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London, England, 1853-01-28 00:00:00

EAST INI3/A HOUSE, lAN. 26, 1853.

THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a QUAR-
TERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will he held at
their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d March,
1853, at eleven o'clock In the forenoon.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 26, 1853.

THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That
the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on
THURSDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clock, and ocenel
again on THURSDAY, the 14th April following.
That a General Court of the sold Con.pany will be held nt, their
House, in Leadenhali-street, on WEDNESDAY. the 13th April, 1853,
from Nine o'clock in the morning until Six o'clock; in the evening,
for the Election of Six Directors of the said Company, for Four
Years. _

That the form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration for en-
abling Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by Proxy on this
occasion, may be obtained on application at the Treasury In this
House.
That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready
to be delivered on Thursday, 31st March, 1853.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY,
67, Cheapside, London.
For the YOUNGER AGES the Premiums of Life Assurance re-
quired by this Company will be found hewer than those of most other
offices; while the BONUS ADDITIONS that are periolieay made
to the spins assured from the Company's profits, tend still fullrther to
lessen the outlay on account of premium.
Life Annuities are granted by the Co nosey on equitable terms.

Prospectuses may Ce had on •pl
a icaon.
T. BELtiL, Secretary and Actuary.

Chief Agencies—Manchester, 1, Ducle-place; Glasgow, Buchanan •
street ; Hull, Exchange-buildings ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, loy
al Ar-
end.; Leeds, 17. Albion-street : 11,rrnin,hain. 27. Woter orb..tnt

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THE HOOD MEMORIAL.
CLOSE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION.
AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB-
SCRIBERS to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above
the Grave of THOMAS HOOD in Kensal-men Cemetery, held Dec.
2d. at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscription
List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and
Miss ELIZA. COOK, >
Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and
Ma. JOHN WATKINS,
were appointed Trustees to the Fund.
The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London
and Commercial Bank.

Contribitions are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the
Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54,
Great Ormonde-strcet, Bloomsbury; aad by Mr. John Watkins,
Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street.

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