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M A RCH 22, 1856. P R OFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, admitting on equal terms Persons of every Class sod Degree to all its Privileges and Advantages. Offices, 76, CHEAPSIDE, London. (Incorporated.) • DIRECTORS. Chairman —Major HENRY STONES, LLB. Deputy-Chairman—JAMES ANDREW DURHAM, Esq. Wm, Wellington Cooper, Esq. Rev. H. Hamilton, De Vesci- Andrew Durham, Esq., of Bath terr., Kingstown, near Dublin a nd Belfast Captain E. Nash Norcott, R.N. Rev. J. Gleadall, M.A. Thus. George Williams, Esq. Jacob Montetiore, Esq. E. Gamaliel Winthrop, Esq. AUDITORS. leorge Bain, Esq., 18, Parlia- I Frederick Wollatt, Esq., Crown ment-street court E. W. G. Evans, Esq., 15, Basinghall-street. IManager—Ben. Massey, Esq. Physicians—Thomas Alfred Barker, M.D. 71, Lower Grosveno sweet; Wm. W. Gull, M.D., Guy's Hospital. iurgeon—W. White Cooper, Esq., F.R.C.S., 19, Berkeley-square. Bankers—The Commercial Bank of London. Solicitor—Edward M. Elderton, Esq., 3, Lothbury. With a numerous and influential Proprietary and Shareholders' There are two important clauses in the Deed of Settlement, by Mich the Directors have power to appropriate one-tenth of the entire profits of the Company :- Ist. For the relief of aged and distressed parties assured for life, who have paid five years' premiums, their widows and orphans. 2nd. For the relief of aged and distressed original Proprietors, tutored or nut, their widows and orphans, together with five per cent. per annum on the capital originally invested by thou). No extra charge for going to or residing at (in time of peace) tustralasia, Bermuda, Madeira, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, and the British North American Colonies. Medical men in all cases remunerated for their report. Assurances granted against paralysis, blindness, accidents, Insanity, and every other affliction, bodily and mental, at mode -14 rates. A liberal commission allowed to Agents. Annual Premium for assuring 8100, namely:— Age. 8 s. d. I Age. t s. d. 20 ll3 0 40 2lO 8 2 2 0 50 4 2 1 Prospectuses, with tables and fullest information, may be had the Offices of the Company, or of any of their Agents. Applications for Agencies requested. BEN. MASSEY, Manager. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ZSTABLISHED IN 1777. 70, LOMBARD-STREET. CITY, and 57, CHAR LNG CROSS, WESTMINSTER. DIRECTORS Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. F.R.S. Thomas Hodgson, Esq. I lohu Davis Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. iC Walter Fuller Esq. Matthew Whiting, Esq. las. A. Gordon M.D. F.R.S. IM. Wyvill, Jun., Esq., M.P. teary Grace Esq. The Company offers:— Complete Security. Moderate Rates of Premium, with participation in Profits. Low Rates without Profits. BONUS. Four-fifths or Eighty per Cent. of the Profits are divided amongst the Policy-holders. LOANS in connection with Life Assurance on approved Security. 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