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May 23, 1857.] THE LEADER. 503
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May 23, 1857.] The Leader. 503
May 23 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 503
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HE UNITED MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . The Hon . W . E- FITZ MAURICE , Chairman . W E . SNOW , Esq ., Deputy-Chairman . This Society transacts every description of life Assur-JU Offlces , 64-, Charing-cross .
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ttiCTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE V COMPANY , 18 , KING WILLIAM-STEET , CITY . T Established 183 S . Benjamin Hawes , Esq ., Chairman . Thomas Nesbitt , Esq ., Deputy Chairman . Charles Baldwin , Esq . W . K . Jameson , Esq . George Denny . Esq . John Nol loth , Esq . J . C . TDimsdale , Esq . M . Stamland , Esq . J P Gassiot , Esq ; , F . R . S . Daniel button , Esq . Aaron Goldsmid , Esq . O . B . Bellingham Woolsey , Sidney Gurney , Esq . Esq . The business of the Company embraces every description of risk connected with Life Assurance . The Premiums are moderate , pr"i may be paid quarterly , half-yearly , or otherwiss * Credit allowed of one-third of the Premiums till death , or half the Premiums for five years , on policies taken out for the whole of life . Residence in most of the Colonies allowed without paymeat of any extra Premium , and the rates for the East and West Indie ' s are peculiarly favourable to Assurers . loans are made on Mortgage of Freeholds , Leaseholds , and Life Interests , & c—also to Policy-holders , with unexceptionable Personal Sureties . Four-fifths or 80 per cent , of the entire Profits are appronriated to Assurers on the Profit Scale . v WILLIAM RATRAY , Actuary .
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"DEOVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE X ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION . Established 1840 . TRUSTEES . —Thomas Baring , Esq ., M . P . Thomson Hankcy , Esq ., M . P . , Wm . George Prescott , Esq . Baron L . N . de Rothschild , M . P . Every description of life assurance and annuity business effected daily _ . *• This Association has an accumulated fund of 88 , 0002 . ' An . annual income of 27 , 0007 . [ Profits have been divided to the extent of 15 . 000 Z . And a third bonus will be declared during the ensuing year . < Policies effected on the half-credit system . Chief Office , 15 , Moorgate-street , London . < WILLIAM THOMAS L 1 NFORD , Sec .
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, THE HOUSEHOLDERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY . _ DIRECTORS . Wm . Ashton , Esq .. Hortou-honso , Wraysbury , Staines . The Rev . Thoa . Cator , Bryanston-square , and Skelbrookpark , Doncaster . . Charles Hulse , Esq ., Hall-grove , Bagshot . F . D-Bullock Webster , Esq ., Norfolk ' -terraee , Hyde-park . Arthur P . Ouslow , Esq ., Lawbrook-house , Shere , Guildford . Thomas Pocock , Esq ., Southwark-bridgc-road . Peter Patterson , Esq ., jun ., Park-road , Holloway . James Laughton , Esq ., Holm Villa , Lcwisham-road . This Company enables persons , without speculation , to invest large or small sums , at a higher rate of interest than can . be obtained from the public funds , and on as secure a basis . Forms of application to deposit sums of money , at 5 per cent , interest , payable hal f-yearly , or to purchase shares ( the present interest on which is 0 per cent ) , may be had on application to R . HODSON . Sec . 15 and 10 , Adam-street , Adelphi .
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£ 1000 IN CASE OF DEATH . A FIXED ALLOWANCE OF . £ 6 PER WEEK IN THE EVENT OF INJURY BY ACCIDENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ; may bo secured by an Annual Payment of J 28 for a Policy in tho -p AIL WAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE At COMPANY . Smaller amounts may bo secured by proportionate payments . NO CHARGE FOR STAMP DUTY . RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may bo insured against by the Journey or by tho Year at all the principal Railway Stations , where also Forms of Proposal and Prospectusos may bo had—and of tho Provincial Agents—and at the Head OUlco , London . N . L . —Tho usefulness of this Company is shown by tho sum paid as Compensation for Accidentu ^ 23 , 722 . Railway Passengers Assurance Company . Empowered by Spocial Act of Parliament . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary . Oflico , 3 , Old Broad-atreet , E . C .
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WANTE D to adopt a Child , about Eight years of ago . — Addrosn , with name and full particulars , < j . Z . V ., 117 , Floot-strcot , E . C .
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RUPTURES . —BY ROYAL LETTERS PAT 10 NT . TTH-HITIfl'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is T T allowed by upwards of 200 Medical Clontlonion to bo tlio npat olloctivo invention in tho curative ) treatment of Jfi 7 "\' Tho US 0 Ji , "' st 0 Ql S P''I » B ( ho hurtful in its ollects ) ini horo avoidod . a soft Bandage being worn round tho body , whllo tho roniMHito roaiHtln power \» suppliod by tho Moo-mnili I ' nd and Patent Lover , fitting with so imicli enso anaoliKsouosH that it cannot bodotocted , and niav be worn «« ni » K mI <]< ' 1 > . A descriptive circular may be lnw ! l , and the TruBS ( which cannot fail to ( It ) forwarded by pout , on tho piroumforonco of l ; lu > body , two inches bolow tho hit / uoiiig ¦ uuiit to tho Manuraoturoi ' , JOHN WHITE . I ' rioo of . ihIubIo truss , Ida ., 21 u ., 20 h . Od ,, and aiB . 0 d . - l ' oslnfto , is . . l ) oul ) lo Timihh , IJIh . Od ., . 1 . 2 . 1 ., and , 'j 2 h . 0 d . —Pontage 1 h . Hd , Uinbilloivl Ti-uhh , -l , 2 . s . and nan . 0 d . —I ' oNtngo In . TOd . I ' otit-olIlcoOrdorH to bo made pnyiihlo lo . JOiiN WII'IT JO , l ' oat-oinocl'ieoadllly . "PLASTIC STOCKINGS , KNEK-CAPS , & c , wT 70 o ' 'VARICOSE VIS 1 NS , and all o : ihon of WKAKWMbS and SWIslLlilNO of tho LIOUH , SPRAINS , & o . din , ' V uro I , ' ? . ' "' llKlltl iu l- « 'St . iii ' ii . mill luoxnonsivo , and uro « ra \ vuon llko an ordinary HtookiiiK . Price from 7 s . 0 d . " to KJh oaoh . —PosUiko , Oil . JOII N WHITE , Mtinuftvoturor , 2 tJ 8 , Piocudil ) y , London .
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Now in course of publication , to be completed in about 80 Parts , 2 s . each , THE COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF ENGLAND , CIVIL AND MILITARY , RELIGIOUS , INTELLECTUAL , AND SOCIAL : FEOM THE EAKLTEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME . WITH NUMEROUS ANNOTATIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF KECENT DISTINGUISHED HISTORIANS ,, AND ABOVE ONE THOUSAND ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD AND STEEIi . Biackie and Son , Warwick-square , City , London ; and Glasgow and Edinburgh .
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MODERN BRITISH ELOQUENCE . npHE LITERARY , POLITICAL , and . 1 . SACRED ORATORY of tho NINETEENTH CENTURY , in a Series of Foolscap 8 vo Volumes . 3 s . 6 d . each . Cloth . LITERARY ORATORY—Addresses at various Literary Institutions . Fikst Series . —Alison , Brewster , Herschell , Knight , Disraeli , Talfourd , Lord Carlisle , Earl Stanhope , & c Second Series . —Brougham , Campbell , Bulwer Lytton , Macaulay , Masson , Peel , Plaj'fair , Lord John Russell , Sir James Stephen , Scott , & c . Third Series . —Layard , Rutherford , Dean of Hereford , Warren , Moncrieff , Shuttleworth , & c . " POLITICAL ORATORY . —Parliamentary Oratory during the Thirty Years'Peace . First Seei ? s . — Canning , Castlereagh , Durham , Grey , Huskisson , Liverpool , Macintosh , Romilly , Russell , Wellington . Second Series . —Macaulay , Stanley , Brougham , Althorp , O'Connell , Sheil , Villiers , Melbourne , Ripon , Peel , Palmerston , Lyndhurst . SACRED ORATORY . — Sermons by the most Eminent Divines . First Series . —Church of England—Archbishop af Dublin , Bishops of Norwich and Oxford , Dean Trench , Canons Dale , M ' Neile , Miller , Stowell , and Wordsworth , Bickorsteth , Hook , F . D . Maurice , Melville , Molyneux , Moore , and Pusey ; with a Charge on Preaching , by Archleacon Sinclair . Second Series . — Presbyterian Church . —Drs . Guthrie Dandlish , Brown , and Eadie , Dr . Hamilton , and others . London and Glasgow : Richaud Gjbzfein and Co . .
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: Messrs . MAULL and POLYBLANK Beg to announce that their West-end Establishment , 187 a , PICCADILLY , is now Open , where Portraits are taken on the same terms as at 55 , Gracechurch-street . j — — < -
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T IVING CELEBRITIES . A Series of Pho- ] X-J tographie Portraits , by MAULL and POLYBLANK . , The number for May contains , . , , MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W . F . WILLIAMS , BART . - With Memoir . London : MArLi-andPoLTBi-ANir , 55 , Gracechurch-streei ; _ 187 a , Piccadilly ; and David Bogue , 86 , Fleet-street .
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847 . The Court of Directors GRANT LETTERS of CREDIT and J 3 ILLS at par upon tho Company ' Banks at Adelaide and Port Adelaide . Approved drafts on South Australia negotiated and sent for collection . Every description of Banking business is also conducted with Victoria direct through tho Company ' s Agents , as well : is with thcothcx' Australian Colonies generally . Annlv at tho Olfices , No- 54 , Old Broad-street , London , E . C . WILLIAM PURDY , Manager . London , 1 st May , 1857 .
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QIX PER CENT . INTEREST . — DEBENO TURKS bearing Six per Cent . Interest are now ready to bo issued for sums of 20 * . aud upwards ; interest payable lialf-yearly . Lifr Assuhancb Theasdrt IrrcoRronATTTD , and Deposit , Discount , and Absubawoh Bank . Tho EARL of DEVON , Chairman . G . 11 . LAW , Manager . 0 , Cannon-street WoBt , B . C .
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DKANE'S TABLE CUTLERY , celebrated for more than ir > 0 years , maintains an unrivalled reputation for cheapness and first-rate quality . Tho stock is most extensive ) and complete , including tho finest transparent Ivorv Jlanillcs at 32 m . per dozen , choice ditto iJalanco lliuidlos from 'ii » . per do / .., medium ditto Balaneo Handles ( nu exceedingly chonp and Horviceablo family artiolo ) , 10 s . nor do- / ., also fionu , Horn , Stag , and every variety of lnount-Iiik , all wiu'raniisd . Plated Dessert Knives and Forks with Silver lA' « , rl Ivory , and Plated Handles , in easca of 12 , in , or 21 . pairs also pl ' aN-d Fish-oating Knivos from 42 s . pordo / .. Silver and PliiUnl Fish Carvtirn of tho newest and most oIokimiL doslifiii * always ill Hlock . London AgentB Cor MosHrs . Joseph ltodwors and Sons' eulobrated Cutlery . DEANE , UK \ V ami Co . ' h General Furnifming Ironmongery Warohou-es ( opening tu the Mouiunent ) , London Bridge . Established A . I ) . 17 ( KI .
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HPEttTH . —Mossra . GABRIEL supply COMX VlA'YVl ) tiKVB , without Springs , on tho principle of rii . | . ill ! iry all motion , avoiding tlio nocoaalty of extracting . sLiuii |) Nor causing nny pain . NIUCIOUK KXAMKU / KD A ^ IKRIOAN I \ l INIO KA L TIOK I'll , tho boe » t in Europo— guaranteed to annwor ovory pnrpodu of nuiwtlcaUon or articulation— -from 3 h . Od . per tint . , ' , IV . -I-i . —Her llajaafi /' ti Jioyal Lollcrs Palant liavo Item nwcrdi'il for tho production of a perfectly WHITE MN . WIl . ;! ,, \\ n' doni . yud FRONT TIOKTII , which can only lio oliliilni'il lit -UrrtwrM . ( fabi'loTa . KatabliMlniionlH , * !) : » I . lMxi \ TK IIILI ,. flvn doors from tho Old J ) alloy ; ami at ill , . UrivK-WTRKIOT , LIVERPOOL . CoimuluiUon aud ovory Information gratis .
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Just published , 2 vols . 8 vo , with two maps , and seven coloured views , price 21 s ., NEW ZEALAND ; or , THE BRITAIN OF THE SOUTH . Inscribed by permission to Sir Edward Bulwer Lyttou , Bart ., M . P . By CHARLES HURST HOUSE , a New Zealand Colonist , and former Visitor in the Canadas , United States , Cape . Go & wjvand Australia . In twenty chapters , viz : — 1 . Past Experience . 12 . The Six Provinces . 2 . Historical Sketch . 13 . Exports and Markets . 3 . Natural Features . 14 . Agricultural Pursuits . ¦ 4 . Climate . 15 . Pastoral Pursuits . : 6 . Animal Kingdom . 16 . General Investments . 6 . Mineral Kingdom . 17 . Philosophy of Emigro-7 . "Vegetable Kingdom . tion . 8 . Native Race . IS . Fit and Unfit ^ Emigrants . 9 . Government . 19 . Outfit Preparation . 10 . Statistics and Prices . 20 . Ships and Passage Mat-11 . . Land Regulations . texs . London : Edward Stamford , 6 , Charing Cross , S . W .
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NEW ZEALAND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE . By EDWARD BROWN FITTON ( a Landowner , and late Resident in the Colony ) . Being a Description of the Present Condition , Prospects , and Resources of the Country , and General Mode of Life among New Zealand Colonists-With Map , price 4 s . ; free per post on receipt of Post-Office Order . London : Edward Stanford , 6 , Charing-cross , S . W .
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FREE GRANTS OF LAND IN CANADA . " The real position of the FREE GRANTS maybe seen on application to Mr . Stanford , 6 , Charing-cross London , where various works published by sanction of the Canadian Government are to be had , and among them the ' Canadian Settler ' s Guide , ' price 5 s ., and the excellent Pamphlet of Mr . T . P . French , price 6 d ., to which has been accorded the unanimous approval of the Canadian Press . " —Toronto Times , April 13 , 1857 . Edward Stanford has also published a Map of Canada with Railways , coloured to show the FREE GRANTS , price Is . ; Canada : Its Present Condition , Prospects and Resources , fully described for the information of intending Emigrants . By WILLIAM HUTTON , a resident agriculturist for the last twenty years . Second Edition , with the Government Regulations relating to FREE GRANTS , and a Map showing their Position , and the Railways . Price is . 6 d . free by post for twenty stamps . London : Edward Stanford , G , Charing-cross , S . W .
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8 vo , price 6 b . 6 d ., "DEFORMATIO LEGUM ECCLESIASTIX \ i CARTJM : the Reformation of the Ecclesiastical Laws , as attempted in the reigns of King Henry VIII ., King Edward VI ., and Queen Elizabeth . A New Edition . By EDWARD CARD WELL , D . D ., Principal of St . Alban ' s Hall ,- Oxford , at the University Press . " But again , my Lords , there is another authority to which I beg to refer—an authority of our own Church—I mean that great work to which I have before alluded , the * Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum . ' The learned body con-3 crncd in this work , consisting of sixteen divines of high rank , station , and learning , and an equal number of laymen ) f the same character , came to the conclusion that there was no distinction between the case of the man and tho voman . "—Lord Lyndhursfs Speech in ifle House of Lords , May 19 , 1857 . Sold by J . H . Parker , 377 , Strand : and E . Gardner , 7 , ' aternoster-row , London .
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ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF FIELDING'S WORKS . In One Volume , price 3 s- 6 d ., cloth , A MELIA . By FIELDING . With Eight XJi . Illustrations by Phiz . Also , uniform , JOSEPH ANDREWS . Price 3 s . 6 d . Plates by Pniz . TOM JONES . Price 4 s . 6 d . Plates by Phiz . "As a picture of manners , tho novel of 'Tom Jones' is indeed exquisite ; as a work of construction , quite a wonder . The by-play of wisdom and the varied character of 1 ho great comic epic keeps tho reader in , perpetual admiration and , curiosity . "—If . M . Thackeray . London : George Rotjtledgb and Co ., Farringdonstrect .
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ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF SMOLLETT'S WORKS . In One Volume , price 3 s . 6 d ., cloth , HUMPHREY CLINKER . By SMOLLETT . With Eight Illustrations by Phiz . Also , uniform , PEREGRINE PICKLE . Price Is . Cd . Plates by Pirns . RODERICK RANDOM . Price 3 s . Gd . Plates by Phiz . '" Humphrey Clinker' is , I do think , tho most laughable story that has over beon written since tho goodly art of novclwriti ng began . "—If . M . Iliaokaray . London : George Routledoe and Co ., Farringdoiv street .
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Just published , price 9 s ., THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a PHRENOX LOGIST . Edited by DAVID GEORGE GttYDER ,, F . E . S . " During a life of unusual vicissitude passed in different parts of tho country , tho author has mot with many celebrated and remarkable characters , about whom ho lias recorded anecdotes , especially in relation to their phronolo-Kfcnl development when known . , . . With aotno of tho author ' s phrenological comments on well-known literary men wo lmvo beon much , amused . "—Literary Gaz & tte . London : Bi . mx'icin , MausiiaIjL ., and Co ., Stationers' Ilallcourt .
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Thin day is published , 8 vo , pp . 230 , price 7 s . Gd ., cloth , RELIGIOUS DUTY . By tho Author of " An Easay on Intuitivo Morals . " % * Working mon ' a Librarion , to tho numbor of fiO , wiU receive copioN gratiH , on application to tho publinhor , and enclosure of alx poatago aLampa . London : John CirAratATf , H , King William-street , Strand .
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Ju « t published , price 2 s ., post fi'oo 28 . Od ., AN ESSAY ON BPKRMATOHRIKKA : Its Nature and Treatment ; . ; with nu lfixponll . ioii uf I 10 I'Yuuds that ant practiKod by poi-hoiim who ndvorliNi . ' 1110 Nnoody . ( safe , and ciVootual euro of Nnrvoun Worniiffonioiii . By n Member of tho Royal College of PhyMloianu , London . London ; W . Khnt and Co ., 01 and OS , Pwtornoator-iw .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 23, 1857, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23051857/page/23/
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