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FEBRUARY 7, 1857. THE PEOPLE'S PROVIDENT ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Fur the Assurance of Lives, and the Guarantee of Fidelity In Situations of Trust. Chief Office: 2, Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall, London. Capital, Half a Million Sterling. The existing Revenue exceeds Fifty Thousand Pounds per Annum. - PRESIDENTS. The Hight lion. Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P. for Manchester. G eurge Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham. BOARD Or DIRECTORS. (All of whom are Shareholders.) CRAIRMAN. George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., M.P. for Dublin University. DEPUTY-CHAIRMEN. Lieut.-Col. J. W. Reynolds, 2, Clifton-place, Sussex-square. Thomas Barnes, Esq., M.P. for Bolton. Josiah Bates, Esq., Throgmorton-street, and Tolliugton-park. John Cheetham, Esq., M.P. for South Lancashire. Frederick Chinnock, Eel., 8, Mansfield-street, Cavendish-square. James Davidson, Esq., 2, Walbrook. John Field, Esq., Waruford Court, and Dornden, Tunbridge Wells. Charles Foster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq., Bath. Thos. C. Hayward. Esq., Minories and Highbury. J. Hedging, Esq. ' Thayer-street, Manchester-square. Chas. Hindley, Esq., M.P. for Ashton-under•Lyne. I'. Y. DPChristie, Esq., Great James-street. James Edward M'Connell, Esq., Wolverton. John Moss, Esq., Reform Club, Derby. George Frederick Sluntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham. Charles William Reynolds, Esq., 0, Oxford.squere, Hyde-park. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., for North Warwickshire. 11. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Cnnonbury. MANAOER AND SECRETARY. William Cleland, Esq. This Company having a revenue from Premiums alone of Fifty Thousand Pounds per Annum, is in a position to transact every description of Life Assurance on as favourable terms as any other Company of equal standing. The Premiums tot• Guarantee are applicable to all ordinary classes of Risk, and range from 10s. per cent. and upwards. The rate in each particular case is dependent upon the nature of the duties, the system of accounts, and tho extent of responsibility or trust reposed. For Clerks engaged in Banking Establishments in Great Britain, the terms are peculiarly advantageous ,—viz., com mencing at. 10s. per cent., and diminishing One Shilling per cent. annually, until the rate is rednoed to Seven Shillings per cent., or equal to a reduction of thirty per cent. after three annual payments. The rate of premium for the Fidelity Guarantee of Managers and Agents of Branch Banks in Great Britain, when the amount exceeds 1,0001., or for Bank Managers and Clerks out of Great Britain. will be determined by special agreement. The Guarantee Policies of this Society are accepted by the leading Loadan and Provincial Joint stook and Priv ate Banks ; the principal Railway Compalies, Life and Fire Offices, Public Companies, Institutions, and Commercial Firms throughout the kingdom. Applications for Agencies to be addressed to the Manager. NOTWITHSTANDING THE BOMBARD MENT and consequent suspension of Trade at CANTON, the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY are still supplying the Olb. bag of Congou Tea at 2s. 3d. per lb. Teas are already 3d. per lb. dearer. Warehouses, 0, GREAT SAINT HELEN'S CHURCHYARD, Bishopsgate. DR. LOCOCK'S PULNIONIC WAFERS give Instant Relief and a Rapid Cure of Asthma, Coughs, and all Disorders of the Breath and Lungs. To SEWERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and Ila. per box. Sold by all druggists. QEWELL AND CO , in accordance with IJ their usual custom at this season, are preparing their SPRING STOCK, and in consequence have reduced the whole of their Winter Goods remaining to such prices as will insure their immediate clearance. Rich Fluuuced Silk Dresses, 58s. 6d. to 8 guineas, richly trimmed. 600 New Cloth Mantles from 10s. to 2 guineas. Rich Lyons Velvet ditto, 31 to 10 guineas. Several hundred pieces of French Merinos, 2s to 3e. 91. per yard. Upwards of 1,000 pieces of Paris Ribbons, 12id. per yard , a great bargain. A large stock of Embroidered Cambric Hand• kerchiefs, 2s. to 6s The Guinea and lialf•Ouinea Evening Dresses in all colours. And s large quantity of Last Season's Rich Silks at half prices. Compros-noein, 41,45 , and 46, OLD COMPTON STREET, and 46 and 47, FRITH-STREET, WHO, W. WHITMORE AND CRADDOCK'S U CANDLES, u Manufactured for them by PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY, Limited. These Candles are unrivalled for steadi ness and brilliancy of light, at one-third the price of the finest Wax or Sperm. 'they are free from all unpleasant smell, hard to the touch, and contain no deleterious ingredient. Sold, retail only, in ornamental boxes, at Is., 4e., and Us. each. BELMONT GLYCERINE SOAP, in boxes 6d., ls., and IA 6d. each. Terms, Cash. The City Retail Depot for Price's Patent Candles, Night. 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ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS 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 children. Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLVILLE, and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 64, Red Lion-street, Holborn, London. Sold by all respectable grocers, druggists, and others, in town and country, in packets of Gd, and ls., sad in family canisters at 25., 158., and 103. each. THE PRESS. HURST AND BLACKETT'S NEW WORKS. Now ready, in 2 you , with Fine Portraits, 21a., ELIZABETH DE VAI,OIS, QUEEN of SPAIN, and the COURT of PHILIP If. From Numerous Unpublished Sources in tho Archives of France, Italy, and Spain. 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MARY ANDREWS, 13, Duke -street, Little Britain. Alsoat Birkenhead, Bradford, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester Sheffield, Wigan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and in the principal Towns and Cities of England DEAFNESS. —The only medal awarded at the Great Exhibition of 1861 (for Acoustic Instrumentb) wee to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS forthe DEAF. They are made of different power. to suit ex tretne and every degree of Deafness. To ho procured only of the sole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein ,108, Sti and, nearly opposite I , .xoter-hall, where the Instrument can be tried and numerous testimonials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Six John Patteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors. RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS.—DR. BARKER'S celebrated REMEDY is protected by three patents, of England, France, and Vienna; and from its great success in private practice is now made known as a public duty through the medium of the press. In every case of single or double rupture, in either sex, of any age, however bad or long standing, it is equally appli cable, effecting a cure in a few days, without Inconvenience, and will be hailed as a boon by all who have been tortured with trusses. Sent nost free to any part of the world, with instruc tions for use, on receipt of 10s. 6d. by post-office order, or stamps, by CHARLES BARKER, M.D., 10, Brook-street, Holborn, London.—Any infringement of this triple patent will be pro ceeded against, and restrained by injunction of the Lord High Chancellor.