The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-23 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti. Santiago 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 Japat..
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.

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

CHAIRMAN.
Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, M.P.

DEPUTY-CIIAmmEN.
William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S.
Sir Charles Locoelr, Bart, D.C.L., F.R.S.

Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at
the Artual General Meeting hold on the 27th November,
1868 :

1. The sum of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of
which £307,395 was completed at Premiums pro-
ducing £10,067 per Annum.
2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,883,
being the smallest since 1860, whilst the expenses of
management and all other outgoings wore even less
than for many years past.
& On the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769,
notwithstanding that its increase was retarded by
abatements of premium which did not take effect in
the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on
the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867.
4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It
amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than
£B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four
years of the Society's existence.
5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to
£1,598,906.

The following are among the distinctive features of the
CSociety :
CREDIT SYSTEM.-On any Policy for the ve ole of
Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the
Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain
on credit.

ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected,
without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay-
able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death,
whichever event shall first happen.
INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned
to the increased risk.

PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid
thirty days after proof of death.
Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained
of any of the Society's Agents, or of
GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Adtuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London. S.W.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UNT-
L FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CIIALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E.C. Established 1848.
frbn niriarforg of this Company, ueatarence to an ob-
jection not untrootiently urueN oy 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 p-omulgr‘to
the present Tables, and to is,ue Assurances under them
which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons h"sitate 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
time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every ptemium 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 fixed sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
~set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally
secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re-
Iversionary, 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. Tho longest
term provided for is twenty-five years, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, hankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this class as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.
It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies.
The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215,000 a year Itsposit
ion is un-
uestionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.
HENRY lIARBEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

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

OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART H9DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Ilibbort,
DIRECTORS.
John Garratt Gaitley, 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, Esq. Esq.
Fred k. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy:
Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. sSamuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Rivorsdale Win. Orenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Esq. Joseph Sorties, 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 Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
F.AriIING STOCK. - No Extra Charge is made for the
averaged Reversionaryy
2 perßonus ocenntß.:iriteirs:hanLnlurniE
ornOLthleClsuEmS
a
assured.

Equivalent redwiions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
Tho Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
• Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on ono
Life.
This Corporation affords to the Aseured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large -invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under loyal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
77,.. b the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
'ULF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
BOBEISW STEELS, 5=061%

INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869.--
By order of the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Itidian Military Forces, hare from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencias in India. _ _ _

Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
8. I3ell, li., Ltentenant, 2d Madraa Native Infantry.
10. Bouthflowat*, W. ff., Surgeon, Madras Medical
Departriunt. . -
13. Buchan, C., Sub• Conductor, 11fac1ras Establishment.
22. Cheyno, A., -Mali:taut Burgeon, Madras Medical
Department. -
24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native
Infantry.
25. Carlow, IV. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
53. Floud E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry.
60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native in-
fantry.
76. Jervis, S. W.; Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In-
fantry.
78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partment.
94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native
Infantry.
98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na-
tive Infantry.
113. Neale, F.. %Ude., Madras Establislitnent.
C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native
121. Perring, J. W.
Infantry. 4 <
124. Pinchard, J. ).,ientenant, Madras ?ors() Artilleiy.
126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry.
133. Robertson, A.:*, Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry.
140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery.
145. Stoddart, J. Aa Captain, sth Madras Native In-
fantry. G
150 a. Stewart, . Ensign,.36th Madras Native Infantry.
155. Watson, G. ff., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native
Infantry. <
156. Ward, A., Cap*ain, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
i
158. Wynter, 4.,ieutenanf,s2d Madras Native In-
fantry.
163. Weymouth, daptan, 42d Madras Native Infantry.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
such-next of kin* the Military Recretary, at this Office.
In the event ortlairnf the packages la question remain-
ing unclaimed fomthe further period•of six months from
this date, they will bo opened, the contents be disposed of.
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased. -
T T. ?EARS, Major-General,
T Military Secretary.

,
THE INVIGO ',TT-YE. NERVINE
life:II „-A..r.hudition all the secretions,
:health depends. It is a specific
ESSENCE.—The most. ~ - : ful nutritive cordial ever
containing. among other
ionntrtohdeuicnoted
integrity rietsytoorrews
htoier
01.117
ingredients
deedbicilnittys,opfeapltlikaLinds, RAI-011.4mM its
04VrAte of soda, will prove highly
beneficial to the nervous aPd trytiqieptic. Vile Dr. Hassall's re-
port. Pride ss. pet batty, or four quantities in ono for 225.
BAUIIOARTEN & co., 520,, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car-
riage free on rec,eip of remittance.
ONE HUN EI) & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN ILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALB ER RPH AN ASYLUM, at the moderato rate
of £25 per ann ch. Funds greatly needed.
• CHARLES A.. WALKER, Secretary.
021 co, !A, Chcapsido, London, E.O

QANTARTT FREE lI,OSPITAL for WOMEN
, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
r.t 4 WI re. 110
2,746 patients were treated last month wiThout—ldarrat
recommendation. SubscritOrms and donations are much
needed, and will be \received by Messrs. ll•itchard,
Hills; Sir Samuel Scott, Rart.;• Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

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

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

MITE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
NO 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, Roy. 0. 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
establishedat King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
fr eo_
Backers--Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie C0.,P11-mall. Hon.
Sec.. 1, Smith. Esa. Clzo. REID, Sec.

rirliE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the CII.e:ST, City-road —The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for. ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

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
1 of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-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 INC URABLES, Clap-
bam-rise. instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc ns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who aro hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Homo 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. WEAYER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, B.C.

THE RESCUE - SOCIETY'S HOMES
R %re as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland- street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporaryddition to the above-named Queen-street, Cheapside.
In a
named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee 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 are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never road a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy")
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
The Society
had on application. •
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. OWPEB, Sec.
or Qmou-street Clheßside•

ac bc T 1
•
0-0;0 tz a
.nab,, `81,3 '5,4
Annual
io,
ig,„-: 6-2,4 Amount 6 .2.. Amount
fr.4g.o Z o Proposed. zti ' Assured. Premiums.
r: 4.4
v 4..,, o;
- --- ---- ----
z s. d. £ s. d: £ s. d.
1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 F 54,140 0 0 21.347 16 5
i
1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 0',746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10
1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 4,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6
- „.• • --- -
Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6.444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9
'The not premium income has increased to
the sum of - • £216,704 1 7
•• -

'The net premium income has is
the sum of
The interest on investments and
of receipt yield
Making a total income of ' ••.£237.980 19 8
The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
12s. ld. '
The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
The assets of the association at the close of the year
amounted to £667,493 8e 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 Fire
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 iof, each office are quite separate and distinct.
•By order of the Board,
JOHN MESSENT, Actigary and Secretary.
London, March 18,•1869. •

otheriVqns

:1,276 18 1

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—Oolonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, 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
bonusthat is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SPRPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30Tit JUTE, 186 S.
15ftiAtICE of accounr3Orh- 771

Junco, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0

Premiums c n new assur-

antes
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3

Interest from invest-
ments

£30,811. 8 3

117,581 7 3

X 772,7,10 13 9

£498,395 15 11
Profit and loss, balance
of account
Total income 514,466 9 2

£1,317,207 2 11

CR. CHARGE OP THE YEAR
Dividend to proprietors
Cla;-ns 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, now
Ditto, old 50,365 0 8

£370,618 5 3
Commission
Medical fees
Income tax 2,215 4 7

Expenses of manage-
ment 15,489 8 5

400,777 9 5

Total chargA .....
<£409,654 14 5
Balance of account, 30th June. 1868 907,552 8 6

£1,317,207 2 11

Examined and approv:l

THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors
HENRY ROSE,
The total income of the year, it will be soon, is £544,466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by- viz., £131,811 14s. 9d.—raises
the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d.
The interest received during the year is £117,581 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 p-r cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070
13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in-
cluded, at upwards of £sl2s. per cent.
The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 15. 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 loss than
those of last year by nearly £19,000.
A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount
of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of the risks
re-assured 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 offices labt 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.
Tho balance-sheet is as follows :
DR. LIABILITIES.
Interest due to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, etc. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6

£6,977 13 3

Total £7,565,198 1 3
Cu. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditto
Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities
Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011
Current interest on the above invest-
36,2
ments 43 7 6
Cash and bills 22,604 2 9
Advanced on security of the company's
policies 159,503 14 9
Agents' balances
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

Total .£7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN,) Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
The present diApoPition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On comparing it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further investments have been made
on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about
£ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com-
pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicating the value
of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030
3s. 3d.

The direction of the company is now constituted as
follows :
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, But, K.C.B. Chair-

WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RITE Esq., Deputy-

Chairmen.
Charles Bischoff, Esq. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq.
D.C.L. George Russell, Esq.
Robert A. Grayt.Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sambrook°,
Wm. Augustus Guy M.D., Esq.
F.R.O. • Lkdraug Tindal.:

HOME for the HELL
DIOCESAN HOME
(Hammersmith), under the
Bishop of London. The wor
"in faithful accordance witl
formed Church of England."
COM
'1 he Bishop (
Rev. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
Tho Lord Clinton
Rev. W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. 0. W. Furse
C. J. Freake; Esq.
' J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Homey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Tretwirer
Subscriptions will be race'.
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloy(
man-square, to whom corm'

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

Established 31st July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded—let. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for tho in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their
own homes.
A Lew wing to the Hospital I.as rat 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 pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary:.
NP. 10. Poultry, 'tondo, N.G. §eptember 1868,,

Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, has made an.
other curious speech. Senator Wilson, of Massa-
chusetts, proposed to limit the paper currency to
$656;000,000, the excess, whenever found, to be
funded by the Secretary of the Treasury into Ten-
Forty Bonds, and of this sum he would limit the
Bank-note circulation to $350,000,000, the other
$306,000,000 to be in greenbacks. In supporting
this proposition he alluded to the satisfactory con-
dition of the country, which he thought so good
financially that the public debt would soon become
a light burden. Mr. Sprague considered that greater
ignorance had never been displayed by the Senate
than iu the discussion *of this question: Ile had
seen a paragraph in his colleague's paper. (Mr.
Anthony, m ho owns the Providence Journal) to the
effect that his (Mr. Sprague's) views were attribut-
able to ernbarta4sinent in his-business an 1 to too
close attention to puble duties. The latter the
Senate could deny, and as regarded the former his
firm hail more prospered the last year than any
three yea,-s prece.ling. On another occ-sion he
would expose the motives wl ich inspired this para.
grail'. Ile employe 1 nearly ten thousand hands,
but were the mills in which they worked to stop for
two weeks all would fall upon the employers or the
town. If the manufacturers of New England
should close their mills, which they would soon be
compelled to do unless business be Wade more r.rn_
fitable (now they were working at a loss), the
operatives would be thrown on the charitable. He
denied that New England was prosperous, and he
went on to say :
" Any man who takes an independent position in this
country contrary to those who are wielding unbounded
control over the business, the legislation, and the capital
of this country—those who make. Senators here the point
for their attack, and who corrupt whenever they touch—
must expect to be met by such means as these. If- there
is a man in this Chamber or iu the other House, or oeettpy-.
lag any official position, who can stand against the tor-:
rnptive influences and powers that in these times are
brought to bear upon him, he is surely more than human.
It cannot be done by any ordinary man. These corrup-
tive influences are to-day riding rough-shod over all the
industrial interests of this country. Yet the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Wilson) tells us that all is serene and
prosperous. The capitalists of the country, he said, were
controlling everything, and a capitalist was a man who
bad a large amount of money, or whose position enabled
him to command it, and who generally knew nothing
about the business interests of the people of the country,
and cared nothing about them except to use them for his
own profit. The great banks of Now York and other
placei, which wielded the capital of the country, were ma-
naged by. men who knew nothing about the business in-
terests and relations of the people, and yet the Congress
and legislation of the country were influenced and go-
verned by the managers of the banks, both by open
and by indirect corruptive influences. He knew himself
of a legislator, a member of a Committee, who had been
asked to report upon a certain Matter in a certain way,
and the temptation held `oat before him. was 5100,000.
The worst and most alarining feature of this matter
Was that the moving powers could,not be pushed. Some-
times the people become aroused and strike down some
mere tool of the corruptionists, but they could never
reach the root of the matter except by the plan embodied
in his bill to provide for the loaning the public money.
Ile bad studied the condition of the country deeply for the
last three years, and he believed that he fully compre-
hended it, and he had not exaggerated it.. The Senator
from •Massachusetts (Mr. Wilson) •had undertaken to in-
form the Senate and the country that all was going well.
That Senator no'doubt repeated what had been told him by
others; but his information had been derived from men
who expected to be benefited by the exercise of his influ-
ence in his high position. Can that Senator (said Mr.
Sprague) tell the Senate of his own knowledge that his in-
formants speak truly ? Can he tell that they know the
truth of what they gave him ? Certainly not. What does
he know about society ? How much of it does he mingle
with? He mingles with those that he comprehends. Are
they such as can give a comprehensive view of the present
situation ? No man shall stand here and, either through
intention or ignorance, or from any other cause, mistake
or misstate the situation without being answered by me
The Senator understands the creation of parties and
carrying them on successfully, as well as any man, but he
mistakes his calling when he undertakes to form a judg-
ment as to the business interests of the people of the
United States. The whole capital of the country is col-
tested in tha large cities and is used to increase the value
of property there. The manufacturers of New England
are manufucturing to- day at a loss, and they have made
no money for 111.3 last two or three years. The only way
in which success can 1. .0 new ie by the
caul:LA.4kof ueutug out all who are engaged in the save
busine s

Having ac,:ouuteol for the extraordinary prosperity
that attended 'h;s own bu,ineEs through the plea-
sant way he has of living and letting live," he passed
to the social constitution of the country, defending
his former remarks from the attacks to which they
had been sul jecte.l. Senator Anthony rising to de-
fend his paper and himself, totally dissented from his
colleague's gloomy views; indeed, Mr. Sprague had
refuted his own aszLertionsby telling of his prosperity,
which, no doubt, was shared by other New England
manufacturers. This Mr. Sprague denied, attri-
Luting his success to his amiable method of crush-
ing out all smaller competitors ; and he who had
lectured the gallerieshad lectured thecountry and his
fellow Senators in no measured language handed up
the following paragraph in his colleague's paper as
that to which he took exception. " Senator Sprague
made another speech in the Senate yesterday, in
which he reiterated views previously expressed,
and depicted the prevalent low tone of public
morals in society as well as in politics. The Se-
nator's intense application to his duties and to
his extensive private business, we fear, causes him
to take a gloomy view .of the general situation."
Senator Wilson, though not a great cotton manufac-
turer, could not see why he should not know something
of the condition of the country. Finally the bill passed,
but not without a hard fight, the Eastern Senators
attempting to neutralize it by amendments, which
were firmly resisted by the Western and Southern
Senators, the debate being carried on till eight
o'clock p.m. We do not give this long bill passed
by the Senate, as the House Committee propose im-
portant modifications. One of these is the Coburn
amendment, to which the Senate is fixedly opposed,
and it is therefore thought that it will be lost as be-
fore, though likely next session, in a modified form,
to become law. But should the House pass it we
will publish the full text.—Anglo-American Times.

GARIBALDI'S ENGLISHMAN. Colonel Whithead
Peard, of Trenython, Cornwall, Garibaldi's well-known
Englishman, is at present High Sheriff of Corn-
wall. Ho went specially to Exeter, during Easter
week last, to help at the Lifeboat Bazaar and
Fetes, and not only made extensive purchases but gallantly
assisted the ladies who presided at the stalls to sell day
after day their articles, thus showing how thoroughly he
appreciates the noble lifeboat services performed, every
winter on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall.

James Harper, the son of a respectable farmer,
the senior partner cf the well-known Now York book
publishing firm, died March 27, 1869, in consequence of
injuries received when thrown from a carriage. He was
born at Newtown, Long Island, N.Y., in 1793, and in 1811
was apprenticed with his brother John as a compositor.
At the expiration of their term the brothers started a print-
ing establishment with the small capital they had accumu-
lated by their industry, performing most of their type-
setting and press work themselves. Wesley and Fletcher
Harper were apprenticed to them, and the firm rapidly
grew into a large and prosperous business. The younger
brothers in 1822 were added to the partnership, and tho
name of the firm was changed to Harper Brothers. For a
short time James took an active part in politics, and was
elected mayor of Now York City in 1844, but next year
retired from publ.c life, giving his undivided 'time
to his business. The publishing house became eminent
throughout English speaking countries, and was built up
wholly by these brothers. James remained is activ i busi-
ness life until the day of the acci lent which has termi-
nated his existence. He enjoyed robust health, and exhi-
bited the mental activity of a much younger man. Per-
sonally he was a high-toned gentleman, generous and
charitable, a firm friend, and a warm-hearted, sociable com-
panion. A meeting was held of publishers and booksellers
at the offices of Appleton and Co., to express their sym-
pathy for the loss of so valuable and distinguished a citi.
sea, and the Board of Aldermen met for the same purpose,
yh.urirchheonf "'thee-
as did the employes of the firm, when Mr. H. 31. Alden,
's Weekly, and A. H. Guernsey, editor
the remains were taken
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