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TTNITED MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE LJ SOCIETY , 54 ., Charing-cross , London . Policies indisputable-No charge for Policy Stamps ^ Whole profits divided annually . . . , Assurances on the strictly mutual principle . Invalid lives assured at equitable rates . THOMAS PRITCH ARD . Resident Director .
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B- li A CK . W ' O O D'S ; M JkxGc AZINE for NOVEMBER , 1855 . No . CCCCLXXXI . Price 2 s . 6 d . CONTENTS :, * The Eastern Shores of the Black Sea .. Zaidee ; a Romance . —PaVtXII . Professor Johnston ' s Last Work . An Old Contributor at the Sea-Side-Modern Light Literature—Traveller's Tales . Paris and the Exhibition—Letter to Irenseus . The Story of the Campaign .- Written , in a Tent in the Crimea . Part XL—Chap . XXX . The General Assault . » —Chap . XXXI . The Last : Hours of Sebastopol . — Chap . XXXII . A Retrospect . War Politics—What we are Fighting for . William BtxcKwooD and Sons , Edinburgh and London .
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On the Slst October wtflroe frtttftitheefcitn . handsome folio , price ftr .. Part VM ^ oT THE FERNS OP" GREAT BRITAIN , NATURErFRINJTED ( Life Size ) . " Parts I . to VII . are always on sale . Bradbtjkt andrE vans . 11 , Bouverie-street .
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IMPERIAL LIFE-INSURANCE COMJ PANY , 1 ,. Old Broad-street , London . Instituted 1820 . WILLIAM R . ROBINSON , Esq ., Chairman . HENRY DAVIDSON , Esq . Deputy-Chairman . The Scale of Premiums adopted by this Office will be found of a very moderate character * but at the same time quite adequate to the risk incurred . Fourrfifths . or 80 per cent , of the Profits * , are assigned to Policies every fifth year , and may be applied to increase the sum insured , to an immediate payment in cash , or to the reduction -and ultimate extinction of future Premiums-One-third of the Premium on Insurances of fiO < W . and upwards , for the whole term of life , may remain as a debt upon the Policy , to . be paid off at convenience ; or the Directors will lend sums of 60 * . and upwards . on the security of Policies effected with this Company foe the whole term of life , when they have acquired an adequate value . Security . —Those who effect Insurances , with this Com ? pany are protected by its-Subscribed Capital of 7 SO , 0 OO £ , of which nearly 140 , OOOZ . is invested , from th « risk incurred by members of Mutual Societies . The satisfactory financial condition of the Company , exclusive of the Subscribed and Invested Capital , will be seen by the following statement : — At the close of the last Financial Year , the stuns Assured , including Bonus added , amounted to £ 2 , 500 , 000 The Premium Fund to more than 800 , 000 And the Annual Income from the same source , to 109 , 000 Insurances , without participation in . Profits , may be effected at reduced rates . SAMUEL IITOALL , Actuary .
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FRAS ER'S MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER , Price 2 s . 6 d . » or : by post 3 s , » contains ; . The Slonktons of Wincot " Clavering St . Mary , " and a Abbey . Edited by Wilkie Talk about Devon . Wor-Collius . Part I . thies . The Science and . Esthetics of Imaginary Conversations — Colour . Asinius Pollio and Licimus American Parties , Past and : Caivus . By Walter Savage Present . By the Author of ' Landor . ¦ " The Tipper Ten Thou- The Early History of Russia . sand . " Part II . Hugh Miller . A Campaign withthe-RusaiftE The Condition of France . Army . London : John W . Parker and Son , West Strand .
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COLLECTED WORKS OF THE AUTHOR OF " VANITY FAIR , ' »" THE NEWCOMES , " * c . On the Slst October will be published ( uniform with the Cheap Editions of " Vanity Fair" and Pendenais" ) price 6 a * Vol £ of MI SCELLANIES . By W . M . Thackerav . Prose and Verso ; Stories , Essays , and Sketches , Satirical , Burlesque , and Sentimental . : . The Collection willpe completed in Four Volumes . The first will include : THD BALLADS :-THE BOOK OF SNOBS : —THE TREMENDOUS ADVENTURES « OF MAJOR GAHAGAN :-THE FATAL BOOTS :-and COX'S . DIARY ; each of which will , for the convenience of Railway Readers , &c , be published separately . Published by Beadbuet and Evans , 11 , Bouverie-street .
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PICTURES IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE . rpHE ART-JOURNAL for NOVEMBER , JL price 2 s . 6 d .. contains highly-finished Engravings on Steel from the " Village F 6 te , " l » y Teniers , and the "Empty Chain Abbotsford , " by Sir W . Ailan , iR . A ,,. Modern , Sculpture is illustrated by an Engraving of the Statue of " Ruth , " byTheed . Among the Wooacuts are Engravings from the Works of T . Webster , R . A ., and from a number of the beautiful Art-Manufactures in the Paris Exhibition . The literary articles include— " A Dream of the Crystal Palace : "" Biography of T . "Webster ,. RuA-i ** " CuriQsitifiau « f the 'Bernal Sale ;' "French Criticism on British Art ;" " Exhibition of the . Liverpool Academy . ; " "Exhibition of thfe Royal Wanche&tcw Institution ; " "The Artistic , Industrial , and Commercial Results of the Universal Exposition of 1855 , " by G-- Wallis ( continued ) , &c . &c . Virtue and Co ., 26 , Paternoster-row , London ; and all Booksellers .
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THE PEOPLE'S SUNDAY . Just published , 24 , pp . price 6 d ., rpBE PEOPLE'S ^ SUNDAY : A Letter to JL the Right Hon . Lord Robert Grosvenor , M . P ., on his late Sunday Trading Bill . ^ By AN OXFORD M . A . " Now , really this appears the common case , . Of putting too much Sabbath into Sunday . "—JTdoa . London : Epfingham " Wilson , 11 , Royal Exchange .
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This day is published , prico ( Threepence , KOSSUTH , MAZ 25 INJ , URQUHART * and the CONFBRKWCBBj By J . A , LANQFORD , with a , LBTTMB ^ ft-Qm GEOEGBi DAWBON , M . A . Xondon :. RoBtuo : Thbob ± . xp < 2 . 6 , Pat « woo » tQrorow . '
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Just published , price Is ., the SECOND PART of fiHAMBERS'S HISTORY of the RUSSIAN KJ WAR , with Maps , Plans , and Pictorial Illustrations ( uniform with the Pictorial History o » Enoxand ) . Issuing in . Monthly Parts . Price Is . 2 d ., the SEVENTH NUMBER of | ~ 1 HAMBERS ? S New and Improved ATLAS Kj for the PEOPLE . To be completed in Twelve Num ? bers , at Is . 2 d . each . Price 7 d ., Part XXII . for November , rHHAMBERS'S JOURNAL of POPULAR V / LITERATURE , SCIENCE , and ARTS . Price 15 s ., handsomely bound in cloth , the SECOND ) VOLUME of THE PICTORIAL HISTORY of ENGLAND , brought up to the Russian Wak . A New and Imtrovud Issue . Illustrated with upwards of 1600 Wood engravings Volume I . issued , prioe IBs . Price 12 s ., handsomely bound in-cloth , the SECOND VOLUME of npHE PICTORIAL BIBLE : being the Old JL and New Testaments , according to the Authorised Version ; with Notes by Dr , Kitto . A Nbwand Improved Issue , Splendidly Illustrated with Woodcuts , &q . W . and R . Chambers , London and Edinburgh .
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TH E AIRE and CALDER GLASS BOTTLE COMPANY . Limited . ( Provisionally Registered . ) Capital , 80 , 0002 ., in 8000 Shares of 101 . each . The above Company is forming under the recent law for Limiting the Liability of Shareholders hi Joint-Stock Companies , and also from the materials and established trade of the . private company , known by the same title , and established in 1837 . For further information , Prospectuses , and Forms of Application for Shares , apply to the Solicitors , T . Sykes , Esq ., Castleford ; Lofty , Potter , and Son , King-street , Cheapside , London ; or the Registered Provisional Promoter , E , Brofflt , Esq .. Castloford , and 61 , King William-sfcreet , London .
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ST . GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 118 , PALL-MALL , LONDON . Capital , 100 . 000 Z ., in Shares of nh eaelii < 3 ) eppsit * JZ J per * Share . ( On which Interest , at the rate of 5 l . per cent , per annum , exclusive of Dividend , is guaranteed by the Deedof Settlement . ) Chairman—Viscount RANELAGH , Park-place , St . James ' s . Deputy-Chairman—HENRY POWNALL , Bsq ., Ladbrokesquare , Notting-hill . Secretary—W . C . URQUHAB / T 4 Eb < 1 . POLICIES ABSOLUTELY INDISPUTABLE . Annuities and Endowments for families , ohildren , and others on the most favourable terms . Premiums payable yearly , half-yearly , ot quarterly . No charge for medical fees or stamps . Loans granted for long or short periods , payable by monthly , quarterly , or half-yearly instalments . Defective Titles , Reversions , &c ., assured and guaranteed
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporatedby Royal Charter , 1847 . The Court of Directors GRANT LETTERS of CREDIT and BILLS upon the Company's Bank , at Adelaide , at Pak . Approved drafts negotiated and sent for collection . Business with the Australian Colonios generally , conducted through the Bank .-a Agents . Apply at the Company ' s Offices , No . 64 . Old Broad-street , London . WILLIAM PUJRDY , Manager . London , October , 1855 .
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ITALIAN AND FRENCH IANGUAQBS . MR . A R RIV A BENE , D , LL ., from the University of Padua , who has boon established in London for three years , gives private lessons in Italian and French at his own house , or at tho house of his pupils . He also attends Schools both in town and country . Mr . ARRIVABENQ toaohoson a plan thoroughly practical , and the most mediocre mind cannot fail to thoroughly comprehend hie lessons . Apply bylottortoMr . ARRIVABENE . No . 4 , St . Michael ' splace , Brompton .
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PRIVATE EDUCATION IN PARIS . — Professor SAUVALLB , Rue don Postos , 44 , near the Pantheon , receives a select numbor of young gentlemen as pupils . They are treated as members of tho Family . Tho course of Instruction includes anoiont and modern Literature , and tho Sciences . Particular attention in given to the 1 'Vench language . For particular s , apply ( by letter ) to Mr . 13 . P ., 20 , Arundel-Htreet , Strand t and for personal roferonoe , to Mr . W . Eaton , IB , PrlnooVgato , Hyde Park , London , or to Mr . Holt , 60 , Olianng-oroBB . ' r
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Will bo published on Monday , KINBURN , OTCHAKOV , NICHOLAIEV . —Stanford ' s Map of the Roads , &c ., between . Odessa , Nicholaief . Porokop , Simpheropol . and Sevastopol , with enlarged Plans of Odessa and Nioholaief , compiled , from the Russian Maps in tho possession of tho Royal Googra-. phical Society , the Admiralty Charts , and other document ? . Price , one largo shoot , 4 s . ; case , 7 s . AIbo , QTANFORDS MAP OF THE COUNTRY ^ BETWEEN ODESSA AND PEREKOP . Price 2 s ., shoot ; case , 4 s . 6 d . London : Edward Stanford , 6 , CharlnB-oroBB ^
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I LLUSTRATED TIMES . —In consoquenoo of L the reduction in Hizo of tho ILLUBTRATED LONDON NEWS , tho proprietors of the ILLUSTRATED TIMES feel cnllod upon to give notice that they have no intention of reducing tho size of tluilr paper , which will continue , the Hama ohean Illuwtratod Nowupaper aa honotofp * o « -T'lLLU 8-TB . ATJSD TIMES , 2 d . weekly .
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On Nov . 8 , the Flrut Nuuibe *\ prieo 6 d ., or 6 dy . stamped , oftho . G ATURDAY REVIEW of POLITICS » LITEO RATURE , SCIENCE , and AIKP . O / nco , UD , West Strand .
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Just published , price 2 s ., post free , 2 s . Cd ., AN ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHOEA : its Natnre and' Treatment , with an Kxposition of tho l ' rauas that uro praotlued by persona -who advertise tho Hnoedy , Nafo , mid effectual euro of Norvous DoranKoment . hYtm A vr S V { iJI ? ' ° 1 ' ' TUB K-OYAL COLLEGE OJT PltYHI 01 A . NS ,, i ^ oudon . London i W , ICbnt and Co ., 51 and 5 i , Paternoster-row .
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ORB'S HOUSEHOLD HANDBOOKS . THIS Series of Works is intended to include plain an * practical information on subjects connected with the comforts and refinements of Home ; to explain the , " Science of Things Familiar" in a clear and instructive manner * Already issued : — In One Volume , fcap . 8 vo , price Half-a-Crown , oloth , HOUSEHOLD MEDICINE and SUBGER-T ; Sick-reoro Management , with Diet for Invalids * By J . S .-BUSHNAfcF , MiD ;; of the Univereityof Edinburgh . ; In One Volume , foajj . 8 vo , prioe Half-a « Crown , cloth , HOUSEHOIiD COOKERY , OAKVIN& , and ETIQUETTE , of the TABLE . With , Directions haw to give a Dinner of from Four to Forty Covers with economy and taste . Price One Shilling , . ETIQUETTE of SOCIAL LIFE , OOURTESIBS of SOCIETY , and DINNER-TABLE OBSERVANCES . NEW VOLUME OF " QRR'S CIRCLE QF THE SCIENCES " Price 4 s . 6 d ., cloth lettered , EDEMENTAR ^ GHEMTSTBY of the IMPONDERABLE AGENTS and of INORGANIC BODIES ; including Xight , Heat . Eleotrtcity , and Magnetism ; the Simple Chemical Bodies , or . Elements and their Inorganic . Compounds . By JOHN , SCOFFERN . M . B . Lond ., late Professor of Chemistry at the Aldersgate School of Medicine .. Volumes completed , price 4 a . 6 d . each , unifowniWith the above : ORGANIC NATURE ,. Vol . L—Iaclttding Physiology ; Structure of the Skeleton and the Teeth , by Professor OWEN ; and Varieties of the Human Species , by Dr . LATHAM . QRGAJSIC NATURE , Vol . II . —Inducliag Botany , and Zoology of Invortebrated Animals , by Dr . EDWARD SMITH ,., aad W . S . DALLAS , F . IuSj THE MATHEMATICAL , SCIENCES , by Professor YOUNG , the ] fccv . J . F . TW 1 SDEN , MA ., and ALEXANDER JARDINE . Esq ., O . E . Tliia day is published , price Half-a-Crowu , cloth , gilt , THE YEAR-BOOK of COUNTRY LIFE : descriptive of English Scenery , Indications of the Seasons , Instincts of Domestic Animals , Habits of Xirds , Rustic Employments , Rural Sports , and Pictures of Rural . Life in JBngland , In Proso and Verso . The Troso Descriptions by THOMAS MILLER , Author of "A Day in the "Woods / ' and other works , Illustrated loy J . BIRKET FOSTER . London : IIoutsiOK and , Stonkman , 05 , , Patornosterrow ; and Wm . S . Obii and Co ., Amon-coruw *
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 27, 1855, page 1043, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2112/page/23/
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