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      THE CONSUMERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY . Tt is proposed to establish a society for the protection of ccmsume ^ to comprehend all those persons who recognising the Sfple may desire to give the sanction of then : names and taS to the correction of an acknowledged evil-to form an Executive Committee who would undertake to conduct the necessary correspondence through which it may be acquired , Snd" agencies established in all parts of the kin ^ dom-to invite the formation of local and auxiliary societies , and to assist all who may apply for special information , as a means of guiding them in their transactions . The publication generally to comnrehend information regarding the production and supply of the iarious articles of food , building materials , medicine , clothing , furniture , implements , &c ., —the elements of cost in raising , prenarine , and distributing them—the adulterations , frauds and mpolitions practised , the means of detection , and the channels through which better supplies may he procured at lair rates . Prospectuses may be had at the following Booksellers m London : —Messrs . Kidgway , 123 , Piccadilly : E . and W . Boone , 29 , New Bond Street ; Pelham Eichardson , 23 , Cornhill ; and J . Whitaker , 41 , Pall Mall . . Particulars regarding the Consumers' Protection Society may be had also , either by personal application , or * ¥ *<» % '** ££ four postage stamps , at the Provisional-Office of the BOAKJJ OF iSUPPLY AND DEMAND , Consumers' Protection Agency , Eenchurch Chambers , 159 , Fenehurch Street , City .

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      BOARD OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND . CONSUMERS' PROTECTION AGENCY . Provisional Office : Fekchusch Chambers , 159 , FENCHtrBCHStbeet , City . Objects of the New Business concern : — . To undertake the execution , on behalf of the public , of any orders for any articles of trade ; To secure the purity , quality , right price , prompt and safe delivery of articles ordered ; To establish and maintain , upon an extensive scale , showrooms for the exhibition of goods , for sale or otherwise ; To recommend to tie clients of the Board the professional men , tradesmen , contractors , working men , and various persons whose services may be required ; To settle accounts and make payments on behalf oi the customers or clients , &c . &c . &c . Advantages secured to customers dealing with the Board : — An easy , safe , inexpensive mode of transmitting their orders ; All and every security , that the existing state of civilization , and the concentrated power of capital , labour , machinery , skill and experience can afford , as to the purity , quality , right price , prompt and safe delivery of the articles ordered ; An efficient responsibility in case of damage and defect ; Simplification of household accounts j Avoidance of keeping several books and credit accounts with tradesmen ; , All articles charged according to a list of fixed prices , debated between the ' merchants and the Board : all such lists published and forwarded , from time to time . Keduction of prices , and great saving by the suppression of all the costly experiments that consumers have to bear from their not being acquainted with proper places of supply , and with well-controlled merchants ; . Facility for credits applicable to the whole of their consumption , and bearing upon the whole of their income , whatever may be the terms of receiving the said income , monthly , quarterly , half-yearly , or yearly . Further particulars to be had by applying to the above address , or by forwarding four postage stamps . The prospectus oftlie Consumers' Protection Society may be had also at the abovo tuMi-oas , by personal aPPli ™ PT - ° r by forwarding one postage-stamp ; the BOARD OP SUPm AND DEMAND being established practically to further the views of the Consumers' Protection Society .

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      T HE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY Book Passengers and receive Goods and Parcels for MALTA , EGYPT , INDIA , and CHINA , by their Steamers leaving Southampton on the 20 th of every Month . The Company ' s Steamers also start for MALTA and CONSTANTINOPLE on the 29 th , and VIGO , OPORTO , LISBON , CADIZ , and GIBRALTAR , on the 7 th , 17 th , and 27 th of the For further information apply at the Company ' s Offices , 122 , Leaden hull Street , London ; und Oriental Place , Southampton .

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      EsTAHIilHHKD 1 B 37 . Incorporated by special Act qf Parliament . Intending I ^ fo Assurors and Policy Holders in other Companies are invited to examine the rates , principles , and position ol the SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION (^ for MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE by MODERATE PREMIUMS . Tub Scottish Puovimknt Institution claims superiority ov « r other mutual oIUooh in the following particulars :- — ] —PromiuinH ut curly and middle n ^« i about a lourth lower . ' a " . —A morn accurate adjustment of tlie rates of premium to tho Hoveral ages . , 3 . a principle in the division of tho nurplua more » uie , equitable , and favourable to good liven . 4 . —Kxemption from entry money . AH policies indisputable , uuIuhh obtained by lraud . Hl'JiCIMKNH OV 1 ' jlJJMlUMM . Annual J ' remiumtfor iilOO , with whole profdn . AB » 5 M > I w pio I Tiis | w I in | no | r >_ r , 121 15 H [ 1 1 H O \' A I « | 2 « _ !<> _ | 2 H J > | ! J 5 i > | 4 _ l _ 7 | r > _ _ 1 _ 11 Annual Premium * , pii . yaht . fl for 21 ye . iwM . only , for HI 00 , with whole profit * . J ^ W \ 25 | : « > | : ir , I *> I 4 R | r , o ' ~ " 7 " >» i ' a ML ' L < l ! ' l lw H ' " ' "' — ^ ^ ' ^ 'z ^ s = ^ : ^^^ p ^ ^ r ^ i ^ r ^^^ - ^ ° flll ' ° - PBOURUW . | IBi »« . il- i , « Utul «» in 1 HS 7 . ^ * S ^/ SX ^«^ E 3 arSfS ? £ 2 aM « nrs ; " : ivr ^^ t ^ j ^ j ^ s ^ ssi ^ i ^^^ t ¦ " . tained , free , on implication to tho London liraneh , U , Moor " root , City . ^ mmn UKAW'A . JtnUlont thnr $ tum .

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      BANKtf-OV DEPOSIT AND SAVINGS BANKS . INVKBTUKNT OF CAPITAL AH 1 > HAVINGS . 1 VTATIONAL ASSURANCE and INVESTJ _^ MKN T ASSOCIATION , 7 , St . Martin's Pi . ack , Tkapamiau Hquahk , London , awi > 5 (> , 1 ' AMi Mam ., Mancukstku . Established in IBM ,. TRUHTKKH . liieut .-Col . tho Ri tf ht Honourable Lord George Paget , M . I * . \ li \\ . . Joseph ProndergaHt , D . D ., ( Cantiil ) . ) Lewisham . George Btouo , Ktuj ., Hanker , Lombard Htreet . Matthew Ilutton Olmytor , Ehcj ., Keiguto . The InveHtiueiil of Money with thin Association Heouren equal advantages to the Having of the Provident , and the Capital of ( ho AHluent , and affords to hoth the ineaiiH ol realising the highest rale of Interest yielded l > y firnt-olaHH Hemiritien , in whieh alone tho 1 ' uihIh are employed . The constant . < leinaiid for a < lvaneeH ii | ioit neeuritieN <>» Mini peculiar class , which are ollered almoHl . exclusively to Lii'o AhuiirniKie CompanioH , Hiinh an KevernioiiH , Life IntereHts , &e ., ennhles the Hoard of ManaL'em . nit lo employ Capital on more advantageous tdiinn anil at liigher rateH of Jnterent . than « ouhl oIlxirwiHe , with e (| iiul safety , be obtained . The present rate of interoNt ihJIhg pur rent , per tiniium , ami this rate will continue to be pa ' ul no long n » the v \ wnimnce ( lei ) artiuent lindrt tlio name sale anil prolitablo eniployineiit for money . Intcrent payable , halj ' -yeurty in January and July . Money intended ( or lnv < 5 Ktnient in received daily betwoeu the Iioui-h of 10 and lo ' iiUmli , at the Oilleen of tho AsMoeiutioii . Immediate AniiuitieH granted , and the biiHinofm of Life AHHuranen in all itu hraneheH , traimaeted , on highly advantage-( iuh terniH . UatoH , J ' r «» s |) eotuHeH , ami Foiiuh of J ' ropoHal , with overy re <| iiiHit . u inCormation , may he < ihtuiiie < l on a [>|> li ()» tion at the oillceM of tlie AHHoeiation , or to the re » i > ectivo A ( jent » throughout the IJniltid Kiiigdom . I'KTKJt MUUJtlBON , Manuijiny Director . Avpliwtionifor 4 * winfo to the fltainigitiy Jjirtctor .

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      / CLERICAL , MEDICAL , AND GENERAL Vy LIFE ASSUEANCE SOCIETY . The Assured may reside in most parts of the world , without extra charge , and in all parts by payment of a small extra premium . The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Shareholders being now provided for , without intrenching on the amount made by the regular business , the Assured will hereafter derive all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office , with , at the same time , complete freedom from liability , secured by means of an ample Proprietary Capital—thus combining , in the same office , all the advantage * of both » ystems . Five Bonuses have been declared ; at the last in January . 1853 , tUo muu uf- £ l 91 , 12 S was added to the Policies , producing a Bonus varying with the different ages , from 24 ^ to 55 per cent , on tho Premiums paid during the five years , or from £ 5 to £ 12 10 s . per cent , on the sum assured . The next and future Bonuses may be either received in Cash , or applied at the option of the assured in any other way . On Policies for the whole of Life , one half of the Annual Premiums for the first five years may remain on credit , and may either continue as a debt on the Policy , or may be paid off at any time . . Claims paid thirty days after proof of death , and all Policies aro Indisputable except in cases of fraud . Invalid Livuh may bo assured at rates proportioned to tho increased risk . The Assurance Fund already invested amounts to £ 850 , 000 , and the Income exceeds £ 136 , 000 P « annum . The Accounts and Balance Sheets are at all times open to tho iiiHpcction of tho Assured , or of any person who may deaire to assure . A copy of the last Report , with a Prospectus and forms or Proposal , can be obtained of any of the Society ' s agents , or will be forwarded free by addressing a line to 0 I 5 O . II . PINCKAKD , lle . xulent Secretary . ()!) , Great RuhbcII Street , Bloomsbury , London ,

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      PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY . Admitting , on equal terms , persons of every class and degree to all its benefits and advantages . Capital—Two Hundbed and Fifty Thousand Pounds . Chairman—Ma joe Henry Stonis , LL . B . Deputy-Chairman— James Andebw Durham , Esq . With upwards of Fourteen Hundred Shareholders . There are two important clauses in the Deed of Settlement , by which the Directors have power to appropriate ONE-TLNTH oftlie entire profits of the Company : — 1 st . —For the relief of aged and distressed parties assured for life , who have paid five years' premiums , their widows and orphans . 2 nd . —For the relief of aged and distressed original proprietors , assured or not , their widows and orphans , together with 5 per cent , per annum on the capital originally invested by them . All Policies indisputable and free of stamp duty . Bates of Premium extremely moderate . No extra charge for going to or residing at ( in tune of peace ) Australasia—Bermuda—Madeira- —Cape of G _ ood Hope—Mauritius and the British North American Colonies . Medical men in all cases remunerated for their report . Assurances granted against paralysis , blindness , accidents , insanity , and every other affliction , bodily and mental , at moderate rates . A Liberal commission allowed to agents . Annual premium for assuring £ 100 , namely : — Age—20 ... £ 1 10 9 1 Age—4 O ... £ 2 13 6 30 ... £ 1 19 6 I 60 ... £ 3 18 6 Prospectuses , with tables and fullest information , may be had at the Offices of the Company , or of any of their agents . Applications for agencies requested . EDWARD BAYLIS , Resident Manager and Actuary . Offices , 76 , Cheapside , London .

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      On the 30 th inst . wUl be published , price 3 s . 6 d ., THE SECOND VOLUME OF A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND . BY CHARLES DICKENS . To be completed in Three Volumes , of the same size and price . Collected and Revised from " Household Words , " with a Table of Dates . The First Volume may be had of all Booksellers . d BRADBURY AND EVANS , 11 , BOUVERIE STREET .

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      New Novel . On Tuesday , to be had at all the Libraries The Fortunes of Francis Croft , A NOYEL . In Three Volumes , post 8 vo . IJondon : Chapman and Hall , 193 , Piccadill y .

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      ' NOW E » ADY AT ALL THE LIBEAEIES . In 3 vols . crown 8 vo , price 31 s . 6 d MILT OJNT DAVEKANT : A Tale op THE Trans we Livb in . By JAMES BAEDINEL A ,, « T , T of " Lufra . " ' Aut&or " It is mere vain babbling to talk about Baptismal Heeenera tion , unless we adopt its necessary co-relative , Baptismal Fraternity . This was Askerwell ' s idea of the Church and the Sacraments ; and , what is more to thepurpose . it was Matthew's Mark ' s , Luke ' s , John ' s , Paul ' s , Peter ' s , Jude ' s , and James ' s ' a little out o f f ashion now , perhaps , but coming in fast again . " Milton Davenant , vol . iii . p . n ' j London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co .

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      TH E CHERISHED SPRING : an Address to the Eev . D . J . EVANS , late of New College , London on his entrance to the Pulpit of the Old Meeting , Stroud ' Gloucestershire , Thursday , October 7 th , 1852 . By CHAELES WILLS , M . A . Post 8 vo , Sixpence . John Snow , Paternoster Eow .

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      Shortly" after the Meeting of Parliament will he published , A NEW WEEKLY FAMILY JOUENAL , PEICB SIXPENCE . rpHE CIVIL SERVICE GAZETTE . I It is proposed to establish the CIVIL SEEVICE GAZETTE with the following Especial Objects : — 1 . To advocate the cause and protect the interests of all Civil Officers and Clerks in the employ of the Government . 2 . To expose abuses existing in any department of the Public Service , boldly giving publicity to the facts of each case , and discussing them in a vigorous yet temperate spirit . 3 . To report promptly and accurately alf appointments , making them the subject of contemporaneous comment , and watching jealously all Government Patronage . 4 . To call the attention of Her Majesty ' s Ministers to cases where long and meritorious services have been inadequately requited and unjustly neglected . 5 . To fearlessly unmask all nepotism , favouritism , undue family influence , without regard to the political opinions of any existing Administration . 6 . To assist Gentlemen who seek Government Appointments , by supplying tho earliest information on the subject of nil vacancies , and to protect them from the frauds attempted by anonymous advertising agents . Although established more especially with a view to elevate the position and redress the grievances of the employ ^ of the Government , the CIVIL SEEVICE GAZETTE wftl also ad vocate the interest of the officers of the Army and Navy , ot the Military and Civil Departments of the Hon . East India Company , of those engaged in the service of tho Bank of Englandm Railway—Life and Fire Insurance-an d all mcorppratri Companies . It will seek , in short , to bring to the aid ot theao classes tho enlightened force of " public opinion , which jn » free country , is both sword and shfeld-the true mlresser ol grievances—th « sanctuary of tho oppressed—the cluvalrj ol uw nineteenth cuntury . , ,. . ,., i-, i ,,,,. Writers of great eminence have tendered their con ml operation . Tho Paper , consisting of 2 * paps , wiH inrtai . original Literary Articles , lteviows of NewVorks a , dI May zines , a Biimmaiy of the N « ws of the Weok , an Ob W Men of Eminence or Desert in the Public a « rvic . ' . ^ ' ^ !' tary , Lc ^ tl , Commercial , . Foreign , Domestic , Thou ntulJNo i , Unlvormty and Fashionable Intelligence . ^ » . ' ' "S will bo omitted that will tend to make it a comp lete N - « 8 I »^ and an iimtructivo and entertaining Periodical , lu > d . will anything bo found unfit for the perusal «» ^ '" » voitlinfT a family . . In its religious opinions it will ernleavour , » all theological controversy , to breathe » spirit oi uiihic Christianity , mid welcome that spirit in others . mU ]] . There aro nearl y lfl . CWO employ ' s in London i me , . , tion to those holding offlco undor Government in I , 'l t Horvico , CiintonM , fexowe , . tnd Post Offlco throug hout Uritiiin and Uu > . Coloui 1 li | « ' yKl »| 'K « iH a fair .. ho of V u . nent , the ClVlL HKHV GI GA / b urge on the existing Administration , wh « tli « ' » «¦ h ^ the mwmity , not of Uioho petty « iirlailin « nlH <) . w , r ,,, 1-,, ll < l ' in the woiHlHofMHcnuhiy , "Vrii . gon a ( iovornn < l "' , („ , ' , „ lb * of inoaiinoHS , without nroilucing any porcoj )!"'" jnoiul m-« iiiu . «« b ; " but of HU . li . rn wp . tuble ' » U »»''' ( , ° , H b m «««• eome , and m . eh a wise oxpoiuhture ol the Kov < in w ,, iC , ri <" < lu «« »¦> 1 . WH to the I ' ulilio li > tereHtthau t «) P"V , r 0 ,, ruf tho 1 ' uhlio servants . IV . ' tl . tliew oUwct * >« vi ' * . »* ' I UoI , ot of the CIVIL HKUV 1 CK OAZK ' "l ' . K u . vi tl ^ urlllJ | . olaHH « N of th « . <«» mn . ni . ily ' « > «»«'"¦ »' , ' ,, vvh ««« < " 11 J ) " eariiciadly aslt the < : o-o ] iei-ati (» n of tlutt olaHS w « « 'H |> e <; iitliy devoloil . . . ( ., i ) 0 f « » rtf * , K .. lM .: ril . urH' Nhuich and nil CnmmmncntumH ^ j ,,,,,, ^ , to tho Kdiior , B , Catherine Htreet , Htriiml , Mr . JoHtiph Hiuitb , 4 i > und 52 , Long Aon » . ¦ ¦ : - ¦ -- . - ... ¦ . .: ¦ - - . vv : r :. -:- ^ -:-:. - ; ::. - ' '• - ; " , l'lu ' ;

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      n 24 THE LEADER . [ Saturday , November 20 , 1852 .

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      LONDON , I ' llmml l . y Hkoh .-h J """ '' ! . ' , \ "" )\ t . " l "' /" vlrli " Miwu . Havji . i . nii . l KiiWAiniH , N <» . * , <*""' » ' " . , yu \> H »< , » t of Ht . lMiil , Vovcnt Uunltn , In tliw -umo «'"» " «/ jr ,, n . Hi «^" , Kj ! KT . TnoaNTi . N I . kiuh Hunt , ( of J"' "'"'"/^ '"' I I 7 n < JT (> N f \ ,, ' TIIH l . KAOKU OJ'FK-H , No . 10 , « , i n Uio » WW » ° HTIIA . N 1 > . In tint Vritcliiot . «» f tlio BiiVoy . l ) wU »»» " Maviumua * . NovciuOw W , LWi .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1852, page 1124, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1961/page/24/