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      HOT AIR , GAS , VESTA , JOYCE'S STOVES STOVES for the economical and safe heating of ^« n = « Wm < i warehouses , passages . basement * , and tlie like , S aMhisSZaeraWef , WILLIAM S . BUKTON JnvHes attention to his unrivajled assorf ment , adapted ( one or the other ) to every conceivable requirement , at prices ' from IOs . each to 30 guineas . His variety of register and other stoves , fenders , and fcitchen ranges , is the largest in existence . rriHE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE I FOR SILVER . " The REAL , NICKEL , SILVER , introduced twenty years ueobv WILLIAM S . BURTON , when plate . l by tl > e patent process of Messrs . Elkington and Co ., is beyond all comparison the very best article next to sterling silver ( hut can be employed as such , fither usefully or ornamentally , as by no possible test can it be distinguished from real silver . Fiddle Thread or King s Pattern . Brunswick Pattern . Pattern . Tea Spoons per dozen .. 189 26 ? 323 . Dessert Forks ,, .. 303 40 s 46 s . Dessertspoons „ .. 30 s 42 s 488 . Table Forks „ .. 403 56 s 64 s . Tablespoons „ .. 40 s o » s . .... iit > 3-Tea and coffee sets , waiters , candlesticks , &c , at proportionate prices . All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process . CHEMICALLY PURE NICKEL NOT PLATKD . Fiddle . Thread . King's Table Spoons and Forks , full size , per dozen 12 s . .. 28 s . .. 30 s . Dessert ditto and ditto 10 s . .. 21 s . .. 25 s . Tea ditto 5 s . .. Us . .. 12 s . CUTLERY WARRANTED . —The most varied Ij assortment of TABLE CUTLERY in the World , all warranted , is on SALE at WILLIAM S . BURTON'S , at prices that are remunerative only because of the largeness of the sales . 3 i-inch ivory-handled table knives , with high shoulders , lls per dozen ;; desserts to match , Ids ; if to balance , is per dozen extra ; carvers , 4 s per pair ; larger sizes , from 19 s to 2 Cs per dozen ; extra fine , ivory , 32 s ; if with silver ferrules . 37 s to 50 s ; white bone table Knives , 7 s 6 d per dozen ; desserts , 5 s 6 d ; carvers , 2 b 3 d per pair ; black horn table knives , " s 4 d per dozen ; desserts , Gs ; carvers , 2 s Gd ; black wood-handled table knives and forks . 6 s . per dozen ; table steels , from f s . ench . The largest stock in existence of plated dessert knives and forks , in cases and otherwise , and of the new plated fish carvers . THE BEST SHOW of IRON BEDSTEAJDS in the KINGDOM is WILLIAM S . BURTON'S He has FOUR LARGE ROOMS , devoted to the EXCLUSIVE SHOW of Iron and Brass Bedsteads and Children ' s Cots . with appropriate Iteddin-g and Mattresses . Common Iron Bedsteads , from 16 s ; Portable Folding Bedsteads , from 12 s fid ; Patent Iron Bedsteads , fitted with dovetail joints and patent sacking , from I 7 s C . d ; and Cots from 20 s each . Handsome Ornamental Iron and Brass Bedsteads , in great variety , from £ 2 7 s 6 d to . £ 15 15 s . The alterations and additions to these very extensive premises ( already by far the largest in Europe ) , which have occupied the whole year , are now nearly completed ; they are of such a character that the entire of EIGHT HOUSES is now devoted to the display of the most magnificent stock of GENERAL HOUSE IRONMONGERY ( including Cutlery , Niokel Silver , Plated , and Japanned Wares , Iron and Brass Bedsteads and Bedding ) , arranged in Sixteen Large Show Rooms , so as to afford to parties furnishing facilities in the selection of goods that cannot be hoped for elsewhere . Catalogues , with engravings , sent ( per post ) free . 39 OXFORD-STREET ; 1 , 1 a , 2 , and 3 , NEWMANSTREET ; and 4 , 6 , and fi , PERRY'S-PLACB . Established a . d . 1820 .

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      (^ ENERAL INDEMNITY INS URANCE X COM PAN Y , 7 , Chatham-place , Blackfriars—Capital , £ 300 . 000 , in Shares of £ o each * call , 10 s . per Share . Kvery description of Insurance business transacted afc this office . Policies absolutely indisputable . Guarantees afforded to persons in situations of trust where security is required ; also nprainst losses arising from robberies , forgeries , &c . Fire nnd life insurances effecteJ on improved and safe principles . Plate-glass insured . Pro-pect uses , terms of agency , proposals , &c , can be had on application . IT C . ETFFR , F . K . O . S ., Actuary . J . G . HUGHES , Secretary .

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      f ^\ REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE Of ASSURANCE SOCIETY . 14 , Waterloo-place , London , and 30 , Brown-street Manchester . ' THE CHISHOLAT , Chairman . RICHARD HARTLEY KENNEDY , Esq ., Alderman Deputy-Chairman . ' This . Society is established on the tried and approved principle of "Mutual Assurance . The fun-da are accumulated for the exclusive benefit of the Policy-holders , under their own immediate superintendence anrt control . Tlie Profits are divided annually , and applied in reduction of tlie current Premiums . Policy holders participate in Profits after payment of five annual Premiums . The Annual General Meeting of this Society was held on the 30 tIi May , 18 . 05 , when a Report of the business for the last year was presented , exhibiting a statement of most satisfactory progress . It appeared that during the two last years , 1853 and 1--54 , between 800 and 900 new Assurances had been effected , producing an increase of Premium income amounting to ^ Ei 4 , 000 per annum . It also appeared that , notwithstanding the extraordinary mortality which prevailed during the last year , in consequence of the visitation of the cholera , it had not been fouu'l necessary to reduce , in the slightest , the allowance of 31 h per cent , previously awarded to the Policy holders . Credit is allowed for half the Annual Pi emiums for the first five yeary . A . R . IRVINE , Managing Director . 14 , Waterloo place , London .

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      SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847 . The Court of Director * GRANT LETTERS of CREDIT and BILLS upon the Company ' s Bank , at Adelaide , at Pau . Approved drafts negotiated and sent for collection . Business with the Australian Colonies generally conducted throush the Bank ' s Agents . Apply at the Company ' s Offices , N"o . 54 , Old Broad-street , London . WILLIAM PURDY , Manager . London , December , 1855 .

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      ROM AN TESSELATED PAVEMENT . — BKAUTIFULLY WROUGHT TESSELATE 3 ) PAVEMENT The Ancient Roman Remains at Box , which have excited so much interest , will be SOLD by AUCTION , on TUESD-VY . the 18 th of December next , on thp Premises , near the Church , at Box , by Messrs . HOOPEK and SON , of Bath . Particulars may be obtained at the Auctioneers Offices , No 5 , Bl'idud buildings , Bath . Box is distant from Bath ten miles' ride by Great Western Railway , and is about five minutes' walk from the Station .

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      ST . GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 118 , PALL-MALL , LONDON . Capital , 4 ? 100 , 000 , in shares of £ 5 each . - Deposit £ i per Share . ( On which Interest at the rate of £ 5 per cent , per annum , exclusive of Dividend , is guaranteed by the Deed of Settlement . ) Chairman—Viscount TtANELAGH , Park-place , St . James ' s . Deputy-Chairman-HENRY POWNALL . Esq , Ludbrokesquare , Nottingham . Secretary—W . C . URQUHART , Esq . POLICIES ABSOLUTELY INDISPUTABLE . Annuities and Kndowments for families , children , and others on the most favourable terms . Premiums payable yearly , half-yearly , or quarterly .. No charge for medical fees or stamps . Loans granted for long or shore periods , payable by monthly , quarterly , or half-yearly instalments . Defective Titles , Reversions , &c , assured and guaranteed . - . . _^____ . ... _ . . I

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      LAMPES h MODERATEUR , from fs . to £ r > a s . —The demand for these lamps having become general , WILLIAM S . BURTONIkis collected from the different makers here and in Prance a variety that defies competition . As many imported from France were found to be inferior in the works , William S Burton sent expressly fo Paris to select only from the best makers , and ha can now guarantee each lamp he sells as perfect in all its parts . s . d . s . d . Bronze lamps , full size H -0 to 20 0 Porcelain , plain and ornamental 1 <> 0 to 25 0 Crystal , richly cut 25 0 to 45 O Bronze pillar lamps , full size 12 0 to 21 6 Porcelain ditto . 23 6 to 45 0 Crystal ditto 27 0 to 66 O Bronze vas ¦ lamps 36 0 to 81 0 " Porcelain ditto , many elegantly painted . 26 0 to 125 0 39 , OXFORD-STREET ; I , I a , 2 . and 3 , NEWAIANSTREET ; and 4 , 5 , and 0 . PEBRY'S-PLACE . Established 1820 .

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      BANK OF DEPOSIT , No . 3 . Pau-IUli East , London . Established A . D ,, 1814 . —Capital Stock , j £ & 00 , 000 . OARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY JL are lequested to examine the Plan ot this Institution , by which a hrgh rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security . The Interest is payable in Januart and Jcxy , at the Head Office in London , and may also be received at the various Branches , or through Country Bankers PETER MORRISON , Managing Director . Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on JlppUcation , , i

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      rpUCKER and SON'S 12 s . 6 d . MODERATOR |_ LAMPS , for the table , complete with stand and engraved globe , give the full light of four candles ; a ditto , giving the light of six candles , 15 s . 6 d . The finest Colza Oil , 5 s . Cd . per gallon for cash . These prodigies of cheapness ( warranted good and serviceable lamps ) are specimens of what can be done when a very large number of an article is made at a time , and sold at a small profit . An immense stock of lamps , from the cheapest advertised ( that are ( it to be used ) to the most costly , in china or bronze , in two large show-rooms attached to Tuoker and Son ' s General Lamp Factory , 190 , Strand ( nearTemple-bar ) , London . Established 37 years .

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      010 ° MILNERS' HOLDFAST AND FIRE-^^ RESISTING SAFES ( non . conduotinfr and vupourisinp ) . with all the improvements , under their Quadruple Patents of 1840 , 51 , fi * and 1 H 55 , including their Gunpowderproof Solid Lock and Door ( without wliiohno safe is secure ) . THE STRONGEST , BEST , AND OHEVPEST SAPEatTAnDa EXTANT . Mir . NEUS' P 1 KENIX ( 212 degrees ) SAFE WORKS , LIVERPOOL , tho most complete and extensive in the world . Show-rooms , 0 und 8 , Lord-street , Liverpool . London Depot , 47 a , Moor / jate-street , City . Circulars free by post .

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      Furnish , your House with the Best Articles , AT DEANE'S Ironmongery and Furnishing Warehouses . Entablished a . d , 1700 . A Priced Furnishing List , free by post . TJRANB , DRAY , and Co . ( Opening to the Monument ; , London-bt id go .

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      MAR K YOUR LINEN . —The Pen Superseded Tho most ea * y , permanent , and beat method of Marking Linen , Silk , Cotton , Coarso Towels , Books , or anything e 7 ae , is with the PATENT ELECTRO SILVER PLATES . Any person enn use them with the greatest ease . Certificate from the celebrated Dr . Sheridan Musprutt , F . R . S . K .: — " Several trials with Culleton ' a Electro / Silver Platen induce me to pronounce them excellent . The letters are distinctly marked , without blotting , in a deep black colour , and after long boiling ' , with either potass or soda , they remain unaltered . — Sheridan Mdspkatt , College of Chemistry , Liverpool , May lft , 1 HM . " Initial plate , Is . j name plate , 2 s . ; sot of numbers , 2 s , \ crest plate , fis Sent post-free to nny " partof tho kingdom ( with directions ) , on receipt of stamps , by tho Inventor and solo patentee , T . CDLLETON . 2 , Long Aore ( exaotly one door from St . MnTtln ' a-lano ) , London . MARK YOU a LINEN ,

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      ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 39 , Thiogmorton-street , IJank . J Chaikman—TIIOJIAS FARNCOMB , Esq ., Alderman . Deputy Ciiaibhak—WILLIAM LEAF , Esq . Richard B . Arden , Esq . John Humphery , Esq ., Aid . Edward Hates , Esq . Rupert Ingleby , Esq . Thomas Camplin , Esq . Jeremiah Pilcher , Esq . James Clift , Esq . Lewis Pocock , Esq . Physician— Dr . Jeaflfreson , 2 , Finsbury-aquare . SunoEON—W . Coulsoii , Esq ., 2 , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . I Cossui-TiNa Actuary—Professor Hall , M . A ., of King ' s I College . I ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY . Tho Premiums are on the lowest scale consistent with security , ' 1 ho Assured nro protected by an ample subscribed capital —an Assurance Fund of nearly £ 400 , 000 , invested on mortgage and in the Government Stocks—and an income ot nearly Jt'SO . OuO u-yenr . Premiums to assure . £ 100 ' Whole Term . a ^ " ^ Tyo « T ~! Jg » " with I ' rofle . SJg ^ 20 £ 0 17 8 £ » 19 0 £ 1 l . > 10 £ 1 11 10 | 80 113 12 7 2 ft . > 2 0 7 V 40 1 fi 0 10 9 3 0 7 a M 10 j ; 80 114 1 1 19 10 4 0 8 4 0 11 00 3 2 __ 4 ;» 17 0 0 12 !> (> 0 _ 10 r , MUTUAL IJRANCH . Assurers on tho Bonus Hyatom arc cntliled ( it tlio enrl of five yoara to pnrticijmto in lbui-llltha , or HO | ior ctmt . of tho i prollts . Tho proiit nuuignoil to oaoli policy onn bo added to ( tlie mini assured , applied in reduction of tho nmiuiil pro , mium , or be received in ciibli . At the -recent division u return of 20 per cent , in cnsli on thol' rumltimti piild \ viw dooldiwl ; thin will allow u revcr-Biounry iuoreii . iu varying , nccortling to age , from < i ( i to m per oont . on the ; urouiiuuid , or from fi to ir > per cent , on tno r aum ntmirud . I ; One-half of tho " Wliolo Term" Premium inny roinuiii on l . credit for m .-vun yearn , or ono-ililrd of tho Premium ' « " / \> remuln i ' ov Ula an a dobfc upon I ho Policy nt f > per cent ., o > may bo pnlil oil ' at any time without noUoi . CliiImH puld in one month after proofe have l > uon approved . Loans upon approved security . No cliurgo lor l'olioy utumpn . Mvdicnl Attemlimta paid for tholr reportn . Poi-hoiih muy , In tlmo ol ' puuou , proceed to or reaiflo in »»/ part of Kurojio or JUritlsU NortU America without ox"t » charge . Tho medical olucers attend ovory day at Xhrogniorto "" street , at a quurtor before Two o ' clock . 33 . DATES , RoflMcnt D irector-

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      T HE LEADING and POPULAR ARTICLES or DItKSS manufactured by B . BENJAMIN , Merchant Tailor . 74 , Regont-Btrcet : —The P 13 LISSIER OVERCOAT , price ' < s ., adapted for the seanon . Reveialblo VVnirttcoutH , prioo IIh . buttoning four different aides ; tho \ ln . Suit * mivdo to order from Scotch , Heather , and Cheviot Twccdd , nil wool , and thoroughly shrunk , tho Two Ouinoa Drc'Ba oi'Frook C ' uata , tho Guinea Dress Trousers , and tlio Half-Guluou WaiatcoatH , N . B . —A porfoot fit guaranteed .

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      RUPTURES . —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT . W HITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards tif 200 Medical Gentlemen to bo the most cfl ' ootlvo invention in tho curative treatment of tiornlu . Tho use of a steel spring ( ho often hurtful in ita clfccttt ) is hero avoided , a soft Uaudugu being worn round tho body , whilo tho rcquMto resisting iiower la supplied by tho Moo-Main PiuH ana Patent Lover , fitting with so much caae and oloaenosa that it cannot bo dotcotud , and may bo worn during sleep . A descriptive circular may bo had , und I ho rruea ( which cannot toll to lit ) forwarded by post , on the olroumferenoe of tho body , two inches below tho hips , bolncr sent to the Manufacturer , Mr . JOHN WIIITIfi , 22 i » , Picoudilly , London . r , ^ ^ f ^ , v ? o rOCKIN ^ > KNEE-CAPS . . for VAUIow A rTyiS 3 a N 8 t ?» T ^ J oa 8 oa of WKAKNKSS and QWISLLING of the LEGS , SPRAINS , &o . Tlwy are porous , light in texture , and inexpensive , and are drawn on like an ordinary etocklng . B » i < j 0 from 7 a . oa . to 10 b . Poatag * , 0 < l .

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      DAVIS AND SIMPSON'S FURNISHING WAREHOUSES , 130 137 , 138 , TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAI > , Corner of tlie Now-road . . Established Twenty-olght Years . Knlargoment of Promises . Increase of Stock . ARE YOU ABOUT TO FUIUSTISH P If ho , Innpoot this enormous Stooik , containing tho mottt raoltorohe rnunufucturoH of Qillowa and Dowblggln , aa well « a plain aul > atuntliil Cottage Furnituro . Buying 1 for Cash you will save 2 O pax cent . ONW 1 CUNDR 1 SD 8 KTS OF DIN I NO-ROOM I ^ URNITURK , of anperlor etyle nnd workmanship ' ' iKt . mcopa JUTNiNoTABLisii irom 3 guineas to , 10 CiiAina , In Morocco , Maiu-Ci . otu , and Roan , from 12 s . Oil to 9 gulneae . An tmmonuo stock of Ueddino , Di . ankrts , Shektinq , Coun . tsbpambs , Oarpets , and Famiiy Dhaieky Just received from the Manutacturbus . Farntturo warehoused at a moderate charge for fhmllloa lcHYing town , or going nbrond . Mark tho Addreaa I CORNER of tho NKW-ROAD and TOTTKHfllAM COURT-KOAD .

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      j - - ^ g TH ; E LEADEB ; [ No . 298 , Saturday ,

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      HEAL ami SON'S EIDER-DOWN QUILTS ; also GOOSB-DOWJST QUILTS , from 8 s . ( id . to 24 g . List of Prices and Sizes sent free by Post .- ^ - I 9 i > , Tottenhani-court-road .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 8, 1855, page 1186, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2118/page/22/