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      Capitax :-ONE MILLION ' JBiaaeam * The Wliole Paid-Up and Invested for Half a Century . - ' - tffifbfte Jinmtmce , CQRNHILI / and PAIilL-MALIi—IiOKDON . ESTAfcl-lSHED 1803 . FIRE : LIFE : ANNUITIES : REVERSIO 1 TS . James W . FRESBFiEbD , Esq .: M . P .: F . R . S . — Chairman . Fowler NEWS AM , Esq . —Deputy-Chairman . George Carr GLYN , Esq .: M . P . — ' Treasitrtr . T HE NEW TABLES adopted by the GLOBE include Two Scales of Life Premiums , Participating and Non-Participating , combining , with moderate Sates , those principles of Solidity and Security , which have distinguished this Company froni its formation . Two-Thirds of Profits apportioned -as Bonus . One-Third of the Premium , may remain Unpaid as a debt upon the Policy . * Facilities afforded to Insurers . .- » .. »» . «_ . Insurances to the extent of . TEN THOUSAND POUNDS on a'Single Approved Life . . Every class of FIRE and LIFE Insurance Business transacted . _ ., , „ Prospectuses , — with full Tables and Details—and Forms , —may be had at the Company ' s Offices , or of the Agents . WILLIAM NEWMARCH , Secretary .

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      f ^ TAXES ' O ^ KNOWLEDGE ( Association for JL promoting the Repeal of ) . —The ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING will take place at Exeter Hall , on Wednesday , Feb . 21 st . The Meeting will be addressed by John Bright , ST . P . ; Richard Cobden . M . P . ; George Dawson , M . A . ; T . M . Gibson , M . P . ; Apsley PeWatt , M . P . ; Dr . Watts , &c . Doors open at 7 . Chair taken at 8 .. Tickets for the Platform inay be had of Novello , Deanstreet , a » d 24 , Poultry ; Cash , Bishopsgate ; at Exeter Hall ; and Office of Association , 10 , Ampton-place , Gray ' s Inn-road .

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      THE SM-PB-KOXt NATC&JBONAT BH 3 A . Now ready ,- -arid atifll the Lite * rtes , ' ^ ne " Vol . '" B * o , witl Coloured Illustrations , 12 s ., THE ISLAND EMPIRE ; or , tbe Scenes oi the . First ExSle of Napoleon the' First , togbibefwtC & Narrative of his-Besideitce on the island of Saba , < taken irom-Looal Information , the Papers of th © British-Resident and other authentic sources . TBy the Jfethor of " Blondelle . " " A moiioffraph which we have road with -deop interest . . . . Many of his ( Napoleonte ) remarks read " like ^ prophecies , and havo an interest as pressing in our time as when they were uttered . "—Atheneeum . "A fresh subject , treated fresnly without being fetttfdoWe . It has interest in reference to present affairs . " —Spectator . It has an historical value or real significance for political readers , and a lively interest for sil . " - ^ JLeader . "Throws considerable light upon a critical poiot in modern history—furnishes fresh illustrations of the character of a great man . "—Morning Post , indNotice . London t Thomas Boswokth , 215 , Regent-street .

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      THE UNITED MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ^ SOCIETY . 54 , CHABING-CROSS , LONDON . Policies Indisputable , and Free of Stamp Duty . AT the ANNUAL MEETING in Jui-y last a BONUS "WAS DECLASSED ON "POLICIES of Five Years' ^ standing , averaging UprtWiwJs of U per cent , per annum on the-sum Assured . iibophs -i ) i v jxuao an-nuam / t . THOMAS PRITCHARD . Resident Director .

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      TPHE SOCIAL CONDITION - © IT WOttATW . A BRIEF SUMMARY , in PLAIN LANGUAGE , of the MOST IMPORTANT LAWS CONCERNING WOMEN ; together with a Few Observations Tkerreon . Price 3 d . REMARKS on the EDTC 0 ATIOK of GIRLS . Price 3 d . The PUBLIC FUNCTION of WOMAN . By THEODORE ^ PAR KER . 12 mo , « d . WOMAN and HER WISHES . By THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINBO-N . 6 d , The GREAT SIN of GREAT CITIES : being a Reprint , byTeqtrest , of an article entitled " Prostitution ' from ' 'the Westminister and Foreign Quarterly Jtevi&tc toi July , 1850 . 8 vo , price Is . : Lorifian : ' Joi * ir Osapman , 8 , King William-street , Strand . _»— T .... ¦— . f . . . . — . -, niu ,,, . ,- - — - mi-i " , ^ , " -i - » i ** ----- ¦ ..-..- .. ... - — -

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      ST . GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 118 , BALL-MALL , 4 LON © QN . Capital , 100 . 000 Z ., in Shares of Si . -each . Deposit , 11 . per Share . ( On which Interest , at the rate of Si . per cent , per annum , exclusive of Dividend , is guaranteed by the Deed of Settlement . ) Chairman—Viscount RANELAGH , Park-place , St . James ' s . Deputy-Chairman— HENRY POWNALL , Esq ., Ladbrokesquare , 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 . XrOftTis granted Tor long ;! or > Sht * t periods , i » yaMe by monthly , quarterly , or half-yearly instalments . Defective-Titles , Reversions , &c , assured and guaranteed

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      - Jn-the press , and will bo published on Mouday , the 12 th , IN DISPUTABILITY . — The only coirrptete JL security in Life Assurance . Price-Sixpence , or by-pOSt " Elglrtpeiice . Letts , Scwr , and « tjSbk , Royal Exchange ; WiLvaA Twjeedie , 337 , Strand .

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      / GENERAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE \ JT COMPANY , Cannon-street West . —Capital , 500 , 000 / ., in Shares of 51 . each ; call , 10 s . per Share . Every description of insurance business transacted at this office . Policies absolutely indisputable . Guarantees afforded against losses arising from robberies , forgeries . -frauds , debts , insolvency , and non-payment of rent . Fire and life insurance effected on improyed and safe principles . —Plate-glass insured . Prospectuses , terms of agency , proposals , &c ., can be had on application . - J . G . HUGHES ; Secretary .

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      THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW . No . XIAV . T ? riceSs . Just out . COKIBH-TS ^ - I . Europk in 1854 . II . The BYZAN m < tE EMPIRE' --FinxAtt . III . The V-AVBtusxuFDHevvshon ps Ital , t . IV . Curiosities of sske Census . V . 'The Oxfokd Reform Bill : Pkosessoiss ASfo TtJTOES . VI . How to stop Drunkenness . ~ - VII . Old ^ English Songs . - VIII . Diet and DKebs . - ^ " ^ IX . The Elkctric Tklegraph . Edinburgh : W . P . Kennedy ; London : Hamilton , Adams , and Co . ; Dublin : J . AI'Glashan .

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      SPECIAt Nt fTWE . TO SECURE THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS YEARNS ENTRY , PROPOSALS MUST BE LODGED AT THE HEAD-OFFICE , OR AT ANY OF THE SOCIETY'S AGENCIES , ON OR BEFORE 1 st MARCH . -iKTSTTrtrrarD t& 31 . SCOTTISH EQUITABLE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . ( Incorporated by Royal Charters , aiid Special Act of Parlia-< r . ment . ) Head Office—EDINBURGH , 26 , ST . ANDREW-SQUARE . LONDON—12 G , Bishopsgate-street , Cornhill . The SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY is an Institution peculiarly adapted to afford Provision for Families . It was established in the year 1831 , upon the principle of MUTUAL CONTRIBUTION , the Surplus or Profit being wholly divisible among the Members ; and the Additions which have been made to Policies at the Periodical Investigation of the Society afford satisfactory evidence of the prosperity of the Institution , and the great advantages derived by its Members . The following Examples exhibit tne Additions already made : — ~ A Policy for 1000 / ., opened in 1832 , is now increased to 1523 ? . 8 s . . A Policy for 1000 Z ., opened -in 1886 , is now increased to 1421 ? . lCs . lOd . A Policy for 1000 ? ., opened in 1840 , is now increased to 1310 ? . 12 s . 7 d . Tlie Profits are ascertained and divided trionnially amfcng Policies of more than five years' duration . The Annual Revenue is upwards of 150 , 000 ? . The Amount of Assurances in force is upwards of Four Millions and a Quarter Sterling . The Amount paid to the Representatives of Deceased Members exceeds 600 , 000 ? . sterling . TheTotal Amount of Vested Additions allocated to ^ Polioies exceeds 600 , 000 ? . The Accumulated Fund is upwards of 830 , 000 / . Loans granted to Members to the oxtont of tho office value of- their Policies-Copies of tho Annual Report , Forms of Proposal , awd all " information may bo had on application at any of the Society ' s Offices in town or country . ROBERT CHRISTIE , Manager . WILLIAM FINLAY . Secretary . W- COOK , Agent , January , 1855 . 126 , Bishopsgato-strcot , London . LIST OF LOCAL AGENTS . BARNES—Whitbroad , Edward , Stationer . BATTERSEA—Buckmastcr , J . 0 ., New-road , St . John ' ahill . BRIXTON—Price , J . M ., Chomist , 3 , Loughboroughplace . CLAPHAM—Balls , Charles , Scientific and Literary Institution . COMMEROIAL-ROAD EAST—Newton , J ., 0 , Grosvenorstrcot . DE BEAUVOIR-TOWN—Pettifor , E . H ., Chemist , 0 , Southgato-road-HACKNEY—Stoib , Richard , jun ., 2 , Dcnmork-plaoo . ISLINGTON—Innos , Robert , Commissiou Agent , 80 , Gibson-square . KENTISH-TOWN—Garton , Honry , Chemist , 2 , Commercial-place . « LAMBETH—Roffoy , Thomas , Solioitor , 69 , Waloot-placo East . MILE-END—Sharp , George , 3 , Ireland-row . PIMLICO—Carrack , Jamos . Chomist . 40 , Ohurton-strcot . PUTNEY—Stewart , John , High-stroot . STRATFORD—M'Cash , William , Baker . SYDENIIAM—DawB , Thomas , House Agent . WALWORTH—Tumor , W . St . John , House Agont . WANDSWORTH-Brooks , Charles , 6 homist . | WHITEOHAPEL-ROAD-Nioholson , James , 7 , Mountplaco .

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      HOUSEHOLDERS' ANTXGENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 15 and 16 , Adam-street ? Adelphi . See Prospect « s . R . HODSON , Secretary .

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      THE PROSPECTIVE REVIEW for FEBRUARY , price 2 s . . CONTENTS : I . Casuistry of the Roman Church-. II . The Religious Bearings of Physical Science Jn Education . III . A Month in the Camp before Sebastopol . ~ IV ; "Fictions for Children ; — .-- ' .- -.. — .. V . Giustinian ' s Four Years at the Court of Henry VIII . VI . Notices of Recent Pcblioations . 1 . A' Defence of tho Eclipse df ' Taith . 2 . Plato , as read in 'English . 3 . Edward Irving : anTBcclesiastical and Literary Biography . 4 . iNotos on the Old and Now Testaments . London : Robert Theobald , 26 , Paternoster row .

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      BANH OF DEPOSIT , National Assueance and Investment Association , No . 3 , Pall Mall East , London . Established A . D . 1844 . . ^ Empowered by Special Act of Parliament . T > ARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY JL _ . arorcqueatcd . to » exaniine . thoPlanofJhis . InstitutiQn , by which a nigh rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect Security . The Interest is payable in January and July , at the Head Office in London ; and may also bo received at the various Branches , or through Country Bankers , without delay or expense . PETER MORRISON , Managing Director . Prospectuses , and Forms for opening Aocownta aent free on application .

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      D EAFNESS AND SINGING NOISES . — Instant relief by Dr . HOGHTON'S new and painless mode of cure . Any extremely deaf sufferer , by one visit , is permanently enabled to hear with ease the usual tone of conversation , without operation , pain , or tho use of instruments . Thirty-four patients cured last week : many totally deaf instantaneously restored to perfect hearing . Testimonials from the highest medical authority in London' can be Boon ,. and persons referred to . : Tho above discovery is known and praotnad onlyby Dr . FToghtoi ) , Member of tho London Royal College of Surgeons , May 2 , 1845 ; L . A . C ., April 30 , 1810 . Institution for the Cure of Deafness , tt , Suffolk-place , Pall-mall . Just published , Self-Curo of'Deafness , for country "patients—a atop to empiricism , quackery , and exorbitant fees —sent on receipt of seven stamps , free .

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      Now rettly , gratis , and postageitfrco , A LIST of SURPLUS COPIES of RECENT WORKS Withdrawn from MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY , and offered at Greatly Reduced Prices for Cash , Charles Edward Mudie , 510 , Now Oxford-street London , and 76 , Cross-street , Manchester .

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      Just prttflMied , price' 2 s ., 'post Tree , 2 s . ( id . A N . ESSAY OH SPERMATORRHOEA ; its Nature < iuid T « v > Htment , ¦ w ttb an Exposition of the Frauds that aro practised by persons who advertise tho spoody , safe , and ofl ' ectual cure of Norvous Derangement . By oTVTEMBBR OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PilYSfCIANS . London . . Loudeu : W . Kent and Oon 51 mid . , PatornoBtcr-row .

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      nnHE ARMY —The Recruiting Party —Old ; JL 'Bngniggo Wells—^ Russian Burial-ground in the Crimea , &c . Seo the'LADY'S NEWSPAPER and PICTORIAL TISFBS 6 f 'Satnrday , Pobruary 10 , for tho abovo and numerous tfthor attractive IlluKtrations . Also , London ana Piris fashions—Fancy Needlework , Ac , Ac—l ' rogress of * ho War—Ccmrt—Parisinu Gossip—LHorature-Fino Arts-Music , &c—All tho Homo and Foreign News of tho Week . Prien « d . OHlco . fiiM ,. Strand . Sold ovorywhoro .

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      SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847 . Tho Court of DirootorH grant LETTERS of CRHDIT and BILLS upon tho Company ' s Bank at AnEnAlDB at Par . Approved drafts negotiated and sent for oolloalion . Business with tho Australian colonies generally conducted through tho Bank ' s Agonts . Apply at tho Oonipany ' 8 QJEcos , Ri , Old Broad-slrcot , London . WIELlAM PURDY , Mauagor . London , Fobrunry , 1868 .

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      XTEW ItLTTSTRATED FAMIJCY > APJ&ZU PEN and PENCIL . No . I . will be published on tho 10 th of February , price Sixpence . PEN and PENCIL will aim to unite tho two qualitiesliterary ability and artistic oxcollonco ; to give a collar ran god and Interesting and clear digest of" tho wook ' s N ^ , with Illustrations really illustrating And helping to tho bettor understanding of those News . PEN and PJiNOIL will combine tho best features of tho / Spectator and tho Illustrated London News . ¦^ A&iyAS ? to the ordinary co ntents of a newspaper , ' V fm and PENCIL will prfvo « n original Story , or page of novol intorcsb , such as might fit a modern Rambler , or after tho oxcollont mannor of Household Words . Tho Children alio will always find a pago dovotod to thorn , and propor for their years , at onco instructive and amusing . PEN nnd PENCIL will bo In ovory ¦ roBpodt tho Family Nowspapor . ' Engravers—Messrs . W . J . and H . D . Linton . Publislied by J . Olatton , Jun ., 10 , Crano-court , Floct-« trcot , to whom Post-ofuoo Orders may bo made payablo , I . Jb . per half-year in adyanco ; to whom also Country Agouts may apply for Special Agonoioa .

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      ITALIAN AND PBENOH 1 ANOUAOEB . M R . ARRIVABENE , D . L . L ., from tixo Univcriiity of l * adua , who lms boon established in , London for thrco yoars , gives i ) rivatc Iobsoiis in Italian and Fronoh at his own house , or at tho house of hw pupils . Ho also attends Schools both in town and country . > M ^ AU 1 UVA UliX JO toadies on a plan thoroughly practical , and tho most modiooro mind cannot fail to thoroughly tKrniprehead hib leasons . Apply by letter to Mr . ARRIVABENE , No , 4 , 6 t , Michael ' s . plnco . 'Brompton .

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      February 409 1855 ] f SB Ii ^ EADlB , 3 & 3

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 10, 1855, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2077/page/23/