The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-25 00:00:00

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WHISKY. - DUB EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated. OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome, Sold in Bottles, Bs. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Londo , the Agents in the principal tcwns in England: or wholesale 8, (TREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded " lutn's LL Whisky.' s annual ~:. ;..~ the evi- which is ,he forces the de- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1868. N°. 23,882. PRICY 4d. STAMPED ;ivil war, on of fa , A syn.. has been news of r, includ t, Guate- ants have 3 of rare of agri- Kew in the Judie lope Ag mt of the atents of Agrono len. The for wine" [portanee. arieties to In the g to those n its die' from the embraced cions and em u l ated. clature to ieties i spo sition ion, from )ecember, packages Is 32,12 9 present 3 of Con' .tieultural pondentst 183,0* Fief, gives e Depart- ege of the 3. lie b" e 1832, a nd 'hiloscphh acted the as 1 1 1 3e1- was recall" has be en amissioner iti for th e best lale es favo ur " yed in en th the ra"" lerable du vonien Ave $ 1, 1; nen reve l-e e3t hiS,g l- A and Pas se.- r as hingt °ll ' reo „chivit ,off bsl ,, ° ;0 atod to 10- Cour t ° • g 1g and 111- Court pro: the it ite that thr I,UthOritY ° rican con' [can citi# , 1 rival fac 3rs on cite r d co naPl eta , .operty 110 J hter, We' [e is 12°1v 1V 34 and a )se who ° wood, flr ° c ently bc ° . o , tablisbed oh 9 a );1101dS, 9° i s s aid, 119 ! ; led, to a ii v o ral Fra n t s l, ut.-Gep e ",,t, is thous- tae Odig o e' o t 17 if n ot 0 of practio the shows ;- for e%t er ' - fe ears to 11$ 0 st syg r ' „ i re f the,fav „ e g ate -ter' -c iD e ) -sqtlg rct wife of )j°' nt Sh no ve A , rin 1 1 ` - grOTe, e ,s l f 0,. Jras 10 138141 ce, Jp. ft? , ..squ' scP Do t o n ollege-se Po tter se, D ° , 0 Etc? , 1 11 000 MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 38, QIIREN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. TADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Iv" BAKER-STREET. A. — PORTR %IT MODEL of MADANIE RACHEL is now added.— Vimission, Is. Open from eleven a.m. till five p.m., and from seven till ten p.m. ;• and on Boxing Day from nine a.m. till ten p m. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey (late Weston). Christmas' Holidays.— Great Comic Festival. —An entire change of Company.—Mr. A. G. Vance.—Mr. J. G. Fords. E. D. Day's, Mr. A. Lloyd. the Brothers Daniels, Miss Louie Sher rington, Miss Kate Bella, Miss Etty Gray, the Brothers Voltaire, and a host of other talented artistes. Mr. P. Corri, Musical Director. _ _ !Wm Mr. JON: BROWN' (from the Christy's Minstrels, St. James's Hall), Champion Dancer of the World, is engaged, and will shortly appear. (`CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— N...) Solo Proprietor Mr. W. HOLLAND.—Unheard-of Attraction for the Christmas Holidays.—Arthur Lloyd, George Leybourne, Harry and Knt:e King ; Sydney Franks, the most original Comic Singer, and justly termed the Sam Cowell Redivivus: the Fillis /Troupe , of French Female Acrobats (their first appearaysce); the wondrous and thrilling Performance of the Chan trolls (their first appearance). Two grand Ballets every evening. MASANIELLO, with superb Italian scenery, supported by the prettiest Corps de Ballet in • England ; and the grand, new, and original Ballet, entitled THE FAIRY HAUNT OF THE BUTTBRFLIES ; or, 'King Catechemalive ; King Catchernalive, Fred Evans ; Prince Pretty Pet, Miss Marie Smithers ; Queen of the Butterflies, Miss Louise Smithers ; Gauzowing, Miss Butl3r ; Attendant to Prince Pretty Pet, Miss Amy Rosalind The superb and costly Scenery painted and Mechanical Effects invented by Messrs. Dayes, Caney, and Wigney, Scenic Artist of the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent-garden. The Dances and entire Ballet invented red arranged by Madargq:Colliar new and orginal Miguo and., Jesse Williams. Musical Director; Mechanical Effects by W. Robinson and as sistants ; Properties by Messrs. Hamilton, Graham 'and Batterham. Actin e , Manager, J. Ellis, Chairman and • Stage Manager, W. Hamilton. Special Notice.—ln con sequence of the great length of the rrogmmme the doors will be open on Boxing Night at Half-past Six, commence at Seven, giving one hour's extra entertainment. Prices - of admission for this night only—Promenade, 6d.; stalls, ls. ; reserve stalls, is. 6d. Every evening after prices as ARGYLL ROOM S.-OPEN EVERY EVENING for Instrumental Music and Dancing.—The Rooms have been magnificently re-decorated by Messrs. E übardt and Co. The celebrated Band will perform during the week an attractive Programme of Operatic Selections and popular Dance Music. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. ; Balcony, 2s. WINDMILL STREET, PICCADILLY. Musical Director and Oonductoi--Signor LITIGI CURTI _TOHN BURGESS AND SON'S Original and T-P 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. COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. HE only article really suitable for that purpose, -L. ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. ILLIAM .HOLDICH and CO., No. 105, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, Th e Pavement, Clapham-common. TABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, t expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of every description. Patterns gratis and post free. lARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM. HOLDICII and Co, LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, .‘leet-street, City; Southern Manch—No. 5, The Pave- Ment, Clapham-conrnon. Patterns gratis and post free, with Price List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED I 842. ATIL LTA. M LDIC II- and CO., tn .v LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. The Pavement., Clapham-common (Southern Branch). OTELS, Taverns, Public Houses, &c., for DISPOSAL, in all of Lndon nd vTcinity.— Advances made by Brewers to ff s uitable o parties, and to nearly e whole amount of purchase in sours special cases Wanted. t illparticulars of good bona Me businesses of every kind, and at all prices. Api ivate rezister kept for special negotiation, . ° Mers for which may be either given by letter or through my Lr'ade travellers. No charge for entrv.—P. B. II CLL. Printing 11 use-square, E. 0.. Wholesale Agent for Messrs. Jameson and Co Distillers, Dublin. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT, ,_ off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All z 4 aticns, who are received without any recommendation. The receipts from all sources during the past year were 079 less than the expenditure. SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Bircbin-lane ; and by the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William street, London, E.C. Qualification for a Governor, 21a. annually ; Life Governor, £lolos. JSTABLISHMENT 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 e stablishment, 90, Upper Harley-street. This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London in Visitor, a nd it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the 'adV Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. L 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 T reasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59. Strand. W. C. SPRING RICE, Hon. Sec. 'RATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. under the patronage of H.E.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., Whereby home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Ina of all ages , classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng .sh education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, %IX 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 q uitirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY HINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WlPwrcac Secretary. one, 121, Pall-moll, W HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. IyBARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infanta' Food. THE REVALEN T A ARAB ICA yes fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores trfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, "freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the " n est disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and neectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea , all gastric de "legements, lisemorrheids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, c ll t tarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the bead and ears, t neurnatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, nen elgia, i rr it a bility, s l ee pl essness , ac idity, palpitation ,h eartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, :Mises and sickness even in pregna n cy o r at s ea , sinking i t t; bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains a t : , ,1 3 pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It i s Pe most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and su it a bl e ' l r invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Boware of the many unsavoury more than slopy imitations to which, without autho ‘4s,, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Ilenceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of 4 ' ll Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' a nd Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it b as alre a dy rece i ve d f rom i n v a lids whose position ha d be en deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi n3ess the. Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored 1 31. it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. ; Q V; e quote from the Gazette du Midi . , July 25th (Cure No. 5,4 13). —“Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the 1 0.1 y Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all 3uer remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a t iat e ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisinly 19 neficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Breban of seven ye ars' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad ißestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable "vous agitation.) b Cure 0.78. of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord i'tuart d o Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water fl',"(l,l--" I have derived much benefit from your excellent ‘4" r ' l . - --STUA.RT DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County aterferd.e C ure No. 49,832.—0 f fi fty years' indescribable agony 11Z ° ' dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, Ploney, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, Lyn Norfolk. t „'ure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ' r vonsness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor els fancies. ure No. 56 , 814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two e 4 , 118 2,1;' h e Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; e 1 48 . 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. 13;,, Ist er 8 , carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du tt a - Y e Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in cu . canisters ; For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at.3s. 6d., for 48 ab o Di Lat 6 5., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 caps at 555. Being fr e ,"‘cue penny per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent 134 itr ; carriage in Eland on recipt of Post Office Order. al so DU B ARR Y and Co., 77, e Regent-street, London ; Portnum Mason's ; at 4, Cheapsid 61, . tis`lek6lnueli-street and ; 63 and 150, a150 Oxford-street ; and e, 121, North-r3ad, London; and all Groners:and Chemist& Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., NATURE'S NOBLEMAN By the Author of "Rachel's Secret," &c. "We feel bound to praise this book. We want our readers to read it for themselves, and to get from the novel the same fresh and rare enjoyment that we have found in its pages."— A thentelLM. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Just published, price ls. 6d., by post ls. £l., the Second Editior, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefajius proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medico,. Circular." London: H. Wier°, 219, Regent-street. 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"There can be no question as to the value of this invention."—Morning Post.—Jenner and Knewstub, Inventors of the Elgin Writing Case, 33, St. James's-street, and 66, Jermyn-street. HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND FISHING. The strongest man in the world cannot break the ever lasting Porpoise-skin Boot Laces made by GILL AND CO., 12, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W. Price 18. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, ss. FRENCH DUBBING.—This invaluable composition possesses the properties of preserving leather, rendering it supple and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing as that used by the best currimrs in Milau (Avevron). BOOTS, SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly bene fited 'by its.application. Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and CO., Curriers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden- square. Price ls. Ga., 2s. Gd., and ss. per can. TICOLL, HAIRCIYITER to H.R.H. Pri nce of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street. TRICHANOPHRON. Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it. Sold in Bottles, 2s. 6d. Hair Restored and Baldness Prevented by NICOLL'S ELECTRIC HAIR REGENERATOR FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. In Bottles, 2s. 6d. NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES. For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in Bottles, Is. 6d. each. NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY. For removing superflons Hair. Sent free to any part of the three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable at Vigo-street, Regent-street. LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTE3, in every Shade, Colour, and Size, from ls. to 2s. 6d. SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge 6d. 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 railed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their op-imtion, safe under any cir zurnstances, 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 is. lid., 2s. 93., and lls. each, .in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of " Norton's Camomile Pills." R. 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 truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.--Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, Londo?„ and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity iu one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. Tho genuine are a square green package, with "William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. SCIENTIFICI AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the D raw i ng -room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Table; Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Pari an , M ar bl e , B ronze , Derby shire Spar, &c.lmported and man u f ac tured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.c., London. Mr. Tennant arratgea elementary collections of ROOKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1351 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 Moo-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 not fail to fit, forwArdel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JO HN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, Truss, 8 russ,l6s.,i2s. 6d., 15.,26 4 5. 2 6 5., d., a a n n d d s 3 2s. 15. 6 6 ,1 1. Postage, is. A Double Postage, Is. 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 NILASTIC STOCKINGS, 112.4 KNEE-OAPS, &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., 78. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only .114 institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, Islington, N. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road ' in the immediate vicinity of the G r eat Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— Thisoyal e W PreT His s H e President—His Ggspital, o l u r a n n ceciesfounded thethi: DP t i h rlik e nece y o e fo a fl3 r 7 l c B Alci. 2B ßl , 3si ucHliC G 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 destimte 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 aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Paf4i., and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, D9acon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at the Sospital from 10 till b. AfILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong Pooms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected after half, a century's experience, effectually guard against Fire and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London. p ARTRID GE 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. per ream. s. d. Fino Cream Laid Note: a cheap paper 2 0 Superflae Cream Laid Note: mach approved 4 0 IlneThiek Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 Extra tiperline Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 traw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid ...... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., Vs., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream......-103 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap Letter Paper for scribbling... 4s.• ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for is. 6d., or 5 6 Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" 1\ ote, five quires for 2s. 6d. uperline Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, Os 6d, & Cs 61 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., Os COLOUR STA M PING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in tbo trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLU 'PR 3 TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, 'tationcry, Cabinets, Postage tales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free INDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1 8 68 . 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- Aug estates remain unclaimed, viz. : 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. Cond., H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran Battalion. 21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native infantry. 26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In fantry. 33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 42. Dillas, R., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi ment. 48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras Native Infantry. 52. Penning, D. A., Colonel, Ist Madras Light Cavalry. 63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot. 65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In- Infantry. 69. Hawes, J. C., Brevet-Maior, Ist Madras Fusiliers. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, 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, 88th Madras Native Infantry. 128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In fantry. 134 A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and Miners. 142. Shodden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De partment. 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 turther 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, &e. 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" hinting Offices, 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. (NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at tho moderate rate of .£25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALK En, Secretary. OEce, 54, Cheapside, London, l".O ANTARIT N FREE. HOSPITAL for "WOMEN kJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for di4.ases of women. 2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. HE 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, Exist - on-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 established at Ring's-cross in 1856. Patien is are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., I , Smith. ESCI. GEO. REID, Sec. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL f or DISEASES of the CHAST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily. F UNDS 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. riIHE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge road. Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at this Hospital. The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to thoso 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. 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 Homo was opened in September, 1868; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER., Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. R 0 YAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS, Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. The " ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents than now. FIRE BRANCH. PREMIUMS in 1867 £460,553 being a larger revenue than in any preceding year. LOSSES by Fire in 1867 £292,125 NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex penses LIFE BRANCH. Annual Average of now business in 1865-6-7 £BOl,OOO Do. during previous Quinquennium £688,000 Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583 LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy holders. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. August, 1868. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES ve 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, 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 Groat Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee are 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 had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its banlaers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. LDANL. CQUER, Sec. 8 5 , Queen-Met Oheappide. METROPOLITAN AND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAYS to South Kensington, Sloane square, Victoria, St. James's-park, and Westminster-bridge, are NOW OPEN for Traffic. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY and ME irkFRO POLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY.—The Line between B ROM PTON and WEST MIN STER-BRIDG in connexion with the Metropolitan Railway M Kensington, Paddington, King's cross, and the City, IS NOW OPEN for Ttt AFFIC. 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. NIETROPLITAN RAILWAY.- a_ The following, Fares are now charged bet Ween the City and Westminster-bridge, StJames's-park,Vietoria,sloane-square, South Kensington, Gloucester-road, and High-street, Kensing ten, Stations:— FARES. Single Journey Ticket. __. Return Ticket. Ist 21 3d Ist 2d . 3d Class. Class. Class" Class. Class. Class. Bd. 6:1. 4d. , Is. 94. Gd. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. G REAT 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. Paddington, Dee., 1868. 7. GRIERSON, General Manager. WATIKENPHAST'S BOOTS, 10, PALL-MALL, EAST, LONDON, S.W. Choose y3ur fit, and have your number registered for future supplies; and obtain all the advantages of special lasts, at far lower cost. A T CHRISTMAS many persons zwi'rffre induced to take more than is wholesome. Two or three of PARR'S LIFE PILLS will clear off ACIDITIES, and remove FEVERISH HEADACHE and, other unpleasant symp toms, without pain or inconvenience.' PARR'S LIFE PILLS may be obtained of any Medicine Vendor, in boxes, ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and in Family Packets, Hs. each. Directions with each box. T ONDON AND NORMTH - WESTERN 1J RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. RETURN TICKETS from and to all Stations on the London - and North-Western Railway where they can usually be obtained, issued on WEDNESDAY, 23d December, and intervening days, will be available for Return on any day up to . and including THURSDAY, the 31st December. A similar Extension of Time will also be allowed for Return Tickets to and from Scotland. The Tllll,llB on Christmas Day will Run as on Sunday, with the addition of the 7.15 a.m. Irish Mail Train from Euston, the 7.3) 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, 1868. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQITE. 4, Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From TLIAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK. First Ulass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Thire. Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, 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. HOBBS, HART, and CO., No. 76, Cheapside, London. LOCKS—for Houses, Hotels, and Railway Offices. from 2s. to 165.; for Mansions and Banks, Bs. to 50s.—adapted for all pur poses. FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, for private use, 20 to 36 Inch, £4 to £lO Offices, 24 to 72 inch, £lO to £l2O. H , H., an dCo. solicit an examination (especially by engineers) of their three entirely NEW PRINCIPLES of construction for security Safes and Doors.—See Report in List of Prices. 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 aro 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. OFFIC E, DECEMBER 10, 1868. 1 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 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 band 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,— I. and land measuring. 2. The elements of any of the following natural scienen _ 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. More detailed information as to these appointments may be had on application to the Under Secretary of State for India, India Office, Westminster. ( Si g ne d) HERMAN MERIVALE. THE MUTUAL LIFE . ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—Every Policy effected with this Society by the 31st inst. will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. The Directors give notice that the Policies of the Society be come Indisputable, and are relieved of all conditions (except payment of the annual premiums), when th ey have remained unchallenged for five years, and the life a ssure d h as comp l ete d his 30th year. The bonus additions allotted by the Society are highly satisfac tory. In a recent claim the addition to a .£ 1,000 assurance, dated 1515, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010. CHARLES INCiALL, Actuary. No. 39, King-street, Cheapside, London, December, 1883. poLICE NO TIC E. STREET CROSSING SIGNALS. BRIDGE-STREET, NEW PALACE-YARD. CAUTION. STOP. The Semaphore Arms The Semaphore Arms lowered, and by Night with extended, and by Night with a Green Light. with a Red Light. By the Signal "CAUTION," all persons in charge of Vehicles and Horses are warned to pass over the Crossing with care, and due regard to the safety of Foot Passen gers. _ _ _ The Signal "STOP," will 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 giv'en 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. 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. BRITISII ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Claph am - r i se ). Instituted 18 . 27. 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 onco 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. THOS. TILSON, Chairman. CHAS. LEE, M.A. AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.4 Hon. Sees ' ALFRED MACKENZ E, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.O. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane and 3.temii, ge,,Twood s Brothers, Manchester, _ V.R.-TOWER. SALE OF STORES.—By order of the Secretary of State for War.—Mr. GEORGE SPILLMAN' will Sell by Public Auction in the Tower, on TUESDAY, 12th of January, 18G9, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, the following Stores: - Bedding. Tin Sheets. Accoutrements. May be Viewed at Days previous to the the War-office, Pall-n with. Haversacks. Mnsquot Stocks. Engine Hose. the Tower from 10 to 11:ty of Sale. and atta' nail ; the Tower; and I Brass, Iron. Tools. o 4 o'clock the Three tlog,ttls m ty be hmi at Royal Arsenal, Wool- OLIN 13 ()SNELL an'l CO.'S CHERRY L.l TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, prot,ets the enamel from dee,y, and imparts a pl-a,ant fragraneo to thy, breath. Prino ls. 6.1.—Re1 Ball Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street, London. yrit i WEBB, Surgeon-Donti s t, A u th or o f "Thr..! 1 "'test Improved System of amtistry," sccon I edition' just published, - and sent free for two stanyls. " Will well renay perusal." ---Fxpress. Attendance nine to six. (!onsultations free. —2 - , New Bond-street. N.B. Many years with Air. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street. TAT F. THOMAS AND CO.S PATENT . SEWING MACHINES. —The celebrated No. 2 Ma chine, unequalled for general work, £lO. The new Domestic Machines, complete (Lock Stitch), £5 55., Z 6 Gs., and £B. Catalogues free. W. F. 'I COMAS and Co., 1 and 2, Cheapside, and Regent-circus, Oxford-street, Loudon. 3/ER. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, the Author of "PURE DENTISTRY, and What it Does for Us," "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION, or Anesthesia Locally Applied," "DENTAL SURGERY—a Practical Treatise," &c;, &c., may be Consulted Daily as hitherto from 10 to 4 o'clock, at his ONLY Reside/We, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street). gt SE L F-CLOSIN G DOUBLE-GRIP" ACTION. CENTRAL-FIRE BREECH-LOADING GUNS. E. M. REILLY and Co., 502, NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA. AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair 11 to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. hsve at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. India Office, Ist Lecember, MS. 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 tl:e Bth Febrittry, 18q9. Copies of the rezniations 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 apartment, India Office, Westminster, S.W. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. (lANDIDATES intending to present themselves J at the Open Competition, commencinq on March 14, 18419, are reminded that Certificates of Birth, Health, and Character should be sent to the Secretary to the Civil Service Commis sioners, London, S.W., on or before the let of Febreary. Regu lations may be obtained on application. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo•place Pall mall, London. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Of f ices -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 aro paid thirty days alter admission. ' JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. H OME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS (Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood, "in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed. COUNCIL. The Bishop of LONDON Rev. J. W. Ayro Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P. Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rey. J. E. Kempe Rev. It G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau Rev W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morten, Esq. Rev: J. E. Cox Rev. Cam.n Nepean Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C. Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott Rev. C. W. Purse Rev. F. Pigou C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott., Esq. J. S. Gilliat, Et.,q. IL R. Pym, Esq. Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh IL Seymour, Esq. H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade. Esq. R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq. Subscriptions will be 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. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George tho First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Oftlce-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS IVIGRAM, JAMES STEWART 1-11DGSON, E: CHARLES JOHN MANNING, DIRE , Robert Barclay, Esq. , Esq Governor. ,sq Sub-Governor. Esq Deputy-Governor. ;TORS Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. 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. tuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. John Garratt Uattle n y, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling duo at Christmas will expire on the 9th of January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of ls. GI per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. F.PrIIING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Bever: ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cont. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. • Tho Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. 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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 (Andarson). LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. This Course will consist of Nino Lectures:— Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal and examination of Abstracts. Lectures 11., 111., 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. Usual Frame and Contents of a Will-2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3. Practical flints on Drawing Wills. Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks, Fines-2. 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Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction, coLtinued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged by recent statutory enactment. Lectures Injunctions. Books recommended : Story's Equity Jurisprudence, chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1., 23 ; Haddam'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 811 the Foreach three courses. course. By clerks of members By clerks of gentlemen not _ _ _ members By all other persons not being members .. 4 4 0 TL•e 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. 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Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions will be thankfully received. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. 20. 10, Poultry, Loam, September, 1868. - • On the subject of Christmas th tftitittWi-disconr6 e s : Christmas is the feast of all people it:nd Nature, indeed, in this hemisphere is sokkewhaitkeluttpit, and has to make forced contributions. This year, indeed, she is hardly herself, for she wears no wreath of snow, she comes in smiles and tears, and is even making up for her unfinished summer's work. But the feast is still the parting benediction of the old year, and the incoming of a new one. It is, as always, a mustering of families and tribes and acquaintances. Sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and many a stranger 4 l'vithin our gates, gather together, as they did long ago, or, at least, think of one another with kindlier feelings from distant lands or over walls of separation. If the present cannot always be realised, its place is taken by the well-remembered past. The decree is that all the world be now numbered and named, each one to his own home, the stray ones again brought to the fold, the weak liggs restored, and the forgotten recalled to memory and affection. It is the stock-taking of our human gear. We are all invited to turn over a new leaf, and to start, new born and with a fresh supply of healthy affection, for the unknown trials of another year. Curiously enough, the Times then goes on to discourse on the recent constitu tional changes effected by the Reform Bill, and points out that the fears expressed at the time of the measure being discussed of the great body of the people themsebres being changed towards the higher classes and their well-to-do fellow citizens was utterly groundless. Our security consisted in the fact that, whatever we might do and whatever laws we might pass, we could not possibly change the nature of the Englishman, or, indeed, the prevailing characteristics of this mixed population of ours. Politicians may parade or manoeuvre the people just for a day for some showy tactics of theirs, but the people will be found next day as they were. Of the work to be done in London in the way of finding employment for the huge mass of strugglers, it is remarked that no discourage ment by abortive schemes shall prevent us from pointing out yea; by year, as Christmas returns, how much there is: to be done in this huge wilderness of a city. It is a case for organisation. All these people we certainly believe are ready to fall in at the word of command, for employment or service. They are our own countrymen, sharers of our nature. They will work if they have the work to do, and the very circum stance that they have been accustomed to special places in large industrial organisations contributes to their help. lessness when cast on their own invention and their own resources. The Star, speaking of the season and the recent commu nications printed in its columns on the subject of misery in the metropolis, has the following remarks : The great law of charity is recognised as of paramount authority by all, of whatever distinctive sect or commu nion, who really believe in the precepts of Christianity ; and it is singularly felicitous that the anniversary of our Saviour's birth should annually recur at a time when we are forcibly reminded of His words, " The poor ye have always amongst you." Far many days past our columns have borne testi mony to the significance of this fact; to the appalling condition of the destitute parts of the metropolis ; and, at the same `time, to the existence of the most disinterested and extensive agencies for the relief of the suffering classes. Our correspondents have told their own story, and although the details have been necessarily brief, they disclose a state of things which may well shock humane and sensi tive men and women. We must first express the admira tion we feel for the generous, unpaid, self-sacrificing labours of those who have undertaken the colossal task of providing for the partial sustenance of so many thou sands of poverty-stricken human beings ; who dis cover them in their wretched homes ; educate their children, or, at all events, save myriads of little one from a miserable life in the streets ; supply the sick with medicine, the naked with clothing, the famishing with bread. Such beneficence is all-embracing in • its aepira tion—would that it were sufficiently sustained by help from the affluent to embrace all who are in need. If those who have wealth and to spare would only give of their superfluity the ministering work of charity would be made comparatively easy, and in the end absolutely effectual. Of the home feeling that the return of Christmas brings, the Telegraph observes that up and down the Continent of Europe are scattered men and women whose lives have been a failure, whose fortunes are utterly ship wrecked, who are themselves battered and broken, weary and worn. There are few more pathetic passages in fiction than that where Smollett— who himself, like Fielding, died abroad—paints the Scottish Jacobites at Boulogne, who sought the seaside on clear clays that they might enjoy a glance at the white cliffs of the land to which they were forbidden to return; and, to-day, one can hardly think without pity of those .who are condemned to'a, life-long exile by the consequences, of their own faults or folly—who, lurking in some quiet little French or German town where the travelling tourist is still unfamiliar, think bitterly of the life that might have been theirs—most bitterly of all, at this season when the whole world rejoices. There are other little "English colonies" which will not lack loving remem brance at home; those little settlements of invalids at Madeira or along the Genoese Riviera, which are deserted in the summer, but recruited with terrible certainty by fresh arrivals every winter. The graveyards of Funchal, Nice, and Mentone bear witness to this sad emigration of the English. Christmas, in the South, may indeed be bright and sunny ; but in the heart of everyone who may sit to-day, perhaps at an open window, and look southwards over olive woods and terraced gardens to the purple sea, the thought and the yearning for home will arise—the craving to live again in the old land, and, if death be indeed near, to die among their own people and rest in an English grave. Thus tenderly do the English out of England remember the home of their birth, and we may therefore fitly plead that they should not be forgotten in our happy and kindly thought this day. The Post says : According to the latest intelligence we have received, it appears that the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople has proposed to the Porte that a Con ference should be held on the subject of the existing " difficulty" between Turkey and Greece, and it is said that the Ottoman Government have declined the proposal. We should not be surprised if such should prove to be the case, and we may go further, and say that in our opinion such a course on the part of the Porte would be prudent and dignified. The Government of the Czar can hardly see in the present position of affairs a suitable opportunity for reopening the Eastern ques tion. The Porte, however , is justified in r egar di ng th e matter in a different light. The castes belli between Turkey and Greece has no more to do with the Eastern ques tion than the depredations of the Alabama during the American civil war, or the arrest of the Commissioners of the Southern Confederacy by Commodore Wilkes when on their way to Europe on board the Trent. The cause of complaint advanced by the Porte is specific, and relates solely to disregard by Greece of the obligations imposed on her by the law of nations. In conclusion, it is added that Greece is transparently in the wrong, and she must, like more powerful States under the same circumstances, either make reparation or tight her own battles. The true policy for the Protecting Powers in the present juncture is one of non-intervention. If, however—which seems highly improbable—any Power should think proper to endorse the Hellenic pretensions, it will be for the Western Powers to consider the changed position of affairs, and to fulfil the public obligations which it imposes upon them. The Standard thus takes Captain Vivian to task. It is seldom that a member of her Majesty's Government indulges in such an alliterative and sensational sentence as that with which the new War Lord of the Treasury has been startling the inhabitants of the remote borough of Truro. Indeed, when we read of "bloated armaments battening on the blood of the people," it was hard to believe that the mild and gentlemanly Captain Vivian was speaking. But it really is true that the honourable captain worked himself up to this point, and sketched to his astonished audience a vision of a Liberal milleniuni, when Mr. Bright's "free breakfast table" would be brought about by the abolition of war throughout the world. It was to be the happy lot of Mr. Gladstone' s Government to substitute for the arbitrament of war " an understanding that, while they should not interfere in the domestic affairs of other nations, all differenc e s which might arise between nation and nation s h ou ld b e referred to the arbitrament of a peace co ngress ." C ap t a i n Vivian expressed his belief that that day would come, and added, somewhat inconsequently, that we might then bring down our expenditure on military _armaments from twenty-six millions to ten millions. We say somewhat inconsequently, because it seems difficult to comprehend why, with such a charming understanding in existence, we should spend ten millions, or even one million, on. armaments. By the Herald we are told that Lord Mayo has declared his intention to substitute action for correspondence in carrying out improvements in India ; .and the impending famine in that country will give immediate occasion for all the energy his lordship can command. It is fortunate, for the sake of the end in view, that the new Viceroy is not an old Indian. We all remember how old Indians in high places allowed Bengal to drift into destitution, and a large propor tion of its people to perish from absolute want of food, and were prevented from giving a wider range to disaster only by the peremptory commands of Lord Cranborne, con veyed through the telegraph, to take special measures to meet the emergency. Lord Cranborne had no experience of India, but he knew that it was better to break through official precedents, and even make a little free with politico-economical principles, than to allow the popula tion of a province to die of starvation. Lord Mayo, we may be sure, will be actuated by the same instincts; and the knowledge which he has gained of famines through his Irish experience is not likely to make lum,regard such calamities as matters of course. _ _ ___ • In regard to the reductions prOmised by Ministers, the Times tells us that if we choose to maintain an army always on an active footing, and on terms of service neces sarily expensive, we must of course be prepared to pay the cost. Neither Mr. Cardwell nor any other War Minister could pretend to give us exactly what we have now got in return for considerably less money. If the con ditions of administration and organisation are to remain the same, the result must needs be, as Sir Cornewall Lewis once calculated, a certain charge per head for every man of the foree. But it is clear that these conditions may be modified, and so modified as to produce a most material and permanent result. NEW NOVEL BY MISS WIIITTY. On Tuesday, Dec. 29, in 3 vols., IV IF E .AND CHILD. 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