The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-23 00:00:00

bill

Foucrwas—Messrs. ficureWan4lStaric, 6, Funtharsinn.
Holborn.

3CIViTOR —James Edmiston, F. L. &A., Crown-coeut. Old

Broad street.

Bloczas—Ness. !tenetU.tandnOn. 81, 01.1 Road-abort.
At DlTotin—lhaara. Cash and Adore.* Public Accoustlants,
13, Tokenbousc.tard,
GEIVIRAL Alio ISPIDENT MAl:Atilt —MA. Robert Steen.
Smarr Grel- Re Drew (lodges.
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Offices— Mehoias-lane, obardatrert, GC.
This Company has for its purposes the transaction of the
mportaut and remunerative business of Fire Insurance, and
that only to the exclusion of .fiber branches of business Dot
unusually associated with it, under the same direction and ope-
rating on one and the same capital. The birecaors are sati-ned
that the scope for the business of ere insurance presented by
this country and its di pendencies, is, as a commercial vierula-
thin, deserving f paramount attention ; and the contract le log
one tenaunable annually, the pronto or has arising, determine an
like manner. year by year, anti exhibit at WIC. • Company's
!Jamey) position, and ita resources.

WlXilerheTort.--forre WWI; of the flee Insurance duty now In
the contemplation of government, aged applicable only to the
insurance of stns kfn trade, will siford a comparatively limited
relief boon the onerous oppression, the directors base resolved
to allow upon payment for every policy and afterwards at each
renewal, an Immediate drawback, which, in many OntOXlCaa,
will amount to a total extinction of the entire duty of three
&Minns per cent.
To the public at large, and to the greater proportion of the
manufacturing and mercantile community. this arrangement
will prove a ►ighiy as.reptable atirsniage. The drawback
allowed by a few of the older orders by way of per motile on
premiums, at intervals of year, is of importance old) to those
who are rated at premiums ranging chiefly from one guinea per
cent. upwards and Is parUcipated in only by those who may
hare premiums to he renewed at the period of the making of
these returns whereas hy the principle adopted by this Com.
pan). the ow►ers of ihe classes of risk of the more ordinary
occwrence, are they who will be more the substantially, and at
the mine time prover ly benented.
The concession to be thus mad* to the public will certainly be
the means not only of increasing in their respect's e amounts In.
sumac, a now existing, but of multiplyieg to arev)' large extent
the number of mummies contracts in this country and ha colonial
conbections.

-ilie-shsirriible property In this kingdom alone, including Its
enormous and fa. reusing importations arisiug from the wise In-
terchange of tariffs, Is believed to approximate to £5,000.000,000,
tektites i1,9v0,000,000 only is insured ; thus leaving snarly
three foluxhe of the insurable aniouut altogether unprotected
trout lona

It seSsta.l be dthkelt to find any class of investments which hiss
',bided such large profits as the shares of well conducted firs
othcvs. The shares of the older others have increased in value
Immensely, being, In one case, st a prrtolum of about 1.800, and
In another of nearly 2,000 percent. on the sums mit-Many paid up.
The hicreased value of the shares of Mikes established withM
the last twenty years. stands at from 80 to 200 per vent.

It la under them cucumatances, and considering the immense
debt presented for operations to volilr, that the directors have
taken advantage of so favourable an opportunity to otter to the
public the benefits of tie principle of business non etopted by
them, and they hare es ery reason to believe that by Its ■peclsl
feature and the public support whirls that must necessarily In-
vite, the undertaking will speedily be productive of the best
monetary results.
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The executive will be entrusted to of of tried experience
in the busions of ere insurance. sed the Directors have
already matured arrangements for the immediate establishment
of eve hundred menciew
The Direeb,rs desire to give the most unqualified assurance to
the public that nothing of the nature of frivolous objections to
a prompt and liberal setUement of clatms for compeutation will
ever be entertained or countenanced by them.
Yarns' of application for shares may be had at the Offices
alga Compaq, or of the Brokers, Bankers, or Solution. la
the event of no allotment being made, the deposits will be re-
turned In full.