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London, England, 1849-08-03 00:00:00

CONTRACT for GOLD LACE.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset•place, August 1, 1849.
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 THURSDAY, the 9th 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
Deptfcrd, half in three weeks, and the remainder in three weeks af-
terwards,
2,000 Yards of GOLD LACE, for Good Conduct Badges, for the
Seamen of the Royal Navy.
A pattern of the Lace, and the Conditions of the Contract, may
be seen at the said office.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly
authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear In the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Gold-lace,"
mtd must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a
latter, signed by a responsible person, enraging to become bound
with the person tendering in the sum of 1001. for the due performance
of the Contract.

lIVIETROPOLITAN PARLIAMENTARY
AND FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.
President, Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY,
Offices, 11, Poultry.
The FIRST AGGREGATE PUBLIC MEETING of this Associa-
tion will be held at the Theatre Royal, Drury lane, on MONDAY, the
13th August instant.
The President wilt take the Chair at Seven o'clock precisely, and
theßepresentatives for the Metropolitan Cities, Boroughs, and Coun-
ties, with other Liberal Membersof Parliament, have been invited to
attend.
Tickets for the Dress Circle, Boxes, and Galleries of the Theatre
may be obtained at the Offices, 11, Poultry.
Members will be admitted to the Pit, on production of their Cards
of Membership.
Annual Subscribers of ls. or upwards receive Cards of Member-
-814. and the Council is composed of Members subscribing 101. or
more yearly, and other Members elected by the Council.

THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET
AND ABATTOIR COMPANY.
Empowered by special Act of Parliament. 5 and 6 William IV., cap.
cxi. Provisionally regi•tered, 7 and 8 Vie., cap. cx.
Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand. -
Capital 200,0001. Shares 1/. each, to he paid in full on allotment,
o. which due notice will he given, thereby avoiding any calls.
The responsibility limited to the amount of the shares.
The rental of the houses, &c., on the Islington Market Estate ensures
interest on the subscribed capital.
TRUSTEES.

Gco. Stone, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co.), Lombard-street.
John Twells, Esq. (Messrs. =poorer, Attwoods, and Co.), Grace-

church-street
Wm. Shaw, Esq. (Member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural

Strand.
BANKERS —.Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., Gracedmrch-street.
SoLicrroas —Messrs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great James-
.

street, Bedford. row.

To the Shareholder this Company offers an investment totally free
from risk, with a uniform and undeviating source of dividend, such
as few undertakings have ever been able to command ; whilst the
smal amount of the shares, wholly paid aa, will enable persons in
every grade of society to participate in the advantages. The cattle
market at Liverpool, which was formerly in the centre of the town,
has been removed to the suburbs, and the 251. shares pay a dividend
of 21. Its per share per annnm, exclusive of the abattoirs, which are
now paying in addition twenty per cent. to the shareholders.
Applications for Prospectuses and Shares may be made to the Soli-
citors of the Company ;to the Secretary, at the Offices-of the Corn-
Pally, Wellington-street North, Str tad ; and at the Market-house,
'lslington. Prospectuses may also be had of Thomas Allsop, Esq
Royal Exchange-buildings.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97,
George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col-
lege-green, Dublin.
DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
H. Blair Avarne, Esq. F. Chas. Maitland. Esq.
E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq. F. IL Thomson, Esq.
D. Q. Ilenriques, ELq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.
J. G. Ilenriques, Esq.
SECOND SE I'TENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords
the most perfect security in a large paid.up Capital, and in the great
success which has attended it since its commencement—lTS AtsNum.
INCOME BEING UPWARDS OF 99,000/. __ _

In 1841 the Company added a bonus of V. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from
that date to 31st December, 1847, 247. per cent. per annum was
added at the General Meeting on the 6th of July, 1848.
The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of
December, 1848, is as follows :

Sum Time Assured. Sum added to Sum added to 4um payable
Assured. Polley inlB4l Policy In 1848 at Death.
- -
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 .£787 10 0 £6470 16 8
5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0
5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0
5000 R years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0
5000 6 years .. .. 675 0 0 5675 0 0
5000 4 years .. .. 450 0 0 5450 0 0
5000 2 years .. .. 225 0 0 5225 0 0

The Pro
only One..
loran ce it

•emiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
-half need be paid for the first five years where the In-
s for Life.
information will be afforded on application to the Resident
No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London.

Every I
Director,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSIYRAN(3F SOCIETY.
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
TY leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample
Proprietary Capital.
Moderate Rates of Premiums.
Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured.
Annual Division of Profits.
Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years
Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium.
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates.
N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 6h
Per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid.
Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options.

Perma- ,Sum the
Annual Policyl Bonus in Bonus ,nent Re-! Assured
addition tion Imay bor-
Age. 4) Pre- taken to so_
`" Calash. Annual' row on
out iniAssured. Premium. Policy.
X s. d.I X s. d X s. d. s. d.
1837 276 14 3 128 14 3, 21 7 2 593 6 8
1834 1.251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9
1839 1226 6 0 102 15 1 16 2 9 494 8 10
60 1000 X s. d. J 845 178 0 082 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 0
74 34' 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1
1542 147 4 2 5 1' 10 10 2 4 346 2 3
1643 99 18 4 41 8 4 615 11,296 13 4
1844 62 6 8 27 13 4, 4 4 Ch 247 4 5

Prosper
or any of

tusea, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office,
its branches in the country ; or, on application. will be for-
ost free.

Warded

W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary.

SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ;
United with the
PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Incorporated nu*suant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847.
Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of th. Committee, January 15, 1848.
Amalgamated pursuant to R o utions dated February 5, 1849.
Offices :
31, CORN RILL, LONDON.
with Powers of Extension reserved to the
CAPITAL Proprietors uhder the 16th Clause of the /Z 100,003
Deed of Settlement),
In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paid ; affording the security
of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting.

ISTINGUISHING FZATURES.
llNRlNE.—Limited risks in and upon vessels of the first class at
Lloyds
FIRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with
the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu-
tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that Statute.
LIFE —The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole
profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment
of any risk. The operation of this department also extenling to
RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre-

relents • and
GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of
trust and confidence on the Annual Payment 01 a stipulated rate
per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct

therefrom.
Forms of Application for Provincial Agencies to those towns of the
United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be
obtained from the Head Office as above.
AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director.
London, June 9, 1849.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
Incorporated Pursuant to Act o Parliam nt.
LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also rinnites,
Immediate and deferred.
The payment of fixed sums to th Assur d at any specified age, or
to their Representatives in case of death before that age.
Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years.
Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and
Loans granted, repayable by instalments.
ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum
on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the whole of the
sum paid for the same at a given period.
ItAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of
10s. for every 1001.
Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual
Commission allowed on the introduction of business.
Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society,
and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents
in the Country.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON
FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
offices-8, Water street, Liverpool ; 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-

. .
house, and 28, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London.
This Institution is empowered by special Acts of Parliament; has
a Subscribed Capital of 1,500,000/. ; Surplus Funds, 164,960/. ; be-
sides the accumulated Life Premiums ; and the liability of its pro-
prietors is unlimited. Its system of life business is peculiarly adapted
for persons who pre er certainty to speculation, and the bonus 2s gua-
ranteed will bear comparison with those actually declared by other
Companies.

Fire Insurances on the usual terms of established offices.
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.
BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary, London.

KNOW THYSELF ! Professor BLEN-
KiNsor continues, with unparalleled success, to describe
persons' characters from their handwriting ; pointing nut their
gifts, defects, talents, tastes, and propensities, with the probable
tendency of such indications on their future lives.
Address by letter, statin4 age, sex, and profession, enclosing
thirteen uncut postage stamps, to Dr. BLENKINSOP, 10, Lancaster-
Place, Strand, London.

HEARTBURN, &c —Certain and immediate
11._ relief in the hours of business, by night, or on a journey. is
Krifen be Pure Alkaline Preparations of I-CAR BONATE
Brockedon 's
of
talent Process. They furnish an ever ready and instant remedy to
44.'6 Painful diseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick Head-
Indigestion, &c., produced by Acidity.
r_Sold Wholesale by Barclay and lions, Farringdon-street, and by
E3:7,2' Chemist and Druggist in the United Kingdom. Price One
Shill g per Box, or in Family Boxes, Half-a-crowa.

r„.., Illustrated by 26 Anatomies.' Coloured Engravings on Steel.
PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE
'Edit INC A
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CITionY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
N: .1
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HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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with reanarfuTenoe, infection, and the inordinate use of mercuiry,
Qualificatio n,,Marrlage, and the means of obviating certain is. _
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Ox-
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ranr
Organs I. treats of the anatomy and physiology +f the re-productive
, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
'altT n. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
bedllY weakness nervous excitement, and generative neapacity.
illustrated by Three inxplanatory Engravings.
Palm 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
Primary or secondary form, and centains explicit directions for
"dr treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Pila IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
.7 a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
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reader's notice.
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013. The causes of unproductive anion are also considered, and
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TEMUOIUDIAL Baia! or Sraiscum is exclusively employed in treat-
ncrvous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per
Zttle• • The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic
fer purifYing the blood in cases of infection, secondary amp-
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eesll7./ Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 94., 4s. 6d., and II& per hoz. a
rtatz remedy for gonorrhcea, Sleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
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retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
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