The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-17 00:00:00

RIBBLE NATIGATIOY.

IN-OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the
ItIhBLE NAVIGATION COMPANY will be held at their Office,
Chapel-walks, Pr( stall, In the county of Lancaster, on Monday,
the 31st day of January instar.t, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
E. HAYDOCK,
Secretary to the said Company.
Preston, nibble Navigation Office,

13th January, 1853,

TIIE CHARTERED AIISTR3.LIAN LAND, imronT-

ING, AND REFINING COLIFANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the holders of BANKERS' RECEIPTS may exchange
the same, on and after WEDNESDAY NEXT, for Scrip Certifie,tvs,
on application at the Offices of this Company (from II to 4 o'clock),
and on signing the preliminary agreement.
_

By Order of the Board,
G. FLETCHER, Sec.

6, Broad-street-buildings, City,
14th January, 1853.

UPPER INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY.-
=NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Scrip Ceitilicates
for the New Shares in the additional Capital of toe Company will be
Over, In exchange for It.mkers' Reef!'rots, on and after Tuesday next,
the 18th day Cdannary, at the Mikes of the Company, between the
hours of Twelve and Three.
W. P ANDRE W, Managing Director.
Upper India Railway Company, 2, Moorgate-street,
15th January, 1853.

rr HE ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY.
1 NOTICE IS NOW GIVEN. That the Snares in this Company
Will be allotted immediately after T 1.:61)AV NEXT, the 18th inst.,
and that no application can be received after that day.
By order of the hoard•
GEORGE JACKSON, Secretary.
Copthall•buddings. Bank, London, 11th January, 1853.

ONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK.—
. NOTICE IS HiatEßY GIVEN, that in consequence of the
alterations now in progress on the Bank premises, the A. 7,12.11.1
GENERAL ME ETI gO of this Company will be held at the LON-
DON 'r LVEN., in Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th
. day of January next, at Olin o'Clock precisely, to declare a Div dend,
and to picot three Directors, in the room of Frederick Burmester,
Esq., Henry Ifervey, Esq., and Charles Gibbes, Esq , who retire by
rotation, but being eligible for re-election, offer themselves atcor-
• dingly.

_
J. W. GILB&RT, General Manager.
Lothbury, January 5, 1853.
The Transfer Books of the Comp'my will be closed, to prepare for
the Dividend, until the 21th of January next.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall, London. •
The TIALF-YEALLY DIVIDENDS on the Capital Stock of this
Company, due on the Ist January, will be Payable here on and after
Monday, the 17th ofJanuary, from Ten till Three o'Clock, Wednes-
days, and Thursdays excepted..

PATRICK 3LICINTYRF,, Secretary.

THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TWENTY-NINTH
HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Eli per Cent., declared
on the 12th instant, is payable to the shareholders, at the office of
tile Company, No. 62, King Wi liam-street, London-bridge, between
the hours of Ten and Four.

January 15,1853.

By order of the Board,
THOMAS PRICE, Secretary.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING
COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEEEBY GIVEN, that the Committee of Manage-
ment, appointed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Share-
holders on the fith inst , have Resolved as follows :-
Ist. That all Shares in the Company be duly Registered in the
cost-book of the Company.
2(1. That notice of the same be given, by public advertisement,
requiring the shares to be sent into the office of the Company for
registration accordingly. •
3d. That a pro rata allotment of the unappropriated shares in
the Company be made at par in respect of every Share so sent in for
registration as aforesaid, on or before Tuesday, the 18th day of
January, 1853, but that all Shares not sent in for registra ion as
aforeqald on or before the said 18th day of January, be absolutely
excluded from all benefit of such allotment.

Notice is therefore Given, that ail 'hareholders are requested to
send in tbe'r Shares for registration accordingly. The Committee
of Management beg to intimate to the Shareholders, that those only
Who are registered will be entitled to the bonus arising from the
preminms realised on the Shares already s3ld. i►hich under the au-
thority of a Meeting of the Shareholders, might be divided among
them.

Dated this 21st day of December. 1852.
17, Oracechurch Street, London.
By order of the Committee of Manacement,
J. THOMPSON, Chairman.
SAML. IL ARMITAGE, Puller.

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