The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

SIXTH THOUSAND.
In One handsome Volume, Super-royal Octavo, price ss. 6d.,
in cloth boards,

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF HUN-
GARY AND THE MAGYARS, from the Earliest Period
to the Close of the late War. By EDWIN L. GODKIN. This
Volume is illustrated with One Hundred highly-finished En-
gravings, including representations of the principal Battles ;
Portraits of the early Kings, and of the Statesmen and Ge-
nerals who figured in the War of Independence ; Costumes
of the Peasantry, &c. ; Views of the Chief Towns and For-
tresses, &c. ; with an accurate Description of the Manners
and Customs of the People, their Literature, Commerce, Arts,
&c., and aMap of Hungary.

London : JOHN CAsssiVLudgate-hill ; and all Booksellers

January Ist, in a handsome Wranner, price 3s. 6d.
WORKS OF EMINENT MASTERS-
A. Half-yearly Section—containing upwards of 100 Speci-
mens of the choicest Works of the following Masters : Mi-
chael Angelo, Jan Steen, Paul Bril, Albert Durer, Murillo,
I)esportes, Gericault, W. Vandervelde, Jouvenet, Le Sueur,
Fragonard, A. Oatade, Brauwer, Rembrandt, Pradier, Velas-
quez, Van Huysum, Cum Ruysdael, Mansart, Coysevox,
Coypel, Lafosse, Couston, Visconti J. W. M
J hi. Turner, R. Wil-
son, J. Burnet, Sir E. Landseer, J. Leslie, J. E. Millais, W
Hogarth, J. Wright, Mi4ris, R. Westall
London : JOHN CAssELL, Ludgate-hill

; and all Booksellers,

NEW AND POWERFUL ANTI-SLAVERY TALE.
COPYRIGHT SECURED.
Now ready, price is. 6d in ornamental cover, or 2s. neatly
bound in cloth.
MARK SUTHERLAND, THE PLANTER'S
SON ; or, Power and Principle. A Story of surpass-
ing interest. By EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH. With
Frontispiece, designed by J. Gilbert. Esq.
London : JOHN CASSELL, Ludgate-hill ; and all Booksellers.

Price
riIHE MAGAZINE OF ART ALMANACK,
suri!asscs all its predecessors for its varicd and

excellent Engravings. Among these are highly-finished En-
gravings of the Residences of Twelve of the principal Poets
of England, France, and Germany, namely, Alexander Pope,
William Cowper, Sir alter Scott. Thomas Moore, Madame
de Stael, Jacques Delille, F. R. Chateaubriand, Cassimer De-
lavigne, G. A. Burger' J. W. Goethe, J. Godefroy Herder,
and C. F. Schiller, with brief Biographical Notices ; Allego-
rical Representations of the Four Seasons, by J. F., Grand-
ville ; a Halt of Officers, by Philive Wouvermans ; Cross-
ing a Ford, by Karl Dujardin ; the Flight into Egypt, by Sir
Peter Paul Rubens ; The Lamentation of the Slave Mother
The Diving Apparatus ; The Sr- - I

_Amp, a new and cu-
rious Invinti-on, with two Illustrations ; A Swedish Girl
carried away on a Glacier in Pomerania ; and other Engrav-
ings. In addition to the Calendar and other matter usually
found in Almanacks, are given Abstracts of some of the re-
cent Acts of Parliament ; List of the present Ministry, &c.,
&c. Handsomely Printed on 56 pages Royal Octavo.
London : JOHN CASSELL, Lndgate-hill ; and all Booksellers.

CASS EL L'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY
C
PAPER, Eight Pages, same size as "Illustrated Lon-
don News," Price One I'enny.—No. 1 , bearing date De-
cember 31, will he issued to the Trade December 14.—N0. 11.
ready Jan. 2, and continued weekly.

Loudon : JOHN CASSELL, ; order of all Book-
sellers.

Insurance Notices.

UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
_ CHIEF OFFICES: 40, PALL-MALL, LONDON.

NOTICE is hereby 6oiven, hat at an Extraordinary General
Meeting of the Shareholders in this Association, held at the
Chief Offices, on MONDAY, the 28th November last, the fol-
lowine Resolutions, which were unanimously agreed to at an
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders, held at
Willis's-rooms, King-street. St. James', on the Bth November
last, were unanimously confirmed :-
Ist. That the capital of the Unity Fire Insurance Association
be increased to the amount of '2,000,000, by calling
in the existing or original 500,000 Shares in the
capital of the Company of .e 2 each, and creating and
issuing 2,000,000 New Shares of each.
2d. That One Million of such New Shares of £1 each be issued
to the existing Shareholders of the Company, at or on
the price or deposit of 2s. 6d. per Share, and be
apportioned among them, so that each existing Share-
holder shall be allotted and receive two of such New
Shares of each, in lieu of, and in exchange for,
every existing and original Share of £2 each held by
him or her.
3d. That the moneys paid to the Company by the several
holders of the existing or original 500,000 Shares of
£2 each in respect of the deposit of ss. per Share,
paid or payable upon such Shares, shall be taken into
account and allowed to them respectively in full pay-
ment and discharge of the price or deposit of 2s. 6d.
per Share, to be paid in respect of the One Million
New Shares of each, to be created and issued to
them as aforesa d.
4th. That the remaining One Million New Shares of each
be issued at the price of ss. per Share, to be paid by
the Allottees of, or Subscribers for, the same respec-
tively, on their respectively executing the Company's
Deed of Settlement.

The Directors beg respectfully to notify to the Shareholders,
Local Managers, and Agents, that the Forms of Application
for the New Shares are ready for delivery.
By order of the Board,
JOHN SMITH, Local Manager for Liverpool.
Commerce-court, 11, Lord-street, Dec. 3, 1833.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIFE AND
FIRE ASSURANCE INSTITUTION.

HEAD OFFICE-5, LOTHBURY, LONDON

Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 §r 5 Vic., cap. 92,

SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, ONE MILLION

A List of the Prop

ors periodically Enrolled in the High

Court-of Chancery

LIFE DEPARTMENT

This institution adopts both the Proprietary and Mutual
systems of Life Assurance, and the Policy-holders in both
branches are fully protected by the large Subscribed Capital
of the Company. _

In the Proprietary Branch, Assurances arc granted at the
lowest Rates of Premium consistent with the security of the
Establishment. Such assurances may be effected in a great
variety of ways, to suit the circumstances and convenience
of the Assured. Among others, where the Policy is made
,ayable "On the Assured attaining Sixty years r -t

ieach, if that event should happen previously,
deserving of attention.

~, age, or al
i ' s particularly

In the Branch of this Institution, the Policy-holders
are entitled to the Entire Profits of the Branch, which are
divided at the expiration of every fifth year. These profits
may be applied either in Reduction of the Yearly Premiums
until the ensuing period of division, or in Additions to the
sums Assured. . .

Prospective Allowances ar
those Policy-holders who a
ticipate in the

of imm

i division, set apart from
iediately entitled to par-
I have paid five yearly

Assured all the ativar