parisian correspondent of the Times concludes that the object of the Emperor Napoleon's letter to M. Mackau is simply to assure France that there is to be no change—that M. Rouher is still to be Minister, and his policy still to continue. Public opinion has decided, says this writer, in favour of M. Rouher's dismissal. Nobody will believe in reform whilst the present Minister of State remains at the head of affairs ; indeed the French are of opinion that his retirement will be the best of all reforms. But the Sovereign, according to the Mackau letter, has made up his mini not to change his &lief "The true difficulty for tho Emperor is to part with M. Rouher, not only because he is accus tomed to that useful servant, and does not like new faces, but because he is slow to trust any man, and has kept on the throne some remnant of that suspicious tem per which is the natural result of a troubled life passed in exile, and spent in a long struggle towards power through unlawful enterprises. Mat involuntary distrust of auy men he does not know has led him to take his Ministers out of a narrow circle cf personal acquaintances or tried friends, whom he dismisses and retakes at wilt, according to circumstances and to the slight differences which public opinion attributes to their names, but who have for him the common and invaluable merit of being tried or undoubted supporters of his dynasty." THE VICEROY OF EGYPT. The Paris correspondent of the Indlpenclancv Edge says it is a fact that the Viceroy of Egypt is endeavouring to throw off the sovereignty of the Sultan. When he entered Paris, the Turkish Ambassador was at the station to receive him; but the Khedive would have none of his assistance. Brushing past him, he brusquely and awkwardly seized the arm of General Fleury, the Emperor's aide-de-camp. The Sultan is very angry with his vassal, both for taking the initiative in the measures for securing the neutrality of the Suez Canal, and for issuing invitations on his own responsibility to so many sovereigns. The Turkish papers are talking of high treason. PRUSSIA AND THE is PATRIE." The French semi-official papers find a topic for hostile comment in 'the opening of the new Prussian port at Heppens, which we announced the other day. The Patric considers this • creation of a new naval station in the Baltic an important fact. To Russia it is of especial significance, for Prussia plainly sets herself up as a rival for the command of the Baltic Sea. But no Power, the Patrie thinks, can remain indif ferent whilst this dreadful work of fort and navy building is going on. "In our opinion this maritime develop ment of Prussia deserves to be watched with an attentive eye." The Patrie is appitently to be safely entrusted with this business of watching with an attentive eye. But why Prussia, with her fine range of sea-coast, should not aim at becoming a naval Power as well as France, it is difficult to imagine. The semi-official papers of Paris are, however, a little consoled by the fact that an attempt has been made in Hanover to get up a subscription in order to present the King of Prussia wills an ironclad corvette, and it has failed. THE POPE AND THE DOCTORS. Our Rome correspondent contradicts the story which was reprinted from the FlorenCe Naz'cize to the effect that the Pope has ordered all doctors to abstain under pai i of excommunication from attending patients who after three drys sickness refuse to confess. The reality is tha'7, by a Buil of Sextus V., al joeors are o:dcred on pain of exctommunication " to inform the curate of the parish of any eaie of sickness if after three days' attend, ance they s.e reason to fear danger of death." This is merely intended to prevent patients dying without the aid of the sacraments, but no circular or bull has been since issued on the matter to the doctors of Rome, and they attend alike those who con fess and those uho do not. Protestant Prussian soldiers, of whom there are many in the Papal army, are never interfered with in hospital. "They are allowed when in health to attend the Lutheran service at the Prussian Legation, and vi hen sick receive to their last hour (of which I have been a frequent witness) the care and attendance of the surgeons and sisters of charity precisely as do the Catholic soldiers, and arc never urged to change their religion." ITALY. The attempted assassination of 111,j it Lobbia at Flo rence is a, very serious affair. An inquiry is now being made into certain corrupt practices in connection with Cambray Digny's financial scheme. Major Lobbia is the deLouncer of these misdeeds, and his assassination is sup posed to have been planned by those interested in his silence. He narrowly escaped with his life, THE GENERAL COUNCIL. It is stated that the Prussian Government, in reply of Prince Irobenlobe's circular respecting the General Council, has expressed its willinzness to enter into nego tiations with the other German States with the %Lew of deciding upon some common line of action. THE ISTHMUS OF CORINTH. An announcement of much interest—omitted in neuter's telegram —was made in the King of Greece's speech ct the opening of the new Chamber of Deputies. Amongst various other public works which will be speedily com• menced, a canal is to be cut through the Isthmus of Corinth. This undertaking has long been promised, but is at last to be realised, with the help, we believe, of m. de Lesseps. The famous Peloponnesus will then become an THE PRESS IN AUSTRIA. The Austrian Government objects to Republican speeches. Somebody in Vienna WM preparing to publish a translation of the fine speech, in favour of Re publicanism, delivered by Senor Castelar in the Spanish Cortes ; but the Imperial funct'onaries seized all the printing apparatus, and put the typographical form.' under seal. MR. PEABODY. • The use which has been made of Mr. Peabody's gift to the poor of London does not give perfect satisfaction in America. The New York Times has inquired into the administration of the fund, and is disappointed at the result. The Peabody buildings are "clumsy, heavy, dark. and unsightly," the rooms are too small, and the rent too high to be of great practical benefit. Conversation with some of the tenants leads the Times to the conclusion that cheaper houses ought to be provided, and that the deserving poor might be aided by loans from the fund. Mr. Peabody, who has arrived in America, is much improved in health by his voyage across the Atlantic. GLOOMY NEWS FROM CUBA. The general tenour of the news from Cuba which we have received by telegraph is decidedly unfavourable to the Spaniards. A short time ago the insurrection was losing ground ; now it seems to be reviving. The Time. correspondent supports this intelligence. He says : " The tenour of all the despatches, private as well as public, and also of those sent by the agents of the United States' Government, is that the insurgents appear inspired by renewed confidence." His letter was written, too, before the news that the insurgents had secured communication with the sea-shore could have reached New York. COLOURED CANDIDATES. A day or two ago a cable message informed us that the Itepublicans had carried the local election at Washington. This contest was particularly interesting. The Repub licans carried all the wards, and among the successful candidates were a coloured city registrar, a coloured alderman, and seven colourei councilmen. The Republi can Convention at Richmond are determined to send a large proportion of blacks to Congress. They have nomi nated two whites and one black for the Senate, and seven blacks and one white for the House .of Representatives. THE WAR IN PARIGITAM The Parliament of Brazil was opened recently by a speech from the Emperor. Reviewing the prof:Tress of the war, his Majesty said that the province of Matto Grosso had been freed from the Paraguayan invasion, Lopez had been driven out from Brazilian soil, and the allied fleet had full command of the rivers Parana and Paraguay. Several new laws were promised, including one for electo ral reform, and another for improving the administration of justice. First of all, however, the people of Brazil will be met by that inevitable offspring of war—heavier taxes. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Do Short ... 12 2} ... 12 2 3Ms ... 12 4i. ... 12 4 4 Rotter dam — ... 12 41 ... 12 4i Antwerp - ". 25 4.71 _. 25 52 Brussels — ... 25 471 ... 23 52 Hamburgh — ... 13 12 ... 13 12 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ••••• 121 f ... 121} Vienna.. _ - ." 12 6/1 ... 12 721 Trieste _ ... 12 671 ... 12 72} Petersburg C9penhageu... ........ .. Berlin Madrid.. 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