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      New Serial Work by Mr . Charles Dickens . On the 28 th of February will be published , price Onelshilling , the First Monthly Number of BLEAK HOPSE , BY CHARLES DICKENS . WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HABLOT K . BROWNE . To he completed in Twenty Monthly Numbebs , uniform vnth David Copperfield , Sfc . BRADBURY AND EVANS , 11 . BOUVERIE STREET .

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      CLERICAL , MEDICAL , AND GENERAL Yj life assurance society . The Annual General Meeting of Proprietors will be held at this Office , on Thursday , the 4 th day of March next , at One o ' clock precisely , at which Meeting Four Directors will be Any Proprietor desirous of proposing a Candidate for the office of Director must forward the name of such Candidate to the Secretary ^ at least fourteen days previous to the day of Election . , , , The Ballot will commence at 11 and close at 2 o clock . The Bonus Report , just printed , giving full details of the Fifth Division ofProfits , and the New Prospectus , can now be obtained , free of expense , of any of the Society ' s agents , or by addressing a line to GEO . H . PINCKARD , Resident Secretary . 99 , Great Russell Street , Bloomsbury , London , February , 1852 .

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      TjiNGLISH & CAMBRIAN ASSURANCE Pi SOCIETY . Chief Office—9 , New Bridge Street , Blackfriars , London . Branch Offices—London : fi , Trinity Street , Borough ; and 65 , Sun Street , Bishopsgate Street . Glasgow : 65 , St . Vincent Street . Dublin , 38 ; Lower Ormond Quay . Norwich : 16 , St . Giles * Street . Policies Indisputable . Half-Premiums taken . " Diseased , " Military , and Naval Lives accepted at equitable rates . Annuities , Endowments , and Loans , on the most advantageous terms . Claims payable three months after satisfactory proof of death . Profits divided annually after first seven years . GEORGE ANGUS , Secretary .

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      TyROVISION for WIDOWS and OTHERS , FT at the Smallest Yearly Outlay . —Annuities are guaranteed toWidows and other Nominees , u p on a plan which secures a larger income than can be obtained in any other way . Example : —A husband aged 35 can secure to his wife aged 30 an annuity of £ 10 at his decease , for the yearly premium during his lifetime of £ 1 19 s . lid ., and one of £ 50 , for £ 9 19 s . 6 d . EAST OF ENGLAND LIFE OFFICE , 6 , King William Street , Mansion House , London . TRUSTEES AND HOKOHABT DIRECTORS . Vho "Right Hon . lord Headley f J . JolhTe Tuffneil , Esq . The Right Hon . Lord Rayleigh John Disney , Esq . Sir John T . Tyrcll , Bart . M . P . f J . R . Spencer Phillips , Esq . Prospectuses with full particulars may be obtained from EDWARD BUTLER , Secretary .

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      INSURANCE AGAINST RAILWAY ACCIDENTS , by THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ' ASSURANCE COMPANY . — Empowered by Special Act of Parliament ( 12 and 13 Vic . cap . 40 . )—Offices , No . 3 , Old Broad Street , London . Chairman—J . D . Paul , Esq ., 217 , Strand , Deputy-Chairman—G . B . Hakrison , Esq ., 24 , Gt . Tower Street . Table of Premiums . Tickets , insuring against accident for a single journey , whatever its length , may be obtained at most railway stations , at tho following rates : ¦—3 d . to insure £ 1000 , in a first-class carriage . 2 < 1 . to insure £ 500 , in a second-class do . Id . to insure £ 200 , in a third-class do . For the convenience of frequent travellers , periodical tickets are issued , which give the holder the option of travelling in any class carriage ana on any railway , ana may be obtained of the various Agents , or at tho Offices of tho Company . To insure £ 1000 , at an annual premium of 20 s . To insure £ 200 , at an annual premium of 5 s . Those sums to be paid to the legal representatives of tho holder , in tho ovont of fatal accident while travelling by railway , with proportionate compensation to himself in oaae ofporsonal injury , * ALEXANDER SEATTLE , Secretary . 3 , Old Broad Street , London .

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      rpHE SHEFFIELD FREE PRESS , I published every Saturday Morning , prioo 4 Jd ., is now acknowlodged to bo tho leading organ of a vast manufacturing district , inulnding tho populous towns of Shoillcld , Rothorhaiw , Barn » loy , and Worksop , and containing a population of about 250 , 000 . It , io attached to no sect or party , tho grout and diotinguishing fouturo boing a thorough and determined opposition to Contruuzution , and an unflinching and persevering advocacy of tho great primjiplo of Local Bolf-Govornmonfc . Tho spoochoa of tho great Magyar chief , Koasuth , will draw incroasod attention to this vital subject .. Tho other important principles of tho papor aro : —Abolition of tho Excmo und Standing Army ; Monetary Reform , based on tho Principle of a Self-ltogulating Currency ; tho Gradual and Final Extinction of tho National Debt ; Direct Legislation ^« h dovolopod by Rittinf > haiiHOii ; tho IDn ^ anohiHemont of Woman ; Parliamentary Reform , founded nn tho People ' s Charter , & o . Tho unprecedented suooohs which Imh n ( tended tho journnl since its establishment at tho oonunoncomont of the prcHoufc year , and its circulation being amongHt tho active , intelligent , thought ful , nnd earnest oIubho ' s , render it tho best medium for solicitor !) , uuotioneerH , insuranco ollloea , uiithorH , puhlitmorA , und tidvertisors in general , to make their announcomonta public in tho Bouth of Yorkshire . Mr . Chos . Mitoholl , in tho last edition of the NcHwpaper Vre »» IHrcotory , thus notioeu tho Free Prom s— " It in cleverly conduct od [ th « roviows of now books aro ably and impartially written i und thoro aro copious details of tlio foreign , homo , and aoloninl nowH of tho week . " JFVoo 2 ' re $ a Ollloo ; Exohango-gatowfty , Shollloldj November . 1851 ,

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      Just ready , price 5 s . 6 d ., small 8 vo , cloth , T ETTERS FROM ITALY and YIENNA . Cambridge : Macmillan and Co . London : George Bell . Edinburgh 1 Edmonston and Douglas . Dublin : Hodges and Smith . Glasgow : James Maclehose .

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      P E ERAG E , BARONET A GE , K N IGH T AGE , AND PARLIAMENTARY GUIDE . Now ready , in scarlet cloth , gilt edges , price 2 s . 6 d . -VVT H O'S WHO IN 185 2 . " One of the most useful books ever published . "— Mobniitg Chkonicle . ' . ' , " It possesses a lucidity of arrangement and an aptness of reference that have no parallel . " —Mobning Herald . "Of its utility to the plebeian as well as the patrician there can be little doubt . "— Mobning Advekxiseb . London : Baily Brothers , Cornhill .

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      This Day , Foolscap Octavo , 5 s . MELIORA ; or , Bettek Times to Cqme . Be : ng the Contributions of many Men touching , the Present State and Prospects of Society . Edited by VISCOUNT INGESTRE . The Volume containt Papers by Robert Baker . Viscount Ingestra . Rev . T . Beames , M . A . Henry Mayhew . Hon . F . Byng . Rev . C . G . Nicolay . W . Beckett Denison . J . Nutt . Rev . C . Girdlestone , M . A . Hon . and Rev . Sidney Viscount Goderich . Godolphin Osborne . Montague Gore . Rev . J . B . Owen * M . A . Dr . Guy . Martin F . Tupperj Rev . Dr . Hook . & c . & c . & o . London : John W . Parker and Son , West Strand .

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      This Day , Octavo , pr ice Is . WOEDS , BY A WORKING MAN , ABOUT EDUCATION , IN A LETTER TO LORD JOHN BU 8 SELL . London : John W . Parker and Son , West Strand .

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      AM IE H I CAN BOOK S , AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES , Imported by John" Chapman , 142 , Strand , London . Mr . C . beps to announce that he supplies American Books to the English Public at the rate of an English crown ( 5 s . ) for the American dollar ( 4 s . 2 d . ) Attention is invited to his extensive and carefully selected Stock , a classified Catalogue of which ( comprising valuable and Standard "Works on Keligion and Philosophy , Science and Education ) at tho reduced p rices , will bo forwarded , free , to any gontleinun furnishing his address . Mr . C . ' s Catalogue of hia own Publications will alao bo forwarded , free , on application . John Chapman , 142 , Strand , London .

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      WASHINGTON AND MILTON . ROBERT BLUM , tjik Guitar an Patbiot and Mahtyb . No . IV ., to bo published on Monday next , of THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE , will contain n Portrait and Memoir of Robert Blum ; also , articles on Co-operation , British Institutions , European Democracy , tho Militia Bill , Continental Affairs , Memoirs of Margaret Fuller , tho Bonaparte Plot , & o , & c . Principal Contents op Nos . I ., II ., and III .: — BioaitAriiv : Napoleon Bonaparte—Louis Napoleon Bonapnrfco—Washington , with a Portrait ( No . II . )—Milton , with a Portrait ( No . III . ) Politics : Lnttcrs of L'Ami du Pouplo on tho State of Europe—Opening of Parliament—Tho New Reform Bill , & c . —Koasulh in America—Mazzini and Italy—Tho Enginoorfl—Operative and Co-operative—Britinh IiiHtitntions—The Enemy Within . Litkratuuk ; llvviews of Curlylo ' s Life of Sterling—Th « lidinburqh Jteoiew on the Now Reform Bill-Memoirs of Margaret Fuller—Tennyson's Poems—M'Cartliy ' a Poems—Sketches , Notes , Pootry , &« . JPortraU *< ifIiRiiANQF . u , Kohciuhko , Lamisnnais . GabibaldIj ^ o . are in coitmti qf preparation . Evory Wook—Piuob Tuitnn Halfpenob . London : Published by J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Hoad Passage , Paternoster Row . To bo had on order of all BookBollors and Nowh Agents .

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      IVednesday , February 25 tb f 1852 , ABSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING , THE REPEAL OF ALL THE TAXES OH KNOWLEDGE , ANJ ) I'AltTIOUX . AHT . Y TUB NEWSI » APJ 2 It STAMP . rpiIE ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING X will ho hold in flt . MARTIN'S HALL . —Tho Mooting will bo addroMHod hy John Uriout , M . P ., ltron \ nn Connim , M . P , T . MlI . NKIl GlllHON , M . P ., WlLMAM B « HOI . » VIKbD . M . I ' ., Mid Qkokoic Dawhon , M . A . fleat » reserved f (> r LiwlioiH , —Doors opon at Seven , Oliair tulcon at Eight . —AdmiHsion to tho Body of tho Hall , Fiibk . Moml > i » ra ' CurdH adniil : l ; o tlio Platform . Platform Tiokotu may aUo ho had of Oharlos Qilpin , BiHhopHRato-Htroot ; EfHiigham Wilson , Itoynl Rxohnniro : . t . A . Novofto , ( M ) , Dean Btreofc , Soho j and of tho floorotary , O . D . Collet , at tho OIUoob of tho AsDouiation . 20 . Groat Coram Street .

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      ^ ' ^ W &^ Wgk Str eet ' S OOLBUBN AND CO . S NEW Wt ^ p ^ G ^ l ^^ Fourtb Edition of Mi \ DXSItA £ l , T < a POLITICAL BIOGRAPHYOF LORD GEOB & R ! MH ? TINCK . One large vol . 8 vo > 16 s . a WLord FALMEESTON'S OPINIOKq AND POLICY , as Minister , Diplomatist , and Statesmi ? during more than Forty Years of Public Life VnSi ' Memoir . By G . H . FBANCIS , Esq . One large Vol at " with Portrait . 12 s . B w ' > . ' . '¦ - . ni . ' - ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦ •¦ ¦/¦ . . TBS LXTEBATVBE it SDKAKCfi OF NORTHERN EUROPE , constituting a complete BiT tory of the Literature of Sweden , Denmark , Norway »» a Iceland , with cbpious Specimens of the most celebrated Histories , Romances , Popular Legends , arid Tales- hu Chivalrous Ballads , Tragio and Comic Dramas , National Songs , Novels , and Scenes from the life of the Present Duv By WILLIAM and MARY HOWITT . 2 vob . post 8 yo . - ' ' ' . *?• ¦ . SAK SLICK'S TRAITS OF AWE . RICAN HUMOUR . 3 vols , — " Superlatively entertaining volumes . "—John Bui / l . 6 THE NEW NOVELS . X . ; . . . HEARTS AND ALTABS . By ROBERT BELL , Esq ., Author of " The Ladder of Gold , "*? . 3 vols . . ¦' . ¦ . rt . ' . : ¦ ADVENTURES OF A BEAUTY . By Mrs . CROWE , Author of "Susan Hopley , ' 1 & c { Immediately . THE HEIR OF ARDENNAN . A Story of Domestic Life in Scotland . By the Author of " Anne Dysart . " 3 vote . - ' . ¦ ' . -vr . : .. ' . _ ' ' ESCIZ . V HOWARD . By Mrs . DUNLOP . 3 vols . - " A most fascinating work . "—Suw . . ., -: ¦ . V . RUTH GARNSTT . 3 vols . " Full of incident , and written in aj > leasant style , this historical tale of the reign of Charles II . will please a large circle of readers . " —OuaEEVBE . . . -.-.-...

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      .. This day ia imMiArf / pi * je-llfci (*« n ^ d 6 th ' THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME . By the Author of " The Comic History of England , '' illustrated with Ten large Coloured Plates , and numerous Wood Engravings , by JoHar Lbbch . Bradbury and Evans , 11 , Bouverie Street .

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      Price la . THE FRENCH IN ENGLAND ; or , Both Sl » E 8 OF THE QtTBSTION ON BOTH SlTDES OF THK CUANNKt . Being the Story of the Emperor Napoleon ' s projected Invasion . Bradbury and Evans , 11 , Bouverie Street .

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      This day is published , price 6 d . each , or bound in cloth , complete in One Vol ., 2 s . 6 d . HOW TO SEE the BRITISH MUSEUM . In Four Visits . By Wm . BLANCHARD JEKROLD . Bradbury and Evans , 11 , Bouverie Street .

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      NEW BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES . Price 3 a . 6 d ., neatly bound , ( nearly 400 pages . ) CLASSICAL SELECTIONS frorn lMTISH \ J PROSE WRITERS . Chiefly Illustrative of the I rnw P' - _ of Intellectunl , Civil , and Religious Freedom—of 1 ' ^ 'V'Tgt thropy , and Social Advancement . It ia enriched witu t » ° ut » passages from the following among other Authors : Milton . Apdibow . IJukkb . RoUKBT HaIA . SUKBIDAN . £ HANN i fiUITIl . MKCXVLKY . JOIIK FqHTKB . ^^ Z Hallau . Brougham . Ccumh . Baptist Nokl . Ovivmnvti Gbbgoby . V l 0 KH * ' SOIVTH . ClIABMCH J . FOX . MA CKINTOSH . EDWAUl ) MlALT .. GlHllON . CHAWMIC KB . Jonathan Dymond . Pitt . * ° vw London : A . Coobshaw , 41 , Ludgato HiU ; and aU Booksellers ,

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      TO THE TRADE . The Publishing of The Leader ( Country K ( 1 ^ commences on Friday , at Two o ' clock in tl | O A <^ noon , nnd ( Town Edition ) on Saturday , «* HaU-p » , One in the Afternoon . Leader Offices , Feb . 20 th , 1852 .

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1852, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21021852/page/24/