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- ~ ~ ~_ ~~ ~~ __ 17XTITRITION. ISRS. This celebrated OLD IRISH WTEISKY gained the Dublin prize Medal. iN.A.IIA DT7P:3;11 , . Pure, Mild, 11eltow. Delicions, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, as. Rd., at the Detail 'Rouses in London; by he Agents in the principal tcwns in England: or wholesale at 8, GREAT - WES i DMILL-STREiT7LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label and Cork Branded "King sn's LL Whisky. AIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 18591, 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN., LONDON, And 3R. QIIEF:N'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon Personal security, Pills of Sale, Free bold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Rills promptly discounted. rorms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor. Mr. J. S. Sweasey. CONTI , UED SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMPANY. Mr HARRY RICKARDS. the Universal Comique Mr FRED. 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GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, The extraordinary success which has attended the'production of the Shadow Dance. with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the r sent one - the most extensively patronize i season since its' firstilpening; :The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef. Signor Luigi Curti. performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca; Messrs. W. Graves. L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. BI anager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman M.C. Admission, Is.l33suwaspA - ;:ksts. 9a. R. R. BIdNELL, Proprietor "PATE AU DIABLE." THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for Luncheon, Breakfast, fie. 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Strand. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOM INSURANCE COMPANY. 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 Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Pol'eTes 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. NA'CIONAL ORPHAN lIONTE, Ham-common, Riehnini R•irrrv, rn'er ,, e 1 15441 Under the patronage of H.R.U. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. Whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The oh le -t of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Fng nth education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, ant laundry, to fit thorn for domestic service: and, if not other %Is° provided for when they attain 15 years of ago, to obtain IMP %hie situations for them. _ Tho Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity Is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. 'HENRY KINGSCOTE, TrOftMUM' W H. WArwres Secretary. O.Uco, 121, Pall-mall, W QE AMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, ki off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Naticns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., hankers, Birchin -lane : and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, Lond . on, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lolos. 3RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—ller 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 asistsnce. Subscribers and tho public are 4 nvited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of tho Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtain9d on application to the Secretary. TITOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., Hon. Secs. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Heywood Brothers. Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. TEIE REVALENTA. ARABICA aims 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, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, 'rinses and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sicking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and Fetween the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT OAUTION.—Boware 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 Arabic& Invalids' 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 Gazette 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 arry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which ho consumes a lateful at every meal. It 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, had digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable torvous agitation. Cure Ne. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart do Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ford I have derived much benefit from your excellent r 00 ..— STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony 'rent dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, gatub. ne y, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, 1-.5-no, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme n.rvonsness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vols fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Layton, Leicester, of two ?ears d iarrh ma. The Fool is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., lb., 4s. 6d. ; 121 h, 225. ; 241 h., 40s. The 121 b. and 2411> anisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du 8 lievalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in - . 1 41 canisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 -11 , Ps at Gs., for 283 cups at 305., for 576 caps at 555. Being free cna penny per cup. The 30s. an d 555. tins are sent 1.08 of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. btutrtY Du BAHRY and Co., 77, I-Up/it-street, London ; also at Fortnum and Mason's; a l so a t 4 , Ch eaps id e , 61, racc‘chuic,a-st-ect ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, it‘ei t Llcrth-raad, London andUrocara and Chenzista7 °. 24,028. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FKMAL di PR EVEN TIVL and REFORMATORY IN STITITTION. Preßident—Rov. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of tho Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. TIE ASSOCIATION f or th e WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street,and 127, Eivton road. Patroness—ller Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensicns 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. rpIE 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. 210 adults are received at Walton; 80 children at Mitcham and HAndon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretaiy. Office, 32, Sackville-street, GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian -road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbee at King's- cross in 1856. P atton is are admitted free Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Rans om and Bouverie, 1, Pall.malL —Hon. Sec., / Smith. Esa. GE°. REID, See. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THRoAT, Golden-suare . President—Ms Grace this Du'lto W 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. THE LONDON .1.1.11.t31CAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a woekly payment. Undor the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of tho patients are in vited to visit them, and to moot 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. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. • 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. 1.50 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 ono yoar. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM Wf LLI AXIS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields. Upwards of 100 p oor sick children are re li eve d d a il y at this Hospital. The Committee m ost earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to conti nue the benefits of med i cal a id to t h ose numerous poor suff er i ng children, who are ren d ered so helpless by sickne ss and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. BRITISH HOME for INC URAI3 LES, 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 perec ns over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS aro earnestly solicited. Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street,mmond, Charin g - cross , S.W. ED WD. WEA'YER, S ec . B no Offices, o c r e s s — ,E7 M . 03, e . s e; s ;Messrs. s e . eas ß pss a ris r Barclay, HOME for the HELPLESS. —ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN 11011 h for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needad COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Major- Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P. Rey. J. E. Rempe 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 Nepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.O. Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Esq. It R. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. 1 Loftus Wigram, Esq. .ved by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. I, 14, Seymour-street, Port ications may be addressed. Rey. J. W. Ayre Rev. F. G. Bloomfield lion. atd Rev. F. Byng Rev. It. G. Baker Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev. W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain, Rev. E. Capel Curo Rev. J. E. Cox Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Furst) C. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Homey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be recei , Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom comma UIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms ...11. 4 1 of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed be the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. T .t h 2 e .4 l 3 n l st f i o ti r aion also expended £ 20 , 433 in the slte tho same p er i o d on its Lifeboat ititot grantingtion earnestly a pp ea l t o th e Establishments, puTblhi them to me e t th e cont i nue d re wards. public forass Committeei s a n i n e e of t addition to hee enable institution heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will bo thankfully received by the London and countrr bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the `.nstitution, 14, John-struot Adelphi, London. 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 thei own homes. A I ew wing to the Hospital has lust been completed et a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the g-eatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions vtill be thankfully received... - FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary . NO. 10,.F9ultry? Lonclo, Lc. 15eptlaiabor 18684 Premiums en new assur _ ances Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 :3 Interest from invest ments .£30,811 8 117,581 7 £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees Income tax 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage ment 15,489 8 5 THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows: For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland street. with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buekhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's. street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland -street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, " I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may . be had on appli ca ti on. The Society is under the presidency of the. Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barolay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. °QUER, Sen. I tomitreet Qhmeicle. ~..,_* . 7,3 •3 7 w, „.....:. ~,...---7_,.'•,--4._;_ks-it,.. , 11 • 11'17, ce-- - - N, - • ; „ *.q. .., „ „w , q . ~,„,, , i,. : 4,,,._, ,,, „ ~ .. tt .ctul • 3 kt - 4 ~ 5.: .: .4. , ,, , N 5 ,, ~t,\,,..,:. 1 _,, i: A , 4-.46.,, '. 4 -•'•"" ..r) ~.._...1,- -:- ~.,. .4., 0 , t‘ ---j-:: --- ----' --- ---. ' " 1 .; :i -1 7 / - Y, t ; - 4l ' ' 1 j, k:PO -....kic.. • ~...- '' , ; ' M. 4 7 17- i ' C '' ' - , r ; k - -1 W I c - _ 0 t i t .............., '' V 4* ••• • •. -. Y ....... 4 3 X . 1 1 pis . .. 4 s 7° '''.. ...4.......:...... . N... ,.. 0,- e -...,\-___„, 1 4 : ~..• : , ..,. t -0...: ~,,,b,, , , c ~ .„ .. . , __ , ,i ----.—L:..%;,...—.1. •- --.=••• \ , , "." N*',/ - ': ' 4 - - . . EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 80th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. _ _ The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £20R,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. SPRPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUNE, 1868. Pit. INCOME OF THE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867,.. £981,514 13 9 Less amount t istributed us bonus 208,771 0 0 _ _ _ £772,740 13 0 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account Total inclme 544,466 9 2 • £1,317 : 207 2 11 CR. CHARGE OF TILE YEAR Dividend to proprietors Cla;ms on decease of lives B,sured £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,612 11 3 Re-assurances, new Ditto, old 50,365 0 8 400,777 9 5 Total ebargA ..... £409,65-1 14 5 Balance of account, 30th J une 1868 907,532 8 6 A.D. 1721). £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approv THOMAS A LLENI Auditors HENRY ROSE, j The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid 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. 3d., arisinz 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 aro £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 mPnagement are less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51 per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows: DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid Sundry accounts 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 3 011. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011 Current interest on the above invest ments 36,243 7 6 Cash and bills 22,604 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies 150,503 14 9 Agents' balunces Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Willia-n Davidson, Esq Total £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS Al' I FN HENRY ROSE 1- 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: .7. - Buller East, Bart.,- Robert A. Grayl Esq. Wm. Augustus) Guy M.D., F.R!S. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. • George Russell, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrcae, Esq. Admiral Tindal. • - Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Drace, Esq. Fred k. Joseph. Ed!mann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. GrenfeU, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam, ST. LOUIS AND CALVIN.* There are two strange things about this book—lts author and its subject. It is indeed very strange that the man who, thirty years ago, as Prime Minister of France, was plotting against England, and resorting to subterfuges and diplomatic ambuscades, should now appear k-a as author of a volume of Sunday reading for English PRICK.... 4d I households. It is almost as strange to see such names BTAAIRED dd. as St. Louis and Calvin in conjunction. AL Guizot, however, is catholic in the true sense of the w o rd. 10)AINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, Louis IX., King of France, commonlycalled St. Louis, JIL by Mr. B. L. MOSEI.Y, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal was smitten by a dangerous illness. He lay seemingly Polytechnic. Established 1820. This, the most perfected hopeless, and those around him thought him dead, when system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by suddenly he stretched out his arm, and with a hollow Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recomun ruled by the Hospitals and . . voice, said, "The day-spring from on high hath visited adopted by ti e profession as one of the greatest improve of the ago for the al'eviation of pain and restoration me, arid by the grace of God called me from among the of the natural functioe.s, can solely be olataine lin such dead." Immediately he sent for two of the bishops and perfected succe;s (the result of forty years' practical ex- ordered them to affix the holy cross to his shoulder, ns a r si , gn that on his recovery he would journey to the Holy Land. perience) at his oii:y residence, 312, Pagent-stieet. The superlative excellence of this system is pfrfect itiminnity from p•tin, no operation.. stumps, and decayed teeth yen_ the bishops and his m o th er soug ht t o di ssua d e hi m , b u t dered us e f u l, l oose t ee th and tender gums protected. in vain. Three years passed before the state of the king- Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in dom gave Louis the opportunity of fulfilling his vow, and it was hoped that he had for go tt en it. When h e s h owe d fit unerring—care and con' fort uns urpassed—distect'on impossible—the facial r.nnt,,mv faill.follv studied —and youthful appearance retell- n i,•:,:ion and articulation that lie meant to keep it his courtiers and clergy besought g,.arantecd. The " of March 6 sacs: "So gooi . him to desist. They said it was made wh en h e was i n aneakness, and not in rightful possession o f his senses. On iintation bec o mes th next I,est thing to the origim:l2 w Teoil front ts, j to :;11 (';I S. .0051)13.11. , t1 31 . 1, exactly' fac:tig the hearing this he removed the cross from his shoulder, to Poyal Polytechnic. their great satisfaction. That satisfaction was shortlircd. He replaced the symbol, with a remark that he was then, at all events, in full possession of his faculties. It was on June 12th, 12.18, that he set out for Egypt. How disastrous was that expedition we need not stay to tell. "Louis forgot that he was a king and a general, and gave way to transports of blind, unrefiecting valour, and the very devotion to his cause made him continually forget, not only the difficulty of success, but the first conditions of it." At first the fervid valour of the Christians carried everything before them ; but it soon made them heedless, and exposed them to the direst reverses. Retreat became necessary. Louis, strug gling with illness, refused to be conveyed down the Nile in a boat, because he would thereby be separated from his dislacmitturAl o.allay. At Icaseitla _it Loam* smoessary to parley with the enemy, and, by some lamentable blunder, the King became a prisoner. The Sultan treated him with generosity, but demanded, as one condition of restoring his freedom, that Louis should surrender the towns in Palestine which the Christians still held, This Louis resolutely refused to do. They were, he said not his. The Sultan threatened—the Sultan might do what he pleased. At length Louis was set free upon pay. ing a ransom equal to more than £4oo,ooo—an enormous sum at that time. Louis's companions were for returning to France ; but he resolved to visit Palestine, in the hope of recovering the Holy Sepulchre from the Paynim. Perhaps nothing so strongly displays the . uprightness and the integrity of this sovereign as an incident which happened to him in the Holy Land. The Sultan of Aleppo and Damascus, who was then at war with the Sultan of Egypt, offered to restore to Louis the king. dom of Jerusalem, provided he would assist him against his enemy. The temptation must have been very strong; the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre was the brightest dream, the dearest wish, of all true Christians at that time, and the realisation now seemed within Louis's grasp. But Louis had, on being released, engaged to keep a ten years' truce with the Sultan of Egypt. The time had not yet arrived for the promulgation of the detest- able doctrine, "no faith with heretics." The Christian saint resisted the temptation. His only reward was that of a good conscience. News came of the death of his mother, who was Regent during his absence, and this was followed by letters urgently desiring his return. He complied, and re-entered his kingdom after six years absence. But still he had not abandoned his project. It acquired additional strength, for the tidings came to the effect that the King of Tunis contem plated embracing Christianity. On March 16, 1270, sixteen years after his return from his first expedition, he set out opon his second. Before he reached Tunis he was seized with fever, and by the time that he arrived there he was so reduced by it that very little of life remained in . him. COMPAGNIE GENERALE LAN I'lO5E. TRANSAT- .1. Rua de la Prix. Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Br,st, for New;York. RATES OF PASSAGE. from lIAvItE or BREST to NEW YORK. First 'lass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Thirc: Class From Paris to Now York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 413 fr. ; third class 285 fr. ft OYAL EXCH ANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Chf.rter 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 ITIDOSON, Esq Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHS MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. "On the night of the 24th of August, he started up several times in his bed, and called out, 'Jerusalem ! Jerusalem ! We will go to Jerusalem !' At last he ceased to speak, although he chewed that he was in full possession of his faculties, and in sym pathy with, and conscious of, the friends who surrounded him and the priests who brought him religious consola tion. By his desire he received extreme unction at the foot of his bed, extended upon a coarse sack, covered. with ashes, and with the cross before him. On Monday, the 25th of August, 1270, about three o'clock in th e after noon, he expired peacefully. His last words were ' Father, after the example of the Divine Master, into thy hands commend my spirit." Calvin lived almost exactly three centuries after St.. Louis, and for exactly the same number of years, both being 55 at their death. The details of the Reformer's career arc better known than those of the King's. We will, therefore, confine ourselves to that one incident of Calvin's life which has darkened his memory. M. Guizot is a fer vent admirer of the famous Frenchman, and while too judicial to undertake the now common process of white , washing, lie has clearly done his best to remove from Calvin's reputation that one l,lack spot which made us Pali that he was deficient in the most essential element of Christianity—charity. Of Calvin's controversy with the " Libertines" we say nothing, except that he was for the most part in the right, and never more so than when ho resisted the civil authority in its claim to decide who were fit persons to receive the Holy Communion. This was a fair, stand-up fight, and the better of the two combatants won. But the fight with Servetus was not fair. This, Spanish heretic, for heretic he undoubtedly was,, held the doctrines of Pantheism. He attempted to draw Calvin into a written controversy, but Calvin declined with .words of contempt and that pious arrogance which is so exasperating to the object of it. Servetus,, then living at Vienne, published a book full of hetero doxy called, "The Restoration of Christianity." The, Roman Catholics had lately been accusing the Reformers. of being without discipline and sanctioning the most un bridled licence. This book, written by one who was still nominally a Catholic, and published under the very eye of a bishop, gave the Reformers an opportunity of retaliating,, The result was that Servetus was summoned to answer) . for having written this book. He was a weak man, and he denied his authorship. Thereupon Calvin sent, for - the use of the Roman Catholic authorities, some private letters which Servetus had written to him in confidence, and which contained the very heresies set forth in 'the volume. Of course Calvin knew well enough that he, a Protestant, and, as such, claiming the right of private judgment, was preparing for one who exercised that right. destruction at the hand of a Church which denied it. The doom of Servetus was the stake. Yet it was not the Inquisitors, but the Reformer, who was to execute that doom. Servetus escaped from Vienne, and, by a strange infatuation, took up his abode at Geneva. Calvin turned prosecutor, and Servetus was brought to trial. He had weakly denied his opinions before ; he boldly contended for them now. He offered to dispute with Calvin even on such unequal terms as those which must always exist when the one party is in the power of the other. Servetus openly announced his Pantheistic opinions. Calvin called. him " Wretch !" by way of reply. The end of it was that, after about two-and-a-half months' trial, Servetus was condemned to be burnt, as he had been condemned, at. - Vienne, on both occasions through the hostility of Calvin. The doomed man, heretic though he was, sent for his perse cutor to ask for his forgiveness for any harsh words that he had said of him. Calvin, orthodox Reformer though he was, overwhelmed the man he had ruined with reproaches and with Pharisaical talk. "Servetus was willing . to ask pardon, but would not disavow his opinions. Even in the depths of his despair be preserved all the pride of honest conviction ; and although he entreated that his life might be spared, he would not consent to dishonour it by a false recantation. . . . The dignity of the philosopher trembled over the weakness of the man, and Servetus died heroically and calmly at the stake, the very thought of which had at first filled him a ith terror." Calvin died in his bed, and all Geneva came to take farewell of him. 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Books recommended :—Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1,. 23 ; iladdan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable foi the law classes— For all the ' branches of For each inptructien. 'branch. Py every subscriber £s 5 0 .£2 12 6 Members of the Society may attend the lectures without suhPrribin u. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. F. W. Williamson, Secretary. T_lw Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. Gentlemen may subscribe for and :Alen I the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have specie' re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. PARTRIDGE AND COCER MANUFACTURIN# STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-INR), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOCSALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON 111DER3 OVER 20a. per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid ?Cote; a cheap paper 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approva 4 0 Super flneThick Cream DOI Note; especia Ilrecommen , led 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid rote 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapideritiug 2 Large Commercial Note Papers H 4s., 55., a otl 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 103. C,, 12s. 6.1., a n.l 11 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 C Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4.: ruled ditto, 4 Tinted Lined Note five quire for ls. 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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 deemed Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, hare from time to time been received from the Governments of tho respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz. :-- 8. Bell, if., Lieutenant, 2,1 Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. ff., Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sul:b.amf Aa ris.: ir tr e 4.l§Viiiinat a 22. Chisßa.A ol 2 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. 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Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to tie 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, ant from its containing, among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will pr ove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in ono for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPH ANT CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 por annum each. Funds greatly need e d. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Oheapside, London, E.O QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN Li and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard. ; Sir Samuel Scott. Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Oeuttg, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL, for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, an4l Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. Tho Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY R. IN,TRAII, Se,rotriry. A PARTMENTS.—One or Two Floors, with Extra Bed Booms if required. Close t) Omnibus, gall, and Boat. Terms moderate. 13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-road, Brompton. THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROOM. Lombard-street. London. ,11,xAamt—Mr J. IL YOUNGBUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or tOs. monthly, payable BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices 429, Strand, London. TRUSTEE. Lient.-General Sir J. E. IR. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S. Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR INCIS WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN W. TYLER SMITH, Esq. EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNEAL RE PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS WEBB, Esq., in the chair. The directors have recei ing the sum of £972,866 issued, assuring £703,451 premiums the sum of £25, - The following tabulatoi ness transactions during tl ived 3,212 proposals for assur 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were 4s. and producing in annual 27 Bd. returns exhibit the now busi ie three quinquennial periods : F g; - .9fgE d . 5 X, 717 Proposed. Amount AssuredAmonn ! pre Annual r ,s. ce4, l ' £ B. d. £ s. d. .6- P. d. 1858 4,802 1,023.140 0 0 3,318 (54,140 0 0 21.347 16 5 1863 13.244 2,779,666 0 0 9.746 2,037,383 0 0 63.307 19 10 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 8 122,257 17 6 - Total.. 35,512 k 8,664,109 5 9 i 26,763 6444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 The net premium income has increased to the sum of £2 The interest on investments and other items of receipt yield .6,704 1 7 1,276 18 1 Making a total income'of £237.980 19 8 The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the year's income was £68,026 Os. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact the t the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate in the same. _ _ _ _ The directors also draw tittemion 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 remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. in AflVaret'. The Room is suppli;itli ..- /slewspripers, both home and foreign ; Renter's Telegrams, giving commercial, political, end general telegraphic information; Shipping Lints, Directories, Timo Tables, and other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent. Refregliment-roam ratlched, as well as a Heading and Writing Boom, comfortably Mr- The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whosA business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis.. - For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company. Palmerston-buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. L3tts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the 01Bee in the Lom bard Exchange. 3 3 0 111 6 2 2 0 WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. _ izuz, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, "Guadeloupn, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH ND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND - CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama). La Guaira, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japan. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEKBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFErTABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not &Infrequently 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 Uncliallengeable. _ _ . 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 d:?ctase, when even a de fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every pi emium 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 ibis plan will be withcrtAt 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 conseque nee of the policies under these tables being unforfeitab;e and uncon ditional. II:ey will also be unchallengeable on any pround whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Poliei,s. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of .£2.15.(100 a year Its position is urn question:lbl , , and it obtains the Ingest amount of new business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY HAIIDEN, Secretary.