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Mr. Reuter's despatch semis to hate omitted itn iv...portant part cf the explanation given by the Italian Anister of the Interior respecting the Milan conspiracy. Ile did, indeed, say that the persons arrested were of the lowest order, and that the city had no share in the move ments ; but he added that arms and documents had been seized, proving that the direction of the plot was "in some other country." This, of course, refers to Mazzini, who resides on Swiss territory at Lugano. The Minister farther stated that this conspiracy seemed to be connected is a serious manner with other plots of the hind. There were still people in Italy who believed that the country might be made the theatre of revolt. It appears, then, that the Government looks upon this conspiracy as a very grave one. One of the persons arrested at Milan is said to be an Englishman named Nathan. EVENING, APRIL 26, 1869. 4d. STAMPED ad j%' ILNERS' STRONG HOLD FAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experienc , effectually guard against Fire and Burglars.—Llvarpool, Manchester, ShoMeld, Leeds, Hull, and 471, Aloorgatc-street, City, Loudon. IN CORY() ItAl El) LA IV SOCIE LT, U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Counnou and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered iu the Hail of the Society in the mouths of April, May, and June next. LAW CLASSES. ,it: , 47 ""t t :Sit ,i ti :4. ~..1 1 _4l:: ~1.0,11:4'' i .a. m •-• life n,,,, 7 1.-..„ 4 --* --•- • ...e. "f OP° ' , RINAHAN'S Lt. WHISKY. --- DUBLIN •.•..r v I% Ty s - z; rot ~, i -,;,..„ .3 :f. -, -- ;.!f ,k - it . . 11.4 ' cP s --. k 41.4e0 ip .------- EXHIBITION, 1865. J i e I t tw,ree i , ..o r ,„ t . on - az., q 4 ENT Tills ,celebratede OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin tee.° .e e e o i . , rev : rei. Si e e , V OA . ;, - ..g r lf -,.... , . - Ce M 0 fiord Pure, Mild, Mellow, Deliciorte. an 1 very Wholesome. RECEIVED 1 1 . ~,,- d'.._. 'M ' 470 , , -15 4 41 e r''' +, , ",, i,;? t ~, ..,,A . : B:, '4' 1. 1.- 4.,, ics, ~, ill Bottles, :le. Si., at the Retail Honsee in London; by t..) '' Op '''' I , 1=, 4 es 7 , e ; '':';,„%,, ~;•-s:P, ',..9 -:,..,„,_ - ,„...,7 4 ,,,,,,..i.." ,- ~, arae. sue Ageuts in the principal towns in Eneland: or wholesale at )- ..-11 a - 7-4 . ~.."10- -- -- ... ter ',.-.. .E. 7, ----- ee,W4 '''' ' , ..' 4 - ' ''''. ..47 . .. —.. l i rC t U , J NO . ~ c. 8, GREAT WIND'eIILL-STREET, LONDON, W. `e- ee -- : 044 ;;i/ 4 Dr;st' - Cidi • " ftlF a y - .._. • DV.(I il. ......." . Woolsack vc••.rve the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded "Sinn ' ms's LL Whishy. itarY W u- AT UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION N°. 23,986. THE • SUN LONDON, :Alt )IN DA Y EVENING e be was ,t , aneorporeted by Act of Parliament, 1859), ..,.. , e 10 quality 14, RUSSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, - - - ----- - —___ --- ADv . A.NcE , And 28, QUEEN'S -ROAD, BrireetToet a A nd B P . A. at. RT Te l\ r i in E s N in T od S er . a -- te. 0130 Or . Ts:o Floors, _ , with . and of the , S .dONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free - LADY CHARLES THYNNE'S NEW NOVEL. THE INSTI 'TIT. OF PAINTERS IN it to point, bold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay-Extra Bed Rooms if required. Close to Oninibu Rail F New ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., ;WATER COLOURS, 53. Pall-mall. The THIRTY it'd in the p o weeklY, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. A D VENTU RES OF AIRS. HARDCASTLE FIFTH ANNUAL EXHIBI I lON NOW OPEN. Daily from 13, Chelsea Villa ,Fulham-road, Brompton. b e hiistilY ruaa free on receipt of stamped envelope. • Nine to dusk. A dmissfon, .1s Catalogue, Cel. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. OIL By Lady CIIARLES THYNNE, JAMES FAHEY, Fecretary. - to -__ _ Author of ",Colonel Porteseue'e Daughter," &c. — le lord - y -1 OVAL MUSICH A L L, - HOLBORN. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, J 3, Great Marlborough-street. , LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND ens it was Proprietor. Mr J. S. Sweasey. ' HUNTING, F t 11 11 1 10 . TING, AND T HE IfEWS-ROOII. 1)„.(3-reat Suceese of the Martens Family in their renowned Cat Now ready, in Bvo., with Fine Portrait, 155., Lombard-street. London. a a volun beitet.--'llr. A rthur Lioyd in his impersonation of Professor and T HE LIFE OP ROSSINI. THE STRONGEST MAN in the world cannot break MANAGER-Mr J. ILYOUNGHUSBAND, late Treasurer le labour - Limes in the Original Christv's Minstrols-E. D. Davis. the the ever-lasting Porpoise-Ain Boot Laces made by and Socretary of the Liverpool Exchange. s. re ate s t Ven•rilce7ist of the day-Professor Beaumont in his By H. 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BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL a e mbauk - WINDVILL STREET, PICCADILLY tration of the nefarious proceedings • of the A•lvertising Quacks, First Class 7OO fr. LIFE ASSOCIATION. ~ whethe r Musical Director and Conductor-Signor LUIGI CURTI REVELATIONS OF - QUACKS AND Second Class 425 f r. Chief Offices-429, Strand, Loudon. iyers 2 QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the Third Class e 275 fr. TILUSTEE. "Medical Circular." aetrllct lb° "PATE AU DIABLE." London: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including Lieut.-General Jiir c ,.J: EI R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S. th side o' THE above Paste is a 0:108t azreeable relish for The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday railway ticket; 725 fr. ; second class, 443 fr. ; ,third class Duptrls, - K.C.B. - I Francis Webb, Esq. „ expense of . Luncheon. Breakfast, &c. It will be found mast useful Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, end other 285 fr. Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. 1 0Z deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., I Millis Coventry, E..q. CMIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND this edition. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. F.R.S. , Thomas, Havana, Vera Crux Now Orleans, Porto Rico, CHAIRMAN or THE BOARD-PR INCIS WEBB, Esq. Board (:)f ' PURE PICKLES _ (Manfleld'e Patent), ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, Haiti. Santiago de Cube, Guadeloupe, Martinique. DEPtrrY CHAIRMAN - AV. TYLER SMITH, Esq. ice on the JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE- To be obtsined Wholesale and Retail7of AN INTERNATIONAL NE WSPAPER, I laid upon JOHN BURGESS AND SON, De-oted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the ion for the 107. STRAND l'A G lee. Reports of Coneress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar- Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS (Corner of Savoy Steps), . ' Railroad, &e. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, Unique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, WEBB, Esq., in the chair. to infie j ' e London, W.C. - and those having an interest in the United States, will find Aspinwall (isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca- The directors have received 3,212 proposals for mail.- .., •at Ewa b/ this newspaper of use. bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Parameribo, jog the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were iy by some ASIIL E Y . AN D CO. FOR WINES. Published every S ATU RD AY MORNING, prize 4d. s C a a n ye F nle n , c & is c c ., o, C c al i !a in o, a, V a a n l d pa j r a s p is a o r:. &e., San Jose, La Union, issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual PER DOZEN. 15. Catherine-street, Strand. as to brio); premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd. ea and the ~V , erY Fi ne Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 348. ______- Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this The following tabulated returns exhibit the now busi ukl Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's company, can e bad of ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods :- Phippi n) f 8 Grosve -245. to 965. MR. I SKELL SURGEON DEIeTTIST, 0 , Vintage Wines STRINGE RI PEMBBROKE, and Co., there WO • SParkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry Mossenx, Sil- Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. of ierY, Qualite Superieure (Per rier s Shipping)......... 36e. to 54s.Principles nor-street, W., the Author of " "PAINLESSM•ETRoNoTTNExTITSTRRIp its and Practice," el '' , e ee: ae expanseTlON. or Anaesthesia Locally Applied," &e., at home for .ci a 0 ee ei . ,f , soled • Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two CONSULTATIO V D %ILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, Gaosvg- CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL -.. 0 . 0,..., i. o_, 6 a Amount 623 Amount Annual bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. NOR-STREET (a few doors from Bond-street). LIFE ASSURAN'E SOCIETY. sted for 6 4 . g . a 0 . Proposed. Zl> Assured. Premiums. GARRICK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. -T: 4 'z' . - o, I.; P 4 --, Tr EAT - li B. HALL, of Printing House-square, 8.C., Iv Stratford.-Dear Sir-Having had a severe Cough i this CHAIRMAN, £ R. d. £ R. d. £e. d. • next the "Times," London.-Wholesale Agent and winter I was advised to try your Lozenges. which are invaluable, Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. William Bowman, D EEPSI;(I7,I'F'-CHAIR • 'lB5B 4,802 1023140 0 0 3,318 654,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 Cott • - n whethe r - , lgnee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) having purchased one box costing only ls. led., completely set 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10 Pelee- Bid. =eted PALE and other ALES; Reatinge and Co.'s famous men p, and must, therefore, strongly recommend them as a eer -1868 17,466 4,86L303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch lain cure.-I remain your most obedient servant, W. lIOBBINS, Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D.C.L., P.R.S. ___.... -. _____ _ - rhißkies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can Manager.-Sold by all Druggists. Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 8 9 26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 410 be seen at the Times' shades. BONA FIDE BUSINESSES.-A. --- f numbe r of Hotels, Public Houses, ke for disposal. Particulars Extracts from the Report of the Directo , s. presented at ;s of shoal ) / or others wanted in town and country. - Nicor,r,, HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. Prince the Actual General Meeting held on the 27th November, Th th e e n s e n t mf premium income has increased to £216 704 1 7 rwich filo ° of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street. 1868 :- _ The in tproßt nn in vpstMPlli S and other Remo ' ............ All. The net premium income the sum of The interest on investment. of receipt yield s and • x ti" po • the owners of ufect rhea' SOTENTIPIO AMD ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. 11 11, N1.MENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, \--• and Dining-room. consistingof a new and elegant as- Porlment of VASES, Figure.. Groups. Candlestickg. Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weizhts, Re., in Italian, Alabaster. Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shirr+ Spar. 4:c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, N.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS , and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition or Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will groatly facili tate the interesting' study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 Eilin.as each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 14 9, Strand. TRICHANOPHRON. Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it. Sold in Bottles, 2S. &1. Hair liestorod and BaldneSs Prevented by NICOLL'S ELECTRIC HAIR REGENERATOR 1. The sum of £112,345 was proposed for Assurance, of which £307,305 was completed at Premiums pro ducing £10,067 per Annum. 2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,833, being the steeliest since 1860, whilst the expenses of management and all other outgoings were even less than for many years pat. 3. 0 i the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769, notwith,tanding that its increase was retarded by abatements of premium which did not take effect in the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on the large sum•paid as Bonus in 1867. 4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than £B,OOO nny previous Surplus during the forty-four years of the Society's existence. 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to £1,598,906. other items 1,276 18 1 Making a total income of r 137.980 19 8 The claims were 335, amounting to the sumo: £127,886 12s. ld. ever, pro iws iu the FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. In Bottles, 2s. Gd. NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOP. LADIES. For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in Bottles, 35. 6d. each. NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY. For removing superflous Hair. Sent free to any part of the three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable at Vico-street. Begent-street. LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour, and Size, from is. to 2s. 641. SHAMPOOING. BRU:3HING by MACHINERY, charge 6d. The balance of the year's income wis f 63,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact net 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. _ . _ inembero in - order tliO Ill' 1 attoutioll 7 in Bur The directors also draw attention to the successful esta blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much to the advantage and profit of both' institutions. it is scarcely necessary to remaik that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quite separate anl distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. The following are among the distinctive features of the rd I: AsCer.. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COIIPANY. Offices -1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055. the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Lifo to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed B onus for the Life Pol , c , es of this Company, and 'their P aine as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world I ? a vis is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. Society : i ac i v afLer CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for Ilia w . Ole of Life, where th e age d oes no t excee d 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years nay remain on credl. 3 oppos ed re wdegata• ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without Profits, by which the Sum Assurod becomes pay able on the attainment of a specified ago, or at death, whichever event shall first happen. INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. au? t -161 2-112 Le nuatboro PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. Tables of RAtes au d Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUT( JAFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. on, agreed ,ndmeot, to ,dy, at 01 :utioned 1° m of four, 1.10 ChtlreP COLLEGE I A ( lI T 'S t, HTreatLitierealnuegsattly -PPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex- Ponses. Assistance is urgently needed. P. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. by 29 4 to )por tea. the 11°11S° SEAMEN'S. nosPrrAL. DREADNOUGHT. off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Na kns, who aro received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were 1879 less than the expenditure. . (TB SCIZIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. yytlliar as Deacon,and Co., hankers, Birchin-lane and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.C. u „ Qu overnor, .ElO 10e alification for a Governor, 21s. annually I:Life ;NING• , 23. A Aid:erao Major. .Det. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Druler th e Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. 11:nlarged 1861. patronaof H.R.U. the Duke of cAmaarcalo, : : 'hereby a home has been afforded for 230 Destitute Orphan l i g of all a ges, c l asses, and denominations, from all parts of he 4111gdona. objeg ot the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Fng ,L Vucation, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, %cf . ' utu ndr7, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other ~2.ea Provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain ble situations for them. e.:121e Committee e‘tnestly appeal for support. The Charity is m 'relY sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KiNOSCOTE, Treasurer W S. WIPWICIE Secretary. 3 - 11tUlt. utenaot. m a jor. I be yie St. Croix to ! nant, .6,1" ►in, Evoio in, Busig° °Mee • 121, Pall-mall, W ,ptain, ',lice be Li°ute- lIRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. nest For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of ituto orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in Prosperous circumstances. One hund re d an d seventy- fi ve orp h ans now i n th e In stitution ; ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensa bl e, as this Charity is not endoced, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistan e . Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Instit ution, , . and jud ge as t o th e na ture of the Charity and peculiar Secre The t last Report can be obtained on app l ication to the ary. ,r. FA ptaiu ; to iu 31:01 ,nant. i„ Artb"l . F•a ptai o v „, - c ourt ib"-e n . B o sig: t. 'EL F"P git ; B PS $0 loro to al 11 Th °lll to g a So to be jo ut Fra THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Office s, 73 , CheapsidP, London, E.O. 13a nkers—Messrs, Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin -4110 ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers, Manchester. Aentenap thin. 9 ant, Jon REALM RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. I) BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA eaves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the Moat effectually indi disordered or enf eebled_ removing speedily and gestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, beemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism gout, impurities, erupti ons, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, *muses and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest , pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It i s the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, an d suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. lIIPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the manyunsavoury and more than slopy imitations to which, w it hout autho rity, B aron Li e bi g ' s name i s mos t au d ac iously atta ched. Renceforth none will doubt the valuable propertie s invalids' and Du Bar r y' s h ea l t h -restor i ng Revalenta Ar and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessi ngs it has already received from invalids whose pos i t i o n . h ad 00013 deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restore t d . Holi ness it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatmen o to 0 quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure N_ . •413):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the R ely Fathe r is excell en t, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has proAticed a surprisingly b eneficial e ff ect on his health, and his Holiness cannot pritise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the - Marchioness de llrehan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ,T'9B, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bail "tfioStion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable 113rvons agitation. Cure N 0.78, o f dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Lff nart Decies, L or d-Li eutenant o f the County of Water f°rll :--" I have derived much benefit from your e x ce ll e nt iv a , orford. a`3l.--STITART DB DECIES, Drotnana, Cappoquin, County aettuareenc77os.pa4setn,f3392,_ Of fifty years' indescribable agony of a Ypopsia, nervusness, asthma, cough, constipation, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn. Norfolk. n C ure No. 47,121. Mi ss Eli za b eth Jacobs, of extreme 800 ss indigestion , g atherings, low spirits, and ner vousfancies.' No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years diarrhoea. ii T he Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., 4 ", 48. Gd.; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b tanisters carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du t . ''zrY sisters, Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in ala canisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 ~oa at 65., f or 283 cups at 305. , for 576 caps a t 55 5 . B e i ng llt cna p enny par cup. Te 30s. and 555. tins are sent fre e of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. ba,it It Y DU BAI4RY and Co., 77, Ilegent-street, London ; 4180 at r eortnnm and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, NewOricechnl ich-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street • and 121, Nerth-read, L on d on an d a ll G rocers and 'Chemists- eutenat ; CaP t ' l ! c X Erode" :uteuttot• 410 0 ' 'onstil o- 0 ,01 oinacti.ceic and to Do rabic DY, vi p Leis r , ° ;fl 3 otot comp the • 4 t„, 1 earo,.rsto, h e ad 1u e / li l oo o lit, lig b thj )etvlee — d . r estore E, 1 866- :‘cor Ow , Do tirelY t° 4oo - Lnes 3 ' o lo l Y b e nile° 6 i t s exe - core ly 2 5 ' . o f Fil ive r Wool past -Lerd,P t sio• dy o _„} , '„`ol6. dysP -, 0 10, ICY, ton. west 11s: ATCAb s o• 11 c 11 O ° : ~4 o r - A ti .176 ci ti l V )l4 *a d 55sA f 9eo f post 0 0 . Street, ___,- )9 7 ig h tell" :to _ Ar e+ t o r-sclulbe ,l ar ice,"s , rt., of P' , `'ill:b. ' 1‘" to 4, Cross_ 7 `Qi]lia~ nes Vr Lgyil b ' •• 1 , ("Ul" 3111 HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, .Fl ee t- s treet, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observEg*;, they will never change colour or decay ; md will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth Atopped and rendered saund and useful in masti cation. _ 52, - Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSASI.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably aPays the ticking which pi °yokes frequent coughing. in approach ing consumption its effects are truly benoficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles ' 141., and' three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Latnbert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the damp. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to bo the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is hero avoided - a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closem!ss 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, forw'rdel 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. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be mado payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLAS TIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, lee., for Varicose Veins and all eases 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. THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Subscribed Capital T wc, Millions. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which expire at LADY-DAY, must be Renewed within Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com pany's Agents, or to T. TALLEMACH, Secretary. .ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only 1-4 institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will he gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Comhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. STABLISHMENT 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 h er M a j esty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell Mrs. Cecil R usse ll, an d o th er l a di es. All informeion respecting it m a y b e o bt a i ne d on writ ten or pers ona l 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 Hon. Sec. ROYAL FREE in the immediate HOSP Fr-AL, Gray's-in E n z -road, vicinity , rsac.ousesll o A f n th s o rr G th re e a cl t u Nor sr thern e a D t p r ur o ki n ne - 00yoofoafBrWrIctExteux..Gi.G. Railw p a a y tro T n e — rm n in er us, si ß os i t n Gg Royal Highness Grace lr i c e the t-hP President—lsis llis This Hospital, founded iu the establish the principle of free admission :.3e!Bt, the first to without the delay and difficulty of Governors'i sick poor, wholly dependent for support on voluntary orders,. is contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in -patients, and in addition to this, the average number of attendan ce 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 premises of this hospital aro capable of containing, several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pafue, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Daacon, and Cu.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-street ; .and at the Hosuital from 10 till 5. 1 IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms ILA of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £20,433 in tho same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, iu addition to granting £2.431 for re wards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at tl.•t r .nstitution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. 4 BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN- Ls- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGE by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, E.(1.. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not nufrequently tired 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 p•emulgeto the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitablo, Unconditional, and Unchullengeable. For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the system now introduced will ()ape cialls commend itself, being entirely free from all condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the same time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every pietnium paid, bearing the same propor tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi nally contracted to be paid. Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex pressly state what sum can at any time be withdraWn on the discontinuance of the assurance. The assured will thus always have the option of retain ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease, or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being 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 maintain the full benefit of the Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the policies under these tables being unforfoitable and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £215,000 a year. Its position is un• questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS 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. OCTAVIITS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART HIDGSON, Esq Su}r•Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. William 'renew Ilibbert, John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy. Charles Hermann Goschen, aeries Robinson, Esq. Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Riversdalo Wm. Grenfell, Lric Carrington Smith, Esq. Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The u sua l fift een d ays a ll owe d for of FIRE PREMIU MS falling due at Lady Day will expire on the 9th o f A pr il . FIRE and LIFE ASS URANCES may bo effected on advantageous t erms. payment Tho 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 Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. F/,.7111NG STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Ifiu.shinea. Tho Rover: ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cont.:per:annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums 'payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the AsFured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the seen ••••""""rity of an Office whose resources have been tested ;0•••••"'by the experience of near l y a C ENTURY AND A INCICCOCIP HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY ' LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, Aupst 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, 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 th em f or th e quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of .f.:772,740 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30nt JUNE, 1868. Dn. INCOME OF TILE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 £772,740 13 9 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditt0.....,.„ 366,215 7 3 Interest from invest- £330,811 8 ments 117,584 7 3 £198,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account ............... 46,070 13 3 Total income ............... 544,466 9 2 .£1,317 : 207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OP THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors 010-ns on decease of lives assured .................. £265,523 13 6 Additions to those under participating policies... 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered...... 28,642 11 3 Re-assurance e .... 3,270 15 4 Ditto, 01d..,.............. 50,365 0 8 E X l C n o x e c m is d o e i m alca n e i s sl e s ta s fin 11 eoxes;.i ********************************** ** ***** 2,215 4 7 manage- 370 ;7 6 0 1 215 0 8 5 8 meat 409,777 9 5 15, 7 48 5 9 1 16 8 25 Total charge, Balance of account, 30th June 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approv THOMAS ALLEN , HENRY ROSE, The total income o f th e year, it will be seen , i s £544,466 9s. 2d., and the t o t a l outgo £409,651 145. sd. ; th e diffe rence, or the su m laid Auditors. by--viz., £131.811 14s. 9d.—raises the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. Bd., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may , there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than those of last year by nearly £19,000. A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount of premiums 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 Ei per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows DR. LlABarrins. Interest due to proprietors £6977 13 3 Claims on decease of lives assured, and , additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &C. (1867) 6,369,169 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 Total 47,565,198 1 3 CR. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages 71,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 183,979 17 10 Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities Ditto ditto temporary securities Current interest on the above invest- - ments Cash and bills Advanced on security of the company's 159,503 14 9 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ........... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 36,243 7 6 22,604 2 9 Total 47,565,198 1 8 Examined and approved. u T E-NT O R 3I Y ATS I:IO A S L E, LEN, } Auditors. The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On comparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum 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, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., D.C.L. Robert A. amyl Esq. Wm. Augustus Guy M.D., F.R.S. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, li:sq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke, Esq. Admiral Tindal.: pARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFAO ['TIRING STATIONERS, 192, FLEZT-STDEZT (COI:NER OF efIANCERY-LANIO, LONDON (E.C.) TILE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT AVUOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the c..)usrßy ON. ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. s. 1 Fine Cream Laid vote ; a cheap paper , 3 0 Superitie Crew :a Laid Norte; much approved 4 6 SupettinaThick Cream Lail Note; especially recommanded 5 6 Extra Sm. - irtine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 "Straw Paper, " Patent;" - adapted for r.tpid writing 2 6 Large Comm: ecial Note Papers 3-., 45., As., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers ; blue or cream........ 105. 61, 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling.., plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 61, or 5 6 Tae New Vellum Wove "Club House" I' , oto, live quires for 2a. Gd. g uperfine Cream or Blue Znvelopes, 4s Gd, 58 Gs GI Largo Blue Wove Commercial Envelopei, 4s 61 per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &e., 3s COLOUR STA PINGfII, - 3lief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. - An ILLIt sTRTITED CATALOiUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, tationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, ac . , post free Established 1811 INDIA OFFICE, 29th J anuar y, 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-Oompatry's ServicN and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, hare from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. Bell, II , Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Boutbflower, W. IL, Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub- Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. IC, Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Floral E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Ikladraa Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6:11 Madras Native in fantry. 76. JerviA, S. W., Lieutenant, 3Gth Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Da . partment. 94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment. 121. Perriug, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native Infantry. 124. Pinchard, J, Lieutenant, Madras gorse Artillery. 126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stollart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 150 e. Stewart, G., Ensign, 3Gth Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. IL, Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 421 Madras Native InfantrY.' Applications for such packages should be mad) by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Socretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing. among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will p"ove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Ilassall's re port. Priee Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPITA NT CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPH N ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Oalco, 54, atteapside, London, e,.(3 QAVARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square._ The only free Hospital for dis ,, ases of women. 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will he received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. TIIE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —l3ankers; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. hansom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospitalis now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who aro treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston -road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbo at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted [roe. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street. Messrs. Ransom and Bouverio, 1, PathmalL—Hon. Soc., 1. Smith. Esa. Gro. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the MAST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-pdtients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. 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. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street ; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. Mom • mord. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. _BRITISH HOME for INC URABLES, Clap ham-rise. Instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over 20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who 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.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEA 'YEA Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. road. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES sre as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-stroot,Camden- Newington. town. I Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland• street. I wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Homo—St. James'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 ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Repert (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 tinder the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers aro Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. CWPER I Sec • 8 Queen-street Oher.oeide. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the loctur , s. The nutpber of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the ie,tructi. - n given will be confined to an examination of ILe stu upon the subj , et of a preceding lecture, or on port;oze; of a .11ml book Waring on the same subject. .1 sufficient number of classos 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 ftloctures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to ime, tha progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esj . ., Barrister at-Law. • The Gonrse will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under S. al. 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 Affreightment, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. To the Underwriter. g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. In his private classes the reader will use as text-books —The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Andsrson). LECTUDES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL I ROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory. —Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstract,. Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements. —l. Settlements of Personal Estate; .a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate a. Estates for Life and i n R ema i n d er, W aste ; b. Jointures, Portions, &c : Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Seitled Estates Act; d. The Sueeession Duty Act-3. Dißeutailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Sat tlements. Lectures V., VI. TV ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing WEls. Lecture VII. Copybolds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds-3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will ha especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property aro recoinnp.nded. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister-at-Lace. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments r 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 IY. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. _ Lcctures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, coLtinued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1., 23 ; Haddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members £2 2 0 £1 1 0 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 Foreach instruction. branch. By every subscriber Afetubcrs of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's ITall, Oct., 1.863. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atten I the lec tures end classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. WRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN • STITIITION. President —Bev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.O. ; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. rf 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 Charity. 240 adults are received at 'Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. ,Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Fetnales of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 870 children. £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. 0.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S .1.1. DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of tho Bishop of London. The work carried on by aSisterhood, .ia faithful accordance with the principles of the Re famed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. 'I he Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Are Rev. F. G. Bloomfield lion. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain' Rev. E. Capel Cure Rev. J. E. Cox Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Furse C. J. Freako. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be rece: Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyt man-square, to whom comm. Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert. M.P. Re 7. tr. E. Kemp° Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhouse J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon isrepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. Frescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Esq. B. R. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq. ived by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. I, 14, Seymour-street, Port ications may be addressed. R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort• and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A tlew wing to the Hospital has just been completed at a eost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea And upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleaure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary'. No. 10 Poultry' London. B.C. September 1868. 3 3 0 111 6 SPAI. . An important private meeting of the Monarchical depu ties of the Cortes was held a day or two ago. A propo sition to exclude from the throne every member of the Bourbon family, no matter of what degree•, 'a as taken into consideration. But the majority declined to commit itself to a conclusion of such an exteueive, and, it might be, embarrassing character. The Duke of Arontpert.ler belongs to one branch of the Bourbon family. The general tone of the meeting, says the Constitutionnel, appeared favourable to the final and definite exclusion of Queen Isabella and her descent in direct line. It is likely that some proposition to this effect will be brought forward. ntroLEoN AND HIS MAUSHALS. It is stated on very good authority that General Changarnier has placed his sword at the disposal of the Emperor of the French in case of war. The Spectator believes that the offer will not he accepted. The difficulty of finding a general is the great co/Isl. dcration which deters the Emperor from war. The army will have a superior man ; but a great soldier may prove a formidable rival. Pelissier very nearly did. Changarnier was commander of the National Guard and all the regular troops in Paris in 1849, and was the means of preventing civil war in the streets of the capital. In the events of the time his rile was a very important one. He was deprived of his command on account of his hostility to Louis Napoleon. Should he ever become commander of a victorious army, he would, indeed, prove a dangerous rival to the Emperor. CONSCRIPTION IN ITALY. For the second time the Italian Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill putting an end to the immunity from military conscription enjoyed by all pupils of the great training establishments for the priesthood. Hence forth these pupils will be liable to military service. The Chamber proposed a similar measure in 1805, but the Senate threw it out. It is by no means unlikely that the present bill will meet with the same fate. The Liberte thinks the measure is only another and perfectly just step towards the realisation of a free Church in a free State. Professors, schoolmasters, and doctors are all liable to military service, and why should not the pupils of these seminaries? THE DO2,IINION OF CANADA. The great empire in British North America is rapidly consolidating. Newfoundland will enter the Union, provided her terms are acceded to. These com prise the assumption of the Newfoundland public debt, allowance for a local government, a money payment in consideration of the transfer to the Dominion of the unF,Tanted mines and lands of the province, a subsidy for the support of the fisheries, and . a line of steamboats to Montreal. Whether all that is asked he given er not, it is not probable, says the Timcs correspondent, that any insuperal,le difficulty will arise. Canada is disposed to deal liberally with Newfoundland. The acquisition will be a valuable one. The " new nation" will, with New. foundland, get command of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Thirty thousand seamen will become subjects of the Dominion. The imports of the province amount to between five and six millions of dollars, and its exports to between six and seven millions. MR. ANDREW JOHNSON. The ex• President of the United States is by no means disposed to let political grass grow under his feet. At Knoxville he declared his intention of devoting the rest of his life to his own vindication. He has already begun. At one place he was met by a reception committee which had travelled in a special train to " receive and convey hint to Nashville." Along the route the great vindicator of himself was the recipient of enthusiastic demonstrations. Detachments of police, headed by a brass band, and fol lowed by a long procession, escorted him to the St. Cloud Hotel, to which he proceeded in an open carriage, the streets being lined with shouting thousands. The coloured men were in particularly great force. They regard Mr. Johnson as the " Moses" who has striven so earnestly for their deliverance. It is clear that the ex-President does not intend to draw his political career to a close, though what is the object of it, save the great, but slightly egotistic enterprise of vindicating his own career, is not evident. A FINANCIAL NECROMANCER. The Erie Railway has now become generally recognised as " the nest gigantic swindle ever perpetrated under the shadow of the law." The extraoedinary proceedings in connection with this company—to manoeuvres by which two or three men got the entire command of the com pany, how bonds two or thrCe times in excess of the whole authorised capital were floated on the market, how Erie shares were sent up and down in the quotations at the will of the ruling spirits, and how a physical battle for the possession cf the company's books, safe, &c., was fought—has all been described. The individual who is the inspiring genius of this financial jugglery is, like the concern over which he rules, a phenomenon in his way. For most people the management of the Erie Rail way, and especially such " management," would be anal engrossing occupation. But to Mr. James Fisk, jun., the " smartest " man in the world, it is child's play. This gentleman thinksnothingof conducting themostgigantic of swindles. A correspondent of the Railway News describes him as the proprietor, or lessee and manager, of three operas and theatres, which are conducted On a scale of princely magnificence ; dresses and appointments are received from Paris, and his latest engagement is said to be that of Mae. Nilsson at a salary of $l,OOO a night. Then he has obtained possession of the Sound steamers, the largest and finest in the world, and by way of attracting passengers he provides for them all the charms of, operatic music, discoursed on board by a splendid band. " Opera bouffe, the Shakesperian drama, a talented corps de ballet lean upon the great man for their support, and an amusing woodcut describing the crowds of ballet dancers, dramatic authors and composers, and a host of other dependents, struggling together for the paper currency, which falls thick as snow-flakes from an inflated Erie balloon, in the car of which Fisk is seated, is typical of the position of this great necromancer of modern finance." Then Mr. Fisk has now set himself to " expose " the doings in connection with the Union Pacific Railway ; and, lastly, it is very generally believed that he has become the proprietor of the New York Times. Mr. Fisk is the most famous man in America, not even excepting the President. But what a crash there may be some day ! THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. Intelligence from a Paraguayan source represents Lopez as still in the field with a hostile force. An engagement took place on the llth of March, in which the farms; guayans gained a small victory. A bridge was attacked, and the Allies defeated, with the loss of 100 men. TIIE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT. The Marquis Townshend is bringing in a bill to extend the provisions of the Contagious Diseases Act to London. This is a most important step. Hitherto the Act has been confined to certain sea port and garrison towns. The promoters of it declare that its operation has been most beneficial. They are now sanguine that like good results would attend the operation of the Act in the metropolis. Should they prevail upon Parliament to agree with them, there can be little doubt but that the measure will, before long, be applied to the whole country. THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF SISTERS-IN-LAW. The advantages of the measure which the Solicitor- General has christened with the above name are being very extensively advertised in some of the daily papers. The expense of the advertisements is defrayed by a wealthy City merchant, who having transgressed the law by marrying his deceased wife's sister, is anxious to legitimise the children of his second marriage. TWO LITERARY DISCOVERIES. Two interesting literary discoveries are announced by the John Bull. The first is an important letter of Archbishop Bramhall, in which he enters into detail as to the purchase of land and tithes for the Church of Ireland, which has just been found amongst the manuscripts in the Lambeth library. The other is the correspondence between Keble and Richard Hurrell Froude. The l etters bad disap peared, much to the regret of Keble's biographer. A rigid but unavailing search for . them was made. They have now been discovered quite unexpectedly. TUB LAW OF COPYRIGHT. The Athener uin is still publishing a series of letters founded upon the theory that an international copy right exists by courtesy between publishers in this country and America. Messrs. Lippincott, of New York, write pointing out that they arranged with Mr. Dilke for the publication of his " Greater Britain," and complaining that after advertising it they were superseded. Messrs. Harper issued an inferior edition at a low price, and made the agree ment with the author valueless. We hardly see fatilt authors. for Lint ground Messrs. Lippincott have for complaint against Meesrs. Harper. The Governments of coinitries nlher ayt, perhaps,irespective be innot mthteitu two mutually protecting any arrangement must necessarily be made in face of the fact that no exclusive right can be =mired. Where, then is the injus . P