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lIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
kJ —Paris Exhibition, 1867, Two Gold Medals.—Havre Ex
hibition, 1868, The Gold Medal.—Only sort warranted rerfect
and genuine by Baron Liebig, the Inventor.—" A success and a
boon.".—Medical Press and Circular. • One Pint of delicious beef
tea for 20., which costs ls. if made from fresh meat. Cheapest
and finest flavoured " stock" for soups, kc.

CAUTlON.—Require BARON LIED G'S signature upon every
jar. Sold by all Italian warehousemen, grocers, chemists, and
ship's store dealers.

B. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER. PILLS.
kJ A NEVER-FAILING REUEDY.—Prepared with-
°lit any mercurial ingredient, will bo 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
creato appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Chariug-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. Pd. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in
a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern-
ment stamp.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
plirrlllTE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwardsof Five Hundred
Medical men to bo 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 Itoc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot bo detected, and may be worn during sleep. It
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on -the circumference cf
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to th,-
manufacturer,
Mr. JO FIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Trms, IGs., 215., 2Gs. Gd., and 31s. Gd. Postage,
Is. A Double Truss, 31g. Gd., 425., and 525. Gd. Postage.
Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Gd. Postage.
ls. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
JLAS TIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d.,
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.'

ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
INSURANCES.

THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE
( OMPAN Y, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new It surances now effected there will only be
payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time
between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next.
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool,
and
Lombard-street, London.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

Important Announcement.
Increased Share of Life Profits.

ALL NEW INSURAN C ES, with Participation, EFFECTED
AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED
SHARE OF THE PRoFrTs, in accordance with the Resolution
passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

JOHN H. MCLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

rlilHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
it_ the CH.Z.ST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
aro constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.
F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman.
JAMES BLYTU, Secretary.

OBERT MARTIN COLE, deceased.—Par-
-2- V suant to an Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Vic.
cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law
of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, That all Creditors of R. M. Cole,
late of No. 22, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, Brompton.
in the county of Middlesex, Commander in the Royal
Navy (who died on the 6th day of April, 1869),
and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly
proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh,
one of the Executors therein named, and all other
persons having any claim or demand against the
Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required
to send particulars in writing of their claims and demands
and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to
me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in
the city of Lon don,Solicitor to the said Executor on or before
the 31st day of July next, after which time the said Execu-
tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert
Martin Cole, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having
regard only to the debts or claims of which the said
Executor shall then have had notice, and that the Exe-
cutor will not be liable for any debt or claim of which he
shall not then have had notice.
Dated this 21th day of June, 1869.

J. CHAPPLE,I
Solicitor for the Executor.

DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION.
THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 18G8 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 one person to
another. _ _

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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, bourbood of the
The Office of the Distributor of Stamps
i- applicant's re-
Or sidence.
A Money Order Post Office. J
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.

Persons residing at a distance from any of tho 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 i ict, will receive a license in return by post.

WISI. COBBET r:SZleretnry.

IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
LI of the past eighteen months the National Lifeboat
Institution contributed to the saving of 1,270 lives from
various shipwrecks and 32 voscels from destruction. The
Institution also expended 1'27,641 in the same period on
its Lifeboat Establishments, iu addition to granting
.{3.793 for rewards.
The Institution has now 207 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.

Contrihutions will be thankfully received by the London
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
wii at the_luititution, 11, Jolui-Ntrott Adelphit Loudon.

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Making a total income of £237,980 19 8
The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
2s. ld.

Tho balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
The assets of the association at the cldse of the year
amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd.
The directors draw special attention to the fact thet 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 Firo
Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc-
tors believe that the establishment of a 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.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.
Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETFIERALL, 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 tho 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 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30Tir JUrE, 1868.
DR. INCOME OF THE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amountdistributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0

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

£380,811 8

Interest from invest-
ments 117,584 7

£772,71.0 13 9

£498,395 15 11
Profit and loss, balance
of account 46,070 13 3
Total income 544,466 9 2

£1,&i7,207 2 11
CR. CHARGE OP THE YEAR.
Dividend to proprietors
Cla;ms 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

£370,618 5 3
Commission
__ _

Medical fees

751 16 2

Income tax 2,215 4 7
Expenses of manage-
ment 15,489 8 5

400,777 9 5

Total charge .. .£109,654 14 5
Balance of account, 30th Juno, 1868 907,552 8 6

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approv
THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors
HENRY ROSE,

The total income of the year, it will bo seen, is £544,466
9s. 2d., 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.
The 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. por 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.

The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly idea
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 management 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 61,530 4 5
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6

46,97713 3

Total £7,565,198 1 8
CR. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 183,979 17 10
Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities ... 479,932 13 3
Ditto ditto temporary securities . 142,424 011
Current interest on the above invest

36,243 7 6
22,604 2 9

ments
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the company's
159,503 14 9
Agents' balunces
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867)
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

Total
Examined and approved.
THI )MAS ALLEN
Auditors.
1113 b ItY ROSE,
The present disposition of -the Company's funds is shown
by tbis account. On ccmpt ring it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further investments have been made
on mortgage and in the Govez lament funds, and that about
£ll,OOO more has been Myatt, 'ed on security of the com-
pany's policies. Exclusive of th a sum indicating the value
of tho future premiums, tho asst. is amount to £3,059,030
3e. 3d.
The direction of tho company is now constituted as
fol lows :
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNC-, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-
-111831.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE Lit. RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart.,
D.C.L.
Robert A. Gray! Esq.
Wm. Augustua Guy
r.lO.

Chas. '..rhos. Holcombe, Esq.
Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James ildurray, Esq.
Philip Re e,
George Rut se 11, Esq.
Thos. Godlry Barab ooko
Esq.
A.daval T.A00.1.1

fANE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHA T CHILDREN aro being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of 42.5 por annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALK ER, Secretary.
Olico, 54, Cheapside, London, 1.0

AZAMARTTA N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
KJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Hansom; and by the Secretary.

,fIIHE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
IfospitaLis now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

TIJE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-streot, 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 are applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. a B. REID, M.A.

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. GO, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—lion.
See., I . Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, SOO.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
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.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Watorloo-bridge-

road.

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 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 perscns 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.
ED WD. WEA YER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows:--
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
18, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland• street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Ifenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
• Temporary Houle-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 are admitted about 1,000 friendless
zervants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee aro 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 aro 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 bad on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DAL, MPEII, Beo,
fit Queen-otreet --

THE LONDON SURGICAL 110111 E for
-IL DISEASES and ACOIDENTS 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
in cited to visit them, and to meet in eonsult2tion 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.

IfTOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
ik are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

870 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Wostminstor Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, KC.; and by
WILLIAM WILLUMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersnaith), 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 needod
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,
Major- Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert, M.P.
1107. J. E. Kempe
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.C.
Rev. G. F. rrescott
Rev. F. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
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.

Rev. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Ray. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev. W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Eeq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain'
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Roy. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coops, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Purse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gillint, Ehq.
Rev. Dr. F Heseey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recei
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyc
man-square, to whom commi

R.,OYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.

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Established 81st 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—let. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for tho in-
valid.

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

A rew wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at 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 aro awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subs3riptions, 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 reatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary.
roultryr Ludo, LQ. geptaaber 1868..

A BSOLUTE SECURITY I'OLICIES, UN-
FORPEIT.ATILE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CITALLENGEABIA issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSIMANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London,
11. 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 their
opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation
of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
which shall be absolutely Unforfeiteble, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this
class 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
timeit absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every pletnium paid. bearing 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 assured will thus always have the -option of retain-
ing either an
.ascertained fiacd 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 without any
conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual
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 lungest
term provided for is twenty-fire years, and the shortest
fivo years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this class as security,
may always knew the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assuran3es—a matter of great importance whore policies
are held as collateral security.

It is only necessary to add that, sa a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitablo and uncon-
ditional, 1 hey will also be unchallengeable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security l'elicips.

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 Oleo in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARDEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OOTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART lI9DOSON, Esq Sub-Govornor,
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS.

Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert,
John Garratt Cattle, Esq. Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcohnson,
Alexander Druck+, Esq. Esq.
Fred k. Joseph Edl man n, Esq. Lord Joseelfne Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Gronfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

NOTICE.—Tbe usual fifteen days allowed for paymen
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will ex.
piro on the 9th of July.

- FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.

I, Mt, DUTY. - This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
niING 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.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the Assured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
Tho 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 Eng:l'MM, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE. Secretary,.

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.ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
.M-4 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, Fleot-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
during TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro-
fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small
weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com-
bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the
establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street.
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London in 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. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand
C SPRING RICE.
.Hon. See.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.

Patron—lfer Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUERN.
Vice-Patron—
Ms Royal Highness tho Princo of WALtS, E.G.

President-1118 Grace the Duke of Hummel!, 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, is
wholly dependent r.er support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.

It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the promises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
ContribrAions aro received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.;
Hordes and Co.: Ransom and Co.; Prescctt, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, rapud, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berilars-street • and at
the Soapital from 10 till b. I

WAGES IN CANADA:
Senator MTberson, of Canada, has been making a
carefully-prepared speech to she►v that the rate of wages
to working men is more remunerative in Canada than in
the United States. Perhaps the actual sum paid is
higher in the latter country; but the cost of living is very
great, is increasing, and so is taxation, whilst wages by no
means rise in the same proportion. Altogether, the work-
man is better off in Canada than in the neighbouring
country. Our irrepressible countrymen are too much
given, when they go out West, to rushing to the United
States as the most likely place to find a fortune. They
might as well look at what there is to be got in Canada.

THE CARLISTS IN SPAIN. -
It is now certain that a plot has been preparea for
Carlist insurrection on a large scale in Spain, though the
scheme must have been largely frustrated by the numerous
arrests which have been made. The /Valeria/ Diplo-
mative assures us that the plan of a's-- rising, headed by
Don Carlos, really does exist ; but cash 'is scarce,
and the attempt may therefore be regarded as
a failure beforehand. "We know positively that
unsuccessful applications have been made by agents of
Don Carlos to French manufacturers of arms, to whom
drafts, signed by the Duke at six months' date, were
offered for the purchase of a considerable quantity of
military stores. All those firms have declined, and there
is no doubt that similar replies will be received from the
English and Belgian houses to which similar offers ar
now 1 elng made."

TILE CRISIS.

It is amusing to notice how the party journals see
in the compromise only that which t .ey desire to
see. The Liberal_ journals discover only that the
Lords have caved in; the Conservative journals are
equally one eyed and ere cognisant only that Mr.
Gladstone's bluster has ended in knuckling down. A
few hours ago the position was very different.
Then each party was exaggerating the stiff-
neckedness of its opponents, and throwing upon the
other the blame of the impending crisis. That was a
condition of affairs full of danger. It is far more
satisfactory to find the rivals disputing as to which
has shown the greater amount of conciliation, and
each, not claiming it for itself, but imputing it to the
other. When both parties have had time to cool
clown a bit, they will see that there is nothing to be
ashamed of in yielding so far as conscience permitted
them to do so.
It is stated that Lords Granville and Cairns were
not the only parties to the agreement by which the
Irish Church difficulty was settled. It is hinted that
it was suggested by Mr. Disraeli—who has always
wished the question out of the way—and it is stated
that the Attorney-General for Ireland and Dr. Ball
represented the Commons.

The result of the conference between Earl Gran-
ville and Lord Cairns has somewhat surprised the
Tory press. They represented the Government as
caring little for the Irish Church Bill or its success
this session, but as being most anxious for a collision
between the two legislative assemblies. Now that the
Government has shewn—as the Marquis of Salisbury
adniitted—that it does want the Irish Church Bill to
become law as soon as possible, and that it wishes, if
in any way possible, to prevent the slightest ill-
feeling between the two Houses, the Standard and the
Ifera'd are casting about them to find in some way
how to reconcile their comment with the facts. It
may be as a result of this editorial difficulty that
our contemporaries come out with a declaration that
there are dissensions in th,3 Cabinet, and that the
two chief men in the Ministry have been outvoted.
Mr. Gladstone, " the arrogant one," insisted that
there should be no concessions, and wished to
have fulfilled the "threats in which some of his
organs had indulged." In this course he was of
course supported by Mr. Bright, and by others whose
names we are left to guess at. But there are,
,happily, still, says the Standard, some Liberals in
office who respect the Constitution, the prerogatives
of the Upper House, and themselves, and these
Ministers—a majority of the Cabinet—would have
no such high-handed dealing with the Lords. Messrs.
Gladstone and Bright, therefore, had reluctantly to
concede; and the result is that the bill will pass
during the present session.