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Intel ligence,] THE LEA DEB. 777
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, June 2...
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The Countess Persigny gave a ball on Mon...
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The Directors Of The Provincial Bank Of ...
should think it would prove highly satisfactory to the members . A portion , which at first sight might seem not totell well forthe financial prosperity , is in reality a certain sign of its doing well the work that it is instructed to perform . No less than eighty-four families felt the blessing of life Assurance by the receipt of the amount of their policies on the death of the assured , and with the remarkable addition of £ 15 , 000 "bonuses on a sum of £ 54 , 000 assured . This i * a mere ' -flea-bite , to use a now popular phrase , on
their assets , as is proved by their declaration of a further addition of If per cent per annum bonus to all policies of five years' standing . The directors of this company have just put forth a reply relative to the cases of W . C . Powler and others v . The Scottish Equitable , and as far as we can judge they have fully substantiated that they have acted in every way according' to the duties they have to perform , and in accordance with their responsibilities to the members of their society .
The Economic Life Assukaxce Society has just issued a Ueporfc of the Seventh Quinquennial Meeting , and from their simple and straightforward statement , we find they are in a successful and healthy Btate . The following is a summary of the statement : —Number of proposals made , 3 , 136 , averaging JE 627 per annum : policies issued , 2 , 578 , averaging , £ 516 per annum ; sum assured , . £ 1 , 875 , 434 , averaging . £ 375 , 087 per annum ; new premiums , . £ 64 , 684 , averaging £ 13 , 000 per annum ; new premiums and renewals combined , . £ 883 , 365 , averaging £ 176 , 673 per annum . Claims have arisen during the five years on 647 policies , assuring the sum of £ 505 , 927 , and carrying bonus to the amount of £ 79 , 402 , giving
an average bonus of 18 £ per cent , on the sums assured , the highest bonus being 60 per cent . —i . c , £ 2 , 978 on a policy for £ 5 ^ 000—and the lowest 10 per cent ; The society now assures , by . 7 , 18-1 policies , the sum of £ 6 , 216 , 647 , and is in receipt of an annual income of £ 260 , 000 . The company is now a purely mutual one , having , owing to its large amount of accumulated profits , been enabled to redeem the shares at a handsome premium . In reading the report ^ ye are glad to see the searching inquiries made by members , and the full and clear manner with which they are replied to ; indicating that there is nothing to conceal and that the institution is in a sound and prosperous condition .
Messrs . Calvert : and Co ., the brewers , whose affairs during the past year have been conducted under inspection , have issued proposals for carrying on their business as a limited company , the unsecured creditors taking shares at par for their claims amounting to £ 726 , 601 . It is said the profits for the year ending the 12 th of April last were £ 44 , 990 .
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Intel ligence , ] THE LEA DEB . 777
From The London Gazette. Tuesday, June 2...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , June 21 . BANKRUPTS . Samuel Carter , Fen Stanton ( and not Tien Stanton as previously advertised ) , Huntingdonshire , corn nnd seed merchant . .,,,.. Charles Freeman Cotterill , Harrow-road , Paddington , linendraper . . William Denuis Shutt , High-street , Shoreditch , ironmonger . , Armond Stannnrd , Little Cadogan-place , Chelaea , livery-stablo keener . William Trump , Wellington , Somersetshire , wine and spirit ' merchant . David Sillar and John Charles Sillar , Liverpool , merchants . . Robert Davie ' s , Moclidre , Llandrillo-yn-rho 3 , Dpnbighshire , innkeeper . Friday , June 24 . BANKRUPTS . George Sinedlcy , New Slenford , Lincolnshire , glass and china dealer . _ ,, ,. , Samuol Trcachcr , Fenchurch-street , City , licensed victual lor . John Clarke , King ' Lynn , victualler . Jnmcs Ellhman , srouerhj . drnper . Henry John Payne , Exmouth , coal dealer . James Holdsworth , Wolverliampton , timber merchant . George 'Wood , Rayloigh , Essox , builder . Edward Peters , Blleton , wine nn < l Bpirit merchant . Itobert Davioa , Mochdre , Denbighshire , innkeeper . Bernard Parry , Nowmftrkot , farmer . Joseph Allison , Stockton-upon-Teca , cattle dealer . SCOTCH » ANKKUZ » TS . Thoninis Dorln , Glasgow , spirit dealer . Jnmos Hustings , Glasgow , warehouseman . Alexander Hell , Hamilton , Lanarkshire , dealer in elotli . John Taylor , Edinburgh , builder .
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Livjujti'ooi . Dookb .- —The Warehouse Committed of the MQrsoy Harbour and Dock Bonrd report that the surplus revenue arising from the various dock warehouses amounted to 33 . rioo / . for the last halfyear , which was transferred to tho general fund . Tliis sum Is a considerable incrcaso on tho previous »\ x months .
Coppbb and Tin . —78 , 641 tons of copper Ore were imported into the United Kingdom last year , while 24 , 787 tons of British copper ( exclusive of ore ) were exported thence . The imports 6 f tin last year amounted to 2 , 955 tons of . tin and 628 tons of ore and regulus , . 2 , 327 tons of British tin were exported , 23 , 725 tons' of zinc or spelter were imported , with 2 , 012 tons of calamine stone , or carbonate of zinc , and 533 tons of the oxide ; 3 , 985 tons of British zinc were exported . Tlifc imports of lead were 14 , 139 tons of pig and sheet lead and 2 , 316 of ore -, whereas the exports were 352 tons of ore , 17 , 645 of rolled and pig lead , 1 , 910 of shot , 490 of litharge , 2 , 292 of red lead , and 2 , 684 of white ( or carbonate of ) lead .
Banking in Illinois ,-- ^ - " Iota , " the Springfield correspondent of the St . Louis Republican , furnishes that paper with the following interesting article on the manner in which banking is done in that State : —" Under our system of banking a small cash capital is sufficient to get out a large circulation of bills . For instance , a person wishing to go into the business must have money enough to pay for getting up the bills , engravings , & c , and a few other incidental expenses . He then buys State bonds on a short credit , deposits the bonds with the auditor , who issues bill's on this deposit ; he takes these bills , which are now money , and pays for the bonds . To prevent the bills from being presented for payment , the bank purports to be located at some place , bearing a classical name , which generally proves to be a swamp in some part of the
State , difficult to be found . In this way , the man who has now become a banker is in no danger of having the notes pressed upon him for redemption ; consequently he keeps little , and , in fact we may say no money at the place where the bank is located . What the banker makes by this transaction is the interest on the bonds . desposited with the auditor- ^ - the coupons of which are delivered to him every six months—and , besides this , all the bills which are lost , burnt up , ordestroyed in any way , U that much more in his pocket . Thus , with a small cash capital to start the thing-, the banker may get out one hundred thousand dollars' worth of bills , for which he deposits as security bonds which draw , generally , six per cent , ; thus he receives the interest on these bonds ; amounting to about 6 , 000 dols . annually . "
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The Countess Persigny gave a ball on Monday evening at Albert-gate House—the first since the departure from England of the Count Persigny twelve months since . The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meeklenborg Strelitz honoured the Countess with their presence . On Sunday afternoon smoke was seen issuing from the Cauopus , lyingoff Key ha in steam-yard , and in less than ten minutes a great number of boats from the ships in harbour , accompanied by the engines from the dockyard , were surrounding her . The flames wex'e soon subdued , and the damage done was found to bo of no serious amount . It is said that Mr . Moncriefl ; M . P ., is to be ap-Sointed Lord Advocate for Scotland , and that Mr . lelvillo , tho Lord Provost of Edinburgh , will bo the new Crown agent .
Hjbb Majesty ' s visit to Ireland may form the commencement of her autumnal trip—that is , her Majesty will proceed on from Ireland by sea to Scotland , in the same manner as on the occasion of her first visit . This is given as the most probable arrangement at present . The Marquis of Salisbury , as Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex , gave his annual entertainment to the officers of the several regiments of local militia , and to the county magistrates on Saturday last , at his lordship ' a residence in Arlington-street , Piccadilly . Above 200 noblemen and gentlemen wei'e present . ^
A hundred eig ht-wheeled waggons have boon sent off to tho army of Italy for the purpose of conveying the gunboats intended to operate on the lakes and rivers . A squadron of the waggon train accompanies these vehicles . Monday , being tho 22 nd anniversary of nor Majesty ' s accession , was distinguished by tho firing of royal salutes , tho ringing of merry pools , the exhibition ; of , the royal standard and other flags , and tho usual demonstrations of loyalty .
A serious riot took place at Canterbury on Saturday night . Several soldiers were wounded , and one man , just returned from India , is said to have been killed . The dispute appears to have arisen between the cavalry and infantry , in a low neighbourhood called Knot's lane . A letter from Milan , of the 12 th , says : —" Yesterday evening the baud of the Guides , so well known in London and at the Crystal Palace , at Sydenham , played for two hours before the portico of the Scala . Among other airs , ' God save the Queen ' was given . Most of the hearers knew it as well as I did . " A statue of Dr . Jenncr , by M . Eugene Paul , has just been cast in bronze , and set up temporarily opposite the river front of the Louvre .
Several drinking fountains arc about to be erected in the east of the metropolis . One opposite St . John ' s Church , Bethnal-grcen ; one in Carr-street , Limehouse ; and a large one on Tower-hill , opposite the Mint . The vestries of St . George in the East and Shoreditch have also decided to erect drinking fountains . The dinner of the officers who served before Delhi in 1857 , took place on Tuesday , at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , under the presidency of Major General Sir Archdale "Wilson , Bart , K . C . B ., supported by Colonel Sir J . Jones , Colonel Tombs , Lieut . - Colonel . Ouvry , Lieut .-Colonel Wilde , Major Forster , Major Lowe , Major Sorel , Major S . R . Turnbull , Major W . Wilson , Major W-arrand ,. & c .
The amount of money remaining to be issued on account of public works in Ireland is 342 , 035 J ., being the difference bet ween 3 , 6 . , 2982 . authorised to be issued , and 3 , 312 , 2 < 33 Z . actually issued already . Lieutenant R . C . MV . Mitford , adjutant of Hodson s Horse , has been recommended by Lord Clyde for the Victoria Cross , for distinguished gallantry . Dr . Temple , head-master of llugby , gave a school holiday , "in honour of the youngest Victoria Cross and adjutant in the army heing a Rugbean . "
At Novara , there ai'e two large airy hospitals , one civil and the other military . All the ladies of the place , without exception of rank or position , have offered their services to the surgeons as nurses , and their conduct is stated to be admirable . They may be seen with white aprons and tucked-up sleeves , comforting and relieving the sufferers . A grand bazaar for the benefit of the German Hospital has been held this week at St . James ' s-hall . Among a variety of contributions from the Continent were some valuable presents from the Royal families of Prussia , Hanover , Wurtemberg , & c .
In the old tropical aquarium in . Kew Gardens there is a fine specimen of the lace or lattice leaf plant of Madagascar . It has been copied by the artificial florists of London and is becoming very fashionable with ladies , many millions of leaves having been made and mounted into wreaths , garlands , and chaplets ; it is now being largely exported to all our colonies . The bonnet constructors have named it the skeleton leaf . Tho total amount of the sums insured by all the fire offices of England on fanning stock , exempt from duty , for the year ending 1858 , was . £ 06 , 490 , 458—viz ., . £ 39 , 272 . 43 G in town , and 4-27 , 218 , 022 in the country . In Ireland tho amount wits £ 1 , 070 , 532 ; and in Scotland . £ 6 , 009 , 491 .
The season of the bamlu in the parks lias fairly commenced ; not fewqr than 50 , 000 visited both the liegent ' s and Victoria Parks on Sunday last . The receipts by the sale of programmes wero highly satisfactory . Last week , Mr . I ) . Hose , gamekeeper to the Duke of Portland on his estate at JLangwoll , succeeded in capturing two fine young golden eagles , one of which was got without any injury , and is alive and lively . A considerable number of the same description have been scon among the rocks this season . Tho death is announced ( from yellow fever ) of the Bishop of Antigua , Dr . S . Jr Kigaud , formerly master of Ipswich grammar school . Dr . ltigaud wont out to tho colony only twelve months since . His widow and family have also suffered from yellow fevor . ' « ¦
. _„__ . __ , William 13 . Hill ) a farmer of Bridgeport , Conn ., hud boon missing . 1 lis wife hud his portrait published in an illustrated newspaper , with a notice offering a reward of 100 dols . for information concerning his Whereabouts . This brought out a letter from him to his wife , postmarked at Thomaonvlllo , in which ho suggests , it is said , that slio hud better mnnago to save her lOOduls . Tho Government of Milan has issued ft decree onaoting that all deeds and other legal documenta drawn up by notaries arc henceforth to boglu with tho words : " Under the rolgn of hia Majesty Victor Emmanuel II ., King of Siirdinia , Prince of Piedmont * & o . & e . " The / jontonoos of tribunals aro to begin ; with ; "In virtue . of frho powers received from hla Mnjosty Victor Emmanuel , & c . & o . "
General Ulloa , who earned a high reputation with Manln in Vonico , is no longer Cormnander-in-Chiof of the Tuscan army , which now forms part of the corps d ' armfo of Prince Napoleon . It is not aUtcd whether Gonoral Ulloa remains with tho army or retires in disgust . It is assorted positively that 120 , 000 Russians nro cpllootod at Kallach , that aboiit as many are on the frontiers of Gallioia , and half that number on tho Moldavian side . These armies of observation require to bo carefully watched .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 25, 1859, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25061859/page/21/
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