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The division of profits is animal, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrnv, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

LIFE ASSURANCE ANB ANNUITIES.
The following are Specimens of the LOW RATES of PRE-
MIUM charged by the AUSTRALASIAN COLONIAL AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY.

Age • ....... 20 30 4O
Annual Prem. I£l 10 3 £2 0 7 X 2 15 3

£4 1 8

£6 3 9

and of these Premiums one-third may remain unpaid in the hands of
the Assured, at interest to be deducted from the stuns assured, when
they become claims.
Peculiar facilities are afforded for the assurance of the lives of per-
sons proceeding to or residing in Australasia and the East Indies.
Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company,
on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu-
tion, that Annuitants participate in the profits.

DIRECTORS.
E. Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhonn, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
SBCRETART—E. Ryley, Esq.

For prospectuses and other partil
Bishopgate-street, corner of Cornhi

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!mhos, apply at the offices, N 0.126,
Llll.

VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
TRUSTEES.
Sir JAMES DUKE Alderman, M.P., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
BENJAMIN BARNARD, Esq.
CHARLES BALDWIN, Es q.
Peculiar advantages are offered by this Company. Thus.—
Parties assuring the lives of others may make their policies secure,
notwithstanding the life assured may go out of the limits of Europe,
without the necessary permission of the Directors having been pre.
viously obtained.
Credit of half the premiums fir the first five years allowed on po-
licies efrbctecl for the whole term of life.
On policies of five years' standing, half the amount paid. after the
first year's premium, may be borrowed thereon by the Assured.
Advances are also made to Assurers on real or undoubted personal
security, for terms of years, repayable by Instalments.
Attention is particularly requested to the detailed Prospectuses of
the Company, which may be obtained at the Office, is, King
William-street, City, or by letter, addressed to the Secretary.
WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post.
office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
John W. Buckle, Esq. George Lynll, Esq., 31. P.
John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P.
Francis hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq.. M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Thomson liankey,jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry It. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. George Stone, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June
1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on all
average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly
equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842.
On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added
to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to
about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those
seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three
Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
on the sth of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1843, and the same
is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted)
between the hours of ten and three o'clock.
Notice is hereby given, That Assurances which expire at Michael-
mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with
Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall Mall ; or with the
Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become
void.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary,

lIEARTBURN, &c.—Certain and immediate
relief in the hours of business, by night, or on a journey, is
given by the Pure Alkaline Preparations of 111-CARBONATE of
SODA and I'OTASS, compressed into Pills by Brockedon's Patent
Process. They furnish an ever ready and instant remedy t• those
painful diseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-headache,
Indigestion, &c , produced by Acidity.
Sold wholesale by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; and by
every Chemist and Druggist in the United Kingdom. Price One
Shilling per Box, or in Family Boxes, Half-a-Crown.

CURE OF NERVOUS DEAFNESS.-Dr
CRONIN may he consulted daily from Two to Four, on the
USE of ARNICA MONTANA, in the successful treatment of NER-
VOUS DEAFNESS. The following extreme cases have been cured
by this medicine :—Mr. Ryan, jun., 13, Holland-street, Soho-square ;
Mr. J. W. Vogel, Morning Advertiser-office, Fleet-street ; Miss Moun-
sey, Oxford-road, Manchester ; Mr. Price; Adelphi Shellfish-house.
Strand ; Miss Blencoe, Pittville, Cheltenham ; Mrs. Yowler, 1,
Heathcote-place, Strand ; H. Woodburn, Esq., St. Martin's-lane ;
Mr. Connor (the firm of Blaney and Connor), Holborn ; Mrs. Richard-
son, Gresford, Cheshire; Miss Willott, Aidermanbury ; Signor Do-
nato, 8, Lodge-street, Bristol ; Master Jones, Lydia Ann-street,
Liverpool ; Lewis, Esq., Curling, Esq., Dupre, Esq., Jersey ;
Mr. Lowe, jeweller, Chester, &c.
Dr. Cronin's Treatise, price 2s. 6d., may be had at the Dispensary,
113, Strand ; or at the author's residence, 6, Craven-street, Strand,

PUBLIC NOTICE.
434, OXFORD-STREET.

TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS.
Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
GRIMS'rONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the
Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re-
commended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders
ncident to the Eyes and Head.
SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND
DEAFNESS CURED!
By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound!
Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand
cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet
certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the
sufferer to inake trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it.
Fhe Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma.
jesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical
Practitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised
Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as Grim.
stone's Eye Snuff" for its efficacy in removingall diseases incident
to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie ,Esq., F.R.S.R See J. B. Lach.
field, Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it
a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late
Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye
Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade
Mecum."
Dr. Andrews also recommends its use as a preventive. See his
reports in Nov. 1531. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the.
membrane, within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim.
stome's Eye Snuff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest
benefit to the consumer; and, further, recommends its universal
adoption as a preventative.
Dr. Thomas, of .Hatfield, having witnessed many cases both of
headache and ophthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. '
A few of the many thousand Testimonials of Sight restored and
Deafness cured by Gin MSTONE'S EYE SNUFF:—
.
To W. Grimstone, Esq. " April 20th, 1544.
" Dear Sir,—l feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of
the miraculous cure effected en myself by taking a few pinches of
the far celebrated Gnmstone's Eye Snuff, which, in my case, ought
rather to be called' Ear Snuff,' it haying effectually relieved me from
a deafness from which I have been suffering for many years. You are
at liberty to make any use you please of this communication, since 1
should nauch regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff
were not universally known.
" I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant,
" Granton, Scotland. " M A RGA RET MACGREGOR.
" I can vouch for the truth of the ,foregoing facts and statements.
" May 8, 1644. "JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Berks."
G. W. M. Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, sec.. &c ,
relieved cf excruciating pains, and can now write without spectacles
—36, Stamford.steet, Blacicfriar's.toad.
Madame F. Lewis, facing the church, Park-street, Windsor; cured
if dimness of sight and headache.-oth Ss.ptember, 1838, and 181'S.
J. B. Lachfield, Esq. -Seeed of Ophthalmia. Whitehall and
Thatched House Tavern his letters, 1838 and 1812.
Observe the Caution—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole inventor,
and the only genuine is prepared by him.
This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in
canisters, at MGR Is. 9d., Id., ts. 44., 86., and 15e. 6d. each, by the
Proprietor, W. IMSTUNE, at No. 434, Oxford-street, Totten.
nam.ceurt.road end (late of No. 29, Broad.street, Bloomsbury),
and at the Herbary, Highgate ; and can also be obtained in all the
principal Towns and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers
Owners, Captains, and all Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff: This
celebrated Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains
its benign qualities in every climate; All Snuffs and Cigars shipped
on the shortest notice.
Any quantity can be forwarded through the General Post, by
sending money orders. A 2s. 4d, canister, with postage, will cost
ss. and so on in like proportion.
JAERBARY ALIGLIGATE,