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derday the first annual meetieg of ilierstrn+Aouterif -~'
cisropany was held at their offices, 118,
Viscount Ranelagh in the chair.
meeting having been opened in the usual snanner,
The SECRETARY (Mr. Urqu:lart) read the reoort Athe
directors, which was to the following effect e_.Z.
"In meeting the sharehellers of the 6t. George Assurance
Company, at the close of the first actual business year of
its existence, the directors had high satisfaction in being
able to congratulate both the proprietors and the assured
upon t he re •olts accomplished, and the position attained by
the company, which were such as to leave no doubt of its
establishment on a sound and secure basis, and of its pros-
perity and development for the future.
" Originated at a period of unusual depression and dila-
erky, when the breaking out of the present war, and the
pro pest of increased taxation, had added greatly to the
obstacles which the competition amongst assurance coin.
pauses offs red to the establishment of a new office, the St.
George Assurance Company had achieved an amount of
success (at a moderate outlay) inferior to none of its con-
temporaries, and greatly surpassing that obtained during
the first year by most of the offices established within the
last ten years.
" From the commencement of business on the 10th of
May, 1854, to the present time, 548 proposals for assuring
sums amounting to 150,2€01. had been received by the di-
rectors. Some of these (being dependent on Mans, which •
it was not thought advisable to grant) had not.been carried -
out, whilst others hid been declined or abandOned on irs-
lions grounds • but it was highly satisfactory to state that
331 policies had been actually completed and issued, as--
suring sums amounting to 67,5351., and producing an an-
nual income of 2,09.0145. 41. ; whilst assurances to the
amount of 5,9001., and producing premiums to the amount
of 1851. Cs. 91. per annum, were in course of completion,
thus making up the present annual income of the company
from premiums to the sum of 2,881/. is. ld.
" Nearly the whole of the policies issued were on the I
psrtieioating scale, and on young lives; and the directors
believed (from the caution they had exercised in carrying
out the recommendations of their medical officers) that
near'y the whole of the assured might be considered as
among the class of `select lives,' or such as would secure
to the company a more than average immunity from losses ,
by death.
"The directors desired especially to call attention to the
fact that bit company had heel entirely unfettered by the
burden of large preliminary expenses, in the shape of pay
ments, by shares or otherwise, to promoters, solicitors, ad. --
Not ono single free share had been issued • nor had any
abater been int' odiLied into the market : and only such an
amount of capital had been called up as was sufficient to
meet the expenses of establishing and conducting the cur-
rent business of the company.
"The attention of the board had been anxiously directed
to the organisation of the staff of really respectable and
working agents, whose exertions, they trusted, would be
successful in extending the knowledge of the company both
at h, me and abroad; and they had reason to hope that
the n. xt and future years would sho;v the beneficial re-
sult= of their exertions in that respect
4. In conclusion, the directors earnestly invited the co-
operation of the proprietors and the assurel, both inili-
vidu dly and collectively, in their endeavours to extend the
business, and promote generally the objects of the com-
pany."

I, 1855.

[ PRIG4G, 43). STAMPED 5D

lander James MacGrego4 Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bent,
promoted.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Thomas Carter, jeweller, 'King-street, Reading.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Edgley, merchant, Skinner-street, Size-lane,
City, to surrender Aug. 10 aud Sept. 7, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmbre, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Token-
house-yard.
James Henry Mills, stuff merchant, Horton, Yorkshire,
Aug. 9, and Sept. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young. official assignee, Leeds; Terry and Watson, Brad-
ford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. •
Henry Ellis Skinner, saddler and harness maker, Tiver-
ton, Devonshire, Aug.l6, at eleven, and Sept. 13, at one,
at the Exeter District Court. , Hirtzel, official assignee,
Exeter ; Turner, Exeter.
Edward Davis, licensed victualler, Bromley, Middlesex,
Aug. 8, at eleven, and Sept. 25, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Gregson and Son, Throgmorton-street, City.
William Quinton, builder, Birmingham, Aug. 10 and
Sept. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston. official assignee, Birmingham; Motterana and
Knight, Birmingham.
William Farmer, nail manufacturer, Birmingham, Aug.
11 and Sept 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston. official assignee, Birmingham; E. and H.
Wright. Birmingham.

George Hooper, ship owner, Arbour-square, Commer-
cial-road East, Aug► 9 and Sept. 7, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; SLephard, Clifford's-inn.
William George Brown, clothier and outfitter, Dartford,
Aug. 10 and Sept. 7, at eleven, at the Court of B•snk-
ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee., Aldermanbnry ; Chid-
ley. Gresham-street.
James Edward Dawson, money scrivener, Manchester,
Aug. 15 and 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Faulkner,
Manchester.

Peter Jameson, tailor, Staley Bridge, Aug. in and 31,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Manchester ; Sutton, Mancheste'-.
Lewis Henry Meakin and John Farrell, earthenware
manufacturers, Shelton, Stafford, Aug. 13, and Sept. 3, at
one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official
assignee, Waterloo-street, Birmingham; Stevenson, Han-
ley ; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham.
Albion Oakley. rope and twine manufacturer, Derby,
Aug. 14 and Sept. 4, at half-vast ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Harris. official assignee, Nottingham ;
Smith, Derby ; Reece. Birmingham.
William Canute Bodley, iron and brassfounder, Bonbay,
Exeter, Aug. 7, at eleven, and Sept. 6, at one, at the
Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ;
Head and Venn, Exeter.
Henry Topper, provision merchant, Hulrae, Manchester,
Aug. 11 and Sept. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Wise, Man-
chew er.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
remarked that it was unlike the first report of any
similar company, inasmuch as it was very short., and very
much to the point ; and he hoped that it was also satis-
factory. The directors had in that document laid before
the shareholders a brief account of the operations of the
company for the past year, and it was, he conceived, un-
necessary for him to enter into a more lengthened detail
of them. In fact, his speech should be like the report
itself—brief. In taking a review of their past proceed.
ings he found that there existed no great necessity for
eulogium to heighten their value and importance. In-
deed, he knew of no office the preliminary and working
expenses of which bad been so lox, for very, little of
their money had been so appropriated. Of the 4,7501.
subscribed they had still on hand the sum of 3,9911. as
available capital. As mentioned in the report, and
confirmed by the figures in the statement of their ac-
counts, which were after all the best possible test of
the management of the office, frae shares had not
been given to anybody, nor had they been thrown on
the market. Their capital bad not as yet been all
called up, and he hoped that they had now a buti-
nets large enough to make a call on the shareholders un-
necasary. Referring to the expenses, he found that
they had been as small as it was possible for them to
expect them to be. They had paid 2541. for advertise-
ments, and 6371. for travelling expenses in the establish-
ment of agencies throughout the country. These items
constituted the principal preliminary expenses to which
they had been put, and which were not by any means so
heavy as Those under which other new offices groaned.
They had at present, it was true, some agents of whom
they would be glad to get rid, but other offices were
similarly situated. The different assurance offices would
do well if they met together and compared notes as re-
gerded their agents, as he could not but think that the
result of their conference would be the caving of a large
sum of money fur e tcb. As retarded their working ex-
penses, they too were small, and were kept down to the
lowest possible amount convenient with efficient
management. The figures of the balance-sheet showed
that the directors were in every way careful of
the money of the shareholders, and that was a course
of economy which it was their determination to pur-
sue. It was true that the rent of their premises was
nominally high, being 5301. per annum ; but at present
they were in reality only under 1201. yearly rent. The
next point to which he wished to refer was the character
of the lives they bad assured, and that they owed a deep
debt to their medical men for the care and skill which
they exeroised in selecting as good lives as they pos-
sibly could. There was another feature worthy of con-
sideration with respect to the parties they had assured,
and that was that they were all men likely to keep up
their policies. He might remark that a sum of 4501.
' had been set apart as the remuneration of the directors,
hut they bad not used half of it, having only drawn
2121. Haying expressed his readiness to answer all
questions relating to the affairs of the company, the
noble lord concluded his address by moving the adop-
tion...of the report.

Thomas Bacon, printer, Colchester, Aug. 8, at one, and
Sept. 15, at halt-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Abell and
Jones, Southampton-buildings, and at Colchester.
Frederick Gadd, grocer, Chichester, Aug. 7, at one, and.
Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol-
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hill and Mat-
thews, Saint Mary Axe.
James Standing, china dealer, Peckham, August 7, and
September 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen-
nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Parker, Saint
Paul's-churchyar.

Edward Corker, timber merchant, Edmonton, August 7,
at half-past twelve, and September 25, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Hughes, Searsey, Masterman, and Hughes,
Bucklersbury.

Joseph James Mierley and Robert Arrowsmith, jun.,
silk and cotton manufacturers, Manchester, Aug. 15 and
Sept. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington,
and Shipman, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

Robert Arbuthnot, merchant, Peterhead.
James Henderson, baker, Glasgow.
John Wemyss, linen draper, Edinburgh.
Henry Heslop, engraver, Dunoon.
Robert Laing, grocer, umbarton.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
John Lofts, Strand, printer-Ist div. of ls. 10d., Ang.
2, and subsequent Thursday, at Graham's, Coleman•street.
Edmund Heningham, Caversharn, Oxfordshire, and
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, fellmonger-Ist div.
of 10d., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Graham's,
Coleman-street.

James Spel!er, Wapping High-street, sail-maker-Ist
div. of 4s. 7d., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Gra-
ham's, Coleman-street.

William Austin, Colchester, wholesale grocer—let div.
of 3q. ld., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Graham's,
Coleman-street.

James Green, Northampton, carpenter-Ist div. of Its.
5d., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Graham's,
Coleman-street.

Seliomia Sterne, Great St. Helen's-ohambers, City, mer-
chant-Ist div. of Hid., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thurs-
day, at Graham's, Coleman-street.
John Clark, Oxford, livery stable keeper--2d div. of is.
4d., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Graham's, Cole-
man-street.

James Piog, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, grocer—let
div. of Bs. 5d., Ang. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Gra-
ham's, Coleman-street.

Henry George Cable, Goswell-street, Clerkenwell,
-- draperlst div. of 10.1(1.. Aug. 2, and subsequent Thurs-
day, at Graham's, Coleman-street.

George Cunningham Stewart, Hackney-road, draper-
-Ist div. of ss. ld., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at
Graham's, Coleman-street.

Adolphe Devin. jun., Red Lion-square, wholesale jew-
eller—lst div. of 3s. lid., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thurs-
day. at Graham's, Coleman-street.
Thomas Grist, Salisbury, clothier-Ist div. of 3s. 2d.,
Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Graham's, Coleman-
street.

Mr. MaraNs briefly seconded the motion, which was
at once agreed to.

The outgoing directors—namely, Lord Ranelagh,
Mr. H. Pownall, Mr. H. Haines, and Mr. W. H.
Lammin—were, on the motion of Mr. John Buckmaater,
seconded by Mr. George Buckmasbor, re-elected.
Mr. STACE, the retiring auditor, was also re-elected,
and returned thanks for the honour, and for the vote of
301., as the remuneration of himself colleagues.
n the motion of Dr. DODSWORTH, seconded by Mr.
COLLINGRIDGE, the directors received the thanks of the
company for their services during the past year.
A similar vote was, on the motion of the Chairman,
awarded to the secretarjr, Mr. Urquhart, and the other
officers of the company.
Mr. H. POWNALL then moved a vote of thanks to Lord
Ranelagb, for his condact in the chair—a nobleman,
who, he observed, not only brooght the weight of his
title to the company, but also great energy and hide-
pendence of spirit, enlarged views, and urbanity of
manners.

John Bentley, Smithfield-bars, cbeesemonger -Ist div.
of 3s. 20., Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Gra-
ham's, Coleman•street. •

William Reade (separate estate), Hibernia•chambers,
London-bridge. provision merchant—let div. of 6s. id.,
Aug. 2, and subsequent Thursday, at Grabam's, Coleman.
street.

William Buckwell (separate estate), Duke-street, South-
wark, dealer in cement-Ist div. of 3d, Aug. 2, and three
subsequent Thursdays, at Stansfeld's, Basinghall-street.
William Cornish, Great Thurlow, Suffolk, grocer—let
div. of 13s, Aug. 2, and three subsequent Thursdays, at
Stansfeld's, Basinghall-street.
Henry Gibson, Graceehurch-street, City, merchant—.
Ist dividend of 4s 6d, Aug. 2, and three subsequent Thurs-
days, at Stansfeld's, Basinghall-street.
William Wymark, Mistley, Essex, wharfinger -2d div.
of is Oid, Aug. 2, and three subsequent Thursdays, at
Stansfeld'a, B9inghall-street.

William Winch, Coal•hole Tavern, Fountain-court,
licensed victualler, and North Mews, Gray's-inn-lane, ivory
turner— lst div. of is 60,.Aug. 2, and three subsequent
Thumlaya, at Stansfeld's, Baeinghall-street.
William Buckwell and Thomas Jones, Duke-street,
Southwark, dealers in cement—let div. of 2s id, Aug. 2,
and three subsequent Thursdays, at Stansfeld's, Basing-
hall-street.

Mr. HAINEs seconded the proposition, and, in doing
so, took occasion to mention the. fair prospect of success
with which the Liverpool agency had been established ;
and his lordship having briefly acknowledged the com-
pliment, the proceedings terminated.

Richard William Spendelow, Market Drayton, Shrop-
shire, chemist—let div. of la 2d, any Thursday, at Chris-
tie's, Birmingham.
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A. triumphal arch is being erected in front of the ter-
minus of the Strasbourg railway, in preparation for
the visit of Queen Victoria,

Henry John Todd, Pancras-lane, City, warehouseman-
-Ist div. of 94d, any Wednesday before Aug. 11 or after
Nov. 1, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.
William Joseph Davis. Bristol, musicseller—div. of lid
to those who have proved their debts and received a divi-
dend of 4s 4id on account of first dividend of 52 and Wed-
nesday before Aug. 11, or after Nov. 1, at Whitmore's,
Basi nghall-atreet.
Henry Gouger, Great Winchester-street, City, merchant
—3d div. of 3d, any Wednesday before Aug. 11 or after
Nov. 1, at Whitmore's. Basinghall-street.
John Strevens, Bermondsey-wall, sail maker-2d div. of
41d, any Wednesday before Aug. 11 or aLer Nov. 1, at
Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.
William Benning, Fleet-street, City, law bookseller-
4th div. of fid, any Wednesday, before Aug. 6or after
Nov. 11, at Whitmore's, Basingliall-street.

DETERMINED Suictnr.---The family of Dr. Murphy,
g in Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, have
been thrown into a state of much painful excitement,
through the death of the doctor's youngest son, Mr.
William Murphy, under most distressing circumstances.
The unfortunate deceased had absented himself from
home for a lengthened period, and nothing was heard
respecting his whereabouts until within a few days
since, when his brother hearing that he was lodging at
a public house situated at Thames Haven Dock, in Es-
sex, went there in search of him. He found the mis-
guided youth at the public house in question, and up-
braided him for his conduct, and entreated him to return
to his father's home without delay. The youth left tfie
house, and proceeding a few yards from the door, placed-
a loaded pis el to his heart and shot himself dead on the,
spot. The anguish of the deceased's parents, upon
bearing of the lamentable catastrophe, is not to be de-
scribed.

Frederick White, Ewell, Suraey, and Chelsea, common
brewer—lat div. of is 2d, any Wednesday before Aug. 11
or a ter Nov. 1, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.
George Smith, Union-street, Southwark, hat manufac-
turer-Ist div. of 2s 3d, any Wednesday before Aug. 11
or after Nov. 1, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING NEAR DAR-
LINGTON.—The inquest on the body of Mrs. Wooler, the
wife of Mr. Joseph Snaith Wooler, a gentleman of inde-
pendent mean, residing at Great Burdon, having re-
sulted in an "open verdict," the brother of the deceased
lady, Mr. W. A. Br cknell, of Gate ahead, obtained a
warrant from Colonel Coiling, one of the county magis-
trates, and Mr. Wooler, who was from home, was ap-
prehended at Durham at a late hour on Friday night by
Superintendent Robson, of the Durham county consta-
bulary force. The prisoner was conveyed to Darlington,
and was brought before the magistrates on Monday,
when Mr. Davison, barrister-at-law, appeared as counsel
for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended
by Mr. H. J. Marshall, of Durham. Mr. Davism
stated he would lay befo,e. the bench so much
evidence only on that oceas on as would ju
assistant to
a re-
mand, when further evidence would be adduced. The
witnesses examined
andned were
HMerri.zT,,i,
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H.
t Jackson,
Mr. Jack
surgeon;
Dr.itnllassei4 esovoa,>md
son. They detailed the symptoms which theobserved
when in to attend Mrs. Woole y
when called r much in the same
before the coroner.
way as The
ceased lady was suffering fr Y agr' ed that the de-
em the eff .cts of some
irritant poison, administered in small doses, and this
was confirmed by a.l anal .
and the other evaenattot 818
of
the urine, the vomits,
under the advice of pB.
They gave antidotes, but,
not disclose their suspicions
Christison, they did
of the family. suspleions to the prisoner or any
After the death of Mrs. Wooler a post
modem examination
arsenic was ou was made, and the presence of
and Mr_ discoveredH upon analysis. Dr. Haslewood
enzen
both stated that the poison must have
been administered by a person who was acquainted with
the nature and properties of arsenic, otherwise it would
not have been given in such a slow and t cau ious mode.
A quantity of bottles, containing various poisons (Fow-
ler's •
solution of arsenic among the rest), were seen on
the premises by the medical men, and a basket of bottles
was produced before the magistrates, but the solution of
arsenic was not among them, neither was it produced at
the coroner's inquest, and Mr. Wooler on that occasion
denied that he had ever had such an article. The ex-
amination of the medical witnesses occupied the bench
about five hours, at the close of which the prisoner was
remanded until Monday next. Mr. Marshall applied to
the Bench for an order for the exhumation of the body
of Mrs. Wooler, in order that the portion of the liver
and intestines remaining may be sent for analysis to some
eminent analytical chemist. He said he had applied to
the Secretary of State, who replied that he bad no power.
He had also applied to the rector of the parish. Mr.
Davison said he could not oppose the application, and
it was understood that, so far as the Bench had tb
power, they would make the. order.

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