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NOVEMBER 15, 1856. trim LONDONand WESTMINSTER BANG 11 issues CIRCULAR NOTES of 101. 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. City Office, Lothbury. W.'l'. Henderson, Manager Country Office, do. T. C. Fletcher, Manager Westminster Branch l, St. Jauaes'a•square. J. W. Weldon, Manager Bloomsbury ditto 214, flier Holborn. W. Ewings, Manager Southwarkditto 3, Wellington at., Borough. H. Withers, Dlaniger Eastern ditto High-street, Whitechapel. W. D. Aaperne, Manager Marylebone ditto 4 Stratiord-place, uxford-street. G. M. Mitchell, Manager Temple-bar ditto 217, Strand. C. Ward, Manager The rate 01 Interest allowed cm Deposits of MAL and upwards at the Bank, or any of its branches, is now 0 per Cent. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. 12th November. 1856. 13 A N K of L 0 ND 0 N. Chief Office, Threadneedle-street. Charing•cross Branch, 430, West Strand. CHAIRMAN-Sir JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart. M.P. VICE-CHAIRMAN—JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, ESQ. CURRENT ACCOUNTS are received, and interest allowed on balances. DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.—Sums are received on deposit from customers and the public, which may be withdrawn on giving three Jays' notice. The present rate of interest OD deposits is Di. per cent. Foreign, Colonial, and Country Agency, and every description of legitimate Banking Business. undertaken.—By Order. M. MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. Threadneedle-street, November, 1a36. WANTED a GENTLEMAN of EDUCATION and LITERARY JUDGMENT to fill a responsible post, the emoluments of which are .€5OO per annum. He must advance on loan 0,000, which will be amply secured. The position is one of the highest respectability, and can be tilled with great advantage by a Clergyman, Barrister, or other Gen tleman of Education. None but principals, furnlshii:g unex ceptionable references both as regards character, education, and ability, as well as the bonkfide possessilm of the above sum, will be treated with. Address, in real name, to B. 8., 44, Picca dilly, London. Letters will not be replied to containing a simple inquiry as to the nature of the post, unless such are accompanied by a satisfactory reference or contain particulars respecting the applicant, which will be held as confidential. t'RENCH MODERATOR LAMPS. The r newest Patterns of the present Season.—DEANE, DRAY, and CO. have completed an eitenvive and choice Assot tmeut of these Lamps:—Bronze from Os. dd. to 01.; China from 19s. to 71. 7a. Engravings, with prices, free by post. Pure Culza Oil for the above Lamps at the lowest market price, delivered in London or the suburbs periodically, or on receipt of letter order —DEANE, DRAY, and CO. (opening to the Monument), London•bridge. Established A.D. IWO. VENTILATING STOVES ! SUSPENSION STOVES! Approved by Thousands of Purchasers, and re commended as the two best, cheapest, most healthy, and econo• mica) for Churches, Chapels. Halls, Schools, Warehouses, Shops Greenhouses, Bedrooms, Libraries, &c. Prospectuses wit prices sent post free.— DEANE, DRAY, and CO., Stove range. Ironmongery, and Furnishing Warehouse, LONDON BRIDGE. The Best Food for Children, Invalids, and Others. ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY, for making superior Barley. Water in Fifteen Minutes, has not only obtained the Patrcnago of her Majesty end the Ito3al Family, but has become of general use to every class of the community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an 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 mere' ting 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 Ed. and is., and in famil, canisters at 2a., Gs., end 10s. each. THE PRESS. _ ECONOMIC LIFE ASSIJRA.NCE SOCIETY. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Chairman. ROBERT RIDDULPH, Esq., Deputy Chairman, ADVANTAGES:— The Lowest Rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The Whole of the Profits divided among the Assured every Filth Year. No Charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. Policies in force, upwards of 7,960. The Assurance Fund amounts to £1,500,000. Income upwards of £240,000 per Annum. The sum of £397,000 was added to Policies at the last Divi sion, which produced an average Bonus of £67 per Cent. on the Premiums paid. For particulius apply to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary, 6, New Bridge-street, Illackfriars. ANNUAL PREMIUM to Assure £lOO f.r the Whole Term of Life, with Piirtieipatiou in the Profits. Age. Prew. Age. Prem. Age. Prem. X. B. d. a. d. X. s. d. 15 .. 1 10 8 25 .. 119 0 35 .. 2 10 11 20 .. 1 14 7 30 .. 2 4 8 40 .. 9 19 9 f . t. HE EAGLE AID IN:•URANCE 3, Crescent, New Bridges TAUS' D PALLADIUM COMPANY. !root, Blacktriars, London. 'EES. Lord Bateman. Captain Chas. John Boaanquet R.N. Robert Cheere, Esq. Patrick Colquhouu, LLD:_ Joseph Esdaile, Esq. Charles Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Richard Harms!' Lloyu, Esq. Ralph Charles Price, Esq. . DIREI:TORS. CHAS. THOS. If oLcomNE, Esq., Chairman. RICHARD HARMAN LLOYD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Jame-; Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. sir W. G.Ouseley, K.C.8..D.C.L. Thomas Devas, k:sq. W. Anderson Peacock, Esq. Sir James Buller East, Bart. Ralph Charles Price, Esq. M.D. Philip Rose, Esq. Nathaniel Gould, Esq. Thomas Godfrey Sambrooke, Robert A. Gray, Esq. Esq. William Augustus Guy, M.D. Charles Evan Thomas, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Rt. Hon. Sir John Young, Bart AUDITORS—Thomas A lien, Esq.; Wm. H. Smith, jun., Esq. MEDICAL OFFICERS—Seth Thompson, M.D.; Jas. Saner, Esq., M.D.; Win. Cooke, Esq., M.D., 39, Trinity-square, Tower hill. ACTUARY and SECRETARY—CharIes Jellicoe, Esq. The realised Assets of this Company amount to One Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousana Pounds. The Annual Income exceeds Two Hundred Thousand Pounds. The number of existing Policies is upwards of Six Thousand Five Hundred. The total Amount Assured exceeds Four Million Four Hundred Thousand Pounds. A Division of Surplus will take place in June next. The divi. 810118 are quinquennial, and the whole Surplus (less twenty per cent. only) is distributed amongst the Assured. The Premiums required, although moderate, entitle the As sured to 60 per cent.of the quinquennial surplus. The lives assured are permitted, in time of peace, and not being engaged in mining or gold digging, to reside in any country, or to pass by sea (not being seafaring persons by profession) between any two parts of the same hemisphere distant more than 33 degrees from the Equator, without extra charge. All Policy Stamps and Medical Fees are paid by the Company. By recent enactments persons are exempt, under certain re• strictions. from Income Tax, as respects so much of their income as they may devote to Assurances on Lives. The annual Reports of the Company's state and progress, Prospectuses and Forms, may be had, or will be sent, post free, on application at the Office, or to any of the Company's Agents. THE SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted 1831. ACCUMULATED FUNDS— ONE MILLION STERLING. ANNUAL REVENUE. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS. NXISTING ASSURANCES. FOUR MILLIONS AND THREE QUARTERS. At the Division of Surplus. *List March,lBs6, a Policy for 1,0001., effected at Ist March, 1e32, was increased to 1,14 11. 18s. 10,1., being at the rate of Tw•o and a Quarter per cent. per annum on the sum assured. This addition may be converted into a present payment, or applied in reduction of the future premiums. Profits are divided Triennially, and belong wholly to the Assured. Policies effected before let March next will receive Six Years' Additions at the Division of Surplus in 1862. Copies of the Report by the Director's on the recent Division of Surplus, and all information, may be had on application at the Head Office or Agencies. ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. WILLIAM FINLAY, Secretary. HEAD OrrICE-26, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE, EDINBURGH. Orsics IN LONDON-26, POULTRY. A. T. RITCHIE, Agent. THE SUCCESSFUL RESULTS OF THE LAST HALF CENTURY HAVE. PROVED, BEYOND QUESTION, THAT ROWLANDS' MACASSkR OIL possesses peculiarly nourishing powers in the growth, restoration, and improvement of the Human Hair. It prevents it from falling off or turning grey, strengthens weak hair, cleanses it from scud and "landfill, and makes it beautifully soft, curly, and glossy. In the growth of the Beard, Whiskers, Eyebrows, and Mustachios, it is unfailing in its stimulative m.eration. For children it is especially recommended as form ing the basis of a beautiful head of hair.—Price 3s. ed. and 7s. ; tinnily bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6c1., and double that size, 21e. CAtivioN.—To prevent imposition a New Label from steel, by 'Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co., is now used, upon which are the words, in white letters, Ruw•LANDs' MACASSAR OIL, and their signature in red ink, " A. HOWLAND & SONS. ,, Sold by them at 20, Hatton•garden, London; and by all Chemlbts and Perfumers. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT and PILLS the unrivalled CURATIVES of the AGE.--John Swift, of Deptford, in a letter to Professor Holloway, dated Sept. 19th, Isso, states that. his wife suffered for nearly four years with an ulcerated leg. She consulted the most eminent of the faculty without obtaining the slightest alleviation of pain. At last, advised to use Holloway's Ointment and Pills, the wounds were quickly healed. He concludes by expressing h's heartfelt grati tude to one who proved the means, under Divine Providence, of restoring his wife to perfect health. Sold by all medicine-vendors throughout the world ; Professor Holloway's Establialunents, 244, Strand, T.ondon, and 80, Slaiden-lane, New York; uy A. Stamps, Constantinople; A. Guidiey, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Lette rs Patent. TEETH. THE PATENT PNEUMATIC PALATE, for the Construction of Artificial Teeth.—Messrs. 11IOOORIDGF. and DAVIS, Surgeon• Dentists to the Royal Family, 13, Old Burlington-street, Bond -street, Patentees of the self-sustaining principle of fixing Artificial Teeth. The PNEUMATIC PALATE has excited the greatest admiration of the most enti rent physicians and surgeons of England and the principal cities of the Continent, who constantly favour them with their distinguished recommendations, and who consider their system to be great:y superior to any in use, as by it the greatest possible firmness and security in the mouth is attained, and the patient enabled to properly perform the important operation of mastica tion, which is most essential to health. It also renders the ar ticulation clear and distinct; this to public spoakers is invaluable. Messrs. MOUGRIDOE and DAVIS, Surgeon-Dentists to the Royal Family, No. 13, OLD BURLINGTON STREET, BON D-S . IRF.ET. Mr. A. J. 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