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1382 THE LEAD EB. [No. 509. Dec. 24, 185...
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1382 The Lead Eb. [No. 509. Dec. 24, 185...
1382 THE LEAD EB . [ No . 509 . Dec . 24 , 1859
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THE MINERVA LIFE ASSUBANCE COMPANY . Established 1836 . Head Office—No . 1 , CANNON STREET WEST , LONDON , EC . EDWARD S . CODD , Esq . ; , Chairman . WE CHIPPINDALE , ESQ ., DEPUTr-CHAlRMAN : The Assurances in force on 31 st December , 1858 , amounted The accumulated fundsamounted to £ 362 , 045 . The annual income exceeded £ 77 , 000 . A fixed surrender value for whole-term policies . This Company has always permitted the Assured to serve in Volunteer Corps or Local Militia without extra charge . Policies effected On or before 31 st December next will acquire an additional year ' s standingyif then in force , at the fifth division of profits in 1802 . W . T . ROBINSON , Actuary and Secretary .
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BANK OP DEPOSIT , ESTABLISHED A . D . 1844 , 3 , PALL MALL EAST , LONDON . CAPITAL STOCK , . £ 100 , 000 . T > ARTIES DESIROUS OF INVESTING ± MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of the Sank , of Deposit , by which a high rate of Interest may be obtained with ample security . . ^ j Deposits made by Special Agreement may be -withdrawn ¦ without notice . The Interest is payable in January and July . PETER MORRISON ; Managing Director . Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application .
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THE DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK , ( LIMITED ) , 67 , FLEET-STREET , LONDON , E . C . TITHE experience which has attended the opera-JL tions of savings banks and loan societies is such as to make it eTident that an extension of their principles , upon a liberal yet sound basis , will prove highly advantageous both to the proprietary and the public . The District Savings Bank-receives deposits ( paid in at one time ) from One Penny to Teh Pounds , the aggregate amount to be unlimited , and subject to the usual arrangements , on withdrawal , of ordinary saving's banks . JOHN SHEBIPAN , Actuary .
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ACCIDENTS ARE OF DAILY OCCURRENCE . Insurance data show that ONE PERSON in every FIFTEEN is more or less injured by Accident yearly . An Annual Payment of £ 3 secures A FIXED ALLOWANCE OF £ 6 PER TflTEEK JN THE EVENT OF INJURY , OR £ 1 , 000 INCASE OP DEATH PROM ACCIDENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION , By a Policy in the KALTiWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY , Which has already paid in compensation for Accidents £ . 37 , 069 . Forms of Proposal and Prospectuses may be had at the Company ' s Offices , and at all the principal Railway Stations , where , also , Railway Accidents alone may be insured against by the Journey or year . NO CHARGE FOR STAMP DUTY . CAPITAL , ONE MILLION . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary-Railway Passengers' Assurance Company , Offices , 3 , Old Broad-rstreet , London . E . C .
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Just published , in one volume , 8 vo , cloth , price 6 s . TRAVELLERS' TALES . Re-told by ^ THETA . Af ^ o , Cloth , elegant , gilt-edged , lettered , back and Bide , & c ., 7 s . fid , ; Morocco , neat , 10 s . ftd . London : TnowtrsoN ami Co ,, 111 , Strand , W . C ., and Simpkin , Marshaxe , and Co .
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THE CRITIC : WEEKLY JOURNAL OP LITERATURE , ART , SCIENCE , and the DRAMTA , la now published every Saturday , prico 4 d ., stamped 5 d . Tho Critic contains Reviews or all tho current Literature of the Week , Home and Foreign , including French , German , Italian , Sclavonic , and Oriental . 'Archaeological , Scientific , Artistic , Musical , and Dramatic Summaries . Reports of tho Learned Societies , Leading Articles upon Literary and Artistic Topics , and all the Literary , Scientific , and Artistic News of the Week . The Oiuxio may be obtained through the trade , or ordered direct from the OJuoo , id , Wellington-street , Strand , W , 0 . __
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THE NEWS , No . 9 i , Of this day , Saturday tho 21 th inst ., contains a CUrlatmaa nspeot of the Life Assurance question ; annual meeting oftho British InduBtry Life Company ; important law case aiTeotipg the interests of life assurance agents , and all tho insurance news of the week . Price one penny . Office , Strand Buildings , Strand , or any respectable newsvendor .
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£ 0 Ob . WHEAVSTONE'S 5-0 CTAVE HARMONIUM , ( Now patent ) hau double pedals , with aoft agreeable quality of tone . * 9 8 s . —WHHA , TSTONB'S PATENT OONOBRTINA , 48 keys ( full compass 3 J octaves ) , Rpaowood , with Box complete . -WHEA'JPlBTONE and Co ., Jnventora , 20 . Condultptrcot , Rcgont-atrcbt . .
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WINTER HOSI & Ry Qif thp Boftest and , warmoat description , Including all tho newest patterns ana colours . Under olotldnff for family WOfjw ^/ os in vaUdjB . Printed aannol oh | rt » and drooBlng - fi ? M 5 iT ^ EyP 5 l ftW 4 ] pi ^ AiNTB , manufaotwwfl , 4 , Wfttcrloo ^
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DEAN AND SON'S BOOKS FOB CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR . aCOMIC BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS . " Plain , Is . ; Coloured , Is . 6 d ., boards . mHIJSKS NOT GENERALLY SEEN : a ! J . Irt ^ ighable Picture Panorama : By W . RO WBOTHAM . Plain , Is . ^ Coloured ; Is . 6 d . ifiANDOM SHOTS fl-t ALL KISJJ & S < jff , GAME . Fancy Wrapper . . ' A Comic-Picture & Lnnq « lfor every MonOi , on Stone . By W . ROWBOTHAM . Done up ' as Panorama ^ bound in boards . . Price 2 s . 6 di ;'• Coloured , 3 s . 0 d ., boards . ECHOES : a Coniic'Book of Plates . By J . JVVBarret . In imp . 16 mo ., price Is ., boards FUN and FROLIC ; or , Parlour Amusements for the Young-. A Book for all Homes . Full of Illustrations . Illuminated Cover . New Edition , cloth , gilt edges . Is . VICTORIA DANSE DU MONDE , Quadrille Preceptor , with all the latest Dances . DEAN AND SON'S BOOKS FOR PRESENTS AND PRIZE GIFTS . A New and Improved Edition , in royal lGmo , cloth gilt , 3 s . 6 d . SIX STEPS to HONOUR . By the Rev . H . P . ANDREW'S . Illustrated Title page in gold by Richard Doyle , and with ~ Illustrations . In royal l & no , cloth gilt , gilt edges , 3 s . 6 d ., SPRING BUDS , SUMMER FLOWERS , AUTUMN LEAVES , and [ WINTER BERRIES : a beautiful Present for all Seasons . By Mrs . UTCHER COUSENS . With six full-page Illustrations printed in oil colours by Baxter ' s process , and Title-page in gold . In demy 16 mo ., Is . Cd ., cloth , gilt edges , ENJOYMENT for ALL YOUNG READERS . Illustrated with twelve beautiful Oil Illustrations , the letter-press printed in various coloured inks . In fcap . 4 to , with fancy wrapper in boards , ALPHABET and ANECDOTES of ANIMALS . By JAMES BISHOP , Author of "A Visit to the Zoological Gardens . " With twenty-six beautiful Illustrations . Plain , Is . ; Coloured , Is . Cd . In royal 16 mo , cloth gilt , 2 s . 6 d ' ., ADVENTURES of a SUNBEAM , and other Tales , in Verse . By Miss GROVE . With Engravings by Birket Foster , Frontispiece by Clayton , and Illustrated Titlepage by Richard Doyle . In crown Svo , cloth gilt , 3 s . 6 d ., NOTABLE WOMEN , and the Story of their Lives and Characteristics . By Miss CLAYTON . A Book for Young Ladies . Beautifully illustrated with sixteen full-page illustrations . In erown 8 vo , cloth , gilt , 3 s . 6 d ., REMARKABLE MEN : their Lires and Adventures . A Book for Boys . By M . S . COCKAYNE . With sixteen full-page Illustrations , In crown 8 yo ., cloth gilt , 3 s . 6 d ., MINISTERING WOMEN ; or the Heroines of Missionary Enterprise . Edited by the Rev . Dr . GUMMING , Author of "The Voices of the , Night , " & c . " When pain ; when anguish wring the brow , A ministering angel thou . "—Scott . Illustrated with Eight full-page Illustrations , by B . Clayton , & c , 8 yo ., fcap ., cloth gilt , 5 s . DURNDALE ; or , Woman ' s Duties and Woman's Worth . A tale of great interest , founded on truth . By Mrs . UPCHER COUSENS . oThese are Woman ' s Duties : She learns to govern , having learned to serve ; And . serve she docs , and comes and goes . And waits on parent , brother , guest , and friend , With ready hand and cheerful heart . No road Too rough , 'DO hour too late , no work too coarse—Herself forgot , for others she must live . Become a wife ; her labours multiply ; Sickly herself , the Bick she must console , And watch her feeble babe by day , And wake ( oft weep ) by night . No limit have her toils , no end her cares , Not twenty men could them support , nor Bhould They ; but they should acknowledge Wo / nan ' s Worth . In fcap . 8 vo , 2 s ., or 2 b . 6 d . cloth , gilt edges , NEW BOY'S BOOK . By M . H . BARKER ( the Old Sailor ) . THE EOUR P . ' s , —viz , Piety , Prudenqe , Patience , and Perseverance $ ' or , the Fortunes of Frank . A Tale of the Sea . With Frontispiece and Illustrated Title , and Five full-page Wood Engravings by J . V . Barret . Just the book to make boys wiser , oettcr . and happier . In feap . 8 vo , 2 s , ; or 2 b . Cd . cloth gilt , GOOD AND BAD ; or , Tales for the Evening Twilight . A book of nice tales' for girls . By Misa ANNA MARIA SARGMANT . With eight Illustrations . In royal ito , Is . Ocl . plain ; 2 s . Od . coloured , DEAN'S DELIGHTFUL PICTURE BOOK for HAPPY HOURS . With nearly 1 Q 0 Coloured Ploturoa , and Veraca to each Picture by JAMES BISHOIV la demy 18 mo , cloth lettered , 3 s . Bible Companions for the Yonngyfirst Serlos . SCRIPTURE TEACHINGS for the YOUNG . By the Rev . ALEXANDER . FLETCHER , of Flaebury Chapel . A good Sunday Roading-book for the Young . With four ulustrutioiiH , and Frontispiece In Colours , by B . Clayton . DEAN'S NBW GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS , TWELFTH NIGHT } A New Amusing Game , Cuts to each Card . Price Is . WISHING CARDS j or Your Secrets Told ; a Capital Joke . Plain , la . THE ROAD TO WEALTH . Is . Plain ( Coloured , lfl . Od . COMIC ANIMATED JTIGURES . Is . j or la . Od . full Coloured . THE FAMILY DOMESTIC HOUSEKEEPER'S ACCOUNT BQOK , Adaptpd for any Year , and any Time of tho Year . In a very attractive cover , printed In Colours , la . Dean and Son ' s Retail Catalogue of Now Books , eultablo for Juveniles , & o ., may bo had for distribution on application to Dean and Son , Printers and Publishers , ju , Ludgato-hlU , London , Jfl . 0 .
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OPORTO . AN . OLD BOTTLED PORT of high character 4 Ru „ o £ e » , Cash . ^^^^ "o A -h ^ OlcLFurnival ' sUistillery . Hg b ^' p ^ ¦¦ ' . " ' ¦ EAU-DE-VIE . ~~~~~ ~ Thas pwe . PALE BRANDY , though only lOs . per gallon is demonstrated , upon Analysis , to De peculiarly free f rn acidity , and very superior to recent importatioiis of veri ? able Cognac . In French Bottles , 34 s . per dozen ; or aeom 3 » -packed . , in a case for the country , 35 s . —HENliY bkpt * and CO ., Old Furnival ' s Distillery , Holborn . "KMT
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ffiT . JOHN'S WOOD PROPRIETARY " SCHOOL , 43 a , ACACIA ROAD , ST . JOHN'S AVOOD Patron : ¦ the Lord Bishop of London ; Head Master tlio Rev . Thomas Markby , M . A ., late scholar of Trinity Pol lesre , and one of the Classical Masters in King's Collew Sohool ; Schoolmaster : Horace Deigh ton , Esq . RA i » 1 ^ scholar of Queen ' s College , Cambridge . The next " term commences on Tuesday , January 17 tli , 1800 . Foes , including French , German , and Drilling . £ 7 per term . Boarders arp received by the third master , John Allen , Esq ., at his house 38 , Queen ' s-road , St . John s Wood . Tor further particulars apply to the Honorary Secretary ( Itiehard Hodson , }> ) or die Head Alaster , at the school . -4- * w
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piaoo , j uonuon . —• mBiauunncd ipxv . "" ? RENDERS , STOVES , FIKE-Ili 6 Nsr ~ lnd £ CHI 3 INEY PIECES ; Buyers of the above arc requested before finally deciding , to visit WILLIAM S . JJUKTON'S SHO ^' -ItOO ? IS . They contain such an assortment of FFN . DEKS , STOVES , RANGES , C 11 IMN . EV : 1 'lKfKS F 1 KEIKOXS , and CrENEKAL IRONMONGERY , us cannot be ¦ approached elsewhere , either for variety , novc-lty , beauty of design , or exquisiteness of workmanship . Bright stoves with ormolu ornaments and two sf'ts of bars , £ 3 los to £ Xi lOs . -, bronzed fenders , % \ -ith standardp , ~ s . to £ 5 12 s . steel fenders . £ 2 15 s . to iill ; ditto , with rich ormolu ornaments , from £ 2 15 s . to £ 1 $ ; chimney pieces , from ' £ 1 8 s to £ 80 ; fire-irons , from Sis . 3 d . the set to £ 4 -is . The UUllTON and all other PATENT STOVES , with radiating bearUiplatcis . CUTLERY , WARRANTED . —The most varied KJ Assortment of TABLE CUTLKHY in tliou-prld , all \ ynrrauted , is on SALE at WILLIAM S . BUltTOX'S , at prices that arc remunerative only because of-the-largeness of the sales . . 3 & rinch ivory-handled table kuiyes , withhigh shoulders , 12 s . dd . per dozen ; desserts to ' match ; 10 s . ; if to balance , Gd . per dozen extra ; carvers ; 48 . 3 d . per pair ; larger sizes , from 20 s . to 27 s . Gd . per dozen ; extraiiiic ivory , 33 s . ; if with silver ferrules , 40 s . to 60 s . ; ' white bone table knives , < is . per dozen ; desserts 5 s . ; cnrvi-rs , - ' . 3 d . perpair ; black horn table knives , 7 s . 4 d . per dozen ; desserts , 6 s . ; carvers , 2 s . Gd . ; black wood-handled table knives and forks , < 5 s . per dozen ; table steels , from Is . each . The largest stock in existence ofphitod dessert knives and forks , in cases and otherwise , and of the new plated iish carvers . mHE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER . JL —The Real Nickel Silver , introduced more than 25 ye ars ago by WILLIAM S . BURTON , when I'latid by the Patent process of Messrs . Elkington and Co ., is bcyondall Comparison the very best article next to sterling silv « r that Can bo employed as such , either usefully or ornamentally , as by no possible test can it be distinguished from real silver . . A small useful plate chest , containing a sot . guaranteed of first quality for iiuish and durability , aa follows : — ml ill tl pi ¦ ms si s s e . £ s Q " £ SU , £ 8 . di £ 8 . d . 12-Table Forks 113 0 2 i 0 2 10 0 2 16 0 12 Table Spoons 113 0 2 4 0 2 lo o 215 0 12 Dessert Forks ,.. 1 4 0 112 0 110 0 117 0 12 Dessert Spoons 1 40 112 0 115 0 117 0 12 Tea Spoons 0 10 0 1 2 0 1 5 0 1 70 0 Egg Spoons , gilt bowls .... 0 10 0 0 13 0 0 15 0 1 15 0 2 Sauce ladles . 0 0 0 0 « 0 0 . uo o « 0 1 Gravy Spoon ,... o 0 < i o 10 o 0 11 o 0 12 0 2 Bait Spoons , gilt bowls .... 0 34 0 4 0 o r , 0 1 Mustard Spoon , gilt bowl .. 0 1 8 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 I ' air of Sugar Tongs ....... 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 11 ' AirofFlSii Uarvera 1 4 0 l 7 0 1 10 o 1 12 0 1 lluttcr Knife 0 2 0 0 fi 0 o < 5 u 0 7 0 1 Soup Ladle 0 10 o 0 17 0 0 17 0 1 0 0 lSugarSifter ,. 0 3 3 0-100 r > u o SJt Total , 0 % 0 0 13 10 « Vlj U < 0 10 ¦* 0 Any urtiolo to be had singly at tho siimi- urlcon . An oak chest to contain the above , and a relative uluiihor of kdivcb , & o . 21 . lfis . Toa and Coffee Sets , DIhIi ( jovors and Connor Dlshofl , Cruet and Liqueur Frames , # c , ut proportlonnto prices . All kfnda of ro-platinf ? dono by tho patent iiroooes . DISH COVERS and HOT WATER PISHES , in every ' material , In great variety , and oi '« Ji « Jio ^ e « and most recherche patterns . Tin dlali covers . 7 m . fld . tno eot of six j block tin , 12 s . 3 d . to 27 a . the « ot oi nix i ul « gf ?' modern patterns , 85 b . Od . to 02 s . fld . tho pot t "" tawm metal , with or without ellvqrplatedliiiudloH , X . 3 Us . to * t ) H 8 . thoBot ; Sheffield plated , « 10 to Aid 10 h . tho » eti W ° w _ i ™ hot water dishes , vAt \\ wells for gravy , 12 s . to . M )» . ; »« tannia metal , 22 s . to 778 . 5 olootro-plutoil on nl « l < il , nil' sizt All 11 b . . WILLIAM S . BURTON'S GENERAL , FUKNISIUNQ IRONMONGBUY CAT A I . OOUM •»« bo had gratia , and free by post . It contains "Pwnrds 01 « w IlluHtnaionB of his niimfted Stock of Ifllootrp imcl 8 ll 0 g , T l'hito . Nickel Silver , and Urltannia Motnl <* oo < . l « . ^""* OovorB and Hot-water Dlehou , Stoyos . I'W ' ? , ' , " *^ OhiinnoypioooB , Kitchen Raneros , I ^ amp » , ¦ «« ho ' » ' % ^ UniH and Kottlos . Toa Trays , Olookn . TaGluC ' iitlory , «»»{» and Toilet Ware , Turnery , Iron and-JJmwm 1 Jo ( . iV ' , * J nnd dtng , IJodroom furniture , & c , with Iteto ot IH ' «> , ""'{ PliuiH of the Sixteen largo Show RoomB . at , w , < > n ;» ' « ' « . W . 11 , 1 a , 2 , and 3 . Nowman-otroot j and 4 , ft , and 0 , 1 otiy » piaoo , London . —Established . 1820 . .
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piaoo , uonuon . —• ipxv . "" DOES YOUR TAILOR FIT YOIT ? , TRY , J . SMITH . 88 , 3 LOMBARD B'JPRIflWT , H . tt-BO *' FIDWINO TROUSlSnS , all Wool , of tho Nowoat Dualffiw . w ondloBB Variety , to order / JOB . —ObBervp tho Addrefla' W . LOMBAUD BWR 1010 T . p , . —Es . . .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1859, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24121859/page/2/
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