The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

VICTORIA

AND ALBERT COAL COMPANY.

MINES—RAINFORD AND UPHOLLAND.
HOLDSWORTH and CO. beg to inform Shippers
and the Public generally, that they have constantly on
hand large quantities of good HOUSE and STEAM COAL and
SLACK.

From the proximity of their mines to this market (being only
twelve miles from Liverpool), H and Co. confidently assert that
they can fulfil orders with greater promptitude, and on more
moderate terms, than their competitors ; and the Coal being
conveyed by rail direct to their DepOt, is then lowered by
machine, without breakage, into carts.
Vessels loaded in Stanley or other Docks with despatch.
DEPOT—SLATE-STREET, 'treat
South-east Corner of Stanley Dock.
OFFICE-1, RUMFORD-PLACE.

PORTLAND CEMENT, of the best quality, always
ready, in Brls. 4 cwt. each, or in Sacks by the ton, at the
LONDON CEMENT AND DERBY PLASTER STORES,
6, LAWTON-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
NEWTON & EDWARDS, PROPRIETORS.

WHOLESALE; RETAIL, & FOR EXPORTATION

MAHOGANY and ROSEWOOD WRITING
DESKS, DRESSING CASES, WORK BOXES, BAGA-
TELLE TABLES, RACE GAMES, CHESS-BOARDS, CHESS-
MEN, MUSICAL BOXES, ACCORDIONS, FLUTINAS,
CONCERTINAS, TRAVELLING BAGS, Itc., at
E. EASTEE'S WAREHOUSES.
5, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT, 53, CHURCH-STREET,
and 52, LOWER HARRJNG'ION-STREET.
GOODS IN BOND.
Office, 5, St. George's-crescent.
N.B.—ON SALE, a large Quantity of Empty PACKING
CASES.

LIVERPOOL SUNDAY-SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
THE FIFTH LECTURE of the COURSE on
PROTESTANT NONCONFORMISTS will be delivered.
in the CONCERT HALL, by the Rev. ttOBERT HALLEY, D.D.,

.
of Manchester. Tilts EVENING, (Tuesday,) the Bth instant.
Subject : HE EJECTED MINISTERS.
Chair to be taken, by J. A. PICTON, Esq., at Half-past Seven
o'clock. Doors open at a Quarter before Seven.
Admission—Body, 3d.; Gallery, 6d.; Reserved Seats, Is.

LIVERPOOL INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOLS.
rpHE ANNUAL MEETING of this INSTITUTION
j_ will be held at the THEATRE-ROYAL, Williamson-square,
on TUESDAY next, the 15th instant.
The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely by the
Mayor, SAMUEL HOLME, Es 9,

The 'Rev. Rector CAMPBELL; the Rev. Dr. M`NEILE ;
the Rev. Dr. GUTHRIE, of Edinburgh; J. S. MANSFIELD,
Stipendiary Magistrate; and other gentlemen, have kindly
promised to attend the Meeting.
It is intended that a proposal shall be brought forward for
having, in connection with the Schools, a Ship moored in the
river, for the purpose of training as Seamen destitute and
neglected boys. J. HUBBACK, Hon. Sec,

Tickets of admission may be obtained on SATURDAY next,
the 12th, and MONDAY, the 14th instant, on application at the
Schools, 68, Soho-street; Messrs. DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON,
Church-street ; the Courier-office, Castle-street ; and the Mer-
cury-office, Lord-street.

LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT
RAILWAY.
GENERAL MEETING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVII4, that the usual
HALF-YEARLY MEETING of this COMPANY will be
held, at the Clarendon-rooms, Sow h John-street, Liverpool, on
TUESDAY, the 15th day of February next, at One o'clock. And
further NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the said Meeting
will afterwards be made Special, for the purpose of obtaining
the sanction of the Proprietors to the draft of a bill in Parlia-
ment to reduce and regulate the Tolls payable in respect of
traffic passing between Liverpool and certain places on the
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway, and the Tolls pay-
able to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancaslnre
Railway Companies, in respect of traffic to and from the last-
mentioned Railway, and for other purposes.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from the
Bth to the 22nd day of February, both inclusive.

By order of the Board,
WM. P. YOUNG, Secretary
Streeling• street, Liverpool, ✓an. 27, 1853.

THE LONDON AND COUNTY JOINT-STOCK
BANKING OOMPANY.

Established 1836.

PARENT ESTABLISHMENT, 21, LOMBARD-STREET.
KNIGHTSBRIDGE BRANCH—ST. GEORGE'S-
PLACE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
PADDINGTON BRANCH— CONNAUGHT-TERRACE,
EDGWARE-ROAD, LONDON.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN SADLEIR, Esq., CHAIRMAN.
JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq., DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
. .

John L. Anderdon, Esq. ' I Robert Keating, Esq., M.P
William Cory, Esq. John Henry Lance, Esq.
James Andrew Durham, Esq. James Rhodes, Esq.
Swinfen Jervis, Esq. I Richard Springett, Esq.
Wm. Champion Jones, Esq. John Wheelton, Esq.

GENERAL MANAGER
Henry Luard, Esq._

A•
T the ANNUAL MEETING of PROPRIE-
TORS, held on Thursday, the 3d February, 1853, at the
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the following Report for
the Year ending the alst December, 1852, was read by the
Secretary. JOHN SADLEIR, Esq., in the Chair.

REPORT

Your Directors have more than ordinary pleasure in submit-
ting to the Proprietors a general statement of the affairs of the
Company, and tile result ot the Half-year's Accounts ending
the 31st December, 1852.
In June last your Directors decided, that the large and
steady advance in the business of the Company made it desir-
able to increase the Capital from £300,000 to £400,000. In
carrying out this measure, they offered to the Proprietors the
option of the New Capital at a premium of £3 lOs per Share,
and they have the satisfaction to state that the whole amount
was at once taken up. The sum of £17,500 arising from the
premium, has enabled your Directors to extinguish the dead
weight of .4'17,000, arising from the Preliminary Expenses
which bad accrued from the year 1836, in establishing the
various Branches of the Company.
_ _

During the past year your Directors have opened branches at
Colchester, High Wycombe, Richmond and Uxbridge, :which
they have every reason to believe will tend materially to pro-
mote the interests of the Company.
The marked improvement in the progress of the Bank, has
enabled your Directors to give expression to their entire appro-
val of the uniform zeal and integrity of the numerous officers
employed in London, and at the country branches, by present-
ing to each officer a gratuity of 10 per cent. on the amount of
his salary.

The net profits of the Half-year ending the 31st December,
1852, after reserving an ample sum for bad and doubtful debts,
amount to £14,299 7s. 2d., as set forth in the Balance Sheet,
signed by your Auditors. _

TOUrlsiiecTors---reCOminend that a dividend at the rate of 6
per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 2 per cent. (equal to 8 per
cent. on the year), both free from Income Tax, should now be
declared. This, if approved by the Proprietors, will leave
.e 4,674 19s. 4d. to be carried to the Guarantee Fund, which will
then be increased to £44,325 7s.

Your Directors have great gratification in stating that their
respected Chairman, JOHN SADLEIR, Esq., has laid the foun-
dation of a Provident Fund, for the relief of officers who, from
misfortune, sickness, or superannuation, may become inca-
pable of providing for themselves and their families.
Your Directors have thought that the most acceptable return
they could offer to Mr. SADLEIR would be some general mea-
sure, by which this Provident Fund might be systematically
enlarged, for the benefit of the Officers. They have given to
this object their most mature consideration, and have esta-
blished a graduated scale of Guarantee among the Officers,
which combines the advantage of mutual watchfulness and
control over their fidelity and good conduct, with a regular
contribution by each officer, to the increase of the Provident
Fund. Your Directors anticipate that the result of this plan
will, in the course of a few years, give an extended and efficient
aid to the benevolent views of the Chairman.
The Directors retiring by rotation are JOHN WHEELTON,
JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, and RICHARD SPRINGETT, Esquires,
who have respectively given notice of their intention to become
Candidates for re-election.
BALANCE SHEET

Of the London and County Banking Company, p et Dec., 1852

DR. 3. d. CR
To Capital .... 360,670 0 oBy Cash in band
Reserved Fund. 39,650 7 8 and at Call ..
Customers' Ba- Government and
lances, &c. .. 3,281,603 14 4 other Securi-
Profit &Loss Ba- ties, Discount-
lance brought ed Bills, &c.. 3,088,356 14 8
forward from , !Bank Premises,
last Account.. 7,246 14 7 I freehold and
Net Profit for leasehold .... 30,303 6 4
the Half-year, 11

E 13. d'

after payment
of gratuity to
Officers and
£13,412 19s2d
for Interest to
Customers ..

X 3,703,470 3 91

584,810 2 9

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT,

To Half-year's Di-

43,703,470 3 9

By Balance from

7,246 14 7

vidend at 6 per I last Account
Cent. per Ann... 10.122 13 7 Net Profit for the
Bonus of 2 per Ct. 6,748 810 Half-year 14,299 7
Balance carried to
Guarantee Fund. 4,674 19 4

4621,546 1 9

£21,546 1 9

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