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London, England, 1856-10-25 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Chairman.
ROBERT BIDDUf.PH, Esq. Deputy Chairman,
ADVANTAGE'S:—
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 £1,500,000. Income upwards
of £240.000 per Annum.
The sum of l:39:,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,
6, New Bridge-street, 131ackfriare.
ANNUAL PREMIUM to Assure £lOO ftz the Whole Term of
Life, with Ptirtioipation in the Profits.
Age. Prem. Ate. Prem. Ay. Prem.
X. s. d. 1. s. d. Z. s. d.
15 .. 110 8 25 .. 119 0 I 35 .. 210 11
20 .. 1 14 7 33 .. 2 4 3 40 .. 2 19 9

NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.
This Society has been established fortyelght years, upon
the principle of Mutual Assurance, during which period it has
issued 30.000 Policies, and paid to the representatives of 5,825
deceased members 4.00,810/. sterling.
To meet existing engagements, the Society possesses funds
amoui.ting to upwards at Two MILLIONS POUNDS sTaRLING
almost wholly invested on Real and Government Securities.

There is n.l Proprie•ary to divide with the Assured the profits
of this Institution, which is one of the very few purely Mutual
Insurance Oflice+.

The Rates of Premium are below those of most offices, and,
at the age of forty-five and upwards, not less so than ten per
lent..—a benefit in itself equivalent to an Annual Bonus.
One-half of the first five Annual Premiums may remain as a
permanent charge upo_i the Policies granted fur tiie whole
duration of Life.

No charge is made for Policy Stamps.
Annuities are granted upon favorable terms.
The rates for Survivorship and Special Contract Insurances
have been lately greatly reduced.
For Prospectuses apply to tiro Society's Offices, Surreystreet,
Norwich, and 6, Crescent, New I3ridge•street, Illackfriars
London.

INTEREST TO CUSTOMERS IN PROPORTION TO PROFITS.-NON.
LIABILITY OF CUSTOMERS SECURED BY ROYAL CHARTER.
UNITY JOINT-STOCK MUTUAL
BANKING ASSOCIATION.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Chief Offices--Unity.buildings, Cannon street, City. Leicester-
square Branch-1, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square. And
at Eaton Lodge, Belgrave.road, Pimlico. Local Branches—
Brighton, Hertford, St. Alban's, Watford, and Ware.
CAPITAL, 1300,000, 1150,000 being paid up.
Governor, J. J. MECHI, Esq., Tiptree-hall, Kelvedon, Essex.
TERMS OF BUSINESS.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS.—lnterest at the rate of two per
cant. allowed on the minimum monthly balances when the
balance has not been below 300/ at any time during the half-
year; one percent. when the balance is below 3061. Accounts
made up each half-year ending 30th June and 31st of December.
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.—Deposits from 51. upwards are re-
ceived from persons residing either in London or the country.
The interest allowed at the present time is five per cent , being
one per cent. under the rate of discount at the Bank of England.
Money will be received on deposit fur fixed periods, at rates to
be agreed upon.
GEORGE CHAMBERS, General Manager.

OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA,
acknowledged for the last thirty years to be the most ettec•
tual remedy produced for restoring the hair and promoting the
growth of whiv6T.ro and moustaches, is continually receiving the
most distinguished testimonials, proving its superiority over all
other specifics of the same nature. In bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and
lln Sold wholesale and retail, 13, Wellington-street North
Strand.

FLOUR, warranted free from adulteration,
and delivered to any part of London (not less than one
pecki, carriage free. Whites, for pastry, at per bushel p(ilbs.),
12s. 4d.; tine households, recommended for bread-making,
Ile. Bd. ; seconds, lls.; wheat meal, for brown bread, Ile.; best
coarse and tine Scotch oatmeal, rice flour, dtc.—Address HOBS-
NAIL and CATCHPOOL, Bullford Mill, Witham, Essex, or
Caledonian-road, Islington. Directions for making Bread sup-
plied gratis. Terms cash.

The Best Food Tor Children, Invalids, and Others,
DOBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY,
I L for making superior Barley-Water in Fifteen Minutes, has
not only obtained the Patrcnage of her Majesty and the Royal
Family, but tas 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, end
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
iticreaing public estimation as the purest Atrium of the oat,
and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a 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, alternately with the Patent
Barley, is an excellent food tor infanta and children.
Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLI/MLR,
and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 64, Red Lion-street, Holborn,
London. Sold by ell respectable grocers, druggists, and others,
in town and country, in packets of 6d. and Is., and in family
canisters at :?s., bs.. and 108. each.

U OLLOWAYS PILLS a most potent Remedy
1.1 for LIVER COMPLAINTS and INDIGESTION.—Wm.
Macdonald, of her Majesty's Highland Regiment, has gratefully
acknowledged to Professor Holloway the wonderful efficacy of
this astonishing medicine. He suffered from liver complaint
and all its attendant evils during fourteen years' residence In
India. His constitution was so enfeebled that he was compelled
to return home, when he was induced to try holloway's Pills,
which effected a perfect cure after the most eminent of the
faculty had failed to do him the slightest good.
Sold by all medicine•vendors throughout the world; at
Professor Hjlloway's Establishments. 244, Strand London, and
80, Nlaiden-lane, New York; uy A. Sumps, Constantinople; A.
Guido'', Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta.

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VOTICE—AII Public Schools for the Instruc.
Lion of the Poorer Classes may obtain an ALLOWANCE
towards providing Examples, &c., for teaching Elementary and
Mechanical Drawing, by applying by letter to the Secretary of
the Departmlit of Science and Art, CROMWELLRuAD,
Kensington, London, W.
NORMAN M.IC LEOD, Registrar.

THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART
for training Teachers, and for the Public, will be OPEN at
the New Premises at CROMWELL.ROAD, Kensington gore,
South, on MONDAY, the 3rd of November. Prospectuses may
be obtained on application, personally, or by letter.
NORMAN MAC LEOD, Registrar.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.
L THE FIFTH YEAR—ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT FOR
CAPITAL AND SAVINGS.—By paying Eight .billings per
month and another Shilling quarterly, any pers in (Children as
well as Ladies) may become the holder of is WI. Share without
partnership liability of any kiwi. 'The entrance fee bier Share
is 2s. Cd., and a Pass-book (for ary number of Shares) costs is
The first enrolment would be therefore 12s. 6d., and Bs. monthly
afterwards. sums of 4. and upwards bear interest at the rate
of five per cent. per annum, paid half-yearly one mouth after
Lady-day and Michaelmas. All the Members, whether they pay
their subscriptions monthly, in advance, or take Completed
Shares (price 421. 4s. 6d. each), participate in the annual divi-
sion of profits. The taking of land Is quite optional ; Members
can be investors only, or may select plots at their own pleasure.
flights of Cli3ice on the Society's Estate (securing the freehold
franchise) in various counties are acquired by the periodical
drawings of the numbers of the unconoleted Shares placed iu
the wheel, by seniority or date of membership, and by taking
Completed Shares, which are at once entered un the Register of
Rights.—Prospectuses to be had of
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary.
Offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street. Strand, London.

CIRENCESTER, Stroud, Gloucester, Owl-
tenham.--Oti SATURDAY, November 1, an EXCURSION
TRAIN will leave the Paddington Station at Six p.m., returning
on the following Monday from Cheltenham at Five p.m., and
intermediate Stations as per handbilli. Fares:—Cirencester
or Stroud, 9s. and ss. ; Gloucester or Cheltenham, 10s. and Cs.
Each passerger will be allowed one small package of luggage
only.

VENTILATING STOVES SUSPENSION
STOVES ! Approved by Thousands of Purchasers, and re-
commended as the two beat, cheapest, most healthy, and econo-
mical for Churches, Chapel.. Halls, Schools, Warehouse., Shops
Greenhouses, Bedm.oms, Libraries, &c. Prospea.uses wit
prices sent post free. DEANE, DRAY, and CO., Stove
range, Ironmongery, and Furnishing Warehouse, LONDON
BRIDGE.

SEWELL and CO. NEW SILKS tin' the
AUTUMN.—SEW ELL and CO. have now ready their first
splendid delivery of NEW SILKS for the Season.
Elegant Velvet Robes, double Skirts Ci Guineas.
Magnificent Stripe Velvet Robes a ditto
(Present price in Paris, 3SO francs.)
A brilliant Assortment of fancy Silks, for young Ladies, com-
mencing at 2s. Gd. per yard, wide width, and all the Novelties of
the Paris market.
SEWELL and CO., Compton House,
Frith-street, Soho.

OELEBRATED HAIR PREPARATIONS.
V ALEX. ROSS'S LIQUID HAIR DYE, easily applied,
being the beet in the world : sold from 3s. ; sent free for 34
stamps.—ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DESTROYER, or Depilatory,
for removing superfluous hair from the face, neck, arms, and
hands, 3s. Bd. per bottle; sent for stamps, free be post, eight
extra—Also, ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER. or Pernodore ,
from Is. the packet; free, fourteen stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 1,
Little Queen-street, High Holborn. Wholesale Agent, BARCLAY
Fart ingdon-street.

DEAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at
v the Great Exhibition of Itibl (for Acoustic Instruments)
was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC I NSTRUMEN
forthe DEAF. They are made of different power. to suit ex
treme and every degree of Deafness. To ho procured only of the
tole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein,loB, Strand, nearly opposite
Exeter-hall, where the Instrument can be tried and numerous
testimonials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Six
John Patteson, one of her Nlaicstv's Privy Councillor,.

EIRENCH MODERATOR LAMPS The
newest Patterns of the present Season.—DEANE, DRAY,
and CO. have comi leted an extensive and choice Assortment of
these Lamps:—Bronze from Os. lid. to N.; Chins from 19s. to
71. 7s. Engravings, with prices, free by post. Pure Colza Oil
for the above Lamps st the lowest market price, delivered in
London or the suburbs periodically, or on receipt of letter order
—DEANE. DRAY, and CO. (opening to the Monument)
London-bridge. Established A.D. 1700.