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Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the mouths of May, and Juno next. is own pecuniary engaged in 6 edit• 'al ground abutll of people sonic iring the last fire hat it should be as it i&" It is ,te the influence Aunts of public simple it: ration' and logic e►a editorial cow' 'ging ne ws be re r, co;s iguip; iting his saying e Dr, by inuend-S 5 orts or attribot' Lnd, he m Ly poi lace of an holies l vho control such to the c9nnntl' e hands of those the country w ill strument of re' ler agencie3 ° t. The periait' 9 7 is engrossicg ; and unless it° nd the men wh° are not respect' knaves, without between theol. judiciary fee! atly declined 1 11 go over to tb a is to become °`, regretted that oy the genuine' satisfactory e/" ; of a lib _1 fficulty, becat:se ) years to coulef affi li o t ! taiued, that b° is raised by tbd r long kalif' a° ishmeut of suc h itbout molests' tlce, the 'contrary, lead" hia opportutall lore ccatraliz 3 j When a journ v 'n, «gravely de' llperialism, a °d he co.nia,; cc °. overa tlic Con: t seem 3 near! 'of a c!lange even in its O F S'itizen declur e " 4 [Lange a'reaciP ,illions of the° . ioaal constitly her with par t y law fhould b ° people made t° i Is have bee° `, with a rod 0' )f a despotisp )otisms u3ua l l 'lawful ac's ° hind Congress' L'he road boug to actual I° 3 ' ;er must not b 0 (resumed wera'' L horseback" b 3 is its remaW !cal party ba r di it in poOre r i ;sed away, tuv ver havin g b e ; %%hich start o is enlisting ace with mu te tt all measur e ' 3. The Cit i ' :eia to b.; the litte rLte`, great alida l° : ley, and to b y sion to a gr 3• t we once C OP ove for lutu r i o troughout re that ReP tl ". t • .dtninistere a . It fatal foil acceptance ° 0 it is a chal of the day' - ersey decla re ' ished to aclY ° , 3 the ausP i l "-: e f ; he Navy, `", " Grant bui,ll, by aiding w li o g his friends' romised g re3 : Lt a very dial eat •esented at tbe _ s nterpreneUrs, P rs of the 1 1 °Y! jest's Tl lo3tl°. )to Aerminatio a 0 113 Pita liltr6 f ° peras admit s atm) for Wi lic ramatic sing er-. 4. t 3, have beep! v. But a sP °el ;our this for,''4,, , !ompany of t f j „_ de 111urska• and the O l° st that has h ee d 3 peculiar, so" 3urprising' t o 20 h ave not s e3 to Royal Bali' s tnt talents. ub t the vala valenta Ar' i • b o 4.3 tnds of bles s, Dsition be pth PO . oliness the , rs of per thirty Ye"' du i the "Go e lolY ealth of the _„,„ ; all other reluetio arry's Revu.,ol. 11 at every av d a his bealt! l ?l‘ ,6 oo 6 of Ire No. u 5- last li ve r come t ioth VOUS PalP it tt Ind the m os t 0 Lord Stag s i g . years' dr sPe„P s is, , er f ro m dy v ort i , tuleney, 311 , No. 46.25°' „,0, ' diseased law. LI deafnese• t han y and raorc ebig 's , Baron 1-'1 • 21°; ibso us; 1 2 - 0 0 BicA c 00 5,,.. ( tips at 5, fo r t . 0 1 r 57i; cur" %Ow 55s tins d e r, ;t-Otlice or and et, Londe', ; ----- I, Northl's, d heir. r t ro Couro :iughter. r, 1 4:5, el ie,t ci.Locu Hove, Co 0 , ( 111 " u l ci:iti:bter 0 cliesii"3l" ‘et, nor-st r ' c.l; „ g ed . r o bu 1-13111‘1") treut, ANDRI :W- i ' t't ra9" f KEATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E.C. Sold retail by all Druggists, &C. TJTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION . . (lneoroorated 1,7 Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, DIISSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, &Dv And .18, WHEN'S-ROAD, BAMITTON .n.NOES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Fr a ; , 1 4 1 or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, reps 7 -. e ' w eekly, monthly, or coarterly. Bills promptly discount° 1 crms free on receipt of stature , ' enveloPn• EDWARD HARPER, SecretarY. ROYAL MUSIC II ALL, HOLBORN, Proprietor. Mr. J. S. Sweasey. IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMPANY. BARRY Mr Mr -RICKARDS, his first appearance Ai r enY NE. the Sterling Comique L SK ATM. the Musical Memos 1 7_ GEORG AI LEYBOU NE, the Lion Comique mils A ' NIE ADAMS, the Q ueen of Serio-Comics FA.T R TIF,Lf, t . the new fascins.tingSerio-Comtc. bl'" JEANIE FRANKLIN, the American Dansense, and XA.CLAGAN, THE GREATEST COMIC SINGER IN THE WORLD, EVERY EVENING. Full Band of 2() Performers Mr. P. Corti, Musical Director. tar Notice—Mr George Leyblurne on Monday, 24th May MAD AM E T USS AU D'S EXHIBITION. ( et Bake -stre e t.— A Portrait Model of WILLIAM SHIMARD Imisw o-wich) has been added to the Chamber of Horrors. Ad th e mi", 18.; Chamber of Horrors, 6 d. extra. Open from 11 in °ruing until 10 at night. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The of the Shadow success which has attended the produ ction the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of tre M I electric light on the groups of dancers that nigh t ly partici t, combi ne d w ith the admirable Operatic and Dance h u . :4e Selecti ons p resen t e d i n the often -changed programmes , a had the gratifying effect of making the I r sent one the `?8, extensively patronizei season since its first opening. The iebrated Orchestra. under the direction of its highly efficient - e r • signor Luigi Curti. performs the choicest snd latest com- Positions of all distingnished composers — the solos in which are tened to the eminent euphrmionist. Signor L. Moses; Messrs. :"Graves. L. Silberberg, snd other able artistes. Manager, Mr Th °lll as Pitts. Professor Halliman M.O. • Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats. 2s. R. R. BitiNELL, Proprietor "PATE AU 1)IABLE." THE abov e Paste is a most affreeable re lish for Luncheon. Breakfast, &c. 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THE LIVEOO OL AND LONDON and INsURANICE co t P %NY. Offices-1 Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornbill; and Charing-cross, Loudon. The Invested Fand.: now amount to .£3,401,055. the Eire Revenue to -£336.816, and that of the Life to VF , 9,039. The moderat e ra t es o f p rem iu m , with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Pore:es of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third patties, f a ncier them parti c ularly advantageous. Whole-world eav e is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty nay s after • • admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. N A rIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, llnßichmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 18G1. G in the patronage of H.R.U. the Duke of CAMBRIDGS, K.G., G n s eby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan the n,.of classes, and denominations, from all parts of The Rare °Melt of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish e iL etl on , and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, Wise provided to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other Provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain stable situations for them. er .na Committee earnestly appeal for support. T he Charity is tlrelY sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINCISOOTE, Treasurer W Q. WABWNIC Secretary. ° lee. 121, Pall-mall, W ORPHAN ASYLUM , ' l ' Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapbam-rise). Instituted 1827. _Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QU EEN. or the gra t u it ous b oar d, clothing, and education of rdestitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, °f all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. 0 5t.,1 , 1? hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In on • ample for abo ut 30 more. - r_ room e_Jncreased support indispensable, as this Charity is not "owed, and is in the greatest need of further pecu niar y assista nce. , Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect tbe - ,?stitution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and “ 0 Peculiar claims. E The last Report can be obtained on app lication to the ocretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,. Hon. Secs. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. °faces 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers —Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co. , Birc hin l ane ; and Messrs. Haywood Brothers, Manchestth. Rz y RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. I) B A RRY'S deli cious b ealth-restor ing Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA eaves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and e ffectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con- Buniption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria., e', l tarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the bead and ears, rneutnatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness,_ acidity, palpitation, heartburn, h e adache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking Q t.", bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at , tl , lO pit of the stomach and Vetween the shoulders. It is : 5 e most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. . IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury ` 11 ( 1 more than slopy imitatio ns to which, without autho rity,. Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of 1)11 Barry's bcalth-restoring Il eva lenta Arabica In Invalids' a nd Infants' Food, since to the th ousands of blessings it Il k " already received from invalids whose positi . on_hail . been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness by it Pope, whose health has been perfectly restore after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. I e i quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. - 11 -..t , l3) : — "Rome, July 21st, 1866. —The ahbeßanldthonoinfgtiahluel ' - ` ° '3? Father is excellent, especially other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to P arrY's Revalents. Arabica Food, of which he consumes a lateful at every meal. Tt has p r oduced a surprising l y b eneficial e ff ec t 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, debilitv, nervous "sq, irritability w ith a nervous palpitation ail over, bad 43 Zostion, con s t an t sleeplessness, and the most intolera ble nervous agitation. Cure N 0.78, of dyspepsia, from the Bight lion. the Lord Stuart de Dodos, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Writer °rll.:—" I have derived much benefit from your excelle nt ,-,-, O 9'.—STT:ART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County aterford." Cure No. 49,832. Of fifty years' indescribable agony fr i c ,n ( Vspepsin, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipati o n , e U'e n( 7 , spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jol l y , ~F T ''Yrai, Norfolk.' Cure No. 47,121.—Mi 5 s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ner vousness,indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor voss fancies. Cure No. 56,811.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of tw o years diarrhoea. The rood is so ld i n Canisters, at ls. 11d.: 11b., 2 s. 9 d., l 4 s'• ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 465. The 121 b. and 24113 anisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du t 811 . 37 s Rovalonta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in i.:ocatnis ens ters For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s.s. 6d, for 48 f'l.l u Ps at G s ., f or 2 8 3 cups at 305., for 576 clips at 555. Being penny par cup. Te 30s. en I 5 55. tins are sent free °f carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. b &tillY DU Co - ., 77, fiegent-stre.t, London ; a d ; ° at qortnnin and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, vet ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street • ' and 121, " 57, Ncrth-rDal, London and all Grocers and Chemists- VrY HOLIDAY IN AUSTRIA, by LIZZIE SELIN 4 EDEN, Author of "A Lady's Glimpse of the War in Bohemia." "A pleasantly written volume."—Pall 1.41,1.11 Gazette. Illurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Gt eat MarlbOreug,h-street. 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The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other Journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con aces, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &o. Members of Parliament, Conuuercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. 1/1 R. A. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, of 8, Grog venor-street, the Author of "MODERN DENTISTRY: its Principles and Practice." "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC TION. or Anaesthesia Locally Applied," &c., at home for CONSULTATION DAILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, Gitosvz- NOlt-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE. R. 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It is identically the same dubbing as that used by the best curriers in Bordeaux. BOOTS, SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its application. Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and CO., Currier's and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden square. Price Is. Gd., 2s. Gd., and ss. per can. B. scorrs BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS. A NEVEThFAILING REMEDY.—Prepared with out any mercurial ingredient, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, lice. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier Of the blood, they are truly excellent ;• mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they. create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. 11d., and three times the quantity iu one, 2s. 141. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a sqUare green package, with " William Lambert" engraved on the Government stamp. TIIE BEST TIEMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with jastice sailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.' " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of Norton's Camomile Pills:' RUPTUP.ES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to bo the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is hero avoided —a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease end closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may bo had, and the truss, which con rot fail to fit, forwordei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, -- Mr. Jd EIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, Ns., 215., 265 . 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 81 s. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bcl. An Umbilical Truss. 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. _ _ _ Post-office Orders to be madepayable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT EILASTIC STOCKINGS, VI KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They aro porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and aro drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. 3 RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro] Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. r,dl6lenieut of claims. - JOHN MESSENT, Manager. E UROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SUITII, K.IL, F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. rrHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CII.e;ST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION. rrIIE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RF, VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is required forthwith to take out a new License. The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings. The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five Pounds. A License is not transferable from one person to another. A License may be obtained by the owner giving his name and address , an d the name of the place the dog is kept. on application at In the neigh- The Office of the Collector of Inland) Revenue, bourhood of the The Office of the Distributo r of Stamps a pplicant's re- Or sideuee. A Money Order Post Office. Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors of inland Revenue. Persons residing at a distance from any of the above offices, by tr a nsmitting with their application Inland Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland.Re,venue for the Dis riot, will receive a license i n return by post. WM. GOBBET F, Secretary. pAINLaS aitd PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. 110SELY, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT- STREET, exactly opposite the [loyal Polytechnic. Established 1820. This, the most perfected ystem of ptinlesa dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is r commewled by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improve ments of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obt:Cned in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical ex perience) at his only residence, 312, Regent-street. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps, and decayed teeth ren dered useful, loose teeth an d tender gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring—ease and comfort unsurpassed—detection impossible—the fwial anatomy faithfully studied and youthful appearance restored-mastication and articulation g,.aranteed. The " Tim es" of March 6 says: -So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only address, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic. COMPAGNIE GENE RALE TRANSAT- L ANT IQUE. 4, Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH IsIAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 RATES OF from Havre and Brest, for New York. PASSAGE. From IIAvRE or BREST to NEW Youx.. First Ulass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Mire. Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the lfith of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago Ile Cuba, Guadeloupe, Mart ini q ue. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRLL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar .inique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), Li Guaira, Porto Ca bollo, Guadeloipn, Trinidad, Demerara. Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San-Francisco, China, and Japan.. /land books, with full details of all the routes of this potoupany, can he had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN FORFEITABLE, 'UNCONDITIONAL, and UN CHALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London, E.C. Established 1848. The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation of the customary conditions, have resolved to,promulgste 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, th 6 Assurance will become forfeited. To this class of the public the system now introduced will espe cialls commend itself, being entirely free from all condi tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium, or from any other cause whatever; while at the same time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when evou a de fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in respect of every piemium 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 fixesd 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 Companyon these points, as is the case with ordinary assurances. Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re versionary, of a Policy of this description. Every Policy issued on this plan will be withon,t 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 m d d b i e t iro of n to r e t o h o ol fore s actual securities. the ln nu a term provided for is twenty-five y ea rs, and the shor test g i isn statement t r g i tl 'five years, as shown by thn Tabloo. Thus, tankers, credi tors, and others bolding policies of this ciiss es security, of advantages , may always know the utm ost amount they may be called d e fined. The Inngest r upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of ie A s surances—a matter of great importance where policies are held as collateral security. policies under these tables be in g unforfeitable and uncon -- • l It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the ditional, they will also be unchallen,cab.e on any ground whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute Security Policies. The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos sesses an income of £213,000 a year. Its position is un questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL AGENTS WANTED. HENRY HARBEN, Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROY AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. ()H:stablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, an d ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART lIIDGSON, Esq Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOIN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS R o bert. Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Esq. Mark Currie C lose, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Nevile Lubbock, Esq. Lancelot William Pent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Alexander Prue°, Esq. Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy. Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson Esq. Esq. Samuel Leo Schus, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Esq. Joseph Somea, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. 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 Corpo:ation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. ade for the NI ING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is m u se of Steam Thrashing Machine 3. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE P on the sumOLICIES h a s averaged ne arl y 2 per cent.:per:annum assured. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. Equivalent reductions have beened that form of Bonus made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferr. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with and the guarantee of a large inv ested Cap Stock, under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. Th e a dvantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested es.perieueu ueui ly Cravrv.v AVE) A ice. R O YAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE. Sccretarv. ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only ILA institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contanious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornbill ; Messrs. Drum- rs. mond, Charing-cross ; M essrs. Coutts, Strand ; Mess Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. 1 STAB dLuIIHgATI EZT FOR f A o R r y G I L E L N N I I E L S L S :W OMEN The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. Tho Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C SPRING RICE lion Sec. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron — His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. _ _ President 2 LlTis brace the Duke of BUCCLEII elf, K.G. This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay end difficulty of Governors' orders, Is wholly dependent :er support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. Tho Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, RP the premises of this hospital aro capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contrilr:.tions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and no.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, PtLyoe, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners- street ; :and at the aospital from 10 till 5. CARRLIGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. a. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper 3 0 Soporific Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Super fine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers Is., 45., Ss., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 61,125. 61., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s.- ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires tor 15. 61, or 5 6 Tue New Vellum Wove "Club House" tote, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Bluo Envelopes, 45 6d, 455 6d, & 6s 61 1 Largo Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 45 61 per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STAMPING (lielief) reduced to •la per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. 1 An ILLU ,TRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage .4 codes, Despatch Boxes, Travailing Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free Established 181. INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1 8 69 . 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 Companyss Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, hare from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:— S. 8011, IL, Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry. 10. Bouthflower, W. H., Surgeon, .jl o s,drtis Medical Department. 13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Madras Establishment 22. (Moyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, )fadras Medical Department. 24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native Infantry. 25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 53. Flond E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry. 60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native in fantry. 76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In fantry. 78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 94. M Lieutenant, 38th M a d r as Native Infantry 98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenan t, 13 th Madras Na- Main gay, Na tive Infantry. 113. Neale, F., Cade t, Madras Esta blishment. 124. Pincbard, J., Lieutenant , Madras Horse Artillery. 121. Perring W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native Infantry. , 126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry. 133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry. 140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery. 140. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In fantry. 150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign, 3Gth Madras Native Infantry. 155. Watson, G. H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry. 156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In fantry. ethde o r llilbiytarthe legal rep resen t a ti v es ofy Secr e t ar y, a t thi s Offi ce . 163. 'Weymouth, Captain, 42 d Madras N a ti ve I n f an try. A pp li ca tions for such packages should be made by next ofsu k h in ofx next 0 the f in the overt of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they w ill be o p ened, the contents be disposed of such ekin,de deceased, by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military S,pri tary. rrHE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE I ESSENCE. —The most powerful nutritive cordial ever m ile l a t l s th containinfy, among other introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on t he de pends. It is a specific ingredients, pepsino and phosphate of soda, will p-ove highly all kinds , nd w hich . and a rf f e r c o t beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassan's re port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAEMTIAItTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, \P.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. for debili t y in g o r t (ENE IIUNDRED & SEvENTY DESTITUTE A. ORPIT A CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALB ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per ititatinpeach. Panda greatly needed. CHARLES 4, WALKER, Secretary. 54, Ohespalae, Lon ion, E.o c,I,AMARIT "N FREE 110SPITA.L for WOMEN kJ and CIIILDREN, Lower Seytnour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for divases 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. Ilatchard. Picca dilly; Sir Samuel OCint. 13irt.; Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. --Bankers Messrs. Bar lay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and (;n.—Ti ta Committee„ APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBIITONS. The Hospitalis now open on Mondays, WedneS4ayi,and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. lIENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. rrliE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, O x f ord-street, an d 127, Euston-road. Patroness-11e r M ost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution a ff or d s employment i n var ious ways to 172 blind men a n d women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn th e i r own living. 500 blind men a n d women aro ap plg for help, which cannot be given f or WA NT of FUN DS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the &ere tarn Rev. C. B. RbID, M.A. GREAT NoitTroalld,ElßsiinNgtolln, N. S , Caledonian Supported by Voluntary Contri butions. PITAL This Hospital h as relieved 481,954 patients since it Was O established at King' s - cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. - - Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60 , Lombard stwet, Messrs. Rans om and 13ouverie 1, Pull-mall.—Hon. Sec., Smith. Esc. GEo. REID, See. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, olde u are, W. President —Ris G G rac n-s e the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of M anagemen t earn estly APPEAL for FUNDS to help thorn to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE LOAI BARD EXCHANGE AND NEWS-ROO NI. - Lombard-street. London. MANAGER —Mr J. [I. YOUNGRUSBAND, late Treasurer and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange. Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or lOs. monthly, payable in Advance. The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home and foreign ; Reuters Telegrams, giving commercial, political, and general telegraphic information ; Shipping Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re ference. There is also an excellent Refreshment-roam 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-bnildings, 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. TRUSTEES. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq.. P.R.S. I Dupuis, K. 0.8. Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millie Coventry, F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE Boman —FRUCCIS WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN W. TYLER SMITH, Esq. EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL 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 received 3,212 proposals for assur ing the sum of 072,866 18s. Bd. 2,472 policies were issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual premiums the sum of £25,227 8d The following tabulated retur ness transactions during the th— is exhibit the new busi quinquennial periods : t c 0 -5-43 ' 5 S ~.1 =g, :: '6l .... t. ~o ' • . Amount A t., Amount Annual 0 -.... ~5,) P. p ro posed, '".:-°. Assured. Premiums. 44 a .P. .c. : .,c' .9. z p., 4 a . . p 5 4 ——-_—-- - - - - x s. d. £ s. d. Zs. d. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 (54,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 1863 13,244 2,779,66 6 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10 1368 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 -- -- Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6 444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 -----:-----_ The net premium income has increased to the sum of <£2 The interest on i n vestments and otheritems o f receipt yield .6,704 1 7 :1,27G 18 1 Making a total income of £237.980 19 8 The claims were 33.5, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the rear's income was £68,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the tvzsociation at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact thrt the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1872, and that all polices effeet , d on tho profit scales prior to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate in the same. . The directors also draw attemiou 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 touch to the ativantao and profit of both institutions. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and cons tit u tion of each office a re q uite se p arate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. EIAGLE INSUR A.NC E COMPANY, LONDON. Report, of the Directors for the year endinz , the 30th June, IF6B, read at - the Annual General Mee HAtineßLE of Proprietors Au r rust 14, .1868—Colonel CS WETHEIIILL, 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 1:208,771. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that if, to say, with the debit of £772,740 13e. 91 SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30Ti1 JUrE, 1868. P it . INCOME OF TILE YEAR. Balance of accoutt, 30th June, 18G7, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 £772,740 13 9 Premiums (fl new assur ances • 11,596 1 5 Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 £390,811 8 Interest from invest ments ll7 581 7 , £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 46,070 13 3 Total income 544,466 9 2 .£1,317,207 2 11 CR. CITARGE OF in YEAR Dividend to proprietors Cle;-ns on decease of lives £265,523 13 5 assured 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 £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees 151' 16 2 Income tax 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage ment 15,489 8 5 400,777 9 5 Total thargo Balance of account, 30th June 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approv THOMAS ALLEN , Auditors HENRY ROSE, f The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 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., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cent. The premiums on new assurances aro £11,596 ls. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured aro 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 prerninms paid for re-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having terminated by death and other causes. The expenses of management .r. 1.. e than fluorin of last ear by upwards of £1,400. But they still inclu de char g es incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. Tho whole expenditure, however, in eluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51 per cent. on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and a dditions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 45,875 13 6 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured , & c. (1867) 6,369169 11 7 173 , ,792 10 0 Proprietors fund Surplus fund as before -----_-- £6,977 13 3 THOMAS ALLEN,) Auditors. HENRY ROSE, • Total £7,565,198 1 3 CI L ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing d itto Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities Ditto ditto temporary securities Current interest on the above invest -36,243 7 6 ments Cash and bills 22,601 2 9 Advanced on security of the com p an y 's policies.... Agents' balunces Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 Total £7,565,198 1 3 Eiaminedand approved. The presertt disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On comparing it with that of 1837. 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 Boddiugton, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., D.C.L. Robert A. Gray: Esq. Win._ 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 Sambrooko, Esq. , Admiral Tindal. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES I of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Watorloo-bridge- 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 thoso numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness an d poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutt.s and Co., Strand. C HARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. BRITISH IIOIIE for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise, instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc ns over 20 years of ego and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted The Homo was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been .I.,f„a Ulontinng an May 90 , 1 No,otnbcr. Forma of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are I earnestly solicited. ' Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEA"YER, Sec. 'wOffices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C. LIFE BOAT SERVICES.—Durino. the Storms of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed hs 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 42.431 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 nd country banker s, and b y the Secretary, Ri c h ar d L ew i s . Esq., at the `nstitution , 14, John-street Adelphi, London. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S ITOMES cro as follows :- For Fallon Women. 28, Church-row, Ramp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48i_ Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-stroot , Camden- Newington. town. Maize -hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland• street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, lisrap s t ea d . 9, llonstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. Janice's-street, Dover. Temporary Queen-street, Chcapside 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 w h ose histories are recorded in th e app li cant ' s b oo k . The Society's Itepert (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society as 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. CODPER, Sec. ( RE anon-street Chcapside. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the intruction given will be confined to an examination of tie students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient numberof classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus bo 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. .01 LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nino 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. 8. 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 a,lie g ligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. ln his private classes the reader will use as text-books —The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL 1 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., M., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust .Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, dtc. : d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Satlements 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 Snecession Duty Act-3. Dicenesiling Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Battlements. Lectures V., VI. NV ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Flints 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, &o. 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 : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suegosted 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 : speeially. between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially. bet WPM Partners. Lecture V. '1 he Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI.. VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, cot.tinued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Boots recommended: -Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, L., 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 ho Lectures — For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of memberi . .£2 2 0 .£1 1 0 By clerks of gentlemen not 3 3 0 1 1 1 6 members By all other persons not being • members The subscription payable fot 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 men-ced. 2 2 0 E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Taw Society's Trail, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attenl the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that tho6e who desire to attend the classes should ab.:co attend the lectures. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN .-LOND N FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANOi DALE. CONTIMICTIONS 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, keg ; (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 1.0.51 E. W. THOMAS See., 200, Euston-road, THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—Tlis Grace tho Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right lion. 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 Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secreta.y. Office, 32, Sackyille-street, Piccadilly. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the managemeht of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS sea earnestly solicited for the p urchase of food and clothing for the 1 50 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Befage, 9, Great QllOOll-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westrninstor 13ank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (riarnmersmicb), uuder the imme d iate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, .tin faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." COUNCIL FUNDS greatly needed The Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Re 7. J. E. Kempe Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd Tho Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain' Rev. J. Moorhouse Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepoan Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Ppm, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H U Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq. - Subscriptions will be rece Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloy< man-squire, to whom comet ived by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. 1, 14, Seymour-street, Port ications may be addressed. R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing , a nd all requisites for the in val 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thei own homos. A t ew wing to the Hospital has lust been complete entl d at a eost of upwards of £ lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, a ll 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 supp lied, with the g-eatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERC ANDREW, Secretary, No. 10..Poultri" London. E.C. September 1868. Let me do homage to the national festival and pass on. It rained all Tuesday night; it was fine all Wednesday s.Cternonn. The concourse of people was scarcely as large as usual. The Prince of Wales was there, so was the Princess; so was not the Duke of Newcastle ; so was not, though for a different reason, your London correspondent. I will neither draw upon my imagination for my facts, nor upsn my memory for my jokes, but pass on to other topics. The political betting just now is extremely wild. There is a dark horse about whom people are exceedingly curious, and even more uncertain. They cannot make up their minds as to how he will run, or, indeed, whether he will run at all. If he do run it is firmly believed that he will be able to give a very good account of himself- To change the metaphor, the young lulns of the Conservative party is no other than that eminently sound theologian and orthodox Churchman, Lord Westbury. It is the right hand of this peer of spotless life and unimpeachable creed who is to save the Irish Ilium if that Ilium is to be saved. Those of us who remember the Sir Richard Bethel' of Aylesbury ani Wolverhampton days, are, of course, acquainted with the fact that he was always a staunch Conservative passionately attached to the Constitution in Church and State, bitterly opposed to all Radical innovations upon the rights of the Crown, or of private property. Those of us who remember him giving judgment in the "Essays and Reviews" case are equally conscious of the fact that he is ardently attached to all the creeds and formularies of our Church. Malicious persons have said that he was a Radical, and that he is turning Tory now for- the same reason that Brougham did ; but then greatness, especially when it is allied with virtue and retiring modesty, must always expect to be slandered and maligned. It is to this eminent person, to this model statesman and stainless gentleman, that the Opposition are now looking for powerful aid in defeating the Ministerial measure. Meanwhile, I do not believe that the Conservative peers have made up their minds as to the course they will pursue. I know that only a few days ago a nobleman, who held office in the late Administration, was unable to say what Isis-friends would do. The agitation against the bill into be fomented vigorously during the next fortnight, in order that, should it be eventually deeided-tostitrow it out, the leaders may be able to point to these meetings, and the resolutions passed at them, petitioning the Lords to reject the Ministerial measure. It is generally understood on both sides that the second reading will come on June 14, and previously to that there will be a muster of the Conservative Peers, probably at Lord Derby's house. The chief debaters will be, on the Minis terial side, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Kimberley, the Earl of Clarendon, Earl de Grey, Lord Hatherley, and Lord Romilly, the two last dealing with the legal technicalities that will be raised. On the Oppo- • sition side will be the Earl of Derby, Lord Cairns, the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Abercorn, andprobably some other members of Mr. Disraeli's ducal body-guard. The Marquis of Salisbury and the Earl of Carnarvon will, it is expected, go together, andwhile acting independently - of their party in the main, will support amendments, but not oppose the bill in Coto. Earl Grey will be sure to take the course which everyone is sure that he will not take. The greatest curiosity is felt about Earl Russell and Lord Westbury. The first is expet - ted to support the bill on the second reading, and to be troublesome in committee. Of the second all kinds of manoeuvres possible and impossible are anticipated. I hear nothing definite respecting the rumoured eleva tion of Mr. Chichester Fortescue to the peerage. No doubt his post is one. involving much work and more anxiety ; but these would hardly be deemed reasons for abandoning it just now, unless the occupant o! the post felt absolutely incapacitated. Mr. Forteseue's svife, Frances Countess of Waldegrave, has long been one of the queens of fashion, and her entertainments at Strawberry Hill, illustrious by its connection with Horace Walpole, are events in the aristocratic world. The Cabinet hate just now other sources of anxiety besides Ireland. The Si.anish Government has, after lon:s delay, absolutely refused to do jitstice in the Tornado case. The great difficulty of acting in this matter arises from the unsettled state of Spain. It would seem the height of ungenerosity to threaten that inorganic body which now bears rule at Madrid. Thus it is possible that Spain may escape by reason of her very helplessness. A good deal of interert is naturally felt in the fate of the Telegraphs Bill. The protracted character of the arbitration in the case of Reuter's Telegram Company led to the supposition that it would be impossible to pass the measure this year ; and certainly the bill would not have been carried into effect if other companies had given an equal amount of trouble. The evidenoc in the eftee of neuter's Company has now been closed, and the award - will probably he given in a few days. Arrangements have been concluded with the other telegraph companies which will avoid the necessity of further arbitration. Suitable allowances having been made for depreciation and con tingencies, and the Post-office authorities being satisfied as to the correctness of the accounts, the sum to he paid iu each case has been settled in accordance with the terms of the Act passed last session. The terms agreed upon will be equitable to the Telegraph Company, although they involve a considerable reduction on the amount originally asked. From the thorough manner in which the whole case has been gone into, the Government will get a full equivalent for the purchase money. It is understood that Mr. Lowe and Mr. Goschen still insist upon the Post-office having a monopoly of the telegraphs, and that Parliament will be asked to sanction it. We shall be better prepared to deal with this question when we hear Mr. Lowe's reasons. It appears to me the case might be met by granting a monopoly for a limited period, to be renewed or discontinued as experience may justify. The body of poor Sir Wentworth Dilke is expected to arrive in England to-night or to-morrow. There has been a good deal of difficulty in getting it conveyed here, in consequence of the superstition which in Russia attaches to everything connected with the dead. There was something peculiarly sad in the circumstances of Sir Wentworth's death. His youngest son had succeeded in gaining a scholarship, and was thereupon told that he (Sir Wentworth) would take him for a holiday to any part of the Continent he might choose. Young Dilke chose Russia. On their way to St. Petersburg by rail they met a bitter northern wind. Sir Wentworth was at once laid up with quinsey, the symptons became quickly aggravated, and in a few hours he was dead, with none of his friends near him but his son, a lad of 18. The Duke of Genoa is now settled at Harrow, as a boarder, at Mr. Matthew Arnold's. The royal pupil is treated precisely in the same way as other boys, and has to act as fag, although I needscarcely say that the fag of to-day has a much easier time of it thanhisfatherhad. The Duke's friends have shew n the greatest liberality with regard to his religious teaching, and save that he goes to London every Sunday in order to hear Mass, instead of attending service in Harrow Chapel, there is no sort of restriction upon his communication with "heretics." The Duke is a good linguist, and speaks four languagesfluently. He has taken a good place in his form. He is the first prince of the blood who has ever been to any public school here or on the Continent, and it is not a little complimentary to Harrow that it should have been selected for the first ex periment of this kind. It is now, I believe, more than twenty years ago that English lovers of music were fascinated by a new and magnificent bass, in the person of Herr Formes. He was not only a good singer, but a good actor, and several times appeared in opera. Latterly he has disappeared from our view. We heard of him in Russia and other countries, but, save a brief to ur about eight years ago, he has not appeared before an English assembly for a long period. Quite recently he has been living at Liverpool, where he has been preparing for the stage. He is now, next Wed nesday that is, about to make his appearance in London, at the Princess's Theatre, and in the character of Shylock. Miss Faithfull, ever seeking some new field for women's enterprise, has discovered one for such women as are not, as she is, up to literary work. She has started a society which will procure work for ladies, and supply them with materials at moderate prices. At present all the mate rials for fancy work are charged at fancy prices. This alone is almost an insuperable obstacle to women who would escape from their poverty by the e the crochet-needle or the knitting-pin. I need a maxi hardly add that the sh o p s which charge - mum for the raw material pay a minimum for the t material when it is made up. Fancy workers wmoousl, be content to pay not only exorbitant prices for their iv _ ss but to get starving prices for their embroidery.d entle. :nal:dull will confer a real blessing upon needy wotnen if she can protect them doubly, by withn: was fir, The Civil En,gineers' annual con% ersax Gregory, with materials, and by supplying them r received the guests, who the president for the yfecaefebrities in science and rank. included a large number o were qmon ,-, the guests, though' ocularly brilliant this year. Mr. Charles Hutton Count Bismarck's two sons i; al known who they were. I fancy that it was not tog them as alumni. The were b no means confined attractions of the conyer.saztoneen by ts. e walls were hung to models anon cientinc ipstrum Blu PPP rYclyllilasgg etrsile.m Oxford is expecting to ee with a large mber of pictures by our most famous artists —from Turner to the latest A.R.A. a melm'rabdeer:saresaiddrtiovebne nearly y by the de but in wild ands there is one trade whose u t Ticloensdeovnervyelowceipeked, a e n ,m d a y k e e t r ii s n a d re it t i u m n i i )o us a g . ible to keep p ace with their orders. made o o e n f their fr v h e e b uponootb DoNvILT.E and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re - commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; cr 4, Beaufort -buildings, Strand, London, W.O ertiseraent.