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1222 THE SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted hill . ACCUMULATED FuNns—ONE MILLION STERLING. ANNUAL. REVENUE. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS. EXISTING ASSURANCES. FOUR MILLIONS AND Tint EE QUARTERS. Atthe Division of Surplus. at lst March,lBls6, a Policy for 1,0(101., effected at lst March, 1832, was increaQed to 1,5711. 188. 10i1., being at the rate of Two 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 Ist March next will receive Six Years, Additions at the Division of Surplus in 1862. Copies of the Report by the Directors 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 Orricz-28, ST. ANDREW.SQUARE, EDINBURGH. OFFICE IN LONDON-26, POULTRY. A. T. RITCHIE, Agent. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Chairman. ROBERT BID DU LPH, Esq., Deputy Chairman, A DVANT AG ES : The Lowest Rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The Whole of the Profits divided among the Assured every Fifth Year. No Charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. Policies in force, upwards of 7,260. The Assurance Fund amounts to £1,300,000. Income upwards of £240.000 per Annum. The sum of £197,000 was added to Policies at the last Divi- sion, which produced an average Bonus of £67 per Cent. on the Premiums paid. For particulars apply to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary, G, New Bridge•street, Blackfriers. ANNUAL PREMIUM to Assure £lOO for the Whole Term o Life, with Participation in the Profits. Age. Prem. L. a 4. 15 .. 1 10 8 20 .. 1 14 7 Age. Prem. a. e. d. 25 .. 1 19 0 87 .. 2 4 3 Age. Prem. L. e. d. 35 .. 2 10 11 40 .. 9 19 9 AMARRIED CLERGYMAN, residing near OXFORD, wishes for ONE or TWO PUPILS under folateen years of age. They will be carefully educated, and have s happy home. Terms, Eighty Guineas a year. Address, Rev. IL J. Henderson, Kennington, Oxford. THE VOIC E.—VALUABLE RECIPES 11 and Instructions for Strengthening, Preserving, and Im proving the Voice, and removing Hoarseness, original and com p Bed, by Charles W. Smith, Professor of Elocution, Author of " Common Blunders Corrected," kc., will be sent (by post only) for Twenty-live Stamps. " HINTS ON ELOCU riox," Sixth Thousand, post free for Thirteen Stamps. " Materials for years of reflection."—Lender, Oct. 5, IASO. Address, Mr. Smith, Buckingham Chambers, 11, Buckingham-street, Strand. A LLSOPPS PALE ALE IN IMPERIAL Cl PINTS.—HARRINGTON PARKER and CO. are now delivering the October Brewings of the above celebrated Ale. Its surpassing excellence is vouched for by the highest medical and chemical authorities of the day. Supplied in bottles, also in casks of IS gallons and upwards, by Harrington Parker and Co., Li PALL MALL. FRENCH MODERATOR LAMPS. The newest Patterns of the present Season.—DEANE, DRAY, and CO. have completed an extensive and choice Assortment of these Lamps:—Bronze from 9s. dd. to Si.; China from 19s. to 71. 7s. Engravings, with prices, free by post. Pure Colas Oil for the above Lamps at the lowest market price, delivered in London or the suburbs periodically, or mi receipt of letter order . —DEANE, DRAY, and CO. (opening to the Monument), London-bridge. Established A.D. 1700. VENTILATING STOVES ! SUSPENSION STOVES! Approved by Thousands of Purchasers, and re. commended as the two best, cheapest, most healthy, and econo. mical for Churches, Chapels, Halls, Schools, Warehouses, Shops, Greenhouses, Bedrooms, Libraries, &c. Prospectuses with prices sent post free.— DEANE, DRAY, and CO., Stove range, Ironmongery, and Furnishing Warehouse, LONDON BRIDGE. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.- The exuberance of the feelings amid scenes of gaiety in duces the fair and youthful to shine to advantage under the gaze of many friends, and therefore to devote increased attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season that the fol- lowing unrivalled discoveries for the toilet aro called into iu• creased requisition, viz.. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR 01f. For the growth, and for Improving and Beautifying the flair, Im parting a transcendant lustre, and sustaining it in decorative charm. HO WLAN DS' K ALY DO R, Imparts a radiant bloom to the Cheek, and a delicacy and soft ness to the Hands and Arms, and eradicates cutaneous defects. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, Bestows on the Teeth a pearl.like whiteness, strengthens the Gums, and renders the breath sweet and pure. Sold by A. ROW LAND AND SONS, 20, Hatton Garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS!! The Beet Food for Ohildren.rlnvalids, and Others, TIP OBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY, ib for making superior Barley-Water in Fifteen Minutes, has tot only obtained the Patronage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, but has become of general use to every class of the community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an eml• 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 tncreaiing public estimation as the purest farinie of the oat, and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a pure and delicate gruel, which forms • 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 Patentee., ROBINSON, BELLVILLE, and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 84, Red Lion-street, Holborn, London. Bold by all respectable grocers, druggists, and others, ha town and country, in packets of &Cal is., and in family violaters at 25., GB, sad 10s. ENGINEERS' and AGE UNITED ASSURANCE SOCIETIES. Capital, £lOO,OOO. Head Office, 945, STRAND (opposite Waterloo Bridge). Policies issued Free of Stamp Duty to the Assured. Four•tifths of the Profits divided amongst the Assured. Policyholders having paid two Annual Premiums participate proportionately in all divisions of the Profits. No Entrance Fee for Admittance. Medical Referees paid by the Society. Assignments of Policies registered Free of Charge. The last Bonus declared to the 31st December, les4,averaged over 40 per cent. on the total premiums received. W. F. DOBSON. Chairman. GERARD HAY ROBERTSON, Secretary. ASTHMA, COUGHS, COLDS. One of DR. LOCOCK'S PULNIONIC WAFERS allowed to dissolve in the mouth immediately relieves the most violent asthma, cough, or cold, and protects weak lungs from all the irritation of fogs and frosts. Sold by all chemists at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and Ils. per box. DEAFNESS. —The only medal awarded at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (for Acoustic Instrumenta) was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS for the DEAF. They are made of different power, to suit ex: Creme and every degree of Deafness. To be procured only of the lole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein ,108, Strand, nearly opposite V.xeter-hall, where the Instrument can be tried and numerous testimonials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. SiA John Patteson. one of her Maiesty'e PrivyCouncillore. " T HE GUINEA. EVENING DRESS."- SF:WELL and CO. have the honour to inform those Ladies who were unable to obtain "The Guinea Evening, Dress" in the colours they desired during the past week, that they have now a beautiful assortment in all the various colour ings, and also of the new HALF-GUINEA EVENING DRESS. Compton-house, FRITH-STREET, SOW). [EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. "A SLIGHT COLD," if its first symptoms are not nr• rested, too often lays the foundation of a variety of Pulmonary Complaints, including Winter Cough, Asthma, and other con stitutional derangements. The evil consequences of these dis orders may be easily averted or subdued by keeping at hand a supply of the above celebrated Lozenges, which have now stood the test or public experience for upwards of half a century. The testimonials to their efficacy have been voluntarily given by the most eminent of the faculty, as well as by all classes of private individuals. Containing neither opiates nor any injurious anodyne, they may be safely taken by the youngest child or the most delicate female. Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. lid., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lOs. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, itc., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Vendors in the World. VEATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD-LIVER OIL, perfectly pure, nearly tasteless, and free from adulteration of any kind; having been analysed, re ported on, and recommet:ded by Professors Taylor and Thom son, 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 found to possess in a high degree. Half-pints. Is. &I.; Pints, 2s. Gd. ; Quarts, 4s. Ga. ; and Five-pint Bottles, 108.6 d.. Imperial Measure. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. pOUTLEDGE'S SHAKESPEARE. PART 11. Price ONE SRIT.LINO. Will he ready on the 23rd December. It comprises "LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST." With Nineteen Illustrations by Joiim GILBERT. including a full•page Frontis piece. NOTlCE.—Encouraged by the great success that has attended the publication of the First Part of HOLITLEIIE'S SHAKESPEARE, the Publ•shera have determined to give a full•page Frontispiece to each Play ; one for the " Two Gentlemen of Verona " has also been prepared, and will be given in the Third Number of the Work, to be ready on the Ist February. London: Gnomic ROUTLEDGE and Co., 2, Farringdon•street. NEW WORKS FOR PRESENTS. Price 38. rid., cloth gilt, THE LITTLE WHALER. By F. GEE ST.AF.CICER. With Eight Illustrations by Harrison Weir. FAIRY GOLD for Young and Old. Edited by H. F. CHORLET, Esq. With Illustrations by Harvey. THE CASTAWAYS ; or, Adventure% in the South of Africa. By A. BOWMAN. Illustrated by Weir. London: GEORGE BOUTLEDGE end Co., 2, Farringdon•street. TH NATION, the ORGAN of IRISH RIO H'l'S and IRISH INTERESTS, le published Weekly at 6,LOW EP. ABB F. Y-STREET,DUBLI N. TERMS: - Single copy, 4d.; Stamped, Id.; Six Months stamped, 10s. Payable in advance. 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OSLEWS CRYSTAL GLASS CHANDE LIERS for GAS and CANDLES.—A great variety of the newest and richest designs always on view ; also a large assort• ment of glass luEtres, decanters, wine glasses, dessert services and every description of table glass at very moderate prices. ORNAMENTAL. GLASS of the newest and most beautiful de scription. Export and furnishing wders executed with despatch —44, Oxford-street. Manufactory, Broad.street, Birmiaghant Established 1607. - ---.-- THE PRESS. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED IN 1797. 70, LOMBARD-STREET. CITY, and 57, CHAR ING• CROSS, WESTMINSTER. DIRECTORS. Bobert Gurney Barclay, Esq. I Kirkman D.Hotlgson,Esq. William Cotton, D.C.L., F.R.S. Thomas Hodgson, Esq. John Davis, Esq. I Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. William Walter Fuller, Esq. Benjamin Shaw, Esq. Jas. A. Gordon. M.D., F.R.S. Matthew Whiting, Esq. Henry Grace, Esq. M. Wyvill,J un., Esq., M.P. NOTICE. In order to remove any apprehension that might be enter• taitied as to the perfect security of the Policies granted by the PELICAN LIFE OFFICE, the Directors have omitted every Clause that would render them void by reason of any error in the Statements made by the Assured before or at the time of effecting an Insurance. The Company offers:— Complete Security. Moderate Rates of Premium, withparticipation in Profits. Low Rates without Profits. LOA N S in connection with Life Assurance on approved Security. For Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal apply at the Offices as above, or to any of the Company's Agents. ROBERT TUC KE.., Secretary.