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J&* 12^-I86fc]. THE LEADER. 455
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J&* 12^-I86fc]. The Leader. 455
J &* 12 ^ -I 86 fc ] . THE LEADER . 455
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S OVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 49 , St . James ' s-street , London . Established 1845 . TBXTSTEES . The Earl Talbot . I Sir Claude Scott , Bart . Lord Do Mauley . | B . Bond Cabbell , Esq . Henry PownaUVEsq . This Office , the new income of which ' was doubled duriwg the last year , presents the security of a large paid-up Capital ; Moderate Premiums for homo and foreign risks ; no Stamp Duty is charged , and all Policies are declared indisputable . The last Bonus added four-fifths of the Premium paid to some of the participating policies . Provision can be made for the payment of a certain sum on attaining any given age ( as 50 , 55 , or 60 ) , or at death , if it occur previously . By a small annual payment 100 ? . may be secured to a child on attaining the age of 14 , 18 , or 21 . Prospectuses and other information will be furnished on application to HENRY D . DAVENPORT , Secretary .
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, - . - IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMX PANY , 1 , Old Broad-street , London . Instituted 1820 . ' WILLIAM R . ROBINSON , Esq ., Chairman . r HENRY DAVIDSON , Esq . Deputy-Chairman . The Scale of Premiums adopted by this Office will be found of a very moderate character , but at the same time quite adequate to the risk incurred . Four-fifths , or 80 per cent , of the Profits , are assigned to Policies every fifth year , and may be applied to increase the sum insured , to an immediate payment in cash , or to the - reduction and ultimate extinction of future Premiums . One-third of the Premium cm Insuratices-of 5 Q 0 Z . and upwards , for the whole term of life , may remain as- a debt upon the Policy , to be paid off at convenience ; or the Directors . will lend sums of 504 . and upwards , on the security of Poli-1 cies effected with this Company for the whole termer life , when they have acquired an adequate value . Seccthitt . —Those who effect Insurances with this Company are protected by its Subscribed Capital of 750 , 000 ? ., of which nearly 140 , 0002 . is invested , from the risk incurred by members of Mutual Societies . The satisfactory financial condition of the Company , exclusive of the Subscribed and Invested Capital , will be seen by the following statement : — At the close of the last Financial Year the sums Assured , including Bonus added , amounted to ; £ 2 , 500 , 000 The Premium Fund to more than 800 , 000 And the Annual Income from the same source , to 109 , 000 Insurances , without participation in Profits , may be effected at reduced rates . SAMUEL INGALL , Actuary .
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ST . GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 118 , PALL-MALL , LONDON . Capital , 100 , 0002 ., in Shares of 51 . each . Deposit , 11 . per Share . ( On which Interest , at the rate of 51 . 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 . Atmuities 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 . Loans granted for long or short periods , payable by monthly , quarterly , or half-yearly instalments . Defective Titles , Reversions , & c , assured and guaranteed ' • - .
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(^\ ENERAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE \ JT COMPANY , Cannon-street West . —Capital , 500 , 000 / ., in Shares of 51 . each ; call , 10 s . perSharc . 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 improved 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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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847-The Court of Direotors grant LETTERS of CREDIT and BILLS upon the Company ' s Bank at Adelaide at Pab Approved drafts negotiated and sent for collection . Business wjth the Australian colonies generally conducted through the Bank's Agents . Apply at the Company ' s Offices , 54 , Old Broad-street , London . WILLIAM PURDY , Manager . London , May , 1855 . I
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SEVEN PER CENT . BONUS—The CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY . — NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN , that WARRANTS for tho PAYMENT of the GUARANTEED INTEREST on completed Shares , and on Subscriptions of Shares in progress , or a year in advance and upwards , at tho rate of five per cent , per annum , will bo ISSUED on and after tho 2 ( 5 th of April , for tho half-year ending March 25 , and will bo forwarded to tho respective members in duo course Tho holders of completed shares will also bo entitled to receive an additional two per cent ., in order to make every payment into tho Society , by shareholders prior to last Michaelmas realise seven percent ., being the bonus declared by tho Executive Committee ) of tho Conservative Land Society for tho second financial year , ending Sept . 29 , 1854 . By ordor of tho Board , CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN , Secretary .
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FURNISH YOUR HOXTSB WITH THE BEST ARTICLES AT DEANE'S Ironmongery and Furnishing Warehouses . Established a . d . 1700 . A Priced FurliishiriK List , 1 ' rco by post . DEANE , DRAY , and CO . ( Opening to tho Monument ) , London-bridge .
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BENNETT'S MODEL AVATCII In gold cases from 10 guineas . In silver cases from 5 guineas . Evory watch is skilfully examined , timed , and its performance guaranteed . BENNETT WATCH MANUFACTURER , 65 , OHEAPSIDE .
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A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH . MR . HOWARD , SUUGIOON-PKNTIST , 52 . FLHET STREET , has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH , llxod Without springs , wires , or ligatures . They so perfectly resemble tho natural tooth as not to bo distinguished from tho originals by tho closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay , and will bo found superior to any teeth over boforousod . Thin method docs not require tho extraction of roots , or any painful operation , and will support and pro-Horvo teeth that arc loose , and is guaranteed to restore articulation and miVHtioatlon . Decayed teeth rendered uound and useful in mastication . 02 , FLEET-STREET . —At homo from Ten till Fivo .
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X AW LIFE : ASSURANCE SO CIETY , -I— ' Fleet-street , London , May 10 , 1855 . Notice is hereby given that , a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Society will be held at the office , Fleet-street , London , on FRIDAY , the 8 th day of June next , at 12 o'clock at noon precisely , for the purpose of declaring a division of the surplus of the Assurance Fund of the Soeiety in respect of the seven years ending on 31 st of December last . And notice is hereby further given that a Second Special General Meeting will be held at the like hour and place , on the following Friday , the 13 th day of June , for the purpose of confirming the resolution which shall have been agreed to at such first meeting , in pursuance of the provisions contained in tho Deed of Settlement . And notice is hereby further given , that any person who shall have been assured by the Society for two whole years may , on the production of his poliey and of the last receipt for the premium thereon , be present at such meeting . At each of the said meetings the chair will betaken at 12 o ' clock precisely . By Order of the Directors , WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES , Actuary .
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. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY , 3 , Crescent , New Bridge-street , Blackfriars , London . directors .-THOMAS DEVAS , Esq ., Chairman . JOSHUA LOOKWOOD , Esq ., Deputy-Chairman . Charles Bischoff , Esq . Richard Harman Lloyd , Esq . I Thomas Boddington , Esq . W . Anderson Peacock , Esq . Nathaniel Gould , Esq . Ralph Chas . Price , Esq . Robert Alexander Gray , Esq . Thos . G . Sambrooke , Esq . Chas . Thos . Holcombe , Esq . William Wybrow , Esq , ACTUAET AND SECEETAEY . CHARLES JELLICOE , Esq . The business of tho Company comprises Assurances on Lives and Survivorships , the Purchase of Life Interests , the sale and purchase of contingent and deferred Annuities , Loans of Money on Mortgage , & c . This Company was established in 1807 , is empowered by the Act of Parliament 53 George III ., and regulated by Deed enrolled in the High Court of Chancery . The Company was originally a strictly Proprietary one . Tho Assured now participate quinquennially in four-fifths of the amount to be divided . To tho present time ( 185 * 4 ) tho Assured have received from tho Company in satisfaction of their claims , upwards of l / tSO , OOO / . Tho amount at present assured is 3 , 000 , 000 ? . nearly , and the incoino of tho Company exceeds 130 , 000 / . per annum . At tho last Division of Surplus , about 120 , 000 ? . was added to tho sums assured under Policies for tho whole term of Life . Tho lives assured are permitted , in time of poaco , without extra charge , to reside in any country ( Australia and California oxceptcd ) north of 33 degrees north latitude , or south of 33 degrees south latitude , or to pass by sc » ( not being seafaring persons by profession ) between any places lying in tho same hemisphere , and not within those limits . j Assurances efl ' coted by persons on their own lives aro not 1 rendered void in the event of death occurring by suicide , duelling , or tho hands of justioo , unless sucu death tuko place within one year from tho date of tho Poliey . ' All Policy Stamps and Medical Fcos aro now paid by tho Company . Tho Annual Reports of tho Company's state and progress , Prospectuses and Forms , may bo had , or will bo Htmt , post free on application at tho Olllco , or to any of tho Ooninnny ' u Agents . . '
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NEW and CHOICE WORKS . in CIRCULATION at MUDIE ? S SELECT LIBRARY : — Scutari , by Sidney G . Osborae , 700- copies—Grace Lee , l > y Julia Kavanagh , 406 copies—Sisters- of Charity , by Mrs , Jameson—Westward Ho I by Charles Kingsfey , 500 copies—The Unity of Worlds , by Baden Powell—Velasquez and- hift Works—Constance Herbert , by G . E . Jewsbury—Heartsease ; or , the Brother's Wife , 900 copies — My Brother's Keeper—Memoirs of Lady Blessington—Gilchrist ' s Life of Etty—Poems by Owen Meredith—North and South , by Mrs . Gaskell—The Heiress of Haughton—Learning and Workftte , byF . D . Maurice—Giustinian- ' s Court of Henry the Eighth —Thorney Hall , by Holme Lee—Mountains and . Molehills—The Englishwoman ia Russia , 700 copies—A Diary by fh » Earl of Carlisle — Mrs- Clarinda Swiglehart — Musgrave ' * Rambles through Normandy ^ -Memorials of Amelia-Opfe- * - The Quiet Heart—Nature and Human Nature—Oliphant ' a Shores of the Bl £ ck Sea , 700 copies—Autobiography of William Jay—Grey ' s Polynesian Mythology—Willy Reilly , by W . Carleton—Waagen ' s -Art Treasures in Great Britain—Lights and Shadows of English Life—The Restoration of Belief—Mrs . Jameson ' s Commonplace Book—Wrightson's History of Modern Jtary—Memoirs -of R . L . Sheil—Fmhbourne ' s Impressions of China . An ample supply is provided of all the principal Wew Works as they appear . Single Subscription ., One Guinea per annum . Literary Institutions and Book Societies supplied on Liberal Terms . * * Prospectuses may be obtained on application . Charles Edwaed Mtjdie , 510 , New Oxford-street , London ; and 76 , Cross-street , Manchester .
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MR . HARVEY ON DEAFNESS . Just published , foap . 8 vo , price 2 s . 6 d ~ , illustrated with Wood Engravings . THE EAR in HEALTH and DISEASE , with Practical Remarks on the Prevention and Treatment of Deafness . By WILLIAM HARVEY , F . R . C . S ., Surgeon to the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear . London : Henbt 3 £ enshaw ,. Strand .
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MR . THOMPSON on STRICTURE of the URETH & a ^ Recently published , with Plates : cloth 8 vo , 10 Si , QT 11 ICTURE of the TJKETHRA ; its Patho ,-O logy and Treatment . By HENRY THOMPSON , F . R . C . S ., M . B ., Surgeon to the Marylebone Infirmary . The Treatise to which was awarded the Jacksonian Prize , by the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of London , in 1 S 53 . London : John Chttbchili ,, New Burlington-street .
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Just published , price 2 s ., post tree , 2 s . 6 d . AN ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHOEA ; its Nature and Treatment , with an Exposition of the Frauds that are practised by persons who advertise thfe speedy , safe , and effectual cure of Nervous Derangement . By a MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS , London . London : W . Kent and Co ., 51 and 52 , Paternostcr-row .
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On Nervousness , Debility , and Indigestion . Just published , New and Cheaper Edition , price Is ., or by post for Is . ( id ., THE SCIENCE of LIFE ; or , HOW to LIVE , and WHAT to LIVE FOR . With Ample Rules for Diet , Regimen , and Self-Management ; together with Instructions for Securing Health , Longevity , and that Sterling Happiness only attainable through the Judicious Observance of a Well-Rcgulated Course of Life . By a PHYSICIAN . London : Piper Beotheeb and Co ., 23 , Paternoster-row ; Hannay , 63 , Oxford-street ; Mann , 39 , Cornhill ; and all Booksellers .
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T > RIVATE EDUCATION IN PARIS . — JL Professor SAUVALLE , Rue dos Postcs , 41 , noar the Pantheon , receives a select number of young gentlemen aa pupils- They are treated as members of the Family . Tho course of Instruction includes ancient and modern ' Literature , and the Sciences . Particular attention is given to tho French language . For particulars , apply ( by letter ) to Mr . E . P ., 29 , Arundel - street , Strand ; and for personal reference , to Mr . W . Eaton , 1 ( 5 , Prince ' s-gate , Hyde Park , London , or to Mr . Holt , 55 , Charing-crosa . '
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ITALIAN AND FRENCH LANGUAOES . MR . ARKIVABENE , D . LL ., from the University of Padua , who has boon established in London for threo years , wives private lessons in Italian mid French at his own house , or at the house of his pupils lie also attends Schools both in town and country . Mr ARRIVA BENL ] t * achct » en a planthoroughly practical , mid ' the most mediocre mind cannot fail to thoroughly comprehend his lessons . Apply by lei tor to Mr . ARRIV ABENE , No . 1 , S t . HIicliatl ' « - plueu , iirom-pton . j 1 '
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DK . DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIYEK OIL . nPHIS pure and genuine transparent Light-JL lirown Odd Liver Oil , long known mid justly appreciated on Mm Continent , hiiM now acquired thogeneral conlldcnco of Hie Medical J ' rofo . swion in this country , by whom it I him been uxtetiHivctly and NiieewtHfull y prcHoribod , and with almost immediate ! and remarkably bonolleinl rcaultN—in many instances where ordinary Cod Jiivor Oil had been copioiiHly , though uicn ' oeUmll . y . administered . Boing invarinblv and caroCnlly submitted to oiinmiaal ana lysis—mid Mippliod in Healed bottles , bo as to preclude anv " huI > m ¦ quent admixture or adulteration — the physician anil the patient may iiliko rely upon a gmiuhii ) medioine , and . ho far aH is ponsiblo , anticipate a uniform , regular , and oertiihi result . - ( Sold in holtlcN , cnpHulrd and labelled with I > r . U « iJonffJi ' H stamp and siKimf we , without winc . it NowiB . jiiiKoivNirnNjc , bv A « MAlt , llARKOltlD , and CO .. 77 . STRAND , London . l ) r do Jongh ' a Hole iieerodited Consignees and Agents ; and in tiik covnthy by rcupectablo OhoiniNifl . Half-pints ( 10 uuncuaj , 2 a . ild . ; 1 'intn ( 20 ounceu ) , 4 a . 9 ( 1 . ; QuortH ( 40 ounces ) , Ob . IMPERIAL MEASURE . i ' i ] , , | * <¦ 1 ,, C I
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l i BANK OP DEPOSIT , i No . 3 , Pai , i , Maj . t ., East , London- j Established A . I ) . 1841 . ] PARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY arc romiOHted to examine tho Plan of this Institution , , by which a high rato of Intercut may bo obtained with , perfect Security . Tho Interest in payable in Jxnuart and Jtr _ y , at tho * Head Olllco in London ; and nifty ultio ho received at tho various BranohoH , or through . O ' Auntry BnnkerM , without < delay or expense , 1 PETER MORRISON , Managing Director . ,, ProopootwuM <* n * l J '' orm « for opening Accounts sent frea on application . , C I
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Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1855, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12051855/page/23/
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