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166 STATE. FIRE INSURANCE, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, (HEAD OFFICE); No. 2, St. ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBURGH; No. 202, UNION STREET, ABERDEEN : No. 8, CHERRY STREET. BIRMINGHAM; No. e, PAVILLION BUILDINGS, BRIGHTON; No. 04, HIGH STREET, LEWES. INCORPORATED UT ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL £500,000. (with power to loci ease to £2,000,000). Every description of Fire Insurance may be effected with this Company. Claims settled with promptitude and liberality. PETER IIIORRISON, Managing Director. 'WATERLOO LIFE CO~t,.ASSURANCE Incorporated by Act of Parliament. Capital, 1100,000. Offices _ 353, etraud, London. This Office offers the benefit of mutual assurance without its liability, and will be found highly eligible for every description of Life Assurance. All policies indisputable. Rates of premium moderate. Assurances granted against causalities, from whatever cause arising. Annuities granted. Family endowments. Eighty-five per cent. of the profitsilivided amongst theassured every five years. Forms or proposal and every Information on application. By order, T. U. WILLIA MS, jun., Manager. CHEAP BOOKS.—A Revised Li s t of Su r plus Copies of RECENT WORKS w:thdrawn from MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY, and offered at greatly reduced prices for cash, is now ready, and will be forwarded peat free on applica• Cum—CHARLES EDWARD MU DIE, 510, New Oxford-street, London, and Cross street, Manchester. POSSINI'S STABA'r MATER, arranged by IL W. H. Callcott, for the Pianoforte. Books 1 and 2, Is.; 3, 35.; and Accompaniments (ad. lib.) for flute, violin, and ♦ioloncello, 2s. each book; Harp Accompaniment, by T. H. Wright, 3s. each book; " Pro pec..atis " and " Cujus aniinarn " (singly), 2s. each. The vocal music may be had to the version of "II Conte Ugolino." Also a variety of other works by the above arranger and others. _ _ C. LONSDALE, Musical Circulating Library—(Terms, two guineas and upwards per annum), 2n, Old lioud•street. WHEATSTONE'S HARMONIUMS in solid cases, manufactured by them expressly for churches, chapels, schools, Sc., have the full compass of k'ys, are of the best workmanship min material, have effective forte stops, and do not require tuning. With One Stop, 5 Octaves, Oak Case With One Stop, Figured Oak or Mahogany Case With Three Stops, Organ Tones, large size With Five Stops With Eight Stops • • • • 24 guineas With 'fon Stops 4O guineas Messrs. Wheatstone obtained the only Groat Exhibition Prize Medal for Harmoniums in 1951. An Extensive Assortment of French Harmoniums, by Ale x- Andre, of the newest make, at reduced prices. 20, CONDUIT-SfREET, Regent•street, London. NATURAL MINERAL IVATERS of VICHY. The Vichy Waters Company having the grant from the French Government for the exclusive right of sale of these Waters, bottle them at the Springs, and consign them direct, in their genuine state, to their English Depot, 27, Margaret-street, Cavendish•sguare. The efficacy of these Waters in Stomach, Liver, and Renal Diseases, Gout, Rheumatism, Diabetes, &c., are too well known to need comment. The PASTILLES or I..OZENG ES, which are so celebrated for promoting digestion, prepared front the saliue constituents of the waters at the Vichy Laboratory, and the SALTS for drinking, or for a bath, are also kept at the London Depot, 27, MARGARET STREET, C dish-square. CUTLERY WARRANTED.—The most varied Assortment of TABLE CUTLERY in the world, all war. ranted, is on Sale at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S, at prices %bolero remunerative only because of the largeness of the Sales. 31-inch ivory -handled table knives, with high shoulders, 12s. per dozen;. desserts to match, Os. Cd.; if to balance, C.d. per dozen extra; car. vers, 45.3 d. per pair; larger sizes, from 14s. 6d. to 265. per dozen extra fine, ivory, 325. ; if with silver ferrules, 375. to 50s. ; white bone table knives, 7s. 64. per dozen ; desserts, be. 6d. ; carvers, 2s. 3d. per pair; black horn table knives, 7s. 4d. per dozen ; des serts, 65.; carvers, 2s. 6d.; black wood•handled table knives and forks, tis. per dozen; table steels, from Is. each. The largest stock in existence of plated dessert knives and forks, in cases and otherwise, and of the new plated fish carvers. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE FOR /1. SILVER.—The Real NICKEL SILVER, introduced twenty years ago by WILLIAM S. BURTON, when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very boat article next to sterling silver that can be employed as such, eitherusefully or otmunentally, as by no possible test tan it be distiuguishedfrom real silver. Fiddle or Thread or Old Silver Brunswick King's Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. Table Spoons and Forks, per doz. 38s. aSs. 60s. Dessert ditto and ditto Tea ditto Tea and Coffee Sets, Cruet and Liqueur Frames, Waiters. Candlesticks, ac., at proportionate prices. All kinds of Replating done by the patent process. CHEMICALLY PURE NICKEL NOT PLATED. Fiddle. Thread. King's Table Spoons and Forks, perdozen 12s. .. 2M.. .. 30s Dessert ditto and ditto Teaditto DISH COVERS and HOT-WATER DISHES in every material, in great variety, and of the newest and most recherché patterns. 'l'in dish covers, Gs 6d the set of six ; block tin, 12s 3d to 2es 9d the set of six; elegant modern pat terns, fits to Ms Gd the net ; Britannic metal, with or without silver plated handles, 76s Gd to 110 s Gd the set; Sheffield plated, 101 to 161 10. the set; block•tin hotwater dishes, with wells for gravy, ltis to 30s; Britannia metal, 22s to 775; electroplated on nickel, full size, 11111,. The additions to these extensive premises (already by far the 'argentin Europe) are of such a character thattlie entireof EIGHT HOUSES is devoted tothedisplay of the moat magnill. tient stock of G EN ERA!. DOUSE IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated Goods, Baths, Bruehem, Turnery, Lamps, Gaseliers, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, Bedding, and Bedhangings), so arranged in Sixteen Large Showrooms as to afford to parties furnishing facilities in the selection of goods that cannot be hoped for elsewhere. Illustrated Catalogues sent(per post) free. No. 39, OXFORD•STREET (W) ; 1, la, 2, and 3, NEWMAN STREET ; 4,0, and 0, PERRY'S-PLACE, London. Estab• Uslad 1820. 'DEBT H,—By her Majesty's Royal Letters 1 PATENT. THE PATENT PNEUMATIC PALATE, for the Construction of Artificial Teeth.—Nlessrs.MOGGßlDGE and DAVIS, Surgeon-Dentists to the loyal Family, 13. Ohl Burlington•street, Bond-street, Patentees of the self-sustaining principle of fixing Artificial Teeth. —THIS PNEUMATIC PALATE has excited the greatest admiration of the most emi nent Physicians and Surgeons of England and the principal citiesof the Continent, who constantly favour them with their distinguished recommendations, and who consider their system to be greatly superior to any in use, as by it the greatest possible firmness anti security in the mouth is attained, and the patient enabled to properly perform the important operation of mastic.t tion, which is most essential to health. it also renders the ar ticulation clear and distinct, and the unpleasant whistling to long complained of impossible. This to public speakers is in valuable. Messrs. MOO GRIDGE and DAVIS. Surgeon-Dentists to th• Royal Family, No. 13, OLD BURLINGTON STREET, BOND STREET. SATURDAY, WYCOMBE RAILWAY. Nortog is hereby given, that the nett GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of this Company will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Great Western I tail way Hotel, Paddington, on SATURDAY, the ?Nth day of February instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, for the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of the Company: and the Books kept by the Company for the Regis tration of the Transfer of Shales will be closed from the 18th February instant until alter the meeting. By order, W. a: WILSON, Secretary. Offices °IWO Company, 3, Park•atreet, Westminster, Februsry 7t6. lab:. WAX FLOWE R S.-PRIZE MEDAL.- Great Exhibition, 111 C.—Messrs. MINTORN, Modellers of Wax Flowers to the Queen, 106, NEV BOND STREET. Established twenty years. Every material for the above elegant art. Price lists and orders forwarded to all parts of the country. French Paper Flowers.—Every material for the above.-100, NE 1V BOND STREET, and Conservatory Counter, PAN. TH EON, Oxford street. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, acknowledged for thelast thirty years to be the most etrec• tual remedy produced for restoring the hair and promoting the growth of whiskers and moustaches, is continually receiving the most distinguished testimonials, proving its superiority over all other specifics of the same nature. In bottles, 38.6 d., 65., and Sold wholesale and retail, 13, Wellingtou•street North Strand. CELEBRATED HAIR PREPARATIONS. ALEX. ROSS'S LIQUID HAIR DYE, easily applied, being the beet in the world ; sold from Is. Id. ; sent free for 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DESTROYER, orDepilutory, for retnoving superfluous hair from the face, neck, arms, and hands, 3s. Gd. per bottle ; sent for stamps, free by post, eight extra.—Also, ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, or Pernodore, from Is. the packet; free, fourteen stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, I, Little Queen-street, High Holborn. Wholesale Agent, BARCLAY. Fan ingdon-street. nEANE'S TABLE CUTLERY, celebrated 1.1 for more than 150 years, maintains an unrivalled reputa tion for cheapness and tinit•rate quality. The stock is most ex tensive and complete, including the finest transparent Ivory Handles at s2s. per dozen ; choice ditto Balance Handles from 225. per dozen; medium ditto Balance Handles (an exceedingly cheap and serviceable familyarticle), 16s. per dozen ; also Boue, Horn, ((tag, and every variety of mounting, all warrarted.Plated Dessert Knives and Forks, with Silver, Pearl, Ivory, and Plated Handles, in cases of 12. IS, or 24 pairs ; also plated Fish-eating Knives, from 425. per dozen. Silver and Plated Fish Carvers, of the newest and most elegant designs, always in stock. London Agents for Messrs. Joseph Rodgers and Sons' cele- brated Cutlery. DEANE, DRAY, and CO.'S General Fur nishing Irotnnongery Warehouses (opening to the Monument), Loudon Bridge. Established a.n. VOA. THE SUCCESSFUL RESULTS OF THE LAST HALF CENTURY lIAVE PROVED, BEYOND QUESTION, THAT LOWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL possesses peculiarly nourishing powers in the growth, restoration, and improvement of the Human Hair. It prevents it from falling off or turning grey, strengthens weak hair, cleanses it from scurf and dandritf, and makes it beautifully soft, curly, and glossy. In the growth of the Beard, Whiskers, Eye brows, and Mustachios, it is unfailing in its stimulative opera- tion. For children it is especially recommended as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair. Price he. Uti. and 7s. family bottles (equal to four small), Ills. Gd., and double that size, 21s. , a CAUTION. — TO prevent imposition New Label (rota steel, by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co., is now used, upon which are the words, in white letters, Rowt.stins' MACASSAK OIL, and their signature in red ink, "A. ROWLAND dt SONS." Sold by them at 20, Hattou•garden, London; and by all Chemists and Peifuniers. REDS, MATTRESSES, and BEDSTEADS. I) WILLIAM S. BURTON'S NEW LIST of BEDS, BED. ING, and BEDSTEADS is NOW READY, and can be had gratis. The quality of beds, mattresses, &e., of every description he is able to guarantee; they are made on the premises, in the presence of customers; their prices are in harmony with those which have tended to make his house ironmongery establish ment the most extensive in the kingdom. Feather beds German spring mattresses 2 8 0 .. 7 0 0 Horse hair mattresses Wool mattresses Flock mattresses .. 0 6 6 .. 0 18 0 Best Alva and cotton mattresses .. 0 6 6 .. 0 19 0 Sheets per pair .. U 7 6 .. 2 6 0 Blankets euch .. 0 3 0 .. 1 4 0 Toilet quilts Counterpanes Portable folding bedsteads .. U 14 U .. 415 0 Patent iron bedsteads, with dove.tail joints Ornamental:brass ditto 2 10 0 .. 20 0 0 Children's Cots ... .. 0 15 6 .. 5 0 0 Bed-hangings, in every variety per set 0 14 0 10 0 0 39, Oxford•street (W); 1, ls, 2, and P, Newman-street and 4, b, end 0, Nerry's•place, London. KEA'IING'S COUGH LOZENGES. "A SLIGHT COLD," if its first symptoms are nut ar rested, too often lays the foundation of a variety of Pulmonary Complaints, including Winter Cough, Asthma, and other con stitutional derangements. The evil consequences of these dis orders may be easily averted or subdued by keeping at hand a supply of the above celebrated Lozsagea, which have now stood the test of public experience for upwaids of half a century. The testimonials to their efficacy have been voluntarily given by the most eminent of the faculty, as well as by all classes of private individuals. Containing neither opiates nor any injurious anodyne, they may be safely taken by the youngest child or the most delicate female. Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. lid., and Tins, 2s. ed., 4s. Gd., and 10s. ed. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, &c., Vo, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Vendors in the World. B'EATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND 11 COD-LIVER OIL, perfectly pure, nearly tasteless, and free from adulteration of shy kind; having been analysed, re ported on, and recommemled by Professors Taylor and Thom son, of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, who, in the words of the late Dr. Pereira, say that " the finest oil is that most devoid of COLOUR, ODOUR, and FLAVOUR;' characters this will bef ound; to possess in a high degree. Half-pints, Is. 611. ; Pints, 2a, Quarts, 45.6 d.; and Five-pint Bottles, lUe.fid. : Imperial measure, 71, be. Paul's Churchyard, London. THE PRESS. EAST SUSSEX ELECTION.- The London Committee for securing the Return of VISCOUNT PEVENSEY sits daily at Messrs. Lowudea and Senior's, 2, New Inn, Strand, where every inftirmutiou will be afforded. The EARL of MARCH, M.P., Chairman. SPECIAL NOTICE. To secure the advantage of this Year's Entry, Proposals must be lodged at the Head Office, or at any of the Society's Agencies, on or before the Ist March. Policies effected on or before let March, 1837, will receive Six Years' Additions at the Division of Profits at let March THE SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted 1831. At the Division of Surplus. at Ist March,lB36, a Policy for 1,01101., effected at let March, x:l2, was increased to 1,5711. les. 10d., being at the rate of Two and a Quarter per cent. per annum on the sum assured. This addition may be converted into &present payment, or applied in reduction of the future premiums. Profits are divided Triennially, and belong wholly to the Assured. Accumulated Funds 21,000,9n0 Annual Revenue Existing Asaurances Copies of the Report by the Directors on the Division of Surplus in 1;511, and all information, may be had on applica- tion at the Ilead Office or Agencies ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. WILLIAM FINLAY, Secretary. HEAD Orrice--26, ST. ANDREW.SQUARE, EDINBURGH _ _ OFFICE IN LONDON-26, POULTRY, E.C. ARCH D. T. RITCHIE, Agent. A STHMA. - DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC A WAFERS give Instant Relief and a Rapid Cure of Asthma, Coughs. and all Disorders of the Breath and Lungs. To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price Is. ltd., 2s. 9d., and Ils. per box. Sold by all druggists. OSLEICS cinsTAL GLASS CHANDE LIERS for GAS and CANDLES.—A great variety of the newest and richest designs always on view; also a large assort- ment of glass lustres, decanters, wino glasses, dessert services and every description of table glass at very moderate prices. ORNAMENTAL GLASS of the newest and most beautiful de. scription. Export and furnishing orders executed with despatch —44, Oxford street. Manufactory, Broad•street, Birmingham Established ISt/. DRESSING CASES. -At Mr. MECHIS ESTABLISHMENTS, 112, Regent-street, No. 4, Leaden hall•street, and Crystal Palace, are exhibited the finest speci mens of British manufacture in DRESSING CASES, Work boxes, Writing Cases, Dressing Bags, and other articles of utility or luxury, suitable for presentation. A separate Depart ment for Papier Machu Manufactures and Bagatelle Tables 'ruble Cutlery, Razors, Scissors, Penknives, Strops, Paste, etc, Shipping orders executed. Same prices charged at all the Establishments. SOLERA SHERRY.—Vintage 1834, guaranteed, Me. per dozen. QUEEN ISABELLA'S FAVOURITE WINE., us used at tbe ROYAL TABLE OF SPAIN. The PECULIAR the Wine are full body, tine nutty flavour. and RICHNESS MELLOWED by Ais E , consti►uting it at once the FINEST SHERRY ever im. ported, and eminently suited to the palate of those who ENJOY and appreciate a FIRST-CI.ASS WINE. .1. L. DENMAN, Wine and Spirit Importer, CS, EENCIIURC It STREET, LONDON. Countiug•huuse entrance, first door on the left up Itailway.place. OAUTIO N. Tradcstnen, Merchants, Shippers, Outfitters, etc.—Whereas it has lately come to my knowledge that some unprincipled person or persons have, for some time past, been imposing upon the Public by selling to the Trade and other. a spurious article under the name of BOND'S PERMANENT 'MARKING INK, this is to give Notice, that I am the Original and Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of the said article, and do nut employ any Traveller, or authorise any persons to represent themselves as coining from my Establish ment for the purpose of selling the said Ink. •~• This Caution is published by me to prevent further impo sition upon the public, and serious injury to myself.— K R. BOND, sole Executrix and Widow of the late John Bond, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, London. The Best Food for Children, Invalids, and Others ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY, for making superior Barley-Water in Fifteen Minutes, has not only obtained the Patrtuage of her Majesty and the Roy al Family, but bas become of general use to every class of the community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an emi nently pure, nutritious, and light food for infants, children, and invalids. Much approved for making a delicious custard•puddiug and excellent (or thickening broths or soups. DOBINSON'S PATENT GROATS LA for more than thirty years have been held in constant and increasing public estimation as the purest farina, of the oat, and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a pure and delicate gruel, which forms a light and nutritious supper for the aged, is a popular cure for colds and influenza, is of general use in the sick-chamber, and, alternately with the Patent Barley, is an excellent food for infants and childrea._ Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BEiLLVILLE, and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 84, Red Lion•street, Holborn, London. Sold by all respectable grocers, druggists, and others, in town and country, in packets of Gd. and Is., and in family canisters at 9R., 53.. and lue. each. 1