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    • Janua ry 3,1857.] THE LEADER. 23

      Janua ry 3,1857.] THE LEADER. 23

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      Janua Ry 3,1857.] The Leader. 23

      Janua ry 3 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 23

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      PH OTOGRAPHIC PORTE AITS of LIVING CELEBRITIES : ByMAULLaudPOLYBIiANK . "With appropriate Biographical Notices . The Januarif Number contains : — ET M . WA . RD , Esq ., R . A .. Already Published : — No . 1 . containing PROFESSOR OWEN , F . B . S ., & c ; No . 2 . „ The Bight , Hon . T . B . MACAULAY . No . 3 . „ ROBERT STEPKENSON , Esq ., M . P ., P . K .. S ., & c . ¦ No . 4 . „ J . A . 34 OEBUCK , Esq ., M . P . jP . E . S ., & e . No . 5 . „ Sir 33 . C . BRODIE , Bait ., D . C . L-, V . P . U . S ., & c . No . 6 . „ E . 11 . BAILY , Esci ., "R . A . No . 7 . „ SAJITJJ 1 L WARltEN " . Esq-. Q-C , M . P . No . S . „ . PROCESSOR GRAHAM , M . A .-, F . R . S . London ; IVlAtrfL and Polyblanic , 55 , Graccclmrch-strect -, Datii > Bo < jue , 80 , Fleet-street , and all Book and Printsellers .

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      TjVREEHOLD LAND SOCIETIES . — Now -I- " ready , price 5 s ., Rules for the formation of Freehold Land Societies , and Suggestions for the Application of Life Assurance for the Improvement of Copyhold and Church Lease Property . By ARTHUR SCltATCHLEY , M . A ., F . R . A . S ., Actuary to the Western Life Assurance and Annuity Society , 3 , IParliarnent-stoeet , London .

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      SOUr il AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporatod . by Royal Cb . arter , 1847 . The Coirrfc of Directors GRANT LETTERS of CREDIT and BILLS upon the Company ' s Banks in South Australia at par . Approved drafts negotiated or sent for collection . Business with all tlio Australian Colonies conducted through the Bank's Agents . Apply at the Company ' s Offices , 54 , Old Broad-street , London . WILLIAM PURDY , Manager . London , 1 st January , 1857 .

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      THE KENTISH TOWN ESTATE . —THE CONSERVATIVE XAND SOCIETY .-VOTES FOR MIDDLESEX . —On Thursday , January 22 , at the offices , No . 33 , Norfolk-street , Strand , W . G ., the Kentish Town Estate , in the York Road , in tlie parish of St . Pancras , will be allotted . There are 227 plots , varying from 527 . 4 s . Gd ., up to 104 W . 10 s . per plot . Seven-eighths of the cost of each plot may be borrowed . For plans of one of the most valuable building estates ever yet offered by a Land Society , apply to CHARLES EEWIS GROTEISEN , Secretary .

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      NOTICE ! OF DIVIDEND . . BANX OF DEPOSIT , No . 3 , PALt Mali , East , London . Established A . D . 1841 ' . THE WARRANTS for tlie HALF-YEARLY Interest , at tlio rate of 5 pc 7 ' cent , per annum , on Deposit Accounts , to 31 st December , -will be ready for delivery oa and after January tho l « th , 1857 , aud payable daily . PETER JIORRISON " , managing Director . Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the plan of the IBank op Deposit . Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application .

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      THE CAMBRIAN aud UNIVERSAL LIFE and FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY . Capital 100 , 000 ? . Established 1819 . Office , 27 , Grcsham-streot . Agencies in the principal towns of England and Wales . This office offers the benefit of assurance in all its branches , and is highly eligible for every description of life assurance . A new mid most important feature , entirely originating with this Company , vis ., Marriage Dowries . Lifo Assurance , and Deferred Annuitie s included in on c policy . Rates of premium moderate . Annuities granted . Tanrily endowments . Loans on personal and . other securities . Forma of proposal ana every information may ueobtaincd on application . By order , ALFRED M E LHADO , Manager .

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      THE HOUSEHOLDERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY . DIUKCTOKS . Wra . Ashtmi , Esq .. Hortoii-houso , Wraysbury . Staines . Ilio Ror . Tlios . Cator , Bryanston-squaro , aud Skelbroolc parlt , Boncastor . Cliarlos IIulso , Esq ., Hall-grove , Bagshofc . 1 . D . Hu-Uock Webster , Esq ., Norfolk-terrace , Hydo-park . Arthur P . Onslow , ]? sq ., Lawbrook-liouse , Shcro , Quildford . Thomas Pocock , Esq ., Southwavlf-brLdpo-road . Peter Patorson , Esq ., jun ., Park-road , Holloway . James Livughton , Esq ., Holm Villa , Lewisham-road . . This Company enables persona , without speculation , to mvost lai-Ro or small wuns , at a higlicr rato of interest than can bo obtained from tho public funds , and on as secure a Forma of application to deposit sivms of money , at K nor cent , interest ; , payable haU-yoarly , or to purchase shares ( the present interest on 'wliich is ( 5 por confc . ) , may bo had on npphoal ion to K . ilODSON , Sec " : 10 and a « , Adam-strocfc , Adelphi .

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      1 CELEBRATED HAIR PREPARATIONS . ; A LEX . ROSS ' S LIQUID HAIR DYE , easily i * ¦ £ * - , applied , boiii (? : tho bent in tho world . Sold from > w . ( id , ; sout freo for r >) i utainps . Ai . i : x . Ross ' s Haih 1 ) v-» BTnoYKit , or I ) KPTr , ATOHY . for rcmoviiiR Hnporttuous hiiir >* . "r the face , neok , arms and luunis . us . flrt . por bottlo ; r Hont tor stamps , froo l ) y post , 8 d . extra . Awsx . Robs ' s Oanfl THAiiiDKSOir ,, asnr « r ( 5 Htor « r of tlio hair , ; ia . ( id . ; nont for l 5 * Bt l > I > At ' " Ross's Faoi : Poavoeu , or VoMononu , 3 il \ I v " 00 lov" uHtai > il » " - Liquid Rouge , as , ( id . per bottlo ; I TX ? , , ° . « r JV »<* " »!» . At , bx . Robu , 1 Littlo Quooii-I ringdoM . Jfiot ° ^ Vholosal ° ABCUii ' ^ itCLA vr l ' nrs

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      On the 1 st January , No . V ., New Series , price 3 s . 6 d ., THE JOURNAL of PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE . Edited by FORBES WTNSLQW , MLB ., D . C . L . 1 . PROLONGED ShOWEH-jBATBS IN THE TREATMENT OP the insane . 2 . Professor Ferrier ' s ] S " ew Scottish Philosophy . 3-. Autobiography of the Insane . 4 . The Belgian Lunatic Asylums ajsjd the Insane Colojjy of Gheal . 5 . Philosophical Medicine . G . Mental Labour : its Effects upon the Blood . 7 . Insanity gf George III . 8 . On Chloroform in the Treatment of Insanity . 9 . Physiological Psychology . 10 . Case ob- Jlit . Millar . . London : John Churchill , New Burlington-street .

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      On the 1 st of Januarv , 1857 , price One Shilling , THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL , No . 187 , CONTAINING-THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY . Contents : —The Students' Grievance — Precautions apraiust Accidents from Poison , & c—Tho Dispensing of Medicine in the Army—The Manufacture of Iron—Napierean Machine—Decolourizing Charcoals , and their Power of Absorbing G-ases—On the Copals of Western Africa—The Sassy Tree of \ Yestern Africa—Wood Oil—Estimation of the Density of Soli-fls ; Law of Absorption for Ammonia ; Crystalline Form , & e ., of Seleniiirn and Iodine ; Action of "Wa ' ter an Glass ; ^ Detection of Ars « nic and Antimony ; Decomposition of UricA « id ,- Hydraulie Mortar ; Prevention of Stoppage in Drain IMpes— Efl ' ccts of the Presence of Sulphur in Coal Gas—Another Tiling forgotten—The Value of Time—Education of Apprentices—Adulteration of Calamina Preparata—Review—Correspondents . VOLUME XV . may lie had in boards , as well as the preceding volume , price 12 s . Gd . each . London : Joirif CrruEcmi-i / , New Burlington-street ; Maclacjtlan and Ste ^ vaet , Edinburgh ; and Fannist and Co ., Dublin .

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      Just published , price 5 s ., tho NATIONAL REVIE W . No . YII . ' ' CONTENTS : T . William Wordsworth . II . The Relations of Religion to Art . III . Balzac en Pantoufles . By Leon Gozlax . rv . Mr . Spurgeon and ins Popularity . V . Latham and Grimm on the Ethnology of Geioiany ; VI . The Literature of Spirit-Eapping . VII . The Ckcdit MoiiiiiER and BjVNIving Companies in Trance . VIII . Strauss and Gkr 3 ian Hellenism . IX The StAVB Emhre opthe West . X . Books Suitable for , Reading Societies . . Chapman and BCail , 193 , Piccadilly .

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      THE NEW QUARTERLY REVIEW , No . 21 , for JANUARY , price 2 s . 6 d ., contains—LORD DALHOUSIE'S FINANCIAL and ANNEXATION POLICY . AMERICAN AFFAIRS . THE POLITICAL DICTATORSHIP of LO & D PALMERSTON . Reviews of all the new 'books of the quarter . London : Bosworth and Harbison , 215 , Regent-street .

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      rplIE ECLECTIC REVIEW ; or , Critical JL Journal of British and Foreign . Literature . Tho January Number contains valuable and interesting articles on—1 . Palestine . —2 . The Keufchatel Question . —3- Reynard tho Fox—Middle-Age Romances . —4 . Dove's Logic of tho Christian Faith . —5 . Burgess ' s Edition of " Kitto ' s Biblical Cyclopaedia . "—G . The Scientific Results of 185 G . —7 . Curwjnt French Literature . —Brief Notices of Recent Works in General Literature . Price Is . Gd . Monthly . January Number begins a New Series . London : Ward and Co ., 27 , Paternoster-rovr .

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      npIIE WESTMINSTER REVIEW . X NEW SERIES . No . XXI . JANUARY , 1857 . Price Cs . CONTENTS : I . WORT . ULTNESS ASD OtHER-WoRLDLINESS : THE Poett Young . II . Capabilities and Disaijilitiks of Women :. III . English Law : its Oppression and Contusion . IV . Static of Partiics in Italy since 1848 . V . Rimsiox oi ' Tiuc English Bible . VI . Herat ani > tub Pkiisian War . VI I . Boiling Watkr . VIII . Thk Mysteriics of Ciefalonia . CoNTEJCPOitARY LmcRji . TonE : —§ 1 . Theolofiy and Philosophy . —§ 2 . Politics and Education . —§ 3 . Science . —1 $ 4 . History , Biography , Voyngcs and Travels . —§ 5 . Belles Lottres . London : John Chapman , 8 , Kinf ? "William-street , Strand

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      rpiIE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE and -I HISTORICAL ltWVIHW . By SYLVANUS URBAN , Gent . Prico is . ( id ., monthly . Th « Nwnbor fnr . TAN 1 TATIT contains : —I . AutobioRra ]) liy of SylvauuH Urban—H . Tho History and Antiquities of Boston Ulnstrftted—111 . Tho Hnuso of Commons in 1857—IV . . loan of Arc—V . ICausiw—VI . Virgil Illustrated by Slmkuncwe— VII . Tho Nntional dnllery—VIII . Uocuntly Itopcalod StatutcH—IX , Worcestershire MSS . at IIagloy ~ X . (\) rroNpoiidoiic <) of Sylvanus Urban—XI . Robinson's Vurtluir lteKoarclios in tho Holy Land—XII . Historical and MiH

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      Mfossr 3 . TRUBNER and Co . have now published tie following very important WORKS : — AR CTIC EXPLORATIONS , the Second Grinnell Expedition in . Search of Sir John Franklin , 1853-5 . By ELISHA KENT KANE , M . D ., TT . S . N . Illustrated by upwards of 300 Engravings from Sketches by the Author . The Steel Plates executed under the superintendence of J . M . Butler . The Wood Engravings by Van Ingea and Snyder . 2 vols . pp . 464 and 468 . 8 vo , cloth , 11 . 113 . 6 d . Philadelphia , 1856 . TVTARRATIVE offhe EXPEDITION of an J ^ AMERICAN SQUADRON to the- CHINA SEAS and JAPAN , performed in the Years 1852 , 1853 , and 185 * , tinder the Command of Commodore M . C . Perry , United States Navy , by order of the Government of the United , States . Compiled from the Original Notes and Journals of Commodore Perry and his Officers at his request and under his supervision , by TRANCIS L . HAWKS , D . D ., LL . 1 X Vol . I . with Maps , 89 Lithographs , 7 , 6 Woodcuts , and 556 paces , 4 feo , cloth , SI . 3 s . Splendid Government 4 to Edition . " Will be completed in Pour Volumes . V Vols . 2 to 4 will com prise the Scientific Researches of the Expedition ..-viz ., Astronomical Observations , Botany , & c . Washington , 1856 . Also , COMMODORE PERRY'S OWN EDITION . Narrative only . Complete in 1 voL imperial 8 vo , pp . G 32 , with . 12 Steel Plates , 120 ' Woodcuts , ana 12 Maps , ll . 10 s ., clotla . Lo-ndon : TnumnEK and Co ., American ., Continental , and English Booksellers , 12 , Paternoster-row .

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      This day , Two Volumes , post octavo , 16 s ., THE WEEDING GUESTS ; or , The Hap-X pikess op Life . By MARY C . HUME , Author of "The Bridesmaid , " "Count Stephen , " and other Poems . London : Johit W . Parkeb . and Soir , "West Strand . . ' ^ 't

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      This day , octavo , l < 5 s . ^ ~~ STATE PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE , Illustrative of the Political and . "Social . State of Europe , from the Revolution to tb _ e Accession of the House of Hanover . Edited , with . Historical Introduction , Memoirs , and Notes , by J , M . KEMBLE , M . A . London : J " ohn W . Pabkek and Sow , West Strand .

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      Second Edition , with various new Headings , fcap . 8 vo , j > rice 5 s ., nEAIGCHOOK CASTLE . V- V By GERALD MASSEY . " Mr . Massey , with , patient modest energy , corrects many defects of style , inserts connecting matter here and there , and offers his Work to the Public sensibly impro-veoL Let us not , therefore , omit to recommend this Book of Poems . in its revised form , as oue of the Gift Books of th £ season . " —Examiner London : David Bogue , C , Tleet-street .

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      Just published , 1 vol . post 8 vo , price 5 s . WHAT is TRUTH ? or , Revelation its own Nemesis . Second Edition , re-vised and enlarged . London : Johit Chapman , 8 , King William-street , Strand .

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      Just published , A A . BURT'S CATALOGUE of the e SECOND POETION of MISCELLANEOUS ENGLISH and FOREIGN BOOKS on Sale at 61 , Groat Russellstreet , Bloom sbury-square . Catalogues sent gratis to all parts of tho United Kingdom .

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      MUDIE-S SELECT LIBRARY . JANUARY , 1857 . IN order to promote the circulation of the best New Books , C . E . MUDIE has so increased and arranged his Library , that any work of acknowledged merit or general interest may lie obtained without delay by ETERY SUBSCRIBER , OF ONE GUINEA PER ANNUM , And by all First-Class Country Subscribers of Two Guineas and upwards . Tho stock comprises from Ninety to Nine Hundred Copies of every leading Work . Fresh Copies are added whenever a delay occurs , and an ample supply is provided of all tho Best Works as they appear . Tho preference is Riven to works of HISTORY , BIOGRAPHY , KELIGION , PHILOSOPHY , and TRAVEL . The best WORKS OF FICTION are also freely added . Single Subscription , One Guinea per Annum . The best New Works aro delivered Weekly , without cost , trouble , or disappointnwnit , in every part of London and its neighbourhood , at Two Guineas per annum . First-Class Country Subscription , from Two to Ben Guineas per Annum . Book Societies and Literary Institutions- supplied on Liberal Towns . Prospectuses may bo obtained on application . Ottambb E . Mudie , CIO and 511 , New Oxford-street London , and 7 ( 5 , Cross-street , Manchester .

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      ITAUAN AND FRENCH LANGUAGES . MR . ARRIVABENE , D . LL ., from the Uni . vorsityof Padua , who has been established in Londoi for three years , gives privato lessons in Italian and Frenc at his own house , ortbe housos of his pupilu . He also ai tends Sehoola both in town and country . Mr . ARRIVE J 3 LNE toaclios on a plan thoroughly practical , and th most mediocre mind cannot fail to thoroughly oomprehen his lessons . A . PP 1 v hy loUcr to RIr - AR 1 UVABENE , No . 4 > , S michaers-plaoo , Brompton .

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      Jnat published , prico 2 s ., post free 2 s , Gi ., AN" ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHOEA ; i-Nature and 'froatment , with an exposition of tl J > rands tli & t aro practised by persons who advortizo t ) speedy , safe , and euootual euro or Nervous Dorat » Romont . By A MUMBfllt OF THB ROYAL COLLEGIS OF PHYSICIANS , London . London : \ V . Kent and Co ., 51 ana 52 , Patomostor-ro \ v

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 3, 1857, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03011857/page/23/