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    SS ^ = ========== ~ ==== ~ " ¦ .. .. ^^^ . ^ Tr . irvxrc ! t ^ PNDEES STOYES , and 1 FIKE 4 IR 0 N 6 . saa ^ sflBssasasB Newman-street , and 4 & «» *^ * £ * ££ assortment of &^™ * —TOOVliE ** RANGES HBE-lWs , IppfSigliKi E ^ the'SeHo Si 4 s Sylvester and ' all other Patent Stores with radiating hearth plates . All which he . as fnabied IkI sell at these very reduced charges-Firstly—From the frequency and extent of his purchases ; Secondly—From those purchases being made exclusively for cash . T-iHB PERFECT SUBSTITUTE POB I ^ Rrfa && mk & 73 p ® F ¥ ^ kh ^^ s ^ spr ^^ that can be employed as such , either usefully or ornamentally , as by no possible test can it be distmguishedfrom real silver . Thread or , „__ . _ £ S £ . * 5 ss ! f SSS . lfs ^ ° ^ s CT d 0 T :::::: St :: j £ " «& Dessertspoons „ 3 os . ... 42 s . ... 4 Ss . Table Forks „ 40 s . ... 60 s . ... 64 s . T " nhlo Snonns . 40 S . ... 583 . ... boS . Tea aiKffee set ' s , waiters , candlesticks , & c , at proportionate prices . All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process . CHEMICALLY PURE NICKEL NOT PLATED . Fiddle . Thread . King ' s . Table Spoons and Forks , full size , per dozen 12 s . .. . . 28 s . ... . JUS . Dessert ditto and ditto ... 10 s . ... 21 s . ... 25 s . Tea ditto 5 s . ... 11 s . ... 12 s . ¦ WTTtAaTVI S BURTON has TEN LARGE SHOWBSMSdirot edtoSstowofGBNER ^ rU ^ ISHING IRONMONGERY ( including cutlery , nickel . silver , plated and iapan 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 ot . S 9 OXFORD-STREET ( corner of Newman-street ) . ; 1 , ¦ 2 and 3 , NEWMAN-STREET ; and 4 and 5 , PERRTt'SPLACE . ^ ' -

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    MTSSSRS . ^ -SHOOLBKED AND BKADtmS ^ Va & teh 2 mBgiJBs BANDAGES , as recommended by all the most eminent - surgeons , in acknowledging the very extensive support they have received , beg to call attention to the vanous mprovements they are making in patent Elastic Stockings , Knee Caps , Socks , and Ladies and Gentlemen ' s Spine Supporters . A Sew description of Belt , invaluable for prevention of Cholera and the cure of Rheumatism , Lumbago , & c . JN . is . Every description of India-rubber Bandages vulcanised on tho newest principle .

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    BUY OF THE MAK ERS—BRUSHES , COMBS , and BROOMS , of every description , whether for the dressing-table , household , or stable use , 80 per cent , lower than any other house in tho trade , at the manufacturers , J . and f . WITHERS . , Tottcnham-court-road ( oppo-__ libclfora ^ trect ; Bedford- * quarc ) . -Warrantcd ^ tooth brushes , 3 d . ; superior ditto , 4 d- ; the . best that can be mado , Od . each . —N . B . Tho lowest price asked and no abatement .

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    npHE 16 s . Trousers reduced to 14 s . — Trousers i and Waistcoat , 22 s .- Coat , Waistcoat , and Trousers , 47 s ., mado to order from Scotch Tweeds , all wool , and thoroughly shrunk . The TWO GUINEA DRESS or FROCK COAT , the Guinea Dress Trousers , and tho Half-Guinea Waistcoat , made to order by U . BENJAMIN , Merchant Tailor , 74 . ^ gent-street . For quality , stylo , and workmanship , cannot bo equalled by any house in tho kingdom . N . B . —A porfect lit guaranteed .

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    A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH . MR . HOWARD , SURGEON-DENTIST NEW ^ HES ! . ? - aSKiTl " ^ W without springs , wires , or ligatures . They 39 perfectly resemble the natural tooth as not to bo distinguished from tho originals by tho olosost observer ; they will never change colour or docav . and will bo found superior to any tooth ever before used . This raothod doos not require tho extraction of roots , or any painful operation , and will support and prosorvo tooth that are loose , and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication . Decayed tooth rendered sound and useful in mastication . 52 , PLEET-STREET . —Athoino from Ton till Pivo ^

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    DEAFNESS AND SINGING NOISESInstant relief by Dr . HOOHTON'S new and painless mode of cure . Any oxtronioly deaf sufferer , by 0110 visit , la pormanontly enabled to hoar with onso tho uhuiiI tono of conversation , without operation , pain , or tho uso of instruments . Thirty-four pationtH curod last week : many totally deaf in-HtantanoouBly restored to perfect hearing . TeHtlmonials from tho highest medical authority in London can bo Boon , and persons roforred to . The above discovery in known and practised only by ^ Dr Hoghton , Member of tho London Koyal Oollcgo of burgeons . May 2 , IBM ; L . A . C , A |) ril 'M , 1 H 4 H . Institution lor tho . Luip of Deafness , 0 , Sullblk-placo , Pall-mall . Just published , Sclf-Curo of Deafness , for country patients—a stop to ompirlciHin , quackery , and exorbitant fees —• sent on receipt of uovon stamps , frco .

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    ^ r nyrP « P . T * TArT . Ttn ? . Ti -TC rTJFSTKRSAlN C E COM- & irMPERIALTLTOFEODN ^ IKE ^ NCE COM-1 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 . . Four-fifths , 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 m cash , or to the reduction and ultimate extinction of future Premiums . One-third of the Premium on Insurances of 500 ? . 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 50 / . and upwards , on the security of Policies effected with this Company for the whole term of life , when they have acquired an adequate Value . Security . —Those who effect Insurances with this Company are protected by its Subscribed Capital of 750 , 000 ? ., of 'Which nearly 140 , 000 / . is invested , from the 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 sums Assured , including Bonus added , amounted to ; £ 2 , 50 O , OO 0 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 bo effected at reduced rates . _______ „ , „ . „ . . „_ -SAMUEL EN GALL , Actuary .

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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 PRITCHARD , Resident Director .

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    NEW AND PECULIAR SYSTEM OP LIFE ASSURANCE . " THE Directors of tne NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION invite attention to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association—viz ., that of allowing Interest at the rate of 4 per cent , per Annum on all Premiums paid , instead of the remote and uncertain System of Bonuses tisually adopted . By this plan , the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly increasing annual income during life , as well as the payment of the sum insured to his representatives , at his death . Tables of Rates" specially adapted to this SyBtemof Assurance may be obtained at the Office of the Company , 3 , Pallmall East , or forwarded free on application . PETER MORRISON , Managing Director . 1 st March , 1855 . 8 &

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    PAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY ; , ry / 3 , Crescent , New Bridge-street , Blackfriars , London . DIEECTOBS . _ THOMAS DEVAS , Esq ., Chairman . . JOSHUA LOCKWOOD , Esq ., Deputy-Chairman . Charles Bischoff , Esq . Richard Harmau Lloyd , Esq . Thomas Boddiugton , Esq . W . Anderson Peacock , Esq . Nathaniel Gould , Esq . Ralph Chas . Price . Esq . Robert Alexander Gray , Esq . Thos . G . Sambrooke , Esq . Chas . Thos . Holcombe , Esq . William Wybrow , Esq , ACTUARY AND SECRETARY . CHARLES JELLICOE , Esq . Tho business of the Company comprises Assurances _ on Lives and Survivorships , tho Purchase of Life Interests the sale . and purohWof contingent and'deferred Annuities , L Thf 8 Company ^ SfiSffi & Sftn 1807 , is ^ powered by the Act of Parliament 53 George III ., and regulated by Deed ^ i ^ x ^^^ STs ^ . ^^^ --Tho Assured now participate qmnquennially 111 four-fifths rf jSS £ rtiS ? O »*) the Assured have received from tho Company in satisfaction of their claims , upwards ° T lio amount at present assured Is 3 . , 000 ? - nearly , and tho income of the Company exceeds 130 . 000 Z . per annum . At tho ^ ast Division of Surplus , about 120 , 000 ? . was added to tho sums assured under Policies for tho whole term . of The lives assured arc permitted , in time of peace , without extra charge , to reside in any country ( Australia and California execpted ) nortli of 33 degrees north latitude , or south of 33 degrcos south latitude , or to pass by sea ( not being soafarine persons by profession ) beacon any places lying in the same hemisphere , and not within those limits . Assurances effected by persons on their own lives are not rendered void in tho event of death occurring by suicide , duelling " or tho hands of justice , unless such death take place within one year from the date of tho Policy . . All Policy Stamps and Medical Fees aro now paid by tho CO Tho a Annual Reports of tho Company ' s state and progress , Prospectuses and Forms , may bo had , or will bo sent , post free on application at tho Office , or to any of tho Company ' s Agents .

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    mrr-p . WTJSTMTWflD'R'R BiEVIE , # . THE WEST MINSTER REVIEW . NEW SERIES . —No . XIV . APRIL , 1855 . Price 6 s . CONTENTS : I . Memoirs of the Coubt of / Apstbia . II . DEYDEN AN 0 . IHS . TlMES . III . Our Army : Its Condition , and its Wants . IV . Lord Palmerston as Premier . V . Victor Hugo as » his Writings . VI . Eeorganisation of the Civil Service . ' ¦ . VII . Administrative Example of the United * States . Contemporary Literature-. — § 1 . Theology . —§ 2 . Politics and Education . —§ 3 . Science . —§ 4- Classics and Philology . — § 5 . History and Travels , Biography . —§ 6 . Belles Lcttrea . —§ 7 . Art . ¦ London : John Chapman , 8 , King William-street , Strand .

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    Just published , price 6 d . THE WAR with RUSSIA : its Origin and Esq ., ^ jtfo % FZ ^ ii $ &<& Z t Bright * London : R . Theobald , Paternoster-row . Also , by the same Author , price Id ., CHRISTIANITY not SECULARISM : The Practical Philosophy of the People . London : Holtoake and Co-, Tleet-street .

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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 at Adelaide at . Fab . Approved drafts negotiated and sent for collection . Business with the Australian colonies generally conducted through the Bank ' s Agents . liSff . ^ ^^^^ T ^^^^^ S & S ^ London , April , 1855 . : ^ -

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    ST GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 118 , PALL-MALL , LONDON . Capital 100 , 000 ? ., in Shares of 5 U each . Deposit , 17 . per * ' ' Share . ( On which Interest , at the rate pf s ! . percent , per annum , exclusive of Dividend , is guaranteed by the Deed of Settle-Chairman—Viscount RANELAGH Park-place . St . James ' s . _ Dcputy-Chairman-HENRY POWNALL , Esq ., Ladbroke-- — square , Notting-hill . _ . Secretary—W . C . URQUHART , Esq . POLICIES ABSOLUTELY INDISPUTABLE . Annuities and Endowments for families , children , and others on the most favourable terms . Premiums payable yearly , half-yearly , or 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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    ARG US LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 39 , Throgmorton-strect , Bank . Chairman—THOMAS FARNCOMB , Esq ., Alderman . Deputy-Chairman-WILLIAM LEAF , Esq . Richard E . Arden , Esq . I ^ V ^^ f ^ l ^ s \ m TOdward Bates , Esq . Thomas Kelly , . Usqu , Aiu . ThomaicTmplino . Esq . I Jeremiah Pi cW ' Esq . , James Clift , Esq . , .. IiPWis _ Pocock , JBsq . _ J . Humphcry , Esq ., Aid . 1 Physician-Dr . Jcaffrcson , 2 , Finsbury-square . Surgcon-W . Coulson , Esq ., 2 , Frcderick ' s-placc , Old Jewry . Consulting Actuary-Professor Ball , MA ., of King s College . ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY . Tho Premiums are on the lowest scale consistent with security . ... The assured aro protected by an ample subscribed-capital -an Assurance Fund of nearly 400 , 000 * ., invested on mortgage and in tho Government Stocks-and an moomo of 80 , 000 ? . a year . ¦ Premiums to Assuro _ gl 00 . _ Whole Term . Age One YoarrScvcn Years . WithProflts Without Profits if TTT " ° 1 1 7 ^ ^ * 2 * l l l " 40 1 5 0 10 0 3 0 7 2 14 10 50 1111 1 1 » 10 4 0 8 4 (> 11 60 3 2 4 3 17 10 « 12 9 « 0 " > MUTUAL BRANCH . Assurors on tho Uoiiuh system are entitled at tho end of S &^^ STS ^ SSffi ' iSfflSSSSH saaaawau'sjsupts-ss . s-s . sxiffsse ^ ££ 2 . tsra s & ff »« ££ ¦! lffS ^^ S ^ SS ^ S i ^ ± fSiVS £ SM ! ' ^ t & ^ niriTnif of fho » Whole Term" Premium may remain on SSsjisS ™ --mav be imid oil' at any thno without notice . ClahnH paW i » ° >> ° IUOIltU aftcr pr °° fS haV ° be ° n approved . Loans upon approved security . Noclmrgoforl ' olioyw ^ 'iuw . Medical attendants paid for thoir reports . PPrJo . s may l . rocoed to or re » lilo in any part of Europe or British Nc " ill America without extra charge . The medical olllcorn attend everyday at Throgmorton-. t & at a quarter boforo two o clock . ^ . ^ ^^

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    BANK OF DEPOSIT , National Assurance and Investment Association , No . 3 , Pall Mall East , London . Established A . J ) . 1 SU . Empowered by Special Act of Parliament . P ARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to oxamino tho Plan of this Institution , by which a high rate of Interest may too obtained with perfect Security . Tho Interest is payable in Januahy and Juxv . at tne Head OHlco in London ; and may also bo received . at tho various Branches , or through Country Bankers , without delay or expense . PETER MORRISON , Managing Direotor . Prospootuaes and Forms for opening Accounts sent freo on application .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), April 14, 1855, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14041855/page/23/