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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, KG
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.

This Hospital, foundej in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the princip'e of flee admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
tddition V) this, the average number of attendance of the
.institute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
'1 he Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
co, tainibg several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.

Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mal-
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries and Ct). ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; %V,lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Co.. Liverpool; and at tie Hospital. from 0 till 5.
tITAN roRD Secretary.

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
11011 E, Hampstead. Ofllces. 77, CornhilL
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.

Capt. the Hon. Francis MilicietiVite Rev. Canon r hatnpneys
R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq.
.This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service, and provides a home free of expense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the
recent storms and less f life at sea, and to enable them
eventually to obtain premises more commensurate w.th the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sa.aors annually by casualties alone, without including those
who may perish by war.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs.
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill.
R. SWEETING, Hon. Soo.
CIIAELKS NASH, Oeo,

HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime,
under 10 years of age.
President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., 31.12,
VICE-PRESIDENTS._

Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. lid. Peto, Bart., M.P.
Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Samuel Morley, Esq.

COMMITTEE,

Mr Alex. Anderson.---T---Rev. IT. M'Sorley.
- Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell.
Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred short.
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Mr. E. F. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum.
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Mr. Francis Lycett. Jr. R. T. Turnbull.
Treasurer—W. H. Wiliana, Esq., 78, Basingball-street. E.C.
Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, £6, Suffolk-street,
Pell-Mall East, S.W
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-

sired,
This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to
take Is the little ones whose charact r and circumstances
disqualify the n for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tendar
age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are these
who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are
those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and
left to beecome Idle wanderers. Such are those whose
parents may have at one time or other received parish relief,
and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose
parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who
train their children in the same path. Such are those whose
evil associations have already had their painful effect, and
must lead them to a life of crime and misery.
There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of
age to 10. There is room for nearly 10 , and the Committee
would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait
for the necessary subscriptions.

The mode of admission to the Rouse is twofold,
Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted
are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught iill
they are 11 years ok age.

"Ncrith the view to sjeure the election of the most deserving
cases, the Committ e have from the first discouraged canvas-
sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers.
The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care-
ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge kr themselves as to
those most eligible for free admission.

2d. By papii,nt of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of
admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any
time as soon as approved by the Committee,
Elections of chi dren to be admitted free will take peace as
frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, tilt the Home is full ; they will then be held periodi-
cally
Forms of sppllcation for the admission of children may be
had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secret try,

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Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey,
K.C.8., and Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick are
expected at Portsmouth on Friday morning to make
a trial of the Royal Sovereign turret-ship, accom-
panied by some of the ironclad fleet.
The launch of her Majesty's ship Pallas, which
differs materially from any other hitherto con-
structed, took place yesterday at 3 o'clock from her
building yard at Woolwich. The ceremony of
" christening" was performed by Mrs. Dunlop, wife
of the Commodore Superintendent of the yard.
The launch, which was directed by Mr. George
Furner, the master shipwright, was perfectly suc-
cessful, and was witnessed by many thousands of
spectators, among whom were Viscount Sydney,
Lord Lieutenant of the county ; Rear-Admiral Sir
F. Nicholson, C. 8., Rear-Admiral Duntze, various
members of the Board of Admiralty, Admiral Ro-
binson, Controller of the Navy; Mr. Reed, the Chief
Constructor, &c. On gaining the river the vessel
was brought round by a couple of steamtugs, and
was made fast to await the approaching tide when
she Will be brought into the dockyard principle. The
principle on which she is constructed is that of an
armour-plated ship of moderate dimensions, to carry
a few heavy sheltered guns, and a belt armour to
protect the most impoltant parts. She will be
capable of steaming with Sufficient speed to capture
with certainty wooden v:-:sols like the late Alabama,
or men-of-war or privateers of much greater speed.
She has been made a comparatively short ship, in
order that she may be handy under the action of
her rudder. She will be full-rigged, so that she
may keep the sea for months together. That she
may possess sea-going qualities of a high order, she
has been made a very lofty ship above the water,
the height of her fixed bulwarks being no less than
18ft. above the level of the sea. Her ends have also
been kept as light as possible, to give her that pecu-
liar buoyancy at the bow and stern which Admiral

Dacres has reported upon so favourably in the En-
terprise. Another peculiar feature in the Pallas in
that she is constructed for fighting " end on" in the
manner lately advocated so strongly. This is not,
however, her only mode of fighting, as she will carry
two powerful guns, under armour, at each broad-
side, in addition to two other guns. The Pallas, in
which these arrangements have been carried out, was
designed by Mr. Reed early in 1863, but the order
to build the ship was not given till the end of that
year, so that she has been so far completed in little
niore than 15 months. Her armour-plates are not
yet fitted, nor are her engines on board, but these
works will be proceeded with rapidly, and the ship,
it is stated, will be got to sea by the end of the pre-
sent year. Messrs. Humphreys and Tennant, who
have the engines and boilers ready to be put on
board, will be prepared to get up steam by the end
of April. The engines are of 600-horse power
(nominal) on the improved plan introduced by
these engineers, and used with so much advan-
tage, as regards the saving of fuel, in several
ships of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
packets. In consequence of the great power of these
engines, Mr. Reed has considered it desirable to in-
troduce a new system of construction at the stern
of the ship, for the purpose of enabling the wooden
hull to bear without injury the enormous strains
which the screw propeller will effect. This system
consists in connecting the stern posts and dead wood
with the side, by means of internal iron bulkheads,
decks, and flats, and external brass castings of
a new description. It appears to be generally con-
sidered that iron would have been preferable to
wood, which Mr. Reed has adopted in the construc-
tion of the Bellerophon at Chatham, but that was
not available on account of the want of machinery
at Woolwich. The following are the dimen-
sions of the Pallas. Length between per-
pendiculars, 225 ft. ; length of keel for ton-

nage, 187 ft. 3in. ; breadth extreme, 50 feet ;
breadth moulded, 48ft. lin. ; and breadth for ton-
nage, 48ft. 2in. Depth in hold, 161 t. 6in.; burden in
tons, 2,372 33-94; mean draught of water, 21ft. ;
height of ports, 7ft. 9in. ; distance between ports,
14ft. ; weight of 41-ineb. armour, 600 tons; weight
of guns and powder, 120 tons; and weight of stores
and water, 180 tons. She will be a faster vessel, it is
stated, than any wooden frigate in the navy. The
fastest wooden frigate now afloat and complete is
the Mersey, which on one occasion steamed 131
knots an hour ; but the Mersey is 300 ft. long and
of nearly 4,000 tons burden. She carries no
armour, and the designer of the Pallas has engaged
that the latter ship shall exceed the Mersey in
speed. When the Pallas was commenced it was
the general opinion that it would be impossible to
propel so short a ship at so high a rate of speed, but
as the building progressed, and the fineness of the
lines became apparent, this opinion declined, and many
naval men believe that the designer's expectations
will really be fulfilled. The Pallas is provided with
Mr. Reed's new bow, known as the U bow, on ac-
count of its section having the form of that letter,
the object of this shape being to correct the pitching
tendencies of armour-plated ships. The extremity
of the bow or prow, which projects many feet in
front of the ship, is armed with an enormous brass
cleaver, or ram, intended to penetrate the bottom
of any ship against which it may be driven.
The iron steam troopship Orontes, Capt. H. W.
Hore, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning with
troops, comprising the headquarters of the 12th
Brigade Royal Artillery and 25th Company Royal
Engineers from Ceylon, Mauritius, the Cape of Good
Hope, and St. Helena. She left Point de Gale on
the 29th Dec., 1864, having embarked Col. A. H.
Graham, Lieut. Desborough, Lieut. Gaskell, Dr. Pro-
theroe, 78 men Royal Artillery, Mrs. Desborough and
child, 5 women, and 16 children. She arrived at the
Mauritius on 7th January, 1865, which she left on the
12th. She embarked Capt. Downes, Capt. Hennon,
Dr. Roch, Quartermaster Keating, Lieuts. Oliver,
Montgomery, Bargmann, and Soames, 203 men of
the Royal Artillery, Mrs. Downes and 2 children,
Mrs. Hermon and 1 child, Mrs. Keating and 3 chil-
dren, Mrs. Oliver, 11 soldiers' wives and 15 chil-
dren ; also Lieutenant Lloyd, Mrs. Lloyd, and
child, 72 men of the Royal Engineers, 11 soldiers'
wives and 16 children. She arrived at the Cape on
the 23d of Jan., where she disembarked Lieut. Ar-
rowsmith, Mrs. Anowsmith and family, Staff Assist.-
' man of the 50th Re-
giment, Roe and Mrs. Roe, 1 man, 1 woman, 2 chil-
drenCorps,evned on board at Cey-
lon 11 children of
Ensign Swinton, 13th
tgme e2nAst
Regiment,t7h3y7en Hospital 7
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24th Regiment ; 17 men,
Regiment ; a l also
Lieut.
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t. Simpson,ll ew ei
13th Regiment, 1 woman and 2 children ; 34 men,
4 women, and 3 children, 24th Regiment ; 8 men,
Royal Artillery; received on board at the Mauritius.
She embarked at the Cape Col. Connell, Lieuts.
Lyons, Tollner, and Greenfield, 76 men Royal Ar-
tillery, Mrs. Connell and child, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs.
Tollner, 16 soldiers' wives, and 24 children, 1 man
12th Regiment, and 1 pensioner ; 3 companies 10th
Regiment for conveyance to St. Helena, comprising
Major Montague, Capts. Stanners and Corballis,
Lieuts. Cartels, Maillard, and Parkinson, Ensigns
Orton and Hunxman, 157 men, 15 soldiers' wives,
and 19 children, and re-embarked Lieut. Arrow-
smith, and family, Mr. H. Hewett, Assist.-Superin-
tendent of Stores, and 16 men 25th Regiment, 5
children, and 2 soldiers' wives. She left on Feb. 4,
and arrived at St. Helena on the 12th, where she
embarked Major Phillips, 36 men Royal Artillery,
Mrs. Phillips and family, 10 soldiers' wives and 11
children, and the officers of the late St. Helena Regi-
ment, Col. C. Macbean, Capt. Rania, Capt. and
Mrs. Campbell and 3 children, Lieuts. Hewson,
Nash, and Lamb, Mrs. Lambe and two children.
After disembarking the troops named for that island,
she left on the 14th Feb., calling at St. Vincent on
the 25th, and Madeira on the 6th March. The fol-
lowing passengers have also arrived :—Mr. Barnes,
D.A.A.C.G., from Madeira; Miss Pemule and Mr.
Pemule, and Master Fowler from St. Helena. There

were two births and one death on the voyage. The
troops will disembark to-day. The Royal Artillery,
will be stationed at Gosport, and the Royal Engi-
neers at Chatham. The Orontes has experienced very
fine weather during the voyage, and has answered
most admirably. The greatest encomiums are passed
alike on the ship and her officers by those officers
who made the voyage in her, and her comforts and
accommodation are highly spoken of. She brings a
mail in anticipation of the regular one from St.
Helena. At the Cape she left the Russian
frigate Demetri Donsky, and the French ship Isis
and transport Dordogne ; her Majesty's ship
Valorous, and a Portuguese sloop. The Confede-
rate steamship Shenandoah was supposed to be
coming in these seas. At Madeira the Orontes met
the French troopship Var, with troops bound to
Mexico. At St. Helena there appears to be a
scarcity of coal.