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LIFE ASSURANCE AND
LOAN COMPANY.
No. IS, King William-stree, , City.
TRUSTEES.
Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M. c'., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Benjamin Barnard, Esq. I Charles Baldwin, Esq.
Solicitor, John Curtis, Esq., 80, P.asinghall.strcet.
The principle of this Company is to aglow to each Assurer
such rea'onable advantages, as may suit his particular views.
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 previously obtained. Credit of half the
Premiums for the first five years, allowed on Policies effected
for the whole term of Life. Parties who have been Assured
for five years will be allowed to borrow on the security of their
Polities, a sum equal to one-half the Premiums paid, less that
for the first year. Advances are made to parties Assured in
the Office, on real or undoubted Personal Security, for terms
not exceeding three years, repayable by instalments. Premiums
moderate. Participation in profits. Detailed Prospectuses
may be obtained on application at the Office, or by letter
addressed to the Secretary.
WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS-
SURANCE COMPAN Y,
No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office,

London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN W. BUCKLE, Esq., Chairman.
JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
TJenry Hulse Berens, Esq. John Loch, Esq.
John Dixon, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Fenwick, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
G orge Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.

AUDITORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones 1 I
o 3 d, Eiq. George Stone, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F. R. S.
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In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June,
1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in-
sured, on an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus
of nearly similar amount was declared in June, 1836. At each
period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged
rather more than 28 per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums
paid thereon during the preceding seven years.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—Notice is hereby given, that Assu-
rances which expire at Midsummer must be renewed with-
in 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 Ic&S, Secretary.
METROPOLITAN
SOCIETY, No. 3,

LIFE ASSURANCE
Princes-street, Bank.
_ TORS.
John Alicard, Esq. Joseph Hoare, Esq.
Richard Low Beck, Esq. J ,hn Laur nee, Esq
Edmund C. Buxton, Esq. William Josh. Lescher, I sq.
James Dawson, Esq, John Fras. I‘l,lubart, Esq.
Thomas Fowler, Esq. Joshua Scholetield, Esq., M.P.
Francis Fox, Eso, Henry Sturt, Esq.
Williani Starr& Fry, Esq. John Taylor, Esq.
Robert Gant Esq. John Travers, Esq.
BerkLlfaxes, inn., 6%4 M.P. George Vaughan, Esq.
The Directors heribyglee notice to Members whose Pre-
miums fall due on the sth of July next, that the same must
be paid within thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are payable Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly,
on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of
October, either of which several days constitutes the commence-
ment of the year to MEMBERS. Persons, therefore, desirous
of entering the Society, AS MEMBERS, on the sth of
July next, should appear at the Office on or before that day.
So various are the plans now before the public for effecting
Assurance on Life, it may, at first sight, seem difficult to
make choice between them. As, however, all prudent offices
make a considerably higher charge in the annual premium
than experience has hitherto shown to be necessary, but differ
in the mode of disposing of the surplus or profit, the following
classification may be made :-
Ist. Proprietary Offices, where all the surplus from pre-
miums and other profits is divided exclusively amongst the
Share or Stockholders.
2d. Offices where the same is divided in various proportions
between Share and Stockholders and the assured.
3d. Offices of a strictly mutual character, where the whole
of the profit is equitably distributed amongst the assured only.
The Metropolitan, which is of the last class, was established
in 1835, and althoughl no paid agents for town or country have
at any time been employed, nor any expensive system of adver-
t ising resorted to, yet 113 advantages have been so well appre-
ciated by the public, that the annual premiums already exceed
38,5001.
In consequence of the prosperous state of the Society's af-
fairs, the Annual Premiums of Members of Five years' standing
have been reduced Forty-two and a Half per cent.
A plan of the Society, with tables of rates, may be obtained
an application at the Ot'fice.
RICH AHD IIEATHFIELD, Superintendent.
Princes-street, Bank, June 8, 1842.

DIKE,

TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, and OTHERS.
Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
GRIMSTONE'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
recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis-
orders incident to the Eyes and Head.
SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE
AND DEAFNESS CURED!
By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound!
Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou-
sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifliug ex-
pense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary
toi n duce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com-
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its use. Their late Majesties, 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" Grimstone's Eye Snuff,"
for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and
Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R. S. See J. B. Lachfleld,
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 Grim-
stone's Eve Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the
" Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters
of Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of
the first respectability.

Nottingham, 28th Aug., 1841.
This extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson
Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham.
To Mr. W. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London.
Sir,—l feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of
my case, and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by
using your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my
93d year, and a native of Holland, have been in this country
26 years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age,
I cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight,
therefore unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely
believe I should have remained in darkness and pain but for
the kind recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I
purchased a 23. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, to-
bacconist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear wit-
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from the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer-
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sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so sell
known in Nottingham.
I am, Sir, your obliged servant,
28th Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA.
P. s.—Sir,—l should not do you justice without stating my
relief was almost instantaneous. My eyes became clear and
freed from humour, and by persevering in its use very fre-
quently I am enabled to read small print without the aid of
Glasses, and continue to enjoy God's greatest blessing—Sight !
free from pain. I have reason to be grateful, and do recom-
mend your Eye Snuff to all I know.
A. Z. M.
Nottingham.
Observe the Caution.—W. GRIM STONE i- the sole in-
ventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him.
This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in
canisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs. and 15s. 6d.
each by the Proprietor, W. Grimstone, at 3F, Broad-street,
Bloomsbury, and can be obtained in all the pric cipal towns and
rtties. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and
all vendors of o,irnstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff
is shipped to all quarters of the globe, anti retains its benign
qualities in every climate. 411 Snuffs anti Cigars shipped on
the shortest notice.

FITS AND NERVOUS COMPLAINT'S.
MISS PIKE'S POWDERS.—This inestimable
Medicine, a Cure for EPILEPTIC, HYSTERIC, and
every other description of FITS and NERVOUS DISEASES, may
bneri shadtol ofoa tthee
of
Be Proprietor,rke Miss Pike, 15, Park-place, Clifton, near
Gloucestershire) ; and in London, of
Messrs. Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, sole wholesale
agents, in bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d , and I Is, each, where numerous
testimonials to its ordinary efficacy of. he li.gliest respectability may
he obtained. It may also be had through all respectable Venders of
Medicine in the United Kingdom ; but be parti ular in observing
that the name Sarah Merrett Pike , Berkeley, Gloucestershire," is
engraved in White Letters on a Bed Ground in the Government
Stamp, as none other Can be genuine.