On this page
- Adverts (20)
-
Text (1)
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Ad
THE DIRECTORS OF THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY Request attention to the report of the Company for the year 1858 . A printed copy can be obtained on application at the Company ' s offices in LondonwEdinfeiittrh , or r > u * wn » or to any of the agents in Eugftawd . ^ cotlatfd , or bttB-BrcL . The following- results are stated in the _* p 6 rt : — _ . The new assurances effected during 1 S 58 exceed £ 500 , 000 , and the amount during the last 10 years exceeds _ £ a O 0 O 0 OO ¦ ¦ The income of the Company is upwards of £ 275 , 000 ^ ; and The accumulated fund exceeds considerably £ 1 , 000 , 000 . _ The Standard was established in 1825 , and the profits realised have been divided on five occasions , 1835 , 1840 , lb ± o , 1850 , and 1855 . . , . , The sixth . division of profits will take place next year , and there is an advantage in joining the Company before the close of the booksin the present year , as the benefit of two years' entry to the profit scheme will be secured . _ Attention is specially directed to the fact that the Company have lately introduced into their policies certain terms and conditions which make them ofincreased value as the basis of marriage settlements , family provisions , and all transactions where it . is essential that the contract should be as far as possible , a complete security against all contingencies . ^^ ^^ THOMSON ? Manager . H . JONES WILLIAMS , Res . Sec . London : 82 , King William-street , City . Edinburgh : 3 . George-street . Dublin : 66 , Upper Sackville-street .
Untitled Ad
DEPOSIT AND DISCOUNT BANK . FIVE PER CENT , on sums for fixed periods , or at seven days' notice , or Three per Cent , at Call . G . H . LAW , Manager O ffices , 6 , Cannon-street West E . C .
Untitled Ad
THE RENT GUARANTEE SOCIETY , 3 CHARLOTTE ROW , MANSION HOUSE . LONDON .
Untitled Ad
ACCIDENTS ARE OF DAILY OCCURRENCE . I Insurance data show that ONE PERSON in every FIFTEEN is more or less injured by Accident yearly . An Annual Payment of £ 3 secures A FIXED ALLOWANCE OF £ 6 PER WEEK - IN THE EVENT OF ESJUKY , OR £ 1 , 000 IN CASE OF DEATH FROM ACCIDENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION , By a Policy in the HALLWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY , "Which has already paid in compensation for Accidents { b O" ^ / -wrt Form ' s of Proposal and Prospectuses may be had at the Company ' s Offices , and at all the principal Railway Stations , ¦ where , also , Railway Accidents alone may be insured against by the Journey or year . NO CHARGE FOR STAMP DUTY . CAPITAL , ONE MILLION . WILLIAM J , VIAN , Secretary . Railway Passengers' . Assurance Company , Offices , 3 , Old Broad-street , London , E . C
Untitled Ad
THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY liavo never contemplated transferring their Business to any other Company whatever , but continue to Insure against every description of Accident resulting either in Death or Injury , "W . J . VIAN , Secretary . 3 , Oki Broad-street , E . C . ,
Untitled Ad
NEW MODE OF ACQUIRING WEALTH . See the Prospectus of the PUBLIC LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 47 , Charing Cross , London , which describes the way to obtain 10 , 000 ^ . Consols payable during life ; or S . OOOA Consols payable at death , for a Premium pf One Guinea . No other charge nor liability . No medical examination . No references to friends required . Male / and female 11 voa admittod on equal terms . Applications for Prospectuses , Forms of Proposal , &c , to bo made to G . J . If ARRANOK , Managing Director , at the Chief Offices , 47 , Charing Cross , London . Agents wanted throughout the United Kingdom .
Untitled Ad
AN ACT OF GRATITUDE O (\ C \ f \ f \ Copies of a MEDICAL BOOK for ( wUlUvv gratuitous circulation . A Nervous Suffereh having boon 'effectually cured of Nervous : Debility , Loss of Memory , Dimness of Sight , JLassitudo , and Indlg-OBtion , reuniting from the early errors of ^ outlvby following tJio instructions given in a MEDICAL WORK , ho considers it his duty , In gratitude to the author , and for the benefit of others , to publish tine means UBed . He will , therefore , send freo , secure from observation , on receipt of a directed envelope , and two stamps to propay postage , a copy of the book , oontainlner every , information required . AaaroBS , Jambs Wallace , WBq ., Wilford Houho , Burtonorescent , Tavletook-squaro , London . W . C
Untitled Ad
DO YOU WANT LUXURIANT HAIR , WHISKERS , Etc . ? J ? ho most marvellous preparation , for tuo speedy production of Hair , Whiskers ' , MoustaoHloB , &o ., roBtorlnfflho hair in baldness , strengtheningIt when weak , provpnilncjltsittll-Ing off . aiidoheoWnff ' B roynoBB . ls ROSAWCM CQUtfEXLTO'S OR-NUTRIAR . For the nurflory it Is roeommpwdod for promoting a flno healthy head ofhalr . imd averting baldness In aCtor yoars . Sold \> y all OUQmlBtB and yoriumers , Srlco 8 n , ; or sent post free on receipt of 2 * penny stamps , by UasCoupoIlo , 00 , Caatlo-atreet , Newman .. street , London . WDwIfQwW YrjrttcB < - "My head , whi « tt w « b bald , Jsnow oQvorcdwltlv new hair , " Mrs . Williams— " I eon show n . flno hoftd of hair from using your Crlnutrinr . " Mrs . Keevo , " My ^ air , l » gaining strength and thickness . ' Sergi , CrftYon-- » . Thrqugh using 1 _ f I have an excellent mouataoUo , ' » Mr ^ lTateft— "The young- man has now ft good pair of wlusKcra . x want two packets for other customers .
Untitled Ad
PROTECTED BY ROYAL LETTERS J- PATENT , and rooolvod by the most ominont of tho faoulty .-Mr . LAWWMNCE'ff IMPROVED , ARTIFICIAL TEETH , by the CIIEO-PLASTIO process entirely Buporsodo tho Soft Gun ) , and every substance that becomes putroecont in tho mouth . Their cleanliness , oaso , and comfort rondor tliem available in evory enso , without springs or wires , at loss than advertised prices . — PAINLHBS TOOTH EXTRACTION by GRADUATED ELECTRICITY Is always attended with certainty and bUccohs . Medicated White Gutta-percha Enamel for Dcoaycd and Painful Tooth < by self application ) Xa . j poet free , fourteen stamps . Mr . JLAWItBNOE , Surgeon-dentist , 53 , Boraor ' fl-Btroot , Oxford Btregt , London .
Untitled Ad
PAINS IN THE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , RHEUMATISM . GOUT , , J « W < p 8 T ION , wp * sz& !* tiwtitt * mffi ' ffib PILLS nro a most safe and QflttcaolouB romody lor tho auovo dangerous complaints , dleohargos , retention ol uiinp , and dlBoaso of the kidneys , bladder , « nd urinary oraanH « onorally , which frequently end in stone , « nd a l »> ff ° rlM death , For depression of spirits , blushing , Incapacitylor Booioty . study or business , giddJnoss , UrowBinosB , Bleep without refreshment , norvouBnesB , and Insanity Use If , vriion arising- from or combined yrlth ufanary disease ., they nro unequalled . Thoy agree vfjth tho most dolloato stoniach . improve tho hcaltfi , and In throe day will offoot a euro In au thoso oaaoBwhorqcaplvJ , oubobB . ana medicines © fthw oiaes have utterly fnJlod . ls . ljd ., » s . Od ., Is . Od ,, lls ., and 8 Js . per l ) ox , tlirouffh alljktedlcifto Vendors , or « o » jt on rocolpt of tho amount fii stamps , by tUo Proprietor , 10 , ] 3 cruor » - stroot . Oxford-street , London .
Untitled Ad
GREY HAIR RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL COLOUR . NEURALGIA , Nervous Headnclic , Rheumatism , and SUIT Joints cured by F . M . l " ^^/ . PATWNT MAGNETIC BRUSHES , 10 b . nnd 15 s . ; COMBS , 2 s . Od . to 20 s . Groy hair and JUaldnoss i'nBVENTEi > by F . M . H . * s Patent Provontlvo Brush , l ' rleo , 4 s . nnd Ah . Ofllcofl , 82 , Vaslnerhall-stroet , London , whoro rimy bo nnd , C / ratla , tho illustrated pamphlet , "Why Hair bocomosOroy , and Its Remedy . ' Sold by all ChemistB aud l ' crftimws of reputo .
Untitled Ad
YOURSELF ! WHAT YOU ARE ! AND WHAT FIT FOR ! ~ The Original Grftpniolog-lst , MARIE COUPELLE , continues her vivid , useful , and interesting- delineations of character , from an examination of the handwriting , in a style peculiarly her own , novor beforo attempted in this country , and which cannot even bo successfully Imitated by-those who prQtend to thta useful and pleasing science . All who desire to know themsolves or tho true ohuraoter of any friend , should send a spcoLmon of writing " , stating sex and ago , and tho fee of 14 uneut penny stamps , to Mise Coupolle , 09 . Castlo-strcet , Oxford-fltreot , London ! and they will receive in a few days a full and minute detail of tho talents , tastes , affections , virtues , fail-Ing's , &c , of the writer , with many traits hitherto unsuspected , and calculated to bo useful through life . —From F . N .: « i consider your skill surprising-. '' --C . S .: " Your description of her character Is romarkably correct , ' '—W . S .: " Your Interesting answer Is quite true . "—H . W . : " Your sketch is marvellously correct . —MIhsF . : " Mamma says tho character you sent mo Is truo / ' ^ Miss W . N .: "You have described hlB oharactor very accurately . "—Mies H . S .: "I an . afraid his oharaotor is as you describe it . "— "Wo boo no more dimculty in graphiology thivn phronoloffy , and wo have little doubt that in Innumerable instances tho character is rend with equal prooislon . "—Family Herald .
Untitled Ad
ENGLAND'S MAIN DEFENCE . In One Vol ., with Illustrations , price 7 s . 6 d ., cloth lettered , THE NAVIES OF THE WORLD , THEIR PRESENT STATE , AND FUTURE CAPABILITIES . By HANS BUSK , M . A ., First Xieut . Victoria Rifles , author of " The Rifle , and How to Use it . '' CONTENTS . — , Comparison between British Manning-the Navy . and French Navies . The Board of Admiralty . Navies of other Powers . Reprint of Leipsie Article on Steam , and the Screw Pro- the French and English peller . Navies ; with a refutation Naval Ports and Arsenals of of its errors . Franco , compared with Important Lists , and Statisthose of England . tfcal Tables relating to tho Improved Artillery , and New British and FrenchNayics , Naval . Tactics . hitherto unpublished . With several Illustrations , and Plans of Cherbourg , Brest , Rochefort , L Orient , and Toulon . London : Routledge , Wakne , and Routi , e : dge , Farrlngdon-Btrcet .
Untitled Ad
DR . DE JONGH'S ( KnigMof the Order of Leopold of Belgium )' LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL Administered with the greatest success in cases of CONSUMPTION , GENERAL DEBILITY , RHEUMATISM , INFANTILE WASTING , AND ALL THE DISORDERS OF CHILDREN ARISING FROM DEFECTIVE NUTRITION , Is the most efficacious , the most palatable , and , from its rapid curative effects , unquestionably the most economical of all kinds . Its immeasurable therapeutic superiority over every other variety is attested by innumerable spontaneous testimonials from Physicians and Surgeons of European reputation . --OPINION OF R . M . LAWBANCE , Esq ., M . D ., Physician to ILR . H . the Duke of Saose Cobowg and Go / ha Opthalmio Surgeon to the Great Northern Hospital , &e ., &c 14 I have frequently tested your Cod Liver Oil , and so impressed am 1 with its superiority , that I invariably prescribe it in preference to any other , feeling assured that I am recommending- a genuine artiolo , and not n manufactured compound , in which tho efficacy of this invaluable medicine is destroyed . " Sold only in Imperial Half-pints , 2 s . Od . ; Pints ,-In . Oil . ; Quarts , Os ., capsuled and labelled with l ) n . de . Jonoii s signature , without which none is oenuxne \ in the Counthy by respectable Chemists , IN LONDON BY HIS SOLE AGEMTS , ANSAR , HARFORD , & CO ., 77 , STKANP , W . C . CAUTION . —Intrusive recommendations of other kinds oj Cod Liver Oil should be strenuously restated , as they solely proceed . / rom interested motives , and will Infulliblu result lit disappointment .
Untitled Ad
ifl ^ EPIN'S ELECTRO-SILVER PLATE A ND TABLE CUTLEEY . J _ feA . PPHSP BROTHERS , Manufacturers by Special Apipo-ntmej-t to the Queen , are the only Sheffield Makers who supply-the consumer in London . Their London Show Rooms , " 67 and 68 , King William-street , London-bridge , contain by far the largest STOCK of ELECTRO-SILVER PLATE and TABLE CUTLERY in the World , which is transmitted direct from their Manufactory , Queen ' s Cutlery Works , Sheffield . Fiddle Double King ' s Lily Pattern . Thread . Pattcrn . Pattn . & s . d . £ , s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 12 Table Forks , best quality .. 1 16 0 2 14 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 12 Table Spoons do . .. 116 0 2 11 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 12 Dessert Forks do . . . 1 7 0 2 0 0 2 40 214 0 12 Dessertspoons do . .. 17 0 2 00 2 402 140 12 Tea Spoons do . .. 0 16 0 1 4 0 1 7 0 116 0 2 Sauce Ladles do . .. . 08 0 0 10 0 0 11 0 0 13 0 1 Gravy Spoon do . . . 0 7 0 0 10 6 0 11 0 0 13 0 4 Salt Spoons ( gilt bowls ) . . 0 6 8 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 14 0 1 Mustard Spoon do . -. 0 I 8 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 1 Pair Sugar Tongs do . .. 0 : t 6 0 5 (> 0 CO 0 7 0 1 Pair Fish Carvers do . .. 1 «) 0 1 10 0 1 14 o 1 18 0 1 Butter Knife do . .. O 3 OO 50 O ( 50 070 1 Soup Ladle do . .. 0 12 0 O 111 0 0 17 ii 1 00 6 Egg Spoons ( gilt ) do . .. 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 IS 0 1 1 0 Complete Service .,.... £ 10 13 10 15 10 0 1 ? 13 (> 21 4 0 Any article can be had separately at the same prices One Set of Four Corner Dishes ( forming 8 Dishes ) , 8 / . ISs . ; One Set of 4 Dish Covers—viz ., one 20 inch , one is inch , and two 14 inch—\ 0 l . 10 s . ; Cruet Frame , 4 Glass , 24 s .-, Full-Size Tea and Coffee Service , 9 J . 10 s . A Costly JJook of Engraving's , with prices attached , sent per post on receipt of 12 stamps . ¦ Ordinary Medium' Best . Quality . Quality . Quality . Two Dozen Full-Size Table £ s . d . & s . d . £ s . d . Knives , Ivory Handles .... 2 4 0 3 0 0 4 12 0 lJDoz . Full-Size Cheese ditto .. 1 4 0 114 6 2 11 0 One Pair Regular Meat Carvers 0 7 C 0 11 0 0 15 6 One Pair Extra-Sized ditto 0 8 ' 6 -0 12 0 0 16 6 One Pair . Poultry Carvers ....... 0 7 6 0 11 0 0 15 6 One Steel for Sharpening 9 0 0 , 0 4 0 0 6 0 Complete Service . . £ 4 16 0 18 0 9 16 6 Messrs . Mappin ' s Table Knives still maintain their unrivalled superiority ; all their blades , being their own Sheffield manufacture , are of the very first quality , with secure Ivory Handles , which do not come loose in hot water ; and the difference in price is occasioned solely by the . superior quality and thickness of the Ivory Handles . MAPPIN BROTHERS , 07 and 68 , Kingf \ rilliam-streetv City , London ; Manufactory , Queen ' s Cutlery Works , Sheffield . ¦ " - .
Untitled Ad
j JSfEW WORK BY DR . CUMMING . Immediately in Svo ., 7 s . 6 d . j THE ISIEAT TRIBULATION COMING ? ON THE EARTH . By DR . SCUMMING . Author of " iVjseeaiyptic Sketches ^"'* o . RKSHAKD'lteNTLEY , 1 S 6 W Burlington-street ( Pablisher in Ordinaryrto Her Majesty . ) '
Untitled Ad
CEUDEN'S- CONCORDANCE . 18 tb . edition , imp . 8 vo ., cloth , with Portrait , 12 s . A COMPLETE CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT ; or , a Dictionary and Alphabetical Index to the Bible , to which is added a Concordance to the Books called Apocrypha . New edition ,. to which is added an original Life pf the Author . London : William Tegg . 85 . Queen-st ., Cheapside , E . C .
Untitled Ad
MEADOW'S ( F . C . ) FRENCH-DICTIONARY . ISmo ., cloth 4 s . Od ., roan 5 s . NEW FRENCH AND ENGLISH PR 0-NOUNCING DICTIONARY ; with niany new words in general use . A new edition , 'entirely r , e-edited . This is not merely a reprint , but quite a new work , both in editing and printing . London : William Tegg , 85 , Queen-st ., Cheapside , E . C .
Untitled Ad
THE ITALIAN WAR OP 1848-9 , AND THE LAST ITALIAN POET—Three Essays , by the late HENRY LUSHINGTON , Chief Secretary to the Government of Malta ; with a BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE , by GEO . STOVIN VENABLES . Crown 8 vo ., cloth , 6 s . Od . [ This Day . 5 L . CMHLAS and Co ., Cambridge ; and 23 , Henrietta-street . Coveat-garden , London .
Untitled Ad
* ATLASES FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES . In super royal Svo ., half bound , THE COLLEGE ATLAS . With 33 Maps . Coloured in Outline . ( 43 rd Thousand . ) 12 s . THE JUNIOR ATLAS , Tvitli 17 Maps , Coloured in Outline . 5 s . Od . THE COLLEGE CLASSICAL ATLAS . Entirely New Work . 20 Maps , Coloured in Outline . 12 s . THE JUNIOR CLASSICAL ATLAS . 1 . 2 Maps , Coloured in . Outline . 5 s . 6 d . These Atlases are now transferred to the present Publishers , who will issue New Editions in a very superior style . Every necessary alteration will be-made , as time or circumstance requires . London : JRoutledge , Wakne , and Rout £ edge , ¦ Farringdon-street . ^
Untitled Article
^^ * THE XEADER . [ No . 4 Q 0 . Aug . 13 , 1859 .
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1859, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2307/page/2/
-