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ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as 89rtment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe bilks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting' study of MINERALOGY ani GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, G'ornhill; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Policies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Na'icns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were 4879 less than the expenditure. SITBSORIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane and by th e Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; :Life Governor, £lolos. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CIAMBRIDGR, whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages , classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The obje"t of the Charity Is to Rive orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, honso, and laundry, to tit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain Suitable situations for them. The Committee egruestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WIPWICK Secretary. Mice, 121, Pall-mall, W rrIIE 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. J3RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution ; ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on app'ication to the Secretary, THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,1 Hon. Sees' ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane • and Messrs. Haywood Brothers. Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIOA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, hromorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the hoed and ears, rheumatism, govt, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea 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 is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slopy imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazeik, du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 18,413):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, ho has confined himself entirely to Du &wry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ervoua agitation. Cure No. 7ft, of dyspepsia, from the Bight Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ford :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent foo , I.—STITART DS DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure Nn. 49,832. Of 'fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn. Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vo,is fancies. (InrA No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Lawton, Leicester, of two rears diarrhoea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. : 11b., 2s. 9d. b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 h., 225. ; 241 h., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b anisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du airy s ilevalenta. Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in in canisters : ror 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 mpg at 65., for 288 cups at 30s. ' for 576 elms at 555. Being Abo u t cne penny p er cup . The 30s. an 1 555. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. battßY DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at vortnnin and Mason's ; also • at 4, Cheapside, 61, Gracechutch-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street; and 121 New North-road, Loam and all Qrocerkand Clougsta 14•STABLTSTIMENT for GENTLEWOMEN J during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, fora small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley -street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTIC the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, B.G. President:-His Grace the Duke of BuccLEncn, K.G. This Hospital, founded hi the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions awl legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in -patients, and, i n addition to this, the average number of attendance of the dosthute 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. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown. Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. °mitts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries anti no. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pay , and Co. • Barclay and Co.; D. , acon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Barriers street and at the :Tosoital from 10 till 5. rIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the St orrns J of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. Tho Institution also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re wards. Tho Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to 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, Zscb at the r;notitutictn, 14, Jcklutitregt, Adelphi, Limcion. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LITE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. CHAIRMAN. Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, M.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMEN. William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S. Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D.C.L., Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at the Actual General Meeting held on the 27th November, 1868 : 1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of which £307,395 was completed at Premiums pro ducing £10,067 per Annum. 2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,883, being the smallest since 1860, whilst the expenses of management and all other outgoings were even less than for many years past. 3. On the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769, notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by abatements of premium which did not take effect in the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867. 4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than £B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four years of the Society's existence. 5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to £1,598,906. The following are among the distinctive features of the Society : CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the w'iole of Life, where the age does net exceed 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on creeLt. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may bo effected, without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death, whichever event shall first happen. INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. Tables of Rites and Forms of Proposal can bo obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings Lo mbard -street, London. Royal Insurance Buildings North John -street, Liverpool. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Total Annual Revenue exceeds... .......... £Boo,boo Accumulated Funds in hand. ................. £1,500,000 LIFE DEPARTMENT . Life and Annuity Funds .............. .....£1,031,329 SPECIAL ADVANTAGES — Exemption of Assured from Liability of p ar t ners hip. BONUSES among the largest ever declared by any Company. Profits divided every five years. All new Life Insurances now effected will become entitled to an Increased Share of the Profits. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Premiums in 1867 .................. Z 469,553. REDUCTION OF Dunn—Since this first took place the increase of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office, as shown by Government Returns. Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses. JOHN H. MCLAREN, m anager. Secretary in London. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, PRINTIN G.-TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, dm, done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager, " Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. Just published, price ls. 6d., 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, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Bafflers, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION A L NEWSPAPER, Devoted to Anierican Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con:Trees, Personsl;Pinancial, Mining, Railroad, Am. Members of Parliament, Commercial Alen, and those havinz an interest in the United States, will tin 1 this newspaper of use. Published every S<tTU RD IY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT —Paris and Pavre Exhibition Gold Medals. CAUTION. None genuine without Baron Liebig's (the inventor) signature being on every jar, accompanied by full printed directions. About 70 Pints of excellent beef tea for u s., the present reduced retail price per pound. Finest, most convenient, and by far the cheapest meat-flavouring ingredient for soups, made dishes, and sauces. Sold by all Italian warehosemen, chemists, grocer s . ship chandlers, and provision dealers. HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND FISHING. THE STRONGEST MAN in the world cannot break the ever-lasting Porpoise-skin Boot Laces made by GILL AND CO., 12, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W. Price ls. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, ss. FRENCH DUBBING.—This invaluable composition possesses the properties of preserving leather, rendering it supple and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing as that used by the best curriors in Bordeaux. BOOTS, SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its application. Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and CO., Carriers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewevestreet, Golden square. Price Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., and 58. per can. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed Without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so pe r f ec tl y resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth That are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. • LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—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 allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach.. ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. 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, 1311., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.-BT ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. HITE'S M 0 C-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Groat Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Fivo Hundred Medical mon to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided— a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the floc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may bo worn during sleep. A. descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can tot fail to fit, forwm.dei 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. Gd., 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, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS ' &c., for Varicose Veins an d all c ases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, a nd inexpensive, and are drawn on like a n or di nary stocking. Price 4e. Gd., 78. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd. JOHN WHITE. Manufactnrer, 228, Piccadilly. rI~IIE 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 kiwis, and from its containing. among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will p , ove highly beneficial to the ne rvous an d d ys p e ptic. Vido Dr. Hassall's re port. Price ''oen S s, er bottle, BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520. Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage re ceipt of orremittance. four quantities in one for 225. JONDON FEVER HOSPITAL, is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will ho gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdalo 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. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. MR. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, of 8, Grosve nor-street, W., the Author of "MODERN DENTISTRY: its Principles and Practice." "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC TION, or Anesthesia Locally Applied," ex., at home for CONSULTATIO DAILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVE NOR-STREET is few doors from Bond-street). NICOLL, - . HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. Prince of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street. T RIC HANOP H RON. Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it. Sold in Bottles, 2s. 6d. Hair Restored and Baldness Prevented by NICOLL'S ELECTRIC HAIR REGENERATOR FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. In Bottles, 2s. 6d. NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES. For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in Bottles, 3s. 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 Vigo-street, Regent-street. LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour, and Size, from Is. to 2s. Gd. SHAMPOOING. BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge 6d. A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN ti FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, E.C. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional, and Unchallengeable. For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the system now introduced will espe cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the same time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every pieniium 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 whaj 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-fire years, and the shortest fivo years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, l ankers, credi tors, and others holding policies of this class as security, may always know the utmost amount they may he 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 unforfeitable and uncon ditional, they will also be uncliallengeable 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 lIARBEN, Secretary. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART FIIDOSON, Esq Sub-Governor C H ARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. . DIRECTORS Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, William Totlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. EgArton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord J osceline Win. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somos, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. fuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sarni NOTICE.—The usual fiftee❑ days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire on the 9th of April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. Res .7311NG STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. 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. ;ROTAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. RQJ3E.4I P. STE.F.L.E, Socretary. THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROM!. Lombard-street, London. MANAGER—Mr J. H. YOUNGHUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or 10s. monthly, payable in Advance. The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information ; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached, as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. - - For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply tO ➢iessrs. Letts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C.; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC Smart, 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 Annuitant s , and fall particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, 'which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. 316, Regent-street, and 17, INDIA OFFICE, 29th J anuary, 1869. By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military F orces , h are from thne 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, IL, Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. IL, Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. 22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Floud, E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native in fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. NV. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment. 121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native Infantry. 124. Pinchard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 1268. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, bth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. 11. , Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. 163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six mouths from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-Goneral, Military Secretary. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY , LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, August 14, 1868 —Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, IC.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30zir JUFE, 1868. DR. INCOME ar Tith YEAR. Balance of account, 30th '- June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 £772,74013 9 Premiums on new assur- fitICOS Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 £380,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 3 X 498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, bal ance of account ............... 46,070 13 3 Total income ..... 544,466 9 2.......... ---- £1,317,207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR. Dividend to propri e t ors £8,877 5 0 Claims on decease of lives assured ................. £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policie. 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered.... 28,642 1 1 3 new ...... 3,270 1 5 4 Re-assurances, Ditto, 01d............ 50,365 0 8 Commission ......... 11 X 370, 618 5 3 ...... ,702 15 0 Medical fees ............... 751 16 2 Income tax •-• 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage ment 1 5 ,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total charge ~... ................. £109,654 14 5 Balance of account, 30th . j . ... June, .. 1 . 868 ...... 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approv),l THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors HENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £514,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by - -viz.,- 811 14s. 9d.—raises the T fhuen interestd again to received 907, 55d2u8risn. gd£.61304, year is £117,584 7s. 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last y e ar's report. The whole assets, p ro d uctive an d u nproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or if the gofit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various e xtraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cent. The premiums on now 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 near l y £19,000. A considerable red uc ti on, too, appears in the am ount of premiums paid f or re . as surance, many of th e r i s k s re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of management are less than those o f l ast year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51; per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : DR. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid .. . Sundry accounts ..................... , 45, , 875 13 6 Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6 369 169 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 Total .................................... £7,565,198 1 3 CR. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgage, £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto ...... 183 , 979 17 10 Ditto ditto reversions ... . ...... 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities ...... 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities . 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest- 36,243 7 6 22,604 2 9 ments ......................................... _ Cash and bills .................................... Advanced on security of the company' s ..................................... 159,503 14 9 Agents' balLiaces .............................. 27,112 9 6 Sundry accounts .............................. 112,460 15 0 Value of premiums (1867) ........... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances ........................ 86,860 13 9 Total .................................... .£7565,198 1 3 THOMAS ALLEN/ , Examined and app roved. HENRY ROSE, f Auditors. The present disposition Gf 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. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart, Philip Rose, Esq. D.C.L. George Russell, Esq. Robert A. Grayl Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrook°, Wm. Augustus Guy, AMT., Esq. Admiral s THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children aro relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who aro rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTO.T, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. B RITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over 20 years of ago and above tho 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 VER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE are as fo. SOCIETY'S HOMES For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland• street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John a-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Homo—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 me deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, 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 banlaers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend ike work to the 1111 benevolent. AND L. CO PER, Sec. 8; Guaen-atreet Qheaksido. t 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 (Andarson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures IL, M., IV. Settlements.-1. 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 in Remaind e r, W as t e ; b . J o i ntures, Portions, &c ; c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Digentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. _ _ Lectures V., VI. Vvills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors' .Prust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will bo especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Bat : riiter-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture I. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion: 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, cottinued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended :—Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 23 ; Hadrian's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not • members By all other persons not being members .. The subscription payable fot the law classes— For all the branches of Foreach instruction. branch. By every subscriber Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's ITall, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atteni the lec tures and classes, chiler separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the i:l;!sses will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN - STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lom bard stre e t, KC.; Francis Nich o ll s , Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, EX). E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME fo r 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 moet 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. TIMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. -FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, KO. • and by WILLIAM Nvlal 4.MS, 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 aSisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly noeded COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P. Re 7. J. E. Kempe Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhouse J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon Nepoan Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Dick R . R . pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Eeq• R. Wade. Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq ved by any of the above ; by ad Co; and by the Hon. 14, Seymour straeedtarePssoedrt: i ca ti on s may be Rev. J. W. Ayre Rev. F. G. Bloomfield lion. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. R. a 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. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook Esq. Treasurer Subscriptions will be recei Messrs. Harries, Farqubar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom commu ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has lust been completed at a enst 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 pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. No. 10..1 p oultrf . Lodon, E.C. peptember 1868. dANE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained In the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needet CHARLES A.. WALXER, Secretary. 011 co, 54, Chortplido, London, I.CI QANIARIT sN 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 be received by Messrs. Hatchard, dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott. Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. T HE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouveric, 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. r rHE ASSOCIATION f or t h e WELFARE of X the BLIND, 210, Oxford-streat, and 127, Enston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at Bing's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted free. 13 ankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60,"Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverio, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., 1- Smith. E sa . GEO. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of I_ the Cif T , City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KElll', Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. Tho 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. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proeoe I concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limite,l, and the in2truction given will be confined to an examination of the students up - m the subject of a preceding lecture, or on p)rtions of a given Look bearing on the samo subject. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes ; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to ime, the progress mado by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects:— . a. Simple Contracts. • b. Contracts under SPal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. FLORENCE, MARCH 15. Tc?political horizon here is as dull and monotonous as \ the material one, which cold mists and drizzling rain have for the last few days deprived of all its usual brightness. Nothing is known for certain of the intention of Ministers ' with regard to the extinction of the forced currency, and most people are tired of speculating about it. It has been _ found necessary, in consequence of the failure of the recent negotiations, to postpone the financial statement until after Easter, and until then the Chamber will be occupied with the remaining special estimates and the endeavour to get on with the tedious Reorganisation Bill, of which most of the deputies appear to be heartily sick. The clauses at present under discussion contain no points of any general interest. These, together with the Estimates of the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce, have taken up all the last week. The system at present in force for the draining of the Maremma, has excited con siderable criticism and provoked unfavourable comparisons with that introduced and so effectually carried out by the late Count Fossombroni, Minister under the Grand Duke. It appears that the malaria is now gaining, instead of losing, ground, and that the districts in question are becoming less and less fit for human habitation. But as the remedy could only be found in a more lavish expen diture, it was impossible, in the present disastrous state of the public finances, to do justice to these complaints. On Saturday, as I predicted would be the case, the secret committee of the whole House threw out D'Ondes Reggio's bill on Freedom of Instruction. M. Nigra is still here en conge. The question of his transfer from Paris to London has, however, as it appears, been settled in the negative sense, and he returns to his post after a short stay at Turin. There is no limit to the conjectures by which some of the Italian journals endea- vour to give importance to this incident, as well as to the recall of Count von Usedom. There is, however, no reason to suppose that the first-named diplomatist has been sent for to Florence with any other object than to facilitate a decision of the question whether he was to retain his present post, or be sent to the vacant one in London, which it appears so difficult to fill. The coinci dence between the journey and the affair of the Prussian Minister was certainly tempting to the political gobe =ouches, and they could hardly have failed to present us, as they have, with rumours of projected alliances in the event of war, as the cause alike of the demand for M. Nigra's presence in Florence, and of the dissatisfaction with the Prussian representative alleged to be felt by Count Bismarck. In the latter case, those who know best are inclined to believe that the real dissatisfaction which has been the cause of Count von Usedom's displacement is no other than that experienced by that diplomatist him self in the very delicate position which has been created for him by the proceeding adopted last year by the Italian Government through the publication of the secret despatch in which he had proposed a plan of campaign for the Italian army in the late war. This proceeding gave rise to the celebrated pamphlet controversy between Generals La Marmora and Cialdini, and left to the Prussian Govern ment, in view of the feeling thus excited at Vienna, hardly any other alternative than that which it actually adopted, namely, the disavowal of its own Envoy's despatch. This act, however, although, to a certain extent, it saved appearances, deceived nobody, and it was evident that the strategical plans contained in the despatch in question were not attributable to so unprofessional an author as Count von Usedom. A report has been current during the last two days among some of the bankers here to the effect that another French firm has entered on the scene ready to take up the broken thread of the negotiations for the necessary loan. Nothing, however, is likely to be known for certain until after Easter. Meanwhile the rumours about a forced loan are by no means silenced as yet, and the advocates of that desperate expedient profess to give the details of the pro ject which they allege to be in contemplation, involving, as they believe, the repayment of the loan in five years. The failure of so many schemes for ameliorating the financial position of the country, to realise what was expected of them, has produced great and general die. couragement as to the future, and, outside the circle of the more immediate supporters of the Government, one hears much scepticism expressed as to the possibility of ulti mately avoiding a complete breakdown, so enormous is the interest of the public debt when compared with the present resources of the nation. The joint anniversary of the birth of the Ring and the Prince of Piedmont was celebrated yesterday. The day was ushered in by a salute of artillery, and the usual diplomatic and official dinner was given by General Menabrea. The flags and illuminations, the latter being by no means brilliant, appeared to be exclusively confined to public offices and the residences of persons having places at Court. The church of Santa Croce has just been closed for the purpose of partial internal restoration, and with a view to the removal of the lateral altars, the space occupied by which is required for the monuments which from time to time may be decreed to the celebrated personages interred there. One of these sites is already allotted to Rossini. The works have already brought to light several frescoes, some of which are by Taddeo Gaddi. POIIEION NOTES, FIIANOZ AND titLCIIVAL The Stanaurcl and other journals Antietam@ that FraiuM is beating a retreat and abating her high pretensions hut the Liberte holds that Belgium is the party which ha given way. The Paris correspondent of the Mondani asserts that France no longer insists on Belgium stultify ing herself by validating the contract with the Easttrit and has, after much demurring, ended as the glioul4l have commenced—assented to the Belgian proposal to arrange the tariffs between the two countries for the transport of coal, so that the Eastern line should not bo a loser. The Liberte, on the contrary, asserts that Belgium has yielded in two important particulars. The Brussels Ministry has agreed to submit to the Commission all commercial relations between the two countries, and likewise to permit the revision of the question which has brought about the Franco-Belgian difficulty. But this does not imply that Belgium will sanction the contract between the Ea:t of France and the Luxemburg lines. There may be a revision without involving the sanction of the contract which a law was passed to forbid. The Paris correspon• dent of the Post thinks the solution will be nothing mare than a fair financial arrangement. But the bases of the negotiations are even yet unsettled, so that these stlte ments can be regarded as nothing more than well-founded anticipations. R TUE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.„ The Austrian and Italian j iurnals are still occupied in saying polite things of each other. Count Beust and the Emperor Francis Joseph are at Trieste, whither General Della Rocca has gone to compliment the Austrian Sove reign in the name of the King of Italy. He is the bearer, it is said, of an autograph letter. Some journals are re viving the triple alliance project, and the .New Free Press says that there is at least a good understanding between the three countries, the object of which is (of course) " the preservation of peace." There can be no doubt that Austria and Italy are now on the best of terms. THREATENED OUTBREAK IN ITALY. Our Rome correspondent writes that affairs in Italy are rapidly approaching a crisis. The Republican party is daily assuming a more menacing attitude. Mazzini has divided Italy into four governments, to each of which a chief has been appointed. Genoa, Bologna, Florence, and Naples are the centres of action. Everything betokens an approach ing struggle, and so fully is the King aware of this that he ha,s made large investments in foreign securities, in order to provide for the worst. Garibaldi is very ill, and a general break up of his constitution is feared. TIIE UNITED STATES. General Grant's first, and, so rar, me only message to Congress, was simply a request that the Act of 1789, which forbids any person engaged in trade from taking office at the Treasury, be repealed by Congress, or, at least, that Mr. Stewart, who had been chosen as Sec retary to the Treasury, should be exempted from its provisions. 'The message was received by the Senate, and Senator Sherman presented a bill modifying the law, by striking out the section referring to the Secretary, so as tc, enable Mr. Stewart to assume the duties of his new posi tion. But the majority were averse to any hasty change, and so Mr. Stewart has resigned, and a successor has been appointed. One cause of the Senate's refusal to modify the law is very clear : Mr. Stewart is a free trfider, and the Senate has not yet learned to love politi cians of this stamp. A distressing instance of the horrible mishap of burying alive is reported from Allegheny. Some years ago a beautiful young lady residing in that neighbourhood was supposed to have died, and was buried. A. few weeks back the corpse was exhumed, when it was discovered that she had been buried alive. Her body was turned in the coffin, the clothing torn in shreds, and her hair pulled out by handfuls. The mother, who bad idolised her daughter, was so afected by the discovery that she has since become a hopeless maniac. TIM WAR IN PARAGUAY. As usual, it is necessary to strike the balance between two entirely different reports from South America. One account states that Lopez is entrenching himself with 4,000 men at a distance of twenty-one leagues from Asun tion, that the Allies are quarrelling, and that the Argentine Republic, at least, desires a peace. From the Argentine Legation comes the statement that Lopez is hiding in the mountains with a few followers, having massacred all who would not join him. It seems rather strange that the Paraguayans should tolerate this ruler, if, as his enemies allege, his power is utterly broken, and yet he murdorn hip l j4Gts WigeringOtelY. 3 3 0 111 6 2 2 0