The Press.
London, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

SPECIAL NOTICE.

The Books of the Society close on Ist March, and Proposals
lodged at the Head (Alice, or at any of the Agencies, on or
before that date, will secure the advantage of the present
year's entry, and of One Year's Additional Bonus over later
Proposals.

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCIE.
THE WHOLE PROFITS DIVIDED AMONGST THE ASSURED.

THE SCOTTISH EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Instituted 1831.

Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament.
The Fund accumulated from the Contributions of Members
exceeds NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.

Thocini;uali;;;;ZeexceedntiiiiiiiiNnitibenil SIXTY-
THREE TIIOUSAND POUNDS.

fhe Amount of existing Assurances exceeds FOUR MIL-
LIONS and a QUARTER STERLING.
The amount paid to the R.•preirntatives of Deceased Members
is upiwerds of SLY HUNDRED and FIFTY THOUSAND
POUND:, of which SEVh:NIY-EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS
are Bonus additions.
Toe Is EX l' DIVISION of PROFITS takes place on the fat
of larch, 1.556, and Policies effected before that date receive
On, Year's additional Bonus over those effected after that date.

ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager.
WILLIAM FINLAY, Secretary.
Head Office-26, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE, EDINBURGH.
London Office —l2O BISHOPSGATE-STREET, corner of

WILLIAM COOK, Agent.

FURNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
ARTICLES at DEANE'S IRONMONGERY and FUR.
NISHING WAREHOUSES. A Priced Furnishing List flee by
post—DEANE, DRAY, and CO. (opening to the Monument)
London•bndge. Established A.D. 1700.

1:IA1R DESTROY E R.-1, Little Queen-street,
High Holborn.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY, for re-
moving effectually superfluous hair from the face, neck, arm,
and hands, without the slightest injury to the skin. A.R. will
warmth not to irritate the flesh in the smallest degree, and the
Lair to be entirely destroyed.—Sold in bottles at se. 6d., ss. 6d.,
and 10s. 6d. ; or applied at the llair•Dyeing Establishment, as
above. Forwarded for stamps; carriage free, eight extra.

►ITHE ONLY STOVE wuritouT A FLUE.
JOYCE'S PATENT.—For warming Churches, Halle, Con
•ervatorles, Shops, Water•closets, &c. &e. Sole Proprietor, S.
NASH, 253, Oxford-street, and 119, Newgate-street, Ironmonger.
S. NASH mKnufactures a portable VA PO U R BATH, recommended
for Invalids, &c. &c., by medical authorities, price 11. Ile. 6d.—
Prospectuses by post, tree.

fiEIVNESS.—The only medal awarded at
.1.1 the Great Exhibition of 1851 (for Acoustic Instruments,
was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRU)IIEN L's
for the DEAF. They are made of different power. to suit ex
treme and every degree of Deafness. To ho procured only of the
sole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein,loB, SU and, nearly opposite
Exeter-hall, where the Instrument can be tried and numerous
testirnotials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Six
John Patteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors.

THE PRESS.

pROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY, admitting on equal terms Persons of every
Class and Degree to All its Privileges and Advantages.
Offices, 76, CHEAPSIDE, London. (Incorporated.)

DIRECTORS.

Chairman—Major HENRY STONES, LL.B.
Deputy-Chairman—JAMES ANDREW DURHAM, Esq.
Wm. Wellington Cooper, Esq. Rev. H. Hamilton, De Vesci-
Andrew Durham, Esq.,of Bath tern, Kingstown, near Dublin
and ilelfast Captalu E. Nash Norcott, R.N.
Rev. J. Gleudall, M.A. Thos. George Williams, Esq.
Jacob Montetiore, Esq. E. Gamaliel. Winthrop, Esq.

AUDITORS.
George Bain, Esq., 18, Parlia- t Frederick Wollatt, Esq., Crown-
ineut-street I court
E. W. G. Evans, Esq., 15, llasinghall-street.
Manager—Ben. Massey, Esq.
Physicians—Thomas Alfred Barker, M.D., 71, Lower Grosvenor-
stieet ; Wta W. Gull, M.D., Guys Hospital.
Surgeon—W. White Cooper, Esq., F.R.C.S., Itl, Berkeley-square.
Bankers—The Commercial Bank of London.

Solicitor—Edward M. Elderton, Esq., 3, Lothbury.
With a numerous and influential Proprietary and Shareholders'
There are two important clauses in the Deed of Settlement, by
which the Directors have power to appropriate one-tenth of the
entire profits of the Company :-
Ist. For the relief of aged and distressed parties assured
for lice, who have paid five years' premiums, their widows and
orphans.
2nd. For the relief of aged and distressed original Proprietors,
assured or not, their widows and orphans, together with five per
cent. per annum on the capital originally invested by them.
No extra charge for going to or residing at (in time of peace)
Australasia, Bermuda, tladeira, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius,
and the British North American Colovies.
Medical men in all cases remunerated for their report.
Assurances granted against paralysis, blindness, accidents,
insanity, and every other affliction, bodily and mental, at mode-

rats rates.
A liberal commission allowed to Agents.
Annual Premium for assuring £lOO, namely:—
Age. £ s. d. Age. £ a. d.
2o ll3 0 40 216 6
30 2 2 0
_ . .. .

50 4 2 1
be Wel

Prospectuses, with tables and fullest information, way .
at the Offices of the Company, or of any of their Agents.
Applications for Agencies requested.
BEN. MASSEY, Manager.
Offices, 7E, Cheapsitle, London.

ATLAS FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.-92, CHFAPSIDE, London.

Established li4Jl.
JOHN OLIVER HANSON, Esq., Chairman.
WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, b:sq. Deputy-Chairman.
Actuary—CHARLES ANSELL, Esq. F.R.S.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Manufactories, Sugar Houses, Distilleries, Private or Public
Warehouses, Ships building, Ships in Harbour, Houses, Furni-
ture, Stock in Trade, dm, assured for the year, or any shorter
period, on advantageous terms. The Rates of Premium will be
found to assimilate with those of the principal London offices.
Allowance for the loss of Rent on Buildings rendered un-
tenantable by Fire, and losses occasioned by Lightning will
be paid.
The Assured are entitled to participate in the Profits every
fifth year.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
The Income for this Branch for the year 1851 exceeded
114,000.
The Investments for the Life Policy-holders amount to
81,665,551.
The next valuation will be male at Christmas, 1859 ; and
Policies effected before that date will participate In proportion
to the time they may then have been in force.
Rates and Proposals may be had at the office in London, or
of any of the Company's Agents, who are authorised to report
on the appearance of Lives proposed for assurance.
HENRY DESI3OROUGH, Secretary.

VORD'S E U REKA S H I RTS.--"The Eureka
r is the most unique and the only perfect fitting shirt made."
Observer.—Best quality, six for 405.; second quality, six for 31s.
If washed ready for use, 25. extra. CAUTION :—Ford's Eureka
Shirts are stamped, " 38, Poultry, London," without which nuts
are genuine. Catalogues, with particulars,postfree.—RlCHAhD
FORD, 38, POULTRY, London.

'pHE LEADING and POPULAR ARTICLES
J. of DRESS manufactured by B. BENJAMIN, Merchant
TaEor, 74, REGENT-STREET:—The PELISSIER OVER-
COAT, price 2tis., invented and adapted for the season ; the
Reversible Waistcoats, price 145., buttoning four different sides;
the 475. Suits, made to order from Scotch, Heather, and Cheviot
Tweeds, all wool, and thoroughly shrunk; the Two Guinea
Dress or Frock Coats, the Guinea Dress Trousers, and the Half-
Guinea Waistcoats.
N.B.—A perfect fit guaranteed.

212° ITILNERS' HOLDFAST
01 and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting
and vapourisiug), with all the improvements, under their Quad.
ruple Patents of 18 t 0.51-54 and 185.1, including their Gunpowder-
Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Sale is secure)
The Sttongevt, Best, and Cheapest Safeguards extant.
MLLNERS' PHCENIX (2120) SAFE \WRNS, LIVER-
POOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-
rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. London Depot, CA
Moorgate-street, City. Circulars free by post.

HE PEN SUPEVSEDED.—The most easy,
T
permanent, and best method of marking Linen, Silk, Cotton,
Coarse Towels, Books, or anything else, so as to prevent the ink
spreading, or the possibility of its washing out, is with the
PATENT ELECTRO SILVER PLATES. Any person can r.,3
them with ease. Initial Plate, Is.; Name Plate, 2s. ; Set of
Numbers, 2s. ; Crest, ss. Sent post free on the receipt of stamps
(with printed directions), by the Inventor and sole Patentee, T
CULLETON, 2, LONG ACRE, one door from St. Martin's-lane

110 LOVERS OF FISH.-ONE HUNDRED
GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS for es., package
included.
THESE HIGHLY-ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND C II EAP
ARTICLE OF FOOD
forwarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps, or
P. 0.0. (preferred). Send full and plain direction, county, and
nearest station.—Address THOS. LETTIt, Jun., Fish•curer,
Great Yarmouth.
" This is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied ua with
Yarmouth bloaters, and we find the quality excellent.—J. 13ra.
showe, house steward, Blenheim Palace. Oct. 20, HU."
" Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters
I shall be glad to have a supply as usual; those I had last year
gave great satisfaction.—A. F. Courroux, Ambassadors'-court,
St. James's Palace. Oct. 1, 1855."

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TAR ROYAL PICTURIII AT ORBORNI.
THE ART JOURNAL for JANUARY, 1856,
price 2s. Sii„ contains:—" L'Allegro," from the picture by
W. F. Frost, A.lt.A.—" Bay of Naples," after W. Callow ; and
Gibson's bas-relief of " Cupid anti Psyche," in the possession of
the Queen.
The principal Literary Contents are :—" Artists' Marks," by
F. W. Fairholt—" Devonshire Marbles," by It. Hunt, F.H.S.—
" A Few Words on Beauty"—" A soiree at the Pavilion at
Brighton "—" The Art• Publications of MM. Goupil "—" British
Artiste: N 0.41, Sir A. W. Callcott, illustrated—" SW go t-
tion:i of Subject to the Student in Art "—"The Country of ct yp,"
by F. W. Fairbolt, illustrated—" The Architectural Exhibitiin,',
&c.

NOW READY, price U. lls. CA., cloth gilt, the Volume for
1865, being the first of the Series containing TUE QUEEN'S
PICTURES.

VIRTUE and Co., 25, Paternvster•row, London.

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is published Weekly at 6,LOW ER ABBEY-STREET, DUBI.IN.
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