The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-10 00:00:00

GARRICK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN,

pB. HALL, of Printing House-square, E.C.,
. next the "Times," London.—Wholesale Agent and
Consignee for NICHOLS and STONES' (the Burton Brewery)
celebrated PALE and other ALES ; Keating° and Co.'s famous
Bordeaux Wines and Charente Brandies; and Irish and Scotch
Whiskies, from several of the best distilleries. Samples can
also be seen at the Times' Shades. BONA FIDE BUSINESSES.—A.
number of Hotels, Public Houses, &c., for disposal. Particulars
of others wanted in town and country.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a now and elegant as-
sortment of VASES, Fignres, 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 new 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.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and
GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill; and
Charing-cross, London.
__ _

The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055. the
Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039.
The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed
Bonus for the Life Pol'cies of this Company, and their
value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties,
render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world
leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid
thirty days after admission.

JOIN ATKINS, Resident Secretary.

K.ING'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 MYTH, Secretary.

gENATEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT,
off Greenwich, for Sick end Diseased Seamen of All
NWicns, who are received without any recommendation.
The receipts from all sources during the past year wore
.£879 less then the expenditure.
SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfnlly received by Mescrs.
Williams, Deac and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane ; and by
tho Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William-
street, London, E.O.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ;-;Life
Governor, £lolos.

NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1819. Enlarged 1861.
Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G.,
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
The obie,t of the Charity Is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and prictical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them.

The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.

HENRY ICINGSCOTE, Treasurer
W H. WAFWICIC Secretary.

Office, 121, Pall-mall, W

ORPHAN ASYLUM,
xi Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise).
Instituted 1827.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Q,IIEEN.
For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of
destitute orphans from all parts of the British dominions,
and of all denominations, whose parents were once in
prosperous circumstances. _

- One hundred and seventy-five orphans now in the In-
stitution ; ample room for about 30 more.
Increased support indispensable, as this Charity is not
endowed, and is in the greatest need of further pecuniary
assistance.

Subscribers and the public are invited to inspect the
Institution, and judge as to the nature of the Charity and
its peculiar claims.

The last Report can be obtained on application to the
Secretary.

• THOS. TILSON, Chairman.
CHAS. LEE, M.A. } Hon. Secs.
AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,
ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, E.C.
Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin.
lane ;- and Mesqrs. Heywood Brothers. Manchester.

HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE.
DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids'
and Infante' Food.

THE REVALENT A. ARABIOA
eaves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores
perfect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver,
refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the
moat disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and
effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con-
sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de-
rangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency,
nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria,
catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears,
rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu-
ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation,
heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms,
or at sea, sinking
nausea and sickness even in pregnancy
bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest pains t
fits,
stomachand between , a
the pit of the
the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable
ry
is most
for invalids and infants.sLnitoare allw of the many
unsavou
and more than slopy i
complaints.
IMPORTANT °ANTI°
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which, without auth6
city, Baron Liobig's name Mulled. -
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health-restoring
will d:onbtite thev valuable
and Infants' Food, since to thetousawnhdosseofpbolstetsisoinnghsaidt
has already received from invalids
now add that of his been-
been deemed hopeless, we may a been perfectly restored
ness the Pope, whose health
by it after thirty years of unsuccessfula
We quote from the Gazette du Midi,G6 The health of the
18,413):—"Rome, July 21st, 18-
July medical2s t (Curetr treatment.
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Holy Father is excellent, especiall
entirelY to Du
other remedies, he has confined himself
he
consumes a
11,r17'5 Revalenta Arabica Food, of which
a surprisingly
since, abandoning all
plateful at every meal. Tt has produced.
b3neficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot
praise this excellent food too highly."
Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de_eb
B.itrtethavni
nervous-
ness, seve
years' liver complaint, wasting away, 4
irritability with a nervous palpitation all
most intolerable
digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the
nervous agitation.
Cure N 0.78, of dyspepsia, from the Bight over.
Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County
ford :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent__
Tion.offhlve Latoerrd-
Co y
food.—STUART nu DECIES, DroMalla, CappOqUin, County
Waterford."
C No. 49,832. Of fifty years' indescribable agony
frondyspervousness, asthma, cough, constipatipn,
flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. • Maria Jolly,
of Lynn, Norfolk.
Cure No. 47,121.-Ifiss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme
nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner-
vela; fancies.
Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two
years diarrhoea.
The Food in sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d.,
2 Ih., 45. 611.; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b.
c misters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du
Birry s Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in
tie canisters : For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. Gd., for 48
cups at Ga., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 caps at 555. Being
shout one penny par cup. The 305. and 555. tins are sent
free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order.
bilitßY DTI BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ;
also at DTI
and Mason's ; a. lso at 4, Oheapside, 61,
I;4races_chinc‘a-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; and 121
NealNertbnAd, London and an Grocers and phoulisto

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical mon 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 iloo-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot bo detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may bo had, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fits forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below tho hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
is. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 428. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.

Post-ofilcepiOccraddeuraly.to bo made payable to John White
Post-office,

FLASTICNEW PATENT
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 48. 6d., is. 6d.,
14., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

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 Salim, K.H., PALS.
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 Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London.

I 4 STABLISHMENT 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 is Visitor,
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Lanra 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.
W. C SPRING TIME Hon. Sec.

,Kin g 's Cross.
Patron—
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
RailwayinTtehrmeiinnimediato vicinity of the Great Northern
Heir' s Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
his Royal ni h Vice-Patron—
President—His nese the Prince of WALES, K.G.
This Hospital, rac'e
the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, S.G.
establish the foundedprincie iu the year 1828, the first to
without the delay andf of. free admission to the sick poor,
wholly dependent for difficulty of Governors' orders, is
support on
and legacies. voluntary contributions
It affords relief to a large number
addition to this, the average nurof in-patients, and, in
destitute sick has for a considerabl of attendance of the
tween 3,000 end 4,000 Weekly. e period averaged bo-
Tho Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are
containing several hundred more beds had the capable of
Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs
Brown, hansom, and Co, Abchurch-lano ; also by Messrs.
'Terries ar
Coutts and
. , Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.
. ;
d ro • Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
i
Co • Blay and Co • Smith, farue, and . ,
C 0.,. , Williams,'li
C 0.;.,
C • Nisbot and Co Berners-street ; ;and at
Deacon, . ,
the ITosnital from 10 tin o.

IFE[3OAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
J of the year 1868, 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 p
aneriod on its
s Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition to grting £2. for
.. ..

wards.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the
public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
Xiad countrr bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esci, th Institution, 1.4 Min-Argot, Aclolphi, Ludo.

A.D. 1720.

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

OCTAVITTS WIGRAM, 'Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART 111DOSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNINO, Esq Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS
Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Ribbed,
John Garratt Cattley, 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 Malcolmson,
Alexander Druce, E. Esq.
Fredk.JosephEdlmann,Esq. Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goschen, °barles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
E. 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.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire
on the 9th of April.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
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 Corpo:ation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
FA rMING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine.:,.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent.:per:annum on the sum
assured.

Eqnivalent 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 Asrured
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
HALF.

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

w.ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornbill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Contts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the *ecretary,at the hospital,
LiyerpOlakcital 'Alto; N.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.
Report of ;the Directors for the year ending the 30th
Juno, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868— Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, IC.
Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair.
The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£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, 30TH JUYE, 1868.
DR. INCOME OF TIM YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th •
June, 1867, 1,81,t114 13 9
Less amoundistributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0
---- £772,740 13 9

Premiums on new usur-
tmees
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3
X 300,811 8 3
Interest from invest-
ments 117,584 7 3

--
£498395 15 11
Profit and loss, balanco
of account
Total income 544,466 9 2
46,0.70 13 3

£1,317:207 2 11

,
OR. CHARGE or THE YEAR. £8 877 5 0
Dividend to proprietors ....................
Cla;ms on decease of lives
assured
£265 523 13 5
Additions to those under 7
participating policies 22,816 4
Policies surrendered., 28,642 11 3
Re-assurances, new
Ditto, old 50:365 0 8

X 370,61
fmanage_ 85 3
Commission 11,702 15 0
Medical
e tfsoa exso.. 751 16 2
48
75
moot 400,777 9 5

Total charge .. . .......................... £109,654 14 5
Balance of account, Nth Juno.
1860 ...... 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 be 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. he year is £117,584 7s.
Tho interest received during t
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.
The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden-
tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than
those of last year by nearly £19,000.
A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount
of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks
rc-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 5-1
per cent. on the total income.
Tho balance-sheet is as follows :
DR. LlABiLrriEs.
Interest due to proprietors ..................
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid .................. 61,530 4 5
Sundry accounts ............................. 45,875 13 6
Liability under sums assured, ste, (1867) 6,369,169 11 7
Proprietors' fund ........... .................. 173,792 10 0
Surplus fund as before ........................ 907,552 8 6

£6,977 13 8

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
Ditto ditto funded securities 479,932 13 3
Ditto ditto temporary securities
Current interest on the above invest- _ _ _

36,243 7 6
22,604 2 9

...........
manta ......................
Cash and bills ................................. .
Advanced on security of the company's
policies..... 159,503 14 9
Agents' balrAces
VSuanlidtbryofa ccounts
premiumspremiumsoB67) 112,460 15 0
4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

Total .......... a"; in.
T;;;llf.ao.n.m'i'
HENRY ROSE,
E.41N7,51-65A,1u9d8ito1rs.3

,
The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On comparing it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further investments have been made
on mortgago and in the Government funds, and that about
ve of the sum indicating the value
£ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com-
pany's policies. E]sclnsi
of tho future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030
Bs. 3d.
The direction of the company is now constituted as
follows:
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-

Men.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
I Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
CThhaormleassi3Boiscdhdoffingto, Esti•
n, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. d
Charles Chatfield, Esq. I James Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Murray,Esq.
D.C.L. George Russell, Esq.
Robert A. Grayl -"CI' I Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke,
Wm. Augustus_ ally M.D., Esq.
I A.d.lakg WinciaLl •

FHE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-

road.
Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contribution; 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 INCURNBLES, 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 porscns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who aro 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.O. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEA.YER Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

THE RESCUE • SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows :--
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Bent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-stroot,Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland. street. I with.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Ilampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which 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 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Roport(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 banlaers are Messrs. Bazclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
( benevolent. DANL. MFER, Sec.
Qmou-otrot cheßsido.j

HOME 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 aSisterhood,
"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. Et. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rey. 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 Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon 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. Furse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hemp Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Req., 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 comrour ications may be addressed.

ROYAL HOSPI'T'AL
PutALfnor INCURABLES,
v
y-heath.

Established.3lst Jul-y, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their
own homes.
A new 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 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 pleas on,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary
114. 10 rcsultre_ loncip, gt.Q. §opttaubor §66,,
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FOREIGN NOTES.

PEACE.

The telegram we published yesterday announcing a
reduction of the Austrian army is confirmed. As in all the
continental armies, a certain number of Austrian soldiers
are discharged every year, and a levy is made to supply
the deficiency. But so much is Austria occupied with
internal reform and commercial progress that it
has been determined to postpone this levy, in
order to lighten the Budget. Such a step, however,
would never have been taken in the face of an
impending war. The Gazette di Milano publishes a so.
called " text" of the treaty said to be concluded between
France, Austria, and Italy. It stipulates that in case of
war between France and Prussia, Italy will remain
neutral, but that should another Power aid Prussia, Italy
and Austria will assist France with 400,000 men. This
programme need not, however, cause any alarm. It is
generally discredited as a pure fabrication.