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ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. Willi:in' Howard, Esq. CHIEF ACCOCSTANT. James Gray, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Shcrring, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Ulappison, Esq. Head Office, 2 t, Lombard-street. A t the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, held :),!1 Thursday, the 7th February, 1867, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate - street, the following Report for the ending the 31st Decarabor, 1866, was read by the Secretary. lIUGLI C. E. CHILDERS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. RE P , The Directors, in submitti OßT: ng to the Proprietors the ta oal anee-sheet of the Bank for the half-year ending the 31st ,t' e „ comber last, hare the pleasure to report that, after pay :g all - charges, and interest to customers, and making 1 1 Ple PPavision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits brought forward from the last account, produces a total of 4119 ,467 11s. 6d. i! They recommend the payment of the usual dividend of ',Per Cent., together with a bonus of 8 per cent. for the 4 ,5, 1 f-year,' both free of income tax, which will absorb 4105,000, and leave £14,467 11s. 6d. to be carried forward w Profit and loss new account. Tho dividend for the whole Year 1866 will thus be 25 per cent. At the meeting in February, 1866, it was intimated to the Proprietors that the Directors proposed to increase the capital of the B a sk, and at the meeting in August, 1866, roprietors, by a resolution, adopted the flog of of the Directors. It will be proposed to act upon this resolution (which will require formal confirmation) by the i t tsue of 12,500 new s h ares, t o b e offered pro rata amongst Po Proprietors as they appeared on the Register on the 4 th instant, the date when the Transfer Books of tho Com pany were closed, such shares to be issued at the price of £ 4 O each, being a premium of £2O per share. The total n umber of shares will than be 50,000. Full particulars of the issue will be transmitted by circular to each Pro prietor. The Directors have to announce the retirement of Ed- Wa rd J. Hutchins, Esq., and William Lee Esq., M.P., from the Direction, and the election of Hugh' C. E. Childers, -1:48 (1, M.P. and Edward W. T. Hamilton, Esq., M.P., in their stead. The Directors retiring by rotation are—Nathaniel Alex ander, Esq., Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Esq., and Wil ham Nicol, Esq., who, being eligible, offer themselves for r e - election. There is a vacancy in the Auditorship, through the dis qualification of Mr. Robert Escombe, and it is in the power of the meeting to fill this up. The dividend and bonus (together .£2 16s. per share), free of income tax, will bo payable at the Head Office or any of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 18th B ALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 318 T DECEMBER, 1866. n , DB 1 es • Nal paid up To reserve fund To amount due by tho B ank for custo „,toers' balances, ,te. £12,057,000 12 8 •to liabilities on ac ceptances 1,580,761 9 2 _ No. 23,296. Now ready, in 1 vol with lilustrations, les. 63:, LIFE IN A FRENCh CHATEAU. By lIIJBMIZT E. 11. JERNINGIIASI, Esq Hurst aid Blackat, 13, treat Marlborough-street., /110 VIOLINISTS and CONNOISSEURS in VIOLLNS --cotice of ANTiIoNY sTit.ti WAR! (:,Eradwa-tus). By F. .T. IeETI-;. Translated (with an ap pendix) by JOHN Bvo., cloth boars:6, Cd. ; p.)st free for 72 stamps. London : Robert Cocks and Co . New Burlington-street. N.B.—Gratis and posiage free, a catalogue of violin nvisic. SING ME THAT SONG AGAIN. Ballad by L./Signor GUGLIELMO. This charming son wail be sung by Mr. W. H. Cummings at the Beaumont Instituton, Mile cad, THIS 13 ;at Madame Sainton's third ballad con cert, Feb. 6; and at Mr. itansford's English concert, Feb. 27 (the two at St. James's-hall). Free by post for 16 stamps. Lonclon: Robert Cocks and Co., Now Burlington-street, and of all musicselers. Now published at 3d., per post 4d., pAINLESS TOOTII EXTRACTION •, or, Anrcilhesla Locally Applied . B , A. ESKELL iletSl4 , Surgeon-Dentist, Author of "Dental surgery," " Pure Dentistry," &c. - Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; all booksellers ; or of the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. 13,637,762 1 10 • To profit and loss balance brought f rolA last account 17,468 16 6 (3 gross profit for the half -year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts 337,426 11 3 £11,975,188 13 1 ' - '9 cash on hand at b ile ad Office, and .13ranches £1,767,383 3 3 13 Y cash placed at call and at notice £2,501,439 6 10 11 Investments, viz.: Y r .,Gnyernment and B N-ruaranteed Stocks 695,953 0 6 'l' other stocks and securities 101,899 12 9 797,852 13 3 139 discounted bills and advances to ens -13 torners in town and country . - Y freehold premises in Lombard-street i a rld Nicolas-lane, freehold and lease hold Property at the Branches, with fixtu • 13 les and fittings 176,313 12 8 13 "Item* puid to c ustoiners - - J 3,277 . 5 1.1. Y salaries an d a ll other expenses at 'lead Office and Branches, inclading income-tax on profits and salaries 99,813 11 9 £14,975,188 13 1 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Dit. 1,0 Interest paid to customers T ° °xPenses, as above 0 rebate on bills not due, carried to ,„" d vidend account of 6 per cent. for the half- 24,861 2 1 Year • 45,000 0 0 To ear bonus of .8 cent..... .. 60,000 .0 .0 per To balance carried forward • £337,426 11. 3 b CIL balan cobrought forward from last acco unt 13 3' gross .profit for the half-year, after Ma king provision for bad and doubt ful debts SEARCH TEN GUINEA PRIZE ESSAY— " Vox ab filia uxore matreque." FIVE GUINEA PRIZE —" Suggoit." Writers of the many other admir able essays received are requested to communicate speedily for the sale or return of their MSS. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncPlourel. To be had of all deniers and wbo'csalc of JOHN BUItGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), Loudon. £337,426 11 3 b al ,We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing atice-sheet, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) WILLIAM NORMAN,} SWA INE, Auditors. London a n d County Bank, Jn. 31, 1867. The foregoingßeport having been read by the Secretary, the following resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted :- 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for th e use of the shareholders. 2. That a dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus ,Of 8 per cent., both free of income tax, bo declared for the rialf-year ending 31st December, 1866, payable on and after Monday, the 18th instant, and that the balance of 41.4,467 lls. Gd. bo carried forward to Profit and Loss isi e n w Account. 4 , 0 - That William Nicol, Esq., bo re-elected a Director of *U I 3 Company. That Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Es*, be re-elected a Director of this Company. That Nathaniel Alexander Esq., be re-elected a Director of this . Company.. t That William Norman and Richard Hinds Swaine, seuires, be elided Auditors for the current year. for th e current par. 6 . That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have co nducted the affairs of the Company. Yf7. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to illiam Norman and R. H. Swaine, Esquires, the Auditors 0 the theyComn, for their servicesduring the past year. B.liam - .That thanks of the meeting be presented to MeKewan' Esq. and to the principal and other hey have discharged their respective duties. . (Signed) HUGH C. E. CHILDERS, The CC h airman. hai am titian having quitted the chair, it was resolved, n 4 tarried unanimously,— to 9. Tthe cordi a l thanks of this meeting be presented tru g ha h E. Childers, Esq., M.P., for his able and eeurteous conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy-Chairman. , Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) P. CLAPPISON, LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. 041i0TICE IS HEREBY .GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND pe r tile Capital Stock of the Company, at the rate of Six' • w i t eat. for the half-year ending 31st December, 1866, " a Bonus 'of Eight per cent., will bo paid to Pro tors either at the Ilead•Offlce, 21, Lombard-street, or A p ., rate of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after `'ziDAY, the 18h inst. By order of the-Board, 21, W. M.cICE WAN, General Manager. L°lll bard-street, Feb. 8, 1867. • DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASE S 56, Great Marlborouzh-street, lte,gent-street, W. The Dispensary 14 ()PEN DAILY from Twelve till One o'clock. SUPPORT is greatly NEEDED and earnestly REQUESTED. AT,EX. RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec. THOS. CALVERT, Sec. AVALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA.- A CHINESE CLDDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England. 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Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Gao:of,Ty by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. ISO CICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS cow ain an entirely new and extensive Stook of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan delier,.—l47, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL T DEFRIES andSONS' t_l • NEW CITY SIIOW itoo3l3.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA. LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also CRYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LIGEITS (registered) for INDIA.-147, Houndsditch. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in K. 7 ALEX. ROSS'S CANTIIARIDES OIL, which speedily produocs whiskers and thickens hair, 35 6d, 5s Bd, and ;Os 8d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.— AL la. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by ustn.r ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s; sent by post foraidilleWs• —2lB, High Holborn. 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NoINO Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at hat 11 the I ; h e day of Treaty; and it will not be required tho arty tendering, or an , Agent on his behalf, should aotftzd at the Office on the da3, of Contri . tet, as the result offer received from each person will be communi eated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. v P••5r Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ,„ In 'raNY, and bear in the left-hand corner the words .-'ender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered "raLilhe Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ,,,.% Sotnerset House, signed by two responsible persons, tlir 6in g to become bound with the Person tendering in sum of £BOO for the dueperformance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are Improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S vEr;ErAnut SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness. (to. 2s 9d and 7s ad ; or post for 4') and 100 stamps. —A Liu. ROSS, 248, Eileh Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASIL—By washing the heal with this beautifull3-perfumel Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional usin!. 108 Ad ; sent for stamps.—ALLX. ROSS, 243, High ilolbarn, London, and all Chemists. 9111IIE RESC UE SOCIETY wishes to add another IL Lome to th. 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 05 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. the new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, irem the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Nir. 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The genuine are . a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved pa the stamp. 7 7 2 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY - EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1867. AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVAN S' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After A delphi Theatre After Olympic theatre . . ...EVANS' to ~ 1 11'. Alter strand Theatre. IeVA Nr,' to SUP. Atter New i: oya ty Theatre --EVANS' to SUP. Alter St. James's rheatr ..... ...EVANS' to Slit'. At ter Prince of Wa!ea' l'he Ore... . E VA.NS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E I ANS' , Covent-,;arden. Voe,l Eutertainnamt at Fig'it. THE JAPANESE TROUPE HAVE ARRIVED. TAPANESE TROUPE.—GAENSEE.--First itl Appearance of this novel artiste in Europe, the unrivalled Top Spinner to the Tycoon, whose extraordi nary and unparalleled performances have been pronounced by all Eastern travellers to be truly marvellous. Full programme on Thursday next. Gaensee—Gaensee— Gaensee—Monday, February 11, 1867.—Great St. Martin's JAPANESE TROUPE.—First Appearance in QY Europe of ASI-LITCHI-SAN, the original per former of the great Japane,se Butterfly 'Frick. Vide all the daily journals on this extraordinary Company, imported entire and direct from Japan. MONDAY next, Fob. 11, 1867.—Great St. Martin's Hall. TAPANESE TROUPE.—First Appearance in Europe of the only Japanese Actresses who ever crossed the sea. The full programme will be ready on Thursday next. The first representation will take place MONDAY next, February 11, 1867.—Asi-Kitchi-San.— Great St. Martin's Hall. ripIIE GREAT JAPANESE TROUPE Lre here. Look out for this novelty.—This extraordi nary Company will make their FIRST APPEARANCE in Europe, at the Great St. Martin's Hall, on MONDAY EVENING next, Feb. 11, 1867, for a limited number of representations prior to their appearance in Paris during the Universal Exhibition. Full programme on Thursday next. Sofa Stalls. ss. ; balcony (reserved seats), 35.; area, 25.; back seats, U.—which may be obtained at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street; and at the box office of the hall. Business communications to be addressed to their sole agent, Mr. A. Nimmo, 55, Wigniore-street, London, IV. T E 0 X F 0 It 1) , 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE VII.L ARS (Opera Comique), Music by A. Maillart, In which Afiss RUSSELL will appear, as sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz enry ' • Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Ixtra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by .Ir. F. Jonghmans. ••- • - " the strength of Mr. Morton lies in his operatic selections, executed by a small but highly efficient band, and a well selected body of vocalists, under the direction of Mr. F. Jon ; ;limans. —Times, Jan. 9,1807. COMEDY, by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, G. W. ROSS, and the celebrated American Gymnasts the BROTHERS HANLON, their fifth appearance in this country. - -• • ---- - ItOBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist, will make his appearance TII Is EVENING with his crop of comicalities and his new song, "THE BOY AT MUGBY." TV I AD.AME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDITIONS. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, Is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, Gd. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY .EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luci CURTL Manager, GRENET. _ _ Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WEST ON' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SIVEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Everybody should see the Irish Minstrels, every evening at 9 o'clock, with,songs, dances, and Irish anec dotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and origi rml overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. 11. Baker. Immense success of Arthur Lloyd's new song " Chillingowullabadorie," every evening, at 11 o'clock—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry cud Kattie King ; and Pio Watkini, the Japanazo Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large - I.:horns chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical .Director, Mr. P. ,Couur.. • Prices of admission—Stalls .tnd %loony, ls.; Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. (Jan be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and a o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. D UNVILLE'S V.R. 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Extractions when n ecessar y, an d all the ordinary p a inful operations perform e d w i t h ou t g i v ing the sl'eliteA pain by a new process, and without the use of chloroform or other dangerous ingredlent, Stopping decayed teeth , a nd di sc oloured teeth rest-red. &c. Attenda-oe. 10 to G. All consultations tree.-291, REGENT-STREET, three doors trom the Polytechnic. • the premises No. 21 liceleston-street South, in April, 1365, and the notice to treat was served by the company in the following July. The bUsiness claim was th refore based upon a calcula'ion of gross profits for the four months from April toJuly, which was stated at £967. The cost of removal was put at between £2OC and £3OO. It appcar4d, how ever, in the cross examination of the claimants' witnesses that the business at both places was carried on by one of the claimants alone, and that no separate accounts were taken of the sales at either place. The claimants' accountant had based his calculations entirely upon the figures furnished by the claimants and not upon a s u inspection of the books. The gross profits on sales for 13 months were stated to have been £1,536, in respect of both premises. The net profits upon these were calculated at £l,OlO for the same period. Two-thirds of this was declared to have accrued at No. 21. A list of the customers, many of whom were per sons of title, was put in, and it was endeavoured to be shown that they preferred the shop No. 21 to No. 24. Various intances were adduced of large profits having been made upon particular sales, but it was admitted that these were exceptional cases, and the general business was extremely speculative. It was contended on the part of the claimants that Eccleston-street was the best situation in Lon don for shops of this character, and preferable to Holborn or Crauborne-street. It was admitted that the actual cost of removal would only be somewhere about £2O, exclusive of breakages, which might be reduced to a minimum if proper care was taken. The usual evidence was given as to the recent rise in the value of property owing to the improvements of the Marquis of W estminster in the neighbour hood, and it appeared that the claimants were about to dissolve partnership. The claimants called nine witnesses in support of their case, and after counsel examining them it was unnecessary for the company to call any witnesses. The company contended that the total value of the lease was only £247, and that the injury to business, removal of goads, and costs of fixtures would be amply covered by a sum of £3OO. The Jury, after a few minutes' consideration, re turned a verdict for £640, including fixtures. Counsel for the claimants were Sergeant Parry and Mr. fiance, instructed by Messrs. Woodbridge; and for the company Mr. Lloyd and the lion. A. G. Thesiger, instructed by Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co. Melancholy Accident to a Lifeboat. -,,,...---- [We deeply grieve to find devolving upon us the melancholy duty of giving publicity to the sub joined deplorable announcement, in reference to a casualty which has just befallen one of the noblest institutions in the land.—ED. SUN.] P A DSTOW, CORNWALL, Feb. 6. The Rev. Richard Tyacke reports the following sad occurrence which happened on Wednesday, dur ing a Tearful gale, to the lifeboat at that place:— " A vessel this morning struck on the Doom Bar, at the entrance of our harbour. At once the boat was' manned, and started to her assistance. The seas, however, were so mountainous that the boat's oars were quiokly broken, and she was obliged to drive before the waves without reaching the stranded vessel. The boat was soon overturned, and the whole crew thrown into the water, and though the boat righted quickly, none, from the violence of the waves, were again able to reach her. The conse quences are fearful—eight of the crew only are saved, and five drowned. The brave Shea, who always volunteered his services in the case of shipwreck, is among the latter number. Two of the dead bodies are washed on shore—Shea's and Varcoe's ; those of Truscott, Crannell, and the chief -I.)44tanan of coast guard, are still in the water, and nowhere to be seen. The saved are—llill (coxswain), French (second coxswain), Harris, Bate, May, Bennett, Brenton, and a coast guard man. The crew of the stranded vessel, with the exception of one men, arc saved, as the ebb tide left her almost dry." It may be added that the lifeboat was the gift to the National Life boat Institution of the city of Bristol, and only last winter performed one of the noblest services a lifeboat could achieve during a fearful midnight storm in sav ing the crew of 17 men of the barque Juliet, of Greenock, who in the absence of the boat must in evitably have perished. Padstow is one of the most dangerous points on the Cornish coast, and the gallant Mr. Shea, the chief officer of the coastguard, who perished in the boat, has been off in this and the previous lifeboat on every occasion they had been afloat, and had contributed in the two lifeboats to the saving of fifty-five lives. The four other brave men who were also lost never shrank from their dangerous duties ; and it is to be hoped that, in conjunction with the National Lifeboat Institution, the public at large will come forward liberally to support the families of the unfortunate men who have thus perished in the performance of one of the noblest as well as the most perilous duties they could be called on to render to their fellow crea tures. Considering the fearful character of these lifeboat services—that about 6,000 persons go afloat on all occasibns in the boats every year, and that during the past 14 years the institution has only lost 18 lives—it must be a source of congratulation to every one that so small a percentage has been sacri ficed compared with the noble service done in that period, and the large number of brave men engaged at so much hazard in the work. It may be men tioned that the National Lifeboat Institution at its meeting yesterday voted £2lO in aid of the local subscription now making for the relief of the fami ks, under the superintendence of the Rev. Richard :'yacke, rector of Padstow, and other gentlemen in he locality. RAILWAY COMPENSATION CLAIMS. A curious instance of the disparity which exists between the real and supposed value of premises w hich a railway compa n y are r equired, under their I parliamentary powers, to take, was given by a case which occupied the attention of the high bailiff of Westminster, and a special jury, at the Guildhall, Westminster, during the whole of yesterday. A claim was made by Messrs. Neil and Under wood, under the advice of Messrs. Toplis an.] Roberts, for £3,392, in respect of . their interest in No. 21, r, ,ton-street South, whiajkgauired to. be taken for the purposes.aithe railway. The claim; , ants. were dealers in objects of vertu, old china, and same pictures, e at No. 24 in the m on a similar busi siness.eT from Ther h u ri n st e m x in No. 21 Was . 19 y s street, and where had another they carried shop paisr,edlt6er67a at a rent of £BO per' annum, and they had under le t portion of thepre aCi mises at a rent of £75 for a term` of seven years, determinable at the end of any year by the tenant. The claimants denied all knowledge of the in tended railway at the time the lease was taken, in April, 1865, although it appeared that the parlia mentary notice was given in November, 1863, and stated that as soon as their. lease had been g ran t e d they prepared to erec t a gallery in the rear of the house, in order to extend their business premises ; but when the notice to treat was served in July, 1865, they stopped building the gallery. A letter was put in from the solicitors of the claiinants' landlord, dated April, 1865, and offering to give them a lease for 42 years at a rent of £lOO. This the claimants refused, and took the shorter term at £BO a year. The rent of No. 21 was stated to be £45 a year, and it was mentioned that another house in the same street, No. 18, had been to let for many months at a rent of £l2O, with a premium of £4OO, witho9t finding a tenant. The witnesses, for the claimants valued the lease hold interest at £ 759 . T he y claimed £75 for the tenancy and £BG for fixtures, and the remainder of the claim was made up by the compensation which they asked for the injury to stock by their removal from NO. 21 to No. and for the interruption to business. The books were yW, imperfectly kept, so much so that the elaimantsF : 'Own accountant could not come to conclusions sa tisfactory to himself as to the amount of their net profits. . . . Messrs. Rein' L . 4:l'. Underwood had entered upon ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. The annual meeting of the Governors of this hos pital took place yesterday afternoon iu the board room of the institution, Gray's-inn-road—:-Mr. Jas. Hopgood in the chair. The report of the committee of management, which was read by the Itet.4. B. Owen, stated that during the past year the diree tors of the Great Northern Railway, in recognition of the constant services rendered to cases of acci dent occurring on their line, have doubled their sub scription, now amounting to £5O a year. The sus :pension of the Agra and Masterman's Bank, an event which evoked the deepest • sympathy of the committee with their highlyrespected treasurer, Mr. E. Masterman, inconvenienced the committee less than it might have done, as they had only a ba lance of £153 Bs. 2d. in. the bank at the time. Having regard to the harsh external circumstances under which this high-class company succumbed, and mindful of the long and faithful services of the late Mr. John Masterman, and of his son, Mr. Ed ward Masterman, successively treasurers of this hospital, the committee saw no reason whatever for withdrawing their confidence in the latter gen tleman, and, on his proposal to resign his office of treasurer, solicited him to continue his valuable services, with which request Mr. Master-. man complied. Their banking account was then removed to the firm of Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co,, from whom the hospital has been recently favoured with handsome donations. The committee gratefully acknowledge a liberal grant of bibles from the British and Foreign Bible Society, and several handsome donations. During the past year the committee have to record with u nfeigned regret the decease of one of it s oldest members, a constant and gener ous supporter of t he charity, , the late Mr. George Simpson. The report, in referring to the death of Dr. William Marsden, the founder of the charity, stated that, independently of any other shape of memorial which the governors and other friends of the deceased may hereafter see fit to adopt, a member of the co mmittee having most gener ously offered to guarantee 1200 a year for five years, on condition of sufficient extra funds being raised to support oue additional ward iu this hospi- PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED __ sd„. tal, to be called " The Founder's" or "The Marsden Ward;" and, moreover, as there already exists a cDmmodions new ward, as yet uaopened, every way suitable for the purpose, the committee strongly re commend this meeting's acceptance of the above offer, and its making immediate arrangements for carrying out the object. The committee will not o.nit to notice that during the year the sum of 2s. 5J., chiefly in small coins down to farthings, was taken from the street Loxes. The large number of cases admitted during the year diEplay a total of 78,40 G, indicating a mass of individual and family distress at least alleviated, if not wholly relieved. The financial statementfor the year showed that the total income amounted to £10,353 ss. 7d., and the total expenditure to £9,789 Os. 10d., leaving a balance of £564 ss. 9d. The report and statement of accounts, together with the report of the medical officers, were received and ordered to be printed for cir culation. Votes of thanks were then passed to the committee, the vice-president, the auditors, the treasurer, and the various medical officers, and the secretary, for their continued exertions on behalf of the institution. A brief discussion then took place on ri motion from Dr. O'Connor, respecting the suggestion in the report as to a memorial to the late Dr. Marsden ; and a resolution was ultimately passed to the effect that a committee be appointed to con sider the subj.. , ,ct, and that in the meantime the generous offer of Mr. Hopgood ((he member cf the committee who had promised to guarantee £2OO a year for five years) be thankfully accepted, and that efforts be made to carry out the proposition in regard to an additional ward. A sub-committee was then appointed, and a cordial vote of thanks to the chair man concluded the proceedings. Thoughts on Stag-hunting. (From Bailey's Magazine) Catching your own again, as Sam Nicoll called stag hunting, will never be a popular amusement with the ma jority of sportsmen. The very fact that you need not take every advantage of the animal you aro pursuing, as you needs must do when you are after a wild animal, deprives the sport of half its zest. But it is quite an error to sup pose that there is no hunting in it; for hounds will stick to the line of a stag as closely as to that of a fox or a hare and it depends entirely upon the system that is pursued, whether it is a sport fit for men, or whether it is as tame as coursing rabbits with cur dogs in an enclosed paddock. In addition to the bad name which stag-hunting has acquired, with good reason, from the practices which we are about to condemn, there is a vast amount of prejudice against it from the circumstance of its being the sport of Londoners, whose vocations preclude them from hunting frequently, and to whom a certain find and a probable gallop are the great attractions. The principal packs of staghounds have always been to be reached from the metropolis, formerly by road and now by rail; and in seniority, as well as in loyalty, wo must first rank that of her Majesty. Within the last few masterships the country formerly bunted by these hounds has been grievously curtailed. The Harrow country, over which they used to have their best sport, has been, of neces sity, given up, and the line of the famous Poll-hill run would be found to be intersected with hundreds of wire fences. The trip to Lyndhurst has been discontinued since the disforest ing of the Crown lands and tho deStruction of the red deer in the New Forest. The want of condition of the deer in their wild state prevented any great runs over the forest, and the deer invariably died soon after being taken; but these were pleasant gatherings, making a fitting conclusion to the season, and the discontinuance of them was much regretted. Time and modern improvements have done their worst, as far as sport is concerned, fen• the Queen's county. The Surrey staghounds, a subscription pack, with Squire Heathcote at their head, hunt the countrywhere the late Earl of Derby showed such sport for upwards of 40 years. But here again the face of nature has been sadly changed. Open fields, over which Jonathan, on Prosper, used to cheer his hounds, are now covered with villas, streets, and crescents, and retired spots have become rail way junctions. Forest-hill was then rightly named, and Reigate Station was a deep morass. By the courtesy of the directors of the Brighton Railway, who carry the hounds andseuants' horses on their lio9.freq of charge, this pack is now ontible 7 d to get more frequently '!below hill." This is a cotintry well calculated for making good men to hounds, and Messrs. Shaw, Simpson, Metcalf, Gil les Pie, and others, are quite up to sample. - A tale is told, the authenticity of which, however, - wo cannot vouch for, that in a run with these hounds the huntsman and a gentle man got off their horses .to take a gate off its hinges, and in the excitement and hurry of the moment each got upon his neighbour's I;orse and rode'thrOugh* the run without discovering the mistake. When the deer was taken the huntsman, feeling for his horn, and not finding it, looked down, and to his intense asionishmenthissdark brown horse had become a mealy bay: The Great Eastern Railway will take the sportsman to that first-rate plough country, the Roothings of Essex, where the staghouuds are under the able management of the Hon: Frederick Petro. The absence of up-standing fences is favourable to the running of the deer, but there is a sameness in the country which detracts from it in the eyes of those who follow hounds. Upon the borders of the Vale of Aylesbury is situated the pretty village of Mentsnore, where the staghounds of Baron Lionel de Rothschild aro kennelled. From hisyouth up Baron Lionel was a hound man, and he spared neither trouble nor expense to make his pack a perfect one. In the year 1842 he purchased at Tattersall's one of the lots of Mr. Osbaldeston's famous pack, at the price of one hundred guineas a couple. By a judicious cross with this blood ho bad the good fortune to breed one of the best hounds that ever wont out of doors. This was Gunners 'bury, by Mr. Osbaldeston's Falstaff, a son of Furrier, one of the Cheshire Guilosonie. Guunersbury was a light coloured hound of enormous power and substance, and a driving, forcing hound on a scout. As ho crashed through the doubles he appeared as though he would tear them to pieces. Guunersbury was used freely in the Mentmore kennel, and his daughter, Dairymaid, through whom the blood has descended, took very much after him both in looks and style of hunting. Tho baron bred from all the most fashionable. kennels of the day. Lord Fitzwilliant's Marmion, Feudal, and Bluecap, Mr. Drake's Duster, Lord Southampton's Herald, Lord Yarborough's Rallywood, the Duke of Rutlaud's . Ragland, • Gamester, and Ranter, and other hound sires of high repute helped to make the pack; but tho Belvoir sort proved to be too mute for stag hounds. It was to the Fitzbardingo blood that the baron's kennel was the most indebted. Among 20 couple from Berkeley Castle came Paradox, and although, after hunt ing stag for two seasons, she was begged back by Harry Ayriss, she left behind her at Mentinore two splendid daughters, Primrose and Princess, by Mr. Drake's Satel lite, to perpetuate her blood. In the present pack Pilgrim, by Lord Fitzhardinge's Palmerston, although a wayward hound, is a great favourite of the huntsman, Fred Cox; but the apple of his eye is Random, by Lord Fitzhardinge's Roderick, out of a Yarborough bitch. Random is a tho rough line hunter, with a deep melodious tongue, good in chase, and without an atom of jealousy. " I wouldn't take 1,000 guineas for him," shouted Cox, in the act of charging a blackthorn fence, an assertion which he quali fied the next morningwith the following important addition —"if 1 had . the baron's money.", The first object of a master of staghounds should be to divest the sport, as much as possible, of all tameness, and to make it, as near as he can, like the real thin g . To effect this, he .deer should be turned out into a q uiet s p ot, unseen by any one except the deer-cart man, who can tell the huntsman where to lay the hounds on. Nothing can be more oot dheesfotrruoca live to sport than the plan of turning the de d e s r i n n i o o b re o l f ik p e co s p f l a e i , rattily anythinget possibly by one the deer is followed by the foot people, andameeteolfse.staFgoir t u h n e first few generally e fi ra el l d ly s are accompanied by men on or two cur dogs, who thoroughly foil the ground. oo p os ponies, second'i be e hacks, to boys rie the deer as long horsemen, and others, who as they they act as fuglemen for tho they do in crossing the scent, h can keep him inviecw, and, irrespective of the harm hound s a t: geti the settled ilar d ? They are brought our i a i t v c ground, o h n au f t' o e iled av° r iders instantly start off, heedless of the hounds, as the y do in some countries after the fox. Could any system be dev i se d more calcula ted to make hounds unstead y ? A second deer-cart, to mislead the mischief-doers, has some times been tried with success. When once the hounds are laid on, they should never be stopped. The practice of s topping staghounds is the great blemish of the sport; spoils the hounds, it spoils the run, it spoils everything, no excepting the temper of the field. Just its they are expect rug that they are in far a good thing, and excitement ie a its highest point, their hopes are dashed to the ground and their spirits sent below zero. The excuse that is made in defence of stopping hounds is that it enables a stout slow deer to got ahead, and thereby give a better run; a longer and more draggling one, perhaps,whereas every endeavour should be to make it sharp and decisive. Another reason sometimes put forward is, that the hounds are stopped for the sake of saving the deer, but it is a very futile one. A deer is not so easily killed if run into whilst he is strong, but when hounds have been stopped, and the deer has got gradually weaker and weaker, the least accident will finish him. An exception, however, to the rule of never stopping the hounds may be made in the case of a view. A view does harm to the hounds, as it takes them off their noses, and causes them to look out for views. Besides, pt hest , it is a little bettor 4kan a bad course, and however well hounds may pack together upon n scent, they will string all over the country when running a deer in view. But the tamest proceeding of all is when, the hounds having been stopped, persons are sent forward to ride the deer and take him to the front of the hounds. Reader, as soon as this takes place, turn your horse's head to the nearest road and make your way hoine, if you know it, and if not, inquire it. All pretence of sport is over. The hounds should not be lifted, but encouraged to hunt out the line for themselves. At times they may be assisted, as when a deer has gone up and down a fence, ling unable to find a way over; and there are some such bad scenting days that the huntsman must take his deer in the best way that he can. But the more the hounds aro left to themselves, and the less the sound of the horn is heard, the better. When the deer is rim into the hunts- man should draw off his hounds, and attend only to them, whilst he leaves the securing of the deer to others. Harry King, when whipper-in to Mr. Charles Davis, was a first rate hand at taking a deer, and would plunge into water up to his neck to effect it. And now a few words to the field. Start with the hounds, anti ride to them, and to them only. if you find it necessary to take a pull, as yolk very likely will, take it, but do nut take an advantage to • . the detriment of the hounds. Deer usually take so direct a course that staghounds will bear more pressing than foxhounds; but do not, therefore, think it right to ride upou their line, but ride a little to the right or to the left. We take it for granted that you mean goiug. Have you a well-bred, fast horse, that can stay? Can he go well through dirt ? Is he a bold, resolute fencer, active as a cat, and fit as fiddle ? Unless he possesses these qualifi cations, you had better not take him stagging. A feat of the late Colonel Standen, of the Guards, now mord than 40 years ago, created a great sensation at the time. At the finish of a severe run with the Hon. Grantley's Berkley's staghounds, the colonel and Mr. George Payne were riding to save the deer, when they came to the river Brent, over which was a wooden bridge for foot passengers, with a stile at each end. The bridge was 33ft. long and only 20in. broad, and more than 20ft. down to the water. Col. Stan den jumped his horse on to it, crossed the bridge, jumped him off again, and saved the deer. Some of poor Join. Mason's feats with the staghounds in the Vale of Ayles • bury have been chronicled in the pages of Bailey. He 'I was one day sailing down to the B,owshain Brook upon a soft-hearted but big-jumping horse named Mulatto,,wie: jet" Mr. George Cook, who knew every yard of the country, IP 'I.IF shouted out to him, " You can't get over there, Jem !" but in vain. Jem was not to be denied, and putting more steam on, got well over. The place was afterwards mea sured with a tape, and from fore hoof to hind hoof proved to be 29ft. This sensation jump sold Mulatto for 400 gs. Another great artist in the Vale was the late Tom, Ball, but' his style of riding was very different. In the early part of a run Torn would suffer others to go before him, while he . rode his own line and his own pace. His intention was to get through the run and so save his deer, and he rarely failed to effect his object. When Wm. Barwick was hunts- a good man in kennel, but a very poor performer in the saddle, and for whom Toni had a supreme contempt, the hounds met at Tring Windmill, and ran straight up the Vale. Tom had cut down the whole field, and was alone, when his horse stopped, going. up the hill to Ov ing, the hounds having got the deer in view. Toni jumped . off and took his deer, on foot, into Sir Thomas lutirey's stable-yard. "But where's Barwick ?" says Sir Tho mas. " Oh, he is tiding round some field or other, look ing through for a gap to get out," answered Tom. " There) are the thoughts suggesting themselves to me during the . frost. To such of my young friends as are not above ad vice some of these hints tray be useful ; they are foUnded on experience of 30 years, during which time the writer has enjoyed many a good day's fun with staghounds. SALMON FISIIERIES.—Mr. Frank Buckland has been appointed an Inspector of Salmon Fisheries, in the room of Mr. Eden, who has retired from that appoint ment. On Tuesday evening Mr. Goldwin Smith con- eluded his course of lectures at Bradford on the Political History of England, and at the close received a cordial vote of thanks. A PARALLEL.—Mr. Bright is a reading man, and therefore it is to be supposed that ho knows something of the history of the 18th century. Does he remember what took place on the 2d of June in the year 1780, while the Mike of Richmond was advocating Parliamentary Reform before his brother peers, and urging them to adopt annual Parliaments and universal suffrage ? On that very day an enormous multitude met in St. George's-fields, for the per- Pose of presenting a no-popery petition to Parliament, under the guidance of Lord George Gordon. There were no trades' unions in those days; nevertheless, the multitude were duly marshalled, and marched by three separate routes from the place of meeting, and finally assembled in front of the Ifon;es of Parliament to present their monster petition. Everybody remembers, or ought to remember, the result. Protestantism, pure and undefiled, was in league with ruffianism, impure and defiled ; and through tho stupidity, cowardice, and irresolution of the magistracy, London for six days was given up to flames and plundering on a gigantic scale. We do not suppose that if the threat- Atterflte,[oriss procession ever male its appearance at West minster it would pelt Mr. Disraeli, drag Lord Derhy from his carriage, knock General Peel into the dirt, or cry "A la lauterne !" when Mr. Lowe appeared. There is a vast dif ference between that time and this; but it is as well to remember, when such propositions as that of the League are made, how easily and rapidly the gathering of a mob may lead to a riot. It should not be forgotten that once on a time a vast mob professed to come to petition but really re mained to kick the President of the Council and drag Lord Boston from his carriage, and trample on him, and so nearly finished the Archbishop of York that he was forced to put on woman's clothes in order to get safely home again from a neighbouring house. It is well also to remember that, having smashed these and a good many more peers and M.P.'s, the offended Protestantism and pickpocketism of London straightway proceeded to execute justice oa their enemies, burning two or three Catholic chapels, just by way of getting their hands in ; and that on the next night they burnt a few more chapels, and then burnt Newgate and set all the prisoners loose, and did not go home in the morn ing until they had also burnt Lord Mansfield's house in Bloomsbury:square, with all his rare and costly library. Being further kindly encouraged by the Ministers and magistrates of the day, who did nothing st all to stop them, they continued to propagate Gospel truth by burn ing the Fleet, the Marshalsea, and the King's Bench prisons, with sundry private and public buildings, so that at one time 36 fires were to be counted blazing at one mo ment. It is true that by the Bth of June it was all over, at the cost of shooting down a few hundred Protestants and burglars-285 being actually killed, and some 200 or 300 wounded. Afterwards, moreover, what used to be called "justice" did its work, and 29 rioters, chiefly young men and boys, were actually hanged; while the instigator of all these things was tried, it is true, but was acquitted, and sent about his business. No doubt there is a good deal of difference between Lord George Gordon and the council of the Reform League.—Pall-Mall Gazette. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.—He can say the most unpalatable things iu the pleasantest possible way. He does not appeal to the pride and pugnacity of his c ij ou w n h tr ic y h m a en m , m o n s tell can them that pi th u it r A h m t e a r n ica d dinsitw free' g He thinks there is "no s ufficient flavour of humanity in heony bre p a la th e° . the soil" out of which they grow, and that it makes a man. humane to "live on the old humanised soil" of Europe. He will not deny the past for the sake of glorifying the present. " They say a dea d man's hand cures swellin g s if laid on them ; nothing like the dead cold hand of the past to take down our tumid egotism." He is equally the enemy of "high-falutin," and spread-eagleism, and social s l angs "First-rate," " prime," "a prime article," "a supe rior:piece of goods," a "gent in a flowered vest ;" all such expressions aro final. They blast the lineage of him or her who utters them for generations up and down. He tells them that " good breeding is surface Christianity." He slyly consoles them with the thought that " goad Americans when they die go to Paris." He is thoroughly national himself, and woulttagerite - Asreerican patriotism large and liberal, not a narrow provincial conceit. The "autocrat" is assuredly one of the pleasantest specimens of the American gentlemen, and one of the most charming of all chatty companions; genial, witty, and wise—nev er wearisome. Wo fancy the "Autocrat of the - Breakfast Table" is not so well known or widely read in this country as it deserves to be. A more delightful book has not come over the Atlantic.—Quarterly Review. THE CONDITION OF SPAIN. A Madri d reigns o' e at - s pondent (writing Feb. 1) says Order Madrid, but how long it will last the most prescient cannot say, except that such order is as precarious as the regi men that uphold s it. Those among the inhabitants of Madrid having something worth saving have made heir preparations to leave at a moment's notice. lowever, the terrorism adopted by the Government, and the recent arrest and seminary convictions of journalists a not prevent their revolutionary papers and proclama tions front appearing in the very heart of the capital. Al though all that braggadocio from the revolutionary press is duly appreciated by impartial people, it produces a bane ful influence upon the masses. As to the public distress, it is prevalent above all in the southern provinces. Tho newspapers of Grenada, Cordova, and Seville, daily bring us harrowing pictures front those parts. The , Palace of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier is always full of people without the first necessaries of life, and who daily receive their assistance in food and money. It is rumoured in official circles that the Government is trying to revive the national credit. It is even said that Narvaez himself applied to the representative of the house of Roth s s child for a loan to be applied.to the settlemen t of Spain' foreign debt. The represent.'e of the Rothschilds is said to have replied that, sting the gua rantees offered were good, it would not that the succesrs of Narvaez and Gonzales Bravo wou ld respect andobsoserve the con tracts of their predecessors. The exile of the Duke of Montpensier has been decided upon in principle ; the Go vernment is only his Royal Highne ss is determined not to give the least wa iti n g for a pret ext, but it seems that chance to the Cabinet. There has been'a rumour that peace had been concluded between Spain and the Souther, Republies, owing to the .resolnte interveiMion li d thoa United States ; but no official news hos-s)Deen_wc•kijoi that effect s effect,: ~, ,, ,p,-, ~,,, -y , - - - ,-- - -- i_ . :' - Mt2kit ;~~~~~~ ~b ~.' ~ ~~ .10** • NOTICE OF REMOVAL DEFRIES and SONS , NEW CITY SITOW ftooll.l.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA. DINNEit SERVICE, from .£1 18s. 601.- 147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS ti• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety. from LI ls. upwards.- 147. Houndsditoli. NO rrcE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIEF.,' and SONS' J. NEW CHIC SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assoement of DESSERT SP:KYR:NS, from Zi is. to 100 euineas. (i.e is aad Monograms engraved on same. -147, Houndsditch. NO PICK: OF REMOVAL. JT DEFRIES and SONS • • NEW CITY Silo N lti,ollS.--'7RYS,FAL HAN- D ELT RIVA, New Dt.51.,,;-us for the Drawing-room. either n or Gas or Candle, an f to suit all kiuls of Decorations.-117, Hounrlsditelt. NJT[CE OF ItEIiOVAL. J. DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZE and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designg for the Dining-room.-147, Houndsditeh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW lioo3lS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be re•sn in great variety, front 33. to 30s. each-IC, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JT DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW BOOTS.—The NEW JET DINING ROME VASE. Registered designs, in great vatiety.-147, Hotindsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JbEFRIES and SONS' . NEW CITY SHOW ROOllS. TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest pa terns and correct mea sure.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' .T• NEW cur SHOW ROOMS.— ORNANIENTAL CLOCKS for th 2 DINING and DRAWING-W./OM-147. H oundsditch. NOTICE' OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CICY SIIOW ROIMS —Nferehant4 and the Trada supplied with PATTERN BOORS FREE. 117, noundsditch. Works—London, Birmingham, and Paris. Established 1803. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS slitp.a72,earnreesitlitireelicited for fitting up the TRAINING Boys' Refuge, 8. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Great Queen-street, IV.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.- .CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. zi,ooo required. W3l. WILLI AM, Secretary. Boys' lefuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The C omm ittee are most anxious to provide fo r 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. Th e annua l expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £is,ooo, beim , " £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to ray for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, Uigh Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, pall-Mall East; and byl WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street. W.C. - • . ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road , in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her blopt Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of.WA LE S,KG. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. ILO. • This Hospital s toundel in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the siok poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' ordeis.lo wholly de pendent for support ou voluntary oontributions and t g . az&es. It affords relief to a large number of iu-pa itnts, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sink has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear eatly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr nines of this Hospital are capable of containing several humdred more beds had the Committee the requisite iunds to maintain them. Contributions are received by tht ir bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Idessrs. Contts and Cp.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Presco tt, Grot., and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barelay and Co. ; 'thorns, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD slifiTll. Seeretsry. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts aro admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans %re, for want accommodation, refusedadmittanco, andhavo to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor f amil ies in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has boon begun? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will bo most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., No. 22, Finsbury-cireue, E.U I .6" _ //. v amieb. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN lINLIFAX." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215., Tw ° MARRIAGES. By the Author of "John tlalifsx, Gentleman," "Christian's Mistake," &a. Murat an i Blacketr, 13, Great Marlborourzh-strctt.