January 7 .] 
THE FIELD 
21 
Advice to Maidens. — “Punch's Pocket Hook, for 1854,” 
gives the following, from the pen of “n single woman of the 
world — If a man wipes his feet on the door-innt before coming 
into tlio room, you niny bo suro he will mako n good domestic 
husband. If a man, in snuffing the candles, snuffs them out, 
you may bo sure be will mako a stupid husband. If a man puts 
liis handkerchief on his knoes whilst tnking his ton, you may bo 
Bure ho will bo a prudent husband. In tlio same way, always 
mistrust tlio man who will not tako the last pieco of toast or 
Sally Lnnn, but prefers waiting for the next warm batch. It is 
not unlikely ho will make a greedy, selfish husband, with whom 
you will enjoy no “ brown” nt dinner, no crust at ten, no penoo 
whatever at home. Tlio man, iny dears, who wears goloshes, 
and is careful about wrapping himself up well before venturing 
into tho night air not unfrequon tly nakes a good invalid husband 
that mostly stops nt homo, ami is easily comforted with slops. 
Tho man who watches tlio kettle and prevonts it boiling over, 
will not fail, my dears, in his married state in exorcising tho 
eomo care in always keeping tho pot boiling. Tho man who 
doesn’t tako lea, ilftreats tho cat, takes snuff, and stands with 
his back to the tiro, is n brute whom I would not advise you, my 
denrs, to marry upon any consideration, either for love or money, 
hut most decidedly not for love. But tlio man who, when the 
tea is over, is discovered to linvo had none, is suro to make the 
best husband. Patience like his deserves being rewarded with 
the host of wives and the best of mothors-in-law. My dears, 
when you meet with such n man, do your utmost to marry him. 
In tho severest winter he would not mind going to bed first. 
Agks of Sovereigns. — The following are tlio ages of tho 
principal reigning Sovereigns: — Queen Victoria, 34; King of 
Wurtoinburg, 71; King of Belgians, G3; King of Prussia, 57; 
Emperor of Russia, 5G ; King of Sweden and Norway, 53 ; King 
of Don mark, 44; Louis Napoleon, 44} King of Two Sicilies and 
King of Bavaria, 42 ; King of Hanover, 88 ; tho Sulton, 30 ; tho 
Emperor of Austria, 23; tlio Popo, 00. 
New Mode of Sewing. — A M. Bnrcolo, of Turin — who, 
sometime since, invented a method of dnrning rents in stuffs of 
every kind, so os to render them imperceptible to the keenest 
and most practised eye — lias just discovered a method of sowing 
without tho aid of a needle. The process is kept a secret for the 
present, with a view to protect it by patent. 
Be Kind to your Mother.—" What would I give,” said 
Charlos Lamb, “ to call my mother back to earth for one day, to 
nsk her pardon upon my knees for all those acts by which I gave 
her gcntlo spirit pain.” Remember this children. 
A Good Thought.— John Howard, having settled his accounts 
at the close of a particular year, and found a baluneo in his 
favour, proposed to his wifo to make uso of it in n journey to 
London, or in any other amusement she chose. “ What a pretty 
Cottage for a poor family it would build I” was her answer. 
This point met with his cordial approbation, and the money was 
laid out accordingly. 
Newspapers. — Newspapers contain everything, and nre found 
everywhere. The only difficulty is to read them. Tlio threads of 
newspaper correspondence enclose the whole globo in a net- 
work of espionage. Nothing can happen that is not sure to get 
into a newspaper while it is happening, nnd sometimes before it 
has happened. It is no idle bluster to say that the eyes of Europe 
arc on you. The eyes of Europe nre the newspapers of Europe; 
and these same eyes nre on every man, woman, and child, whose 
lives nre of the slightest interest outside their own circles. ^It has 
been beautifully said of flowers that they start up in the most 
unexpected places, where there is hardly a handful of soil, and 
even when there is none, striking their tender yet vigorous roots 
into tho crevices of the naked rock. Tho same thing may bo said 
of newspapers. They seem to be sown like certain seeds, by the 
caprice of the winds. Wherever there is a settlement of a dozen 
people yon may look out for n newspaper. The first necessity of 
a new population is a newspaper. It inverts sometimes the 
vulgar principle of political economy, which will insist that the 
demand produces tlio supply ; for it happens with newspapers 
every now and thou the supply produces the demand. The nows- 
pnper of n little colony often comes into existence before the 
renders: Borne farsighted speculator being always in advance 
with an article of consumption which ho knows well enough will 
become indispensable by and by. Even New Zealand, while it 
wns yet undergoing the early stages of an excruointiug experi- 
ment. had a newspaper; nnd Hong Kong, where tlio fatality of 
the climato might bo supposed to deter any sensible man from 
risking more than a month's subscription, has its Gazette. 
Indeed, wo are not quite sure that a newspaper is not of social 
instinct. People got up newspapers where there is nobody to 
read them -but themselves. Passengers on a long voyage, who 
have no news to tell except that which they get from each other, 
nnd nobody to tell it to when they get it, frequently amuse them- 
selves by playing at newspapers. This is more remarkable than 
tho most out of the way birth of flowers. A harebell on a rock 
is not half so surprising ns a newspaper on board a ship. — 
Frazer's Magazino. 
Hbbertteemcnts. 
rpHB CHARGE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS in 
X “The Field ” is at the rate of 
SIXPENCE per LINE, 
But no Advf.rtisrmf.nts under Onr-and-Sixim;nce arr Receive!. 
with tlio exception of those of Persons requiting Situations, when 
ONE SHILLING only is charged for 3 Lines. 
Payment must lie made In Cash or Postage Stamps, to tlio Publisher 
H ^'EAL AND SON’S ILLUSTRATED CATA- 
LOGUE of Bedsteads, and Priced Lists of Bedding. — Sent Free 
by Post. — 190, Tottenham Court-road - 
rpHE WELLINGTON (late Crock-ford’s Club House), 
X entrance ICO, Piccadilly. Gentlemen visiting London, can dine 
In the splendid Dining Room of this celebrated establishment, at a very 
III TOOTH te scale of charges. The Dining Room is the largest in London. 
Tlio cooking lirst rale, and the oliolccst wines are supplied In the 
Imperial nioilturc. Reading nnd Smoking Rooms, arc open for the 
accommodation of Gentlemen after dinner. 
rim K PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER.— The 
J It UAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced 80 years as« by M ILHAM 
S. IilJ U' TON, when PLATED by tho patent process of Messrs, l.lkuigton 
and Co., In beyond nil comparison llio very best article next to sterling 
silver that cun bo employed ns such, either usefully or ornamentally, 
as by rio possible test can it lie distinguished from real silver. 
Thread or 
Fiddlo Umtiswiek King’s 
Pattern, Pattern. Pattern. 
Tea Spoons, per do* 18s. .. 80s. .. 38s. 
Dessert Folks „ ..so .. 40 .. 40 
Dessert Spoons „ ..30 .. 42 .. 48 
Table Forks „ ..40 .. 30 ..04 
Table Spoons „ ..40 .. 59 .. 00 
Tea nnd cofl’eo sets, wallers, candlesticks, tcc., at proportionate prices. 
All kinds of re-plalllVl done by the patent process. 
CHEMICALLY PURE NICKEL NOT PLATED. 
Fiddlo. Thread. King’s. 
Tuhlo Spoons and Forks, full size, per dot. 12s. .. 2Ps. .. 30s. 
Dessert ditto uild ditto 10 .. 21 .. 83 
Ten ditto 6 .. 1 1 .. 12 
WILLIAM S. UURTON lifts TEN LAIIOE SHOW ROOMS fall com* 
tounlenting), exclusive of 1 hr* shop, devoted solely to the show of GENE- 
RAL FURNISHING IRONMONGERY (Including cutlery, nickel silver, 
plated and japanned wares, Iron nnd brass bedsteads), «<> arranged and 
classified, that purchasers may easily uml nt once make their tolcrtiont. 
Catalogues with engravings sent (per post) free. The money returned 
for every article not npproved of. 
80, OXFORD-9TREET (corner of Nowman-streel) ; Nos. 1 and *, 
KliWMAN-STULET; am] 4 and 6, PERRY'S-PLACLL 
LIFE ASSURANCE. 
R eport of the select committee of the 
HOUSE of COMMONS, and tho DEPOSIT SYSTEM. The now 
and important feature of Life Assurance adopted by the DEPOSIT 
and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 
Tho following Is an extract from tho Report of the Select Com- 
mittee:— 
“The objects which persons have In view in effecting insurances upon 
their lives, arc generally of an important and solemn character, viz., 
the provision for widows and orphans after the dcatli of their natural 
protectors; unlike any ordinary transaction of trade, a contract once 
entered into cannot bo discharged or abandoned, it doubts of tlio 
stability of an odice should arise, without a sacrifice of premiums paid 
In past years, and the necessity of effecting new policies In other offices 
at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the assured; 
persons are thus placed in the anxious and unhappy dilemma of being 
compelled to persevere in paying premiums ffom year to year, with some 
suspicion and doubt ns to the ultininte advantage of doing so, or of in- 
curring the serious loss which, under the most favourable circumstances, 
must attend the abandonment or sale of a policy." 
On the deposit system a person is not “Compelled" to pay, from 
“year to year," nud he does not. If desirous of “abandoning ” his 
policy, Incur any “serious loss,” but, on the contrary, lie may pay 
such amounts, ami at such times, ns ho may find money convenient; 
he can stop paying whenever lie pleases, and he can withdraw the 
whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be withdrawn the policy 
is cancelled ; if part only, then the value of the policy is diminished by 
tlio assured value of the part withdrawn 
A. B., aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of 51 , which it 
will ho seen he Incrcosas from time to time, und occasionally diminishes. 
For example. — Tito following abstract of a Ledger Account will 
show the operation of the scheme : — 
ASSURANCE. 
Assurance 
Balances 
at Credit. 
— 71 h t- ct d* co o : i i- or 
^ n CO -r o ^ <Ji C4 -H CO to 
w 
6 
111 
^ o :i h o co N ^ cj co 
: — yj ; b- oo oo : •* r> ci 
Vj ^ t* — -O tO CO f>- — — i OiOt- 
^ ^ — 51 MNW C4 CO 
c- 
Cl 
8 
A 
P 
Reductions 
for Cash 
withdrawn . 
Ts Cl « 
: : : ; t- : : oo • : : ci r * : 
^ co r> co 
^ V? ~ e-t 
CO 
30 
o 
| Age. 
S s« : : IS ’ SS 
CASH. 
Balance 
of 
Credit 
^ ^ 2 ^ 2 2 ^ S 5 5 S § ^ 
t- 
Q 
& 
u 
■d 
«1 
c. 
^ w'; o o :mo ;oooci : o o »o 
d 
Q 
J+ d 
5 ft 
^ -3 
<N 
i 
C4 CS Ci CO — C*l CO CO 
Tli ii li 
S S i 8 §3 
CCOOCO ® fflj 
Thus A. B., in ten years, has saved and invested nt different inter- 
vals various sums amounting to 97/., by which lie had been insured in 
case of death for 200/. 12s. 7-/.; but A. B. requires 22/., he draw s this 
sum out, and diminishes the value of liis policy by 00/. 8*. 3<f. ut 
different times, leaving him in case of dentil a policy for 200/. 4*. 4.2., 
and during his life a fund of 75/. to draw out at any time, In part or 
wholly. 
The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance 
Company was upon a deposit of 10/., which a parent made for each of 
five children, instead of adding it to an account they had at the Saving's 
Bank. One of them died n few days after the 10/, was deposited, and 
the father received 34/. G *., being the amount of the deposit policy. 
EXAMPLE No. 2. 
Supposing A. B. aged twenty-three, when he opeiis a deposit policy 
has the means, and continues voluntarily, to pay the same sum every 
year in the same way as lie is compelled to do in the ordinary sys- 
tem 
Yeak. 
Age. 
1851 
23 
18 
49 G 0 
24 
18 
48 10 0 
1853 
25 
18 
47 18 0 
18.74 
2G 
18 
47 1 G 
27 
18 
40 111 0 
1850 
28 
18 
45 17 C 
1857 
29 
18 
45 4 0 
1858 
30 
18 
44 10 6 
1859 
31 
18 
43 .17 1! 
1800 
32 
18 
43 4 0 
18G1 
33 
90 
20G 7 G 
1805 
37 
38 
to 
90 
190 4 6 
1870 
42 
1871 
43 
1 
72 
MI 3 0 
1874 
4G 
432 
1090 4 0 
1875 
47) 
109 
194 13 G 
1880 
I 
1881 
63) 
Jto 
} 
90 
147 18 0 
1885 
57) 
lSHd 
68) 
to 
- 
109 
182 10 G 
63) 
738 
1625 6 6 
The premium of 18/. commencing nt 23 years of age, and paid upon 
an ordinary policy (nt it may be) every year till A B i.< 40 years old 
will secure tlio same sum, viz., 1000/., but if A B lives 17 years longer 
(wlilcn I* the probable duration cf life at the time he effected the Insu- 
rance) his deposit policy, for tho same payments as for an ordinary 
policy of 1,000/., will have Increased to 1,525/. (Is. (Id. 
TltWSTRES. 
The Right Honourable tlio Lord Viscount Dmnil.mrlg, M.P., Comp- 
troller of Imr Majesty's Household. 
Major-Goiierul Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 70, Gloucester-place, Portman. 
square. 
Sir Charles Price, Bart., Banker, London. 
Vice-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect House, Southampton. 
Ch.virm ix. 
Tho Right Hon. tho Lord Viscount Dnuulanrlg, M.I*,, Comptroller of 
jior Majesty's Household. 
Di:nrrr-Ciuir.MAN. 
George Coodo, Esq., VictorU-strcot, Beigravla. 
CoNsr xtiso Acu-.ir.Y. 
Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq,, F.I..S. 
Stashing Counsel. 
R. B. Crowder, Esq., Q C., M.P., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to tho 
Admiralty, anil Judge Advocato of the Fleet. 
R. Malms, Esq., Q.C., M IL, Lincoln's.lmi. 
Chief Office, 
No. 1G, New Bridge street, Blaekfrlars, Loudon. 
BitAxcu Offices. 
Leads— 36, Park-vow. I Dublin— 10, Woslniorlfum-etryet. 
Birmingham— 194, New-stroCt. | Bristol— 21, Biidgo.strwt- 
Every description of ordinary Life Assurance business transacted. 
Loans granted nt 5 per cent, on real or personal security. Annuities 
on most favourable terms. 
j Mseascd Ut w and lives docllAod by other Offices accepted at equitable 
rates. 
MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. 
StmnttNDEit of Policies.— A n owner of a Policy for life on which 
five years' premium or upwards have been paid, should he wish to 
surrender the Policy, will be entitled to receive either the then value, 
or It may remain as a Deposit, and be represented by an equivalent 
Deposit Policy. r 
F or prospectuses and further Information apply to the agents in tho 
country, or to O. W, Devan , Resident Secretary.' 
CHARLES LENNY, 
Coach and Harness Manufacturer, 
an, NORTH END, CROYDON, 
TjEGS to call attention to liis Broughams, Clarences, anil 
¥ ^“ouches, will, hi* registered nolndeu wh.-M-pD,,,, „ M14 ihorleiilng 
the distance between then beds, nnd lessening the draught for (he horse, 
allowing the wheels to lock quite undrr, nnd having hi K , f,. olU w | ler ], 
C. L. tins constantly on sole Cab nnd Driving Phaetons, stanhope and 
single horse ditto, Pony Carriage, nnd Park Phaeton,. He „li., iollcts 
aiienuon to Ins Newport Pngnel and other eurts, either with imiieD or 
wickerwork sides, and to hisBngot Carr, in pm>*l or wickerwork, easy 0 f 
access, and possessing all the advantages of the Malvern Cart hut 
less expensive. 
He has also a large etock of Croydon Basket Carriage,, cheap and 
elegant and in every variety of shape, either for sale or building to 
order, with or without heads, to suit either the Shetland Pony or the 
horse. 
C. L. would also invite an inspection of his registered Phaeton In 
basket-work, suitable either for one or npntrof ponies or horse. 
Carriages of all kinds let on hire for long or short engagements. 
THE MIDLAND SPOUTING CHRONICLE, 
edited nt PEDIGREE, 
I S now under a New Proprietorship, and an 
invaluable organ of communication ta all lovers of our National 
Sports, as well ns to the AGRICULTURIST und tho 
LICENSED VICTUALLER. 
It will also be found an excellent medium for Advertising, as 
not only are the charges one-half less than those of the melropolilun 
journals, but some hundreds ul free papers oie scut to the leading 
hotels throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, indei i n- 
dent of the thousands to regular subscribers. 
Advertising Charges : Six Lines for 2.«. 0-/. 
SunscniFTioff : 5s. per quarter. All Post-office Orders to be made 
payable lo Carit.r SIIaRP. 
Published every Thursday Evening, in lime for post, at 14, Long 
R ow, NorrixmiAsi. 
MILLIARDS. — Superior Slale Tables, at 50 guineas, 
J ' allowed to be, by the first players of the day, tho best now manu- 
factured.— HOPKINS nud STEPHENS, billiard table makers, 19, 
Mereer-stvoet, Long-acrc, London, beg to inform the nobility, gentry, 
and clubs in general, that, from thelv long experience, the v are enabled 
to send out a first-rate article, warranted of the best seasoned material 
and workmanship, at the above luw charge for cash N.ll. Old cushions 
re-stuffed on an improved and accurate principle. 
rpHE BUCEPHALUS NOSEBAND. — A simple nnd 
1 easy remedy for hard-pulling horses, rendering inveterate bm ere 
tractable and light in hand. Suitable to any curb bridle. Extensively 
patronised by the officers of her Majesty's cavalry, the sporting world, 
&c., and strongly recommended fbr ladies’ use. Price, for saddle-horses, 
8 s . ; for harness-horses, 12*. Sent (post free) on receipt of a money 
order, payable at the Piccadilly post-office, to Witiiam M. Bywater, 
Saddler, Ac., 99, Piccadilly, London.— None urc genuine nnlcssstaniped 
— “Btwater, London.” 
UIRD NETS, SHEEP NETS, RABBIT NETS, 
X) BAT FOLDING NETS, wilh bamboo pole* 14 feet long, 10*. 
each ; Partridge Nets, ‘id. per square yard ; Rabbit Net*, four feet 
wide, 1 jff. per yard; Cocoa-nut Fibre; Sheep Folding Nets, four Get 
high, 4 cl. nnd Od. per yard. At W. CullinofordK manufactory, 
1, Kdinuild-lerrace, Bull's Pond-road, Islington (late of Stmthmore- 
Terrncp, Shadwell, London). 
A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. 
1TR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, FJeef-str- ef, 
ilX has introduced an entirely New Description of ARTIFICIAL 
TEETH, fixed without springs, wives, or ligatures. They so perfectly 
resemble the natural teeth, os not to be distinguished from the originals 
by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and 
will lie found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does 
not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and Mill 
support and preserve teeth tllut are loose, ami Is guaranteed to restore, 
articulation, and mastication., Decayed teeth rendered sound and use- 
ful in mastication. 62, FLEET-STREET. — At home from 1 till 5. 
T. 7- EATING’S COUGH LOZENGES, a Certain 
IY Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs — In difficulty of 
Breathing— in Redundancy of Phlegm — in Incipient Consumption (of 
which Cough is the most positive indication), they nre of unerring 
efficacy. In Asthma and iu Winter Cough they have never been 
known to fail. 
Prepared and sold in boxes, 1*. 1 \d., and tins, 2*. 9<f. 4s. 0./,, and 
10*. Gd. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, &c.. No ?9, ST. Paul's 
C iicncnvAKD, London. 
Sold retail by all Druggists, Ac., in (be whole World. 
N.B. — To prevent spurious imitations, please to observe that tlio 
words “ Keating's Cough Lozcnges” are engraved on the Govern- 
ment Stamp of each box. Nolle otherwise are genuine. 
V ALU ABL li TESTIMONIAL. 
Copy of a liltjrfrom the hie “ COLOX EL II A WHICH," (the well k oaten 
Author on “ GUMS AS/IOOTltfO,") Longparish /Ions*, near HViif- 
church, Hants. Oct. 21, 1840. 
Slit,— I cannot resist Informing you of tho extraordinary effect that 
I have experienced by taking only a few of your LO/I.Nt.Ks. 1 bad 
a cough for several weeks, that defied all that had been prescribed 
for me; and yet I got completely rid of it by tnking about hull a small 
box of your Lozenges, which I find are the only ones that relieve the 
cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs 
I am, Sir, jfour humble servant, P, Hawkek. 
To Mu. KifATiwd, 79, St. Paul * Churchyard. 
RUPTURES.— EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY. 
T )UPTURE$ cured in three days, without truss, bou- 
l dago, or quftik plaster, by a simple und perfectly pnlnLs* rc uvily. 
This astonishing remedy was perfectly meets* ful In curing J 062 last 
year, nnd is applicable lo every form of single nnd double rupture, 
however bad or long standing, in male or fonnde, infant or adnl', 
causing no pnin, Inconvenience, or cnufliieiiienl; and will bo s. nt five 
to an v "part, on receipt of 7*. 6./. hi postage stumps, or money orders, 
addressed to Wai.tur Marshall, Esq., M.D.. Globc-hmc, Ipswich, 
Suffolk, 45 vears Consiillln* Physician to various Hntpilals. 
N. II, — a. eure guaranteed In every cate. 
ft U PTU RE. — “COLES'S TRUSS IS BEST."— 
lb This !• th« Invention patronised by Sir Aitl.y Cooler md 
the most eminent surgeons ; worn and recommended *> Wdlunn 
CobbeM, and which has eomnrnnd.d for SO roars acorutanil. moirusmc 
reputation. It is what a tru-s should he-porfe.il.' e'ri .eo u-. »-t 
agreeable to tho wearer. Rortd “CoMietl's l.fsMfy Ruptured 
Person*," gratis. — 3, Cbnri iig-cro«v. 
[V i i » T ri — 1V1 :s . — t i i k patent seef-adu sting 
II GERMAN TBUPi*. acting effect. i »1ljr will . ■ ' • ; '* ” v * 
is recommended by the faculty for the eure mo! ’• Her of her m- . 
The necessary quality of a good tom Is an .PL ;"..t >• I" v 
without unnecessary pressure on tho port ■ d ■■ '■ 1 . " "• ‘ •' '■ 
Object is alone obh incl in n Irusi iiomh u obirod with strap* or spiral 
springs, or pad behind. 
‘ J. Karloff Cb.. 1, l»lec«dllly. 
/UIRISTMAS.— A't the Social Reunion of this seuson, 
the FairnnU Youthful are more than over desirous of shining in 
PERSONAL ATTKAC llON 
under the raze of mam friends, and tlio following Unrivalled dis- 
coveries for tho Toilet are cal I'M increased requisition, namely : - 
uiuvi wuvs mac’ a<SAK oil., forcre itlng and sustaining aluvuiUnt 
head rif hah - ; ROW LA N I ’8’ KALYDOR. lor rendering the skin 
soft, fair' and Moofnlnc: IR^X OPt’N lU .yr lV.vrl Dontt- 
filce, lor Imparling « poafl-llk# Minton, to tho teeth: and 
LANDS \OU.\ D DUO. a fragrant and IplHMous peviUnUn mi essential 
accompaniment to nlncoj of public afhufement uud CJN>« awemW 
Tho patronage of Hoyully tluyUuhout Europe, nud their gonrt. uso 
bv tho Aristocracy and the elite of Fashion, render them a peculiarly 
ELEGANT nnd SEASONABLE PRESENT. Bewnro of spurious 
Imitations, The only genuine of each bears tho name of ‘ Rowlands 
preceding that of tho article on tho wrapper or label — Sold by them 
at 20 JJaUqu garden ; Loudon, and by chNuUD aud perfumer#. 
