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London, England, 1863-02-19 00:00:00

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION.

Established 1841.
The 224 Annual General Meeting of this Associatfrat was
bell on Wednesday, the 4th February, 1803.
The Income for the year 1862 wa5........., 40,135 0 0
The Accumulated Fund .
The Report and Balance-sheet may -ne had on application
to the Agents, or at the thief Office, 15, Moor gate-street
E.C.

THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.

February 5, 1563.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
Established 1521.
Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.
DIRECTORS.
Sir MINTO FARQUIIAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman.
CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., IG. Shaw Lefevre, Esq.
Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. 'John Martin, Esq.
Charles F. Devas, Esq. 'Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. i Henry Norman, Esq.
James Goodson, Esq. Henryl R. Reynolds, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. lobarts, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. James Tulloch, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq.
Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary

LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER. TIIE PROVISIONS OF AN
ACT or PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In-
surers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial
Divisions or a Low Rate of Premium withoutpartieipation of'
Profits.

Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the
Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in
cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary
/301111ses of £1,058,000.
After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life
Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon,
Mounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite
"'ranch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund,
:ndependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000.
LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No
Extra Premium is required for service therein.
LOANS zranted on Life Policies to the extent of their
Values, if such value be not less than £5O.

ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re-
ceived and registered.

MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge
or Policy Stamps.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon
every description of property at moderate rates.
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by thls
Company.

A.D. lno.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-malL
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOUR HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
IT .
e-rY Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
Dfark GeuarrrriaettcClott, Eleys,qEsq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Henry Nelson, Esq.
'William Davidson, Esq. ' The Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
NOTICE.— ['he usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire
On 9th January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Ir:'orporation on advantageous terms.
In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par-
ticipation In Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such
participation.
The Reversionary Mums on British Policies has averaged
nearly 2 per cent, per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
Payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Life
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one

This Corporation affords to the Assured.--
Liberal participation in Profits—With exemption from
the liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual
Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital
Stock.
The advantages of modern practice,—with the security
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A DALE.
The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve
in the
Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the
United Kingdom, free of charge.

ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

ARMY CONTRACTS.—TENDERS will be
received at this Office until noon on the Rd of March,
trout
tpersons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS
for e SUPPLY of WOOD for lighting tires in the London
Military District, in such quantities as may be required for
the use of her Majesty's land forces stationed in any of the
following places, from Ist April, 1861, to slst March, 1864 :-
4- ilyde-p,rk end Kensington Palace New Barracks.
tarr.
ackgse.nt's-park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street
r ack
Wellington, St. fleorge's, and Buckingham Palace Bar-
-4 s The nd rnfaerntry Guards, St. James's-park.
.Tow.
g. Hounslow and Killer HalL
6. Rampton Court.
7. Croydon.
_.(Teparate tenders must be made for each of the above-men-
rneed stations or barracks as separately grouped and num-
Obt Porrns of tender and conditions of contract may be
ained on application at this Office, by letter or in person,
i?etvveen the hours of i 0 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed
tornu must be properly filled up and signed, and no tender
will be no unless delivered at the undermentioned office,
finder c'osed envelope (marked on the ontsdde, "Tender for
'MY Supplies") before noon on the 3d March next.

W. A.TIJRIN, Deputy Commissary-Genera.
Deputy Commissary General's- ffice, 5, New-street.
spring-gardens, London, S.W., Feb. 10, 1863.

ARAI Y CONTRACTS for FUEL And LIGHT.
TFNDERS will be received at this office until noon on
the 3d cf March, from persons who may be vrilline• to enter
CANDLES,
‘z
contracts for the SUPPLY of COAL, COKE, and
uANDLES, in su h quantiles as may be required for the
011 e of her Majesty's Land Forces ',rad Military Departments
4
ally of the following places, from lat April, 1,63, to 31st
Larch, 1864 :-
1,1. ilyde-park, _South Kensington. and Kensington-palace
a'evr Barracks :—RSO tons Wallsend coals, 3 tons coke, 1,550
lbs. composite candles, 650 lbs. dip candles.
Barracksntpk st. John's-wood, arid Portman-street
:-1,109 tons War send ewes, 11 tons coke, 1,635 lbs.
composite andles, 3,488 lbs. dip candles.
Weilingto, St. George's, and Bnckingham-palace Bar-
l'ack ; Horse Guards, Infantry Guards, St. James's-park,
and .Royal Fngineer Office, Buckingham-gate:-1,667 tons
~,vrallsend coals, 2fl) tons Wylam oor coals (tor Wellington
.tatracks), 12 tons coke, 2,206 lbs. composite candles, 1,214 lbs.
wit) candles.
4. Military Store establishment, Pimlico i-228 tons Walls—
da
...end coals, 364 tons Dowlar's Merthyr coals, 10 tons Tanfleld
ilepso,acal4o,odicehs.aldrons coke, lbs. composite candles,
5. The `tower:-523 tons Walisend coals, 160 tons Dowlar's
lbs 10 tons Tanfleld Moor coals, 10 i tons coke, 92Q
_composite candles, 200 lbs. dip candles.
28%-tiounslow and Kneller-hall : —740 ton s Inland best coals,
tons coke 1 000 lbs. corn, osite candles, 4,000 lbs. dip
candles. •
Rampton-court:-115 tons Inland best coals, 150 lbs.
composite candles, 500 lbs. dip candles.
lbs,Windsor :-1,3( 0 tons Wallsend coals, 6 tons coke, 2,250
..8.
9. B composite candles, 500 lbs. dip candles.
righton with Coast F,-rts from Newhaven to Shore-
"am .
,01,8113.3764
ite candles, 6,310 lbs. dip candles.
5 10118 Wa'lsend eoals, 3 tons coke, 1,630 lbs. cora-
Croydon :-200 tons WHllsend coals, 3 tons coke,
comp,site candles, 1,500 lbs. dip candles.
The quantities above Fpecified of each article of supply are
only aPProiimate estimates of what may probably be required
ithin the period of the contract, but the contractor will be
held liable to deliver such quantities as may be demanded
Mader competent authority, whether more or less than the
above. Separate tenders for fuel and for light must be made for
each of the abovementioned stations or barracks as separately
grouped and numbered. Forms of tender, and conditions of
contract, may be obtained on appli ation at this office, by
Letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and
'dame 1, and no tender will be noticed unless delvered at the
Undermentioned ffice, under ridged envelope (marked on the
outside, "Tender for Army Supplies"), before noon on the
3d March next.
W. R. MATIIIi IN, Deputy Commissary-General.
Deputy Commissary-General's Office. 5, New-street,
Spting-gardens, London, S.W., Feb. 10, 1863.

*WROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray'R-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Bail_
ay Terminus, at King's-cross.

Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUcCLEUCH. K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.

-This was thefl7etilospital to introduce the principle of free
411,1 instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
Malay of _ It is entirely devotedissthuaffie
cdceioklei
ntni
t:
pt4tuttiOnditt its most pitiable form—vlaza,dthisatuwohwichuf
cakpbleob:, sickness and disease,
agnitude that ith adequate support, it may be rendered
the admittingw into its wards aiviseryllatrgreeqpiresporbtluotnthost
funlesual sick of this great metrop.o
the 8 hl order to have 500 beds available faotrutle.recemporteiounveorf,
1,, ' e the moat wretched of our fellow-cre
o'_gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more,
u the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.d
atliat;ilione7l eekly Board feel it their imperative ti red Ike
support,an
to "''EST APPEAL to the public for cont n
able them to admit and relieve the distressing* cases that
y present themselves.
Ivic_sontributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Co,n rtnan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Cosi:ruts and
3,. Co.' Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ban . _
n'_, Prescott, Grote, and Co ; Smith, Payne, and Co.. bitYm
:in Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison_
I,I;eOQ.Co. • W lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, ans!
'LI, Nisbet and Co • Messrs. J. Bulled and Co., Liverpool;
sum at the Hospital: '

STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary.

UBT E 0 EID 0 N'
Patent, March 1, 1812, No. 510.
,GABR !EL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE-
TEE VII and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates,
71129g5, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a
~k.,'lyfi, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ,ILULATIO X', even when all others fail. Purest It ma-
nly,th at half the usual •:ost.
Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists,
27, BARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE;
34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON;
. 68, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and
134, DUKE STREET, LIVERPOOL.
One visit only
Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas.
-u!sCtical Treatise gratis.
required from country patients. Gabriel's

Oonaultatlons free.