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K INAITAN'S LT. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 186 g. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STIMET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded "Kira ban's LL Whisky. ItTUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, And RN, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free bold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Rills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped enrelone. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. EA S E R 11 OLIDAY S.-MADAME TUSSAI7 i;'S. EXHIBIT TOY,— lways Beautiful. Always Attractive. Itedocora+el. New and Beautiful Costumes.— Portrait Model of MA DA if E RAC IT EL, and numerous Ad ti thns. Admission, is.; Clildren under ten, 6d.; extra rooms, 6cl. Open from 11 a.in. till 10 p.m. R OYAL MUSIC II AL L, lIOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Swe.asev. Unprecedented Success of the Easter Entertainment. Mr. 'Arthur Voyd in his impersonations of Professor in the Original Christy's Nlinstrel,:—E. D. Davis. the greatest Ventrilo gnist of the day—Professor Reannaont in his 'wonderful Delusions (Magic)—Lelia and Florence Ellis, the Juvenile Actresses—Mr. C. Burton, Transformation dancer. in ten ek aracters —Miss Packer, from the Theatre Royal, Gla.strow—Miss yells, Miss Lizzie Reed, Serio -Comics—Harry and Kettle King, Irish Duettists—and a host of other talented artistes. Ikrir Mr. P. Corri's (the Musical Director) Benefit will take place on Wednesday, April 21. on which occasion Mr. F. Trot man will take the chair. Great Night of the Season. ARGYLL ROOMS.-OPEN EVERY EVENING for Instrumental ➢fusic and Dancing.—The Rooms have been magnillcently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt and Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, ls ; Balcony, 2s. 'WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY Musical Director awl Conductor--Signor LUIGI CURTI "PATE AU DIABLE." T HE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for Luncheon. Breakfast,lt will be found. most useful for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, I3iscuits, &c. Also their ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND • PURE PICKLES - (Manfleld's Patent), To be ehtmined 1 , 911.1,,t1e and Retail :of JOHN BUIVIESS AND SON, 107, STRAND (Corner of Savnv Steps), London, W.C. ASHLEY AND CO. FOR WINES. PER DOZEN. Very Pine Pale, Dry, or Golden Sherry 34s. Old Crushed Port (Dow's, Taylor's, and Cockburn's Shipping). Vintage Wines Sparkling Champagne, Imperial, Dry lfosseux, Sil lery, Qualitd Superieure (Perrier's Shipping) 36s. to Ms. Sample cases of the above, containing two bottles Port, two bottles Sherry, two Champagne, forwarded free for 21s. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, IN - DIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, B EARTBU RN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at 15.11 d., Is. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. GARRICK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. PB. HALL, of P r i n ti ng H ouse - square , E.C.. • next the "Times," London.—Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES; Keatinge end Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA PIPE BusiNEsszs.--A number of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. SCIENTIFIC! AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dininz-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Fizures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, 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 arratsres elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can bo 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" LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBN INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to X 3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, end that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for th e Life Pacies oethis Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reason a bl e t erms, an d c l a i ms are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. KIN t G'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal- APPEA'Get ' F i g I D ) rt n o n defray he the eaCommitteevy currentearnestly ex penses. Assistance is ureentiv needed. P. ALFRED BEDIVELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. SEAMEN'S HOSPIT AL, DREADNOUGHT. off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nevicns, who aro received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year wore 4879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, ane; and by the Sec re t ary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.O. Governor, £lO 10s. lification for a Gov ernor, 21s. annually ; NATIONAL ORPHAN nde HOME, Ha m - common , Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Ur the patronage of H.R.H. the Duk e of aufnumGE, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The obje3t of the Charity is to give orphan girls a Plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit 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 egrnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY Itmoscarn, Treasurer W H. WAFWICUE Secretary. Oftice, 121, W RITISH 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, MA.. I- Hon. Secs. ENZIE, Offices, 73, Cheapsi ALFRED de, London, MACK E.C. Secretary. Bankers —Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birehin lane ; and Moms. Heywood Brothers. Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DII BARRY'S deli cions health-r estor ing Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENT A. ARABIOA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion strong nerv es , soun d l ungs, 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, ha 3 morrheids, 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, cramp., 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 audaciousl y attached. Properties of Henceforth none will doubt the valuable R Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabi c* I nvalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of ble ss i ngs it has already rece i ve d f rom invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his mess the Pope, wh ose h ea lth h a s been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure N o . 18,413);—"R ome, J uly 21st, 1866. Holy Father i s exce ll ent, especially since,health of th e abandoning all other remedies, he h as con fi ne d hi mse lf entirely to Du 'Kerry's Reval en t a A ra b ica Food, of which he consumes a ' • ,plsteful at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly lbsneficial effect o n hi s h ea l t h , and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Breban of seven years' liver comp l a i nt, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability, w i t h a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ervous agitation. Cure No. 78. of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ford ;—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent food.—STUART DE DECIER, DrOraatta, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 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 eons fans nervousness ies, indigestio4, gatherings, low spirits, and ner . Cure No, 50 , 8 14. —Mr. S amue l Layton, Leicester, of two years diar r h Cea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. 11d. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., b., 4s. 6d.; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. Th - e 121 b. and 211 b. anisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du a rr y s Revalenta Ambles Chocolate Powder is packed in tin eanisters ror 12 cups nt 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6c1., for 48 cups at 65., for 283 cups at 305., for 576 caps a t 55 5 . B e i ng shout cna penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. linti rty DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent- stree t , L on d on ; also at Portnurn and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, Gracechutela-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121 New North-road, London and all Grocers , and Chong* I THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing, among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re port. Price Se. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W. 0., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Di ms d a l e and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutta, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet -street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small we ekly 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 Ma and it i s jesty. Th e Bi s h op of London is Visitor, managed y the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Caroline Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Rus sell, 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 Troasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 50, Strand. C SPRING RT( ' ) FI Hon . Sec. ROYAL FREE in the immediate vicinit Gray's-inn-road 11°"1 ----Ajjihe Great Northern ' rminus, K —ller . Most t > ing's Crossc ion TE aTy the QUMEN. Railway n e Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of Wm..., President—His Grace tho Duke of Birc - c - C - ',, i - r R .G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828B,uth establish the principle of free admission to the t! first to without the delay and difficulty of GovQrnora tick 13 13 °° F' wholly dependent for support on voluntary co'ntribeurtiOniss. and legacies. It affords relief to a largo number of in-patient s a n d in addition to this, the average number of attendance of th e destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged b e _ tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of th e benevolent, as th e p rom i se s of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee, the requisite funds to maintain them. _ Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Horries and no.: Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Plifuo, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co l _Berners-street ;:snd at the Hospital from 10 till b. ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN LFORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CIIALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London, E.O. 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 Lifo 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 einlls 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 p►cmium paid, bearing the same propor tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre minms 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 exaocft tyhaisludee,seoirithpetiron. immediate or re on this pl an w ill be without any foreign residence, or other usual v conditionseErsvi limitations . oenr ya r Policy n o of By yo a voyaging, issue dPoYail this cyi ng 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 A ssurance s—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 unforfeitablo and uncon ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL. ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £215,000 a year. Its position is un , questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of now business of any office in the I(iugdom, SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY lIARBEN, Secretary. FIOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, The Committee of Golden-Kw' , W. m anageme nt earnestly APPEAL for President-His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. FUNDS to help th em to mee t the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 p oor persefl s have been relieved in the last six. years, GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. r HE 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. I . R . NEWSPA RECEIVED 16 N°. 23,967. Just ready, in Svo., with Fine Portrait, lIE LIFE OF ROSSINI. By H. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS. Burst and Blackott, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—The RAILWAY NEWS of Thi: Day (Saturday) contains LETTER. FROM MR. SALISBURY ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY, Aud all the. Latest Pailway News of the Week. Fr:ce Gd. Office, 3, Whitefriars-street. READABLE SHORT-HAND, SELF-TAUGHT : Being a System by which people can teach themselves: write the longest word without lifting the pan ; read what they write; and correspond with friends at home or abroad, on plea sure or business. It embraces a donhie set of vowels, with liquid consonants grafted on the other letters ; together with t DIAGRAM OF Dors, and a combination of wor:ls in most familiar use, into ready sentences The whole forming A SY.ATEIf OF READABLE SHORT- AND, Shortened. By Mill:DO YOUNG. London; Edward :..ta.nford, 6 and 7, Charing-cross, S.W. • Price 2s. 6d. Just published, price ls. Gd., by post ls. 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. Banton, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Pablic Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO -AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION AL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con.rress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, Arc. Wealbers of Parlisment, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United State 3, will dad this rewsp , tper of use. PubliAlied every S &TURD MORNING, price 4,1. 15. Catherine-fitreel. Strand. K EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES-- ENGES— WHICH AXE DAILY RECOMMENDED BY TUE FACULTY- Testimonials from the most eminent of whom may be seen. Sold in Boxes, is. Lid.; and Tins, 2s. Gd., 4s. SI, and Hs. .each by - K - EATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists, &c. THE ONLY COFFEE MACHINE to Pro duce the Real and Best French CAFE NOIR. Coffee Machines from as. 9d. to 12s. Gd. in tin. " 7s. to 245. in bronze. .4 " £2 to £4 in electro-plate and gilt. French Coffee Roasters, the Cheapest and Best, from 38. to Bs. 6,1. French Coffee Mills from 3s. to ss. Ergboilers and Rechauds from 38. it]. to es. Gd. C. MAYI...R & SON, Patentees, 40 and 41, Fleet-street, E.C. R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER FL, PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ' • mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-C ross London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure t o as k f or Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. • GUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair IX to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wondtrf al liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated forni, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. Tho use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is hero avoided— a, soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much &se and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can tot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circunifori.nce of the body, two inched below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JO EIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. • A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 61, and 31s. 61 Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 61 Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASTIC STOCKINGS, —I KNEE-OAFS, &e., for Varicose Voins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. Gd., 108., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. 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 SIIITII, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceed s Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. R OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. S: Royal Insurance Buildi ng s HEAD OFFI Lombard-street, London. Royal Insurance Buildings North John-street, Liverpool. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £Boo,' 00 Accumulated Funds in hand £1,100,000 LIFE DEPARTMENT. Life and Annuity Funds ... SPECIAL ADYANTAGus— Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership. 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 £460,553. REDUCTION OF DUTY.—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, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. c „Le. ( t z . .. ~..,...,:,..;. 4,, 0 k r - r ... : ::: . ..i. - ..........- 4 .. 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OWN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. I.MR. E:SKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, of 8, Grosve nor-street, W., the Author of "MO ERN DENTISTRY: its Principles and Practice." "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC TION. or Anaesthesia Locally Applied." &c., at home for CONSULT A TIO D ILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GIIOSVE NOR-STREET (a few doors from Bond-street). COMPENSATION IN C kSE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY MN °, may be secured by a Policy o! the RAILWAY PASSENGFRS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of £3 to £0 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £0 per week for Wary . . RAILWAY ACCI .ENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Rtalwly Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 51, Comitin and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary. THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.G. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which expire at LADY-DAY, must be Renewed within Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com pany's Agents, or to T. TALLEMACH, Secretary. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURAN , 'E 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, prsented at the Art ual 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 band, 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 largo sum paid as Bonus in 1867. 1. 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 SYSTEAL—On any Policy for the whole of Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain on cred t. . ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay abln 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 Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. MILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND JJ_IL FIRE RESISTING SAt'ES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experience, effectually guard against Fire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London. _pARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, ID2, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CIIANCIIEY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) TIIE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 3 0 Superthie Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Supet flue Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recom men, led 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 43., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 6,1, 12s. 6d., and 11 - . . . . Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Peper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 61.., or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "Club house" :tote, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 0,5 s 6d, & 65 61 Largo Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 63 per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &..e.; Ss COLOUR. STA M PING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in tba trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU ,TR 4,-TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, stationery, Cabinets, Postage scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 1811 NDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869,- 1, 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 fiervicn, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articleeSreserved from the follow ing ostktes remain unclaimed, viz.:- 8. Bell, 11., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. U., Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 11. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. IC., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. 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•ln fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. maiegay, J . W, Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 98. Marriott, B. IV. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na tive Infantry. Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native 113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Est a bli s h men t. 121. Purring, J. W. C., Infantry. 124. Pinchard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery. 126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieute nant, Madras Artillery. 145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth M a d ras N a tive In 150A. Ste f w an a t rt r G . Ensign, 3 Gth Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. •11., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. Ist Madras F us iliers. 156. Ward, A., Captain, 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. C a ptain, 42 - d Madras Native Infantry. 163. Weymouth, 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 the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. pRINTIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF ' — ERS, PERIODICALS, err NEWSPAPL ()W. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c, done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelop for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of 425 per annum each. Fhnds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Olica, 51, Cheapside, London, E.O QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN L. , and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street,.Portman square. The only free Hospital for dis..ases of women. 9,74 n pati(-.ntN wore treate4ll9.4-paonth without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will bo received by Messrs. liatcliard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. NCORPORATED LAW SOCIE FY, U.K. LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures ou Coinmen and Mercantile Law, Convey6.ncing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the mouths of March, April, May, and Juno nest. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and • superintendenc6 of the lecturers, and will precool concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the instruction given will be confined to en examination of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient nmnber of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the eTcient instruc tion and examination of the students. The ttaehing 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 made 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 Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. _ _ _ d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. To the Underwriter. g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. In his private classes the reader will use as text-books The Law of Contracts (Smith), Au Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Andwson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL I ROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements. —l. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. investment of Trust Funds ; b. Usual Trusted 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 Remainder, Waste; b. Jointures, Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V. VI. NVills.-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' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecturel. 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, continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures Injunctions. Books recommended :—Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1.., 23 ; Haddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for he Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members ....... .£2 2 0 .£1 1 0 By clerks of gentlemen not 3 8 0 1 11 6 members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable foi the law classes— For all the . branches of For each 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, either separately or collectively ; but as tho instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. A.D. 1720. ROYAL 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. OCTAVITJS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART H9DOSON, Esq Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq ....... Deputy-Governor. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOU&N, Watorloo-bridgo road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutta and Co„ Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road; 8 B. DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq._ William Tetlow Hibbort, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. EgArton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Maleolmson, Esq. Lord Joseeline Wm. Percy. Mules Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Luel Sally, Esq., F.R.S. Lancelot William Dent, E9q. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sami NOTICE.—The usual fifteen 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. r MING 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 cont.:per:annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALL ROYAL ExertAxcr, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE ; Sooner y. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wracks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £20,433.in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re wards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Zack, at th 4 _lnstitution, 44, ,hluzitroet Tr • rimiE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers: Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, a nd Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earn es tly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays Fri days to out-patients who are treated without' and letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of Patroness—Her M os t G rac i o us ma]ety tin! QUEEN. the BLIND, 210, O x f or d-street, and 127 , Euston-road. 172 blind men and women. g. are gr . anted to the blind a pplying for help, which This Institution affords employment in various ways to ri ed o i u rvi s oow a rn m ne o nl u iva n iro ts n who i o e o n c a s b n i l o i n n n o d s t e m t a o e r n n v a n t cannot be given for WANT of FUDS: Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, I s lington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,95 4 patients since it was establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1836. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers —Messrs. Barnet, Ll o yds, and Co. 60, Lombard street, Messrs. R ansom an d B o uverie, 1, Pall-mall.—l Ton. Sec., / Smith. Eso, GEO. REID, Sec. T IE ROYAL lIOSPiTAL for •DISEASES of the CIUST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap bam-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 persc 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 gratited• 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.O. ; Messrs , Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEA YEA Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S MONIES ire as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, 4amP- 150, New Sent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden:. Newington. town. Maine-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- Strentt wfeh, Vdr Toiltg Girls in Danger. 27, Church-roW ; Hatiapstettd , Ifenstfidgetillas i s.Wood: Sts bittge., nuakinitst=hiii. eountly Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Hotne-35, Queenstreet; Cheapside: c h lt a ? l ii::o 6 :e a t r e li i : 7 ll° i t:!-,Za: li t c i V icia a a r b g a ° o:ll2:P d e l e nai t h e t o t a e m d e ll s a b i r o o 6 u r s :ser t lo h o u e o n ti t f s r 7o e f u tt d go l i tt e o l :d: servants annually. - „ The home at drett i t'orOnikkskbet 14. bEahR ratibb girls from 10 to O. The committee ate deeply atixious 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 614 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 synipathy") may be had on appli ca ti o n. The So ciety is under the presidency of the Earl of' Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. QOOPIIIR, Sec. Qmou-otreet Gließeldo FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FIC MAL PREVENTIVE and It EFORMA.TORY IN STITIITION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CorraiarrnoNs for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Mon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), it, Old Jewry Chambers, N.C. E. W. TIIOMA.S Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-S u porintendent, 13, S tanloy- terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley- street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS aro 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. £l6 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Oontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41 Lothbnry, 8.C.; and by "WILLIAM WILLI CMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Bt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Roi. J. E. Herbert, Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine linollys Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox Rey. Canon Nepean Octavius Coops, Esq . Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. Jolla Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. c. freecott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigott C. J. Freaks. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Escf. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon. Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom commur ications may be addressed. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868 read at the Annual General Meet in g of Proprietors , August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the.sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of .£772,740 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30Th r JUFT, 1868. Dn. INCOME OF TILE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 Premiums en new assur- an ces 14,596 1 5 Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 Interest from invest ments .£3,A,811 8 3 117,584 7 3 £772,7.10 13 9 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 46,070 13 3 Total income - 514,466 9 2 £1,317,207 2 11 . . CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors Cla; - ns on decease of lives eBsured £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new Ditto, old 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees '7M 16 2 Income tax 2,21.5 4 7 Expenses of manage ment 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total charge Balance of account, 30th June 1868 £409,65414 5 907,552 8 6 X 1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approvvl THOMAS ALLEN;) Auditors HENRY ROSE, j" The total income of the year, it will b seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £109,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by- viz., £131,811 lie. 9d.—raises the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 is. 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d,, derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards o f £5 12s. per cent The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 is. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than those of last year by nearly £19,000. A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of management are less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 5i 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) 6,869,469 11 7 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6 Total £7,565,198 1 3 On. 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 479,932 13 3 Ditto ditto temporary securities ^nrrent interest on the above invest t,... ' a „ is men._ 36,243 7 6 22,604 2 9 Cash and bi - -rarity of the company's Advanced on se,. 159,503 14 9 policies.... Agents' balrces .a Sundry accounts 2,460 15 0 Value of premiums (1867) . .... 4 86 ,506, 860 13 9 Value of re-assurance s , Total 1 ..9‘l £7 , 565 7 3 EXamined and approved. THOMAS A LLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it twill 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 asse ts 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 I3oddington, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. Birller .East, Bart., Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. J os h ua Lockwood, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. George Russell, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke, Robert A. Only, Esq. Wm. Aupstip Guy, Esq. . , Admiral Wm.: R oYAL lIOSETI'AL for INCURABLES, West-hill Putney-heath . Established' 31st Jul', 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of por doha (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Belief in afforded-Ist. By supplying a hettie, with medical attendance # nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of ,E i 6 li‘iilNn't.4 at their ovrn. notes. A tieW etiMt fejt e r troApgfil has jiist been completed at a cost of up*itrds of tIU,O3U, afid kIINDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely denti n_ t upon voluntary subscriptions. early 300 approved applicants aro awaiting election. Per 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; animal 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 eontributious will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary No. 10..Roultry?_London, E.Q. epteriaber 1868.; PRICK id. STAMPED sd. A PARTMENTS.—Ono or Two Floors, with Extra Bed Rooms if required. Clo:te t, Omnibus, Rail, and Boat Terms moderate. 13, Chelsea Villas, Fulham-road, Brompton. THE LOM BARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROOll. _ _ Lombard-street, London. MANAGEIt —Mr J. 11. YOUNG HUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchauge. Subscriptiou, £3 3s. p 7 miium, or las. monthly, payable in Advance. The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving conunereial, political, and general telegraphic information ; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference. - There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached, as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur nished. The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro polis. For further particulars apply to the Manager of the Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London. N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.G.; or at the Office in the Lom bard Exchange. BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRUSTEE Lieut.-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. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., I Millis Coventry, E,q. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR 31\ CIS WEBB, Esq. 1717Prrir - ITxlivitAx EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the Society's House on Thursday,_ 18th 3lareh, FRANCIS WEBB, Esq., in the chair. The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur ing the sum of £972,866 18s; 9d. 2,472 policies were issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual premiums the sum of £25,227 8C The following tabulated retu: ness transact-ions during the t.hri •ns exbibit ti e quinquenni ho now busi ial periods : Amount Assured. s. d. 151,140 0 0 2,037,383 0 0 3,752,967 4 8 Annual Premiums. £ 8. d. 21,347 16 5 63,507 19 10 122,257 17 6 Amount Proposed, £ R. d 1,023.140 0 0 2,779,666 0 0 4,861,303 5 9 QUEEN ISABELLA. It is stated at Paris that the counsellors of Queen Isabella have held their last meeting. Most of them have long been of opinion that the only chance for the fallen dynasty lay in the ex• Queen abdicating in favour of her son. The question was again put at this " Cabinet Council," and the Queen again refused. The meeting then broke up. Some of the Queen's ..literents have given up_all hope, and have resolved to try their fortunes elsewhere. It is even said that Father Claret will shortly set out for Rome, where he will live in retirement THE STRIKE AT GENEVA. The.. people of Geneva are not disposed to tolerate the interference of a foreign association. Two strikes have just occurred in the Swiss city. One was a strike of printers, which was supported by the International Society of Workmen ; but in spite of this aid the move ment collapsed. Then the society incited the masons to pack up their tools, and gave them support. Some work men who did not want to strike were assaulted. But the Genevese will not stand it. Several thousands of the populace have met and resolved to uphold the Govern ment, without distinction of party, in its endeavours to preserve freedom of labour. CONSULAR COURTS IN EGYPT. The Etendard announces the speedy solution of the international difficulty relative to the consular courts in Egypt. It will be remembered that the Viceroy of Egypt proposed a commission to investigate the relations of the consular courts with the native Government. Much trouble and much injustice have arisen from the irrespon sibility of foreigners to native courts, and from their right of claiming to be tried in the consular tribunals. All the nations whichwould be aflectedby this commission gave their tsaiiittion to it, exaeuti,pg t only.FTance.. For several months past negotiations have been going on between tlie French and Egyptian Governments with the view of removing, if possible, the objections of the former. The Etenclard announces that an agreement has been come to, and that the difficulty will soon be ended. What the end will be the semi-official paper does not say. THE FIP.E AT THE CAPE. Half the world seems to have been recently afflicted with a season of great drought. Europe, Australia, and South Africa have all suffered alike. At the Cape the drought has resulted in one of those great fires which are so common on the American prairies. The scorched grass was accidentally ignited in one place, and the blaze ran over the country like the explosion of a gun powder train. The effects of the conflagration havebeen most calamitous. In one district twenty homesteads were destroyed, and more than a score natives burnt to death. In another very rich district many of the finest farms in South Africa were destroyed, the people saving their lives by rushing into the river. One very rich farmer had only time to drag his box, with some thousands of sovereigns in it, to the water. Throwing himself in with his box, he stood up to his chest in water for an hour or more, barely escaping being burnt to death by the long rushes growing on the bank. The destruction of live stock has, of course, been immense. ATROCITIES OF LOPEZ. Mr. Masterman, who entered the Paraguayan service in ISGI as chief military apothecary, gives a long account of the sufferings he endured at the hands of Lopez. In October 1802, he was arrested because he would not give up a packet of letters he had received for a prisoner. Hs was thrown into a filthy cellar swarming with centipedes, scorpions, and other vermin. He says: " One most pain ful addition to my sufferings was that my cell adjoined the inner patio, where political prisoners were often tortured in a most revolting manner. I could not see them, but their groans and shrieks were hut too audible, and I shall never forget the agony they occasioned me. I re mained in that horrible place, in a dim twilight, a foetid atmosphere, and surrounded by patients dying from Asiatic cholera, for eleven months, never once leaving it nor seeing sunlight the whole -of the time. I left it sick, emaciated, and half blind, and so changed in appearance that my most intimate friends scarcely knew me." After further sufferings, Mr. Masterman was set at liberty, through the energetic action of the United States. But during that time he was the unwilling witness of scores of executions—men, women, and children being tortured and butchered wholesale. TIM 'VOICE; OF TILT CHURCH. Not only in Dublin have protests been made at the diocesan conferences, but in Navan,• Limerick, and Kilkenny. At all the .Tane cry of "No Sur render " was raised ; but at Navan, Lord Dunsany appealed to the meting to log i at the practical sido of the question. He was not sanguine enough to believe that the bill woul.l be ultimately rejected. Were they ? If not let them rather endeavour to obtain a moderation Of the details of the bill than to be continually shotitiwz against all change. The cry of " Yo Surrender " Neither confirm nor conelliate. 11;3 lc,r,7.ship happily was listened to, and there was nJ tal; of repeal. Indeed, no one believes but that the repeal is all pretence. The National Issorqation of Dublin have adopted a resolution declaring that the new agitation for a repeal of the Union is a pretence and a sham, put forward in the interest of an anti-Irish ascendancy party. When the agitation is over, the very party which is now for separation is likely to be form; st in its denunciation of sedi tion. And when the agitation is over, it is hoped we shall have no more language, like that of Dr. Gregg falling from the lips of a bishop. In a recent meeting the Bishop of Cork - concluded a speech by saying "They talk of bills and bills, but Billy Glad stone and his bill may go to the . At this meeting the proceedings terminated with singing the Doxology. LEVELLING 17P. It would be interesting to know how many of the leading members of the Conservative party are really in favour of " levelling up" as regards our eccleSi astical policy in Ireland. Lord Mayo first made the proposal, with Mr. Disraeli's full approval. Dr. Ball, in his very able speech, did not attempt to disguise that he preferred three Establishments to none. And now Sir John Pakington, at a Conservative banquet in Worcestershire, has openly expressed the same preference. There is no doubt that some of the Whig peers, notably Lords Russell, Grey, Westbury, and Ulanricarde, woul.l choose this solution of the question. There is reason to suppose that it meets with favour in the highest quarter of all. But, judging from the elections, this idea is a dead horse, which it is utterly useless to floc,. THE PEERS AND THE BILL. Lord Wharneliffe's speech at Pontefract is worthy or special notice from the fact that he, a Conserva tive, expressly stated that the Peers' rejection of Mr. Gladstone's Suspensory Bill last year did not pledge them to the rejection of his present bill. They threw out the first because they thought it premature in face of the approaching appeal to the country. That appeal has now been made, with what result is well known ; therefore—the inference is Lord-Wharncliffe's—the Peers stand in a wholly different position from that which they occupied last year. MR. CHARLEY. There has been a Conservative gathering at Sal ford, in which Mr. Charley, one of the members, said that God had chosen him to " assist in working a righteous retribution on William Swart Gladstone." He added that his constituents had consecrated him to that high and holy mission, and to that mission he would devote his life. We are told that this was a " dry " meeting, that it was not a dinner such as the Conservatives usually affect. We can scarcely credit it. If Mr. Charley can talk like this from a platform, what would he say from a dinner table ? He would beat Charareene Charlie himself. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 1 ... 12 2 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 2 % ... 12 3 Antwerp — ... 25 3 ... 25 42 Brussels Hamburgh — ... 13 101 ... 1 3 11 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... . 1201 ..• 1201 Vienna — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 T r i es t e — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Petersburg Copenhagen. Berlin Mat2.rid- 481- ... 4 Cadiz _... :: 26 471 .., 26 b 5 liegliorn ..... : Milan ................ : 2626 4 4 7 7 k 1 .. 26 55 Genoa .. ................. •,• ... _ z •., 26 55 .. 26 47A Naples ' .......... . ••• • ... 2 ... 26 65 ....... ... 26 4,4 . 26 55 Palermo ........... .• . ..... •• Messina .................. .. 26 'lib ... 26 55 Lisbon ..................... ... 52 ... 52 Oporto ..................... - ... 52 ... 52 Rio Janeiro - ... ~. New York ... _ CUBA.—In 1867 the total population of Cuba was 1,370,000 —of which 764,500 were whites and 605,560 were coloured. Of the coloured population, 226,000 are designated as of the free class, but this includes, besides the freemen of nogro blood, a largo number of Chinese. More than three-fourths of the population, white and black, are in the western department, where the baeurreation has B.s yet hardly wade its appearance, Total, 3 1 5,5121 !i 8,661,109 5 9 26,7631 6,444,490 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 333, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. Icl. The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amount: l to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact that the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate in the same, The directors also draw attention to the successful 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. ; • eD - a ;',--- .0 a a 4-. a) co E.. P_— o o.' r.., a 'a o'4'4 IglB 18G3 1863 g, 4,802 13,244 17,46 G, 3,3151 9,746 13,6991