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liINAHAN'S LT.. WHISKY. DUBLIN
EXHIBITION, 1865.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin
Prize Medal.
Iti Pure, Mild,-Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lor.don; by
the Agents in the principal tC VMS in England; or wholesale at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label' and Cork Branded "Kina
h.n's Lit Whisky.'

NIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859),
14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, L NDOON,
ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free
hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay-
able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted.
Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope.
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

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ASSISI ANT SC HO 0 LMASTER AT
SHEERNESS.
•
ADMIRALTY, 23d Sept.. 1868.
NOTICE IS- HEREBY GWENT, That a VACANCY exists for
an ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER at Sheerness Dockyard.
Candidates who may wish to undergo a Competitive Examina-
tion for such an appointment are invited to apply, either per-
sonally or by letter, to the Civil Service Commissioners, Gateway,
Dean's-yard, Westminster, on or before the Bth of October, fur-
nishing certificates of age and health, together with testimonials
as to character and capacity for teaching. The examination will
commence on Tuesday, the .13th October. Candidates must be
between the ages of 20 and 35, and will be examined in the fol-
lowing subjects, in all of which it will be necessary for Candi-
dates to pass:-
1. Exercises as to Handwriting and Orthography.
2. Arithmetic and 14 ensuration.
3. Grammar and Analysis of Sentences.
4. English Composition:
5. Physical and Political Geography of the World, especially
of Englaild and Europe.
6. English History.
7. Euclid—first four and sixth books, and first twenty-one pro-
positions of thß eleventh book.
8. Algebra.
P. Plane Trigonometry.
10. Differential and Integral Calculus (Elementary), and Plane
Co-ordinate Geometry (Elementary).
11. The Elementary Principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics,
not requiring the Differential Calculus.
They will also be competitively examined in the following sub-
jects, and although it will not be necessary for each Candidate
to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will
be set on them:-
12. Elementary Chemistry and Physics.
13. Plane Trigonothetry (Analytical) and Spherical Trigono-
metrY.
14. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced) and Analyti-
cal Geometry of three dimensions.
15. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced) and the
easier Differential Equations.
16. Mechanics and Hydrostatics, including Problems'requiring
the Differential Calculus for their solution.
The salary of the Assistant Schoolmaster at Sheerness Dock-
yard commences at £lOO per annum,increitsing by £lO each year
to £l4O, and the certificate of the Civil Service Commissioners
will entitle the successful Candid te to the benefit of the Super-
annuation Act.
Assistant Dockyard Schoolmasters are eligible for promotion
to the higher office of Schoolmaster and Head Schoolmaster,
with salaries varying from £l5O to £254) per annum.
W. G. ROMAINE.

-oEctsorifeErlßN

O 1 IN GOSNELL and CAS.'S CHERRY
L' 'IOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—lted Bull Wharf, 83, tipper
T hames- street, London., .

1. St. Matthew's Gospel in a 6. Haunted Lives. By J. S. Le
New Light. Fanu.
2. My Own story. _ 7. The Theatre-Royal, Dublin,
More Ghosts; Old and New. from 1830 to 1851.
Up and Down the World. 8. Parties in the Irish Church—
Sign-boards and Taverns. The Report of the Royal
Commission.
ondon: Hurst and Blackett.

IfETROPOLITAN RAILWAY-WESTERN
....VII EX I ENSION.—The WE to PADDINIGTON, Bays-
water, Kensingtbn, and BROMPTJN will OPEN
on THURSDAY, October 1.

WESTON'S
ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN 3
Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey.
GEORGE LEOPOI.D and Mdlle. GICRILDINE
Every Evening.

DEAFNESS.—Acoustic Instruments, for the
Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to, join in general
conversation. to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies.
—The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and
being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cur-
nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.—SOLOMONS, 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly.

"V I ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY.-WESTERN
EXTENSION will OPEN on THURSDAY, October 1.
MYLES FENTON, General Manager.

iy:Dublin.: George Herbert,

September 28, 1368.

Just published, price ls. 6d., by post Is. 81, the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
11-3 EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
lA, QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. •
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Satur day
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, ant o ther
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN
- RAILWAY.

SPECTACLES.—The Achromatic and Tinted
SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO-
&IONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief
to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from
the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.-39, Albemarle-street, Pic-
adilly.

LEICESTER RACES, Ist and 2d October, 1863.
EETUR N TICKETS to LEICES FEE, issued at LONDON
(Euston, Kensington, and Broad-street), will be available from
WEDNESDAY, 30th September, and intervening days, to &LYDA-
DAY, 3d October, inclusive.

W. CAWK WELL,
General Manager.

SCIENTIFIO AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as-
sortment of VASES, Figures; 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.

Euston Station, IGth September, ISGS.

ANGLO -AMERICAN TIMES,
AN INTERNATIONAL NE WSPA.PER,
Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24
PAGES. Reports of Con zress, Personal, Financial, Mining,
Railroad, &c. Members of Psrliament, Commercial Men,
and those having an interest in the United States, will fin
this newspaper of use.
Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d.
15. Catherine-street. Strand. •

COMPAGNIE ' GENERALE TRANSAT-
LANTIQUE. •
-4, Rue de-la Paix, Paris.
FRENOH
NEW MAIL STEAMERS.
YORK.
Leave every 14 days,AT fromES OF Havre
PASS BrG and est, for New York.
RE.
From HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First Class 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class , 275 fr.
From Paris to New York, via. Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, • 440 fr. ; third class,
285 fr.

DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
BELFAST,
regularly supplied to the House of Lords.
" V.R." IRISH WHISKY.

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the "16th of each month for St.
Thomak Havana, Vera Cruz; New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN,- NORTH ND SOU 01 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 Japai.
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.

DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.
London Offices and Stores, - •
4, BEIIIFORT-BUILDLNGS, STRAND, W.O.
Established 1808. Quotations on application.

NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple but certain
Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all
the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
!Ailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach."
" Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape-
rient; are mild in. their operation, safe under any cir-
cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi-
mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they
have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
20 years.
Sold in bottles at is. to., 2s. 91., and lls. each, in
every town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.
Be sure to ask for " NOON'S PILLS," and do not
be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the success of
" Norton's Camomile Pills."

AN FI ELD 'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
-IV_l. fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers,
and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107,
Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London.

SPLENDID SPECULATIONS.
GREAT SUCCESS.

THE present most eligible Speculations can be
particularly recommended :
With a single stake of one shilling you can realise £4,000!!
with £1.£20,000! ! with £2 £27,f 00 !! with £8 £37,000! ! with £lO
£45,0001!
For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT,
General Merchant, Guernsey.

Ilv-HY incur the risks of Limited Liability, by
taking Shares in Civil Service or Co-operative
Stores, when you can SAVE TEN PER CE QT. by
PURCHASING of
THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
and•can have the goods delivered at your own door ? Teas
of all descriptions from is.. 3d. per lb. upwards. Price
Lists post free, on application at the Company's Ware-
houses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS,
Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool.
EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867.
The "ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents
than now.
FIRE BRANCH.

ALDERSHOT.-ARMY CONTRACTS.--FLOOR AND
MEAT.

Commissariat-Office, South Camp, Aldershot,
16th September, 1868.
TENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon on Thursday, the 22d October, from persons who
may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the SUPPLY of
FLOUR (Ration and Hospital), Cones, for dusting Loaves
. and FRESH MEAT,

ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, the Author
of "PURE DENTISTRY, and What it Does for Us,"
"PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION, or Antesthesia Locally
Applied," "DENTAL SURGERY—a Practiced Treatise," &c.,
may be Consulted Daily as hitherto from 10 to 4 o'clock, at his
ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUIRE (a
few doors from Bond-street).

KEATING'S INSECT DESTROYING POWDER
KILLS BUGS.

PREMIUMS in 1867 ... £160,553
being a larger revenue than in any preceding
year.
LOSSES by Fire in 1867
NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex-
£56,373
penses
LIFE BRANCH.
Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7 £BOl,OOO
Do. during previous Quinquenuium £688,000
Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583
LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the
increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy-
holders. -
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOEINSTON, Secretary in Loudon.
- August, 1868.

KEATING'S 1N TrcEl2ls DESTROYING POWDER,

~ £292,125

for six months, from Ist December next to 31st May, 1869, for
the use of her Majesty's Forces at Aldershot, and within the
command.
Separate tenders are required for each of the above articles.
Forms of Tender and conditions of Contract can be obtained
on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., where any further information that
may be required will be furnished.

I)ARTRIDGE AND COOPER.
MANUFACTURING STATIONERS,
192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.)
THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS Oea VEm.R 20ss..
per r d.
Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 3 0
4 0
Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved
Super finoThiek Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6
Extra superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0
Straw Paper, " Patent;' adapted for rapids riting 2 6
Large Commercial Note Papers ~ 45., 55., and 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 105. 6d., 12s. 63, and 14 6
Outsides Foolscap 6 6
4 6
Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto,
Tinted Lined Note live quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6
Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" Rote, five quires for
2s. 6d.
Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6s 63
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s
COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to is. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in tbo trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLU ,TR &TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free.

KEATINGITIggEIymi,4:sBTEREO-TYII2 POWDER

KEIirIsGI)72nLDLEBIIVIATE INSECTS,

R. ROUT 11,
Deputy Commissary General.

Sold in Packets, ls., and Tins, 2s. Gd. and 4s. 6d. each; or ls,
Pickets, free by post, for 12 Postage Stamps. Also in Bottles,
with Bellows, ls. Gd. and 3s, each, by THOMAS
Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E.C.

CONTRACTS FOR SALT PORK.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 10th Sept., 15368.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give Notice that on TUESDAY, the
13th October next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at the undermentioned Ports
the following quantities of
SALT PORK,
all of the cure of the present season, viz.:—
Navy Pork.'
DEPTFORD 000-tierces 4,800 barrels.
HAIMBOWLINE l,BOO „ 1,800 „
Each tierce of Pork to contain 75 pieces of 41b. eachrand,
each barrel 50 pieces of 41bs. each, instead of the number
of pieces formerly contained in the tierces and barrels.
The Pork to be delivered into the respective Stores as
follows, viz.—one-third of each quantity for each place by
the 15th day of January. 1869 ; another third thereof by
the sth day of March, 1869 ; and the remainder thereof by
the 30th day of April, 1869 ; or any greater portion, or the
whole, at any earlier period, if preferred by the party ten-
dering, and to be paid for by bills at three days after date,
which will be sent to parties as usual.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the
whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit,
or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any,
and also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the
Tenders.
Every Tender must specify the name'of the person by
whom the Meat is intended to be cured, the Brand of the
Meat, and the place of cure.
Tenders for Pork of the cure —ortlfdlnilted Slot.. of
America will not be admitted.
Persons tendering for more than one Port Must give a
separate Tender for each Port.
Persons tendering must give a reference to a Banker for
each surety proposed ; and they are desired to take special
notice that the use of Wooden Hoops is abolished, and that
Iron Hoops only will be required for the Casks in accord-
ance with the conditions of the Contract.
A Form of the Tender may be obtained, and the recently
altered conditions of the Contract, to which particular at-
tention is called, may be seen in the Lobby of- the Depart-
ment of the Controller of Victualling, Somerset House ; at
the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth ; or by ap-
plying to the Victualling Storekeeper at Haulbowline ; or
to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Bristol, Lime-
rick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; or to the Secretary
to the Postmaster-General at Dublin; or to the Comman-
der conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool.
No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100
tierces, or 100 barrels.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the
printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be
necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed
by him, should attend, as the result of the offer received
from each person will be communicated to him and to his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed 'to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner of tho enve-
lope the words " Tender for Salt Pork," and must also be
delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victual-
ling, Somerset House.
The Contractors will have to pay one-half the amount
of the stamps on the Contracts and Bonds.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

if
.AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
_ILI EFFECT UAL REMEDY, without confining the
bowels or affecting the head, 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, allays 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 after taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charin,,,,r-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles' 1314., and three quantities in one,
2e. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address aro engraved on the
stamp.

THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1821.
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
Total Invested Funds upwards of £2,750,000.
Total Income upwards of £320,000.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at MICHAELMAS must be Renewed within
Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents
throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void.
All Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced
Duty of ls. 6d. per cent.
Poe Prospectus and other information apply to the com-
pany's Agents, or to _
T. TALLEMACII, Secretary.

RINTIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF
ill NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.
The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done
on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and
Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on
receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for
reply. Address—The Manager, Sun " Printing Offices,
8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C.

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 men 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 floc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JO lIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 263.61, and 31s. tid. Postage,
Is. A Double Truss,6d., 425., and 525. 65. Postage,
ls. 85. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 61 Postage,
Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John Whito,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHA.N CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. ds greatly needed.
CFunHARLES WALKER, Secretary.
Office, Cheapside, London, 4%0

ryniE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1 the ClfiST, City-r.ad. —The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily.
F UNDS greatly needed.
II ARLES L. 1KE5.11", Secretary.

(ZANIARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
k, and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for disuses 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, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

NEW PATENT
IrLASTIC STOCKINGS,
-4
KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, JEc. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary sacking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d.,
108., and I6s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
IA institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdalo and Co., 50, Cornhill ;-]Siessrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

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

QEAAIEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT,
k, off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who are received without any recommendation.
The receipts from all sources during the past year were
£879 less than the expenditure.
SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs.
Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane ; and by
the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William-
street, London, E.C.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, £lolos.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

PROPOSED MEMORIAL OF LEIGH
HUNT.
Tho grave of Leigh Hunt--one of England's most
charming Poets, Essayists, and Critics—at Kensal Green,
is without even a headstone. It has been proposed to
erect there a modest Monument to his memory. Mr.
Joseph Durham, A.R.A., has been selected to execute a
Portrait Bust and Pedestal. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE
SOLICITED for the purpose. The following gentlemen
form a Committee for the collection and application of the
requisite amount :
William Barry, Esq. Charles Kent, Esq.
Sir John Bowring. W. C. Macready, Esq.
Thomas Carlyle, Esq. J. Bertrand Payne, Esq.,
Robert Chambers, Esq, F.R.S.L.
LL.D. Sir P. Pollock, Bart.
Charles Dickens, Esq. B. W. Proctor, Esq.
George Godwin, Esq, F.R.S. Sir Percy Shelley, Bart.
C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., Chas. Ratcliff, Esq., F.S.A.
F.R.G.S. E. M. Ward, Esq., R.A.
Alexander Ireland, Esq.
S. C. HALL, F.S.A, Hon. secs.
EDMUND OLLIER, J
S. R. TOWNSHEND MAYER, F.R.S.L., 25, Norfolk-
street, Strand, W.C., Hon. Treasurer, by whom Subscrip-
tions are received.
Bankers—Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.

linlE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
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, Sackvillo-street, Piccadilly.

THE 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 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.

VORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY -
IN LEGE HOSPITAL.—DONATIONS are earnestly
SOLICITED to secure the opening of the Wards for
" Little Children" on the Ist of October. Contributions
will b 3 thankfully received by the Treasurer, Sir Francis
H. Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., St. John's-lodge, Regent's-
park ; by the Secretary ; and by Mr. J. W. Goodiff, Clerk
to the Committee.
By direction of Committee,
HENRY J. KELLY, Secretary.

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 persons 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., 51, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, ChaWEri-cross, S.W.
ED WD. ngAVER, Soc.
Offices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C.

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.

rrlIE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
1 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.
500 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, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.

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 is 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.
W. C. SPRING RICE, llon. Sec.

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.—Hon.
Sec., . Smith. Pisa. CEO. REID, See.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Hor Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vico-Patron— _

I3RiTisll ORPHAN ASYLUM,
Mackenzie-park, Slough (formerly at Clapham-rise).
Instituted 1827.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
For the gratuitous board, clothing, and education of
destitutk4 orphans from all parts of the Britisk.domiuiong,
and of all denominations, whose parents were once in
prosperous circumstances.
One hundred and seventy-five orphans nilW in the In-
stitution ; ample room for about 30 more. • 1'
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 b 3 obtain9d on application to the
Secretary.

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEVCII, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in 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 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
desticuto sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 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.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown. Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutte and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co, ;
lorries and Co. ; Ransom and C 0..; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-stroot ; and at
the Hospital from 10 till 5.

THOS. TILSON, Chairman.

CIIIS. LE, . '
M.A.
AUBREY C. PRICE, M.A.,
ALFRED MACKENZ E, Secretary.
Offices; 73, Cheapsido, London, E.G.
Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-
lane ; and Messrs. Roywood, Brothers, Manchester.

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PH/CE,..

MURPHYITEDISTURB4NOES

Yet another riot arising out of " Murphyism " is
reported. On Sunday afternoon, Flynn, the Murphyite
lecturer, took up a position in a large piece of vacant
ground near the Market Hall, in West Hartlepool, and
(rein thence commenced a harangue in his own pecu-
liar style; There was a great crowd of persons. For
the first hour or more nothing of any note occurred,
public feeling finding vent in hisses and cheers from the
oppositely-inclined portions of the audience ; but at
length the Irish commenced throwing stones and using
other means of violence, whereupon the English turned
upon them, and routed them from their positions. They,
however, soon returned, reinforced by some further
arrivals, including a few from neighbouring towns, and
the attack was renewed, when a general snWe ensued,
and the fighting on both sides became general. Showers
of stones and bricks were hurled about in all directions,
with more or less disastrous results, and on the Irish side
there was a plentiful supply of pokers, cudgels, and other
similar implements of warfare. The position of affairs
was now rnoo-. serious, and defied all the efforts of a
large detachment of police, under Superintendent
Davidson, to restore quietness, and in the attempt to effect
this they were subjected to some rough handling. One of
the county force, named Thomas Hudsmith, was attacked
by an Irish labourer, named Patrick Cairns, who felled the
officer by a furious blow with a pair of iron tongs, which
completely cut through his helmet, and inflicted a serious
wound on his head. He was quickly removed to safer
quarters by his brother officers, and a medical gentleman
was sent for to attend to his wounds. Soon after this
Monkhouse and another officer of the force were also
attacked by Peter Alacglynn. Their injuries, however,
Iwere not of so serious a nature. Cairns and the other men
were taken into custody the same evening. A large
1 number of persons were more or less hurt in the row, but
these were chiefly Irish, and no serious case has come to
notice. Cairns and Macglynn have been taken before
the magistrates at West Hartlepool Petty Sessions, and
1 each sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard

STAMPED bd.

711 E CONFERENCE Al IVHIIE SULPHUR
,SPRINGS.

( Froin the Anglo-Aniericaiz Times)
The full text of General Rosecrans' letter and the
reply of the Southern Generals is now given in the
American papers. Both are dated White Sulphur
Springs, A ugust 2G. Of course Rosecrans' letter is
pulled to pieces and sneered at by the Republican
papers. . He commenced by saying, " I come with
my heart in my hand to learn the condition, wishes,
and intentions of the people of the Southern States."
His letter being addressed to General Lee indivi-
dually, he adds, " especially to ascertain the senti-
ments of that body of brave, energetic, and self-
sacrificing men who, after sustaining the Confede-
racy for four years, laid down their arms and swore
allegiance to the Government of the United States,
whose trusted and beloved leader you have been."
The displacement of his heart, which he announces
to be in his hand, is of course laughed at, and is
said to account for the weakness and the sen-
timentality of the document. It was, however,
clearly dictated by the earnest desire to do good
by a distinguished Union officer, and to avert,
if possible, the impending riots and disorder
in the South. " I believe," said Rosecrans
" every one I know who reflects believese—that
if the people of the Southern States could be
at peace, and their energy and good-will heartily
applied to repair the wastes of war, reorganize their
business, set the freedmen peaceably, prosperously,
and contentedly at work, invite capital, enterprise,
and labour from elsewhere to come freely amongst
them, they would soon rebuild their ruined for-
tunes, multiply many fold the value of their lands,
establish public confidence in our political stability,
bring our Government bonds to premium, our cur-
rency to gold standard, and assure for themselves and
the whole nation a most happy and prosperous future."
Those who have lately controlled the Government
reply to the question why it cannot be done, that
as the Southerners will not do it until the poor
uneducated landless freedmen do,the six or eight mil-
lions of intelligent, energetic white people, must
give in or move out of the country. Believing in
a shorter way, he asks whether they who organized
and sustained the Southern Confederacy for four
years against gigantic efforts could not give peace,
law, order, and protection to the people of the
South, and adds, " are they willing to do it ?" He
desires to learn their opinion, and requests a written
expression of views that can be followed by a con-
currence of action. He will carry that pledge high
above the level of party politics to the Union
army, and people of North and West, con-
fident of a response so warm as to bring
back the rainbow of peace to the now troubled
political sky. He desired to have the signatures of
all the Representative Southern men then at Sul-
phur Springs. General Lee's reply is cold, when
contrasted with the gushing enthusiasm of the
Union officer. He conferred with the Southern
gentlemen, who joined in the answer to which they
appended their names. African slavery and the
State right to secede were settled by the war, and
they desire in good faith to abide by that decision.
After laying down their arms, through their State
Conventions they abolished slavery, and annulled
their ordinances of secession ; and they returned
to their peaceful pursuits with a sincere pur-
pose to fulfil all their duties under the Consti-
tution of the United States which they had sworn
to support. If their action in these particulars
had been met in a spirit of frankness and cor-
diality, they believe that ere this old irritations
would have passed away and the wounds inflicted
by the war would have been in a great measure
healed. As far as they are advised, the people of
the South entertain no unfriendly feeling towards
the Government of the United States, but they
complain that their rights under the Constitution
are withheld from them in the administration
thereof. The Southern people are not hostile to
and would not oppress the negroes who have grown
up in their mi Ist and form the important part of
the labouring population. Even the self-in-
terest would prompt care and protection, as the
races are necessary to each other; this fact is be-
coming known to both, and their relations would
soon adjust themselves on a basis of mutual kind-
ness and advantage but for evil influences at work.
" It is true that the people of the South, together
with the people of the North and West, are, for
obvious reasons, oppcesed to any ay tom of law
which would place the political power of the country
in the hands of the negro race. But thisopposition
springs from uo feeling of enmity. but from a deep-
seated conviction that at present the negroes have
neither the intelligence nor other qualifications
which are necessary to make them safe deposi-
tories of political power. They would inevitably
become the victims of demagogues, who for
selfish purposes would mislead them to the
serious injury of the public." Peace is what
they earnestly desire ; they ask for their Constitu-
tional rights, relief from oppressive misrule, and,
above all, the birthright of Americans, that of self-
government. That granted, they can safely promise
the faithful obedience of the people to the Consti-
tutional laws of the United States and kind humane
treatment to the negro. The following are the
sienatures to this letter :—R. E. Lee, Virginia ;
G. T. Beauregard, La. ; A. 11. Stephens, Ga. ;
A. 11. 11. Stuart, Va. •, C. M. Conrad, La. ; Linton
Stephens. Ga. ; A. F. Caperton, W. Va. ; John
Echols, Va. •, F. S. Stockdale, Texas ; F. W.
Pickens, S.C. • Win. J. Robinson, Va.. ; Joseph
It. Anderson, Va. ; W. F. Turner, W. Va. ; C. H.
Subee, S.C. ; E. Fountains, Va. ; John Letcher,
Va. ; B. C. Adams, Miss. ; W. J. Green, N.C. ;
Lewis E. }Jarvis, a. ; P. V. Daniels, jun., Va. ;
W. T. Sutherlin, Va. ; A. B. James, La. ; Toutant
Beauregard, Te's. ; M. O. 11. Norton, La. ; T. B.
Brance, Ga. ; H. T. Russel!, G 9.. ; S. J. Douglass,
Fla. ; Jeremiah Morton, Va. ; J. B. Baldwin, Va. ;
G. W. Bolling, Va. ; Theo. Flournoy, Va. ; James
Lyons, Va. .

labour, for their share in the fray. Much excitement still
prevails.

EARL GRANVILLE ON EDUCATION.

On Tuesday afternoon the Lord Warden of the Cinque
Ports (Earl Granville, K.G.) distributed in St. George's
Hall, Ramsgate, the certificates and prizes gained in the

Oxford Local Examinations held last June for the Rares-

gate centre. The attendance was large and fashionable,

the large room being crowded.

Earl GRANVILLE having distributed the prizes and certi-
ficates, offering his congratulations and good wishes to
each student, said there could be no one, at least conver-
sant with this subject, not aware of the good which had
already been produced by the local examinations of

Oxford and Cambridge, and 'also by the matriculation
examinations of the London University. The universities
were all different in character. Some, like Oxford, were

of great antiquity, great wealth, and great reputation ;
while others were, like the London University, young,

poor, and unshackled by position ; and all combined were,
by their different modes of discipline, calculated to pro-
duce an immense effect upon the education of our country.

They had proofs every day that these universities were
striving, to open still wider the gates of their utility,
and he hoped this generous rivalry would continue

and bear all its fruits. He believed these examinations
were eminently useful to parents, to schoolmasters, and
also to scholars. With regard to parents, he believed
that one of the most encouraging signs of public opinion
at the present time was the anxiety that almost all
parents felt to give their children not only as good, but

7HE HOMES OF GRANT AND COLFAX.

rather a better education than that which they themselves
had received. Now, it was extremely difficult, parti-
cularly for men occupied in the practical business of life,
tome of whom, perhaps, were not very well educated
themselves, while others, as they all felt themselves—
partially forgot what they had learnt—it was, be said,
extremely difficult for men intensely occupied with every-
day duties, to know what was the best education for their
children, anti where it was best to place them. Now, he
could not help thinking that his auditory would agree
with him, that results, tested by these examinations, were
of the greatest possible use as sign-posts to such
parents. He could conceive nothing more useful for
education and for schoolmasters than that a real te,t

should be applied in this particular, and that those who
were succeeding in the instruction of those who were tried
by the unerring test aioptei by the universities should g A
the credit and the reputation they deserved for their
strenuous and well-directed efforts. Those whom lie was
addressing probably knew that a memorial was recently
sent to Oxford on the part of the leading members
of the scholastic profession to go still further in
this matter. They were not satisfied with the
pupils being teeted, but had memorialised the
University of Oxford to institute examinations for,
and give certificates to, the teachers themselves, lie was
glad to say he had the advantage of being in communica-
tion with some men who took a leading unit in the cause
of education, and from what they had stated he felt quite
sure that Oxford was disposed to look uppn the memorial
he bad referred to with the greatest favour. The noble
earl having referred to the local candidates, proceeded to
speak with regard to the acquirement of modern languages,
which he considered of vast importance, not only as re-
garded the culture of the mind, but also on account of
the practical value thereof by reason of our intercourse
with foreign nations. While he felt sorry to see that not
a single candidate had presented himself for examination
in German, he must heartily congratulate them that so
many had passed successfully through their examination
in the language of that country from which they in that
part of England were separated by so few miles of sea,
and with whom they were being closely associated by
ties of national amity every day, rather than being sepa-
rated by feelings of jealousy and hatred. He felt it would
not be of the slightest use to make observations at meet-
ings like the present if he could not criticise as well as
praise, and he felt sorry to say there were two columns
in the returns Mr. Hill had sent him that were blank.
He was fully aware that the same columns were blank in
every district except one or two. Still, he must say he
should have been pleased to see a few names in each
of the columns he referred to. The first column was
" Mechanics," and the second " Chemistry." There
might be some difficulties in the way, but they must
remember the Government had afforded increased facilities
for the acquisition of those branches of knowledge by
means of the Department of Science and Art, and he was
happy to say public opinion was growing in favour of
these acquirements, the study of which formed a valuable
discipline for the mind, and upon their extension depended
In a great measure the success of this country in the arts
of both peace and war. He hoped the committee would
allow him to offer a prize to be given to the best candi-
date in future years in mechanics and chemistry. He
should leave the matter in the hands of the committee,
but might communicate himself with the Oxford authori-
ties to settle the conditions of the prize. (Hear, hear.) He
now came to the effect these examinations had upon the
boys, and could any one doubt that they had a beneficial
result? Could any one doubt the value these examina-
tions gave to the instruction the boys received? Could
any one doubt these examinations added to the esprit of
the schools which had been successful? He believed
they gave an entirely different spirit to the
school. They gave boys a notion how useful instruction
was, and caused more attachment to those masters
who had imparted the instruction that had led to such
satisfactory results. These examinations also encouraged
the tutors themselves, and produced a generous rivalry
among them. He knew there were some boys who, from
ill-
health or other causes, could not distinguish themselves as
some of their fellow-students did ; but if there were any
who had not succeeded because of idleness he would
impress upon them the absolute necessity of strenuous
exertion if they would be successful in anything they
undertook.

The home of General Grant is an agreeable one
to the visitor, and plainly shows the nature and
taste of the occupant. Tall walnut book-cases sur-
round three sides of the library. Everything relat-
ing to the business of war is there, and histories in
abundance. The usual display of fiction, essays,
biography, philosophy, and works of general infor-
mation and reference, line the shelves. On the
mantel is a cigar stand, a bronze statuette of a
drummer, and another of a bugler. Engravings of
Washington, Lincoln, Sherman, and Sheridan, and
several photographs of Rogers's statuettes are the
only pictures in the room. Easy chairs and lounges
are placed carelessly about the room, and the library
is without doubt the most cheerful and inviting
apartment in the house. A miniature saddle and
trappings in bronze and silver is fastened to cross
sabres of the same metal. A bronze drum rests be-
side a stack of six-inch muskets; a cigar case from the
home of Burns; a half dozen curiously formed and
elaborately decorated pipes and cigar-holders; pow-
der-horns, mounted in gold and silver, each having
its separate history, and a hundred rare little articles
of vertu adorn the tables and mantelpieces. On a
side table in tin boxes are the five military com-
missions of colonel, brigadier-general, major-gene-
ral, lieutenant - general, and general, with the
parchments of brevet ranks which Grant has re-
ceived. Some very costly albums, prayer books,
and bibles are also upon the table. An oil painting
of Sheridan and one of M'Pherson's are prominently
hung in the parlours, and a marble bust and an en-
graving of President Lincoln are also conspicuous.
The home of Schuyler Colfax is a plain but neat
story and a half house, with a pleasant yard and
garden around it. The owner is a widower, his wife,
a native of Argyle, Washington county, having been
dead for several years. The old house in which
Mr. Colfax resided when his wife was living is
on the bank of the river, and is a modest little
cottage, whose ambition was satisfied with a
single span in height and a gable end to the
street. Two or three cherry trees and a vigorous
apple tree, no doubt planted by the owner's hand,
furnish the shade and brnarneut the wea spot. The
neighbours of Mr. (3-01 fax say he is economical in
Washington, but Jiheral at home. Every cause and
public enterprise, here gets a lift from him. When
he returns hoiliej festivals and parties begin, awl a
round of entettainments, until he has shared the
hospitalities aeach roof.

Mr. Geo. Brunt, of Sheffield, who had just been
committed for trial for the attempted murder of his partner
one Mr. Slitter, has committed suicide. On Sunday, while
coming from the prison chapel, returning to his cell, he
pitched himself over the bannisters, causing almost imme-
diate death.

The follos jog. are the exact words of the oath
administered to the four Chinese witnesses in a recent
case, wherein the celestial tried was charged with having
in true " helicon" man's fashion shot another celestial
with a pistol. "All the four witnesses coining the court,
tell truth, hole truth, not thing but on the truth, show help
the God ; suppose don't tell the truth, die like the chicken,
and tell all truth go home to China and the short time."
The foregoing oath is written out in full and a copy
given to each witness. The chickens are produced in
court, and each witness, in taking the oath, seizes the
hatchet and strikes off a chicken's head, sprinkling their
w ritten oath with the trickling blood, and then burning it
I up. The best of it—or rather the worst of it—was that
every one of them lied after going through this solemn
ceremony.

How TO KEEP THE PRICES DOWN.—At a time
when in England complaints are frequent against the high
prices charged by butchers and bakers, it may interest
some of our readers to know how the Belgian housewife
ontrives to keep the prices down. Early on Saturday
morning 2f. per pound were asked for butter brought into
the Brussels market by the country people, who had en-
tered into a compact not to sell it for less. The buyers,
however, were determined not to be imposed upon, and
many went away without making any purchase, which
quickly brought the price down to half its original standard.

SEVERE HAILSTORM IN NORFOLK —North Nor-
folk has been visited this week with a severe hailstorm.
One gentleman, writing from Cu-next-the-Sea, says :
"I have scarcely a whole pane of glass in the front of my
house, and my conservatory is demolished in lobo, the
grapes being cut from their stalks, and the stalks from tl.e
tree. Great damage is done to fruit trees, and the vege-
tables and flowers are destroyed, outdoor marrows being
:Alt from their stalks as cleanly as if the gardener's knife
had been at work. The large window of our church was
demolished iu a moment. The Wesleyan chapel adjoining
my house is rendered unfit for public worship ; sacks are
obliged to be nailed across the sashes to keep the wind and
weather out." Somewhat similar reports have come from
Barney, Bale, Gunthorpe, Thursford, Brisley, and other
tillages iu the same part of Norfolk.