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SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

31, COTINI-lILL, LONDON.
Empowered by Act of Par!!ament.
Ca. ital o,ooo'.
In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, to be pa.d In full on Allotment,
DIRECTORS.

Howell Gwyn, Esq., M.P. Gepre:e lle mire, Esq.
John Bennet, E.g. Sir William Ogilvie, Bart.
Thomas Bunting, EQq. Frederick A. Peel, Esq.
Alexander Davis, Esq. W. Yates Peel, Esq.
John Kellanl Durant, E-q. John Wrefcra, Esq.
Augustus Collingridge, Esq , Managing Director.
AUDITORS.
Henry Wood, Esq.
Samuel Ilenry Ranger, E-q.
MEDICAL REFEREES
PHYSIC' A N.
James Rldson Bennett, Esq., M,1)., 24, Finsbury-place North.
SURGEONS.
John Fisher rondo Esq , M.R.O S., 83, Cheapside.
Fredk. Cu. Crane, Esq., M.R.C.S., Leicester-square.
B t N KERS.
Messrs. Cnrrie and Co., 29, Cornhill.
Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury.
SOLICITOR.
John Chapple, Esq., 70A. Aldermanbury.
MARINE DEPARTMENT.
UNDERWRITER.
Mr. John Powil, Member of Lloyd's.
LIFE DE rARTMENT.
ACTUARY.
Mr. Alfred Burt.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr. John Nelson.
SURVEYOR. '
George Moody Longmore, Esq.
BROKERS.
John 11. Golding, Esq., Warnford-court, London.
Thomas Bayley, Esq., Warnford-court, London.
Messrs. Turner, Brothers, Throgtnorton-street, London.

Henry Rogers, E,q.
Ebenezer ;,-:oper, Esq.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.
1. Exemption of Shareholders from all Liability.
2. The Right of Transfer at Will.
3. Periodical Division of Profits.
4. Five per Cent. Interest Guaranteed (irrespective of further Dlvi-

den 6) upon the paid-up Capital.
5. Yearly Audits of Accounts by Auditors exclusively chosen by the

Pronri tors.
6. Life Policies INDISPUTABLE awl free of stamp-duty to the As.-

!tire 1.

Applications ft,r the rensaining unallotted Shares, and on the sub-
ject of MARINE, FIRE, and LIFE ASiURANcES to be addressed
to the Agents of the Society; or to the Head Office as above.
AUG. COLLINGRIDNE, Managing Director.

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THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND

WESTERN RAILWAY.

Colonel Chesney, Colonel Forster, Colonel Hemphill,
Colonel Maunsell, Colonel Pole, the Solicitor• General,
the Archdeacon of Cork, tie Recorder of Cork, W.
Dargan, Dr. Tolekin, John M'Donnell, Lion. A. St.
Lg.ger, E. Berwick, Q C , J.. Pennefather, Coppinger,
Q C., Major Thompson, Captain Laffan, Captain
ArDougall, J. D. Croker, &c.
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tion of railway communication from one extremity of
Ireland to the other.—(Cheers.) If ever a railway
deserved success it was this—conducted in so straight-
forward a manner that its most secret and intricate
transactions could at any moment be brought before
the public—finished in so splendid and permanent o
manner, that the works will serve to immortalise the
names of the engineer, Sir John Macneil, and the
intrepid industry and persevering enterprise of Wil-
liam Dargan, the contractor.—(Loud cheers.) In the
carrying out of these works Mr. Dargan had, had diffi-
culties of no ordinary kind to encounter—but they
were overcome by his energy and indefatigable zeal ;
and whilst such a vast amount of employment had
been dispensed by him, amongst Irish labourers, he
had found the mode of rendering them as efficient as
the workmen of any other country, as anxious to
perform the business they had undertaken, as orderly
and as contented in their avocation.—(Loud cheers.)
After some further remarks on this topic, his Excel-
, lency observed that the chairman had alluded to the
enthusiastic reception recently given to her Majesty
by her loyal and attached subjects in this country.
He felt most happy in assuring the company now
assembled that her Majesty had been graciously
pleased to convey to him an expression of the delight
beyond measure which that reception had afforded to
her; and he trusted that he might, even during the
period of his official connexion with this country,
enjoy the gratification of beholding her Majesty once
more receiving renewed expressions of the love and
loyalty of the Irish people.—(Loud cheers.) His
Excellency, towards the close of an address which
produced a profound impression, and of which the
preceding is a mere outline, alluded in very feeling
terms to the late Mr. Carr, who had filled the post of
chairman of the company with so much efficiency.
The company, however, had found in their present
chairman a worthy successor—a gentleman whose
reputation as a merchant and a citizen reflected credit
upon the company in which he occupied so dis-
tinguished a position, who has evinced such indefati-
gable zeal in promoting this great undertaking from
its commencement. All the good qualities of their
late chairman were possessed by the gentleman
who now filled that office, and his youth and health
enabled him to render them fully available for the inte-
rests of the company whom he worthily represented.—
(Cheers.) The Lord-Lieutenant resumed his seat,
but soon again rose and said he had a toast to propose.
Previous to doing so, however, he had an honour to
confer—it was the first time he had exercised this
privilege, and it could not be exercised on a more
worthy, honourable, or estimable man.—(Here there
were loud demonstrations of applause from all parts of
the room.) His Excellency was handed a sword, and
Mr. M'Donnell knelt down ; his Excellency touched
him on the back with the flat of the sword and said
—" Rise, Sir Edward M'Donnell." His Excellency
then, with a flattering eulogium on the subject of the
toast, gave " The Chairman and ,Court of Directors
of the Great Southern and Western Railway Corn-
pany."—(Hear, hear.)
Sir EDWARD M'DONNELL returned thanks. He
then proposed "The Mayor and Corporation of Cork."
Sir WILLIAM LYONS returned thanks, and pro-
posed " The health of the Lord Mayor of Dublin."
The Loan MAYOR returned thanks.