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F INAHAN'S LLIBITIWONHISS". DUBLIk This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or who!esale at 8, GREAT WINDMILTREET, LONDON, W. ha O n l,l s sezv t e lv th his e Re ky d ., Seal, Pink La bel l and Cork Branded "Kina- AL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), -. 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 38, QIIREN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON AD VANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Seeretary.l3 MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of MADAIIE RACHEL is now a dded.—kdmission, ls. Open from eleven a.m. till live p.m., and from seven till ten p.m. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN% Proprietor. Mr. J. S. Sweasey. The only Establishment in London where good Music and CAeratie elections can be heard. Unprecedented Success of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, with full hand 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 'unary Leap for Life. allowed by the Press never equalled before Mr. P. Core, Musical Director. No alteration in the prices of admission. 1-1„01 Par laya Special Notice.—An entire change for the Christmas 1,. PANI:ERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND.—Unrivalled Entertainments. George Leybourne, Miss Anne Anderson. Mr. Charles Wood- Gan. Double Voics Vocalist; Sydney Franks, Mrs. J. F. Brian, Mr. W. Hamilton, Signor Rostllian, the Nondescript. ANT E RBURY HALL-THIS EVENING- Two Grand Ballets. Immense success of MASA.NTELLO. Principal dancers—Misses Louise and Marie Smithers. Grand Pantomimic Ballet, "The Lubbers Afloat." F. Evans and his Troftpe of Pantomimists, prettiest Corps de Ballet and best Dancers in London. VANTERBURY HALL-THIS EVENING- Everybody is enraptured with the Entertainments and the gorgeous decorations.—Admission, 6d. ; stalls and crystal lounge 15.: reserved stalls, ls. ed. Open at half-past 7. Manager—J. Ellis. Musical Director—Jesse Williams. Ballet Mistress— Madame Collier. CIANTERBURY 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, 4:44- .,—Gentlerastu ' s single tickets, 7s. 641.; Ladies' ditto, ss. To be had at all libraries. ARGYLL ROOMS.—OPEN EVERY EVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing.—The Rooms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. ilubardt and Co. The celebrated Rand will perform during the week an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is ; Balcony, 28. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY. Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CITRTI COUNTER own 's FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. r E only article really suitable for that purpose, , ss. 6d. rer dozen, hemmed, ready for uso. Address " 5 , Fleet -street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LIOENCED 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 apkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towelli N ngs of e very description. Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm. and Elastic, from ss. Gd. each, for -iadoies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICII I'M CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet itrees, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED VIcruALLERs' Esthed , at 105 Fleet -st ree t City ; Southern Br S, anch— ablis No. 5 1842 , The Pave , Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, W ith Price List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. WILLIAM lIOLDICH and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS RPERS, No. ",), Fleet-stree, corner of Farringdon-str Dot; , and at No. The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). WYPELS, Taverns, Public Houses, &c., for % Ad DISPOSAL, in all parts of London and vicinity.— "lees made by Brewers to suitable parties, and to nearly f oil Whole amount of purchase in some special cases. Wanted, Particulars of good bona fide businesses of every kind, and ~11 Prices. A pavate register kept for special negotiation, t ,l (- ers for which may be either given by letter or through my if u e travellers. No charge for entry.—P. B. HALL, Printing Mi se - squa,re, E 0., Wholesale Agent for Messrs. Jameson and SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, Off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All " I ",„ t ions, who are received without any recommendation. 1 he r ece i p t s f rom a ll sources d ur i ng th e p as t year were 8 ' 9 less than thn expenditure. ~ _ B IJ BSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Deacon, and Co., hankers, Birchin-lane : and by t he Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £ lolos. 10s. e.nor, TIME METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. T reasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. D ONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly seollcited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased .4)4nditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received 4, Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. °Mce, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. f The relatives of Clergymen, Naval. Military, and Pro "sional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small Week] biped Payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, corn- Tied with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro tt"'Bed by her Majesty. The Bishop of London ii Visitor, L i n it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the eiy Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady ar° line Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. teAll information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten °r personal application to the Lady Superintendent. "bscriptions received at the Institution, and by the reasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, tr ila Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. wh:",the patronage of H.R.U. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, MG, (11,.", r e 0 Y a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan th, ‘ ",_ B of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of kingdom. 1 . 1d.: 41 e object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng e, ducation, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, L andry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other is,„Te Protablr vided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain situations for them. s l g,Committee earnsstly appeal for support. The Charity is — LeIY Sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WAswicii Secretary. 121, Pall-mall !W ALT tirt RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. BARRY'S delicious health -rector ing Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIOA ker s fifty times its oost in other remedies, and restores p erf re ec t digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, „stashing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the eist disord ' ered or enfeebled—removing speedily and 'etually indigestion (dyspepsia\ cough, asthma, con ,,r• option, habitual constipation, diarrheas, all gastric de ;4"ngnments, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, bZ v olisnese, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, 4rrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, ra rnaatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu tigia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, ear tbnrn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp-, spasms, ellsert and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking tltp bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at ti l e Pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is 8 roost digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable orii• ivalids and infants in all complaints. InPoRTANT CAUTION.—Bewaro of the many unsavoury pi ,. 4 more than stripy imitations to which, without autho 't Baron 15 t Liebig's name is most audaciously attac h ed. 11 e nceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of h arry' s health-restoring Revalenta Arabica invalids' ett'i Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it h e s ' already received from invalids whose position had . h c/ deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his 11011- b e gs the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 18 quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 11 13 ):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the o t Z'Y Father i s excellent, e s peci a lly si n ce, abandoning all er remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du * h r c, l. Y i a Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a 1, 5 %Ail at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly p r a Pnoial effect on his health, and his' Holiness cannot Il so this excellent food too highly." Secure No. 5/3,216 of the Marchioness de Breban of seven a5-are liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ,rritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad n e i,.. B tlon, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable c l on us agita n tion. , R t. ure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord to :Art de Decies, Lord-Lieu'tonant of the County of Water ool'—"l have denved much benefit from your excellent Vir„,--STuART DE DECIES, Droraana, Cappoquin, County - , ers or d 7 7 Cur -* 4' 0 , 1 No. 49,832.--Of fifty years' indescribable agony P,yt i , ° 3'snepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of i"" 1,- -'37. spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, c ' Yon. Norfolk. n r : f r e 7 -Co. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme 0, • noes, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor . Se ' a " -Igo ; 56 814 • •Mr Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two - -ar e Ib /. .rreoea. 4 ; Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; I S. 6d, ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b a,.._ • at "R, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du ti 4 ,..,;; 1 Y Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in cup; ti ll t lsters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for . 48 a bout c for 288 cups at 305., for 57G cups at ..555. Being n a Penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins aro sent ItAp,ii,'lrringe in England on receipt of Post Office Order. als c , U BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Gra, eA '", -c‘ortninn and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapsido, 61, Nevi s-(l ule l i-etreet ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121, North -road, London ; 6,11(.1 all Grocers, and Ohemists. ....... 2,---• ming that xstanding i expected than Eng- Britain," n devices, spring of is senseless 3 as show rversity of A Irisb 10 to be an' 'attire 130 destruc -3 Canada tier of the itself into ' England , ;city, seed- nadians to uld be wise with Great the unity idea of all nothing to ? Are Ca the alio: le there of with their -with their air changed ind of the ed a perni - Arlierial reason to ig antngo - Are believe flat it will , ok, which IEmoRTO bject is to ey are one A of AI:O -nion, that h, as M r ; world. If !st tblisbed, Continent a numb er t h e gro nod t $130,000; y is in the the kitche n o'clock fue l ' e windo l/° • en thigh hi and ins til ' of the hotel trniture , Is, clothing, er hangiogg' ir, clothi n g' }or of mina rants. lbe as saved per fat I,gli $5,000 to t cal „hoof "' , -00. man, s 2, ° ent loses; nton on the t h -etary 0' oto I e g" renu ho d York a usetts Lo r and Tho, Boston , thode t of Oreg°l3c; Marvin as Li J. Spo ll-- lawn; SJ'A ,4 ral Joh° A. D. 3 iu l T bl' 3. inden:. B Coroel " n and G°°; Lt ' the Mt; the St. P i r3 . l , a s ter Bu r " 1 the Ring 0- f ,tel. Van 131 ' 0 1 shiugtoo ; I B. C. 0131 f 0 of C° P a of 3r, the O a -jeorge'o of ef t iird 841 : 0 13vg of the isekk, I,ule '° '•lo ol' re , t o wit h Es,ll rover"' e p, i cilb tl 4o, •oad, ';gea' o f ; hire, - , - pte es m id, ad, 144 1/ 51 1 0,19 14 , 0 p oi o inc3, ooo tl the I.R.Nr RECEIVE N°. 23,873. Foolscap Bvo., cloth, 3s. 6d., free by post for Bs. Bd., DELUSIONS, IMPOSTURES, and DECEP TION, with Remarkable Instances of CREDULITY. By R. A. DAVENPORT, Esq. London: William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapsi.le. Crown Bvo., cloth, 3s. 6d., free by post 35.10 d., ORIGINS AND INVENTIONS; or, Succinct Notices of the most remarkable Origins, Inventions, Locaiities, Titles, Dignities, Etymologies, Epithets, Colloquial Phrases, Customs, Sports, dc. By WILLIAM PULLEYN. A new Ed.tion, revised. London: William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside Just published, price ls. lld., by post ls. 3d., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus . tration of the nefarious piace,edings of the Advertising Quacks, EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND #1) QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. BaIlion), 219, Reient-street The numerous reviews of this' staitling - work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, en ;I o ther journals, recommending its universal perusal, arc reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION AL NE QVSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 21 rAGHS. Reports of Con 2rees, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad. tee. Me,iibers of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United Stated, wi;l tin this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street, Strand. AB C PATENT DESPATCH BOX.—JEN NER and .BNEWSTUB'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 tail 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 lovars 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. • W AM BERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the bead, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re ;ieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which pi ovokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a fow minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Larnbert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. (ARNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, Six., 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 now editi on of L y t e h l l e ' s Elements of Geology o;f th.ly will grea tl y faciIi tateMINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2 , 5 , 10, 20, 50, to 500 interesting study 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. 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 Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwArdei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. P ostage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss. 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT 11LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Scc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like a n ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. GAME LICENCES. rHE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE hereby give Notice that LISTS, containing the Names of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL and D RAL in GAME in the current Year, to 30th September last inclusive, have been printed for each Excise Collection. A Copy of the List, applicable to any District, may be obtained GRATIS on application at the Offices of the respective Collectors or Supervisors of Inland Revenue, Distributors or Sub-Distribu tors of Stamps, by whom Licences are issued. The Commissioners further give Notice that instructions have been issued to their Officers to take the necessary steps to prefer informations for penalties against all persons found in pursuit of or dealing in Game without license. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, October 29, 1868. CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, Dec. 5, 1868. rif HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING I 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 61bs. 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 I'2B degrees Fahrenheit for Candles for Signal Lanterns, 125 degrees cot 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 he 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. LRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FIC MAL 'tr. PR EVEN TIVE and R EFORMATORY IN STITITTION. President— lisv. CANON DAM CONTutuuriOws for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KO. ; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only kJ 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 lospital, 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. Vice-Patron— Pre ll sid ls en ß t o — yal Hi Er s iGghranceessththeeDPtniknoceofofßWrcAlcLEEs, ucICG H,li.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, th e average number of attendance of the dcstkute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistanco of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more buds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; ITerries and. Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pup.o, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bornere-street ; and at the Roepital from 10 till 5. •4, 3 • • 71 1 _ • rrYI 4,/ _D -- . . • .1t • ltif t„ - 0141.—onsp • f . N.4.,..(3.• • 4:4 • 14) -ory , ' t _ _ • • „ _ ( 48- . • . 91 7 ..,.et• • r c ' 4. 4<; ) . , 46 „4,-1. • .1,: t4 a4 16 .0: . 1 - ' 1 60 7 nyZOIT #• " ER ------- ;140 4 • ' a A.W . 'St . / --17 /2t<~~c ~~~~~ being called upon to rause her assent to . brought before her, we hereby pledge ourselves to afford to her Majesty everyT aid and supp or t i n our power." 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WHEN A PERSON taxes cold the lungs become charged with phlegm. which, oppressing the constitution, a natural effort is made for its relief—this effort is a cough. The only safe and prudent remedies to he adopted are those which assist nature in her work, by loosening phlegm, end exciting a freedom of expectoration, until the evil is removed. • SPENCER'S PULMONIC ELIXIR is admirably alapted to promote expectoration, ease the breath ing, loosen the phlegm, abate fever, allay the tickling which oc casions the cough, without tightening the chest; while in more chronic disorders, as periodical coughs, or inveterate asthma, it is equally valuable in its effects, though of course longer perse verance in th' use of the medicine is required.—Prepared with great care by T. ROBERT..., and CO., 8, Crane-court, Fleet-street, London and can be obtained of all respectable medicine ven dors in the kingdom, in bottles at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. ~~-~ any Measure THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1868. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. 25th November, 1868. The Court .of Directors of the Corporation of the ROyal Ex change Assurance do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be shut from Tuesday, the 15th of December next, to Thursday, the 7th of January following; that the Annual General Court appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, tite 23d of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the said Court. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. 'EUROPE AN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. .A Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.IL, F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. 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. 31G, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. 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 .£i,ooo assurance, dated 1545, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. • No. 39, King-street, Cheapside, London, December, 1863. or m R of . .S p I u C R E E L E. L i S NT u T G R E yo and D E i N i zsj i , t t E te e s A f o u t t Us, "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION, or Anaesthesia Locally Applied," "DENTAL SURGERY—a Practical Treatise," &c., &c., may be Consulted Daily as hitherto from 10 to 4 o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUIRE (a few doors from Bond-street). DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safe t and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at 15.10., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. KEATIN G'S st. 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An ILLU NTR 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.. lOFFICE, 15th October, 1868. By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased. Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:- 11. Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 12. Briggs, F. W.,,Ratz., Maaits 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. •7% Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In fantry. 83. Keighly, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In fantry. 85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 134 A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and Miners. 142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 1508. Stothert, B. 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, a t thi s Office. eventlnthe for the tu ofanyat rbte packages in question remain ing unclaimed her 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. PRINTING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, Ste. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices, 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. (ENE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPH A N ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of .£25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O Q AMAMI' N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN ki 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 be received by Messrs. Hatehard, ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. MBE HOSPITAL f or WOMEN, S o h o - square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is row open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. IT. GEORGE'S HALL, LANGHAM-PLACE, will 1.) be Opened on WEbN&SDA.Y, December 23, when a new Drama, entitled SAVED, and a Burlesque, called SAR DANA PALUS, will be produced, with a powerful Company. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, prot,ets the enamel from dpc ty, and - imparts a pleasant frezraneo to 01 , 3 breath. Price Is. Gd.—Rod Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street. London. WAITKENPIIIST'S BOOTS, 10, PALL-MALL, EAST, LON D ,- )N, S.W. Chaos() y3urllt, and have your nuni)er r4,-istere.l for future supplies; and obtain all the advantages of special lasts, at far lower cost. TOIIN BURGESS AN!) SON'S Original rind • Superior ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, also M?NFIELD'S PA.TENT PICKLES, are perfectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BUIVJESS AND SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy -steps), London. NCORPORATEI) LAW SOME rY,I U.K.— LECTURES and. LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Comnion and Mercantile Law, Ccnveyancing, 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 Contract.. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinct.io❑ 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 tho 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 tho 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 FROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., M., IV. Settlements. —l. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, dm : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. 1% ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will —2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Riots on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Josbua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Bairis - ter r at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and sturgested 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 reccnt statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1. , 23 ; lladdau's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred to during the course. The subscription payable for the Lectures— For all the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable fot 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 th e h a lt a ft er 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. INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. India Office, Ist December, 1868. NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination of Candidates for 20 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869. Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi dates, together with information regarding the pay and retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India Office, Westminster, S.W. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. INDIA OFFICE, DECEMBER 10, 1868. By order of the SECRETARY of STATE for NDIA 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 eniployrnent 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 throe Presidencies range be tween that sum and £1,900 a year. Promotions will de pond 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 examithit ion. 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 p•irentage, with a certificate of birth, and of being posssesed of a competent knowledge of the following subjects, and they must be prepared o undergo an examination in them : 1, l'lnglish 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. 6. A good colloquial knowledge of either French or German, with the facility to read and translate the works of some classical writer in the language. A preference will be given to those candidates who obtain a certain proficiency in,- 1. Surveying and land measuring. 2. The elements of any of the following natural sciences : Mechantcal 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 axpenses 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 mon 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. pOL I C E NOTICE,. 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 only be displayed when it is necessary that Vehicles and Horses shall be actually stopped on each side of the Crossing, to allow the passage of Persons on Foot; notice being thus given to all Per sons in charge of Vehicles and Horses to stop clear of the Crossing. RICHARD MAYNE, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police Office, December 10, 1868. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS, Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. The "ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents than now. FIRE BRANCH. PREMIUMS in 1867 £460,553 being a larger revenue than in any preceding year. LOSSES by Fire in 1867. £292,125 NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex penses £56,373 LIFE BRANCH. Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7 £BOl,OOO Do. duriug 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. aRITISH 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 80 more. Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are 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. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.AI Hon. Secs, MACKENZ E, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Heywood, Brothers, hianchester._, THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, R ev . C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian -road, I s li n gton, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it Was establishe at King's-cro ss in 1856. Patients are admitted free- Bankers—Messrs. Barnet Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Rans om and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon,Sec., Smith. Esa. GEo. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSP ITAL for DISEASE S of the CEUST, City-roa.d.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—llls Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S 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. EDWD. WgAVER, Sec. Officet§, 73, Cheapside, E.C. road. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES ye as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Bent-road. stead. 48, _ Church-street, Stoke 18, Camden-street,eamden- Newington. town. Maize -hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. wish. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland-street is for y oung f a ll en girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 624 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl cf Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. CODPEB, Sec. 85, Queen-street Cheapside. THE LONDON SURGICAL 110 ME 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 aro invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation beforo treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harkey-street, 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, Groat Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealingl 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, Lothbnry, ; and by WILLIAM WTLLI A. MS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-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 Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Hon. and Rev. F. Bing Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev, W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. E. Capel Cure Rev. J. E. Cox Octavius Coope, Esq. Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. C. W. Purse C. J. Freake. Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey H G Heald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be recoil Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom comma Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P. • Rev. J. E. Kemp° Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maelagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhouse J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canoe Nepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. F. Pigou IL T. Pigott, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. nugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq. ved by any of the above ; by and Co ; and by the Hon. , 14, Seymour-street, Port rications may be addressed. ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, Putney-heath. Established 31st July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed at a cost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred. There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election. For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion. Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. No. 10, Poultry, London, E.C., September, 1868. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AA. GU AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter nt what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. DISEASED MEAT. Mr. John Simpkins, a gentleman farmer owning nearly three thousand acres of land at Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, has been summoned at the Guildhall for sending the carcases of ten sheep to the London market, for sale as human food, the same being diseased, unsound, unwholesome, and unfit for the food of man. The defendant, by advice of his counsel, pleaded guilty. The evidence shewed that at the request of Mr. Simpkins the meat had been dressed by a local butcher and sent up to town, with a note directing the salesman to do the best he could with it. He was informed that the carcases would do for cats' or dogs' meat, The salesman had nothing to do with the cats' meat business, and so he called in the inspector, who seized the meat. It was also shown that the carcases had been carefully dressed and prepared for the market. The defendant pleaded that he did it in ignorance. Mr. Alderman Causton said there was no excuse for him, and fined him £2OO, or three months in default. The magistrate added, that if it were not for the great age of the defendant he would have sent him to prison without the option of a fine. There will be some people, wanting in the bump of reverence, who will ask whether Mr. Simpliins's great posses sions had not as much to do with this as his great age. The £2OO would probably be a trifle to him, and it may be that he has profited by this wretched trade to a considerably greater amount. Two or three little butchers and farmers have been sent to prison for like offences. The spectacle of the owner of 3,000 acres serving a short time might Lave had an extremely salutary effect upon his brother knaves. THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY AND ITS STAMP. The Goldsmiths'Company is one of the very few of the City of London Corporations which has anything to do with its money beyond filing its members. While the other companies have in one way or another lost their " functions," the Goldsmiths still have to stamp the gold brought by citizens and others to " the Hall." But " the trade " is by no means satisfied with the way in which the work is clone. There have for some time been complaints of an antiquated system of marking, which have now found vent in the Times. It is alleged that the mark is no security, that it is so clumsy as to be easily imitated, and that the machinery is so rude that the goods are often damaged in the process of stamping. The company itself admits that frauds are often practised. Hollow rings after stamping are tilled up With baser metal, chains are manipulated, and poor metal is often sold as good. "A London Goldsmith," who appears to be very indignant, suggests that the whole thing be taken from the City Company, and put into the hands of a Govern ment office with good organisation and machinery. He further proposes that inferior metal should not be stamped. It would certainly be a good thing if we could have some system by which a buyer of jewellery should see for himself beyond doubt the value of an article, and not be compelled to trust to the dealer's honesty. THE PREVENTION OF CRIME. The Daily News, in a well-written r rt'ele, considers how crime may best be I reventcd. Our contemporary is a ',great stickler for the liberty of the subject, and is therefore rather astonished at the proposal which hns been put forth, that the known thief should be taken up on suspicion. It is afraid that this will be putting too much power into the hands of the police —who alone are supposed to know thieves—and that they will occasionally use it against the innocent. It would certainly be liable to gross abuse ; but still, the innocent might prove that he had wherewith to keep himself, and that therefore he did not need to live on crime. And where7er this is shewn the suspicions become valueless. The Daily .News _is also opposed to the extension of the ticket-of-leave system—by which every sentence would include a period in which the criminal would be required to report . himself. It is afraid that we should mark the man for life and prevent him from getting a livelihood. But our contemporary would destroy the thieves' haunts, and punish the pawnbroker who buys his goods ; would make it difficult almost to impossibility for a man "to pursue a career of crime." But how could this be dune ? We have already our law agninst the receiver of stolen property, and what avails it THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES. The Incumbent of the Holy Trinity, Bessborough Gardens, Westminster, gives some statistics of over crowding in that city. It seems that the reverend gentleman makes it his business to look after the poor and their habits, and he finds that many of them require to have the cravings of the body satis fied before his visits can be turned to any higher purpose. In Ponsonby-place, which Mr. Reyner Cosens slys is one of the most respectable streets, he finds twenty-eight families in five houses, making a total of 128 persons. lie could shew more than this in smaller houses and lower streets. Mr. Cosens describes his work, and sates that he keeps open at his own cost, with the assistance of a grant from the Westminster Spiritual Aid Fund of £2O, a school for the attendance of some 140 ragged children. The schools break one's back, he adds, but aro necessary. The rev. gentleman makes a strong appeal for help for the sick, the aged, and the poor out of work. The lower phases of London life are so repulsive that the sensitive man is sorely tempted to turn his face away altogether, and to try a n d f orge t th a t th e fair faces of Belgravian streets hide no such foul dens as we have described. Mr. Cosens knows the mockery of a sleek priest and his well-dressed wife preaching the kingdom of heaven to shivering Lazarus without some substantial help. OItANGEISIII. The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland have met at Dublin to consider the present crisis. At the appointment of a Roman Catholic Chancellor the members, as might have been expected, were mach moved, and in some resolutions they find that the present Government will rule Ireland through the intervention of the Church of Rome, and will make any concession Cardinal Cullen may demand. In fact, the late appointment virtually unites in one the judi cial and th e spiritual functions of thePa,pacy. The Lodge resolves: " That in the event of our beloved monarch being placed iu the tryinz and difficult position of CHAMBERS OF AGRICULTURE. The dull, heavy, ignorant, good-hearted farmer in likely ere long to become a being of the past. He will not long derive his inspiration merely from the "Farmers' Inn." Other debating chambers, better and more conducive to intellectual development, are being established rapidly throughout the country. Chambers of agriculture are replacing the great tap roOm. It is stated that in the past twelve months these landlords' and farmers' institutions have been nearly trebled, and -at the present - moment they muster nearly 0,000 members. And every organisation must have its news paper. With the beoinnini , of 1868 a monthly journal, the Chamber of Aurzeu!ture, was issued, with the object of c h ron i c li ng the proceedings of the various chambers; but interesting matter has so much accumulated, that a fuller and more frequent record of proceedings . i s d eman d e d . A ccordingly, with 1869 that 3ournal . becomes a weekly newspaper, (Ind is issued as the accredited organ of the Chambers of Agriculture. This looks well. THE EMPLOYMENT OF 'WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN AGRICULTURE. The Warwickshire Chamber of Agriculture has been consulted on the question of the employment of women and children in agriculture. It came to the following conclusions:—That no girls be em ployed under eleven years of age, except for a short time in the spring and winter. That employeis would not be put to any inconvenience if they employed no boys under ten years of age. That as a general rule none except wives of labourers were employed in field-work, but it was necessary to employ women in the spring in picking stones and weeding of corn, and in hay and corn harvest, and in cleaning roots. Their hours of labour are from eight till five, and their health very good. Boys were often sent out too young in charge of horses, but the employers of labour suffered more from it than the boys themselves. With regard to education, the Chamber presses the necessity of requiring a certificate of profi ciency in addition to that of school attendance. Night schools are, in thinly populated parishes, diffi cult to maintain. Women employed in field labour are usually the best disciplined and more tidy in their own homes. TILE ARCHDEACONEY OF WESTMINSTER. We gather from the John Bull that the Arch: deaconry of Westminster, which will be vacated by the promotion of Dr. Wordsworth to the bishopric _ of Lincoln, will probably be conferred upon the Rev. , John Jennings, canon of Westminster. The rev.' gentleman is now rector of St. John the Evangelist, - Westminster, a church whose architectural peculiar"- ties have earned for it the name of "the elephant on its back." The living is worth 2355 with house. Besides this, his canonry in the Abbey. is worth 21,200, with a residence, ' He is rural dean and domestic chaplain to the Marquis of Downshire. Beyond this we are not aware that the reverend gentleman is remarkable for any high qualifications for the performance of archidiaconal functions. There is now no emolu ment attached to the office of Archdeacon of West minster. OBITIIMIY. One of Lord Derby's field-marshals is dead—Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G.C.B. He was 89 years of age, and was senior officer of the Royal Artillery. Born in 1779, he entered the Artillery in 1795. He specially distinguished himself in the Peninsula. He was present at the action of , the Coa, battle of Busaco, "Redinha (wounded in the shoulder), Foz d'Arouce (wounded m the leg) f battle of Fuentes d'Onor, sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz (dangerously wounded in the head), action at Castrajon, capture of forts at and battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and the Retiro, battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, and several other engagements. He also served in the celebrated campaign •of 1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. In recognition of his services he was made Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal, and received the Order of St. Anne of Russia. He possessed the gold cross and two clasps for the Peninsular campaign, and in 1855 was created G.C.B. Of late he has served at headquarters—representing the Royal Artillery at" the Horse Guards." Very recently he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hos pital, a post which' his death renders once more vacant. A MIDLAND BATTUE. —Tho Apethorpe preserves were shot through a day or two ago by the Earl of West moreland, the Duke of Manchester, the Earl of Carysfort, Lord A. Lennox, the Hon. Captain Curzon, Colonel W. Craven, Captain Johnson, Captain J. Little, and the Rev. E. Du Prt. The quantity of game bagged wag 2,330 head ; of these, 1,030 were pheasants, and 800 hares.— Times. To PRESERVE MILK.—A. M. Kirchoffer, of Paris, has discovered a method of preserving milk. He takes pure milk, pours it into a bottle which be closes hermetically, and then treats the exterior of the bottle by an operation which is secret. It is said that the milk thus dealt with keeps like liqueur ; cold, heat, or movement exercise no influence upon it, and when drank it has the same taste as if it were quite fresh. If this be correct, the process is really valu able. Sailors and travellers may thus have the luxury of milk at sea without the horrid nuisance and stench of miserable cows upon the deck ; and, as a Parisian wrote the other day, " connoisseurs may indulge the fancy of drinking milk which has made the voyage to and from the Indies." THE VISIT OT mt. GLADSTONE TO LORD SALISBURY. There are various rumours afloat consequent on the visit of Mr. Gladstone to the Marquis of Salis bury. The most noteworthy amongst them is the " whisper " which the Advertiser has heard. It hints that Mr. Gladstone went to consult the noble marquis about the recall of Lord Mayo. The London cor respondent of the Birmingham Post goes further, and says that the Marquis was offered the vice royalty in Lord Mayo's place. THE NEW LORD-LIEUTENANT. It is perhaps worthy of note that among all the sins which they attribute to Mr. Gladstone the Con servative journals do not set down his appointment to the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland. The Dublin _Erening Mail declares that " the appointment of Earl Spencer to the Viceroyalty is, perhaps, the best that it was in the power of Mr. Gladstone to make. The new Lord- Lieutenant is young,, rich, little known as a party man, and as little publicly pledged to particular political views ; but eminently distinguished as manly Englishman—an enthusiastic volunteer—a genuine associate in all popular undertakings. Re brings with him a countess who is known to sympa thise heartily in all his genial and social feelings." This is very satisfactory. Thus ushered in it will be his lordship's own fault if he do not win popu larity. LEGAL CHANGES. There are no appointments which exercise theimagi nation of journalists so much as those belonging to the law. The appetite comes with eating. It is not enough that Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli have given us on an average one appointment a week ; it is not enough that with the change of Ministry there has been a change among the political lawyers, from the Lord Chancellor down to the Judge-Advocate; but there must be already a fresh arrangement of posts talked of on the very day that their distribution is announced. Justice Mellor, says one legal journal, is very ill, and will have to retire; ho is much better, and will soon sit upon the bench again, says another. The lay journals prefer to accept the first statement, and have already settled the matter after their own minds. Sir B. Collier is to take J ustice Mellor's place on the bench—an un likely event, by the way. Sir John Duke Coleridge is to be Attorney-General ; Mr. Jesse!, perhaps, Solicitor-General. How about " Historicus' It is again rumoured that Lord Westbury will accept the Lord Justiceship vacant by the prefer ment of Lord Hatherley. We must again express our incredulity. We find it hard to believe that Lord Westbury's enormous self-esteem would submit to take any post in which his judge ments would be liable to be overruled by a lawyer who was a few years ago his junior. We believe also that Mr. Gladstone would make a very serious mistake if he offered any post to the hero of so many scandals. Lord Palmerston did himself enormous harm by taking Lord Clanricarde into the Cabinet ; and the placing of Lord Westbury in a judicial office would go far to do away w i th the excellent impression produced by the selection of so high-minded a man as Lord Hatherley for the Chancellorship. ELECTION PETITIONS. The number of English borough members petit tioned against turns out to be much larger than was expected. There are no fewer than fifty-four. The county petitions have still to be presented. These, of course, are never so numerous as those for boroughs ; but the total number of petitions is not to fall short of seventy, which is at least up to the average, and we believe is beyond it. There are now three members of the Government petitioned against—Mr. Goschen, Presi dent of the Poor-law Board ; Mr. Forster, Vice- President of the Council ; and Mr. Moncreiff, Lord Advocate. The election of the last Minister is objected to on the ground that a committee was formed on his behalf for the payment of electors' registration fees. It is also urged that even if he be duly elected he ought to be re-elected, because, though he was nominated Lord- Advocate before his election was completed, he could not accept the office until afterwards, inasmuch as it was not vacant until Mr. Gordon had resigned it. The point is a very nice one, and it is fortunate that it will be tried by a judge instead of by an election committee. ~\