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    • 950 THE LEADER. [No. 491. Aug. 20, 1859.

      950 THE LEADER. [No. 491. Aug. 20, 1859.

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      950 The Leader. [No. 491. Aug. 20, 1859.

      950 THE LEADER . [ No . 491 . Aug . 20 , 1859 .

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      TEN POUNDS REWARD . W HEREAS DAVID BAIRD NISH , late Clerk and Cashier to George Wink , Esq ., Accountant , West Georere - street , Glasgow , stands charged with BREACH < 5 f TRUST AND EMBEZZLEMENT , and a warrant has been issued for his apprehension . NOTICE [ S HEREBY GIVEN that a KEFABD OF TEN POUNDS will be paid to any person who shall g-ive such information as shall lead to the apprehension of ^ the said David Baird Nish . Information to be given to the Procurators Fiscal , County-buildings , Glasgow .

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      TO PERSONS CONNECTED WITBT INDIA . THE MEDICAL INVALID . AND ¦ ¦ " . GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . . ESTABLISHED 1841 . Empowered by Special Act of Parliament . Capital £ 500 , 000 Sterling-. HEAD OFFICE , 25 , PALL MAJuL , LONDON . With Agencies throughout the United Kingdom , and in sovie ofthe Principal Toipns on the Continent of Europe , andJBranches and Agencies throughout India and Ceylon . T 0 B GRANTING ASStTRAJNCES ON LIVES , ENDOWMENTS . AND ANNUITIES .. INDIAN BRANCH . finHIS OFFICE has resumed active operations -I in all parts of Her Majesty ' s Dominions in India , at ordinary rates of premium on approved lives . Life Assurance has the following' among- other advantages : — 1 . It enables persons , by paying : a small sum of money ¦ periodically , to secure an independence for their families . 2 . It is specially convenient to Officers in the Army , and to Professional Men of every description , whose incomes depend on their lives . 3 . It facilitates transactions for raising . money on loan . 4 . It is available to secure the ultimate payment of bad or doubtful debts . . _ . ¦ 5 . The fulfilment of the conditions of Marriage Settlejuents i ¦ 6 . It enables Partners in Mercantile Firms to provide against loss by the death of their Co-partners . 7 . It reimburses the purchasers of Life Annuities for the sum-invested . 8 . In general it affords certain means of indemnity against » nyjprobable claim or pecuniary loss to which Public Bodies or Individuals are exposed , in the event of the death of others . ¦ . Reference is requested to this Society ' s detailed an-• nouncements in most of the Indiati Papers and Serials , including the Friend of India , Englishman , Mitrharu , Mofussilite , Delhi Gazette , Lahore Chronicle , Bombay Times , Madras Athenaeum , and Ceylon Times . Prospectuses sent to any part of India . By order , Calcutta , April , 1859 . P . M , TAIT , Secretary . TNDI A . —OFFICERS in the ARMY and X CIVILIANS PROCEEDING TO INDIA , may insure their lives on most favourable terms in the MEDICAL , INVALID AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . The rateB of this Company , which transacts the business of tho Delhi , Simla , North West and othor Indian Banks , are lower than those of any other ofllco , while the Agencies at Calcutta , Madras , Bombay , Ceylon , and about fifty upcountry stations in India , afford every possible facility for the transaction of business . - Prospectuses , Forms of Proposals , « Mid every other Information , may bo obtained oi tho Secretary , at the Chief Ofllco , 25 , Pall Mall , ' Q . DOUGLAS SINGER , Secretary .

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      PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . Established in 1707 . 70 , LOMBABD STREET , 6 iTY , ANP 57 , CHARING CROSS , WESTMINSTER . BONUS OF 18 61 . ALL POLICIES effected prior to tho 1 st July , 1801 , on tho Bonus Scale of Premiums , will participate in ^ ho noxt division of Profits . „ * For Prospectuses and floraia of Proposal apply at tho Offices as : above , or to any of the Company ' s Agents .

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      IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY , 1 , OLD BROAD STREET , LONDON . —Instituted 1820 . DIRECTORS . GEORGE WILLIAM 0 OTTAM , JJSQ ., CHAinMAN . FREDERICK PATTIS 0 N , Esq ., Deputy-Chairman . Thomas G . Barclay , Esq . George Hibbort , Esq . James O . C . Boll , Esq . Samuel Hibbort , Esa . James Brand , Esq . Thos . Newman Hunt . Esq . Charles Care , Jflsq . J . Gordon Murdoch , Esq . George Honry Cutler , Esq . William R . Robinson , Esq . Henry Davidson , Esq . Martin T , Smith , Iflsq ., M . P . George Field , Esq . Newman Smith , Esq . IP 1 CURJ ; TY . » --Tho assured are protected by a guarantee fund of Upwards of a million awl a huff aiar 2 tnff from the liabilities attnohing to mutual assurance . PROFITB . —Four-flfths , or eighty per cent , of tho profits « aro asBlehcd to PoHoIob ovory fifth ywr . The assured are oatltlca to participate after payment of one premium . . CLA , iMs .- > -ThG Company has disbursed In payment of «^ 3 » a ana aadltlone upwards of A 3 L , eoo , 000 . irropotjals for Insurances may bo made at tho Chief Oflloo , 513 ' & * < L » ftt tho Branch OWleo , 16 , Pall-mall , London » or to « wy of the agents throughout the Kingdom . SAMUEL mGALL , Actuary .

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      NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY . Ihstitdted 180 S . INVESTED CAPITAL exceeding 2 , 000 , 0002 . stcrh ' ng . This Society is one of the very fewpurely Mutual Insurance Offices , the whole of the profits being divided among'the Policyrholders , and possesses large reserves applicable to future BdntiBes . ' The rates are considerably below those usually charged . Thus at the age of 40 the sum of 332 . 19 s . 2 d ., which , at the ordinary premium , will Insure 1 ,-0002 ., with the Norwich Union WILL INSURE ONE THOUSAND AND NINETYFIVE POUNDS EIGHT SHILLINGS , giving an immediate bonus in addition to subsequent accumulations . . ..- ' . ¦ Annuities and Special Risks undertaken on favourable terms . For forms of proposal and prospectuses apply at the Society's offices , 6 , Crescent , New Bridge- street , Blackfriars , London , E . C , and Surrey-street , Norwich .

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      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 London , Edinburgh , or Dublin , or to any of the agents in England , Scotland , or Ireland . , The following results are stated in the report : — The new assurances effected during 1858 exceed £ 500 , 000 , and the amount during the last 10 years exceeds £ 5 , 000 * 000 . The income of the Company is upwards of £ 275 , 000 and The accumulated fund exceeds considerably £ 1 , 500 , 000 . . The Standard was established in 1825 , and the profits realised have been divided on five occasions , 1835 , 1840 , 1845 , 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 books in 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 of increased 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 . WILL . TnOS , THOMSON , Manager . H . JONES WILLIAMS , Res . Sec . London : 82 , King William-street , City . Edinburgh : 3 . George-street . Dublin ; 66 , Upper Sackville-street .

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      DEPOSIT AND DISCOUNT BAN ^ . FIVE PER CENT , on sums for fixed periods , or at seven days' notice , or Three per Cent , at Cax : l . G . II . LAW , Manager Omces , 6 , Cannon-street West E . C .

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      ACCIDENTS ARE OF DAILY OCCURRENCE . 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 INJURY , OR £ 1 , 000 IN CASE OF DEATH FROM ACCIDENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION , By a Policy in the RAILWAY PASSENGEBS' ASSURANCE COMPANY , Which has already paid in compensation for Accidents £ 37 , 069 . Forms of Proposal and Prospectuses may be had at the Company ' s Offices , and at all tlie principal Railway Stations , where , also , Railway Accidents alone may bo insured against by the Journey or year . NO CHARGE FOR STAMP DUTY . CAPITAL , ONE MILLION . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary ^ Railway Paeecngers' Assurance Company , Ofllccs , 3 , Old Broad-street , London . E . C .

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      THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY have never contemplated transferring their Business to any othor Company whatever , but continue to insure against overy description of Accident resulting oithor In Death or Injury . W . J . VIAN , Beorotary . 3 , Old JBroad-strcot , 1 LC .

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      NEW MODE OF ACQUIRING WEALTH . Seo tho Prospdotus of . the PUBLIC LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 47 , Charing ; Cross , London , which describes tho way to obtain 10 , 0007 . Consols payable during llfo ; or 5 , 0004 . Consols payable at death , for a Premium of . Ono Guinea . No other charge nor liability . No medical oxatnlnimon . No references to friends roqulred . ' Male and female lives admitted on equal terms . Applications for Prospectuses , Forms of Proposal , & c , to bo mado to 0- J . FAKRANGK , Managing Dirootor , at tho Chief Ofllcos , 47 , Charing Cross , London . Agents wanted throughout tho United Kingdom .

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      THE CRITIC : WEEKLY JOURNAL OF LITERATURE , ART , SCIENCE , and tho DRAMA , is now published every Saturday , price 4 d ,, stamped od . Tl > o Ciutic contains Reviews or nil tho current Literature of tho Weok , Homo and Foreign , including French , Gorman , Italian , Solavonio , and Oriental . Archaeological , Solontlflo . Artistic , Musical , and Dramatic . Summitries . Roporta of tho Learned Societies . Loading Artlolos upon Literary and Artistic Topics , and all tho Literary , Scientific , nnd Artistic News of tho Week . The Ohitio may bo obtained through thq trade , or ordered dircot from tho Omco , 10 , WoUington-streot , strand , Wi ©»

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      FURNISH YOUR HOXJSE WITH THE BEST ARTICLES , AT DEANE'S . ESTABLISHED A . D .- ¦ 1700 . DEANE ' S TABLE CUTLERY has been celebrated for more than 150 years for qunlity and cheapness . : The stock is extensive and complete , affordin « - a choice suited to the taste and means of every purchaser . KNIVES , PER DOZEN . Table . Dessert Ci cr ^ f 7 Transparent Ivory Handles .. 33 s . .. 28 s . .. Us . Od . Best Do . Do 29 s . .. 23 s > . ,. !) s . 0 d . Fine Do . Do . .... 23 s . .. 18 s . .. 7 s . Od . Good Do . Do 10 s . .. i' ^ s . .. 5 s . Gd . latchen Do .. Do . .... 10 s . .. 8 s . .. 2 s . Cd . Ladies' Scissors of the finest steel , the most finished workmanship , and in choice variety . Scissors in handsome case ? adapted for presents . l ' enknives and every description of pocket cutlery . Deane ' s Monument Kazor nas been 150 years before the Public , and is a plain , thoroughly good Old English Razor . Price 2 s . Cd . TlOMESTIC BATHSr-a very large variety U of SHOWER-BATHS of the most iiiiproved construction ; also , vapour , hip , plunging , sponging , nursery , and every description of Baths for domestic use . Deane ' . s Baths aredistinguished for their superior finish , strength of material j and great durability ; while the prices are on that low scale for which their Establishment has bo long been celebrated . For Illustrations and Prices see their Pamphlet on "Baths and Bathing , " to be had gratuitously , on application . DRAWING ROOM STOVES—A large and handsome collection of BRIGHT STOVES , for the Drawing or Dining-room , embracing all the newest Designs . Deane and Co ., have applied to these arid other classes of Register Stoves Patented Improvements , economising the consumption of Fuel , for which the highest Testimonials have been given . Hot Air Stoves , in New and Ornamental Patterns , with ascending or descending Flues , suitable for Churches , Public Buildings , Halls , Shops , & c . SPOONS and FORKS . —Silver Pattern Spoons and Forks . —All the newest and best designs ol these Cheap , useful , and elegant Articles in Electro-Silvered and Deanean Plate . Prices of Electro-plated Spoons and Forks : — Table Forks per doz . 38 s . 31 s . Tablespoons .. .. .. " 40 s . 33 s . Dessert Forks .. .. " 29 s . 23 s . Dessertspoons .. .. " 30 s . 24 s . TeaSpoons .. .. " 18 s , 14 s . 6 d . Mustard and Salt , per pair , 3 s . Sugar Bows , 3 s . Gd . OPENING TO THE MONUMENT , London-bridge . . * * * SEND FOR DEANE'S FURNISHING . LIST , Free on application .

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      MAPPIN'S " SHILLING" RAZORS Warranted good by the Makers . MAPPIN'S 2 s . RAZORS Shave well for Three Years . MAPPIN'S 3 s , RAZORSC suitable for Hard or -Soit Beards ) Shaye well for Ten Years . ¦ MAPPIN'S DRESSING CASES AND TRAVELLING BAGS . Gentleman ' s Leather Dressing Casp , fitted £ 1 10 Gentleman ' s Solid Leather Dressing Cuse , fitted £ 1 2 0 G-entleman ' s Leather Travelling and Dressing Hag , fitted with 16 Articles , Outside Pocket , complete - £ 4 0 0 Do . do . do . with addition of Writing Materials , Patent Ink , and Light , complete £ 5 0 o Gentleman ' s very large , 18 in , Bag , with DroBsingand Writing Materials , 21 Articles , Out-% Bide Pookot & 7 0 u Gentleman's 17 in . Writing and Dressing Dug-, Plated Fittings , boat Glass , fitted with «( S Articles , complete , £ 1110 0 Gentleman ' s 17 in . Writing and Dressing Bag , fitted with every necessary , very handsome , complete ,..: 45 . 16 0 u Enamel Leather Lady ' s Travelling ling , 13 In ., Lined Silk , fitted witn U Artlolcs , Outside Pocket , complete £ 2 15 <> Morocco Leather Lady ' s Travelling Hag , Lined Silkj fitted with 10 Articles , OutstdoT > ooket , complete £ * 4 ° Do . do . do . with addition of Writing Materials , Ink , and Light , com- « . plete ,... ^ 5 6 0 Levant Leather Lndy ' s Writing and Dressing Bag , 10 in ., fitted with 28 Articles , comploto , £ 10 0 <> Lovnut Leather Lady ' s Writing and Dressing Bag , 10 In ., fitted with 30 Artloloa , Outside Pookets , comploto ,.. .,. ,... £ 13 0 o Levant Leather Lady ' s Travolllug and DrosHlng Bagi 10 in ., fitted very complete , Silver Tops to TtlntiB and Bottles , Ivory Bruslios , very luiudsoino , comploto . ; *«* ° . u A oostly lJook of Hngravlngs , with l ' rlooa attached , lorwardod by Post on receipt of Twolvo tttam np . MAPPnST BROTHERS , T _ . . 07 and 08 , KING WILLIAM STKEET , CITY , LONDON , Manufactory—Quoon ' s Cutlery Works , Bhofflald .

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      AN ACT OF GRATITUDEOH nrifl Copies of a MEDICAL BOOK tot < O \ J }\ J \ J \ J graliuUoua circulation . A Nervous Hj frunER having boon effectually curod of Noivoub Vobin y , Loss of Memory , Dimness of Sight , Lassltuclo , inu I »« Jgostlon , rosnltlnff from tho early errors of youth , by lollowfng the Instructions given In a MEDICAL WOUK , o consldors It his duty , fin gratitude to tho autlior , andtor t'jL bonout of others , to publish tho moans vmod . He" w'Wi tlioroforo . Bond froo , eoouro from obsorvatjon , on » * P * Pi ° ., a dirootod envelope , and two stamps to propiiy postngo . « copy of the bookTcontalnlnff ovory information roquJrod . Ad ( li « oss , JAMEfiWAi , iiAOH ' iflsq ., WUiord Houflo , Burtonoroeoont , TnvlstooJc-aauorp , Lonaon . W . O . wa ™

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1859, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20081859/page/2/