The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-14 00:00:00

°. 24,028.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FKMAL di PR EVEN TIVL and REFORMATORY IN
STITITTION.

Preßident—Rov. CANON DALE.

CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of tho Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

TIE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street,and 127, Eivton road.
Patroness—ller Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensicns 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.

rpIE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 210 adults are received
at Walton; 80 children at Mitcham and HAndon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretaiy.
Office, 32, Sackville-street,

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbee at King's-cross in 1856. Patton is are admitted
free
Bankers—Messrs.
Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall.malL —Hon.
Sec., / Smith. Esa.
GE°. REID, See.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THRoAT,
Golden-suare .
President—Ms Grace this Du'lto W
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.

THE LONDON .1.1.11.t31CAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a woekly payment. Undor the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

The private medical attendants of tho patients are
in vited to visit them, and to moot in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-
road. •

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
1.50 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 ono yoar.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by
WILLIAM Wf LLI AXIS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly
solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

BRITISH HOME for INC URAI3 LES, 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 perec ns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS aro
earnestly solicited.
Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street,mmond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEA'YER, Sec.
B no Offices,
ocress—,E7M.
03,e. se; s
;Messrs.
se.easßpssarisr Barclay,

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN 11011 h 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 needad
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,
Major- Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert, M.P.
Rey. J. E. Rempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouse
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. F. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
It R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
1 Loftus Wigram, Esq.
.ved by any of the above ; by
and Co; and by the Hon.
I, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
ications may be addressed.

Rey. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
lion. atd Rev. F. Byng
Rev. It. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev. W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain,
Rev. E. Capel Curo
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furst)
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Homey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recei,
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd,
man-square, to whom comma

UIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
...11.41 of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution
contributed be the saving of 862 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction.
T.th2e.4l3nlstfiotiraion
also expended £20,433 in the
slte
tho same period on its Lifeboat
ititot grantingtion earnestly appeal to the
Establishments,puTblhi
them to meet the continued
re-
wards.
public
forass
Committeei s a
n i n e
e of
tadditionto hee enable
institution
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments.
Contributions will bo thankfully received by the London
and countrr bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis.
Esq., at the `.nstitution, 14, John-struot Adelphi, London.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
Established 31st July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thei
own homes.
A I ew wing to the Hospital has lust been completed
et a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election.
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the g-eatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
vtill be thankfully received... -

FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary.
NO. 10,.F9ultry? Lonclo, Lc. 15eptlaiabor 18684

Premiums en new assur-
_ ances
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 :3

Interest from invest-
ments

.£30,811 8

117,581 7

£370,618 5 3
Commission
Medical fees
Income tax 2,215 4 7
Expenses of manage-
ment 15,489 8 5

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows:
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland street. with.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buekhurst-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 aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great 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 bankers are Messrs. Barolay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. °QUER, Sen. I tomitreet Qhmeicle.

~..,_* .
7,3•37 w,
„.....:. ~,...---7_,.'•,--4._;_ks-it,.. , 11 •
11'17,
ce-- -
-N, -
•
;„*.q...,„„w,q. ~,„,, , i,.:4,,,._,,,,„
~
..tt.ctul • 3kt -4 ~ 5.:.: .4.,,, , N
5,,
~t,\,,..,:.1_,,i: A,4-.46.,, '.4-•'•"" ..r)
~.._...1,--:-
~.,..4., 0 ,
t‘---j-::
---
----'
---
---.
' "1.;:i -17 /-Y,t; -4l' '
1 j, k:PO -....kic.. • ~...- '' ,
; ' M. 47 17- i' C''' - ,
r ; k--1 WI c -
_
0 t it .............., ''V
4*
•••••.-.Y ....... 43 X
. 1 1
pis ...4s7° '''.....4.......:...... . N...,..
0,- e
-...,\-___„, 14: ~..• : , ..,. t
-0...: ~,,,b,,,, c ~ .„ ..
. , __,,i ----.—L:..%;,...—.1. •- --.=••• \ , , "." N*',/ - ': ' 4
- -
. .

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending the 80th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair. _ _

The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£20R,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SPRPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUNE, 1868.
Pit. INCOME OF THE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867,.. £981,514 13 9
Less amount t istributed
us bonus 208,771 0 0 _ _ _

£772,740 13 0

£498,395 15 11
Profit and loss, balance
of account
Total inclme 544,466 9 2

•
£1,317:207 2 11

CR. CHARGE OF TILE YEAR
Dividend to proprietors
Cla;ms on decease of lives
B,sured £265,523 13 5
Additions to those under
participating policies 22,816 4 7
Policies surrendered 28,612 11 3
Re-assurances, new
Ditto, old 50,365 0 8

400,777 9 5

Total ebargA ..... £409,65-1 14 5
Balance of account, 30th June 1868 907,532 8 6

A.D. 1721).

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approv
THOMAS A LLENI Auditors
HENRY ROSE, j
The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by- viz., £131,811 14s. 9d.—raises
the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d.
The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s.
3d., arisinz from the productive portion of the realised
assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report.
The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there-
fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather
more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070
13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in-
cluded, at upwards of £5 12s. per cent.
The premiums on new assurances aro £14,596 ls. 9d.,
and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re-
assurances.

The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden-
tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than
those of last year by nearly £19,000.
A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount
of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks
re-assured having terminated by death and other causes.
The expenses of mPnagement are less than those of last
year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges
incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed
by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in-
cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51
per cent. on the total income.
The balance-sheet is as follows:
DR. LIABILITIES.
Interest due to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,169 11 7
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6

Total £7,565,198 1 3
011. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditto
Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities
Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011
Current interest on the above invest-
ments 36,243 7 6
Cash and bills 22,604 2 9
Advanced on security of the company's
policies 150,503 14 9
Agents' balunces
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867)
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell,
Willia-n Davidson, Esq

Total £7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS Al' I FN
HENRY ROSE 1- Auditors.
The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On comparing it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further investments have been made
on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about
£ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com-
pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value
of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030
3s. 3d.
The direction of the company is now constituted as
follows :
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-
man.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq.
-Sir: .7. -Buller East, Bart.,-
Robert A. Grayl Esq.
Wm. Augustus) Guy M.D.,
F.R!S.

Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James Murray, Esq.
Philip Rose, Esq. •
George Russell, Esq.
Thos. Godfrey Sambrcae,
Esq.
Admiral Tindal.

• -
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Drace, Esq.

Fred k. Joseph. Ed!mann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. GrenfeU,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam,

ST. LOUIS AND CALVIN.*

There are two strange things about this book—lts
author and its subject. It is indeed very strange that
the man who, thirty years ago, as Prime Minister of
France, was plotting against England, and resorting to
subterfuges and diplomatic ambuscades, should now appear
k-a as author of a volume of Sunday reading for English
PRICK.... 4d I households. It is almost as strange to see such names
BTAAIRED dd. as St. Louis and Calvin in conjunction. AL Guizot,

however, is catholic in the true sense of the word.
10)AINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, Louis IX., King of France, commonlycalled St. Louis,
JIL by Mr. B. L. MOSEI.Y, the Dentist by special appoint-
ment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal was smitten by a dangerous illness. He lay seemingly
Polytechnic. Established 1820. This, the most perfected hopeless, and those around him thought him dead, when
system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by suddenly he stretched out his arm, and with a hollow
Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recomun ruled by the Hospitals and . .
voice, said, "The day-spring from on high hath visited
adopted by ti e profession as one of the greatest improve-
of the ago for the al'eviation of pain and restoration me, arid by the grace of God called me from among the
of the natural functioe.s, can solely be olataine lin such dead." Immediately he sent for two of the bishops and
perfected succe;s (the result of forty years' practical ex- ordered them to affix the holy cross to his shoulder, ns a
rsi,gn that on his recovery he would journey to the Holy Land.
perience) at his oii:y residence, 312, Pagent-stieet. The
superlative excellence of this system is pfrfect itiminnity
from p•tin, no operation.. stumps, and decayed teeth yen_ the bishops and his mother sought to dissuade him, but
dered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. in vain. Three years passed before the state of the king-
Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in dom gave Louis the opportunity of fulfilling his vow, and
it was hoped that he had forgotten it. When he showed
fit unerring—care and con' fort unsurpassed—distect'on
impossible—the facial r.nnt,,mv faill.follv studied —and
youthful appearance retell- n i,•:,:ion and articulation that lie meant to keep it his courtiers and clergy besought
g,.arantecd. The " of March 6 sacs: "So gooi. him to desist. They said it was made when he was in
aneakness, and not in rightful possession of his senses. On
iintation becomes th next I,est thing to the origim:l2 w
Teoil front ts, j to :;11 (';IS. .0051)13.11.,t1
31.1,
exactly' fac:tig the hearing this he removed the cross from his shoulder, to
Poyal Polytechnic. their great satisfaction. That satisfaction was shortlircd.
He replaced the symbol, with a remark that he was then,
at all events, in full possession of his faculties. It
was on June 12th, 12.18, that he set out
for Egypt. How disastrous was that expedition we
need not stay to tell. "Louis forgot that he was
a king and a general, and gave way to transports of blind,
unrefiecting valour, and the very devotion to his cause
made him continually forget, not only the difficulty of
success, but the first conditions of it." At first the fervid
valour of the Christians carried everything before them ;
but it soon made them heedless, and exposed them to the
direst reverses. Retreat became necessary. Louis, strug-
gling with illness, refused to be conveyed down the Nile
in a boat, because he would thereby be separated from his
dislacmitturAl o.allay. At Icaseitla _it Loam* smoessary to
parley with the enemy, and, by some lamentable blunder,
the King became a prisoner. The Sultan treated him
with generosity, but demanded, as one condition of
restoring his freedom, that Louis should surrender
the towns in Palestine which the Christians still held,
This Louis resolutely refused to do. They were, he said
not his. The Sultan threatened—the Sultan might do
what he pleased. At length Louis was set free upon pay.
ing a ransom equal to more than £4oo,ooo—an enormous
sum at that time. Louis's companions were for returning
to France ; but he resolved to visit Palestine, in the
hope of recovering the Holy Sepulchre from the
Paynim. Perhaps nothing so strongly displays the
. uprightness and the integrity of this sovereign as an
incident which happened to him in the Holy Land. The
Sultan of Aleppo and Damascus, who was then at war with
the Sultan of Egypt, offered to restore to Louis the king.
dom of Jerusalem, provided he would assist him against
his enemy. The temptation must have been very strong;
the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre was the brightest
dream, the dearest wish, of all true Christians at that
time, and the realisation now seemed within Louis's
grasp. But Louis had, on being released, engaged to keep
a ten years' truce with the Sultan of Egypt. The time
had not yet arrived for the promulgation of the detest-
able doctrine, "no faith with heretics." The
Christian saint resisted the temptation. His only reward
was that of a good conscience. News came of the
death of his mother, who was Regent during his absence,
and this was followed by letters urgently desiring his
return. He complied, and re-entered his kingdom after
six years absence. But still he had not abandoned his
project. It acquired additional strength, for the tidings
came to the effect that the King of Tunis contem-
plated embracing Christianity. On March 16, 1270,
sixteen years after his return from his first expedition, he
set out opon his second. Before he reached Tunis he was
seized with fever, and by the time that he arrived there
he was so reduced by it that very little of life remained in.
him.

COMPAGNIE GENERALE
LAN I'lO5E.

TRANSAT-

.1. Rua de la Prix. Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Br,st, for New;York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
from lIAvItE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First 'lass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Thirc: Class
From Paris to Now York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 413 fr. ; third class
285 fr.

ft OYAL EXCH ANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Chf.rter of his Majesty George the First),

•
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART ITIDOSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHS MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

"On the night of the 24th of August, he started
up several times in his bed, and called out,
'Jerusalem ! Jerusalem ! We will go to Jerusalem !'
At last he ceased to speak, although he chewed
that he was in full possession of his faculties, and in sym-
pathy with, and conscious of, the friends who surrounded
him and the priests who brought him religious consola-
tion. By his desire he received extreme unction at the
foot of his bed, extended upon a coarse sack, covered.
with ashes, and with the cross before him. On Monday,
the 25th of August, 1270, about three o'clock in the after-
noon, he expired peacefully. His last words were ' Father,
after the example of the Divine Master, into thy hands
commend my spirit."
Calvin lived almost exactly three centuries after St..
Louis, and for exactly the same number of years, both
being 55 at their death. The details of the Reformer's
career arc better known than those of the King's. We will,
therefore, confine ourselves to that one incident of Calvin's
life which has darkened his memory. M. Guizot is a fer-
vent admirer of the famous Frenchman, and while too
judicial to undertake the now common process of white-
, washing, lie has clearly done his best to remove from
Calvin's reputation that one l,lack spot which made us
Pali that he was deficient in the most essential element of
Christianity—charity. Of Calvin's controversy with the
" Libertines" we say nothing, except that he was for the
most part in the right, and never more so than when ho
resisted the civil authority in its claim to decide who were
fit persons to receive the Holy Communion. This was a
fair, stand-up fight, and the better of the two combatants
won. But the fight with Servetus was not fair. This,
Spanish heretic, for heretic he undoubtedly was,,
held the doctrines of Pantheism. He attempted
to draw Calvin into a written controversy, but Calvin
declined with .words of contempt and that pious arrogance
which is so exasperating to the object of it. Servetus,,
then living at Vienne, published a book full of hetero-
doxy called, "The Restoration of Christianity." The,
Roman Catholics had lately been accusing the Reformers.
of being without discipline and sanctioning the most un-
bridled licence. This book, written by one who was still
nominally a Catholic, and published under the very eye of
a bishop, gave the Reformers an opportunity of retaliating,,
The result was that Servetus was summoned to answer) .
for having written this book. He was a weak man, and-
he denied his authorship. Thereupon Calvin sent, for -
the use of the Roman Catholic authorities, some private
letters which Servetus had written to him in confidence,
and which contained the very heresies set forth in 'the
volume. Of course Calvin knew well enough that he, a
Protestant, and, as such, claiming the right of private
judgment, was preparing for one who exercised that right.
destruction at the hand of a Church which denied it.
The doom of Servetus was the stake. Yet it was not the
Inquisitors, but the Reformer, who was to execute that
doom. Servetus escaped from Vienne, and, by a strange
infatuation, took up his abode at Geneva. Calvin turned
prosecutor, and Servetus was brought to trial. He had
weakly denied his opinions before ; he boldly contended
for them now. He offered to dispute with Calvin even on
such unequal terms as those which must always exist
when the one party is in the power of the other. Servetus
openly announced his Pantheistic opinions. Calvin called.
him " Wretch !" by way of reply. The end of it was that,
after about two-and-a-half months' trial, Servetus was
condemned to be burnt, as he had been condemned, at. -
Vienne, on both occasions through the hostility of Calvin.
The doomed man, heretic though he was, sent for his perse-
cutor to ask for his forgiveness for any harsh words that
he had said of him. Calvin, orthodox Reformer though
he was, overwhelmed the man he had ruined with
reproaches and with Pharisaical talk.
"Servetus was willing. to ask pardon, but would
not disavow his opinions. Even in the depths
of his despair be preserved all the pride of
honest conviction ; and although he entreated that
his life might be spared, he would not consent to
dishonour it by a false recantation. . . . The dignity
of the philosopher trembled over the weakness of the
man, and Servetus died heroically and calmly at the
stake, the very thought of which had at first filled him
a ith terror."
Calvin died in his bed, and all Geneva came to take
farewell of him. Yet if we were asked which of the two
displayed more of the spirit of Christianity at his end,
Pantheistic Servetus or Predestination Calvin, it is cer-
tainly not the name of the latter that we should mention
by way of reply. •

DIRECTORS.

Tetlow 'Ebbed,
sq.
WEilmo t Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Male°imam,
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.
Luel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has boen reduced to the
uniform rate of Is. Gd. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
rmING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machinea.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent.,per:annum on the sum
assured.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
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.
This Corporation affords to the Aseured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capita Jitock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF. •

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE. Secretary.

JONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
ILA 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.

I?STABLISHNIENT ;cr GENTLEWOMEN
during TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
The relatives of Clergymen, Naviii. and Pro-
fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists ins;, for a small
weekly payment, receive the comforts of a id Oil,E, com-
bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, tit the
establishment, 90, Upper flarley-street.
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies.
All information respecting it may be obtained on writ-
ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent.
Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the
Treasurer, at Messrs. Cout SPRING, 59, Strand.
C RICE Hon Sec.

ROYAL FREE nAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern
11,Itiltray Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—l Tor Most Gracions MAJESTY' tiZe QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal 11ighnea the Prine,o of WALES, E.G,

"Great Christians of France; St. Louis and Calvin," by M.
Guir^t, Member of the Institute of France. London: Macmillan
and C.dt

President Grace the Puke of BITCLETCIi, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent ;or support on voluntary contributiots
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 8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, RP the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
ContribWons are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown,. Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and- Co.; -Drummond and .Co. ; Glyn and-Co.; ,
Retries and Co.; .Ransom and Co. ; Presoott, Grote, and
Williams,
Co.; Smith, Pay)aci, and Co.; Barclay and Co: ;
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbot and oo.,Bernars-stroot andat
the Hospital from 10 till b.
•

The foundation stone of a Roman Catholic Church,
to be erected in Oxford-road, Manchester, was laid on Thum..
day by the Rev. Dr. Turner, Roman Catholic Bishop of Sal-
ford. The edifice is to be called The Church of the Holy
Name," and is said to be the first which the Society of Jesus
has set up in Manchester. It is intended to seat from 1,500
to 2,000 persons, and on special occasions to afford aceom..
modation for 4,000. The estimated cost, exclusive of the
tower, is £14,000.
A conference was held on Thursday of gentlemen in.
Leeds who take a prominent part in the social welfare of
the people, and who are anxious to promote an amendment
of the licensing system. The special object was to meet a
deputation from the Licenses-Amendment League recently
formed at Manchester, and Dr. Martin and Dr. Bell, Of
Goole, explained the amendments which the League reek to.
obtain in the liquor laws. The Mayor, Mr. D. Lupton, and
other gentlemen, spoke, suggesting that a more simple
scheme than that sketched by the deputation was more
likely to be accepted by the Legislature, and resolutions
were passed recommending that in any amendment of the
law the magistrates should be the sole authority to grant
licences, subject to a vetoing power by the ratepayers as
represented by Town Councils ; and that-the decision of the,
magistrates ebould bo final, The COnference e.l.s9sagya
itikilatCl t 4