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PIANOFORTES AND HARMONIUMS ON EASY TERMS . G-ROVEB Sc Q-iROVIEilR * LET ON HIRE , WITH OPTION OF PURCHASE , n i fii i a BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT INSTRUMENTS . ^ pMmailBB PURCHASERS CHOOSE THEIR OWN TERMS j . , ^ j ) )| F 15 TO £ 3 3 s PER Q UARTER . I jg l " B Tlie Advantages of a Trial , nitli tlie Convenience of the i nff . »« " I V ? Three Tears' System at Cash Price , by Paying about a Quarter A ^ I Lit- " **" " r . 17 of tl >« value down , tlie Balance by Eaay Payments , from ~"*^ j ^——w-Ktf V , ^ jj , per quarter . GROVER & GROVER , 157-9 Kingsland Road . ESTABLISHED 1830 .
Ad01504
H . H . CHILD , PRACTICAL TAILOR , 16 CALEDONIAN ROAD , Eight doors from Kings Cross . ALL THE NEW PATTERNS & FABRICS FOR THE PRESENT SEASON . UNSURPASSED FOR STYLE AND DURABILITY . FIT WELL AND WEAR WELL . COUPONS GIVEN . LOWEST PRICES AND NEWEST STYLES .
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129 FLEETST . ; 114 & 115 SHOE LANE , §§§§ 19 Felt Hats , hard and soft , jn all the newest shapes , ^^ aSES *" ' ^
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" "C'OR the BLOOD is the LIFE . " CLARKE'S WORLD - FAMED BLOOD MIXTURE , Trade Mark , — " Blood Mixture . " THB GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER . For cleansing and clearing the blood from all impurities , cannot be too highly recommended . For Scrofula , Scurvy , Skin Diseases , and Sore-Of all kinds it is a never-failing and permanent euro It Cures Old Sores , Cures Ulcerated Sores on the Neck , Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs , Cures Blackheads , or Pimples on the Face , Cures Scurvy Sores , Cures Cancerous Ulcers , Cures Blood and Skin Diseases , Cures Glandular Swellings , Clears the Blood from all Impure Matter , From whatever cause arising . AB this Mixture is pleasant to the taste , and warranted free from anything injurious to the most delicate constitution of either sex , the Proprietor solicits sufferers to give it a trial to test its value . Thousands of Testimonials from all parts . Sold in Bottles , 2 s Gd each , and in Cases , containing six times the quantity , lis each—sufficient to effect a permanent cure in the great majority of long-standing cases—BY ALL CHEMISTS AND PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS throughout the United Kingdom aud the world , or sent to any address on receipt of 30 or 132 stamps by F . J . CLARKE , Chemist , High Street , Lincoln . Wholesale : All Patent Medicine Houses .
Ad01513
TAIAR INDIEN . SPECIAL CAUTION . OWING to the . marked success of this medicine , the only patent medicine universally prescribed by the faculty , and the acknowledged cure for constipation , headache , bile , hemorrhoids , & c , BASE IMITATIONS , containing drastic irritants , are being foisted on the public . The genuine preparation bears the title "Tamar Indian , " and the signature E . GRILLOX , Coleman-st „ London . E , C . Price 2 * Od per box . In a recent case , 187 G , 0 . No . 211 , a perpetual injunction to restrain the defendant from applying the name " Tamar" to his lozenges was awarded , with costs , by Vice-Chancellor Bacon , on 19 th January 1877 , and all such piracies will be summariiy proceeded against . N . B . —Seo that the outer wrapper ( directions ) are printed in the English language , and that each box bears the Government 3 d stamp . The boxes with foreign wrappers are not prepared for English requirements .
Ad01514
ONE BOX of CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to cure all discharges from tho Urinary Organs , in either sex , acquired or constitutional , Gravel , and Pains in the Back . Sold in boxes , 4 s Od each , by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors : or sent to any address , for 60 stamps by the Maker , P . J . C & ABKJS , Consulting Chemist , High Street , Lincoln . Wholesale Agents , BABCJ . AY and SONS , London , and all the Wholesale Houses .
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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY Limited , 7 Bank Buildings , Lothbury , E . C . General accidents . I Personal injuries . Railway accidents . | Death by accident . C . HARDING , Manager .
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There should bo a better reason fori the race of Depositors than a fluctuating rate of two or three per cent . " —INVESTOR ' S GUARDIAN . T 0 MBARD BANK ( Limited ) , Nos . -1-4 : » Lombard-street , City ; and 277 and 279 Itcgentstreet , W . Established 18 G 0 , receives Deposits . Or . Demand a per cent . Subject to Notice , 10 per cent . Opens current Accounts . Supplies Cheque Books . Investors aro invited to examine thi-s new and improved system , that ensures a ht"h 1 Mto of interest with perfect security . The Directors have n , ' ^ 'HVA" ? . " }! ' ^ . ^ " ^' '' ^ -hypothecated any of the securities . 10 BORBOWEUS . —It olfers pre-eminent advantages for prompt advances on leases , reversions , policies , trade stocks tarm produce , warrants , and furniture , without removal publicity , sureties , or foes . - JAMES PKYOR , Manager T . OMBARD BUILDING SOCIETY , . 3 ^ Lombard-street , City : and 277 and 279 Regent-Htreot . W . Established 18 IW . Incorporated under the New Act , 1374 TO INVESTORS .-Doposits received at liberal interest . The Directors by strict economy havo hitherto paid every investor 10 and 12 per cent , per annum . Borrowers are offered unusual facilities for the purchase of Houses , Shops Farms , Seo . New and Special Feature . —The Society will build Houses , etc ., in any approved part of Great Britain , finding the whole cost of the building at 5 per cent . repayable by instalments , the applicant merely finding the plan andpaying or givin , ' security for the first 5 years' instreet . Prospectuses , balance-sheets , and press opinions free . Active Agents wanted . JAMES PRYOK , Manager
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Bro . A . OIDEOYD , Leyton , London , E . MANUFACTURER OF TOBACCO POUCHES , WitH any name in i'ai » e < l letter * . CAN be obtained direct from the Maker , „ afc tQ 0 undermentioned prices , on receipt of P . O . O . payable at Leyton . A . OLDROYD , Agent for Algerian Cigars , and Importer of Havana aud Continental Cigars , LEYTON , LONDON , E .
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Patronized by H . R . H . the PRINCE of WAIES . THE THIRTY-THIRD EDITION . Now ready , price ls ; post free Is Id . JOHN LILLYWHITE'S "CRICKETERS ' COMPANION & GUIDE TO CRICKETERS . " Containing Special Articles , entitled , " Cricket and Cricketers in 1876 . " "Cricket Faults and Fallacies , " "Old Fashions r . New , " "Public School Cricket , Wandering Cricket , Sec . " With full Reviews of all First-class Cricket of 1876 ; the Averages ; Highest Innings ; Mr . W . G . Grace ' s Doings , & c . ; and Critiques on the Universities , Public Schools , Colleges , and Clubs , & c , & c . JOHN" LILLTWHITE , 10 , SEYJfOrjB STREET , EU 3 TOJT SQUARE , LONDON , N . W .
Ad01510
YOUNG'S Arnicated Corn and Bunion Plaisters aro the best ever invented for giving immediate ease , and removing thoso painful excrescences . Price 6 d and ls per box . An > Chemist not having them in stock can procure them . Observe the Trade Mark—H . Y . —without which none are geauiae . Be sure and ask . for Young ' s ,
Ad01501
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . EASTER HOLIDAYS . ON Thursday , 29 th March , and following clnvs , THIRD CLASS RETURN TICKETS , at CHEAP FARES , will be issued bv same trains « s ordinary third-class tickets , from PADDINGTON , Victoria , Battersoa , Chelsea , West Brompton , Kensington ( Addisou-road ) . Uxbridge-road , and Westbourne Park , to EXETER , Torquay , Plymouth , Devonport , Tavistock , Launceston , Falmouth , Penzance , Chard , South Molton , Barnstaple . Ilfracombe , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , Portland , and other stations , available up to Wednesday , 1 th April . On GOOD FRIDAY , Saturday , Easter Sunday and Monday , Cheap Third-class Excursion Tickets , available on day of issue onlv , will be issued by certain trains from PADDINGTON , Westbonmo Park , Kensington ( Addison-road ) , U . xbridge-road , Hammersmith , and certain stations on tho Metropolitan and District Railways , to the undermentioned stations at tho fares shown : — Windsor 2 s 6 d Cookham * ) Taplow " I o „ , Bourne End ... I 3 fil Maidenhead ... J ds ucl Great Marlow . f 33 ou Henley J For further particulars see handbills . J . GRIERSON , Paddington Terminus . GENEBAI . MANAGES .
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LONDON & NORTH WESTERN ZRA . I : LVW \ A . 12-. VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT DUNSTABLE . EASTEE MONDAY . IN addition to the Ordinary Trftini from Euston for Dunstablo , at 7 . 20 and 9 . 15 a . m . SPECIAL TRAINS will start from Euston at 8 . 30 a . m . and 9 . to a . m . Tho 8 . 30 a . m . Train will call at Willesden Junction , Harrow and Watford for the accom modntion ol ' passoigors going to the Review . But tho 0 . 10 a . m . Train will call at Willesden Junction only . Passengers from Broad-street , Dalston , Highbury , Hampstead Heath , Kensington , Victoria , Westminster , Blackfriars , and the Mansion Houso Stations can join Special Trains at Willesden Junction . Tho following Reduced Fares for the double journey will bo charged , and the tickets will be available at either Stanbridgeford or Dunstable . From Euston , Camden Town , Highbury , Hampstead Heath , Broad-street , Kensington , and Uxbridge-road ( covered carriages ) , 3 s 6 d . From South Kensington , Sloane-square , Victoria , St . James ' s Park , Westminster Bridge , Charing-cross , Temple , and Blackfriars ( covered carriages ) , 4 s . The Special Trains will return from Dunstablo to London at 6 . 30 and 7 . 0 p . m . The Ordinary Train Service on the Dunstablo branch will be suspended and Special Trains run aa often as may bo required , connecting at Leighton with up and down Main Lino Trains . The Express Trains to and from the City , St . Albans , Watford , and Kensington will not run ou Easter Monday . G . FINDLAY . CHIEF TBAPVIC MANAGER ' S OFFICE , Ecsroif SxAlios-, March 1877 .
Ad01502
PIEST CLASS AMERICAN FRESH BEEF . — : o : — DAVIS & CO ., BUTCHERS , 82 ALDERSGATE STREET , E . C . AU orders accompanied by a remittance forwarded to any part of London on same day . PORTSMOUTH TIMES AND NAVAL GAZETTE , Hampshire , I , of Wight and- Sussex County Journal . Conservative organ for the district . Largest and most influential circulation . " The Naval Paper of the Principal Naval Arsenal . " Seo " May's British and Irish Press Guide . " Tuesday Evening , Ono Penny . Saturday , Twopence . Chief Offices : —154 Queen Street , Portsea . Bro . R . HOIBBOOK & Soss , Proprietors . Branch Offices at Chichester and Gosport . Agencies in all the principal towns in the district . Advertisements should be forwarded to roach tha Office not later than Tuesday Mornings and Friday afternoons .
Ad01511
Demy 8 vo , Price 7 s 6 d . rnHE CHESS OPENINGS . - * - By ROBEET B . WOEMALD . LONJOX : W W . MOBOAN , 67 BABBICAN , E . C .
Ad01512
New Edition , Enlarged , Crown 8 vo ., Cloth 6 s . \ TTAIFS AND STRAYS , CHIEFLY FROM VV THB CHESS BOARD , by Captain Hugh A . Kennedy , Vice-President of the British Chesa Association . W , W . Hoaaur , 67 BmsigAjf , LojiDCff ,
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Ad01500
PIANOFORTES AND HARMONIUMS ON EASY TERMS . G-ROVEB Sc Q-iROVIEilR * LET ON HIRE , WITH OPTION OF PURCHASE , n i fii i a BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT INSTRUMENTS . ^ pMmailBB PURCHASERS CHOOSE THEIR OWN TERMS j . , ^ j ) )| F 15 TO £ 3 3 s PER Q UARTER . I jg l " B Tlie Advantages of a Trial , nitli tlie Convenience of the i nff . »« " I V ? Three Tears' System at Cash Price , by Paying about a Quarter A ^ I Lit- " **" " r . 17 of tl >« value down , tlie Balance by Eaay Payments , from ~"*^ j ^——w-Ktf V , ^ jj , per quarter . GROVER & GROVER , 157-9 Kingsland Road . ESTABLISHED 1830 .
Ad01504
H . H . CHILD , PRACTICAL TAILOR , 16 CALEDONIAN ROAD , Eight doors from Kings Cross . ALL THE NEW PATTERNS & FABRICS FOR THE PRESENT SEASON . UNSURPASSED FOR STYLE AND DURABILITY . FIT WELL AND WEAR WELL . COUPONS GIVEN . LOWEST PRICES AND NEWEST STYLES .
Ad01506
129 FLEETST . ; 114 & 115 SHOE LANE , §§§§ 19 Felt Hats , hard and soft , jn all the newest shapes , ^^ aSES *" ' ^
Ad01505
" "C'OR the BLOOD is the LIFE . " CLARKE'S WORLD - FAMED BLOOD MIXTURE , Trade Mark , — " Blood Mixture . " THB GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER . For cleansing and clearing the blood from all impurities , cannot be too highly recommended . For Scrofula , Scurvy , Skin Diseases , and Sore-Of all kinds it is a never-failing and permanent euro It Cures Old Sores , Cures Ulcerated Sores on the Neck , Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs , Cures Blackheads , or Pimples on the Face , Cures Scurvy Sores , Cures Cancerous Ulcers , Cures Blood and Skin Diseases , Cures Glandular Swellings , Clears the Blood from all Impure Matter , From whatever cause arising . AB this Mixture is pleasant to the taste , and warranted free from anything injurious to the most delicate constitution of either sex , the Proprietor solicits sufferers to give it a trial to test its value . Thousands of Testimonials from all parts . Sold in Bottles , 2 s Gd each , and in Cases , containing six times the quantity , lis each—sufficient to effect a permanent cure in the great majority of long-standing cases—BY ALL CHEMISTS AND PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS throughout the United Kingdom aud the world , or sent to any address on receipt of 30 or 132 stamps by F . J . CLARKE , Chemist , High Street , Lincoln . Wholesale : All Patent Medicine Houses .
Ad01513
TAIAR INDIEN . SPECIAL CAUTION . OWING to the . marked success of this medicine , the only patent medicine universally prescribed by the faculty , and the acknowledged cure for constipation , headache , bile , hemorrhoids , & c , BASE IMITATIONS , containing drastic irritants , are being foisted on the public . The genuine preparation bears the title "Tamar Indian , " and the signature E . GRILLOX , Coleman-st „ London . E , C . Price 2 * Od per box . In a recent case , 187 G , 0 . No . 211 , a perpetual injunction to restrain the defendant from applying the name " Tamar" to his lozenges was awarded , with costs , by Vice-Chancellor Bacon , on 19 th January 1877 , and all such piracies will be summariiy proceeded against . N . B . —Seo that the outer wrapper ( directions ) are printed in the English language , and that each box bears the Government 3 d stamp . The boxes with foreign wrappers are not prepared for English requirements .
Ad01514
ONE BOX of CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to cure all discharges from tho Urinary Organs , in either sex , acquired or constitutional , Gravel , and Pains in the Back . Sold in boxes , 4 s Od each , by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors : or sent to any address , for 60 stamps by the Maker , P . J . C & ABKJS , Consulting Chemist , High Street , Lincoln . Wholesale Agents , BABCJ . AY and SONS , London , and all the Wholesale Houses .
Ad01515
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY Limited , 7 Bank Buildings , Lothbury , E . C . General accidents . I Personal injuries . Railway accidents . | Death by accident . C . HARDING , Manager .
Ad01507
There should bo a better reason fori the race of Depositors than a fluctuating rate of two or three per cent . " —INVESTOR ' S GUARDIAN . T 0 MBARD BANK ( Limited ) , Nos . -1-4 : » Lombard-street , City ; and 277 and 279 Itcgentstreet , W . Established 18 G 0 , receives Deposits . Or . Demand a per cent . Subject to Notice , 10 per cent . Opens current Accounts . Supplies Cheque Books . Investors aro invited to examine thi-s new and improved system , that ensures a ht"h 1 Mto of interest with perfect security . The Directors have n , ' ^ 'HVA" ? . " }! ' ^ . ^ " ^' '' ^ -hypothecated any of the securities . 10 BORBOWEUS . —It olfers pre-eminent advantages for prompt advances on leases , reversions , policies , trade stocks tarm produce , warrants , and furniture , without removal publicity , sureties , or foes . - JAMES PKYOR , Manager T . OMBARD BUILDING SOCIETY , . 3 ^ Lombard-street , City : and 277 and 279 Regent-Htreot . W . Established 18 IW . Incorporated under the New Act , 1374 TO INVESTORS .-Doposits received at liberal interest . The Directors by strict economy havo hitherto paid every investor 10 and 12 per cent , per annum . Borrowers are offered unusual facilities for the purchase of Houses , Shops Farms , Seo . New and Special Feature . —The Society will build Houses , etc ., in any approved part of Great Britain , finding the whole cost of the building at 5 per cent . repayable by instalments , the applicant merely finding the plan andpaying or givin , ' security for the first 5 years' instreet . Prospectuses , balance-sheets , and press opinions free . Active Agents wanted . JAMES PRYOK , Manager
Ad01509
Bro . A . OIDEOYD , Leyton , London , E . MANUFACTURER OF TOBACCO POUCHES , WitH any name in i'ai » e < l letter * . CAN be obtained direct from the Maker , „ afc tQ 0 undermentioned prices , on receipt of P . O . O . payable at Leyton . A . OLDROYD , Agent for Algerian Cigars , and Importer of Havana aud Continental Cigars , LEYTON , LONDON , E .
Ad01508
Patronized by H . R . H . the PRINCE of WAIES . THE THIRTY-THIRD EDITION . Now ready , price ls ; post free Is Id . JOHN LILLYWHITE'S "CRICKETERS ' COMPANION & GUIDE TO CRICKETERS . " Containing Special Articles , entitled , " Cricket and Cricketers in 1876 . " "Cricket Faults and Fallacies , " "Old Fashions r . New , " "Public School Cricket , Wandering Cricket , Sec . " With full Reviews of all First-class Cricket of 1876 ; the Averages ; Highest Innings ; Mr . W . G . Grace ' s Doings , & c . ; and Critiques on the Universities , Public Schools , Colleges , and Clubs , & c , & c . JOHN" LILLTWHITE , 10 , SEYJfOrjB STREET , EU 3 TOJT SQUARE , LONDON , N . W .
Ad01510
YOUNG'S Arnicated Corn and Bunion Plaisters aro the best ever invented for giving immediate ease , and removing thoso painful excrescences . Price 6 d and ls per box . An > Chemist not having them in stock can procure them . Observe the Trade Mark—H . Y . —without which none are geauiae . Be sure and ask . for Young ' s ,
Ad01501
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . EASTER HOLIDAYS . ON Thursday , 29 th March , and following clnvs , THIRD CLASS RETURN TICKETS , at CHEAP FARES , will be issued bv same trains « s ordinary third-class tickets , from PADDINGTON , Victoria , Battersoa , Chelsea , West Brompton , Kensington ( Addisou-road ) . Uxbridge-road , and Westbourne Park , to EXETER , Torquay , Plymouth , Devonport , Tavistock , Launceston , Falmouth , Penzance , Chard , South Molton , Barnstaple . Ilfracombe , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , Portland , and other stations , available up to Wednesday , 1 th April . On GOOD FRIDAY , Saturday , Easter Sunday and Monday , Cheap Third-class Excursion Tickets , available on day of issue onlv , will be issued by certain trains from PADDINGTON , Westbonmo Park , Kensington ( Addison-road ) , U . xbridge-road , Hammersmith , and certain stations on tho Metropolitan and District Railways , to the undermentioned stations at tho fares shown : — Windsor 2 s 6 d Cookham * ) Taplow " I o „ , Bourne End ... I 3 fil Maidenhead ... J ds ucl Great Marlow . f 33 ou Henley J For further particulars see handbills . J . GRIERSON , Paddington Terminus . GENEBAI . MANAGES .
Ad01503
LONDON & NORTH WESTERN ZRA . I : LVW \ A . 12-. VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT DUNSTABLE . EASTEE MONDAY . IN addition to the Ordinary Trftini from Euston for Dunstablo , at 7 . 20 and 9 . 15 a . m . SPECIAL TRAINS will start from Euston at 8 . 30 a . m . and 9 . to a . m . Tho 8 . 30 a . m . Train will call at Willesden Junction , Harrow and Watford for the accom modntion ol ' passoigors going to the Review . But tho 0 . 10 a . m . Train will call at Willesden Junction only . Passengers from Broad-street , Dalston , Highbury , Hampstead Heath , Kensington , Victoria , Westminster , Blackfriars , and the Mansion Houso Stations can join Special Trains at Willesden Junction . Tho following Reduced Fares for the double journey will bo charged , and the tickets will be available at either Stanbridgeford or Dunstable . From Euston , Camden Town , Highbury , Hampstead Heath , Broad-street , Kensington , and Uxbridge-road ( covered carriages ) , 3 s 6 d . From South Kensington , Sloane-square , Victoria , St . James ' s Park , Westminster Bridge , Charing-cross , Temple , and Blackfriars ( covered carriages ) , 4 s . The Special Trains will return from Dunstablo to London at 6 . 30 and 7 . 0 p . m . The Ordinary Train Service on the Dunstablo branch will be suspended and Special Trains run aa often as may bo required , connecting at Leighton with up and down Main Lino Trains . The Express Trains to and from the City , St . Albans , Watford , and Kensington will not run ou Easter Monday . G . FINDLAY . CHIEF TBAPVIC MANAGER ' S OFFICE , Ecsroif SxAlios-, March 1877 .
Ad01502
PIEST CLASS AMERICAN FRESH BEEF . — : o : — DAVIS & CO ., BUTCHERS , 82 ALDERSGATE STREET , E . C . AU orders accompanied by a remittance forwarded to any part of London on same day . PORTSMOUTH TIMES AND NAVAL GAZETTE , Hampshire , I , of Wight and- Sussex County Journal . Conservative organ for the district . Largest and most influential circulation . " The Naval Paper of the Principal Naval Arsenal . " Seo " May's British and Irish Press Guide . " Tuesday Evening , Ono Penny . Saturday , Twopence . Chief Offices : —154 Queen Street , Portsea . Bro . R . HOIBBOOK & Soss , Proprietors . Branch Offices at Chichester and Gosport . Agencies in all the principal towns in the district . Advertisements should be forwarded to roach tha Office not later than Tuesday Mornings and Friday afternoons .
Ad01511
Demy 8 vo , Price 7 s 6 d . rnHE CHESS OPENINGS . - * - By ROBEET B . WOEMALD . LONJOX : W W . MOBOAN , 67 BABBICAN , E . C .
Ad01512
New Edition , Enlarged , Crown 8 vo ., Cloth 6 s . \ TTAIFS AND STRAYS , CHIEFLY FROM VV THB CHESS BOARD , by Captain Hugh A . Kennedy , Vice-President of the British Chesa Association . W , W . Hoaaur , 67 BmsigAjf , LojiDCff ,