The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

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SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY,
26, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE, EDINBURGH.
61A, MOORGATE-S7'REET, LONDON.
63, Si'. VINCENT-S7'REET, GLASGOW.
In order to secure the Benefit of this Year's Entry, Proposals
must be Lodged, either at the Head Office, in Edinburgh, or
with any of the Society's Agents, ON on BEFORE IST MARCH.
ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager,

SPECIAL NOTICE.
POLICIES effPcted on oi before Ist MARCH next, will secure
the advantages of a full year's standing over those effected
thereafter, and of a VESTED ADDITION at the allocation of
Profits in March, 1853, equivalent to SIX years' Bonus.

[INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.]
COTTISH EQUITABLE (MUTUAL) LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

EDINBURGH
LONDON

26, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE,
61, MOOROATE-STREET.

ORDINARY DIRECTORS.
William Stuart Walker, of Howland, Esq., Advocate.
John Hutton, Esq., Merchant, Leith.
David J. Thompson, Esq., Merchant, Edinburgh.
James Ross, Esq , Solicitor, Supreme Courts.
Thomas Scott Anderson, Esq., W.S.
Henry Maitland, Esq., Wine Merchant.
Robert Chambers, Esq., Pub!isher.
Robert Robertson Glasgow, of Montgreenan, Esq., Advocate.
George Ross, jun., Esq., Advocate.
Thomas Constable, Esq., Printer.
John Whitefoord Mackenzie, Esq.. W.S.
Robert Laurie, Esq., Master of the Merchant Company, Leith.

LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR LIVERPOOL.
CHAIRMAN.
Thomas Chilton, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
Thomas Martin, Esq. William Oxley, Esq.
David Cannon, Esq. I Hilton Halhead, Esq.
MEDICAL REFEREE.
James Petrie, Esq., M.D.
AGENT.
WILLIAM OXLEY, 3, Rumford-place.

VIEW of the Progress of the Society down to the Ist March,
1847.

Amount Annual Accumulated
Assured. Revenue. Fund.
At Ist March, 1835
Do. 1838
Do. 1841
Do. 1844
Do. 1847

This being .a MUTUAL ASAURANCE SOCIETY, the Profits
are not, as in Proprietary Companies, divided between the
Partners and the Assured. The WHOLE belong to the Policy
Holders. It is, therefore, impossible for any Assurance Office
to rive mate', advantages to Assurers than this Society affords.
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEE't ING, held on the 4th
May last, atter reservingrttpwaras orTrll !ITT-MX Tt101143A10)•
POUNDS for future division, a Vested bonus of TWO per Cent.
per annum, to all Policies of two years' standing, was declared,
, not only on the Sums originally Assured, but also on the
additions previously made to them. Thus Policies of .elOOO
effected before Ist March, 1832. will, if they become claims after
Ist March next, receive an addition of FOUR HUNDRED
AND TWO POUNDS, being upwards of FORTY PER CENT.
thereon ; and other Policies will also receive in proportion to
their duration.

The next Triennial Allocation of Profits takes place at Ist
March, 1850, when all Policies of five years' endurance will
receive additions: Policies opened on or before Ist March next,
will, at let March, 1853, be entitled to Vested Additions cor-
responding to the number of Annual Premiums which nave then
been made, or have become due.
The Annual Revenue now exceeds ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS.

ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager.
ROBERT GIBSON, Secretary.

AGENTS.
LIVERPOOL—WILLIAM OXLEY, 3, Rumford-place.
Alanchester—Anderson and Thorburn, Merchants.
Oldham—Samuel Oliver, Primrose-mount.
Bury—William M‘Lean, Draper.
Blackburn—George Johnston and Son, Drapers.
Chorley—Alexander Bannerman, Land Agent.
Preston—James Winder, Solicitor.
Lancaster—L. Sanderson, Castle-hill.

BRITISH COMMERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
CORNHILL, LONDON.
ESTABLISHED-1600. CAPITAL—XeOO,OOO.
Insurances, without profits, at the lowest rates of premium
consistent with the security of the Assurers. On the participa-
pai.
onlyd One-half of the
participa-
tion scale, Three-fourths the Profits divided among the in-
surers every Seven Years ; the last two Bonuses averaged
.4028 n. Os.
Insuranceslld. per
forC en
the
one wtihmel
whole
Premiums i tilfme s
Premiums are required to be paid for the first Seven Years ;
the other half allowed to remain as a Loan on the Policy if
desired.
Premiums may be paid Half-yearly, or Yearly, as preferred.
Tables of Rates, and all information given, on application at
the Office.
AGENTS.

Liverpool—Messrs.SHOATHOUSEand HADDEN,DaIe-street.
Lancaster—Mr. Thomas Rawstborne.
Manchester—Mr. C. H. Cope, 28, Princess-street.
Preston—Messrs. Lodge and Harris, Solicitors.
Warrington—Mr. John Platt.
Bury—Mr. W. P. Woodcock, Solicitor.
Colne—Mr. Hargreaves Hudson.
Stockport—Mr. James Dakin, Solicitor.
Chester—Mr. James Blelock.
Llandillo—Mr. Benjamin Morgan.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Mr. William Forster,-Solicitor.

IVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Boards
111 of Management of the GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE StICIETY, and that of the INDIA AND
LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, are united ; and
that henceforth the business of both will be transacted at the
Office of the GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, 14, WATERLOO-PLACE. Proposals for Assurance,
and other communications, will likewise be received at No. 17,
CORN H I LL, the present Office of the INDIA AND LONDON
COMPANY.

GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
bIJUIE-1 if IN /0 IINUJItI nrrry L(n/r,ori 'APE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
14, WATERLOO-PLACE, AND 17, CORNITILL, CITY.

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of •he INHABITANTS
of the BOROUGH of LIVERPOOL convened by the
Mayor, pursuant to a Requisition, held in the Sessions House,
on Tit VIISDAY, the 24th instant,
THOM aS BERRY HORSI,A LI., Esq., Mayor, in the Chair.
A letter from Sir John Gladstone to the Mayor, on the subject
of the Meeting, was read.
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It was moved by ALEX. HENRY WYLIE, Esq., seconded by
Wm. EARLE, Esq.,
And Resolved unanimously,—That this Meeting views with
great rezret end dismay the proposal of the Government to ins-
pose additional taxes on the already overburdened people of
this country.
it was moved by JOHN SMITH, Esq., seconded by Mien
HORNBV, Esq.,
And Resolved unanimously,—That this Meeting is of opinion,
that the present amount of revenue (although the details are
susceptible of modification) is amply sufficient, with proper
economy, to meet all needful expenses, and that any addition
to the public burdens ought to be resisted by every constitu-
tional means.

It was moved by RICH/JIM Simi., Esq., seconded by Mr.
Churchwarden FERGUSON,
And Resolved unanimously,—That, besides being convinced
that no necessity exists for increased taxation, this Meeting
entertains insuperable objections against any income tax which
does not include a graduated scale with respect to amounts,
and also a large distinction between the incomes derived from
trades or processions, and those arising from real property and
other fixed sources.

It was moved by CHARLES HOLLAND, -Esq., seconded by
JAMES THOMSON, Esq.,
And Resolved unannnonsly,—That in any revision of the
taxation of tne country, any deficiency of the revenue should
be made up by the enactment of the legacy and probate duties
upon the succession to real estates, or by such other taxes on
real property, both in Great Britain and Ireland, as may be
eouitable, on consideration of the taxes laid upon the indus-
trious classes.

It was moved by THOMAS TODD, Esq., seconded by HAROLD
LITTLEDALE, Esq.,
And Resolved unanimously,—That the following Petition be
signed by the Mayor, on .behalf of this Meeting, and be pre-
sented to the House of Commons, and that the Members for
the Southern Division of this County and the Members for the
Borough be requested to support the prayer thereof :
"TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Liverpool, in Public
Meeting assembled.
SHOWETH,—That your Petitioners have learnt with regret
and dismay the proposal of Her Majesty's Government to im-
pose additional Taxes on the already overburdened people of
this country.
That your Petitioners are of opinion that the present amount
of Revenue is amply sufficient, with proper economy, to meet
all needful expenditure.
That your Petitioners, besides being convinced that no ne-
cessity exists for increased taxation of any kind, entertain in-
superable objections to any income Tax which is not based on
a graduated scale with respect to amounts, and also a decided
distinction between incomes derived from trade and profea-
sions, and those arising from real property and other fixed
Sources.

That your Petitioners, submit to your Honourable House,
that in any revision of the taxation of the Country, any defi-
ciency of the revenue should be made up by the enactment of
the legacy and probate duties upon the succession to real
estates, and by such other taxes on real property, both in
Great Britain and Ireland, as maybe equitable in consideration
of the taxes laid upon the industrious classes.
Your yetitioners, snerrore, humbly Flay, that your Trouout
able House will not sanction the imposition of fresh Taxes on
the people of this country, but exact a rigid economy in the
national expenditure, and that in the consideration of any
prolongation of the Income Tax, you will require that a gra-
duated scale be adopted, and that a marked distinction between
incomes derived from trades and professions, and those arising
from real property. and other fixed sources, should be made.
And further, that in any raision of the taxation of the coun-
try, any deficiency of the revenue may be made up by the
enactment of the legacy and probate duties upon the succession
to real estates ; and by such other taxes on real property, both
in Great Britain and Ireland, as may be equitable in considera-
tion of the taxes laid upon the Industrious Classes.
And your Petitioners will ever pray. &c.
T. B. HORSFALL, MAYOR."

The Mayor having left the chair, it was moved by ROBERTSON
GLADSTONE, Esq., seconded by JAMES MULLENEUX, Esq.,
And Resolved unanimousio,—That the cordial thanks of this
Meeting be offered to the Worshipful the Mayer, for the readi-
ness with which he responded to th" application of the requisi-
tionists to convene this Meeting, and for the able manner in
which he has performed the duties of chairman."