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FENDERS , ST 0 YE 8 , and FIBE-IKONS . Bayer * of the above are requested , before filially deeddJngrto visit WILLIAM S . BURTON'S SHOW-BOOMS , 89 , Oxford-street ( corner of Newman-street ) , Nos . 1 A 2 , Newman-street , and 4 fc 5 , Perry ' s-place . They are th « largest in the world , and contain men an assortment of FENDERS , STOVES , RANGES , FIRE-IRONS , and GENERAL IRONMONGERY , as cannot be approached elsewhere , either for variety , novelty , beauty of design , or exquisiteness of workmanship . Bright Stoves , -with bronzed ornaments and two seta of bars , 21 . 14 s . to 5 £ . 10 s . ; ditto with ormolu ornaments and two sets of bars , 61 . 10 s . to 121 . 12 s . ; Bronzed Tenders complete , with standards , from 7 s . toSk ; Steel Fenders from 2 . 1 . 15 s . to 61 . ; ditto , with rich ormolu ornaments , from 2 & 15 s . to 7 L 7 s . ; Tire-irons from Is . 9 d . the set to 42 . 4 s . Sylvester and all other Patent Stoves , with' radiating hearth plates . All which he is enabled to sell at these very reduced charges . Firstly—From the frequency and extent of hia purchases ; and Secondly—Prom those purchases being made exclusively for cash . TEA UBNS , OF IiOfrDOlSr MAKE ONLY . —The largest assortment of fiondon made . TEA URNS in . the world ( including all the recent novelties , many of which are registered ) is on SALE at WILLIAM S . BURTON'S , from 80 s . to 61 . rpHE BEST SHOW of EBON BEDJL STEADS in the KINGDOM ia WILLIAM S . BURTON'S . He has TWO TERY LARGE BOOMS , which are devoted to the exclusive Show of Iron and Brass Bedsteads and Children ' s Cots , with appropriate Bedding and Mattresses . Common Iron Bedsteads , from 17 a . Portable Folding Bedsteads from 12 s . 6 d . j Patent Iron Bedsteads , flitted with dovetail joints and patent sacking , from 21 s . ; and . Cots , from 2 ls . each . Handsome ornamental Iron and Brass Bedsteads , in great variety , from 21 . 19 s . to 181 . 13 s . PAPIKB MACHE and IBON TEATRAYS . —An assortment of Tea-Trays and Waiters wholly unprecedented , whether as to extent , variety , or novelty . ITew Oval Papier Mache Trays , per set of three from 20 s . Od . to 10 guineas . Ditto , Iron ditto from 13 s . Od * to 4 guineas . Convex shape , ditto ........ from 7 s . 6 d . Round and Gothic waiters , cake and bread-baskets equally low . ¦ . . WILLIAM S . BURTON has TEN LARGE SHOWBOX > M ( £ faltoommnnicfeting ) exclusive of the Sbop , devoted solely to the show of GIBN . EBAL BURNISHING IRONMONGERY ( including cutlery , nickel silver , plated and japanned wares , iron and brass bedsteads and bedding ) , so arranged and classified that purchasers may easily and at once make their selections . ¦ ' Catalogues , with engravings , sent ( per post ) free . The money returned for every article not approved of . 39 , OXFORD-STREET ( corner of Newman-street ) 5 Nos . 1 & 2 , NEWMAN-STREET ; andi & 5 , PERRY'S-PLACE .
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T > ALL WAY TRAVELLERS mar obtaia XV Tickets of Insurance against RAILWAY ACCIDENTS for the Journey , on payment of 1 d . 2 d . or 3 d . by inquiring of the Booking Clerks , at all the Principal Railway Stations , when they take a Railway Ticket . Rajlwax Passbkgbrs Abbvraxob Opficb , 3 , Ou > Bboajj-sthkbt , London . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary .
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BAINEXtfGr COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847 . The Court of Directors grant KETTERS of . CREDIT and BILLS at 30 days' sight upon the Company ' s Bank at Adelaide . The exchange on sums above £ 10 is now at a premium or charge of two per cent . Approved drafts on South Australia negotiated , and bills collected . Apply at the Company's Offices , 54 , Old Broad-street , London . WILLIAM PURDY , Manager . London , May , 1854 .
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MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION . Kim 5-STREET , MANCHESTER ; WEST STRAND , LONDON ; CAFUNDISH-ROW . RUTLAWD-SQ ., DUBLIN ; WALMER-BTJLLDINGS , LIVERPOOL . nivaL ^ nlufiteryy ^^ ^^ «'^ ery description-civil , ^ £ 2 % ? Sifi&& bl * terma i Kfe assurance being contemotenTsSrfty ected ^ approved personalor any other suffl-Four-flfths . or 80 tot cent ., drrided every five years amongst all policy holders entitled to profits . Secretary , Manchester—CHARLES HElfBY MTNCHIN . Actuary and Secretary , London—WILLIAM JAMES STRICKLAND .
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HTHB NATIONAL PROVIDENT FREEJL HOLD LAND SOCIETY . Offices , 472 . New Oxford * street , and 80 , Cheapside , London . Chairman—The Bight Hon . Lord Viscount CHEWTON . Great Arbor-hill Estate , SlougX , Bucks . —This most desirable estate is close to the Slougli Station , with a frontage to the high-road from Slough to ' Windsor . It commands extensive views of Windsor Castle and the surrounding country , and adjoins the grounds of the late Sir John . Herscnell and Upton-park , and is in close proximity to the parish church . At a Public Meeting and Ballot for right of choice ( on this and other estatesfpurobased for the Members of the Society ) , held at the Mechanics' Institution , Slough , Tuesday , May 23 , the following shares were drawn : —Nos . 250 , . 806 . 472 ; 13 . 794 * 636 , » 87 , 14 i 8 , 22 , 887 , 644 , 7 W , 266 , 772 , 1039 , 133 , 962 , 128 * 833 , 903 , 371 , 518 , 865 , 423 , 405 , 366 ; 388 , 1038 , 1041 . The foil lowing -were also drawn , but in consequence of tie subscriptions beans in arrear they lose all benefit from tihis drawing 35 , 205 , 687 , 632 . . a The freehold estate at Staines , Middlesex , is now in course of allotment . Eligible building plots , with-frontages . of 40 feet by a > depth of 245 feet , for 602 .: frontage of 20 feat , 252 . Rights of choice on the above estates are no-w on sale at the offices , 472 , New Oxford-street , where a register is kept for public inspection , with prices affixed . . I For shares , prospectuses , rules , plans , and conditions of sale , apjply to Mr . Watkins , Staanes ; Mr . John Cleve , Tangier ^ Boose , Stoit ; Mr . Debenham . 80 , Cheapside ; or to the Secretary . ' .,- . *> - " ¦ Shares , 50 ? . ; montWy payments , 8 s . 5 £ perc « nfc'inte « es * allowed upon all deposits , paid-up shares , and subscriptions six months in advance . - - JOHN P . COX , Secretary .
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BOX 7 SE 8 . —IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTIOB . LONDON AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDIKG SOCIETY . nPHIS Society ( in addition to the ordinary JL Freehold Land business ) has organised a valuable and eminently practical and equitable scheme for building house ? for members on their allotments , and . as the terms are suited to meet the wants and wishes of all classes , it is hoped that every one will avail Mmself of the advantages to be derived from this department , as by its aid every individiual may possess a house , -which , being freehold , may "be truly called his awn , and that by simply converting his rent into capital , thus effecting a saving of money which would otherwise be tor ever lost to binfc ~ Take-an example by way of illustration : —A member living in » slx-rjJDnJeVT house , for which he pays 25 £ . a-year rent , holds a < ehare in the land department , and is desirous of having a house , similar to the one in which he lives , built for him on bis allotment . .. To entitle him to this he must hold two shares in the Building Fund , which costs him 2 s . per week until the house is completed and ready for occupation . He then chooses a term of years to repay for it , say fifteen , years , for which th ' e weekly instalment is lls . 3 d ., amounting to 291 . 5 s . a-year , being 4 / . 5 s . a-year . or 2 fd ^ a dpy more than he has been paying rent for a house of which not a brick or tile would ever have been his , and multiplying ; this sum by fifteen , gives 632 . 15 s . as the actual total cost out of pocket , and this not for a leasehold house at a ground-rent , but a . freehold house clear of all inounabrance , which to let would produce an annuity of 25 / . a year for ever . Prospectuses , Tables of Rates , and every information may be obtained daily at the Offices , 70 , Fenonurcli-street , near the Black wall Railway , or by post enclosing two stamps . J . TAYLOB , Manager .
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HEAL AND SON'S SPHIJNTGr MATTRESSES . —The -most durable Bedding is a wellmade SPRING MATTRESS ; it retains its elasticity , and will wear longer without repair than any other mattress , a , nd with one French Wool and Hair Mattress ou it is a inoBt luxurious Bed . HEAD and SON make them in . three * varieties . For prices of the different sizes and qualities , applyfor HEAL and SON * S . ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of Bedsteads and priced list of bedding , it contains designs and prices of upwards of 100 Bedsteads , and prices of every disenption of Bedding , and is serit'fre « by post . —HEAL and SON , 196 , Tottenham Court Road .
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O LD PATTERNS BUTJSSELS CABPETS . —Families who do not object to patterns of last year's designs , have now an opportunity of selectingfrom upwards of 1000 pieces of dining and drawing room carpets , at a considerable allowance from the manufacturers' prices . Thus superior qualities ( the Comber patterns ) , original price 4 s _ 9 d . and 6 s . per yard , are now 3 s . € d . and 38 . 9 d . -y three-thread Brussels are reduced from 4 s . to 3 s . and 3 s . 3 d . per yard ; anel several large lots of really good and durable Brussels are to be sold at 2 s . 6 d . and 2 s . 9 d . per yard . Tapestry , velvet pile , and Turkey carpets in great variety . Silk , worsted , and cashmere damasks for curtains . Good washing damasks , from 21 s . per piece of 30 yards . Patterns forwarded to any part of town or country , and are now on view at the National Linen Company's warehouses , 105 , Fleet-street , corner of Farringdon-street , and bottom of Ludgate-hill .
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STAYS SUPERSEDED . rVREAT EXHIBITION ELASTIC BOVj DICE . —Stiff stairs destroy natural grace , produce deformity , and implant disease . Curvature of the spine , consumption , and a host of evils arise from thoir use . MARTIN'S ELASTIC BODICE is without whalebone or lacing , at the same time furnishing a sufficient Support , and imparting to the figure that natural elegance , which ia quite impossible under the pressure which is the great aim , as mischief is the certain end , of all kinds of stays . The time and patience of the wearor are also spared , by a simple fastening in front , to obviate the trouble of lacing . Can be Bent by post . To be obtained only of the Inventors and Manufacturers , E . and E . H . MARTIN " , 504 , New Oxford-street . A Prospectus , &c ., on receipt of a stamp .
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RUPTURES .-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT . n ^ HE MOC-MZAIN LBVEB TRUSS is J- allowed b y upwards of 200 Medical Gentlemen to bo the most effective invention in the curative treatmont of JJ ^ rnia . The use of a , steel spring ( so ofte n hurtful in its effects ) is here avoided , a soft Bandage being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied bv the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lover , fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot bo detected and may bo worn during sleep . A descriptive circular may bo had , o . nd the Truss ( which cam lot fair to lit ) forwarded by post on the circumference of tho body , two inohos below tho hips being sent to the Manufacturer , Mr . JOHN "WHITB 228 * flccaauly . London . ' Tm « \ . u V ^ c ftU «> "ios of WEAKNESS and SWlfiLin £ ?» ° i « QS > 8 PRA 1 NS > Ac- They are porous , light n » r V ?' i inex |) enbivo - aM ( 1 aro drawn on like an ordinary stocking . Prioo fron > 7 s . Od . tolOs . PoataKoOd
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NO VELTY IN BEDSTEADS . — HAMMOND'S nowly-iiwontod ORIENTAL OTTOMAN " , a handsome ornament in a room , forms a full-sized bedstead for two persons on a moment ' s notice ; price , mattresse d comploto , 36 s . Tho larpost stock of BedUteadH , Beda , Mattresses , and Palliasses in tho kingdom , at JIAMMONJU'S Bodding Factories , 14 , HiKh Holborn , London .
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DUNN'S TAILORS' LABOTJE AGENCY invites public attention to the principles on which it is conducted , and "by which it offers universal advantages , both to the producer and the consumer , combining high wages to the one with low charges to tho other-Conducted by the agent at small cost , it secures the best labour , and pay a the best price for it ; whilo it appropriates a'dart of its trading profits to the moral and social elevation of its operatives , ami has provided , at a cost of nearly 1000 £ -, Schools for the education of their children , Lecture Hall , Library , Warm Baths , &o . See a more lengthened statement in tho Times of any Wednesday , or spud for a prospectus . A useful Dress coat , 2 « s . ; wages paid for making , 10 s . Od . A first-class Dross Coat , 11 . KJs- ; wngos paid for making , 15 s . —18 and 14 , Nowington-causevraj ; and 35 ) and 4 . 0 , Bridge Houso-place , opposite-
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ST . MAKGABET'S , near BICHMOND . CONSEBYATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Rights of Choice oai this valuable Estate aro now on SaAe at the Offices , S 3 , Norfolk-street , Strand . T ) ho Register of the Eiffbts to be disposed of is open daily for public inspection . The Allotment is fixed lor Wednesday , the 7 tn of Juno . CHAELE 8 LEWIS GRUNEISEN , Seoretary .
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WANTED , ACTIVE AGENTS FOB , THE AMAZON LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN COMPANY . AND SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY . A Liberal commission and procuration fees allowed . Applications to bo made to Sir E . GRAHAM , Bart ., , T , Manager , pro . torn 1 , lronniongor-laiio , London . Loans on Personal Security .
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BANK OF DEPOSIT , N ~ o . 8 , Pall-mall East , and 7 , St . Martin ' s-place , Trafalgar-square , London . Established Hay , 1844 . Parties desirous of Investing Money are requoated tp examine tho Plan of this Institution , by which a high rate of Interest may bo obtained with perfect Security . The Interest is payable in January and Juxt , and for tho convenience or parties residing at a distanoo , may bo received at the Branch Offices , or paid through Country Bankers j without expense PETER MORRISON , Managing Director . Prospectuses sent fjreo on application .
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KENT Mui'uAL LIFE AND EIRE ASSURANCE ! SOCIETIES . CHIEF OFFICES—No . « , Old Jewry , London . B . EAKOH OFKCES . HIGH-STREIT , ROCHESTER . WATERLOO-PLACE , PAI ^ StALL . - * ALBION-PLA-CB , HYDE-PARK-SQUARE . Sl 4 OANE-SraEET . CHELSEA . NEW-STJUBET , BIRMXNt » HAM . . . BOND-STRpET . WOLYEiBHAMPTON . LIFE . IBTJSTBES . Right Hon . the Lord . Viscount Chewton , WUton-Kjrescent , . Belg ^ ave-square . . - < ^ Sir Wmiam Magnay , 3 art . and . Aiaerman , Postfotd Lodge Guildford , Surrey . , v ^ . ^ - ^^^ Sir James Duke , Bart ., M . P . and Alderman , PbrtUaxd-place . Alex . Bramwell Bremner , Esq ., BiUiter-sqnare , ind West Hall , Mortlake . , . - ^ .. < William" Squire Plane , Esq ., Graveaend . , ; . The great success of this ^ Society since its institution wil be seen in . the following statement ?— , . . , •' . , -cr I Number of Tf ew Annual Amounts * - tea ssttage ?>^ f ' JS . jL ^ ' a . . „'• ' ¦ ;' . ip /? £ '' ck , I 860—a 293 2 , 487 : ;« * WjB&Q 8 0 1861 ^ -58 127 , 1 , 28 « IB » , 36 J 4 $ 5 6 1862—6 S 197 . 2 * 287 , 4 , 7 6 d 9 W 6 0 1858-64 371 . 5 » fl 8 S jB 8 16 &JBRJB , 8 10 Total ... I 988 li . 9 S 4 ^ 6 ' . 8 ~~ 35 £ ft > -fc . 18 1 ft Most moderate Premiums , half olf which may remain unpaid , bearing interest at 5 per ceni ; . Policies granted from 201 .. and upwards , and for stated periods , the whole term of Life , or assuring payment at specifled ' ages , ' Vy 'Quarterly Half-yearly , 'Yearly , or : a limited nmnber of Ajlnual payments . N 6 additional charge to tieraons in the AUTmyj lSa ^ , or Militia , unless in actual service . ALL POLIGDES ' INDISPUTABLE . Lives declined by other Offices assured at rdtes comndensurate with state ox health . "Wtiole Profits divisible triehnially among the Assured' Liberty for , IToreigu Residence and Travel greatly extended ; and BmigVahts « w « Bdi st * . Tery lUo&erate : actdifckuoat charg : & agiinsfThe iakBMofvoyage . •• " . ¦ ; ¦ ¦ - ¦ •¦¦ - 'T , . <¦' ¦ ' The Inedsthiax Bbakch offers yeeuliarly favourable advantages to the humbler classes fer securing , by means « f small weelOy or monthly payments , the receiptprsutospftyable at specified ages ; or on JDeath . ' Cla ^ ms ' promptly paM . FIB 1 TSTTSTEK 8 . Right Hon . the Lord Viscount Oh . e \ rton , Wilton-crescent , Belgrave-square . ¦ Isaao Belsey , Esq ., Rochester . William Squire Plane , Esq .. Gravesend . John Saddington , Esq ., Gravesend . Also most reasonable Premiums . Policies issued for small Bums and . short periods . Guarantee Fund , 100 , 000 ? .. Portion of Premiums periodically returned' to tbe Insured . Last return 26 per cent . Claims promptly paid . - • Between . 8000 arid 10 , 00 , 0 Policies have been issued by the 3 e Societies . Agents aro required in vArious localities , and to whom liboralcommisaious , &o . ; will be allowed . Policies may be eflPooted daily : and Prospeotuaes , Annual Reports . Proposal Forms ; and all other Information , will bo supplied upon application at the Chief Offices , the Branches , or at any of the numerous Agencies throughout the United Kingdom , personally or by letter . GEORGE CUMMING . Manager .
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May 37 , 1854 . ] TH B LEADER . mi
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Leader (1850-1860), May 27, 1854, page 501, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2040/page/21/
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