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Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. LA Tr o Unprecedented Novelty! - -LbA every evening at nine on a wire no thicker than a man's finger ; Mr and Mrs WEST. Mr and Mrs RANDALL. Miss KATE PALMER. Mr J. H. MILLBURN. Mr A. G. VANCE. The MATH kW S FAMILY. Mr A. LLOYD. Mr Cl. LEYBOURNE. Mr HENRI CLARK. Mr H..COLLARD. Miss LOUIE SHERRINGTON The COURT MINSTRELS, and INRATT others, are engaged and will shortly appear. New Overtures.—Full Orchestra. Balcony, 6d ; Stalls, ls. ; Orchestra Stalls, is 6d; Private Boxes, 108 6d. Box-office open from 10 to 5. The Proprietor's Grand Complimentary Concert, THURSDAY, A Pill 28. ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street.—A. PORTRAIT MODEL of TROPMAtiN .*Si - now added.--On View, anlongst innumerable other relics, the original Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the decapitation of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and upwards of 22,0(0 persons of the best ;and worst blood in France. Also an exact copy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, Is.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 5.30, andfrom 7 till 10 p.m. ARGYLL. ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, 1 1 Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with tho brntrant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici- Late in it, cc...blued with the admirable Operatic and Dance ruslc Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, 'Ave had the gratifying effect of making the Ir. sent one the Most extensively, patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient C her, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn- Positions of ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are 1 4 81 /Pled to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs. „„ Graves L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. -tnomas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.O. Admission, le.; Itese;rved Seats, 2s. B. E. Iminzm, Proprietor. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS: ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort baent of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink la"; beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, l abaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dm. Imported ';' , ? 1,1 manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her aeSty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. ItAlr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, I NERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Yell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the inte nt study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had A 5, 10, 20, 50, to 50 guineas each. LLRATICAL INSRUCTION i GEOLOGY and MINEBA vuY i C s given by Mr. TENNANT, n at F.G.S., 149, Strand. 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The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., 414 acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at ls. licL, 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. LAM BERT'S ASTHMATIC B ALSAM .-AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or e e f ecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to „ the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, n '"vn•nrlned cases of asthma, and incipient consumption. It fre .,,_'"ntlY cures perions'whom the Faculty pronounce incurable, and rmirably alls.ys the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. : 3 :Pproa . ching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Per oB deprived of sleep i or even lying down for fear of suffocation, Y depend on relief n a few minutes after taking it. Prepared and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, tlb.f hi g - cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, Vid., and '`e quantities in one, 25. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for anthert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved °4 the stamp, RUPTURES—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five {Hundred Exhibitions 'Medical 0 41 ten to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment ,filiEltNlA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its h n ! c ts, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc- Zsan has and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and clese re that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. h o c t les eriPtive circular may be had, and the truss, which can ,. fail to fit, f arwarded by post, on the circumference of the c IY, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu cturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. Single Truss, 165., 215.,6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A t.',2Tble Truss 813.6 d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Um "4.lLeti Truss,'42s. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. o ,„Yost-oftlee Orders to be made payable to John White, Post '4es, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT LASTIC STOCSIN!.GS, g„,IC-NEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of po,.,7`uess and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. 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It is nlost digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for i 1 , a , 1 : 113 and infants in all complaints. fi ag ,„ GRUNT CAUTION .-- Beware of the many unsavouryand more il - !', 10 1)Y imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's l y Is most audaciously attached. Nreneeforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du P oo r / B h ealth-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' fr o ‘`, 'duce to the thousands of blessings it has already received he: invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may kid that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been De.tiectl restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical Mu t '''. e ta. We quote from the "G azette du Midi, July 25th 4 0 1„ - 0 . 9 8,413) :—" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the ather is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other Ar a bi n ee, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta has ea l'eod, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It ideibParoduced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his lipe„etcannot praise this excellent food too highly." • ' 4O . 5 4 ,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven years' With ' - ' c niilaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, legi,4Wervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep de e g ge.;,.nd the most intolerable nervous agitation. b e :,'Ne. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart deri ve '',:es, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Waterford; "I have tips i ; ninch benefit from your excellent food.—STUdllT DE DE 4'e rotnana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." 4 91311, 4 0,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from ePatu t P B '.;ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, Cie sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. beeg , , n 11 :4 3 • 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, o f extreme nervous enr-Vgneilen, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous f anc i es . ' l larrh - cea '" 56 ,8 4.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' Th e ed • end is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid.; lib., 2s. 9d., 21b., 4s. A2lb , ' sR • ; 24Th., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, carriage C0en...1,1 receipt of P. 0. Order Also Du Barry's Revalenta Arab' Ica for 2rate Powders packed in tin canisters : For 12 cups at 25., cup s ' euPs at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 30t., for 576 ar e 635. Being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. Ord er. sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office ah e RRY DU BARRY and CO., 77, Regent-street, London, rOrtnum and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside ; 61, Grace rou,o-etreet; 63 and 153, t xford-street; and 121, New North don; and all Grocers and Chemists. i .. krE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE 1110 y 011 Prf A N CHILDREN are being maintained in the Of 4AL ALBERT ORPH AN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate 46 Per annum each. Funda greatly needed. Oft, . e .4, Ch eap a i de, Lond CH on, ILO ARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. -w Just published, price is 6d., by post is. 81, the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this 'startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. i kNGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Congress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railrowl, &c. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men. and those having an interest in the United States. will find this newspaper of use. Published e;;WiIitriiSAYAIORNING, - piice 4d., 15, Catherine-street, Strand. FRENCH GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL.—The SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES, the contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. Admission, ls. Catalogue, 6d. C LERICAL, MEI) ICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INCOME. steadily increasing.— £227,000 ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested £1,619,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. The NINTH BONUS will be declared in January, 1872, and all With-Profit Policies in force on the 3 , ,th June 1871, will participate. Assurances effected before June 30th. 1870, will participate on two Premiums, and thus receive a whole year's additional share of Profits over later Policies. Forms of Proposal, Balance Sheets, and every information, can be obtained from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. SHARE DEPARTMENT.-THE CONSERVA. TIVI, LAN DSODIETY.--Shame may be taken out daily at the offices, or investors at a distance can be enrolled as members by correspondence. Present rate of interest, five per cent. per annum, payable in half-yearly warrants. No partnership liability, and power of withdrawal of subscriptions on shares at twenty eight days' notice CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEESEIsT, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. PROVIDENT CLEF ASSOC] (Es tablisl Taus KS' MUTUAL LIFE I.ATION ;hed 18:0). _ STEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M. P. 1 Thomas Mulkey, Esq. R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. . I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. The report and balance-sheets of this Association for the year 1869, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the members, with particulars of tho invested fund, may be had on application to the chief office, or to the agents, The annual income from premiums is .. £C4,000 From interest on investments ... ... 19,000 Ihe invested fond, after payment of all claims, exceeds 415,000 The whole of the profits divided among the members. Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured, amounting to 1:100,000. W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, March !, 1370. DARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (00101111 OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (EA) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. a. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper SuperiLae Cream Laid Note; much approved Supelfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Surertine Double Thick Cream Laid Note . 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers. 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream.......... 105. 6d., Us. 6d., and 14 6 Outsie.as Foolscap Letter Paper for scribbling . plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note ,..flue quires for is. 6d., or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "Club House" rote, rive quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blne Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6e 6d .. Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 64 . /per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., as. COLOUR BTA.IIPING (Relief; reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the priies charged by tbe retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage , cales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, ac , post free. Established 1841 S AUC E.—LEA and PERRINS, THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs " THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improves the appetite, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, and see the names of LEA & PEBBINS on all bottles and labels Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers in Sauces throughout the World. UNRIVALLED SPECULATIONS SPLENDID SUCCESS. With a Single Stake of Twelve Shillings you can realise £3,000 ! —with £l, .£22,ooo!!—with £2, £27,o6o!!—with £B, 37,000! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. B RITISH HOME 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 atti ndance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of Xlo obtained by election. No person under 20 y ears of age, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Full particulars and the necessary forms may b. procured from the Secretary. Donations and annual subscriptions are earnestly solicited. ar to ss• Ha Bonds Locks hss n A has i place in ,nge. r a mode- Canadian it move- mbardo- uiet, and wements Te fallen ;a it. •Twenty, ', i t , and moderate I, limited ige. Anglo ian Sub- rm, and tion and ire-street c to-day. brought noderate Dhange. ustralia, rofit for iividend )me-taX, lubsair ,690,000 Eight tailway. t Dodge, er cent., 6d. per ecidedly months' casional 3h. Loan the net stated. er to be nt 1 per nd and dend at on the mnpany res, for arty at d other supplies )II easier 4s. 6d. ; 0 ss. Bd. been on without ts, 46 to French, 1 10s. to market in the t prices b. Mid i. ; Pale tis ruled re been Wheat at 3d. steady. of the litto on export, 455,500 :t firm• e wheat e rates ronger, chew a strong. firsts, s, 665. ; , 1253. ; t, but 100 are to and ember- -June, 135 ; ember -16. ;6f, 3 eptem- bbon es for .The Mr. n the ed as, iodate, the, ►b' "741 b 228 ()LAIN caps at 558 sent ; and _.~ ,ham, 11 a'S- rren both, ,f the well, of I.\\T. [oriel -hill, of •a, d BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E.C. ; and Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER, Secretary. _ _ _ Offices, 73, Cheapside. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, is the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron - -Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Rcyal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance'of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the.benevolent, as the premises of .this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abehurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Berries and Co.• Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Bar clay and Co.;• Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners street; and at the Hospital from 10 to 5. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Baling. 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of 013(BRIDGA E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parte of the kingdom. _ . _ _ The of a Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, ani practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to At 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 earnestly appeal for support. The Charity Is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HMI" KiNGsCOTE, Treasurer' : W H. Wl Amex, Secretary. Oftll3, 121, Pall :nlll S. lif GUILDHALL, 24th AlAncii, 1870.—The Com mittee for Letting the City's Lands will meet at Guild hall, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th April next, at half-past One o'clock precisely, to receive proposals for Leases in Lots of the several floubes, Nos. g, 9, 10; 12, 13, and 14, Butcher-row, and Nos. 2,4, 6' 8, 10, 12, 14, 16. 18, '2O, 32, 34, and 36, Whitehorse-street, liatcliff. A. Plan of the Property may be seen, and further particulars and Forms of Tender obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERD➢. BRAND, Comptroller. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL f or WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Comas, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. 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A valuable addition will be a FOREIGN PORTS' DIRECTORY, containing the names of British and American Ministers, Consuls and Vice-Con suls, Clergymen of all denominations, Physicians, Banks, Managers and London Correspondents, Chief Merchants, Ship Brokers and Shipping Agents, Lloyd's Agents, News papers and Editors, Hotels and Proprietors; in short, no labour or expense is being spared to render the work of paramount universal utility. Our Ocean Highways" Monthly Supplement, incorpo rated with the " Anglo-American Times," the leading organ of America in Europe, is essentially for the use of passengers by our great Ocean Steamship Companies. Each number of the Supplement and each bi-monthly number of "The Anglo- American Times " will contain, in addition to a Ports' Rail-_ way and Steamers Summary, a Skeleton Tour, taking the traveller from the steamer, on his arrival in port, to some one of the great European centres, guiding him on his way and ensuring his comfort at the most eligible hotels. These Supplements accompany the passengers in the hornewatd bound etoamers, provisio❑ having been made for the Agents of the respective Steamship Companies regularly receiving them for distribution at all foreign ports. Communications, suggestions, and correctionsare earnestly solicited from all Travellers, either by letter to the Editor, or personal interview, at the Buckingham Palac© London. (ABRIDGED CIRCULAR] EIGHT PER CENT. DES MOINES VALLEY RAILRO SD BONDS, Secured on 247 miles of Railroad, Plant, and Equipment, and on 465,000 Acres of Land in the State of lowa. Or, at the option of Applicant, 71 per cent., payable in Gold in London, on amount of purchase. PRESIDENT. D. W. Kilbourne, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT. C. 11. Perry, Esq. TRUSTEES. W. S. Gilman, Esq. (Messrs. Gilman, Son, and Co.), Banker, New York. N. A. Cowdrey, Esq., Barrister, Now York. Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co. beg to announce that upwards of $3,000,000 having been privately subscribed, they are authorised to offer to the public $1,300,000, the balance of these Bonds, bearing 8 per cent. interest at the price of 95 in American currency, and have arranged to secure the payment of the interest in cash in London, to all who on purchasing now prefer it, at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum on the purchase price. Each Bond of $l,OOO bearing 8 per cent. interest in American currency will be sold for £l7B 2s. 6d., and if specified in the application the interest will be made payable in cash in London, at the rate of £6 13s. Bd. every half year, being at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum. These Bonds are thus made a First Class Land Secured Railway Bond, bearing 7-1- per cent. interest on the cost price payable in London free of all charges and free of American Income Tax. The Bonds aro a First Mortgage on 85 miles of Railroad, from Des Moines to Fort Dodge, of which 77 are already completed ; on 365,000 acres of land or thereabouts in the State of lowa, already parcelled out and granted by the State to the Railway Company, and on 100,000 acres of land granted by the State to the Rail way Company, on condi tion of the completion of the Railway by the running of trains into Fort Dodge before the end of the year 1870 ; and are a Second Mortgage on 162 miles of railroad from Keokuk to Des Moines. The Terms of Repayment aro at par on the Ist-October, 1898, or at any time by optional purchase by the Company at market value not exceeding 120 per cent, by means of the proceeds of sale of surplus lands, or by drawings from time to time at 120 per cent., so often as $50,000 shall be in the hands of the Trustees of the Deed from the same sources. The numbers of the Bonds drawn for payment are to be ad vertised in New York and London Newspapers. The Trustees have power in the event of default being made for six months in payment of the interest to foreclose and sell the property after three months' notice. The Bondholders are privileged to purchase any of the surplus lands comps ised in the security at a minimum price, fixed by the Company and the Trustees, and the bonds or coupons are receivable in payment at their par value. The title to these lands is derived by direct patent from the United States Government to the State of lowa, and conveyance from the State to the Railway Company for railway purposes. The present value of these lands is estimated to be from $5 to $lO per acre, and their rapid future increase in value is considered certain. The net earnings of the Railroad from its first opening throughout have been sufficient to pay all interest, and the operating expenses have averaged from 50 to 60 per cent. of the gross receipts. The Share Capital of the Company amounts to $3,904,400, which was subscribed for bona fide at par by owners of property and inhabitants of lowa and the adjoining States, and is all paid up. Further information, with full Prospectus, Map, and copy of the Deed of Trust and Land Grant, may be ob tained of Messrs. John Stuart and Co, Bankers, Manches ter; or from Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgate-street, London, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. Applications for these Bonds, in tho annexed Form accompanied by a deposit of £lO per Bond, will be received up to Three p.m. on the lith instant by the London and County Bank, London, or any of its branches ; by the Con solidated Bank (Limited), London and Manchester; or by the National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, London and Branches. — fie balance of £l6B 2s. 6d. per Bond will be payable within 14 days after allotment. FORM OF APPLICATION. To Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgate-street, London, Agents for the Des Moines Valley Railroad Company. I request you to allot me 8 per cent: Des Moines Valley Railroad Bonds of $l,OOO each, issued at 95 per cent., or £l7B 2s. 6d. each. I have paid a Deposit of £lO per Bond to the Bank, and I engage to pay the balance of the amount of issue within 14 days after allotment; and I request that the inte rest thereon may be made payable in London at the rate of £6 13s. Bd. half yearly, or 71 per cent. per annum.. Name Address Description Date G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. • CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham• Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart ;allies Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton, Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Mulkey, Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq. ACTUARY S anal. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at LADY DAY must be renewed at the Head Office, or with the Agents, on or before the 9th of April. The Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, with statemen` of the Assets and Liabilities in the Life Franch, free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. FRIENDLESS AND FA LLEN.-LOND ON F EMAL V PR EVEN TIVE and R EFORDIA TORY IN STITIITION. Prelaaent —Rev. CAN= DAM CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1818 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon greet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard stree s, E.C.; Francis Nicholls !tag. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 1.0. E. W. THOMAS, Soc., 200, Euston-road, N.W. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. 1 he Con unittee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy currant expenses.. Assistance is urgently needed. J. W, wALDRON r Secretary A D. 1720. p O.Y AL e EXCHANGE ASSURANCE -1..0 • - -cORPORATION. , • (Established by Oharter of his Majesty &cote the First), For BEA, FIRE, LIFE, and AN Offides-4-ROY4L EXOHANGE, 'London. 'branch O'ffine-29, Pall Mall, S.W. • , OOTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq • `,.Governor. JAMES STEWART H9DosoN, Esq - Sub-• Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, ESCI ..... ..Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Ilibbort, thihn Garratt Cattley,•tsq. 'Esq., lMark• Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Ettvard James Daniell, Esq. 'Egerton Hubbard, Esq. lWilliam Davidson, Esq Nevi's Lubbock, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, 'Alexander Drug, Esq. ; - Esq. iFrodk. Joseph Edman,,,Esq. Lord J oseeline Wm. Percy. Charles Herman)). 'Closchen, Charles Robinson, Esq. Esq. ~ . ~ Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Rtvorsdale 'ffigt,7l , olFronfell, • Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Esq. ,r -... 11.VX . Joseph Somes, Esq. Francis Alex.Ramilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, Sami Luol Say, 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. FARMING STOCK—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine& Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums, - Payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part ' nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the seen '" rity of an Office whose resources have been. tested by the experience of a CENTURY AND A HALF. - ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. PAINLESS and PRtCTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite_ the Royal Polytechnic, and 23, MoORGATE-STREET, CITY. Established 1810. This, the most perfected system of painless dentistry,, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Tlospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest imp' ovements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions. can solely be obtained in moll perfected success (the result of forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful, loose teeth and to ider 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 arti culation guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—" So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, sto 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgate-street, E. C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. THE LIBERAL PATLIT. The reduced number of followers which Mr, Gladstone leads into the lobby, and the refractory behaviour of the Radicals, are political symptoms too grave to be overlooked. The Spectator thinks the position of affairs very threatening. The members for Brighton, Mr. Fawcett and Mr. White, are both of them confirmedly cavernous this session, and so apparently is Sir C. Dilke, for Chelsea, and Sir H. Hoare often runs with his colleague. Mr. P. A. Taylor never grudges a blow to any Government, and Mr. Morrison, if not actually cavernous, is steadily tending to the concave—has reached what the mathematicians call the point of " contrary flexure." " Then, again, Mr. W. Fowler, M.P. f or Cambridge—able and sagacious man, of great culture and cautious ways —moves an amendment on the Irish Land Bill on Thursday night, which Mr. Gladstone declares must lead to the failure of the bill if it is carried, and while several of its other Liberal supporters walk out of the blouse Mr. Fowler declines to withdraw it, and places the GovernMent in the narrowest majority of the session—only 32. It does not look nice." DIVISIONS. A scanty band of only seventeen members sup ported Colonel Stuart Knox and Mr. Moore in their opposition to leave being given to bring in a bill to disfranchise the boroughs of Bridgwater and Boverley. It was a heterogeneous group. Colonel Knox and Mr. Moore are not usually sound acting together. Mr. Mathews and Mr. Laslett, too, are Liberals. The remainder were Conservatives. Mr. Newdegate again secured the support of many Liberals in resisting the motion to adjourn the House, whilst the Conventual and Monastic Estab lishments Committee of Inquiry was under conside ration. Mr. Anderson, Sir- Robert Anstruther, Mr. Aytoun, Mr. Candlish, Mr. Campbell, Mr. M'Arthur, Mr. Robinson, the new member for B r i sto l , an d several others joined him, and he won by 110 to M. CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. The great meeting of Roman Catholics at the Stafford Club, convened to consider Mr. Newdegate's motion for a select committee to inquire into the cha racter of conventual and monastic institutions in this country was strongly demonstrative against wh a t was termed this parliamentary inquisition." Sir Charles Clifford, who first addressed the meeting zharacterised Mr. Newdegate's motion as an endea vour to bring about an unconstitutional, tyrrani ml, and abominable act. He denounced the principles of the motion in their entirety, and if in the end they were obliged to submit to an examination, it ought to be, he contended, in the face of open day and before a court of law, where evidence was given at the peril of the slanderer and the perjurer. Lord Howard said the Roman Catholic body asked for nothing exclusive, but in a country of civil and religious liberty they 3ertainly asked that civil and religious liberty might be extended to them. The Hon. W. North, Mr. Stonor, and Mr. Charles Weld also addressed, the meeting. The latter contended that the inquisition would be a revival of the penal laws against Catholic unions and institutions. Resolutions strongly ex pressing the feelings of the meeting against the pro posed motion were carried. THE BALLOT. Amongst the States which are instanced as fine examples of the successful working of secret voting, Greece surely cannot be one. The municipal elec tions have just been held in that kingdom. They extended over four days, and deve loped some remarkable electioneering liveliness. At two places the elections were put off because there were not troops enough to protect the ballot box. At Thebes one man was shot by a soldier; two more men were shot at Nauplia ; at a village near Corinth five m en were killed and s evera l woun d e d ; at a fourth place one faction carried the roof off a polling place ; and at a fifth the ballot b oxes were destroyed. At the general election,. matters were still worse, slim 78 persons having fallen victims to party rage. These facts, which are reported by a correspondent of the Standard, certainly give one a high opinion of electioneering equ an i m it y i n Greece. The only point to be cleared ud i s , w hat is the connection between these pr0:4,1,11.0s :4 ,1, 11 . o s and the ballot P If Greek electors shoot e ac h other in party rage, it is not clear that open vo ti n g would mend matters. The country is in a s t a t e of semi-barbarism, and the representation of the pe . ople is merely a fiction, for it is notorious that the reigning Ministry always has, and takes care to h a NT , a good working majority. MR. MILL AND EDUCATION. Mr. Mill's non-sectarianism is stronger even than the Spectator gave him credit for. According to dome report of a speech of his, he was represented to advocate the system of British schools, the merely formal reading of the Bible "as a kind of grace be fore meat." Mr. Mill writes to say that he decidedly objects to the British schools system. It is preferable to pure denominationalism, but it is bad nevertheless —unjust to Catholics, Jews, and Secularists. No religious teaching whatever is Mr. Mill's view of the matter. VOTES FOR WOMEN. Mrs. Fawcett continues her lectures in different parts of the country on the electoral disabilities of women. Her last address was delivered at Greenwich, to an audience consisting largely of ladies. rho able lady's arguments were necessarily a repetition of these which she so elaborately discussed at Brighton a little while ago. Mrs. Fawcett urges that women are not indifferent to the franchise, that there are many obnoxious laws which would be doolisbea Qr ot right if W 0133011 had_ votes. and that there can be no objection to conCe7ing the iranchise to the class. She argued that a woman should be something more than merely a housekeeper or nurse, whilst the argument that politics would withdraw women from domestic duties was equally applicable to women attending meetings, reading newspapers, going for a walk, or going to church, &c. She doubted whether the male electors of the borough of Greenwich devoted an hour a week to their political opinions; and women were not therefore lik e ly t o let politics interfere with the comfort and duties of home. Her experience was that women who devoted a fair attention to the public questions of the day had the best-managed homes. It is objected by some that if women once got votes, they would strive to enter Parliament. This Mrs. Fawcett holds is entirely a question for the constituencies to settle, OVER-REGULATION PURCHASE. The Royal Commission to inquire into the practice of officers paying higher sums for their pro motion than is authorized by the War Office, has b3en gazetted. The chairman is Sir George Grey, G.C.8., and amongst the Commissioners are the Earl •of Devon, General Peel, Sir James - Yorke Scarlett, G.C.8., and others. They are com manded to obtain information by the examina tion of all persons most competent to afford it, with respect to the extent and manner . in which the alleged practice has been carried on, and all the circumstances that will throw light on the matter. There seems to be little doubt that the circumstances of the practice must be almost as well known to most of the Commissioners as the existence of it, but of course many witnesses will be called, amongst whom the army agents will necessarily figure most conspicuously. The result of the inves tigation will be waited for with interest by those who have ascended the military ladder by the rapid and potent agency of gold. OUR FOREIGN SQUADRONS. • Mr. lands, M.P., has made _an attack on . the policy of the nation With respect to the number and size of the foreign squadrons maintained. He commented on the numerous petty dis turbances created abroad by the presence of a British fleet, and declared that in many parts of the world the consequence was that the English name was detested. China was the bugbear' on which he dwelt most, the frequent rows between our gunboats and the piratical populations of the villages affording him scope for his attack. The Army and Navy Gazette speaks on this new at enipt to run a tilt on that "many-headed monster," the navy. It allows that flying squadrons might suffice to preserve the efficiency of the service, but it as'ts if the foreign squadrons could be abolished without loss of prestige and power. "Once withdraw our ships from Chin.i and neither the seas would be navigable, nor residence tolerable to peaceful traders." If foreign squadrons were abolished, too, the money would be grudged for the maintenance of flying squadrons, and it would never do for the number of blue jackets to be re duced. The naval strength of many foreign Powers is much larger than formerly, and any reduction either in men or ships is a matter serious enough to lead to the hope that Mr. Childers will stick to his present policy. TIM SERVICES AND TUE PAPERS. The Articles of IVar and Queen's Regulations have long forbidden officers or men to write to Os newspapers on any subject connected with the army or navy. The prohibition has peon protested against, and often, strangely enough, in the papers by the officers them selves, and it has also found supporters who have urged reasons for its maintenance. Latterly many persons, chiefly of the lower ranks of the services, have set forth their grievances in the army and navy journals under various noms-de-plume, and occasionally with their own names attached. A few nights since Mr. Shaw asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if his attention had been drawn to a letter written to a newspaper by a Commander in the Navy, comment ing on a debate in the House of Commons, and whe ther he intended to take any notice of theproceeding. Ur. Childers said very fairly that, as ih: regulation had been often violated by officers of much higher rank than the young officer alluded to, he was not going to select the latter for public censure. How ever, he went on to say that it was his pur pose to put a stop to such violations of regulations. The Broad Arrow in a manner defies Mr. Childers to do this. He may flourish in the faces of meek blue jackets the twelfth chapter of the " Articles and Regulations ;" but he is cautioned that such a regulation as this is a fossil one, and as far as it lies in the power of the paper in question, that fossil shall be pointed at as a curiosity as long as it exists. THE GUARDS IN LONDON. Three privates in the Brigade of Guards were lately charged in the London police courts, on the same day. with very bad offences. The Times commented on 'the subject in a leader, and now Colonel Hardinge, commanding the Coldstreams, writes to that paper, and, without extenuating the acts mentioned, asserts the hardship of a whole regiment being condemned on account of individual . acts of a scandalous kind committed by its members. He says that the present system of enlistment obliges commanding officers to take into the rank of a corps d'elite men of unknown antecedents, and occasionally they consequently get some great blackguards. The conviction and sentence of a soldier in a civil court does not give commanding officers power to rid themselves of the man when he comes out of prison. Colonel Harding thinks that commanding officers should have greater power to dismiss from the service men of notoriously bad character. In conclusion, he says that the proportion of men convicted by civil power i n hi s regiment is very small, and can by no means be con sidered excessive. "Centurion " writes to the same paper expressing the same opinion, and hoping that if Mr. Cardwell is not " manoeuvred" out of the War Office, we shall soon see many reforms that are now much needed. A TELEGRAPH KNIGHT. The Pall Mall Gazette kindly gives Sir Francis Ronalds, who was lately knighted, a little fame. Few persons, we believe, know who Sir Francis Ronalds is, and yet he was a man well worthy of more than the distinction which is given to country mayors and other small fry. He was the very first, either here or abroad, to invent an electric telegraph so con structed as to be capable extensive practical application, and • so far back as 1823 he fully developed its principle and mode of action. Still earlier, viz., in 1816, he had constructed a working electric telegraph, and on offering it to the then Government received an answer which can never be too often cited as an illustration of official complacency; " Telegraphs of any kind are now wholly unnecessary, and no other than the one now in use will be adopted." Nothing daunted by this apathy, Mr. Ronalds matured his invention, and in 1823 published a " Description of an Electric Telegraph, and of some other Electrical Appa ratus," in which he strikingly predicted the great achievements which this splendid invention would secure for mankind. "Why should not our Govern ment govern at Portsmouth almost as promptly as in Downing-street? Why should our defaulters escape by reason of our foggy climate." Alas ! no man is more surely born to misery than he who is wiser than his generation. Sir Francis Ronalds has lived, how ever, to see his triumph. MR. MURPHY AND THE PRESS. Af. Whalley's famous missionary has received arsh treatment from newspaper writers. One journal delicately informed Mr. Murphy that he was sure to meet a violent death through some of his lecture riots—an exceedingly consolatory assur ance, to which the Protestant champion att r ib u t es much of the ,uproar at Woolwich. The pr ess , t oo , has done much injury to the Protestant cause by terming these disturbances " Murphy Riots," instead of "Papist Riots," as they obviously ought to be. Mr. Murphy's view of the matter is that he should abuse a section of the community and denounce their religion at will, whilst they calmly and benignantly look on. Possibly it might be better if the Catholics did take no notice of Murphyism, but human nature is not always guided by the logic of things. CAN THE JOCKEY CLUB PREVENT BETTING ? According to " Senex," who writes to the Daily Telegraph the letterA of Muliral Rona and Sir Joel:1h nawley navelecl to Satisty the public irdetner tne Jockey Club, as at present established, is or is not competent to take cognisance of betting. " Senex," in his modesty, does not presume to assist the public in deciding. between the arguments contained iii the letters of the authorities in question, but ventures to recapitulate the votes by which in 1857 the Jockey Club, under the guidance of Lord Derby, and with the sanction of Admiral Rous, em phatically asserted its right to take legislative cogni zance of betting. At a general meeting of the Club in that year, Lord Derby, he says, moved, " That all bets on handicaps made previously to the publication of the weights, be declared null and void," but withdrew this motion in favour of General Peel's, "that the Jockey Club, highly disapproving the practice of betting on han dicaps previously to the declaration of the weights, recommend to the Committee of Tattersall's not to recognise any bets so made, or to inflict any punishment for the non payment of them." This resolution was carried, in spite of an amendment moved by Lord, Anglesey, "That so long as the rule passed in 1842 is allowed to remain, the Jockey Club is not in a position to interfere with betting at all." " Senex " trusts that after this we shall never again hear the arguments of the gallant admiral against the competency of the club repeated from his own or any other lips. THE UNIVERSITY BILLIARD MATCH. The betting man has little opportunity for sharp practice in the University Boat Race, know ing that it is won and lost upon its merits alone. The Daily News cannot say so much for the University Billiard Match. It began and ended in a discreditable scene of open riot. Before the play commenced a loud and an g ry protest was raised against th e s i ng l e ma t c h, on the ground that Mr. Richardson, who was selected to represent Cambridge, was disqualified. The remon strants were not undergraduates, but professional bil liard-players and - betting meirvlio had staked large sums on the event. Richardson, who was to play Lascelles, the Oxford representative, was supposed to be more than a match for his opponent, and the betting men who had backed " Oxford against Cambridge,"—not, it must be observed, " Las celles against Richardson "—were anxious to get a worse representative for Cambridge. Hence all the row and confusion. Mr. Richardson gave way, and the result was that Oxford gained an easy victory over the Cambridge second-best man. If such proceedings as these occur again, the• public will begin to associate the University Billiard Match with g entlemen of very doubtful character. With re gard to the disqualification of Mr. Richardson, a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that on cool reflection there are few who will justify the ob jection raised against the proposed representative of Cambridge. lie had been elected weeks before, and it was well known that he was a graduate. The objection of his being of too long standing was un tenable. THE LOSS OF THE NORMANDY. Important evidence has been given helping to ex plain the collision between the Normandy and the Mary. The crew of the Normandy fancied that the Mary was a sailing ship, and that therefore the rate at which she would be going would not make it neces sary to go much out of the proper course. This impres sion, it appears, was fully justified, as the Mary at the time shewed two side-lights only, and no mast head light which ought to be carried by all steamers. The fact was, her mast-head light had in an unfortunate moment been hauled down for the necessary purpose of being "pricked up," which operation was performed every four hours. Before it could be hauled up again the disastrous collision occurred. This suggests the desirabilty of some means being found of avoiding the danger of remov ing a masthead light so frequently. A CHANCE FOR DRAMATIC AUTHORS. There are, it is said, only about half-a-dozen dramatic authors on whom the lessees of theatres depend for their supply of dramas. The consequence is the dramas oared are bad, many of them, and are often refused, as their production would probably result in a great loss of money. Mr. E. J. Young, manager of the Queen's Theatre, writing to the Daily News, says he is attempting to resuscitate the taste for sound historical plays. He further declares that any drama suited to the company, in which the plot is clear and simple, the dialogue terse, the interest sustained, and the situations effective, would, if for warded to him, be bought and paid for. At sums varying from ThiCi to 2300 he would be ready to purchase any number. THE FRENCH ACADEMY. The two new members of the French Academy are each deserving of the honour which they have gained. One is M. Emile 011ivier, the first Prime Minister under the now Constitutional rule, an able scholar, one of the best French orators, and a good, though not a famous writer. Even the Irreconcileables, who are so fiercely at feud with M. 011ivier, do not grudge him this honour. The other new member is M. Jules Janin, a man much less known to fame. M. Janin, however, is a literary veteran, whose occupation has been at once his livelihood and his delight. In his youth he wrote some novels; which Were deemed detestable even in France; but in his later years he has devoted himself to culture and literature of a much higher order. He is a first-class dramatic critic, and his translation of Horace is one of the best. These two new members replace Lamartine and Sainte Beuve. M. Janin, as soon as his election was known, received a telegraphic despatch from England, bringing him the congratulations of his royal friends on the banks of the Thames. The her mit of Passy is reported to have exclaimed on learning his success, " Ah, my mother-in-law will at last believe that I am worth something as a writer." THE PECULIAR PEOPLE. The " Peculiar People " are becoming very numerous in Essex, and their doings are consequently becoming more and more obtrusive. One tenet of their creed is that when a child, or indeed, any other person, is taken ill, all medi cal attendance is considered sinful and superfluous. The disease is left to take its course. In consequence, four children have lately died in the district. Two of these belonged to one man, who has just been summoned at Orsett petty sessions to answer for the death of the last, according to the powers given by a recent statute, 31st and 32 Vic., c. 122, sec. 37, which enacts that where parents allow their children to die without medical aid they shall be liable to six months' imprisonment. A scene ensued in court, where a large number of " brethren " and "sisters" attended. A surgeon deposed that he had strongly urged the mother and three sisters who attended the child to allow medicine to be given it, but they refused, and would not even tolerate a plaster. One of the sisters stated that the child had nourishment, but, according to rule, no medicine. This proved the case, and the defen dant was asked what he had to say. He replied : What I have to say is this—The Lord saved me from my sine eleven years ago, and I now go according to the Scripture, and follow Christ. In the days of Christ, just before He departed, He said, "If I depart, I will send the Com forter unto you ;" and it was that Spirit which I received eleven years ago that guided me to fulfil His commands in this case. The Word of God tells me to pray, and that if any are sick, let him send for the eld ers o f th e c h urch to anoint the sick with oil, and pray over him. This is what I believe in, and what I have done • and if my child had not been sick un t o d ea th , it would have re covered, but as it did not recover it was the Lord's will that it should die. In the last chapter of St. Mark does it not say of them that believe "In my name shall they cast out devils. . hands on the sick and they shall recover."—Here a number of brethren and sisters who were in the court shouted out—', Yes, yes ; Blessed be His name ;" and other similar ejaculations. —The chairman : But there is not is nothing in that to tell you not to send for a doctor.—The defendant : There is no passage in the whole , Book where I am told to send for a doctor. The com mand is " Send for the elders of the Church, and let them lay hands on him and anoint him with oil.' And accord ingly an elder presented himself, and said that he had done the anointing with oil.—The clerk : What . name Justdo your what dtehielomßiinbaletiosnayagiN.N;oe are — enr a le not e c a ho ?— sen Wi a t n n d ess a : a P s e h e a u m lia e r d o p f e rur le ila h m o e ly . elders Ve s a e r i e i t besides me. We had a prayer-meeting in the room, and u T u h to ore th w e er L o o g r t d h .; there was a lot of us there the night the child died. We held the meeting the night the child died.—The Chair man • What would you do yourself if you had a leg broken? You would send for a medical man then, would you not ?—Witness : If I live unto God, I shall not have a broken leg. If Ido not, I might be liable to such a chastisement. God has promised to take care of the righteous, and there have been no broken legs amongst us. Finally, the chairman said that though the bench had power to convict, they were willing to discharge the defendant on promising to :ome up for sentence when called upon. The peculiar man, with his peculiar men and women, then left the zourt, politely assuring the b enc h th a t h e m e ant to go on exactly as he had begun, and a number of the brethren and sisters shouted, " Yes, yea ; praise Him and trust ta Rim," f L------'----4----