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      Will appear on the First of July , LONDON MAGAZINE . EDITED BY HICHARD BRrKSLEYKN-OWI . ES , ESQ . ¦ A Monthly Magazine , profusely illustrated ; intended to place within reach or the million an amusing , instructive , and permanently useful work , comprising articles embracing Travels , History , Biography , Fiction , Science , and General Literature , with BeviewB of the Newest and Best Books . PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS . William CabiiKtok , the celebrated Irish Novelist ; Author of "The Miser , " , " Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry , " " The Black Prophet , " &c \ , &c . Thb Vicar of Westbottrite , Author of "The Erne , its Legends and Fly Fishing . " Thomas Milier ( the Basket-maker ) , Author of "Gideon Giles , " &c . &c . Ac . John" Cockle , M . D ., Author of a " Treatise on the Cobra di Capello . " G . B . Eaep , Esq ., author of several popular works on the Colonies . W . R . Baxter , LL . I >; W . I > ALTON , Esq . J . A . Hbbaitd , Esq . Majob Nbwlattd . Captain Matkb Reid , Author of "The Boy Hunters / " The Bifle Rangers , " &c . &o . Illustrations By Phiz , Gilbbbt , Hulsie , Weigall , Dutton , Cbowlkt , &c . &c . Amongst the Contents of the First If umber will be the following Original Articles : — Thb Fair ov Ebnyvai , is , by Carleton . Thb CkrLB and the M . AN , by the Editor . Fam . inj 3-Sta : rs . . , _ Lifeis at thii Diggings , by G . B . Earp , Esq . Holgeb tb : e DAire , by the Vicar of Westbourne . A Fisherman ' s Sketches in Noewat and Sweden , also by the Vicar . Thb Tempbbaments , by X > r . Cockle . Thb IO-ame-Bag- 6 f a Backwoodsman , by Captain Mayne Eeid . With a variety of other Articles , including Reviews of the Newest Books ; and several Splendid Wood Engravings . Price Sixpence . Published By Piper , Brothers , and Co ., 2 & , Paternoster Bow , London . —Sold by all Booksellers throughout the Kingdom .

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      BANKS OF DEPOSIT AND SAVINGS BANKS . INVESTMENT OF CAPITA ! AND SAVINGS . "VTATIQNAL ASSURANCE and INVESTJl / X ¦ MENT ASSOCIATION , 7 , Sx . Mabtin ' b Place , Trafalgar Square , Londow , and 66 , Pall Mall , Manchester . Established in 1844 . TRUSTEES . Iiient .-Col . the Eight Honourable Lord George Paget , M . P Eev . Joseph Prendergast , D . D ., ( Cantab . ) Lewisham . George Stone : Esq ., Banker , Lombard Street . Matthew Huttbn Cfiaytor , Esq ., Beigate : The Investment of Money with this Association secures equal advantages to the Savings of the Provident aha the Capital of the Affluent , and affords to both the means of realising the highest rate of Interest yielded by first-class securities , in which alone the Funds are employed . The constant demand for advances upon securities of that peculiar class , which are offered almost exclusively to Life As-Burance Companies , such as Reversions , Life . Interests , &c , enables the Board of Management to employ Capital on more advantageous terms and at higher rates of Interest than could otherwise , with equal safety , be obtained . The present rate of Interest is five per cent , per annum , and this rate will continue to be paid bo long as the Assurance department finds the same safe and profitable employment for money . Interest payable half-yearly in January and July . Money intended for Investment is received dairy between the hours of 10 and 4 o ' clock , at the Offices of the Association . Immediate Annuities granted , and the business of Life Assurance in all its branches , transacted , oh highly advantageous terms . Bates , Prospectuses , and Forms of Proposal , with every requisite information , may be obtained on application at the offices of the Association , or to the respective Agents throughout the United Kingdom . PETER MORRISON , Managing Director . Applications for Agencies may be ' made to the Managing Director .

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      In 1 volume , foolscap , 5 s . cloth , lettered , POPULAR TALES . By Maria EdgewobtH ; With Three Engravings , from Designs by Hakvet . Also , uniform , MORAL TALES . By Mauia Edgeworth . 5 s . " >¦ ' ¦ NOVELS and TALES . By Mabia Edob-WOBTH . ( Including the above . ) 9 vols . £ 2 5 s . London : Simokin , Marshall , and Co . ; Whittaker and Co . ; E Hodgson ; H . Washbourne ; H . G . Bohn ; Smith , Elder , and Co .: Orr and Co . j Houlston and Stoneman ; J . Bam ; B Mackie ; H . Benshaw ; Tegg arid Co . ; Routledge and Co ; and Mrs . Templeman : and G . and J . Robinson , Liverpool .

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      Nearly ready ; 8 vo , price 103 . 6 d . cloth , THE HEALTH GUIDE : a Popular Hand-Book of Medicine and Surgery for the Use of Families , Emigrants , and others . By BUTLER LANE , M . D . _ "In the present day the unprofessional public are not disposed to accept the Art and Science of Medicine as a mystery , and I believe that , with inquiring minds , explanation and elucidation constitute the best means of maintaining legitimate professional influence and counteracting the mischiefs of empiricism and quackery . " Simpkin , Marshall , and Co ., London .

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      On the 30 th inst . will be published , price One Shilling , the Seventeenth Number of BLEAK HOUSE . By Charles Dickens . With Illustrations by Hablot K . Browne . To be completed in 20 Numbers , uniform with " David Copperfield , " &c . Bradbury and Evans , 11 , Bouverie Street .

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      • Just ready , Second Edition , foolscap , 5 s . POEMS . By Alexander Smith . Including " A Life Drama , " " An Eveting at Home , " &e . " Most abundant in beauties . " —Athenmum . " It is to the earlier works of Keats and Shelley alone that we can look for a counterpart in richness of fancy and force of expression . "—Spectator . David Bogue , Fleet Street .

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      Just published , price 6 d . SOUTH AUSTRALIA and the GOLD DISCOVEEIES . Reprinted , with revisions , from the South Australian Chronicle . London : Saunders and Stanford , 6 , Charing Cross ; Cooke and Whitley , Bouverie Street .

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      "T ETTRES d ' un ANGLAIS au TIMES , JLj sur Louis Napoleon , I / Empire , et le Coup d'Etat . Translated from the English by permission of the Author , with Notes , by the Editors of the Courrier de L'Europe . London : Joseph Thomas , 2 , Catherine Street , Strand ; aud of all Booksellers . —Price Ono Shilling .

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      On the 30 th inst . will be published , price Ono Shilling , the Fifth Number of HANDLEY CROSS ; or , Mr . Joehocks ' s Hunt . By the Author of " Mr . Sponge ' s Tour . " Illus- ; trated with Coloured Plates and numerous Woodcuts by John Leech , uniformly with " Sponge ' s Tour . " Bradbury and Ev . ans , 11 , Bouverie Street .

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      SELECTED SERIES of FRENCH LITERATURE , No . 1 , on July 1 st , will contain a Memoir of Madame de Sovijjnt' :, with ' selections from her Letters , price 3 d . —Also , BEAUTIFUL POETIC if , No . 1 M , price 3 d . ; and Parts I . und II . price Is . each . —SACRED POETRY , No . 2 , price 3 d . —And WIT AND HUMOUR , No . 5 , price 3 d . ; and Purt I ., price la . —A stariiped copy of eithor of the ubovo sent free by post to any person enclosing four postage stamps to Iho Critic Otlice , 20 , lissox Street , Strand .

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      "DENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM J _ NAVIGATION COMPANY . NEW ARRANGEMENTS , AND BEDUCED FAKES AND FREIGHTS . iiEPAtlTUBES OUTWARDS . INDIA and CHINA , via EGYPT . — For Aden , Ceylon , Madras * Calcutta , Penang , Singapore , and Hong Kong on the 4 th and 20 th of every month from Southampton , and on the 10 th and 20 th from Marseilles . AUSTRALIA , via SINGAPORE . — For Adelaide , Port Philip , and Sydney ( tonching at Batavia ) , on the 4 th July , and 4 th , of every . alternate month thereafter from Southampton , and on the 10 th of July and 10 th of every alternate month thereafter from Marseilles ' . MALTA and EGYPT . —On the 4 th and 20 th of every month front Southampton , and the 16 th aijd 26 th from Marseilles . MALTA and CONSTANTINOPLE . —On the 27 th of every month from Southampton . SPAIN and PORTUGAL . — For Vigo , Oporto , Lisbon , Cadiz , And Gibraltar , from . Southampton , on the 7 th , 17 th , and 27 th of every jnpnth . CALCUTTA and CHINA . —Vessels of the Company ply occasionally ( generally once a . month ) between Calcutta , Penang , Singapore ; Hong Kong , and Shanghae . ]) f . B . —The rates of passage money and freight on the India and China lines have been considerably reduced , and maybe had upon application at the Company ' s Offices , 122 , Leadenhull Street , London , and Oriental Place , Southampton .

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      Just published , prico 2 s ., post free , 2 s . fld . AN ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHOEA : its Nature and Treatment ; with an Exposition of tho Frauds that are practised by persons who advertise ( he speedy , Bafo , and effectual cure of this Disease , liy a MEM 1 JKR OF THIS KOVAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS , LOWDON . London : Aylott and Co ., 8 , Paternoster Bow .

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      T-wIOGENES at tho CHOBIIAM CAMP . \/ On Tuesday next will lie published , tho CIIOBHAM NUMBER of DIOGKNES , containing numerous highly Comic Illuntrationn of tho Cump at Chobhaiu , including a lurgo Engraving of " The Chelsea Housemaids rending tho Account of the Buttle of Chobham , " after Willdo— " March of tho Guards towards Chobham , " utter Hogarth— "On Cliohhaiu when tho Him was low "—" Pop goea tho Rifle" — " Now stood Eliza" — "It wus ii * Glorioun Victory "—Tho Chobham Letter-Bug—Killed and Wounded—Numerous Plans and Sketches of tho Encampment , &o . &e . —Price , 3 d . ; Stamped , 4 ( 1 . London : Otflco , 09 , Fleet Street ; and all Booksellers uiul It nil way Stutiont * .

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      rn H E L O N J ) O N M A I L . JL A Fortnightly ( stamped ) Newspaper , published on tho 8 th aiiri ' &'Uh ot overy month , to meet tho ro-( juiromontH of tho Commercial , Military , Civil , and Nttviil lntoreHts of India , tho Cape , An «( ialiu , and tho Coloiiien . Tho London Mail consists of 10 pages , or « 4 columns , tho largest oize permitted by tho Act of l ' urliainont . In General Politics , tho London Af au . itiooiiiliuitcd on strictly independent prinoiploH ; advocating liberal views on all public questions , irrospeetivo of party . Tho Militury , Civil , Nuvnl , und Mereaiitile Intelligence—ineltuling MarkolH , Whipping , and Jtxohango- in very fully and uccurutttly reported . TorinH—_ £ l 4 « . por annum' , " including tho MarHt > i \ len postage of 3 d . on w » oh Number . Tho Lokiiom Mail in an advantageous meilium for the purpose of K « ving publfoity to AdvortiBementH . Tho termu are-Eight lines and under , 6 » . ; und Od . for every udtlitionul line . AuvertiHomentu must be sent in not later than the niorningu of tho 7 th und 23 rd of every month . Oilleo—No . 1 <> , C ' nt ' no Court , Fleet Strbet , AN INDIAN BBFOKM LEAGUE—Boo tho Lonbon Mais of ycutorday , 24 th Juno .

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      EprFlttUTtrAri life and fire K AflflUKANCE SOCIRTY , No . 0 . Old Jewry , London ; 5 Waterloo l'laoe , Pall Mall : 10 , illbion I'laoe , Hyde Purk Hqunro I 4 " . Sloane Street , Ch . elm « a ; 6 , Cannon Street ; Hirm iif-ha in ; imdltoohoHter , Kent ,, »* ,-, t T TITK —Moat liioUerate Promiums , lwilf of which may remain .. maid ALL l'OLICIKS INDlflPtTTAKLK . All Profit ,, divisible Trienninlly among tlxj Aflsured . Liberty for Foreign UeHidei . ee . , d T ruvol greatly extended . . . FIItE . —Also most reasonable Premiums . Guaranteo Jbund , -FI ( M ) OOf ) Lant roturn , 25 per cent . I ' olioioB may be oileofced daily—Prospect uhch , Annual Ite-Viort Forms of Proposals , and all other Information , will be HiiiiDlied upon application , poraonully or by letter , at tho Head pfflcoH or at any of tho numerous Agencies throughout tho United Kingdom . ^^ THOMAS ALFBBD BUBKi Secretary .

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      INV 15 STMENT OF CAPITAL AND SAYINGS . HOUSEHOLDERS' LIFE ASStJRANCE COMPANY , 15 and 10 , Adam Stbkkt , Adki . piii . TltUHTKHH . Tho ltight lion . T . Mtlnor Gibson , M . P . for Manchoster . lolm Wullwnk «» Childors , Esq ., Cantly , Donenstor . William Jjulkflly GJasse Esq ., ffl . C , Llncoln ' B Inh . Williiun Ash ton , Esq ., Horton Itouso , WrayHbury , fltaines . Charles HuW , Esn ., HnrsteBoadinff . , Kioluirc . GrifBtha Welford , Esq ., New-flqnaro , Lincoln ' s Inn . F . I ) . Kullock Webster , Esq ., 4 » , New llond-Htroet . Thia Company is framed to meet the desire of those who snolc , without speculation , eafe and profitable investment for largo or mnall sums , At » higher rate of interest than can bo obtained from tho public furidk , and on as Beour 6 a basifl . Tno investment , system , while it offers the greatest advantages to tho public , affords , to its member * ^ perfect security , and u Whor rate of interest than can be obtained elsewhere . The capital of £ 250 , 000 i » divided , for tho convenient of invOHtmoKd transfer , into £ 1 shares , of which 10 s . only will be jr ^^ - « ifiS ^

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      CLERICAL , MEDlCALi AND GrBNERAt V ^ LIFE ASSUEANCE SOCIETY ; Established 1824 . Empowered by Special Act of Parliament . - ADVANTAGES . , : Extensioit of Limits oip Rjssidbkcb . — The Assured can reside in any part of Europe , the Holy Land , Egypt , Madeira , the Cape , Australia , New Zealand , and in most parts of North and South America , without extra charge . MUTUAL SYSTEM WITHOUT THE BISK OP PARTNERSHIP . The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Shareholders being now provided for , the Assured will hereafter derive all the benefits" obtainable from a Mutual Office , with , at the same tlmd , Complete fre ' eddm from liabilitytliu 3 combining , in the same office , all the advantages of both systems . . , . The Assurance Fund already invested amounts to £ 850 , 000 , and the Income exceeds ££ 1 . 36 , 000 per annum , Credit System . —On Policies for the whole of Lire , 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 " . Loans . —Loans are advanced on Policies which have been in existence five years and upwards " , to the extent of nine-tenths of their value . Bonuses . —FIVE Bonuses have Ijeen deolared ; at the last in January , 1862 , the sum of jgl 3 l > 125 wfts added to the Policies , prodncing a Bonus varying with the different ages , from 244 to 55 per cent , on the Premiums paid during the five years , or from £ 5 to JE 12 10 s - P cent , on th , e sum assured . ... pARTicirATioir iw PaolriT 8 . —r Policies , participate in the profits in proportion to the number and amount of the Premiums paid between every division , so that if only one year ' s Premium be received prior to the Books being closed for any division , the Policy on v ^ tiph it wad paid . will obtain Its due share . The books close foij . the next Division on 30 th June , 1856 , therefore those who effect Policies' before the 30 th June next ! will bo entitled to one year ' s additional share of Profits over later assurers .. . . , , . , . Application of Bonuses . —The next and future Bonuses may be either received in Cash , or applied at the option of tlie Assured in any other way . NoN-PAitTicir ation in Profits . —Assurances may be effected for a Fixed Sum at considerably reduced rates , and the Premiums for term Policies are lower than at moat other Safe OlHcca . _ , . ., ,,. , Prompt Settlbmbnt of Claims . — Claims paid thirty days after proof of death , and all Policies * are Indisputable except in caseH of fraud . Invalid Livhb may bo assured at rates proportioned to trie increased risk . . PoLicii ' . H are gran tod on the lives of persons in anystation , nnd of every a « e . and lor any sum on one life from £ 50 to £ 10 , 000 . PuuMiUMS may bo paid yearly , half-yearly or nuarterly bat . if a payment be omitted from any cause , tho Policy can bo revived within fourteen Months . The Accounts and Balance SJioetB are at all times open to tho inspection of the Assured , or of person * desirous to assure . Tables of Rates arid forms of Proposal , can be obtained of nny of tho Society ' Agonts , or of GEO . H . PINCKABD , Resident Secretary . 1 ) 9 , Oroat Eussell Street , Bloonishury , London .

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      MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION , 77 , King , Manchester ; 464 , Went Strand , London . Tho business of this Association is that of—1 . Life and survivorship risks of every description—Civil , Naval , or Military . 2 . Loans on equitable terms , life assurance being contemporaneously effeotoa , upon approved personal or any other sufficient seourity . 3 . Aflsdrance upon half-credit scale of rates . 4 . Endowments for children , on rion-roturnable or returnable premiums . 5 . Policies payable to bearer . 0 . Wholo world policies , being perfect soouritioH , payable to bearer or otherwise , at moderate additional rates . 7 . Policies without extra rates , to persons in tho Militia or others , not forfeited if killed in defending tho country from iuvasioii . _ , « .. , 8 . Notices of the assignment of pohcioH registered . 1 ) Medical Referee paid by this Association . lo " . Ago of the life assured admitted on all policies , reasonable proof being given . ,,., » - »• 11 . Stump duty on policies pai « l by tho Association . Four-fifths , or HO per cent ., divided every five years , umongut nil Doliev holders entitled to profits . CRARLRS HENRY MINC 1 ITN , Secretary , Manchester . WILLIAM JAMES STRICKLAND . Actuary and Secretary , London .

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      Jiisrfe 28 , 1888 /] THE LEADfiB . ®* &

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 25, 1853, page 623, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1992/page/23/