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London, England, 1854-03-08 00:00:00

ANK OF ENGLAND, March 7, 1854.
-LP The Court of Directors of the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England give notice,
That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on Triune-
DAY, the 16th inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely, to consider of
ft 1)1 V MEND. .Also that another General Court will be held at the
Bank on Tuesday, the 4th of April next, from Ten o'clock in the fore-
noon till Four in the afternoon, for the election of a Governor and De-
puty-G,ivenior for the year ensuing, which will be declared that
evening ; and the same Court will be continued by adjournment, and
held at the same place, and during the same hours, on Wednesday,
the sth April next for the election of twenty-four Directors, which
will also be one.of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the
Charter, and the election of the twenty-four Directors will be de-
clared as soon as the scrutiny is over.
Printed lists of the Proprietors having votes will be ready to be
delivered at the Bank on Thursday, 23d March.
JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary.

N.B By an Act passed In the ith year of George the Third,
no person will be entitled to vote at the said Election who
shall not have been six calendar months possessed, in his own right,
of the stock for which he shall then give his vote, unless the said
Stock shall have been acquired or, shall have come by bequest or
by marriage, or by succession to an intestate's estate, or by the
custom of the City of London, or by any deed of se Itlement after
the death of any person who shall have been entitled for life to the
dividends of such Btock.

EAST INDLA. HOUSE, IST MARCH, 1854.
TIRE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA CO ‘IPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That
the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT appointed to be held at
this House .on WEDNESDAY, the 25d hist , et Eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, Is made SPECIAL at the desire of Nine Proprietors of
East India Stock, agreeably to the following letter, viz.:—
" London, 23d February, 1854.

" Sin JAMES C. MELVILL, . 8.,
Secretary, &c., &c., East India House.
"SIB,—We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, re-
quest the Quarterly Court to be held on 22d proximo may be made
Special, for the purpose of taking into consideration the following
motion to be submitted by Mr. Robert Browne :
" Motion—' That referring to the papers laid before the Court of
Proprietors, in accordance with the resolution of the Quarterly Court
of October last, regarding the claim of the Calcutta Steam Company
lor the public services rendered by their steamer the "India," it is
the opinion of this Court that those services should be acknowledged
by payment of the sum claimed, namely, 20,0001.'
" We have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servants,
"J. MACKILLOP. • "W. 11. MARTIN.
•J. R. REEVES. G. G. CAMPBELL.
THOS. DENT. E. MecstriTostl.
THOS. WILKINSON, Major. J. W. FRESIIFIELO."
W. S. BINNET.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING
COMPANY.—The Committee of Management have to inform
the Shareholders that they have received a despatch from Mr. F.
N. Basset, the Company's Engineer, bearing date Adelaide, Dec. 3,
1853, confirming the favourable report on the Company's property
previously received from him, under date the 28th September. The
Committee are, however, desirous of conferring with the Sharehold-
ers, as to steps necessary fos•thwArtorons proseartiesrorTherworts;
and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL MEETING
of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the London
Tavern, Bishopegate•street, London, on FRIDAY, the 10th March
Instant, at Ono o'clock p.m. precisely, ior the purpose of receiving a
Report from the Committee, and of taking all such steps thereon as
the meeting may determine.
And Notice is hereby further Given, that a Special General Meet-
ing of the Shareholders will be held at the same place, at Ilalf-past
One o'clock p.m. precisely, on the same day, for the purpose of con-
firming the Alterations and Amendments in the Cost-book Rules and
Regulations of the Company, agreed to at the Special General Meet-
ing of the Shareholders held. on the 13th day of July, 1853.

JOSEPII THOMPSON, Chairman and Purser, pro teen
17, Gracechurch-street, London, March 2, 1854.

LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
REDUCTION in the CIIA.RGE for SMALL PARCELS.

The Public are requested to take notice, that ou and after the 20th
February, 1854, Parcels of Ilb. weight and under will be conveyed
between London and Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Stock-
port, Chester, Warrington, and Preston only, at a charge of Fispence,
including delivery within the usual boundaries. And Parcels of 21b.
Weight and under, at a charge of One Shilling.

To insure the transmission of Parcels by this conveyance, they
must be delivered to the company at one of their stations named
above, or at one of the following offices of their agents ( Messrs.
Horne and Chaplin), in London :—Spread Eagle, Gracechurch-st. ;
Swan-with-two-Necks, Gresham-street (late Lad-lane) ; Cross Keys,
Wood-street, Cheapside ; Bolt-in-Tun, 64, Fleet-street ; White
Horse, 90, Fetter-lane ; 90, The Borough, Southwark ; George and
Blue Boar, 269, High Holborn ; Old White House Cellar, 155, l'icca-
dilly ; Golden Cross, Charing-cross ; Do., 33, Regent's-circus ; Spread
Eagle, Regent's-circus ; Griffin's Green Man and Still, 335, Oxt ord-
street.

The Company will not hold themselves liable for detention or loss
to any parcel not delivered to them at one of their own offices, or to
the charge of their agents.
By order of the Directors.

MINING INVESTMENT. —Parties seeking
safe and profitable investments should turn their attention
to the shares of those companies formed'for mining, especially when
their estates are in Cornwall and Devon. The dividends from many
of these are equal to 10, 15, and 20 per cent. upon the outlay,
while others not yet paying dividends, . but having excellent
prospects of soon doing so, afford abundant scope for speculation, not
alone from anticipated early returns to the proprietary, but likewise
On account of the great enhancement in the value of the stock at-
tendant thereon. Mr. JNO S. LANE, 32. Poultry, London, having
correspondents in all the richest mineral districts in England, is in a
position early to advise his clients. Parties communicating will re-
ceive all requisite information, and Mr. LANE will recommend
either dividend paying, or non-dividend paying concerns, to those
wishing to embark in mining enterprise, and state his reasons for so
doing.
32, Poultry, London, Jan., 1854.

GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH' (used in
her Majesty's Laundry). and WOTIIERSPOON'S Machine-
koade CONFECTIONERY, MARMALADE, JAMS. JELLIES,
(which gained the Prize Medal of 1851), may be had of all Grocers ;
Wholesale of Wotherspoon, Mackay, and Co., 66, Queen-street,
Cheapside, London, and Robert Wotherspoon and Co., Glasgow.

SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
49, ST. JAMES'S STREET, LONDON.
(Established 1815.)
TRUSTEES.
The Right Hon. the Earl Talbot Sir Claude Scott, Bart.
The Right Hon. the Lord de Benj. Bond Cabbeil, Esq., M.P.
Manley. Henry Pownall, Esq.
The office presents the following advantages :
The security of a large paid-up capital.
Very moderate rates for all .ages, especially young lives.
No charges whatever, except the premium.
All policies indisputable.
Advances made on real and on unexceptionable personal security,
where the sureties are resident in London, or its immediate vicinity.
By the recent bonus, four-fifths of the 1 remiuni paid was in many
instances returned to the policy-holders. Thus :—On a policy for
1,n001., effected in 1846, premiums amounting to 1531. Bs. 4d. had
been paid, while 1231.75. was the b nus added in 1853.
A weekly saving of 14d. will secure to a person 25 years ofage the
sum of 100/. on his attaining the age of 55, or at death, should it
occur previously.
Rates are calculated for all ages, climates, and circumstances con-
nected with life assurance.
l'rospectuses, forms, and every information can be obtained at the
office, 49, St. Jameg's-street, London.
HENRY 1). DAVENPORT, Secretary.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Established August 1, 1837.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9.
**it' Policies issUed free of stamp duty.
Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN.
The marked testimony in favour of life assurance evinced by the
Legislature in the exemption from income tax of the premiums raid
for the benefit of a surviving family, is deserving the most serious
attention of all classes; not only on account of the actual saving,
but also on account of the high estimation in which it provesthat the
system of life assurance generally is held by the Government of the
country.
Increasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans or Debts.
Ilalf Premiums, only, required during first seven years.
Sum assured payable at Sixty or at death.
Provision, during minority, for Orphans.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.

Profits divided annually.
Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age.
Half-credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable; the
unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the profits:
At the last Annual General Meeting a redaction of 30 per cent. was
made in the current year's premium on all participating policies.
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