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VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. . . Established 1838. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Chairman. THOMAS NESBITT, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Charles Baldwin, Esq. W. K. Jameson, Esq. George Denny, Esq. John Nelluth, Esq. J. C. Dimsdale, Esq. M. Stainlaud, Esq. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. F.R.S. Daniel Sutton, Esq. Aaron Goldsmid, 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. .Four-fifths or 80 per Cent. of the entire Profits are appro priated to Assurers on the Profit Scale. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary. PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, admitting on equal terms Persons of every Class and Degree to all its Privileges and Advantages. Offices, 76, CIIEAPSIDE, London. (Incorporated.) DIREOTORS. Chairman—Major HENRY STONES, LLB. Deputy•Chairman—JAMES ANDREW DURHAM, Esq. Wm. Wellington Cooper, Esq. Rev. H. Hamilton, De Vesci- Andrew Durham, E sq., of Bath terr., Kingstown, near Dublin and Belfast Captain E. Nash Noreott, R.N. Rev. J. Gleadall, M.A. Thos. George Williams, Esq. Jacob Montetiore, Esl. E. Gamaliel Winthrop, Esq. AUDITORS. George Bain, Esq., 18, Perna- I Frederick Wollatt, Esq., Crown meut-street court E. W. G. Evans, Esq., 15, Basinghall-street. Manager—Ben. Massey, Esq. Physicians—Thomas Alfred Barker, M.D., 71, Lower Grosvenor. stt eet ; Wm. W. Gull, M.D., Guy's Hospital. Surgeon—W. White Cooper, Esq., KR.C.5.,12, 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 oue.tenth of the entire profits of the Company :- Ist. For the relief of aged and distressed parties assured for li,e, 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 thew. 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 other affliction, bodily and mental, at mode rate rates. A liberal commission allowed to Agents. Annual Premium for assuring $lOO, namely:— Age. A a. d. Age. Z a. d. 20 ll3 0 40 216 6 30 2 2 0 . .. 50 4 2 1 _ 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. BEN. MASSEY, Manager. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. LOMBARD ADVANCE FUND. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1553. Chief Office, 43, QUEEN-SQUARE, Bloomsbury, London. LOANS granted from £5 to ,41,000 on Real or Personal Property. Good Bills Discounted on moderate terms. Money advanced on Dock Warrants, Railway Shares, and all kinds of tangible Securities. Debenture Notes issued, bearing for the ensuing year Interest at Seven per, Cent. per annum. The Public are requested to observe that this Society combines in itself the elements (as also the profits) of Life Assurance, Loaning, and Banking, and is therefore enabled to deal liberally with its Borrowers, and also to pay a large Dividend to Share- holders and Depositors. Application, if by letter, addressed to Mr. CHARLES FRY, Secretary, enclosing six postage strunps. FURNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST ARTICLES at DEANE'S IRONMONGERY and FUR. NISHINO WAREHOUSES. A Priced Furnishing List flee by post--DEANE, DRAY, and CO. (opening to the Monument) London•bndge. Established A.D. 1700. THE PEN SUPERSEDED.—The most easy, permanent, and best 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, se. Sent post free on the receipt of stamps (with printed direotionr), by the Inventor and sole Patentee, T CULLETON, 2, LONG ACRE, one door from St. Martin's•lano QUININE DEN'rRIFICE, as recommended by Messrs. Robinson and Underwood, surgeon dentists, for cleansing and preserving the teeth from caries, toothache, neuralgia, tkc., the accumulation of tartar; also for purifying and preserving the durability of all kinds of artificial teeth.—Sold, wholesale and retail, by T. BURDEN, chemit-t, 6, Store-street, Bedford-square ; and by all chemists and perfumers lu the kingdom. Prioe 2s. 9d. Spurious imitations can be avoided by observing the name of" Burden" on the label. OLDRIDGE'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 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 11s. Wholesale and retail, Is, Wellington-street North, Strand. DEAFNESS. —The only medal awarded at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (for Acoustic Instruments, was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS for the DEAF. They are made of different power, to suit ex• treme and every degree of Deafness. To bo procured only of the sole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein,loB, Strand, nearly opposite Exeter-hall,.where the Instrument can be tried and numerous testimocials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Sir John Patteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors* ~_ THE PRESS. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED IN 1797. 70, LOMBARD-STREET. CITY, and 57, CHARING CROSS, WESTMINSTER. DIRECTORS. Ktrkinan D. Hodgson, Esq. Thomas Hodgson, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. ' C. Hemp. Turner, Esq. F.R.S. Matthew Whiting, Esq. M. Wyvill, J uu., Esq., M.P. Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq., William Cotton, Esq., Elt.S. John Davis, Esq. W. Walter Fuller, Esq. Jas. A. Gordon, M.D., F.R.S. Henry Grace, Esq. The Company offers : Complete Security. Moderate Rates of Premium, with participation in Profits. Low Rates without Profits. BONUS. Four•fifths or Eighty per Cent. of the Profits are divided amongst the Policy-holders. LOANS in connection with Life I.saurtume on approved Security. ANNUAL PREMIUM required for the Aesuranoe of £lOO for the whole term of life.— Without With A s" Profits Profits 16 0111 0 ell 3 0 20 1 13 10 1 19 8 30 2 4 0 210 4 Without Age Profits 40 .C 3 18 10 SS 6 5 50 4 0 9 4 10 7 60 6 1 0 6 7 4 With Profits For Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal apply at the OMc above, or to any of the Company's Agent.. R. TUCKER, Secretary. GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 14, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON, and 30, BROWN STREET, MANCHESTER. Directors. THE CHISHOLM, Chairman. RICHARD HARTLEY KENNEDY, Esq., Alderman, Deputy Chairman. This Society is established on the tried and approved principle of Mutual Assurance. The funds are accumulated fur the exclu sive benefit of the Policy-holders, under their own immediate superintendence and control. The profits are divided annually, and applied in reduction of the current premiums. Policy holders participate in profits after payment of five annual pre miums. The Annual General Meeting of this Society was held on the 90th May, 1d55, when a Report of the business for the last year was presented, exhibiting a statement of most satisfactory pro gress. It appeared that during the two last years, 18M and 185 i, between 800 and 900 new Assurances had been effected, producing an increase of premium income amounting to 14,0001. per annum. It also appeared that, notwithstanding the extraor dinary mortality which prevailed during the last year in conse quence of the visitation of the cholera, it had not been found necessary to reduce, in the slightest, the allowance of 314 per cent, previously awarded to the Policy-holders. Credit is allowed for half the Annual Premiums for the first five years. A. R. IRVINE, Managing Director. 14, Waterloo-place, London. VE ATIN G' S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND 11 COD LIVER OIL, perfectly pure and nearly tasteless, has been analysed, reported on, and recommended by Pro fessors Taylor and Thomson, of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, who, in the words of the late Dr. Pereira, say that " the finest oil is that most devoid of colour, odour, and flavour," characters this will be readily found to possess."—: 9, St. Paul's Churchyard. Half-pints, Is. 6d.; Pints, 2s. 6d.; Quarts, 48. 6d. Five-pint bottles, 10s. 6d., imperial measure. s o ` Orders from the country should expressly state KEATING'S COD LIVER OIL." RESPIRATORS. -F. C. REIN'S CORK RESPIRATORS for the MILLION.—They are not affected by the atmosphere nor the acids of the stomach, will remain perfectly dry while worn, and allow free respiration. By its use it is impossible to breathe any other than warm and per fectly pure air. It will be found highly benef...ial on leaving heated rooms, crowded assemblies, do., for the Prevention of Coughs, Colds, Consumption, and all Affections of the Throat and Lungs. Price Ss. Bd., sent free to any part of the kingdom. Address F. C. Rein, at his Paradise for the Deaf, 108, Strand, London.—The Trade supplied. Also, Rein's Double-Action Fountain, Railway Convenience, Elastic Stockings, Trusses, and all other mechanical assistance for infirmities. N.B.—Mrs. Rein attends on Ladies. TO LOVERS OF FISH -ONE HUNDRED GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS for tie., package Included. THESE HIGHLY•ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD -- forwarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps, or P.U.O. (preferred). Send full and plain direction, county, and nearest station.—Address THUS. LETTIS, Jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. "This is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied us with Yarmouth bloaters, and we tind the quality excellent.--J. Bra showe, house steward, Blenheim Palace. Oct. 20, 1854." " Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters shall be glad to have a supply as usual ; those I had last year gave great satisfaction.—A. F. Courroux, Ambassadors'•court, St. James's Palace. Oct. 1. 1655." 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 Patronage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, but Fes 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. PATENT GROATS ROBINSON'SI for more than thirty years have been held in constant and increasing public estimation as the purest (trine of the oat, and as the beat 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 iu the sick-chamber, and, alternately with the Patent Barley, is an excellent food for infanta and children. Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLVILLE, and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 84, Red Lion street, Holborn, London. Sold by all respectable grocers, druggists, and others, in town and country, in packets of 6d. and is., and in family canisters at 25., Os., and 10s. each. SATURDAY, Now publishing, in 2,600 pages Imperial Octavo, price Ha., THE POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 106. Most gratifying Reviews of the huge volume have appeared in all the leading Metropolitan Journals, of which only very short extracts can be here !rioted, " In short, this work contains all that can reasonably be required in a ' Directory, end much inure, probably, than was ever found iu one before. It may be safely referred to for information upon everything connected with the metropolis and the elements which constitute its wealth and importance."—Tintes, December Bth, 1855. "The ' Post Office London Directory' is indeed a triumph of energy, enterprise, and combined talents of many orders, to which, upon reflection, every one will be ready to Resign we merit it deserves."—Morning Advertiser, Nov. 12,1855. " There has been competition, but it has passed away; for the ' Post Office Directory' has been too carefully and sedulously edited, too prompt in its intelligence, too simple In its plan, and too judicious In its classifications, to admit of successful rivalry." —Morning Herald, Nov. 12, 1855. "An iudivensible necessity, not only in the counting-houses of the mercantile part of the community, but also in the halls of the great and fashionable."— Morning Chronicle, N0v.16, 1855. " The ' Post Office Directory' has made its appearance this year without a rival in the field ; but the absence of competition does not. appear to have led the publishers to bestow less care upon the preparation of the work."—Morning Pest, Nov. 30, 18b5. A wonderful work, becoming every successive year more and more wonderful—altogether the hugest and the most accurate of all our popular compilations—atonce official, commercial, postal, legal, political, and topographical !"—Sun, Nov. 10.1855. "On the whole, the extent and quality of the information con tained in the volume has, as far ae we know, never been equalled in a publication of the kind."—t/lobe, Nov. 15, 1855. " "fhe Post Office London Directory.'—The annual wonder, the title of which we have prefixed, has just appeared, and, on the present occasion, it has appeared without a rival, having in this year driven every competitor from the field. Even they who, like ourselves, dislike monopoly, acknowledge the justice of monopoly fairly won by decided excellence."—Standard, Nov. 16,1855. " The fame of ' Kelly's London Directory' is too well estab. lished, its pretensions to be what it professes too thoroughly justified, and its comprehensiveness too immense, to admit of any other consequence than disastrous loss to the speculator who would blindly hope to supplant it."—Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, Nov. 23, 1855. "Even as there is no city in the world which can compare with the metropolis as the abode of aristocracy and commerce, so it is equally beyond dispute that there is but one ' Directory.'" —Church and State Gazette, Nov. 16, 11455. "The whole work exhibits a MUM of accurate information that is truly wonderful to contemplate."—Atlas, Nov, 17, 1855. " There is an old joke about the man who sat down patiently to read through a dictionary, and complained of the variety of its subjects. What would he have said to the I'ost Office Directory of 1558,' with its pregnant line about everybody, every trade, every profession, and every idler in this huge wen of mor tality who can write himself down respectable :"—Beals Weekly Messenger, Nov. 17, 1e55. " If any one would really understand in what consists the strength of London, let him study the ' Post Office Directory.'" —Britannia, Nov. 1:, 1855. "The opponent of the production before us has ceased to exist, it appearing that, even after the collection of the informa tion for next year, and the work being in type, the sale would be insufficient to repay the mere expense of printing. The ' Post Office Directory' is now alone in the field, but we are glad to see that the exertions of the proprietors are undiminished."--Court Journal, Nov. 17, 1855. "The 'Poet Office Directory' has become a work of national importance. It has been said we could not afford to lose our Tinter—the same observation applies to our Post Office Direc• tory.' "—Herapath's Journal, Nov. 17, 1855. 'The proprietors of this work have now the field to them salve: ; but that they have not relaxed in their exertions on that account is fully evident from the completeness of the Directory for the coming year."—lllustrated London News, Nov. 17, 1855. "Still swelling its dimensions as the ever-increasing area of the vast metropolis increases, this bulky volume presents itself as an annual visitor on our library table."—Johan Bull, Nov. 17, 1855. " In noticing in all its details, in the most favourable manner, this valuable and highly successful volume, we may casually remark that the year 1856 will witness its publication unopposed by attempted competition—a work of similar character, though by no means equal in correctness of arrangement and detail, having, after an ephemeral existence, entailing enormous loss to its projectors, been at length abandoned. This was a result which, we think, might have been easily foreseen; for it appears to us beyond question that the sale of so exclusive and peculiar a work as the ' London Directory' will never repay the expense of preparing two such publications, which, if accurate, must be counterparts of each other."—Mining Journal, Nov. 17, 1855. " Extent, variety, and accuracy or information, so far as we have had occasion to test it, is not the only feature of the book. Its production is a typographical curiosity."—Spectator, Nov. 17, 1853. "This wonderful volume is a proof that the work of organise. tion and administration can be performed by Englishmen with such admirable completeness as to amount to perfection itself. Kelly's Directory was always unrivalled, but it is now without a competitor, and we never expect to see another enter the lists," —Era, Nov. 18, 1855. " The 'Post Office London Directory' for the year 1855, a coin' of which we have just received, is certainly one of the lit.arary phenomena of the age. For an increase in its bulk we have no wish It is now a gigantic tome, although its style of binding renders it easy of use."—Sunday Times, Nov. 18, 1855. " The fine map that accompanies it embraces an increased area, and considerable additions have been made to the book. It enjoys a deserved reputation never achieved by any work of its class, and London may be proud of Its standard Dizeotory."— Weekly . Times, Nov. 18,1855. " E;ery householdei• iu London, whether in trade, and every person belonging to any profession, or employed in the service of the Crown, has an opportunity of testing for himself the ac curacy of the work, and we believe that the result of their inquiry will lead them to concur with us in the opinion that the 'Post Office Directory' is oue of the marvels of the present age." —Observer, Nov. 10, 1855. " We can conceive of no better representation of the superii cles, as there is certainly no better guide to the contents of London than the Directory just named; now the only publica tion of the kind."—Nonconformist, Nov. 21, 18e5. " As we, in common with most people, prophesied would happen, so it has come to pass. The rival Directory has given up a battle in which victory was scarcely to be won. But what of the future of this wonderful book ? As it lies on its siue it stands already some two hands high, and to spread out the map implies the covering of an ordinary table."—Examiner. Nov. 21, 1855. " Since last year, a fruitless attempt to establish a second London Directory has been wisely abandoned. There is no room for a rival work of this magnitude being published with profit; and this publication has the prestige of having been es tablished above half a century."—Literary Gazette, Nov. 24,1865.