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"INDIA OIFICE, 29th January, 1869.
By order ot the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late East India Company's Servicq; and of
Her Majesty's Inlian,Military Forces, have from time to,
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencies in India.
Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
8. Bell, H., LiPc..itenant.„ 2d Madras Native Infantry.
,4,9l,4Zonthflowv, T. 11, Surgeon, Madras Medical
Wpirtment. '"V":" _ _ •
13. Buchan, C., Sub-Conductor, Ma,lras Establishment.
22. Cheyne; A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native
Infantry.
25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
53. Floud E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In-
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60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native ln-
fantry.
76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In-
fantry..
78. James, E., Assistant Burgeon, Madras Medical De-
partmceat.
91. Maingay, iv W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native
In fautry.
98. Marriott., B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na-
tive Infantry.
113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment.
121. Perring„ J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native
r Infantry,.
124. " Pinchard, J. Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery.
126 n: Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry.
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140:. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery.
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155. Watson, d. IL, Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native
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156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In-
fantry.
163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry.
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such next of kin, to the Military, Secretary, at this Office.
Tn the event of any of the packages in question remain-
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this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased.

BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.

Chief Offices-429, Strand, London.
TRUSTEE..
Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, E.,q.
F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN or THE BOART;—FR &N CIS WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN W. TYLER SMITH, Esq.
EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE-
POHT, read at the Annual General Meeting hold, at the
Society's• House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS
WEBB, Esq.-, in the chair.
The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were
issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual
premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd.
The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi-
ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods :

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—t. •t 0 • .
.5 P •
0 0 •El ~ 9
•-
''. gt sii •:,_ 0' ,22,
co g., 6 a ....count 6 c.,, Amount •Antival
4, aa Z 0 Proposed. z•, Assured.
o`Premiums.
eil a
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£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 F 54,140 0 0 21.347 16 5
1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10
1868 17,4661 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122.257 17 6
---- - ---- -- --.-- - .
Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9
..
The net premium income has increased to
the sum of - £216,704 1 7
-- -

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COMPENSATION IN C kSE- OE INJURY,
AND ,
A FIXE,D BUM IN CASE OF-VEAIIII
Caused by ACCIDENT,OF ANY KIND; may be supured by a
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGFIIS ASAURANCE •COMR;INY.
An Annual Paynieut of 13 to ..£6 ss. insures 11,000: at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for 'Who-.
RAILWAY ACCIf,ENTSI ALONE may be 'prowided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply)to the Clerks at the ReilwoiiStations, to
'the Local Agents, or at the Offlees, 54, CORNIELL and-10, REGENT
STREET, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. VIAN, g‘e,e

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Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York.
RATES' OF PASSAGE.
From lIAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First glass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
275 fr. -'
From Paris to Ne* York, via Havre or Brest, including!
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire o.n the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, -Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti. Santiago de Cuba,' Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AN'D SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). '
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar,-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-,
hello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,'
San 'Francisco, China, and JapaL.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes-of, this,
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Agents, 8, Austinfriars; Louden], E.C.

The net premium income
the sum of
The interest on investment
of receipt yield

has increased to
£2
Is and other items

1,276 18 1

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Making a total income of £237.980 19 8
The claims were 335, amountiotto the sum of £127,886
12s. Id.
The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
The assets of the association at the close of the year
amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd.
The directors draw special attention to the fact that the
next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year
1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior
to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate
in the same.
The directors also draw attention to the successful esta-
blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire
Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc-
tors believe that the establishment of IL Fire Company, to
work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much
to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is
scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and
constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct.
By order of the Board,
JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary.
London, March 18, 1869.

T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military SeerefrAry.

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Y
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LONDON. -
Report of the Directors for the year.ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Protnietors' Au,zust 14, 1868—Colonel CTIARLES
WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the
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 bogus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. 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 £772,740.135. 9d.
SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT. 30TH j1.t.110.8-68.

AGLE

INSURANCE COMPANY,

1-1 BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-.
FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSVRANCE COMPANY,' 62, 'Ludgate-bill, London;
E.C. 'Established 1848. •

The Directors of • this Company,. in deference to an ob-
jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as:
sure, that the ordinary mode 'of • Life Assurance is' in theii'
opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation
of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurer)Ces under them
which shall be absolutely Unforkitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to; many persons hesitate or
decline to ttElpire..i.wthe ground that, in the event of in-
ability oFtll),willinguAcgt to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will boconac forfeited. To this
cuss of the public the system now introduced will espe-
cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatever; while at the same
time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every pzeiniutn paid, baring the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre-
miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi-
nally contracted to be paid.
Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex-
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance.
The assure will thus always have the option of retain-
ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are in the. habit of making advances collaterally
secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re-
versionary, of a Policy of this description.
Every Policy issued on this plan will be withist any
conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or oth*nsual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the objections before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as
actual. securities.
In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest
1 term provided for is twenty-five sealskins,d the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tabl. bankers, credi-
' tors, and others holding policies of this class as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.
It is only necessary to add that, as n consequence of the
cohrealbleenagpetalbyleteromn
policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon-
eadnyAbgrolnunted
vidibtiaotneavl,ort.heyThweiyll
malasyo
Security Policies.
The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215,000 a year Its position is un-
questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
thee rnenf
AGENTS WANTED.
HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.

f-INE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE.
ORPH A N CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALB F.RT ORPHAN 'ASYLUM, at tho moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALEUR, Secreted:;,l
•
Oflce, 54, Chospeide, London, 1.:.0

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Q A NI ARIT A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
kj and CHILDREN,. _Tower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only fret; Hospital for diseases of women.
2,746 patients Wert)
recommena.a,th,e. bunscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatcharcl.
Picca-
dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, eoutts,
Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.

INCOME OF TUE YEAh .
linlanee of ncemmt, 30th
June, 1867, £381,514 13 9
Less amoundistributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0

£772,740 13 9
Premiums en now assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3

THE II 0 S PITA', for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouveric, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to ont-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

Interest from invest-
ments

nEnY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street,and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tarn Rev, C. B. REID, M.A.

£380,811 8

THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1821.
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at LADY-DAY, must be Renewed within
Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents
throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void.
For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com-
pany's Agents, or to

T. TALLEMACH, Secretary.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious —MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.

President----His Grace the Duke of ThucoLEr.ort. K G
This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, ie
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
destimto sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown. Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Berries pied Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Pay-..e, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
I.)ncon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at
the 'Tosiiital from 10 till Ft

IFEBOAT SERVlCES.—lloring the Storms
.11 _4 of the year 18G8, the National Lifeboat Institution
contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution
also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition to granting .£2.431 for re-
wards.
The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the
public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
and county- bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis.
Esq., at tha rtistitutiop, 14, John-straet Adelphi, Loudon.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481954 patients since it was
establisbee at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers.-Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall.mall.—Hon.
See.. / Smith. Eau. GEO. REID, Sec.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1 the MAST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square,
President —His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANrE SOCIETY.
13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W.

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

CHAIRMAN.

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. Puller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co, Strand.
111..~..111 CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness--H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc 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 are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAITER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.O.

117,584 7 t

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

£1,317,207 2 11

Cn. CHARGE OF TEE YEAR
Dividend to proprietors
Clsjals on decease of lives
assured £265,523 13 5
Additions to those under

participating policies 22,816 4 7
Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3
Re-assurances, new
Ditto, old 50,365 0 8

are as follows :
THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S' HOMES
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Rent-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.
85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
CountrY Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home—
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee 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 624 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. B&eclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. °CUBE, -Sec.
$( Qassa-street Quark*

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

409,777 9 5

---
Total chargA
Balance of account, 80th June 1868 907,552 8 6

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approv
THOMAS ALLENI
HENRY ROSE, Auditors
The total income of the year, it will he soon, is £544,466
9s. 21, and the total outgo £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by- viz., £134.811 14s. 9d.—raises
the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d.
Tho interest received during the year is £117,584 7s.
3d., arising 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 are £14,596 ls. 9d.,
and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in re-
assurances.

LECTURES.

Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile
Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and
Equity, will bo delivered in the Hall of the Society in the
mouths of April, May, and June next.

OCTAVIITS WIGRA3
JAMES STEWART riIDOSON,
CHARLES JOHN MANNING,
DIREI

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garrett Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.

Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Drnce. Esq.
Fred k. Joseph Ed! man n, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Rivorsdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Franc is Alex. Hamilton, E.g.
Robert A madens TTe.a t It, Es(i.
Medical Referee, Sam'

FIRE and LIFE ASSUR.
advantageous terms.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
F EMAL I PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITUTION.

The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden-
tical in amount with those of 1866. They are loss 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 baying terminated by death and other causes.
The expenses of menagement 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) 6,369,469 11 7
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6

President —Rev. Cixos DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, IC.C.; Francis Nicholls,
Isq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, N.C.

£6,977 13 3

E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, En:don:road, N.W.

HE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, !LP., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly incroased
expenditure of ibis old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary.
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendahts of the patients are
in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing
570 children.
415 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn. and 41, Lothbury, E.C.•, and by
WILLIAM WTLLI AMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-flells.

Total .£7,565,198 1 3
CR. 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
Current intorest on the above invest-

ments
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the company's

36,243 7 6
22,604 2 9

HOAIE for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,
Rev. J. W. Ayr.) Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert. M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng RO7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain: t Rev. J. Moorhouso
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepoan
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott
Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. E. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott., Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. IL Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hersey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Barnes,l Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon.
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom commur ications may be addressed.

policies....
Agents' balroces
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

Total £7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLENI Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On cemparing 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 :

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-bill, Putney-heath.

Establisbod'Blst July, 1854.

`l`h© Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-

man.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua. Lockwood, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq.
D.C.L. George Russell, Esq.
Robert A. Gray: Esq. t Tbos. Godfrey Barabrook-o,
Win. Augustus Guy M.D., Esq.
F.E.S. I Atrial Tom,

Esq Governor.
;sq Sub-Governor.
Esq Deputy-Governor.
;TORS.
William Tetlow Ribbed,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard. Esq.
Nevile Lubbock. Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Eq.
ford Joscellno Wm. Percy.
(31.1r1e.s Robinson. Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Eci.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
eel Solly, Esq., P.R.S.

ANCES may be effected on

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
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their
own homes. _

A t ew wing to the Hospital lotts just been completed
at a eost 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 greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary.
Id'o• 10,Foultrr? Comdex, Z•G• geraaba 1861

The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corpomtion for Fire Policy
or Stamp. heweve,- small the Assurance may be.
I'A" STOCK. • No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machinc3.
The Rover-ion:try Bonus on British LIFE rOLICIER
has averaged nearly 2 per coat.7per:annum on the sum
assured.

Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured ou 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 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 have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALP.

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

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of-Parliament.
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC Ssems, F.R.S.
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free

HENRY LAKE, General ➢tanager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London.

DOG LICENSES.-CAUTION.

MHE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
_I VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to take out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.

A License is not transferable from ono person to
another.

A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of the place where the
dog is kept, on application at
The Office of the Collector of Inland
In the neigh-
Revenue,
bourhood of the
TheOfficeoftheDistributorofStimps -
Or . applicant's re-
sidence.
A Money Order Post Office.
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.
Persons residing nt a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the Dis act, will receive a license in return by post.
WM. COBBETT, Secretary.

LAUNCH OF A 7'URKISH. 1IIONCL.41).

An armour-clad ship for the Turkish Govern-
mEnt; was launched yesterday from the Thames
Ironworks and Shipbbilding Company's yard at
-Blackwell. Though only e small vessel there are
peculiarities in her construction which, prima facie,
appear to solve the difficult problem of the best
mode of fighting the heavy ordnance which will be
used in future naval warfare. She is designed by
Mr. Geo. C. Mackrow, naval architect to the com-
pany, who may claim the credit of originating a
system combining the best points both of the
turret and broadside batteries. His thoroughly
practical idea was first developed in a small
ironclad of 1,000 tons, built last year for
the Greek Government, which carried two
12-ton guns in a fixed milship battery, capable of
firing fore and aft, or at an angle on the broadside.
In the ship launched yesterday, which is only 400
tons larger than the Greek, his first plan has been
improved upon, so that four 12-ton guns are car-
ried. It is difficult to convey a correct i lea of the
simple and effective means by which these four guns
are arranged to fire either all ahead, all astern, or
all on either broal,i le, converging, in the After
case, on an object at 110 yards' distance. Perhaps
it may best, he done, however, by stating that fore
and aft of this central battery the ship tumbles home
above the water line, so as to diminish the spar
deck space in such a way that the guns can be
pointed from the batttery in the way described.
The central batteries or towers are nearly hexago-
nal, with four ports placed in each angle, so that
the guns can be trained to fire either in line with
the keel or on the broadside. In fact, the fire of
the foremost guns slightly converge. The two after
guns can fire forward with 10 deg. of the keel line,
so that if the ship was engaging an enemy directly
ahead, a single spoke of the wheel would bring
them to bear upon the enemy without affecting the
ship's speed. In like manner, if engaging au
enemy astern, the two after guns would fire
nearly in line with the keel, while the two for-
ward guns would come within 20 degrees, so that
very little interference with the ship's course
would bring them to bear directly. It will be
seen from this imperfect description that Mr.
Mackrow has, for all practical purposes, obtained
the all-round fire, which makes the turret system
so valuable, without the drawbacks of the opening
in the deck in which the turret revolves, and of the
necessity of having bulwarks to fa'l down in order
to fight the guns. In his system the bulwarks are
all iron, fixed inside the lines of fire, and being
decked over there is comfortable accommodation
for the crew. The free-board in the ship launched
yesterday is 11 feet 6 inches, the height of the port-
sills being 6 feet 6 inches. She bids fair to be a
thoroughly seaworthy craft, comfortable even in the
worst weather, so that in this respect a practical com-
parison of her merits against those of the cupola or
turret class will be watched with much interest. The
Turks appear to have considerable faith in this new
system, for they have a sister ship Low under con-
struction by Mr. Samuda, and a somewhat larger
vessel by the Thames Shipbuilding Company. The
dimensions of the one just launched are as follows :
Length, 8.P., 225 ft. ; breadth, 35ft. 6in.; depth,
20ft. ; draft when fully equipped, 16ft. ; engines,
400-horse power; armament, four 12-ton guns, or
300-pounders ; armour-plated 6in., on 10-inch teak
backing. The engines are single screw, of 40 no-
minal horse power, by Messrs. Ravenhill, Hodgson,
and Co., who anticipate being able to drive the ship
from 131 to 14 knots.
The ceremony of christening was performed by
Miss Musurus, the daughter of his Excellency the
Turkish Ambassador, who was present, together
with the Turkish Consul, and a goodly party of
ladies and gentlemen. Miss Musurus performed
her sponsorial -duty with charming --grace and
naiveté, naming the good ship Avni-Illah, or
the Divine Assistance. Nothing could be
more successful than the launch, for the mo-
ment the ship's weight came upon the cradles
she glided smoothly and swiftly into the
muddy water of Bow Creek, and thence was
towed at once to the yard of Messrs. Ravenhill
to have her engines fitted. At a luncheon, which
took place.,.after the Lunch, Mr. Peter Rolt, the
chairman of the copal any, occupied the chair.
After the usual congratulatory toasts, the health
of Mr. Watts, the late Constructor of the Navy,
was drunk. That gentleman, who had superin-
tended for the Turkish
Government, the building
in
returningof the
shiptha thanks, paid a very
high compliment to the Thames Ironworks aid
Ship Building Company for the integrity they
had always displayed in the execution of their
contracts.

DuNvti.i.E and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re -
commended by the medical profession. in preference to French.
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or experts'
tion. Quotations on application :to Messrs. Danville aud Co,
Belfast; c: 4, BealaicrAVilftings,Strazl, London, W.Q...-tAd-
rertisoment.

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