The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-17 00:00:00

,THE DEAF & DUMB.—The Committee of the
1 JEWS' DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to
receive APPLICATIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF
and DUMB CHILDREN, of all denominations, as Day
Pupils, for instruction in audible speech and lip-reading.
The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the
manual alphabet and all artificial signs.
A public lesson is given every Wednesday, at 3 p.m.,
when the successful results of the system can be wit-
nessed.

Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and al
other particulars, to be made to
W. VAN PRAAGH, Esq.,
Director of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home,
44, Burton-crescent, W.C.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN.
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
but no more can be admitted in the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to carry out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Tree-
surer,:E,S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon. Sec.,
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Eeotory, Wapping, Es J.

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

President:-Ilis brace the Duke of BUCCLEI;CII, B.G.

This Hospital, founded iu the 'ear 1828, the first t(
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, b
wholly dependent '..or support on voluntary contributioe
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 bas for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of tbt
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committer
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.:
Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, an,
Co.; Smith, Payin;, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Barners-street aandat
the hospital from 100116.

BUDGET OF MISCELLANEOUS.—The Corn crop of
the United States for 1868 was nine hundred millions
of bushels; of this about four millions were exported.
The wheat crop was two hundred and twenty-five millions
of bushels,and of this the larger portion was exported either
in bulk or flour.—Among the passer.gers by the last steamer
at San Francisco from China were 112 Chinese women.
A nice country to lend money to; seven hundred Hay-
tien dollars are not worth as much as one dollar in coin.
Every young couple who desire to make a good start in
life must keep two bears in the house, and feed them
well - bear and forbear.—ln interior California, Ne-
vada,is seldom h
Oregon,
ead
arn. The
Idahheo tuhseuanlampehorafs: re:
SaanF Francisco"
did you leave Prieto ?' " or, " Are you going down to the
Bay ?" This latter is a relic of the old days when ships
from " home" came in and wont cut.—Leading auctioneers
of New York city made the following returns of sales dur-
ing the year ending June 30, 1869 : —John 11. Draper and
Co., $5,837,836 ; Miiaturn, Brown, and Co., $2,419,627 ; L.
M. Hoffman, eon, and Co., $1,637,192 ; Pells and Co.,
$1,152,298; 11. J. Parker, $998,175 ; Burdett, Dennis, and
Co, $679,820; Gerard, Betts, and Co., $176,438; Neilson
Brothers, s42B,lo6.—Fisb are very abundant on the New-
foundland coast this season, and the fishermen are having
excellent luck.—ln the Isle of Man mackerel have been so
plentiful during the last week that in Douglas market
they were retailed at 10 for a penny.—Farms in California
which' Uncle Sam could not sell a few years ago at
a dollar and a quarter an acre in greenbacks are now
saleable at from three and a half to ten dollars in gold.—
The working model of a steamboat, with a new style of
propellers, has been exhibited on Long Island Sound. The
wheels are made like augurs, and cause nothing of the jar
to the vessel, nor commotion in the water, that is expe-
rienced from the present style of side wheels, and aro said
to secure plater speed.—The value of taxable property in
Newark,Nevritersey, inereen4 over $9,000100 lest yes.