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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847 . The Court of Directors GRANT LETTERS of CREDIT and BILliS upon the Company ' s Bank , Adelaide , Jit par . Approved drafts negotiated and sent for collection . Business with all the Australian Colonies conducted through the Bank ' s Agents . Apply at the Company ' s Office , 54 , Old Broad-street , Lotion . WILLIAM PUR . DY , Manager . London , March 1 , 1856 .
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« c "OALMER'S PATENT LEG is far superior m to all others that have hitherto been invented , and is avaluab ' e addition to our means of removing the inconvenience arising from a severe mutilation . "—Tne Lancet . Adjusted with , perfect accuracy , by the aid of Machinery , to every form of Amputation , by Mr . EDWIN OSBORNE , of 24 , Saville row , London .
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THE FORTY-SEVEN SHILLING SUITS , made to order , from Scotch Heather and Cheviot Tweeds , all wool and thoroughly shrunk , by B . BENJAMIN , Merchant Tailor , 74 , Regent-street . SiThe FELISSIER OVERCOAT , -2 Is . and 28 s ., adapted for the season ; the TWO GUINEA DRESS or FROCK COATS ; the GUINEA DRESS TROUSERS ; and the HALF-GUINEA WAISTCOAT . N . B . —A perfect fit guaranteed .
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ELASTIC SUPPORTING BELTS , of the same beautiful Fabric as POPE and PIANTE'S ELASTIC STOCKINGS for Varicose Veins , for Ladies use , before and after accouchement , are admirably adapted for giving adequaie support , with extreme lightness—a point little attended to in the comparatively clumsy contrivances and fabrics hitherto employed . Instructions for measurement and prices on application , and the articles sent by post from the manufacturers , POPE and PLA . N IE , 4 , Waterloo-place , Pall-mall , London .
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SOCIETY OF ARTS PRIZE SHILLING BOX OF WATER COLOURS , USED BY THE ROYAL FAMILY . / "CAUTION- —Boxes containing the worst de-\ _ J scription of Colours , Brushes , &c , are being sold as the Society of Arts Prize Box of Water Colours . To prevent any further imposition on the Public , the GENUINE SOCIETY OF ARTS PRIZE SHILLING BOX OF ~ WATEIR COLOURS can be had of th « successful competitor , JOSHUA KOGERS , 133 , BUN HILL-ROW " , Finsbury , London , or sent by post on receipt of lg . lOd . in Stamps . Every other article required in the Fine Arts can be had "Whojesfile and Retail , of the . Manufacturer , JOSHUA KOGE Its , as above .
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THE LARGEST STOCK of BRUSHES and COMBS in LONDON .-J . and J . WITHERS , 36 , TOTTENHAH-COURT-ROAD . ' '
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212 ° MILNERS' HOLDFAST AND FIRE-~ ~ JRES 1 ST 1 NG SAFES ( non-conducting and vapourising ) , -with all tlio improvements ) under their Quadruple Patents of IB 10 , 51 , M and 1855 . including their Gunpowderproof Solid Lock and Door ( without which no safe is secure ) . TIIE STRONGEST , BEST , AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARDS EXTANT . MILNEKS' PHOENIX ( 212 degrees ) SAFE WORKS , LIVERPOOL , the most complete and extensive in the world . Sliow-rooms , « and 8 , Lord street , Liverpool . London Depot , 47 a , Moorgate-street , City . Circulars free by post . Sold by IIOBBS , ASHLEY , and CO ., 07 , Choapsido .
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FURNISH YOUR HOUSE WITH THE BEST ARTICLES AT BEANE'S IRONJMONGNRYAND FURNISHING WAREHOUSES . A Priced Furnishing List sent Post Free . DEANK , DHA . Y , & CO ,, LOND ' ON-BEIDGE . Established a . d . 1700 ,
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N ORWICH UXION FIRE INBtrttATrcE SOCIETY . Established 1797 . Total Amou it Insured , £ 63 , 000 , 000 Insurances maybe effected with this Company upon more favourable terms than with other Offices . f Chief Offices—Surrey-street , Norwich , and 6 , Crescent , New Bridge-street , Blackfriars , London .
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TTNITED MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE VJ •¦ 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 PR . ITCHARD , Resident Director .
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ESTABLISHED 1838 . TTICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , T _ No 18 , King William-street , Mansion House , City . Life Assurances of every description effected . Half the Annual Premium may be paid during : the first five years . One-third may remain on credit during the whole of life . Endowment Assurances , payable at 50 , 55 , 60 , &c . Loans to Assurers on personal other security . 80 per cent , of profits go to Assurers on the bonus scale . The last bonus averag-ed 53 per cent , on the Premiums paid . WILLIAM BATRAY , Actuary .
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BANK OF DEPOSIT , No . 3 , PALL-MALL EAST , LONDON . Established , a . d . 1844 . Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit . Prospectuses and forms for opening accounts sent free on application . PETER MORRISON , Managing Director .
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f ^ ENERAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE \ JC COMPANY , 7 , Chatham-place , BlackMars—Capital , dE 500 , 000 , in Shares of £ 5 each ; call , 10 s . per Share . Every description of Insurance business transacted at this office . Policies absolutely indisputable . Guarantees afforded to persons in situations of trust where security is required ; alsoagainBtlossesarislngfromrobberies , forgeries , &c . Fire and life insurances effected on improved and safe principles . Plate-glass insured . Prospectuses , terms of agency , proposals ; &e ., can be had on application . J . C . SPENCE , Secretary .
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SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION . London Branch . —66 , Gracechurch-street , City . 14 , St . Andrew-square , Edinburgh . ASSURANCES , with whole Profits , for ara , teof Preminm about the same as is charged in other Offices for a fixed amount not entitled to any additions . Tables of Rates , and every information as to the system of Division of the Profits , may be had on application . gjJThe ANNUAL MEETING of the SOCIETY was held on the ¦ 20 th February , JOHN SINCLAIR , Esq ; ., Gity Clerk , in the chair . The Report from the Directors showed , that " the business of the past year has considerably exceeded that of the previous year—a result which , considering the continued pressure on the industrial resources of the conntry , the Directors could not have ventured to anticipate . '' The rew Proposals were' 626 , assuring £ 281 , 438 , and the corresponding Premiums < £ 9 , 403 17 s . lOd . The total premiums received in the year amounted to £ 78 , 676 4 s . < 5 d . The Claims in the year , by 03 deaths , were £ 43 , 139 3 s . The Report concluded as follows' : — " The Directors have adhered to the same careful system , of administration as in former years , notwithstanding the excessive competition "which prevails . They have refused to recognise the practice of giving commissions to induce a preference in bringing business to them ; and in the extension of the Sooieby by means of Agencies , they have kept steadily in view the importance of its being represented—whether in the case of Agents or Medical Advisers—toy persons in whom they can place full reliance . Full Reports of the Proceedings at tho Meeting may be had at the Head Office in Edinburgh , or at the London Branch . JAMES WATSON , Manager . GEORGE GRANT , London Agent and Secretary .
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A FIXED ALLOWANCE OF 46 PER WEEK , IN CASE OF INJURY BY ACCIDENT OF ANY DESCRIPTION , or the sum of « . 1 , OOOIN CASE OF DEATH , may bo secured by an Annual Payment of * L 3 for a Policy in the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY . A weekly Allowance of Fifteen Shllllng-a for Injury , or jEIOO in case of Death secured by a payment of Ton Shillings , HO CHABQE FOR STAMP DUTY . Forms of Proposal , Prospectuses , &o , may bo had of the Agents—of tho Clerks at all the principal Jttailway Stations —and at the Mend Oflioo , London , where nlso RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may l > o insured against by thy Journey or by tlvo year as lxorotofore . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary . Railway Passengers Insurance Company , Empowered by a rtpeoinl Act of PurUiunent . OfllooB , 3 , Old Uroad street , London .
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TDfLACOTOOirS MAGAZINE , for APRTL * J _> 1856 . No . CCCCLXXXVI . Price as . 6 d . Contents : The Laws concerning Women . War and Woodcraft . Alison ' s History of Europe . Prescott ' s Philip II . The Scot Abroad . The Indian Civil Service . The Kara Blue-Book . De ' Bazancourt ' s Narrative of the Campaign . WrtiLiAai Biackwood and Sons , Edinburgh and London .
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HPHE OXFORD and CAMBRIDGE MAGAp X ZINE for APRIL , 1856 . No . IV . Price Is . Contents : Carlyle . Mr . Ruskin ' s New " Volume . Frank ' s Sealed Letter . Oxford . Iiondon : Bell and Dal » y , Fleet-street .
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ERASER'S MAGAZINE for APRIL , 1856 , Price 2 s . 6 d ., contains : A Journey along the Western Frontier of North Finland in the Summer of 1855 . The Tabl « -Talk of Samuel Rogers . The 18 th December , 1855 . . * On the Treatment of Love in Novels . Kate Coventry , an Autobiography . Edit « d by the Author of "Digby Grand . " Part IVTinoccbi . Shadows . - Imaginary Conversations . By "Walter Savage Landor . Toetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer . Sketches on the North Coast . By a Naturalist . No . I . —A Naturalist at Home , did Rings . Part II . Poems by Edward Capern . Foreign and Domestic Politics . London : John W . Parker and Son , West Strand .
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'TPHE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE , JL No . CCLXXX , APRIL ,, 185 & , Price 2 s . 6 d . Contents : I . KaTS . XI . The Fortunes of Glenc « re , Chaps . -XVI ., X 7 TJ ., IIL Ancient Physic and Physicians . IV . Fair Gurtha , by William CarletOB . V . Readings from the Colloquies of EraslnuS . VI . A Bowl of Punch in the Captain ' s JRoom . VII . Poetrjr : —Burial of Mosea . Spring . VIII . Memoirs of General Kilnaaine . IX . Love in Curl Papers ( concluded ) . X . Memoirs of Mrs . Fitzherbert . XL The Gentleman Soldier . Dubliu : Hodges , Smith and Co ., Graf ton-street ; Unas and Blackxxt , London ? John Mendies , 61 , Prince ' s-street ' Edinburgh . Sold by all Booksellers .
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rpHE WESTMINSTEB REVIEW . NEW JL SERIES . —No . XVIII . APRIL , 1856 . Price 6 s . : CONTENTS : I . The Rise op the Dutch Republic . II . Tee English Law of Divobcb . III . Types of Mankind . IV . Scandinavia , Past and Pkesent . V . Sunday in Gheax Britain . VI . The Congress of Vienna . VII . Geisterai Williams , and the Fam op Kars VIII . DIedical Despotism ., Contemporary Literature : —§ l . Theology and Philosophy . — § 2 . Politics and Education . —& 3 . Scieuce . —§ 4 . History , Biography , Voyages and Travels . —§ 5 . Art and Belies Lettres . London : John CaAPMAN , 8 , King William-street , Strand .
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This day is published , price 5 s ., No . IV . of THE NATIONAL REVIEW . Contents : — I . Characteristics of Goethe . II . Early English Explorers . III . University Reform—Cambridge . IV . Mr . Macsvulay . V . Conversation and Poetry of Rogers . VI . The English Stage . VII . The Political Tewdencies of America . VIII . The Ausitrinn Pence . IX . Mediatorial Religion . London : Robkui' TuEonAMJ , 20 , Fntornoster-vow .
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npiIE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW , JL No , XLVI . ( price 6 a . ) , will be published on tho 1 st of Al RIL . Contents : 1 . The Art of History—Maoaulay . a , Religious Architecture — Tusto and Utility . 3 , Bunsen ' a K ^ ypt . 4 . Last of the Arctic Voyagesb . The Industrial Classen of Europe . 0 , Present stnto of Gorman Protestantism . 7 . Ilupliin ' H modern Paintora . 8 . Lowco ' h Life and Worku of Ooctho . i ) . Tho CvodulitleH of Scepticism 10 . itafiumnroluUtJ and IiIh 'I'linen . 11 . Our Epilogue on Affairs und Hookrt . London : Jackson mid W / M . roui ) , 1 H , Kt . l ' iinl ' rt-oiuu'oU " ynrd ; nnd Wimvkin , Mahsh / vix , anrl Co ., SUitlo ( icrd '< -linllcourt .
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. Italian a-rtd French Languages . MR . AlUUYAliENE , D . LL ., from tho Unlvoralty of l ' u < iuft , who Iuib been oHtiiblinhod in London for thrco yoara , givos iirivuto losaons In Italian , and Kionoli at his own hounu , or tho Iioubwb of hla pwjiild . 1 *« alHO nttonclrt BuIiooIh both In town and country . Mr . ARRTVAKENIS toaoJioa on n plan thoroughly prncUcul , and tho moat mcdlooro mind ounuot fail to ihoroujjhly comprehend hit ) IcBtJona . Apply by letter to Mr . AIUUVABEN 10 , No . 4 . Bt MlchttoVfl-plnco , Brocnpton .
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March , 29 , 1856 . ] - THE LEADER ___^ 311
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Leader (1850-1860), March 29, 1856, page 311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2134/page/23/
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