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clothing for the -
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150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing]

370 children.
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President—Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon-
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, N.C.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, N.C.
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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAnsTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Higku 388 the Prince of WALES, K.G.

President:—His grace the Duke of BuccnEicu, 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 largo number of in-pationts, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destizute 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 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., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co, ;
lorries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Dsacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co Barnes-street ; and at
the Respite', from 10 till 0

POLICE NOTICE•

DOGS.
By virtue of the Metropolitan Streets Act, 1867, 30 and
31 Vict., cap. 131, sec. 18, and as to "The Metropolis" as
defin3d by the said Act (with the exception of the City of
London), that is to say, as to all Parishes and Places for
the time beinc, within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan
Board of Works,

I, the Commiisioner of the Police of the Metropolis, give
notice, that I do hereby require, that from and after the
22d day of June until the 31st day of August next, every
Dog while in the Streets and not led by some Person be
Muzzled in such a manner as will admit of the animal
breathing and drinking without obstruction.
And further notice is hereby given, that from and after
the said 22d day of June, and until the 31st day of August
next, any Dog found loose in the Streets without such
muzzle as above described will be taken possession of by
the Police, and detained until the Owner has claimed it,
has provided a proper muzzle, and paid all expenses con-
nected with such detention ; any Dog which has remained
in the possession of the Police for three clear days with-
out the Owner claiming the same, and paying all expenses
incurred by its detention, may be caused by me to be sold
or destroyed.
As witness my hand this 25th day of May, 1868.
RICHARD MAYNE,
The Commissioner of Police of the
Metropolis.
Metropolitan Police-office, 4, Whitehall-place.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbect at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers--Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall—Hon.
Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEO. REID, Sec.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows :
For Fallon 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, Groat Portland- street. with.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, llenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85; Queen-street, Cheapsido.
In addition to the above-named homes, tha Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
Tho Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 521 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy"). may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of 'the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. CUPER, sec.
$5 gneon-otreet,"Qinapside.

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Brighton 3B, North-street,
A TTLUACL DAILY.

The Royal Mail steamer Oneida brought the mails
from the River Plate and the Brazils, which fully
corroborate our statement, that as yet no women
have been enlisted in the Paraguayan army, as so
confidently asserted by our contemporaries. We
know Paraguay well, and have not the least doubt
that if Marshal Lopez should really be so much re-
duced in his resources as the Brazilians wish us to
believe, and his army no longer able to defend the
lines of fortifications, which they have done
with so much success and valour for the last
four years, that the female population of Para-
guay, just as patriotic as the men, and im-
bued with the same deep hatred against the foreign
invaders, the destroyers of their fathers, husbands,
and children, would rise as one for the defence of their
beloved country and shed their heart's blood ; but not
only 4,000 women, as our contemporaries have it,
but 200,000 women, will be ready to take up arms.
The female population of Paraguay has always
been in excess of the male, since the tyrant rule of
Francia. The females of Paraguay are said in the
late statements in the journals to perform all
the hard work; that they handle the hoe,
the spade, the pickaxe, and the shovel ; that
they cultivate the soil--in short, that they
do the drudgery of agriculture. Now, none
of those statements are correct. It is perfectly
true that the women of Paraguay are probably the
most industrious women—as certainly they are the
most loving mothers and wives, but no such hard
work as herestated is done by them. Agriculture has
always been performed by men, and, the occupa-
tion of the woman consisted in making cigars for
the home and export business, in making sweat-
meats, bread, and in distilling cana, the rum of the
country ; most of the market business is in their
hands, and particularly needlework. The Pa-
raguayan lace and hanmack are celebrated through
South America, and bring fabulous prices. Now
such work will not make women very savage, nor is
it unbecoming female employment. The Paraguayan
women are as proud as they are handsome, and if
they have a fault it is their extreme love for their
country and their Government, and this feeling
will make them all heroes when called into action.
Some of the descriptions given in the romantic
statements with regard to the Paraguay " petticoat
war," of the commanding officers at the head of
these female divsions, as well as the positions their
respective corps occupy, are just as incorrect. Para-
guay is certainly one of the finest countries in the
world, as it was the healthiest till this unwarrant-
able war introduced yellow fever and cholera, and
is very rich in all the Southern produce, but no
"mulberry" _grows wild along the edges of the
forests, nor is the cocoa, palm, and cinnamon com-
mon along the rivers. Neither one nor the other
is found in the country. Paraguay is very little
known, and her enemies, who are very powerful, as
they get loans and ships in England, notwithstand-
ing the state of war and her neutrality laws, try
very hard to throw as much abuse on them as they
possibly can, but whether they are able to conquer
this brave and undaunted nation time only can
show, as up to the last date the allies had been un-
able to attack Ilumaita or to cut off its communi-
cation with the Chaco. Marshal Lopez is still at
the head of some 20,000 men. 6,000 of whom are at
Hutnaita and ,the rest at the Tebicuari and the
Chaco. " The losses of Brazil, both in men and
money," the Times states, " exceedall the resources
of that vast but disorganised and bankrupt empire."
This statement is perfectly true, and if the election
for President of the Argentine Confederation should
be in favour of General Urquiza, which we are told
by last advices to be secure, Brazil may find her-
self in a very critical position with regard to her
Allies, as the first work at the opening of the Ar-
gentine Congress was a unanimous attack against
the Protocol of the Treaty of the Triple Alliance,
which was declared unconstitutionally wicked and
unjust.

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

At the regular meeting on Monday evening, May
18, several very curious and interesting subjects were
discussed, Vice-President Dr. James Blake was in
the chair. We are indebted to the Mining and Scien-
tific Press for the following epitome of the principal
points engaging attention
Dr. Kellogg read a communication from Mr.
E. W. Burr, aCCompanying n enriona •peC!llleu of
insect life, found only and recently on a single
pine in Monterey, with a request that the Academy
would examine and report upon the same. The
insect appears to be increasing rapidly. The
subject was referred to Dr. Behr for exa►ni-
nation and report. Some discussion was also
indulged in concerning the periodic development
and disappearance of insects, and the transmission
of predacious insects from one country to another.
With reference to the latter fact, the President
mentioned an insect which was imported to England
from America, against which nothing of great injury
was known in that country, but which spread with
wonderful rapidity all over England, and destroyed
very many apple trees. It was known as the
" American Blight." Dr. Behr stated that the weevil
was imported to America in a cargo of grain from
New Zealand. Until then nothing was known of it.
Dr. Kellogg said that the Hessian fly was supposed
to have been imported during the Hessian war. Dr.
Kellogg presented specimens of the holly-leafed
cherry (indigenous), found in the neighbourhood
of San Francisco, and supposed till now to have
become extinct—and a specimen of real Prenus
Virginiana found on the Potrero, and commonly
known as the choke cherry. The doctor re-
marked that the Indian name of this tree is
Islais ; and that the creek of that name, flow-
ing through the southern portion of the city,
derived its name (given by the Indians)
from the great numbers of this tree which formerly
grew upon its banks and about its source. Dr.
Gibbous stated that the taste of both these cherry
species cannot be distinguished from that of the
Eastern wild cherry, the hydrocyanic odour being
distinguishable in the blossom, some discussion
followed upon the question whether hydrocy-
anic (prussic) acid exists in the cherry, peach,
and almond species, naturally, or whether it
is a product of certain chemical changes ; the
latter is the opinion generally entertained by
chemists. These changes take place after the plant
or fruit has been macerated ; a period of some
twenty-four hours being usually allowed for the
fullest development of this acid. This accounts for
the fact noticed that while cattle may eat freely and
with impunity of the branches of the wild cherry
immediately after they have been removed, death
or dangerous illness often follows when such
branches are eaten after they have been lying for
some time upon the ground in a mutilated con-
dition. Mr. Bloomer propounded the query
whether a poison introduced into the cells
of a plant would communicate itself from cell to
cell, and permeate the whole plant. He instanced
the ease of an experiment by introducing strychnia
into the cells of a cabbage leaf. A member stated
that there were but one or two substances which
were capable of poisoning plants. There were
several instances, however, of colouring matter
Permeating plants. Dr. Gibbons claimed that there
was a power of waste which enabled plants to select
and avoid according to their necessity. The Pre-
sident thought the spongy roots of the plant alone
could exercise such discriminating power ; that
when these were severed it became nothing more
than a lifeless mass of capillary vessels, through
which poison could have willing access. Dr. Behr
stated that in the Middle Ages persons were killed
by eating plants watered with poisonous solutions
with murderous purpose."

Frank Leslie says, " Professor Longfellow, the
poet, has met a most flattering reception in England,
where his reputation as a writer is as fully recognized as
at home. The University of Cambridge has made him a
D.C.L., Doctor of Civil Law, which he was informed of in
a Latin speech from the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
We suppose the University intended this as a compli-
ment, and it really seems to have been the only one they
were able to give. But why we should dub a poet Doctor
of Laws, any more than Judge or General, is not clear. If
we must have complimentary titles to dispose of to de-
serving or popular literary mon, lot them at least bo ap
posit() ; say F.C.P., Ffrst-Class Poet, or G.S.T., Great
Story Teller, for Sylvanus Cobb and Mr. Dickens; T.T ,
Thundering 2 '
Traveller, for Mr. Du Chaillu and Ross
Brown ; A., Able Editor, for Horai:e Greeley and the
conductor of this paper, and so on. But why should we
solemnly declare Mr. Longfellow a Doctor of Laws, be-
cause he sung the song of Hiawatha, is not clear.
The French Government on Monday last granted
to Baron Emil Erlanger, Paris, and Mr. Julius Reuter, of
London, an exclusive concession for 20 years, to lay and
work a submarine telegraph cable between France and the
United States.

-rhe negotiations respecting the treaty between
the United States of America and Wurtomberg in reference
to naturalized subjests commenced at Stuttgardt last Tues-
day, Mr. Bancroft representing the former, and the
Minister of State, Baron Varnbuler, representing the
latter.

The prices of Horniman's Teas are greatly reduced; their
well-known superiority has attracted a host of spurious
imitations; therefore notice all Genuine Packets are signed,
Horninian cf C 0.," London. 300 Colifectioners are Agents
41149444 §44 2 200Shgni§to_iktht Gountr7.

Among the objects exhibited by Americans we
find the following :—A model of a fishing smack,
by E. P. Beckwith, which is much admired for its
symmetry ; a model and scale plan of the U. S.
steam sloop Idaho, by Henry Steers, ship builder,
of New York ' • the " leakage alarm gauge," by E.
B. Massey, of New York, who also exhibits his boat
detaching apparatus. Both these inventions are
highly spoken of, ani the last ranked first, among
43 models submitted last year to the Congressional
Committee. Silver's Marine Governors, to prevent
screw engines from " racing," now generally used,
attract attention. James Dixon and Company, of
New York, have sent specimens of their plumbago
crucibles. Messrs. Blanchard and M'Kean, of
Paris, agents for Massey, Silver, Dixon' and Com-
pany, have here a new steam packing, by which oil
is entirely.discarded around pistons. It consists of
a loosely woven cotton eight-stranded rope, the
heart being filled with a composition of which the
principal item is soap-stone. It is very durable,
and often lasts five months, whereas the ordinary
piston packing is generally renewed once in two
months. Mrs. Coston has sent her Night Tele-
graph Signals : her husband was a gunner in the
United States Navy, ani was the inventor, but the
United States Government paid the widow several
thousand dollars for the signals, which are those
now in use in the United States Navy. Victor
Giroud, of New York, exhibits his astronomi-
cal clocks, for which he has already re-
ceived a gold medal from the American
Institute of New York. Mr. Winslow, of Havre,
an American by birth, and the father of French
whaling, makes a fine display of whaling gear.
Brown and Leval, of New York, have their boat-
detaching apparatus, and Emile Rousseil, from West
Newark, New Jersey, shows a new life-saving con-
trivance. The National Life-saving and Ship Bal-
lasting Company, of New York, exhibit their appa-
ratus. The dress consists of an india-rubber suit,
made in one piece, large enough to put on over the
ordinary clothing of the wearer. The only openings
are at the head and the wrists ; the latter are
doubled, so as to confine the wrists and prevent the
entrance of water. The suit fits close to the neck,
and water cannot easily get in. Metal sandals are
worn on the feet, which, acting as ballast, keep the
body upright in the water. A folding contrivance
which is buckled on the hand, furnishes artificial fins
or paddles, so that the wearer can propQl himself
through the water. Each suit will be provided
with a can buoy, in which several days' provisions
can be placed. Edward Perry, of New York, ex-
hibits one of his life rafts, which are so good that
one or more of them should be placed on every ves-
sel, especially those which carry passengers. The
American Buttonhole, ver_seaming, and Sewing-
machine Company, Philadelphia, exhibit several of
their ingenious machines. We may again recur to
this subject.

THE HRST DISCOVERY OF THE STARS AND

STRIPES.

Captain G. 11. Preble, of the United States
Navy, collecting material for a history of the
American flag, informs the Historical Magazine
that he has now no doubt that the stars and stripes
were first displayed on the Thames by the ship
lied ford of Nantucket. The Bedford. was a whaler
which left Nantucket under a pass from Admiral
Digby, and arrived out on Feb. 37 1783, twelve
days before proclamation of peace was made, and
only a week after the London newspapers had got
hold of the terms of the treaty. In the London
Political Magazine of Feb. 8, of the year above
mentioned, is a passage which treats as follows :
" The Thirteen Stripes are in the river.—Mr. Hain-
met begged leave to inform the house of a very re-
cent and extraordinary event. There was, he said,
at the time he was speaking, an American ship in
the Thames with the thirteen stripes flying on
board. This ship bad offered to enter at the cus-
tom house, but the officers were at a loss how to be-
have: Hismotive for mentioning the subject was that
ministers might take such steps with the American
Commissioners as would secure free intercourse be-
tween this country and America." It is a curious fact
that the Maria, a vessel that has been named by
some writers as a contestant for the honour due the
Bedford, and which certainly was in the Thames
in the course of the year 1783, is still afloat and in
use. The Confederate States cruisers forced the
old ship to take refuge under the Chilian flag, and
she now sails from Talcahuana as a whaler. But
the first display of the thirteen stripes in England
was not from the masthead of a vessel. When the
king, on the sth of December, 1782, in his speech
from the throne, recognized the existence of the
United States as a nation, Mr. Copley, the painter,
who was among his hearers, went home and put the
new ensign in the background of a portrait, that of
Elkanah Watson--which he had upon his easel at
the time. lle had kept the background unfinished,
reserving it as a place " to represent a ship bearing
to America the intelligence of the acknowledgment
of American independence, with the rising sun of
the new-born nation streaming from her gaff."

The Simoom, screw troopship, Capt. T. B.
Lethbridge, is under orders to sail this morning from
Portsmouth for Ireland, to convey back to England Royal
Marine Artillery and Light Infantry.
An American paper says—" Thurlow Weed, the
well-known journalist and New York politician, was for-
merly a cabin boy in a North River sloop. For fifty years
he was the political Warwick of the country, holding in
his gift more offices than the President. Although
in his 71st year, he devotes three hours a day to his
paper, the Commercial Advertiser, and then holds a levee
at Room No. 11, Astor house, where ono hundred men,
from a United States senator to a tide-waiter daily
seek his advice and aid. He is a tall, stooping man, care-
lessly dressed, with a shambling gait, hurrying about as
if he had a note to pay in fifteen minutes and wanted to
borrow the money. His manners are very pleasant; he
understands human nature and quickly reads men, and
possesses the art of adapting himself to their peculiari-
ties. His ambition is power, which he secures by using
his influence for others. He is said to be very rich, and
to expend a large portion of his income in charity."
The Springfield Institution for Savings has de-
clared a dividend of 31 per cent. for the last six month 3,
payable July 6, amounting to $76,500. The institution
has now on deposit two millions and a half.
The party of emigrants which recently left North
Bridgewater for the West has taken 1,450 acres of land
on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, 17 miles from
the latter place.
The New York Tribune declares that the great
speech of Horatio Seymour on the 25th June was a bid
for the Presidential.
Boston is to have a skating ring on a grand scale.
The company have a capital of $lOO,OOO, and have begun
to build a brick building in an ornamental style to accom-
modate 1,500 skaters and seat 5,000 spectators. It is to
be finished by September 1, floored and made use of in the
political campaign for mass meetings.
Portland boasts that it has the best hotel in New
England in the now Falmouth, which cost $400,000. It
is a six-story edifice of Nova Scotia sandstone, with 180
guest rooms ; the furniture cost SBO,COO.
SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TONS OF iS
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estimated that 13,000,000 pounds of tea will be
to the United States this season from China. shipped
EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AN]) VALUABLE
are the properties of Lansplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the
worst headaches, sickness, skin, or binary affections. Pleasan
palatable, and iii gorating. P91k1:5? all Vionaigto.—Vislyt.l