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London, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 13TH Dec. :854.
•
COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA. COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the GENE-
It,II. COURT, appointed to be held on 'WEDNESDAY, the 20th
ingtant, is me.tio special ter the purpose of confirming tie proceed_
lugs of the Oenesal Court of the 27th September last, altering and
repealing sttridry liy-laws of the said Company.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Seeretx-y.

EAST INDIA 1101.11, 13TII DECEMBtIi, 1854.
TllE COURT cyf DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COlva'ANY llcreby Give Notice,
. _

That a Proprietor of .East lhdia Stock has given notice of his
infection to submit the followint:lll,tieln at 1110 giarterly Gen, ral
Court of the raid Cotnr.any, a:Tel:lied to be held at their ]louse in
Leadenha'l-street, on i'krvdnesday, tint 11th •nstant, viz :

"That the Court of Dire:tors do distr:bute among t c Proprietors,
to each individual, a cups of Thornton's G.azetteer of India.'"
"'That the Court of Directors eo lac upon the Proprietors' table
copy cf the Despatai trout the Madras Government, on which the
military autitoritit. eg the Wane Government confirmed as legal (if
thee ever did. so, as hat been stated) the proceedings of the mi.itary
authorities or Madras, in the case of the Court Afar dal of the Gth
Light Cavalry'."
Also, " Thit t the Court of Directors do lay upon the Proprietors'
table a stater Gent :towing the pres.ait position of alt the parties (or
their relative a) of the same Regiment, in respect of paision or other
maintenance,, 'wilt, were buni,hed by award of Court-Ma tail or sum-
marily ed -without trial. The sense statement to show the
rank, the kr,gih of servive, ;art whether any of the parties had re-
ceived honorary rewards for aistineni,led service to the Slate "
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Dec. I`,, 1854.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HER MA-
JESTY" ORDNANCE Do IlEnasT GIVE _NOTICE, that
they will Sell by Auction at the Tower on THURSDAY, 214 Dec.,
1854, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the following
stores, viz.:--Great-co :Is, Clothing, Bedding, Saltpetre Bags, Rags
(linen and woollen), Fire Engines, Hose Pipe, Copper and Mixed
Metal, Old Steel and Iron, Tools of all sorts, Leather Scabbards, an
various other artic'es.

The whole of which may be viewed at the Tower from 10 till 4
o'cicek three days previous to the sale.
Catalogues may be had at the Ordnance Office, Tower.
By Order of the 11Qar3.

J. WOOD, Secretary.

PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of
Chancery, made in the matter o:' the Estate of Benja.nin
John Chapman, late of 0;d Ford, In the County of Middlesex, recti-
fier of spirits, deceased, betwien Benjamin John Chapman Florence,
Jane Chapman, Herbert Charles Chapman, Ferdinand Robert Ch ,p-
-man, Blanche Helena Chapman, Henry La Gratme Dougan Chap-
man, and Isabella Maria Mary Chapman, infants by Vary Harriet
Chapman, their next triend, plaintiffs, and ,arah Isabella Chapman,
defendant. The Creditors of the said Benjamin John Chapman, who
died in or about the mond' of July, 1854, are, b, taeir Solicitors,
on or before the twenty-seventh day of Jamt+ry, 1855, to come in
and prove their debts •tt tbe Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kin-
dersley, No. 3, Stone-buildMits, Lincoln s-inn, Middlesex, or, in de-
fault thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded irom the benefit of
the said order. . . . . .

Thursday, the 1 st 'day of February, 11155, at 12 o'clock at noon, at
the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the
data- s.

Dated this 16(14 day of December, 1854.
FREDERIC E. ED WARDS, Chief Clerk.

SOUTHWARK BRIDGE. - NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, That a Dividend will be Payable on the
16th of JANUARY, to the Proprietors of the New Shares, and to the
Subscribers of the 131. advanced on the Old -hares of the Southwark-
bridge, and that the Transfer Bcok of tile Company will be closed
from the 25th lust., until the 16th of January next.
JAMES LEITII, Secretary.
Office, Queen-street-place, 19th Dec., 1854.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY, C RI ST NIAS HOLIDAYS. DAY TICKETS
issued on SATURDAY, 23d December, and intervening days, will
be available until TUESDAY, 26th December.
By order. MARK ItUISII.
General Manager's Office, Euston station, December, 1354.

A.D. 1720.

EXCHANGEOYAL ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,

(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL.
Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor.
The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, 5.711)-0 .vernor.
George Fearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor.