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MAY 12, 1855. PALLADIUM LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 7, WATERLOO-FLACK, PAI . 4.II!kLL, LONDON. (ESTABLISHED 1824.) Undoubted security, guaranteed by a large capital; an influen tial proprietary; the long standing of the Office, and the satis 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•tittbs 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 coat. 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 information and assistance will be given to Assurers, either at the Offices, No. 7, Waterloo-place, London ; or by the Society's Agents, established in all principal towns. JEREMIkH LODGE, A. 13., Resident Actuiu-y and Secretary. NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. ESTAILLIIIIIMO 1808. PRESIDENT—Lieut-General Sir IL J. HARVEY, C.B. SECRETARY —Sir SAMUEL BIONOLD, M.P. LONDON AGENT—c. J. BUNYON, Esq. The Capital of this Society amounts to 200,6521., with a Reserved Fund of 209,6701. It has paid upwards of 11,000,0001. 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 guinguenniallv. The Premiums are Ten per Cent. below the usual rates for ages under forty-rive years. One-half of the first rive years' Premium may remain as a charge upon the Policy. Annuities are grantee on favourable terms. NEW BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1851: Policies 609, insuring for Annual Premiums, 313,5671. 7s. 3d. Annuities 58, securing 1,6411. 13s. 4d. New Premiums, being the considerationfor granting the same, 28,1941. 4s. 10d. Fur Prospectuses apply to the Society's Offices, Surrey-street, Norwich, and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. OVEREIUN LIFE ASSURANC COMPANY. 49, ST. JAMES'S-STREET, London. ESTABLISHED 1846. - - TRUSTEES. The Earl Talbot Loid De Mauley Sir Claude Scott, Bart. B. Bond Cabbell, Esq. Henry PtAnall, 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 premiuma for home and foreign risks. Nu 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 maile for the payment of a certain sum on attaining any given age (as fill , 55, or SO), or at death if it occur previously. 'it, . By a small annual payment 1001. maybe secured to a child on attaining the age of 14,-8, or 21. Prospectuses and oiler information will be furnished on ap plication to H. D. DAVENPORT, Secretary. THE PRESS. dust published, fop., sloth. price 5.., THE REV. C. B. ELLIOTT'S HORSE APOCALIPTIC.E : Abridged for the Schoolroom, and for Family Reading. With a Recommendatory Notice by the Au thor of the " Rune Apocalyptice." London : T. RATCHARD, 187, Piccadilly. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established June 1, 1836. London Board. _ Chairman-41. FoitarEa, Esq. Deputy•Chairman—GEOlME FRIZDERICK YOUNG, Es q. 1-43. 1554. .4119,612 4 6 .... Fire Premiums 4146,096 15 9 8,212 19 8 .... New Life Premiums 10,267 14 Capital Subscribed, 11,695,000. Liability of Proprietors um limited. Annuities immediate and deferred. Insurances effected both at home and abroad. Offices-20 and 21, Poultry. RAILWAY ACCIDENT INSURANCE. Z 16,221 bs. have already been paid as compensation for Fatal and other Railway Accidents, by the RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY. £l,OOO was paid to the Widow ofJ.G., killed on the 24th Feb, 1859, secured by a payment of £1; £350 was paid to H.C.H.J., who had his leg broken on the 31st August, 1b53, secured by a payment of £l. For the convenience of frequent travellers, Periodical In. surances are granted, which now coveetlie 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 Accident in the United Kingdom only. To Insure £l,OlO at an Annual Premium of 20s. Ditto £2OO ditto 58. _ . _ A new class of Insurance has also been established in case of Death by Railway Accident alone, without compensation for To Insure £l,OOO at an Annual Premium of ....5s Ditto, any sum not exceeding 11,000 for the whole of life by a single payment of 6s. per cent.: thus one payment of £3 will secure Rlpon. 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-et., London pIMMEL'S HAIR DYE o ff ers the P Guarantee of Fifteen hears' constant success to those wio 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, &c., a natural and permanent black or brown shade.— Price 66.8 d. and Bs. Sold by all Perfumers and Chemists, and by E. RIMMEL 89, GERRARD-STREET, SOHO. THE CASPIATO, or Folding Bonnet, a new Invention, for which J. and E. 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Fourth Edition, poet Bvo., 7s. " We should wish to see this volume in the hands of every young person who intends to make the study of medicine his profession."—.Recorel. MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. JOHN HAMILTON FORSYTH, M.A., Curate of Westotosuper-Mare, and afterwards Minister of Dowry Chapel, Clifton. By the Rev. EDWARD WILSON, M.A., Vicar of Nocton. Third Edition, fcp., with Portrait, Os. Also in Svo., with a Selection of Sermons, prloe 10s. Bd. THE LIFE AND A SELECTION FROM THE LETTERS of the late Rev. HENRY VENN, MA., Author of "The Complete Duty of Man," &c. Edited by the Rev. HENRY VSNN, 8.D., Prebendary of St. Paul's. Seventh Edition. Fcp.,75. London: T. HATCRARD, 187, Piccadilly. Just published, the Twentieth Edition of PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY. By MARTIN F. TUPPER, D.C.L, Ac. Fcap., cloth, with Portrait, 7a. Also, by the same Author, the Third Edition of PROBABILITIES AN AID TO FAITH. Fcap., cloth, 4s. . . 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The Patrons of the LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE are respectfully informed that the SHOW ROOMS of this establishment are replete with some exquisite NOVELTIES, comprising Black, Grey, and White Bonnets, Caps, Cuifiltres, Collars, Jet Ornaments, and various articles of taste adapted to mourning wear, and also for ladles not necessarily in mourning. The general character of the millinery exhibited this season will, it is confidently trusted, ensure a continuance of that high patronage which has hitherto been awarded to the London General Mourning Warehouse, Nos. 247, 249, 251, REGENT.STREET.—JAY end CO., Proprietors. TAY'S BLACK (ILACE SILKS, tpurchased directly from the manufacturers in I.)ons. Messrs. 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