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London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

PALLADIUM

LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
7, WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL, LONDON.
(EIT•111.111111BD 1824.)
Lord Bateman. Joseph &Basile, Esq.
Captain C. J. Bosanquet, R.N. William Augustus Goy, M.D.
Hobert Cheer. Esq. James bluffer, Esq.,
Patrick Colquliouti Esq. I.L.D. Philip Rose, pg.
Sir Jas. Buller East, Bart., ILl'. Samuel Skinner, Req.
Charles Elliott, Esq., F.R.S. Charles Evan TholllllB, E.q.
Truatees—Rubert Cheese, Eaq. ; Charles Elliott, Esq., Fats.,
Joseph Esdaile, Esq. ; James Murray, }:041.
Auditors—Walla) Edward Gilpin, Esq.; Sir John Young,
Bart., M.P.; Thomas Reynolds, Esq.
Bankers—The London and Westminster Bank.
Phymiclati—Seth Thompson, ill. l).
Undoubted security, guaranteed by a large capital ; an indium-
tied proprietary; the long standing of the tithe., and the sat/arse-
factory results of its business.
Facility In settlement of chime. Liberty to travel in any part
of Europe, without mitre Premium.
Loans equivalent to the value of the Policiea,
To those who desire to secure the advantages of a prospective
bonus, by a small additional outlay, the deed of sett-lenient assign s
four-fifths of the profits.
!tontines may he commuted for equivalent reductions of Pre-
taunt at the option M. the Assured, by which arrangement the
amount originally assured may be kept up at a continually de-
creasing cost.

Insurances effoeted on joint as well as on single lives, for
abort tertus or otheruitte, and to meet ray specified contiugem y
The age of the life assured is admitted on the policy at the
time of effecting the Assurance, or at any other time, on prodne•
lion of satisfactory proof.
Every information and assistance will be given to Assurers,
either at the offices, No. 7, Waterloo-place, louden ; or by the So-
cietvs agents, established in all principal towns.
HEM IAH 1.01)0 E, A. 8., Resident Actuary. and Secretary.

LAW FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY.
ON'FICES—Nos. baud 0, CHANCERY•LAN lonuloa.

SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL FIVE MILLIONS.
TRUSTEES.
The Right lion. the k:ARL of DEVON.
The Right Hun. LORD TRURO.
The Right lion. the LORD CHIEF BARON.
The Right lion. the Lord Justice KNIGHT BRUCE.
The Right lion. Silt JOHN DODSON, Dean of the Arches, &e.
WILLIAM BAKER, Esq.. late Master in Chancery.
RICHARD RICHARDS, Esq., Master in Chancery.
Persons insured by this Society are nut liable to be called
upon to contribute towards losses.
The capital of this Society amounts to 5,000,0001., which haw
been subscribed by nearly 1,000 gentlemen iu 60,000 Sharia of
1001. each, upon which 21. 10s. per share, amounting to 195 010 /.,
have been paid, and invested iu Government securities, forming
a fund immediately available for the liquidation of any ckims
for loss that may be made upon the Society.
Insurancea may be made for more years than one by a single
payment; and in such case a liberal diseount will be allowed on
noili premium and duty: for instance, Insurances effected ior
seven years will be charged the premium and duty for six p Nis
only. A.. BLAKE HEAL, Secrete',.

ANNUITIES ON THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE.
ENCrINEERS', MASONIC, & UNIVERSAL
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
84b, STRAND, London.
PURCHASERS of ANNUITIES ADMITTED to PARTI
CII'ATION in the PROFITS.
Policy Stamps paid by the Society.
Assignments of Policies registered free of charge.
A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents on the
introduction of business.
ANTHONY PECK, M.A., Asst. Actuary.

Av ELLINGTON DOCKS.—The Provisional
111 Directors have to inform their Shareholders and the Piddle,
dust, justified by the support this project has received, they
have, in accordance with the standing orders of Parliament,
lodged their Dill and Contract, and made the requisite Portia.
incittarY deposit, preparatory to taking the necessary step■ for
procuring an Act in the ensuing Session.
Aw already annmiced. they have entered into a provisional
agreement with an eminent Contractor for the execution of the
Works on terme satisfactory to them, corroborative of the esti.
mates, and with security for their due completion.
The Directors can have no doubt of the success of their appli-
cation for powers to carry out sin undertaking so urgently re.
(wired by the trade of this port at such small comparative cost ;
but, its the e% ens. of unexpected failure, they undertake that the
expense to their Shareholders shall be limited to sa. per share.
The Act tieing of teiued, the liability of each Shareholder, as
member of a corporate hotly, will be limited to the number of
his Shares.

CONTINENTAL. EXPRESS PARCELS
AGENCY.—Samples of all kinds, books, papers, at,d
trticies for private use sent daily, and, by special arrangement
with the mails to all parts of the Continent, at fixed and male-
rate rates, from the Admiralty Packet Offices, SS, Graeccharrh•
street., and at, Regent-circus.—N.B. Sole correspondents of
the Royal Prussian l'ost end Belgian Government itailwry.

(:I_LENNVS IRISH HAND-KNIT
LAWBSWOOI. STOCKINGS and ROCKS for gentlenwn
Fire the softest nd warmest article for sinter.
0 LEN NI"S BALBRIGGAN STOCK I NOS, with merino feet,
inter uenr, uill he found the most comfortable told
durable /ethic ever mule ; their elasticity and softness surpasses
i•iery ulhrr manufhetuie. Sold only at tilbriggsn•bouse,
Lonihard-street, City.

jIEANE'S TABLE CUTLERY has for more
than IM) year received extensive and increasing public
patronage. The mi.wk, comprising ivory, bone, born, snit stag
handles. stands unrivalled in extent and variety; the prices are
the lowest, and the quality of the steel the very beat. Leane's
Monument razors and London-bridge strops are preferred by the
best judger to any other. Their pen and pocket knives, kid. each
and onwards, and ladles' 'Assorts of every description. arc all of
the finest quality.—DEAN E. 1)11AY, and CO. (opening to the
Monument), LONDON-BRIDGE. Established A.D. 1700.

lATRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, ice.—Persons
V of any age, however bad their WRMNO, may in eight
lessons acquire permanently an elegant and Hawing style of pen.
51i ip,ad Ig nod ei tiler to professional pursuits or mit ate corres-
pendence. Bookkeeping, as practised in the Govern's]. lit,
banking, and merchants' offices; grithanetie. shorthand,
Apply to Mr. ~MART, at the 'lnstitution, S. Piccadilly, Dement
the 11xysasrket and Hi gent-circa& " A raid improvement upon
soy former Fy Journal fd Cowen