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      THE UNITED MUTUAL LIFE ASSUR-^ ANCE SOCIETY . The Hon . W . E- FITZ MAURICE , Chairman . W . E . SNOW , Esq ., Deputy-Chairman . This Society transacts every description of Life Assur-^ Offlces , 64 , Charing-cross . .

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      ^ CTOEIA LIFE ASSURANCE V COMPANY , 18 , KING WILLIAM-STEET , CITY . T war Established 183 S . Benjamin Hawes , Esq ., Chairman . Thomas Nesbitt , Esq ., Deputy Chairman . Charles Baldwin , Esq . W K . Jameson , Esq . Giorge Denny . Esq . John Nol loth , Esq . T ODimsdafe , Esq . M . Staniland , Esq . T P Gassiot , Esq . > . R . S . Daniel Sutton , Esq . Ik ? on ^ ldsmid 7 Esq . O . B . Bellingham Woolsey , Sidney Gurney , Esq . Esq . The business of the Company embraces every description of risk connected with Life Assurance . The Premiums are moderate , and may be paid quarterly , half-yearly , or other" ^ Dredit allowed of one-third of the Premiums till death , or half the Premiums for five years , on policies taken out for the whole of life . Residence in most of the Colonies allowed without payment of any extra Premium , and the rates for the East and West Indie ' s are peculiarly favourable to Assurers . loans are made on Mortgage of Freeholds , . Leaseholds , » nd Life Interests , &c— also to Policy-holders , with unexceptionable Personal Sureties . Four-fifths or 80 per cent , of the entire Profits are approoriated to Assurers on the Profit Scale . P WILLIAM RATRAY , Actuary- ) ¦

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      "DEOVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE X- ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION . Established 1840 . TRUSTEES . —Thomas Paring , Esq ., M . P . Thomson Hankcy , Esq ., M . P . Wm . George Prescott , Esq . Baron L . N . de Rothschild , M . P . Every description of life assurance and annuity business effected daily . *• This Association has an accumulated fund of 88 , 0002 . An . annual income of 27 , 0007 . Profits have been divided to the extent of 15 . 000 Z . And a third bonus will be declared during the ensuing year . ¦ Policies effected on the half-credit system . Chief Office , 15 , Moorgate-street , London . WILLIAM THOMAS L 1 NFORD , Sec .

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      THE HOUSEHOLDERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY . _ DIRECTOES . Wm . Ashton , Esq .. Hortnii-lir > nso , Wraysbury , Staines . The R « v . Thoa . Gator , Bryanston-square , and Skelbrookpark , Doncaster . . Charles Hulse , Esq ., Hall-grove , Bagshot . F . D . Bullock Webster , Esq ., Norfolk-terrace , Hyde-park . Arthur P . Onslow , Esq ., Lawbrook-house , Shere , Guildford . Thomas Pocock , Esq ., Southwark-bridgc-road . Peter Patterson , Esq ., jun ., Park-road , Holloway . James Laughton , Esq ., Holm Villa , Lcwisham-road . This Company enables persons , without speculation , to invest large or small sums , at a higher rate of interest than can . be obtained from the public funds , and on as secure a basis . Forms of application to deposit sums of money , at 5 per cent , interest , payable hal f-yearly , or to purchase shares ( the present interest on which is G per cent . ) , may Vie had on applications R . HODSON . Sec . 15 and 10 , Adam-street , Adelphi .

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      £ 1000 IN CASE OF DEATH . A . FIXED ALLOWANCE OF £ 6 PER WEEK IN THE EVENT OF INJURY BY ACCIDENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ; may bo secured by an Annual Payment of £$ for a Policy in the EAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY . Smaller amounts may bo secured by proportionate payments . NO CHARGE FOR STAMP DUTY . RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may bo insured against by the Journey or by fcho Year at all the principal Railway Stations , where also Forms of Proposal and Prospectusos may bo had—and of tho Provincial Agents—and at the lload Olllco , London . N . L . —Tho usefulness of this Company is shown by tho sum paid as Compensation for AccidontH ^ 23 , 722 . Railway Passengers Assurance Company . Empowered by Spocial Act of Parliament . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary . Oflico , 3 , Old Broad-street , E . C .

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      WANTE D to adopt a Child , about Eight years of ago . —Address , with numo and . full particulars , ( i . Z . V ., 117 , Fleet-strcot , li . O .

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      RUPTURES . —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATIONT . WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 1200 Modicul ClonUonion to bo the moat oH ' octivo invention iu tho curative ) treatment of Hernia . Tho uso of n stool spring ( ho hurtful in it . s ( Meets ) is horo avoidod . a soft Bandage being worn round tho , body , while tho roqiiiuito roasting powor is fiuppliod by tho Moo-Mnln Pud and Patent Lover , fitting with so much onso andoliKsouosH that It cannot bo detected , and niav be worn p urliiK sleep . A descriptive airculnr may bo had , and tho TruHH ( which cannot fail to ( It ) forwarded by pout , on tho circumference of tho body , two inches below tho hip , ' boing sent to tho Manufacturer , JOHN WHITE . I ' rico of anlnglo truss , 10 s ., iils ., 2 U » . Od ,, and ! Ub . ftd . - Poslnfto , is . Double Timihh , : 11 h . ( Id ., 'I 2 . - ( ., and ;> ' 2 h . (!< l . — Pontage 1 m . Hd , UniMlioiil TriiHH , l , s ! s . and r > 3 n . « Jil . —lVwtngc In . Kit ! . I ' ost-olUcJoOnlorH l , obo made pnyiiblo lo . lOHN WHITE , l ' oat-oilloo , Piccadilly . > ELASTIC STOCKINGS , KNEK-CAPS , & <; ., ,..,, l '» r VARICOSE VIS INS , and nil ciii . ses of WKAKNMSS uml SWWLMNa ol tho IMUS , SPRAINS . & « . y'oy nro poroiiH , light in toxtni'o , mid Inexpensive , and are l uravvuoii Uko an ordinary Htookiug . I ' rico from 7 s . Od . ' to IDs eaoh . — Postage , fld . i JOIIN WHITE , Manufacturer , 2 tJ 8 , l'iocudll ) y , London . '

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      - . Now in course of publication , to be completed in about 80 Parts , 2 s . each , THE COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF ENGLAND , CIVIL AND MILITARY , RELIGIOUS , INTELLECTUAL , AND SOCIAL : ) FltOM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME . WITH NUMEROUS ANNOTATIONS FKOM THK WETTINGS OF RECENT DISTINGUISHED HISTORIANS ,, AND ABOVE ONE THOUSAND ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD AND STEEIi . BiACKrE and Son , Warwick-square , City , London ; and ¦ Glasgow and Edinburgh . b

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      MODERN BRITISH ELOQUENCE . THE LITERARY , POLITICAL , and SACRED ORATORY of tho NINETEENTH CENTURY , in a Series of Foolscap 8 vo Volumes . 3 s . 6 d . each . Cloth . LITERARY ORATORY—Addresses at various Literary Institutions . Fikst Sekies . — Alison , Brewster , Herschell , Knight , Disraeli , Talfourd , Lord Carlisle , Earl Stanhope , &c Second Series . —Brougham , Campbell , Bulwer Lytton , Macaulay , Masson , Peel , Play fair , Lord John Russell , Sir James Stephen , Scott , &c . Third Series . —Layard , Rutherford , Dean of Hereford , Warren , MoncriefT , Shuttleworth , &c * POLITICAL ORATORY . — Parliamentary Oratory during the Thirty Years'Peace . First Series . —Canning , Castlercagh , Durham , Grey , Huskisson , Liverpool , Macintosh , Romilly , Russell , Wellington . Second Series . —Macaulay , Stanley , Brougham , Althorp , O ' Connell , Sheil , Villiers , Melbourne , Ripon , Peel , Palmerston , Lyndhurst . S \ CRED ORATORY . —Sermons by the most Eminent Divines . First Series . —Church of England—Archbishop of Dublin , Bishops of Norwich and Oxford , Dean Trench , Canons Dale , M ' Neile , Miller , Stowell , and Wordsworth , Bickorsteth , Hook , F . D . Maurice , Melville , Molyneux , Moore , and Pusey ; with a ChaTgo on Preaching , by Archdeacon Sinclair . * Second Series . —Presbyterian Church . —I > rs . Guthrie Candlish , Brown , and Eadie , Dr . Hamilton , and others . London and Glasgow : Richard Griepin and Co .

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      Messrs . MAULL and POLYBLANK Bee to announce that their West-end Establishment , 187 a , PICCADILLY , is now Open , where Portraits are taken on the same terms as at 55 , Gracechurch-street .

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      I" IVING CELEBRITIES . A Series of Pho-_ U tographio Portraits , by MAULL and POLYBLANK . Tho number for May contains , MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W . F . WILLIAMS , BART . With Memoir . London MAriii . andPoLTBi . ANK , 55 , Qracechurch-streei ; 187 a , Piccadilly ; and David Bogus , 86 , Fleet-street .

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      QOUTII AUSTRALIAN BANKING O COMPANY . Incorporated by Royal Charter , 1847 . The Court of Directors GRANT LETTERS of CREDIT and BILLS at par upon tho Company ' Banks at Adelaide and Port Adelaide . Approved drafts on South Australia negotiated and sent for collection . . J- 'vory description of Banking business is also conducted with Victoria direct through the Company ' s Agents , as well as with the other Australian Colonies generally . Annlv at tho Omces . No- 54 , Old Broad-street , London , E C y w o vi uc . WIL ' LIAM PURL ) Y , Manager . London , 1 st May , 1857 .

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      QIX PER CENT . INTEREST . —DEBENk 3 TURKS bearing Six per Cent . Interest are now ready to bo issued for sums of 20 * . and upwards ; interest payable lialf-yearly . Lifr Assurance Treasury Incorporated , and Deposit , Discount , and Assurance Bank . Tho EARL oi DEVON , Chairman . G . II . LAW , Manager . 0 , Cannon-street WoBt , B . C .

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      , DKANE'S TABLE CUTLERY , celebrated for , more than l . > 0 years , maintains an unrivalled roputa- tion for cheapness and first-rate quality . Tho stock is most extensivo mid complete , including tho nncst transparent , lvorv Hiimlles at 32 s . por dozen , choice ditto Balanco Handles from •»»¦ per do / .., medium ditto Balanco "" -udles ( mi exceedingly cheap and serviceable family arttolo ) , His . ' per do- / ., also V . onc , Horn , Staff , and every variety of lnountiiK , nil wni-rontod . Matert Dessert Knives and Forks with . Silver Pearl Ivory , and Plated Handles , in caaca ot 12 , in . 1 or : >!• pairs : ilso pl ' al '' l Fish-eathif ? Knives fVom 42 s . pcriloz . ( Silver and Haled Visli Carvers of tho newest and most , el ( W i . nt designs always iu stock . London Agent * lor Moshi-s . t Joseph Rodj ? ers aiul Sons' celebrated Cutlery . WMANB , 1 1 JKVV ami Co . ' h General FurninhliiK Ironmoiifjory Wnrohoit ' -cs ( opcuiiiK < u Hi" Moiiuniont ) , London Bridge . I-. sla- { blislieil a . i > . 17 ( 10 . a

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      ' > l i IPEETU . —Messrs . GABRIEL supply COMX VlAiTii HK'VS , without Springs , on the principle of ra | . ill ! iry all ruction , avoiding tlio neeehsity of extracting NtiiiiipNoi causliiK nny pain . sii , u : iouh i : xamkm ; kd amkiiican iminioral , TKl-M'll . lho best Iu Kitropo—Kuanuiteed to answer every piii'l » o . iu of iniiHtleutlon or artieulatlon —from 3 h . Od . per J tinU 17 . ¦ l ^ .-Jlcr ; U ,, J ( jhO / 'i JioU al Loliors Patent hwa been nwcrdi'il for tho production of a porleotly Wllrlli ION \ M CI .. I ' di' . loeayud l- 'UONT T 10 KT . U , wliioU can only bo oliliilni'il nl . . MfriwrM . ( fabilol ' s IislabliNlnneiitH , j * !) : » I . UDli \ 'VV . II ILL . live doors from tho Old J ) alloy ; and h ill ill , UI KK- « TUICLIT , LI VIORl'OOL . J ConuuHatlon uud overy Information gratis . -

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      b Just published . 2 vols . 8 vo , with two maps , and seven coloured views , price 21 s ., NEW ZEALAND ; or , THE BRITAIN OF THE SOUTH . Inscribed by permission to Sir Edward Bulwer Lyttou , Bart ., M . P . By CHARLES HURSTHOUSE , a New Zealand Colonist , and former Visitor in the Canadas , United States , Cape . Goiany > : and Australia . In twenty chapters , viz : — 1 . Past Experience . 12 . The Six Provinces . 2 . Historical Sketch . 13 . Exports and Markets . 3 . Natural Features . 14 . Agricultural Pursuits . 4 . Climate . 15 . Pastoral Pursuits . : 6 . Animal Kingdom . 16 . General Investments . 6 . Mineral Kingdom . 17 . Philosophy of Emisto-7 . "Vegetable Kingdom . tion . 8 . Native Race . IS . Fit and Unfit ^ Emigrants . 9 . Government . 19 . Outfit Preparation . 10 . Statistics and Prices . 20 . Ships and Passage Mat-11 . . Land Regulations . ters . London : Edwabd Staksokd . 6 , Charing Cross , S . W .

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      NEW ZEALAND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE . By EDWARD BROWN FITTON ( a Landowner , and late Resident in the Colony ) . Being a Description of tho Present Condition , Prospects , and Resources of the Country , and General Mode of Life among New Zealand Colonists . With Map , price 4 s . ; free per post on receipt of Post-Office Order . London : Edwibp Stanfobd , 6 , Charing-cross , S . "W .

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      iTPREE GRANTS OF LAND IN CANADA . JO " The real position of the FREE GRANTS maybe seen on application to Mr . Stanford , 6 , Charing-cross London , where various works published by sanction of the Canadian Government are to be had , and among them the ' Canadian Settler ' s Guide , ' price 5 s ., and the excellent Pamphlet of Mr . T . P . French , price 6 d ., to which has been accorded the unanimous approval of the Canadian Press . " —Toronto Times , April 13 , 1857 . Edward Stanford has also published a Map of Canada with Railways , coloured to show the FREE GRANTS , price Is . ; Canada : Its Present Condition , Prospects and Resources , fully described for the information of intending Emigrants . By "WILLIAM HUTTON , a resident agriculturist for tho last twenty years . Second Edition , with the Government Regulations relating to FREE GRANTS , and a Map showing their Position , and the Railways . Price is . 6 d . free by post for twenty stamps . London : Edwaed Stanfoed , G , Charing-cross , T 3 . "W .

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      8 vo , price 6 b . 6 d ., ¦ p EFORMATIO LEGUM ECCLESIASTIX \) CARUM : the Reformation of the Ecclesiastical Laws , as attempted in the reigns of King Henry VIII ., King Edward VI ., and Queen Elizabeth . A New Edition . By EDWARD CARD WELL , D . D ., Principal of St . Alban ' s Hall , Oxford , at the University Press . " But again , my Lords , there is another authority to which . I beg to refer—an authority of our own Church—I mean that great work to which I have before alluded , the * Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum . ' The learned body concerned in this work , consisting of sixteen divines of high rank , station , and learning , and an equal number of laymen of the same character , came to the conclusion that there was no distinction between the case of the man and the woman . "—Lord JLyndhurst ' s Speech in tTie House of Lords , May 19 , 1857 . Sold by J . H . Paekee , 377 , Strand : and E . Gaedsek , 7 , Paternoster-row , London .

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      ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF FIELDING'S WORKS . In One Volume , price 3 s- 6 d ., cloth , A MELIA . By FIELDING . With Eight ¦ l \ . Illustrations by PHIZ . Also , uniform , JOSEPH ANDREWS . Price 3 s . 6 d . Plates by Pniz . TOM JONES . Price 4 s . 6 d . Plates by Phiz . " As a picture of manners , tho novel of ' Tom Jones' is indeed exquisite ; as a work of construction , quite a wonder . The by-play of wisdom and the varied character of the great comic epic * keeps tho reader in perpetual admiration and , curiosity . "—IV . M . Thackeray . London : George Routledge and Co ., Farringdonstrect .

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      , ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF SMOLLETT'S WORKS . In One Volume , price 3 s . 6 d ., cloth , Humphrey ; clinker . By smollett . With Eight Illustrations by Phiz . Also , uniform , PEREGRINE PICKLE . Price Is . Cd . Plates by Pina . RODERICK RANDOM . Price 3 s . Od . Plates by Piiiss . "' Humphrey Clinker' is , I do think , tho moat laugbablo story that has over been written since the goodly art of novclwrlting began . "— # f . M . Tiiaakorav . London : Gjsokge Routledge and Co ., I ? arrinsdour » street .

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      . , ' . 1 ( ,. t { Just published , price 9 s ., rpHE AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a PHRENOJL LOGIST . Edited \> y DAVID GEORGE GOYDER * F . E . S . " During a life of unusual vicissitude passed in different parts of the country , tho author has mot with many celebrated and remarkable characters , about whom no lias recorded anecdotes , especially iu relation to their phronolofllcnl development when known . , . . "With some of tho author ' s phrenological comments on well-known litornry men wo lmvo beon much , amused . "—Literary Gazette . London : Bimi'KIN , M * . KSium and Co ., Stationers' Ilallcourt .

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      , J Tills day is published , 8 vo , pp . 230 , price 7 s . 0 d ., cloth , RELIGIOUS DUTY . By tho Author of " An Easay on Intuitivo Morals . " * m" Working tnou ' a Libraries , to the numbor of fiO , will receive copies gratis , on application to tho publisher , anil enclosure of six postago stumps . London : John CirAratAN , h , King William-street , Slrniul .

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      j h J Ju « t published , price 2 s ., po « t froo 2 h . fld ., A N ESSAY ON SPERMATO . 1 UU-KKA : Its -CX . Nature and Treatment ; with , an Exposition « f '" 1 'Yauds that are practised by persons who ucJvorl !« . »<' speedy , safe , and eiVootual cure of Norvous IKinu K •''»"" By it Member of tho Royal College of l- 'hy » loJa »« . Lonuoii . London ; W . Kbmt and Co ., 01 and OS , Ffttoniostor-iw .

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      May 23 , 1857 . ] THE LEADEIi , & 08

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 23, 1857, page 503, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2194/page/23/