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MR . MECHI , No . 4 , Leadenhall Street , London , invites public attention to his display of Elegancies , suitable for use or for presentation . ?^ J * ££ »; fpected Mr . Mechi ' s display of Manu factures at the Great inhibition , will be able to form aproper estimate of the general style and quality of his productions . He has endeavoured to combine , for those who study economy , cheapness with elegance , a n * in fact to give to the cheapest article he manufactures a pleasing form and style . For instance , the . Shilling Penknives and Sixpenny Toothbrushes are as -useful in their class as the Fifty Guinea Dressing Case . The external and internal fittings of his Premises have been much improved , so as to harmonize more completely with the progressive elegance of his Stock , and have been designed and carried out under his immediate plan and direction . — ELEGANCIES for PEE SENT ATION , &c .: Ladies' and Gentlemen ' s Dressing Cases , from 17 s . 6 d . to £ 200 . Work Boxes , from 10 s . to £ 40 . —Envelope Cases , from 6 s . to . £ / . — Writing Desks , from 10 s . to £ 55 ; and an infinite variety of articles in Papier Mache . — LEADING ARTICLES for EVERY-DAY USE : Table Cutlery of every descript ion—Razors , Scissors , Penknives—Hair , Nail , and Tooth Brushes-Combs—Electro-plated Forks and Spoons of very superior character and finish . — Illustrated Catalogues gratis . N . B . All articles of Cutlery , & . c , ground and repaired on the premises daily .
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FIRST-CLASS COMMERCIAL EDTJCATION , in a delightfully airy and healthy locality , a quarterof-an-hour ride from London , and a pleasant walk from Epping Forest . Forty Guineas per Annum are the terms on which a married Clergyman , M . A ,, and Member of Senate of Cambridge , Boards and Educates a Private Class of Young Gentlemen . The utmost attention paid to the formation of religious , moral and intellectual character . Classical and Mathematical knowledge imparted to any extent of which the capacities admit ; and a facility in reading and speaking Modern Languages acquired . The most approved system of Book-keeping , by single and double entry , tau g ht . Drawing , Fencing , or any other accomplishment , if required . * t > -1 For further particulars apply to the Rev . M . A ., care of Baily Brothers , Stationers and Advertising Agents , Cornhill ; and to the Carlton Library , 12 , Eegent Street , Waterloo Place .
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i ^ LENPIELD PATENT STARCH . —Now IT USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY . The Ladies are respectfully solicited to make a trial of the GLENFIELD PATENT DOTJBLE-BEFINED POWDER STARCH , which , " for Domestic TTse , now stands irirKiVALiKD . Sold Wholesale in London by Messrs ' . Pantin and Turner ; Hooper Brothers ; Batty and Feast ; Croft and Innocent ; Petty , Wood , and Co . ; Twelvetrees Brothers ; E . Letchford and Co . ; John Yates and Co . ; Yates , "Walton , and Turner ; Clayton , Bland , and Co . ; Field , Roberts , and Barber ; A . Braden and Co . ; Hicks Brothers ; C . B . W - iUi » m 8 » nd Co . ; Sterry , Sterry , and Co . ; Thomas Smelling ; JohnHynam ; John Brewer : and Retail , by all Shopkeepers . Agents wanted—apply to Mr . R . Wotherspoon , 40 , Durilop Street , Glasgow . _ London Dep 6 t : Wotherspoon , Mackay , and Co ., 40 , King William Street , City .
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A MOST Favourable Opportunity is offered to parties willing to embark ( free from liability ) either a email or Jiarge sum in an important undertaking , which by reports from Practical and Scientific men is' shown to promise very profitable results . Full particulars will be sent in answer to letters ( free ) , enclosing two postage stamps for the reply , directed to J . T . S .,-6 , West Street , Finsbury Circus , London .
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HpHE ROYAL EXHIBITION . —A valuable I newly-invented , very small , powerful WAISTCOAT POCKET GLASS , the size of a walnut , to discern minute objects at a distance of from four to five miles , which is found to be invaluable to Yachters , Sportsmen , Gentlemen , and Game * keepers . Price 30 s ., sent free . — TELESCOPES . A new and most important invention in Telescopes , possessing such extraordinary powers , that some , 3 J inches , with an extra eye-pieoo , will show distinctly Jupiter ' s Moons , Saturn ' s Ring , and the Double Stars . They supersede every other land , ana are of all sizes , for the waistcoat pocket , Shooting , Military purposes , &o . Opera and Racecourse Glasses , with wonderful powers ; a minute object can be clearly seen from ten to twelve miles distant . Invaluable , newly-invented Preserving Spectacles ; invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme Deafness . —Messrs . 8 . and B . SOLOMONS , Opticians and Aurists , 39 , Albemarle Street , Piccadilly , opposite the York Hotel .
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DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN SOCIETY . — The additional object of this Institution will bo forthwith completed through the assistance of the real benefactress , supported by two noblp ladies , and accommodation afforded for 00 inmates . . . This establishment is founded on the principle of a finishing eohool similar in its methods to the Governesses' College , whoro teachers of proficiency are engaged to instruot in the vwiouh branches , such as millinery , dressmaking , embroidery , and all fancy needlework . A subscriber of one guinea is entitled to wend a pupil for one mouth , who will I > o found board and lodging , combined with all the comforts of a parental homo . Young persons leaving their ( situations can go into the home on _ the recommendation of a member . Should a situation bo obtained the first week , the subscriber ' s claim upon the homo will bo considered ful / Hlod . ,,,. „ i Benevolent persons who have no protege of thoir own , anrt subscribe to tho Institution , such contributions will go to the apprentice iuml , tho Committee having power to grant sums ior orphans and oUiorn unable to llnd tho moans .. Further particulars will bo announced in u few duys . Already 200 ladies liavo requested their names to bo added to tho Committeo . Noodlowomon of every description wanted . Apply to Mr . Roper , founder of tho Society . Oillco , 28 , Nowmnn-atroot , Oxford-utrcot . To prevont disappointment obflervo tho number ,
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THE HAHNEMANN HOSPITAL , for tho TREATMENT of PATIENTS on tho HOMCEOPATHI 0 PRINCIPLE , No . 31 ) , Bloomsbury Square . Supported by Voluntary Contributions . President—Tho LORD ROBERT GROBVENOR , M . P . Treasurer—WILLIAM LEAF , Ehq ., 30 , Old Change . Tho HoHpital jh open for tho reception of tho necessitous poor Buffering irom aouto diseased . Gratuitous advico is « il « o glvonduily to Out-pul . iontH . SubHcriptionH and Donalionn aro earnestly solicited on bonnll of tho HoHpUul , and will bo received by tho Treasurer , William Xoaf , Esq ., !) 0 , Old Ohango , or any Mombor of tho Board , or may be paid into tho uooount of " Tho Huhnonmnn Hospital , with Mohhi'h . Qlyn and Co ., Bankorf ) , Lombard-Htroet ; or Mobhi'b . Druminond , BankorH , Oharinn-crosB : advice of euuh payment boingroopeotftiUy requested to bo sent to tho Treasurer lor aukuowlodgmout , WILLIAM WARNH , 0 , Qrc » uam . . | jtreot . Wcut , Uon . Secretary ,
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In u , few days , prioo ( Jd . npo THINK OR NOT TO THINK . I REMARKS on tho late EXPULSION from NEW COLLKQ 10 . Uy W . WHITE , Father of ono of tho Exnollod . Robert Theobald , l ' alornoater Row .
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A SIGN imd A WARNING , or ELECTROJ \ _ BIOLOGY EXPLAINED , by REDIVIVUS . JuHt pubnHliod , by William Horaell , Atdino Chamber , 13 , Patornoatcr Row , price ( id .
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C HEAP EDITION OF THE OPERAS , SONNAMIIULA and NORMA . —JuHt published , 4 h . each , Boosoy ' s Now Edition of tho » o' celebrated Operun , Jlbr tho Pianoforte , peribflt and oomploto , and beautifully engraved and printed . Also , tho aame" in illuminatod covers , gilt edges , 5 s . each . Tho two Operas together will bo sent pontage lroo from tho Ifublmhorn , T . Boosoy and Co ., 28 , Holloo Stroef .
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rriHE MINERS' OWN GOLD COMPANY , X VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA . In 20 , 000 Parts , or Shares , of £ 1 each . COMMITTJKB OB" MANAGEMENT . Edward E . Allen , Esq ., Stool-yard , Upper Thames Street . Thomas Hawkins , Esq ., Norland Square , Notting Hill . John Avery , Esq ., Cloudeeley Square , Islington . John Jones , Esq ., Norland Square , Notting Hill . H . W . Taylor , Esq ., F . G . 8 ., Wintorslow Pluce , Vassal Road . JBankera—Messrs . Strahan , Paul , Paul , and Bates , 217 , Strand , , 8 (> licltQr-rA- , « T ., P > iyViB , Knq . ^ jjod Cross Swept ) . . , ¦ , Qfflcea — 25 , Buoklorsbury , Mansion Houso , London . This Company unitea in tho strongest bonds of interest tho Miner with tho Shareholder . A holder of 100 Shares may nominate any young man as a Minor , who will have a froo pansago and be found in provisions at tho mines , whilst tho Shareholder and Nominco will each receive 25 per cent , of tho hot profits . ThouaandH of wealthy raon in thiB country have friends and relatives to whom a lift to Australia at this time would prove ft fortune , whiltit they themselves might sit at homo and participate in tho profits , thus combining their own intoreut with an act of good service to their lViendrt or kindred . Young men talcing 50 Sharcx , nnd working aa Minors to have tho sumo privileges , and CO per cent , of tho net profits . Application for Sharea or rrospeotuBoa to bo mode to WILLIAM JONES , Purser .
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LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION , Established by Royal Chabtjsb a . p . 1720 . FOR LIFE , FIRE , AND MARINE ASSURANCES . Mead Office , 7 , Royal Exchange , Cohnhili ,. Branch Office , 10 , Regent Stbeet . Actuary , Peter Hardy , Esq ., F . R . S . This Cobpobation has effected Assurances for a period exceeding One Hundbed and Thiety Yeabs , on the most Favourable Tebms . JOHN LAURENCE , Secretary .
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EVERY HOUSEHOLDER HIS OWN BREWER . METROPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAIr JOINT STOCK BREWERY COMPANY . Incorporated by Act of Parliament . Capital , £ 200 , 000 , in 40 , 000 Shares of £ 5 each , with power to increase it to £ 1 , 000 , 000 . Calls not exceeding 10 s . per Share , and of which Three Months' notice must be given . Offices , 13 , UPPER WELLINGTON STREET , STRAND . BIBECTOBS . John Francis Bontems , Esq ., Hemel Hempstead , Herts . Charles Henry EdmandSi Esq .. Oakley Lodge , Chelsea . Joseph Hawkins , Esq ., Bushey , Herts . Edward Vansittart Neale , Esq ., 3 , Old Square , Lincoln ' s Inn . Thomas Jones Saunders , Esq ., J > avies Street , Berkeley Square . Sidney Stevens , Esq ., Bell Grove , Welling , Kent . The Company is distinctly Co-operative , admitting Subscribers ¦ without liability , and the workmen to participate in the profits . The Company is prepared to deliver , free of carriage in any part of London , its unabultebated Ales , Porter , and Stout , in any quantities not less than four and a-half gallons , which the Company pledges itself tp be made ^ from Malt and Hops only . The following are the prices : — Strong Ales ............... l 2 d ., 14 d ., 16 d ., lSd ., and 20 d . per gallon . Bitter Ales .... 10 d ., 12 d ., 16 d ., and 20 d . „ Porter ,..: ¦ . ¦¦¦ . ' XOd , and 12 d . „ Stout ......... . * . < 14 d ., 16 d ., I 8 d ., arid 20 d . , „ Table Ale , and Bitter Table Ale ... 4 d ., 6 d ., 8 d . & lOd , „ N . B . —A discount of 2 s . in the pound for cash on delivery . — At present the Company does business only for cash . THE TRADE SUPPLIED . Orders to be addressed to the Chief Office ; or to the Branch Brewery , Brentford ; or to Mr RichardTruran , the Company ' s Stores , 19 , Walcott Place , Kennington . v Applications for Shares , or for further information , to be ma < fe to the manager , ^ ^^ STEVENS , At the Office , 13 , Upper Wellington Street , Strand .
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i ^ iERICAL , MEDICAL , AND GENERAL \ J LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . Persons of all ages , and in every station , may assure with this Society , and the Assured can reside in any part of Europe , the Holy Land , Egypt , Madeira , the Cape , Australia , New Zealand , arid in most parts of North and South America , without extra charge . . ¦ .. FIFTH BlVISIOir OT PBOPITS . The Fifth Bonus was declared in January last , and the amount varied with the different ages , from 24 § to 55 per cent * on the Premiums paid , during the last Five Years ; or frdiri £ 5 to £ 12 10 s . per cent , on the sum assured . The small share of Profit divisible iri future among the Shareholders being now provided for , without intrenching on the . amount made by the regular business , the Assubed . will here- ' alter derive all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office , with , at the same time , complete freedom from liability , secured by means of an ample Proprietary Capital—thus combining , in the same office , all the advantages of both systems . The Fund invested for the security arid benefit of the Assured exceeds £ 350 , 000 ; and tne Income is now upwards of £ 136 , 000 per annum . . ' _ , -. Every description of Assurance maybe effected , and for any sum from £ 50 to £ 10 , 000- „ , . „ ... -A A copy of the last Report , setting forth full particulars , with a Prospectus , can now be obtained of any of the Society ' s agents , or by addressing a line to . . GEO . H . PINCKARD , Resident Secretary . 99 , Great Russell Street , Bloomsburyi London ,
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Just published , 2 vols . post 8 vo , cloth , 21 s . "¦ ' ¦ " ¦ PERSONAL ADVENTURES OF "OUR G * N GORRESPONnENT ; ¦; . . . / . ¦¦ ¦ : . ¦ rw itait . ' - ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ / . '¦ ¦ " •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . . Showing hovr an active Campaigner can find good quarters when other men lie in the fields ; good dinners whilst many are half starved ; and good wine , though the king's staff be reduced to short rations . . - By MICHAEL BURKE HONAN . " These volumes are original , arid , riot a reprint or rechauiFA of my Cprresporidence from Italy to the ' Times . ' "—Preface " We do not know that since the days of Gil Bias a more diversified and dashing series of adventures has been set before the gentle reader . . . . . His book is sure to be wildlv popular . "—Olobe . * " A very amusing book . " : — -Advertiser . ¦ ¦ ¦ V ' ' rr . . ¦ . ; " This Day , 8 vo , cloth , price 6 s . NOTES ON THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES m INDIA . By CHARLES RAIKES , Esq ; Magistrate and . Collector of Mynpoorie . in . This Day , No . H ., price One Shilling , TRACTS FOR ELECTORS ON FINANCE AN I ) TRIBE . By R . TORRENS , Esq ., F . R . S . No . II . —On the question , " Should ; the Income-tax be continned , and thei Import'Duties diminished ; or , Should the Income-tax be abolished , and the Import-Duties on Non-necessaries he increased ? " . . ' ¦ " . London ¦ ¦ '¦ : Chapman and Hall , 193 , Piccadilly .
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MISS EDGEWORTH' £ JUVENILE PUBLICATIONS . EAR LY I ^ ESSONS . Vols . I . and II , 18 mo . 5 s . cloth lettered . —Vol . 1 . The Little Dog Trusty . The Cherry Orchard . Frank . The Orange Man . —Vol . II . Rosamond . Harry and Lucy . . EAULY LESSONS , Tola . III . and IV . ISmo . 5 s . doth lettered , —Vol . III . The Continuation of Frank , and of Rosamond . —Vol . IV . Contiriuatioriof Eosamond , and of Harry and Lucy . KOSAMONP t a Sequel to Epsainond ia " Early Lessons . " 2 Vols . 18 mo . 6 s ; . qloth lettered . EEANE : a Sequel to Frank in " Earlj Lessons . " 3 vols . 18 mo- " 7 s . 6 d . cloth lettered . HABUY and LXJGY concluded ; being the last part of " Early Lessons . " 3 vols . Foolscap . ^ lOs * 6 d . cloth lettered . ^ ' THE PAEENT'S ASSISTANT ; or , Stories for Children . New edition , with elegant Engravings . 3 vols . 18 mo . 7 s . 6 d . cloth lettered . MORAL TALES . 3 Plates , Foolscap . 5 s . cloth lettered . POPULAR TALES . 3 Plates . Foolscap . 5 s . cloth lettered . , . , „ „ . _* The " Parent ' s Assistant" is publiahed in 18 Sixpennv Nnmbers , including " Garry Oven , ' and " Poor Bob ; eacn Number may be had separately , in a fancy wrapper ., London : Longman and Co . ; Hamilton and Co . ; Simpliin , Marshall , and Co . ; Whittaker and Co . ; Tegg andVCo . ' . Smith , Elder , and Co . ; H . Washbourno ; H . G . Bohn ; Houlston aiid Co . ; E . Lumley ; Darton and Co . ; Orr and Co . ; G . Routledge and Co . ; and R . Clarke and Co .
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SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON UNABRIDGED . With the Natural History carefully revised , 14 th edition , 12 mo , 5 s . cloth lettered . THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON ; or , Adventures of a Father and Mother and Four Sons on a Desert Island . With explanatory Notes , and Twelve Cuts from new Designs , and a Map of tho Island . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . ; Wluttaker and Co ., Houlston , and Co . and 8 . Low ^ Of whom may bo had , _ A Coniinuation or Second Semes of the above , i ^ nio . «»• cloth lettered . , „ . • Also in the press , foolscap , the First and Second Series condensed into Ono Volume . —
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Just published , in 1 volume , ioolscap , 5 s , cloth lettered . POPULAR TALES , by Makia Edgewobth . With Three Engravings , from Designs by Habvet . Also , nniform in size and price , MORAL TALES , by Mama Edgewokth . NOVELS AND TALES . 9 vols . £ 2 5 s . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co ; WhHtak 01- and . ^ II . Wushboumo ; Smith , Elder , and Co . ; H . G . B « ™ ^ nnd Co . ; Houlaton and Stonoman ; Bout ie e . TV V , enanaw ; E . Hodgson ; Mrs . Teniploman ; R . MaoJne ; H . Benenaw , Togg an 5 Co . ; and G . and J . Robinson , Lrverpo ^^^ ^^ , ^^ .
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rpHE WESTMINSTER ^ VJS ; J _ Niw Sbhibs , No . III ., prioo 0 s . Annual Bugorlp »« ^ wlum paid to tho Publislior in advance , £ 1 > or il the wor delivered by post , £ 1 4 b , Conticnth ov No . III ., SvhX , 1852 . I . Secular Education . II . England ' B Forgotten Worthies . III . Tho Future of Geology . . IV . Lord JollVoy and tho Edinburgh Review . V . Tho Tendencies of England . VI . Tho Lady Novelists . rTfinliuhr VII . Tho I ' olilictil Life and SontimontH of Wjouunr VIII . The Restoration of Belief . , IX . Contemporary Lityaturo of Jfingland , X . Contemporary Literature ° f America . XI . Contemporary Literature ol Germany . XII . Contemporary Literaturo of Franco . London : John Chapman , 142 , Strand ^^^ ,,,, - 1 ¦— '
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Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1852, page 596, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1940/page/24/
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