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Bengal merchants have for some time past complained of the ill-effects of the export duty levied upon rice and paddy, and at the end of the year they sent a deputa tion to the Finance Minister on the subject. Tao deputation was introduced by the I:resident of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, and that gentleman has lately received a communication from the Government. The Governor-General in Council admits that the levy of an export duty on grain is justifiable only on grounds of the moat stringent financial necessity, and promises that in the financial arrangements for the coming year the Government will consider the possibility of a reduction of the duties com plained of. His Excellency hopes the announcement will enable those engaged in the trade to make such provi sional arrangements as will prevent any material incon venience arising from the remission of the duty in the middle of the shipping season, should it be found prac ticable to dispense with it. Luis do , by in THE SUN, LONDON, - TUESDA Y EVENING, FEBILUARY 8, 1870. PRICE . .4C STAMPED bd. UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Paribiment, 18591, 144MSSELL-STREF.T. 00yENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-P.O AD, BRIGHTON I WANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free Od or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay 1, ' O 3 Weekly, monthly, or quarter l y . Bills p romptly discounted. freo on receipt of EDWARDstam pe ed envelo. HARPER, Secrotaryen N°. 24,237 rrELEGRAPHIC NEWS.—The Proprietor of the " CENTRAL PRESS" is prepared to supply Tlegraphic News to Newspaper Proprietors, and to thi .mana,7,ers of Clubs, News Rooms, and Exchanges; also to Private Persons, in accordance with the scale of charges for telegrams which comes into operation on February sth. The following service of news has been arranged: GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL NEW S.—At 8 a.m. daily (except Sundays) a message containing all the im portant news known up to that time will be carefully pre pared and Telegraphed to No wspaperz, News Rooms, Clubs, and Exchanges. At 12.30 a Commercial Message will be forwarded, re porting the London Stock "Exchange and the Chief Mar kets. At 2 p.m. a News Message will be sent, containing everything of importance known at that hour. At 6 p.m. a third message will be forwarded, containing all the news which has transpired up to that time. The morning and - evening messages will each contain about. 100 words. Tho midday message will not usually exceed 75 words, but on special occasions the number of words will be doubled if necessary. These messages will be preparid and telegraphed at a charge of 2s. per week for each daily message. Sub scribers can take ono or more of the daily messages ; the charge for the four, daily, will be Bs. per week. No sub scription for less than a month will be received. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. —At 7 p.m. a message will be forwarded from the House of Commons giving a statement of the proceedings up to that hour, the cost of which, including the charge for telegraphing, will be 26. per week. The "CENTRAL PRESS," 112, Strand, London, W.C., Jan. 29th, 1870. DAL\ LESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, I- by Mr. B. L. MO3ELY, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT- STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 23. At OORGATE-STILEET, CITY. Estab lished 1820. This, the most perfected system of pain less dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. 13. L. Mosely, is r- commended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfieted success (the resnit of forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The su perlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps, a.td decayed tooth ren dered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities ; These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring—ease and comfort unsurpassed—detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied—and youthful appearance restored—mastication and articulation gearanteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—"So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgate-street, opposite the Star Insurance Office. is !oot bat wth uth 13, GREAT MARLROROUGH-sTREET. HURST AND BLACKEL"F'S NEW WORKS. NOW READY. A BOOK ABOUT THE CLERGY. By J. C. JEAFFREtON, 8.A., Oxon, Author of "A Book About Doc tors," "A Book About Lawyers," &c. 2 vols. Svo. 308. HER MAJESTY'S IOWER. V 01.,. 2. By W. HEPWORTH DIXON. 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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 1811 NvITU his Famous and Original CARPET BAG and SKETCH-BOOK ENTERTAIN MEN T in the Large Room EGYP TIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening. (except Saturday) at 8 ; Saturday Mot n ines at 3. "Mr. Woodin has 9parei no expense in mag nificently decorating and luxuriously furnishing his salon for the comfort of his patrons." Seats may be secured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5 ; also at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal music-sellers. Stalls, 35.; Area, 29.; Balcony, Is. Family Private Box, One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. • FISTAB LIS FI T for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval. Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small Meekly payment, receive the comfort s of a aomE, corn ned with the best medical and s ur g ical treatment, at tho )i establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London i s Visitor, tnd it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the ' 4 ( l 3r Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and othet All informa 4 ion. respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. _Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Wreasurer, at Messrs. Contts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C SPRING RJOE Hon. See. 6 INDIAN 'UNITED SITIES. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT AMERICAN SLAVE TROUPE, Consisting of Twenty-six Performers, including Sixteen Real Negroes, and Japanese Tommy, the African Tom humb. Also Mr .T. U. Milburn, the great comic—the Brothers Auto'emu, the daring gymnasts, their first appearance in London—Miss Emma Day, the incomparable serio-comic. To conclude each evening with Mr. FRANK BELL'S new laughable performance, entitled WHAT IS IT? Two Immense Bands. Prices of Admission to this monster E n t er t a i n ment: Balcony, 6d; stalls, ls; reserved orchestra stalls, 2s; private boxes, 10s 6d. Box-office open from 10 to G. THE NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS. AGAR. By the Author of " St. °lave's.' THE DENF & DUMB.—The Comm ittee of the JEWS DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to receive AIiPL ECI...TIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF end DUMB CHILDREN, of all denominations, as Da y Pupils, for instruction in audible speech and lip-reading. The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the Manual alphabet and all artificial signs. 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 all other particulars, to be made to W. VAN PRAA.GII, Esq., Director of 44the B Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, , urton-crescent, W.C. 3 vols. ANNALS OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE. Second 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 Annual Payment of £3 to £6 is. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY 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, 64, COE.NRILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. OAUTION.—POPULAR ERROR.—PRICE'S BENZODYNE, the newly-discovered Cure for Cough, Bronchitis, Consumption, and all wasting diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, &c., has nothing, whatever to do with petroleum spirit, falsely called Benzoline, Sac. This unique remedy may be obtained of all Chemists, and through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE, Analytical Chemist, 2, Lower S e y mour - s t ree t, London, W. Prices —ls. 1 1. , 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle. Edition. 3 vols. "A very interesting novel."—Times. THE UNKIND WORD, and Other Stories. By the Author of "John Halifax." 2 vols. THE DUKE'S HONOUR. By EDWARD WIL BERFORCE, Author of " Social Life in Munich," &c. 3 vols. ONE MAIDEN ONLY. By E. CAMPBELL TAirssii, Author of "St. Alice," `"Crowned," (tc. 3 vols. (Feb. 11). M ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Bake , -street. —A PORTRAIT MODEL of TROPMA NN is now added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the original Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the decapitation of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and upwards of '2,000 persons of the best and worst blood in France. Also an exact copy o Open from the guillotine as in use. Admiss ro ion til l , ls. p ; extra rooms, 6d. ll a.m. till 5 , and fm 7 10 .m. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Officos—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary. giMITE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMP&NY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Coruhill ; and Charing-cross, Londob. The Invested F u nds now amount to Z 3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to V 59,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus! or the Life Po licies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL, SECURITIES to third parties, render. thorn particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted onreasonable terms, thirty and claims are paid days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DIS EASES .1- of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo -bridge - road. Upwards of WO poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable tht,- , 1 to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous p Jor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. NATION AL ORPHAN H O ME, H am- common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849 . Enlarg ed 1861. Under the patronage of 11.11. H. the Duke of CIAMBIUDGB, whereby a home has been afford ed for 290 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The objelt of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng- Ish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee e‘russtly appeal for support. The Charity Is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. EirguY RI:0800TE, Treasurer W H. WA.FWIOIC Secretary. °Mee, 121, Pall-mall, W OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Open to all without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed. JAMES S. BLYT 11, Sec. G.REAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Oaledonian - road , Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was Mablisbee , at lling's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free, .., 13 ankors—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard reek Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall—Ron. " 0 6. Y. Smith. Eso. GEo. REID, Sec. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and Prevention of contagious fevers. ..CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully r eceived by Alessrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50 Pornhill ; Messrs. Drum 211°nd, Charing-cross ; Messrs . Coutts, Strand • ' Messrs. Years, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. BRUT!' RESTORED WITROUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. hTT BARRY'S deli cions health -restoring Invalids' IL , and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIC Saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs , health y liver, rafrehi ng sleep, functional regularity, and en er gy to the Most disordered or enf,obled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con "fleption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rlngements, haimorrheids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, eMarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, nen rilgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking i 6 ,te, :bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the cheat, pains at 1: 10 pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is Lae most digestible and nourishin of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all compg laints. ItdPoBTANT CAUTION.—Boware of the many unsavoury !nu more than slopy imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Tin Barry's health -restoring Bevalenta Arabica invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position nad been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Roll o.ess the Pope, whose health has be en p erfectl y restored t it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. . 4 re quote from the Gazette du Midi, Jul y 25th (Cure No. 1.,, 8 ,413);—"R0me, July 21st, 1866. —The health of the übly Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all ether remedies, ho has confined himself entirely to Du rsits Revalenta Arabica Food of which ho consumes a plateful at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly b3neficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. • Cure N 0.71, of dyspepsia , fr om the Right Hon. the Lord fituart do Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water ford I have derived much benefit from your excellent food.--STUART DE DECIES, DrOMSIIB, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,832. —Of fifty years' in describable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation flatulency s p a sms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Joll y of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vous fancies. Cure No. 56,814. —Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrh ma. The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d., 2 h., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. iisters, carriage free on receipt of P. O. Order. Also Du tin Revalonta Arabica Chocolate Powde r is p acked in tin oaaisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 e i t ) tat 65., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 556. Being a uia penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent L'ee et carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. 1. a itY OTT BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London , a '0 at Fortnum and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, ; 6S and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, New North-road. London ; and all Grocers and Chemists. rUIIE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—llls Grace the Duko of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Eton. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary Office, 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly. T HE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127'Bust-road Patroness—Her Mos t Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. • This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and Women. Pensions to various a mounts aro granted to the bli n d Who cannot earn their ow n livin g . 600 blind men and wome n are applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNI , S : Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. IaRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—lfor Most Gracious •Nlajesty the QUEEN". For the gra tuitous board, clothing , a nd cducatlon of de,?tituto orphans from all parts of the British d ominions, and of all denominations, w h o se parents were on ce in prosperous circumstances. Otte hundred and seventy - five orphans now in the In stitution ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indisp , nsable, as this Charity is not " ( lowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary iistance. Subscribers mid the public are invited to insp e c t the , ititution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and peculiar The last Report can be obtained on application to the .ecretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CTIAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., 1- Hon. Secs. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, i 3 Cheapsidp, London, E.O. 1. 13 u-titers—Messrs. Williams, Doacon, and Co., Birchin and Messrs. liexwood Brothers, Manchester. Just published, price is 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in Bins tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, recommendingy Dispatch. Public Opinion, ma o ther journals, its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. 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., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALS AM.—AN AAEFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the bead, 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 pi ovokea 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, Sing William-street, Charing-cross, London, and in by all druggists, in bottles, 13 id ., and three quantities one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Latnbert's A ma is Balsam. The name a nd address are engraved onsth- the stamp. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN GUA RANTEED STATE LO ANS. No LOTTERIES. Bona-fide chances to win for XI the large premiums of £30,000, £25,000, £20,000, &c., &c. 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. apply for LE chances, issued upon forms supplied by the Austrian Government and bearing the Imperial half a florin stamp, and for prospectuses to VOELCKER & CO., Bankers, VIENNA. RUPTURES. --BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. 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 Moc-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 not fail to fit, forwsrdel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 31s. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadi'ly. NEW PAT Err 1-ILASTIC STOCKINGS, tri ...I KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all eases of Weakness and Swelling of the Logs, Sprains, ,fi.c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6,1., 4 s. 6d. 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. CTV" SERVICE OF Persons desirous of being admitted to the OPEN COMPETITION, commencing on sth April, IS7O, 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 COM MISSION, Cannon-row, Westminster. 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. LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel - r oad, E. The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059 were free cases. CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested. WINI. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary. (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORH AN ASLUM, at the moderate rate of L 23 per annum each. Panda greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary Office, 54, Cheapaide, London, E.Ol THE LONDON SURGICAL H OME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentle Women and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are in cited 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. -------- XTURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and 11 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848. President —The Lord Bishop of LONDON. The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross 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 q uested to communicate with tho Lady Superior. Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fu nd, ma y be p aid to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. 110YAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to :patients at thei own homes. A ew wing to the Hospital has lust been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants aro awaiting election For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex• tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the g-eatest pleasure upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary No. 10 Poultry London. E.O Seutember 1568. H OME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "iu faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed, COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON, Rey. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Lion. and Rev. F. Byng Rey. J. E. Kempe Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys `icy. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan Ti. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhoust. 11,v. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepeau Octsvius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. G. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. E s q . R. T. Pigott, 'Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. H. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Ilessey flugh 11. Seymour, Esq II 0 Heald, Esq. R. wade, Esq. - R. Hook, Esq., Treasnrer Loftus Wigram, Dm. Subscriptions will be received by any of the abovs ; by Messrs. Harries, Farquha r, and Co ; and by the Mon. Secretrry, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom commutications may be addressed. 4RGYIAA ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production )f the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often -changed ,programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the t r,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. Profesor Halliman M.C. Admissio s n, Is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. Istutam, Proprietor SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar. &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can bo Lad at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. SA UC E.—LEA and PERRINS. THE " W °ROES TERS HIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." I m p ro ves the appetite, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK /or " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, and see the 11=03 of LEA & PEREINS on all bottles and labels Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers in Sauces throughout the World ANGLO -AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTEI3NATION &L NE WSPATER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGE& eports of Conzress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &a. Members of Parliament, Comtuercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. fINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. — The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil dren, and infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172 New Bond-street, London; and of all other chomists throughout the world. B RITANN IA EIRE: ASSOCIATION. Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. B RITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES 56, Great Marlborough-street, W. Bankers, Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnestly solicited. ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL fo r DISEASES of the CHr.:ST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients aro constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, `Vey- I- mouth-street, W. (where many cases deemed incur able are cured). much needs support. Inspection is in vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER, Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouveric, 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. VIODIELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS ILK 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 Ealingl 870 children. £ll5 will keep a boy or girl for one y ear. C on t r ibutions received by the London and Westminster Bank 914, High Holborn, and 41 W . L l o L the l n A ry m , Ew.CH,,..Lagmbsy, Secretary. No. 8, Great QAOOII-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. 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 impossible even to purchase on whole sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want of room for stowage, every inch of available space being 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 ad mitted 'n the present building. £B,OOO at least is;required to can y out this much-wished , for and urgent scheme Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon - Sec., Rectory Wapping Ei ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lansiown, Bath. Instituted, A.D., 1864. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN. President—H.R•U. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c. Chairman —Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B. 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 are already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be 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 the only institution specially provided for the daughters of officers of tho Army. Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to one 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. FORSTEIt, Under Secretary Office 22 Cockspur-street London . BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. Instituted in 1861. Patroness—ll.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skillod 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 are also granted The home was opened in September 1863; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may bo ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS aro earnestly solicited. Bankors—Mossrs. Barclay, Lavr.n, and Co., 51, Lombard street, E.G. ;Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAYER, Sec. Offices, 73, Choapside, E.C. If IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms LI of the past twelve motils the National Life boat. Institution contributed to the saving of 1,233 lives from various shipwrecks and 29 vessels from destruction, The Institution also expended £24,7-1G in the same period en its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting 0,741 for rewards. The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adeiphi, London. DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET. R. ESKELL, the Author of "Pure Dentistry, t R. and What it Does for Us," "Painless Tooth Extraction; or Anaesthesia Locally Applied ;" "Dental Surgery: a Practical Treatise:" ➢Lodern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice," &C., may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSITENOR-STREET, GROSVE NOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street). N ORTH LONDON or UNIVER SITY 11 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 tho office of the charity. HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary. IRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEDIALU PREVENTIVX and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear neatly solicited, which may bo sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, B.C. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. LIORM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL 110S 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 iu 1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out of such part of my est a t e as may by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use of the said Hospital. The Institution comprises en Hospital for In and Out Patients, a Samaritan Society to reliave the more desti tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec. HOSPI TAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. • President —Ms Graze the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current eoppases. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. CtREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS. F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. CIAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN kJ 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, 'Slit.; Messrs. Barclay, Corals, Glyn, Ransom_; and by the Secretary. AMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN ki and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases 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 Mesfrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Alt sirs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. POUR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN. —The ROYAL INFIRAARY 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. F. RENTON, Secretary. L O NDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed Capital—£2,soo,ooo, in 50,000 Shares of £5O each. Paid , up Capital—£l,ooo,ooo. Reserve Fund—£soo,ooo. DIRECTORS. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq. ThoinasTyringhamßernard, Lord'Alfred Hervey. Esq. Win. Champion Jones, Esq. Philip Patton Blyth, Esq.. Edward Harbord Lushing- John Wm. Burmester, Et.q. ton, Esq. Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq. James Mor, Es leyq. Frederick Francis, Esq. William Nicul, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER. William M'Kewan, Esq. CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. Hoad Office-21, Lombard-street. MANAGER. Whitbread Tomson, Esq. ASSISTANT MANAGER. William Howard, Esq. At the Annual general Meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thursday, the 3d Febinary, 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street Station, the following Report for the year ending the 31st December, 1869, was read by the Secretary. WILLIAM CHAMPION JONES, Esq., in the Chair. In presenting the Proprietors the Balance-sheet of the Bank for the half-year ending the 31st December last, the Directors have the pleasure to report that, after paying interest to customers, and all charges, alowing for rebate. and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to £57,669 19s. I')d. This sum, added to £6,225 17s 7d. brought forward from the last ac ount, • produces a total of £93,895 17s. sd. The usual Dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year is recommended, together with a Bonus of 2f per cent., both free of income tax, which will absorb £85,000, and leave £8,895 17s. sd. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account. The present added to the June dividend will thus be 17 per cont. for the year 18459. The Directors have to announce the retirement of Jobn Fleming, Esq., from the Board, and the election of Ed ward'llaTbordLushington, Esq., in his stead. The Directors retiring by rotation are-- „FREDERICK FRANCIS, Esq, THOMAS STOCK COWIE, Esq., and FREDERICK lIARRISON, Esq., who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The Dividend and Boons (together £1 14s. por share), free of income tax, will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 14th inst. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 31sT DECEMBEit, 1869. Dn. To capital paid up £1,000,000 0 0 To reserve fund 500,000 0 0 To amount due by the Bank for customers' balances, ..... —£13,305,679 11 10 To liabilities on ac ceptances, covered by securities 15,374,53 G 12 9 To profit :tad loss ba- Luce brought from last ticeount To gross profit for the half-year, after mak ing provision for bad, and doubtful debts, viz. --- 256,701 3 7 £17,13J,240 16 4 Cit. By cash on band atbead office and branches, and with Bank of England .Z1,995,538 14 3 By cash placed at call and at notice, covered by securities 3,841,562 10 4 • Investments, viz. : By Government and Guaranteed Stocks 1,370,628 0 7 By other Stocks and Securities G1,073 10 4 • --- 1,431,701 10 11 By discounted bills and advances to custom count in town and ry 9,402,260 8 8 By liabilities of cus tomers for drafts ac cepted by the bank, as per contra 11,471,117 6 7 By freehold premises in Lombard-street and Nicholas-lane, freehold and lease hold property at the branches, with fixtures and fittings By interest paid to customers 44,416 3 7 By salaries and all other expenses at head office and branches, including income tax on profits and salaries £17,131,240 16 4 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Dn. To interest paid to customers, as above £14,416 3 7 To expenses, as above lOl,lOl 0 7 To rebato on bills not due, carried to new account To dividend of 6 per cent. for the half- ear • . To y bonus of 21 per cent. To balance carried forward 60,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 8,895 17 5 X 256,701 3 7 CR. By balance brought forward from last account By gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts 250,478 6 0 6,225 17 7 .£256,704 3 7 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing Balance-sheet, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) WILLIAM NORMAN,} R. 11. SWAINE, Auditors. London and County Bank, 27th January, 1870. The foregoing Report having been read by the Secretary, the following Resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted :- 1. That the Report bo received and adopted, and printed for the use of the Shareholders. 2. That a Dividend of 6 per cent., together with a Bonus of 21 per cent., both free of income tax, be declared for the half-year ending the 31st December, 1869, payable on and after - Monday, the 14th instant, and that the balance of £8,895175. sd. be carried forward to profit and loss new account. 3. That Frederick Francis, Thomas Stock Cowie, and Frederick Harrison, Esquires, be re-elected Directors of this Company. 4. That William Norman, Richard Hinds Swaine, and William Jardine, Esquires, be elected Auditors for the current year. 5. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. G. That the thanks of this Meeting .be presented to the Auditors of the Company for their services during the past year. 7. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to the General Manager, and to all the other Officers of the Bank, for the zeal and ability with which they discharged their respective duties. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved, and carried unanimously— F. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to William Champion Jones, Esq., for his able and cour teous conduct iu the chair. (Signed) WILLIAM NICOL, Peputy Chali man. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediatevicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MATESTY the QUEEN. - Vi ce -Patron.— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BITCCLBITCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, w ithout the delay and diffi cu lty of Governors' orders, is w holly dependent ler support on voluntary oontributioLs and legacies. It affords relief to a large numbe r of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of th be e destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of th ofe benevolent! as the premises of this hospital aro capable containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; G also by Messrs. ooutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; lyn and Co. ; Harries and Co. ; Ransom and Co . ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payiia, and Co.; Barclay and 0 0 . ; Wiland at liams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-street C the Hospital' from 10 till 51 THE RESCUE INI St E ok S e 28,s teCadh.urch-row,Flu'oiaEasmaplif_oeSilno°iViv7s4:lB°7ll;ocerrYlihw.urK:Shen-stt-rreeorta4l°. 13, Camden-street, Camden- liewington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. wich. 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 Poitland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. Tho 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 624 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report(of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any chari D tibl N e L in . s o ti o tn 3 ti p on Eß w i hi s e e h o. : entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of tho Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. RF C Queen-street Cheanside. BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham rise. Instituted 1861 PATRONESS. Her Royal highness the Princess of WALES. TRASURERS. 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, ane annuities of £lO obtained by election. No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Pull particulars and the necessary forms may bo pro cured from the Se.lretary. Donations and annual sub scriptions are earnestly sßoliiliciteldn.s. °EDdWCharing-cross, S.W.D. WEAVER S ecre t ar y, M es srs Barclay, Bevan, and Co. , Lombard -street, E C.; and Messrs. Drtiminn Offices. 73. Choapsi(le. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Nations, who are received without any recomendation. The Committee require upwards of £1,500 annually from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this Hospital. SUBSCRIPTIONS will bo most thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin- E.G., by lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street, S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lO 10s. ONDON AND COUNTY BANKING 1.2 COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a DIVIDEND on the Capital of the Company, at the rate of 6 per cent. for the half year ending 31st December, 1869, with a BONUS of 21 per cont., will be paid to the Proprietors either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 14th instant. By order of the Board. W. M'KEWAN, General Manager 21, Lombard-street, Feb. 4, 1870. OCTAVIUS WIG_ JAMBS STEWART IPMGSON, CHARLES JOll.ll DIREO RAM, Esq Governor. 7, sq Sub-Governor. Esq. Deputy-Governor. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Gattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Gronfell, E. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam TORS. William Tetlow Hibbert, Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmeon, E Lord sq. Josceline Win. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. awl Solly, Esq., F.R.S. 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. Fl nfING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine:. The Rover,ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in tho 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 AsFured 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 CESTITILY AND A HALL ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P STEELE. Secretary COMPAGNIE GEN E RALE TRANSAT LAN TIQUE. 4. Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 RATES OF from Havre PASSAGE. and Brest, for New,York From Havits or BREST to NEW Yon.. First Class 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brost, 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, Now Orleans, Porto Rico Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH ND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St.Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha ''(United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupp, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japat.. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents. 8. Austinfriars, London, 8.0. INDO - EUROPEkN TELZGRAPII COM PANY (Limited).—New Telegraphic Route OVERLAND TO INDIA, by Special Lines, in connection with the Govern ment of India Cables, through the Persian Gulf. NoriCE.-1 he Tele •raphic Lines of th is Company, via the above route, are NOW open for transmission of messages for the public. I he Charge for a message of TEN words from LONDON to CALCUTTA. BOMBAY, MADRAS, and all places west of Chit tagong, is £1 175. Od. Messages for this Line, marked via Indo-European, will be re ceived at any of the Offices of the ELECTRIC and INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY throughout the Kingdom, and at tho Offices of this Company, 16, Telegraph-street, City, H. WEAVER, Secretary. A. MORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of LAMPLOUGITS PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints, and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most intense head ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup is a specific in gout and rheumatism.-113, Holborn hill, London, E.° LIS7 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO THE METROPOLIS. AiIiSEUMS. Antiquarian—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 rect. Open free on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Frida s, 10 to 4 ; summer months 10 till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7th May, and Ist till 7th September; al o on all thanksgiving days. City—Guildhall. A collet on of antiquities, &c. Daily 10 till 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 lArtill 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. Adthission on application to the Curator: Society of rts—Jbn-street. Adelpbi. 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. Gd. Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, 1G till 4. ls. The progress of university education in India appears to be highly encouraging. The Punjaub has now a university of its own, and the Senate held its first meeting at Lahore on the 11th of January. At the meeting, which was regarded with much interest, many wealthy natives were present, which is a significant sign of the times. It is hoped that this university will foster the cultivation of Oriental languages—now so much neglected, yet so neces sary for the intelligent administration of Indian affairs. A similar movement in the North-West ProViaaejs has fair prospects of success, and the natives have cone for. ward valiantly, the Maharajah of Vizianagriun giving £lO,OOO towards the erection of a university building at Allahabad. A convocation of the University of Bombay has been held for the conferring of degrees. A large and brilliant company, composed of both Europeutui and natives, assembled. Sir Augustus Spencer, com mander-in-chief, the members of the Bombay Executive Council, and some of the judges at tended. The Rev. Dr. Wilson, the Vice-Chancellor, delivered the address, expressing great regret at the Unavoidable absence of Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, who was in attendance on the Duke of Edinburgh. At the conclusion of the speech Dr. Wilson gave an interesting outline of the progress made in the higher education in Western India during the forty-one years, that he had resided the country. When he arrived in Bombay there were only about eighty native boys learning rudimentary English in the Government school. He remembered welcoming the first Elphinstone Professor, Dr. Harkne3s, whose first lecture was addressed to half a dozen students. The grand display of the convocation was the best comment on the rev. Vice-Chancellor's reminiscences. The annual distribution of prizes at the Grant Medical College, Bombay, brought to light some gratifying statistics. In 1868 there were 93 students on the college rolls; in 1869 there were 143; and in the pre sent year there are 168. The Hon. Mr. Tucker, as chair man, congratulated the professors on having surmounted the preliminary difficulties. ENTERPRISI*G PRINCESS. Among the many native visitors of distinction to the recent festivities at Calcutta, the one most likely to profit by the occasion is the Begum of Bhopal. She was inue interested in all she saw in the City of Palaces, and, not content with admiring the marvels around, she forthwi began considering how she could convert her own capital into the semblance of Calcutta. She was ambitious of lighting it with gas, and of building a palace on the plan of Government House. Colonel Thompson, her political Agent, advised hrr, however, to begin with the simpler and more necessary task of improving her communications and her drainage. He told her to make a broad street through the town from end to end, and by way of an inducement to under take - the useful but unexciting task, he Bug . gested that she should call it after her' self, the Shah Jehan-street. The energetic little lady contemplates the remodelling of her land revenue system, and the Government Survey Office has promised her a staff of surveyors to make a map of Bhopal. While in Calcutta she spent a morning in the fort and arsenal, and listened with great attention to the Brigade Major's explanations. She was very anxious to entertain the Duke and Viceregal party, and was ready to spend half a lac of rupees on the entertainment, but the royal departure sould nut be delayed. PICTURE GALLERIES. Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view may bo obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls. Masters, June, July, and August. is. Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be vie wed by an order from - iho Lord Chamberlain. Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum. Mon day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, Gd. Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp ture. ls. Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch Pictures. Open free daily. except Friday. Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street. Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays, 10 till 4. Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. ls. 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. Gd. National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. National Portrait Gallery-29, Gres: Seorge-street. free, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Trinity House Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4. Tussaud's Waxwork —5B, Baker-street. Open daily till 10 p.m. ls. SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT. Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls. Crystal Pa'ace ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, ls.; Satur days, 2s. 6d. Greenwich Park --Greenwich. ()nen free Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily. Ilighbury Barn and Gardens -Highbury. 6d. and is by refreshment tickets. New Gardens—Kew. Open free, daly at one o'clock Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily. Itosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daiiy. Gd. Royal Horticultural Gardens —Kensington. Admission by Imembers' order. Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Windsot Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tue.days, and Fri days, by tickets obtainable at the : 1 1 ore ainiß Office, in the Castle. THE PEABODY FLEET. From the accounts of the voyage of the Monarch and the Plymouth in the American papers, it appears that the passage across the Atlantic was most prosperously made. The American officers speak in very enthusiastic terms of the sea-going qualities of the Monarch, believing that there is no vessel like her afloat. She hardly reeled in the heaviest seas. Speed and steadiness are two of her greatest points, and she made with ease two hundred miles a day with sails alone. The preparation for the funeral ceremonies in Portland were on the most extensive scale. The City Hall was rendered almost dark with the em blems of mourning, and not less than 30,000 dols. were spent in these arrangements. VIRGINIA. On the 25th of January the return of Virginia to the Union was welcomed at Richmond by a salvo of 100 guns. Beyond this, there were no rejoicings, for the tumultuous conduct of the negroes gave rise to much uneasiness. Governor Walker, in a short address, congratulated the crowd on the return of Virginia to the confederacY of American States, and informed his coloured hearers that they were invested by the law with the rights of American citizenship. The negroes then called for their own orators who commenced a series of inflammatory speeches. At several junctures there was an indication of a riot, and the whites, for the most part, withdrew from tho scene. The torch-light procession, illumination, and fireworks, were dispensed with in consequence of the excitement that was manifested. TILE ERIE STRIKE. The men in the Erie strike are beginning to regard their cause as lost, and they attribute the threatened failure of their project to the traitorous acts of the leaders of the various organisations. Great despondency prevailed when it became known that the Susquehanna men failed to co-operate with them. The disappoint ment of the strikers resulted in an attempt to forcibly prevent the outsiders from working for the company, and fears of violence prevented many from doing so An attack was made on the new workmen in Jersey city, and the rioters endeavoured to recapture those whom the police had arrested. The prompt action of the police at last auelled the disturbance. MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. Monday.—United Service : " Steenstrup's Coni cal, Screw, and Breech-loading Cannon," by Mr. Jansen. Social Science: " Contagious Diseases Act," by Mr. Beggs. Victoria: " Numerical Sys tem of Old Testament," by Rev. Dr. Thornton. Farmers' Club : "On Grass Land." Tuesday.— Ethnological : " Prehistoric Remains," by Mr. Daw kins and Rev. Mr. Mapleton. Civil Engineers : " Railway Statistics." Wednesday.—Society of Arts : " Loss of Life at Sea." Geological : " Aus tralian Corals, &c." Archaeological Association : " Gustave Adolphe," by Mr. Holt. Thursday.— Royal : " Spectra of Zircon and Uranium Com pounds," by Mr. Sorby, &c. Zoological : " New " New Deer," &c. Fine Arts: " Influence of our Industrial Pursuits," by Mr. Hyde Clarke. Friday.—" Temperature of Animal Life of Deep Sea," by Dr. Carpenter. Astronomical: Anni versary. At the meeting, at Boston, of the Society of Natural History, Nov. 24, in the Section of Entomology (Mr. Edward Burgess in the chair), the following paper was presented:—" American Lepidoptera. 11. Phalmnidm Latr.," by Ctarles S. Minot. At the Juno meeting of the section, I presented a paper entitled " American Lepidop tars, No. I." which contained descriptions of four new Geometrithe (Phalionithe Latr.), and was published with out further introduction. I should now like to say a few words on the intended purport of the series. I propose that it shall contain any papers of a miscellaneous nature which may aid in completing our knowledge of the natural history of the Lepidoptera ; such as descrip tions of new species, or of the metamorphoses and lists of insects found in particular localities or States, with their times of appearance, and perhaps ultimately anatomical communications. The descriptions of new species will, fur the present, be principally, if not entirely, conlined to the Plialteni:lte. Mr W. 11. Pall remarked that while passing over the Portage to the Yukon liver, in Alaska, when the temperature was below zero of Fahrenheit, he shot a Canada jay, which had in its mouth the caterpillar of an Arctian ; afterwards, when tho thermometer was 16 degrees below zero, ho found ono of the same cater p'llars crawling upon the snow. On the middle of the frozen river, when the sun shone for a short time upon the crust, he saw upon the snow a species of LepiStnao r Podura in great abundance, although the cold was in tense. The caterpillar of Vanessa Antiopa was insect tnoticed alive during the winter, and the perfect iusect was seen at Nulato, May 20th• when the nightly teinpe cature was below freezing.—AN'ature. line a nd inct for I to NO and Ibl o ) 15 3 at tort). ;ifiG one► Are of 01, St 11,