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WAR RISKS for ALL PARTS of the
WORLD.—The HOME COVNTIES ani GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 29, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars, London.—This Comp.ny will ASSURE OFFICERS and
others, at most moderate rates of premium, against WAR RISK,
Voyaging, and Climate.
By order of the Board of
A. Directors.
DURNFORD, Secretary.

TO be peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to an order
of the High 'ourt of Chancery, made in a certrin cause,
" Pattenden v. Hobson," on Wednesday, the Ist day of March, 1554,
at 12 o'clock at Noon, at Garraway's Coffee House," Change•alley,
Cornhill, in the City of London, by Mr. William Fire is, the parson
appointed for that purpose, Three LE ISE HOUSES. Nos 28, 30,
and 3 , Baldwin-street, City-road, in the County of Middlesex, let to
respectable yearly tenant+, at rents producing 59/ 19s. Od., held for
an unexpired term of 14 years, at a ground rent of 151. Also. No. 6,
Carpenter street, Grosvenor-square, ccntaining Double-fronted Shop
and good Dwelling• house over, let to a very respectable tenant at
761. per annum, and held for an unexpired term of 28 years, at a
ground rent of VI. May be viewed by leave of the tenants, and
particulars had gratis of Messrs. Walker, Grant, and o , 3, Ring's-
road, Gray's-Inn, at the place of sale, and of Mr Finnis, Auctioneer
and Valuer, 65, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury-square.
C EAR LES UGH, Chief Clerk.

. HE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.
_IL Notice is Uereby Given, That the SIXTrI QUARTERLY
GENERAL MEETING of the Member:. of the CONSERVA IVE
BENEFI r BUILD .NG SOC 'ETV, enrolled and.-r 6 and 7 William
IV., c. 32, will be held at the Freemason's Hall. Great Queen-street,
on W EDNES DA , the 15th day or March, 18 4, at Three of the
clock in the afternoon,
The Lord Viscount RANELAGH in the chair
to receive the report of the Executive ..ommittee on the progress of
the Society, and for general purposes
- By order of the Board,
ARL E • LEW Li GRU SEMEN, 'ecretary.
Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, Lonnon, Feb. 14, 1,54
After the row ine business, thu• sixtee. th Public Drawi"t, to deter •
min the rotation of 100 Rights of twice on the society's Esta es
will take place, and 50 members will be added by seniority.

QT. MARTIN'S HALL.—Handel's JUDAS
MICi'ABEUS will be performed on WEDNESDAY, February
22d, un•'er the direction 4,f Mr. John Mullah. Principal Voca' Per-
formers, Mrs. N:nderssohn, Miss Dolby Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr.
Frank Rodda. The orchestra complete in every dfpa,tment.
Tickets. One Shilling ; Gallery. Hull-a-crown ; Stalls, f ive 'bil-
lings. Doors open a quarter before Seven ; commence at half-past
Seven o'clock.

MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC,
IL including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON,
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two 'Stalls, 35.,
which can be taken at the box office every day from 11 to 4 ; area,
25.; gallery, Is.—Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

THE DUKE'S STATE FUNERAL.-
The whole of the Magnificent Scenes and Gorgeous Parapher-
nalia of this great State Pageant and Ceremony, which attracted two
millions of people to witness them, can now be ♦IEWED, in the
DIORAMA of LONDON, at the St. George's Gallery. Hyde-park-
come!, daily, at Three and Eight o'clock.—Admission, Is.; front
seats, 23.

JAPANESE EXHIBITION. The FIRST
DIRECT IMPORTATION from JAPAN is NOW OPEN for
EXHIBITION, at the Gallery of the Aociety of Painters in Water
Colours, se, Pall-Mall East, until 15th March, as the Society requires
the Gallery for their paintings. Admittance, Is.

EGYPTIAN HALL.-CONSTANTINOPLE
is open TO-NIGHT at Eight, and Every Day at Half-past Two
o'clock. The Lecture is delivered by Mr. CHARLES KENNEY, and
has been written by Mr. ALBERT SMITH and Mr. SHIRLEY
BROOKS. Admission, Is. ; Reserved Seats, 2s.

L-
AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms,
(Lessee, Cuss. C. Lau-lima, Onslow-house, Fthaam-road),
—The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
end will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S
CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8
Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter dnate at half-past 11.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—H.R.H. PRI,ICE ALBERT.
MAGNIFIED PLAIN and COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC-
TURES, each I icture filling a Disc of One Thousand superficial
Feet. An ENTIRELY NEW SERIE't of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
LECTURE by J. 11. PEPPER. Esq., on the CHEMISTRY of the
M A NPFACTURE of PAPER, and its DECORATION with
COLOURS, including WOOLNOUGH'S MARBLING PROCESS
and Mr. DE LA RUE'S IRIDESCENT FILMS.
LECTURE by Dr. BACIIOFFNEB. on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT
UNIVER4AL ELECTRIC TELEG4APH
DESCRIPTION of RUST'S PATENT TUBULAR PIANOFORTE,
daily at a quarter past three.
Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and
Children under Ten years of age, Half-price.

HUNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS.
. —Admission, Is.—ROYAL M ‘RIONETTE THEATRE.
Adeleide-street, West :trend—Every EVENING, at Eight, by the
renowned HIINIIARIAN B AND, whose performances have created
such intense interest throughout the leading European cities. The
programme is varied nigyily, and includes the finest compo4tions of
ancient and modern misrers, as well as Hungarian and other na-
tional Melodies, Mazurkas, Waltzes, Gains, and Quadrilles. Ka-
lowly, conductor. Soloists—Flugelhorn, Horanyi; ciarionette, M.
Augarde; piano, Miss J. Warman. V.calists The Misses
Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at
Three.

PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY.
Introduction (Robert) ; Cavatina (Nahuco); Waltz (Sanguimker),
Strauss ; Duo (Ernani); Selection (Lucia) ; Polka (Rococo) ; Qua-
drilles (Crescent), ; Songs" Welcome my Bonnie Lad"," On the Ranks
of Allan Waters," " I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble IJ alls," by Mrs.
Wallet*, R.A. M. ; "Hear me but once," " Dermot Astore," "'Twas
but a fleeting Dream," by Miss Wortley; Pianoforte, solo (Burbler
de Seville) ; Fantasia (Il Puritani.)

CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT, PEAS, OATS, AND MUSTARD.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 15th Feb , 1854.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 22d
instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DE FTFORD, the undermen-
Articles, viz, :

Quarters.

When to be delivered.

WHEAT .. ••• • • .... 2,000 Half of each In two weeks,
PEAS •••••••• - • • • - • • 5°C) and the remainder in two
OATS (for making Oat- weeks afterwards, or ear-
meal) .. ••••• • •. • • 500 lier if preferred by the
Tons. party tendering.
10

ItIISTARD (in Flour)..

A proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat w.ll be paid
for any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel.
No Tender will be received for a less quantity of Wheat than 500
quarters, o' Peas and Oats than 100 quarters of each, and of Mus-
tard than tw.) tons.
Samples of the wheat, peas, and oats, not less than. two quarts of
each, and of the mustard not less than 2 lbs., must be produced by
The parties tendering.
The samples produced by wrsons whose tenders are not accepted
are requegted to be taken away by them immediately after the con-
ract has been decided.
The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the ffice of Com-
mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Co'lector of r'ustom at Bris-
tol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provid
the
,
for the purose, and which may be obtained on application to
said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service
at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender for
," and must also be delivered at S ,merset-Place.

TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters
Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de
Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial 'otlege of Medicine, Vienna.
The long continuance of most Maladies arising from impurities,
while it tends to render detection more certain, and thus frequently
to embitter the domestic hearth, also serves to excite feelings of dis•
appointment, and to induce lowness of spirits, and other sensations
of a most painful kind. The Title:SEM IR effectually, in the short
space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of
these Disc ises, to whatever stale they m 43, have advanced, p .sseg-
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of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. It may lie on the
toilet table without its use being suspected.
Sold in tin cases at I Is. eacl., free by post, 2s. extra, divided lute
separate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux,
&c. This quantity is sufficient for any case, however virulent or
protraeted.—To be had Vholesale and Retail at Barclay and Sons,
98. Farringdon-street ; Johnston, 68, Com= ; Hannay and Co.,
Oxford-street, London.

ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUrRED MISERIES
AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES.
THE SILENT FRIEND.
In Six Languazes—Fittieth Edition.
CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE.
Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and
Cases.

New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the
Establishment, 3s. 6d, in stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by
excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuge of
Mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, MI-
R:need by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which
prevent it. illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L.
PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, iterners-street, Oxford-
street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster-
row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor-
don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, learrinedon-street ; W. Sutton, 10,
Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill.
PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive
organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing
mental and bodily weakness. nervous excitement, and generative
Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanstor) Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav-

UM&
PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a
simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
PART V. devoted to the consideration of arriage and its duties
The causes is
of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole.
SUbJect critically and philosophically inquired into.
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are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon-
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Eleven to One. ---------

E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

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