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EA.IIIEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All Naticns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were £879 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane ; and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life Governor, £lolox. THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION. President—His Graco the Duke of WELLINGTON. Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Col. W. F. Grant. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. Office, 32, Sackville-street, ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, and it is managed by the Marchiones s o f O r monde, the Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. All information respecting it may be obtained on writ ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent. Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. 'Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of °AMBRIDGE, E.G., Whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. ~ The object of the Charity i s to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain !suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY K/NGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WARWICK Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, W REALM RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. IyBARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABIOA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the tnost disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, Immorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the hoad and ears, rheumatism gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritability, sleeple ssness , ac idit y , pa l p it a ti on, neartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at Ihe pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It i s the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable or invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Boware of the many unsavoury , and more than slopy imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from i nva lids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Roll !less the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. ,w e quote from the G aze tt e d u Midi , J u l y 25th (Cure No. 48,4 13): —"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—Th e h ea lth of the 1101 3 , Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all Other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du B arry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a !plateful at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisinl Issuefici a l effect on his health, and his Holiness canngoty Praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven ?:ears' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous ness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.l t , Cure No. 78, of dyspepsia from the Right Hon. the Lord f ?tuart de Decies, Lord-Lielitonant of the County of Water f()ril :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent Waterford." DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County fr Cure No. 49,832. Of fifty years' indescribable agony dYspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, spacms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme la 'tvousness indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner olla fancies. ure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Lawton, Leicester, of two Jears diarrho3.l. iPle Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 4 F. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b uisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du ti,tY 5 Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in c abisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 a i ) ( l o 's at 6.5., for 288 cups a t 30 5 ., f or 576 cups at 55 5. B e i ng fre e nt i c rin penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent /3 4 ~n- carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. i t r a Vt - Y DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Q.N,a_ at .l ortnum and Mason's also at 4, Cheapside 61, ' n chui , ih-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and , 121, W North -road, London; and all Grocers and Chemists. INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY,9 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 months of December, January, February, March, April, May, and June next. LAW CLASSES. In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers, and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and the instruction given will be confined to an examination of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject. A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc tion and examination of the students. The teaching of tho 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. ..„._ &Bills of Exchange, Promi ssor y '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 will consist of Nine Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., 114 IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ; a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures, Portions, &c c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V., VI. TV ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3. Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds. Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of Partnership, &c. In these lectures and classes. the Introductions and Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially referred to. As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property are recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Barrister-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture I. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of Study. Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account; generally, Apportionment and Contribution. Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued : specially, between Principal and Agent. Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account, continued: specially, between Partners. Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra tion : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, Lt, 23 ; Haddan's Administrative Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally rfrred 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 foi the law classes— For all the branches of Foreach instruction. branch. By every subscriber Members of the Society may attend the lectures without subscribing. To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com menced. 2 2 0 E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may stibscribe for and attend the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend the classes should also attend the lectures. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.—LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIB unon for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of tho Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing] 370 children. 415 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C. ; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. NGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATION &L NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Congress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, itc. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15, Catherine-street, Strand. MORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion. which iatkie eßoq. ,11 the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice railed 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 bear testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and us. 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." DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are t ru l y excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King 'William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most cyuggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sur e to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. SCIENTIFKI AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Lib rary, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlestick; Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire' Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY an d 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, Strtilad. , RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 'WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be bad, and the truss, which can tot fail to fit, forwarded 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 318. Gd. Postage, ls. 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 mado payable to John White, Post-offico, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ALASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. Gd., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. GAME 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 DEAL in GAME in the current Year, to 30th September last inclusive, have been printed for each Excise Collection. A Copy of the List, applicable to any District, maybe obtained GRATIS on application at the Offices of the respective Collectors or Supervisors of Inland Revenue, Distributors or Sub-Distribu tors of Stamps, by whom Licences are issued. The Commissioners further give Notice that instructions have been issued to their Officers to take the necessary steps to prefer informations for penalties against all persons found in pursuit of or dealing in Game without license. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenne, Somerset House, London, October 29, 1868. THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management of Mr. Baker Brown. The private medical attendants of the patients are invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before treatment. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill, W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W. CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, Dec. 5, 1868. IHE COMMISSIONERS f or EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on WED NESDAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT f or Supplying and Delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of STEARINE CANbLES FOR SIGNAL AND FIGHTING LANTERNS, And of 24 to the lb, as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract for Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until the expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning. Samples (not less than 6lbs. of each) must be produced by the parties tendering, and none to be tendered the ma terial of which is of a solidifying point below 128 degrees Fahrenheit for Candles for Signal Lanterns, 125 degrees for Candles for Fighting Lanterns, or 120 degrees for Candles of 24 to the lb. Their Lordships reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-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 per sons , 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. UONDON FEVER HOSPITAL i s th e on l y 41 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 ; Messra. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WILES, K.G. _ _ _ _ President-L-His brace the Duke of Buccmuckt, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. Tho Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Ab c h urc h -lane ; alsoby Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Par ad, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Burners-street ; and at the Hospital from 10 till 45. 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 Major-Gen. Rt. lion. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert. M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rey. J. E. Kempe Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine linollys S. W. Lloyd Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev. v e . h E a . rr L in . g O t & n t's, E C 6q h . aplain JR,;J R BR o. e el D v vv vn. ... , Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan Cj D pae a nal n , Mortonl ro i o sn e o o l nrN7h:oEopuo Esq. es s a s e : c 1 a . Rev. E. Capel Cure Rev. J. E. Cox Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake, Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hesaey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will bo received by any of the above ; by Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon. Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port man-square, to whom communications may be addressed. R OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill Putney-heath. Established'3lst July, 1854. This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur able bodily disease. Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in valid. 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their own homes. A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS 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. 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'Se-. 4 4 )rSot , 141 1 r. 1100 fir. iO3 pe sr u ton, o or, 133 A,ND I3"-- 1( ;40 t4 °2°ll WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1868: METROPOLITAN RAILWAY and METRO POLITAN DIaTRICT RAILWAY.—The Line between BROMPTON and EVES T M IN STER-BRIDG E, in connexion with the Metropolitan Railway to Kensington, Paddington, King's cross, and the City, WILL BE OPENED for TRAFFIC in the course of a few days. The Stations are South Kensington (near the South Kensing. ton Museum), Sloane-square, Victoria (adjoining the present Victoria Station), St. James's-park, and Westminster-bridge. METROPLITAN RAILWAY.-- From and after the Opening of the Line to Westminster the following Fares will be charged between the City and Westminster-bridge, St. James's-park, Victoria, Sloane-square, South Kensington, 011oucester-road, and High-street, Kensing ton, Stations:— FARES. Single Journey Ticket. Return Ticket. Ist 2d 3d Ist 2d 3d Class. Class. Class Class. Class. Class. Bd. 6d. i 4d. i is. 9d. 6d. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. 18th December, IS6B. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ORDINARY RETURN TICKETS, issued at any Station on the Great Western Railway from WEDNESDAY, December 23, and following days, will be available until December 31, inclusive. Third-Class Return Tickets will be issued by certain Trains from LONDON (Paddington, Victoria, Battersea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and Kensington Stations), to Exeter, Plymouth, Yeovil, Weymouth, and Dorchester, and vice versa, on WED NESDAY, December 23, and following days, available for Return up to and including THURSDAY, December 31. For further particulars see hand-bills. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, Dec., 1868. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRIST3IAS HOLIDAYS. RETURN TlGicitom 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 bo 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 7.30 a.m. Day Mail Train from Euston (with its Birmingham connec tions, viz., the 9.40 a.m. Rugby to Wolverhampton, and the 9.35 am, Birmingham to Stafford), and the 6.15 a.m. Up Mail from Dublin due at Euston at 6.25 p.m. The 7.30 a.m. Down Day Mail from Euston will be due at Car lisle at 5.45 p.m., and passengers for Scotland will go forward by the Caledonian, Glasgow, and South-Western, and North British Trains, at the same times as on week days. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Enaton Station, London, December, 1868. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Pais, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAVRE. or BREST to NEW YORK. First Mass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class , 275 fr. From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for SL 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, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japar.. Hand books, with full details of all the routes Of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. INDIA OFFICE, DECE MBER 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 tho 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 D e p ar t men t o f th e ' 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 posssescd 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 6th 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 : Mechanical and natural philosophy. Chemistry. Botany. Geology. If selected, they will ba further required to go through a course of training and instruction in Forestry and cog nate sciences for two years and a half, in France or Ger many, previous to their departure for India, and the Sec retary of State will contribute £5O at the end of each half year towards the expenses of their training, in the case 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. Moro 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 NOTI C 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 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. AfILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND )...t.L 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 47e, Moorgate-street, City, London. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET OORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. per ream. a. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Supet fineThiek Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended. 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 38., 45., is., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 6d., 12s. ed., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap • 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.• ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note live quires for is. 6d., or 5 6 Double Thick Crean" Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Bine Envelopes, 4s qd, ssBl, & 6s Gd Large Bide Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap BuffOologr, Mr circulars, &c., 3s • COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An LLLU 4TR ATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Qcsles, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free. INDIA OFFICE, 15th O c t o b er , 1868 .-- By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. - Notice is hereby given that packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the Governments of the respec tive Presidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the follow ing estates remain unclaimed, viz. :- 11. Babington, W. R, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 12. Briggs, F. W., Rev., Madras Establishment. 17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native Infantry. 20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran Battalion. 21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native Infantry. 26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In fantry. 33. Doune, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 42. Dillas, R., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi ment. 48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras Native Infantry. 52. Fenning, D. A., Colonel, Ist Madras Light Cavalry. 63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot. 65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In- Infantry. 69. Hawes, J. C., Brevet-Maior, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 7- 1 . 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. Sbedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 150 n. Stotbert, R., Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry. 154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment. 165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Miners. Applications for such packages should be made by next of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary,, at this Office. In the event of any of the packages in question remain ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. PRINTING. --TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. • The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager, 'Sun" Printing Offices, 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained In the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 54, Chespsido, London, k.;.0 QAMARIT AN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN ►Li and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only freo Hospital for diseases of women. 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needee and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard. Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. /SHE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. Jit.. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospitaliis now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. PRICE.... 4 d. STAMPED SJ. JOHN BURGESS AND SON'S O r i g i na l and Superior ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, also MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES, are perfectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS AND SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. M - R. WEBB, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of‘"Th e Latest Improved System of Dentistry," second edition' just published, and sent free for two stamps. "Will well repay perusal."—Express. Attendance nine to six. Consultations free. —2', New Bond-street. N.B. - Many years with Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street. SE L F-C LOS IN G DOUBLE-GRIP AOTION. CENTRAL-FIRE BREECH-LOADING GUNS. E. M. REILLY and Co., 502, NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON. 7 - EATING'S COUGUI LOZENGES. RECENT TESTIMONIAL August 23, 1868. Dear Sir,—Having tried your Cough Lozenges in India I have much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of Incipient Consumption, Asthma, and Bronchial affections ; so good a medicine ought to be known to be appreciated. I have prescribed it largely with the best results. W. B G., Apothecary H.M. Indian Medical Service. To Mr. Thomas Beating. Sold by all Druggists. R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and - will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 6. 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 bo held at Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869. Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi dates, together with information regarding the pay and retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India Office, Westminster, S.W. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. _ The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the Fire Revenue to. £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Policies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn.---The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex penses. Assistance is urgently needed. F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman. JAMES BLYTH, Secretary. R OYAL 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. £460,553 PREMIUMS in 1867 .. . 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. during previous Q,uinquennium £688.000 i Amount added to Life Reserves n 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 ASY LUM, 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. 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. TIIOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY G. PRICE, M.A4 Hon. Secs. ALFRED DIACKENZ E, Secretary., Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and Messrs. Haywood, Brother; Manchester. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbe at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall.mall.—Hon. Sec., L Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL f or DISEASES o f . the CFIZ.ST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients aro constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the 'THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY f or DISEASE S of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The pommittee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. B RITISH HOME for 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.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. ' Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, 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 hoc ies for servants of good character, in which are admitte d about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland —street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The commi :tee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. Tho Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelle cl to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded i• a the applicant's, book. The Society's Report (of which r contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charity .ble institution which so entirely commended itself to rr mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on applif The Society is under the pi esidoncy of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly - commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. PUUER, Sec. 85, Queen-street Cheaps.i4 . O ff, r~~i 2 . ,:c.-- 4. .~/ ~; A.D. 1720. ROY AI 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. OCTAVITTS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART 111DGSON, Esq Suh-•Governor. CHARLES JOIN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. William Tetlow Hibbert, Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. uel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Robertq3arclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fred k. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. 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This Corporation affords to the AsFured 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 HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. FOREIGN NOTES. THE RUPTURE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE. Diplomatic assurances are still chiefly on the side of peace, but the news from the Levant continues gloomy. The Sultan is constantly closeted with his Ministers, who are said to be unanimous in recommending the most rigorous measures against the Greeks. The blockade of the eastern coast of Greece is to commence at once. Accounts from Athens, on the other hand, state that very little is being done for the defence of the Greek territory. It would seem as though the Government had come to the conclusion that it could not bring about a war, and that all preparations would be so much waste money. Orders have been issued to the navy, and a plan of action has been laid down, but there is no intelligence of any organisation of land forces. One letter says that the enthusiasm in favour of war is by no means general. The inhabitants of the capital are unanimous. enough, but the other commercial towns are much averse to war. Deputations from Corfu, Corinth, Patras, and Nauplia have arrived at Athens to protest against a policy which will be the ruin of the trade of Greece. From Bulgaria intelligence comes that agitation has again commenced in that irrepressible province. The Presse says that proclamations drawn up in Russian predict a " holy war " for next spring. Emissaries have been recognised, and the same agents who stirred up the disaffection which gave the Porte some trouble last summer are again at work. "If the conflict which has broken out between Greece and her neighbour should assume serious proportions, the insurrection may be expected to extend, and the hand of Russia will be seen to move all those masses which she has been acting on for a long time past." The New Free Press says that two corps, each 30,000 strong, commanded by Omar Pasha, are marching, by Epirus and Thessaly, to the Turkish frontier. Great con sternation prevails amongst the Greeks at Constantinople. All have received orders to quit the city, and some of them have embarked. The Vienna journal adds that in diplo matic regions the dispute has been found far more difficult than was anticipated. The attitude of Russia is no longer in accord with that of the other great States. She has been endeavouring to divide the Western Powers, to get England on her side in the exercise of a pressure which would compel Turkey to modify its demands. The English Cabinet has baffled this scheme, and, in consequence, the Ottoman Government has shewn itself much more inflexible than at any previous time, and has resolved to accept nothing short of full compliance with its ultimatum. At Vienna the fear of a war is stronger than at any other of the European capitals, and as the Austrians are very reasonably supposed to be implicated on the side of Turkey, this is not a reassuring symptom. The French official journals discuss the Eastern question in a couple of lines—which also is rather a bad sign. They have preached peace as long as possible. The Independance Beige bears testimony to the difficulty of ensuring any concerted action amongst the Powers. Four of them at least have decisively condemned the policy of Greece ; but it appears to be quite a different matter to induce them to agree as to the best mode of practically dealing with the question. The Belgian journal is not, however, without hope. The new French Foreign Minister, the peaceful Marquis de Lavalette—whose appointment is decidedly favourable to the quiet of Europe—has found a solution to the difficulty. He has already submitted to the leading Cabinets the terms of an arrangement round which all may rally. The correspondence between the Turkish Ambassador at Athens and the Greek Foreign Minister has been pub lished. The reply of the latter diplomatist is a wretched display of special pleading, which is not improved by a liberal seasoning of insolence. He endeavours to justify the enrolment of volunteer bands for Crete on the grounds, first, that there is nothing special in the present action of the Greeks in that resneet. the enrolment having gone on `9 for malffiEcinthi rind, iiebbdly, that the Go - tettundht at Athens has no legal control over these volunteers, and is not answerable for their deeds. On this principle any nation may carry on war by means of volunteers, and yet the injured State have no redress. The Times says there is as yet nothing to indicate a peaceful settlement of the dispute ; still, the temper of the Great Powers is such that any other event is very im probable. The correspondence between the Turkish Ambassador at Athens and the Greek Foreign Minister is* quite decisive as to the right of the quarrel. It confirms the views the Times has taken of the unscrupulous cones' duct of the Greek a overmnent—a conduct which it is now sought to justify by doctrines subversive of all national security. No antiquarian sentiment and no pity for weak ness should lead us to tolerate proceedings so mis chievous. Later news from the scene of trouble shews that diplomacy is more and more at fault. The Greeks are making great preparations for war, relying much upon insurrections in several parts of the Ottoman Empire. The blockade of Syra is continued by seven vessels. The Athens Courier makes a very strange announce.. ment. It is that the Revolutionary " Government " of Crete has appointed a Charge d'Affaires at Washington, and that he has been received, though not officially, by Mr. Seward. This representative of a mythical Cabinet has written to General Prim asking for the recognition of t'ae Provisional Government. SPAIN. The Duke of Montpensier has not improved his prospects by his inconsiderate action in reference to the Cadiz revolt. He has lost ground in public opinion, and of the thirty-four journals in Madrid, only feu; including the Correspondencia, now advocate his candidature. The cause of the Republicans, whatever may be its chances at present, is not likely to languish through the want of encouragement from without. Kossuth has followed the example of Garibaldi, Mazzini, Victor Hugo, and many others, and has written a letter to the Republican Committee, urging them not to neglect the present opportunity. The electoral campaign gives promise of drawing forth all the dormant energy of the Spanish race. Canvassing and speech-making have already begun in earnest. In the province of Toledo there are 120 candidates for four riPAtEi INIOTIVES. Sir John Duke Coleridge has been giving spiteful writers a severe lashing. The eloquent Solicitor- General can put his anger into words, such words as must be anything but pleasant to the ears of those for whoni they are meant. At Exeter the other day Sir John said there were writers in that city and elsewhere who find malice pleasant and slander pro fitable, whose hatred is so low so mean, so base, and yet so inveterate, th a t one looks at them not so much with utter scorn as with a sort of wonder at the curious but somewhat unpleasant exhibition of human nature which their conduct presents. They first reviled him for refusing office and then for accepting it, and discovered the basest and most selfish motives for both courses. lie observed that they had to make their living by these things, and he hoped they did make their living. We had hoped this system of attributing base motives was now going out of fashion, and that each party were about to fight with the recognised weapons of civilised warfare. It is quite admissible to charge a statesman with ruining his country, launching her into a war, getting her into hopeless debt, or destroy ing her constitution, but it should always be under stood that he does it with the best intentions. THE BUDGET. A new Chancellor of the Exchequer; the estimates unprepared, and each department of the services, to say the least, in an unsettled state ; Ministers hardly settled down--and yet our contemporaries have begun to speculate on Mr. Lowe's Budget. One paper has published a statement of the extravagance of the late Government, &c., ending in the story of a bad first Budget with " better luck next time." But on the authority of some one "in official quarters " several otherpapers contradict thesestories. Mr. Lowe is going, according to this account, to have a surplus in hand. Some £3,000,000 will be struck out of the estimates. Two millions are to be struck out in a lump by the reduction of every regiment by one company; and, altogether, we are going on just as Mr. Lowe anticipated at the Fishmongers' dinner. If he should succeed in removing all taxation, &c., what a happy time of it England will soon have ! THE COMPTROLLERSHIP OF THE HOUSEHOLD. The Post announces, in contradiction of several mis-statements, that Lord Otho Fitzgerald, M.P. for Kildare, has been appointed Comptroller of the Household. GENERAL PEEL. General Peel seemed to be just entering on public honours, to be just about to make himself famous, when an unexpected turn of a ff a i rs t erm i na t e d abruptly his political life. The gallant general is to be consoled, however, by a testimonial from those who were only lately his constituents. The subscrip tion, however, has by no means reached a high figure, £OOO being the amount received. The testi monial is to be presented shortly at a public dinner at Huntingdon. PHARISEES AND SADDITEES. The Morning Advertiser was always fond of ser monising, and especially fond of that part of it which is called practical application. It has lately been reading up the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and has discovered that the first are represented in the English Church by the Ritualists, the second by the Rationalists. But what puzzles our contemporary is that there should be a close alliance between the two. It was not so in old time. Paul once endeavoured to get out of a difficult position by enlisting one part of his hostile audience against the other by appealing to the men of one sect against the men of the other. But the Advertiser finds Archbishop Tait the Sadducee, and Mr. Gladstone the Pharisee, coalescing. Do they not both write in Good Words? Does not Mr. Kingsley write there too ? and is not Mr. Kingsley a Sad ducee ? and did not Archbishop Tait promote Mr. Rowsell and Mr. Rogers, and are they not all Sadducees ? and did not the Archbishop preach in St. Luke's Church, Berwick-street, of which Mr. Harry Jones, the Pharisee-Sadducee, is the incumbent ? And so on, ad ivinitunt. It is thus that this highly religious paper endeavours to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace ; it is by dividing men out into hostile factions which they repudiate, and by stigmatising them with hate ful names, that the publicans' organ endeavours to heal our unhappy divisions. Men giving up their lives to teaching and comforting the army of London paupers are denounced as Sadducees—i.e., as men who believe in no resurrection—by the organ of that trade which has done, infinitely more than any other agency, the devil's work of making pauperkancl heathens. A NEW "PREFET DE LONDRES " WANTED. Sir Richard Mayne has not yet resigned his office as Chief Commissioner of the London Police, but it is expected that he will do so very shortly, and it is not to be concealed that the majority of Londoners are very anxious that he should d.o it without delay. The reason why this change is so much wanted is, that an entire change in the police system of the metropolis may be effected when Sir Richard. retires. Londoners complain—and have long coin plained in vam—that the present arrangements are costly and very unsatisfactory, because very ineffec tive. Sir Richard Mayne is an old soldier, and, so far as military drill is concerned, he has certainly im proved his men ; but it is an improvement at the expense of their protectiveanddetective training. The London " Prefet " commands a tolerably efficient little army, but the little army is not wanted in London, and policemen who will lessen burglaries and crimes of outrage are very much wanted indeed. The loss sustained by London on account of the semi-military, character of its police is thus illustrated by the Daily Telegraph :—" Take one striking fact. For thirteed hours every day the metropolitan area of 700 square .miles, inhabited by 3,400,000 people, is left in the charge of only 1,000 police, though the force amounts to some 0,000. And w hy ? B ecause during these thirteen hours a large amount of dril ling is always going on." Sir Richard Mayne may think that men can drill all day, walk a matter of four or six miles to drill, an d th en serve a t n i g ht as active and efficient guardians of the persons and property of citizens. He will, however, get but few to agree in his opinion, while there is a very general concurrence in the view that, as regards the London police, what is ws,nted is , f a new lord and new laws." LORD GOUT ON THE IRISH CHURCH. Viscount Gort, an Irish representative peer, has written to the Daily Telegrapl . t on the Irish Church, and alludes to his first mention of the application of the tithes accruing from disendowment to the diminution of the poor rates. A letter of the noble lord's appeared in that journal last February on the übject ; and he refers to a remark of the Satur lay Review's which deprecates the notion, and he contends that in Ireland the, poor law has been forced upon the country, and anything that aids its working is to be encouraged. Lord Gort also dissents from the view taken in the article he previously referred to, which considers that the owners of property would benefit by the change pro posed, because he disclaims the idea that tithes and poor rates are always paid by the same owners of property. It is important, he adds, to bear in mind that in Ireland the landlord pays the tithe, while the tenant pays the rate. A reduction of local taxation would benefit and please both Protestants and Boman Catholics equally. The noble lord considers that the final settlement of so great a question must be effected in such a manner as to conciliate all parties, and that the traditions of the Catholic Church will ' . ,.vour the grant of the tithes for the relief of the poor, while the Protestant owners will admit that this allocation of the revenues of their Church is not without advantage in many respects. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. , -._...