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London, England, 1857-01-12 00:00:00

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The foreign spirits entered for home consumpti,?ll9ll
the 11 months ended November numbered 4,4lv'asi
proof gallons. In one year the duty on spirits eseee
10,000,000/. l. „
SHOCKING DEATH.—On Saturday a coroner's 113,„ciosi
was held at Reading on the body of a man named •""pf,
Clifford, who met with his death in an awful resl7o6/
From the evidence adduced it appeared that the deco of
was in the employ of Messrs. Russell and lq°r,flf
brewers in the town, and on Thursday last was ehltios
ice, engaged in the brewhouse. About 5 o'clock on the °ip%
noon of the day in question, when a quantity of Wild
liquor had been drawn off from the copper into 00;0
los back, he ascended a step-ladder in order to turn 9 tiv
/105: let some cold liquor into the copper. To accompli
it was necessary for him on reaching the top of the
os
12s to seize a cord banging from a beam above ; res4Chic)
cos out his band to do so, but unfortunately missed it, Wvici
as caused him to swerve, and, losing his footing, !led'
into the hop-back, which was filled with boiling
58 Two fellow workmen and Mr. Martin, one of the
.71.04
Os were close at hand at the time, and they instantly
;la: the unfortunate man (who was resting on his hear- 4
13s covered nearly to bis knees) from the boiling lifid tit
14s His bead, face, and chest were fearfully scalded, 9° s
tbo
Os obtain every requisite attention he was removed to oti
5
5, hospital immediately upon being stripped and wraPlid
2s in flannel. The poor fellow's system, however, pr?..
.„Os to have received so severe a shock that he never ralli:od
to and death took place the same night. The jury ret0:00
os a verdict of " Accidental death." A widow and
[4s children are left w,holly unirovided for.
I7s
IGs

BIRTHS,
OP A 5014
o I On the 9th inst., at the Deanery, Worcester, the •
of the Rev. Herbert Peel.
On the 10th inst., at Tavistock-square, the wife of Pt'
Gladstone.

OP A DAUGHTER. fo
On the Bth inst., at Highgate, the wife of Mr. V.
Lloyd.
le
On the 9th inst., at Telegraph House, Yarmouth,
Myles Formby.

MARRIED.
On the Bth inst., at St. Peter's Church. Wm. 13011_401
oldest son of William Maingay, Esq., of Tunbridge' 04,
Kent, to Anna Maria, second daughter of Henry Cou
ney, Esq., of Fitzwilliam-place. ~eo‘
n the Bth inst., the Rev. Henry Wilkinson, incurt"oo/
of Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, to Anna Maria, the yoste
daughter of the late Rev. Henry Du Cane, of the Cl'
Essex.

DIED.
On the 9th inst., at 92, Camden-road Villas,
Malpas, Esq., aged 67.
Oh. On the 9th inst., Nantes Tupper, Esq., eldest son °
late J. P. Tupper, Esq., M.D.' aged 57. „,:
(% lOn the Bth inst., at East Sutton Place, Kent, P',.
mund Filmer, Bart., M.P., aged 58. tole
• On the 9th inst., firs. Edward Chaplin, of New'p
:), 1 near rlytbe, Kent. Pfti.
4 B.oEnatwhaer(Bisth,
Esq., aged
a 5
tArB.lesey Bury, Bedfordshire,
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On the 7th inst., at 6, Great Castle-street, Regent-std
1 Mr. Thomas J. Parker, aged 45. -vcr
„ I On the Bth inst., at Rose-hill-road, near Oxford, —3 a
01
%4 Plater Bartlett, Esq., formerly of Camberwell-grove'
214 73.
67% On the sth inst. at Manchester, Moses R. Glover, vise
1414 of. Liverpool, aged 55.

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112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0°-
of Middlesex, Monday, January 12, 1857.

MAIN DRAINAGE' of the METROPOLIS.—
• NOM -.—The Plans for the Main Drainage of the Me-
tropolis having been referred to Captain Douglas Gallon, It E.,
James Simpson, Esq., C.E., and Thomas E. Blackwell, C.E., Notice
is Hereby Given, that all pers -mg desirous of Communicating with
those gentlemen upon the subject may direct letters, plans, &c., to
them, at their office, No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster, on
or before 28th, F ebruary next.
The following conditions must be observed
communications to contain the names and addresses of the
parties forwarding them, and to be written on half sheets of foolscap
paper, on one side only, with two-inch margin on the left.
If plane are sent in, those plans which are district plans must be
on a scale of 'not less than four inches to the mile.
Sections of lines of drainage, present and prerosed, to be on a
Scale of 20 feet to an Inch vertical, an t not less than 4 inches to a
mile horizontal, and to have the gradients mar;;,:d on them in all
calm. with the heights in feet and inches at every ch ine of gradient.
A blue line to denote Trinity high water mark to be shown on
all sections.
Drawings of works must be on a scale of one-eighth of an inch
to a foot. '
29, Great George-street, Westminster, Jan. 10, 1857.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
BOOKS in which TRANSFERS of STOrIC and SHARES of this
Company are registered will be CLOAED on FR D VT, the 23d inst ,
and that all ;ranger deeds for registration must be deposited in this
lice on or before that day to entitle Proprietors to the forthcoming
Dividend.
By order. 11. BOOTH,
CHAS. E. STEWART,' Secretaries.
Office; Euston Station, January 10, 1857.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY. —TO RAILWAY CONTRACTOR, AND
OTHERS.—The Directors are desirous of receivms Tenders for
Widening the Railway between Primrose-hill Tunnel and Willesden
Station.
Parties desirous of tendering may Inspect the drawings and spe-
cifications, and obtain a statement of :he quantlties, at the Engi-
neer's Office, Easton Station, on Monday, January 19, between the
bones of 10 and 4 o'c'ock.
Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Secretary, at this Office, to be
Sent in on or before Wednesday, 28th January, at 10 o'clock a.m
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender.
By order.
CIIAS. E. STEWART, Secretary.
Secretary's Office, Jan. 7, 1857-

ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
11, Waterloo-place, Pall•mall.

Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND
to the 31st ultimo, after the rate of Seven per cent. per annum, will
be in COURSE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the
12th January instant.

HENRY WILLIAM SMITH,
Bth January, 1857. Actuary and Secretary

LA W LIFE, ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Fleet-street, Ist January, 1857;
Notice is Hereby Given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the
Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Soc'ety will be held at the
Society's Office, Fleet street, London, on 1%1 ()await, the 2d day of
February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the proNt-
alone •f the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiv-
ing the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to
the 31st December last; to elect a Trustee in the room of the late
Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas, deceased ; and for general purposes.

By order of the Directors.
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY
(FLEE, LIFE, and ANNIIITIP S).
A.D. 1714.
Cornhill, and 70, Baker-street, London.
Coltegl3-green, Dublin.—G ronengets street, Hamburg.
Exchange-street West, and Tithebarn-street, Liverpool.
North Nelson-street, Edinburgh.
Instituted in the reign of Queen Anne, A D 1714, with large Invested
Funds.
DIRECTORS. &C.
CHAIRMAN—JOHN RE vt INGTON MILLS, Esq.
DlibuTT-Cualaxati —HENRY A LDWIN SOAMES, Esq.
James Bentley, Esq. John Paynter, Esq.
Thomas Bodley, Esq. John Rogers, Esq.
Daniel Britten, Esq. Henry Hutt, Esq.
Nicholas Charrtngton, Esq. George Spencer Smith, Esq.
S. Preston Child, Esq. Itichd. Horsman Solly, Esq.
William Gilpin, Esq. W. Foster White, r sq.
Thomas Lewis, Esq. Samuel Wilson, Esq., Aid.
Thomas Mpls, Esq., M.J. Stephen Wilson, Esq.
John Morley, Esq.

LIFE.
Reduced rates for young and middle ages, with guarantee of a
company in existence upwards of 140 years, and a large accumulated
capital. The last Bonus (1855) gave additions to policies varying
from 25 to 70 per cent. on the previous seven years' Premiums
Lower rates, without profits. Two-thirds only of the premiums may
be paid until death. Decreasing and increasing rates of premium, and
half-yearly or quarterly. Medical fees allowed.

FIRE.
Insurances at the usual rates, and profits returned on policies taken
oat for seven years by p ompr paymeut. Loses occasioned by ex-
plosion of gas made good. The offices close on Saturdays at two
o'clock, excepting in the fifteen days after each quarter-day.
Insurances now expiring must be paid on or before the 9th Janu-
ary, at the office in London, or of the respective agents.

WILLIAM B. LEWIS, Secretary.

IN the matter of the Joint-stock . Companies
Wilding-ap•Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the Protestant Life
and Fire Insurance Association.
By direction of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley,
the Judge of the High Court of Chancery to whose Court this matter
is attached, and by whose order the winding-up of the above-named
association is proceeding, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
His Honour purposes, on MONDAY, the nineteenth day of Jaruary,
1857, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at his chambers, No. 3, Stone-
buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, to proceed to make a Call
*pon all the Contributories of the said Association. and the said
Judge purposes that such call shall be for Four Pounds Ten Shil-
lings per share.
AU parties interested are entiiied to attend at such day, hour,
and place, to offer objections to such call.
Dated this 2d day of Jannaty, 1857.
CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.
WILLIAM KINSEY, Solicitor for Alfred Ainger, the
Official Manager, 9, Bloomsbury-place.