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FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCES

MAY BE EFFECTED
ON THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS WITH
THE SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Instituted 1824, and Incorporated by Royal Charter.

LONDON BOARD.
Charles Balfour, Esq. Robert Murray, Esq.
J. Deans Campbell, Esq. Richard Oliverson, Esq.
J. Gordon Duff, Esq. Divie Robertson, Esq.
Robert Gillespie, Esq. H. F. Sandeman, Esq.
James Gooden, Esq. John Small, Esq.
John Kingston, Esq. Daniel Stoddart, Esq.
Sutherland Mackenzie, Esq., Manager.
LONDON OFFICES.
449, West Strand, and 7S, King William-street, City.
FIRE INSURANCES effected 'at the usual Reduced Rates,
and Policies may be transferred to this Office without extra
charge, and on terms very favourable to the Assured. Special
Risks reasonably rated.
LIFE ASSURANCES. ,
The additions made to the life policies granted by this Cor-
poration for the last seven years vary from 41 to 65 per tent. on
the premiums paid, and average 14 per rent„ or two per cent.
per annum on the sums assured—a result, it is believed, more
favourable than any other Company (mutual or proprietary )
has hitherto accomplished, when the low rates of premium
charged by this Company are taken into consideration.
The next division of life profits will take place in December,
1846, being an interval of live years, and persons entering be-
fore the Ist of August next will enjoy one yea'r's additional
rating, and rank at next division of profits for five complete
years.
To facilitate loan transactions a reduced scale of rates with-
out profit has been adopted. The rates and other particulars
may be ascertained at the above offices, or at any of the Com-
pany's Branch Establishments throughout the kingdom.
F. G. SMITH, Secretary.
Scottish Union Office, 449, West Strand, London.

VICTORIA. LIFE A SSIJP„AN CE AND
LOAN COMPANY.
No. 18, King William-stree , City.
TRUSTEES.
Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.-., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Benjamin Barnard, Esq. I Charles Baldwin, Esq.
Solicitor, John Curtis, Esq., 80, Pasingtrall.street.
The principle of this Company is to allow to each Assurer
such reasonable advantages, as may suit Lis particular views.
Thus, parties Assuring the Lives of oth.m.s, may make their
Policies secure, notwithstanding the Lifo Assured may go out
of the limits of Europe, vri hout 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
Policies, a sum equal to one-half the Premiums paid, less that
for the first year. Advances are mac to parties Assured in
the Office, on real or undoubted Person al Security, for terms
not exceeding three years,repayable br instalments. Premiums
moderate. Participation in profits. Drtailed Prospectuses
may be obtained on application at the Office, or by letter
addressed to the Secretary.
WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, 1. PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON.
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT,
4th VICTOR/A, CAP. 9.
DIRECTORS.

William Bardgett, Esq. John Drewett, Esq.
Samuel B. vington Esq. Robert Eglinton, Esq.
Wm. Fechney Black, Esq. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq.
John Brightman, Esq. • Alex. Robert Irvine, Esq.
George Cohen, EAq. Peter Morrison, Esq.
Millis Coventry, Esq. Henry Lewis Sunk, Esq.
Thomas Teed, Esq.
AUDITORS.
3. B. Bevington, Esq. I F. P. Cockerill, Esq. I J. D. Dow, Esq.
MEDIC AL OFFICER.—John Clendinning, M.D., F.R. S.
STANDING COUNSEL. —The Hon. John Ashley, New-square,
Lincoln's Inn ; Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P., Temple.
SoLwiToa.--William Bevan, Esq., Old Jewry.
BANlCERS.—Nlessrs.Dret,cett and Fowler, Princes-street,Bank.
This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parlia-
ment, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life As-
surance, in their fullest extent, to Policy-holders, and to pre-
sent greater facilities and accommodation than are usually of-
fered by other Offices. The decided superiority of its plan,
and its claim to public preference and support, have been proved
incontestably by its extraordinary and unprecedented success.
A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock.
Extract from Increasing Rates of Premium for an Assurance
of £lOO for Whole Term of Life :

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW WORKS OF TRAVEL.
I. NARRATIVE of the SECOND CAMPAIGN to
CHINA. By KEITH STEWART MACKENZIE,
LATE MILITARY SECRETARY to the COMMANDER-
IN-CHIEF. 1 vol., post Bvo,
11. A PILGRIMGE to AUVERGNE, from PICARDY
to LE VELAY. By MISS LOUISA STUART COS-
TELLO, Author of A Summer amongst the I3ocages and
the Vines," &c. 2 vols., with numerous Illustrations.
111. BELGIUM. By J. EMERSON TENNENT,
Esq., 111. P., Author of " Letters from the 2Egean," &c.
2 vols., post Bvo., with Illustrations.
IV. VIENNA and the AUSTRIANS. By Mrs. TROL-
LOPE, Author of "Paris and the Parisians," &c. 2 vols., Bvo.,
with 14 Engravings by Hervieu.
V. A SUMMER AMONGST THE BOCAGES and
the VINES. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO,
Author of " The Queen-Mother," &c. 2 vols., Bvo., with nu-
merous Illustrations.
VI. A SUMMER in ANDALUSIA.
DENNIS, '2 vols. Bvo. wi,h Illustrations.
VII. PARIS and the PARISIANS. By Mrs. TROL-
LOPE, author of " The Widow Barnaby," &c. New Edition,
with a new Preface, 2 vols. Bvo., with 14 characteristic En-
gravings by Hervieu.
VIII. TRAVELS in KOORDISTAN and MESOPO-
TAMIA. By J. BAILLIE FRASER, Esq., '2 vols. Bvo.,
with Engravings.
X. ELEVEN YEARS in CEYLON. By Major FORBES.
Second Edition, 2 vols. Bvo., revised and corrected, with nu-
merous Illustrations.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to her tilajesty.

TO BOOK SOCIETIES, CLUBS, &c.
On the Ist f August will be published, No. 548 of
THE MONTHLY MAG.AZINE and CRI-
TICAL REGISTER OF BOOKS.
CONTENTS:
Ben Jenson and Drummond of ILiwthornden— Lays and
Legends ' • Second Series. By W. J. 'Toms—lch then. By
Lewis Way—Chapter on Wines. No. I. By Cyrus Redding
—Biographi.al Recreation. From Paul Richter—The Regi-
cide Mania. By R. H. Horne—' ilkie's Pictures. By J. W.
Allen—The English Stage. By Edward Mayhew—Leigh
Hunt's Palfrey—Meemerism. By Walter K. Kelly—The
A ristoc s
Aristocrat}'
Society
—Chanson.
Fromemoria B
England—Memorial to Parliament
By W.
Authors' K.
—lllustrations of Dartmoor. By J. E. Reade—The Millionaire
and his Daughter—The Charmed Robe. From the German
of Uhland—Shaksperiana—Critical Register. Notices of nu-
merous books—The Drama, Music, &e.—Li,t of Works pub-
lished, and. Literary Intelligence.
*,,,s The proprietors have made arrangements that this
Magazine shall in future contain a larger number of Notices
of Books than any other. Having unusual advantages for ob-
taining all the publications issued, they have determined to
establish an impartial Register, where the book-buyer will find
not only the Title, but an account of the aim and purport of
the work, and a fair statement of its execution and value. The
machinery nee.ssary to bring such a Bibliographical Review
into full operation must occupy some time, but they trust, with
the aid of their extensive means, ultimately to give an
account uf every book published in the United Kingdom.
This can, however, only be gradually accomplished. A
portion, entitled " Shakesperiana," will in future be
dedicated to information relative to Shakspeare and the
Old Dramati'ts and Poets, and as this portion will be
contributed to by some of the first literary antiqua-
rians, it is hoped it will prove a very agreeable ad-
&tin. Every means will be taken to gi•jv serijceable and
entertaining Tinter, so as to afford, more particularly to the
country reader, such an half-crown's worth of monthly reading
as shall enable him to keep up with the progress of Literature
and Art. Notices of the Drama, Mnsic, and the Fine Arts,
will be given, and a variety of other information, which will
render it. valuable as a register and record, as well as an enter-
taining miscellany. To the admirers and professors of the Fine
Arts it is particularly recommended, as every endeavour will be
made to render it an organ for the propagation of enlightened
and sound principles .of art, and ultimately a record of all the
pictures exhibited in the Same manner as of the books published.
Published for the proprietors by C. Mitchell. Red Lion-
court, Fleet-street.

Vito OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION:
Fa) Mr. FOX TALBOT'S CALOTYPE PROCESS
( .sxhibiting the spontaneous production of a Picture) is ex-
) lained at Two o'clock daily, by Dr. RYAN, who, with
Professor liachhoffner, and the other Lecturers, is constantly
introducing to • the Visitors every New Subject in Practical
Science. The beautiful PICTURES of the HOLY LAND,
by DANIEL ROBERTS, R. A., (published by Mr. Moon),
form a principal feature in the NEW and ENLARGED
DISSOLVING VIEWS. The COLOSSAL ELECTRI-
CAL MACHINE, DIVING BELL and DIVER, &c., &c.
The last Edition of the Catalogue (just published) contains a
full deseriptiln of the remarkable Models in the New Rooms
next Cavendish-square. Conductor of the Varrl, Mr. Wallis.
Admission, One Shilling. Schools half-price.

FURNITURE.
THE FURNITURE DEPARTMENT of the
PANTECHNICON, BELGRAVE-SQUARE, com-
prises the largest Stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY
FURNITURE ever exhibited for Sale. The Manufacturers'
lowest prices are affixed to every article. The Materials and
Workmanship being of the Lest quality, will be warranted to
the Purchasers, and delivered within five miles free of expense.
Furniture carefully packed if required, and forwarded to any
part of the world.

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LY T. COX SAVORY, Manufacturing Silversmith, No. 47,
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submitsthe prices of the following patterns of strongly Plated
Corner Dishes, with silver handles and edges, and silver shields
for engraving the crest or coat of arms :
The Gadroon Pattern.
Feur Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers £lO 10 0
Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and
12 12 0
Covers
The Flower Pattern.
Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and
13 10 0
Covers
N.B. The covers are made with moveable handles, so that
they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forwarded to
any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free.

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under the guises of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," &c.
Ike., against which we especially warn them. Aided by an
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so that acids do not afitct it ; it is now so well known and
appreciated that itis universally superseding silver in all its
uses. The genuine metal, which is more durable than silver,
can only be had at our warehouses. It is' the same through-
out, and can be engraved and made in all the various articles
I that are in silver, from which it can only be told by reference
to the stamp. Fiddle Threaded King's
Pattern. Pattern. Pattern.

'fable Spoons and Forks, full
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They are cheap, '2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 4e. 6d., and the very large
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ROUGIISEDGE and SUMMERS, Nos. 18, and
37, Bridge. street, Bristol, return their grateful acknaw-
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Nobility, Gentry, &c., that they have commenced manufac-
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FLUID MAGNESIA, which has been analysed by
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been pronounced by the most eminent of the Faculty to con-
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the public, and the concentration of the bicarbonate in IL and
S.'s FLUID MAGNESIA (without detriment to its purity)
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The great advantage of this elegant preparation is recom-
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Sold in Bottles of Is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d.
; and in Cases
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dispensing.
AGENTs ion. LoNnox.—Mr. Sanger, chemist, 150, Ox-
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Observe ! That none is genuine without the label over
the cork bearing the names of
GHSEDGE & SUABIERs.

==-__-,----
111ASSANIELL0.—The new Historical Romance under
this title, edited by, Horace Smith, Esq., author of
" Brarabletye House; affords another incontestible proof
of the great value and interest of this truly popular
mide of treating treat historical subjects. Like the
excellent roman( e of " Oliver Cromwell " (also pro-
duced under the able editorship of Mr. Horace Smith)
all the leading details of " Massaniello " are strictly
true to the best historical authorities on the subject ; at
the same time that th© partially dramatic character of
the leading se nos and incidents give a life-like effect
a skilfully-con-
to the whole, which the dry and tbrmal trammels of
history for the most part preclude. 1 h
eNllttoe‘rvii writers :
?--us, in reading
.ei,ined that it shall take
this novel, an inclispensabb portion of historical know-
ledge
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THOMAS HOOD, ESQ.—The editor and' publisher of this
favourite olueraidte
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Pry ;" Mrs. Trollope .; •Laman Blanchard, Es_. ;
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we have articles by thaelsiollolNisi'
Priggins ; Captain Medwin ; and the Medical Student.
The Editor ; John Poole, following
4., The Grimsby Ghost," and " An Undertaker," by the
Editor, are both in Mr. Hood's unequalled vein of comi_
cality ; and the reader will derive nearly as much amuse-
ment from " The Chemist's First Murder," by Leman
Blanchard. " The- Widow Barnahy " goes a-head fa-
mously at New Orleans ; and this account of her trans-
atlantic adventures, will certainly rank among the best
sketches Mrs. Trollope has hitherto given to the world.
",Twenty-three Minutes past Two," by John Poole, Esq ,
is a laughable narration of an incident " founded on
fact," the hero being a member of the famous Pangrow-
lean Club. " The Five Incumbents," the first of a seriee
of five papers by Peter Priggins, details in a touching
style, interspersed with this writer's facetious peculiari-
ties, the story of the Vicar of Clearstream. ~ Oxen-
ford Grange ' is another of those remarkable passages
in the reminiscences of a Medical Student, which have
attracted so much attention. " The Two Skeletons," a
Boccacio-like tale by Captain Medwin, will deeply ex-
cite the sympathies or its readers ; and " The Four
Phases, or the Duke of Orleans, ' is an article which the
death of this noble young Prince will cause to be eagerly
perused. The Number contains other papers of great
interest, not the least attractive among which which will
be found, " The Freaks of Philosophy," consisting of
curious opinions respecting the morality, politics, and
religion of Leasts and birds.
CLAYTON.—The fancy weaving trade in this popu-
lous district has within the last fortnight experienced consider-
able improvement. The extensive works of Messrs. Wood and
Co., and Messrs. Nortons, have set to work a great number of
weavers.—Leeds Journal. .