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This celebrated OLD IRISH O WHISKY gained the Dublin prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., 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. Pink Label l and Cork Branded "Kina hares LL Whisks,: MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorated b Act of Parliament. 159), 14, RUSSELL-ST por REET, y COVENT-GARDEN. B LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. MADAAIE TUSSAUD'S.-A PORTRAIT MODEL of MADAME RACHEL is now added.— Adrnission. Is. Open from eleven a.m. till five p.m., and from even till ten p.m. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. The only Establishment i n Lo n do n where good .Music and operatic elections can be heard. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, With full band and chorus, selected from the Theatre-Royal Co vent Garden. All the principal Comic and Serio-Comic Artistes ,„_ Th3 yr in London. The clever Brothers Voltare in their extraor `'uary Leap for Life, allowed by the Press never equalled before. Mr. P. Corri, Musical Director. N.B.- -No alteration in the prices of admission. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— .J Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND.—Unrivalled Entertainments. George Leybourne, Mr. Charles Roust]lian, the great Nonde• script; Sidney Franks, Mrs. J. F. Brian, Mr. Woodman, Mr. W, ,YAlmaine, Miss Mary Townley, and W. Hamilton. CANTERBURY HALL-THIS EVENING- The wondrous Niblo, in his Terrific Flight through Bal oons from the Flying Trapeze, causes the most thrilling excite- Meat; double somersaults and pirouettes, pronounced by the press the most marvellous in London. Last nights of the Great Wonder NIBLO, previous to his de parture for the provinces. CANT ERBU RY HALL-THIS. EVENING- Two Grand Ballets. Immense success of MASAYIELLO, Superb scenery and dresses. Principal dancers—Misses Louise and Marie Smithers. Pantomimic Ballet,'" The - Lubbets Afloat." P. Evans and his Troupe of Pantomimists, the prettiest Corps de Ballet and best Dancers in London. CANTERBURY HALL-THIS EVENING- N.._, Everybody is enraptured with the Entertainments and the gorgeous new decorations.—Admission, 6d. ; Stalls, ls. Open at half-past 7. Manager—J. Ellis. Musical Director—Jesse Wil liams. Ballot Mistress—Madame Collier. Scenic Artiste, Mr. Dayes. ARGYLL R 0 OM S.—OPEN EVERY EVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The Rooms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt and Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is.; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY. Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LITIGI CURTI COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. rHE only article really suitable f or th a t p ur p os e, ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address 05, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. • GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. 'WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., No. 105, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. TABLE CLOTHS, in every Width an:l Length, for Trearcrott,fogillserrlVaricitiuparlolenrss.andaToasviketTiani:sinosf a vory description. Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for treet., 4adies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH s ind CO, LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet- City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED Fleet_ VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave- Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, With p rice List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., LICENOED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. to s, Fleet -street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. 5, The Pavement, Olapham-common (Southern Branch). ROTELS, Taverns, Public Houses, &c., for A d DISPOSAL, in all parts of London and vicinity.— th "axes made by Brewers to suitable parties, and to nearly fa it Whole amount of purchase in some special cases. Wanted, at Particulars of good bona fide businesses of every-kind, and 1I Prices. A private register kept for special negotiation, orders for which may be either given by letter or through my irptte travellers. No charge for entry.—P. B. HALL, Printing °49 a - square, E.C., Wholesale Agent for Messrs. Jameson and CO, Distillers, Dublin. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane ; and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William streot, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lolos. THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. T reasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DnigATloNo anti 3TIIC;IIIFTIUNS are earnestly B°l iCited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased "Penditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. PSTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small W • en klY Payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with tho best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, a nd it is m anage d by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. information respecting it may be obtained on writ ers °r personal application to the Lady Superintendent. S ubscriptions received at the Institution, and by the -Lreasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, th id Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. „ er the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., alreby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan th e i s a of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of Th ngd°l °. N it c object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng and e i flueation, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, Vri.,r 4u ldrY, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other p utt ,P,revided for when they attain 18 years of age, to obtain situations for them. e ja ir„,k , o/nraittee eg.rnestly appeal for support. The Charity is eq . Sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY HINOSOOTE, Treasurer 0 W H. WA-WICK Secretary. in ce, 121, Pail-mall, 1W s-vrtdTa RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. i ,r BARRY'S delicioushealth-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. 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Tt has produced a surprisingly r_a.esficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot r '6_e this excellent food too highly." , !Co. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven 4 years ' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ese, ir ritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad a e i.' v eA tien constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable 8t tees agitatio. arsi Ne. 78 , of dyspepsia, from the Right Ho n . th e L or d . de Decies, Lord-Li eu t enan t o f th e C oun t y o f Water fo° -- ( C" I have derived much benefit from your excellent vv. aterforTud." ART DE DECIES, Droman a , Cappo qu i n , C oun ty Cure N o. 0 . 49,832._ Of fifty years' indescribable agony flat u i e TsPePsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of ne Y , spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, 'Pan Norfolk . Cure ne rvo „ e• 4 7,121. 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By the Author of " John Halifax, Gentleman." " This novel sustains the author's reputation as a writer of the purest and noblest kind of domestic stories."—Athenaeum. Htu•st and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-stree 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: 11. Bathers, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Puna, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and o ther journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NE WS PAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Congress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &c. 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The very best remedy for BILE; WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. • KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES— WHICH ARE DAILY RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY— Testimonials from the most eminent of whom may be seen, Sold in Boxes, ls. lid.; and Tins, 2s. 6d., 4s. 6d., and Us. each, by K EAT L lN n G do , n. Ch s e o m ld i r s e b i , ai 7 l 9 b , y St all . Dru Paul's ggia C s hurchyard, HOBBS, HART, all iz ol d C on o., No. 76, Cheapside, LOCKS—for Houses, Hotels, and Railway Offi ces , f rom 2s. to 165.; for Mansions and Banks, Bs. to 505,--adapted for all pur poses. FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, for private use, 20 to 36 inch, £4 to £lO Offices, 24 to 72 inch, £lO to £l2O. H , H., au dOo. 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. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.— The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil dren, and Infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172, New Bond-street, London; and of all other chemists throughout the world. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying downfor fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lanabert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS ate confi dently recommended as & simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice tailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 11s. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Bo sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of " Norton's Camomile Pills." SCIENTIFIO AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, Dining-room, consisting of a now and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting' study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can 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. WRITE"S - Mo6:lCiAlir LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can sot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JdEIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31a. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ILAS TIC STOCKINGS, 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., is. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. GAME LICENCES. p T HE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE hereby give Notice that LISTS, containing the N ames of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL and D EAL 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, may be 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, 1868. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITIITION. President—Bev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, Ji.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only 1..4 institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and preventioa 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. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of tho Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vico-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. PresidentL'-ifis brace the Dtfce of BuccLEtren, K.G. Thig Ilospital, founded in tie 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 tho desticuto 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 are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Ab c h urc h - l ane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pap.,e, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., 13orners-street ; and at the Hospital from 10 till b. BRITISII ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-pack, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution ; ample room for about 30 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest 'Teed of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and tbo public are invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. Hon. Secs. UB 1, Secretary. A ALFRED C R r E . PRIDE, M.A., A. A E I Nz . Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Heywood, Brothers, Manchester. Y LAI / - - rt 4 . 4W . Ar • • " •• • • „ do, -4ZIP 1t., 45 :1;:g•0f ; I'4 4 8' • •ct. 6 . WTI • ler._ • - _`•• !*P agt.N ;4 10 ' 6 :- 's * e fo, • ‘. 6 krw- f r • ‘ll , - ' 'll/ ' zt• Th• i •- • .- 1 4, 4)5 1 1T i -- - r - 7, 447 , , „ • 7)-14 4 4Atri nuorr- ' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 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, Ss. The WELLINGrON DINNER, a most recherchd dinner, with dessert and attendance. ss. A comfortable SMOKING ROOM, and the best BILLIARD ROOM in London. METROPOLITAN & GREAT WESTERN •RAIL WA Y. 4 .—Hammersmith Station.—The new Sta tion on the Broadway is Now Open for Traffic. METROPOLITAN Sr GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS.—A New Station at LATIMER-ROAD will be Opened for Traffic in a few days. NTETROPOLITAN & GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYA.—The New Meat and Poultry Market, Smithfield, is NOW OPEN. Aldersgate-street is the nearest Station. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, December 7,8, 9, 10, and 11. FIRST and SECOND CLASS RETURN TICKETS to London, issued at any station on the Great Western Railway more than thirty milet distant, on Saturday, the sth Dec., and following days, will be available for return up to Saturday, the 12th Dec., inclusive. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, Nov., 1868. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, • - _ ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. 25th November, 1868. The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the ROyal Ex change Assurance do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be shut from Tuesday, the 15th of December next, to Thursday, the 7th of January following; that the Annual General Court appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the said Court. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of Pt oprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES WETHCRALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last annual general meeting a report was made to them for the quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of £208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH Jl7l'7E, 1868. DR. INCOME OF THE YEAR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1867, £981,514 13 9 Less amount distributed as bonus 208,774 0 0 _ _ _ £772,740 13 9 400,777 9 5 INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY,9 U.K.— i LECTURES and LAW C ASSES;IB6B-69. LECTUR . Three Courses of L ec t ures on ommon and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, anti the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Ftall 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 wilt 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 yme, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and VERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDIRSON, 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 Affreighttnent, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The 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 Negligent 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 (Anderson). 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. pettlements 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. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. VV 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' Trust 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, lit. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Bar . riker : at-Lavv. 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. Tho Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, coLtinued : 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, 1~, 23 ; Haddan'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 £2 2 0 £1 1 0 By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable foi 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 withou subscribing. To prei,rent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. 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 precedin g lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ;ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established lel. No. 11, Lombard -street, London, E.C. Subscribed Capital ,Two Millions. Total Invest e d F unds upwardsof—£2,7so,ooo. „ Total Income upwards of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, shat FIRE POLICIES which expire at MICHAELMAS mist be Renewed within Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Ki ng d om, All Insuranc es now have the befit of tho Reduced Duty of Is. 6d. p er cent, othe rw ise they become void. befit For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com pany's Agents, or to T. TALUMACH, Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-i nn .—Th e Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUND S to defray be heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently neecbd. F. ALFRED BEDWELG, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME f or DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly of Mr. Baker Brown. payment. Underthe management The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, n, Stanley -t errace, Notting - hill, W. ;or to Mr. Bak er Brow 136 Harley-street, W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the P clothing for the urchase of food and 126 boys on boa r d the Chichester T ra i n i n g Ship. 150 boys in the R e f uge, 9, 94 girls in the fuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing! Great Queen - street. Re 870 children. £l5 will koep a boy or g i r l f or one y e ar. Contributions received by th e L on d on and Westminster Ba n k 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, L.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. MILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experlenc", effectually guard against lire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London. DARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper 5 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Super flnoThiek Cream Laid Note ;es peciallyreeommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 38., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 6d., 12s. Gd., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for Is. 6d., or 5 6 Double Thick Cream Wov e "Cl u b H ouse " Note, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Gd, 5s Gd, & Cs 6,1 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to Is. 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 ITR ATED 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.- 1 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.:— rt. Balbington, W. -R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department; 12. Briggs, F. W., Rev., Madras Establishinent. 17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native Infantry. 20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran Battalion. 21. Carter, C., Captain, 31,3 th Madras Native infantry. 26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In fantry. 33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 42. Dillas, R., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi ment. 48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras Native Infantry. 52. Penning, 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., ]revet-Maior, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 7% Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In fantry. 83. Keighlj, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In fantry. 85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 38th 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. 1508. 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 Minors. 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. PR 1 N TIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices, 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of 425 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES I. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O SZAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN Li and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. riIHE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. 1 —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION f or 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 established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall—Hon.l Sec., Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Sec. THE. ROYAL HOSPITAL f o r DISEASES o f the CH.eIST, City -road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL 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. PRICK.... ....... 4d. STAMPKD FOREIGN NOTES, THE DISASTERS IN NEW ZEALAND. The recent reverses in New Zealand have been attn. buted to the inadequacy of the colonial force. Further information spews quite clearly that another adverse agency was at least equally injurious. Drunkenness has contributed to the defeat of the colonists quite as much as the want of sufficient soldiers. In the House of Repre sentatives a deputy of the name of Fox openly charged the officials and the troops with intemperance. He gave instances of two orderlies who had been sent with despatches to the front, but became too drunk to fulfil their mission. Three officers had recently been removed from the force on account of their intemperance, whilst another man, who was refused employment at Nelson be cause he was a confirmed drunkard, was appointed. Mr. Fox had no high opinion of the entire colonial army. He charged them with being " loafers, bloated with drinking, men of lazy and intemperate habits, and totally unfit to pursue the hostile Maories." At the Chatham Islands, from which the Maori convicts made their remark. able escape, it appears there are two public houses carrying on a flourishing business, and supported entirely by twenty-eight constables. It will be well, perhaps, not to hastily accept Mr. Fox's general accusation against the colonial force ; but his specific charges against individuals are very dif ferent. It is hardly likely that he would make such serious statements in the Legislature without just reason. Moreover, the Government has amply justified him by shipping off all the grog and shutting up all the public houses. It is quite time that the Colonial Office bad a word in this matter. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGITA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. B.C. HOME 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 gr ea tly nee d e d : COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON Rev. J. W. Ayre Major:Oen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng 11437 . J. E. Kempe Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. P. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouso Rev. E. Capel Curo J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepoan Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry . Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.O. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. G. W. Furso Rev. F. ' Pi g.°ll_ C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym i E sq . Rev. Dr. F Homey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H .G. Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigmm, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon. Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, p-, Seymo ur - s t ree t , Port man-square, to whom communications may be addressed. 'ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-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 are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for t 1.13 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 he thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. No. 10, Poultry, London, E.V., September, 1868. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Watorloo-Lridge- road. 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. BRITISH 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 Home was opened in September, 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C. T HE RESCUE %re as fo: OCIETY'S HOMES tows : For Fallon 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, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buekhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Homo-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee zu e deeply anxious to ‘open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 624 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") maybe had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. CO )PER, fiec.n 85, Queen-street Cheapaide. Premiums on new assur- ances , 14,596 1 5 Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3 £380,811 8 3 Interest from invest ments 117,584 7 3 £498,395 15 11 Profit and loss,' balance of account 46,070 13 3 544,466 9 2 Total income £1,317,207 2 11 On. CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured ' £265,523 13 5 Additions to those under participating policies 22,816 4 7 Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3 Re-assurances, new ...., 3,270 15 4 Ditto, old ' 50,365 0 8 £370,618 5 3 Commission Medical fees Income tax 2,215 4 7 Expenses of manage- _ mont 15,489 8 5 Total chargo Balance of account, 30th Juno, 1868 907,552 8 6 £1,317,207 2 11 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. IIENRY ROSE, The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466 9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe rence, or the sum laid by—viz., £134,811 14s. 9d.—raises the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d. The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s. 3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report. The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070 13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in cluded, at upwards of £3l2s. per cont. Tho premiums on new assurances are £14,596 is. 9d., and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re assurances. The claims on decease of lives assured aro nearly iden tical in amount with those of 186 G. They are less than those of last year by nearly X 19,000. A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks re-assured having termi na t e d by death and other causes. The expenses of management are less than those of last year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 54 per cent, on the total income. The balance-sheet is as follows : DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7 Proprietors' f und 173,792 10 0 Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 Total £7,565,198 1 3 CR. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5 Ditto ditto funded securities Ditto ditto temporary securities Current interest on the above invest ments Cash and bills 22,604 2 9 Advanced on security of the company's policies 159,503 14 9 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9 Total £7,565,198 1 3 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN ' Ai.ltlitors. HENRY ROSE, The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown by this account. On ccmparing it with that of 1867, it will be observed that further investments have been made on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about £ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value of-the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030 3s. 3d. The direction of the company is now constituted as follows : The Right for.. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.8., Chair man. WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, Esq., Deputy- Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq. D.C.L. George Russell, Esq. Robert A. Gray, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrook° Win. Augustus Guy, M.D., E sq . , F.B.S. I Admiral Tindal. ... 3 3 0 111 6 2 2 0 /'~ Z/,~-~ Gc ~~ AMERICA. Evenin.thvgs_days of extraordinary commercial transac tions, the swindling in connection with the Erie Railway must be regarded as a phenomenon. A lawsuit has been commenced to restrain three of the directors, who form a majority of the whole board, from further mismanage ment of the company, and for the appointment of a receiver. The bill of complaint is an excellent specimen of its kind. It states that the whole amount of legally authorised stock is 165,000 shares. The defendants, the three directors, illegally issued 58,000 additional shares in May 1866 ; in February last they issued 50,000 more, and the next month another 50,000. Legal proceedings had been taken against these directors, but they were disregarded, and whilst the lawsuit was slowly going on in the courts, the Erie Company was rapidly going on the road to ruin. Three million dollars in convertible bonds were issued, and these were quickly converted into 30,000 more illegal shares, and shortly after a large holder was bought out of the company in order to give the triumvirate a more com plete command of affairs. These things done, the three made themselves members of the " executive com mittee" that controls the railway, and, being a majority of the five direct Ors comprising it, ruled the company, and from that time forth stopped having any meetings of the board of directors at all. The committee met secretly, did what it pleased, and submitted its pro ceedings for approval to no one. They even appointed one of their own body auditor. More illegal shares were issued, and, finally, the original number of 165,000 was swollen'to the enormous total of 607,000. The complaint states that the money thus raised has been applied to the directors' own purposes. They have even kept a sum of £3,600,000 in their own hands, not depositing it in any bank, but using it for operations on the money market. They finally contemplated carrying over the falsified books, the funds and everything else, to New Jersey, out of the reach of the New York court. The worst of the story is, that the authors of this, perhaps the most flagrant speci men of commercial swindling ever known, have hitherto been triumphant even in the law courts. The effect of these transactions has been unparalleled. For a fortnight the three directors "knocked about at will the prices of gold, wheat, bonds, railway shares, and almost everything that is bought and sold." SPAIN. The Provisional Government is in want of an ambassa dor at the Court of St. James's, and it is thought the Duke of Fries will receive this important appointment. This is the Spanish nobleman who married Lady Cramp ton, nee Isabella Balfe, the daughter of the celebrated musical composer. This lady, it will be remembered, ob tained a divorce from her first husband after a suit which gained much more notoriety than credit. The Opinion .Nationale must take the responsibility of the statement that the Provisional Government has finally decided upon the young Duke of Geneva as the future ruler of Spain. This prince is nephew to the King of Italy, and is fourteen years of age. GERMANY. The correspondent of the Temps says that a great and visible change has come over the spirit of public opinion in Berlin. In 1866 Count Bismarck was the favourite of few ; his warlike policy was strongly reprobated, and the conflict with Austria was commenced under the most gloomy misgivings. In 1868 the successful statesman is the idol of the country, and his return to Berlin has been looked for as the only guarantee of sound policy. MOURNING IN SIAM. A letter from Bangkokstatestbat the funeral ceremonies attendant upon the death of the late King will last until March. The body was bathed after death, dressed in the royal robes, and fixed in a sitting posture in the receptacle which is to contain it. " The sign of mourning ordained throughout the kingdom is the shaving of the tuft from the heads of all subjects, with the solitary exception of such princes as, being older than the deceased potentate, are permitted to enjoy the privilege of an inviolate top knot. Saturday last was a great day for barbers, it having been named for carrying out this piece of etiquette under penalty of a severe flogging. I was standing in the vicinity of the royal residence, and calculated that a stream of eighty bald heads passed in every minute, which would give 14,000 visitors in three hours, the length of time this levee lasted." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A COMPLIMENT TO MR. REVERDY JOHNSON. The Reform League, having constituted itself into a sort of cosmopolitan tribunal, or supreme court of appeal for the settlement of the affairs of all nations, has begun to be very cautious. Delegates from the League, the International, and other associations, have met to consider the propriety of giving the American Ambassador a dinner, to shew the good will of the working classes in this country towards their brethren in America. But here arises a difficulty. They do not want to compliment Mr. Johnson, but only the people he represents. Mr. Beales was in the chair. After a Mr. Coningsby had said something about not confounding Mr. Johnson's public with his private career, Mr. Beaks discussed how far "the compliment would be acceptable to the people of America, sent through a tainted medium." A resolution was passed to invite working men of all parties to another meeting. Perhaps the " tainted medium " will best consult hisown dignity by declining any invitation. It is not absolutely necessary for the perfection of his mission of conciliation that he should be patronised by the Reform League. It should be remembered that Mr. Johnson has already accepted an invitation, and been put off on the score of expense. THE TOWED HAMLETS ELEC TION. It would be just as well if Mr. Beales were to keep his temper over his defeat at the Tower Hamlets. He has been really rampant concerning it ; and Mr. Beales charging everybody else with impure motives, &c., is not a very dignified spectacle. One of the other Liberals who was beaten was Mr. Newton. Mr. Beales thinks that had Mr. Newton retired, some of his voters would have given their adherence to him, and thus he might have beaten Mr. Samuda. So he is very hard upon Mr. Newton, hinting pretty plainly that he had re ceived money to hold on. Mr. Newton indignantly denies any corrupt motives orbargains of any kind. To which Mr. Beales returns, " You could not have acted worse if you had been paid." He /Suggests, too, that the election was not conducted (IL. grounds either honourable or pure. Really. charges are needless and shew a pettish spirit THE CLERGY AN': Mr. Henry Labouchei-e, whose rej ectv.9 - : for Middle sex is to a large extent owing to clerical influence, sends a neat letter to the Times, in which he explains why, though in his opinion a Dissenting minister may preach and teach politics, a Church clergyman should not. "A. Nonconformist divine," he argues, "in his relation to the State, is a private individual ; a clergyman of the Established Church is not. He is the minister of a national Church, his pulpit is a national pulpit, and he is supported by national funds. When he puts his clerical influence and his pulpit at the service of party, he makes the Church of which he is a minister the Church of a party, and not the Church of the nation." AN ARISTOCRATIC VICE. In the Westminster Police-court one Benjamin Kierley has made an application under the Small Tenements Act to eject his tenant. It appears that the tenant occupied the lower part of the house and the upper storey, the landlord being in the middle. Kierley was a Liberal, and the tenant, Lane, a Tory. The result was that the house uresenteda most incon- ~~ sistent appearance. The shop, occupied 6y Lanb, contained a huge placard inviting the Westminster electors to vote for Smith. If the eye of the elector wandered to the first floor, he was instructed to vote for Grosvenor and Mill. Should he direct his gaze to the top of the house, he found that the upper stories contradicted the first floor and upheld the recommendation of the shop. Kierley had evidently made up his mind that it was part of a landlord's duties to coerce his tenant. He had some high examples before him, and because Lane refused to remove his placards he sought to turn him out. His plea was the disfigurement of his house, but he was evidently influenced by political considerations. The magistrate found, however, that the tenure was a quarterly one ; and thus landlord terrorism is defeated for the nonce. ~~ ? ~j '~' THE CONVOCATION OF YORK. The Archdeacon of York writes to the Times as to the withdraw' of Dr. Vaughan from the contest for the election of a proctor in Convocation. It appears that C anon Hey interpreted the letter he received from Dr. Vaughan upon the subject as an absolute withdrawal. But now it transpires that the Vicar of Doncaster was willing to be put in nomina tion if no opposition was raised. Archdeacon Jones protests against the inference drawn by the Time?, that there has been a deliberate rejection of Dr. Vaughan, or a general disposition to ostracise independent thought. lie says : " Many clergymen came from a distance, and that upon v er y s h or t notice, to support Dr. Vaughan, but had no oppor tunity of voting afforded them ; others I know would have supported him if they had been aware of the opposition. With every sentiment of respect both for Dr. Vaughan and for the learned and exemplary cler gyman who has been chosen to succeed him, I feel com pelled to say that by making his candidature depen dent on the unanimity of his constituents, the former has left the clergy at the mercy of a body of men who raised an unexpected opposition at the eleventh hour." The correspondence between Canon Hey and. Dr. Vaughan chewed this :—The canon plainly inti mates that if the doctor came forward, he would court defeat. Dr. Vaughan, in reply, intimated that he did not seek the office, and would not seek it, and that, under the circumstances as placed before him. by Canon Hey, he would prefer not to come forward. NEW COLLEGE. Further correspondence upon the subject of the late outrage at Oxford gives a very different com plexion to the affair. An undergraduate made out that the culprit who broke the windows was requested by the other undergraduates not to give up his name. It now appears that it was only the men of his set who thus advised him, and that a meeting of undergraduates has condemned the blackguardly con duct of this unknown offender. Now that the whole college is punished for it, if he have any sense of honour, he will give himself up. The authorAi. s may have taken a very severe step, but a " Fellow cf a College " thinks there is no alternative, as the undergraduates are free from police control, and are not subject to that government vested in the more intellectual members of their own society, which constitutes the monitorial system at our public schools. This window-breaking is said to be the climax of a long aeries of wanton and deliberate insults. It is unfortunate that undergraduates, in emulating the heroes of "Verdant Green," should omit all the wit from the part, and retain allethe mischief. I3REACII OF PROMISE. An instructive case has just been heard in the Court of Common Pleas, in which a widow of 40 claimed £3OO damages from a man whom his counsel stated to be 75 years of age, and paralysed for thirty years. The promise of marriage was fairly proved, and the woman obtained her damages. It is probable that this uxorious old man could afford to pay them, and deserved to pay them for his folly. It is also probable that the woman would, from her position, find the money very useful. Whether she deserved such a solatium is another matter. It was stated that the defendant could not dress or undress him self; and such a poor wreck she was ready to swear she would love and cherish as her husband. These breach-of-promise actions are too often the resort of adventuresses, and seldom are the medium of afford ing compensation to those who have the most right to claim it, but whose modesty prompts them to let " concealment feed on their damask cheek." CONTAGION. A correspondent of the Tinzes, noticing the case of the boy who was removed from Marlborough College and conveyed to his home by train before he had recovered from the effects of scarlet fever, draws attention to the Sanitary Act of 1866, under which both the authorities of the College and the parents of the boy would be liable to punishment. It would be as well if he could point out a way to put such laws impartially in force. There are enough Acts of Parliament in existence to cure almost every evil under the sun, but for all the practical use they are, they might as well be fulminations from the Vatican. ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL. A complaint was made the other day that the sub scriptions could not be paid to St. George's Hospital without a commission of 4 per cent. going through the hands of the collector. The secretary now explains the matter. The collector is allowed 4 per cent. on subscriptions (by which, we presume, he means annual subscriptions), but not on legacies and donations. He has frequently to call more than once on some of the subscribers, amounting to very nearly 1,300, who may not be at home; and although a few subscriptions may not actually be paid to him, yet the trouble is the same ; and besides this, he has other duties connected with the hospital to perform, for which he receives no further remuneration. Last year the commission was only paid on the subscriptions—Rs,6lo 2s.— amounting to £224 3s. 5d., but nothing was paid on other sums, nor on the donations to the building fund. This places the matter in a better light than it appears at first. It is well known that, however willing people may be to put their names down for a subscription, the extraction of the money requires more skill than a surgical operation. NURSERIES. The Lancet contains some advice to mothers. They should look after their own children a little more. All other suggestions are mere palliatives. It is im possible to get nurses to treat children as mothers used to treat them, and these nurses are sometimes cruel. Our contemporary recommends the introduc tion of deserving and c..ependent gentlewomen into the service of the nursery, but has no faith in any suggestions which contemplate the exemption of the mother from her principal duty of living for and with her children. The words of our contemporary are the words of wisdom, but he might as well rebuke the wind. If he will consider the arrangements of a lady of fashion, he must know that attention to such duties is im possible. The study of Le Poilet, the fete, the flower show, shopping, morning calls, the drive in the park, the four o'clock tea l the dinner, the opera, the ball, politics, and flirtation, form a tolerable day's pro gramme: without the intrusion of domestic duties. The choice of a robe for the evening and the com pletion of that edifice known as the " chignon " will alone occupy hours. CLUBS FOR WOMEN. It has been questioned amongst the "male sex of man" whether clubs have a beneficial influence ; but by the female sex Pall Mall has been abused right and left. One of the things which Punch's female member went to Parliament to do was to put down "those nasty clubs." Women, however, are now to have clubs of their own. We have a proposal, which is being carried out, that a women's club shall be established, whose aim shall be to provide healthy apartments and good food for those who now com plain of having neither, and who, moreover, are suffering from ennui. The secretary, however, is in want of money, games, and books, and appeals for these through the press. THE LAND TAX. A letter complaining of too much land tax would probably make Mr. Bright s t are . B u t suc h a com plaint is made by a correspondent of the Times, who asks what authority the collectors of Worcestershire have for increasing the tax 10 per cent. 44 A new valuation of estates was," he says, " made in 1692, and certain payments were apportioned to each county, hundred, or other division, but I know of no new valuation of the land since the time of William 111. The inequality of the land tax in various counties is very great, owing to a variety of causes ; for instance, while in Bedfordshire it was 2s. ld. in the pound, and in Surrey Is. ld., it was at the same but 32d. in Durham, 2d. m Lancashire, and 21d. in Scotland. We have been accustomed to look on this tax as fixed in amount and unalterable, but during the present month the collector has demanded an increased payment of something like 15 per cent. on the whole rate, and is unable to assign a reason for it, except that the alteration is based on the poor rate book." 'WHAT VERDICT ? We drew attention the other day to the peril in which a woman was placed at the Surrey . Theatre, London. The news from Liverpool furnishes the best comment upon such brutal disregard of human life. An acrobat performing . on the trapeze at the Colosseum lost his hold and fell, fracturing his skull and injuring himself so fearfully that his life is despaired of. It was announced the other day that the Brothers Culleen, "having recovered from their late severe accident," would compensate for the disappointment felt at their non-appearance by taking their new and daring leap for life. &midst the plaudits of a full house, they took this leap, and one of them has probably taken it for the last time. We can only pity the poor men who thus sacrifice themselves to the public taste. That such should be its taste is a matter for disgust, and the permission of such performances is a national shame and scandal.