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London, England, 1869-01-04

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.

India Office, Ist December, 1868.
NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination
of Candidates for 20 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons
in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at
Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869.
Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi-
dates, together with information regarding the pay and
retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob-
tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India
Office, Westminster, S.W.

T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
,Alilititry Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-04

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 attendants of the patients are
invited to visit thorn, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can bo 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.
160 boys in the Refuge, 9, Groat 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 Virestminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
London, England, 1869-01-04

NICOLL, HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. Prince
of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street.

TRICHANOPHRON.
Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the
Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it.
Sold in Bottles, 2s. 6d.
Restored and Baldness by
NICOLL'S Hair
Prevent
ELECTRIC HAIR REGedENERATOR
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
In Bottles, 2s. 6d.
NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES.
For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in
Bottles, 3s. 6d. each.
NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY.
For removing superfious Hair. Sent free to any part of the
three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable
at Vigo-street, Regent-street.
LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour,
and Size, from ls. to 2s. 6d.
SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge 6d.

118. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.--Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe
of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of
.the eyes, &c.For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, .8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and
three times the quantity iu 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.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Dra.wing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as-
sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe-
lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights,
&c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby-
shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES
TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand,
W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the now edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facili-
tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and
GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500
guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and
MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at
149, Strand.
London, England, 1869-01-04

RUSSIA.

The revelations which have oozed out from time to time
respecting the state of the Russian army are well
founded. The 'Muscovite forces are so ill prepared for an
encounter that in any offensive war they must be
comparatively useless, though the Russians are
always formidable in defence. All soldiers on furlough
have been ordered to join their regiments. Those who
have served their term, but are still capable of bearing
arms, are offered the large bounty of £27 to re-enlist.
But, in spite of all efforts, the Russian army still remains
in a deplorable state ; only a few thousands of breech.
loaders have been supplied ; and one Warsaw correspon-
dent goes so far as to say that the troops are complctel"
demoralised.

THE ENGLISH IN PARAGUAY.
The scraps of trustworthy intelligence which occasion-
ally escape from the interior of Paraguay all serve to
throw discredit upon the reports of the atrocities
committed by Lopez. A. French officer, who recently
returned from a Voyage up the La Plata, testified
that his countrymen, and, so far as he could learn.
other Europeans, were well treated in Paraguay. Newt
just received at the English Foreign Office is to
the same purport. Not only is there no reign of terror in
Paraguay, no systematic barbarity exercised by Lopez,
but the English residents are so well satisfied with their
lot that they decline to leave. On the 14th of November
a number of women and children were brought down the
La Plata by a British gunboat, but the men who were
also offered the chance of quitting the country declined in
almost every instance. Some of them parted with their
wives and children rather than quit the service of Lopez.
Tv-ould they he likely to entertain this preference for a
ruler who enforced his own ideas of justice by miscellaneous
massacre? The love of adventure might induce many
Englishmen to share the romantic fortunes of the Para.
guayan dictator ; but Englishmen are not favourable to
the whipping of ladies or any other of the barbarities
accredited to Lopez. The case of Mr. Washburn, the
American Ambassador, becomes more and more unfavour-
able to him. He actively interfered on behalf of European
residents because they were ill-treated. It is now ascer-
tained that he exceeded the prerogative of his office
without just reason. It remains to be seen whether
he sold the Paraguayans to the enemy, as they assert he
London, England, 1869-01-04

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-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 Bouvorie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon
Soc., } Smith. Esa. GEo. REID, Sec.
London, England, 1869-01-04

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London, England, 1869-01-04

As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on
Real and Personal Property are recommended.
EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart.,

Bai:riaer-at-Law.

This course will consist of Nine Lectures :
Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange-
ments for purposes of Study.
Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account;
generally, Apportionment and Contribution.
Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued : specially, between Principal and Agent.
Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued: specially, between Partners.
Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra-
tion : 1. The Administration of Assets.
Lectures VI.. VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction,
ct.t.tinue4 : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged
by recent statutory enactment.
Lecture,, IX. Injunctions.
Books recommenoeu;
chapters 8, 9. 10, 13, 1.., 23 ; Iladdan's Administrative
Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery.
Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead-
ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred
to during the course.
The subscription payable for the Lectures—

For all the Foreach
three courses. course.
By clerks of members £2 2 0 £1 1 0
By clerks of gentlemen not
members
By all other persons not being
members
The subscription payable fox the law classes—

2 2 0

For all the
branches of Foreach
instruction. branch.
By every subscriber £s 5 0 £2 12 6
Members of the Society may attend the lectures without
subscribing.
To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers
cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com-
menced.

E. W. Williamson, Secretary.
Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868.
N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attenl the lec-
tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as
the instruction given in the classes will have special re-
ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those
who desire to attend the classes should also attend the
lectures.
London, England, 1869-01-04

HOME for the lIELPLESS.—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. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Re 7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Saollys
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Cantu Nepean
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q,C,
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott
Rev. C. W. Furso Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Ifessey Hugh 11. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon.
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom communications may be addressed.
London, England, 1869-01-04

V.R.-TOWER.

SALE OF STORES.—By order of the Secretary
of State for War.—Mr. GEORGE SPILLMAN will Sell by
Public Auction in the Tower, on TUESDAY, 12th of January,
1869, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, the following
Stores:

Bedding. Haversacks. Brass.
Tin Sheets. Musquet Stocks. lron.
Accoutrements. Engine Hose. Tools.
May be Viewed at the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock the Three
Days previous to the Day of Sale, and Catalogues may be had at
the War-office, Pall-mall ; the Tower; and Royal Arsenal, Wool-
wich.
London, England, 1869-01-04

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN.

THIS EVENING, The Great Cerre Troupe and mag,rneeent Stud
of .50 Horses: also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE
MARVIOS OF ELECTRICITY.

Ch RISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
Wednesdays and Faturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.

ROYAL AL [IAMB ItA PALACE. THREE BALLEV,
Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerfs-ralt, OPEN daily (ex
cent Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children
under twelTe, 6d.
London, England, 1869-01-04

THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER AND THS
POST OFFICE VOLUNTEERS.

On Sunday the 49th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, a corps
composed exclusively of employ6s of the General Post
Office and its branches, paraded at Somerset House, for
the purpose of attending morning service at Westminster
Abbey. The sermon was preached by the Dean of
Westminster from Ezekiel i. IG-24. Dr. Stanley
addressed his discourse specially to the volunteer regiment
before him, speaking first of the spirit and life of
the institution with which it was connected,
and, secondly, of the spirit and life of indi-
vidual members of that institution. He com
pared the General Post Office to the working of the
"wheel hi the middle of the wheel," moving with the
motion of the " living creatures," as described by the
prophet, and enlarged upon the blessings conferred upon
mankind by a postal service within reach of the humblest.
To Persia, on the authority of Herodotus, he ascribed the
honour of initiating the system of the transmission of let-
ters which had now spread throughout the civilised world,
and pointed out that the first instance recorded is in Esther,
where it is stated that Ahasuerus " sent letters by post on
horseback and riders and mules, camels and young dro-
medaries." The first seeds of Christian freedom were sown
by the thirteen letters of the great Apostle of the Gentiles,
and it had since been secured by numberless letters of
sages and saints. Considering how much might depend
upon the safe delivery of a single letter, the work of the
Post Office afforded an example of the dignity of human
responsibility. There was a singular coincidence in the
assembling of the servants of the Post Office for Divine
worship within the walls of Westminster Abbey.
St. Martin's-le-Grand was formerly a priory or convent
exactly coeval with the Abbey in its foundation, and
the priory having been merged in Henry Vll.'s
Chapel, William of Wykeham, one of the earliest
deans of Westminster, became also chief of St. Martin's-
le-Grand. The distinction had long since disappeared;
but now, once more, after a lapse of 300 years,
he welcomed back St. Martin's -le - Grand to
those ancient and once familiar walls. Referring
to the duties of a public servant to his fellows and to the
nation, Dr. Stanley spoke of the late Chief Commissioner
of Police as one who died honoured and lamented alike by
those under whom he served and by those who served under
him. With reference to the Post Office Volunteer Corps,
he urged its members to make this new wheel within the
greater wheel instinct with its own life and spirit. It has
been said that every new language a man acquired made
him so many more times a man, and the same might be
said of every new pursuit which opened a new field for '
thought, raised new motives for economy of time, and
resistance of temptation to drunkenness, gambling, and
vice, and introduced new bonds of love and duty to
other
London, England, 1869-01-04

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.
cannot
bend
vg
i menen for and
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 b
for help, which
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary,
Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.
oafr°FUall&DlYSin.g
London, England, 1869-01-04

CONFESSION OF MURDER.

At the Lambeth Police-court on Saturday mornin,
Wm. She ward, aged 57, was charged before Mr. Woolryeb,
on his own confession, with wilfully murdering his first wife
Martha, at Norwich, on the 15th June, 1851. The prisoner,
a gentlemanly-looking man, very weak and feeble, wept
bitterly. Inspector Davis said that on Friday night while
on duty at Carter-street Police-station the prisoner came
into the office and said -" I have a charge to make against
myself, for wilfully murdering my first wife, Martha, at
Norwich. I have kept the secret for years, but I can keep
it no longer. I left home on Tuesday with the intention of
destroying myself. I intended to have cut my throat, with
the razor 1 have got in my pocket." 1 asked him for the
razor, and he at once took it from his pocket. Ho then
said—" I have bean to Chelsea to-day and yesterday by
steamboat, intending to destroy myself, but the Almighty
would not let me do it. I wish I could have done it."
I then put him into a cell, and ho moaned very much
during the night, and seemed in great distress of mind. He
did not mention any of the facts of the murder until this
morning. When about to bring him from the station to this
court, 1 said, "Do you recollect what you said to me last
night?" and he replied, "Yes, perfectly well." I then asked
him if he would give any particulars of the crime he had
charged himself with. Ho said, "It was on the 15th June,
1851. 1 cut her throat with a razor." I said, "How did
you dispose of the body, or how was it that it was not dis-
covered ?" Ho replied, " The body was cut up, and I believe
a portion was kept in spirits of wine at the Guildhall
at Norwich by order of the magistrates." 1 then asked him
how it was he now came and confessed, and he said, "I
went last•night to a house in Richmond-street, Walworth.
where I first saw my first wife, and that brought it
so to my mind that I was obliged to come and give my-
self up, and again ho said, "You'll find it's quite true, and
they will know all about it at Norwich." Prisoner further
added that he kept the Key and Castle at Norwich, and
previous to that kept a pawnbroker's shop 14 or 15 years,
and at the time of the !milder was living at St. Martin's, at
the Palace, Norwich. In reply to Mr. Woolrych the pri-
soner said the statement made by the inspector was correct.
Ire was r, mantled for further inquiry.

The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson has consented
to preside at a great metropolitan meeting in favour of the
ballot, which is to be held at the Arundel Hall, on Friday,
the 15th inst.

A meeting of the spinners and manufacturers of
Rochdale has endorsed the resolution of the Manchester
meeting in favour of working mills only 30 hours a week
during January and February, provided one-half of the cot-
ton, sp4a2g iteBW,
London, England, 1869-01-04

THIRD EDITION,

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx.

'xi PORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

(BY ELECTRIC, TELECIRAPH.)
MANCHESTER RACES—Tms DAY.
HANDICAP HURDLE RACE.

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Kate Terry

CITY STEEPLECHASE,

Three ran. Gleaner refused.
London, England, 1869-12-10

AMORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of
LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable
and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints,
and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most inter, so head-
ache and thirst, and if given with lime ?nice syrup is a specific is
gout and rheumatism. —ll3, Holborn hill, Loudon, E C
London, England, 1869-12-10

UPPER HOUSE REFORM.

Mr. Lahouchere vigorously attacked the House of
Lords in a speech to the Southwark electors on Tues-
day. Reform in the Upper Chamber, not revolution,
is what he desires. lle holds that the peers are for
the most part nursed in prejudice, and deluded as to
what is good for the country. Not being elected by
the people of England, they ought not to possess the
power of veto which they have now. Mr. Labouchere
believes in the virtue of the two Houses; but he
would have a majority of two-thirds in the
Lower overrule the Upper. On other matters
the candidate for Southwark is equcdly precise.
He would have the State provide free education for
every person, believing it to be a monstrous thing
that England should he fifteenth on the list of nations
in respect of the means for national instruction. He
upolds the French Treaty and the Ballot.

TIIE GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPHS.
Noting that the assumption of the telegraphs by
the Government is not likely to take place before the
end of January, the Tinzes says that the negotiations
between the Government and the companies with
regard to the time and mode of payment of the com-
pensation money have not been concluded. An early
announcement is expected however. " The total
sum to be raised will probably be about £7,000,000,
taking into account the expenses in connection
with the reconstruction and enlargement of the
general business ; but the portion to ineet the
awards to the companies is limited to £5,715,048,
and an impression is entertained that the large
balances that will accumulate in the Exchequer in
January from the now arrangements regarding the
income and assessed taxes will, with or without
some assistance from the Bank of England, prove
sufficient for that purpose." It appears, then, that
the famous financial manoeuvre will be of use in
more ways than one ; but its remarkable conveni-
ence can hardly be held as a justification.

ANOTIIER HOLY ALLIANCE.
Two parties only are involved in the Irish Holy
Alliance—the Fenians and the Ribbonmen. A. Meath
magistrate tells the Daily News that formerly there
was much Penianism and little Ribbonism in his
county, and that the Fenians looked down upon
the Ilibbonmen ; but now both parties meet
in the same public-house, and assist each
other in carrying out their respective objects
by the same simple and summary process of
assassination. The Ribbon code is becoming more
Draconian every day. The punishment of death,
formerly only inflicted for transgressions against the
agrarian laws of the society, is now awarded for
every offence. If a master dismisses a servant, or a
steward a labourer, or a road surveyor refuses to
pass a road, he does so at the peril of his life,
provided the • aggrieved party bo a Ribbon-
man. A steward of this magistrate has been
twice shot at within the last three months because
he found fault with a careless fellow. In short,
society in Meath lives under a reign of terror, and the
poison of demoralisation is rapidly spreading. That
Government should ask Parliament for greater powers
is, the writer says, an imperative necessity.
London, England, 1869-12-10

EXPLOSION A

'OUTER MILL.

A telegram from Edinburgh on Thursday night says :

" About a quarter to twelve this morning an explosion
took place in ono of the storehouses of the Rosslyn
Powder Mills, the property of Messrs. Hay, Merrick, and
Co., which are situated about a mile from the village of
Rosslyn, and are built in detached sections, there being
about 150 separate buildings. Eighteen barrels of sporting
gunpowder were placed in the store-house this morning,
and a short time before the explosion the house was
visited by the person in charge, who found all right. A
quarter of an hour afterwards an explosion took place, the
building being completely destroyed, and other works
unroofed. The houses near had their windows all broken.
Only one man was hurt, and his injuries are not serious.
London, England, 1869-12-10

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where many cases deemed incur-
able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is In-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30.

CANCER HOSPITAL (Free): founded 1851.
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.

Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.
London, England, 1869-12-10

CRIME LN thELAND.

Though Ireland crimes peculiar to itself, and
though these are, unhappily, on the increase at
present, yet the judicial statistics for 1868, which are
just published, prove clearly that in point of general
character the Insh can bear comparison with the people
of any other country. The proportion of tramps and
vagrants in Ireland is less than the proportion to the
inhabitants in England. The proportion of criminals,
other than tramps and vagrants, is less than half as
many as in the " superior " land. The number of
indoor and outdoor atipers is likewise smaller. The
number of houses ot ill-repute is about one-third the
proportion in England. In the department of
treasonable riots and disturbances, agrarian
crimes, and assaults, Ireland shews worst ; but
compares favourably in the matter of manslaughter,
and attempts to murder or to do bodily harm. The
number of treasonable and seditious offences returned
by the police was 813 in 1806, and 836 in 1807. The
return for 1868 exhibits a satisfactory decline, the
number being 120. Of these there were only 16 of
the more serious forms of treason, as compared with
885 in 1867. Needless to say that drunkenness con-
tinues to prosper and increase.
London, England, 1869-12-10

DOCKS.
et East and Weatindia lOO 122 125
London and St. Katheriuo lOO 49
100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ‘,.
Mil!wall Freehold Land
at Dock lOO 23 28
st Southampton lOO 72 75
s; Surrey gcuttorciol ~,,,,, in All
London, England, 1869-12-10

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.--
The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap-
proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best
remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Headache,
Gout, and Indigestion; and as the best mild aperient for
delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil-
dren, and Infants.
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists,
172 New Bond-street, London ; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.
London, England, 1869-12-10

DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
—The ROYAL INFIRAIARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. --
CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.=
London, England, 1869-12-10

TIIE CONVICT M.P.,

Since the election of O'Donovan Rossa for Tipperary, a
number of letters have been addressed to him at the
Chatham Convict Prison from Ireland, and elsewhere, with
the letters " M.P." after his name, Under the prison
regulations, however, no convict is permitted to write or
receive letters from any perron except at intervals of
several months—unless in very particular instances—and
then only if they have borne a good character since
the last period of their writing or receiving
letters. Every letter addressed to a convict is also read,
either by the governor, chaplain, or some other official,
before the convict has it handed to him, and in the case of
O'Donovan Rossa, the prison regulations have not been
departed from. It would seem that Rossa was soon in
possession of the information that he had been elected,
although no official communication was made to him
on the subject. Tho whole of the Fenian con-
victs now undergoing their sentences of penal
servitude at Chatham are kept, as much as possible,
during the hours of labour, from the other convicts, and,
excepting in certain instances, are always employed
within the prison walls, and not on the dockyard
extension works. The principal work performed by
O'Donoven Rossa is that of darning the convicts' stockings,
in which he is stated to be an expert hand. Like all the
other convicts, the Fenian prisoners have to attend school
for so many hours daily.
London, England, 1869-12-10

THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple but certain
_Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all
the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
tailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.'
" Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape_
rient ; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir-
cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi-
mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they
have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
20 years.
Sold in bottles at ls. lid., 2e. 9d., and Ils. each, in
every town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.

Bo sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the success of
N orton's Camomile Pills."
London, England, 1869-12-10

COAIPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT-
LANTIQUE.
4. Rue do la Paix, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New,,York
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From lIAvuE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First ',Mass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class . 275 fr.
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.
London, England, 1869-12-10

ABSTR ACT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF Mr.
CHA.RLMS PETTI rT AEN. Treasurer of tin-
he
County of Middlesex, from 3d JulLy,L to 2d October, 1869,
AS TO TIIE ORDINARY GENERAL COUNTY RATE
RECEIPT

..111,570 0 C

Balance on 3d July, 1E69 ..
.

BITE.
Arrears of Rate made on 15th
April, 1809 .• • • .. .. £lO,OBB 13 9
Sate made on 15th July, 1869 .. 28,860 3 4

538,943 1G 9
'2,957 4 0

Arrears on 2d October, 18t19
Amount of Rates received .. 13;ISC 12 9
Boum,. or CORRECTION AT COLDBATH riBLDe.

For Materials worked up and La-
bour done by Prisoners • •
For Bread. Cocos, Cell Brooms,
dm, for the House of Detention 11S 11 1
For Bread, Flour, Cooca Officers'
Uniforms, and Prisoners' Shoes
and Repairs for the House of
Correction at Westminster .. 481 19 11
For Printing for the discharged Pri-

0 5 6

Boners' Relief Committee • •
For 3laintemmee of Military Pri-

95 2 0

soners .. ..
For Bookbinding, Rep•iirs to Bas
ketsAc , far thelndustr:al School
at Feltham ... .. ... .. 12 5 2
By Sale or old Stores 21 6 7
Ditto of Mats and Baskets 11 16 2
Com ens ition for Uniforms re-
t fined by Officers on leaving
the service of the rrison .•
Ditto for Damage to the Prism

2 0 0

0 15 0

sums Wren trom Vag-rants to b
sppred towards their ma'nten-
ance .. •
For copies of Commitments ...

0 19 10
0 2 8
- 552 3 10

HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER..
For Labour done by Prisoners .. 81 12 5
For Stockings made for the
House of Correction at Cold-
bath fields .. • • • •
For Making and Repairing Boys'
Socks ant Washing and Mend-
ing Linen for the County In-
dustrial School at Feitham
For Rags and Bones Sold..
For Grass Sold

33 10 0

a 5 4
13 5 8
6 0 0
- 208 0

HOUSE OF DETENTION.
For Maintenance of Deserters ..
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTITAM.
By sale of Farm Produce ... • • 20 14 8
Cows, Milk, Sows, Tar, &c., sold 63 1 9
Old Rags and Iron sold ... ..• 24 14 4
Towards the Maintenance of Ju-
g yenile Otrendere in the School.

225 8

viz.:—
From the Lords of the Treasury .£1.3.59 IS 4
Contributions by Parents 59 15 5

1,628 1

Weights and Measures :
Fees received by Inspectors ..
Fines and Penalties • • ..

Sundries;—
For the removal of a Lunatic to
'Unwell Asylum ...

3,'99 13 7

Duchy

Lancaster.

53 6

. £29,497 8 3

3,267 15 3

- 9,9118 1 ! 2
.. 3,7,52 911

.. £17., 88 17 4
.. 12,A88 10 11
London, England, 1869-12-10

ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
and see tho names of LEA & PERRINS on all bottles and labels

Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all
Dealers in Sauces throughout the World

'THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
1 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-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.
London, England, 1869-12-10

PO nTrGtt.

Aceor ling to Oho latcst accounts, Portugal is lik(ly t:
be the scene of serious disturbances. On the fift'a
December a demonstration against Marshal Sahlanha tool
pia at the theatre. A number of military men called
afterwar's on the Marshal to protest against the mani-
festation. The Government sent several commanders of
companies i -Ito the country on account of the affair, and
took some o' her measures to preserve order. Some pencils
are anxious that Saldanha should be placed at the head of
the Cabin-t, and others are against the scheme. It
is expected that other military demonstrations will be
made.
London, England, 1869-12-10

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.ll. the princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of ege and above the pauper class, who aro hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease-
Pensions of £2O par 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, E3yan, and Co., 54, Lombard -
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-ernes, S.W.
EDWD• WEAVER, Soc.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E.
The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urge'nt Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.
London, England, 1869-12-10

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

President Grant's singular reference to the Alabama
Claims in his Message to Congress has again revived
that controversy. Sir George Young has just
brought the matter under the consideration of the
Juridical Society. Unfortunately it does not seem
that oven this good authority can shed any fresh
light on the question. The dispute has materially
changed its aspect of late. The Americans think
us more to blame for the premature proclama-
tion of neutrality than for allowing the escape
of the Confederate cruisers. Sir George Young, in
common with most Englishmen, holds that this.pro-
cdamation was not premature ; but the Americana
are of a diffikent opinion. All efforts to decide the
question between the two parties have failed, and Sir
George thinks they have become hopeless. He
regards an appeal to some third party as the only
resource. A decision on the various points raised in
this dispute would serve as a guide for the future.
One New York gentleman suggested at the
Juridical Society that an apology for laxity
would suffice, but if we think ourselves in
tho right, how can such an apology be consistently
made? The proceedings of the Americans towards
Cuba prove, in the opinion of Sir George Young, that
some authoritative decision is needed, and it is in
this direction that the oAlly of compromise
lies. ri.ir"--4's
London, England, 1869-12-10

1V 0 RTH LONDON or UNIVERSIIY
1-1 COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children,
the littlo victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy in the now wards, devoted to them, the privileges
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19,
Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the
charity.
HENRY J. KELLY, R.N., Secretary.

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the
bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
lieving coughs, colds, confirmed eases of asthma, and inci-
pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the
faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays
.the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 13i 1., and three quantities in one,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the
stamp.
London, England, 1869-12-10

THE 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. 240 adults aro received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 82, Sackville-street Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-12-10

POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE.-Zhu DO'

WESTMINSTER. old
AN UNFORTUNATE BEGGAR.—Goorge Harrison, an
man, was charged with being drunk and begging*
aid lest
Mr. Wm. Lyne, of 38, King's-road, Chelsea, the
night he was on the opposite side of the way sad ear ,a
prisoner in his door-way. lie was there five rninuteB:
bagging, and witness told him to go away. Ile ref u
and witness fetched a policeman and locked him UP' food
Miss Mary Jane Salt, an assistant, said prisoner e,"io,
in the doorway and asked for bread. She denied,:pot
and he asked several times for a penny, and be wow.
go away. • aiag
Prisoner said he had plenty of work at sawgrlP t
but having too much to drink he didn't know ha
did.
Mr. Selfo sent him to prison for seven days.
London, England, 1869-12-10

DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE
LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury)
The very best remedy for
BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE,
HEARTBURN, &c.,
And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest
and mildest pills for every constitution.
In boxes at ls. ltd., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists.
London, England, 1869-12-10

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London, England, 1869-12-10

166 16 2

THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED.
POCKET DIARY FOR 1870,
containing the following useful information:—
Almanack Corporation of London
Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Information
Weights and Measures List of Bankers
Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents
Foreign Moneys Cab Fares
Ministers of State I Ready Reckoner
Also
A DIARY, wranged cht the moat approved plan, and neatly
printed on good writing paper.
Price One Penny, or post-free for Twopence.
E. MOSES and SON,
MINORIF.S and A LDGATE,
NEW OXFORD-STREET, 1 LONDON,
TOTTENTIAIf-COU., T-BOAD,
And BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.
To he obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other
Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co.
London, England, 1869-12-10

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico
Haiti. Santiaa.o do Cuba, Guadelonpe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japai..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents. 8. Austinfriars, London, E.C.

SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ;
2,5.3 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard,
Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-12-10

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

THE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of
submitting the following statement, showing the
financial position of the Company :
The CAPITAL available for the purpose of meeting any
unusual calamity happening to the assured is Two
MILLIONS STERLING. The amount actually paid up is
.C 288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand,
exceeds £1,800,000.
For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se-
curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted
to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and
the following is an extract from their report to the last
annual meeting:
" The whole of your books have been audited ; every
document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book,
and every security—all have been most carefully kept,
and there is not one doubtful security in the whole."
A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as
already published, may be obtained on application.
An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at
31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from ➢fr.
Samuel Brown, the result being—
LIF

Surplus.
London, England, 1869-12-10

RUPTURES.-BIT ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S MO C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five flundred
Medical men to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided— a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and elmm,nss that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit,, forwardol by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,

Mr. aitlN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, Lt.nflon.
A Single Trues, 168., 21.., 265. Gd., and 31s. Postago.
Ls. A Double Truss, 318. Gd., 428., and 528.61 Postago,
.g. Sd. An EmLilical Truss, 425. and 525. Gd. Postage,
,8. 10d.

Post-office Order; to be made payable to John White,
Pest-office, Piccadi'ly.

NEW PATENT
LASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPE, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive; and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., a. 6d.
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.;
London, England, 1869-12-10

BANK OF FRANCE,.

PARIS, Dec. 0.
The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account.—'

DEBTOR.
Dee. 2.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000
Profits in addition to

Dec. 9•

fr. c'
182,500,000 --

Capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1837) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 2,105,750 14 22,
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 ---
Notes in circulation -
Banknotes to order and

22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14

receipts payable at
sight 48,942,593 12 46,
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 222 395.969 01 218,758.168 6,1
Current accounts, Paris 32292-1 lot 15 351,199,031 i -
'
Do. branch banks 45118,677 45,779,808 ---
Dividends payable 286,477,;.- 851,473 --•
835,692 41
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not

distributed
6undries ....
London, England, 1869-12-10

AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI-
TION, 1869.—The GRAND DIPLOMA OF
HONOUR, being the First Prize, and superior to the Gold
Medal. has been awarded to LIEBIG COMPANY'S EX-
TRACT OF MEAT; which likewise carried the First
Prizes at the Paris and Havre Exhibitions.
A single trial will at once convince the consumer of the
great superiority in flavour strength, and olearness, over
all other Extracts of Meat, thus fully showing the correct-
ness of the high distinctions received.
Every genuine Jar bears Baron Liebig's signature.