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OeToBEt 6, 1855. ROYAL ASYLUM of ST. ANN'S SOCIETY. By Voluntary Contributions. Affording a Home, Clothing, Maintenance, and Education to Children of those once in Prosperity, Orphans or not. Support and assistance for this Charity and the New Building Fund are earnestly solicited. Forms for Nomination of Candidates may be obtained at the Office. Subscription■ and donations gratefully received by Messrs Spooner and Co., Gracechurch-street ; and EDWARD FREDERICK LEEKS, Sec. 2, Charlotte•row, Mansion-house. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. FOURTH YEAR—The third financial year being ended, a favourable opportunity is presented to persons desirous of investing capital or savings at the opening of the fourth year, whether as investors for the sake of drawing half-yearly the gua. ranteed five per cent. interest per annum, pa; able on completed Shares and uncompleted Shares upon which ayear's subscription and upwards has been paid, and of receiving whatever bonus may be annually declared, or whether as allottees fur the purpose of s acquiring building land to secure lucrative ground rents. The ticking of land is quite optional. No risk and no responsibility. Monthly payments, Bs. per share.—For prospectuses apply to CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. 93, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, October, 1865. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. Capital Stock, 5500,000. PARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the plan of this Institution. by which a high rite of interest may be obtained with perfect security. The Interest is payable in January and July, at the Head Office in London, and may also be received at the various Branches, or through Country Bankers. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses and forms for opening acoounts sent free on applicat ion. FURNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST ARTICLES at DEANE'S IRONMONGERY and FUR NISHING WAREHOUSES. A Priced Furnishing List hee by post.—DEANE, DRAY, and CO. (opening to the Monument), London-bridge. Established A.L. 1700. FORD'S EUREKA SHIRTS.—"The Eureka" is the most unique and the only perfect fitting shirt made.' Observer.—Best quality, six for 405.; second quality, six for 31s. If washed ready fur use, ts. extra. Cxeriox :—Ford's Eureka Shirts are stamped, " Si, Poultry, London," without which none are genuine. Catalogues, with particulars, post free.—kti CHARI) FORD, 3d, POULTRY, Londuh. 212° ATILNERS' HOLDFAST La and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapounsing), with all the improvements, under their Quad. ruple Patents of 180.5144 and 1833, including their Gunpowder- Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure) The Strongest, Best, and Cheapest Safeguards extant. MILNERS' PID:ENIX (2120) SAFE WORKS, LIVER POOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show rooms, 0 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. London Depot, 47a, Moorgate-street, City. Circulars free by post. RE S P I R A T OR S. -F . C. REIN'S CORK RESPIRATORS for the MILLION.—They are not affected by the atmosphere nor the acids of the stomach, will i ,•-main perfectly dry while worn, and allow free respiration. By Li use it is impossible to breathe any other than warm and per. °oily pure air. It will be found highly beneficial on leaving heated rooms, crowded assemblies, &c., for the Prevention of Coughs, Colds, Consumption, and all Affections of the Throat and Luegs. Price 3s. &d., sent free to any part of the kingdom. Address E. C. Rein, at his Paradise for the Deaf, 108, Strand, London.—The Tiede supplied. Also, Rein's Double-Action Fountain, Railway Convenience, Elastic Stockings, Trusses, and all other mechanical assistance for infirmities. N.lL—Mrs. Rein attends on Ladies. HARDS' FARINACEOUS FOOD is more nutritious than any other description of diet in use for infants and invalids. It has been carefully analysed by the late Dr. Pereira, Physician to the London Hospital, and stated by him to be a most valuable food for the infant and Invalid. Sold by Chemists and Druggists, Patent Medicine Vendors, Grocers, Italian Warehousemen, and Confectioners, in Is.and 2s. packets, and tin cases, 7s. ed. each. Observe.—All genuine packets and oases are signed " Jas. Hard.," and manufactured at the Royal Victoria Mill, Dartford, Kent. ITOYLEY'S.-BABB AND CO, ARMY CLOTHIERS, and SCOTCH WOOLLEN WAREHOUSEMEN.—The noted house forj Clan Tartans, Camblets, Tweeds, Plaids, Scarfs, Table Covers, Billiard Cloths, and D'Oyley'r. Every article of Gentlemens' Clothing and Ser vants' Liveries, at a reduced scale of charges for cash. The .15. and 4Ss. Morning Coats, 21s. and 265. Riding Trousers, and the Registered Ventilating Waterproof Over-coati, continue to give the utmost satisfaction. TIIE PRESS. pROPESSIOkAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, admitting on equal terms Persons of every Class and Degree to all its Privileges and Advantages. Offices, 76, CHEAPSIDE, London. (Incorporated.) DIRECTORS. - - - - - Chairman—Major HENRY STONES, LLB. DeputyChairman—JAMES ANDREW DURHAM, Esq. Wm. Wellington Cooper, Esq. Rev. H. Hamilton, De Vesci- Andrew Durham, Esq., of Bath tern, Kingstown, near Dublin and Belfast Captain E. Nash Noroott, R.N. Rev. J. Gimlet!, M.A. Thos. George Williams, Esq. Jacob Monteflore, Esq. E. Giunaliel Winthrop, Esq. AUDITORS. George Bain, Esq., 18, Pulls- I Frederick Wollatt, Esq., Crown meut-street court E. W. G. Evans, Esq., 13, Bashighall-street. Manager—Bea. Massey, Esq. Physicians—Thomas Altked Barker, M.D. 71, Lower Grosvenor stieet ; Win. W. Gull, M.D., Guy's Hospital. Surgeon—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 which the Directors have power to appropriate uno•tenth of the entire profits of the Company :- Ist. For the relief of aged and 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, assured or not, their widows and orphans, together with five per cent. per annum on the capital originally invested by them. No extra charge for going to or residing at (in time of peace) Australasia, 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 otherattliction, bodily and mental, at mode- rate rates. A liberal commission allowed to Agents. Annual Premium for assuring XlOO, namely:— Age. X s. d. Age. .2 s. d. 20 ll3 0 40 216 6 30 2 2 0 60 4 2 1 Prospectuses, with tables and fullest information, may be had at the Offices of the I - - or of if their Agents. Company, . any ol Applications for Agencies requested. BEN. MASSEY, Manager. Offices, 7E, Cheapside, London. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1 , OLD BROAD-STREET, LONDON. INSTITUTED 1820. WILLIAM R. ROBINSON, Esq., Chairman. HENRY DAVIDSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. The Scale of Premiums adopted by this Office will be found of a verymoderate character, but at the same time quite adequate to the risk incurred. Fou rdiftha, or 80 per cent. of the Profits, an assigned to Po licies eve ryfifth year, and may be applied to increase the sum in sured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction and ultimate extinction of future Premiums. One•third of the Premium on Insurances of 5001. and upwards, for the whole term of life, may remain es a debt upon the Policy, to be paid off at convenience; or the Directors will lend stuns of 501. and upwards, on the security of Policies effected with this Company for the whole term of life, when they have acquired an adequate value. Sscuarry.—Those who effect Insurances with this Company are protected by its subscribed capital of 750,0001., of which 140,0001. is invested, from the risk incurred by members ofMutual Societies. The satisfactory financial condition of the Company, exclusive of the Subscribed and Invested Capital, will be seen by the fol lowing statement:— At the close of the last Financial Year, the sums Assured, including Bonus added, amounted to 12,500,000 The Premium Fund to more than And the Annual Income, from the same source, to 109,000 Insurances, without participation in Profits, may be effected at reduced rates. SAMUEL, INGALL Actuary. AUTUMN FASHIONS.-SHAWLS. FARMER and ROGERS invite attention to their superb Assortment (the largest iu the world) of INDIA, CHINA, FRENCH, and BRITISH SHAWLS, comprising all the New Patterns designed for the FRENCH EXHIBITION, and se veral manufactured expressly for their house. Paisley Shawls of a superior quality, from 31s. ed. to 6 guineas.—The Great Shawl and Cloak Emporium, 171, 173, 175, Regent•street. PIMMEL'S HAIR DYE offers the Guarantee of Fifteen Years' constant success to those vrho are disappointed with other so-called dyes. It Is easy to apply, perfectly safe, and imparts in a few minutes to the Hair, Whilr kers, Ac., a natural and permanent black or brown shade.— Price 155.6 d. and tis. Sold by all Perfumers and Chemists, and by E. RIMMED 39, GERRARD-STREET, 80H0. SIG, STRAND, opposite Waterloo•bridge. LIGHT, CHEAP, AND DURABLE ROOFING.—CROGGON'S PATENT ASPHALTE ROOF ING FELT is perfectly impervious to rain, snow, and frost, and has been tested by a long and extensive experience in all cli mates. Saves half the timber required for slates. Can be laid on with great facility by farm servants or unpractised persons. Price one penny per square foot. Croggon's Patent Non-con ductiag Felt, for covering steam boilers, and pipes, saves 25 per cent. of fuel. Samples and testimonials sent by post, on applica tion to Croggon and Co., 2, Dowgate-hill, London, who also supply ship-sheathing felt and inodorous felt, for damp walls, and lining iron houses, and roofs generally, to 'equalise the temperature. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS an inestimable Remedy for DISORDERED STOMACHS and WEAK CONSTITUTIONS. -- These astonishing Pills have such strengthening and invigorating properties that persons of low or nervous habits, or whose digestive organs are in any way ird paired, should have recourse to them, as the most debilitated have been restored to the blessings of perfect health by their use, after every variety of medicines have proved useless; con sequently the faculty recommend all persons going abroad sub ject to bilious affections, or complaints similar to the above, to make use of Holloway's Pills. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, mud 80, Maiden.lane, New York; uy A. Stamps, Constantinople; A. Guidicy, 'Smyrna; and 11..ffoods, SOUND AND ROBUST HEALTH MAY BE ENJOYED BY ----- -- V THE USE OF AYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS, admitted to 1.1 be THE BEST RESTORATIVE MEDICINE. Their renovating and invigorating qualities render them invaluable to all who have become subject to physical debility or extreme nervous sensitiveness. They are wholly composed of vegetable ingredients, are a fine stomachic, and a mild yet efficient ape rient. Thousands, after trying other medicines in vain, bate testified to the benefits received from their use. Sold at Is. lid., 2s. id., and 4s. 6d., by all Medicine Vendors. Wholesale Depot, 22, Bread-street, Loudon. NIL NAIVE? OX DIAPNEBS. Just published, price 2s. M., by post 3s. THE EAR IN HEALTH AND DISEASE . with Remarks on the Prevention of Deafness. Illus trated with Plates. By WILLIAM HARVEY, burgeon to th e Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear. London: HENRY RENSHAW, 361, Strand. Now ready, h. ed., cloth, tree by peat, • TNDISPENSABLE. LIVE and LEARN : 1 A Guide for all who wish to Speak and Write Correctly. "' I.ive and Learn' is an excellent book. To show our appre ciation of its merits we have had It cased in leather, and have made a pocket companion of it. We look upon it as really ' in dispensable.' We advise our readers to imitate our exam le — procure the book, sad cell it not at any prios."—E 1 Gazette. London : Jonit F. Stuw, Southampton-row, and Pater noster-row. On NERVOUSNESS, Debility, and I ndigestion.--.1 ust published, New and Cheaper Edition, price Is., or by post for Is. 34.1., THE SCIENCE OF LIFE ; or, How to Liv e and What to Live for. With ample Rules for Diet, Regi men, and Self-Management ; together with Instructions for re curing Health, Longevity, and that sterling Happiness only attainable through the Judicious Observance of a well-regulated Course of Life. By A PHYSICIAN. London: PIPER, BROTHERS, and Co., 28, Paternoster-row; HANNAY, 63,0xfurd-street ; MANN, 30, Cornhill; and all Dyck seders. rp H E NA TIO N, the ORGAN of IRISH RIGHTS and IRISH INTERESTS, is published Weekly at 6,LOW ER ABBEY-STREET, DUBLIN. ERY[4: Single copy, 4d.; Stamped, bd.; Six Months, stamped, 10s. Payable in advance. AGENCIES at the following places:— LONDON. MARY ANDRRWS, 13, Duke street, Little Britain. Also at Birkenhead, Bradford, Birrdingham, Leeds, Liverpool Manchester, Sheffield, Wigan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and ali the principal Towns and Cities of England. tl GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TWO DAYS at BATH and BRISTOL—An EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington on SATURDAY, October 18th, at 6.30 p.m., returning on Monday, October 151 h, from Bristol at 6.30, and Bath at 7.0 p.m. Fares : Bristol, Itte. and fis. ; and Bath, Us. and ss. Children under twelve half-price. Tickets not transferable, and only available fur the 'trains specified. DEAFNESS. —The only medal awarded at the Great Exhibition of 1861 (for Acoustic Instrumante) was to F. C. REIN, for his new Acounic INSTRUMENTS for the DEA F. They are made of different power, to suit ex treme and every degree of Deafness. To be procured only of the sole inventor soil maker, F. C. Rein, 108, Strand, nearly opposite Exeter-hall, where the Instrument ran be tried, and numerous testimonials seen, amongst many one from the Right Run. Sir John Fatteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Couneillors. MENDERS, STOVES, and FIRE IRONS. Buyers of the above are requested, before finally deciding to visit WILLIAM S. BURTON'S SHOW-ROOMS, 39, Oxford street (corner of Newman-street), Nos. 1,2, and 3, Newman-street, and 4 and 5, Perry's-place. They are the largest In the world, and contain such an assortment of Fenders, Stoves, Ranges, Fire Irons, and General Ironmongery, as cannot be approached elsewhere, either for variety, novelty, beauty of design, or exqui siteness of workmanship. Bright Stoves, with bronzed orna ments and two sets of bars, 21. 14s. to DI. 10*. ; ditto, with ormolu ornaments and two sets of bars, 51. 10s. to 121. 12a.; Bronzed Fenders complete, with standards, from 7s. to M. ; Steel Fenders from 21.155. to 61. ; d I tto, with rich ormolu ornaments,from 21. 155.t0 71. 75.; Fire-irons, from la. 9d. the set, to 41. 4s. Sylvester and all other Patent Stoves, with radiating hearth-plates. All which he is enabled to sell at these very reduced charges, Firstly—From the frequency and extent of his purchases ; and Secondly—From those purchases being made exclusively for cash. 91IIE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE FOR 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 best article next to sterling silver that can be employed as such, either usefully or ornamentally, as by no possible teat can it be distinguished from real silver. Thread or ellirly Fiddle Brunswick King's Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. Tea Spoons, per dozen lHs. .. 265. .. 525. Dessert Forks „ Dessert Spoons „ Table Forks „ Table Spoons „ Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, de., 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, full size, per dozen Dessert ditto and ditto Teaditto CUTLERY WARRANTED.—The most varied Assorttnent of TABLE CUTLERY in the world, all war- ranted, is on Sale at WILLIAM 8. BU RTON'B, at prices that are remunerative only because of the largeness of the sales. 3i.inch ivory.handled table knives, with high shoulders, lls. per dozen ; desserts to .MAI, 10s.; if to balance, ls. per dozen extra; car. vers, 4s. pet pair; larger sizes, from les. to 21s. per dozen; extra tine, ivory, 325.; if with silver ferrules, 375. to 501.; while bone table knives, 7s. M. per dozen ; desserts, ss. Gd.; carvers. 2s. 3d. per pair; black horn table knives, 7s. 4d. perdozen ; des serts, Gs.; carvers, 2s. 6d.; black wood•handled table knives and forks, es. per dozen; table steels, from la. each. The largest stock in existence of plated dessert knives and forks, in cases rind otherwise, and of the new plated fish carvers. Also a large assortment of Razors, PenknivesMeissors, te., of the best quality. • . . WM. S. BURTON has SIXTEEN LARGE SHOW-ROOMS devoted to the show of GENERAL FURNISHING IRON MONGERY (Including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated and Japanned Wares, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, and Redding), 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. No. 39. OXFORD-STREET (corner of Neynnan-street), 1, I, and 3, NEWIL43I.I3TBEET, and 4 and 0, PEURY'I3-PLACE. COMPTON HOUSE.—SEWELL and CO. have the honour of informing LADIES that their Buyers have returned from making their CONTINENTAL AUTUMN PURCHASES, and are prepared with a Magnificent Selection of Flounced and Pompadour Velvet Dresses, Flounced Silks, Robes, and a Varied Selection of Autumnal Silks for Walking, Dinner, and Evening Dress. SEWELL and CO. direct especial notice to their Black and Coloured Lyons Velvets, undoubtedly the largest and cheapest selection in London. The prices of real Lyons Velvets are 9s. 9d., 10s, 3d., and 12s. 9d. per yard. 44, 45, 46, Old Compton•strcet ; 46 and 47, Friih•streot, Soho. O LDRIDGE'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 molt distinguished patronage from the Ladies for the feature it pos sesses in not soiling the most delicate headdress or bonnet. For children it is Invaluable, forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair. In bottles, Ss. 6d., 65., and lls. Wholesale and retail, 15, Wellington-street North, Strand. I