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/LI T TER Covent-garden Opera—EVANS' to After Drury-lane Theatre SUP. EVANS' to SUP. After Haymarket Theatre ... EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatr , EVANS' to SUP. tendon Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. ____ MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND L UNCHEON. BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE IrRANCAISE, &c nigh -class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, --C . Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND CENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine P. to One. a.m. • _ . Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. LL. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, ISfis. This eelebratel OLD gainel the Dublin Sze Medal. It is Pure, Mild, M.filovr, Delie'ous, an - I very Wholesome. old in Bottle 3. 34. 1, at the etail 1191 , 433 Lladon; by t he Agents in the erin3in . R al town 4 in Englan 1; or wholesale'at 8, G11.111.\„T L')ND3N, W. Observe the Bel Seal, Pink Label, an 1 Cork Branded "Kina- Aares LL Whisky." 1 R Nl*l`4": l S - P-PFP R EGY 4 rRE NED VAY - 186 E. N o . 23,644. WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC II AL L, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweacey. In consequence of the great Success of Mr. A. G. ViNez's neW Songs he is re-engaged; DE AusEnT's pleasing Divertisse 'tent ; Mi ss AGNES WRIGHT, the new Serio-Comic ; the e onishing lIICKEN FAMILY; Mr. W. WAITE, the greatest ~'ansformation Dancer in the World (from the Lyceum); TnxEY FRANKS, Comique; Signor DONTI, the great One Leg Dancer. ...Bishop's and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TREMAINE , alias Brougham, R. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. CorH. Full Orchestra which will perform the popular Overtures of the Great Master's. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRI. " ' The doors open at 7, commence at 7.3 0 . No alteratio n in ate prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured Mitchell's Royal Library. Old Bond-street; Sams', S. James's ; and all other acknowledged Libraries; also at the Ilci-office at nte Rall from 10 - until four o'clock. Special Notice.- Le Petit Blondin is engaged at this Hall only, and will appear on Easter Monday; also J. G. Forde, Miss Smith- Lop, Jolly Nash, Hairy and Rattle King, and Oliver's Christy 'ti4StrelB. BLONDIN ! BLONDIN! ! BLONDIN !! ! CANTERBURY HALL.—SoIe Proprietor, W. HOLLAND. —BLONDIN a genuine Success.— RE ENGAGEMENT until further notice of the great and only B LONDIN, the Hero of Niagara. Deafening Applause at the wonderful performance on the HIGH ROPE at Nine O'clock, and the New Indian Ballet, with AL Blondin as ; JACK°, the " Monkey," at Ten o'clock. A host of talent, 14 cluding the great VANCE Annie Adams, Jester (the Talki ng Hand), Gorrards, e g gth reat Daniels, Louis Auscen, ?red. Evans and his Troupe of Pantomimists. The suberb Crystal Saloon, the most. gorgeous Saloon in Eng'and, With 1,600 feet of additional Looking - glass, by W. S. VillarsLondo a-road. No advance in prices. Stalls and Crystal Saloon, is.; Area and Balcony, 6d. Open at Seven, commence at Half-past. Special Notice.—M. Blondin will carry any gentleman 01 1 his back across the High Rope every evening. VIADAME lIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION , 'BAKER-STREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of MILES WEATHERILL is now added to the Chamber of Horrors. Admission, ls.; children under 10, 6d. Chamber of Horrors, ed• extra. °Pen from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. A RGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly This Sole Proprietor, Mr R. R. BIGNELL. Magnificent Terpsiclio:ean and Musical Establishment, t s 'ving been Re-decorated ha the style of Italian art „Y Messr. :tubardt other emluent ilcists, is NOW OPEN Lor the AJTMIN S 4..::_30N. Solo Eupu.sulion. Signor Mosca. g" ). -0 Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. STOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDER S, PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are pre .....Vented and cured by wearing CIICNDLER'S IMPROVED 43 .YGIEN/C CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all a ges. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is espec . ..lly re- Fommended to children forassisting the growth, p; o muting !lealth and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of braces and stays. ,es front 10s. 6d. each.-66, Berners- Street, Oxford-scree ,W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HIETAPPIRISi has at all tim,a a quinber of 14'1w-class REilDir NICE to be LET. furnished pr unfurnished. or sold. more rartieniarly In the nel.zhbour lipods of Svdenhtm. Upper Norwood. Forest-hill, ant vtr:l- " tT—Particulars may be had at the Of f ice, Printing House square. 11 0133 ES and APART' )t FN P 3 IVA. - NT rr, D. and to be LET or sou). BUSINTESSES for DiSl'OiA.L, PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HITILPHREQIS has continual applications for all descriptions of Pit DYE ELT Y which will pay •zood intere*t for outlay. :louses out of reptir not objected • to. T. D gumphries can ailtime 4 tied ento ners tor dm3rip ons of bail - blesses. Hotels, public hods , s, ,to , sold and t t ransterr ,(1. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent. Vrint- In? House-motre. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which 58.6 produces liskerA And thickens hair. Price 33. 6d., 6 1, and Mi. seiit by p-)st for 51, 84, and 144 ''araPs.—ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and an Chemists. _ _ _ " Tale of a Hair," 63. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIRO PO. This preparation graduaqy dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s. ; sent by pDst for 60 stamps.— 218, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, Ig. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248. High Holborn, London. ALEX. R. - )SS'S CURLING FLUID ottrls Ladies' or Gan ',inen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6,' , 4. 6d , and 101. 6d. sent free for 51, 81, and 141 Ste np , . —Had of all Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a police colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and per fectly natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. „ (1 .; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps ; and al] hemists. DOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, CCLDS, ASTIIM A., BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec tions of the ReaAratory Organs. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price ls. lid., 2s. 3d., and lls. each. Established nearly half a crntury. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster, October 5, 1867. Sir,—Some months bark I ha I an attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in my Throat, with other unpleasant feelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM or• ANISEED • I did so, and have found very great relief ; it is most en ...orting in allaying irritation, and giving strength to the v e. You .i.re et liberty to make use of this as you think pro per, arrt I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have done.—Kith many thanks from your obedient ser vant, SAMUEL DEAR, • Dean's _Verger, Westainster Abbey. _ _ To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of A.NIKIED. 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A descriptive circular ni.‘y be had, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwardel by poet, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 61 Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to bo made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT CTLAS TIC STOCKINGS, 2.4 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 .ke an ordinary stocking-. Price 4s. 6.1., is. 6d., 10s., e' Pach. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. PRINTIN G.--TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. 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THE REVALENTA ARABICA eaves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, r efreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enf.ebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con iromption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, ba3morrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, n ervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, Catarrhs, colds, influenza, .noises in the head and ears, r heumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, nen irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, eartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fit; bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at t he pit of th e sto ma ch a n d between the shoulders. It is t hei most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable or invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slopy imitations to which, without autho "lY, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Renceforth none will doubt the valuable proporties of '-' l l Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' a nd Infant s ' Food , si nce to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holt tl3ess the Popo, whose health has been perfectly restored i b ,Y it afte r thi r ty y ear s o f unsucce s s f u l medical treatment. e quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. "°,413) : —" R ome , J u ly 21 s t, 1866.—The health of the holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all obther remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du ' a rrY's Revalenta Arabica Fool, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly "neficial effect on his health, and bit Holiness cannot Praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven Years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous iilPee, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad , i gestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 78. of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord ;q uart; de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water -0"4 :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent f : ‘ °(I .—STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County W aterford." Core No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony lona dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, 4ittulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, °f Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ne rvousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vous fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two Years diarrhoea. 2 1 ,The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. ; band 9d. ; u•i 4s. 6d. ; 1 9 1 b, 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121b241b fi A eisters, carriage . free on receipt of Post-office Order, by also at DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-s treet, London; at Fortnum and Mason's, andusold: by all respectable incere and Chemists..., NA'T'IONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of Halt the Duke of CAMBRIDChg, whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan gills a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to " them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. . - . The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W. H. WARWICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall mall, S,W 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. LADY CITATTERTON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., COUNTRY C 0 'l7 EICI E S. By LADY CUATTERTON. Hurst and Mullett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now readk, at all tbe o Libraries, in 2 vols,. 215., cakurAF, VILL kitS AT CANIBRIDGE By U. L TOTTENIINM (Trinity College). Hunt an:l Blaekett, 1;3, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price ls. GI, by post ls. the Sec,owl Dritiou, with Addonda, containing allitional Facts and C - tses, in illus tration of tae nefarious proce,elings of the Advertising Qua'f., , .;:s, EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUA(. - :KERY. By DETE:CTOR. Reprinted , from the "Medical Circular." London: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. _ The numriusrevieWs of this' startling work by the Saturday Review, Pua3h, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, s•ud other• journals, rec;ommonliaZ its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. NGL.O - AMERICAN TIMES, 1 - . A AN INPERNATION ►L NE VV,APATE Devoted t American Intelligene‘, EN LA Ei)t) 21 i-AGl4li4. it..por,s of Con iress, Personal, Finanii;al, Mining, Railroa I, &a. Menibei s of and thus' having an inte,.e,t in gr.: United Stains, will An i this ucwsp per of use. Published every SATURDAY HORNE N'G, price 4d. 15, Catherine-street. Strand, 1/1 uTuAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporate , ! oy Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-CARDEN, LONDON, 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 Lf,i'l . 4llPER, ‘,.fretary DU.TVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V. 11: IRISH WHISKY. HUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISII SLY WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BJILDINGS, STRAND, W.O Established I3OS. Quotations on application. TEETH PAINLESSLY STOPPED, with permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour. guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly. MR, WEBB, DENTIST, 27, NEW BOND-STREET, Many years with Mr. EMELT., of S, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. DISCOVERY OF C.; N-POWDER (TEA.)- Large auantities'tre very descriptions have been discover - Gre: , Lie el,. 4 4.1 ce Warehouses of the " EAST Ili TI k COMPANY," and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli dons Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. upwards. Family Tea, 25.: in half-chests ls. 10d. Tea for the million, I.s. id. Price L.s., post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Larch-yard, Bishopsgate-street. GEOLOGY. -KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PPOPE , SOII , TENANT, F.G.S., COMM NO h.D A COU'l LECTI, GEOLOGY ou FRIDAY, January 24. They I - k.l continued on each succeeding Wed ,r, i riday a, same _cur A shorts: course is also - i,,arsda,y evenings nom Bto 9. Text-Book, Lyell's "Ele.ue Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest in the country R. W. J ELF, D.D., Principal SCO PT'S LIVER and BILIOUS PIL LS.—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 aro 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, London, and by most druggists, iu bokes, and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. rNE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHXN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALB ER7' ORPH a N ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £2.5 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, E.Cj GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caled or *an-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers —Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall. Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEO. REID, Sec. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON F EMAL PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President —Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1863 are ear , nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bonn. quet, Silt. and Co., 73, Lombard-street, PIC • Francis Nich o ll s , Esq. (of the Committee), 14 , Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. President-I-His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEtiCII, K.G. This h ospital , founded in the year 1828, the' first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. - - . It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the promises of this hospital aro capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. _ _ _ Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coatts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co, ; 'Terries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; 'Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williamsy Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ;:and_at the Hospital, from 10 till b. ;onvirtaing. judgment passages. resident in the 20th of ;51; at the ) 253,145• from these ry the eeeived the Both uncle toric cycle? ;s. Thrice arrived • at i Epeedilf ;If upon 3 isulate and he Empire. distance, 3vents, the had for 3 ;s up again L(.l r(3sll;nes. gran&tir• 1.10 to that caused the tnd he who I the Ca le Chief of hereditary 1804 Na- of votes• .d has re' s of bulle a the titles IMontS, f being se' msequeuee ?. At the i h as beeu he peo ple ;et of at- it were, ns among o replace it all the cir d. In th e iber, 185 2 ► n demand' ;rs, did not the vies / that he 1° merit per' f the coon' the charge less on th e into the favourab'Y is say, 'V e ore anahi which th e result of 3 s be fixe d ' plebisci te ' progressive Lion. The Ist of Pe ention Nos e exercise ee of t he ter of th e at promise' y, 1852' is titutioll 0f Le form ; Or anieild r w i t h the ared to 1 1 . 5 the ipplemee -- modifie e : 1 differe nt irk, s° to overnrae.ot -r -efine ou ie greateo the gra nci ,, ininiediMQ wessur e publishing the repro' liseassio;'3 ;tors to the Vi of inter; nvestei :aanina tioll h may a r budget Li :Inperor 0 rao rdin 3rl s; of 0 ° 1 council' o i press; p re 7 , cb hat ` 8 " 111 , ;he L e g y assol bl; ues ( 50t h w i , 13 . 1 ,,, ‘ 'h and 1 ;$ dariun Lberal • he Goes ti r E lo p er diSC °l.l ) ol this intere s"ij i; 'eVie ll it: New Deco aaving ees , aen's ilo a -the del3l f oad, P. of -A-1111'' en-creS ot, atedriora, Brit 1 5 00 11 ' 41 ' OVT 110 1° 0 late rs,Jer4sg; 'PPP .fn O f C. 10 SCI.- 10 P. 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"... , .\Z \ ;..• : ' . 1 1 1 ' • it; 1. 1 I I,- ' __S _ . the assizes for the county of Sussex, a bewes,..k a 'disagreement took place between t a4w i tl ( t -- . 1., t /4 -7. k --, - .....4 4 .4:;" --- . * ti * 2. _ -.0 . /14 • - _ •94. • i t --------. I '' ';'-,. \s / r' ,- L.,} / r- , sh the county, -,....-- - , 2- -- ....,.. -- .4 • li , -: ,_F• ,-. ' I -Nt.'_'t ..V . ..x - =--,- - 7 4 ' ittOs.-:-- - -7-1 -D 4 : - ' - 0 3 ', , ..i.4i , - DIZOIT. ' s ' 4 - " ' . ... .1 . , _.. iii tt e. , 7. ~ f -DIE t. - -.-.,: ~,,.• n -...._ - ~~ ~._,owir \, PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Establishel by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch 021 ,- .:e=2.J Pall Mill, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM JAMES STEIVAIa TIGDGSON, E CHARLES JOIIN MANNING, ] • DIREC R.bert. Barclay, Esq. i _ Esq Governor. ,sq Sub-Governor. Esq Deputy-Governor. ;TORS • Tetlow Itibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbocls Esq. George Forbes ltalconison, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Lao Schuster, E , q. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Sarin.. Young, Esq. Luc' Solly, ECONOMIC LIFE ASSbRANCE SOCIETY, The annual general court was held on Saturday, at the society's house, Nu. 6, Bridge-street, Black friars, to receive the auditors' report of receipts an,l disbursements during the year 1867, and to elect auditors for the present year; Mr. Ily. Barnett, M.P., in the chair. John Garret Cattlev, Esq. Mark Currie Close, isq. • 111 , vard James Daniell, Esq. Davidson, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Frodk. Joseph Edl mann, Ezq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdalo - Wm. Gronfell, Esq. •. Fmucis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadous Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam The SECRETARY (alr. Grimes) having real the notice convening the meeting, proceeded to read the following statement of accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1867 : CIOMP A GNIE GENERALE TRANS ki AMA \ UWE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers Will sail every 14 days, as fol lows:— NAPOLEO 4 11, Paddle VILLE DE 'PARIS Screw PEREIRE. Screw ST. LAURENT Screw EUROPE Paddle RATES OF PASSAGE. Havro or Brest to New York, let class, £33 0 0 91 2d class, 17 0 0 It 11 3d class, 14 0 0 Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8 Austinfriars, E.G. CONTRACTS FOR NORWAY SPARS. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset Howe, March 20, 1868. rcHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING JL the OFFICE. of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND" do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 14th April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to trea t with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into Store, at her Maklsty's several Dockyards, 10,950 NORWAY SPARS, General Account.—Received : Assurance pre miums, £220,703 3s. 7d. (less commission £7,720 lls.) ; interest on investments, £100,177 7s. 4d. (less income tax, £1,719 7s. 4d.) ; registra tion fees, £l4 ss. ; total, £311,454 17s. 7d.—Paid : Assurance claims, £179,690 2s. ; annuity claims, £2,750 10s. ; policies purchased, £7,850 4s. ; re assurance premiums, £324 16s. 4d. ; office expenses, £10,151 ls. 11d. ; law charges, £736 16s. 6d. ; me dical fees, £264 Is. 6d. ; balance carried to invest ments, £109,687 ss. 4d. ; total, £311,454 17s. 7d. NOTIOE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling dui at Lady-day will expire on the 9th of April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. • The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uniform rate of is. 6d. per cont. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. FARMING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Rever,ionary Bdnus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. _ . Assurance Fund.—Dr.: To balance, Ist January, 1867 (consisting of—funded property, £482,801 33. 2d. ; mortgages, £1,583,990 3s. 11d. ; loans on policies, £125,887 103. ; reversions, £130,619 13s. 9d. ; life interests, £67,700 63. Bd. ; cash on hand and on deposit, £11,557 17s. 7d.), £2,402,856 15s. ld. ; to profit on reversions fallen in, £12,286 3s. lid. ; to balance from geneial account, £109,687 ss. 4d. ; total, £2,524,830 4s. 4d.—Cr.: By ter minable annuities, £2,194 2s. 61 ; by balance, 31st December, 1867 (consisting of—funded property, £513,639 12s. ld. ; mortgages, £1,683,662 Os. Bd. ; loans on policies, £127,491 10$. ; reversions, £118,379 7s. 6d. ; life interests, &c., £57,761 3s. sd. ; cash on hand and on deposit, £21,702 8s 2d.), £2,522,636 ls. 10d. ; total, £2,521,830 4s. 4d. by the 31st December, 1868. The Spars (except such as may be rejected) to be exempted from the payment of Customs duties. A Distribution of the Spars, and the Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somer set House. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will auy ha noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Norway Spars," and must also bs delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £25 per coat. on the value for the due performance of the Contract. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. _ _ _ y. This Corporation affords to the AsFured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part . nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources hare been tested .by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. OND ON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY THE ONLY ROUTE TO EPSOM DOWNS. EPSOM SPRING RACES, TUESDAY, March 24, and \VEDNESDAY, March 25. The New Epsom Down Station is close to the Course. The Fares to or from this station will in each case be 6d. more than those quoted below. Frequent Trains will run during both the above days from London-bridge Victoria, Ken s in g t on , Clapham Junc tion, Battersea, Chelsea, and West B rom pton. On both days Ordinary Fares will be charged to Epsom from LONDON-BRIDGE up to 11.15 a.m., from VIC TORIA (calling at Clapham Junction) up to 11.10 a.m., a C n h d e Chelsea, at West Brompton, viz.:— ao,rnanKa Battersea)E:KSlNGT u O p N to (calling l.s a.n3., Ist Claps. 2d Class. 3d Class. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. ARMY CONTRACTS. Single journey ......... 2 s. 3 d. le. Od. is. 2d. Return Tickets ......... 3e. Od. 2s. 6d. ... 2s. Od. Those Return Tickets will not be available to return from Epsom until after 6.30 p.m. SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAINS TENDERS will be received by the DIRECTOR of CONTRACTS, War Office, Pall-mall, Lond on , until Twelve o'clock noon on the 26th instant, for the SUPPLY of will run direct to ,EPSOM and EPSOM DOWNS from LONDON-BRIDGE and from VICTORIA (calling at Clapham Junction) from 11.30 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. Returning from EPSOM DOWNS from 4.0 to 6.0. p.m., and from EPSOM, old station, from 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. Be tween the hours of 11.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. the Ordinary Trains from London and the Ordinary Trains from Epsom and Epsom Downs will be suspended. FARES PROM KENSINGTON, WEST BROMPTON, CHELSEA, BATTERSEA, VICTORIA, OR LONDON-BRIDGE. Single Journey f'between the hours of 11.15 4s. Od. Return Ticket I a.m. and 6.30 p.m. ) 7s. 63. Trains leave Kensington for Clapham Junction at 11.26 a.m., 12.0 noon, 12.40 p.m., and 1.36 p.m., calling at West Brompton, Chelsea, and Battersea, in connection with the Special Trains from Epsom and Epsom Downs. The Express Trains will consist chiefly of let Class Carriages, but no parthtular class of carriages can be gua ranteed. Passengers from Kensington, West Brompton, Chelsea, and Battersea change at ClaphamJunction into the Special Trains for Epsom. Passengers from intermediate stations on the Croydon and Epsom and the West End Lines must proceed to Epsom by the Ordinary Trains, which will run up to 11.15 a.m., 11.10 a.m., and 11.5 a.m. respectively, as above uoti Red. Tickets may be obtained on and after Saturday, the 21st March, at the London-bridge, Victoria, and Kensington Termini, at the Company's Office, 43, Regent-circus, Pic cadilly, Tattersall's Subscription Rooms, Cook's Excursion Oflice, 98, Fleet-street, E.C., Golden Cross, Charing-cross, W.C., and Swan with Two Necks, Gresham-street, E.C. FAIS INS, PERDRIX, ET VOLAILLE. A LA NOBLESSE FILANcAISE. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, POST OFFICE-STREET, Norwich, Angleterre, fournit le Spanish Meal qui a etc employe aVec le plus grand succes pour clever et nourrir les faisans, les perdrix, &C. &c. M. J. CHAMBERLIN vient de recevoir Is. lettre suivante relative h son Spanish Meal pour clover les Faisans, de M. le Vicomte do la P anouse, I ns pecteur general des Forks de la Couronne do Sa Majeste Imperiale Napoleon IL Administration generale dos Domaines et Forets de la Couronne, Compi6gne. L'lnspocteur des Forets de la, Couronne h la residence de Compiegne soussigne, certifie avoir employe h la nour riture des Faisandeaux le Spanish Meal provenant de la Maison James Chamberlin de Norwich, et en avoir obtenu les tneilleurs resultats. Les Faisandeaux et les Faisans mangont tres Bien cette subst%nce. Elle les rend tree forts et lour chair est trey bonne. Veuillez agreer Monsieur, L'assuranc e d e ma con sideration distinguee, Vte. A do la PANOUSE, La Noblesse et les grinds Proprietaires sur le Continent, au recu dos trois timbres de 40c. peuvent avoir franco un Byte contenant les details relatifs h la nourriture des oiseaux ci-dessus montionfies, avoc trois cents certificats, les prix, &c. &c. L'addresser Mons. JAMES CHAMBERLIN,. Post - office-street, Norwich, Angleterre. T)ARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 182' FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY -LANE), LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS SALE BY AUCTION, by M. Vincent CHAPUIS, Solicitor, Lyons, place Imperialo 44, (to which foreigners w ill b e admitted), in ONE LOT. In the sales court of the court of common pleas, Lyons (Tribunal civil) of property belonging to copropriotors, majors and minors, consisting oftheMINLS of Pyrite, Copper, Iron, and Zinc at Chessy an d Sain-Bel (RhOne) the grant of which comprises 18,600 hectares, 46,960 acres, THE WORKS OF CRESSY for the manufacture of chemical productions and of all the landed property situated in that parish, comprising about 82 acres. THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS situated in the parishes of Sourcieux, Che vinay, Courzieux, Brussieux, Bessenay, Saint-Pierre-la- Palud and Sain-Bel (Rhone), comprising about 82 acres. MINES OF LA GIRAUDIERE, the right of which com prises about 741 acres. The right of seeking for mines .at Saint-Clement-sous- Valsonne, Grandis and Voltorte (Rhone). WORKS OF ST.-PONS, parish of Venissieux (Rhone), for the manufacture of chemical productions, and of the landed property belonging thereto, comprising about 126 acres, served by a branch of the main railway line from Paris to Lyons and the Mediterranean also. The lease of the chemical works of M. Bouvard, senior, situated at Saint-Fens parish of Venissieux (Rhone). WORKS OP SAINT-CHRIST near Vienne (Isere), for the manufac ture of chemical productions, including the lease of the buildings belonging to the mine and factory com pany, of the banks of the RhOne. WORKS OF L'OZE RAIE, near Avignon (Vaucluse), for the manufacture of chemical productions, and of the landed property belonging thereto, comprising about 71 acres. Also the lease of the works of le Pontet, near Avignon (Vaucluse). WORKS of MARENNES (Charente-Infe rieure), for the manufacture of chemical productions and of the landed property belonging thereto, comprising about 49 acres. OF AN ESTATE CALLED DO COFFRE and the rights of grant and seeking for mines, the whole situated at Monconstant, in the parish of Callarcet (Ar ridge). OF A PIECE OF LAND comprising about 7 or 8 acres, situated at Bobigny, in the plain of Saint Denis, near Paris. OF A PIECE OF LAND, situated at Couternon (COte d'Or), of the grant, and right of seek ing for mines and of a piece of land, situated at Rochefort (Promo). (The stock and implements of the mines and works will be sold at the same time.)_ Ist Lot piece of land and right of seeking for mines at Valsonno (Rhone). 2d Lot, right of seeki n g f or mines at Chichilienne (Isere). Sale to take place on SATURDAY, 25th of April, 1868. To be put up at £280,000. (Signed) VINCENT C3HAPUIS. N.B.—Apply for particulars lo To Me CHAPUlS,prose cuting solicitor. 20 To Me. GERIN. 3o To Me RUBY, colitigant solicitors. TU, Record Office of the Court of Common Pleas, at Lyons, where the conditions are deposited and may be examined. To the firm, quai Saint-Antoine, where all the title deeds, documents, vouchers, inventories, and notes relative to the property may be examined. Copies of the plans accom panying the conditions are deposited at the Firm. Plans of the interior works of the °bossy and Sain-Bel mines may be consulted in the offices at Sourcieux. j_TOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS lA_ 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 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, KC.; and by WILLIAM WILLI a MS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inu-fields. STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 1867.—Number of proposals received, 529 ; policies issued, 415 ; pro posals declined, 61; not completed, 53 ; number of policies remaining in force at end of year, 9,436 ; amounts assured thereon, £7,848,773 ; absolute bonus, £718,954 ; total liabilities, £8,567,727 ; sums assured by new policies, £418,640 ; amount of new premiums, £14,018; total premium revenue, £226,100 ; invested capital, £2,522,636. rrHE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland-street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's- street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge throe homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society is underr the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay .and Co. The Committed very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COOPER, See. 85, Quoeu-street Cheapside STATEMENT OF CLAIMS ACCRUED.-011 164 poli cies assuring 140 lives in the sum of £169,818, in cluding bonus. Out of the 164 policies deter mined by death 147, assuring £124,702, carried £35,917 bonus. The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, in rising to propose the first resolution which is usual on these occasions, I wish before entering upon the figures which have been read, to advert to a circumstance that has happened during the past year, affecting in some degree the society, viz., the loss we have sustained in the retirement from our service of Mr. McDonald, the late secretary. We received his resignation with great regret, he having for nearly twenty years fulfilled the duties of his office with great ability and zeal, and I am sure that you as well as ourselves are exceedingly sorry to lose him. (Hear, hear.) We have, however, been fortunate enough to secure the services .of Mr. Grimes, who has thrown his whole mind into the business most cordially and energetically, and we have every reason to believe that he will prove an efficient successor to Mr. McDonald. The figures, a statement of which is in your hands, will, I think, require but little explana tion. They are drawn up in the same form as on previous occasions, and speak for themselves. We (the directors) consider the statement very satis factory. Last year, you will remember, I had to apologise in some measure that the figures pre sented to you were not of so cheering and satis factory a nature as we had been enabled to submit on many previous occasions. But I en deavoured to impress on the meeting that there was no reason for despondency, for we were ourselves well assured that, by the mode in which our calcu lations were made, we must have ups and downs in our business, and that although there might be a falling off in one year, there would in all proba bility be a recovery and counterbalance in after years, which would bring up the business to the average amount. I am happy to say that my anti cipations have been fulfilled more rapidly than I could fairly have expected. The business of last year, as you will see by comparing the pre sent figures with those of the previous an nual statement, has brought us up already to the ground we had apparently lost. (Hear, hear.) The nature of the business has also been highly satis factory ; we have had fewer proposals, it is true, but the aggregate amount of the policies have been larger, which is a magnificent fact. The number of proposals made to us last year was 529, against 553 in 1866, or 24 less, and we issued last year 415 policies against 447 in 1866, or 22 less. But the amount assured by them was in 1847 £40,000 more than the amount _assured by the policies taken out in 1866—the totals being in 1867 £48,640 against £378,570 in 1866 ; the average of the policies last year was £l,OOB against £846 in 1866, and we received in new premiums £14,017, against £11,872 in 1866. This shows that last year's business was of a very satisfactory cha racter, and I think that we may argue from it that a certain amount of the commercial distress which prevailed so extensively in the previous year has passed away, and that people are again able to apply their savings to life assurance, and putting away for the benefit of their families hereafter. At the same time we cannot consider the last as a very favourable commercial year gene rally; but we find the state of commerce and trade always reflected to a certain extent on the business of this office. Another fact bearing on the same point is that we have had fewer policies lapse from non-payment of premium, and fewer brought to us to purchase last year than in the previous year. The total amount of premium received was, in 1867, £226,000 as against £219,600 in 1866, being an increase of £7,500. Then, taking the other side of the question—in the claims paid we have also a satisfactory result. In 1867, 164 policies be came claims, against 216 in 1866, and the amount paid on such policies, including bonuses, was £169,800 in 1867, as against £208,000 in 1866, and in point of fact was less by £38,000 than the estimated amount we might have expected to have to pay. You will recollect that in reference to the year 1866, I stated with regret at the last meeting that we had then for the first time, I be lieved, exceeded the estimated amount by about 0 6,000, so that now we have more than got back to the amount, we might have expected. The bonuses have also shoirn up pretty well. We have paid as much as 115 per cent. on a policy during the year, and the average has risen to 28.8 per cent. A curious circumstance, too, has happened, which we cannot account for, in connexion with the claims that have arisen during the year, and that is that the average age of death has been four and a half years higher than in 1866. Looking at the general state of the society, we find that the assets have increased in the year by nearly £120,000, which you will admit is a gratifying circumstance. (Hear, bear.) We have now upwards of £2,522,000 - invested capital, ,ag ainst £2,403,000, as shown by the accounts of last year. The total income tlo society is now no leas than £536;000. Of course the liabilities may appear large to those who are unacquainted with life assurance business, amounting as they do to £8,567,000, but having £2,522,000 in hand, we believe we can show our condition favourably as compared with other offices; and the ordinary rough calculation made by those who study She subject will show that we are in a very satisfactory state as regards the secu rity we offer to our policyholders. (Cheers.) We have for some years past paid great attention to the investment of the funds, and it has been more than once suggested to us here whether we could not, in crease the income of the society by laying out the money in investments which pay higher rates of in ter, st. We have succeeded in doing so some extent, and I am happy to say with every assurance that we have thereby in no way jeopardized the security of any part of the society's assets. (hear, hear.) We have had investments offered paying a high rate of interest, but not considering th e m of that un doubtedly safe character we ought alone to invest the funds of the society in, me have declined them, and we are enabled consequently to say that upon the whole we have the most perfect confidence in the securities in which the money is invested, and that it is yielding a very satisfactory return. The directors are indefatigable in their attention to the businessof the society, and doing all in their power to promote its interests. I have on former occasions drawn attention to the fact that in a mutual office of this kind we all hang very much together on the same string, and I would take this opportunity to repeat that every man who is assured in this society, by using his influence to bring new business, is taking the most effectual means of improving his property and adding to the bonus_ on his own policy. Before moving the adoption of the report I shall be happy to answer any questions that may be put. Mr. CURTEIS thought it might be satisfactory if the chairman would state in what way the fresh in vestments alluded to had been made. The CHAIRMAN—We have not so much taken any new description of investments, as we have re frained from investing in the funds. We think we have sufficient money in the funds to meet every immediate requirement, and we have accordingly availed ourselves of opportunities which occasionally offer of putting out money on the mortgage of rates, by which the interest is secured regularly, anct re payment of the capital in a certain number of years. This is a class of investment which suits an in surance office very well, but does not suit bankers. We get upon these investments 5 per cent. interest, which helps up the small rate of interest we get from the money invested in Consols. We also bought some reversions some years ago, which have turned out remarkably well, and we have made a profit on reversions which have fallen in of £12,286. Mr. CURTIES considered the explanations very satisfactory. (Hear, hear.) A POLICY-HOLDER—What is the average rate of interest derived from the investments ? The CHAIRMAN—That is hardly a fair question, but I have no objection to state that it is between 4f and 4f per cent. We cannot expect to get much beyond that, as it is necessary to keep always a very large sum in immediately convertible securities, which pay only a low rate of interest. I now move that the statement and report be received, and en tered on the minutes. Sir A. DUFF GORDON, Bart., seconded the motion, which was put and carried nem. con. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN £l6O was awarded to the auditors for their services in the past year ; and the auditors, Messrs. J. G. Stillwell, J. Howell, R. Taylor, and H. Roberts were re-elected. Mr. CUIITEIS said he was an old insurer of forty years, during which time he had attended most of the meetings, and al\N:ays felt great confidence in the directors, who, although a little depressed last year, had only shared the same fate of nearly all the other offices. He had now the pleasing duty of proposing a vote of thanks to the directors for their extreme attention to the office during the past year. Mr. BARRON felt it a privilege to second the motion. He thought the assurers had every reason to be satisfied with the exertions of the directors, and he for one was glad to hear that their rate of interest was no higher. (Hear, hear.) As a pro fessional man he knew the extreme difficulty of getting a higher rate, and if it had been but one penny over 5 per cent. he should have thought their investments were placed in a questionable position. The motion was agreed to unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said it was a pleasing duty to return thanks for such a compliment, and on the present occasion it was peculiarly gratifying, as it had been moved by one of their oldest assurers, who knew what bonuses had been declared, and seconded by one of the youngest, who doubtless looked forward with hope and confidence to their operations in future years. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Ile hoped all their assurers would take care to live as long as they could—(laughter) — which would not only be a benefit to them, but an alvantige to the office. (Laughter.) Mr. CURTEIS then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Downes, the actuary, The motion having been seconded, was carried unanimously, awl the Chairman, in contleying the compliment to Mr. Downes, said it was one in which the directors most cordially concurred. Mr. DOWNES, in acknowledging the vote, said he had been so long connected with the office that it had become so much a part of his life that he felt its interests and his own were identical. It was his constant endeavour to find out anything that would be advantageous to the society, and to remedy any defect in its working that might be discovered. The meeting then broke up. THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY. IDA ETTS'S CAPSULE PATENTS. —To prevent ILO infringements, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that BETTS'S name is on every. Capsule he makes for the principal merchants of England and France, thus enabling vendor, purchaser, and consumer not only to identify the genuineness of the capsule, but likewise the contents of the vessel to which it is applied. The Lord Chancellor, in his judgment on the Bth inst., said— ~ "That the Capsules aro not used merely for the purpose of ornament, but that they are servicable in protecting the Beer from injury and. insuring its genuineness." Feb. 20, 1868. Manufactories, 1, Wharf-road, City-road, London ; and Bordeaux, France. The anniversary festival of the Highland Society of London was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Saturday, in characteristic fashion, and with more than ordinary eclat. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, and among the notables present were the Prince of Teck, the Marquis of Westmeath, Lori Saltoun, the Earl of Fife, the Duke of Richmond, Hon. James Macdonald, Ad miral Dacres, Sir W. Ferguson, Bart., General Sir John Law, Sir Samuel Baker, Sir P. Colquhoun, &c. In speaking to the toast of the evening, the Commander-in-Chief took occasion to refer to the fact of the festival being held, in accordance with honoured custom, on the anniversary of the glorious day when Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in command of an unusual proportion of Highland regiments, won the important battle of Alexandria in 1801. The deeds of Highlandmen that day—as they did befse and have done since on other fields—showed the devotion, the tact, bravery, and magnificent trust worthiness of the fine soldier. Recently the late Lord Clyde won his peerage for service done with Highlanders at Balaclava, and every man in the ranks of the Highland regiments that were with Sir Colin Campell on that occasion in the Crimea in effect received a moral peerage when their general —a representative man—became Lord Clyde. His royal highness also descanted at length on the civil bearings of the subject, and eulogised the operation and results of the Highland Society of London, which was instituted as a national body in 1778, and incorporated in 1816, and which had been the parent of so many beneficial kindred institutions. According to custom at these festivals the company were entertained with the sword dance, danced with remarkable dexterity and grace by Sergeant Grant, of the London Scottish, to the playing of the national bagpipes by M'Lennan, the Earl of Fife's piper. llornintan's Pure Teas are Bd. per pound cheaper. Their 2,500 agents—confectioners in London, and chemists in the country —are, constantly receiving fresh supplies of these long-approved teas. Sold only in Rackets. VSPAPEIi - I .' ) , v".N ''*-,Zt 1 - 17..\z i: it 'ess 0 g%,..;' , 47 ,1 wie4 s / 44 !rofte Justice and the high ,eriff of . _ and that upon one occasion his lordship expressed his intention to fine him forneglecting his duty and treating the court with disrespect. The proceeding gave 'rise to a great deal of conversation, the occurrence being one of an entirely unusual character. It would seem that upon the occasion of the judges' arrival, the high sheriff was not in attendance, and the judges had to walk to their lodging, and that upon proceeding to church the high sheriff very unceremo niously took possession of the seat of honour in the car riage, compelling the Lord Chief Justice to sit with his back to the horses. There were aLso no trumpeters engaged—whether from motives of economy or otherwise does not appear, but the absence of these neces sary adjuncts to the proceedings of the assizes did not seem to please either of the judges, who were both very dissatisfied with the course that had been taken. The consequence of this was that an intimation was given by the judges that they would not require car riages, and on each morning they walked to the court, leaving the sheriff to proceed thither alone. After the little fracas of Tuesday, the Lord Chief Justice treated the high sheriff with apparently studied neglect, and the latter, who was told that he must attend in court or be fined, was•compelled during the whole day to sit by the side of the judge, who did not speak a word to him, and upon one occasion, when the Chief Justice dropped a paper and the high sheriff was about to pick it up, the Chief Justice remarked, " Let it alone, sir," and picked it up himself. During the whole sitting of the assizes this state of things continued, and no attempt at reconciliation was made when the business was concluded. It may be dated that the under-sheriff was fined £2O Rpm the same occasion that the Chief Justice threatened to fine the high sheriff, but this flue, it appears has since been re mitted. ELECTORAL REPRESENTATION. At the adjourned meeting for the discussion of Mr. Hare's system of representation, held at the offices of the Reform League, that gentleman dealt with the objections that had been raised against his plan—namely, that it was complex, offered facilities for bribery and wire-pulling, and would not work in harmony with the ballot. It was certainly not more complex, he said, than the system of bankers' cheques, and yet on this system pay ments were made daily of millions throughout the country, and accounts were balanced every morning at the clearing-house without the slightest confusion. The voting paper would be treated with the same care as the cheque, and after the election would be filed by the re turning officer, for reference if any question arose. There was much less complexity in his plan than in the daily business of the Post Office. As to bribery, he had no recipe for making the political world suddenly virtuous, but he would deal with corruption in political life as the physician treated physical maladies—diminish the conditions which propagated the disease, and isolate the infected. By his system the infected would be absolutely isolated, and no man could do more than sell himtelf ; he could not, in con junction with a few others like him, sell the borough. As to " wire-pulling," only those who liked need submit to the operation ; no man could be forced to undergo it. As to the ballot, his scheme, with alittle alteration, would be perfectly applicable to that, though he had not originally contem plated secrecy of voting, for to that per se he had a great aversion. His plan would be perfectly adapted to the present franchise, or to universal suffrage, and it would not sweep away local representation. Professor Fawcett, in supporting Mr. Hare's plan, thought that among other things it would facilitate the more direct representation of the working classes.—Mr. Sterne, of the United States, was of opinion that the plan would be specially beneficial in America, where, owing to the present system of voting, many important sections of the community, and notably the Free Traders, were quite unrepresented in Congress. Other gentlemen took part in the discussion, and it was finally resolved that a committee should be appointed to confer with 'Mr. Hare, and draw up a simple explanatory statement of the details of the system, to be published in pamphlet form for general circulation, after being sub mitted to an adjourned meeting of the conference.—Mr. Beales explained that the proposal to appoint the com mittee would in no way commit the League to any opinion on the subject of Mr. Hare's system. LAW AND POLICE A DESIGNING HOUSEKEEPER.—The Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery have had before them an application for a commission in lunacy against one Palmer, who was 76 years of age, and said by his nephew to be insane. He (Palmer) was a widower, and his house was managed by a woman named Walesby. The petitioner, the nephew above-mentioned, accused Mrs. Walesby of having a design upon the property of Mr. Palmer. Proceedings werg at first commenced to prevent her from marrying him. She gave an undertaking that she would not do so, and an application was then made for a commission. The Lords Justices sent their visitor, Dr. Hood, to Winterton, to inquire as to the state of Palmer's mind. Dr. Hood reported that although Palmer had an imperfection in his speech he was not of unsound mind, and was quite capable of managing his own affairs. The petitioner, however, contended that the report was erroneous, and that Palmer was quite imbecile, and a mere instrument In the hands of Mrs. Walesby. The Lord Justices were of opinion that there was no ground whatever for the petition. There was no proof that Palmer was of un sound mind, and the petition must be dismissed with costs. THE LANCASHIRE RELIEF FuND.—An application was made to the Master of the Rolls by Sir Roundell Palmer, on Saturday, on behalf of the Liverpool Branch Com mittee for the Relief of Lancashire Distress during the cotton famine, to have a Eeheme prepared in chambers for the appropriation of the surplus or balance fund in the hands of that committee (exceeding £40,000), to the con struction of a convalescent hospital at Liverpool for the benefit of the inhabitants of that city.— The court was of opinion that the suggestion of such an institution was a very good proposal, and directed a scheme to be prepared in chambers to carry it out. Imrnisomr ENT OF A WIFE. —The suit of Blackburne v. Blackburne is before the Divorce Court, on petition by the wife for judicial separation. A novel application has been made to Sir James Wilde in the matter. It appears that Mr. Blackburne, hearing that his wife had obtained impor tant evidence, caused her to be seized while with a friend' in a stationer's shop. She was put into a cab and driven to his residence in Bayswater. She was then locked up, and Mr. Blackburne caused her to write a letter to her solicitor requesting that all proceedings in the suit might be stayed. On the inside of the envelope, however, she managed to write a few lines in pencil, Showing that she wished her suit to be continued. An application was therefore on Saturday made for an attachment. The Judge-Ordinary ordered the attachment to issue forthwith, but intimated that Mr. Blackburne, who resides at Kensington, might attend at the registry on Monday and explain his conduct. It was stated later in the day that Mr. Blackburne had gone away, leaving his wife locked up in the house, and counsel moved for an attachment against the party who had charEe of it. His lordship refused the attachment, and intl'ulat id that the proper course would be to apply to a judge at chambers for a writ Of habeas corpus. £875 DAMAGES FOR INJURY.—At the Manchester Assizes, in the case of Clement v. Lancashire and York shire Railway Company, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages, £875. It appeared that on the 7th of August, 1806, the plaintiff, who is a cotton-spinner, carrying on his business at Micklehurst, had occasion to go to Manchester on business, and the defendants' train in which he travelled came into collision with another at the Manchester station, and he received a severe blow on the head by being thrown against a passenger, who was sitting opposite to him. The defendants admitted their neg ligence, and the only question was as to the amount of damages. The plaintiff's memory and sight were im paired by the injury which he had received, and he was unable to attend to his business as before ; and, according to the evidence of an eminent London surgeon, whom he had consulted, his eyesight was to some extent perma nently injured. CURIOUS BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE CASE.— At the York Assizes a breach of promise case was tried. The defendant and plaintiff's father were both small far mers, possessing at one time adjoining farms. An intimacy sprung up between the defendant and plaintiff, which re sulted in the birth of a child. The plaintiff's father soon after removed to a distance, and all intimacy between the parties appears to have ceased, until in November 1806, the defendant rode over to see the plaintiff, and—as he alleged, under the influence of drink—made proposals of marriage to her. He was at the time engaged to another young lady, whom he afterwards married.— The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages £lOO. TEE IZOBERRY FROM PROFESSOR CHRISTMAS.— Police•constable Webb, charged with robbing the late Rev. IL Noel-Fearn, or Professor Christmas, of a gold watch and other articles of the value of RGO, while the rev. gentleman was in a dying state, was brought up at the Marlborough-street Police-court on Saturday for final examination. The theft, it appears, was not committed while the deceased was being conveyed in the cab to the hospital, but the prisoner took possession of the pro perty at the hospital by virtue of his office as a police man, and absceqcdyittl it. Ile \\ Is committed s4r to , THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, _MARCH 23, 1868. THE MORTON 'TESTIMONIAL. .QI7,ITER AL Gentlemen, friends of Mr. CII &IMES KJ MORTON, of "THE OXFORD," have formed them selves into a Committee for the purpose of.raising FUNDS for a TESTIMONIAL, to be presented to him, expressive of the high senso entertained both of his public character and private worth. Subscriptions already. received:— • E. B. 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