The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-27 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

Ensurantc ntires.

CORPORATION OF THE LONDON
iJ ASSURANCE.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1720.

No. 7, ROYAL EXCHANGE, CORNHILL,

No. 7, PALL-trADLL, LONDON.

Edward Burmester, Esq ,'Governor.
John Alves Arbuthnot, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Samuel Gregson, Esq., M.P., Deputy• Governor.

FIRE INSURANCES effected upon every description of
Property, with the usual reductions allowed on and in Build-
ings of Certified Warehouses, crc. and for single management,
according to the lowest rates current.
FIRE NOTICE.
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PERSONS ASSURED AGAINST FIRE by this Corpora-
tion, whose Policies expire at MIDSUMMER, are respectfully
reminded, that, for their own security, they should renew
them within FIFTEEN DAYS from the said QUARTER DAY.
LIFE ASSURANCES.—This branch of the Corporation's
business is carried on without any charge for management,
and offers peculiar advantages to the Assured.
Prospectuses, Mercantile Fire Rates, and all other infor-
mation, may be had at their Offices, or sent free, on applica-
tion to
JOHN SCOTT, 1, India-buildings, Water-street;
C. F. CARNE, 13, Rumford-place;
Agents for Liverpool and adjacent parts ; or to
EDWD. ROBERTS, Sandford-street, Birkenhead.

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

CAPITAL, £2,000,000, in 100,00 n SHARES. of .e,30 each.

HEAD OFFICE,
NORTH JOHN-STREET, AND DALE-STREET.

TRUSTEES.
John Shaw Leigh, Esq. 1R.8.8. H. Blundell, Esq.
DIRECTORS, &C., IN LIVERPOOL.
Charles Turner, Esq., Chairman.
J. Bramley-Moore, Esq., and Ralph Brocklebank, Esq.
Deputy-Chairmen.
Michael Belcher, Esq. Richard Houghton, Esq.
George Booker, Esq. Edward Johnston, Esq.
Michael Bousfield, Esq. Roger Lyon Jones, Esq.
Thomas Bouch, Esq. James Lawrence, Esq.
David Cannon, Esq. I William J. Marrow, Esq.
Thomas Dover, Esq. Francis Maxwell, Esq.
R. Ellison Harvey, Esq. George Maxwell, Esq.
James Holme, Esq. Robert M'Andrew, Esq.
T. Dyson Hornby, Esq. William Smith, Esq.
George H. Horsfall, Esq. John Torr, Esq.
AUDITORS.
William Titherington, Esq., and John Dickinson, Esq.
PHYSICIAN. SURGEON.
Richard Formby, M.D. Hugh Neill, F.R.A.S.
SURVEYOR. SOLICITOR.
Samuel Holme, Esq. Septimus Booker, Esq.
MANAGER AND ACTUARY, Percy M. Dove, Esq.
BIRKENHEAD BRANCH,

HAMILTON-STREET.
Agent.—Henry Cole, Esq.
Surgeon.—James T. Vale. Esq.' Hamilton-square.
LIFE BRANCH.
SPECIAL NOTICE.—STAMPS ON LIFE POLICIES NOT

------ ..____. "CHARGED.
Attention is directed to the fact that to a defined extent Life
Premiums are not subject to Income-tax, and that in certain
cases Life Policies are exempt from the New Succession
Duties.
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FIRE BRANCH.
FIRE INSURANCES will be effected at moderate rates of
Premium. The Company, having the advantage of a Resi-
dent Directory, will be enabled to distinguish itself by its
promptness in the settlement of Claims.
No Charge made for the Policy.

LIFE BRANCH.
The Company likewise assure Lives on any of the following
contingencies, namely :
For the WHOLE CONTINUANCE OF LIFE.—The Premiums
to cease after a LIMITED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
For a Sum to be payable at Age 60, or at Death.
PREMIUMS ON CREDIT.
A PORTION OF THE PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN ON
CREDIT, OR ASSURANCES MAY BE EFFECTED IN
VARIOUS WAYS, NOT ENUMERATED, TO MEET THE
CONVENIENCE OF THE PARTY MAKING THE ASSUR-
ANCE.
The important advantages afforded by the Company in this
Branch will include the following, viz.:—
GUARANTEE OF AN AMPLE CAPITAL, MODERATE PRE-
MIUMS, LARGE PARTICIPATION OF PROFITS BY THE
ASSURED, SMALL CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT, &c.
The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors.
Fees to Medical Referees are likewise granted by this Com•
pany. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager.
Policies falling due at MIDSUMMER should be renewed on
or before the 9th of July next.
June 19, 1854.

Ensurance Notices.

MANCHESTER AND LONDON LIFE
ASSURANCE AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
KING-STREET, MANCHESTER;
WHST-STRAND, LONDON;
RUTLAND-SQUARE, DUBLIN;
WALMER-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL.
Fourth-fifths, or Eighty per Cent., Divided every Five
Years amongst all Policy-holders entitled to Profits.
Secretary, Manchester—CHAßLES HENRY MINCHIN.
Actuary and Secretary, London—WM. JAS. STRICKLAND.
LIVERPOOL AGENTS:
FIRTH and ARCHER, WALMER-BUILDINGS.
RENNER and CARR, GOREE-PIAZZAS.
Applications for Agencies may be made to the Secretaries,
at either Office.

FREQUENT TRAVELLERS can INSURE
against RAILWAY ACCIDENTS by the YEAR, for
terms of YEARS, or for the whole of LIFE, on application
to the Booking Clerks at the Principal Railway Stations, and
at the Offices of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE
COMPANY, 3, OLD BROAD-STREET, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary.

THE GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
ESTABLISHED 1837.
62, SING WILLIAM-STREET. LONDON.
CAPITAL,—ONE MILLION.
DIRECTORS:
George Bousfield, Esq. James Pilkington, Esq., M.P.
Jacob George Cope, Esq. I Thomas Piper, Esq.
Thos. Challis Esq., Aid., M.P. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq.
John Dixon, Esq. Right Hon. C. P. Villiers,M.P.
John T. Fletcher, Esq. John Wilks, Esq.
Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Edward Wilson, Esq.
William Hunter, Esq., Aid.
SECRETARY—Thomas Price, Esq., LLD.
The MIDSUMMER FIRE RENEWAL RECEIPTS are
now ready, and may be had on application at the Head Offices
of the Company, or of any of its Agents throughout the
country.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT FOUR-FIFTHS of the profits,
divisible by the Company's Deed of Settlement, allowed to
Assurers, and the Company transacts all business relating to
Life Assurance. Deferred Annuities, and Family Endow-
ments, upon the most liberal terms, consistent with sound
principles and public security.
No charge for STAMPS is made on LIFE POLICIES issued
by the Company.
LOANS from .€lOO to 471,f 00 advanced upon Personal
Security and the deposit of a Life Policy.
AGENTS TO THE COMPANY:—
[Mr. G. E. HOLT, '23, South John-street.
Mr. I. 0. JONES, 14, Brunswick-buildings.
LIVERPOOL. Mr. DAVID MARPLES, Lord-street.
Messrs. POWELL and SING.
Mr. It. STILL, Peter's-place, Rumford•street.
Ashton-under-Lyne Mr. William Leach.
Asliton•in-Mackerfield Mr. J. Sumner.
Altrincham Mr. W. Burrow.
Bury Mr. John Vickerman.
Bolton Mr. Thomas Parkinson.
Blackburn, . Mr. R. Whittaker.
Burnley Mr. William Hughes.
Chester Mr. A. Booth.
Chorley Mr. William Tootell.
Colne Mr. T. Wiseman .
Lancaster Mr. William Welch.
Manchester Mr. Thomas C. Hill.
Ditto .. Mr. W. Pooley.
Northwich Mr. C. Green.
Oldham Mr. J. L. Quarmby.
Ormskirk Mr. J. Waring.
Preston Mr. F. Cotman.
Rochdale Mr. Edward Taylor.
St. Helen's Mr. It. Thompson.
Wigan Messrs. Roberts and Co.
Warrington Mr. J. Forrest.
P.S.—VACANCIES exist in the AGENCIES of the COM-
PANY for the following places, for which applications may
be forwarded to the Secretary :—Dukinfield, Lower Totting-
ton, Clitheroe, Eccles, Newton, Winwick, Poulton, Prescot,
Thlkington, Prompton, Todmorden, Ulverstone, and Worsley.

Insurance Notices.

YORKSHIRE FIRE AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
ESTABLISHED 182 4.
Parties having Annual Policies falling due on the 24th of
JUNE, are respectfully informed that they should renew
the same within fifteen days from that date.
AOENTS :
LATHAM HANMER, jun., 1, Dale-street.
F. L. MAWDESLEY, 3, Cook-street.
JOHN ATKINSON, 25, North John-street.
LITHERLAND & GROOM, 42, Lord-street.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.—ESTABLISHED 1821.
CAPITAL £550,000.
TRUSTEES.
TheßightHon.Lord Hastings Edwd. Wenham Martin, Esq.
The Lord Walpole Thomas Amyot, Esq.
Sir Henry Jardine, Ent. Henry Brown, Esq.
John Stracey, Esq. &c. &c. &c.

DIRECTORS.
President—Anthony Hudson, Esq.
Vice-President—Lieut.-General Sir Robert John Harvey, C. B.
Charles Evans, Esq., Chancel- 1 Robt. J. Harvey Harvey,Esq.
lor ofthe Diocese of Norwich. 1 Henry S. Patteson, Esq.
Edward Stewart, Esq. John Wright, Esq.
Thomas Blakiston, Esq.,R.N. Henry Browne, Esq.
Timothy Steward, Esq. W. C. Hotson, Esq,
George Durant, Esq.
SAMUEL BIGNOLD, Esq., Secretary.
The Public are respectfully reminded, that all Insurances
renewable in the LIVERPOOL AGENCY on the 24th day of
Jnne, 1854, must be paid at the Office, 6, Exchange-street
West, on or before the 9th day of July next, or the
Society will cease to be liable for the sums insured.
This Society paid €73,971 Bs. 6d. Duty to Government for
the year 1853.
It INSURED, during the same year, €8,974,629 Farming
Stock, which is Free of Duty.
In proof of the public approbation of the principles and
conduct of this Company, it may be sufficient to state that
its Business now exceeds SIXTY MILLIONS.
AGENTS { ROBERT NT EI LSON,
JOHN ANDERSSON.

THE WESTMINSTER FIRE OFFICE,
LONDON.
CHIEF OFFICES, 27, KING-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN.
Established 1717.
The business of this Office has until very recently been
confined to the Metropolis, where, for a period of One Hun-
dred and thirty-seven years, all losses incurred by its insured
have been promptly and liberally settled.
The Directors are now extending their BUSINESS THROUGH
THE PROVINCES, and appeal with confidence for a liberal
amount of support. Rates of Premiums moderate. Losses
from Fire by Lightning made good. Rent Insured.

WESTMINSTER AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE
ASSOCIATION. The Life Office, Established in 1836, by
Members of the Westminster Fire Office, has been highly
successful in its operation. An economical management, a
judicious adjustment of the premium to the risk incurred,
and a careful investment of the Funds, have enabled the Di-
rectors to make additions to Policies which have equalled
One-half of the Premiums received.
The Profits in the Life Office are divided every Five Years
the next division will be in 1857, and Assurances effected
prior to Ist January next will participate in the Profits for
Three Years.
Any information respecting either Fire or Life Insurance,
with Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, may be obtained
on application to the under-mentioned Agents :
In LIVERPOOL.-Mr. JAMES BURN ET, Commission
Agent, 9, Dale-street; Mr. THOMAS .MILLER, Drysalte..,
50, Harrington-street. And (for the Fire Office only) Mr. H.
L. SHERLOCK, Customs Agent, Canning-place.
In Manchester.—Mr. E. W. Roylance, Merchant, Old Corn
Exchange; Mr. W. Raby, Surveyor, 19, Pall Mall.
In Rochdale.—Mr. J. W. Booth, Solicitor.
In Bolton.—Mr. Peter Johnson, Estate Agent, 17, Acre's-
field.
In Preston.—Mr. John Catterall, Solicitor, Lime-street.
(Active AGENTS WANTED in other Towns.)

THE LANCAS_II_IR__ INSURANCE
C

CAPITAL: TWO MILLIONS.

OFFICE-26, Market-street, Manchester.
LONnox OFFICE-2, King-street, Cheapside.
LIVERPOOLOFFICE-3, H igh-street,&s, Exchange-street East
GLASGOW OFFICE-11R. Ingram-street, or 4, Hanover-street
GREENOCK OFFlCE—Mansion-house.

DIRECTORS AT LIVERPOOL.
CHAIRMAN—Eyre Evans, Esq.
Benjamin Darbyshire, Esq. I W. F. Hunter, Esq.
Thomas Fry, Esq. Frederick Lyon, Esq.
George Glen, Esq. I Daniel Powell, Esq.
Charles Holland, Esq. 1 James Smith, Esq.
RESIDENT SECRETARY—John Semple, Esq.