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7 I rdea dnes7 4 0", r f * i • . , • ,0 4 4.> TAgkeetr . .4( 44. `.* ;•?•:' .4 - 41 , 1tg -1 ~ • s -••• , 4 • I -& 4 •• 44 , N k. • :„, ?., 3 al r •11- 4 — 4 O 41, "kt: 4 za...:12. . - • rally -- revenentrient ---- ne — wa • cru—rc-rtrr the people of Sheerness. e was quite sure that the reductions were painful to every member of the Admiralty Board, who wore desirous that the cutting down should be as fair and impartial as possible. It was Parliament chiefly that was to blame. That body had decided that there should be retrenchment, and, naïvely added Mr. Reed, Parliament is a power "against whose dictate's there can be no appeal whatever." Mr. Reed condemns the intervention of the Treasury with the other departments of her Majesty's Government. "The Admiralty were very bound by the Treasury, and were often prevented from doing what they would wish by its imperative orders." Will Mr. Reed condescend to explain how Government can be carried on at all unless the Treasury interfere ? the Admiralty to spend as much as it chooses? a nd atod, 1 the r the suffi" u ntil ppor rli/ch A -- DUBLIN and Cork Branded " ltina p Tha celebr.ti, T/Tqll 1 T fi, F. Fr. T ,r: ' r-Ifl',T,, W, THE SUN, LONDON. SA I UTWA Y NI NIG, JAN ARV '29 1870. PRICE id STAMPED M. • • riTUAL LOAN • FUND ASSOCIATION al (Incorporated by Act of I`arl , ament, 1P.59), 4, It.T7SSET,T,Th STEET. 00 , 71 7 ,T-c4ATITYEN. LONDON, 1 - 1 , 1 OITEEN'S-Rf vD. BRIOUTON 'VANnES MONEY upon personui secur4 - y, Bills of Sale, Free old or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay "o weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. T^p free on receipt of stamned envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. A,22 mage now g ram eaves been at :Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., TE DUKE I S HONOUR. •By EDWARD WILBERFORCE. " A decidedly clever novel. The charactm s ate drawn with skill and humour."—A t he, zenm. "An original and amusing book."—Spectator. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NINTH WEEK "AT HOME," COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY RIND, may be secured by Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGFRS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of E 3 to X 6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £5 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACOI )ENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for single or Double Journies. For particulars apply td the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, COaNUILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON OARLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. IsIOSELY, the Dentist by special appoint ment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal. Polytechnic, and 23. MOORGATE-STRELT, CITY. Estab lished 1820. This, the most perfected system of pain less dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. It. L. Mosely, is r commended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as ono of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functioas, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result 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, and decayed teeth 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 guaranteed. 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-stre t, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgato-stroat, E.C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. , '~II.4C'L 7 EIVS I G his S F K a u m T o Cu s ii.B an O d OK 6 E r W r irnEa R I T C A A I N RLE N T T _ in the Large Room EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every .Evening (except. Saturday) at 8 ; Saturday Morn ings at 3. "Mr. Woodin has spared 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, 2s. ; Balcony, lA. Family Private Box, One, cvo, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. . Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. TILE TREADMILL AS A DETERRENT. At a quarterly gaol session at Liverpool the report of the gaol Governor raised the question whether or not the treadmill acts as a deterrent from crime. He says that out of 1,420 male adult criminals committed during, the past quarter only 652 were sentenced to hard labour. Of this number 440 worked on the treadmill for the STATISTICS OF LONDON FIEFS. 186 5 then st one Tonle (nave Of 14 -1 STABLIS M ENT 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 HO ME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Tipper 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 Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All informal - ion 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. Cloutts and Co.'s, f. 9. Strand. W. C SPRING RICE lion. Sec. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE. UNKIND WORD, AND OTHER. s CORDS. first time, 97 had previously undergone that form of labour, while 87 vere exempted by surgeon. Tho remaining 7CB male adult criminals were either COM. • mated without hard labour or remanded for further examination. The report of the Protestant chaplain of the gaol, the Rev. T. Carter, showed an increase in the last quarter, on the re-commitments, of nearly 4 per cent., and an increase of prisoners who had undergone the discipline of the wheel of nearly 5 per cent. From these facts he vindicates his pre• viously expressed opinion that the wheel is not deterrent. the Author of "John Halifax. "These stories are gems of narrative. Indeed some of them, in their touching gr tee and sim lieity, seem to us to possess a charm even beyond the author's most popu'ar novels."—Echo. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WILLIAM J. WAN Secretary. ROYAL AIUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. MONDAY, JANUARY 81. FIRST APPEARANCE iiLONDON of the Great American SLAVE TROUPE. THE REVALENT A ARABICS saves fifty tiles itToOstili other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric de rangements, ba3morrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia~ irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains t at tulle pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is he most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in al l complaints. iIirORTANT CAUTION. anu more than dopy ewaro of the many unsavoury g , s imitat ions name to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebi most audaciously attached. Henceforth none the valuable properties of since to the Du Barry's health -restorin g Rev alenta Arabica invalids' and Infants' Food, invalids who se of blessings it add position had has already received from that of his Holi hneeesns thedeemed rope, hopel oss, whose h w e e al tr y h has wa be been uml2iseth treatment. perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful We quote from the Gazette du Midi, 48,413): —"Rome, Jnly 21st, 1866. —The heafth ure o No. Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandonin g the a other remedies, he has confined himself ' entirely t n o g D l u l arry s Bovalenta Arabica Food of which he c onsumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surp r i s i„i v b3neficial e ff ect on his health, and his Holiness can not praise this excellent foo d too highly."l route No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Tirbhan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability with a nervous palpitation ail over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable R ervons agitation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, ' from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart do Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water f 0 - 7 :—" I have derived much benefit from your exca Collett font 1 __ , 2TuART DS RECTE9, Dromena Oappoiluin, ounty Wat,:'ford." uro No. 19,532. Of fifty y, , ars' indoscribable. ago.ny 3 dyspepsia, noryoasnass, asthma, cough, oonstipation FL'uloniv, spa=rns, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly 0 Lynn, Norfolk. Curs No. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobe, of extrame nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner voas fancies. . - luro No. 56,811. —Mr. SArnuel Lawton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhcea. The Fool is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid.; 11b., 2s. 9d., lb., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225 .; 241 b., 40 s. The 121 b. and 24111 1-tisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0 . Or d e r. Also Dn s .l. arry's Rovalonta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in in oaaisters ; For 12 cups at. 2s, for 21 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 c ip3 at 8,3., for 233 cups at 305., for 576 caps at 555. BeiAg penny par cup. The 308. an 1 555. tins are sent ree vi earrings in England on receipt of Post Office Order. Aany and Co., 77, Itogent-street, London, lso . at Fortnum and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, ; 63 and 150, Oaford-street ; and 121, ew North-road, London; and all Grocers and Chemists. house ! sired mob is the 3e in tt a osti and 1 for 31111' riade done 3wri. Aion that al a 3r, 3 for erty• ihed, ju ; to ene- I s of tear • the the hap- In uare no cing ca.' bove tice• tonal toria 0. 5,lC' 4,900 3,1 10 .......' 3;1 10 1.3 9 ? 7,12 1 5,99 5.0 16 9,0 5 is of lovr f cly -1 this ) the lood, S 3 Of by A In non, :1 A diA %Vial ....../ -.---.' wife of a -eO ;ers - Ro- )O.TO, , to OCIC' Igh ' sell - mad , ex.. THE DEAF & DUMB.—The Committee of the JEWS DEAF and DIIMB HOME are prepared to receive AP PL [CATIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF and DUIIiB C LDREN of all denomidations, as Day Putils, 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 paiticulars, to he made to W. VAN. PRA.AGU, Esq., Director of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, 44, Burton-crescent, W.C. TUE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBI INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and Charing- cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revere ia to .036,816, and tha t of the Life to £t59,039. The moderaTe rates of premium, with a. guaranteed fixed Benuo or the Lifo Policies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render, them particularly al tagoous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMAR Y for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable tb.. -- n to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous p ,or 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. ITATroNA.T. ORPHAN HOME, Ilam-common, • Richmond, Surrey. Found-4 1849. rnlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBIUM:IB, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The objelt of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Tug 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 ettrnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HE/fax KIXGSCOTB, Treasurer W B. WA.FWICIEC Secretary. Office, 121, Pall mail W ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Opon to all without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed. JAMES S. BLYTII, Sec. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has rolievod 481,954 patients sinoe it was establisbee at Ring's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall.mall.—Hon. See.. s Smith. Ega. GEo. REID, SOC. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL , is the only in stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messr s. D;msdale and Co., 50 ,Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mc'd, Charing-cross ; Messrs . Coutts, Strand ' • Messrs. Hoare, Fl ee t- s t ree t : andby the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool -road, Islington, N. THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President- - --TTis Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers —The Right Hon. - Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton; 80 children at Alitcbam and Hendon. Bankers—ruondon Joint-Stock Bank. Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street. 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 £4,500 annually from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this • rrospitai. SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchir lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street, E. 0., by S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lO 10s. fRITISH 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 publics are Invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. } Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A., LFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 78, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin ane ; and Moms. Heywood Brothers, Manchester. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. 'U BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' - 15 and Infanta' Food. A LIST of NEW VOCAL and PIANOFOR TE MUSTC for 1870. THE SMILES OF THOSE WE LOVE. Song. By W. F. TAYL')R. "One of the most elegant songs of the day." "The air is simplicity itself, and will be caught up at once; and the pretty and harmless character of the words ren ders it peculiarly appropriate as a song for the home circle," — Vide Orchestra. Free by post for 19 stamps. THE elegant Ballad of the day is " F AR . AWAY." By Miss V. LINDSAY'OIrs. J. W. Bliss). The same for the Pianoforte, by Carl Lnini, Composer of " B ome they brought her Warrior dead," " Resignation,' "Rest," "Too late! too late!" "Oh, when. wilt thou come unto me?" &c. Each free by post for 19 stamps. MR. W. T. WRIGFITON'S NEW SONGS AND BALLADS.—" rhy Voice is Near," "The Music of her Voice," "In the Downhill of Life," and "Morn on the Meadow." Each free by post for 19 stamps. London: Published only by Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, and all Musicsellers. Just published, price is 6d., by post ls. ScL, the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quauks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: 11. Rapiers, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by_tbuSuturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, aro reprinted with this edition. D M KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LINER 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 Is. lid., 2s. 2d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. 4 RP 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 ier visitors of the poor, as an economical and whole some article Of diet for Invalids. Sold in 71b., 141 b., and 2 lb. tins, at Bd. per lb., tins extra; also a large quantity of the finest BER IIUDA ARROW ROOT, which can be offero 1 at the reduced price of Is. 6d. per lb., in quantities of not less than 71b., tins extra. TIIO 11AS SEATING, 79, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN La EFFECTUAL 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 pi ovokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects aro 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, Chemiliit, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 1341., 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. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so of ton hurtful in its effects, is hero avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moo-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 had, and the truss, which can of fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JO EIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 268.6 d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 81s. 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. Novelty and Sensation—New Acts—New Songs—New Danced, New Burlesques produced by Artistes that cannot be excelled. Mammoth Company— fnll Orchestra and Brass Band. Twenty-six Star Performers—Monday, Jan. 31. Aiso Kr. FRANK BELL'S new Entertainment, entitled WHAT IS IT ? ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. -a- Bake - street.—POßtßATT MODELS of FREDERICK HINSON and TRAUPPMANN are added to the Chamber of Horrors. Admission, ls.• Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, Piccadills. The extraordinary success which has attended the production 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 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 ad 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 Htiiiiman M. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R.I3IdNELL, Proprietor SAUC E.—LEA and PERRINS. THE "WOROESTERSFIIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improves the appetite, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED - FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. pARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (k. 0.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE -PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 2 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved • 4 0 Supei tlneThick Cream Laid Not e ; especially recommended 5 0 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing.... ..... Large Commercial Note Papers.— ............. 38., 48., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream.....„los. Gd., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 42.•, ruled ditto, 4 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. Gd., or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove " OlublSouse" Note, live quires for • _ _ 2s. 6d. Ruperflne Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, is 6d, & 6s 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes , 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &0. , 3s COLOUR STAAIPLIG (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices eharyed by the retail houses. An ILLU , TRITED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage cales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free Established 1841 DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET. M. R. ESKEI,L, tlkAuthor of "Pure Dentistry, and 'What It Does for Us," "Painless Tooth Extraction; or Anesthesia Locally Applied ;" "Dental Surgery: a Practical Treatise ;" Modern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice." do., may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVE NOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street). \TORT II LONDON or UNIVERSIIY A-- COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—AccidentG aud Sickness. —CONTRIBUTIONS eartieslv 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 F VAAL t PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE, CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E. 0.; :'ramie Nicholls Esq. (of the Cemmittco), I t, Old Jewry Chambers, E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Enaton-road, VORM 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 be 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 Soc'ety to relieve the more desti tute out-patients' and their families, a convalescent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square,W. President—Ms Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to moot the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the lsst six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELF ARE of 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 -Roman. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 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. C. B. REID, M.A. ej_REAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale donian-road. N.—Several beds in the Lew buildings cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS. • F. SMITH, Esq., Ron. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. cIAMARIT N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN L. , and CHILDREN Lowor Seymotv - street , Portmau 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 Me ssrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Mes srs. Barcla y , Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. SAMARITAN FREE B.OSPITA L for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only Free hospital for Diseases of Women ; 2,9.3 patients wero treated last month without letters of recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. liatchard, Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. ; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. OUR SICK and HELPL ESS CHILDREN. i—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, a nd Co., 71, Lom bard-street ; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secrets.ty. assistancwaellidollfiCataillse. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Oros& Patron—Her Most Gracious MArEaTT the Quzssr. Vice-Patron -- His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of Bucci 4 pucrt, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the Tear 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, Grote,ea capab l e ad o f without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent l er support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital ar t () .6 containhoseveral hundred more beds had the Committee the requitito funds to maintain them. Contlibutions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and 00., Abohurch-lane ; also by Messrs C Oo o n .; tt s s mi an th d , P C s o ri . ; i3j D a r n u d mm oo o . n i d ß a s n re d lay Co a . n ; d G o l o y . n ; Deacon,Harries and and 0 0 C0.. 433 ; a Presc ot t, n ars the Hospital' from 10 till 51 THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES %re as 10110W8 : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, ramp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland• stre et. wick. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Flenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Marta Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home —St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Ilorec-85, Queen-street, Cheapside In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge throe 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. (of which a contributor writes, I The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls, It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants,charitable institution which so P d ocfr i t t a s n el y f to my mind and awoke my whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. nevere sympathy n tTherel rySeacdc ' o ' : mae may tmYrBepsnol : Jo had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers aro Messrs. Bazclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec. RF Queen-street Oheansida. BRITISII ROME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham rise. Instituted 1861 PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. TREASURERS. 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 age, 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, Cnaring-cross, S .W. EDWD. WEAVER Secretary. Offices, 73, Oheapside. NEW PATENT FI.ALASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, cte., for Varicose Veins and all rases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, ecr. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive. and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 49. 6d., ,a. 6d. 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufactnrer, 228, Piccadilly.' riIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. Persons A.) desirous of being admitted to the )PEN 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 Iet.—CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, 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 urgentlded. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary. LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, 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. • WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary. itNE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE OBPUkN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPH AN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of Zper annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary Office, 54, Cheapeide, London, E.Ci CANCER HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851. —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000 cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many eases unable to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300 out-patients. T r easurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace. Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. By order, H. J. JUPP. BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES, 56, Great Marlborough-street, W. Bankers, Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnestly solicited. ALEXANDER RIYINGTON, Hon. Sec. THE LONDON SURGICAL H OME for -A- DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment , . Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established' 31st Jul - y, 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 reqmsites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to ;patients at thel own homes. A new 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 287 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 the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subr3riptions, 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 reatest pleasure upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary No. 10 Ponitry London. E.G September 1R,38. HOME for the lIELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOML for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bish o p of London. The work carried on by aSlsterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed COUNCIL. 'I he Bishop of LONDON, Rev. J. W. Ayre R3v. F. G. Bloomfield lion. ncd Rev. F. Byn , Rev. Ii G. Baker lev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton 11ev W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cott; Chaplain • Rev. E. Capel Cure f Rev. J. E. Cox Ociavius Coope, Esq. Ar chur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. 0. W. Furse 0. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hes9ey G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasirer3 Subscriptions will be race: Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Sedretrry, Rev. S. W. Lloy( man-square, to whom commi Major : a en. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert. M.P. RO7. J. E. Kemp Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Lev. 0. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhoust, J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon Nepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Esq. R. R. Pyni, E sq . "Hugh H. Seymour, Esq R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram. Esa. ived by any ofCire libov9 ; by and ; and by the Hon. 3, 14, Seymour-street, Port at ications may be addressed ASK Tor " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, and see the names of LEA & PERRINS on all bottles and labels Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by al Dealers in Sauces throughout the World COMPAGNIE (ENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. _ _ _ _ 4, Rue do la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. ~eave every 14 clays, from Havre and Brest, for Now York RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAvuu or BREST to NEW YORK. First '2lass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 410 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on tho lfith 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 of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha. (United States of Columbi Portoa), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra., Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and JapaL. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, Agents. 8. Austinfriars,London, E.O. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION OF THE DRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate Hill, London, E.O. Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the tlompany, at the close cf 1868, was £220,978 Os. 10d., 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 Companies. 2nd —The Industrial or Working Class Assurances The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured £1,662,960. The present value of tho lia bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load ing. The Premium Income of the Industrial Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured £3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 £lB 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 larg,4 proportion of Policies which constantly lay se, 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 £241,301 12 4 The average duration of the whole of ale 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 had on application H. HARBEN, Secretary. rFHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of 1 the (MAST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey mouth-street, W. (where =any 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.0.5., 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, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL *erg 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. VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN - 11 -- 4 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 oven 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 tho staff of nurses would be able to attend apon more children, but no more can be admitted '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 reed red by the Trea surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon: Sec., Rectory Wapping rri URSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and 1 1 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 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.C. ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lantriown, Bath. Instituted, A.D., 1864. Under the Patronage of her Maj sty the QUEEN. President—H.R.H. the Duke of °AMBRIDGE, K.G., &c. Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B. This school has been founded upwards of fonr 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 tl its full extent the benefits of the only institution specially provided for the daughters of officers of the Army. Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all elections. Each annual subscription of .£5 os 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. FORSTER, Under Secretary Office 22 Cockspur-street London r IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms _LI of the past twelve mottLs 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 £24,746 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,744 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 Adelphi, London. CAUTION. —POPULAR ERROR.—PRICE'S BENZODYNE, the newly-discovered Cura for Cough, Bronchitis, Consumption, and all wasting diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, &c., has nothing whatever to do with petroleum Spirit, falsely called Benzoline, &c. This unique remedy may .bo obtained of all Chemists, and through the Proprietor, Mr. Plum Analytical Chemist, 2, Lower Seymour street, Loudon, W. Prices—ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle. A.D. 1720. R OY AL EXCIIANOE . ASSURANCE CORPORATION , (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, JAPE, and ANNUITIES. Offic,eft—ROYAL 74,011 ANGE, Branch Office- 1 '29, Pall Mall, S.W. Esq Governor. ;sq Sub-Governor. 3sq Deputy-Governor. TORS Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tet low Ilibbert , John Garret Cattley, Esq. Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Nevile Lubbock, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy. Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq. Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William 'Wallace, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Barinf , Young, Esq Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, JAMES STEWART 111DOSON, E CHARLES JOHN MANNING, I DIREO FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY. - This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only eharge for Fire Insurances. .71IING STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Dfachine.z. 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This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns 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 be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, 13van, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.O. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAVER, See. Offices, 73, Oheapside, E.C. LIS7 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO THE METROPOLIS. MUSEUMS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application to the secretary. Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London. Regent's - park. Admission daily by orders from follows. Royal Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. British—Great Russell-s reet. 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Mr. Hibbert referred to the Irish Church Bill as a proof that the present Government were actuated by a policy film%) generous, unsectarian, and patriotic, than that of any Government which the country had had in times past. lie cited as further proof of this the passing of the Bankruptcy and other Acts, to which, he expressed a hope, would be added in the coming session that for the abolition of university tests. With regard to the army and navy, he claimed to the credit of the • Government a reduction of 82,250,000, and this, too, , withatifidiminishing the efficiency of either service. The Irish land question, he said, should be settled either by a system of long leases„ or better still, the Ulster tenant right should be ap plied to the whole of Ireland. On the question of Education, Mr. Hibbert said he could not go either with the League or the Union. lie expressed him self in favour of the voluntary system. Mr. Platt addressed the audience chiefly on the Irish Church question, endorsing Mr. Ilibbort's views thereon. THE SCOTCH VOLUNTEERS AND THE GOVERNMENT. A meeting of field officers, representing the ten western counties of Scotland, has been held in reference to the proposed changes by the Government in the organisation of the volunteer force. After some discussion it was decided to represent to the Secretary of War that the maintenance and prosperity of the force is incompatible with a continuance of the heavy pecuniary chaiages to which officers have hitherto been subjected. The memorialists, while expres sing a' general approval of the proposed changes, regret there is no prospect of the force being relieved from the difficulties which threaten to dissolve it. They nevertheless make a number of suggestions. They advocate the reduction of the qualification for extra efficiency ; that there should be no necessity for every volunteer to have a certain amount of rifle practice in the year; a capi tation. grant of 30s. for efficients, and 40s. for extra effluents, Artillery and Engineers; the existence of a fund for meeting battalion expenses ; and the travelling allowance for journeys of two miles and a half from the place of assembly. CHURCH CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION. The National Education Union has been aided by a conference in the diocese of Rochester. llicst of the clergymen assembled were very vigorous in their denunciations of the League scheme. To eliminate religious teaching from education was, they held, a most dangerous course. The vicar of Chatham expressed the opinion that the instruction of British youth ought to be in tho hands of the Established Church, as the " solo depository of the truth "—a moderate sentiment, which labours under the disad vantage of being equally applicable to British grown persons as well as British youth. Dr. Avelinv• de fended the National Education League. The Ven. Archdeacon Grant earnestly hoped that the education problem would be settled this session. The Bishop of Rochester, who presided, was not without belief that the measure to be brought in by the Govern ment would take a middle course between the ex treme views advocated by the League, and the more moderate demands of the Union. The feeling of the country, there could be no doubt, was altogether adverse to a compulsory secular system of education. THE UNION AT LEICESTER. The Union had also a strong gathering directly under its auspices at Leicester. The Duke of Rutland presided, but his remarks do not need record. A. fine speech was made by the Bishop of Peter borough. His lordship ably strove to show that the word unsectarian really meant non-religious. If they allowed the reading of the Bible in their schools, which version were they to use F If they read the Protestant Bible, the parents of Catholic children would object, and say the schools were sectarian, while if they read the New Testa ment as well as the Old, the Jews would make the same objection. The proposals of the League, he said, were unjust to the ratepayer, to the parent, and to the child. Bishop Magee holds that any legislation which excludes religion from schools will endanger morality, and degrade and demoralise the nation. LORD PENItIIYN'S INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS. The Standard is very hard upon meddlesome Welsh Radicals. It denounces them fervently apropos of a correspondence between a Merioneth Liberal, Mr. Morgan Lloyd and Lord Pen rhyn. Mr. Lloyd, on the hustings of the Merionethshire election charged Lord Penrhyn with violating the law and the privilege of the House of Commons by interfering in the election. On reading his speech, Lord Penrhyn wrote to Mr. Lloyd a cutting letter, in which he denied that he had interfered at all. Ho had no land nor any con nection in the county; he refused to attend meetings on behalf of the candidate whom he approved; he would undertake no work for that gen tleman. How, then, could Mr. Lloyd say that his lordship had interfered P Mr. Lloyd in return to this epistle makes an apology and withdrawal—he was misled by current rumours. The Standard puts down, on account of this case, all charges against Welsh landlords as rumours—mere rumours. THE IRISH CHURCH. There is reason for the old familiar—too familiar — heading to reappear once more. The committee ap pointed to draw up a draft constitution for the Disestablished Church has finished its labours. The Times understands it will recommend that the Bishops be allowed a separate vote and a power of veto—a proposal which at first met with very deter mined opposition from the laity, but which mature consideration has induced them to look upon with greater favour. " It is believed that there will be less of democratic spirit and a greater regard shown for the maintenance of established authority and order in the proposed constitution than was expected from the early manifestations of lay opinion." THE HUSH PRESBYTERIANS. The General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church has decided, by an immense majority, that ministers should commute their life interests in the Regium Donum. The voting shelved 337 for com mutation, and 8 against it, when the anti-commu tationists closed the voting. The Assembly next proceeded to consider the details of the Sustentation Fund. Under the title of "Records of tho Late London Fire Engine Establishment," Captain Shaw, the Superintendont of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, has published a series of tables recording the experience of that old institution,which, after continuing in operation for thirty-three years, ceased to exist at the end of 1865. This work contains a large quantity of informa tion about fires that cannot fail to be of great use both to insurance companies in estimating their risks, and to insurers in forming a judgment about the rea sonableness of the terms they have to pay. The statistics of the classification of the 29,069 houses in which fires occurred during the thirty three years show that those in private dwel. ling were much more numerous than any ; other class. Next in order came those in lodg in g s, in premises occupied by victuallers and by carpenters and workers in wood. Fires in houses containing combustible materials, such as naptha, turpentine, or fireworks, are comparatively unccmmon, and only one case of a fire at a gunpowder dealer's is recorded i 4 the thirty-three years. MR. P. A. TAYLOR AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr. P. A. Taylor, one of the Liberal members for Leicester, has addressed his constituents on the lead ing topics of the day. His colleague, Mr. J. D. Harris, was unable to attend through ill ness. Mr. Taylor, in speaking of the House of Lords, said, in his opinion, the consistency and common sense of the country were degraded by the existence, in its present form, of the House of Peers. We professed to be, and in some respects were, the freest people in the world ; yet there was not another country that had a second chamber of a purely hereditary character. With regard to free trade Mr. Taylor thought the question must soon be decided whether England should progress or decay. They saw at the present time the most enormous aggrega tion of wealth that perhaps the word had ever seen coupled with the most deplorable degradation. It appeared to him that the time was come when some mighty effort must be made to prevent our course being a retrograde one. The peo ple, he said, could no longer be coerced ; they must be educated. In reference to the subject of eau( a• tion, Mr. Taylor expressed his' opinion that the Bir mingham League, of which he was a member, had made a mistake in introducing the conscience clause and then permitting the reading of the Bible. He considered that a system supported by the national funds should only possess those elements on which they could all agree. With regard to the Irish Land Bill, he thought that so surely as the Irish Church Bill was premonitory of an English Church Bill, so surely would. the Irish Land Bill be initiatory to au English Land Bill. ADMIRALTY RETRENCHMENT. Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Constructor of the Navy, is scarcely at liberty to speak his mind on Min isterial proceedings; but, judging from a speech ho has just made at Sheerness, it may be concluded that he is decidedly dissatisfied with the present Adnai-__ THE ADULTERATION OF TEA. Two cases of adulteration, involving a novel point, have been brought before the Bow-street magistrate by the officers of Eicise. In October last some assis tant chemists of Somersetilouse, proceeded with Excise officers to the shop of Mr. Heggate, in East London, and: seized a quantity of tea, which they subjected to Iv close analysis. Ono sample was sold at Bd. per pound, another at is., and a third at' ls. 4d.; and they respectively contained 40, 30, and 25 per cent. of other ingredients, such as dirt, sand, straw, iron, &c. The evidence shewed that a system has long existed of selling to the public, at very low prices, the sweepings of various tea warehouses. The article is known by: the name of " tea dust ;" and the buyers are quite) aware of what it consists. The defence' was in this, and a similar case, that by adulteration the statute meant the mixing of such sub-. stances asleaves of other plants to imitate tea: In the present instance no fraud was ~,committedP but a certain article, the nature of ' which was' known to the public, was sold at very low prices. at which really good tea could 'not be' obtained. Sir Thomas Henry said the question was, did the defendants, as dealers in tea, sell the article as tea, or as tea and wood ? They had, he considered, acted partly in ignorance, but it was important that it should be known that the fact of being in posses sion of tea adulterated in any form whatever was sufficient to bring the law down upon them. They were each fined £lO. EDUCATION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN, Tho guardians of St. Olave's, London, have been waited upon by a deputation of Roman Catholics, in reference to the education of Roman Catholic pauper children at Sutton Schools. Mr. Rear don, in explaining tho views of the depu tation said that their requests were four fold: the exemption of Catholic inmates from receiving any religious instruction but their own ; the attendance at divine service of all Catholic inmates over 7 years of age; the setting aside a room at a convenient hour during the week day visit of the priest; and that the Sutton School Catholic inmates should be removed to Catholic schools certi fied by the Poor-law Board. It was decided to write to the Poor-law Board to know whether they would sanction the prayer of the memorialists, if the Guar dians did the same. DECAY OF TIIE 110 USES OF PAILLIAMENT. A not very easy duty which awaits the high artis tic powers of Mr. Ayrton will be to stop the decay of the New Palace at Westminster. It is a most un pleasant truth that the ornamental stonework of that architectural display is wearing away with dismal rapidity. In the recent gales, pieces of heavy carving weighing many pounds became detached and shivered into little pieces in the courtyards. Not long ago, says the Times, a heavy finial came crash ing through the roof of an officer of the House, who certainly would not reckon this as part of either the practice or the privi leges of Parliament. At another time a police man was almost brained; and accurate observers of tho stone-shower say that the roof, if examined, would be found strewn with such fragments, if this sort of thing continues, the honour of a seat in Par liament will perhaps come to be less esteemed than it is at present. A COMPARISON. - - A correspondent writes to the Times anent the racent occurrences at the collieries of Creuzot and Thorncliffe. His object is to prove that "they manage these things better in France:' He says these events may be considered a drama in three acts. The first act is the strike accompanied by rattening in all its vilanous shapes at Thorncliffe ; by oratory and vain threats at Creuzot. In the second act 50 men axe brought from Sheffield to quell the dis turbance. At Creuzot the telegraph was put in motion, and 3,500 men arrived from Paris in time to protect the lives and properties of the non-Unionists. The third act shows the 3,500 men repacking their knapsacks at Creuzot. Who, asks the writer, will say that Act 3rd at Thorncliffe, will have an equally prompt or satisfac tory end ? Having thus sought to prove his case, he demands free trade in labour as the only cure for the social diseases under which the body corporate of society is now, he says, sufferiiig in Great Britain. He does not, however, tell us in what respect labour in France is more free than in England. 110 W TO PREVENT PAUPERISM. - - - - A. correspondent writes to the Times on the pre vention of pauperism. He compi.l... managers of model lodging-houses do not take sufficient care to ascertain the characters of their tenants. Two weeks in arrear, he contends, ought to be a sufficient reason to get rid of a tenant. This, he admits, might seem hard, but it would materially tend to promote habits of thrift and saving against a rainy day. In the next place, he advocates the Administration of the Poor Law with a view to improve the condition of the people ; not on the narrowest ponnywise system. Extension of area, he contends, is not the panacea for districts already too unmanageable by their bulk. He is in favour of paid guardians. Finally, ho believes that if the policy of the new organisers of charity be to promote independence pauperism may become reduced to a minimum if it cannot be extinguished. THE METRIC SYSTEM. Professor Leoni Levi has made certain inquiries of the Standards Department of the Board of Trade in reference to the metric system of weights and mea sures. Mr. Chisholm, the warden of the standards, has replied to the following effect. That any person using metric weights and measures for the purpose of buying and selling in shops and other places subject to the visit of inspectors of weights and measures, or having them in his possession, is liable to have them seized, and to conviction and forfeiture. That a manufacturer or arti san, chemist or scientific person, being in possession of such weights, not for the purpose of weighing or measuring goods for sale or purchase, conveyance or carriage, is not liable to a penalty. Mr. Chisholm further informs Pro fessor Levi that steps have been taken to procure verified copies of the French standards of the metric system for the use of the standard department. He adds that the public will have due notice when the metric weights and weasureq can be verified there. FRAUDS ON UNDERWILITERS. -:------ - At a meeting of the Maritime Insurance Company, Mr. Marshall, of Preston, was very severe o n under writing frauds. A. great number of premiums are offered which are totally incompatible with the , obligations incurred. They uniformly end in loss to • the underwriter through positive design on the part of the insuring persons. " There were men: in the community who looked upon a n under-' writer as a jolly fat morsel, out o f which he' was eager to get his slice ; men who made the plun der of underwriters a profession, who made scuttling a science, and who had no notion of earning a living honestly." Such rogues, says Mr. Marshall, aro no more fit to associate with honest people than lepers with those who are clean. This is true; but how are these persons to be discovered ? Mr. Marshall speaks of thrusting them out of the business com munity ; the difficulty is to find them. If scuttling be a science, it is also a crime for w hich heavy pun ishment is provided. It would appe ar, the practice is carried on safely, for Mr. Marsht!,ll says it is very prevalent, andoit is cer avera tain that not one case of scuttling is tried, n an g e ? in twelve months. h o wever, that PRIC'E OF GOLD. --- Tie quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par, and t !r short exchange on London is 25f. 15c. per £1 sterling, On comparing these rama with the English lint price of .£3 OS. t he per ounce for standard gold, it appc.‘rs that go at the above price Is slisttly dearer in Paris than in London -:~~;~