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-............._____ I•F . p ~~ .. ~ i ~~ ,O 4 ie V ,e ~' ~ ~~~~ ~` w .1......--- ing that tanding xpected an Eng- cf 5 - , F( G Y :5) . - z-Z-) ) RECEIVEf: 5 ~~ .:-, liINAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN , 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH W HISKYI Prize Medal. gained the Dublin It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd, at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label , and Cork Branded "Kina han's LL Whisky.' AN 'f-7 - 70 • , - ..,.. J0 h... 0 ,-k- 1Z04.90 _ ,rA, . , •._., . d 4 liztregh .t,. 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I~►IIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION K- (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And aB, QIIRKN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. "onus free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.EP :ure has destruc- Canada N°. 23,874. THE SUN, LONDON, WEIMESDAYEVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1868. STAMPED SJ. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "AGNES TRE3IORNE." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE CROWN OF A By the Author of " Agnes Tremorne," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half a century's experience, effectually guard against Fire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 471, Mporgate-street, City, London. ATETROPOLITAN & GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS.—A New Station at LATIMER-ROAD, situated between Shepherd's Bush and Notting Hill Stations, is OPENED for Traffic THIS DAY, the L th December. T of the e:lf into LIFE, !:nglaud, ty, sec u- Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKESTREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of R- MADAME RACHEL is now a dded.—A.dmission, is. Open from eleven a.m. till five 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 Operatic Selections can be heard. Unprecedented Success of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, with full band and chorus, selected from the Theatre-Royal Co vent Garden. All the principal Comic and Serio-Comic Artistes now in London. The clever Brothers Voltare in their extraor 'unary Leap for Life, allowed by the Press never equalled before Mr. P. Gore, Musical Director. N.B.- No alteration in the prices of admission. NW' Special Notice.—An entire change for the Christmas troliclays. riANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.- 1 Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND.—Unrivalled Entertainments. George Leybonrne, Miss Anne Anderson, Mr. Charles Wood %nail, Double Voice Vocalist• Sydney Franks, Mrs. J. F. Brian, ' 4 % W. Hamilton, Signor Rosillian, the Nondescript. CANTERBURY HALL-THIS EVENING --/Two Grand Ballets. Immense success of MASANISLLO. Principalpantomimic dancers—Misses Louise and Marie Smithers. Grand Troupe Ballet, "The Lubbers Afloat." F. Evans and his ..sneers of Pantomimists, prettiest Corps de Ballet and best ..ancers in London. (lANTERBURY HALL-THIS EVENING- Everybody is enraptured with the Entertainments and the gorgeous decorations.—Admission, 6d.; stalls and crystal lounge ; reserved stalls, is. Rd. Open at half-past 7. Manager—J. .... 1118 . Musical Director—Jesse Williams. Ballet Mistress— 'o4lame Collier. CANTERBURY 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, uci.; Gentlemen's single tickets, 7s. 6d.; Ladies' ditto, ss. To be had at all libraries. ARGYLL R 0 OM S.-OPEN EVERY EVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing. —The Booms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. Rubardt and Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week all attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, 1.5.; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY. Musical Director and Conductor—Signor LUIGI CURTI? COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. PRE only article really suitable for that purpose, ,„ ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address "St Fleet -street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. ....._ GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, ?s. 9d. PER DOZEN.Ly 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 Victnallers. Damask Napkins [or Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of "'Or? description. Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ha. 6d. each, for -radi os ' and Gentlemen ' s use. WILLIAM HOLDICH it reet., Ind Co., LICENSED VI ALCTULERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet- City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. W r ILLTAM. HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED Fleet VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, ~.. - street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave- Z?nt, Cl a ph am - common . P a tt erns gra ti s an d pos t f ree, With Price List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. ILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 5 _ , na , Fleet -street, corner of Farringdon-street ; an 4 at No. a° Pavement.. Clapham-common (Southern Branch). ITOTELS, Taverns, Public Houses, &c., for A d DISPOSAL, in all parts of London and vicinity.— th e ' ra ces made by Brewers to suitable parties, and to nearly h a Whole amount of purchase in some special cases. 7anted, at P a rticulars of good bona fide businesses of every kind, and °M Prices. A pirate register kept for special negotiation, tii t Tra for which may be either given by letter or throug . h Fly 1/ 0 " travellers. No charge for entry.—P. B. HILL, Printing e t ,' 19 ,,.e - square, EA, Wholesale Agent for Messrs. Jameson and I nstillers, Dublin. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All 7 1 claa, who are received witho u t an y recommen d a ti on . The receipts from all sources during the past year were ; 9 less than the expenditure. WSUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. illiams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane ; and by . 4 5 Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William -.'4A, London, E.C. („.Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life - "ivernor, £lolos. rrRE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT I. Tr easurer s Grace the Duke STITUTION of WELLINGTON. —The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and co]. W. F. Grant. soli —NATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly cited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased Penditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received a Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon. Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary. —ce, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. EISTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. f,,,,,T,be relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro °B,onal Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small bi, ee k_, l Y Payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com ss-eu With the best medical and surgical treatment, at the t ablishm en t, 90, Upper Harley-street. till'lllB establishment, which was open e d i n 1850, is patro n bY her Majesty. The Bisho of London is Visitor, t il d ,it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the c 44 Y Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady ar Pline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. t 43 '. 1 1 information respecting it may be obtained on writ- Trpersonal application to the Lady Superintendent. n oscriptions received at the Institution, and by the asurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. *NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Undo Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. pl i r the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., Cit r i te bY a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan th e of all ages , classes, and denominations, from all parts of kingdom. liaC e object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng ?ducation, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, pri si ' e latlndry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other . kip_ provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain situations for them. e lI V . e Committee egtnestly appeal for support. The Charity is ' 61 7 Sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. Weavnoic Secretary. °in ce, 121, Pall-moll, m ttt rRESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. B u ARRY'Sdelicioashealth-restoringlnvalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA fifty times its cost in other reme di es , an d res tores terect digestion strong nerves, soun d l ungs , h ea lthy liver, etrreabiog sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the t disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and enbsectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con rie;q3tion, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de ileZornents, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency,. ekt„ . "°tlsness biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, tim -rt bs, colds,' influenza, noises in the head and ears, ekalroatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu p‘l.`"ft, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, artburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nt l ia l i se a and sickness even in pregnancy or at se . g tk i , bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, a, pains at 1)4 of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is 4 1108 t digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable t -o valids and infants in all complaints. O.44S4'OItTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury t titv tri -„°re than slopy imitations to which, withou eh ho p.", tiaron Liebig's name is most audaciously attd. b t i'lllceforth none will doubt the valuable properties ofbald r ary's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica -Lofants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it !letalready received from invalids whose position had . Sited hopeless, we may now add that of his Roll oy ‘° ,3 Pope, whose' health has been perfectly restored Ve after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 18:5419n0te from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. t tolgil' — "Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the oth e TFathe r is excellent, especially since, abandoning all date t ernedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du ?lEtt,,re Revalenta Arabic& Food, of which he consumes a sh„ - ,' lll at every meal. Tt has produced a surprisingly Orif s ,' c i,al effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot WS excellent food too highly." Yeto., N O . 58 216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven ti N '". liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous with a nervous palpitation all over, bad 115 r w , - "„ 1 °o, consia'nt sleeplessness, and the most intolerable 01;,: 4 „ 8 ,'N'itation. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord t iorq" Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water- Locef c ," I have derived much benefit from your excellent vlr at e .--- e l 'ltAltrr DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County f Cur e r ote d N O . 49,832. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony YsPepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, L' "3' , spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, C ure , Norfolk. Coe, ' er v ,„ No. 47,121 s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme oe,usriese, indie:eation ' gatherings, low spirits, and ner curutoeies. hang+:l.l7o. 56 ,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two T he lerri lf ,_, lb 4 E'ood is sold in Canisters, at Is. 13-d. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 44 ?ste; Gd • ; 121 b., 225. ; 211 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b 81 carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du ge;tl itevalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in l ~e ti f s , t6 rs ; For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 nt - c - t u e s., for perups-t 30s. k , for 576 cups at ?"ss. Being bAR 'e of P.enny p cup. The 30s. and sas. tins are sent carria,e in England on receipt of Post Office O r d er . °at uARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; 0te4,301 ortnum and M a so n ' s ; also at 4, Cheapside, 61, melt N O lllOl -etreet ;63 and 150, O x f or d- s t ree t ; an d 121 , rti l - road, Loudon ; and all Grocers and Chemists. • I Ldians to be wis© th Grcat he uoitY lea of all )thing to Are Ca- le lois& there of rith their vith their changed d of the l a perni - Lmerican reason to a ntago belie re t it wilt c, which !,rwoRTO ect is to are one of Ame don, that as ➢lr• orld. bablishedi continent n umber h e ground $130,000 is in the 10 kitchen :lock B.ll* 'Windows. L thigh 131 nd insur [ the hote l iiture, &el clothing, hanging s ' clothing, r of mina ,noe• The sa ved. . _ . Java' busittes.l 5,000 t ? 1 school a. $2,5 00. it losses is on on the ~ary oftit° nue g o tol, 'ork lo tel A ietts, Lot; ,d Th° ll33 t Boston, aa ade Ilan of Oregoc; ,larvin an J. sp„ld- SY r 4. 3- I John , 4 . ).. mar pu j , Lindeman, B. Cornell, and Gen' the AstOr St. De 4l6 ter Ba rtig ' Ling the an BrUY $• ington; 0. oar, • 1 111' 0: 11S. , cOOO O4 BICA for at for ti o wd 55 Pille ° Yost yor :stree, " t, Airs. r 5" Ed f C01.319611' be w I ifA ir r go of ti t sou ,svos e ,4 te v •7 • Cb el' t he of tg , to :t,lijail)l (, I_Jljtl, , •11) 0 1 ' zeid, 5403 14. v e, N. 105 11 1, t ° SECOND EDITION OF KAT H LEE N. By the Author of "Raymond's Heroine." " 'Raymond's Heroine' was a good novel. better."—Saturday Review. ‘Kathleeu' is a " All lovers of a good novel will find diversion in the pages of Kathleen.' "—Athenaeum. "A very excellent and very interesting story, well conceived, and told with consummate art."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Foolscap Bvo., cloth, U. 6d., free by post for as. Bd., DELUSIONS, IMPOSTURES, and DECEP TION, with Remarkable Instances of CREDULITY. By R. A. DAVENPORT, Esq. London: William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. Crown Bvo., cloth, 3s. 6d., free by post 35.10 d., ORIGINS AND INVENTIONS ; or, Succinct Notices of the most remarkable Origins, Inventions, Localities, Titles, Dignities, Etymologies, Epithets, Colloquial Phrases, Customs, Sports, &c. By WiLmAlf PIILLEYN. A new Edition, revised. London: William Tegg, Paneras-lane, Cheapside. Price Threepence, Post-free Four Stamps, "GIRL OF THE PERIOD " Almanack for 1869. Edited by MISS ECHO, and Illustrated with a Dozen Graphic Sketches and other Characteristic Designs. May be ordered of all Booksellers, and at all Railway Bookstalls. ECHOES " OFFICE; 19, Catherine-street, Strand. Just published, price ls. 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and o ther journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NE WSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Coneress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &e. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will And this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. MR. 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 5. SCIENTIFIC 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, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the now edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S 3.1.0 C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical mon to bo 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 rot fail to fit, forsimrded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 22R, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. Gd., and 31s. 6 , 1. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. Gd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC 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. 6d., 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, 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. WK. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, October 29, 1868. CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, Dec. 5, 1868. JHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the 17N1TED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on WED NESDAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of STEARINE CANDLES FOR SIGNAL AND FIGHTING LANTERNS, And of 24 to the lb, as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract for Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until the expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning. Samples (not less than 6lbs. of each) must be produced by the parties tendering, and none to be tendered the ma terial of which is of a solidifying point below 128 degrees Fahrenheit for Candles for Signal Lanterns, 125 degrees for Candles for Fighting Lanterns, or 120 degrees for Candles of 24 to the lb. Their Lordships reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. Every Tender must ho addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, "Tender for Stearine Candles," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £1,500 for the due performance of the Con tract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. JONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and 13rjvention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duko of BuccLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the p r i nc i p l e o f f ree a d m i ss i on to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly depend en t f or support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a largo number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pupae, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,) Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and C o ., B orners-street ; snd at the Hospital from 10 till 5. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for Now York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From I.lAvitE or BREST to NEW YORK. First Class 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de C u b a , 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 Japan. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Anstinfriars, London, E.C. TIDE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—Every Policy effected with this Society by the 31st inst. will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. The Directors give notice that the Policies of the Society be come Indisputable, and are relieved of all conditions (except payment of the annual premiums), when they have remained unchallenged for five years, and the life assured has completed his 30th year. The bonus additions allotted by the Society are highly satisfac tory. In a recent claim the addition to a £l,OOO assurance, dated 1845, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. No. 39, King-street, Cheapside, London, December, 1863. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice tailed 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- Jurnstances, and thousands of persons can now boar testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at isAp., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom.__ CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not bo persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of " Norton's Camomile Pills." INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. India Office, Ist December, 1861 NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination of Candidates for 23 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869. Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi dates, together with information regarding the pay and retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India Office, Westminster, S. W. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. INDIA OFFICE, DECEMBER 10, 1868. By order of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Council. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to send to India annually a certain number of YOUNG MEN, trained and educated for ultimate employment in the higher branches of the Department for the conserva tion and management of the Forests under the Govern ment of India. Eight young men will be selected in February next to go to India at the end of 1871. - The salary will be at first £3OO a year, and the salaries of the appointments in the three Presidencies range be tween that sum and £1,900 a year. Promotions will de pend upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacancies in the higher grades. Applicants must be British subjects above 17 and under 25 years of age. As active habits and a strong constitution are most im portant., candidates will have to undergo a strict medical examination. They must send to the Revenue Department of the India Office, on or before the Bth of January, 1869, a statement of their names and parentage, with a certificate of birth, and of being posssesed of a competent knowledge of the following subjects, and they must bo p re p are d 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 languago. A preference will b e g i ven 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 win contribute £5O at the end of each half year towards the expenses of their training, in the case of such candidates as are favourably reported on by their in structors. In addition to this, if it should be found prac ticable, the young men will be required to place them selves under an approved forester in Scotland for a few months before they go out to India. More detailed t inf orma ti on 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 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. AYNE, Commissioner ßlCHAßD of Police M of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police Office, December 10, 1868. 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. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS, Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. The "ROYA.L" has never had a larger body of Constituents than now. FIRE BRANCH. 4160,553 PR b=a lS la i r n g l e B r 6 revenue thPa in any preceding year. LOSSES by Fire in 1867 £2:92,125 NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex penses £56,873 LIFE BRANCH. Annual Average of new business in 1 865-6-7 £Bol,ooo Do. during previous Quinquenuium £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 Landon. August, 1868. lIRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM , Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at ChLpha,m-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 Drit',sh 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 Ch arity is not endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary assistance. Subscribers and the public are invited to in spect the Institution, and judge as to the naturo of the Cha city and its peculiar claims. The last Report can be obtained on application. to the Secretary. THOS. TILSON, CI) airman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,} ALFRED MACKENZIE, s ecre t ary . Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. ll' »• Secs. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and_ Co., Birohin lane ; and Messrs. Heywood, Brothers, M: onchester. ! JOHN BURGESS AND SON'S Ori 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. K EA TIN G' S COUGH 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 Keating. Sold by all Druggists. INCORPORATED LAW sociEry,i U.K.— LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69. LECTURES. Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the months of December, January, February, March, April, May, and Juno 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 the lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the memory by the classes; and the system of constant ex amination will test, from time to time, the progress made by the students. LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW, by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister at-law. The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol lowing subjects : a. Simple Contracts. b. Contracts under Seal. c. The Contract of Sale. d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ; with the distinction between negotiable instruments and other simple contracts. e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment., with the pe culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading. f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences 1. To the Owner of the Vessel. 2. To the Owner of the Cargo. 3. To the Underwriter. g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a Master for the acts of his Servant. In his private classes the reader will use as text-books —The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law (Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:-- Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., M., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b. Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c. Usual Towers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, W as t e ; b. Jointures,; Portions, &e : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty Act-3. Disentailing, De-ds, the existing Law of Entail 4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of Settlements. Lectures V. VI. VVills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical Hints on DrawingWills_ 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 work; Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on Real and Personal Property aro recommended. EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart., Bairiiter-at-Law. This course will consist of Nine Lectures : Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange ments for purposes of..St.udy. Lecture - II: 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 tioA : 1. The Administration of Assets. Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, continued : 2. The Administration of Trust; as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions. Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, L., 23 ; Iladdan'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 Foroach By clerks of memb ers three courses. course. £2 2 0 £ 1 1 By clerks of gentlemen not members By all other persons not being members The subscription payable foi the law classes — For all the branches of For each i ns t r uction. branch. By every subscriber y may Members of the Soci e t subscribing. . attend the lectures without 2 2 0 To prevent interruption at the 'lectures, subscribers cannot be admitted to tho hall after the lecture has corn menced. E. W. Williamson, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868. N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attend the lec tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as the instruction given in the classes will have special re ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those who desire to attend tho classes should also attend the lectures. 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. 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. Zl5 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 WILLI AMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fie:cis. HOME for the HEL DIOCESAN ITOM/.. (Hammersmith), under the Bishop of London. The woi "in faithful accordance wit formed Church of England." COM The Bishop ,PLESS.—ST. JAMES'S for FEMALE PENITENTS immediate direction of the irk carried on by a Sisterhood, th the principles of the Re ' FUNDS greatly needed. NCIL. of LONDON Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Herbert, ALP. Rey. J. E. 'Kemp° Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. W. Lloyd Rev. A. Martineau Rev. W. D. Maclagan Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. J. Moorhouse J. D. Morton, Esq. Rev. Canon Nepean Rev. E. Parry John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. G. F. Prescott Rev. F. Pigou R. T. Pigott, Esq. R R. Pym, Esq. Hugh H. Seymour, Esq. R. Wade, Esq. Loftus Wigram, Esq. ived by any of the above ; by and Co; and by the Hon. 14, Seymour-street, Port atications may be addressed. Rev. J. W. Ayre Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. S. Brooke The Lord Clinton Rev. W. Cadman E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. E. Capel 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 ileald, Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Subscriptions will be recei' Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, man-square, to whom comma ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES, West-hill, - Putney-heath. Established 31st Jul - y, 18 - 54." 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 peu, - ,i;sr , ors, all entirely dependentupon 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 55. and upwards; annu a l su b scr i p ti ons, half a guinea and upwards, with votes in prop or ti on . 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, L.C., September, 1868. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER . OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. . s d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a c h ea p paper per ream. 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved Super fineThiek Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream... ..... 10s. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6 Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for - 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6s Gd Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s Cd per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circubirs, &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 ILLII•ATR - A.TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free "INDIA OFFICE, 15th Oct o b er , 1868 . By order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to cont a i n 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. Coast, 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 nfantry. 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., Veputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and Miners. 142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De - partrnent. 1508. Stothert, R., Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry. 154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment. 165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and 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. PR INT I N G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on re; ipt 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, Cheapside, London. 1.0 QANIAIIITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. 2,74 patients were treated last mouth without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. ITNHE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. 1_ —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital ,is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Easton-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. . , Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall.mall.—Hon. Sec., Y. Smith. Esa. GEo. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES o f the CIUST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily. FUNDS greatly needed. CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-squaro, 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 DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge- road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so helpless by sickness and poverty. Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge-road, S E. B RITISH HOME for 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 VD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. T HE RESCUE sue as f 6 IOCIETY'S HOMES owe : 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. with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Honstridge-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 young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. . _ The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be bad on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbur.V. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DA.N4. CWPEII, Sec. 85, Queen-stroet Cheaptaide. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. RETURN TICKETS from and to an Stations on the London and North-Western Railway where they can usually be obtained, issued on WEDNESDAY, 233 December, and intervening days, will be available for Return on any day up to,;and including THURSDAY, the 31st December. A similar Extension of Time will also be allowed for Return Tickets to and from Scotland, The Trains on Christmas Day will Run as on Sunday, with the addition of the 7.15 a.m. Irish Mail Train from Euston, the 7.31 a.m. Day Mail Train from Euston (with its Birmingham connec tions. viz., the 9.40 a.m. Rugby to Wolverhampton, and the 9.35 a.m, Birmingham to Stafford). and the 6.15 a.m. Up Mail from Dublin due at Euston at 6.25 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. _ Euston Station, London, December, 186 S. MR. WEBB, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of "The 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. —27, New Bond-street. N.B. -Many years with Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street. "S E L F-C LOS IN G DOUBLE-GRIP" ACTION. CENTRAL-FIRE BREECH-LOADING GUNS. E. M. REILLY and Co., 502, NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON. MR. FSKELL, SURGEON D ENTIST , th e A u th or of "PURE DENTISTRY, an d Wh a t it D oes f or U s, " "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION, or Ancesthesia Locally Applied," "DENTAL SURGERY—a PracticßiTreatise," &c., &c., may be Consulted Daily as hitherto from 10 to 4 o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street). 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. 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Red Rnll Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.O. • MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. DE. COOKE, OF BELFAST. The death of Dr. Cooke, a member of the Synod of Ulster, removes from us a remarkable man. In the Irish controversies of twenty or thirty years ago his name was almost as familiar as that of O'Connell, whom he steadfastly opposed. It was Dr. Cooke who headed the orthodox party in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and finally compelled the Arians to form themselves into a separate body. Offshoots from the dissenting Presbyterians of Scotland joined the orthodox Presbyterians of Ireland, and thus both the parties became entitled to the Regium Donum. Over this Church Dr. Cooke's influence was immense. As an orator and a thinker he was equally remarkable. It was through him that the Presbyterians espoused the Conservative cause. A celebrated trial, in which it was discovered that a marriage by a Presbyterian minister was illegal, nearly dissevered this connection, but the law was placed on a footing to assuage discontent. Both he and O'Connell opposed the introduction of the Poor Law into Ireland. It will be remembered that in his extreme old age, and when he concluded that he was on his death bed, he addressed a solemn letter to the Protestants of Ulster, calling upon them to maintain the principle of Church and State. OUR CRIMINALS. Mr. C. P. Measor, who writes to the Star, thinks, with many another one, "that the time has arrived for a great change in the treatment of the criminality of the country." So he proposes for our edification a system for suppressing crime at a small cost. He seems to be much afraid of increasing the powers of the police, preferring, it would seem, to let the mice play than to give the cat power - which she might use against the canary. He also fears that by telling the police to mark out a criminal class, few members of that class would be able to obtain an honest livelihood. He would show favour to the wicked in the hope that they would learn righteousness. He has, too, an unaccountable faith in the reformatory power of our prisons over the convicted. He cannot understand why some plan is not adopted to lessen the cost of our prisons. At Alnwick it costs £ll4 a year to take in and do for a prisoner. Altogether it costs something like a million and a quarter to keep our convicts. He pro poses, say, a dozen large establishments for those who have previously served out two convictions. Here he would utilise the prison labour, saving, as ho thinks, many thousands to the country. EDUCATION. In a paper read by the Rev. Canon Norris to the Social Science Association, on Monday, direct com pulsory education was declared to be out of the question ; and yet it was advisable that every child in the country should be taught to read. The rev. canon therefore advocated the extension of the system of indirect compulsion—the plan adopted in the Facto ries Act. In this way the whole pale of our labour ing population might be brought under a system of indirect compulsion, which has proved practicable, does not alienate the parents, and leaves untouched the constitution of the schools. _ _ . Rather a curious plan has been adopted in Phila delphia. The teachers and officers are very anxious that the children shall become acquainted with passing events. They have resolved to elimi nate all reading-books from the public schools, and substitute daily newspapers for the use of the schools. By this means, they say, the r i s i n g generation will be made acquainted with Congressional debates, State affairs, wars and their causes, accidents, floods and fires, great public im provaments, &c., subjects upon which the youthful mind will feed much more profitably than upon beautiful orations or pathetic fancy writing." Will the leaders in the papers be read ? If so, the parents will want a political conscience clause. CHEAP LITERATURE. A correspondent of the Daily News complains that low li terature is so cheap, and higher class literature so dear. He instances - the " Crimes of the Aristocracy " on the one hand, and 44 Cobden's Speeches " on the other. His complaint as to the dearness of sound works is hardly a just one, now that the most extra ordinary efforts are made to publish standard works cheaply; and we can no more imagine a reader of " Crimes of the Aristocracy" subst i tut ing " Cobden's Speeches" than a lover of SFheidam preferring tea on account of its moderate price. MR. BILADLAUGH IN COURT. A curious case has just been concluded in the Queen's Bench. Bradlaugh, who wooed the electors of Northampton, brought an action against the pro prietor of the Razor for libel. The article which gave rise to the case accused Bradlaugh of being an advocate of Broadhead, and of having been in the confidence of a certain solicitor with whom the police were anxious to make acquaintance. A correspon dence and an apology and a retractation had passed between the parties, but it fell through, and the defendant now declined to do other than withdraw a juror. Mr. Bradlaugh appeared in the witness box, and was sworn upon the New Testa ment. Mr. O'Malley cr( ss-examined him, and asked him if he had not denied the existence of a God. Bradlaugh declined to answer this, and stated that the Government were now prosecuting him in connection with the National Reformer, for penalties amounting to £200,000. Theudge ruled that the question was irrelevant. Mr. O'Malley, in addressing the jury, denounced Bradlaugh's oath on the Holy Gospels as a blasphemous deed. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—dam ages one farthing. Whether the jury considered that only a small hole had been made in the plaintiff's character of which this sum sufficiently represented the damage, or whether they valued his entire reputation at this small figure, has not been elicited. COMMON LAW BUSINESS. A legal contemporary complained the other day that the Barons of the Exchequer had comparatively nothing to do. We find, however, from a list of the causes entered for trial in London and Middlesex for the sittings in and after last 'Michaelmas Term in the three superior courts of common law, the amount of new business is nearly equalised between the Courts of Queen's Bench. Common Pleas. and Ex-_ The other day we noticed the extraordinary case of Doolin -. Dixon in the Court of Exchequer, Dublin, .ias of such an uninteresting character that the court-house was left to the judge, counsel, witnesses, and jury ; and of such a great length, that some of the jury had to go home through illness, and the rest had to be humoured by the judge and allowed unusual privileges to keep them from follow ing their brethren. This case has come to an end after a hearing of thirty-eight days. The conclusion was worthy of the rest of the trial. The jury remained in consultation seven hours, and were then discharged without agreeing to a verdict. Little wonder. A thirty-eight days' consideration of one subject, though of a more interesting nature than a builder's claim, would drive most men to the verge of idiotcy, and a case which requires an investigation of such an enormous length appears rather a hopeless one. Still we cannot help thinking that in such a matter the decision of a clear-headed judge would have been a fair one, without the intervention of a jury, igno rant perhaps both of law and unaccustomed to the sifting of evidence. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT CORPORATION. )f all disastrous speculations there has been none more disastrous than the International Contract Corporation. It was formed in 1864, and was heralded by a long and imposing list of director; both native and foreign, at the head of whom figured the name of Senor De Salamanca, the well-known Spanish capitalist. The capital of this undertaking was on a grand scale-- no less than £4,000,000, in 80,000 shares of £5O each. Only one-half, however, was to be issued at first, and the amount called on this pro liminary total of 40,000 shares was £5 on allotment. Afterwards another £5 was required, making alto gether a round sum of £400,000. An eminent con tractor's business—Mr. Pickering's—was purchased, of course on "highly advantageous terms." The Corporation was, in fact, prepared to conquer both hemispheres, .and to construct gasworks in Pekin, and waterworks in San Fran cisco. Two - dividends of 10 per cent, were paid ; how paid we know now, though the shareholders dill not know then. The Contract Company, like the Credit Foncier ' Company (" that signal monu ment of public folly," as the Daily News calls it, " which wasted nearly £2,000,000 of the money of its shareholders and rapidly enriched Mr. Albert Grant "), held securities it could not realise, and had large liabilities upon those inconvertible securities to meet, fast coming on, instead of honest profits to divide. At length the collapse came, and it was so complete, the affair was so thoroughly rotten, and the liabilities so formidable, that the whole of the remaining £4O per share will, it is said, be required; thus, supposing all the shareholders pay up in full, £1,600,000 will be provided for an utterly bankrupt company. 3ilae claims are so im perative, that not only Class A, the actual holders, have been compelled where practicable to meet their entire liability, but it is understood that Class B those who have not transferred their sharesto respon sible parties, or whose transfers had not been regis tered by the buyers within a specified period before the stoppage, will be rigorously proceeded against. The case is indeed so flagrant that the shareholders -might to consider if they would not do best by pro ceeding against the directors. These have no doubt shamefully deceived them, and there seems reason to think that they can be brought to book. A LARGE FISH CAUGUT. The Norwich Conservatives have lately been giving a banquet to Sir Henry Stracey, and . during the evening the Duke of Wellington and Sir Samuel Bignold walked into the room. Of course the former lid to respond to the toast of his health. There was nothing of greater im portance in his speech than the congratulation of Sir Henry Stracey upon his return, and his Grace's endorsement of Mr. Disraeli's opinion that it was possible for a Conservative to be returned by a lower constituency than that which existed A NEW 11F.FORM BILL. The Morning Advertiser has "substantial reasons for believing that as soon as the new writs arc moved notice will be given by the representative of an important constituency, who holds independent Liberal opinions, that immediately upon Parliament reassembling in February, he intends asking leave to introduce a bill repealing the ratepaying clauses of Mr. Disraeli's Reform Act of last session, and re enacting those provisions which the Legislature abro gated with respect to the hitherto existing electoral rights of compound householders. The bill has been carefully prepared." THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY. There seems to be no doubt that Mr. Childers will effect important reforms in the administration of the navy. He intends to restore the number of theßoard of Admiralty to five, the number at which it s t oo d before Sir James raham's time. He will introduce the Controller of the Navy into it, and make him the second senior lord. The first will be, as now, an officer of high rank, who, in conjunction with his chief and on behalf of the Board, will conduct the discipline and all that relates to the personnel of the navy. The materiel will be managed by the Controller in conjunction with his chief. The Controller will constitute the permanent element of theßoard, the supervision of the workshops requiring a permanent head. The first sea lord will continue, as now, to be the political confidant of th e Mi n i s t er , and will change with every change of Ministry. By these means care will be taken to prevent au iniperiunz in imperio, and to avoid a dual government such as at present prevails in the army. Two junior lords are to be appointed, whose duties will be two fold—to [assist in the office the senior lords, and in Parliament to assist the chief. The junior sea lord will be a captain of the royal navy, and will work together with the first sea lord. The second junior lord will be a civilian, and act in unison with the Controller of the Navy. It is stated that Mr. Baxter has been offered the important post of Secretary to the Admiralty. On a previous occasion the member for Montrose declined office on account of his nume rous business engagements, but the Star affirms that he has accepted the present offer. It seems some what remarkable that Mr. Seely should not have any post in that department which he has done so much to reform. MR. MILL ON THE ELECTIONS. From his retreat at Avignon, Mr. John Stuart Mill indites a letter on the elections to the working men of Chelsea. These had sent to him a letter expressive of their regret at the absence from the HousA of Commons of so deep and profound a thinker and so holiest a politician as himself. In reply, Mr. Mill speaks of the great pleasure which he feels at the knowledge that the elite of the working classes think so kindly of him. If, he adds, the working class electors choose their representa tives on the same principle that has governed their conduct towards him, the progress of democracy will soon cease to give uneasiness to reasonable minds. He goes on to give his opinions of the late elections. There is much that is gratifying, something that is disappointing. Justice is to be rendered to Ireland ; but there are no work ing men representatives. There should be working men representatives. If they cannot be obtained under the present system that system must be changed. Even Mr. Odger could not get into par liament. If there had_ been personal representation this would not have been so. He therefore urges that the present system should give place to one by which each class might choose its own men. He also urges that the expenses of elections should be paid by the public. This would remove one of the greatest difficulties which working men candidates have to overcome. DISESTABLISIIMENT. ." What does disestablishment mean ?" asks the " Ikw, after all, is the Church to be left ?" And the question is not an easy one to answer. What power, for instance, is the State to exercise over the Church a ft er it i s di sen d owe d , e ith er in Privy Council or by Parliament ? What kind of body is to govern the Church ? Our Convocations here have not been so very successful that we should care to leave the Church at their tender mercy. And so the Conservative journals are crying out for answers—which they do not get—to questions which they are perpetually putting. Mr. Bonamy Price, who defeated Mr. Rogers seine months ago for the chair of Political Economy at O xford, writes to the Times in quite a lugubrious strain on the matter. H e is specially concerned about the "res iduum of Pro testants." "Is it necessary," he asks, " that the residuum of Protestants should be totally disor ganised, and their Churc h, their asso c i a ti on, com pletely swept away ? When the Reformation dises tablished the Roman Catholics it did not disorganise them ; it did not leave them a mass of broken-up and shattered individuals, for the very plain reason that their Church, their relations with one another as members of a society, were constructed not by the State, but by themselves." Disestablishment, Mr. Price contends, will destroy every social relation of the Protestant Episcopalians. -" Is it ecmitable. iq ii politic, that the !':established Catholics in Ireland should be a compact and united society, and that the disestablished Protestants should be made by law a rope of sand ? " _ Mr. Price suggests that the Church should not be totally, but only partially disendowed. He proposes that the bishops shall be excluded from the Lords ; that they shall be reduced by any number ; that deans shall be abolished ; the minimum of endow ment reserved for Protestants ; but " let not Parlia ment perform an act unprecedented in Insto__.tic -- übs cilluA n. 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