The Press. — London, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

550 THIS DAY. ••--- - - - - - CRYSTAL PALACE .-A GRAND FANCY BAZAAR will be held (D.V.) at the Crystal Palace THIS DAY, on MONDAY the 9th. and TUESDAY the 10th of June, for the BENEFIT of the QUEEN ADELAIDE NAVAL FUND, under the Especial Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. H.RH. the Duchess of K EST. H R.H. the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. Her Grace the Duchess of Wellingion The Mort Noble the Marchioness of Hastings The Most Noble Frances Anne Marchioness of Londonderry The Right Hon. the Countess of Derby The Right Hon. the Countess of Shaftesbury The Right hon. the Countess of Hardwicke The Right Hon. the Lady Harriet Hamilton The Right Hon. the Lady Amelius Beauclerk The Right Hon. the Viscountess Palmerston The Right Hon. the Lady Mary Wood And many other Ladies of Distinction. The Band of the Royal Marines will be in attendance. Ad mission, not including entrance to the Crystal Palace, Is. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK issues CIRCULAR NOTES of 101. each, payable at every important place iu Europe. These Notes are issued without charge, and they are cached abroad free of commission. The Bank also issues, free of charge, LETTERS of CREDIT on all the principal Cities and Towns in Europe. The Letteruof Credit are issued only at the Head Office in Lothbury. The Circular Notes may be obtained at the Head Office, Lothbury, or at any of the Branches : Westminster Branch l, St. James's square Bloomsbury ditto 214, High Holborn Southwark ditto 3 Wellington et., Borough Eastern ditto .e7, High-street, Whhechapal Mirylebone ditto 4, Stratford place, Oxford-street lample-bar ditto 217, Strand. The rate of Interest allowed cm Deposits of 5001. and upwards at the Bank or any of its branches, is now Four per Cent. J. W. GI LBA RT, General Manager. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY, enrolled under 6 and 7 William IV., c. 32., u the Conserva tive Benefit Building Society. Notice is hereby given that the Fifteenth Quarterly General Meeting of the Members of the Conservative Benefit Building Society will be held at Exeter ball, Strand, on Thursday, the 26th day of June, 1856, at Three of the clock in the afternoon, . . . wV Viscount RAN FLAG H in the Chair, to receive the quarterly report of the Execntiie Committee and for general purposes. By order of the Board, CHARLES LEWIS G RUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk•street, Strand, London, June sth, 1856. THE VIC HY WATERS COMPANY The French Government having granted the sole right to this Company, they have opened a Depot in London for the sale of the Vichy Waters, and the Salts and Pantile prepared from them, at 27, MARGARET-STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE. VINAHAN'S L L. WHISKY. 1111 This celebrated old Irish whisky is highly recommended as the most delicious and wholesome spirit, either for mixing or for medicinal purposes; it is perfectly pure, very mild, and being mellowed with age, is free from those fiery or heating qua lities so much objected to in other spirits. Can be obtained in sealed bottles. Ss. Bd. each, at all the respectable retail houses in London and its vicinity, from the appointed agents in the principal towns of England, or wholesale from KINAHAN, SONS, and SMYTH, 8, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. THE FORTY-SEVEN SHILLING SUITS 11 made to order, from Scotch Heather and Cheviot Tweeds, all wool and thoroughly shrunk, by B. BENJAMIN, Merchant Tailor, 74, hegent-street. THE PETASSIER OVERCOATS, 21a. and 255., vlapted for the season ; the Two-Guinea Dress or Frock Coats ; the Guinea Dresa Trousers; and the Half-Guinea Waistcoat. — A perfect flt guaranteed. nLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, acknowledged for the last thirty years to be the most effec tual remedy produced for restoring the hair and promoting the growth of whiskers and moustaches, has received recently most distinguished patronage from the Ladies for the feature it pos. messes in not soiling the most delicate headdress or bonnet. For children it is invaluable, forming the basis of a beautiful head ot hair. In bottles, 95.6 d., 65., and lie. Wholesale and retail, 18, Wellington•street North .Strand. 212° ItfILNERS' HOL DFAS T 11 and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their Quad - ruple Patents of 1840.51-54 and 1853, including their Gunpowder- Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). The Strongest, Rest, and Cheapest Safeguards extant. MILNERS' PHCENIX (212') SAFE WORKS, LIVER POOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. London Depot, 47s Jdoorgate-street, City. Circulars free by post. Sold also by HOBBS, ASHLEY, and CO., 97, CHEAPSIDE. The Beet Food for Children,lnvalids, and Others. ROB IN SON' S PATENT BARLEY, for making superior Barley• Water in Fifteen Minutes, has not only obtained the Patronage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, but tas become of general use to every class of the community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as art emi nently pure, nutritious, and light food for infants, children, and invalids. Much approved for making a delicious custard-pudding and excellent for thickening broths or soups. ROBINSON'S PA TENT GROATS for more than thirty years have been held in constant and increa , ing public estimation as the purest farinse of the oat, and as the best and moat 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, BELLVILLF, sore to the Queen, 84, Red Lion-street, I folborn, ; all respectable grocers, druggists, and others, country, in packets of Bd. and Is., and in Wilily and 10a. each, DEAFNESS. —The only medal awarded at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (for Acoustic Instrumenth, was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC I NSTRUMEN IP. tor the DEAF. They are made of different power, to suit ex Creme and every degree of Deafness. To bo procured only of the iole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein,loB, SU and, nearly opposite v:xetenhall, where the Instrument can be tried and numerous lestimotials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Sit ohn Pattesou, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors. and CO., Purveyors London. Sold by al n town and county aaidatera at 2c, ric, THE PRESS. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TO BATH AND BRISTOL on Sunday. June 15, front Paddington, at :".45 a.m., returning the same evening from Bristol at 6.30 e.m., and Bath at 7 o'clock. Fares:—Bristol, 10s. and 65.; Bath, 9s. and sa. No luggage allowed. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TO OXFORD, BANBURY, Leamington, Warwick, Birmingham, Handsworth, West Brow. wich, Wednesbury, Bilston, and Wolverhampton, on Sunday, June 15, at 7.30 a.m., returning the same night from Wolver hampton at 6.30 p.m., and intermediate Stations as per handbills, or ou Monday evening, at the same times, from Wolverhampton, Bilston, Weduesbury, West Bromwich, Han laworth, and Bir mingham only. Fares there and back:—Oxford, 6s. Gd. and 45.; Banbury, 88. and 55.; Leamington and Warwick, 106.6 J. and 65.; Birmingham, 125. and 75.; Handsworth, West Bromwich. Bilston, and Wednesbury, 12s. dd. and 7s. 6d. ; and Wolverhamp. ton, 13s. and 86. Tickets not transferable. A small bag only allowed to each passenger. pRE AT WESTERN RAILWAY.- 'J . ASCOT RACES.—On Tuesday and Thursday, June 10th and 12th, Special Trains will run between Paddington and Windsor. Omnibuses at moderate and fixed fares, as well as a large number of carriages of every description, are provided to convey passengers between the Windsor Station and the Race- Connie. In addition to the booking offices at Paddington, tickets may be procured on and after Friday, the Gth of June, at the Com pany's Offices. 27, King-street, Cheapsidc ; 269, Strand ; 251, Oxford-street; 264, Holborn; Peacock, Islington; 25, Regent street, corner of Jermyn-street; and at Messrs. Tattersall's, Hyde-park-corner. Full particulars of the Trains, &c., are given in handbills, which may be obtained at the railway stations, and at the above named placei. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ASCOT RACES.—Carriages, Horses, Flys, &c., will be provided at the Great Western Station, Windsor, on the arrival of the Trains from Paddington, to convey Passengers to Ple Course and back, the charges for which will be as iollows : Carr. and Single Horse. Carr. and Pair. Tuesday, June 10 ....C2 2 0 £3 3 0 Wednesday, 11 .... 1 1 0 2 2 0 Thursday, 12 .... 3 3 0 5 5 0 Friday, 13 .... 1 1 0 2 2 0 Carriage and Pair for the Four Days Orders fur Carriages should be previously addressed to the Superintendent, Paddington, of whom every information may be obtained. . . . .. . The Paddington Conveyance Association have also provided a plentiful supply of well appointed Omnibuses to ply from the Great Western Station at Windsor to the Course. Fares there and back : Tuesday, 10th of June ss. I Thursday, 12th of June "s. Weinesdsy, 11th ofJune Friday, 13th of June 4B. Each Omnibus will be conspicuously numbered, and the Tickets sold to Passengers will bear a corresponding number. The Omnibuses will leave the Coulee half an hour after the last liace on each day. Each Ticket will be marked " Inside " or "Outside." Passengers taking Inside Tickets cannot be allowed to change to Outside, nor Outside to Inside, unless two Passen gers change by mutual consent. Both Outside and Inside Tickets are the same price. SISAL CIGARS! SISAL CIGARS!! at GOODRICH'S Cigar, Tobacco, and Snuff Stores (mast). lished 1780), 407, OXFORD-STREET, London, near SOHO. SQUARE. Box, containing fourtreen tine Sisal Cigars for Is. 9d.; poet free, six stamps extra. None are genuine unless signed "H. N. GOODRICH." A large Stock of the most ap proved Brands. FORD'S EUREKA SH IRTS.—" 'The Eureka' is the most unique and the only per'ect fitting shirt made." Observer.—Best quality, 81A for 40e.; second quality, six for 31s. If washed ready for use, 2s. extra. CAUTION :—Ford's Eureks Shirts are stamped, " 3d, Poultry, London." without which none are genuine. Cotalogues,withparticulars,postfree.—RlCHAßD FORD, 38, POULTRY, London. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY. And pronounced by HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all t. handlers. Grocers, Be. tte. QCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER kJ WATER. Having leased the Holy Well Spring at Malvern, renowned for its puit3 .T. S. and Co can now produce a Seltzer Water with all the CHEMICAL and MEDICINAL proverties which have rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufactunng Soda, Magnesia, and Potass Waters and Lemonade, at London, Liverpool. Bristol. and Derby. Every bottle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signature. LIAIR DESTROYER.-1, Little Queen-street, [I High Holborn.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY, for re moving effectually superfluous hair from th 4 face, neck, arms, and hands, without the slightest injury to the skin. A. R. will warrant it not to irritate the flesh in the smallest degree, and the hair to be entirely destroyed.—Sod in bottles at 3s. t;d., be. 6d., and 10s. 6d., or applied at the Hair-Dyeing Establish ment as above. Forwarded for stamps; carriage free,eight extra Price le. lad. and as. 9d. per box. F RAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.—The manifold advantages to the Heads of Families from the possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness, occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious to all, that no que.ti NI can be raised of its importance •o every housekeeper in the kingdom. These Pills are a mild ape rient. and if taken after an indulgence at table they ate speedy For FEMALES, they are truly excellent, ren•oving all obstructions, the distressing Headache so very preys. lent with the Sex; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and produce a healthy complexion. Sold by Prout and Hareant, 229, Strand, London : and by all Medicine Vendors. SCOTTISH E QUIT A_ ASSURANCE SOCIETY THE ANNUAL MEETING of the held in EDINBURGH on the 6th MAY. Directors stated that the number of Polici year °infirm let March lost was 638, the being A 293,950, and the Annual Premiums roe result ot the investigation for the t profits was then announced. The surplus arisen amounted to 183,839 L, which wholly hers. but of which one-third (C 1,2791.) must, Society. he set aside as a reserve for allocation nial division in 1859. From the remaining two•thirds a Bonus rate of per cent. per annum. on all Ldle, 'Mums had been paid. not only on the sums also on the former vested bonuses. There was left, in addition to 61,279 of surplus of 13,6231., together 74,9021., to go The INVESTILD FUNDS of the Society amotuu The ANNUAL REVENUE to The EXISTING ASSURANCES to Copies of :he Report may be obtained Office, 26, St. Andrew's-square, Ediuhurgh , Office, 126, Bishorsitate—ktreet Within. and at any ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. ARCHIBALD T. RITCIIII.' PELICAN LIFE INSURANt. ESTABLISHED IN 1797. 70, LOMBARDATRF.ET. CITY, and CROSS, WESTMINSTE. DIRECTORS Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. Kirkman ii..__ William Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. Thomas Hodgson, John Davis. Esq. Henry Lancelot f W Walter Fuller, Esq. Benjamin Jas. A. Gordon, M.D., F.R.S. Matthew ' Henry Green. Egq. M. Wyvi The Company offers: — Complete Security. Moderate Kates of Premium, Profits. Low Rates without Profits. BONUS. Four•fifths or Eighty per Cent. of till amongst the Policyholders. LOANS in connection with Life Assurance on ANNUAL PREMIU required for the Assurance of £lOO for the Without With A ge 16 A g e Profit Profits 16 .C 1 11 0 i 1 15 0 40 20 1 13 10 1 19 3 60 30 2 4 0 2 10 4 60 For Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal above, or to any of the Company'. R. TUCKER, Secretary. rpHE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 39, KING•STREET. CH EA PSIDE, LONDON. Fatahhailed 1d34. This is a purely Mutual Life Assurance Society, with a Capital of 250,11001, invested in Government and Real Securities, created entirely by the steady accumulation of the Premiums, and all belonging to the Members. The Assurances in force are 1,250.0001., and the Income 50,00 d., per annum. Detailed Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, together with the List of Bonuses paid on Claims in 1b55, and the Office Accounts for the same year, will be given on a written or per sonal application. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. SOVEREIGN LIFE OFFICE , 49, ST. JAMES'S.STREET, London. Founded 184 fr. TRUSTEES. The Earl Talbot B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., Sir Claude Scott, Bart. I Henry Pownall, Esq. Chairman—Lieut.-Colonel Lord Arthur Lennox. Deputy-Chairman Sir James Carmichael, Bart. This Office possesses a large paid-up and invested Capital, while the claims by death acarcel) exceed one-fifth of the Pre miums received. Hence, the Bonuses declared by this (Mice aie unusually large. Thus —On a .000 Policy, effected in 1048, gm 14s. has been received for Premium, while the amount now payable at death is £566, being a return of more than three.fourths of the sum invested. Claims are paid three months after proof of death. No Charges are made except the Premium. Rates are calculated for all ages, climates, and circumstances connecte , t with Life Assurance. Prospectuses, Forms, and eery information, can be obtained at the Office, 49, St. Jamea's-street, London. H. D. DAVENPORT, Secretary. Active Agents required. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE• Law Life Assurance Office,Fleet-street, London, May 24th, 1856. NOTICE is hereby given that, in conformity with the provi• Mons of the Deed of Settlement, A GENERAL MEETING of Proprietors wi.l be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 24th day of June next, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely, to elect a Director in the room of Will'am Chisholtnc, I. sq.. deceased; to elect Five other Directors and Two Auditors, when those who go out of office by rotation will be proposed fur re election ; and also for general purposes. The Director to be chosen in the room of William, Chisholme, Esq., will remain in offire until the 14th day of June, WO. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS most extraordinary in their Effects for Curing Stomach Complain is.—Mr.Jiihn moan, of Aughnacloy, informs Professor Holloway by letter that Mrs. Walker, residing in the same town, had been afflicted with a complaint in the stomach for nearly forty years. which defied the efforts of all the faculty round the neighbourhood to cure. Nothing whatever seemed to have the effect of rendering her any relief. In a state of despair she had recourse to Holloway's Pills, which, in au incredible short period, completely and effec tually cured her. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand: London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York; by A. Stamps, Constantinople; A Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. 11.1111.10111111 1111 ,aiasubtiaoesysce ascertained i O wn C h turns n ,ow s tash thereon edneecxlat e e SATURDAY ' o BL E Li" TETT. e i l e d E h n t s o i x h w p a r i e n e. y. The Repmt by th cies issued during the m ' a i rt n t o l - a Sums assured thereby divl le triennial division of ly belongs to the mem- List, by the laws of the cation at the next trien- u o r u a n h t t o me in the policies but ; at the London reserve above stated, £ 9 79,261 169400 £4,764,949 at the Society's Head .lat any of the Agencies tlanager. 111 E, London Agent. WE COMPANY. '97. ,nd 57, CHAR ING• ITER. in D. Hodgson,Esq. s Hodgson, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq tin Shaw, Esq. w Whiting, Esq. un., Esq., M.p, 31, with participation In the Profits are divided in approved Security. lUM the whole term of life... Without With Profits Profits £2 18 10 £3 6 4 0 9 410 7 610 6 7 4 iosal apply at the Offices pany's Agents. .TUCKER, Secretary. E ASSURANCE ;IDE, LONDON. 14. ce Society, with a Capital at and Real Securities, lulation of the Premiums, le Assurances in force are r annum. r Proposal, together with s in 1855, and the Office given on a written or per- INGALL, Actuary. ?E OFFICE, ndon. Founded 1845. Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P. inry Pownall, Esq. 'd Arthur Lennox. Carmichael, Bart. -up and invested Capital, eed one-tiftla of the Pre- this Office a,•e unusually ted in 1846, gm lie. has i amount now payable at than three•fourths of the proof of death. emium. mates, and circumstances *ormation, can be obtained ondon. kVENPORT, Secretary. uired. SURANCE. ce, Fleet•street, London, h, 1856. conformity with the provi- lENERAL MEETING of iety'a Office, Fleet-street, of June next, at Twelve Director in the room of 3 elect Five other Directors out of office by rotation slim for general purpos.es..