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      STEAM to the CASE of ' GOOD HOPEjml INDIA .-The undermentioned « w autfiny STEAMSHIPS will sail , with her Majesty ' s Mails , for the CAPE of GOOD HOPJO . Mauritius , Point &e Galle . Madras , and Calcutta on the 1 st of each month from London , and on the morning of the 6 th from Dartmouth : — Ships . tTtonsreg . Commander . To sail . Tvnemouth ... 136-1 F . Y . Steward . September 1 . Egbert Lowe .. 1300 W . Congalton . October 1 . Scotland 1150 J . D . Wilson . November 1 , Ireland H 50 AY . C . Perry . December 1 . Other similar vessels will follow . Each ship is fitted with a bullion safe , has superior poop and lower deck cabin accommodation for a limited number of first-class passengers , and carries an experienced surgeon . For passage and freight , on smrll parcels , apply to Grindlay and Co ., G 3 , Cornhill , and 9 , St . Martin ' s-place , Charing-cross ; for freight on goods ana bullion , to T . H . Williams , St . Ann ' s-street , Manchester ; and to W . S . Liudsay and Co ., 8 , Austinfriars .

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      STEAM to the CAPE of GOOD HOPE arid CALCUTTA . —Notice to shippers by screw-steainer TYNEMOUTH . —This vessel , sailing on the Istof-September with her Majesty ' s mails , is now proceeding with her loading in the Victoria Docks , and as considerable disappointment arose with the England by goods being shut out , intending shippers are respectfully requested to engage space and send down their goods without delay . The attention of shippers is invited to the facility offered by this line of steamers for the rapid conveyance of specie to the Cape , Mauritius , and the East . —W . S . Lindsay and Co ., 8 , Austinfriars .

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      SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847 . The Court of Directors GRANT LETTERS of CREDIT and BILLS upon the Company ' s Bank , Adelaide , at 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 Offices , 54 , Old Broad-street , London . WILLIAM PURDY , Manager . London , August , 185 G .

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      ST . BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL and MEDICAL COLLEGE . —The WINTER SESSION will commence on October 1 st , with an Introductory Address by Mr . M'WHINNIE , at Seven o ' clock , p . m . LECTURES . Medicine—Dr . Burrows and Dr . Baly . Surgery—Mr . Lawrence . Descriptive Anatomy—Mr . Skey . Physiology and Morbid-Anatomy—Mr . Paget . Chemistry—Dr . Stenhouse . Superintendence of Dissections—Mr . Holden aud Mr . Savory . SUMMER SESSION , 1 S 57 , commencing May 1 . Materia Medica—Dr . F . Farre . Botany—Dr . Kirkes . Forensic Medicine—Dr . Black . Midwifery , &c—Dr . West . Comparative Anatomy— Mr . M'Whinnie . Practical Chemistry—Dr . Stenhouse . Hospital Practice . —The Hospital contains C 50 beds , and relief is afforded to more than 1 ) 0 , 000 patients annually . The in-patients are visited daily by the Physicians and Surgeons , and Clinical Lectures are delivered weekly : —On the Medical Cases , by Dr . Burrows and Dr . Farro ; on the Surgical Oases , by Mr . Lawrence , Mr . Stanley , Mr . Lloyd , aud Sir . Skey ; on Diseases of Women , by Dr . West . The outpatients are attended daily by the Assistant-Physicians and Asaistan t-Surgeons . CoLtEaiATn Establishment . — Students can reside within the Hospital walls , subject to the rules of the collegiate system , established under the direction of the Treasurer and a Committee of Governors of the Hospital . Some of the Teachers and other gentlemen connected with the Hospital also receive students to rosido with them . Souolahsiiips , Phizes , &c . —At the end of the Winter Session , examination will bo held for two Scholarships of the value of 45 Z ., for a year . The examination of the classes for prizes and certificates of merit will take place at the same tinio . Further information may bo obtained from Mr . Paget , Mr . Holden , or any of the Medical or Surgical Ofllcers or Lecturers , or at the Anatomical Museum or Library .

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      JOHN BROAD WOOD & SONS beg to express thoir gratitudo for tho numerous proofs of sympathy elicited by tho recent destruction by fire of a portion of their Westminster Manufactory . They take this opportunity of acquainting their friends th at their largo stock of finished instruments enables them to continue to execute orders with accustomed promjititudo . In rolianco on tho oontinimnco of tho kind patronage they havo so long onjoyod , JOHN BROAD WOOD & SONS are taking measures for reorganizing their Manufactory on the most , approved footing . 3 , 'J , Groat I ' ultonoy-stroet .

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      A FIXED ALLOWANCE OF £ 6 PER WEEK , IN OASIS OF INJIIJtY BY ACCIDENT OF ANY DESCRIPTION , Oil TIIK HUM OF £ iOOO IN CASE OF DEATH , May bo secured by an Annual Payment of ; £ 3 for a Policy in tho RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY . A weekly Allowance of Fifteen Shillings for Injury , or jfilOO in oaao of Death ueourud by apuy niont of Ton BhilliiigH . NO CHARGE FOR STAMP DUTY . Forms of Proposal , Prosiwotusow , Ac , may bo had of tho AgontH—of tho OlorkH at all tho Principal ltuilway Stations —and at tho Head OHloo , London , whoro also RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE May bo insured against by tho Journey or by tho Year jin heretofore . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary . Railway Passengers IiiMiirauco Company , Empowered by a Hpoclul Act of Parliament . OMcom , 3 , Old Broad-atroci , London .

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      INSURANCE COMPANY . E L C A E Established 1807 ; Empowered by Act of Parliament , 63 , Geo . III ., and regulated by deed Enrolled in the High Court of Chancery . ' 3 , Orescent , New Hridge Street , Ulackfriars , London . DIRECTORS . OHAS . THOS . HOLCOMBE , Esq ., Chairman . RICHD . HARMAN LLOYD . Esq ., Deputy-Chairman . Charles Bischoff , Esq . Joshua Lockwood , Esq . Thomas Boddingtou , Esq . W . Anderson-Peacock , Esq . ' Thomas Devas , Esq . Ralph Chas . Price , Esq . Nathaniel Gould , Esq . Thos . G . Sambrooke , Esq . Robert A . Gray , Esq . Auditors— TnoiiAS Aii / etj , Esq . ; William H . Smith , Jun ., Esq . Medical Officers—3 ' AMES Saner , Esq ., M . D ., Tottenham Green ; War . Cooke , Esq ., M . D ., 39 , Trinity Square , Tower Hill . Actuary and Secretary— Chaeles Jelxicoe , Esq . The Assets of this Company Exceed Three Quarters of a Million Sterling-. the annual , income exceeds—Oae Hundred and Fifty Thousand Founds . THE NUMBER OF EXISTING POLICIES IS TJpWardS Of Five Thousand . the total amoitnt assured—Exceeds Three Million t ) ne Hundred and Thirty Thousand Pounds . THE NEXT DIVISION OF SURPLUS WILL , TAKE ITiACE IN 1857 . The Premiums required by this Company , although moderate , entitle the Assured to 80 per cent , of the quinquennial surplus . The lives assured are permitted , in time of peace , without extra charge , to reside in any country—( Australia and California excepted )—north of 33 degrees north latitude , or south of 33 degrees south latitude ; or to pass by sea ( not being seafaring persons by profession ) between any places lying in the same hemisphere—distant more than 33 degrees from the Equator , without extra charge . Deeds assigning Policies are registered at the Office , and assignments can be effected on forms supplied by the Company . The Annual Reports of the Company ' s state and progress , Prospectuses and Forms , may be had , or will be sent , post free , on application at the Office , or to any of the Company ' s Agents .

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      THE HOUSEHOLDERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY . JJIBECTOES . Win . Ashton , Esq .. Horton-house , Wraysbury , Staines . The Rev . Thos . Cator , Bryanston-square , and Skelbrookpark , Doncaster . Charles Hulse , Esq ., Hall-grove , Bagshot . F . D . Bullock Webster , Esq ., Norfolk-terrace , Hyde-park . Arthur P . Onslow , Esq ., Lawbrook-house , Shore , Guildford . Thomas Pocock , Esq ., Southwark-bridge-road . Peter Paterson , Esq ., jun ., Park-road , Holloway . James Laughton , Esq ., Holm Villa , Lewisham-road . This Company enables persons , without speculation , to invest large or small sums , at a higher rate of interest than can be obtained from the public funds , and on as secure a basis . Forms of application to deposit sums of money , at 5 per cent , interest , payable half-yearly , or to purchase shares ( the present interest on which is G per cent- ) , may be had on application to 15 and 10 . Adam-street , Adelphi . R . HODSON , Sec .

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      rpHE CAMBRIAN and UNIVERSAL LIFE X and FI 11 E INSURANCE COMPANY . Capital 100 , 000 ? . Established 1 S-19 . Office , 27 , Gresham-streot . Agencies in tho principal towns of England and Wales . This office offers tho benefit of assurance in all its branches , and is highly eligible for every description of life assurance . A new and moat important feature , entirely originating with this Company , viz ., Marriage Dowries , Life Assurance , and Deferred Annuities included in one policy . Rates of premium moderate All polioies indisputable . Annuities granted . Family endowments . Loans on personal and other securities . Forms of proposal and every information may bo obtained on application . By order , ALFRED MELHADO , Manager .

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      NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE . THE Directors of the NATIONAL ASSURANCE and INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION invite attention to the Now System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association—viz ., that of allowing Interest on all Premiums paid , instead of the remote and uncertain System of Bonuses usunllu adopted . By thi . s plan , tho Policyholdcr will secure to himself , a constantly increasing annual income during life , aa well a . s tho payment of tho sum assured to his representatives , at his deatli . Tables of Rates specially adapted to this System of Assurance may bo obtained at tho Olllco of the Company , : $ , Pall Mall Host , or forwarded freo , on application . I'ETER MORRISON , Managing Director .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . —I ) It . BARKER'S colobratod RIOMl'IDY in protected by three patents , of England , Franco , and Vionnn ; and from its groat huccosh in private pruoMco irs now miido known as u public duty through tho medium of tho pi-ens . In ovcry caso of Hiuglo or double ; rupture , in oithm- hox , of any ago , howuvor bud or long standing , it , is equally applicable , effecting a euro In a fow dnyH , without inoonvonionro , and will bo hailed as a boon by all who luivo boon tortured with Lnihhoh . Sent post froo to nny part of tho world , with insLrnclion . s for uso , on receipt of ' lOH . ( Id . by poHt-olllco order , or Htanips , by CHARLMS JtAltiK'IOU , M . JJ ., 10 , lirook-utrent , llolbom , London . —Any liifrliiKomout of thin triple patent will bo proceededagahmt and restrained by injunction of tho Lord High Chancellor .

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      WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NUITY : SOCIETY . 3 , Parliament-street , London . —Established a . d . 1842 . DIKEOTOltfl . H . E . Bicknell , Esq ., Upper Bedford-place , Hussell-squan T . S . Cocks , jun ., JSaq .. M . P ., Charing-cross . G . JET . Drew , Esq ., Hibernia-chambers , WaUiggton-efcrec London Bridge . W . Evans , Esq ., Cheshatn-street , Belgrave * -sq « are . W . Freeman , Esq ., Millbank-street , Westminster . F . Fuller , Esq ., Abingdon-street , Westminster . J . H . Goodhart , Esq ., Upper Tooting , Surrey . T . Grissell , Esq ., Norbury Park , Surrey . E . Lucas , Esq ., Millbank-street , Westminster . F . B . Marston , Esq ., Brunswick-place , Regent ' s Park . J . Nieols , Esq ^ ; Savile-row , Burlington-gardens . A . Robinson , Esq ., Eaton-square , Pimlico . J . L . Seager , Esq ., Millbank-row , "Westminster . J . B . White , Esq ., Swanscombe , Kent . J . C . Wood , Esq ., Victoria-street , Westminster . Bankers—Messrs . Cocks , Biddulph . and Co . Actctahy—Arthur Seratchley , Esq ., M . A ., P . R . AsS . By a valuable new principle , originated by this office policies effected in it do not become void through the temporary inability of its assurers to pay _ a premium , as permission is given , upon application ( if his policy bo of at least three years' standing ) , to suspend the payment , at interest , according to the conditions detailed in the Society ' s prospectus . The rates of endowments granted to young lives and an « nuitics to old live * are liberal . Invalid lives are accepted at an increased rate of premium , where they are not in a completely satisfactory state of health ; and any person , paying a fee of one guinea , may be re-examined as to the state of his health , and . the directors will make a reduction of premium where just . Partners in firms can increase their available capital , bj the aid of a special life assurauce policy . Creditors desirous of assuring the lives of their debtors . — Free policies are issued , at a small increased rate of premium , which remain in force , although the life assured may go to any part of the world ; and payment of the premiums is only required while the creditors and debtors are jointly alive . Every information , free of expense , may be obtained of the actuary . The third quinquennial division of profits will take place at the close of the year 1 & 59 . Now ready , Fourth Edition , 5 s . ( 2 s . 6 d . to members oi Friendly Societies ) , A TREATISE on LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETIES , FRIENDLY SOCIETIES , and SAVINGS BANKS ; with a Mathematical Appendix and Tables ; and Model Rules for Friendly Societies . By ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY , M . A ., F . R . A . S ., Author of Treatises on Copyhold Enfranchisement , Tontine , and . Benefit Building Societies . London : C . Mitcheil , Red Lion-court , Fleet-street .

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      AGENTS AVANTED . THE PEOPLE'S PROVIDENT ASSURANCE SOCIETY , 2 , Waterloo-place . Pall-mall , London- For the Assurance of Lives and t "~ e Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust . Presidents : —The Right Hon . T . M . GIBSON , M . P . for Manchester ; GEORGE P . MUNTZ , Esq ., M . P . for Birmingham . Chairman of the Board of Directors : — GEORGE ALEXANDER HAMILTON , Esq ., M . T . Capital , Half a Million . The annual revenue exceeds fifty thousand per annum . Applications from persons desirous of being appointed Agents ( w » io participate in the Profits of the Society ) may be addressed to the Manager , at the Chief Office , No . 2 , Waterloo-place , Pall-mall , London , where Prospectuses and . every additional information may be obtained .

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      ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 39 , Throgmorton-street , Bank . THOMAS FARNCOMB , Esq ., Alderman , Chairman . WILLIAM LEAP . Esq ., Deputy-Chairman . Richard E . Ardon , Esq . John Humphery , Esq ., Aid . JSdward Bates , Esq . Rupert Ingjoby . lDsq . Thomas Camplinr Esq . Jeremiah Piloher , lisq . Professor Hall , M . A . LewisPococki'Eaq . Physician . —Dr . Jcaffreson , 2 , Finsbury-square . Scvegeon . —W . Coulson , Esq ., 2 , Fredorick' ^ -placo , Old . Jewry-Actuary . —George Clark , Esq . ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY . The Premiums arc on the lowest scale consistent with eocurity . Tho assured / aro protected by an ample * subscribed capital —an Assurance Fund of 415 , 0002 . invested on Moctrage and in the Government Stocks , and anincome of 80 ; O 0 O 7 . a year . Promiuma to Assuto 100 J . Whole Term . Age . Ono Year . Seven Years . With Profits . Protlts . 20 £ 0 17 8 ^ 0 19 9 XI 15 10 £ 1 11 10 80 118 12 7 2 6 5 2 0 7 40 1 fi 0 1 ( J 0 a 0 7 2 14 10 GO 1 It 1 1 1 () 10 4 0 8 4 0 11 ( SO a 2 4 & Ji ! LJl _? 12 ' ° ° ol ( LMUTUAL BRANCH . Assurors on tbo Bonus Hjrstom aro'entitled , at tho oild of llvo yuarn , to participate in nino-tonths , or 00 per cent of tho proUL . s . Tho profit asHigucd to each policy can bo added to tho sum assured , applied in reduction of tho annual premium , or bo received m cash . At tho rocont division » return of 20 per cent , in cash , on tho premiums paid was declared ; thia will allow a revorsionary hioroaae , varying , according to ago , from fid to 28 per cont . on tho premiums , or from a to 15 per cent , on tho sum assured . Ono-half of tho " wholo torm" promium rn « y remain on crodit for seven yearn , or ono-third of tho premium may remain for Hfo aH a dobt upon tho policy at 6 per cent ., or miiy bo paid off at any time without notioo . Claims paid in ono month after proofs havo boon approved . Loans upon approved security . No charge for policy Htamns . Medical aUondantH paid for thoir reports . Persons may , in time of pence , proceed to , or rosido fn , any part of Mirropo , or MritisliTforth -America , without oxirn oharsro . Tho medical offlcors attend ovory day , at a quarter boforo twn fi ' iilonk . 10 . HA'PTOH . RoHidont Director .

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      August . 23 , 1856 . ] THE IE 1 BE . B . B 15

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 23, 1856, page 815, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2155/page/23/