The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

PUNCH IN LIVERPOOL,

This local worthy, whose luruhrations we have a
titres the esclusive honour to convey to the public, ha:
appArently viewed the visit of Prince Albert to this towi

•
rita:le and origin al Punch is evidently sore, and
to cot.vey the idea that no,hiog d can be effecte
ont of his ov:n dear locility if pot.be lied aldermen are

on the of

bone. enn, or

m of a r

, stow his fun, and give t

Ibe found to be very harmless and go,

I- SPRAKING AIM

PUNCH

.paper proprierp who, in the exuberance

Itheir Z *al to di-rgt
with guinea ever

trod thrir

illeralgty appreemted boom:

.es wit

rater, in

of all

ri,k the cootrac,ion of a hoars,ness, by the constant re•
i!eiation of excuses to importunate applicants. The arm
of the figure might be uplifted in the most graceful man-
ner pos,ible, whilst a spare printer's devil in the cellar
might, by a string attached, produce the necessary bow.
The automaton mi,,ht repeat something like the fol-
Just too late, sir"—" All our plstes gone this
-" Difficulty in working so splendid a plate"-
-'---" circulation totally beyond

I ing. 'J
lowing

IMOrillit
•` Have some tO.

ttrivttititir we tam prcv.a,,
tickets this mortatig,

&c.

The fi

ure should be
Thttv

of very digtntied apvearNnee, and should smile terOg
upon lady customers. It would conduce mhterially to the
comfort of the phre and print-givtrs if a supply of ice-
water was at baud, to cool the excitement of those pur-
-1 ,•havpry of the wiper who, never being buyers except a hen

i,ornethine is given away with it, are naturally offended at
the unusual honour, which they thus confer, not being

promptly responded to.
UNFORTUNATE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR OF MAN-
CHESTER FROM THE MAYOR'S BANQUET.—The untor-
tun,,te pet into which this ere persona4e threw himself
!apt week. and which occa:.iontd his absence from both

the Ma‘or's Dinner and rh,': Dejeuner tot the Doek Cow-
mirrre, had nearly caused the sui •tde of one of Mr. Lvnn's
cooks. The ingeni us Frenchtnmr had, as he thought,
ortalised himself be the concoction of two unique
dishes, of .h,ch he antic'pated Prince Albert would carry
away %NI him intense adminci: n. One was cote/elle
des hucksktns a la 111npor de Manchester—an une-
qualled p a'ion. To, second was, lop bolPs du
Mayor fricassirex over .o/es, atoll more spicy. On the
news b, ing imparted to bun that royal'y would not be
bonourt-ti by the presence of the d4tinguished personage.
for whom all his art had been exerted, the tinforturotte
cook jnruped into a pan of &milli, and very narrowly es-
by th- inter Terence of one of the kitchen maids.

HONOUR TO BIRKENHEAD -If this rising town had not
art w•, ek the honour tat receiving royalty, it had. what is

nimter,

iscolint

length be went to Baring- Brwhe.rs end ,-Co , where he
princivally acted as wegher and receiver of cargoes.
Yesterday, the prisoner was again htought up. and.

fter the deposlionstiad b,et) reduced to ~r

ead over,

was fully cortiroiLtcd for trial at the''r;

,TING OF TM' ROYAL ASSURANCI
COMPANY.

company

Mr. Boot:er occuph-d the ch

hed wore then oT
lay before the p
:@. It is a t,abj

priet on:

nV bz%ir

to twin mrou

Its prO

it so 'ulai,y

The proofs of this asserti,m are squally un
',bother you Im k to the reapectalxii.y and ti fluen
pn prietary, the extent Jf its hu:inesF., ( r the r sul
that husiless as shewn in the pre:ent teport. The deer
of settlement provides that the first balance sheet shall bi
wade up to the end of December, 1846. but the director
were desirous that their first aupeernce before the con
vituency should not be unne ,o.panit d by a statement of
the result of their business. Ir i, hoped that it will be

s comvily
ioble
fit

ati4sctoty to the proprietors to hi,ir that, after deducting

trr.in the amount received from pi erniutos on fire asQurance
and from other sources of income, the cstimatscl ;mom'
of I.t.ses. there remains a b- lance in the company's hands
of £40.564 16.. 2d. In the management of the funds of
the company, it has been the o! j-_...1 of the dire -tors to

ob'ain as high a rate of interest as was in their opinion
ctinsisttnt ntire ,ecurity, but in all ca-e- they have
thought it better to acct•nt a lower rate if needful than
to risk anything by accepting st-curity which appeared at all
to be dotPo lul or. in,ufficien'. Being convinced that the
best means ut procuring a lair average result to the, tran•
cacti' ns of the company, free from those fluctuations

attend a tire business con

in its locatty, would he to extend its operations widely
in other p,rts, the directors have turned ►heir attention
in the ustaltlishtnent of agencies and branelten I.rntlon,
MancheNtcr. and other towns. Fottv.fire agents hail,
consequently been appointed, pot;st s•ing character and
qualiticationi sufficient to inspire confidence that their
servicea_will in all respects be advantageowl to the corn.,
patty

Your directors likewise h g to announce that they
ave purchased, on terms which ;bey consider very eligible.
property at the corner of North Joh o.street & Dale-street,
for ;he purpose of erecting ru.tatile offices •or the cool
pally. In the life department. 73 lives have heel) ac-
cepted for assurance, who have tod3ther paid premiums
amounting to £1579 9s. BJ. No eisualties have oc-
curred in this deoartment. In addition to the other
manifest advant,,ge.s attendit,g au a•surance on life
cff- c,ed in this office, may be added the consideration
that the confidence or the . pub lc mi:l roe long be
:secured by the conviction that every lite, aims ted by the
directors will he admitted tontine a class of lives so care-

fully sel,•cted that the lar2egt :►mount of bonus to the
assured may fairly he antleii.ife,t. The contitlrra'ioo of

n this kingdom Eye is a Its provnrtin

n the unas,ured ihm as 1 to 2

11 convince the pro

itinn in this d.pirtment
en. if their_united and

of thrir bu.iness may he open to t

t of its proprietors tlißn a

he's in this way, from

board a!e recriving th

me of whom it stites the
our pet-Toss's weekly, n d
It it only 1,-(plireL the sub-

ject thus to be &tared in their retort to secure the
and cootion,d hid of every sh-ireholdr r io the furtherance

of the objects of the enn.par.v in each of ir, depot., memo
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