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kralil l EVENING. )11. the wool S, RI:RAI:IAN'S Lt. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1868. This celebrat e d OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin prize Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Deli c ious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Bs. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by he Agents i n the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label and Cork Branded "Kim LL Whisky. '''N .r •st` . ..V, , . ••••%:!-Zar ~::: ' :-.... )".•;"6. i ,00\41.., 4 A '4lllll Ak — ' . 1 ?.. -<,t •ou i • ij. . , 10- 'ty • • ati,.,- - • •• 1 , ~" \,.. -..‘', .40 ....„. •i3 l : 1 [S, .1 -. (' , • ' ..........P, _ ..... _.t , . . I ~'n = . .' 4%...4..4 ... • ......,,,,, ~......: 4-1... d,,,,... i , I. . . 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Like a Homeric chief fighting alone in front of his squadrons, or as a skilful artist finds it easier to complete a master. piece himself than to direct his pupils and assistants, the great master of parliamentary debate, aided almost exclu sively by Mr. Sullivan, Attorney-General for Ireland, conducted the Irish Church Bill through all its stages with unsurpassed vigour and success. The secondary measures of the session offered little opportunity of distinction either to parliamentary veterans or to ambitious aspirants. The House of Lords has in the course of the great debate increased its reputation for oratory and general capacity ; but the House of Commons, although many of its chief members have maintained almost unbroken silence, has done the work of the session. The abolition of the Irish Establishment, whatever may be the practical results of the measure, is the boldest and greatest act of modern legislation. One consequence of the measure has been the withdrawal by the authorities of Trinity College, Dublin, of their opposition to Mr. Fawcett's proposal for admitting Catholics and Nonconformists to Fellowships. The Irish Bishops have shewn good sense in agreeing that the laity as well as the clergy shall concur in the election of the Church body. The violence of the extreme Protestants has subsided, and the Roman Catholics have accepted their triumph with gratitude and moderation. The Standard says that the session which has just closes has been one of the most eventful and exciting in the recent parliamentary history of England. It was the first session of a Reformed Parliament ; of a House of Commons elected under a suffrage of a character so wide and liberal that even the most ardent Radicals are content with it, while those—perhaps the more numerous section of the party—who professed Liberal opinions without any eager desire to give them effect, and perhaps with a secret satisfaction in the thought that they were not likely soon to be carried out in practice, are disposed to murmur in private at the too complete realisation of their own avowed wishes. The change which has tow been effected is, in txtent and character, perhaps greater than that of 1832. The change in the con. stituency is greater, the change in the character of the representative body thus far much less notice able than in 1832. Two or three differences, never theless, are to be observed between this Parliament and its predecessor. In the first place, this House is to amuch greater extent a House of rich, elderly, and mediocre men. Not one new member of ability has been added to the Liberal ranks ; such acquisitions as have been made be long to the Conservative party. The House is, distinc tively, a House of rich men, of old men, and of second rate men. It must be noted, however, that it is a more Radical House than the last—a House in which the majority is Gladstonite, not Palmerstonian ; which feels itself obliged to give effect to Radical pledges, and in which social changes, formerly repudiated by both parties, find an unwonted favour and encouragement. Another peculiarity connected with this is the strict discipline of the Liberal majority. Mr. Gladstone is the most despotic Minister of modern days, and is able with per fect impunity to exercise a dictatorship and display a degree of arrogance which would not have been attempted by, far less permitted to, Lord Palmerston. The inde pendent men have been expelled, like Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Laing, and, until lately, Mr. 11, , rstnan ; al)sorbed, like Mr. Bright and Mr. Lowe ; or driven into Opposition, like Lord Elcho. Caves are impossible ; the Tea-room is abandoned to the Scottish conclave. The change may be favourable to the despatch of business, but it certainly. detracts from the authority of the House and the vivacity and interest of its debates.. uTuAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ncorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RU SSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. And 38, QUERN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON hold AIWANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free °r Leasehold Prope, one two, or three yeaxs, Fo ieweekly, monthly, oqu a r terly . Bills promptly discounted. s free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. THE SUN, LONDON, TRUR6DAY EVENING, ATJGLST 12, 1869. 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Take Notice that a Citation has issued under the Seal of her Majesty's Court of Probate, dated tha 21st of July. 1869, whereby you are cited to appear in the Principal Registry of the said Court, and accept or refuse Letters of Administration of the personal estate and effects of Maria Broad, formerly of No. 1, Stingo-lane, Marylobone, then of Child's-hill, Hampstead. afterwards of No. 2, Beaumont Finchley-road, and late of No. 2, Kempshall-ter race, Kilburn, all in the county of Middlesex, deceased, a widow, intestate, or show cause why the same should not he granted to William Smithers, a creditor of the said Maria Broad, deceased, with an intimation that in default of your appearance the said Letters of Administration will be granted to the said William Smithers. EDWARD F. JENNER, Regr. 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Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will bo opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. or Th th e , Z tra ordln , try success which has attended the production th e e f e ' . 11 ,a , losr Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects . of I)2.te i n e 'a light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici eeletirated f4 llBje conibined with the admirable Operatic and Dance h a , re ha,:ctions presented in the often -changed programmes, Itne ß , erie nshiveratifying effect of making the r sent one the y patronized season since its first opening. The t chef, Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient Tio s i,,%grlor Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn ot ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are G ra - t the eminent euphontonist. Signor L. 3losca ; Messrs. ileu ms es, L. Silberberg, and otherable artistes. Manager, Mr ` i tts. Professor Halliman M.O. Admission, ls • Bemired Seats. 2s. R. B. BIONELL, Proprietor Just published, price le. &1., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVEI*TIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Elsinore, 219, Regent-street The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other Journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. 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Imported and manufactured by JAMES Mixtoralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, Joudon. io-I tt r• Tennant arm AC e lementary collections of ROCKS, ' 4I NERAT 7 of 1, 1 8 , and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition titt, I,y 8 Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili ut„thq interesting study of MINERALOGY and go'inv.LagOpaGYb,. and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 141kCITICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and 14, E RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 0, Strand. 4 . 41 k-irLO - AMERICAN TIMES, ot e , l AN INTERNATION NE CrAPAPER, pA „ American Intelligence, EN r. A. Ra E n m po i 24 4 41111 144 reports of Con rreas, Personal, Financial.. m ng, th r „,l 0 . Members of Parliament. Common:la] . Dien. Wm "a vine an interest in the United States, will find -ew_e_Paper Orme. P 411.1, --ed every SATULtD &Y DIMMING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. " I ce B-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. p.Th. Investm Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the The Rv .... to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. 8 0.. moderate rates of premium with a guaranteed fixed vi gi_st or the Life Pol;cles oCthis Company, and their r e ," 1 " 0 as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, lea ve's r .; t hem particularly advantage ous. Whole-world tbi r t aranted on reasonable term; and claims are paid Y wtYs after ad m i ss i on. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. NI -AS r lON AL ORPHAN 11OME, Ham-common, Riehmon4, Surrey. Fenn-led 1849 ularge d 1361. Miler the ustrona.ge 1 1.R.11. the Duk e of CasrearoGß. KA-9 whereby a hom e has u afforiel. Girls of all ages, classesbes , and denomin for 280 De s ti tute Orphan the kin g d om, ations, from all parts o f „. The obis-t of the Charity is to gi ve orphan girls a plain rug" nsh a - location, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service: and, if not other provided for when th ey attain 15 years of ago, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee e‘rnsstly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSOOTE, Treasurer W Ii.INABWICK Secretary. ° lles. 121, P a ll- mall, W SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, ti.„r Greenwich for . Sick and Diseased Seamen of . All I are received without any recommendation. ,„-1,-a receipts from all sources during the past year were •,09 less than the expenditure. wiTiaBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. th e e l s, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane and by stre e t , ' c tarY, at the Society's office, 86, King William- London, E Gog_nalification or, £lO 10s. lc; a Gov ernor, 21s. annually ; Life "rn liZtraockne.....nzie lIRITIsIi ORPHAN ASYLUM, -park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827, desti ri+ For the Her Itlost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. gratuitous board, clothing, and educatyT of om a par s o and t- i- orPhans fr 11 t f the British dommiorL i s n , pro 0 all de nominations, whose parents were once (\ sPero tig atil', circumsnces. uTeoundred a nd s seventy-five orphans now in the In- Increased aple room for about 30 more. etnsupport indispensable, as this Charity is not as • w ed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary %st ance. P b ers and the Subs e • i nstitn. its "‘!° 111 , and judge as to the nature of the Charity d public are invited to inspect and rx.eeeuitar claims. B ee _ l3 , last Report can be obtained on ms ry application to the THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS, LEE, M.A. A UBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,} Hon. Secs. OM ALFRED MENZIE, Secretary. 111 % - nrc e g L 73, Cheapside London E. ACK O. 14 114 ; "--Messrs. Williams,Deacon, and Co., Birchin nd Messrs. Haywood Brothers, Manchester. I kt'rli uts. ------- __ RED WITHOUT MEDICINE O . Ist EXPENSE. -WI delicioushealth-restoring Inva lids' Ind Infants' Food. eit l'es Oft t.PUE REVALENTA ARABIOA Derf aet ~7 nalea its cost in other remedies, and restores tefreabi‘ugestion' strong nerves, sound lungs, he althy liver, tn oßt - .Pg sleep, functional regularity, and energyto and effee...nordered or enfeebled—removing spfT con egait34ll"Y or (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, tg-,,`°D, habitual constipation, diarrhea' : all flatulency, r,;'o"„lTlnts, hrernorrhoids, liver complaints, gastric de tarirnese, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, t1 1enr... 413 `,. 14, influenza, noises in the head and n ear an s : 'W10,7'1,871; gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, kioarti) irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, P. s pas ms, Ange:trti, headache, debility, dropsy, cra!nP-! - tlta, b; a d Richness even in pregnancy or at sea, 5"1 the pit°nChiti, scrofula, tightness of the ch eat, h lders. It is the nie of the stomach and between the s and suitable pains at f or I,2trdigestible and nourishing of all foods, i lt v o tt ids and infants in all complaints. v unsavoury l'aq e , ItUNT CAU TION. —Beware of the man y rit ipre tha n Tlenar" Liebig's name is most audaciously a slopy imitations to. whicb, witho t u ta t e a h n e t d h . o- NI Ban g'seh none will doubt the valuable propert v ic , s ,„ o s f , Rui hea lth -restoring Revalenta n . a , a , u.. ta nfants' P A - °° ,l , since to the thousands of a bl ein it he,7,4Tea--3, received from invalids whose positlon_ g h o a_d_ tae, tb°6lll,d hopeless we ma now add that of his lih b e it et.r4s, whose' health has been perfectly restored " 6 glif jot. r thi rtY Yea 8 f s Ccessful medical treatment. t 53,41 from the r Ga o zette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. _ 1101y1;:ss“Ilnie, July 21st, 1866. —The health of the QUI N , ather la excellent, especially since, abandoning all t i3llarterSt i ek"—lllevdaileeeCnt a lle A h ri l i k bic e a n F nfi o n od ed o h f im w s h e i l c f h a h n e ti c r o a n ly sn t ili o e D s n a sn f , at every meal Tt has produ ced a surprisingly e low effect : • Praise ti., Rd on his health, and his Holiness cannot o nra `V,.B excellent food too highly." ne ars' li l',°. 5 R,216 of the Marchioness de Brchan of seven la 9 . irri v t e r . , e:onaplaint, wasting away, debility, nervoi a . di;tl„ aollity with a nervous palpitation all over, b nerv.o_‘!'3l Tonstant sleeplessness, and the most intolera b le clor4aßfigitation. 'l'llart d e 6 , -1 , of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord fia..i.ripocies, L ord - Lieutenant of the County of Water food . 1 I have derived much benefit from your excellent W ete --- rf ( „7 l. ,';'RT DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County ell' e v fro , ,, d ' ce• 49 ,832. -Of fifty years' indescribable agony Qatul, e • 4`1,832. nervousness asthma, cough, constipation, of T '''`.s', I)'lsros sickn s " and vomiting. Maria Jolly, 65;nn. Norfolk.' eB' nert'lleic, -- 47,121. Liss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ( )li •s f,r, ciesndigestion, gatherin g s, l ow spirits, and nor , i • /"ir,l'ir, d ; " I - hT a ' • ("). , 811 .-- Mr. Sam ue l L ax t on, L e i cester, of two ,• 1 ). 4 ma is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., atnie,:;. 6 d• ; 121 b., 228. ; 241 b., 408. The 121 b. and 241 b /rry ‘ B lq. ' c ' lr riafze free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du ''''' t! a 'Valenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in %P, Waters : ?or 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for . 48 ftactll6:., for 283 cup ' s - at 305., for 576 caps at 558. Beiag ee of c I: ` e lthY pr• cup. The 308. an - 1 558. tins are sent 134 -110; 1 n rrn 0 in England on receipt of Post Office Order.. els° --1 LAIIRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; 44711Gra %t Portnntn and M'B; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, 4,6-st-eet ••63 andlso, Oxford-street ; and ,21, ert ' r3 ad, Ltindou find all Grocers and Chemists ,11 ,1 ;siou h ° be iv s „ 3 erov(3 nalf lll vr. ec 6 :01 reP, u4l l ce „ I A , uch r e :O .no t could ;ow he Pro° 4 1 Reig n- Ac o t (ScotlaaN a to. 1 2 21 It 1% 45 '" 2. 5 45 • 2 5 ill ▪ 1 3 01 2 5 40 25 40 ••• • 1 1 4 "' V ;0 : 4 231 u 46 ! • 2 6 • 41- sll ll 2 6 311 • 011 2 6 31# ... ..0 • Tie f tratel.' ai' j tro' . ' to Ter b; 005 „,,c1 °I P 6,5• seet I . oc t o boi ; 09 0/ io; A t or id, 313 Sur y gO o o' ao 0 11 4 0 0 line ,c r ieA t ,lard / t t' a f ° lir ( s°re iet 11 0 1 1 " 0 110 0 1.0 7101 1 01 113 1 a 613 r p f 0 t t yirs tea t 11 , 00 . j , Isstoit t y. of)., t oe oto o ug' jav r tlif D ie 0 sty" ..nts e; .tor -r°1 :; ; D " ; ( IA l i odg et 'ter' Cat'' Caterif t he dis' -.o w. • . e t !f it ° VOIP boll° t- J31 11. 0f ,f ,10: 4i ter atoz°cool; 00 0 11 01 )lal2 oto' 5,001,Y, Arth ur CDell -0 0 4 [ .XL I RO I 'lee * oda ";E. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS.—SAUCE. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Con n oisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Its use improves appetite and digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. BEWARE OF' IMITATIONS, To avoid which, see the names, LEA and PERRINS, on all bottles and labels, ASK for " LEA and PERRINS"' SAUCE. Agents--Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers i n Sauces throughout the World. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS. 117 A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared with out any mercurial ingredient, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. ltd., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern ment stamp. RUPTURES.-13Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUES (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhihitiong of 1831 and 1862) is allowed by upwardsof Five Hundred Medical men to be the most• effective inception 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 Moe-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 bad, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwardei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Gd. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage Is. lad. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW' PATENT VILASTIC STO CKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c, for Varicose Veins and all They are porous, light in texture, a nd inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.' MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABIL IT NUMBER Y. NON-FORFEITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may he APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. BRECISII EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street -place, Sou t h wark Bridge, E.O NEW POLICIES ISSUE D. New Policies In Weeks. issued. 1868 3 , 86 —X14,250 1869 ~, 3 108 18,481 -- 22 £4,231 xcesq E In 52 weeks ending April7th, 1869 ... 3,105 —£539,442 CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,000 ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. All Persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale oefore Juno 30th, 1869, will be entitled at the NEXT BONUS lo ono year's additional Share of Profits over later Entrants. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. 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 D 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, LiverpDol, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSETRANCF.S, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. McLARF,N, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. UIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms IL/ of the past eighteen months the National Lifeboat. Institution contributed to the saving of 1,270 lives from various shipwrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £27,641 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting 43,793 for rewards. The Institution has now 207 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London lnd country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. DOG LICENSES. —CAUTION. THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE_ 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 for each dog kept is Five Shillings. The penalty for keeping a dog wit hout License is Five Pounds. A License is not transferable from ono person to another. A License may be obtained by the owner giving his name and address, and the name of the placo w here the dog is kept, on application at The Office of the Collector of Inland Revenue, The Office of the Distributor of S tamps Or A Money Order Post Office. Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors of Inland Revenue. tallo hn ei ß vo rnnisettio Revenue s femtd r , residing o) eatoithrveae Postage Collector i t te a laoe n g, ac ne from any of the above _Tees, by transmitting with their application Inland on t a f m r eiptnuslranfnod inland Revenue y t p h o e s t. proper for e t s o e r S i WM. COBBET r, SecretarY. In the neigh bourhood of the applicant's re sidence. 1 'OHM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC, Queen-square, Bloomsbury : —I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in 1859, the sum of —, free of lewney duty, to be paid out of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use of the said Hospital. The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out Patients, a Samaritan Soc'ety to relieve the more desti tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec. QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women; 2,913 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. ; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. NORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidentz aud Sickness. —CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the annual expenses, which exceed the income by £l,OOO. The committee also plead for help for the sick children, the little victims of starvation, neglect, and di6ease, who enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges of nourishing food and cartful nursing,. Donations thank fully received by Edward _Enfield; Es.., Treasurer, 19, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the charity. HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary. fIANCER HOSPITAL (Free): founded 1851. —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000 cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many eases unable to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300 out -patients. Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace. Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. By order, H. J. JUPP. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STIT7JTION. President—Rev. CANON DALB. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1863 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.O. ; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, riiIIE 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, 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 in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street, 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLI AMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. HOME for the HELPLESS.—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. 1 he Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayre 1 Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. J. E. Eempe 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. Moorhouse Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Cann Nepean Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. I John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. P. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. I R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey I Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H G Heald, Esq. I R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will be rem Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyc man-square, to whom commi ived by any of the above ; by and Co ; and by the Hon. I, 14, Seymour-street, Port nt may be addressed, ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, 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 thoi own homes. A i ew 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 126 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 56. 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 E.C. September 1868. No. 10 Poultry - London. Making a total income of £237.980 19 8 The claims were 83 5 , amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the year's income was £ 68 , 02 6 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. 51 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 eats blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office aro quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN 31ESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portu7g street, Lincoln's-inn. — The emulate° earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS. F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. B RITISII HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES, 56, Great Marlborough-street, W. Bankers, Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnestly solicited. ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec. LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitcchapel-road, E. The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059 were free cases. CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested. WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the llpspital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham rise. Instituted 1861. PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. TREASURERS. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons. This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of the kingdom. provides for those afflicted with incurable diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO obtained by election. No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub scriptions are earnestly solicited. BANKERS. Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WE. WEAVER, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside. URSIN G.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and 111 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris, is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's House. Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be trained to nurse, are requested to communicate with the Lady Superior. Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's House, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. 110YAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lansdown, Bath. Instituted, A.D., 1864. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN. President—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c. Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B. This school has been founded upwards of four years, and it is intended for the education of the daughters of officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are already 70 pupils in tha school, but more could be admitted if the committee had further funds; they, therefore APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its full extent the benefits of the only institution specially provided for the daughters of officers of the Army. Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to one vote at all elections during the current year. The amount may be forwarded by an order on a bank, agent, or post-office (Charing-cross), payable to. GEO. W. F ORSTER, Under Secretary. Office, 22, Cockspur-street, London. DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN. —The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo -bridge-road. Instituted 1810. Increased PECUNIARy ASSISTANCE is most urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing reli e f t o th e poor little suffering in mates at this Hospital. Office, Waterloo -}'ridge-road, S.E. Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. CHARLES J. F. REN TON, Secretary. THE DEAF & DUMB.—The Committee of the -I- JEWS' DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to receive APPLICATIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF and DUMB CIIILDRN, of all den o mi na ti ons, as D ay Pupils, for instructio n in audible speech and lip- rea di ng . The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the • manual alphabet and al l signs. A public lesson is given e ts c very W ednesday, at 3 p.m., when the successful results of the system can bo wit nesspedpl Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and all other particulars to be made to w. VAN PRA A.GH, Esq., Di re ctor of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, 44, Burton-crescent, W.C. VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN. -1-1 , 4 The Committee earnestly desire t o ra i se f un d s w hi c h shall enable them to estab,.sh the Hospital in more suit able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded and inconvenient , causing: additional expense from that circumstance. It is impossible even to pur c h ase on whole sale terms many article s of dailyconsumption from went of room for stowage. every inch of avail a bl e space b e i ng occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the stuff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children, but no more can be admitted in the p resen t b u ildi ng . .£B,OOO at least is required to carry out this much-wished for and urgent scheme. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by SLIEBBARD B. BURNABY, lion. Sec., Rectory, Wapping, E. IMPORTANT TO SPECULATORS. THREE SPLENDID SPECULATIONS may actually be strongly recommended as affording every prospect of Great Success. With a Single Stake of £2 you can realise .£20,000!1 with £8 £37,000: 1 with CI £20,000!! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. E UROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life —Indisputable—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 L kICF, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE (MPH ANT CHILDREN are being maintained in tho ROYAL ALBI,IIIT ORPH are ASYLUM, at tho moderate rate of .£25 per 11,111111 M each. Fluids greatly noodo3. OH A.ltr.rs A. WALKER, Secretary. 051oe, 54, Chespeide, London, KO 4,2 AMA RIT A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN K- 7 and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, ()mitts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE 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 ba 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 Volunta r y Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouv er i e , 1, Pall-mall—lion. See., 3, Smith. Esa. GEo. REID, Sec. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES 1 of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relioved 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- JIJ Instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of .£2O per annum are also granted The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEA TER, Sec. Offices, 73, Choapside, E.C. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S lIOMES j . ..re as follows : For Fallon Women. 28, Church-row, Harnp- 15n, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Gre.,t Portland. street. with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Honstridge-villss, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurbt-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. 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 aro recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Ropert (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. Btaclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COWER, 5e0.,,, 8F Queen-street OheaDaide. A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN ti - UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CITALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of 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 Unchallengeable. For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or decline to assure on the ground that, i n; ne 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 tame time it absolutely guarantees at daceas ,, , when even a de fault is made in payment of 'the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every pentium paid. bearing the same propor tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi nally contracted to he paid. Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on the discontinuance of the assurance. The assured will thus always have the option of retain ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any future reference to the Company on these points, as is the case with ordinary assurances. Creditors assuring the Lives of debtors will appreciate this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re versionary, of a Policy of this description. Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds the objections before referred to will be entirely removed, and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as actual securities. In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages, the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest term provided for is twenty-five years, and the shortest five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi tors, and others holding policies of this class as security, may always know the utmost amount they may be called upon to advance so as to maiutain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfoiteble and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallongeable on any ground whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £215,000 a year Its position is un questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. A.D. 1720. R 0 YAL 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. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART H9DGSON, Esq Sub-• Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert, Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currio Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq, William Davidson, Esq 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 Baring Young, Esq. Luc]. Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will ex pire on the 9th of July. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY. - This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. P. .rMING STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Asrured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL, is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. 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, reoeive 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 in Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C SPRING RICE fan Sec. ItOYAL FREE 110SPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patronflor Most. Gracious MATESTI the QUEEN. Vice-Patron-- Ms Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President:l-Ms Grace tho Duke of BUCCLEtiCIL K.G. This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, wholly dependent i :or support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average cumber of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the promises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contrilr:Aions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.. Herries spa Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescctt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Parcae, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,yerners-strect ; snd at the Hospital from 10,till FP. The Post thinks that the first session of the Reformea Parliament has been most eventful. The main issue sub mitted to the country at the elections was one which placed Conservatism and Liberalism in striking contrast, and the new voters fully justified the anticipations enter tainei by those who had been their disinterested cham pions by pronouncing in the most unequivocal manner in, favour of a generous and enlightened policy. In a word, the Reformed House of Commons represented Liberalism in its truest sense. In its conduct, the newly. elected House did not belie the hol es that were entertained of it, nor did it by a single vote supply occasion to the late Government to charge itself with precipitation in having so promptly resigned office. The majority which the new Administration found at its service on its accession to office never diminished. A measure second in importance to none which during the past half century has been submitted to Parliament was carried through its every stage in the Lower House by triumphant majorities. But in referring, however cursorily, to the past session, it is impossible to ignore the important part played by the House of Lords. If the tide of democracy, as sonic assure us, has set in, it is worthy of note that the wives have not yet approached the House of Peers. Satisfied though the country was with the Church Bill when it left the Commons, no voice of complaint was heard when, in accordance with their constitutional right, the Lords took it on themselves to alter it. This bodes well for the future ; and the har mony which has during this eventful session been pre served between the two Houses of Parliament promises a long continuance of our legislative system on its present basis. The Daily .News declares that the detailed results of the session are great and enduring rather than numerous, and give ample evidence of the new vigour which characterises the legislation of the new Parliament. The Irish Church Act is, of course, the triumph of the year. The long and earnest attention given it by the House of Commons, and the unwearied majorities which supported its great prin ciples against all opposition at every stage, made it as it first went up to the House of Lords the greatest and most remarkable measure of modern times. Nor was the con duct of the House of Commons in sustaining its main features against the interested opposition of the non representative House unworthy of the great measure it had passed. The respect with which the twice reformed representative body treated the unreformed relic of feudal times must have reassured the most timid worshipper of the past. Happily, the com promise which has saved the dignity of the ermine has not destroyed the value to Ireland of the great Act of popular justice, though it has a little marred its logical completenesss. The stubborn attitude of the one class Chamber of our Constitution is one of the anxieties of the future. Ever since the first Reform Bill the divergence between the Lords and the Commons has been gradually increasing, and a second reform, which has made the repre sentative House more truly representative, has so much increased that divergence as to render it already a ques tion how the hereditary Chamber is to be made to work with a people's House. The session leaves that problem looming in threatening aspect on the horizon of the future ; and it would be well if, during the rural meditations of the autumn, the Lords would accustom themselves to the thought that they have behind them only a small, if wealthy and privileged class, and that the House of Commons represents and embodies the force and purpose of a nation. The Star remarks that the session which has just ter minated has been so absolutely identified with the Irish Church that there is some difficulty in remembering the other topics which have occupied the time and the energies of Parliament. Those topics, however, have been many, and a considerable proportion of them have been impor tant. Of the great mass of desirable legislation, it was generally understood at the beginning of the session the the Government intended to accomplish, besides the Irish Church Act, an Act for the better control of Endowed Schools ; an Act fur the oversight of Habitual Criminals ; an Act that should relieve the ex-compound house holder of the inconveniences brought upon them by the Reform Bill ; a Bankruptcy Act ; and ^ Parochial Education Scheme for Scotland. Probably, few imagined that all these measures except one would pass ; but the Scotch Education Bill was the only one among them which broke down. Trinity College, Dublin, the opening of museums and galleries on Sundays, the incidence of probate duty, the characteristics of posts: contracts, electoral intimidation in Wales, the state of things in New Zealand, the proposed re-arrangement of the House of Commons, and the site of the New Law Courts—all these topics have been most industriously debated. Aud at the very close of the session the Chancellor of the Exchequer submitted for consideration during the recess one of the toughest points of monetary management. fir. Lowe, indeed, must have a pro m i nent place in any , r t e a c i a t p l e i t d u i o i n of the p ert i) e doings n tquest questions s l a B6 n 9 N d. sound o o t criticisms has he all torts of deputations, but Le has for the first time in our financial history sliewn a spirit of statesmanlike indepen knee towards the powers that be in the City. Such, r:ef, is the history of the subsidiary work of the great Irish Church session. The Esmonde will case was concluded on Tn.s -7Ety with a verdict for the plaintiffs, establishing the will .4 the late Lady Esnionde. The jury were twelve minutes considering their verdict. FATAL ExrLome's - . —Mr. Payne held an ingaest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital respecting the death (1 John Greanes, aged 15. It appeared that the decease.' was employed as errand boy. Last Wednesday afterno( a. .vhile seated in a truck outside his employer's shop, piece of wood knocked against his pocket and an explosion occurred. His clothes were set on fire. The lad had been in the habit of playing with "red fire," and at the time of the explosion there was an ounce of it in his pocket. He was frightfully burnt, and expired at the hospital from his in iuries. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death `~