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R . NE LI 7!tici: RINAHAN'S M. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 186.5. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Med a l . It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, ani very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Is. 81, at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal tcwns in England: or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Piuk Label and Cork Branded "'Una . ban's LL Whisky.' 1141UUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION T (lncorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859), 14 , RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, And 28, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON 41) V.kNCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free old or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay "le weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. A T ADAME TUSS E AU ST D' E S ET. EXHIBITION, A PORTR AIT MODEL of MADAME RACHEL Is now a dded. —Admission, is. Open from eleven a.m. till five p.m., and from seven fallen p.m. 'ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey (late Weston). Comic Festival for the Christmas Holidays.—The following talented artistes are engaged :—Lloyd, Fordo, Vance—the De Atlhans and Wardes in their new Comic Ballets, and E. D. Davis, the Ventriloquist —Miss Etty Gray, Miss Louie Sherrington— the Brothers Voltaire in their new entertainment on the Lofty Ladders—the Four-part Songs, Duets, Glees, by Messrs. Corri, L. n itscelles, Husk, and Farrant—the Classical Selections by the as usual. Box-office open from 10 till 4. Mr. P. Corri: Musical Director. g3f"' Notice.—The Operatic Selections will be repeated shortly after Christmas. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND.—Unrivalled Entertainments. merge Leybonrne, Miss Anne Anderson. Mr. Charles Wood i'lart, Double Voice Vocalist; Sydney Franks, Mrs. J. F. Brian, lir. W. Hamilton, Signor Bosillian, the Nondescript. CANTERBURY HALL-THIS EVENING- Two Grand Ballets. Immense success of MASANTELLO. rrincipal dancers—Misses Louise and Marie Smithers. Grand P antomimic Ballet. "The Lubbers Afloat." F. Evans and his .„ - u'oupe of Pantomimists, prettiest Corps de Ballet and best "ancers in London. CANTERBURY HALL—THIS EVENING — Everybody is enraptured with the Entertainments and the 11 -12 1 /Mous decorations.—Admission, ed.; stalls and crystal lounge E11ie.,.: reserved stalls, ls. ed. Open at kalt-past 7. Manager—J. Musical Director—Jesse Williams. Ballet Mistress— %dame Collier. CANTERBURY HALL.—A GRAND FULL n _ DRES BALL will be held at the above Hall on MON ,":S•Y• 21st D S ecember, on a scale of great magnificence. Band Sixty. Twelve Masters of the Ceremonies. Double Tickets, 6d• Gentlemen's single tickets, 7s. 6d.; Ladies' ditto, ss. 0 be had at all libraries. ARGYLL ROOM S.-OPEN EVERY EV ve ENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing.—The `"° 01 11s ha been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Hubardt ' , nd Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week .-Ptisl attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular ance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, ls. ; Balcony, 28. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY. Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CURTI COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. piE only article really suitable for that purpose, ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address I ° s , Fleet -street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. ....___ _ . GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. WILLIAM 11OLDICH and CO., No. 105, , Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, Tne Pavement, Clapham-common. TABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, F or Tay for Licenced Victuallers. Damask apkins " 3 r 'Pray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towelli N ngs of e ‘ 7 erY description. Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for 4 „ 11 ,, 41 ies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH Co.,SLICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet .reeL s City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED ?le VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, ot-street, City; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave Wi th Price List. -c TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. ILLIA.M HOLDICH and CO., LICENOE VICTUALLERS DRAPERS, No. tOS 'ne 6; z t-street, corner of Farringdon-street ' ; and at No. 'lac Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). ti o TELS, Taverns, Public Houses, &c., for A d DISPOSAL, in all parts of London and vicinity.— ttij"ces made by Brewers to suitable parties, and to nearly Whole amount of purchase in some special cases. Wanted, delll3articulars Jr good bona fide businesses of every kind, and %V Prices. A private register kept for special negotiation, tr, v ; rB for which may be either given by letter or through my I I . 3 travellers. No charge for entry. —P. B. HALL, Printing e°4Be-squ ar tillers', Dublin E C., in. Wholesale Agent for Messrs. Jameson and ti SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, N . off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All 4 4i.cns, wh o are rece i ve d w ith ou t an y recommendation. 0 -1 , be receipts from all sources during the past year were '"° , 9 less than the expenditure. w S UBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. !illlams, Deacon, and Co., hankers, Birchin-lane ; and by h i. ° Secretary, at the Society's office, BG, King William "'el, London, E.C. qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life 'overnor LlO 10s. rIIE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. Pr esident—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Tr easurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. 1 ? 01 CATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly so_ hefted, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased 4!Penditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. ice, 32 , Sackville-street, Piccadilly. ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. I T he relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro :sional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small bi„ ee klY Payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com ed With the best medical and surgical treatment, at the astltblishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. t i ThiS establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro b4,ed by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, t mu. it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the aroline Russell, e a dY Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward o ther ladi e s. Lady Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ tep personal application to the Lady Superintendent. übscriptions received at the Insittio, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.' t s, u 59, n Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Soc. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, tr„,„ Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. v,i';'er the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CA.msnroGn, 1 :41,7 e bY a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan tiutof all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of "mgdom h a v e e 4 o u b e le ti c o t . of the d Charity is to st g r i u ve orphan girls a plain Eng in ction in the kitchen, house, l ialaundry, n 'to a ;?t gem for domestic service; and, if not other t ut 7 Provide for when they attain lb years of age, to obtain situa d tions for them. lug 6 Committee esruestly appeal for support. The Charity is "'Sly Sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WARWICK Secretary. —ce, 121, Pall-mall, 177 4 tAL btrt;rll RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. ker. THE REVALENTA ARABICA 'l-8 fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores s.:pect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver , kn..re.shing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the t ifin disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and fkeetually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, is de- habitual constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric de -4F,lLR°Ments, htemorrholds, liver complaints, flatulency, tiLvonsness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, tO r rhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, krlnaatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, npu- V i a, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, 4 ;artburp, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, lit; tlB !_a and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at foIC Pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. . It is r nanst digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable tistinvalids and infants in all complain ts. a ild PORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury tit„,, More than slopy imitations to which, without autho f4 Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. I):+ 3 ,ilemforth none will doubt the valuable properties of b'arry's health-restoring Revalents Arabica invalid?' a d Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it h', 1 .1! already received from invalids whose position had C) deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi- Vs the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 14,cluote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 41 43 ):—"Itome July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all 'darer remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Bevalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a ~e . 'l ll at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly Or t i t3u eial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot u se this excellent food too highly." y q , i _ lll :e No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Breban of seven 11,4318.1iver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous -414; i rritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad liq,vation, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerabl e o° 4 s a&itation.l " r o No'. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord ' O 4ll de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water -1%1 have derived much benefit from your excell en t hterf or d .---STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County t Pon,e • ' No. 49,832.- Of fifty years' indescribable agony flkt,i'Yspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, 01 1 erl eY, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, o,Prin, Norfolk. tle r , tir e No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme oll s ° f l a l t sn e e . as, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner er w ieB ' Yeltib If3l4.—Mr Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two kS -1• 1 • lb A (' Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; ttt l . i s '2. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b a rr 'rR, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du el,f:Y 8 Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in attisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 i ltbo i , t Os., for 288 cups at 30s. for 576 cops at 555. Being ,ree o t cn a Penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent '(- I rzi;-;,.arriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. hl s DIT BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; ' - ‘ortnum and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, 'ley ? l e ,p llo l-street 63 and 150, Oxford-street • and 121, orth-raad, London; and all Grocersand 'Chemists. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President--His Grace the Duke of 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 be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and_ Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; lorries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pay e, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Borners-street and at the Hospital from 10 till 5. N 0.23,878. L lit tle overr Wo o6 * 091 i° 5. 15 to •13"- oute r 0 0- .02, 415 oanee, a yS !".' ta IsSt 0 o ,bo a 0 1 1 L ss P — ,,.. we ep, . 0 WY .• :91 0 latot ' th ° ohl, er• ug all' - Fell o ' 6 b o 0 1 ' r ao tit' ne -s to e, ..,,09, arc , ' 0 JAI3IB 'cic' Lo ci ni ltbe e i lite r ° g a ror w e ( ) j, fig i g Wo JO 11 9 4° of ,u2tl Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., NATURE'S N O B LE MAN By the Author of "Rachel's Secret," &c. "We feel bound to praise this book. We want our readers to read it for themselves, and to get from the novel the same fresh and rich enjoyment that we have found in its pages."— A thenreum. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Just published, price Is. 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and o ther journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Conzress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &a Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. "SELF -CLOSING ACTION. DOUBLE-GRIP' [CENTRAL-FIRE BREECH-LOADING GUNS. E. M. REILLY and Co., 502, NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON. 31[R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. nR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Ste. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ' • mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. SCIENTIFIC I AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Dorby shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S • , at 149, Strand. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical mon to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is hero avoided —a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the sLoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be bad, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwsrdel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42e., 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, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, IE4 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. GAME LICENCES. 'FHE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE hereby give Notice that LISTS, containing the Names of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL and DEAL in GAME in the current Year, to 30th September last inclusive, have been printed for each Excise Collection. A Copy of the List, applicable to any District, maybe obtained GRATIS on application at the Offices of the respective Collectors or Supervisors of Inland Revenue, Distributors or Sub-Distribu tors of Stamps, by whom Licences are issued. The Commissioners further give Notice that instructions have been issued to their Officers to take the necessary steps to prefer informations for penalties against all persons found in pursuit of or dealing in Game without license. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenne, Somerset House, London, October 29, 1863. CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, Dec. 5, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS f or EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on WED NESDAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready , to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of STEARINE CANDLES FOR SIGNAL AND FIGHTING LANTERNS, And of 24 to the lb., as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract for Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until the expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning. Samples (not less than 6lbs. of each) must be produced by the parties tendering, and none to be tendered the ma terial of which is of a solidifying point below 128 degrees Fahrenheit for Candles for Signal Lanterns, 125 degrees for Candles for Fighting Lanterns, or 120 degrees for Candles of 24 to the lb. Their Lordships reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-band corner the words, " Tender for Stearine Candles," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsibl e persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £1,500 for the due performance of the Con tract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. , .. . ,". •......._ vi 7 ' . - c- t", <- 4 . , --- ,/ -c -! .../-- L „, 6_,_____. ~# , ;._ < • "411._ ~ _ _ L_ .. . •3_ .. ;••_ 6 :- , 4 .. / ~. ~..-___ .- .. -- - A. ••,, t, ... \___l ~ , : ::,-._ • - - 2,:- , ..;.-; •,.- , e . , • ~,,,,. ~, _ ‘ 7 44a% 1 - s ~,„,,,,,,t 4 ..., , ,..... - z -c.: I ---- 'l '' w ti - -----__ • . --; • l';•V• - • - &.„., -- •-:-.. - , ! • i, , /-• tr s ....„,, ' / < '''.. - 1 ',. , k" ' : r ~,,,- ---,74, - ?„, i • , :._. g. , - .! ~,,, ~.q/", r•i • , , -...-.... ll,-. „, ire ''':'''' '''' b 's \i._ , ir . - t 4t. ~ ... _, _ --,.?..-,,..-..:;--, ' za's !.1 1. 7.Z.: ....S l'-'74; , - • ...,.,_-:-:•:=s 0 7 es - ;=-4. • , 41,- , Is gsu t "DRorr-'" D , 41'4' , • " ' . ne-t" fo 17, --' .."'''':l" , i.,.. „ 4, - -Irggr , a 3 ...-- .- _ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1868. 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ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE Vo ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained In the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O QANIARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN kJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. Tho 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 bo received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. IL —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—Tho Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital ,is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. Air ETRO P OLITAN RAILWAY and METRO POLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY.—The Line between BROMPTON and WEST"NI IN -STER-BRIDGE, in connexion with the Metropolitan Railway to Kensington, Paddington, King's cross, and the City, WILL BE OPENED for TRAFFIC in the course of a few days. - - The Stations are South Kensington (near the South Kensing. ton Museum), Sloane-square, Victoria (adjoining the present Victoria Station), St. James's-park, and Westminster -bridge. METROPLITAN RAILWAY.-- From and after the Opening of the Line to Westminster the following Fares - will be charged between the City and Westminster-bridge, St. James's-park, Victoria, Sloane-square, South Kensington, Gloucester-road, and High-street, Kensing ton, Stations:— _ . FARES. Single Journey Ticket. - Ist 2d 3d Class. Class. Class; ;Sd. 6d. 4d. IIYLES 18th December, 1868. Return Ticket. Ist 2d 3d Class. Class. Class. is. 9d. 6d. FENTON, General Manager. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLID AYS. ORDINARY RETURN TICKETS, issued at any Station on the Great Western Railway from WEDNESDAY, December 23, and following days, will be available until December 31, inclusive. Third-Class Return Tickets will be issued by certain Trains from LONDON (Paddington, Victoria, Battersea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and Kensington Stations), to Exeter, Plymouth, Yeovil, Weymouth, and Dorchester, and vice versa, on WED NESDAY, December 23, and following days, available for Return up to and including THURSDAY, December 31. For further particulars see baud-bills. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, Dec., 1868. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. RETURN =lan from alid to, .ll stations on the London and North-Western Railway where they can usually be obtained, issued on WEDNESDAY, 23d December, and intervening days, will be available for Return on any day up to_ and including THURSDAY, the 31st December. A similar Extension of Time will also be allowed for Return Tickets to and from Scotland. The Trains on Christmas Day will Run as on Sunday, with the addition of the 7.15 a.m. Irish Mail Train from Euston, the 7.33 a.m. Day Mail Train from Euston (with its Birmingham connec tions, viz., the 9.40 a.m. Rugby to Wolverhampton, and the 9.35 am, Birmingham to Stafford), and the 6.15 a.m. Up Mail from Dublin due at Euston at 6.25 p.m. The 7.30 a.m. Down Day Mail from Euston will be due at Car lisle at 5.45 p.m., and passengers for Scotland will go forward by the Caledonian, Glasgow, and South-Western, and North British Trains, at the same times as on week days. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, London, December, 1868. T HE WELLINGTON, 54, St. James's-street, S.W. DINNER from the joint, with vegetable, bread, el eese, and attendance, 2s. SET DINNER, including soup, fish, joints, and sweets, with attendance, 3s. The WELLING roN DINNER, a most recherché dinner, with dessert and attendance, Is. A comfortable SMOKING ROOM, and the best BILLIARD ROOM in London. INCORPORATED LAW SOCIE 11C,9 U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-G9. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the months of December, January, February, March, April, May, and June next. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the instruction given will be confined to an examination of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to time, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CJIARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects ; a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. Tho Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. To the Underwriter. g. In connexion with the foregoing will bo considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. In his private classes the reader will use as text-books —The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Andsrson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., 114 IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. investment of Trust Funds ; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Digentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. V, ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors"frust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds-3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Bat:rister-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture I. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account ; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, lc, 23 ; Haddon's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for the Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable for the law classes— For all the branches of For each instruction. branch. By every subscriber £s 5 0 £2 12 6 Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. 2 2 0 E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attend the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & Gs 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU 4. TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free. INDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868, By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 11. Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 12. Briggs, F. W., Rev., Madras Establishment. 17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native Infantry. 20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran Battalion. . 21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native infantry. 26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In fantry. 33. Doune, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 42. Dillas, It., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi ment. 48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras Native nfantry. 52. Fenning, D. A., Colonel, Ist Madras Light Cavalry. 63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot. 65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In- Infantry. 69. Hawes, J. C., Brevet-Major, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 77 , . Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In fantry. 83. Keighly', F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In fantry. 85. Kensington, 11. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 88th Madras Native Infantry. 128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 134 A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and Miners. 142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 150 n. Stothert, R., Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry. 154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment. 165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Miners. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE 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 women. 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. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbed at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—lion. Sec., P. . , Smith, Esa. GEO. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the CIUST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. _ . CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor 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. road. B RITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES. This Institution provides a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted. The Homo 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, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES .tre as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48 Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland• street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Ilampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland -street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. e Th n e ev C ol o e m nt n . iittee very earnestly .pi com i ze . n e d u its 3rE, workß Sec. 85, b 85, Queen-street Cheapeide. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE._ 4, Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From lIAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK. First ()lass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now 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 Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japar. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. INDIA OFFICE, DECEMBER 10, 1868. By order of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Council. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to send to India annually a certain number of YOUNG MEN, trained and educated for ultimate employment in the higher branches of the Department for the conserva tion and management of the Forests under the Govern ment of India. _ _ Eight young men will be selected in February next to go to India at the end of 1871. The salary will be at first £3OO a year, and the salaries of the appointments in the three Presidencies range be tween that sum and £1,900 a year. Promotions will de pend upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacancies in the higher grades. Applicants must be British subjects above 17 and under 25 years of age. As active habits and a strong constitution are moat im portant, candidates will have to undergo a strict medical examination. They must send to the Revenue Department of the India Office, on or before the Bth of January, 1869, a statement of their names and parentage, with a certificate of birth, and of being posssesod of a competent knowledge of the following subjects, and they must be prepared o undergo an examination in them :- 1, English writing from dictation and English com position. 2. Arithmetic in all its branches. 3. Algebra, elementary principles, simple and quadratic equations, ratios and proportions, logarithms, arithmetical and geometrical progression. 4. Geometry (Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and plane trigonometry. and 6th books of Euclid) 5. Free baud and plan drawing. 6. A good colloquial knowledge of either French or German, with the facility to read and translate the works of some classical writer in the language. A preference will be given to those candidates who obtain a certain proficiency in,- 1. Surveying and land measuring. 2. The elements of any of the following natural sciences : Mechanical and natural philosophy. Chemistry. Botany. Geology. If selected, they will ba further required to go through a course of training and instruction in Forestry and cog nate sciences for two years and a half, in France or Ger many, previous to their departure for India, and the Sec retary of State will contribute £5O at the end of each half year towards the expenses of their training, in the case in structors. such candidates as are f avourably reported on by their ln addition to this, if it should be found prac ticable, the young me n will be required to place them selves under an approved forester in Scotland for a few months before they go out to India. More detailed inf ormation as to these appointments m a y bo had on application to the Under Secretary of State for India, India Office, Westminster. (Si g n ed) HERMAN MERIVALE. poLICE NO TICE. STREET CROSSING SIGNALS. BRIDGE-STREETI NEW PALACE-YARD. CAUTION• STOP. The Semaphore Arms The Semaphore Arms lowered, and by Night with extended, and by Night with a Green Light. with a Red Light. By the Signal " CAUTION," all persons in charge of Vehicles and Horses are warned to pass over the Crossing with care, and due regard to the safety of Foot Passen gers. The Signal "STOP," will only be displayed when it is necessary that Vehicles and Horses shall be actually stopped on each side of the Crossing, to allow the passage of Persons on Foot ; notice being thus given to all Per sons in charge of Vehicles and Horses to stop clear of the Crossing. RICHARD MAYNE, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police Office, December 10, 1868. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice -Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS, Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. The "ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents than now. FIRE BRANCH. PREMIUMS in 1867 £160,553 being a larger revenue than in any p receding year. LOSSES by Fire in 1867 £292,125 NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex penses .................................................... : . £56,373 LIFE BRANCH. Annual Average of new business in 1865 -6-7 £BOl,OOO Do. during previous Quinquennium £688,000 Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867.,,,,,,,.., £123,583 LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy holders. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. August, 1868. BRITISH 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. Ono hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution ; ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are incited 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. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.) . Hon. Sees. M ALFRED ACKENZ E, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapsido, London, E.O. Bankers —Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Haywood, Brothers, Manchester., THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for 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 in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.—LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITIITION. _ President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1863 aro ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, !C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 16.0. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls In the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing) 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, KO.; and by WILLIAM WTLLI 4.MS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields. H OME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed. COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert. M P . . Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. E. Capel Cure Rev. J. E. Cox Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Furse C. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be recei , Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom commu Rev. J. E. tempo. Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. A Martineau _ _ Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhouse J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Can Nepoan Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq. ved by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. , 14, Seymour-street, Port mications may be addressed. ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill Putney-heath. Established . 3lst July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS aro urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants aro awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions - will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. No. 10, Poultry, London, E.C., September, 1868. !•Tht - 7 7 7 c ? ' I ~% ' ~ -~ (~ ~~ ~ ~ c V PRICY 4d. STAMPED bd. JOIIN BURGESS ANI) SON'S O r i g i nal and Superior ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, also MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES, are perfectly pure and uncoloured. To ho had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), Loudon. AI R. LatestlTE Improv eu d r gey o st i n - p o e f u p ti e s t , ist A r y u,,t R h o o e r n o (I f just published, and sent free for two stamps. "Will well repay perusal."—Express. Attendance nine to six. Consultations freo. —2:, New Bond-street. N.B. Many years with Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT —HAVRE EXH rION, OCTOBER, 1868, GOLD MEDAL; PARIS EXHIBITI.,oN, 1867, TWO GOLD ME IALS. —CAUTION. None genuine without Baron Liebig's (the in ventor) Certificate being on every jar, accompanied by full direc tions for use. Sold by all Italian warehouses, chemists, and grocers. Great economy and improvement in cookery. Finest meat-flavouring ingredient. Highly strengthening for invalids and children. KE A TIN G'S COUGH LOZENGES.- Stratford.—Dear Sir—Having had a severe Cough this winter I was advised to try your Lozenges, which are invaluable ; having purchased one box costing only ls. 14d., completely set me up, and must, therefore, strongly recommend them as a cer tain cure.—l remain your most obedient servant, W. HOBBINS, Manager.—Sold by all Druggists. INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. India Office, Ist December, 1868. NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination of Candidates for 20 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869. Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi dates, together with information regarding the pay and retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India Office, Westminster, S.W. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBS INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. _ . The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Policies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. A.D. 1720. R 0 YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNIH - TIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, PaH. Mall, S.W. Esq Governor. q Sub-Governor. ilsq Deputy-Governor. !TORS. William Totlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. uel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, JAMES STEWART lIIDGSON, E, CHARLES JOHN MANNING, E DIREC Robert. Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlinann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. 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LOCKS—for Houses, Hotels, and Railway Offices. from 2s. to 165.; for Mansions and Banks, Bs. to 50s.—adapted for all pur poses. - FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, for private use, 20 to 36 inch, £4 to XlO Offices, 24 to 72 inch, £lO to £l2O. H , H., au dCo. solicit an examination (especially by engineers) of their three entirely NEW PRINCIPLES of construction for security Safes and Doors.—See Report in List of Prices. 111E7 ROPOLITAN GOSSIP--Saturday. Mr. Cardwell and Lord Northbrook are duly installed at the War Office, and the Under Secretary is already dis playing that keen appetite for " returns " which distin guished him when he was Mr. Baring. Sir John raking ton and Earl Longford seem to have been so assured of their speedy exit from office, that they did not attempt to frame the estimates. Nevertheless, they somehow obtained the reputation of being in an economical mood, and it was even reported that they intended to reduce the estimates by £2,000,000. Some persons are so sanguine as to believe that the present Ministers will be able to accomplish this, and the rumour at the War Office is that the large sum above mentioned will be saved through reducing every regiment by one company, and by getting rid of the honorary colonels. But I need hardly say that it takes more than a few months to effect such a prodigious reduction in one department. If Mr. Cardwell and his confreres see their way to saving a fourth part of the amount by next February, they will have done well. I believe that the persistent rumours respecting Bishop Jackson's refusal of the see of London are untrue—l will not say unfounded, for at one time the bishop did hesitate. But I am assured that he hesitates no longer, and already a day has been fixed for the Lincolnshire clergy to present an address to their departing diocesan. It is fully expected that Lord Shaftesbury will make another attempt next session to legislate against Ritual. If the " advanced" clergy should make any unusual demonstrations at Christmas, as is not unlikely, his lord ship's intention will be strengthened. Such a measure as he would introduce would cause a good deal of confusion of parties. Low Church Liberals, like Mr. Kinnaird, and Low Church Conservatives, like Mr. Newdegate, would be found in the same lobby. The Conservative party would be divided on the question, and men like Mr. Hardy and Mr. Mowbray would hardly vote for such a bill as is con templated. The Liberals, too, would be divided, because, while many of them have pledged themselves to legisla tion, others have a great dislike to anything which looks like an infringement of religious liberty. A moderate measure, such as is really needed to prevent every man from doing that which is right in his own eyes, - - 7 ,_) would receive the support of Convocation. But, then, where is the man who will venture to undertake such a measure ? It is quite expected that the decision of the Privy Council will be adverse to Mr. Mackonochie. Being one of a deputation to the new Home Secretary a few days ago, I was much impressed by Mr. Bruce's clearness of mind and ability to grasp a question. His power of expressing his own ideas is not less than that of comprehending the ideas of others. It has not yet been decided where he will find a seat. One in South Derby shire has become vacant by the death of Sir Thomas Cresley, but the contest last month was too close, and a repetition of it would involve too much hard work, I imagine, for a Cabinet Minister to undertake it. The new Conservative weekly newspaper Bluc Budget came out this afternoon, and is one of the neatest penny worths I have ever seen. Another new paper is announced, Vanity Fair, " a weekly show of polit'cal, social, and literary wares," not waves, as some of the advertisements announce. Its price is twopence. The date of the first number is not stated. Under the Crown appears on Monday, and is published by Groombridge. It has a strong staff of writers-- F. T. Palgrave, J. It. Planch6, W. B. Greg, Tom Taylor, and Consul Cameron among the rest. The magazine will be illustrated, and the price is one penny. The Monthly Microscopical Journal appears on January 1, and will be edited by Dr. Henry Lawson. The Anglo- Coloni f 1 Magazine appears on Christmas Eve. It will be published by Low, Son, and Marston, and ' as the price is 2s. 6d. the experiment seems rather doubtful. The same publishers announce a Monthly Bulletin, to be issued on the 15th of each month, and to give information of English and American hooks. Messrs. Strahan announce a volume of Dean Alford's Essays and Addresses, chiefly, I presume, from the Contemporary Review. The next number of the Quarterly Journal of the Statistical Society will have an important article by Professor Jevons. It is pretty generally rumoured that the price of the new evening paper, the Echo, will be raised to one penny, and that a very eminent and old-established morning paper will come down to that sum. FOREIGN NOTES, THE THREATENED WAR. The Times calls upon the Greeks to consider well what they are about before the dispute between them and the Turks becomes envenomed by blockades and reprisals. If the Greeks consider that they have any chance of success against their hostile neighbours, they must do so for one of three reasons—either because Greece is a match for Turkey; or because Turkey, though superior in strength, is so fainthearted that she will not do more than argue and protest ; or because one or more of the Great Powers "are so fanatical for Greek nationality and policy that they will never allow Turkey to strike a blow." The first supposition is soon disposed of. Greece, even including the lonian Islands, has a popu lation of only 1,348,000, and an army which in 1866 num bered only 11,460 officers and men. The Turkish Empire is a vast territory, covering the finest parts of Asia as well as a great region of Europe, and capable of furnishing armies for many years to come. Moreover, even Egypt could be counted upon to send reinforcements in behalf of the Mussulman Power if they were required. As to the second consideration, that Turkey will not dare to act, this seems to be based upon the fact that Turkey owes its existence to the help of England and France, and will not venture to do anything against their wishes. Turkey, it may be urged, has already shewn great powers of con cession by withdrawing her troops from Ser via, and by acknowledging the union of Moldavia and Wallachia. On the other hand, the Porte has shewn that there are limits to its concessions, for it has positively refused to make Crete virtually independent, even though urged by her benefactors to do so. Then we come to the third sugges tion—that there is one or more Great Powers standing behind Greece, and ready to support her. This supposi tion the Times considers without foundation. Greece is clearly in the wrong. Russia is the only Power that has the will to help her. But what can Russia do? She has no ships in the Mediterranean that could stand for a day against the English or French squadrons. The Black Sea is neutralised ; Sebastopol is in ruins ; the mouths of the Danube are out of her possession. Her utmost achievement would be to make a demonstration on the Pruth ; to draw up her troops on the Moldavian frontier, which she is not permitted to cross. Russia is too wise to meddle in a dispute where she must play so impotent a part, and the Greeks may be warned that if they count upon such aid they are destined to a bitter disappointment. Finally, the Times urges the Western Powers to do all they can to protect Greece from the ~,,,,,` , l ""^, e 9 of her misconduct and obstinacy. All the Powers should unite in some common course of action, which, without harshness towards the Greeks, will convince them of the necessity of altering their course. Should they evade this well-meant interference, there will be nothing for us but to leave them face to face with the Power they have provoked. The Paris correspondent of the Standard considers that the rupture between Turkey and Greece is "but the pro. logue to that great war drama which the coming year has in store for us, and that the war commenced in the Archipelago will receive its final denouement on the Rhine. . . . The mine has long been prepared, the train has now been fired, and ere long we shall witness the general blow up." The same writer expects to see Roumania, Prussia, Russia, and possibly the United States, backing Greece, and Austria supporting Turkey, France being behind Austria. " France at any rate will not be taken unawares. Orders have already been given to hasten the period of the conscription. The conscripts are to be ' drawn ' in January, and at this present moment France has an army ready to march." The Berlin correspondent of the Times accuser Austria of having done its utmost to bring about the present crisis. On the other hand, the special correspondent of the same paper at Pesth (who is as strongly Austrian as his Berlin colleague Prussian) declares that such an idea is the height of absurdity. The correspondent would rather attach importance to Lord Stanley's speech at Lynn, which is supposed to have stung Turkey to the quick and roused her to the present decisive step. The special correspondent points out that in all these surmises Turkey is left out, and it is taken for granted that she is a mere puppet moved by one or other of the Great Powers; a supposition very far from the truth. The fact is, that while fourteen years ago the late Sultan, though urged by France and England, could hardly be persuaded to declare war against Russia, so cynical was he, so impatient of squabbles and disputes ; his successor is.a widely different man, is full of fierce energy, some what capriciously exercised—" savage fits," the correspon dent calls them ; and adds that " very few people in Europe know how often things have been on the verge of a crisis in consequence." The crisis was postponed by the influence of Fuad Pasha, and it is only through this influence that the Turkish army did not cross the Danube after the revolution in Roumania three years ago. He is now ill in Italy, and as for the rest of the Turkish states men, there is not one who approaches the Sultan without trembling. SPAIN. The Madrid correspondent of the Times says that the air has been temporarily cleared by the welcome thunder storm at Cadiz. Great as the havoc has been, it is far less than rumour reported it. Not only will the struggle leave no rancorous feelings behind, but it will remove a great deal of that antipathy which, to a great extent, arose from misconception. Already the most advanced Re publicans—those who boasted complicity and claimed " solidarity " with the Cadiz insurgents—admit that the latter were wrong, under any provocation, to seek for a redress of their wrongs in an appeal to arms, when mere pacific agitation would have obtained their object. The Government party, on the other hand, never tire of bestow ing praises on the heroism and resolution of the popu lar combatants. There is no longer one word said about " released convicts or galley-slaves," about " big bags of French gold pieces," about the appearance of " strange faces whom nobody knows." But the danger is by no means over. The perilous doctrine of popular sovereignty daily gains ground. The cry is everywhere, " Bread and muskets for the people." The loan has been a signal failure. Not ono fourth of the £20,000,000 spoken of has been raised, and the portion that has is due to the great pressure put upon the patriotism of the Spanish people. Accounts of the late insurrection in Cadiz chew that there was some very hard fighting. It was perilous work to pass from one street to another, and many non combatants fell under the shower of cannon-balls and bullets. It is said that 350 troops were killed and wounded. The necessaries of life began to run short within the city. Women as well as men fought at the barricades, which were erected in every Dart of the city. AN OLD TALE REVIVED. Often has the story of the murder of the Courier of Lyons been told, and it is doubtful if we have heard the last of it even now. As all the world knows, an innocent man named Lesurques was executed as an accomplice in the murder—his innocence being plainly proved afterwards by the confession of the real murderers. trhe unfortunate man who fell a victim to the law's mistake left three children, who filially devoted themselves to obtaining a vindication of their father's memory by having the conviction quashed. The last survivor of the family, a lldlle. Lesurques, now aged 80 years, brought forward another appeal en the case in the Paris Court of Cassation, on Thursday last, and again was the appeal rejected upon some merely technical point. At the daughter's advanced age it is hardly likely the public will hear much more of the subject,but the old lady will certainly persevere while life and strength last. NEW NOVEL BY MISS WHITTY. 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