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DECEMBER 8, 1855. A' (WS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, if, Throsmorton-street, Bank. CtiAnnum—THOMAS FARNCOMU, Esq., Alderman. DEPury-Utuntwxx—WlLLiAM LEAF, Esq. Diehard E. Arden, Esq. I Rupert lugleb; , Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Ald. Thomas Camklin, Esq. Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. Jp.mes Clift, Esq. I Lewis Pocock, Esq. John Iluauphery, Esq., Ald. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2, Finsburrsquare. SURGEON—W. COUISuR, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, M.A., of Kinii:s College. ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS CO IPANY. The Premiums are on the lowest scale consistent with security. The Assured are protected lby an ample subscribed capital— an Assurance Fund of nearly 400,0001. invested on mortgage,and In the Government Stocks—and an inoome of 50,0001. a year. Mums to Assure 1001. I - Age. I One Year. 20 i 6 17 8 89 1 1 3 40 1 5 0 60 1 14 1 80 3 2 4 .. __ Seven Yeard. With Prioire.l £0 19 9 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 17 0 Term. Without Profits Al 13 10 Al 11 10 235 2 0 7 3 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 8 4 011 812 9 8 010 MUTUAL BRANCH. Assurers on the lionuVi;;;teinti;;;lltttled at the end of five years, and afterwards annually, to participate iu four-fifths or lit) per cent. of the profits. The profit assigned to each policy can be added to the sum assured, applied in reduction of the annual premium, or be received iu cash. At the first division a return of 20 per cent. in cash on the pre miums paid was declared ; this will allow a reversionary increase varying, according to age, from 61$ to 28 per cent. on the premiums, or from 5 to 15 per cent. on the sum assured. One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit for seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a oebt upon the Policy of 5 per (mint, or may be paid off at any time without notice. Claims paid in one month after proofs have been approved. Loans upon approved security. No charge for policy stamps. Medical attendants paid for their reports. Persons may, in time of peace, proceed to or reside in any part of Europe or British North America without extra charge. The medical °dicers attend every day at Throgmortou-street. a quarter before 2 o'clock. E. BATES, Resident-Director. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE I COMPANY, 18, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. Established 183 n. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Chairman. TI3OMAS NESBITT, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Charles Baldwin, Esq. W. K. Jameson, Esq. George Denny, Esq. John Neiloth, Esq. J. C. Dimsdale, Esq. M. Staniland, Esq. J. P. ilassiot, Esq., F.R.S. Daniel Sutton, Esq. Aaron Goldamid, Esq. 0. B. Bellingham Woolsey, Esq. Sidney Gurney, Esq. The business of the Company embraces every description of risk connected with Life Assurance. The Premiums are mode rate, and may be paid quarterly, half-yearly, or otherwise. Credit allowed of one-third of the Premiums till death, or half the Premiums for five years, on Policies taken out for the whole of life. Your-tifths or 80 per Cent of the entire Profits are appro priated to Assurers on the Froth. Seale. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary. SCOTTISH EQUITABLE (MUTUAL) LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1831. At Ist March, 1815, the amount of the Accumulated Capital exceeded DIO,OOO And the Annual Revenue exceeded The amount paid to the Representatives of Deceased Members was upwards of 600,000 This affords the strongest evidence of the continued prosperity of this Institution, and of the immense benefit to the Families of Deceased Members. For Prospectuses and all Information apply to WILLIAM COOK, Agent. 128 Biahopsgate-street. London. CURTAINS and CARPETS from the Grande Exposition de Paris.—SEWELL and CO. have the honour of announcing that they have entered into negotiations with the principal Prize Medalists of France, Germany, Ice., for a con- stant supply of each of their far-famed products in Furniture Tissues, which attracted umi ereal admiration for their beauty and splendour, or wore recognised by the Jurors as chefs d'oeuvres of manufacturing art. The first arrivals, consisting of Tapis d'Aubasson, Velour d'Utrecht, Brooatelle Tapestries, Idtiguette Table Covers, Sm., all narked at the lowest possible prices, can now be seen at COMPTON HOUSE, Frith•street, Soho. GOLD AND SILVER DRESSE S, ONE GUINEA. BEWELL and CO, as usual at this season, offer the greatest Novelties in Ball and Evening Costume —Tarlatans, White Taf fetas, Flounced Muslins, liareges, and Gauze Tulles. These skirts are tastefully trimmed with Velvet, Black, Pouceau, and Green, giving a novel and pretty effect to the toilet. A very Chaste Muslin Dress, with Two Deep Flounces, 16s. ; several New Designs in White and Gold Tarlatans at its. 9d.; a Large Assortment in Black and White Lace Dresses, 4 to 5 gui. neas ; a Recherche Grenadine Robe, in Flounces, Pink, Celeste, White. and Pouceau, 4 guineas. Two Cases of Gold and White Barege Robes, Six Flounces 21s. to 30s. 44, 46, and 46, Old Compton-street; 46, 47, Frith street, Soho. P.S. —A Case of splendid Paris Ribbons at 12id. per yard. THE ONLY STOVE WITHOUT A FLUE. 1 JOYCE'S PATENT.--For warming Churches, Halls, Con ‘ervatoriers, Shops, Water-closets, &a. *c. Sole Proprietor, S. 1' ASH, 25.9, Oxford-street., and 11ii, Newgate-street, Ironmonger. S. NASH manufactures a portable VAPO U 11 BAT H a for Invalids, &c. Sc ., by msdical authorities, price 12.1 l m s. Cid.— Prospectuses by post, tree. TUCKER and SON'S Us. 6d. MODERATO R LAMPS (for the Table), complete with stand and engraved globe, give the full light of four candles. A ditto giving the light of six candles, 18a. 6d. The finest Colza Oil, Ss. 6d. per g,dlon, for cash These pro,ligies of cheapness (warranted good and berviceable lamps) are specimens of what can be done when a very large number of an article are made at a time, and sold at a small profit. An immense stock of lamps, from the cheapest advertised (that are fit to be used) to the most costly, in china or bronze, in two large show-rooms attached to TU CKER and SON'S General Lamp Factory, 190, Strand (near Temple-bar), London.—Established $7 years. THE PRESS. PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, admitting on equal terms Persons of every Clam and Degree to all its Privileges sad Advantages. Offices, 76, OLLEAPSIDE, London. (Incorporated.) DIRECTORS. Chairman—Major H E HY STONES, 1.L.8. Deputy-Chairman—JAMES ANDREW DURHAM, Esq. Win. Wellington Cooper, Esq. I Rev. H. Hamilton, De Vesci- Andrew Durham, Esq., of Bath tern., Kingstown, near Dublin and Belfast Captain E. Nllllll tioreutt, R.N. Rev. J. Gleadall, M.A. Thos. George Williams, Esq. Jacob Montetiore, Esq. E. Gamaliel Wipthrop, Esq. AUD: (TORS. George Bain, Esq., 18, Parlia- -- 1 - iretlerick Wollatt, Esq., Crown meut-street I court E. W. G. Evans, Esq., 13, Basioghall-street. Manager—Ben. Massey, Esq. Physicians—Thomas AltYed Barker, M.D., 71, Lower Grosvenor staeet ; Wm. W. Gull, M.D., Guy's Hospital. Surgeon—W. White Cooper, Esq., F.R.C.S., 10, Berkeley-square. Bankers—The Commercial Bank of London. Solicitor—Edward M. Elderton, Esq., 3, Luthbury. With a numerous and influential P:oprietary and Shareholders' There are two important clauses In the Deed of Settlement, by which 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 live years premiums, their widows and orphans. 2nd. For the relief of aged and distressed original Proprietors, assured or nut, their widows and orphans, together with live per cent. per annum on the capital originally invested by then). No extra charge for going to or residing at (in time of peace) Australasia, Bermuda, Madeira, Cape of Good llupe, Mauritius, and the British North American Colories. 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 rate rates. A liberal commission allowed to Agents. Annual Premium for assuring £lOO, namely:— Age. / a. d. I Age. s. d. 20 ll3 0 40 2 2166 6 30 2 2 0 AO Prospectuses, with tables and fullest information, may be had at the Offices of the Company, or of any of their Agents. Applications for Agencies requested. LIEN. MASSEY, Manager. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. LIURNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST ARTICLES at DEANE'S IRONMONUERY and FUR. NISHING WAREHOUSES. A Priced Furnishing List flee by post. —DEANE, DRAY, and CO. (opening to the Monument) London-budge. Established A.D. 1700. THE PEN SUPERSEDED.—The most easy, permanent, and beet method of marking Linen, Silk, Cotton, Coarse Towels, Books, or anything else, so as to prevent the ink spreading, or the possibility of its washing out, is with the PATENT ELECTRO SILVER PLATES. Any person can use them with ease. Initial Plate, Is.; Name Plate, 2s. ; Set of Numbers, 2s. ; Crest, N. Sent pust free on the receipt of stamps (with printed directionP), by toe Inventor and sole Patentee, T CULLETON, 2, LONG ACRE, one door from St. Martin's-lane QUININE DENTRIFICE, as recommended by Messrs. Robinson and Underwood, Burgeon dentists, ~ cleansing and preserving the teeth from caries, toothache, neuralgia, &c., the accumulation of tartar ; also for purifying and preserving the durability of all kinds of artificial teeth.—Sold, wholesale and retail, by T. BURDEN, cherni,t, G, Store-street, Bedford•square ; and by all chemists and perfumers in the kingdom. Price 2s. Od. Spurious imitations eau be avoided by observing the name of" Burden" on the label. 212QVILNERS' HOLDFAST La and r'IRE•RESISTING SAFF',B (non -conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their quad. ruple Patents of 1810.51-54 and 1835, including their Gunpowder- Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure) The &longest, Best, and Cheapest Safeguards extant. MILNEItS' Pl-RENIX (212) SAFE WORKS, LIVER POOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show rooms, 0 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. London Depot, 475, Moorgate-street, City. Circulars free by post. THE LEADING and POPULAR ARTICLES 1 of DRESS manufactured by B. BENJAMIN, Merchant Taror, 74, REGENT-STREET:—The PE LISSIER OVER COAT, price Yee., invented and adapted for the season; the Reversible Waistcoats, price 145., buttoning four different sides; the 475. Suits, made to order from Scotch, Heather, and Cheviot Tweeds, all wool, and thoroughly shrunk; the Two Guinea Dress or Frock Coats, the Guinea Dress Trousers, and the Half- Guinea Waistcoats. N.B.—A perfect fit guaranteed. SOUND AND ROBUST HEALTH MAY BE ENJOYED BY THE USE OF KAYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS, admitted to be THE BEST RESTORATIVE MEDICINE. Their renovating and invigorating qualities render them invaluable to all who have became subject to physical debility or extreme nervous sensitiveness. They are wholly composed of vegetable ingredients, are a tine stomachic, and a mild yet efficient ape. rient. Thousands, after trying other medicines In vain, have testified to the benefits received from their use. Sold at Is. :id., and 4s. Bd.. by ell Medicine Vendors. Wholesale Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. 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 Patrcnage 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 an emi nently pure, nutritious, and light food for infants, children, and invalids. Much approved for making a delicious custard pudding, snd excellent for thickening broths or soups. ROBINSON ' S PATENT GROA TS for more than thirty years have been held in constant and increasing public estimation as the purest farinee of the oat, and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a pure and delicate gruel. which forms a light and nutritious suppet 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, Hed Lion-street, Holborn, London. Sold by all respectable grocer', druggists, and others, in town and country, in packets of ed. and la, and in family canisters at 25., Gs., and 10s. each. Atka , . ___, 1179 Just published. price Gd., \TOTES FOR HOME CIRCULATION. By A, B, anti C. London: Ernuouau WiLson, Royal Exchange. PSEUDO COSTBOOK NINES. Just publi.heti, pp. Cot, pike ls., sEuDo COST-BOOK MINES. P A Letter to a Shareholder. lly tiEORGE COULtiON JAMES, Solicitor. Londou; ET/INGRAM WILSON, Royal Exchange. On the 20th of December will be published, in crown Bro., cloth, price 7e. od., THE HEROES ; or, Greek Tales for My I Children. By CHARLES KINUSLEY, Author of " West ward Ho r "Olaucus," &c. With Eight Illuatratious alter Drawings by the Author. cam bridge: MACMILLAN and Co. London : BILL and DALDT. Pries GS., poet tree, ILITA It Y PLEASURES: .01. 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