c.

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SAMUEL PEACOCK,

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CONTRACTOR FOR REMOVING FURNITURE, &c.,

To all parts of the World, on an Improved System,

BY ROAD OR RAIL, WITHOUT PACKING.

GOSTA GREEN, BIRMINGHAM.

_Open and Closed Vans for Road or Rail. China, Glass, and Wines
carefully removed._

PIANOS MOVED WITH SPECIAL CARE.

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Chemical, Mineral, & Aerated Waters Manufacturer,

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(SUPPLIED IN SIPHONS & BOTTLES)

ALSO

LICENSEE for LAMONT'S PATENT
GLASS STOPPER.

WELL LANE, DIGBETH,
BIRMINGHAM.

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ROBERT LLOYD CROSBIE & CO.,

THE GLOBE FOUNDRY,
CHARLOTTE STREET, BIRMINGHAM,

MANUFACTURERS OF
BRASS & IRON BEDSTEADS, &c.,

_Of every description, for Home and Exportation_.

Children's Bedsteads, Cots, Swing Cots, Chair Bedsteads, Sofas,
Couches, Chairs, &c.; Camp, Folding, and Portable Bedsteads of all
kinds; Washstands, Towel Bails, Hat Rails, &c.

_LONDON SHOW ROOMS AND WAREHOUSES_:
43 & 44, TABERNACLE WALK.

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C.S. JONES,
Fruit and Italian Warehouse,

43, GREAT WESTERN ARCADE,
AND
44 MONMOUTH STREET,

BIRMINGHAM.

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THE OLDEST BOOK SHOP IN BIRMINGHAM.

HUDSON & SON, 18, BULL STREET.

_Established in 1821 by the late Benjamin Hudson._

DISCOUNT ON BOOKS:

THREEPENCE in the Shilling, for _Cash_.

TWOPENCE in the Shilling, when Entered, and Paid for
within a Month.

BINDING, ENGRAVING, LITHOGRAPHY, and RELIEF-STAMPING.

STEAM PRINTING OFFICE

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THE

_GRESHAM LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY._

HEAD OFFICE:
37, OLD JEWRY, LONDON.

BRANCH OFFICE:
WATERLOO CHAMBERS, 26, WATERLOO
STREET, BIRMINGHAM.

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THE CASH SYSTEM.

"Heartily do I wish that shop debts were pronounced after a certain date
irrecoverable at law. The effect would be that no one would be able to
ask credit at a shop except where he was well known, and for trifling
sums. All prices would sink to the scale of cash prices. The
dishonourable system of fashionable debtors--who always pay too late, if
at all, and cast their deficiencies on other customers in the form of
increased charges--would be at once annihilated. Shop-keepers would be
rid of a great deal of care, which ruins the happiness of
thousands."--_Professor Newman's Lectu