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LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , Fleetstreet , London , 14 th of January , 1856 . Notice is hereby piven , that a G KNERA . L MEBTISTG of the PROPRIETORS of the Law Life Assurance Seciety will be held at the Society ' s office , Fleet street , London , on Saturday , the 3 rd day of February next , at 12 o ' clock at noon precisely , pursuant to the provisions of the Society ' s deed , of settlement , for the purpose of receiving the Auditors * Annual Report of the Accounts of tlie Society up to the 3 ! 8 tof December last , and for general purposes . By order of the Directors . WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNS , Actuary .
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TTNITED MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE \_ J SOCIETY , 4 , Charing-cross , London . Policies i 7 iilis { jutrthle . No charge for Policy Stamps . Whole profits divided annually . Assurances on the strictly mutual principle . Invalid lives assured at equitable rates . THOMAS PRITCHARD , Resident Director .
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SPECIAL NOTICE . The books of the Society close on 1 st March , and Proposals lodged at the head office , or at any of tlie agencies , on or before that date , will secure the advantage of the present year ' s entry , and of One Tear ' s Additional Bonus over later Proposals . T MUTLfAL LIFE ASSURANCE . THE WHOLE PBOFlrS DIVIDED AMONGST THE ASSURED . T HE SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . Instituted 1831 . Incorporated , by Special Act of Parliament . The fund accumulated from the contributions of Members exceeds NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS . > The annual revenue exceeds ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND POUNDS The amount of existing Assurances exceeds FOUR MILLIONS and a QUARTER STERLING . The amount paid to the Representatives of Deceased Members is upwards of SIX HUNDRED and FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS , of which SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS are bonus additions . The NEXT DIVISION of PROFITS iakes place at the 1 st of MARCH , 1856 , and Policies effected before that date receive one yeafr ' s additional Bonus over tiiose effected after that date . ROBERT CHRISTIE , Manager . WILLIAM FINLAY , Secretary . Head Office—2 G , St . Andrew-square , Edinburgh . London Office—126 , Bishopsgate-street , Corner of Cora-hill . ¦ WILLIAM : COOK , Agent . J
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QT . GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY , O 118 , PALL-MALL , LONDON . Capital , d = ioO , 000 , in . shares of £ 5 each .. Deposit £ 1 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 H ANEL AGH , Park-place , St . James ' s Deputy-Chairman— HENRY POWNALL . Esq ., Ludbrokesquare , Nottingham . Secretary—W . C . URQUHART , Esq . POLICIES . ABSOLUTELY INDISPUTABLE Annuities 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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A RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY . JTjL 39 , Throgmorton-street , Bank . CuAmsiAN- THOMAS FAR . NCOMB , Esq ., Alderman . Deputy Chaijiman—WILLIAM IEA . F , Eaq . Richard E . Arden , Esq . John Hiimphery , Esq , Aid . Edward Bates , Esq . Rupert Ingleby , Esq . Thomas Carapim , Esq . Jeremiah Pilcher , Esq James Clift , Esq . Lewis Pooock , Esq , PiiysiciAN—Dr . Jeaffresofl , 2 , Finsbury-aquare , SuaGEON—W . Coulson , Esq ., 2 , Frederiok ' s-placo , Old Jewry . Consulting Actuauy-Professor Hall , ALA ., of KinK ' e College . ADVANTAGES OF ASSURINO WITH THIS COMPANY . The Premiums are on the lowest scale consistent with security . The Assured are protected by an ample subscribed capital —an Assurance Fund of nearly £ 400 , 000 , invostod on mortgage and in the Government Stocks—and an income of nearly £ 80 , 01 ) 0 u-year . Premiums to assure £ 100 . Whole-Term . Age One Year . ~ | | £ ™ f" With Profits , ffiff 20 £ 0 17 8 £ o 19 0 £ \ 15 10 £ 1 11 Io 30 113 12 7 2 0 C > 2 0 7 40 10 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 2 U 10 50 1 M 1 1 19 10 4 0 8 4 0 11 GO | 3 2 4 3 17 0 C , 12 0 ( i 0 10 MUTUAL BRANCH . Assurers on the Bonus system aro entitled at t ) i « end of five years to participate in four-ilftha , or 80 ' per oont .. of tho profits . T , ho profit assigned to each policy can 1 ) 0 added to tho Bum assured , applied in reduction' of tho annual premium , or bo received in onsh , At tho recent division a return of 20 per pent , tn cash on } ho Premiums paid was declared } tlila will allow a reversionary increase varying , ncoordlng to ap , er , from GO to 28 percent , on tho premiums , or from o to lft per coat , on tho Bum assured . One-half of tha " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit for aeyon years , or ono-third of tho Premium may remam for life us a debt upon the Polloy nt o nor cent ., or may l > c paM off at any time without notice approved ln ° * mowtl * aftw l >» oofa ««¦?« boon Lotwm upon approved ( security . Nto'charge for Policy ntampa . rwK £ tt ( iti ?™* WM w their reporta . ml nl fiyn , ?/ ?^ ' proceed to ox- rceUlo In any charge . Ruropo or BrltlB' » W « rt » America without cxtrii The medical officers attend everyday at Thro « morton-Btreet , tx % a qunrtor boforo Two o ' clock . 'w «™< " * on-M . BATES , Itceldent Director .
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G ENERAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE -pr nn nnn i i ' i ANY | ? , Oliiithiirn-place , Hlackfnars-Uapjtnl , £ 500 , 000 , n bharcs of , C& each ;¦ cull , IDs . per Shaw . Ii . vory dcHonption of TuKuraiipo bualnean transacted lit thin oinoe . Popples absolutely iu . llsputablo . Umiruntoos afforded to persona in situations ol" trust whoro security ia required ; also ngaiiiHtloascs arJahip ; from robberies , forgonca ; &o . Fire and lifeinsurances efleotud on improved and bu 1 \ i principles . Phlte-glnsa injured . Vroapeotusca , terms of ngency , proposals , &o ., can bo hnd on . upplicivtiorti ¦ J . G . HUGHES , Secretary .
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THE HOUSEH 0 L , [) KUS' LIX'K ASsSUU \ NCtt COM I * ANY . T OANS on FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD sltora 1 > K 0 PMRTY t 0 . Shareholders , AsHureVa . and Dcpo-WOTICK , —Tho Uulf-ycnrly Dividend at six i , or cent per annum , and Interest on Deposits nt | lvo percent ., both free of Incomc-tiix . nro noiviu oonr « oof payment o . t , tho Ilond OHlcea . and through tho Company's Agonta In tho Provinces . IB and 10 , Adam-stcoct , Adolphi . K . UODSON , See .
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Italian axuX French Languagea . MR- AttlU V ABENE , I ) . LL , from the Unlvcruity ot P « dim . who lina buon oHtnbUttliQd In l , ondon for thruu yourd , gives pvlvato loaeona in JUaliun « nc ) * ronohnth ! fl own houao , or tho liouscn of hla pupllu . Ho 9 , 32 r } v ^?? S 1 « Solll 0 {> l 8 b <> t 1111 ln town an ( 1 country . Mr . AltltlVABENE teaoliefi on a plan thoroughly praotioal , and tl » o moat modlooro mlad cannot full lo thoroughly comnrolioud 1 » 1 b lcoaone . n J * nr ^ PP'Y . b ^ lot , Vsp t 0 WCr < AKBIVABBNB , No . 4 , Bt , MloJmorfl-plrww , Brompton .
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UNITED ORDERS ' PROVIDENT SOCIETY AND UI 3 NEHAI . ASSUJtANCK COMPANV . { IXVORVQn . lTKD JVl'ORDlXU TO . 1 VV OF PAULl . l-AfAVVT . ) EstaWisUod for the Transaction of every branch of Life , Firo , Accident , Plato Glass , and Sickness Assurance . CHIEF OFFICE—M , PALL MALL , LONDON . SUAUKH , . £ 1 IOACHj DRl'O . sriMO . i . 1 'Hlt SIlAUi : CiiMnMAN . — Kdwurd Cnpol WhltclmrMt , ICnq Vhie-Uhaihjwan . —Hir Snmuol lluncoolc , Kniultt . This . Society Iiuh bouu OHtivlbliohcd at ) tlio UNlD . N «»!¦ FUI 15 NDI . V SOCIETIES , Bt > aa to oxton < l to nil c-luss . n o ( tho community tho advantages of frovldcut Hocictli' -, without tl » olr delects . Tho ltatcs and ITiuolplcH ww busv . l on tho iijoat Kecont , Experiuncu of tho J > iiwh of Mortnlily nud SiokticsH , and luivo Ijouu oortlflo <| tiy tiui « 'ii > Iihii ( Authority , ARTHUR 8 CHATCIILKV , MA . (( Jnntub . ) . UltOlJPlil ) HIIAKK 3 , amounting to -Cd't or Xun . arc iiiHucd by UiIm Hooluty . realmnblo by Monthly Iuwtnlnu-ntM ol 10 a .. Intor « btboliiK credited lit ft percent . iVoin the duU- ol each monthly nub . ioriptlon . l ^ WSONS THINKING OF ASSUK 1 TSO HHOIIUU D »> 8 OAT Tlllfi COfllMKNOKMICNT OVT 1110 NKW Y KAK . N . U . —Tho Hhnra List will bo oloacd ouvly ; Uu-ruloiv linmcdlrtto application Id desirable . WM . CUltriB OTTICR , Ucnornl ManuK < - > ' and £ kjor « Uiry .
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rr ^ HE NATIONAL REVIEW . Price 5 s . i No III . was published January 1 st . Contents . I . Edward Qil > l ) on . 11 . The Spanish Conquest ia America . III . Tlie Life aiui Writings of Or . Tiiamaa Yo . in T . IV . Atheism . V . The Stale of France . VI . l'hoenioia . VII . VV . M . ThacHoray , Artist nn : l Moralist . VIII- Foreign Policy and the Next Campaign . IX . Iioolcs of the Quarter . " Tho paper of Thackeray contains the most olnborate , painstaking , and . oil ( - . lie whole , just , estiimito of the grcai humourist which we have yot met with in contemporary literature . The last article ia an eloqueut and high-toned pleading for a prosecution of war aguinst Itussia in the future on a more clunrly-dulincd principle , auui with a loftier aim than lias boen manifested in the niist . " -Onih / \ n , -, Jan . . ) th . " The article which will probably exciU > by far the- Krenteat interest is that on Atheism , wo intuit convoy in a son . tence our admiration of tho mnatcrly , critioiam of lluiclvc rny na artist and moruliat . "—l . cettli-r . Jan . 12 . LimuIon : Itonnav TriEonAi . D , 2 ( 5 , l ' atemoatcr-iov \ ' .
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ADAPTED FOR YOUTHS . SCHOOLS , AND FAMILIES , CORNER'S ACCURATE HISTORIES , Thirteen in Series . Commencing at the earliest period , and continued down to the , present time , in addition to their general truthfulness as records of public national events , are interspersed with faithful descriptions of the manners , the domestic habits , and condition of tho people , in different epochs of their history . " Miss Corner has , in a m : imier most clear , succinct , and trutlifal , narrated tlie great events of the Histories of France . Spain and Portugal , hng > anrl and Wales , Scotland Ireland , Norway , Denmark and Sweden , Germany and tlie German Empire . Greece , Poland and Russia , IIulkind and Belgium , and other countries . They are really of £ i"e : it worth , and miglit be read with advantage by multitudes of parents as well as . children . The language i * so simple that childrc-n must comprehend it , but withal so frte from cliildish insipidity , that na adult may read with pleasure . " — Alln'iitrunt . CORNER'S HISTORY of ENGLAND and WALKS , 33 . Cd . bound . Thirty-fourth Thousand . Plates , Map , Chronological Table aud Index . With Questions , 4 s . . / CORNER'S HISTORY of GREECE , after the \ ^ J fame approved style as her " Home . " AVitli Questions , 3 ? . Map . and Chronological Table and Index . Tenth Thousand . " For the rising generation , ^ Uiss Corner ' s Histories , we believe , are thebesfc ever written . " —hiteruni ( . 'ut'tir / CORNER'S HISTORY of ROME , fro in ac-\ J cepted English and Foreign Authorities—Dr . Arnold , Nieirahr , -Keightloy , Macpliei-son , Smith , &o . With Questions , 3 s . C . i . Map of the Empire , Chronological Table and Index . Twelfth Thousand ' This is a truly faithful and useful work , well adapted for Youth , whether at school or n . t home . The latest and be « t authorities have been consulted , and the i-ubstnrjie of the discoveries and comments freely aclowted in this careful account of the Roman People . "—UvruUl CORNER'S HISTORY of IRELAND , 2 s . Gd ., bound . Eighth Thousand Plates Map , Chronological Table , aud Index . Witlr 6 uestion ° 3 s pORNER'S HISTORY rf SCOTLAND , Vr" > Gd . bound . Plates , Map , Chronological Table and Index . Twelfth Thousand . Witli CJuestioris , 3 . s C ORNER'S HISTORY of FRANCE , 2 s . 6 d ., bound . Phit ? a . Map , Chronological Table , and Index . 15 th Thousand . New E-Htion . With Questions , 3 s . " Ttteso meritorious works are written in a . very easy and agreeable style , perfectly adapted to the capacities of the young persons for whom intended . "— Times T > VERY CHILD'S HISTORY of ENGLAND , _ L _ J with Questions to each cha ' pter , adapted to the Junior Classes , by Aliss CORJJElt . Price is . sewed , or is . 6 d . in cloth , with the Map coloured . HhHE PLAY GRAMMAR ; or , the Elements of JL Grammar explained , and made a pleasant pastime . By Miss COltNER . lltti Edition , improved , with many illustrations , Is . .-ewed , ov Is . Gd . cloth OAPA and MAMMA'S EASY LESSONS in XT GEOQKA . PHY . 3 Iiss SARGKA ^ T A Companion to Miss Corner ' s Play Grammar . Is . sewed , or la . Cd . cloth . " We are not acquainted with any Klementary Book of the sort , so lucid and so judiciously adapted to infantile capacity . '—EvangelicalMagazine . ¦ ¦ ¦ QCRIPTURAL HISTORY SIMPLIFIED . O By Dr . J . KITTO , LL . D ., and Miss COXtNElt . Price 3 s . Cd ., in a olear type , royal 18 mo . Second'Edition , Avith Ctironological Table and Index , and Questions . . Thia book has been published to tnke tho plnce of Dr . VVatts ' s school-book on this subject . The new lights which later years have thrOwn on Sacred History having discovered inaccuracies in tlie Doctor ' s desoripti ns , rSHARLES BUTLER ' S GUIDE to USEFUL \ J KNOWLEDGE ; " containlnff , in-the form of an easy Cntechism , a complete Series of the newest and most Useful Information connected with the Arts , Sciences , and tho Phenomena of Naturo . Ninth Edition , 1 a . ( id . cloth boards . / SlIARLES BUTLER'S GUIDE to GEO VJ GltAI'HY . A New and Concise Description of the L < ive Great Divisions of tho Globe ; their Natural , Mineral , and Vegetable Productions ; and the Characteristics of their Inhabitants . New Edition . Tenth Thousand . Is . ( id . in cloth : or , with the US IS of tlie GLOUKS nnd SEVEN GLYPHOGRAPIIIC MAPS , : 8 , bound In cloth boards London : Dean and Son , Printer .-, Book nnd Print Publishers . Bible and Prayer-Book Warehouse . Three doors west o ( Old Dai ley .
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70 THE LEADER fNb . 304 , Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page 70, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2124/page/22/
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