The Press.
London, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

CHEMICALLY PURE NICKEL NOT PLATED.

Fiddle. Thread. Ring's
Table Spoons and Forks, perdozen 12s. .. 288. SOs
Dessert ditto and ditto
Tea ditto

CUTLERY WARRANTED.—The most varied
Assortment of TABLE CUTLERY in the world, all war•
ranted, is on Sale at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S, at prices that are
remunerative only because of the largeness of the Sales. 34-inch
ivory-handled table knives, with high shoulders, Ils. per dozen;
desserts to match, 10s.; if to balance, Is. per dozen extra; car-
vers, 4s. per pair; larger sizes, from 14s. 6d. to 265. per dozen;
extra tine, ivory, 325. ; if with silver ferrules, 375. to 605.; white
bone table knives, 7s. 6d. per dozen ; desserts, 15s. 6d.; carvers,
2s. 3d. per pair; black horn table knives, 7s. 4d. per dozen ; des-
serts, 65.; carvers, 28. 6d.; black wood-handled table knives and
forks, tls. per dozen; table steels, from Is. each. The largest
stock in existence of plated dessert knives and forks, in cases
and otherwise, and of the new plated fish carvers.
DISEI COVERS and HOT-WATER DISHES
in every material, in great variety, and of the newest and
most recherché patterns. Tin dish covers, 66 6d the set of six;
block tin, 12s 3d to 255 9d the set of six ; elegant modern pat-
terns, 3is to Zies 6.1 the set; Britannia metal, with or without
silver plated handles, 764 6dl to 110 s 641 the set; Sheffield plated,
101 to 161 lOs the set; block-tin hot-water dishes, with wells for
gravy, 115 to 30s; Britannia metal, 228 to 775; electro-plated on
nickel. full size. 111 11s.
The late additions to these extensivepremises (already by far
the largest in Europe) are of such a character that the entire of
HOUSES is devoted to thedisplay of the most magnifi.
cent stock of OEN ERA !MUSE IRONMONGERY (including
Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated Goods, Baths, Brushes, Turnery,
Lamps, Gaseliers, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, Bedding, and
liedhangings, so arranged in Sixteen Large Show-rooms as to
afford to parties furnishing facilities in the selection of goods
that cannot be hoped for elsewhere.
Illustrated Catalogues sent (per post) free.
No. 39, OXFORD-STREET ; 1 ls, 2, and 3, NEWMAN.
S r r"r :4, 6, and 6, PE BUY'S-PLAC F., London, Eetab•
Maid 1820.

DECEMBER 13, 1856.

!THE SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted Isll.
ACCUMULATED FUNDS—ONE MILLION STERLING.
ANNUAL REVENUE.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS.
EXISTING ASSURANCE..
FOUR MILLIONS AND THREE QUARTERS.
At the Division of Surplus. idiot Maroh,lBH, a Policy for 1,0001.,
effected at Ist March, 1832, was increased to 1,5511. 18s. 10d.,
being at the rate of Two awl 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 tne 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 OFFICE-26, ST. ANDREW•SQUARE, EDINBURGH.
OFFICE IN LONDON-26, POULTRY.
A. T. RITCHIE, Agent.

riiHE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
COMPANY.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
TRUSTE ES.

Richard Malins,Esq., Q.C.,M.P. I James Fuller Madox, Esq.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. John Campbell Renton, Esq.;
William Wilberforce, E4q.
LORD VISCOUNT TORRINGTON, Chairman.

By the I)eed of Settlement of the Company (regietered in
terms of the Act 7 and is Vict. c. 110) complete indisputability
is made binding upon the Company, and is guaranteed to every
Policy•holder.
A Reduction of 23 per cent. has been made on the Premiums
of all Policies of tire years' standing, and those assured on or
before the 31st instant will participate in profits one year earlier
than those assured after that date.

ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.
Persons desirous of being assured, m.y address the Manager,
or any of the Agents of the Company, giving name, widress,
profession or occupation, and age next birthday ;—and they
will be informed of the amount of the required Premium, and
what further steps are necessary to enable the Company to il4BllO
a policy.

T ETTS'S DIARIES FOR 1857 are adapted
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The ARMY and NAVY, Nos. e, 9, and 10.

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THE VOIC E.-VALUABLE RECIPES
and Instructions for Strengthening, Preserving, and Im-
proving the Voice, and removing Hoarseness, original and com-
piled, by Charles W. Smith, Professor of Elocution, Author of
'' Common Blunders Corrected," tc., will be scot (by post only)
for Twenty-tive Stamps. "HINTS ON ELOCUCION," Sixth
Thousand, post free for Thirteen Stamps. " Materials for years
of r.lection."—Leader, Oct. 5, 1,•5t1. Address, Mr. Smith,
Bnekitigham Chambers, 11, Buckingham-street, Strand.

The Best Food for Children,Unvalicts, and Others.
ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY,
for making superior Barley-Water in Fifteen Minutes, has
not only obtained the Patrcnago of her Majesty and the Royal
Fatally, but tea become of general use to every class of the
community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an emt•
neatly 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 PATENT GROATS
for more than thirty years have been held in constant and
Increasing public estimation as the purest farina of the oat,
and as the best and most valuable preparation for making • 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, alternatelywith the Patent
Harley, is an excellent food for infants 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 2a., 65., and 10s. each.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT and PILLS
Peerless Remedies for the cure of SCURVY.—Henry
Vaughan, of Pollees, respectfully and gratefully informs Pro-
lesser Holloway that he was suffering for many years with in-
veterate Scurvy; yellow spots appeared on the face and bands,
accompanied with distressing languor, weakness of the legs,
fetid breath, days without hope, nights without sleep, the dim-
temper only aggravated by medical advice, when providentially
he was induced to obtain Professor Holloway's medicines, by
the air( of which he miraculously regained health and strength
in a very short time.
Sold by all medicine-vendors throughout the world ; at
Professor ilolloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and
80, Malden-lane, New York; by A. Stampa, Constantinople; A.
Guldiey: Smyrna; and Z. Muir, Malta.

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