Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

CAPITAL, £2,CC0,000, in 100,000 SHARES of £2O EACH.

FIRE.
Only one out of 72 London at d country offices, included in the
Government &port of Duties for 1856, exceeds the "Royal " in its
increase of duty for the year 1E56, (and that one office solely by the
all but nominal sum of .2), being more than the total increase of all
the Scotch offices, and greater than aoy two of the 14 Engli-h offices
established north of Birmingham. No country office established in
London equals this company in its revenue derived from the metro-
polis.

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Fire Premiums. for the year 1848.......... £34,346 1 9
11 /1 1850.......... 44,027 10 0
er 1/ 1852.......... 76,925 4 2 .
11 1854..
IP 11
LIFE. 1856 .... 151,733 9 6
LARGE BONUS. DECLARED 1855,
Amounting to £2 per Cent per Annum on the Sum Assured, or 80 per
Cent on the average of Premiums paid.
REVxNUE.
Total Revenue for the year 1857 about
Being an increase over the preceding year of
I unds in band, upwards of
PERIODS OF DIVISION—EVERY FIVE YEARS.
Policies falling due at t hristraks should be renewed on or before
the 9tbtof January, 1858.
PE RCY M. DOVE, Actuary and Manager.
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LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, used in tht
Ur Royal Laundry, The ladies are respectully informer:
that this Starch is exclusively used in the Royal Laundry, and He:
Majesty's Laundress says, thatalthough she has tried wheaten,ries,
and other rovreler Starches, she has found none of them equal
the Glenneld, which is the Finest Starch she ever used. -Whet:
you ask for Glenneld Patent Starch, see that you get it, as Inferto;
kinds are oftdn substituted. Wothersnoon and Co., Glasgow are
Landon.

G ENERAL APOTHECARIES' COMPANY
(LIMITED.)
49, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON,
AND
4, COLQUITT-STREET, II ERPOOL, APOTHECARIES'
HALL.
The Directors of ti is Company respectfully announce to the no-
bility, gentry, and inhabitants of I iverpool and the surrounding
neighbourhcod, that all Chemicals and Phartnacetrical pre;arations
kept at their estsb ishments are manufactured in their own
Laboratories, tinder the Inspection of scientific chemists, and ara
guaranteed perfectly pure, so that prescriptions dispensed at their
establisements may ba implicitly relied upon as being in exact ae-
cord.nce with the intention of the prescribers thu; avoiding the
constant uncertainty in the strength of drugs and chemicals as pre-
pared by different pharmaceutists. so fraught with danger to the
lives and heal h of the sick, end which so often frustrates the efforts
and disappoints e just expectations of the physician and surgeon.
The COi LIVER (-IL of the General Apothecaries' Company
may be iml licitly relied upon as genuine. Considering the induce.
me, is to substi ute wholly or in part other oils which are cheaner,
and that no test at present known will detect the admixture, it is
no surprise that it is only rarely to be obtained pure. The good,
faith o' the seller alone is the guarantee of the purcha.er.
An extensive Assortment of MEDICINE CHES l'S for Families,
for Sea, and the Colonies, ready for immediate use, with suitable
directions. Old Chests refitted, and filled with Pure Drugs.
The Prices charged to the public by the General Apothecaries'
Company are always moderate, and as low as possible compat ble
with the parity and fine gnality of the drugs.
The Hall is open at all hours for the Dispensing of Medicines, and
no exertions spared, either in carefulness or p omptitude, to meet
the requirements and merit the confidence of the practitioner and
the atient.
Merchants requiring Drags for Exportation can be supplied at
Wholesale Prices.
AGENTS FOR THE VICHY WATERS COMPANY.

SPORTING IN.TELLIGENCE

By British and Irish'Magnetic Telegraph.

READING RACES.—YESTERDAY.
THE CALCOT PLATE.
Metis
Eleven ram:
READING STEEPLE CHASE.
The Min0r....1 I Old Dog Tray.... 2 Back Bess ...3
Ten ran.