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l ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ orV A POLITICAL , LITERARY , COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER . . ¦ ' . ' . . ¦ AND- ¦ ¦ . RECORD OF JOINT STOCK COMPANIES , BANKS , RAILWAYS , MINES , SHIPPING , & c .
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~~~ yOL . X . No . 509 , ] SATURDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1859 . Price jgge ^ ^ . ;; Ii / efl > EWCE
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LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 30 , THROeMOETON STREET , BANK . Chairman—William Leaf , Esq . Depitty Chairman—John Humpherv , Esq ., Alderman . Richard E . Ardeu , Esq . Rupert Ingleby , Esq . Edward Bates , Esq . Saffery Win . Johnson , Esq . Thos . Farncomb , Esq ., Aid . Jeremiah J'ilcher , Esq . Professor Hall , M . A . Lewis Pocoek , Esq . Physician—Dr . Jeaffreson , 2 , Fihsbury-square . Surgeon—W . Coulson , Esq ., 2 , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . Actuary—George Clark , Esq . Advantages of Assuring with this Company . The Premiums are . on the lowest scale consistent with Bficuritv ' * The assured are protected by an ample subscribed capital —an assurance fund of £ 4 S 0 , OOO , invested on mortgage and in the Government stocks—and an income of £ 85 , 000 ayear . Premiums to Assure £ 100 . Whole Term . Age One Year . Seven Years . With Profits . profits . ~ £ s d £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d , 20 . 0 17 8 0 19 0 115 10 11110 o i -I 12 7 2 5 5 2 0 7 40 15 0 1 C 0 307 2 14 10 60 1 14 1 1 19 10 4 6 8 . 4011 60 3 2 4 3 17 0 0 12 0 M 10 Mutual Branch . Assurers on the Bonus system arc entitled , after five years , to participate in nine-tenths , or 90 per cent , of th T & m-o S fit assisned to each Policy can be added to the Bum assured , applied in reduction of the annual premium , ° At tfi ^ flrst ' divisiJn , » return of 20 per cent in cash on the premiums paid was declared ; this will allow a reversionary increase , varying , according to age , from 00 to 28 per cent , on the premiums , or from 5 to 15 per cent , ou the Bl One-l » aif d of the Whole Term Premium may remain on credit for bcvou yoars , or one third of the premium may remain for life as a debt upon tho policy at 5 per cent ., or may be paid off at any time without notice . Claims paid lu one month after proofs have been approved . Loans upon approved security . No charge for Volley Stamps , Medical attendants paid for their reports . Persons hmy In time of peace proceed to or reside in any partT of Europe or Itrltisn North America without extra Ch Noextra charge for the Militia , Volunteer Rifle , or Artll-^ £ Sg ^ ffirB SttSd every day at a quarter before two o ' clock . M , BATES , HesMent Director .
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LAW UNION FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . CniBFOFPlCKB ~ ltffl , CilANCI « KYLANM , LOND 0 N , W . C . HiRMiKaiiJiM HKAKCU-J 7 , UNION PASSACiK . CAPITAL-ONE MILLION STERLING . Tho Fire and Lift ) Dopnrtimnts are under one Management , " but with separate Funds ft . no Accounts . Ch-aihman—fUU WILLIAM FOSTER , IUht , ViOB-OHA i" ^ N - JAM 10 S PAUKIOlt , K »«» - "i . d dow House , Oholmsford . FIRE DEPARTMENT . Capital rospouHiblo for Lohhph , £ 750 , 000 . r ,, fill ., anco Tho bnalnoBB ie confined to tho bout classes ol n > Burancp . Tho Discount allowed by tho Govermnunt on tho Duty is " » all 0 M 8 OH wivon to tho Insured . Claims settled with prompt Undo and lllxrnUty . LIFE DEPARTMENT , OapHal responsible tor Lobbob , ; 68 fiO , o 0 l > . A BonuB ovory Flvo Yoara . -noxt Bonus in 181 H . Moderato piitOB of l ' rennum . Annuities granted on , favourable tonne . Prospectuses , Forme of Proposal , copies of' Annual lt « - porta , aad every l " *! ^^^^^ ^^ 120 , Ohauoory-lano .
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THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . Established 1836 . Offices , No . 1 , DALE-STREET , LIVERPOOL , AND 20 , AND 21 , POULTRY , LONDON . LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS UNLIMITED . INVESTED FUNDS .... £ 1 , 150 , 0 : 35 . PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY . Year . . Fire Lit « Invested Premiums ' . Premiums . . Funds . 1848 35 , 47 ^ .... ¦ l ' . US-JO 388 , 900 1 K . VJ ii 3 , 61- > ; 49 , 128 620 . 89 S 1858 270 , 058 1- > 1 , 41 . 1- ..... 1 , 150 , 035 THE ANNUAL IVC'OME -EXCEEDS £ 450 , 000 . Policies expirinu- on CifRISTJIAS-DAY should be re- ' m-WL'tl before the !) th of . January . SAVIN TON 1 JOULT , Jiccro . fnry to theCompany .
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Establish ki > 18 &> . VICTORIA AND LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY . IS , KING WILLIAM STREET , CITY . The Business of the Company embraces every description of risk connected with Lite Assurance . ¦ Credit allowed of one-third of the Premiums till death , or half the Premiums for five years , on Policies taken out for the whole of life . ' ' , Advances in connexion with Life Assurance are made on advantageous terms , either on real or personal security . b WILLIAM RATRAY . Actuary .
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INCOKPORATKD 1847 . BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO 3 IPANY , 32 , NEW BRIDGE-STREET , LONDON , E . C . Annual income , £ 58 , 388 . Accumulated Fund ^ 151 , 807 12 s . „„„ A * The profits declared have amounted to £ 03 , 418 , yielding a Bonus of 27 J Per cent- oa tne premiums , returnable in Cash to the members . _ . Since the commencement of tho Company the amount paid to the widows and other representatives of deceased members is £ 79 , 142 3 s . fld . Persons insuring this year will share in the Bonus to be declared up to December , ISg ^ ^^^ Secretary .
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THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . 39 , KING STR ®! T ? Wil ? Al > siDB , K . C , LONDON . Tills is a puroly Mutual Life Assurance Society , with a capital of 360 , 000 / . invested in Government and real seourltloH created ' entirely by the steady accumulatton of tho premiums , and nn belonplng to tho members . The assurancos in force nro l , 400 , 0 \> o £ , and the income upwards of W ffox P tra eharS to Assurers joining Volunteer Rifle or Artillery Corps . CIIAUJLKS INaALL . Actuary . N 1 J —All rolicies tnkon out on or before tho 31 et December , 18 W > , will luive the ndvantHgo of one year in every Annual lionuH .
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IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1 , OLD BltOAD STR 10 ET , LONDON . —Instituted 1820 . directors . OEOlKiN W 1 LLTAM COTTAM , Esq ., CHAIRMAN . VniflOlOltrcK PATTISON , Key ., Dkputy-Chairman Thomas G . 1 Jnroliiy , Esq . U corgo Hlbbcrt , Esq . lniixis ( ' (! Hell Esq . Hiuimol Hibbort , Jl . sq . I -2 nrn ' irt , l " «« i . r r »»« " - Newman Hiin / . ICq . rii . iih . fl <• iivo I ' 8 ( i « 1 . Oordon Murdoch , Mho . Goo i o 1 -I ry Cut lor . E » q . William . U . Robinson , lisa , llonry l > nvl ( lBoii , K « l . MiirllnT . Smith , H « q ., M . I . ( Jcortra FM < 1 , Khci . Nowmnn Smith , ICHq . SKriTniTV .-Tlio nsBiirvd iwu protcotod by iv mummj w fim ' l ofumvnrdH of u mlllhu owl a liulf uterllng from tho Hnnilliit'N nttiuihinu to mutual ftHtJttviiuoo . n 1 ' Ol'lTS -l '< . iTr-lini » H , or eighty popooii / . of tho prodtfl iirt « imburiuiHo I ' oIIoIoh cvi-ry llfth vo . tr . Tim nwuroil » ru u itllKMl 1 ") I urilolpate al'ter payinont of ouo nrominm . riVAlMiS-Tho Coinpimy liits . dlBbnrBud In payment of oluliDH anil udilltJonrt upwards of rfi 1 , 000 , 000 . . nrt , .,. r . J' o ' f the m ^^^^ S ^ j , Aotggrs ,
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DEPOSIT AND DISCOUNT BANK . 1 WJK TKlt CENT , on sums for iixod periods , or at aoveu flay' notieo , or Throe ^ or Con ^ « t C ^ - gor < OfllooB , 0 , Oannon-u trgot West . li . C ,
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THE PESTINIOG SLATE QUARRY COMPANY ( LIMITED ) . A LARGE portion of the required New Capital is now-Subscribed tor , and it is probable that allotments to the public will shortly close . The contract for the purchase of the fee-simple of tne Estate ( 260 acres ) has been effected upon very advantageous terms . ¦' ¦»> , Preliminaries for the construction of the proposed Kailroad aud the expansion of the Works are entered upon , and both operations will be carried out with as little delay as possible , so as to secure an early dividend . The CAPITAL of the COMPANY consists of . £ 100 , 000 , in ^ O . OtM ) SHAKES of . £ 5 each , Of two classes , viz .: — A . participating in the entire profits after paying of Dividend to li . B . bearing a Preference Dividend not exceeding 7 i per cent , per annum , payable out of the profits of the year . Deposit Is . per Share on application , and IDs . per Share on Allotment . DIRECTORS . David Davies , Esq ., St : James ' s Mount , Liverpool . Alfred Erasmus Dryden , Ksq ., Lincoln ' s Inn , London . Richard Morris Griffith , Esq ., Banker , Bangor . William Mountcastle , Esq ., Market Street , Manchester . Hugh Pugh , Esq ., Banker , Pwllheli , North Wales . BANKERS . The London Joint Stock Bank , London . The National Provincial Dank of England , Bangor . The Quarries of the Company are situated on the Tyddynbach Estate , Fcstiniog , North Wales , contiguous to the extensive and profitable quarries of Lord Palmerston and others , whose production is known as the Portmadoc Slate . The Tyddynbach Estute contains 2 C 0 acres of Proved Slate Rock of excellent quality , and of a dip most favoiuv able for economic working , affords natural drainage , a plentiful supply of water power , and ample room for deposit ot % vaste ' The ' Property is held by tho Company under a 42 years ' lease granted in lc *! s to the former small proprietary at a low Royalty , with an option to purchase the fee-simple . This Lease and Option with the whole of their Quarries , Buildings , Works , and Plant have been purchased irom tho former proprietors by an allotment of 7 , 514 Shares in the present Company taken at £ 1 per share paid . The Quarries have been in operation since 1848 , anq tne quality of the Slate and Slabs produced , the Reports based upon Scientific Surveys of the -whole Estate , and Experimental Tests'applied at different points ( see Prospectus ) , fully establish the soundness of the undertaking and the certainty of a large dividend resulting from further outlay ° I t ^ 08 timated that a further capital of from £ 30 , 000 to £ 40 . 000 will enable the Company to purchase tlie j ! cesimple ; to construct a Railroad three miles in c » gth , con nectlng the Quarries with the Port of Shipment ( Portmadoc j whereby theTeoat of transit will be reduced two-thirds , and to increase tho Workings up to a production of fi 0 » «> 0 ton « per annum , from whicli it is estimated a profit of from .- J-. M to jS ^ tl ^ WiS ^^ Sffb ? m « lo to the undesigned , from whom ! proper forms aud prospectuses may bo obtained . UAJtK ft VTHITFIRLD , SolicltorH . II 1 CN KY WH 1 TWOltTI 1 , Soorotary . Offlco . 0 . Cannon street , London , E . C .
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INVENTORS' ASSISTANCE COMPANY , T ARGE and small Capitalists nro invited to JJ invosllcftto t ) ia moritH of thla Company us an invostmoiit . nhd WlniithroplrttB us a moans of aBsl » tunoa to hl From ' ? ho variety of- Inventions dally submitted for lnHpc-ctlon Tt will be , ovldont , thnt unusual wdvantngps aro DOBBPBBud of BOlooiinffBucli , ns nro of a useful and com-SktHuI character , some of ffrout promlao being now under ' ^ wiSKf " : S ''^^ i -applybir . ooul and labour * Bftvliia , and Hmoko-consiumlne furnuoe , Jh now on oxlUMt lon Vu ho manufactory , all order * for wh oh iiro to bo addroflseil to tho uoorotnry of the Compimy . This patont s ^ Sb ^ -t ^ aaiw ^ pBiSfc fftf ^ ^^^ POS ^ Ji ^^ ' ^ sa ^ oPthlS ' ftirniSo h is Boun proved boyoiiOnuoBtlpn , » n i »» pop-S & v , »» as So bo boo " nttho Olllcos , where terms for tho >« lo ; p £$ & op , . M^ AwltallllSfSf hIiamb . and Pn » n ^^ itt £ ^) S < j ^ L ^& y 2 for thoBttlQ-pr ^ oe , x fe ^^ w / § " ¦ sSBBte
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1859, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24121859/page/1/
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