The Press.
London, England, 1854-05-06 00:00:00

MAY G, 1854.

PALLADIUM
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
7, WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL, LONDON.
(Esranusuun 1824.)
Lord Bateman. Joseph Esdaile, Esq.
Captain C. J. Bosanquet, Willie= Auguatus Oily, M.D.
Robert Cheere, Esq. James Murray, Esq.
Patrick Colquhoun,Esq. LL.D. . Philip Rose, Esq.
Sir Jas. Buller East, Bart., M. P. Samuel Skinner, Esq.
Charles Elliott, Esq., F.R.S. Charles Evan Thomas, Esq.
Trustees—Robert Cheers, Es Charles Elliott, Esq., F.R.S.;
Joseph Esdaile, Esq. ; James Murray,.; Esq.
Auditors—William Edward Gilpin, lisq.; Sir John Young,
Bart., M.P.; Thomas Reynolds, Lip.
Bankers—The London and Westminster Bank.
Physician—Seth Thompson, M.D.
Undoubted security, guaranteed by a large capital ; an influen-
tial proprietary; the long standing of the OMee, and the seaside-
factory results of its business.
Facility in settlement of claims. Liberty to travel iu 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 assig-us
four-tiftits of the profits.
Bonuses may be commuted for equivalent reduotions of 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, tot
short terms or otherwise, and to meet any specified oontingency.
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-
tion 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

WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE
AND ANNUITY SOCIETY,
3, PARLIAMENT-STREET, WESTMINSTER.
Established 1342.
Directors.
Henry Edgeworth Bicknell, Esq Thomas (Bissell, Esq.
T SomersCocksjun. Esq.,M.P. James Hunt, Esq.
George Henry Drew, Esq. John Arscott Lethbridge, Esq.
William Evans, Esq. Edmund Lucas, Esq.
William Freema.i, Esq. Augustin Robinson, Esq.
Francis Fuller, Esq. James Lye Seager, Esq.
Joseph Henry Goodhart, Esq. John Bailey White, Esq.
Joseph Carter Wood, Esq.

Actuary.
Arthur Scratchley, M.A., F.R.A.S.
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-
vs ntagea.
The Second Quinquennial Division of Profits will take place at
the close of the year lari, of which parties assuring their lives
by the Society's Table 11. will be entitled to three-Murtha or 75
per cent, without partnership liability, as iu mutual offices.
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,
Blackfriars, London.
Every description of risk (home or foreign) connected with
Lite 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.
Policies indisputable.
No Charge for Policy Stamps.
Money received on deposit at I per cent. interest.
Active Agents wanted in town and country, particularly in the
agricultural towns and villages.
Apply by letter, giving names and addresses of referees, as to
respectability. JOHN MILLS, Secretary.

141NGINEERS', MASONIC, & UNIVERSAL
11 MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,

345, STRAND, London.

WAR RISKS ON AN ENTIRELY NEW PRINCIPLE.
ANNUITANTS ADMITTED TO A SHARE IN THE
PROFITS.
No Charge for Policy Stamps.
Credit given for half the Premiums.
Assignments and Transfers of Policies registered free of charge
Premiums payable Half• Yearly, Quarterly, or Monthly.
A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents on the
Introduction cf business.
ANTHONY PECK, MA., Actuary and 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
Bookteg Clerks at the Principal Railway Stations, and at the
Offices dl the RAILWAY PANSENCIENS' ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3,
OLD BROADOITRIET, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary.

Baltic Meat, Danmark, Turfy, ego.
THE SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES, London Offices, 90,
hill, and 48, Re ge o t-circus, Piccadilly, have established REC T
SERVICES, which very much facilitate telegraphic csrumunica•
ton with DENMARK, the NORTH of GERMANY, and SOUTH
of Europe.
80, Conlin% G. L. PARROTT, Secretary.

WRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, &c.—Persons
ofany age, however bad their WRITING, may in eight
lessons acquire permanently an elegant and flowing style of pen-
manship, adapted either to professional pursuits or private cortex-
rell(leace. Bookkeeping, as practised in the Government,
banking, and merchants' offices; arithmetic, shorthand, &c.
Apply to Mr SMART, at the Institution, 5, Piccadilly, between
the Haymarket and itege t-circus. " A vast improvement upon
any former system"— Journal of Commerce.