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MAY 26, 1855. PALLADIUM LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 7, WATERLOO•PLACE, PALL•MALI„ LONDON. • (ESTABLISHED 1824.) Undoubted security, guaranteed by a large capital; an influen tial proprietary ; the long standing of the Office, and the saw factory results of its business. Facility in settlement of claims. Liberty to travel in any part of Europe, without extra premium, in time of peace. Loans equivalent to the value of the Policies. To those who desire to secure the advantages of a prospective bonus, by a small additional outlay, the deed of settlement assigns four-fifths of the profits. Bonuses may be commuted for equivalent reductions of Pre mium at the option of the Assured, by which arrangement the amount originally assured may be kept up at a continually de creasing cost. . . . Insurances effected on joint as well as on single lives, for short terms or otherwise, and to meet any specified contingency. The age of the life assured is admitted on the Policy at the time of effecting the Assurance, or at any other time, on produc tion of satisfactory proof. Every informaticni and assistance will be given to Assurers, either at the °dices, No. 7, Waterloo-place, London ; or by the Society's Agents, established in all principal towns. JEREMIAH LODGE, A. 8., Resident Actuary and Secretary. SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 49, ST. JAMEWS•STREET, London. DITABLIIIIIIED 1845. TRUSTEES. The Earl Talbot I Sir Claude Scott, Bart. Lotd De Manley B. Bond Cabbell, Esq. Henry Pownall, Esq. This Office, the new income of which was doubled during the last year, presents the security of a large paid-up capital, mode rate premiums for home and foreign risks. No stamp duty is charged, and all policies are declared indisputable. The last bonus added four-fifths of the premium paid to some of the participating policies. Provision can be made for the payment of a certain sum on attaining any given age (ae 50, 55, or GO), or at death if it occur previously. By a small annual payment 1004 may be secured to a child on attaining the age of 14, 18, or 21. Prospectuses and other information will be furnished on ap. plioation to H. D. DAVENPORT, Secretary. NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1808. PRESIDENT—Lteut.-General Sir R. J. HARVEY, C.B. SECRETARY—Sir SAMUEL BIGNOLD, M.P. LONDON AGENT —c. J. BUNYON, Esq. The Capital of this Society amounts to 2,200,6521., with a Reserved Fund of 209,5701. It has paid upwards of 3,000,001. to the Representatives of Deceased Members, and assigned by way of Bonus a Million and a Quarter Sterling. It is a purely Mutual Office, and the Profits are divided quinquennially. The Premiums are Ten per Cent below the usual rates for ages under forty-five years. One-half of the first five years' Premium may remain as a charge upon the Policy. Annuities are grantso on favourable terms. NS:W BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1854:- -. Policies 609, insuring for Annual Premiums, 813,0611. s. 3d. Annuities 58, securing 1,6411. 13s. 4d. New Premiums, being the consideration for granting the saints 23,1941. 4s. 10d. For Prospectuses apply to the Society's Offices, Surrey.street, Norwich, and 8, Crescent, New Bridge•street, Blackfriars. THE ASYLUM LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, 72, CORNHILL, London. • Established 1824. Policies on Healthy and Diseased Lives, at Home and Abroad, for Civil, Military, and Naval Employments. The only Office on purely Proprietary principles, involving therefore no Partnership among Policy-holders. For Prospectuses, Proposal Papers, &a ' apply to MANLEY HOPKINS, Resident Director. AW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, FLE E 1 -STREET, London, May 10,1853.—Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Pro- prietors of this Society will be held at the Office, Fleet-street, on Friday, the Bth day of June next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, for the purpose of declaring a division of the surplus of the assurance fund of the Society, in respect of the seven years ending on 31st December last. And notice is hereby further given that a Second Special Ge neral Meeting will be held, at the like hour and place, on the the following Friday, the 15th day of Jnne, for the purpose of confirming the resolution which shall have been agreed to at such first Meeting, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the Deed of Settlement - - And notice is het eby further given, that any person who shall have been assured by the Society for two whole years may, on the production of his policy, and of the last receipt for the pre. mium thereon, be present at such Meeting. At each of the said Meetings the chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWSES. Actuary. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STRE ET, London, May 21, 1855.---Noticeis hereby Oven that, in conformity with the provisions of the Deed of Set tlement, a GENERAL MEETING OF PROPRIETORS will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on Saturday, the 23rd day of June next, at Twelve o'clock st Noon precisely , to Elect a Director in lieu of John Parkinson, Esq., deceased; to Elect five othet Directors and One Auditor, when those who go out of office by rotation will be proposed for re-election; and also for general purposes. The Director to be chosen in the room of John Parkinson, F.sq., will remain in office until the tub day of June, 1859. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. PURNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST 12 ARTICLES at DEANE'S Ironmongery and Furniehin 'Warehouses. Established A.D. 1700. A Priced Furnishing List free by post —DEANE, DRAY, and CO. (opening to the Monu- ment), London•bridge. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY . Gentlemen should see that their Linens are dressed with this Starch ; they will be delighted with its elasticity and beautiful finish. It has been pronounced by her Majesty ' s Laundress to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WOTHERBPOON and Co., London and Glasgow. THE PRESS. RAILWAY ACCIDENT INSURANCE. Sit,r2l be. have already been paid as compensation for Fatal and other Railway Accidents, by the RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY. EX•XPLES. 41,080 was paid to the Widow ofJ.G., killed on the 24th Feb., 1852, secured by a payment of 11; I'9s(► was paid to 11.C.11.J., who bad his leg broken on the 31st August, 1:-53, secured by a payment of El. For the convenience of frequent travellers, Periodical In surances are granted, which now cover the risk of Fatal Acci• dents while travelling in any class carriage on any Railway in the United Kingdom or on the Continent of Europe, and insure Compensation for Personal Injury in any Railway Aocident in the United Kingdom only. To Insure 11.000 at an Annual Premium of 20s. Ditto 11::110 ditto 6s. A new class of Insurance has also been established in case of Death by Railway Accident alone, without compensation fur Injury. To Insure CLOW at an Annual Premium of ....5s Ditto, any sum not exceeding 41,000 for the whole of life by a single payment of 6s. per cent.: thus one paymeht of ri will secure Al pill). The premiums charged include the Stamp Duty, which is paid by the Company under its special Act of Parliament. WILLIAM J. VIA S , Secretary. Railway Passengers' Assurance Office, 3, Old Broad.st., Loudon CIRCULAR NOTES, LETTERS of CREDIT, and BILLS of EXCHANGE.—The LONDON and WEST MINSTER BANK issues Circular Notes of RIO each, payable at every important place in Europe. These Notes are issued without charge, and they are cashed abroad free of commission. The Bank also issues, free of charge, Letters of Credit on all the principal Cities and Towns in Europe, and npon New York and Chicago, United States, Cape Town, Graham's Town. and Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. Letters of Credit and Bills of Exchange are likewise granted upon Melbourne, Geelong, Belfast, Ballarat, Castlemaiue, Sandhurst, and Hobart Town, Australia, AT PAR. The Circular Notes may be obtained at the Bank, or any of Its branches ; the Letters of Credit and Bills of Exchange are issued only at the Head Odice in Lothbury. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. (1 HUB B' S LOCKS, with all the recent U Improvements. Strong Fireproof Safes, Cash and Deed Boxes. Complete lists of sizes and prices may be had on appli• cation. CHUBS and SON, 57, St. Paul's churchyard, London; 2R Lord-street, Liverpool; 10, Market•street, Manchester; and Horsley-tields, Wolverhampton. THE CASPIATO, or Folding Bonnet, a new Invention, for which J. and E. SMITH have her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, combines convenience with elegance. It is packed in a case, le inch deep, thus dispensing with a bonnet box. Prices moderate. Also every kind of Bonnet in the best Paris taste. Light Bonnets, vett dowers, at 10s. ed.; Glace Bonnets, with Sowers, las. Rd.: Mourning Bonnets, with flowers. 12s. ad.—At J. and E. SMITH'S Show Rooms, 151, REGENT-STREET, opposite Beck-street. Directions for Self. Measurement sent free by post. J)EAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (for Acoustic Instniments, was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS for the DEAF. They are made of different power, to suit ex treme and every degree of Deafness. To be procured only of the sole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein, 108, Strand, nearly opposite Exeter.hall, where the Instrument can be tried, and numerous testimocials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Sir John Patteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors. (ILDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA.- This celebrated compound, universally esteemed for its in vigorating powers in restoring the Hair, has received additional and distinguished patronage from the important features it possesses in not soiling the mostdelirate bonnet. For promoting the growth of Whiskers and Moustachios it has long been held in estimation by Gentlemen, and renders the toilet incomplete without it. It also prevents the Hair falling off or turning grey; cleanses It from dandruff; causes it to curl; and in cases of baldness is peculiarly active.—Price 4s. dd., Gs., and 11s. Whole sale and retail.-13, Wellington-street North, Strand. cAUTIO N. - BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK ; the original, and by far the best, re quiring no preparation, offs the surest means of protection for every variety of household linen and wearing apparel against loss or. mistake, for which reason be careful to ask for the genuine article. prepared by the Inventor. JOHN BONI), 28, LONG-LANE„ WES l' SMITHFIELD. CITY, LONDON. Sold by most Chemists, Stationers, and Medicine Venders. Price la. per bottle. To avoid disappointment from the substitution of counterfeits, be careful to ask for the genuine BOND'S PER MANENT MARKING INK, and, further to distinguish it, ob serve that NO SIXPENNY SIZE is, or has at any time been, prepared by him, the Inventor and Proprietor. THE BEST SHOW OF IRON BEDSTEADS in the KINGDOM is WILLIAM S. BURTON'S. He has TWO VERY LARGE ROOMS, devoted to the EXCLUSIVE SHOW of Iron and Brans Bedsteads and Children's Cots, with appropriate Bedding and Mattresses. Common Iron Bedsteads, from 16s. ; Portable Folding Bedsteads, from 12s. (d.; I'atent Iron Bedsteads, fitted with dovetail joints and patent sacking, from as. 6d.; and Cots from 20s each. Handsome Ornamental Iron and Brass Bedsteads, in great variety,from 21. 135.6 d. to 131.155. BATHS AND TOILETTE WARE. WILLIAM S. BURTON has ONE LARGE SHOWROOM devoted excinsivelyto the DISPLAY of BATHS andTO/LETTE WARE. The stock of each is at once the largest, newest, and most varied ever submitted to the public, and marked at prices proportionate with those that have tended to make his establish. ment the most distinguished in this country. Portable Showers, 7s. ; Pillar Showers, $l. to 7.4.; Nursery, lbs. to 325. ; Sponging, 15s. to 325.; Hip, 14s. to 31s. 6d.. A large assortment of Gas, Furnace, Hot and Cold Plunge, Vapour. and Camp Shower Bathe. Toilette Ware in great variety, from lbs. 3d. to 435. the Set of Three. WILLIAM S. BURTON has SIXTEEN LARGE SHOW ROOMS devoted to the show of GENERAL FURNISHING IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated and Japanned Wares. Iron and Brass Bedsteads, and Bedding), so arranged and classified that purchasers may easily and at once make their selections. Catalogues, with Engravings, sent (per post) free. The money returned for every article not approved of. 39, OXFORO.STREET (corner of Newnan-strut), Nos. 1,2, and 3, NEWMAN•STRE ET, and 4 and 3, I' ERRY'S.PLAC E. Hr. Hallam's Histories—Cheap Edition. On the 31st of May will be published, Vol. L, post 6V0., 6s. (to be completed in Ten Monthly Volumes), T HE HISTORICAL WORKS of HENRY HALLAM. POPULAR EDITION. This Edition has been undertaken Rom the urgent demands made upon the Publisher from time to time for cheaper copies of these works, which have 03W become class books at the Uni versities and Public Schools, and it is hoped that the present mode of publication will place them within the means and reach of all classes of readers. The Worke will appear as follows : HISTORY of EUROPE during the MIDDLE AGES. 3 vole. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTQRY of ENGLAND. 3 vols. LITERARY HISTORY of EUROPE. 4 vols. JOlll4 Id umuy, Albemarle•street. Exhibition of Art-Industry in Paris. THE ART-JOURNAL for JUNE contains an Illustrated Report of the most beautiful anti interesting Contents of the Exhibition lu Paris. The KNOPAVINus from the ROYAL PICTURES in the AnT-Joussat. tot Jona are:—" Portsmouth Harbour," after C. Stanfield, RA., and " Ariel," after H. J. Townsend. The Sculpture is " The Nymph of the Rhine," from the statue by Schwanihaler. The Exhibi tion of the Hoye! Academy and the two Water•Colour Societies are noticed at full length; also artielos on " Kaulbach's Muir traUons of Shakspere"—British Industries," by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.—" The Exhibition of French Pictures In London," ,to &a. VIRTUE, Hatt, and VIRTUE, 2J, Paternoster-row. On the let of June, 1856, will be published, price Oue Shilling, with Two Illustrations by H. K. Browne (Phiz), Part VIII. of HARRY COVERDALE'S COURTSHIP, 11 AND ALL THAT CAME OF IT : 'hewing how this misguided young man fell from the ways of good fellowship and (in)sobriety ; how Air his sins he was condemned to—Matri mony ; together with a detailed SOOO4llll of his sufferings in that state of bondage! By FRANK E. SMEDLEY, Author of *Frank Fairlegh," " Lewis Arundel," &c. VIRTUE, HALL, and VIRTUE, 25, Patentoster•row. NEW DAILY NEWSPAPER.- " THE TELEGRAPH AND COURIER." _ Price TWOPENCE. The pages and columns same size u the present morning papers. To be published immediately after the Stauip Duty Bill has received the Royal assent; containing Original, Parlia mentary, Law, Police. Monetary, Foreign, and Colonial luielli gence ; Telegraphic Despatches from the Seat of War; Sporting Intelligence. dm. All from Special Correspondents and Re porters. Offices-253, STRAND, near Temple bar. HENAT 1 U N, the ORGAN of IRISH RIGHTS and IRISH INTERESTS, is published Weekly at 6, LOWER ABBEY-STREET, DUBLIN . Tatum—Single copy, 6d. Subscriptions:—Yearly, 11. Ida.; Half•yearly, ; Quarterly, 6s. 6d. Payable in advance. AGENCIES at the following places : LONDON. MART ANDRZW/O, IS, Duke•street, Littleßritaln. GEORGE ORPWOOD, 82, Blshopsgate•street. JOHN HORN), 19, Leicester-square—East side. Mr. FITHIRATON, 31, Duke•street, Lincoln's lon. Also at Birk enlioad,Brtidford, Birtni . ngham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester. Sheffield, Wigan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and all the peneipal Towns and Cities of England. yvTESTBOURNE COLLEGE, BAYSWATER-ROAD, Mee OPENED on the 43rd of April, 185.5, u a SCHOOL for the Sons of Gentlemen, under the Patronage of the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY, the BISHOFS of LONDON, WINCHES TERN and LINCOLN; the Right Hou. Sir JAS. STEPHEN, President, &c. &o. _ _ . The ee remony of the PUBLIC OPENING of this Institution is POSTPONEL until next month, when an Inaugural Lecture will be delivered, and dl interested in the SUCC•1111 of the College will be invited to attend. The Masters already in attendance are : Be,. Charles Mackenzie, A.M., Prebendary of St. Paul's. H. J. Ward, Rig., A. 8., Emmanuel College, Cambridge: E. T. H. Bullock, A.M., King's College, Cambridge—English li letety and Literature. Adolphe Pagon, Esq.—French. Herr Zeral, Ph. Dr.—German. James Bedford, Esq.— Drawing. Flank Mori, Esq.—Vocal Part Music. Mr. W. J. Hall—Writing. And Mr. Creagh—Gymnastics and Fencing. The Half Term commences ou Wednesday, the Ca of.fune. The Fees are Six Guineas, Seven guineas, or Eight guineas a Term, according to instruction. There is an Entrance Fes of Two Guineas, and a charge of One Guinea per annum for Sta tionery. Arrangements are made for Pupils to dine on the pre mises, and several of the Masters receive Boarder,. C. MACKENZIE, A.M., Principal. PIMME It AIR DYE otters the Guarantee of Fifteen Mtn' constant suceess to those who are disappointed with other so-called dyes. It is easy to apply, perfectly safe, and imparts In a few minutes to the Hair, Whis kers, ttc., a natural and permanent black or brown shade.— Price hs.6d. and 6s. Sold by all Perftiniers and Chemists, and by E. RIMMEL 19, GERRARD-STREET, 80H0. QEWELL and Co., COMPTON HOUSE, Soho, k. 3 have the honour to announce that they intend showing, this day, an unparalleled STOCK of rich NEW FLOUNCED SILK DRESSES. This being the most fashionable Dress of this season, Sewell and Co. have made extensive purchases, and are enabled to offer ladies upwards of one thousand of these favorite robes in the richest qualities and newest designs. including a beautiful selection of evening colours, at 44 and 63 guineas the dress, the mane as usually sold at 7 guineas. 44,46,46, Old Compton-street; 46, 47, Frith-street, Soho.. A CLEAR COMPLEXION.—GODFREY'S LI EXTRACT OE ELDER FLOWERS Is strongly recent mended for softening, beautifying, and preserving the akin, and giving it a blooming and charming appearance, being at once a most fragrant perfume and delightful cosmetic. It completely removes tan. sunburn, redness, &c., and by its balsamic AM healing qualities renders the skin soft, pl iable. and free from dryness, scurf, Ike.; clears it from every humour, pimple, fir eruption, and, by continuing Its use a short time. the sift be comes and continues soft and smooth, and the complexion ther and beautiful. In shaving it is invaluable, gait annihilates every pimple and all roughness, and affords great comfort if applied to the face during the prevalence of cold easterly winds. hold in bottles price 2s. ttd., with directions for using it, by all wedelns vendors and perfumers.