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A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW, MERCANT...
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VOL. IX. No. 451.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13...
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THE PALACE OF THE PEOPLE, MUSWELL HILL:
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A Political And Literary Review, Mercant...
A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW , MERCANTILE JOURNAL , AND RECORD OF JOINT STOCK COMPANIES , BANKS , RAILWAYS , MINES , SHIPPING , & c . ________
Vol. Ix. No. 451.] Saturday, November 13...
VOL . IX . No . 451 . ] SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 13 , 1858 . Price { ggBig ™ :: JSSEggS ?' .
The Palace Of The People, Muswell Hill:
THE PALACE OF THE PEOPLE , MUSWELL HILL :
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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT . The Crystal Palace at Sydenham is highly prized by _ all classes of the community as affording , on a grand scale , the means of Intellectual Improvement and Physical Recreation It is , moreover , the embodiment of an idea , wlucn admits of great expansion , in the direction which now so largely occupies the public mind—viz . Popular Education . Enormous sums of money have been spent m providing railway accommodation for visitors , but the time and expense of reaching Sydenliam from many parts of the metropolis and its suburbs operates as a great drawback to numbers ; and in the case of large masses of the people , amounts almost to a prohibition . _ ¦ ,.. ' ¦ ' , , The immense and growing population on the left side of the Thames is entitled to a Palace of its own . In this district are situated the termini of the London and North Western , the Great Western , the Great Northern , the North London , the Eastern Counties , and the Blackwall Railways ; and a glance at the Post Office Directory Map will show that the population on this side . is nearly threefold as great as that on the right bank of tho river . A site has been selected for the erection of the Palace of the People" at TVIuswell Hill , near llornscy , Middlesex , which possesses unrivalled advantages for this purpose . It commands extensive and beautiful views in all directions , over the counties of Hertford , Middlesex , Essex , Kent , and Surrey ; including , amongst other paints of interest , Epping Forest , the Heights of Ghigwell , the Shipping on the Thames , Shooter ' s Hill , the Crystal Palace at Sydenham , the new Houses of Parliament , and Highgaro and Hampstead Churches . The ground is undulating and well timbered , with abundant springs of water ; and tho situation is considered remarkably healthy . The advantages of this site for building purposes were so obvious , as to induce tho Great Northern Railway Company to open a station on the property itself , and the journey from London will be performed in fifteen minutes . A short branch is also projected from the Eastern Counties Railway , which will placo it in direct communication by railway with Shorcditch , Fcnchurch-street , and Blackwall . , The " Palace of tho People" will form tho centre of a densely populated district , including Hornsey , Muswell Hill , Colney Hatch , Highj ? ato , Kentish Town , Hampstcad , Hendoh , Finohley , ToUeridgc , Barnot , East Barnet , South-Kate , jEdmonton , Enflpld , Stoke Ncwington , Tottenham , Clapton , Homorton , Hncknoy , Kingsland , JFinsbury , Islington , Highbury , Holloway , Camden Town , Hyde Park , the Regent ' s Park , Maida Hill , St . Johu ' a Wood , Paddmgton , and Bayswator . Trom all these places it will bo within either an easy walk or an hour ' s drive , without going through London . Passengers by railway from all the custom , western , midland , and northern counties of England , and from tho whole of Scotland and Wales , will roach tho Palace without traversing tho streets of London , within one hour after alighting at tho metropolitan railway termini ; and all those who arrive by tho Groat Northern Railway will bo set down Jit tho doors , a'lio " Palacq of tho People" is established in no spirit of rivalry to its predooessor , but with tho vjow of affording to so oxtonsivo a range of customers similar advantages to those now onjoyed by tho inhabitants of tho southern bank of tho river ; and its founders believe that a fair competition in tho sorTioo of tho public can only prove in tho end mutually beneficial to both undertakings . Whilst presenting tho most varied amusements within tho building and in tho bi' ° " »< 1 s » < 'h o Palaco of tho People will occupy a Hold of its own , for which there is a growing demand on tho part of tho public . Systematic Instruction in sovoral of the most important and popular branches of education will bo conveyed through the eye in a form and upon a scale which can bo accomplished only in an institution of such magnitude ; and in tho attainment of thin end rooourso will bo had to the nssiatanco and advioo of tho most eminent mon in tho country . Amonrjat the most important subjects will be included—1 . English History-Illustrated in chronological order by pictures , statuos , armour , implements of trade and husbandry , costumes , and models of tho architecture of tho different ngns . 2 . Geography—Exhibited on large maps and raised plant * , aooompanlod by specimens of tho productions , coHtumo , and habits of living of all nations ; together with models of some of tho most remarkable buildings of . each country . 3 . Astronomy—With its brilliant ( uid striking phenomena , illustrated by moans of largo and powerful apparatus , A Geology—Prosontud to tho oyo by models , or aotual spoolnions in hulk , of the stratification of rocks , with their roapootlvo foHsll roinaitiH and mineral deposits , arranged , according to their rolatlve positions .
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THE TWELFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY was hold within the Company ' s Head-Offlco , No . S , Georgestreet , Edinburgh , on Monday , tho 1 st dny of November , 185 S , — JAMES ROBERTSON , Esq ., W . S ., in thoCliair . Tlio Balance Sheet of the Company ' s A flairs , as at SQtUMay , 186 S . tho Report by tho Auditor , and various Statoments exhibiting tho progress and position of tho Company , wero laid before tho Meeting ; also a Report by tho Directors , in which tho following results wore communicated : — . Tho New Assurances offcoted during tho year amounted to k rf 310 , € O 0 10 4 Tho Corresponding Annual Premiums being 11 , 007 7 10 Tho Annual Revenue , after deducting all Assurancos abandoned , surrendered , or otherwise cancelled , aa at 25 th May , 18 B 8 , w * 1 02 , 010 4 11 Tho Accumulated Fund , as at same dato , amounted to 208 , 932 13 B Tho Amount of Claims by Death for the Year was 20 , 703 19 4 Tho following Tnblo , showing tho satisfactory progress of tho Company from its commencement , was also submitted ;
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With reference to the amount of Claims during the year , the Report proceeded as follows : — " The only point which requires special explanation 13 the amount of claims by death , which , though still very limited , is larger comparatively than in auy previous year . The Directors have already referred to the cause generally , but it is well to show particularly to what extent the Indian Mutinies have increased these claims . The Deaths during the year were 47 . the Claimsbeinir . £ 29 , 753 19 4 Of this sum there- arose , in consequence of the Indian Mutinies , 12 deaths , bringing claims « v *» ¦ _ ¦ ¦ ,. ' . i . T . stMi 19 n
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NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY . N OTICE is hereby given that the Quarterly Mooting of the Members of tho National Permanent Mutual Uonollt Building Society ( commonly called tho National Freehold Land Sooioty ) , will bo hold at tho London Tftvorn , Blshopsgato-strcot , in tho Citv of London , on Friday , tho 26 fch dny of Novombor , 1858 , at llaJlC-pHSt Six o ' clock in tho 12 voning > prooisoly . ,.- ' , j „_ : ¦ £ ,, ' . N And Notice is hereby also given , that ft , SppdW , WO « WW /^ Meeting of tlio Members of tho sam « sW' /^ J ^ i ^/^ W . ' ' at tho aamo plaoo . and oh tho same day . i w j ^^^ iK & n ^ tho oloao of tho Quarterly Meeting U > W \ i ^ # ' ^ £ i , # ' , \\ Requisition and Notice that woro Pl ] J ^ ' 'ti ^ JS ^ SBtM Quarterly ijtoetiue of the said Mom bora , o tn ^ J ^ 'VQWWr *^ 1888 , and for tho purnoso of op >" 4 ° ' WJ )? A'S ^ lffi ^ ira altorlng tho Rules of tho said Sooioty aa ijV ® ' . 1 ^ KlM ^ M Bltlon is specified . ^ ^ winTTINa ^^^^^|) l 14 , Moorffnto-sti'ook , London , 13 . 0 , lltU ^ o ^ . ^^^^ pj ^ ' ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13111858/page/1/
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