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      THE DIRECTORS OF THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY ¦ . Request attention to the report of the Company for they ear 1858 . A printed copy can be obtained on application at the Company ^ offices inXondon , Edinburgh , t > r Dublin , or to any of tile agents in England , Scotland , or Ireland . The following results are stated in tie report ,: — Dve . DCtA The new assurances effected dunng 1858 exceed £ 300 , 000 , and the amount during the last 10 years exceeds 4 ?^ OOO 000 The income of the Company is upwards of £ 275 , 000 ; and The accumulated fund exceeds considerably £ 1 , 500 , 000 . The Standard was established in 1825 , and the profits realised have " been divided ort live occasions , 1835 , 1 S 40 , 1845 , Th ^ sixtli division of profits will take place next year , and there is an advantage in joining- the Company before the close of the books in the present year , as the benefit of two vears' entry to the profit scheme will be secured . Attention is specially directed to the fact that the Company have lately introduced into their policies certain terms and conditions which make them of increased value as the basis of marriage settlements ., family provisions , and all transactions where it is essential that the contract should be , as far as possible , a complete security against all Bpntingencies . WI ] LL THoS . THOMSON , Manager . H . JONES WILLIAMS , Res . Sec . London : 82 , King William-street . City . Edinburgh : 3 , George-street , Dublin : 66 , Upper Sackville-street .

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      Established 1837 . BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , Empowered by Sjiecial Act of Parliament , 4 Viet . Cap . 9 , AXD . ' BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION , Empowered bit Her Majesty ' s Jioyal Letters Patent . 1 , Princes -street , Bank , London . Major-General Alexander , Blackheath-park , Cluviruian .

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      HALF CREDIT KATES OF PREMIUM . PERSONS ASSURED according to these -V Rates are allowed credit for half the amount of the first five or seven Annual Premiums , paying interest thereon at the rate of Five per Cent , per- Annum , with tneoption of paying off the arrears of Premiums at any time , or having the amount deducted from the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim . ANDREW FRANCIS , Secretary . II .

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      DEPOSIT AND DISCOUNT BANK . FIVE PEli CENT , on sum ' s for fixed peri o d s , or at seven days' notice , or Tliree per Cent , at CaijL ¦ G . H . LAW , Manager . Offices , G , Cannon-street West E . C . - ^ '

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      THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . 142 , STRAND , LONDON , W . C . CAPITAL-HALF-A-MILLION . DIRECTORS . Edmond Sheppard Symos , Esq ., Chairman . Wm , Ken worthy Browne , Esq . . John Moss , Esq . John Elliotsbn , M . D ., F . K . S . John Symes , Esq . Henry John Hodgson , Esq . Joseph Thompson , Esq . Secretaries . — Alexander ' Richardson , Esq . ; Augustus Blondel , Esq . „ _ Auditors--Professor Charles Whcatstone , F . R . S . ; Professor J . Radford Young . „ _ , ¦ , Medical Iteferee General—John Elliotson , M . D . Cantab . . F . R . S ., 37 , Conduit-street . Actuary—W . S . B . Woolhouse , Esq ., F . R . A . S ., F . & . S ., &c . ' . ' Assistant Actttary—Jiavkor "Woolhouse , Esq . Bankers—Messrs . Glyn , Mills , and Co . SoKcrtora—MeBsrB . Gregory , Gregory , Skirrow , and Rowcliffe . The International Society has boon CBtablished since 1837 , for effecting every description of Life Assurance , Immediate and , Deferred Annuities , Endowments , &c , at rates affording tho most equitable adjustment of every contingency to * he corresponding risk . Proftts divided Quinquennial ly . Stamps on Lifo Assurance Policies paid by the . Society . Loans granted in connexion with Life Assurance . I ^ alf the Premiums may romn-l n on Loan , o : i the Withdrawal scale , , ,. „ ,, , Thirty days of grace allowed for Payment of Premiums . Prospectuses and every Information may bo obtainedfrom the Chairman , at | ho Chief Offloe , 142 Strand .

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      THE RENT GUARANTEE SOCIETY , 3 , CHARLOTTE ROW , MANSION HOUSE , LONDON .

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      ACCIDENTS ARM OF DAILY OCCURRENCE . Insurance data show that ONE PERSON in every FIFTE EN , is more or loss injured by Accident yearly . An Annual Payman t of * a securos A FIXED ALLOWANCE OF rfJO PER WEEK IN THE EVKNT QV INJURY , OR £ 1 000 IN CASE OF DM ATI ! FROM ACCIDBNTS OF MVMRY DESCRIPTION , . By a 1 ' olloy In tlio RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY , "Which has alroady paid lu compensation for Aocldonts JjViy ArtQ Fbrju ' s of Proposal and Praopootusoa may bo had at tho Company ' s OmooB . and at nU ^ hoprincipal Railway Stations , ¦ whoro , ' also , Railway Aootdonts alono may bo in&urod against by tho Jjournoy or yoar . ,, „ ,,, NO OHAR& 1 Q FOR STAMP DUTY . CAPITAL , ONM MILLION . WIX < X < IA . M J . VJCAN , Secretary . , JRallway PasaonaerH' Asmu'wnioo . Company , jOfllocfl , 3 , OldlJroud-Htreet , London , lil . d

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      TO INVALIDS , MERCHANTS , & OTHERS . milE PATENT ALBEKT POUT ABLE X LOUNGING CHAIH , tho most luxiirlouH and pheapoflt ovor manufactured . SoH ' -propoIJing Hath , Brighton , and ovory other description of chair for In and out-door uho , Mechanical Chairs and Mods of ovory doHoriptlon , Purambulatbrs , &o . ( tlu » Impost assortment 1 " tho world ) , always on hand i ' or siilo or hire Agoute i—Motors . Smith , Taylor , and Co ., nombay , BatavJn , Sl » ff « poro , and Sninan \ ng i Mcssm . F . W . Browne and Co ., Calcu tta . Solo Patontop and Manufacturer , J . WARD , « and ( I , Lolcoator-squaro , W . C . Established 01 ) voars .

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      DO YOU WANT LUXURIANT HAIR , 'WTTT ^ ITC'FIRS ETC' ? Tho jnoet marvellous preparation for »>« ' P « ° A ' y VKSCr to of Hair , Whiskers , ^ fouHtaohlos . &i ? .,, it-uloUK tho J' , _ baldness , HtrouffthoJilnff " > w'VVoi ' AS ^ TooUlWJ S'lS lug' off . audolnioklnutfroynofln . lii » OI * VBv ^ mm wnAm \ for CRINUTIUAK . For , tho nuroory I is » -ou awio BaKf ^^^ awfS ^ KSsre 2 & £ 2 & BSTSffiW" ffiESfiW wK ? s «?« SK « nc liond of hair IVom UHliift yonr C ' iHmiI vluy . » nc ™ £ "My hair lu tj-uinlnff Htronfttli mul O" *' ^^ - ,, ,, " UV Craven- " Throuffh UBliitf It 1 Ihivo nil u 1 ' 3 ' ^ pair tacho , ' Mr . VatPs- " Tlio yoiinu mnn V '/ ,. " « ioi » l "" Of whlakvro , 1 wnut two piicUofH /' or otlif-r i-ufllwiKiu .

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      SHIRTS of lino Long ' Cloth and Linen , nnd oftho thlnnoBt India Gauze Woollen , « ijW «»» n ( , ** quality and accuracy oftho ill , aro cut out on lUoP'c" ^ ' and tlio sizes rosistorod for futui'O orders—aJ » o exticmuy Flno-ailk ami Woven Wool Under-VostB , rondy mnde-by POPE AND P ^ ANTE OUTFITTBUB AND HOSIJfiKY MANUI' AClUKMB , i , Waterloo-nlace . l ' nll-nittll , London .

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      SOHO LOOKING GLASS MANUFACTORY 20 , Soho-square , London . —KHtubllbhed *> yf'U-s . —Tin- . rronrivto ' v beys to cull thy attention ol tho publIc to tlio fblluwlnir very reduced JJut of I ' wvh lor J , 'VO-MNOGLASSES , oisuporlyr-quality , lUn-d iu i-uivlully innnufaoturcd carved and gilt framcK : — . Sizo of Glass . Outsldu Mcnauroof Krnnio . ' , } , 1 ' > i 10 by 30 in . / 51 in . wl < l > ' by : «) In . hlffh iVwin • imw flj . os . i u . 00 by 10 in . 53 In . wldo by ( W lu . i « h ( roin M . 0 » , o U . W by ^ in . M in . wldo by <> . "> In . i « i , i-oin , / . 7 » . ' ¦ M by -to In . 5 l » In . wldo by W In . ¦ Uf i Irom ft »»• «'« 00 by 4 H In . ( W In . wldo by 74 lis . hl « i V « m . 0 » . inc . 7 U by 00 In . ( H In . wldo by Hi In . lilwl * i ™ m «' ; ^ K Jlii-lioffany dwuHlnrf nnd choval jf lnnBi-H . tf t w ni' o » e-iniudok-H , i » J « turu ft-inm * , &c , at iHiu . illy inodri-to pi Km . Mor »! hauts and shippers supplied by HDoflalcon tiuol .

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      BE D S T E A I > S , 13 A T II S , and LAMPS . WILLIAM S . ¦ IJURTO . N" has : SIX LAKGE SHOWROOMS devoted exclusively to tlie -SEPARATE DISPLAY of LAMPS , J 1 ATIJS , and . METALLIC . BEDSTEADS . The stock of cicli is at once the largest , newest , and most varied ever submitted to the public , arid marked at prices proportionate with , those that liaye tended to make his establishment tlio most distiuH-uisliotl in this country . Bedsteads from l- ' s . Ccl . to 20 / . 0 s . each . Shower ISutUs , iioni ^ s . Od . to «/ . 0 s . each . Lamps ( Moclerateur ) , from . ( 5 s . Oil . to 71 . 7 s . each , ( AH other ' kinds at the same rate . ) Pure Colza Oil ... ; . Is . ad . per gallon . WIL LIAM S . BURTON'S GENERAL FURNISHING IRONMONGERY CATALOGUE may be had gratis , and free by post . It contains upwards of 400 Illustrations of his illhnited Stock of KUetro nud Shcliiold Plato , Nickel Silver and Britannia Metal goods , Dish Covers and Hot Wator Dishes , Stoves , Funders , Marble Chimney pieces , Kitchen Kanges , Lamps , CJiiseliers , Tea Urns and Kettles , Tea Trnys , Clocks , 'i . ilj Us Cutlery , Uatha and Toilet Ware , Turnery , Iron and IJriiss JJedsteacls . Bedding , Uecl Himgiiigs , &t \ , *<; ., wlih lists oi prloos and plans of tlic sixteen large show-roonis . at . » t , Oxiortl-Btruet'W . ; 1 , 1 a , 'i and : ( , Newtiian-atroot ; ami 4 , ;> , and H , i ' orry's-plaec , London . —Kwtabllshod lH ^ Q .

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      SCOTTISH E ^ niTABLE LIFE ASSURAK 0 E SOCIETY . The TWENTY-EIGHTH : ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the SOCIKTY was held at Edinburgh on 3 rd May 1859— - . J . WHITEFOORD MACKENZIE , Esq ., W . S ., , in the Chan-. From the Report by the Directors , which was unanimously approved of , the following- particulars are ex-During the year ending 1 st March last , 461 Policies had been issued . The Bums thereby assured amounted to £ 230 , 295 , and the Annual Premiums thereon to £ 7 , 275 Ei" -hty-four Members of the Society had died duripg the year ? the sums assured on their lives being £ 54 , 850 , with Bonus Additions of £ 15 , 375 , amounting- together to £ 70 , 225 . These claims were fewer in number by 27 , and less in amount by £ 21 . , than the claims of the previous . year The following was the position of the Society at 1 st March last : — Amount of Existin g Assurances . £ 5 , ^ 72 , 307 Accumulated Fund ¦ ., Hot' ^ K Annual Revenue • • • ie ?\* : iu The particulars of the Triennial Investigation into the Society ' s affairs for the Seventh Allocation of Profits were then detailed : --First—The Gross Funds , Assets , and Property of the Society , amounted , at March 1 , 1 S 59 , to £ ^^ 801 , 349 . I . Funds Realised , viz . : — „„ ' ..-, 1 . Loans on Heritable Securities £ 530 , 712 2 . Do . on various other Securities , 9 , 336 3 . Do . to Members on the Society ' s Policies 131 , 775 4 . Do . to Railways on Debentures .... . J 55 , / 0 / J 5 . Do . to Glasgow Corporation Water Tv ^ orks ¦ ; ...- .. .. .. ¦ »»¦••• - •••••• - 30 , 000 0 . Bank of England Stock and Consols , 09 , 786 7 . Reversions , Policies , and Government and other Life Annuities purchased .......... ...,... ; ..- . -3 C , S 59 8 . Outstanding sums * chiefly Premiums due ' on or immediately before 1 st March 1859 , but not falling to be remitted till after that date 5 ^ , 878 9 . Balances due by the Society ' s Bank- , i » rt era lO . OoO 10 . House and Furniture , No . 26 St . Andrew Square , Edinburgh 5 , 2 oO 11 . Premises , No . 20 , Poultry , London , and Furniture .... ; -... . . 3 , 000 . 1 , 231 , 438 Present value of Contributions or . Premiums of Assurance receivable by the Society , after deducting two and a halt per cent , for expense of collection .....:....-. - . V « 2 , 011 Gross Assets ........ ; .. 2 , $ 04 , 3 4 <) Second — The whole Obligations of the Society amounted , at 1 st March , 1859 , to £ 2 , 003 , 717 ,-viz : — I . " Various sums outstanding , chiefly policies which had emerged at 1 st March , ,. „ . „ ,, 1859 , but had not been paid at that date .. A , JO , / H 1 II Present Value of Sums contained in , and to become due under the Society s policies 2 , 500 , 93 b Total Obligations £ 2 , 003 , 717 Third—Tho Gross Assets of the Society thus . amounting to • * Hx ? ' 2-fS And the Total Obligations to 2 , 603 , 717 There arises a Surplus , as at 1 st March , 1859 , of £ 200 , 032 By tho law regulating the division of surplus , tho Directors have power to allocate , at each investigation , a sum not exceeding two-thirds of the surplus then declared , in vested additions to Policies of not lew than five years ' standing , and a sum of not less than onc . thtrd is appointed to bo reserved at each Investigation for contingent prospeotive additions , and for other purposes of the Society Two-thirds of the aforesaid surplus of £ 200 , 032 amount to £ 133 755 and by an allocation of £ 129 , 517 of this sum wuh mwlo a vested addition at 1 st March , 1850 , at thei rate of one and thrcorquarfcers per cent , por annum to all Policies then of five years' standing , providing for a Bonus ot £ 218 , 467 , payableTat tho death ot ^ the parties entitled theretoT After providing for this vested addition , thoro ntlll remained £ 4 ><> 8 between the sum allocated and tho twothirds of the Hurplus placed by tho law at tine discretion of The Report concludes in tbo following terms : — ' Tho Directors cannot doubt but that every Policy-holder must bo gi-atiflod afr theao results . After a most rigid scrutiny She Funds and Assets of tho Spcloty have boon found sumo onfc , not only to moot all the Liablfltlea , but to warrant tic declaration of largo addltlone to Pol dee , at tho Bamo time fully maintaining the rcsoryo required by tho Laws and Constitution of the Society . Tho Directors would mind tho IVIombore that It Js their Intercut to mako known , as wid ely nu possible , the advantagoa afforded bytho Society , and they would oall on all to co-oporate with them , and with tho Local Agents of tlio Sooloty , lu advancing Hb business and promoting- lte All ^ AARft ^ ^ Copies of tlio Report oi' tho Annual Mooting aro now In tho hands of tho Society's Agonts , and may bo had on appU ** ftA » OFiicK-so . ^ SBffg ^ WM . 1 CINLAY , Sccrotary . LoNoo-N o ^ jsagp ^ g ^ ftg ; AB . uut ,

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      MAPPIN'S ELECTRO-SILVER PLATE AND TABLE . / CUTLERY ' MAPPIN- BROTHERS , Manufacturers ? jy Special Aipomtment to the Queen , are the onl y Sheffield Makers $ hn supply the consumer in London . Their London 111 Rooms ,. 67 aud 08 , King . William-street , London ^ bridS ? contain by far the . largest STOCK of KHOCTlto stt v ^ S PLATE and TABLl ? CUTL 10 UY in the World whiST ^ $ 5 J ^ f ^^ ^ mthclrMan ' ufart ^^* 8 © Sr " Fiddle Double King- s Lilv £ fd" ™ V * d 1 ltt ° - ^ n 12 Table Foris , best quality . . 1 1 G o " Z li o ' X o n ' f i ' . > n 12 Table Spoons do . ... 1 10 0 2 1-10 3 on t l > n 12 Dessertl- ' orks do . .. 17 0 2 0 0 ' " o 2 li n 12 Dessert Spoons do . .. 1 7 0 2 00 2 4 o 2 14 n 12 Tea Spoons do . . . 0 lu 0 1 4 0 1 70 1 if , n 2 Sauce Ladles . do . .. 0 8 0 6 10 o Olio o rt n 1 Gravy Spoon do . .. 0 70 OlOK OHO Olin 4 Salt Spoons ( gilt bowls ) .. 0 OS 0 10 s 0 Olio 0140 1 Mustard Spoon do . .. 0 18 0 2 ( j 0 ' { 0 0 ' { r J-. f ' airSugnr Tongs do . .. 0 , 3 0 0 r , C , u 0 0 0 7 0 1 Pair Fish Carvers do . .. 1 00 1 lo 0 1 14 0 i is o 1 Butter Knife do ... .. 030 o 50 0 « 0 0 7 o 1 Soup Ladle do . ' .. 0 12 0 0 ' 10 . 0 0 17 0 1 0 0 0 Eg-g Spoons ( ftilt ) do . ' .. 0100 0 10 0 0 is 0 1 10 Complete Service ; £ 10 13 10 15 10 0 17 1 : 5 0 - > i 4 ~ o Any article can be hail separately : it the same prices One Set of Four Corner Dishes ( forming 8 Dishes ) SI 18 s One Set of 4 Dish Covers—viz ., one 20 inch , one IS inch and two 14 inch-r-10 / . 10 s . ; Cruet Frame , 4 Glass , 24 s ; Full-Size Tea and Coffee Service , ul . los . A Costly Hook of Kuoraving-s , with prices attached , scut per post on -receipt " of 1 ° stamps . Ordinary Medium Best Quality . Quality . Quality . Two Dozen -Full-Size Table £ s . d . £ s . cf . £ s d Knives , Ivory Handles . X 4 0 : $ 0 o 4 12 6 1 J Doz . Fnll-Size Cheese ditto . . 1 4 0 1 14 0 2 11 0 Oiie Pair Regular Meat Carvers 0 7 0 oil 0 0 l . > o One -pair Extra-Sized ditto ...... 0 S C > 0 l - i 0 0 10 M One Pair Poultry Carver ' s . 0 7 0 0 11 0 0 lu 0 One Steel for Sharpening ... ' . ) 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 Complete Service .... £ 4 1 »> 0 18 ( i 9 10 6 Messrs . Mappin ' s Table Knives still maintain their unrivalled superiority ; " all their blades , beiiig their own Sheflitld . manufacture , are of the very first quality , with secure Ivory Handles , which do not ediae loose in hot water ; and the difference in price is occasioned .-solely . by . the -superior quality and thickness of the Ivory Handles . MAl'l'IN B . ROT-II-EUS , 07 and m , King William-street , City ; London ; Manufactory , Queen ' s Cutlerv >\ orks , Sheffl eld . . - ¦ '

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      686 THE LEADER .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 686, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2297/page/2/