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PUBLICATIONS.

Just ready, In 3 vols. post Bvo.,
TRAVELS in PERSIA, GEORGIA, and
KoORDISTAN ; a ith Sketches of the Cossacks and the
Caucasus.

By Dr. -MORITZ WAGNER.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Marlborough-street.

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE HEAD OF THE

FAMILY."
Now ready at all the lib-arlei, in 3 vols., •
JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN,
By the auflor of " The Head of the Family," " Olive," &e.,
Hurst and B!ackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

SOUTH-EASTERN RATLWAY.- GRAND
NAVAL REVIEW at SPITEIEAD, on WEDNESDAY, 23d
April, 1856.—Arrangements have been made for two of the Com-
pany's splendid ;tesmers to leave Folkestone for pithead at 10
o'clock on Tuesday evening, the 2,d April, returning from Spithead
after the Review on Wednesday, 23d April. Fares (rail and boat)
to Spithead and back from London and any of the South-Eastern
Railway Company's principal station., 425.
As the accolunodation will tie limited, an • early application
for tickets i 4 necessary. Every passible comfort will be pro-
vided on board. 'Tickets can be had at the Company's Offices, 40,
Regent-circus, Piccadilly, and 147, Cheapside, and at the London-
. ..

bridge Terminus.
April 14, 1856.

C. W. EBORUL, Sfanager.

GRAND NAVAIARErTEII at SPITHEAD

SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

This Grand Review wi'l take place in the presence of her Majesty
the Queen, the members of the House of Lords and House of Com-
mons, the Foreign Ambassadors, &a., &C., on Wanzrzsomr, 23d
Aram inst.
EXTF.NSION OF DOUBLE JOURNEY TICKETS.

Ordinary double journey tickets i*sued from London, or any other
St _ton, to Portsmouth, Gosport, or ,outhampton. on Monday 21st,
Tuesday 22d, or Wednesday 2311 April, will be available to return up
to -aturday 26th April, inclusive.
Pa.4engers proceeding from London to Southampton nn Monday,
or 7 uesday, previous to the Review, may I- rocure, with their railway
ticket, a ticket ter a Steam -bo.t, to leave Southampton at 9.45 a.m.
.or Spithead, and back, ou-Walnesday.
FARES, FOE STEAM-BOAT ONLY, 20s.

A limited number of tickets will be issued for railvray (first-class),
and the boat at Waterl o-bridge sta ion ; 53, King William-street,
City ; and Universal Office, Regent Circus.
Additional Express Trains will r_in from the Waterlop-bridge
Station to Port4mouth and Southampton on Tuesday, 642 d April, at
11.15 a.m., 1.15 p.m., 3.15 p.m., 4 9.0p.m, and 4.15 p.m., at ordi-
nary fares.

By order of the Directors.
Waterloo•bridge Stati al. April, 1816. •

GRAND NAVAL REVIEW at SPITHEAD
uortTA OUT (I).
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
This Grami Reriew will take place in t! .e pr. sence of her Majesty
the Qu en. the Niember+ of the House of Lords and House of Com
mons, the Foreign Am aasadors, &c., &c., on WEDNESDAY, 23d April
in.

4pEctaa. Excuastom TRAINS will leave the Waterloo Bridge Ste-
am. 0.. that day, As follows:
T r Portsmouth at 5.0 returning at 7.0 p.m. Fares, there
and back—Covered carrisges. 20s. ; seated open carriages, 15s.
To Southa iipton at 5.3 a.m., returning at 7.30 p.m. A Steam-
ho4t will leave Southampton ,or :pithead in con section with this
rain, for which a limited number of tickets will be issued. Fares—

Rai ,vay (cove red carriages) ......
355.
eam-bo it only, there and back— ••.. ••
Tickots will be is4tiod on the Tueslay, after 6 p m., at the Water-
too-bri,l e Station; 33, K•ng William-street, City; dt the Universal
(hike, Regent-circus ; and on the Wednesday morning at the Station
only.
A Special Train, at Val ordinary fares, will leave the Waterloo-
brid, e S ation for Portsmouth, a* 6 a.m., on W. dnesday, sto ping t.,
take up pas•enge at Kingston, Farnborough, R.isingltoke, and
Winchester, returning at 6.30 and 7.30 p.m.
By order of the Directors.
Waterloo-bridge Station, April, 1.56.

THE LONDON and EASTERN BANKING
CORPORATION —E,tablished January 1, 1854.
Head Office 27, ra,inon-.treet, City.
Hyde-park BraPch—i 36, Westbourne-terrace.
The Hop. JoaN C ADWAL AD E R EiLSKI vE, Chairman.
JOHN RNAC MORRIS, Esq., F.ll S., Deputy-Chairman.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS are opened In the usual manner with
approved parties, two per cent interest being allowed on the minimum
monthly balance.
CALL ACCOUNT.—For sumasleposited at ten days call five per
cent. interest is ails ed ; this-rate is regulated by the discount rate
of the Bank of En land.
DEPOSIT ACCOI 'NTS.—The field for employment of money
afforded by the Branches of this Bank in India tnabl,s the Corporation
to allow on deposits ll' lengthened fixed periods very favourable rates
of interest. Deposits are received for the stated periods of one,
hree, or five years certain at five per cent. per annum, paid half-
yearly. For these deposits receipts are given, made trauslerable if
desired.

JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager.

NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION,
48, Gracechurch-street, London.
For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c.
Chairman-Bastoa; HAYHURST LUCAS, ESQ.
Deputy Chairman--Citaittes LusniNorort, Esq.
Abstract of the Rep,rt of the Directors for 1855:
The number of policies ismed during the year • • ..... . • • 1,073
Assuring the sum of
Annual premiums thereon .. •• ..
Policies tssued trim the commencement of the Institution
in December, 1835 .• •
Policies now in force .. . • 13,740
Annual Income From Pre-
miums(afterdeduetiogX33,3lB
abatement allowed) .. •.....£189,955 1.5 2
Litt',— From Interest on in-
vested capital .... . -
- -13 5
Amount returned to members In abatement -of
premiums
Amount of bonuses added to gums assured.• •• • • 126,564 0 0
Amount paid in claims by death from the com-
mencement of the Institution .. • 525,851 19 11
Balance of receipts over the disbursements in
the year .. •. ...
Increasing the capital stock of the Institution to 1,211.049 17 4"
At the last division of surplus profits made up to Nov. 20, 1852,
the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent. on the original amount
of premiums. a:eoldieg .o the age of the mrmber and the time the
policy had been in force; and the bonu- es ranted in like manner
from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received during
the preceding five years.
Members whose premiums fat due on the let of April are re-
minded that they must be p with:n 30 days trom that date.
The Director,' Report for 1855 may now be obtained on applica-

ion.
20th Match, 1856.

JOSEPH MARSH, ceerotary.