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London, England, 1854-05-20 00:00:00

SATURD

AY,

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY,
Offices, 33, Norfolk•street, Strand, London.
(Enrolled under 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 32.)
Established September', 1952, as a most eligible mode of
Investment, and for the purpose of aiding Members of all
Classes to obtain cheaply and speedily the Freehold Franchise
in Counties.
Trustees.
Lord Viscount Ranelagh I The Right Hon. R. A. Christ°.
The Hon. Colonel Lowther, pher, M.P.
M.P. J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P.
Executive Committee.
CHAIRMAN—Lord Viscount Itxrist.son.
VICE-CHAIRMAN—CoIoneI lIROWNLOW Ksoz, M.P.
W., Esq., M.P. I Ingestre, Viscount
"reed Maidstone, Viscount
Maitland, J. 0., Esq.
Pownall, Henry, Esq.
Ray, H. 8., Esq.
Steven, Robert, Esq.
Stracey, H., Esq.
Worthington, Rev. J. W.,
D.D.

Booker, T.W., Esq., M.P.
Churchill, Lord Allied
Cobbold, J.C., Esq., M.P.
Codriugton, Sir W., Bart., M.P.
Cribb, \V., Esq.
Buncombe, Hon. W. E., M.P.
Fowler, Robt. Nicholas, Esq.
Holmes, T. K., Esq.
Huddleeton, J. W., Esq.

BANKERS (City)—Messrs. Dimadale, Drewett, Fowlers,
and Barnard.
BANKERS (West-end)—Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co.
STANDING COUNSEL—Hichatd Maline, Esq., Q.C.,
CONVEYANCING COUNSEL—Wm. 1/avid Lewis, Esq., and
John Fish Pownall, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Harrison and Lewis, Boswell-court.
SURVEYOR—George Morgan, Esq., Architect and Surveyor.
ACCOUNTANT—Pen Stace, Esq.
SECRETARY—CharIes Lewis Grunetseu. Esq.
Shares, 601. each, unlimited in number. No restriction on
the number of Shares held by one member or the amount of his
investment. Subscriptions, Bs. per month. Entrance fee, 28.6 d.
Pass-book, Is. Quarterage for expenses, ls. every three mouths.
First payment on a share, 12s. 6d. A year's subscription and
fees on &share, 51. 3s. 6d. No tines on unadvanced Shares.
A completed Share, which is at once entered on the order of
rights, costs 521. is. Gd. Interest on completed Shares, live per
cent., payable haltyearly, one mouth after lady-day and Michael.
mas. Interest at rive per cent. is also allowed on any payments
in advance of a year's subscription and upwards. No partnership
liability. The prompt withdrawal of Shares is insured.
Office-hours from Ten to Five o'clock, except on Mondays and
Fridays, and then from Ten to Eight.
Prospectuses, plans of estates, annual and quarterly reports,
balance-sheet from September, 1852, to September 20, 1853, and
shares, to be had at the Office, 33, Norfolk-street; and of the
Agents for Members, in town and country.
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary.

REFORM FREEHOLD LAND
AND BUILDING SOCIETY.
Shares, S3O. Subscription, 4s. Monthly.
A BALLOT for RIGHTS of CHOICE on the Society's
ABBEY•WOOD ESTATE, adjoining the Railway Station, will
shortly take place, on a new and improved principle, by which the
chances will be one in every ten, acrd every Member eventually
participate.
Shares, Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained
at the °likes, 147, eheapside. Entrance in Foster•lane.
W. GURLEY SMITH, Secretary.

GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
(used in her Mq)esty's Laundry), and

WoTHER BP 0-0 N' S Machine-made

CONFECTIONERY, MARMALADE, JAMS, JELLIES, &e.
(which gained the Prize Medal of 1851),
may be had of all Grocers; Wholesale of Wotherspoon, Mackay,
and Co., 66, Queen-street, Cheapside, London; and Robert
Wotherspoon and Co., Glasgow.

CONTINENTAL EDUCATION.—At a first-
rate ESTABLISHMENT on the RHINE, Young Gentle-
men are Prepared for the Public Schools, Universities, and the
higher branches of Commerce. The pupils are taught to con-
verse with fluency in German and French, and also, if required,
well grounded in Italian and Spanish. Inclusive terms, fifty
guineas. For further particulars address Mr. A. IL, Radnor
Villa, Great Malvern.

MIA dti. 1864,

PALLADIUM
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIEtY;
7, WATERLOG PLACE, PALL MALL, LONDON.
(ESTABLISHED 1824.)
Lord Bateman. Joseph Esdaile, Esq.
captain C. J. Bossitquet, R.N. William Augustus Guy, M.D.
Robert Cheere, Esq. 4aims Murray, Esq.
Patrick Colquholux, Eel. LL.D. Philip Rose, Esq.
Sir Jas. Huller East, Bart., M.P. Samuel Skinner, Esq.
Charles Elliott, Esq., F.R.S. Charles Evan Thomas, Esq.
Trustees—Robert Cheere, Esq.; Charles Elliott, Esq., F.R.S.;
Joseph Esdaile E Murray,q. • James urray, Esq.
Auditors—William 'Edward Gilpin, Esq.; Sit John Toung;
Bart, M.P.; Thomas Reynolds, Esq.
Bankers—The Loudon and Westminster Bank.
Physiciab—Seth Thompson, M.D.. .
Undoubted security, guaranteed by a large capital ; an influen-
tial proprie axe long standing of the Office, and the satisfuc.
tary; factory results of its business.
Facility in settlement of claims. Liberty to travel in any part
of Europe, without extra Premium.
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-fifths of the profits.
Bonuses may be commuted for equivalent redUctions oR Pre-
mium at the option of the Assured, by which arrangement the
amount originally assured may be kept up at a continually de-
creasing cost.
Insurances effected on joint as well as on single lives, fin
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.
Lion of satisfactory proof.
Every information and assistance will be given to Assurers,
either at the offices, No. 7, Waterloo-place,London; or by the So-
ciety's agents, established in all principal towns.

JEREMIAH LODGE, A. 8., Resident Actuary and Secretary.

WESTEIU4 LIFE ASSURANCE
1111 AND ANNUITY SOCIETY,
PARLIAMENT-STREET, WESTMINSTER.
Established 1842.
Directors.
Henry Edgeworth Bicknell, Esq Thomas Grissell, Esq.
T Somers Cocks,juu. Esq.,M.P. James Hunt, Esq.
George Henry Drew, Esq. John Arscott Lethbridge, Esq.
William Evans, Esq. Edmund Lucas, Esq.
William Freeman, Esq. Augustin Robinson, Esq.
Francis Fuller, Esq. James Lys Seager, Esq.
Joseph Henry Ooodhart, Esq. John Bailey White, Esq.
Joseph Carter Wood, Esq.

• - -
Actuary.
ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, MA., F.R.A.S., Author of a " Treatise on
Industrial Investment," " Freehold Land and Building
Societies," &c.
Every variety of Policies granted on any number of lives, and
to any amount.
Endowments and Annuities granted on equitable terms.
No Charge for Policy Stamps.
Policies indisputable, except in cases of fraud.
Travellers, Mariners, and Emigrants assured on moderate
terms.
Creditors assured on the lives of their debtors with special ad-
Vantages.
The Second Quinquennial Division of Profits will take place at
the close of the year 1.854, of which parties assuring their lives
by the Society's Table 11. will be entitled to three-fourths or 75
per cent., without partnership liability.
All necessary forms, with every information as to the mode of
effecting Assurance, may be obtained either by letter or personal
application to the Actuary.

THE HOME COUNTIES and GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 29, New Bridge-street,
Biackfriars, London.
Every description of risk (home or foreign) connected with
Life Assurance. Half-credit Premiums on a new principle.
Premiums payable yearly, half.yearly, or quarterly.
One-half of all Premiums after the first two years are repay-
able to Policy-holders at any time on demand without personal
liability.
Annuities granted, either immediate, contingent, or deferred,
and also Endowments.
Polioies indisputable.
No Charge for Policy Stamps.
Money received on deposit at 5 per cent. interest.
Active Agents wanted in town and country, particularly in the
agricultural towns and villages.
Apply by letter, giving names and addressee of referees, as to
respectability. JOHN MILLS, Secretary.

FREQUENT TRAVELLERS can INSURE
against RAILWAY ACCIDENTS by the YEAR, for terms
of YEARS, or for the whole of LIFE, on application to the
Booking Clerks at the Principal Railway StationsL and at the
°Mew of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY, 9.
OLD BROAD-STREET, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary.

MRS. LEACH, late Lecturess on Anatomy
and Physiology at DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM, continues
to give ADVICE to Ladies only, on subjects of interest to them-
selves, at her residence, No. 7, QUEEN-STREET, Sherrard-
street., Golden-square, until her own Ladies' Museum is com-
pleted. Dr. LEACH may still be consulted as usual.
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ASHIONS FO. ivIAY.-MANTLES.
A! FARMER and ROGERS are now EXHIBITING their
FASHIONS for MAY, oomprising all the newest designs in
GLACE and APPLICE MANTLES. WEDDING and OPERA
CLOAKS, TRAVELLING and WATERPROOF WRAPPERS,
most of which are exclusive shapes, designed solely by their
own Artistes.—The GREAT SHAWL and CLOAK EMPORIUM,
171, 173, 171, REGENT-STREET.