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October T, 1854- THE LEADER. g59
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badly off-as you . a-retww , you would be utterly miserable here . \ Ve have lost already two married men by cholera . I sleep in the staff tent ever since I got better of the cholera . Everything is enormously high here ; a mouthful of white bread and cheese for supper costs fid . One thing lately we can always get a pint of ale for 2 d ., or porter l £ d . ; iu fact , it is the onl y thing we relish ; for the bread ia very'bad , and we g et nothing but tlie nasty beef , which we cannot eat , but oil down and make soup of . I get , as I said before , Is . lOd . a-day pay . Out of this , 4 jd . is stopped for rations-, and 2 d . a-day for mess-money ; so that by the time I pay forsomething fit to eat , there is not much left ; still I shall , please God , send you all lean , & o . The women here nave ' noway of making money by washing , the water is too far off . & c . 3 " I am sorry to say I have been very ill , and as it is far tile best for me to let you know the whole truth , I must inform you that I have had the cholera ; I was- very bad . while it lasted , but thank tlie God of all goodness for his great mercy , He has restored me . The doctors have been very kind indeed to me ; everything I could wish for was got for me ; almost all the officers and the colonel came to me and in-
October T, 1854- The Leader. G59
October T , 1854- THE LEADER . g 59
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . . ¦ IncoiTJoi-otcd by Royal Charter , 1847 . Tho Court of . Directors grant LETTERS of CREDIT and BILLS upon the Company ' s Bank at Adei-ait > e at Patj . Approved drafts negotiated and sent for collection . Business with tho Australian colonies generally , conducted through tlie Bank's Agents . Apply at tho Company ' s Offices , r > 4 , Old Broad-streets London . WILLIAM PUltDY , Manager . London , October . 1854 .
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-p BOtfESSIOJSTAL LIFE ASSURANCE X . COMPANY " . ADMITTING ON EQ / UAL TERMS PERSONS OP EVERY CLASS AND DEORKE TO ALL ITS BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES . Capital " , Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds . Chairman-Major TTETmY STONES . LL . B . Deputy 'Chairman—JAMES 1 ANDTCEW DiTTOXIAM 1 , Bsq .. "With mpwauds of fourteen Hundred Sharoholde-rs , Thero aao two important , elauaos iu tho deed of sottlemont ,, by whioh tho Directors havo powor to appropriate ON 13 ' TJ 2 NTE of tho entire prollta of the Company . 1 st .- —Tor tho relief of aged and- distressed parties aa « aurod for Ufo , who havo paid flvo yoai ^ a' premiums , tnoir widows and orphans , 2 ud . —For tho relief of ag « d and distrossod original pjropriotors , assured or not , tlioir widows ana opplians , toKothor with fl » o por cent , per aimuux on , the capital oxiginally inv « Btod by thorn . All policies indisputable and free o { stamp duty . Ratoa of premium oxfcroinoly moderate No extra ohargo for going to or residing afc ( in timo or noaco ) Australasia—Bermuda—Miuloiroi—Capo of Good Ilopo—Mauritius—and tho British North American Oolouitsa . Modtoul men In all oases romuuonUod fop thoir report . Assuranc « H grantod ^ igalnat ParalyHin , liliiidnoHH , AcoLuuut . s , InHanlty . and every othor aflllotlon , bodily nud . mou . ial ,. at inodorftio ratos . A liberal commissloa allowod-to agontu . Annuivl premium for iiHuuciiig 1 OO ( ., uainoly ;—Ago—i ! 0 iffk 10 ft I Ago—4 (» jff 2 13 0 « o i io o I r > o a ia « Prospoctuboh , with tabloaand fulloiit Information , mny bo Juxd at tlio oIIIcoh of tlio Company , or of any of thoir Hf ? ontH . ApplScatiionH for awmolos raqunntod . K 1 )\ VARI > BAYU 8 , lt « Hld « ut Miumgor and Actuary . OHloos , 70 , Ohomisldo , London , JJENJAIVHTSr MA 8 SEY , Mnn «« c ) P ..
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Now ready , price One Shilling ( vol . VII . Cabinet Series ) DIRT AND PICTUEES SEPARATED in the "Works of the Old Painters . By H . MERRlTT . London : Holtoake and Co ., 147 . Pleet-street .
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FOB EIGHTEEN POSTAGE STA 1 EPS , Travellers and Tourists may receive ( post-free ) a Copy of THE ROYAL HOTEL GUIDE AND ADVERTISING HAND-BOOK , containing- a list of all the Hotels in the United Kingdom * together with thoseon tho Continent , vrhteh can . be Teeorameiideek If Travellers 1 supportthe Hotel Pfoprietorsr who fearlessly gi-ve a . Tariff of their-chaasges , they-will save their ^ xpenses ^ and benefit the public . Direct to the Koyal Hotel Guide Office , 441 , Strand .
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ITALIAN AND FREN-CKt LANGUAGES .: MR . AOIRIYABENE , D . L . L ., from , tlio-University of Padua , who has been established in London for tliree years , gives private lessons in Italian and French at his own house , orat the house of liis pupils . He also attends Schools both in town , and the country . Mr-AK , RIVABE ? TB teaches on a plan thoroughly practical , and ; the most mediocre mind cannot fail to thoroughly compra ^ hend Iris lessons . Apply by letter to Mr-iHHIVABENE , No . 4 , St . Michael ' tplace , Brorat > ton .
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^ HE IRISH LANB TONTINEv-COMRTITTEE OP MANAGEMENT . WILLIAM 33 LOUNT , Esq ., Director of tho London Joint Stock ; Bank . EaeHAiRD HARTLEY KENN"EI > Y , Esq ^ - Aldorman K . Vice-Chair man of the Great Britain lusurattca-Gomy pany . THOMAS FRANCIS , Esq ., Thnrlbe-square , Xondon . JAMES RHODES- ; Esq ., I ) ireatop of fehe'Iiond » a aud Coanty Bank . AUCHIBALU SPENSj Fsq ., Direotor of' tie Great BWtaia : Insurance Company .. . Three to form a quorum . Bankees—The London and County Banking Company . SoxiciTOES—WILKINSON , GtrKNEY ,. and STEVE NTS ,. 3 , Nicliolas-lane , Lombard-street . Secretary— "HENRY CASSIN , Esq . Offices—17 , Gracechurcli-street , London . This Tontine consists of eight most -valuable fee-simple estates in Ireland , held by parliamentary titles , granted by the Incumbered Estates- Commissioners .. These estates contain 18 , 76 la . lr . llp , ^ prndudngat present a clear rental of . 7500 ^ l'JS . per annum , paid 1 withregularitjpby a contented , and solvent tenantry . In the opinion of eminent English and Irish surveyors whohave personally examined the properties ^ this rental will progressively increase to 10 , 000 ? . ayearj and -tltey value tho estates , including timber , at 175 . 000 J ., to wliicft Bumthejr add , to cover expenses , SGOO ^—making in all- a 8 o ; O 0 Ofc It is proposed to raise this sum by subscription in 1 , 800 nominations of 100 ? . each , and that the estates shall lie hold , for tho benefit of the- subscribers as personal estate *; but to meet the convenience of parties ; whemay not desire to invest more than 50 Z . in the undertaking , tho directors will issue half-shares ( two upon one life ) of 0 ( M . each , tho holders of such half-shares of courso agreeing in tho selection of ono life . Each subscription shall boholdupon ono life of not losa than 70 ycaTs of ago on tho 1 st dayof September ; J 851 , of either ' sex , to bo nominated by the subscriber ; and upon tho fall of any life tlio share in tlio ullimato stake depe-ndingtliereonio to mergo for tho benefit'of tho owner ' s of tho continuing ; shares . So soon as a . 11 the lives named shall bo reduced to twenty , or at an earlier period if four-fifbhs of the sharoholdora concur in desiring realiijationi tho estates shall bo sold , and ' tho proceeds shall bo divided amongst tho no minors of tho then existing lives . The property to be * ultimately divided ia estimated at 250 , 0001 ! After reserving a sum not ' exceeding 1200 ? . each year to meot tho cost of management and other rcqniHito oxponsos , thn remainder of tho yearly rental hIihII bo annually ; inv no , and to pay llw » aia Bum of 100 / . Jit suoli Hums a . s you mny appoint . Dated tho day of l ^ - , .,,, , „ ,, OUrlMliau ftiul tmriianio in full ¦ JUjrtUlonMi , :: ; : ; JJuhIiiomm or jjrofcialon < W uny ; Parties lutiMKllnff < o Hubsorlbn , upon appUoijtloii Io tho S- ^ ary ^ ra M , awl ...- «^ ol U . « 0 « U lad ^ bv ooon ' nli U » o OUlws of tho 'JJouWn « .-
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 7, 1854, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07101854/page/23/
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