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LL. WHISKY. - DU. EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH 'WHISKY gained the prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesorn, Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lor.dc Oho Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or wholesal . 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label , and Cork Branded ban's LL Whisky.' ATUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION IT (Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 58, 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, ___ W. 23,876. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. NATURE'S N O B LEMAN. By the Author of "Rachel's Secret," &c. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. "We feel hound to praise this book. We want our readers to read it for themselves, and to get from the novel the same fresh and rich enjoyment that we have found in its pages."— A thenreum. T A DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PORTRAITA. MODEL of 11121:5ASiE RACHEL is now added. —Admission, Is. Open from eleven a.m. till five p.m., and from seven till ten p.m. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor. Mr. T. S. Sweascy. The only Establishment in Loudon where good Music and Operatic ' , elections can be heard. Unprecedented Success of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, With full band and chorus. selected from the Theatre-Royal Co vent Garden. All the principal Comic and Serio-Comic Artistes now in London. The clever Brothers Voltare in their extraor dinary Leap for Life, allowed by the Press never equalled before Mr. P. Corti, Musical Director. N.B.- No alteration in the prices of admission. licir Special Notice.--An entire change for the Christmas Holidays. T" W OMAN'S KINGDOM. By the Author of " John Halifax, Gentleman." .Lc. " This work sustains the author's reputation as a writer of the purest and noblest kind of domestic stories."—Athenteum Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION OF KATHLEEN. By the Author of "Raymond's Heroine." " 'Raymond's Heroine' was a good novel. 'Kathleen' is a better."—Saturday Review. " All lovers of a good novel will find diversion in the pages of `Kathleen.' "—Athenteum. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND.-17nri yelled Entertainments. George Leybourne. Miss Anne Anderson, Mr. Charles Wood- Man. Double Voice Vocalist; Sydney Franks, Mrs. J. F. Brian, Mr. W. Hamilton, Signor Rosillian, the Nondescript. "A very excellent and very interesting story, well conceived, and told with consummate art."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. AB C PATENT DESPATCH BOX.—JEN NER and KNEWSTUB'S newly-invented Patent A B C and 1,2, 3, Despatch Boxes, " for general conve nience, for ready access to papers and methodica 1 arrangement, have received the highest commenda tion." Price 10s. 6d. and upwards. " This is a valuable contrivance."—Punch, Nov. 14. "Cannot fail to be useful in the library and office."—Record. " Will meet espe cially the requirements of literary, legal and official per sons."—Star. " A boon to all lovers of order."—lllus trated London News. " There can be no question as to the value of this invention."—Morning Post.—Jenner and Knewstub, Inventors of the Elgin Writing Case, 33, St. James's-street, and 66, Jermyn-street. CANTERBURY HALL-THIS EVENING- Two Grand Ballets. Immense success of MASA.NTELLO. Principal dancers—Misses Louise and Mario Smithers. Grand Pantomimic Ballet, "The Lubbers Afloat." F. Evans and his Troupe of Pantomimists, prettiest Corps de Ballet and best Dancers in London. CIANTERBURY HALL-THIS EVENING ) Everybody is enraptured with the Entertainments and the gorgeous decorations.—Admission, ed. ; stalls and crystal lounge Is.; reserved stalls, Is. 'd. Open at half-past 7. Manager—J. Ellis. Musical Director—Jesse Williams. Ballet Mistress— Ala -dame Collier. ri A NTERI3 URY HALL.—A GRAND FULL DRESS BALL will be held at the above Hall on MON DAY, 21st December, on a scale of great magnificence. Band of Sixty. Twelve Masters of the Ceremonies. Double Tickets, 10 s. Gd.; Gentlemen's single tickets, 7s. Gd.; Ladies' ditto, ss. To be had at all libraries. 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. 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WILLIAM HOLDICFI and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, Fleet_ VICTUALLERS' City; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave illeth nt, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, Wi Price List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 4)5 . Floet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. Tho Pavement. Clapham-common (Southern Branch). ROTELS, Taverns, Public Houses, &c., for DISPOSAL, in all parts of London and vicinity.— tivances made by Brewers to suitable parties, and to nearly th e ' full whole amount of purchase in some special cases Wanted, Particulars of good bona file businesses of every kind, and prices. A /pi, te register kept for spial negotiation, Z l :ners for which may be either given by letter ec or through my ~ ,.ade travellers. No charge for entry.—P. B. HILL, Printing , ',°use-square, E.C.. Wholesale Agent for Messrs. Jameson and , Distillers, Dublin. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased S eam en of All a+icns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. WiIIiams,UBSCRIPTIOTS thankfully received by Messrs. W 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 vevernor, £lolos. rruE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. T reasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and DONATIONS and Col SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased e Penditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received 84 Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. , The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro 'essional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small i: - eekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com- Hied with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the es tablishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro bisect by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, 4 ,Yl it is managed by the Marchioness of O rmon de, the L ady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. , All information respecting it may be obtained on writ 'et or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the T reasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. 'uLer the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G., hereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan r, Is of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of kingom. ~ -Vile object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng "ll. education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, ; 1 4 0, laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other Provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain meltable situations for them. e jlle Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is 'rarely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WIPWICK Secretary. -.Pte.% 121, Pall-mall, 'W IT ZALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. I ) II BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIOA 84 " es fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, most s l ee p, f unc ti ona l regu larity, and energy to the 'Lost disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and e4ectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con -4°,llaption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, -er vnusness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, t larrhs colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rh eumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, flou- I T* irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, he artburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, ) , e ‘llsea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at i ' pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is ' 8 most dikestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable ° I; invalids and infants in all complaints. OAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavour3r ;` l ' L q more than slopy imitations to which, without autho- Z , Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. tte nceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of k 11 Barry's health-restoring Rovalenta Arabica Invalids' blld Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it j,`," already received from invalids whose position had iTen deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi e% the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 18 e „cluote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. //„T -3 ):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the :4 )1 - '3' rather is excellent, especially since, abandoning all , zta. er remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a l'eful at every meal. it has produced a surprisingly 0; -4 tl . o ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot 1 6 80 this excellent food too highly." °re No. 58,216 o f th e Marchioness d e Brehan of seven 4,, 1.81 liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous (lC, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad ner vous constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable o v ous agitation. Ute No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord folla.rt Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water dl.l,ave derived much benefit from your excellent WC,4*--STIJAILT DE DECIES, DrOMDII3, Cappoquin, County ?e rr ,: No. 49,832. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony gatte Lynn YsPepsia„ nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation,cf N "nY, sp or afolk.sms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, . nrsr„ ll o r e No. 47 121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme oug u sness indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor- Yeafaricir N. " ' rs e—° • 5614 14.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two diarrhoea.'He. . . lb. ood is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; ani g ,.,7• 6 ( 1 . ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b azr rB, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du ti a eY! Itevalenta, Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in otiplanistera : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. Gd., for 48 f abo nt ' l e t t 6 :., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 555. Being -,!ne o f Penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent JiA ßbb carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. %Ig o "'IC DIT BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Gra: h .c 'ortnum and Mason's also at 4, Cheapside, 61, 4,,.. u ic"l-street ; 63 an d 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, " ortla-road, London ; and all Grocers and Chemists. CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, Dec. 5, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on WED NESDAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of STEARINE CANDLES FOR SIGNAL AND FIGHTING LANTERNS, And of 24 to the lb., as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract for Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until the expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning. Samples (not less than 6lbs. of each) must be produced by the parties tendering, and none to be tendered the ma terial of which is of a solidifying point below 128 degrees Fahrenheit for Candles for Signal Lanterns, 125 degrees for Candles for Fighting Lanterns, or 120 degrees for Candles of 24 to the lb. Their Lordships reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. Every Tender must ho addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Stearine Candles," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £1,500 for the due performance of the Con tract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. JONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the hiospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vico-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, 1 .G 1 President-LHis orace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1825, the first to establish the prin c ipl e o f f ree a d m i ss i on to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the promises of this hospital aro 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., Abchu rc h-l ane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Henries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payito, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at the Hospital from 10 till 5. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Lib rary, and Dining-room, consisting of a now and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Pape r W e i ghts, &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. VIIITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so 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 3loc-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 not fail to fit, forwsrdel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JO EIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 625. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLAS TIC STOCKINGS, VA KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. CAME LICENCES. THE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE hereby give Notice that LISTS, containing the Names of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL and DIAL in GAME in the current Year, to 30th September last inclusive, have been printed for each Excise Collection. A Copy of the List, applicable to any District, maybe obtained GRATIS on application at the Offices of the respective Collectors or Supervisors of Inland Revenue, Distributors or Sub-Distribu tors of Stamps, by whom Licences are issued. The Commissioners further give Notice that instructions have been issued to their Officers to take the necessary steps to prefer informations for penalties against all persons found in pursuit of or dealing in Game without license. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. 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Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, dm, Callao, Valparaiso, ikc., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japar.. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—Every Policy effected with this Society by the 31st inst. will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. The Directors give notice that the Policies of the Society be come Indisputable, and are relieved of all conditions (except payment of the annual premiums), when they have remained unchallenged for five years, and the life assured has completed his 30th year. The bonus additions allotted by the Society are highly satisfac tory. In a recent claim the addition to a £l,OOO assurance, dated 1845, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. No. 39, King-street, Cheapside, London, December, 18G3. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as s 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 zumstances, and thousands of persons can now boar 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 ls, lid., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be 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." /[ILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experience, effectually guard against Fire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CRANOERY-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 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved ......... Super fineThiek Cream Laic' 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 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 6d., 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 is. 6d., or 5 6 Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for ... _ _ 2s. Gd. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6s 6(1 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., is 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 sTR A TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free. INDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868. By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articlerreserared from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 11. Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 12. Briggs, F. W., Rev., Madras P`::: 444 l4ment. 17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 48 i adras Native Infantry. 20. Coust, 11. 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 M a d ras Native nfantry. 52. Fanning, 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 M a d ras F us ili e rs. 75. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, J. MeM., 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, R., Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry. 154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Est a bli s h men t. 165. Walker, rt., 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. FEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. PR INT I N G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, Inc., 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. METROPOLITAN & GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS.—A New Station at LATIMER-ROAD, situated between Shepherd's Bash and Notting Hill Stations, is NOW OPEN for Traffic. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and G 1.01301 INSURANCE COUPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Policies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. . JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVE'S WIGRAII, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART IlmotsoN, Esq Sub--Governor. CHARLES JOHN MAsNrNG, Esq Deputy-Governor. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Tetlow Hibbert, Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson Esq. Lord Josceline Win. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq, Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. luel Sony, Esq., P.R.S. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Willia-n Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dont, Esq. Alexander Druco, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th of January. ' FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been 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. FA CUING 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. The 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 il ALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. 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 SHIM, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Hundr.. - id 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. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. RETURN TICKETS from and to all Stations on the London and North-Western Railway where they can usually be obtained, issued on WEDNESDAY, 23d December, and intervening days, will be available for Return on any day up to_ and including THURSDAY, the 31st December. A similar Extension of Time will also be allowed for Return Tickets to and from Scotland, The Trains on Christmas Day will Run as on Sunday, with the addition of the 7.15 a.m. Irish Mail Train from Euston, the 7.31 a.m. Day Mail Train from Euston (with its Birmingham connec tions. viz., the 9.40 a.m. Rugby to Wolverhampton, and the 9.35 a.m, Birmingham to Stafford), and the 6.15 a.m. Up Mail from Dublin due at Euston at 6.23 p.m. The 7.30 a.m. Down Day Mail from Euston will be due at Car lisle at 5.45 p.m., and passengers for Scotland will go forward by the Caledonian, Glasgow, and South-Western, aad North British Trains, at the same times as on week days. W. CMVKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, Lonion, December, 1863. INDIAN ➢iEDICAL SERVICE. India Oftlca, Ist December, 1868. NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination of Candidates for 29 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869. Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi dates, together with information regarding the pay and retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India Office, Westminster, S.W. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. INDIA OFFICE, DECEMBER 10, 1868. By order of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Council. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to send to India annually a certain number of YOUNG MEN, trained and educated for ultimate employment in the higher branches of the Department for the conserva tion and management of the Forests under the Govern ment of India. Eight young men will be selected in February next to go to India at the end of 1871. _.. The salary will be at first .£3OO a year, and the salaries of the appointments in the three Presidencies range be tween that sum and £1,900 a year. Promotions will de pend upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacancies in the higher grades. _ _ Applicants must be British subjects above 17 and under 25 years of age. As active habits and a strong constitution are most im portant, candidates will have to undergo a strict medical examination. They must send to the Revenue Department of the India Office, on or before the Bth of January, 1869, a statement of their names and parentage, with a certificate of birth, and of being posssesod of a competent knowledge of the following subjects, and they must be prepared o undergo an examination in them :- 1, English writing from dictation and English com position. 2. Arithmetic in all its branches. 3. Algebra, elementary principles, simple and quadratic equations, ratios and proportions, logarithms, arithmetical and geometrical progression. 4. Geometry (Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and Gth books of Euclid) and plane trigonometry. 5. Free hand and plan drawing. G. A good colloquial knowledge of either French or German, with the facility to read and translate the works of some classical writer in the language. A preference will be given to those candidates who obtain a certain proficiency in,- 1. Surveying and land measuring. 2. The elements of any of the following natural sciences : Mechanical and natural philosophy. Chemistry. Botany. Geology. If selected, they will be further required to go through a course of training and instruction in Forestry and cog nate sciences for two years and a half, in France or Ger many, previous to their departure for India, and the Sec retary of State will contribute £5O at the end of each half year towards the expenses of their training, in the case of such candidates as are favourably reported on by their in structors. In addition to this, if it should be found prac ticable, the young men will be required to place them selves under an approved forester in Scotland for a few months before they go out to India. More detailed information as to these appointments may be had on application to the Under Secretary of State for India, India Office Westminster. (Signed) HERMAN MERIVALE. p ()LICE N 0 TIC E. STREET CROSSING SIGNALS. BRIDGE-STREET, NEW PALACE-YARD. CAUTION. STOP. The Semaphore Arms The Semaphore Arms lowered, and by Night with extended, and by Night with a Green Light. with a Red Light. By the Signal " CAUTION," all persons in charge of Vehicles and Horses are warned to pass over the Crossing with care, and due regard to the safety of Foot Passen gers. The Signal "STOP," will oily be displayed when it is necessary that Vehicles and Horses shall be actually stopped on each side of the Crossing, to allow the passage of Persons on Foqt ; notice being thus given to all Per sons in chargo of Vehicles and Horses to stop clear of the Crossing. RICHARD MAYNE, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police Office, December 10, 1868. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.—Tho Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. NAMES BLYTH, Secretary. It 0Y AL INSURANCE COMPANY, ROY-AL INSURANCE BUILDINGS, Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. The " RoYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents than now. FIRE BRANCH. PREMIUMS in 1867 £460,553 being a larger revenue than in any preceding year. LOSSES by Fire in 1867 £292,125 NET PROFITS, aftt,r paying all losses and ex- penses £56,373 • LIFE BRANCH. Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7 £Bol,ooo Do. during previous Quinquennium £688,000 Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £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. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM , Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise). Instituted 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all denominations, whose parents were once in prosperous circumstances. One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In stitution ; ample room for about 30 more. lircreased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, 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 be obtained on application to. the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBBEI. ALFREDr C. PRICE, m PRI A C c E i I4 E I N .A z .,k n s o e ll e . re S t - . Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birclain lane ; and Messrs. Heywood, Brothers, Manchester. nNE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHA N ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 por annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Cheapside, London, IX/ QANIARITA N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN ).-/ 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. TIIE HOSPITAL f or WOMEN, S o h o - square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverio 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 for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-streAt,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, R e v. 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 establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street., Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., 1. Smith, Esa. GEO. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPI TA L f or DISEASES of the CH2AST, City-road. —The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-s qua re, 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. TAE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable 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, Cheapside, E.G. THE RESCUE E ire as fol SOCIETY'S HOMES Rows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Bent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottago, Green -205, Great Portland• street. with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridgo-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Groat Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee me deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") maybe had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. Tho Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. D ANL. 0 DMA aeo. 85, Queen-street Cheapside. TOIIN BURGESS AND SON'S Original and ti Superior ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, also MAN - FIELD'S PATENT PICKLES, aro perfectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. INCORPORATED LAW SOME rY,I U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the mouths 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 bo confined to an examination of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to time, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-Law. The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects:— a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. 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 be considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. in his private classes the reader will use as text-books —The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course wrn consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., HI., IV. Settlements. —l. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trusted 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, fie : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act—. 3. Di.entailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. NV ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors' frust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Bat:rister-at-L a w. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, Iz, 23 ; lladdan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Load 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 without subscribing. To prevent 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 atteni the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME f or DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN• STITIITION. President —Eev. CANON DALE. Corm'EcrrioNs for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear• neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon• quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.C. ; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broid-street, and Ealing] 370 children. 415 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by tho London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, ~0.• and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-ima-fields. 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. Ayre Mor-Gen. Rt. 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Established . 3lst July, 1854. This Institution exists for the coiTe'fort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Belief is affordod-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 now 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 aro 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 the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. 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This is another strong reason for abolishing the antiquated measure of Anne, which compels members upon taking office to ask the sanction of their constituents. As regards the other elections, the Conservative party have behaved on the whole with fairness. The Conservative leaders believe that the Liberal party will prove less homogeneous than nume rous, and will fall to pieces when the great problem of the Irish Church has to be solved. Mr. Disraeli and his col leagues, therefore, are the less anxious to do anything which would look like personal and factious opposition. Therefore it has been decided not to oppose the re-election of Ministers, but to let them have rope enough, in the hope that the usual suspensory result will follow. It is not improbable that before long we shall see added to the list of Government officials a Minister of Education. It is well known that the late Government favoured this alteration, and would have proposed it if they had not been in a minority, and saddled with a Vice-President of the Council—Lord Robert Montagu—who was certainly unfit to assume Cabinet rank. There is another change which might be made with advantage—the creation -97 X 6-0 /~ ~/ f~. of a Ministry of Justice. At present an irresponsible solicitor, Mr. Thring, has the drawing up of bills presented to the House by Government. But his assistance, valuable as it is, is very far short of what is required. Some par liamentary official is needed who should constantly be in the House of Commons, and have the oversight of bills introduced by private members, who frequently propose measures that are either superfluous or absurd, and he should state the effect of amendments upon the original bill. It often happens now that a bill is not only materially altered in committee, but that one part of the measure contradicts another. Even the Reform .Act of 1867 contained some awkward blunders. A Minister of Justice would prevent these. He would, further, have to superintend the much-talked-of, long-postponed, codifica tion of the law. This is no new suggestion. It was urged repeatedly by the present Attorney-General during the earlier portion of his parliamentary career. It is to be hoped that lie will renew his attempt, and with greater success. The electors of Westminster have deprived the ladies of their chief champion in the House of Commons. Mr. Darby Griffith, too, has suffered the same fate as Mr. Mill. There is thus small prospect of any improvement in the accommodation for ladies in the House of Commons, unless indeed there should arise from the at present und;stinguished army of new members some gallant knight prepared to do tattle for the weaker sex. At present the " cage," gilded though it be, is so miserably inadequate that even an influential member of the present Government was unable to find a place for his wife at the opening day of the session. A book is kept by Lord Charles Russell in which to enter the names of the ladies entitled to admission. The list, which is not large enough to contain a fourth of the ladies who seek admission, is always full for a week in advance, and members have to ballot for the right to put down names. Thus the chances of admission are very small. The Prince of Wales has never given any public indica tion of his political preferences. It is generally supposed, however, that he sympathises with Conservatism. Never theless, I am told that, as. Duke of Rothesay, he always votes for ljberal representative peers in Scotland, and gives his proxy to his friend the Duke of Sutherland. The sale of the Duke of Norfolk's Church livings, on Tuesday, was the most extraordinary anction held for many a day. The Duke, who is, like all his recent ancestors save one, a Roman Catholic, naturally desired to get rid of his Church patronage, but, greatly to the astoniahment.a the auctioneers, they could get no* bids wo4y --- of the name, except in one instance. A lively discussion took place in the auction - room as to the fate of the English Church, the bidders contending that in consequence of Mr. Gladstone's policy Church property was almost worthless. The auctioneers, not being well up in politics, omitted to point out that even if the English Church should be disestablished and disen dowed private property would not be touched. I suppose that the preposterous bids made for the Duke's livings were the result of a combination in order to beat down the price. Another sale of a less questionable character is going on as I write—that of the library of the late Archbishop Longley. In his fourfold capacity of Bishop of Ripon, Bishop of Durham, Arch bishop of York, and Archbishop of Canterbury, he collected some very valuable works. The number of books is so large that the sale will last three days. The frequenters of Messrs. Parker's shop, at Oxford, will miss the face of a gentleman well known to them. Mr. John Godwin, who has for many years been a valuable aide to Messrs. Parker, has been appointed librarian by the Marquis of Bute. Mr. Godwin is the son of a book seller at Bath, long since retired from business, and he was brought up as a Dissenter. But the dissensions which arose among the community to which he belonged, arising out of the shabby treatment offered to the late Mr. Alfred Vaughan (the accomplished author of " Hours with the Mystics ") induced Mr. John Godwin to separate from the Independents, and lie has for a long time past been with the High Church Oxford firm above mentioned. He now enters upon a post where he will be able to give free scope to his antiquarian tastes. He will have no light labour in bringing into order the large and chaotic library of which he has been appointed custodian. Speaking of Oxford, I may mention that Oxonians are greatly exercised just now by the proposition which has been made to add a School in Divinity to the other schools, through which undergraduates have to pass before taking their degree. There are already the Schools of Classics, Mathematics, Law and History, and Natural Science ; but in this university, so large a number of whose members go into orders, there is no divinity school, and the omission has always been urged as a reproach to Oxford. The attempt to remedy it has provoked great opposition from the Liberal party, using that term in its Oxonian sense. They urge that the examinations will be very difficult to carry out ; they ask what is to be the test—accuracy of information or orthodoxy, and if the latter, how will the candidates be able to get over the difficulty that what may be considered " orthodoxy " by a High Church examiner may be thought heresy by an examiner who is " Low." The truth is, this difficulty already exists theoretically in the examination for Logic, and it seems scarcely " Liberal " to prevent men from being examined in a subject so important as theology, if they wish to do so. The matter has been already brought before the University Convocation, and passed that body, but, owing to some technical informality, it had to be brought forward again, when, greatly to the surprise, and not a little to the suspicion of the promoters, the persons who so violently opposed the measure at first offered no further opposition. It is expected that the " Liberals " are only lying in ambush. Still speaking of Oxford, I may add that the new buildings ate Balliol are finished, and that Keble College is being roofed in, but is not likely to be ready before 1870. I have this week heard a curious piece of official obstructiveness, which takes one back to the dark ages of trade and commerce. For some two or three years extensive new docks have been constructing on the Essex bank of the Thames, far lower down the river than any existing docks. These new works, known as the Dagenham Docks, were some months ago so far advanced that the directors made the usual application for the license of the Board of Trade to allow ships to discharge there. As it was not proposed to take in exciseable goods, it might have been expected that the application was a mere formality. It turned out to be a far more serious matter. The Board of Trade absolutely refused to grant the license, on the ground that there are already sufficient docks. Fancy a Government undertaking to decide if commerce is sufficiently provided for ! Yet this is what the Board of Trade did. In vain did the directors offer to pay the cost of a customs officer if his presence was considered necessary. The Board was inexorable ; but within the last few days, owing, I presume, to the change of Government, symptoms of relaxation have been shewn, and after a large amount of capital has been kept unproductive for several months, it is likely that the license will be granted. A person with a speculative turn of mind might make a good thing at purchasing estates within an easy distance from London. An estate in Surrey, bought for £lO,OOO some years ago by an eminent engineer, now deceased, was sold recently after his death for £20,000 ; the same morning it was sold by the pur chaser for £30,000, and it was subsequently sold and resold until the last purchaser gave six figures for it. In these sales nothing more was required than that the speculator should put down a few hundred pounds as deposit. Probably he was not worth a tenth part of the sum which be offered, but he ran the risk of losing his deposit in the hope of finding a purchaser who would not object to put £lO,OOO in the vendor's pocket. So long as the price was not excessive, the vendor would run no serious risk, since the competition for a nice estate in the neighbourhood of London is enormous. One magazine goeth and another cometh, The Eccle stotogist, wiikh wag egtablished in 1841 by the Cambridge Camden Society, has been discontinues, Lhou g h, as its conductors say, their defeat is full of honour, for have they not seen acknowledged on all bands the principles which they were the first to lay down twenty-seven years ago? The Christian Bemem brancer has likewise been discontinued. It was at one time edited by a young curate, afterwards known as Bishop Hampden—but latterly it has been the quarterly organ of the moderate High Church party, many of whose • most distinguished members wrote in it. It was, however, a dear six shillings' worth for these days of cheap litera ture. Literature is, indeed, cheaper than it was, but is it so good ? For the Ecclesiologist we have a new penny weekly organ of Conservatism, styled the Blue Budget, and for the Christian Remembrancer we have a new comic paper called the Blister. For the sober and sedate works of twenty-five years ago we have Tales of Life and Death, by Mr. Grantley Berkeley. Two other new magazines are announced—Under the Cr 0217 1, and the Britannia. The first is to be written entirely by members of the Civil Service. I have left myself only a line to speak of the Winter Exhibition of the Institute of Water Colours. It is the best exhibition for many a year ; decidedly superior to the Society's. Among the noticeable features of the first are the coast scenes of an artist hitherto known by his architectural sketches Skinner Prout ; these scenes are most admirable. Mr. Jopling has one very fine and large drawing, different from his usual style. Mr. Corbould I have never seen to less advantage, however. Warren has one of the most charming woodland scenes that even be has ever painted. Guido Bach has some noble figures. Altogether your readers will find that they have a good morning's work in Pall Mall if they come to town this season. .....a. ise S.