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      TWTFRVOUSNESS , and all its attendant miseries JN and distressing symptoms , positively CURED , without ihe least inconvenience or danger to the most delicate constitution by a new and Infallible remedy ; guaranteed to effect a perfect cure in the most inveterate case ; even in cases of complete prostration of nervous energy its success is certain . Dr . Alfbbd BEAUMONT , M . D ., M . K . C . S ., and Consulting Physician , having long used it in his private practice without a single in-. SFof failure , begs to offer it to the Public from benevolence rather than gain ; and will send it carriage free , with full directions , upon receipt of 7 s . 6 d . in postage stamps , addressed to him at 6 , Beaufort-street , 8 trand , London . , ,

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      DEAFNESS — SINGING in t ] ie EARS . — Extraordinary Cures are effected daily , in cases long since pronounced incurable by the Faculty . Even in cases of total deafness which have existed a lifetime , a positive cure can be guaranteed without pain or operation , by a newly discovered and infallible mode of treatment , discovered and practised only by Dr . FRANCIS , Physician , Auriat , 40 , Liverpool-street , King ' s Cross , London . Dr . F . has applied this new treatment in the presence of and on several of the most eminent medical men ofthe day , who have been utterly astonished at its magical effect . All martyrs to these distressing complaints should immediately consult Dr . Francis , as none need now despair , however bad theircase . Hours of consultation daily from Eleven till Four , and Six till Nine . Country patients , stating their case by letter , will receive the means of cure per post , with such advice and directions as are guaranteed to render failure impossible .

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      JDB . CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS , DEBILITY , AND 1 NDIGE 8 TION ; also on Urinary Derangements , Constipation , and Haemorrhoids . Is . each ; by post , Is . 6 d . \ 5 C 7 HAT TO EAT , DRINK , AND AVOID . V V " Abstinentia multi curantur morbi . " A popular exposition ofthe principal causes ( over and careless feeding , &c . ^ of the above harassing and distressing complaints , with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added diet tables for every meal in the day , and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty-four : illustrated by numerous cases , &c . Vols . 2 and 3 , companions to the preceding-, THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE . | HOW TO BE HAPPY . " Jucunde Vivere . " ON URINARY DISORDERS , CONSTIPATION , and HAEMORRHOIDS ; their Obviation and Removal . Sherwood , 23 , Paternoster-row ; Mann , 39 , Cornhill ; and the Author , 10 , Argyll-place , Regent-street : consultation hours , ten to twelve ; evenings , seven till nine .

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      A NEW MEDICINE . X ^ RANKS'S SPECIFIC CAPSULE —A form -L of Medicine at once safe , sure , speedy , and pleasant , especially applicable to urethral morbid secretions , and other ailments for which copaiba and cubebs are commonly administered . Each Capsule containing the Specific is made of the purest Gelatine , which , encased in tinfoil , may be conveniently carried in the pocket , and , being both elastic and pleasant to take , affords the greatest facility for repeating the doses without intermission—a desideratum to persons travelling , visiting , or engaged in business , as well as to those who object to . fluid medicines , being- unobjectionable to the most susceptible ' stomach . Prepared only b y GEORGE FRANKS , Surgeon , at his Laboratory , 90 , Blackfriars-road , London , where they may be had , and of all Medicine Venders , in boxes , at 2 s . 9 d . and 4 s . 6 d . each , or sent free by post at 3 s . and 5 s . each . Of whom , also , may be had , in bottles , at 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and 11 s . each , FRANKS'S 8 PECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA . TESTIMONIALS . From Joseph Henry Green , Esq ., F . R . S ., President of the Royal College of Surgeons , London ; Senior Surg-eon to St . Thomas '* Hospital ; and Professor of Surgery in King ' s College , London . "I have made trial of Mr . Franks's Solution of Copaiba , at 8 t . Thomas ' s Hospital , in a variety of cases , and the results warrant my stating , that it is an efficacious remedy , and one which does not produce the usual unpleasant effects of Copaiba . ( Signed ) " Joski-h IIenky Grkhn . " LincolnVinn Fields , April 15 , 1835 . " From Uransby Cooper , Esq ., F . R . S ., one of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons , London ; Senior Surgeon to Guy ' ij Hospital ; and Lecturer on Anatomy , &c . ? 'Mr . Uransby Cooper presents his compliments to Mr . George Franks , and has great pleasure in bearing testimony to the efficacy of hie Solution of Copaiba . Mr . Cooper has prescribed the Solution in ten or twelve cases with perfect success . •¦ New-struet , April 13 , 1835 . " # These medicines are protected against counterfeits by the Government Stamp —<> n which in engraven " Gkoiuuc Franks lilackfriurs-road "—being attached to each .

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      CUltKS FOR TIIK UNCUlliftl HOLLO WAY'S OINTMENT . —An cxtraimlinary Cuiuc of Sukofiila or Kino ' s Kvii .. Extractor a Letter from Mr . J . IF . Ai . liiiav , 209 , High-street , Cheltenham , dated the 22 nd of January , IBM . To Professor IIom . oway . " 8 ih , —My eldest , son , when about , three years of age , was afflicted with a Glandular Swelling in the neck , which , after a short time , broke out into an Dicer . An eminent medical man pronounced it an a very had cane of Scrofula , and prescribed for a considerable time without ell ' ect . The discauo then for four years went on gradually increasing in virulence , when , besides the ulcer in the neck , another formed below the left knee , and a third under the eye , besiden seven others on the- le / t urm , with a tumour between the eye 3 , which wan expected to break . During the whole ofthe time my Hiiffering boy had received the coiiHtant advice of the most celebrated medical Gentlemen at Cheltenham , bcBideB being lor Boveral month * at the General lloupitnl , where one of tho Burgeonu eaid that he would amputato the left arm , but that tho blood wiib bo impure that , if that limb were taken off , it would bo then even impossible to mibdue the diueuue . In this desperate utiite 1 determined to k ' ivv your Pills ami Ointment u trial , and , after two mouthy' pormtverance in their une , the tumour grndnnlly began to disappear , and Uio liKchar ^ o from all the ulcers perceptibly dcoreaucd , and at the expiration ol eight immthti they were perfectl y heuled , and tlic boy thoroughly restored to the hloHuiiigs of heullli , to tin ? UHtoniHhment of a large circle of acquaintances , wlio could tcHtily to the truth of lhin miraculous cnuc . Three yearn have Jmmv clapped without any recurrence to the malady , nml the boy » h now uh healthy uu heart can wiuh . Under llieuu circumstances C ( "'» ider that 1 Hhould be truly ungrateful were I not to make ><»> acquainted with thin wonderful cure , effected by your uiedi-° > ' » m , alter every other lutiatltt hud failed . ( Hignod ) " J . 11 . AM . IBAT . " hold t , y Uib Proprietor , a 14 . Strand ( near Temple Hur ) . I . on-« . t m" y "" " !»]»< : < -table Venders of Patent Mediciiu-H throui'li-T » fi l '"'; lvll ' / f i '« tiente arc ufllxed to

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      ATHENAEUM LTFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY 30 , Sackville-street , Piccadilly ; established for the assurance of the lives of authors , painters , sculptors , musicians , persons connected with every art and science , and the public generally . Capital , £ 100 , 000 , in Shares of £ 1 each , to be paid up in full , with power to increase to a million . Incorporated by Act of Parliament . In ushering before the world for its consideration and patronage any addition to a subject previously well known , it is generally expected and required that there should be at least an appearance of novelty , allhoug-h the subject itself its incapable <» f receiving any material improvement . The projectors of tliia Society , however , from experience and correct calculation , having discovered new principles and features in life assurance so pel culiarl y adapted to the feelings , views , and wants of literary men , artists , musicians , and all persons connected with every branch of art and science , are convinced , when such advantages become known and appreciated , the AthcnuMim must take flu : lead amongst those societies which are ever on the watch to achieve new and beneiici . il results for all who have confidence in their exertions . Men of letters and the liberal arte are too generally regarded with censure rather than with commiseration on account of th « unfortunate circumstances bo often attending their worldly affairs , and which have unjustly given them a character for improvidence ; yet few persons in the active pur : nil of business can form a p » opt ; r notion of the many causes which prevent the student , the HCholar , and the secluded artist , from being ho fortunate as themselves ) , nor is it here considered lit to analyse such causea or nut right bucIi notions . Tho object of this Society therefore , is to allow tho man of letterH and the artist to indulge in that dreamy existence ho peculiarly his nature , and ho enseiitial to the development of his talent , and give protection ami provision where bo much required . For while thus urged improvidence ia admitted to be no consequence of HflUuiruesH it being well known that in no other c . lai-H ia didintorcutud nobleness of spirit so often and unequivocally exhibited , yet no means have hitherto been dovincd to an cut thiH ceiiHiired quality l'hia Society therefore wishtB to open an independent , course for the consideration of men of letters , art , and science tuneda ly as H in brought before them with association !! of thei ' r own of chariT ' y UHimmin G tlll ; «»«» tttvo and humiliating poBiti .,,, ' Many a great work Iiuh been left unfinished , many a Icemiubrain has giv « u way before those powerful foes to L-enius anxiety , and fear of the future . How olten has the man of talent paused and trembled while he has contemplated the destitution of Ins family and all that is dear to him if overtaken b v death in the midHt or hi * project * ! nnd . while life assurance i , Hll , W * » \ ° l " willt , l ! 8 Uftl ' » Hli < ''i »!< thoughtH , then the app . elunbioii Umt Bhould advem « circumstances prevent punctuality in us annual payments , the mu-. riilco already incurred will liavo been in vuln . TI . U Hoci . Uy cheerfully ami with conll ' l ' ,-. ' point * to the proviMion it , baH made loi hucIi t :. Mtia , where iiein will be given and every encouragement afforded to « iiaUi i tl oluun :, u , M > n Jt unfoifehed aiul uninjured . ' ' * " Ul ° bencticiai y M , V ' U "' V '' . "" ' <> f l > lliH Olllco wil 1 '" ' l' < " «^« Ha . ly oin . iicial . theamountol premliun being no trilling while in II ,., nrrntun" ; , "" ¦ l »« - »« i | ... U « .. in , 1 . S p ,, W , t ' oi th Ao i " j itlM'irJ rv v 'CI" HII ?» B "'"» " «^ »» U . « y may have advanced in UiMi ca . l y y ,. « , H will not only have p ,, llm ; d again into tlmir

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      Just published , price 2 s . 6 d ., HOWARD on the LOSS of TEETH . —A new invention connected with Dental Surgery has been introduced by Mr Howard , consisting of an entirely new description of Artificial Teeth , fixed by SELF-ADHESION , combining capillary attraction and atmospheric pressure , without springs , wires , or ligatures . They will never change colour . or decay , and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used . This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots or any painful operation . Th . e invention is of importance to many persons , and those who are interested in it should read thi 3 treatise , London : Simpkin and Marshall , and all Booksellers ; or of the Author , Thomas Howard , Surgeon Dentist , 17 George-street , Hanover-square .

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      ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY , FOR LIFE , FIRE , AND ANNUITIES . Life Assurances , adapted to every contingency , maybe effected with this Company at premiums most economically rated . Annuities are granted by the Company on terms exceedingly favourable to the assured . Fire Insurances are issued at premiums commensurate with the risk arising from the nature or position ofthe property . T . BELL , Secretary and Actuary . Offices , 67 , Cheapside , London ; Ducie-place , Manchester ; Exchange-buildings , Hull ; Grey-street , Newcastle-on-Tyne .

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      LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION Established by Royal Charter , a . d . 1720 . FOR LIFE , FIRE , AND MARINE ASSURANCES . Head-Office , No . 7 , Royal Exchange . Branch-Office , No . 10 , Regent-street . Actuary—Peter Hardy , Esq ., F . R . S . This Corporation has effected Assurances on Lives for a period of One Hundred and Thirty Years . The Expenses of managing the Life Department are defrayed by the Corporation , and not taken from the Premium Fund , Fire Insurances effected at Moderate Rates upon every description of Property . Marine Insurances at the Current premiums ofthe day . JOHN LAURENCE , Secretary .

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      METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , 27 , Regentstreet , Waterloo-place , London . Directors . Samuel Driver , Esq . Thomas Littledale , Esq . John Griffith Frith , Esa . Edward Lomai , Esq . Henry Peter Fuller , Esq . Samuel Miller , Esq . John Palk Griffin , Esq . Edward Vansittart Neale , Esq . Peter Hood , Esq . Sir Thomas N . Reeve . Capt . Hon . G . F . Hotham , R . N . William Studley , Esq . Life Assurances , Annuities , and Endowments . Three-fourths of profits divided amongst the assured . —Prospectuses , post free , on application . F . FERGUSON CAMROUX , Manager .

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      TRAFALGAR LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION . Every description of Life Assurance business transacted . Loans granted on personal and other securities . Detailed Prospectuses , containing the names and addresses of nearly seven hundred shareholders , rates of premium , an explanation of the system now originated , together with useful information and statistics respecting Life Assurance , may be had on application at the offices . Parties desirous of becoming Agents or Medical Referees are requested to communicate with the Secretary . liy order of the Board , THOMAS H . BAYLIS . Offices ; 40 , Pall-mall , London .

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      I o conclude , the Directors wish it . emphatically to be understood that there are no privileges or advantages in this Institution in which the public do not fully and equally participate , as the appeal in to them ; and no benefit can accrue to any cl ' iH't however worthy or respected , without iho cooperation ami support , ol all . ThiH Society alone issues policies absolutely indisputable UainiH paid immediately on . satiHfactory proof of death and exhibition ol hucIi ilocuiuentH a . i are required by law . Seventy per cent , of the prollta divided among those assured on Uie participating scale , thus securing all tho real advantages uriuing from a mutual association , without , iucurriii" any lc'iil or pecuniary liability whatever . ' The first division of profits will take plan : at the end of sewn yearn , an , I thenc .-foi ward every live years , nnd m . ly be applied a . a boniiK . to be added to tho mini aauun-. l , in reduction of future premiums , or in canh . Dimmed lives a ^ uied on equitable trrins , tho ex tin premiuma being diboontiiiucd on restoration of the assured to noiiuaneiit health . * Members of consumptive families assured at equitable ral « n AsHimm «! s may b * i i-H ' ecled from X"f ) 0 to X'lu . 000 . I'judoH'iiifntiiHtiiiriLuccri grouted , p ,, y ; l | , | ,. (<) tM ( , , ur .-d , kIiouM he live to a given age , or tohiii representative * , hIioiiM lie din before . Immediate and dufV rred anntiitieH on very favourable tcrniw . No eiitruuc . t-fVe charged . A » Hif > nuientH oi policies neutered free of charge . I In : extra premiums for retudenco in foreign cliimiteM aro lower than in other oilmen , and are founded ouUaU . AuHiiraiices may bo effected in one day , tho ineilii-. nl tWIIccrtf ami a committee bciiijj in attendance . Internal , at tho rato of five per c « nt ., allowed on tho paid-up capital . . Medical men remunerated in all ciihcm for their reportd . A liberal coililuiHdiou allowed load who Introduce l » HHiiienn . J 1 KN . UV ttUTXON , Muuuf / er .

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      mo u expense consequeitioii system , so often complained of , that t / i < : Directors of this Society believe that the plan of making policies payable to the holder must eventually be g-eneralJy adopted in thin country . Another Important feature connected with thin Society , i . s that of granting policies payable during the lifetime of the" assurer in cases where long . sickness or accident may prevent parties roin following their avocation . A moment ' * reflection is sufficient to show that the great bulk of the middle anil professional classes of this country stand as much in need of provision against the casualty of permanent sickliest : as against that of death , while statistical inquiiios have proved that nearly ft per cent , of the adult population of this kingdom are constantly incapacitated from following their occupation , and a . great portion al advanced periods of life become permanently invalided , therefore , to meet bo important , a desideratum this Society will , on very moderate terms , ( . rant policies payable during the time of long sickneaa , or when accident , or any other casualty shall prevent the assured from obtainiii" his IVI' I Illllil a

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      iui tne oiu One important this Society and which has not yet been adopted by any other assurance company in this country , although generally in operation on the Continent , is the plan of granting policies made payable to the holder . The difficulty , expense , delay , and annoyance so frequently experienced in pecuniary transactions in the assignment of policies have long been felt as a grievance , and the Directors of this Society , having given this subject much consideration , and acting under the advice of competent legal authorities , are resolved to give the assured the option of receiving policies payable to the holder . The advantages of these policies must be obvious , as their simple construction will give greater facilities in their temporary or permanent traufer to a third party . This has been so fully appreciated on the Continent , that policies in any other form are absolutely refused by tho great bulk of assurers . The publicity , so frequently annoying and detiimental , in the assignment and re-assigiuncnt of policies in pecuniary transactions , as well as

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      2 . To grant small loaos on the deposit ofthe policy to those members who may require temporary assistance . 3 . To such qualified members who really need it , the Directors will have the discretionary power of granting such an amount a 3 will purchase in the Society an annuity not exceeding £ 100 during the lives of themselves and widows . And , 4 . To divide among the surviving members , at the end of 20 years , from the date ofthe list being closed , the whole of the remaining and unapplied portion ofthe fund . The rates of premium to secure these important advantages are lower than those in many first-class offices , where no such advantages exist—for example , to assure £ 1000 at the age of 30 in the Equitable , would cost £ ^ 6 14 s . 2 d . per annum , while a premium of £ 26 5 s . in this office would assure , in addition to £ 1000 , the sum of £ 200 to the Provident Fund . It is also determined to provide , as far as practicable , a similar fund for such of the original shareholders as may become distressed , by applying a portion ofthe entire profits of die Society for such purpose .

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      The first 500 persons who desire to participate in this benefit will leave a tenth portion of their policies for the purposes of this fund , which will be thus applied : — 1 . To the keeping up of the policies of such members who shall have previously paid five annual premiums . The aid afforded by this fund for that purpose will not be continued for a longer period than five consecutive years , and to be returned to the Society at the convenience of the assured , with interest at the rate of £ 5 per cent , per annum , or the sum advanced maybe deducted with such interest from the policy when it shall become a claim .

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      possession , but a property will have been established that will be of value during life , or a handsome bequest in case of death . It is , therefore , hoped , by the establishment of this Society to remove from men of letters and artists the reproach that in so many instances has-attended them , to enforce a more ennoblingappreciation of their worth , to prevent their becoming objects of chanty , which humiliates as much as it relieves and that in the midst of their triumphs , and while in the ' possession of health , there shall not be seen in the dim perspective the almshouse or the prison . New features of this Office , to which attention is particularly requested : — * This Office will introduce a system for obviating an acknowledged difficulty in the way of propagating the advantages of life assurance . In fact , the principal objection to adopt its blessings , even by . many who thoroughly appreciate its value is tbe possibility of forfeiting their policy by being unable to meet the payments when they become due ; and , on the part of the offices , it has been an unwise , not to say an unjust , proceeding to compel a strict observance of this provision . It has been unwise , for the reason that by carrying out this measure to the letter , such enormous profits have arisen from it as to become unwieldy and useless , since the management of them engrosses such attention and troHble as to make the office careless of extending its business . It has also been unjust ; for , instead of rewarding prudence and self-sacrifice , by assisting , even for a while , such strenuous exertions for the accomplishment of a noble object , or by bestowing some equivalent for past privation , it passes by such virtue unrecognized and unrewarded , and thus perverts the very principle from which life assurance emanated . To remedy , as far as possible , this defect , there will be a fund instituted by the Athencpum called the Provident Fund , to be raised by the mutual contributions of the members themselves , on the following original and beneficial plan : —

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 2, 1851, page 739, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1894/page/23/