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Bd, at the Retail Houses in London; by t'ta Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STE:6MT, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label and Oork.Branded "Sine n's LL Whisky r 6 / 1 16ta1. Fot plreWoltrily to this application for remuneration the late Laboratory Superintendent had applied to Sir John Pakington for leave to patent his invention. The request was an unusual one, Colonel Boxer being paid by the Government for making improvements; but Sir John gi.anted it. At the same time he stipulated that the Government shoUld have to give no royalties. Now, what the Colonel has done has been to enter into a royalty arrange- . ment with a firm which supplies the Government, for payment in respect of Government contracts. So that, in effect, the country was having to give to the Superintendent of the Laboratory, money which he was forbidden to receive. Nothing. need be said about the expediency of an inspector being connected with the firm whose goods he has to pass. THE SUN, LONDON, THUBSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. • And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon persontilsecuilty, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. -l'orms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. 1870. N°. 24,209. PRICE 4 a STAMPED Id. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., - - - --- ~A ATOODIN'S RETURN TO LONDON." V Y W. S. WOODIN "AT HOME" with his great Original CARPET BAG And SKETCH-BOOK. TO-NIGHT, MLSVELLANEOUS NEWS. TM?, CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE LORDS. nd healing speaking They hold e came to locality of the II )15r Mormon . ' than one? one God? Father of ?" By a r that GA self omni it. 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B. HALL, of Printing House-square, E.C., • next the " Times," London.—Wholesale Agent and Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery) celebrated PALE and other ALES ; Koatinge and Co.'s famous Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch Whiskies, from several of the best - distilleries. Samples can also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA FIDE BUSINESSES.—A Dumber of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars of others wanted in town and country. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NE WSPAPEtt, Devoted to American Intelligence. ENLARGED to 24 PAGES, eporte of Con Tress, Personal, Financial. Mining, Railroad, Om Members of Parliament. Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States. will and this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. p]STABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. 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. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Rorailly, 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. Contts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C SPRING BICE Hon. Sec. THE DEAF & DIIMB.—The Committee of the JEWS DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to receive APPL [CATIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF and DUMB CHILDREN, of all denomiustione, as Day Pupils, f or i ns t ruc ti on i n audible speech and lip-reading. The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the manual alphabet and all artificial slams. A public lesson is given every Wednesday, at 3 p.m., when the successful results of the system can be wit nessed. Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and a ll other particulars, to be made to W. VAN PRAAGH, Esq., Director of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, 44, Burton•crescent, W.C. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. - The . Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055. the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonust or the Life Polices of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render ; them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES 1 of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable thts - -n to conti nue th e benefits of medical aid to those pumerous p Jor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. tan kers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and 00., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and 00., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. W aterloo-bridge -road, S E. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, urrey. 19. Enlarged 1881. Under the patronage S of H.R.H. the Founded Duke B4 of CllmmunGß. whereby II home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages classes, and denominations, from all parts of of The obje , ..t . of the Charity is to give-orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, 8.11 laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other w ise Provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. T he Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer; W H. Waswtox Secretary. Office. 121. W GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients sines it was estsblisbee at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. B ankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard stroek Messrs. Ransom and Botiverie, 1, Pall-malL—Hon. Soc.. Smith. Esti. GEo. REID, Sec. rr HE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and C. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and ol SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-maU. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary Office, 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly. I3RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution , ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Platitution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on application to the Se cretary. - THOS. TILSON, Chairman. A CH II A BR S. EY LE C E . , P 3 R I. I A C . E, M s. .A. } Hon. Seca ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Places, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers —Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin a ne ; a n d M essrs. Haywood Brothers. Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. J).17 BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. TVLENTA RA saves fifty times it ß s cost A in other remed ß ies, lCA and restores perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functiunt i ° : regularity, and energy to the most disordered or , enfeebled —removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhcea., all gastric de rangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, asrvousness biliousness, fevers, s ore th roats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, asusea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the cheat, pains at :hthe pit of the stomach and b e t ween th e s h oulders. It is e moat digestible and nourishing of all foods, an d su i ta b le or i Lavalids and infants in all complaints. an:Pbort'rasiT CAITTION.,BOWarO of the many unsavoury rit in r e re than slopy imitations to which, without autho y, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attaehed. Du on none will doubt the valuable properties of .111 1 Barry's hea lth -restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it yas already received from invalids whose position bad bean deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly treatments. We It after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. Ye quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. X 8,413) ;_"Rome, July 21st, 1866. —The health of the lioly Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all ther remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du arrY a Revalenta Arabic" Food of which he consumes a lateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly eneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."l Cure No. 58,216 o f the Marchioness de Drell:an of seven years' live r comp l a i n t , was ti ng away, debility, nervous nese, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, b a d di gestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ervous agitation. Cure No. 71. o f dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord S tuart de Decies Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Wate r fori :—" I have denved much benefit from your excellent c I°o --STITART DB DECIBS, C t Cappoquin,Count y Waterford." Cure No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony horn dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, Jolly flatuleney, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria of Lynn, Norfolk. constipation Cure No. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor voss fancies. C ure No. 56,814.-11 r. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two year,. diarrhoea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., 21 hs rss. 6d. ; 121 b., 2 9 5. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b anisters, carriage free on recetpt of P. 0. Order. Also Du arry's Revaleuts. Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in n eaaisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at Be. 6d., for 48 0.1 1 5 3 at Ss., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 555, BeiAg "tout .lie penny pe r cup. The 30s. and 555. tine are sent fro() ef carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order.' A - 't Y . DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London, o at Fortnum and Mason's ; also at 4, Choapside, 61, uceoh utch-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, Ns?! 11f1. t 14- roads London and all Cirems and Olienti9ta road. FORGOTTEN BY THE WORLD. "This novel is well written and readable."—Echo. "The characters are remarkably well drawn."—John Bull. Hurst and Blackott, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published. price is 6d., by post is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus . tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: EL Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, aro reprinted with this edition. fIAUTION. POPULAR ERROR.—PRICE'S BENZODYNE, tho newly-discovered Cure for Cough, Bronchitis, Consumption, and all wasting diseases, Clolera, Dysentery, &c., has nothing whatever to do wil It petroleum spirit, falsely called Benzoline, &c. This unique remedy may be obtained of all Chemists, and through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE, Analytical Chemist, 2, Lower Seymour. street, London, W. Prices—ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury) The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at ls. lid., 2e. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET. VR. ESKELL, theAutbor of "Pure Dentis t ry , and What it Does for Ifs," "Painless T6oth Extraction; or Anesthesia Locally Applied:" Dental Surgery: a Practical Treatise:" Modern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice," ke., may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVRNOR-STREET, GROSVR NOR-SQUARR (a few doors from Bond-street). LAmBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECT UAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles ' 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwardsof 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 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Ifoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be bad, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwArdei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JO [IN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 16e., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31e. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. lad. Poet-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT LLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-OAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive- and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d. 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.' BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION. Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. 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. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary. CIREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale ig donian-road, N.—Several beds in the Lew buildings cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS. F. SMITH - , Esq., Hon. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevent ion of contagions fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E. The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,09 were free cases. CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested. WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary. BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES, 56, Great Marlborough-street, \V. Bankers, Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnestly solicited. ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec. (ENE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A.. WALKER, Secretary Office, 54, Cheapside, London, EX): THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Fe►nales of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded—lst. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to 'patients at thei own homes. A rew wing to the Hospital has lust been completed at a cost of upwards of XlO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of tho Charity, donations, and espe cially annual sulovriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the g'eatost pleasure upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary No. 10 Poultry London. LC September 1868. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing' 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Oontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 114, High Holborn, and 41. Lothbury, B.O.; and by WTLLIAM WILLI AIN, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.l HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishopof London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, tili g n , , i .oeh ti vvce.hT f \i a iro i : thful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed ) COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON,' Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Lord r iT d ,en. Clintong.acdl umtia.e,nE Chaplain. ,Rev. P. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Lion. and Rev. F. Byng RO7. J. E. Kempo Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. P. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. Brooke Lev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev Daniel Moore :, Rev. ' J. Moorhomb Rev. E. Capol Cure Rev. J. E. Cox / J. D. Morton, Esq. RR Re ee vv v ... FE C . a . n pp o ia t i gr or Parry e p e a n Octavius Coope,_Esv R J it o i h ivT n .ad P r e ei ar gE so tsqt :,. E E sci sq . ., Q.C.. Arthur Currie, Esq.] Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. C. W. Furs° C. J. Franke. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Ebq. R. R. p y ,,,, , Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hosaey H ugh H. Seymour, H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Tree2urer ' Loftus Wigra m , Esa. Subscriptions will be rece: Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretrry, Roy. S. W. Lloy( raan-Fluare, to whom coma [red by any of the above by and Co; and by the Hon. I, 14, Saymour-street, Port ications may be addressed COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Anrival Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. It A ILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at,the Offices, 51, COnNRILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary. DARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURLNG STATIONERS, 185, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per roam. R. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 Q Supei flneThick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra ...,nrortine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers - 35., 45., Se., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. Gd., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "clublHlouse" Note, five quires for 2s. 6d, Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes , 4s 6d, 5s 6d, &6s 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 1841 N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed ,and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs - , Derelayi oon4tet Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. _ll_ —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. rl[ll-1E ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of 1 the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 600 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be •thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. a B. REID, M.A. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only Free Hospital for Diseas©s of Women ; 2,5.,.3 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coats, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. NORTH LONDON or UN I V ERSITY LA COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness. —CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000. The committee also plead for help for the sick children, the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the charity. HENRY J. KELLY, R.N., Secretary. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.---LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITIITION. _ President—Hoy. CANON DALE. CONTP.IBUTIONB for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear• ncstly solicited, which may bo sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, EC. ; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Seo., 200, Euston-road, N.W. SEIORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate Hill, London, Branch Oince :7, King-street, St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the Company, at the close of 1868, was Z 220,978 08.10 d., and the Total Amount Assured £4,832,197. The Business is divided under two heads:- Ist—The General or Ordinary Business, being the same as that transacted by other Comps,lies. 2nd —The Industrial or Working Class Assurances.; The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured £t,6G2,9R0. The present value of thn lia bility of thi4 Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing of the entire load ing. wa ............................................. £139,322 15 8 The Premiutn Income of the Industrial Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured £3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 XlB 322 15 8 The Liability of the Industrial Branch does tot admit of being estimated in the same way as that of the General Branch, on account of the very larga proportion of Policies which constantly larse, so that the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks for short terms only ; the estimated re serve for the liabilities of this Branch of the business is shown by the result of 14 years' experience to be abundantly suffi cient. The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem ber, 1868, was ......................................£211,301 12 4 The average duration of the whole of ,he Industrial Policies was considerably under three years. The average age of the Assured in the Industrial Branch was 19 years. A detailed List of Assets can be bad on application:: 11. fIARBEN, Secretary. THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Esq., M.R.C.S., Wey mouth-street, W. (where rrany cases deemed incur ahle aro cured), much needs support. Inspection is in vlted from 10 till 12.30 The Council have placed the Institution under the *control of THOS. CHANDLER Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Cousultations—gra_ who has above 30 years' experience in ' tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30.. CANCERIIOS --- PITAL (Free) founded 1831. N.) —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piceadilly.—Over 8,000 cases treated since foundation. Bernedies and diet very expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cas unable to be admitted for want of FUND S ; at preson se t over 300 out-patients. Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace. Bankors—Mossrs. Coutts and Co., Stran J d By order,, H. J. UPP. DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN. —The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810. Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital. Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E. Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. CHARLES J. P. RE N TON, Secretary. ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of 1 the 0112 ST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. FOEM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC, Queen-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in 1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out of such part of my estate as may by law ba bequeathed for charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use of the said Hospital. The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the more deati tuto out-patients and their families, a convalescent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec. BRITISH 110 ME 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 porscns over 20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum aro also granted The Home was opened in September 1863; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, E3van, and Co., 54, Lombard - street, E.G. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER, Soc. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity o f th e G reat Northern Railway Terminus, liing's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of RUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admissi on t o th e sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Govarnors' orders, is wholly dependent for 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. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abehurch-lano ; al so b y Messrs.. Ooutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote and Co.; Smith, Payi,d, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,.Barners-street ;;;and at tha Hospital from 10 till TIIE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES re as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Groat Portland. street. 1 wish. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are re cor d e d i n the applicant's book. - The Society's Report (of -which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of pay charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Socisiy is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and 00. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COOPER See , . , Queen-street Cheanside., B RITISH ROME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham rise. Instituted 18G1 PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness tho Princess .of WALES. TREASURER S. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons. . . This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO obtained by election. No person under 20 years of ago, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub scriptions aro earnestly solicited. BANKERS. Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E.C.; and Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER Secretary. 0L•:..11,1, 73, Cheapside. EAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that circumstance. It is imposs ible e ven to purchase on whole sale terms many articles o f dail y consumption from want of room for stowage,every inch of a va il a bl e space b e i ng occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children, but no more can be admitted 'n the present building. £B,OOO at least is required to cart y out this much-wished for and urgent scheme Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea surer, E.S. Norris, B.,,ba_dwell • or by H ERRARLY 15. 1311RNABY, Hon Sec., Rectory Wappi ng E NTURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for HOSPITALS, Families , and the Poor: established 181 8 . The P n r u e r s s i i d n e g n t a -- t il h inifs College and the Charing-crosse Lord Bi s h op o f LONDON . Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris, is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's House. Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the Lady Superior. Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.e. ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lansflown, Bath. Instituted, A.D., 1864. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN. President—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.13. This school has been founded upwards of four years, and it is intended for the (education of the daughters of officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There aro already 70 pupils in the school, but more could bo admitted if the committee had further funds; they, therefore APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its full extent the benefits of tho only institution specially provided for the daughters of officers of the Army. Each donation of £5 58. entitles to one life vote at all elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to ono vote at all elections during the current year. The amount may be forwarded by an erdet on a bank, agent, or post-office ( Charing-cross), payable to. GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretaryg: Offico 22 Cockspur-ereet Loudon, In the large Room EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Plan of Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond street. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor—Mr. J. S.Swe , sey. On MONDAY NEXT and DURING the WEEK. • Miss Lizzie Graham, the new Serio COMiC . Funny Little Lewis, who has been received nightly with roars of biughter ; West, the celebrated Stump' Orator, and Emma W st ; E. D. Davis, with his sons Tommy and Joey, tae Funniest of Funny Folks: Great Success of the Murray Parnily, the Fascinating Trio; Jolly Nash, the well-knoWn laughter provoking comique ; Madlle. Carlotta Verte, acknowledged to bo the Premier Dansenso of th t Music Hall Stage ; Mr. Rowland Lascelles, the accomplished Tenor ; Great success of Metzo Redman and Metze in their re fined Burlesque Operatic entertainment; the 108th of the Wonderful Performance of Le Petit Blondin and Blanche on the Tight Rope, acknowledged by the whole of the Public Press the most Wonderful Performance over attempted ;. also Le Petit Blondin's unsurpassed imitations of Ancient Statuary. Chairman—Mr 'W. Hamilton. Mr. P. Corti, Musical Director. SPECIAL NOTICE.—W. ard's (Musical Instrument Maker) Benefit, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 1870. ADAME T USS AUD 'S EXHIBITION, Bake-street.—POß TRAIT MODELS of FILEDERICK HINSON and TRAIIPPMANN are added to the Chamber of Horrors. Admission, Is.; chamber of Horrors. 6d. extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., hnd from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. _ . The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented -irclbe often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the ir. sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor Ilalliman M.O. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. Mobutu, proprietor S AUC E.—LE A and PERRINS. THE “WOH9ESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD S.A.LICE." Improves the appetite, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, and see the names of LEA & PEBRINS on all bottles and labels! Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers in Sauces throughout the World L DENTISTRY, IDAIIs, LESS and PRACTICA by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentis, by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly c. Pposite the Hoyal Polytechnic, and 23, MOOItGATE-STR.E T, CITY. Estab:- lished 1820. This, the most perfected Cystem of pain less dentiStry, originated and invouted by Alr. B. L. Mosely, is ' , commended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest inverovements of the ago for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be tained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as a Sure. The su perlative excellence of this system is pc gee; immunity from pain, no operations, stumps, and de , ayed teeth ren dered useful, loose teeth and tender ruins protected. Qualities : These teeth never change cold "r or decay—in fit unerring—easo and comfort unsurpassed—detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied —and youthful appearance restored —mastimti oa and ar ticulation goarauteed. The " Times" of March f, says : —"So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; .sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-streA, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgate-street, 8.C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. Persons ki desirous of being admitted to the OPEN COMPETITION, commencing on sth April, 1870, should apply at once for the necessary forms; which must be returned, with evidence of age, health, and character, not later than February Ist.—CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Cannon-row, Westminster. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Pais, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for Now:York RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAvuE or BREST to NEW Yong. First Olass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to Now 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 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth o each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadelonpe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &0., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japan. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROIE, and Co., Agents. 8. Austinfriars, London, E.C. lEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAL JI j —AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION, 1869, FIRST PRIZE, being ABOVE the Gold Medal. Supplied to the British, French, Prussian, Russ , an, Italian, Dutch, and other Governments. One pint of fine flavoured Beef-tea at 2d. Most convenient and economic "stock" CurnoN.—Only sort warranted genuine by the Inventor, Baron Liebig, whose signature is on every genuine Jar. Ask for LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT, and not for LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of MEAT. TiMPERTAL AUSTRIAN GUARANTEED STATE LO AN S. No LOTTERIES. Bona-fide chances to win for £1 the large premiums of £30,000, £25,000, £20,000, &c., &e. Public drawings on the First of every Month, under the superintendence of the Austrian Government, and official public functionaries. OFFICIAL LISTS SENT GRATIS TO SUBSCRIBERS. a pply for LI chances, issued upon forms supplied by the Austrian Government and bearing the Imperial half a florin stamp, and for prospectuses to VOELOKER & CO., Bankers, VIENNA. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIITS WIQRAM, Esq Governor. TAXES STEWART IPMGSON, Esq Sub- Governor. Glienus Joax MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson , Esq Tetlow Hibbort, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Eget-lOn Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, E Lord sq. Josceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. mei Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Lancelot William Dent; Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Gronfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Same NOTICE. - The annual fifteen days allowed for pay ment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th of January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. F. "fMING STOOL—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Aseured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee • of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Crorrtritv AND A IiA.LF. RoYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ALRR OW ROOT.—Just received from the West Indies a large consignment of ARROW ROOT of excel lent quality, which can be confidently recommended to clergy men and of ler visitors of the poor, as an economical and whole some article of diet for Invalids. Sold in 71b., 141 b., and 2rlb. tins, at Bd. per lb., tins extra ; also a large quantity of the finest BERSIUDA ARROW ROOT, which can be offered at the reduced price of is. 6d. per lb., In quantities of not less than 71b., tins extra. THOSIAS KEATING, 79, Sr. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nations, who aro received without any recomendation. The Committee require upwards of £1,500 annually from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this Hospital. SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street, E. 0., by S. ICEMBALL 000 K, Secretary. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Lifo Governor, £lO 10s. LIS7 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO 2'HE METROPOLIS. --.11.- MUSEUMS. Autiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application to the secretary. Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London. Regent's , park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. British—Great Russell-s reef. Open free on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Edda s, 10 to 4; summer months 10 till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7th May, and • Ist till 7th September; al oon all thanksgiving days. City—Guildhall. A collect on of antiquities, &c. Daily fo tin 5. Geological- Jermyn street. Open daily (except Fridays) free. India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders. King's College—Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily 10 till 4. Patents—South Kensington. Models and inventions. Open free daily. Royal Institution--21, Albemarle-street. Various objects. Daily, 10 till 5. Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of forti fications, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10 till 4. Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Scien tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls. Soane's-13, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities, and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri days in April, May, and June ; and Wednesdays, from ' February to August. Admission on application to the Curator: Society of Arts—John-street. Adelphi. Inventions, pic tures, curiosities &c. Daily : admission by member's order. South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free; on other days 10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d. Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, 16 till 4. ls. PICTURE GALLERIES. Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls. British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient M asters,- June, July, and August. .1 s. Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order from the Lord Chamberlain. Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon day, Tuesday, Saturday, free; other days, 6d. Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp ture. is. Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch Pictures. Open free daily. except Friday. Flaxman Gallery—l- T niversity of London, Gower-street. Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays, 10 till 4. Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. is. Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri days Free : other days, 4d. Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hail keeper. Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free daily except on Friday. Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d. National Gallery—Trafalgar-squar , . Open free, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. National Portrait Gallery-29, Grea 9-eorge-street. free, Wednesdays and Saturdays. I Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4. Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily till 10 p.m. Is. SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT. Cromorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls. Crystal Palace ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, is.; Satur days, 2s. Gd. Greenwich Park —Greenwich. Oren frAo Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily. Highbury Barn and Gardens —llighbury. Gd. and is by refreshment tickets. Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at or_e o'clock. Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily. Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. 6d. Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by members' order. Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Winds()) Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberlain e Office, in the Caetle. The Globe—which spoke a day or two back as if Lord Derby's acceptance of the leadership of the Conservative in the Lords were an arranged matter — has evidently no very definite information. Last night it had a note ridiculing the Liberal press for regarding the Earl as no longer a Conservative. In the course of the article the following passage occurs: " With respect to who shall be chief in the Lords, if our contemporaries will wait with what patience they may be able to command, they shall be satisfied ; and we doubt' not that the Con servatives will be able to give a perfectly good account of themselves, possibly as good, or even better; than their opponents could wish." This looks as if there were still uncertainly. The Record also opposes Lord Derby's appointment. IRISH ELECTIONS. Mr. Martin, the Nationalist candidate for Longford, did not muster one-fourth of the votes given to Mr. Greville-Nugent, the Liberal. The gross poll repre sents the latter as winning with 1,491 votes, and the former as a bad second, with 432. The rioting was very moderate for Ireland. The list of casualties reports "only" one man seriously wounded at Granard. Fur Queen's County there has been a walk over. Mr. Edmund Dense was elected without opposition. He promises fixity of tenure, and in general all the demands of the advanced Liberal and tenant party. MR. BRIGHT'S REPLY TO THE RECIPROCITABIANS. Mr. Bright promises to become as notable as Earl Russell for his public letters. He can, we have seen, write sharp, pungent, epistles ; he can also pen oracular ones. Witness his reply to the Birmingham Reciprocitarians. They hare been holding meeting, and have passed resolutions against Free Trade. They enclosed them to their senior member, the President of the Board of Trade, and seem to haVa_expectedik.., rapping reply. They were honoured with the fol lowing :,-- Rochdale, December 24th, 1869. Sir,—l thank you for sending me the copy of the reso lutions, to which your note refers. I am, respectfully, Mr. John Houghton, Birmingham. JOHN BRIGHT. A WELSH MEMBER. Mr. Watkin Williams, M.P. for the Denbigh boroughs, is one of many representatives of the popu lar Chamber who have conferred with their consti tuents of late. At Holt, on Tuesday, he declared himself against the extension of the franchise to women; but in favour of the Ballot. "The last time he was in London he heard from one he believed to be as reliable authority as one could have for such a matter, that vote by Ballot would not be op posed by Mr. Disraeli and the Conservative party." The Game Laws came in for a share of Mr. Williams's wrath. Respecting his proposals to disestablish the Church in Wales, the member for Denbigh said he was a Churchman, and had been brought up as one, but he fully believed that the great Reformation which took place a long time ago was most incom plete in one thing, and that was in leaving the management of religion and the Church associated with and in bondage to the State. THE IRISH LAND AGITATION. Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., in another letter up nolding his system of granting long leases as a settle ment of the land question, points out how intense and enduring is the present agitation in Ireland. It has already lasted without intermission beyond living memory, and it has now attained a strength far exceeding that of any such movement which the present generation has seen. " Already the tenantry of twenty-seven out of the thirty-two counties in Ireland have declared their determined :adhesion to the tenant-right movement. Many of the leading landowners have joined them. The whole press of Ireland is on their side. No Irish member, so far as I am aware, has ventured to express his dissent." Such a manifestation of feeling' says Mr. Buxton, cannot be trifled with. Though fixity of tenure cannot be conceded, Parliament must inevitably grant a good deal, and security for a suffi cient term of years is, he thinks, decidedly the best resource. ANCIENT TENURE. Dr. Brewer and Mr. Buxton are disputing about land matters. Their argument, however, refers not to the condition of things that exists now, but to the state of land tenure under James I. Mr. Buxton said at Croydon that " under James 1., the landlord was not the sole proprietor of the land in Ireland; the -Irish farmers or tenants were joint owners with him of the soil, from which he had no power to expel them." Dr. Brewer pronounces this assertion to be alto gether unfounded, and quotes Judge Saxey and the poet Spenser, deputy clerk to the Irish Council, to strew that the Irish farmer of that time was only a tenant at-will, enjoying a precarious holding of one, or at most, three years. More than this, says Dr. Brewer, the country was in a most wretched condition, the people were in a savage state, oppressed and at the mercy of their landlords. So - miserably did they live, that some proposed to establish. the English usages in place of the native ones. The assertion that tenure under James was favourable to the farmer, and that it has since degenerated, is all nonsense. THE BISHOPS. If the Liverpool Mercury is to be believed, Mr. Gladstone has another bishop's resignation in his hands. It is stated that Dr. Short, the head pastor of the see of St. Asaph, has "for c er t a i n " sen t i n th e intimation to the Premier that he intends retiring. This statement, however, may be nothing more than the revival of a similar rumour which prevailed some time since. Mean while, the see of Manchester is still without a head. Dr. Miller, of Greenwich, and Archdeacon Sandford, of Coventry, are mentioned for the post. Perhaps, however, it may fall to Dr. Howson, Dean of Chester. The very rev. gentleman is moderate in his theo logical opinions; is broad in his charity for all par ties, is a clear and deep writer, and a popular man amongst those with whom he moves. The London correspondent of the Scotsman believes that he will be appointed, THREE BISHOPS ON THE « TWELVE DAYS' MISSION." Three bishops—those of London, Rochester, and Winchester—first sanctioned the "Twelve Days' Mission." The revival was accompanied by much that startled moderate men ; it scandalised the Church Association. That society through its chairman has written to the sanctioning prelates asking whether they approve of the introduc tion of unauthorised services, the exhibition of cruci fixes for veneration, the teaching of transubstantiation, the blessing of candles, and the inculcation of auricu lar confession. Dr. Jackson, of London, replies that he simply gave consent to "the proposal for a special season of prayer, and effort for the conversion of souls :" the objects he sanctioned., some of the means used he could not approve. Dr. Claughton, of Rochester, says ho had no idea that the proceedings would bo marked by excess of ritual, and he is sorry they were; notwithstanding, he trusts that "there has been au an awakening of some in many places, and that God has blessed the zeal and love that have been manifested towards His poor." Dr. Wilberforce, of - Winchester (the signature "S. Winton" seems very strange ; so accustomed have we got to "S. Oxon") answers cateo . orically. His lordship does not hesitate to say he did not intend to sanction "pro ceedings contrary both to the Liturgy and the law of the land;" and that ho "strongly disapproves of any such proceedings." THE SCHEME OF NAVAL HETIREMENT. More postponement. The naval officers who have so long been waiting for the details of the scheme which the Government has proposed for the reorga nisation of the personnel of the navy, are not to have their curiosity satisfied until the Bth of February at the earliest. Such, at least, is the statement of the Pall Mall Gazette. The whole thing, accord ing to our contemporary, is so far settled, that the details are in print; but they are held secret until they have been submitted to the Queen for approval and have received the sanction of the House of Commons. Mr. Childers will probably wait until he brings the navy estimates forward. The Pall Mall Gazette also declares that the work of constructing the civil departments of the Admiralty, both at Somerset House and. Whitehall, will not only be developed, but will be ready to be carried into execution by the 31st of March, " when great changes will take place." COLONEL BOXER'S CASE. ----- At length the full reply is _published to the bard ease made out by the friends of Colonel Boxer. The rays- ' tery is explained, and the apparent . nardship is tessenta, very perceptibly. Colonel Boxer's advocates say he has been removed from the office of Superintendent of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich by Mr. Cardwell, for doing that which Sir John Pakington expressly allowed him to do. When Colonel Boxer applied to Sir John for remuneration for his inventions the right (hon. gentleman replied : " Tou must look for reward, from the royalties . . . you may receive as patentee from private manufacturers." " Why thou . (asks Colonel Boxer) should Mr. Cardwell demand my resignation for having merely a beneficiary interest in a private firm F" The Secretary for War has. done no such thing ; he has forbidden nothing which Sir John sanctioned; the late and the present War Secretaries are 9l one. mind_,_ on ..eanadienev .„of onel—Boxer'a Trrn MINERS AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION. The conference of delegates representing the Amal gamated Association of Miners, and now sitting at Wian, has pronounced in favour of compulsory educa tion. The great wish of the miners, said the chairman, was to have their children saved from the old re proach of ignorance cast upon the mining population. Teey ask for a law which shall keep all children at school till they are twelve years old, and brbid their employment for more than eight hours a day till they are fourteen or six ben. In support of this request they put forth an argument which is to some extent novel. They urge that unless the practice of sending children to school be made uniform, it is impossible for those parents who would do what is right to withstand the competition of their less conscientious neighbours. That is, if one miner makes his children work, they get an unfair advantage of those who are sent to school ; they get their.earnings and an early start in life. In the case of such a trade as mining, the help of a good education is insufficient to counterbalance this superiority.. Hence, say the dele gates, the need for compulsion. ARBITRATION. The Miners' Conference has also had the subject of arbitration in trade disputes under consideration. Mr. Lester, a gentleman, delivered an address ex pressing the opinion that the present system of arbi tration had failed to secure the confidence of working men. He suggested that in the next Mines Regulation Bill a clause should be introduced em powering the Board of Trade, in the event of a dis pute affecting the interests of any trade, to appoint commissioners, whose duty should be to take evidence and present a report to the Board. Upon this the Board. .should give a decision,, and that award should be final. The Conference seemed to approve this idea of Government interference in trade dis putes, and a resolution in its favour was passed. EMIGRATION AND SURPLUS LABOUR. A crowded meeting was held at Exeter Hall on Tuesday evening, to consider the emigration question in connection with the large amount of surplus labour in this country ; and as the bulk of the meeting was composed of those most vitally interested in the sub ject, the labouring poor, it would have been little less than a marvel had the proceedings been unattended by exciting circumstances. But not alone were the working classes represented by themselves ; the presence of Sir George Grey, Sir James Lawrence, Major-General Sir W. Denison, Mr. W. M'Cullagh Torrens, General Wittington, the Hon. Auberon Her bert, and other influential gentlemen, was a guarantee that the working classes would not be unaided in their endeavour to obtain a remedy fo r the. evil which has now become so disastrous and widespread. The chairman having forcibly dwelt on the universal distress prevailing in the country, observed that not as the only remedy, but as the instantaneous remedy, he advocated emigration. Sir James Lawrence, in a practical speech, moved the first resolution, in favour of the objects of the meeting, observing that the working of our laws and the admi nistration of our national affairs most lamentably failed in their purpose. A most exciting scene was then presented. The chairman rose to put the motion, when a Mr. Hennessey, with three or four others, demanded to have an amendment put, to the effect that emigration was wrong in principle while there was so much land lying waste that could be cultivated in England. The appearance of this speaker was a signal for the cry of " Fenians," and a most uproarious scene followed, which drowned alike the - voices of Mr. Hennessey, the chairman, and the various other gentlemen who desired that he might be heard. The former per sisting in his right to put the amendment, two police men were called, in but failed to induce him to retire. , 'At length the chairman succeedarin putting the resolution, which was carried unanimously, when Mr. Hennessey retired with his amendment and sup porters, amidst the groans, hisses, and derisive cheers of the meeting. Other resolutions, affirming the ob jects in view, having been passed, the assemblage separated in a most orderly manner. CAUSES OF CRIME. Mr. Jones, the ordinary of Newgate, has drawn up a report on the state of the gaol, which presents seine noticeable features. The evil of vicious cheap periodicals is very strongly commented upon, and several instances of their bad influence are given. A soldier at Devonport, who hap pened to see in a police print, which need not be named, a picture of an Aldershot soldier murdering his corporal, was afterwards offended by his own corporal, and forthwith murdered the man. \V hilst n gaol he frequently asserted that the picture put the crime " into his head." But drunkenness is a far more fruitful source of evil. Within about eleven months twelve persons were put upon their trial at the Central Criminal Court for wilful murder. Of these, seven were under the influence of drink when their crimes were committed. Of forty-three persons committed for wounding or attempting to murder, twenty-two had been drinking. Twenty-one persons have been committed for manslaughter, and in eleven cases the immediate cause of the offence was drunkenness. MORE PASTING PERSONAGES. Notwithstanding its tragic ending, the case of the Welsh fasting girl seems to have brought abstinence from food into fashion. A fastinc , lunatic died the other day, in London. BristoCtoo, can boast of a specimen of the race. A. girl, 18 years of age, was arrested by the police a few days ago, on a charge of having no visible means of subsistence. She refused to answer any questions, and when removed to prison was equally obstinate in her determination not to take food. At first it was hoped that in a few hours the sensa tion of hunger would lead her to pursue a more rational course, but the expectation proved delusive, and the case was duly reported to the surgeon and visiting justices. These authorities ordered the forcible administration of food. It was afterwards discovered that she was a dangerous lunatic, who had escaped from the Somerset County Asylum, to which institution she has been re- conducted. An " Anxious Father " relatts yet another case. The leading performer in this fasting play is his daughter, a girl 14 years of age. and her story dates so far back as 1867. In Novemner of that year she com plained of pains in her. side, and. shortly afterwards refused food. Her case, however, was not one of complete abstinence, for during four months she took a little, though very little, sustenance. A. short resi dence in Guy's Hospital proved of no avail : " After remaining there for a month we took her out. She continued in this state for twelve months, and would only take food at timea after abstaining for long intervals, and then very unwillingly. In July, 1309, she evidently seemed to get worse, and was for 18 days in a kind of per manent fit (or stupor), and was almost pulseloss. Her lips were moistened with ice, her mother constantly watched, and on the 18th morning she revived and asked for food, apparently suffering from extreme hunger. It was given to her, and sho ate voraciously. After this she abstained from food for long intervals, and had fits or stupors from one hour to forty-eight in duration." In this state she still continues. TRAMWAYS IN LONDON. The opposition to tramways in London is still being vigorously carried on, especially by the local autho rities. The Paddington Vestry has been the latest to order an official attempt to prevent the scheme being carried out. The " trams were opposed on the ground that their working would interfere so prejudicially with the ordinary street traffic as to render such traffic difficult. THE MISERIES OF BALLET GIRLS. Mr. E. T. Smith, the manager at istley's Theatre, replies to the protest of "A. Ballet Girl" against being skewered up on "those dreadful Ions" as statues in transformation scenes. n the first place, he affirms that the accident to a girl at his theatre—of which so much has been made—had, in reality, no worse consequences than the crushing of her head dress. Secondly, it is not the custom "in any well-regulated theatre for any lady to be placed in an elevated posi tion against her inclination ; and there is i n general a desire among them to be selected for those situations which bring them most prominently into the notice of the audience." In short, the girls like the skewering, and if they did not, they need not be subjected to it. Every precaution, says Mr. Smith. is taken against accident. i;OURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam - Short ... 11 141 ... 11 19 Do • 3Ms .. )f 1.2 11 Rotterdam — 12 lf 12 11 Antwerp 25 ... 25 42f Brussels 25 371 25 421 llamburgh ... 13 104 „. 13 1 Par i s Ditto ......... Marseilles - F ran kf or t- on -the-Main 11 ... IWeAli A Vienna Trieste P e tersburg 9 18 Copenhagen.. Berlin •, .l _~_. _~~-