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London, England, 1869-12-09 00:00:00

ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE.

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

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

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT-
LANTIQUE.
4. Rue de la Pair. Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
• NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days,ES OF from Hav
PASSAGre and BresEt, for New York
RAT.
From laavitE or BREST to NEW Yonx.
First Ulass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.
WEST INnIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 18th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico
Haiti. Santiago do Cnba, 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, (kc., Callao, Valparaiso, dm, San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japak.
Hand books, with full details of all tho routes of this
company, can be bad of
STRINGER; PEMBROKE, and Co.,
Agents. 8. Austinfriars, London, E.O.

BRITANNIA
Read Offices., 429, Strand, London.
The distinguishing features of this Association are
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
Prompt settlement of claims.
JOHN MESSENT, Manager.

SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
OF THE

PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
Livigate Hill, London, E.C.

Branch Office —7, King-street. St. James's.

The Annual Premium Income of the (lompany, at the
close c f 1868, was £220,978 06. 10d., and the Total Amount
Assured £4,832,197.
The Business is divided under two heads:-
I.t --The Ctunoral or Ordinary llnsinesa, b..int; the
same as that transacted by other Companies.
2nd —The Industrial or Working Class Assurances.
The Premium Income of the General
Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured
£1,562,960. The present value of the lia-
bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load-
ing. wa4 £139,322 15 8
The Premium Income of the Industrial
Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured
£3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0

£189,32215 8
The Liability of the Industrial Branch
does tot admit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,
on account of the very large proportion of
Policies which corst ntly larse, so that
the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks
for short terms only; the estimated re-
serve for the liabilities of this Branch of
the business is shown by the result of 14
years' experience to be abundantly suffi-
cient.
Tho Assurance Fund on 21st Decem-
ber, 1868, was £241,301 12 4
The average duration of the whole of
die Industrial Policies was considerably
under three years.
The average age of the Assured in the
Industrial Branch was 19 years.
A detailed List of Assets can be had on application.
HARBEN, Secretary.

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

CANCER HOSPITAL (Free) • founded 1851.
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.— Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUN'.

1111110 OR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
_IL —The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 71, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.=

VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILD RE N
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 'n the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to cart y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme
_ _

Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
6IIERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec.,
Rectory War Pin

XURSIN G.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
_ _

The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by tho Sisters of John's
House.

Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptibas to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may bo paid
to Messrs. Contts; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lans'lown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronag,,, of her Maj sty the QUEEN.
PreSide the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G.,
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, KA.1,11.
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted
if the committee had further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all
elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to
one vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may be forwarded by an ordet on a bank, agent,
or post-office (Charing-cross), payable to.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary.
Offico 22, Cockspur-tatreet, London.

CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON 'ORDERS OVER 20s.
per ream. e. d.
Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper 3 0
Superilie Cream Laid Note: much approved 4 0
Suptu finoThick Cream Laid Note ; especiall y recommended 5 6
Extra SuT3rline Double l'hick Cream Laid Note 7 0
Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6
Large Commercial Note Papers__ ........ is., 45., .55., and 0 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6
Outsides Foolscap 6 6
Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6
Tinted Lined Note five quires for is. 61, or 5 6
The New Vellum Wove "Club yßouse" Note, live quires for

6d.
Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 69 6d, 4as ad Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 41 6:1 per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s
COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100 Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books. Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage ~tales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, &c , peat fre,e, Established 1841.

...Q_ADS AIM A IC FRE anOSPITAL for WOMEN
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 ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

11HE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
k —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverm, and Cie.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is row open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
reoommendation.
HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

TE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street and 127, Euston-road.M Patroness—Her
.ost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts aro granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women am applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.

110SPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT.
Golden-square, W.
President —llls 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.

Aid ARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ;
2,5.3 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needeti, and will be received by Messrs. datchard,
Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, ransom; and by the Secretary.

MORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY
LI CO LLEGE HOS PITA L.—Accidents and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earneslv solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children,
the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19,
Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the
charity.
HENRY J. KELLY, R.N., Secretary.

IRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.--LONDON
FEMALE 4 PREVENTIVIC and lIEFOIMA.TOBY IN
STITUTION.

PlTS!dent nee. elliON DALE,

CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1888 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, t. 0.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 1.0.

F.. W. THOMAS See., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

11~10l M of BEQUEST.---NATIONAL lIOS-
I'ITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEMO,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury : —I give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London •in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to bo paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.
The 111g:it:Won comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a-Samaritan SoCety to relieve the more desti-
tute out-pAtients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, llon. Sec.

BRITISFI HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. instituted in 1861.
Patroness-11.1.L tho Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for lifo, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who aro hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum aro 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 bo ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, L3van, and Co., 54, Lombard -
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEA YER, Soc.
Offices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the Qum.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCIL K.G.
This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish tho principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for 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 premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abohurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Herries and flo. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Pay, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,;Borners-street ; and at
the Hospital from 10 till 5

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
<co as fol:ows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, flamp- 150, New sent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
18, Camden-street,Camden- Newinn.
town. Maize-hill Cgto ottage, 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 Homo—St. James's-street, Dover.
ry
Homo-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
In the above-named homes, the Committee
haveTaudnedmdietpirootran to
their charge three homes for servants of good
character,servants annually.
in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 ycung
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Rupert (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 bo had 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. D&NL. CODPER,
Ci.naen-strest C`hnu side

BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham rise.
Instituted 1.861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom. provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every camfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of .4:10
obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be rra-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions are earnestly sBoA RsliNcixteEd..

Messrs 'Barclay, Bevan, and Co.,lombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Cnaring-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER Secretary.
Offices, 73, Ohoapside.

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK
COMPANY,

The COURT of Dm:Er:Tons of the East and West India
Dock Company II E. ItERY GIVE NOTICE, That the Transfer
B ioks of the said Company will be Slll7l' on TUESDAY, the
t tit day of December, and OPEN again on FRIDAY, the 31st
lay of December, 1869.
By order of the Court.
GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary.
East and West India Dock House,
Billiter-square, 7th Dec., 1869.

SPLENDID SPECULATIONS
GRE AT SUCCESS.
With a Slitgle Stake of £8 you can realise Z 37,000!! with
El. £20,000! ! with 12 shillings £12,000 ! !
- For-Prospectuses apply without delay to &rem
General Merchant, Guernsey.

ymPERIAL AUSTRIAN GUARANTEED
IL. STATE LOONS. No LOTTERIES. Bona-fide chances
to win for £1 the large premiums of
£30,000, £25,000, £20,000, &c., &c. •
Public drawings on the First of every Month, under the
suprintendence of the Austrian Government, and official
public functionaries. OFFICIAL LISTS SENT GRATIS TO
SUBSCRIBERS. Apply for £1 chances, issued upon forms
supplied by the Austrian Government and bearing the
Imperial half a florin stamp, and for prospectuses to
VOELCKER & CO., Bankers; VIENNA..

IRROW ROOT.—Just received from the West
Indies a large consignment of ARROW ROOT of excel-
lent quality, which can be confidently recommended to clergy-
men and of ier visitors of the poor, as an economical and whole-
some article of diet for Invalids. Sold in 71b., 141 b., and 2,4 b.
tins. at 6 L per lb., tins extra; also a large quantity of the finest
BERMUDA ARROW ROOT, which can be offe re I at the reduced
price of Is. 6d. per lb.. in quantities of not less than 71b., tins
extra. THOMAS KEATING, 79, Sr. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.

B. scorr's BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.
A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared with-
out any mercurial• ingredient, will be found invaluable to
41 who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind. apastns, giddiness, dizziness of the_eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
arid as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent :
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London. and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and
throe times the quantity iu one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in
square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern
meat stamp.

nINNEFORD'S FLUID MA GNESIA._
Tho medical profession for Thirty Years have ap-
proved of this puro solution of Magnesia as the best
remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Ilendache,
Gout, and Indigestion; and as the best mild aperient for
delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil-
dren, and infants.
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists,
t 72 New Bond-street, London ; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.

A MORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of
LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE Is most agreeable
and efficacious, preventing and curing levers, skin complaints,
and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most inte sc head-
ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup is a spedfle fa
gout and rheumatism. --113, Holborn hill, London, E C

y AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
AA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the
bowels or affecting the bead, truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci-
pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the
faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably alleys the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes elm- taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, ft,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 13141., and three quantities in one,
2s. fid. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Astli-
imitie Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the
stamp.

(BEAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-rond. N.—Several beds in the i err buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FENDS.
F. SMITHY, Esq., lion. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, 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.
J. W. WALDRON, Secretary.

'THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
fl the CHEST, City-road.—Tho wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
56, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. See.

(NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderato rate
of 425 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary,
Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.°,

LONDON HOSPITAL, Whiteclaapel-road, E.
The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.

f 1 lIE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT

President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly.

~QE AMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who aro received without any recomendation.
The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.

SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most tbankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
E.C., by
S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, £lO 10s.