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London, England, 1839-01-07 00:00:00

GENERAL POST OFFICE, JAN. 5, 1839
NOTICE is Hereby Given, that her Majesty's
Postmaster-General will be ready to receive TENDERS,
93 or before the sth day of FEBRUARY NEXT, at Twelve o'Clock,
ler running a Mail Coach with Four Horses between London and
Leeds.
The Conditions may be seen on Application to the Post Offices
4,1' Bedford, Melton, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Leeds. or at the
office of the Surveyor and Superintendent of Mail Coaches in
London.
The Tenders are to be Endorsed, Tenders for the " London and
Leeds Mail Coach," Sealed up and addressed to her Majesty's
Postmaster- General.

By Command,
W. L. ATABERLY, Secretary.

MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
EXTENSION RAILWAY COMPANY.
NOTICE TO SCRIPHOLDERS.
Manchester, Dec. 29, 1835.
th*The Scripholders, who are wishful to become Shareholders in
's Company, are requested to apply, on or before the 14th day of
t
auary, neat, at one of the undermentioned places
In MANCHESTER—At the Company's Offices, No. 23, Bond-
street,
In-LivEaroot.--To Mr. James, Treasurer to the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway Company, Fenwick-street.
~, Lotinox—At the Offices of Messrs. Ross and Ash, No. 6,
ureat Winchester-street.
hinNitoedS.criinholder can become a-Skareholder after the day above
issued
Red hsicsriNp.otice does not apply to the Holders of the newly-
By Order of the Board of Provisional Directors,
THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman.

METROPOLITAN BANK.
In Fort CAPITAL, ONE MILLION.
y Thousand Shares of Twenty-five Pounds each.
Deposit 2/. 10s. per Share.
• TRUSTEES.
Major-General Henry Wyndham.
Charles Pelham Villiers, Esq., M.P.
John Ellis, Esq., ALP.
DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN_ The Right Honourable Thomas P. Courtenay.
~.re DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—John Ellis, Esq., M.P.
ry Jelf Sharp, Esq Charles Waite, Esq.
Jos
R. W. S. Lutwidge, Esq. Edward Winslow, Esq.
eph Wooler, Esq. Vernon Abbot, Esq.
Charles Francis, Esq. John Baines, Esq.
. C. Granger, Esq. John Dangerfield, Essi.
With power to add to their number.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hurrays and Rymer, 59, Chancery-lane, London.
Messrs. Hope and Oliphant, 10, Rutland-square, Edinburgh.
This is a Bank of Discount and Deposit, at which every descrip-
ol of Banking business and Money. Agency will be transacted.
Interest will be allowed on current accounts.
Deposit receipts will be given for sums left for a term ; the rate
et intereA, and notice of withdrawal, to be the subject of special
agreement.
Cash credits, upon approved security, will be granted in sums of
lOW. and upwards in the discretion of the Directors.
rThe services of a Gentleman, possessing great practical know-
"ge in the operations and principles of Private and Joint Stock
king, have been secured as Manager.
Applications for Shares (post paid) may be made to the Direc-
i°ll, at the offices of the Solicitors, of whom Prospectuses may be
bed.

JOHN MURRAY,_ Hon. See.

CLARIDGE'S PATENT ASPHALTE
COMPANY, STANGATE, near Westminster Bridge.
.The CALL of TWO POUNDS per SHARE, due on the 15th
°f October last, on Shares in this Company, being still unpaid on
IT Shares or thereabouts, the Directors hereby give notice, that
before TuEsDAY,
iBIIARES on which such CALL shall NOT be PAID, on or
the 15th day of January, will, by virtue of the
Pavers vested in them, after due publication of the Numbers, be
declared FORFEITED; therefore, all persons who have already
faithsch Call, but have not had the same written up. are requested
r.th to produce their Shares for that purpose in Paris, at
essrs. Lafitte Blount, and Co., Bankers, Place Vendome, or in
°'l46n, at the Office of the Company.
By order,

Stangate, Dec. 22, 18.38.

JOHN WEBB, Sec.

GLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
3, Crescent, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London ;
Established by Act of Parliament, 1807.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN RICHARDS, Esq., Chairman.
Lieut.-Colonel MERRICK SHAWE, Deputy Chairman.
The Right Hon. Sir Gore Ouse- John Kingston, Esq.
le, Bart., F. R. S. Walter Anderson Peacock, Esq.
Sir Jas. AP Gregor,Bart. ,F. R. S. Peter Skipper, Esq.
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq. Richard Whiteaves, Esq.
krauel Birch, Esq. and Alderman William Wybrow, Esq.
Charles T. Holcombe, Esq.
'FEMALE LIFE ASSURANCES.
The Directors have caused distinct tables for Male and Female
Life to be calculated. In consequence of this improvement, the
/ounger male lives are insured at premiums below the ordinary
Nes ; the female lives on terms lower than any other Office.
„, l'l•ospectus, exhibiting this remarkable distinction at every age,
-'59 be obtained at the offices of the Company.
FOREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE.
British, Foreign, and Colonial Insurances are effected at rates
graduated to the risk and climate proposed.
eThe East and West Indies, North and South America, and all
,e_s,of British commercial, military, or diplomatic resort, are in-
.whlT the plan for an equitable Foreign and Colonial Insurance,
n°,, submitted to the public.
ab
o"xad or -fifths of the profits are divided among the assured, whether
r at
of
A medical e'
in deck,: 'al m
officer attends daily at two o'clock, to prevent delay
'II upon proposes.

By order,
HENRY P. iMITH, Actuary.

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