The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-22 00:00:00

TO ITIE READQ:9 PUBLIC.

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£2 710 I! 10 X I $l4O

INVESTMENT AND FAMILY PROVISION.

At prment, when interest is so low, a t'ention is invited to the mode
of life assurance by single psyllium*, and to thi peculiaq 141Ta13-
tageous terms on which it cin be effected in the

BCOTII3II PROVIDENT ISSIITUTION.
By tilts wades parson may arum& policy fa £l,OOO
£ a d.
If seed 30, for • Anglo piy30636 of ....... 367 0
Aced 40 4271
.7 6

Aid 30
At his death his family will reset c the 0..000, with addition.
from the mew, oo the wry lavourattie principles of this Suet. ti.
While he lives be has it in his petree to tot row a sum. nearly t II
to his payment, on the *moray of the Polley, and lucre:vim; ycaly
with its value, without any expense, and at a moderate rate of in-
terest.

Assuraners may be effected in this way, varying in amount from
LSO to ,g 3,000.

The age In which welt.e is essentially of a !WWI testcharacter, and
the predominant principle influencingall dwelt is • marked desire for
nlesitausa. Cheapneva, however, is too r Ben found without excellence,
:lad hence this proposition to snooty a deficiency at present existing in
the popular literature of this country.
For some time past the projectors of be pr. sent undertaking have
felt interested in watching the result of an experiment simult Intone],
made by the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Brok Trades, and,
haring seen that cheap, and orapionally indifferent literature "got
up" in a most inferior manner, soil sell, they ter 'soured that good
nod ju.lciously seleved works, baring the additional advantage of
copious 11.1.LittATIO!., bring produced with the utmost attention to
general excellence, and puuliebed at the moderate price Axed upon,
Calt•Ot fail to secure extendve patruntge from the Reuling Public.
The principle upon which they can undertake to supply good holm
at a low rate is that, being thorn/elves the *crust raroneetta, they
are enabled ...save the public the t xpense of all nentaailtnlATl Mara.
Ac a practical explanaton of the above views, it ts, therefore, pro.
Posed to publish, on the let of March next, MIME SAMPLE
VOLUMES of the "NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY."
Thole volumes wid be widely different in character, in order that the
public may form some idea of the CRIPLIt and yarn ty of the aeries
generally. Afterwards, one volume will be issued monthly. Each
volume will coutain at least 320 crown octavo pages, illustrated,
wording to the requirements of the subject matter, by from 50 to
100 illustrations, and will be strongly bound in ornamental cloth
boards. Thus, fur thirty shining* a year, in the course of a abort
period, a library of great eon nt and interest may be formed, which
*ball furnish materials lot inettuction and amusement during the
course of a long Ilk.
The chief advantages which this Prim of works will present over
all others -m :re especially the closely printed double column editions,
and the new-Itiahipned, Omagh equally objectionable, shilling hosts,
with their numerous errors, thin paper, and flimsy batting—are the
foliowLog
1. A careful y Revised Text.
1. Judicious Ezplanatory Foot-Notes.
3. Engravings teeny Illustrating the Text.
4. Anew and legible Type.
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r.o;e4dPper and Fewihfg.
S. litireag Pape
neat Binding.
A perks of the Weeks Intended to be published under the tide of
the w Mamma. hatraarau Lauri" will consist of carefully
edited reprints of mete Mint as admit • true vitality in their
pages, Including many of those great masterpieces of the human
and, which, having survived beyond the generation fur which they
were serittea. are now untversally recognised as worthy to flourish so
• long as the English tanguage is spoken, and an acquaintance with
• which is indigenes* neceemey to all who pretend to • taste for
rag:1:111es will eke al original work*, especially written by
rawest seam% Ogee al abject' of general Interest, extending to
those arising eat a Osaka magma* or from social advancement,
whelk so irequently agree, the notional attention. These latter
topics will bepromptly tensed of, that the purchasers a the Library
may be plead sa a • level with those who devote themselves to
the plhie sea trelhematioe In beans the series, there will be
no formal sireiset tat volumes on general literature, history,
hiagneay. Invele pada science. and fiction will follow each other
the wesmgsyggaueh • variety of Illustrated Works se 'halloos
• samidele egmaadlous Library for the Reading Public.
limey Waft theme to whom this preepectue Y nursed mat have
asegeo• that la great feature of the present period la theeeneeyanee
of hailreallien hy appealing eo the eye. It will be readily undeestood
that alleispeges of narrative and if abstruse description may be
oteoleamll Wean illustration to be comprehended at a glance. Plo.
tarn inimitably on the mind
.eircuadances that might otherwise
escape the memory; and a 'tee ms.. of attention le thee excited, and
a meta afforded to the mental Lculie e which ie as agrecatle to adults
ato children. There can be no doubt that the pencil ie deptined for
lee future to perform at cart mineret a part in our popular literature es
ilse pen, or that the diffusion of knowledge has alreedy been greatly
sagnien.ed by Its powers.
It it be thought tkat the foregoing protegees are too diffuse and
too (bifaces': ul seaimplisanint„ it may he said Vet the prevent idea
is etrictly in neeordanee with the operation of the general progress of
literature, sitter U 6011 be found that every generation his had its
wants dalarly provided for. The prevent undertaking, however, la
water in scope, more profound in Ito aim, and more profuse of its
eratelllehasenu, illustrations, and edema, than say armee project,
and is *trimly la accordance with the grazing progress that has been
made in every department of literature and art, and that mechanical
ekvelopmento during the last portion 41 this halLeentury.
In carrying out their undertaking It well be the eadeadur of the
projected is bestow upon half crown volumes for the many the same
typographical amensey. and the same artistic aby, hitherto almost
segaisiesty cleated te highaprieed books tor the few. Supported by
the eleeperatla of the mains public, no pans will he soared to
provide every Rog llels home with a complete treasury of knowledge
and entertainment In the volumes of the NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED
LIBRARY.

Three s-r;sehnen volumes will be palillehed en the 3114 Nand next;
each eaL price 2e. 6d.
Mee, IN, &mad, Landon.

INTENDING LIFE ASSURERS are respectfully invited to compare the Principlee, Rates, end whole
Prow Mow of the

SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION

with those of any other existing Company.
The WHOLE PROFITS are divisible among the soured, who ore, at the Mane time. apeeially exempt from paraxial liability. It thin
p Assent% an Obaltnia advantage over any proprietary company.
As winswared with other Mutual Offices it claims superiority to the folinaing particular,:
1. PREMIUMS AT EARLY AND MIDDLE AGES, ABOUT A FOURTH LOWER ,so' helnw.,•
2. A MORE AOCURSTE aiiiIUSTSIF.XT OP T•ir. itiffis OP PRICCUM TO THE sEVERSL AGES.
3. A PRINCIPLE IN THE DIVISION Or TUE SURPLUS MORE SAVE, LQUIrABLe, AND FAVOCRABLE TO 0000 LIVES,
4. ICCEMPTION PIVOT INTRY MONEY.
Resolutions were adopted at the general setting in ISM the effect of which Is to render POLICIES INDISPUTABLE EXCEPT OM
ACOUUNT OF VRAVU.
• I. AnnnalPremittres foriloo, with While Profhs.

AO 21JI 125130 I U 49 143
g 1 IS &I I IS Olt 13114 10 II I 149 13 3

Su 1

7111 171

13 I II

Me far 31

Tars ^a7•
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Thus an annuity tot .C. 141 may be ',mired for a perwn now ag d 23,
to commoner tot toe est oiling age O. payable h slr.yeertp during
e, for an Gann ti premiue.s of U. Yd.

For thaw who hare still before them the ditty of securing for their families a competent prusioion.in case of their premature death, the
ordinary mode of life assurance by annual premium., payable during life or for a limited number or riuna, is undoulgo,dly most suitable;
• but to those who hare already made nurh pravision, the swims now brought limier outer arc r. commended the former, as combining a
favourable loweannent for spare eapaai w th the bow& of life awunince, and the on the must economiesd terms; and the latter as a
means of securing a provision for the member himself in his la .t lining yearn.
I Emma of proposal, prospectus copies of the auanu:d reports, and every infornuti in, will be forwarded tree, on application at the Iles&
amen in Edinburgh ; or at
THE OFFICE IN LONDON, 12, MOORGATE-STREET.
GEORGE GRANT, Agent and S crotory for London.

TILE NATIONAL MEDICINE

PARR'S LIFE PILLS,