The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-26 00:00:00

STROPS

DIAMOND DUST TABLETS OR STROPS
ready charged for use—for Penknife or Razor from Is
upwards ; and for Table Cutlery, at 35., 55., 75., and 10s. each
Al.. ~,,,,,,,,h,. TIT A WIND 1111Wr in Unstownrid Row., fni

giving'in'stantaneously the keenest ed t 6 the bluntest Razor,
nljg, or other Cutlery, is now re ly imported direct'from
tit mines (for applying generally trops) anti may be had at the
olesale Dept3t of JOHN OTHERS and C 0.,. Sole Im-
porters, lb EXETER CHA.' LONDON, and of their various
Agents throughout the orld, in Rosewood Boxes, with In-
structions, at is., 2s. .. 55.. and ins. 6d. each.

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Bring y Razors and try its efficacy I 1 .
CAUTION.
Every Strop must have the Signature of " JOHN BROTHERS
and Co." on the label, and the Boxes their Address on the
Wrapper

LIVERPOOL AGENTS.
Temple-street.
Mr. Samuel Ashby, 12,
Messrs. Johnson, Church-street.
Mr. W. Shirley, 19, Ranelagh-street.
Mr. S. V. Carney, 45, Dale-street.
Mr. G. It Howell, 72, Duke-street.
Richard Bird, Chemist, Great George-place.
Henry Rook, Perfumer, 117, St. Jtunes's-street

NEW SICK BENEFIT CLUB.
GENERAL PROVIDENT ASSURANCE
lJf SOCIETY,
20, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

PATRONS.
The EARL of SEFTON.
VISCOUNT SANDON,
WM. ENTWISLE, Esq.,
The Worshipful the MAYOR of Liverpool.
The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, Rector.
The Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, Rector.
PRESIDENT.—JOHN CROPPER, Esq.
VICE-PRESIDENT,.—THOMAS SANDS, Esq.
TREASURER.—JOHN CLOW, Esq.
TRUSTEES.
John Bramley Moore, Esq. I James Stitt, Esq.
George Holt, Esq. Samuel Holme, Esq,
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Benjamin Blower, Esq., 59, Pembroke-place.
James Bruce, Esq., MD ,
.58 elson-street.
Henry Pritchard, sq.: eld.
Thomas Eden, Esq., gle.
Edward Parker, Es , Rake-lane, Kirkdale.
George Walker, q., 13, Price-street, Birkenhead•

This Society offers the following advantages

Weekly Allowance fivm ss. to 20*., by weekly, monthly, or guar-

terly paymenti.
Annuities from 2s. 6d. to 40s. per week, do. do. do.
Sum payable at Death from £'lo to £2OO, do. do. do.
Endowments for Children from .45 to £2OO, do. do. do.
Medical Advice with Attendance, 3s. per year.
This Institution being certified by Act of Parliament, is free
from all Stamp Duty. Attendance daily from TEN to FOUR
and SIX to EIGHT, at the Office, 20, SOUTH JOHN-STREET
LIVERPOOL. H. REID, Secretary.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Boards
of Management of the GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, and that of the INDIA AND
LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, are united ; and
that henceforth the business of both will be transacted at the
Office of the GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, 14, WATERLOO-PLACE. Proposals for Assurance,
and other communications, will likewise be received at No. 17,
ConNuita., the present Office of tIV;IDIA AND LONDON
COMPANY.

GREAT BRITAIN MU7AI, LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY AND INp A AND LONDON LIFE
ASSUrCE COMPANY,
14, WATERLOO-P ACE, AND 17, CORNHILL, CITY.

The Chisholm, Etaless Castle, Inverness-shire, and Chapel-
street, Grosvenor-place, London, Chairman.
Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq., (late Physician General, Bom-

h, Deputy-Chairman.
, 36, Fenchurch-street, and Wan-

Lodge, Notting Hill, Deputy Chairma,
William Morley, Esq., Blarvl -
Henry Stroud Barber, Es(
stead, Essex.
Francis Brodigan, Esq.,
James William Deacon,
Hyde Park-square.
Harry George Gordon, Esq., 58, Porchester-terrace, Chairman

Garden-court, Temple.
Esq., Walbrook, and Southwick-place,

of the Oriental Bank. -
Henry Allan Harrison, Esq., St. Leonard's-on-1

Sea, Sussex,

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Director of the Oriental
Alexander Robert Irvine, Esq., 14, Waterloo-place, Managing

Director. -
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars.
Frederick Jones, Esq., Old-square, Lincoln's Inn.
James John Kinloch, Esq., Kair, Kincardineshire, and Glou-
cester-roadr Hyde Park Gardens.
Henry Lawson, Esq., Fortess Terrace, Kentish Town.
Robert Francis Power, Esq., M.D., Queen-street, May-fair.
Archibald Spens, Esq., Bombay Civil Service, Manor House,
Inveresk, N.B.

GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
This Society is established upon the most approved princi-
ples of the Mutual System, and allows credit for half the amount
of the first five Annual Premiums.
The first division of profits will be in the year 1849.
Proposals of every description entertained involving the con-
tingency of human life.

INDIA AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
CAPITAL, £250,000, IN 5000 SHARES OF £5O EACH.
This Company assures the lives of healthy persons in any part
of the world, at as low rates of premium as can be taken con-
sistently with perfect security, whilst, for the accommodation
of the assured, a Half-Premium Table (No. 2) has been con-
structed on a plan peculiar to this Office, and affording greater
advantages to parties assuring for short periods, with the option
of continuing for the remainder of life.
Also invalid lives, whether afflicted with mental or bodily
infirmities.
And lives of Naval and Military Officers and Civilians in
India, in any of the Colonies, or other parts of the world.
Annuities granted, and endowments for widows and children.
A. R. IRVINE, Mana,ger, 14, Waterloo-Place.
Mr. U. J. ANDERSON, 10, Chapel-street,
Liverpool.

Agent—

BINYON'S ELASTIC CHEST EXPANDER

STOOPING of the SHOULDERS and CONTRAC-
TION of the CHEST are entirely prevented, and gently
and effectually removed in Youth, and Ladies and Gentlemen,
by the occasional use of the IMPROV,F,D" ELASTIC CHEST
EXPANDER, which is light, sim! , easily applied, either
above or beneath the dress, and . n without any uncomforta-
ble constraint or impediment exercise. To Young Persons
especially it is highly be • cial, immediately producing an
evident IMPROVEMEN n the FIGURE, and tending greatly
to prevent the incursio' if PULMONARY DISEASES; whilst
to the Invalid, and t ..se much engaged in sedentary pursuits,
such as Reading op,Studying, Working, Drawing, or Music, it
is found to be invaluable, as it expands he Chest and affords a
great support to.the back. It is made in Silk; and can be for-
warded, per post, by Mr. ALFRED BINvoN, ole Manufacturer
and Proprietor, No. 40, Tavistock-street, Covent-gal-lien, Lon-
don ; or full particulars, with Prices and Mode of Measurement,
&c., on receipt of a Postage Stamp.