The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-17 00:00:00

J. . NEWSPAPER AtECI ~z= ~ '~' G! 2 a~ .. - ~~ ~, ~i~~-~~0~ .. F, R • NOY•rB6B 6 • 7 ' t . "„ _ , A OI P ..-%.-.-- 3 not in Chile the carpet- INAH AN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN ITION, 1865. ' S celebrated OLD IR EXHI I B SH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal* itt Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lor.don; by t he Agents i n the principal tcwns in England; or wholesale at 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. L_Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label' and Cork Branded "Kira . an's LL Whisky.' MIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 43)14, RITSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, h I V AN OES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free 1 0 3 d or L ease h old Property, for one, two, or three years, repay lo Weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. P oems free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. WESTON'S ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. lon n im; A, ense success of the JUVENILE Au - MESSES, whose of Miss Louie Sherrington's " Walking In the Zoo" g :. l ea 'uss Nelly Power' s "Up in a Balloo n " has created the test excitement ever witnessed. k i ff,lutophant success of the new Company—Mr. Fred. French — s . , rrrnee Clarke. author of Tommy Dodd—Mr Alf. Renpolf—tlie Ar ti te .. Bullen, the favourite serio -comic Duetists—Miss Louie mi„ lll ,_as Mackney—The ever-pleasing Miss Emm'. A lford— lx, the new Serio-Comic—The much-almired Prima Lena, Miss Tremaine—Mr. Rowland Lascelies, and .Mr. J. B. usk. 8711 orchestra, selected from the Theatres-royal Covent -3", and Drory..l ane . wurlcua Notice.—LELlA and FLORENCE, the Juvenile Actresses, t ake their first Benefit in London on Thursday, Oct- 22. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRIE. CANTERBURY Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND. e Sensation of London, the Great Wonder, NIBLO, in his elit through the Balloon, a great sensation ; on the Flying 'raPze• in g , surpassing the great Masters by throw arti_. double somersaults, the greatest feat ever performed by any } , ,„,Te in the world —in addition to George Le bourne —Mr. Wench —Mr; James Doughty and his wonderful Perform ""°gB—Mr. Hamilton, the eminent Baritone—the Wondrous Arabs (from the Crystal Palace)—E. Hall and Christy's Little wire l . n their C om i c E nterta i nment —Oceana on the Invisible 11 Imme nse Success of the grand NAUTICAL BALLET, with orZ e rrY, new dances, and corps de ballet under the direction pan me Collier; new music arranged by Mr. Jesse Williams; ic,,4"„ralmic Scenes under the direction of Mr. F. Evans, sup "eu• by his talented Troupe of Pantomimists. on Peeial Notice.—Mr. W. Holland's Benefit, Tuesday, Oct. 27, which occasion the great Original Blondin will appear. First " of a new grand Ballet by Madame Collier. HALL. Manager—Mr. James Ellis. Musical Director—Mr. Jesse Williams. Stalls and Crystal Saloon, ls.; Area and Balcony, Bd. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8 o'clock. AR (1 YLL /too EVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The o nl in e ,' have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Itubardt a `-' O . The celebrated Band will perform during the week Danteaaactve Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Music. e Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, is. ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY. Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CURTI. NIADA.ME TUSSAUD'S.-A PORTRAIT A sioIIODEL of MADA NIE RACHEL is now added.— nigh n, ls. O pen from eleven in the morn i ng un til t en it t t. COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. rilE 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 HOLDICH and CO., No. 105, Fleet-street , foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham - common. ____ TABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons. and Towelli ngs of every description. Patterns gratis and post free. A.RDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar `-/ use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for - Mies' ani Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICII Ind C O ., L ICENSED VICTUALLERS ' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED Vicrumams' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, Fleet -street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave niont, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, With Price List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-streot ; and at No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a 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 th e " N atura l S trengt h ener o f t h e H uman St omac h . " " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir zumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi rtY to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they 2,. _ ; s v o ' lbdeienn a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of Years. bottles at ls. 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in ' 3 ' 01 7 town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sur e to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not '_'_°, persuaded t o p urc h ase an y of the various imitations , w , iihl_eithaye sprung up in c onsequence of the success of on Camomile Pills. '' IPNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- „ r The medical profession for Thirty Years have tip i:e "ed °f this pure solution of Magnesia as the best ,otnedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Headache, deli a" Indigestion especially as the best mild aperient for cate c onstitutions adapted for Ladies, Chil 'ret; and Infants. 1 72 NeerDINNEFORD and CO., ChemistNeerree Bond-stt, London ; and of all other chemists throughout the world. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O „mil:leper eek.—D. S. HUAIPIIECIFIS has i!t all times a o n f u r ,,", f:rat-class RESIDig 4(31 1 :S to be EAT. furnished ho o d, •mtaued, or sold. more rartieularly in the neighbaur nit... of Svdenharn. Upper Norwood. Forest-hill, and Partioulars may be had at the Office, Printing House -:Ltare. ffOtia,, - ' 2 43 and APART BENTS WANTED. and to be LET or BOLD, 31ZT3[YFISiK5 for DISPOSAL. &I -r",,VPE.RTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. an de T. lIIIIIPHRIES has continual applications for (70 Reriptions of PROPERTY which will pay 2'00 . 1 intere , t 01n_tlay. HOUSei gins repAlr ,Phrie. can cuitomers for all descrip traatuft. b asinesses. Hotels, public hone - s, die , sold andin= ti o „ r24 . Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent. Print- Apply, ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, vented CHESTS, and other Deformities, are pre- Ry,„ - „„s` and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED ages CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all g '7Z; It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi pains in the chest and back, and is especially re em ended ni t ended to children forassisting the growth, promoting bracesand symmetry of figure superseding the use of str ee f. and stays. Price from lds. 6d. each.-66, Ox ford -street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of to . the CIIIST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients prp?,9.„netantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. ." , -JS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. "Al RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. B ARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. sav e THE REVALENTA ARABICA perf !3 fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores r of ,,,_ , digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, most sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the ,_:et disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con raiTPtion, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de np,-!errients, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, th•• vousness biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, e rr lis, cc:lds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, ,uniatism gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu i,„.;„ irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, ir• artburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, sea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking ols, b ronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at th 6 of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is 0 Most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable ori invalids and infants in all complaints. 4,ProlimArr CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury „ 14 More than slopy imitations to whicb, without autho "Lic, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. enceforth none will doubt the valuable properties . of , and }3a rrY's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica invalids , Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it Zs) already received from invalids whose position had 'loomed hopeless, we may now add that of his WittHoli -8!3 he thirtyhos health has been perfectly restored after years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 184,9110 W from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. R o Y 3l —" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the otherY Fathe r is excellent, especially since, abandoning all /1; r emedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du .14:1"Y's at Arabica Food, of which he consumes a teateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly pt arse effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot _ se this excellent food too highly." __Uarure O. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven s' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous oßoet w ith a nervous palp i tat i on all over, b ad b ad , constant s l eep l essness, and the most i ntolera bl e us agitati on. ;StCu de N o. 78 , of dyspepsi a , f r om the Ri g ht Hon. the Lord fa _ •tre isT Decies, L or d -Li eutenant of the County of Water f‘lte7 odu e r r oa l . . — s :jli;ve derived muc h b ene fit f rom your excellent ItT DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County CuN fro m N O . 49,832. Of fifty years' indescribable . agony flatui yspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of I ee Y , sPasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, jun. Norfolk N • lar , rvot 0 . 4 7121.—Miss, Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme vo is ness, indie•estion gatherings, low spirits, and ner us fancies. Cure isT Yeats diarrhoea. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two e e p. Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. 11d. ; 21b., 4s. d. • 121 b•, 225. ; 241 h., 40s. The 121 1 b i . b a .' n 2 d 8. 2 9 4 d 1 . b ; tetirsters, carriagc free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du ti. Y s "Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in o;l.lla:iris:ars : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 , 1 3 1 is at 65., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 555. Being PennY per cup. Te 30s. and 555. tins are sent tkno carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; 2,,e7aoweealiethoiihooir-tnurn and Mison's ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, r - o s a tr d e , et ;63 and 150, Oxford-street • and 121, London ; and all Grocersand 'Chemists. TON. publican re-elec- Butler, without •, whose oily De" lefeated, San Fx°' lectu re op, on the gtP I-road, I. ‘ f e° l; Esq.; °' ry, 1 10 13, i Of a Soil {t. S .130 it SO U ,f of (Logi° t Vette." / [me Of Wl"' IVortlii°sl c, Alalcaocier )laptoo, Esq., " Jur an y' d d 35 a 67 g e' . • a .. c is Sherb c ' ANDS" lig', av, Cou/t1 N°. 23,823. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX. - Now ready , at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HE . WOMAN'S KINGDOM. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," &e. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Dawn of Day Polka. A.Wright. 1 The Lucerne Quadrille. A. 2s. 6d. Wright. As You Like It Polka. A. I The Star of Erin Quadrille. Wright. 3s. Henry Prince. as. . The Buxton Quadrille. A. 1 Jolly Old Friends Quadrille Wright. 4s. 1 4s. Each half-price, with an London: Robert Cocks and extra stamp for postage. Co., New Burlington-street, Just published, price Is. 6d., by post ls. tid., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, RE VELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliero, 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, aro reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence. ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con zress, Personal, Financial, Mining, - Railroad, &c. Members of Parliament, Cornwereial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will and this newspaper of use. Published every SA.TURD A.Y MORNING, price 4d. 15, Catherine-street, Strand, WHY incur the risks of Limited Liability, by taking Shares in Civil Service or Co-operative Stores, when you can SAVE TEN PER CENT. by PURCHASING of THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, and can have the goods delivered at your own door ? Teas of all descriptions from ls. 3d. per lb. upwards. Price Lists post free, on application at the Company's Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, IND [GESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at ls. 13d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. Gel., at all chemists. HOBBS, HART, and .CO., No. 76, Cheapside, London. LOCKS—for Houses, Hotels, and Railway Mess. from 2s. to 165.; for Mansions and Banks, Bs. to 50 s.—adapted for all pur poses. - FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, for private use, 20 to 36 inch, £4 to-.£10; for Offices, 24 to 72 inch, £lO to £l2O. H H., and Co. solicit an examination (esp ec i a ll y b y engineers) of their three entirely NEW PRINCIPLES of construction for security Safes and Doors.—See Report in List of Prices. K EA.TIN G'S INSECT S r B rZS G T S ROYING POWDER KEATING'S INSECT S DrELSETARsOYING POWDER, KEATING'S INSECT DESTROYING POWDER, KILLS BLACK BEETLES. TT EATING'S INSECT DESTROYING PoWDER, 11 KILLS MOTHS ez ALL OFFENSIVE INSECTS. Sold in Packets, ls., and Tins, 2s. 6d. anl 4s. 6d. each; or ls, Packets, free by post, for 12 Postage Stamps. Also in Bottles, with Bellows, Is. 6d. and 3s, each, by THOISIA, EUIATING Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E.C. PARTRIDGE 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 20a. per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved Supet flneThiek Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers Is., 45., Cs., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. Cd., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling... plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. Cd., or 5 6 Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" IN ute, live quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Gd, 5s 6d, & Cs Gd 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 'TR 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. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER 111_, 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, &c. 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 aro a square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room , Libra r y , and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can 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 MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. Tho 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 Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lover, 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 not fail to fit, formkrdel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOAN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425, and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to bo made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT . EILAS TIC STOCKINGS 0 _IA KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and a ll 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. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in tho immediate vicinity of the Great 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-Lilts Grace tho Duko of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. This llospital, 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 bas 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., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Dascon, and Co.; Nisbet and-Co., Bernors-street ; and at the Hospital from 10 till 5. itMORNING anti EVENING DRAUGHT. LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints, and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most intense head ache and thirst, and if given with lime-juice syrup is a specific in gout and rheumatism.-118, Holborn-hill, London, E.O. . , . • • .1), g IA . wv Q.1)1 • I t • ••-• ; , . . 4). r•-• . , 'l', 1 AL" " .. "44 = . . 15 4 4., *.' • • ' 7oa: -k s ‘ , • 1.1 , r _ , • " • tg-z . • ie 11-‘. - r • • - 46 - '4.* ' 1•• d e w ," num • •N • • ' 11 '4' - THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1868. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY E TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the tooth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street, London. TORN BURGESS AND SON'S Original and Cr Superior ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, also MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES, are perfectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT LOAN. FOR £1,000,000 IN FIVE PER CENT. DEBENTURES. Authorised by the. Colonial Parliament under the Act 31st Victoria, No. 11, for the CompleCion of Railways already sanctioned and secured upon the Consolidated Revenues of the Colony. Messrs. N. 11. Rothschild and Sons and the Bank of Now South \Yaks, as agents for the New South Wales Government, have* been instructed to negotiate the said loan of £1,000,000. The Loan will be issued in Debentures of £l,OOO, £5OO, and £lOO each, bearin; interest at 5 per cent., to com mence from the Ist January, 1869, and the coupons of the said Loan are payable on the Ist January and Ist July in each ear, at the office of the banking agents in London. The said Loan will be redeemed by a sinking fund of 2 per cent. by annual drawings at par, the first drawing to take place in December, 1872, at the office of the banking agents in London, and will be conducted in the manner set forth in the Debentures. The interest on the cancelled Bonds will also be em ployed in the purchase of the Debentures. - Copies of the Act, with the Debentures and Coupons, can be seen at the Bank of New South Wales. • • Tenders in' the form annexed will be raceived at the office of the Bank of New South Wales, No. 64, Old Broad-street, on Tuesday, the 20th day of October instant, till One o'clock, where au hen they will be, opened in the presence of the agent of the Government, and of those who have sent offers ;for the said Debentures. The Debentures will be allotted to the' highest bidders, provided the prices offered are not below the minimum price fixed, which will be placed on the table in a sealed envelope previous to the opening of the tenders, but it will only be opened if the whole amount has not been tendered for at and above the minimum. Tenders at a price including a fraction of a shilling other than sixpence will not be preferentially accepted, and should the equivalent Tenders exceed the amount of the debentures to bq allotted, a pro rata distribqtion will be made. Payment of-the Debentures will be required as fol lows: _ £5 per cent. on application. „ 4th January, 1869. £lO „ Ist February, ~ £lO „ Ist March, „ and the balance lst April, 71 Payment in full can be made on any :of the days the instalments become due, under discount at the Bank of England rate for the time being. Allotments will be represented by scrip to bearer, which will be exchanged for the Debentures when the instal ments are paid. Forms of tender can bo obtained at Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons and the Bank of New South Wales: London, 12th October, 1868. FORM OP FENDER. To Messrs N. M. Rothschild , a,nl Sons and the Bank of New South Wales, London. Gentlemen,— hereby tender for £ Deben tures of the Now South Wales Government, according to the annexed notice of the 12th instant, on which enclose the required deposit of and undertake to pay for every £lOO in Debentures, and to ac cept the same or any less amount that may be alloted to and to pay the balance in conformity with the terms of the said notice. Name Address Date October, 1868. Puler STAMPED 5J IN TERN A 7 lON A L COINAGE. (FP.OM A CORRESPONDENT.) IT is to be regretted that the Report of the Royal Commission on International Coinage should be con signed, like so many of its predecessors, to the limbo of abortive reforms. Hopeless as the subject might appear a few years ago, in these days of free trade and national intercourse it deserved serious consideration. Neither as a means of promoting good relations between different countries, nor as a soci.d convience, is the adoption' of a uniform system of coinage to be despised. To - 1144mmence such a change. would be of very material advantage. The numerous and minute differences of value at present existing not only impede the trade of one people with another, bat in some cases wholly frus trate it. If these differences were regular, so that the money of one nation might readily find exact equivalents in the coinage of another, this diffi culty would be less ; but when the kustria,n florin is equal to about is. 101 d. English, and when the est' oate in French coin falls short of the English so`' Il -ign by about twopence, it is impossible that dealings requiring such minute calculations can be quite satisfactory. In the largest houses the comparison of invoices, price-lists, &c., involves much trouble and loss of time. In the case of small traders it is well ascertained that the compli cations of exchanges and the difficulty of remitting 'mall sums altogether deter them, in many instances, from engaging in foreign commerce. The competi tion of foreign industry has now become so close that every impediMent on our side ought to be removed. To counterbalance these advantages great difficulties present themselves. It is quite impossible to carry out any scheme of uniform coinage which would not involve changes causing much „ .1 , trouble and loss throughout Ole country. present currency could not remain in circulatiow if the international coins were of greater or les . s value than the sovereign and its subordinates. Thus recoinage would become necessary ; the value of the pound, the basis of our monetary transactions past and present, would be altered ; all taxes, tolls, and other fixed rates must be readjusted, and in most cases could not be readjusted exactly; and all accounts, small and great, would have to be calculated again in the terms of the new money. To these difficulties add the perplexity arising from a variety of modes of settlement, and it will be conceded that the Com mission has not left the question in abeyance without some reason. The Commission was, in fact, merely a supplement to the International Conference held at Paris last year, and was in great measure restricted by the conclusions then adopted. The Paris Conference determined that the easiest mode of securing a uniform currency would be to take gold coins only as the basis. It was therefore recommended that all gold coins hereafter struck in the countries represented at the Conference should be of the value of five francs, or a multiple of that sum. Such details as the proportion of fine gold, the cost of coining, and arrangements for securing purity were to be regulated equally amongst all the parties to the agreement. These coins of five, ten, and fifteen francs, and upwards, would become legal tender in all the countries accepting them. Such a system has much in its favour. By assimilating only gold coins the difficulties of a change would be reduced, whilst most of the requirements of com merce and other intercourse between nations would be satisfied. The discrepancies of English pence, French centimes, and American cents would remain, but the perplexity arising from small sums would be comparatively trifling. By a convention signed in December, 1665, France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland adopted a uniform cur rency, on the basis of the French system, so that the international coin of five francs and its multiples would necessitate no change whatever in these States. Austria, also, has formally engaged to reject her old coinage for that of the Convention of 1865 a stirring example from the most conservative of countries. Sweden will partially do the same. The United States is seriously considering the matter. In England the change would be accompanied by all the difficulties just alluded to. The nearest equivalent to the sovereign is five times five francs, but this sum falls short of twenty shillings by very nearly twopence. As the sovereign could not be allowed to circulate for less than its. value, re-coinage would be indispensable. Our currency, is, however, becoming so-- worn and deteriorated that this step would soon be necessary in any case ; but in the ordinary course the re-coinage would be gradual. The readjustment of accounts would also be required; on the day that the new currency superseded the old, the nominal amount of all debts, including the great national burden, and of all mortgages and obliga tions, would be increased by nearly twopence in the pound. Salaries and wages would also require similar correction. In the ordinary transactions of life, especially when small sums were affected, the trouble and annoyance would be greater. The tenant who paid a rent of £lOO in the old coinage would be long before he saw the justice of paying £lOO Ns. Bd. in the new. And as the rate of com pensation would be one halfpenny for every five shillings, it would be practically impossible to make allowance in the case of sums under that amount ; so that tolls, quit-rents, and other small payments would remain a source of dispute. On the other hand, it may be urged that such changes have been made before; that in commercial houses, and in all cases where large sums are involved, the difficulty is but temporary, and the adjustment once for all ; and that in the lower ranks of life even ignorance and prejudice would wear out. The trouble would be forgotten in a brief space, but the benefit of the new state of things would be permanent. The Commissioners, however, have not supported the Paris Conference. Their report justly argues that, as the uniform gold coinage would leave the small coins unaltered, the measure would be only partial, and might have to be followed up by another disturbing change. Nothing less than the complete assimilation of the currencies of different countries can fully realise the objects sought. The Commissioners have no doubt that a uniform system of coins, as well as a uniform system of weights and measures, would be of great advantage. They are also inclined to think that the franc is not the best basis that could be selected ; the English sovereign presents many advantages as the general monetary unit• Here we are at issue with the Commissioners. They do not, indeed, express any decisive opinion in favour of the sovereign ; but it is not difficult to strike the balance of evidence. The arguments on behalf of the English coin are undeniably powerful. It is a large unit, and therefore well adapted to these days of extensive transactions. Whilst the franc prevails throughout a great part of Europe, the sovereign is much more widely known-in other - parts of the world. It is current in Portugal, Brazil, and Egypt, as well as in the vast British colonies. As the director of the Ameri can Mint says, " the pound is everywhere familiar; it regulates the exchange of the world." It is very questionable whether a change in the value of the sovereign would not be attended by greater commer cial disturbance than would be caused by an alteration of the currencies based on the franc. But take the other side of the question. An international coinage founded on the franc is to a great extent an accomplished fact. Whilst we have been talking and preparing one of those admi rable bluebooks which so often do duty for Acts of Parliament, the continental nations have been up and doing. They have in no wise stinted the INDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868.-- By order of the Secretary of State for India in Connell. 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 frem 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. It., Assistant Stu goon, 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. 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., Brevet-Maior, Ist Madras Fusiliers. Halliday, J. Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, 31 McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In fantry. 83. Keighly, 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. 150 n. Stothert, IL, 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. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TR ANSAT LANTIQUE._ 4. Rue de la Pais. Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre awl Brest, for New York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAVRE 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, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, G ua d e loupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AMY, 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 Japan:. Hand books, with full diOails of all the routes of this company, can be had of -; STRINGER, IVEMBBROXE, and Co., Agents, /3, Austinfriars, London, E.O. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For,Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman—General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to FosPeiture. • Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society; will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London T LIE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Est Wished 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Subscribed Oapit4.—.oo`. Two Millions. Total Invested Funds upwards of £2,750,000. Total Income upwards of £320,000. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which expire at MICHAELMAS must be Renewed within Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. All Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced Duty of is. 6d. per cent. For Prospectus and other information apply to tho Com pany's Agents, or to _ T. TALLEMACH, Secretary. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS, Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. The " ROYAL" has never bad a.larger body of Constituents than now. FIRE BRANCH. PREMIUMS in 1867 £160,553 being a larger revenue than in any preceding year. LOSSES by Fire in 1867 £252,125 NET PaoFrrs, after paying all losses and ex penses £56,373 LIFE BRANCH. Annual Average of now business in 1865-6-7 £BOl,OOO Do. during previous Quinquennium £688,000 Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583 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. A.D. 1720. OYAL C EA VR A A N TT-O E N. ASSURANCE (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-2 9 , Pall Mall, S.W. Esq Governor. :sq Sub Governor. Esq Deputy-Governor. )TORS Totlow ilibbort, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. EgArton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline 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. • OCTAVIITS WIGRAM, JAMES STEWART 119DGSON, E; CHARLES JOHN MANNING, E DIREC Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt battley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. . Frodk. Joseph Edltnann, Charles liermauu Goschen, Esq. Riversdalo Wm. Grenfoll, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sami NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling duo at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th of October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has boon reduced to the uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. FARMING STOCK. —No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. Tho advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. 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. 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 invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURtIBLES, West-hill Putney-heath. Established'3lst July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pau per class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded—is.. BY supplying a home, with medical attendance, nurs ing, and all requisit e s f or th e in valid.2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has just been compl e ted at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS aro urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensi oners , a ll en ti re l y dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life £,-) s u . an d upwards; an nua l su b scr ipti ons , subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with th e grea t es t p l easure , upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. No. 10, Poultry, London, E.G., September, 1868. 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 greatly needed. COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON. Rev. J. W. Ayro Rev. F. G. Bloomfield 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 Curo Rev. J. E. Cox Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Parse Major-Gen. Rt. Iron. Percy Herbert. M.P. C. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. CliMat, Ebq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey H. G. Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will bo recei , Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom comma Re 7. J. E.'Kempe Rev. W. P. Erskino Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhouso J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon Nepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. P. Prescott Rev. F. Pigott_ P. T. Pigott, Esq. Iti. R. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. B. Wade, Esq. 1 Loftus Wigram, Esq. .ved by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. f, 14, Seymour-street, Port trications may be addressed. PRINTING. —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 envelop.) for reply. Address—The Manager, aoSue" Printing Offices, 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN' CHILDREN aro being mlintainal in tho ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM., at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CH ARLES A. WALK %It, Secretary. 011ae, 54, Cheap3ide, I'lo FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTiON. President —Rov. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1968 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73; Lombard street, M,. C. ; Francis Nicholls, Lsq. (of tho Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N .W. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —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. INGRAII, 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. QA FREE lIOSPITATA for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for dis , ases 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. Liatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. W . ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only AA institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will he 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. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Naticns, 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 street London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lolos. T HE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right lion. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults aro received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES lIOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street., Piccadilly. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY f or DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable 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. B RITISH HOME for INC URABLES, 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.G. I - STABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN -12-4 during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives Of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. Thig establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, lion., Sec. J3RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—ller 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 endolved, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and its peculiar claims. The last Report can bo obtain9d on application to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. Hon. Secs. AUBREY C. PRICE, ALFRED MACKENZ E, Secretary. Offices, 73, Oheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Heywood, Brothers, Manchester. FOR PIANOFORTE. BANDA AND KIRWEE PRIZE MONEY.-THIRD DISTRIBUTION. INDIA OFFICE, OCt. 5, 1868. XTOTICE is hereby Given that the Distribution 11 of a THIRD INSTALMENT of the BANDA and KIRWEE PRIZE MONEY, at the rate of Rs. 120 or £l2 per share to the officers and Men of her Majesty's late Indian forces, entitled to share therein, whose shares have not been paid in India, will be made at the Military Department of this office, daily (Saturdays excepted), be tween the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. T. T. PEARS, Maj r-General, Military Secretary. ALDERSHOT.-ARMY CONTRACTS.-FLOUR AND MEAT. Commissariat-Office, South Camp, Aldershot, 16th September, 1868. TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon on Thursday, the 22d October, from persons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the SUPPLY of FLOUR (Ration and Hospital), Cones, for dusting Loaves and FRESH MEAT, for six months, from Ist December next to 31st May, 1809, for the use of her Majesty's Forces at Aldershot, and within the command. Separate tenders are required for each of the above articles. Forms of Tender and conditions of Contract can be obtained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., where any further Information that may be required will be furnished. R. ROUT fT, _ Deputy Commissary-General. )ROPOSED MEMORIAL OF LEIGH HUNT. The gravo of Leigh Hunt--one of England's most charming Poets, Essayists, and Critics—at Mensal Green, is without even a headstone. It has been proposed to erect there a modest Monument to his memory. Mr. Joseph Durham, A.R.A., has been selected to execute a Portrait Bust and Pedestal. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE SOLICITED for the purpose. The following gentlemen form a Committee for the collection and application of the requisite amount : William Barry, Esq. Charles Rent, Esq. Sir John Bowring. W. C. Macready, Esq. Thomas Carlyle, Esq. J. Bertrand Payne, Esq., Robert Chamber; Esq F.R.S.L. LL.D. Sir F'. Pollock, Bart. Charles Dickens, Esq. B. W. Proctor, Esq. George Godwin, Esq, F.R.S. Sir Percy Shelley, Bart. C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., Chas. Ratcliff, Esq., F.S.A. F.R.G.S. E. M. Ward, Esq., R.A. Alexander Ireland, Esq. S. C. HALL, F.S.A, Hon. Secs. EDMUND OLLIER, S. R. TOWNSHEND MAYER, F.R.S.L., 25, Norfolk street, Strand, W.C., Hon. Treasurer, by whom Subscrip tions aro received. Bankers—Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co. THE ASSOCIATION fo r th e 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 481,951 patients since it was established 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.—llon. See., 1 Smith. E sa . GEO. REID, Sec. 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, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WTLLI AMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-ilela's. STATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, H am - common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under thepatronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, 8.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. Tho object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee esinestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HFNRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer of WARWICK Secretary. Office, 121, pall ms 11, W THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES %re as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Bent-road. stead. 48, Church-stre e t, Stoke 13, Camden-streof,Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. I with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, llenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Homo—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 road 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 aro Messrs. Baeclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. CODPER, Sec. 85, Queen-street, Oheapside. eloquence of their representatives, but the talk has not impeded quiet action. As we have seen, the French coinage was adopted by three other nations so far back as 1865, and since then other States have followed, or are preparing to follow, in the wake of the Convention. The adhesion of Austin, will in all likelihood settle the question„, Had England appeared first in the field, th4sovereign might possibly have claimed precedence ; but we can hardly expect Europe to reject a system with which it is rapidly becoming familiar, in favour of one of cur choosing. The Commission argues that the pound has retained. its value for a century' and a half ; whereas other na tio n s, having already altered their coinage, would be less inconvenienced - by another change. How such a plea found its way into this very complete and careful report it is not easy to discover. It must be excessively amusing to the continental nations to be told that,.having had some experience in the disagreeable art of changing their currency, they have now an excelliirit opportunity of once more displaying their skill. It is palpable that the prime argument against the sovereign as a basis is the tardiness with which it has been pro posed. But the Commission seems to have over looked another consideratiOa;Tof great import ance. It is now many years since a system of decimal coinage was first proposed to the country, and the agitation in favour of it has long ago subsided. __The advantages of a decimal cur- rency could not be disputed, but the practical diffi culties—precisely the same as those which stand in the way of international coinage —caused the reform to be postponed. The.. present is a favourable opportunity for considering a deci mal and an international currency together. Both could be ensured by the same .change and the same inconvenience that would be necessary to adopt one. Moreover, whatever doubt might exist as to whether an international or a decimal coinage singly would recompense the trouble of a change, it is certain that the advantages of the two combined would repay the country. Now, the French system, which, as wehaVe seen , is spreadin ehfou g hout Etirope, is on the decimal principle, and is in that respect far superior to ours. In choosing between the sovereign and the franc, would it not, therefore, be better ti select the basis which offers the substantial aclvantag of decimal calculatiow It was no part of the d of the Commission to examine the question decimal coinage ; but, having so immediate a connec tion with the subject under inquiry, it ought to have been taken into account. It would not follow, because a uniform gold coin was adopted, as proposed by the Paris Con ference, that we should extend the change to all our coins, and adopt the decimal principle. But the Commissioners themselves are not satisfied with a uniform gold coin only ; they ask for a complete assimilation of the currencies of different nations, thus removing the last obstacle to the combination of the two reforms. It may be added that Prussia, though not adopting the franc, is about to have a decimal coinage, and, no doubt, could be induced to join the rest. With very little trouble all the principal nations of the world could be provided with a currency which would pass from one end of the globe to the other, and would be subject only to the delightfully simple calculations of multiplication and division by ten. It is necessary, above all, to consider the matter without prejudice; our much-loved sovereign—we mean the coin—" that power throughout civilised communities," would be a sovereign still, and would lose very little of its dignity by a diminution to the extent of twopence. SPORTING INT n LIGENCE. lIEREFORD RUES-YESTERDAY. The Aristocratic Handicap of 5 saws each, 2 ft (te tho f and) with 100 added; gentleman ridars ; jockeys Glb extra, One mile and a half. Barnaba.. Cactus Coldstream Six ran. The Nawcmrt Selling Staka3 of 3 sovs each, with 20 adlid; two year olds ist, threw Bet 111 b, four 9st 91b, fivo and up.vardi 10A; the wiener •to be sold for 51 sovs, if ent rad" fur s allowed 71b, 3J 141 b, 2J 211 b. One mile and a quartar. Guluare Ihrrogato Arkadi The Hurdle Race Ilaudicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 50 added; winners of a hurdle race of steeplechase of the value of 50 soya after Oct. 8 (at ton a.m.) 101 b extra; two miles, over six hurdle 3 ; 14 subs. Tavistock Vigilant Needlegun 3 The Shobdon Cup, value 200 soya (Handicap), by sub scription of 10 sovs each ; winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 41b, if of the value of 100 sovs 71b, 200 101 b extra ; ono mile and three-quarters ; 21 subs. Lute Belfast 2 Jezabel a 3 Five ran. The Lugwardine Nursery Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 100 added ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b ; winners of 100 sous 41b, of 200 101 b extra; starters twice with out winning allowed 41b, three times 71b ; three-quarters of a mile ; 19 übs. Sea Breeze 1 Gipsy Abyssinia Five ran. HUNTERS' STAKES. New Oswestry Tendetta 2 3 Chevalier d'Esprit : . Ten ran. FAREWELL HANDICAP. Maid of the Mill Barnabo Needle Gun Six ran. SELLING STAKES. Harrogate Turnover Arabia WEST DRAYTON RACES—YESTERDAY. The De Burgh Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap); winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; five furlongs. Goodfellow 1 Tumbler 2 Spitfire . Nine ran. 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