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Habch 28,1857.].. THE LEADER. _____ 311 ...
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Habch 28,1857.].. The Leader. _____ 311 ...
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LAW LIFE AS & UBANCE OFFICE . Fleet-street , London , 2 nd March , 1857 . XfOTICE is HEREBY GIVE ^ " that tbe Books il for the Transfer of Shares in this Society will be reopened on Wednesday the Sth day of April nest . The Dividends for tlie year 1856 will bo payable on and after Monday tlie 6 th day of April next . By order of the Directors , "WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES , Actuary .
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TTNITED MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE LJ SOCIETY , 54 , Ghariag-cross , London . Whole Profits divided annually . I ^ o cliarg « for Policy Stamps . Every description of Life Assurance effected on equitable terms . .
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THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT of the Directors of the MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY " , together with the Cash Account and DBalanci Sheet for theyear 1 S 56 , showing- the state of the Society ' s affairs on . the 31 st of December last , as presented to tiie General Meeting on the 18 th of February , 1 S 57 , will be delivered on a written or personal application to the Actuary , or to any of the Society ' s a # ents in Great Britain . CHARLES INGALD , Actuary . MxTTtrAi Lite Asscea . nce Offices , 39 , King-street , Cheapside , London , E . G .
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£ " 1000 IN CASE OF DEATH . A FIXED ALLOWANCE OF ^ £ 6 PER WEEK IN THE EVENT OF INJURY BY ACCIDENTS OF ETERY DESCRIPTION , may be secured by an Annual Payment of J 23 for a Policy in the T 3 AILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE XV COMPANY . Smaller amounts may be secured by proportionate payments . " ¦ 3 fo chaj & gbapso-stamp duty . jRALLWAY JtGtiBjIEOTp JiLONB may bo insured against by the JTpiiWa ^; Jpr fchp Year at all the principal Railway Stivtiopf , ;* WtBt 6 WQw Jovms of Proposal and Prospectuses lriiiy be h « d ^ -aiid . of the Provincial Agents—and at tlie Head Oiaoe , ^ pnftflibp .: f . . N . 33 . —Tlio useQllSwi « ii ^ W Company is sliown toy the Sum paid as Compensation fatAccidents j 6 j 22 , 722 . Railway rasseiMpets-ABSUMMiiJe Company . Empowered by Special Act of Parliament . ., - . -i = ^^ . - ^ mU & AM J . VIAN" , Secretary .
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npHE CATJffi & i & MS ' ; % mi UNIVERSAL LIFE - * - '"" jfl & JJlaiS ^ 0- COMPA 3 ! fY - Office , 27 , Gr ^^^^^ pifencies in the principal towns CThis office « B | £ 3 ^ l ^ Defend of assurance in all its branches , and is higiily eTijgitol © for every description of life assurance . & . new and most important feature , entirely originating with this Company , viz ., Marriage Dowries . , I » ifo' Assurance , and Deferred Annuities included in one policy . Bates of premium moderate . Annuities granted , Family endowments . loans on personal and other securities . Torms of proposal and every inforixiat-ion may beobtained on . application . By order , ALFRED AtlOLHADO , Manager .
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ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 39 , Throgmorton-street . Bank . CHAimrns -THOMAS FARNCOMB , Esq .. Alderman . ¦ Dm * tfTY-CHAjBMAlf— -WILLIAM LEAF , Esq . Ricliard K-Ardon , lisa . Rupert Inglpby . Esq . Edward Kates , Esq . Sall ' ery W . Johnson , Esq . Professor Hall , M . A . Jeremiah Hlclior , Esq .. John Huinphcry , Esq ., Aid . LewisPocock , Esq . Physician . —Dr . Jeaffreson , 2 . Pinsburv-squarc . SURGEON . —W . Coulson , Esq ., 2 , ¦ bYcderiek ' ti-place , Old Jewry . ACTUA . ET . —George Clark , Esq . ADVANTAGES OP ASSURING IN THIS COMPANY . The Premiums are on the lowest scale consistent with security . Tho assured are protected by a subscribed capital of 300 , 000 ? ., an Assurance Fund of 430 , 0002 . invested on Mortgage . and hi the Government Stocks , and an income of 80 , 0002 . a year . Premiums to Assure 100 Z . / Whole Term . Age . On * Year . ' Seven Years . 1 With Profits , ^ pl-oiftsf 20 £ 0 17 . 8 . £ 0 10 1 ) ^ 15 10 1 ~ 11 10 30 1 1 » 12 7 2 13 5 a 0 7 < M > i a o i o o a o 7 211 . 10 B 0 1 It 1 119 10 4 , 08 4 0 1 L - « ° » 2 4 3 17 0 6 12 i ) 0 J ) 10 __ MUTUAL BRANCH . Assurors on tho lionus system are entitled , at tho end of ofits '" ' 9 l ) artl « 'patoin nine-tenths , or 'JOper cent of tho Tho profit assigned to oaoh policy can bo added to tho sinii assured . applied in reduction of tho annual prciuium , or be received hi cash . At tho llrst division a return of 20 per cent , in cn . « li , on tiio premiums paid , was declared ; lliis will allow a . reversionary meroiuio , varying , according lr » nw , from ( 1 ( 1 to US per cont . on tile premiums , or from fi to 15 por cunt , on tile Bum assured . O' ^ -liilf of tho " wholo term" premium may remain on credit for hqvoii years , or ono-Lliird of tho itromliiiu may romain for lifoan a doht upon tho policy at 5 por cent ., or rvi V ° 1 ) Sllt ^ ° . ' " - "y tim . 'f 10 '" 0 ' 11 officers attend o . vory dny . at n quart . or Uc ^ foro two o clock . . U . jJATIiB . " Ucaiilcut Diructor .
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ROYAL INSURANCE GOMPAN ¥ . —Notice is hereby given , that this Company has returned to its offices , which ha"ve been rebuilt , No . 29 , Lombard-street , at the corner of Clemeiit ' s-lane . Offices in Liverpool—Royal Insurance-buildings , North John-street , and Dale-street . FIRE BRANCH . —Tho Fire premium in 1856 amounted to about 150 , 000 ? ., placinc the Company among the very largest offices in the kingdom : indeed , it is believed that there are only three or four offices which equal it in Fire revenue . Insurances are received upon nearly all descriptions of property in the United Kingdom , the Colonies , and inost Foreign Countries ; the rates of premium are exceedingly moderate , and governed in each case by a careful consideration of the risk proposed . LIFE BRANCH . —Tlie Life revenue during the past year amounted to about 40 , 0002 ., the new premiums alone exceeding 10 , 0007 . A bonus \ ras declared in 1854 of 2 / -. per cent , per annum on the sum assured , averaging ; about 80 percent , of the premiums paid , being one of the largest ever declared . All the-insurances effected , during the present year will participate in the next bonus . in 1859 . The paid-up and invested capital , including life funds < amounts to nearly half a million sterling . PEECY M . DOYE , Manager- . JOHN B . JOHNSTON , Secretary to the London Hoard .
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MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE . SCOT TISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION . The NINETEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING-of the Contributors to this Society was held in tho Watci-loo Rooms , Edinburgh , on the 18 th February . On the motion of Professor More , ¦ ¦ ' ROBERT HUNTER , Esq ., Sheriff of Dumbarton and Iiut ~ e , was called to the Chair-Tho Cliairman alluded to the peculiar principles and advantages of the Institution , to its increasing success , as evidenced in the gratifying report subjoined , and , referring to the different agencies , spoko of Loudon as follows : "When I had the honour of addressing : you from this chair , thirteen years ago , I spoke with diffidence of the expediency of establishing a , liranch in London , but hinted that it might eventually be effected . It has been effected , and with eminent success . -Notwithstanding ' early difficulties and serious competition , we have , T > y perseverance , guided and enforced by assiduous and skilful local administration , succeeded in acquiring public confidence and favour , shown'by the number of otir members from every class , and by the amount of the sums assured . Wo know that tho members havo a zqalous desire to promote pur welfare , and we confidently anticipate that wo shall not only retain the position which we have gained in "thetnetropolis , but that our advance there will in a few years afford . ono of the most honourable and lucrative tests of the soundness of our principles , and the pimden . ee . of our practice . " REPORT BY THE DIRECTORS . The report which' the Directors liave now tho pleasure of submitting , presents a very satisfactory view of the progress of the Institution ; the new business during" the year being considerably in advance of that of cither of the two last years . The new proposals accepted have been 680 in number , assuring capital sums to the amount of 825 , 905 ? . The yearly premium ' s on the new business amount to 92747 . 7 s . 4 d . ; and a further Hum of is 7 S 5 i .- 5 s . Id . has been received for assurances by single payment , and for annuities contracted for in ¦ the year . " The gross amount of premiums rccerved was 88 , 079 ? . Is . 4 d ., and including interest on the accumulated fund , the income of tlieycnr was 106 , 2222 . 3 s . 7 d . The claims on account of j > olicies which have emerged during the year , by tho death of 50 members , amounted to 3 fi , 3 () 0 i . 7 s ., being considerably under the amount in the preceding year . At the close of the year there had been issued in all 8124 policies , assuring 3 , 745 , 6 S 9 t ., besides annuities and miscellaneous transactions . Tho subsisting assurances were 2 , 911 , 022 ? -3 s ., and tho net yearly premiums corresponding totheue 79 , 2242 . Oa . 2 d . The realised fund arising from accumulated premiums , was at 31 st December last 445 . 317 A . 4 s . 7 d ., and the revenue Iroru i ) remiums and interest U 8 , 7 < 5 a ^ . 10 s 2 d . The report having boon unanimously approved of , thanks were voted to tho directors , auditors , trustees , and ollicobcarcrs . Full copies of tho Report and of the Proceedings at the Nineteenth Aunuitl General Meeting , may now bo obtained ( free ) on application to the Head Oliieo ' in Edinburgh ; at any of tho Society ' s agents ; or at tho London Branch , 00 , Gracochurch-strcut . JAMES WATSON , Manager . GEORGE GllANT , Resident Secretary .
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SIX PER CENT . INTEREST . —DEBENTURES bearing Six pfir Cent . In terns t aro now ready to bo issued for sums of iW . and upwards ; iutorest payable ! hiil f- yearly . Liph Ahbukancb TjiEA-HtruY Incoiworai ! ET > , anil T ) i ; i'osit , Discount , and AsauaANCE IJanic The HAUL of DEVON , Chairman . Ci . II . LAW , Manager . C , Cannon-stroot West , ] J . C .
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ITALIAN AND JIlENCIl LANGUxKJES . MR . ARRIYABE \ I-:, D . LL ., from the Uiuvursity of 1 ' iidua , wlio has b ^ on established iti London for three years , gives privato lessons in Italian and I'Yencli at his own houso , or tho Iiouhcs of liin iinjiils . He also attends Schools both in town nnd country . Mr . AliRlVAlilJNU toadies on a plan thoroughly priustical , and tho must mcdioci'o mind cannot fail bo thoroughly coujprolicnd his lessons . Apply by lot tor to Mr . AIIRIVABENE ,. No . 4 , St , MicliaoL's-iihice , Urompt . on .
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^ I ^ IIT ^ ENGLISHWOMAN'S REVIEW , nnd ¦ L l ) ll \\ VLNG-UOOM JOUItNAL of SOCIAL PROCi HESS , lATWltATUltl- ! . and Alt'I ) . A Kirst-Class Literary J'miodiciU . Edited by E 1 EAMOU DUCKWOitTJi . H (! . sid < . 's ( ho con . sidoriitiou of tho social quoslioiiM of tho dny , (; s |> neiall , v Huoh an rolato to tho important subject of woninn ' s position in H ( j « iety , and iui enliir ^ od sphere of uselulncss for uiittmployttd fcuialo talent , thl *( paper will bo diivotcU 1 o ( ieix
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This day , octavo , 7 s . 6 & , OXPOK D ESS AX S , 1857 . COlfTBHTB : TJte Place of Homer in Education , and in History . By the Bight Honourable W . E . GLADSTONE , M . P .. M . A ., Chris tcluirch . JSicily .. By M . E . GRANT DUFF , M . A ., B alliol College . Schemes ' of Christian Compreheiision . By the Roy . H . B . WILSON , B . D ., late Fellow of St . John ' s College . Ancient Greece and Mediceval Italy . By E . A . FREEMAN " M . A ., late Fellow of Trinity College Tho Burnett Prizes . By the Bev . BADEN POWELL , M . A ., P . R . S ., Savilian Professor of Geomotry , Oriel College . Tlie Jetas of ' Europe in tlie Middle Anas . By J . H . BRIDGES , B . A ., Fellow of Oriel College . Montaigne's Essays . By the Rev . W . It- CHURCH , M . A ., lato Fellow of Oriel . Characteristics of Thuejjdkles . By W . Y . SELLAB , M . A ., lato Fellow of Oriel . London : Johw W . Pakeer and Soir , "West Strand .
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FRASER'S MAGAZINE for APKLL , 1857 , prico 2 s . 6 d ., contains : — Siamandtho Siamese . Literary Style . In Two Parts . Tlie Laird ' s Seam . By tlio Part U . Authoi of " Meg of Eli- The Raven . bank . " Calderon . German Lovo . Ancient History of Sun-Sis Mouths at Korteh . bury . The Interpreter ; a Talo of Some Talk about Food . the War . By G . J . Why to The Song of tho Surriiee , ox Melville , Author of " Digby "Wallachian Courier . Grand , " & 6 . Part IV . The Elections . Lon don : John W . Pakker and Son , West Strand .
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THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE , No . eCXICII . APRIL , 1857 , price 2 s . Gel . contents : The Cakdinal Treaties of Medieval asd Modern History . By . Prop . Creasy , M . A . No . II . —Tiie Tkeaty of Constance . Sonnets . By Fkancis Davis . The Fortunes of Glicncore . —( conclusion . ) Dr . Fctzgekald , Bishop of Cork . Ruth . VlCTOlt COUSIN , AND iLLUSTEIOtTS I / ADIES OF Till : Seventeenth Chntury . John IViLLER—CiiArs . XVII . and XVIII . MADABrE Puff . Aukoka Leigh . Tutors of the Youn & . Idea . Br W . Blanciiaku Jerrold . Elizabethan Days . By T . Irwin . The Rides and Rkvekiks of Ma . ^ Esor Sjirrir . —( con-TI 3 UKD . ) Who Wkotb the Earlier Wia'ekiet Novels ? * f . In the June Number will appoai ' tlie first portion of a New Tale , l > y Mr . Shirley Bjiooks , to be entitled " Tlie Partners . " Dublin : Hodges , Smith , and Co ., 104 , Graffcon-streot - IlyiisT andBlack bit , London ; Mehzijss , Edinburgh ; and sold by all Booksellers .
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On March 31 will bo published , prico 58 ., tho NATIONAL REVIEW . No .- VIII - i ~ y comxenxb : I . Aurora Leigit . II . SKCONDARY PUNlStlMKMTS . III . Tim-Clubs of London . IV . Ancient India . V" Tub Phasis ok Force . VI . Tim Mui'ual Relation of Histouy jvko Reli GION . \ 'IT . Mkmoirs of St . Situon . VIII . TiiK Fomacw Policy of tub English : Ministivs IX . Niiw Books . SuiTAninc for 1 { eai > ino S-ocietiks . London :-Cuapman ' and llAiii , 103 , riccadilly .
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THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW No . L ., price Gs ., will l » o i ) ublisliod April 1 . contemth : I . IJlTN JONSON ANI > HIS WoilKS . II . Kanic ' s Akctic Exri . onATiONa . III . J > u . John Taulkk—MtDur . K Age Mysticism . IV . NlCW GOVKKNMKNT KOICTIIK 1 ' JUNCII'AMTIEB . V . JClWCSBLKTf ' 8 " TWO Yl £ A . KH AfiO . " VI . » Sir . John ISowiiino ' s " Siam . " VII . OltATOHV AN 1 > OltATdltfi . VIII . Bunsen ' s " Go » in HiBTonT . " IX . Tine Chinese Qukstiow and tob Njbtw Parli ^ micnt . X . Ouk Ei'iLoauic on Affaius and Booics . Loniion : Jacichon and Wali-oiu > , 18 , St . Paul ' s Cliurcl yard ; imd yiMi-iciN , Maubuall , and < Jo ., Stationors' -bul court .
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rpHE WESTMINSTER REVIEW X NEW SERIES . No . XXII . APRIL , 1857 . Price Os . CONTICNTH : I . 1 ' iticsKNT Static oi > - TiiKOLoa * in Ciojmany . 11 . TliK HlUDU D . UAM . A . III . GVNl'OWJiKii , Mil * 1 TH EfI'KOT ON CIVILIZATION IV- Cll ., ACIKltS AN 1 J GlACIKU TlIKORIKS . V . PiuHUtusK : it . s Law and Causm . VI . TilK DaHJUMA-N PnTNCIl'AI . lTtKS . VII- LlTKHATUllK AND KOCIKTY . VIII- < JlIlNA ANI > TIUC CllINJCHK . CoNxrcMvoKAXiY Litkkatuhk : —§ 1 . Theolopgr and Pliil Bopliy . —§ 2 . Politics und Educittion . —§ 8 , { science . § 4 , Belles Lotties . London : John Chapman , 8 , King William-street , Stran
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Leader (1850-1860), March 28, 1857, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28031857/page/23/
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