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      At The Annual Meeting Of The Amibiit Lif...

      the expiration of their lease , wluch would ^ occur 1861 , when the value of the property could t » e better ascertained . The accounts shoved a balance in favour of the company of 4 , 806 Z . 13 s . 7 d . in stores . ^^^ ri y ^ al meeti ng of the members of the Mutual Life Assukance Society was held on Wednesday , the 20 th inst ., in the board-room of ? hrir new building , 39 , King-street Cheapside ; George Battock , Es ° q ., in the chair . The chairman cllled on the actuary to read the advertisements convening the meeting , the minutes of the last general meeting , and the account of the receipts , and disbursements for the half-year ending 30 th ult he had to of

      _ Hrsat ^ d tSat the little say was | a gratifying kind . The new premiums for the halfyear ending 30 th of June last were ( as the meeting learned from the account just read ) upwards of 2 700 / , which is l , O 00 Z . beyond the average of the same half-year in the last four years , and more than double the average of the same periods in the previous four years , and that the accumulated fund was steadily on the increase , as after paying all claims and expenses for the six months just passed , the society had saved half its income . Five directors and one auditor going out by rotation were then reelected ; and thanks being voted to the chairman and the directors , the meeting separated .

      At the meeting of the Netherlands Land Enclosure Company the chairman referred in terms of regret to the recent rejection of the company ' s bill by the Dutch parliament , and stated that the only plan to adopt was to appeal once more to the Dutch Government , which would , he hoped , after a little more pressure , accede to the improved terms required . , ¦ '

      No. 4i8. Jui-V 30,1859.1 The Leadeb- 897

      No . 4 i 8 . Jui-v 30 , 1859 . 1 THE LEADEB- 897

      From The London Gazette. Tuesday, Julyr ...

      FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , Julyr 26 . BANKRUPTS . George Parslow , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , timber merchant . ' '• Robert Haywood , High-street , Homerton , grocer . Robert Harman , Little-wick , White Waltham , Berks , corn dealer , Henry William Gladwell , Poultry , stereoscope manufacturer . . _ ir . , William Foot , Victoria-terrace , New-cross , Deptford , Volis ' Salmon , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , wholesale boot and shoe manufacturer . Thomas Litchfield , Twickenham , surgeon and apothecary . Robert Smith , Swaffham , engineor . John Field , Hackney-road , boot and shoe manuiaciuvcr . John Bushell , Wolverhampton , licensed victualler . James Hiles and David Walter Jenkins , Tipton , Staffordshire , coal . merchants . Joshua'Joseph Henry Taylor ,. Almondbury , manufacturer . Henry Bredley , Kingston-upon-Hull , com dealer . Fanny Moss , Mansfield , lniliiuer . Friday , July 2 . BANKRUPTS . John Moon , jun ., Wqst India-road , Poplar , optician . Josiah Harris , Highweek , Devonshire , coal merchant . Francis Orgill , Loughborough , maltster . John Wohltiuast . Oxford-street , dealer in cigars . William . Richards , Lansdown Arms , Islington , licensed victualler . ... „ ... Williani Leigh Wood , Puckeridge , Hertfordshire , grocer-James Ward , jun ., PUnlico , glass dealer . Frederick Tnploy , Commercial-road East , Middlesex , draper . John Morley Pearson , Chatham , Yorkshire , builder . William Lancaster , Bury , Lancashire , coal merchant . Charles John Goodwin , Hulmo , Manchester , tavern keeper . Henry Hobbs and George Tilley , Saint Georgo ' swharf , Cambridge-street , Old Snlnt Pancras-rond , brickmakers . ' SOOTOn BANKRUPTS . Herman Ollondorff , Groat King-street , Edinburgh . John Harvey , general afrcnt , Edinburgh .

      Pout Oj? London.—La The General Business...

      Pout oj ? London . —la the general business of the past week there has been no alteration . Tho ioir port trade continues , on » good scale , the number of ships reported inward being 208 . Tho export trndo , particularly to tho colonies , also continues active , tho actual shipments being heavy . Tho number of vessels cleared outward was 120 , including Si in ballast . Tina Ayrshire Banking GoMP < AWY . * - ~ The proceedings against the Ayrshire Bunking Company , in support of claims arising under a contract amalgamation which is stated to have taken plaoe between tho two banks in the year 1845 , are to be proceeded with . With reference to the aotlon in-t etltuted by the liauldntora against the directors of

      the Western Bank , the report intimates that the liquidators consider it unnecessary to bring before the meeting a proposal made by Mr . Jame 3 Dunlop , for himself and his friends .

      Pacts And Scraps. ?

      PACTS AND SCRAPS . ?

      Her Royal Highness The Duchess Of Kent, ...

      Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent , the Sussex Express says , has taken Norris Castle , Cowes , for the summer , and is expected there about the middle of August . The Duchess of Kent will not this year go to Abergeldie . The health of the Royal Duchess is completely restored , and her st rength is daily increasing , but the journey to the Hig hlands ¦ would be too fatiguing . As the Earl of Portsmouth was driving some friends at Hurstbourne , the horses became ungovernable , overturning the vehicle , which , was shattered to pieces , and seriously injuring some of its occupants . The Earl escaped comparatively unhurt . .

      M . Ratazzi has ordered the formation of regiments of national guards in every province of the IiOmbardo-Sardinian kingdom . At Reggio , in Modena , the national guard has been called out . Owing to the length of time occupied by the discussion Of the estimates in the House of Commons , Sir Charles Wood will postpone his statement on the subject of the finances of India till Monday next . Constantinople journals state that brigandage is on the increase in Albania . On the 23 rd ult ., as two Greek merchants , accompanied by a Turkish guide , were going from Janina to Prevesa , they were murdered and robbed of large sums . Their remains were conveyed to Janina , and interred with much pomp in the midst of a large crowd .

      The Freeman ' s Journal understands that a synod of the bishops of Ireland will be held on the 2 nd of August , -when several important matters will be taken into consideration by their lordslfips . A communication from Rome says : —The magnificent statue of the Marine Venus , which was discovered a few weeks ago in some excavations made in the gardens of Julius Caesar , not far from the Portese Gate , has been definitively purchased for the Imperial Museum of St . Petersburg , for a sum of about 50 , 000 f .

      Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers having determined to go to a watering place for the benefit of his health , General Forey has taken , provisionally , the command of the 1 st corps d ' armue in Italy , General de Brigade d'Alton that of the first division , and Colonel Abbatucci , of the 91 st Regiment , that Of the 2 nd brigade . John Riley , convicted on Monday last , and sentenced to be hanged , for the murder of his , wife at Hull , has since his trial been visited by the chaplain of York Castle , the Rev . J . C . Thompson , two or three times a day . He seems perfectly resigned . Sir Thomas

      Another attempt is to be made by Mary on Wilson to enclose Hampstead-heath , through the re-introduction of the thrice- defeated measure to amend the " Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act . " The authorities of Halnpstead are on the alert , and have circulated amongst members of Parliament a statement against the bill . Petitions will be presented and a strong demonstration got up against the proposed measure . The committee for administering the fund subscribed for the relief of the Neapolitan exiles have just published their report . The whole sum raised was 1 O , 76 OZ . Both Baron Poerio and M . Schiavoin declined to receive any portion of the fund , as they were in possession of private means .

      The new church at Putney was opened for public worship by the Bishop of London on Thursday last . The church is dedicated to St . John , and is situated on a gentle eminence between the public roads leading from the rail-way station to Richmond and Putney-heath . It is built of white atone , from a design by Mr . Leo . Under the new regulations , ships leaving the Wear are largely availing themselves of the privilege of going to sea through the south outlet of the Sunderland Docks , by which means delay occasioned by the passage of the bar at high water is prevented . . .

      The heat has been excessive throughout Canada . In , Montreal the thermometer went to 98 jn the shade ; the heat was followed by an unusual amount of lightning s after which there was a heavy fall of rain , accompanied by loud reports of thunder . On board the Russian ship Todleben , Jaden with hemp , at Chatham , a seaman was pulling a rope , which suddenly slipped , and he fell headlong into the hold of the vessel and was killed ; Ins neck was jtoroken . , Count do SchouwalofF , who had been sent by the

      Emperor of Russia to Italy on a private the Emperor Napoleon , has just arrived in Pans from Marseilles . . , . The signing of tho decree which authorises tne foundation of the new cattle markot at La VUlotte has taken place at St . Cloud . This new cattlei market , which is founded upon the same prin # « ss-r ^ bisrsiarss - ui ^^ Coutts ia said to furnish a great proportion of tho Ca Sn al accident occurred to Henry Millard , aged fifteen years , residing in Norton Folgate , Two omnibuses were racing , and one of them knocked XmThe imfortunnte eutfbror , the wheels passing ^ vnl his bodv crushing hie ribs into his lungs , Ho nZ rem & i-Guy ' s Ho 3 P Kal , without the slightest h r MosTBte 0 oro , Bart ., vrith his lady and suite , accompanied by Tussaii Paoha and aulte , arrived at the Royal Albion Hotel , Ramsgate , on , Tuosday evening . . . The French Court wont into mourning on Wednesday for three woolen on the occasion of tho death , of tuo Queen of Portugal .

      The North British Daily Mail has received trustworthy intelligence from Kossuth , who has retired into Switzerland , where he was joined by Madame Kossuth three days ago ; and it is uncertain whether lie may not be obliged to remain for some weeks before he returns to England . The death of Colonel Thomas Austen , of Kippington , took place at his residence on Saturday afternoon last . The colonel was in his 85 th year , and had been up to the last few months seriously indisposed , but he had so far recovered as to be aole to get out in his carriage .

      Mr . Richard Tattersall , for many years the proprietor of " The Corner , " so well known to sporting men , is just dead . Mr . Tattersall Was held in high esteem by the large body of persons -with whom his business brought him into contact , his dealings having always been . of the most honourable character . He died at Dover in his 76 th year . A new statue in marble of General N " apier is to be placed in St . Paul ' s . The figure is represented standing , leaning on the sword . It stands eight feet high , on a plinth of six inches . Mr . Adams , whose fine statue of the hero in Trafalgar-square is so

      justly admired , is the sculptor .. We understand that Lord Brougham and his Grace the Duke ofBuccleuch will be nominated for the office of Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh . The election , which takes place in October , is by the General Council of the University , the register of -which , we understand , already numbers above 300 members . The Emperor of Austria , in giving up Lombardy to Piedmont , does not renounce the Symbol of sovereignty of the old Lombard kings ; the celebrated iron crown , which had been removed from Monza to Verona , is to be placed in the collection of crown jewels of the empire at Vienna . Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda have taken up their residence in the villa erected by his highness in the Champs-Ely sees .

      A . despatch from Brescia announces the death of the Duke of Abrantes , son of the famous Junot , who was wounded at the battle of Solferino . The thigh had to be amputated , and the patient did not long survive the operation . The duke was chief of the staff of one of t ) ie divisions of the army of Italy . Great sensation has been caused at Rushden , owing to a family of gipsies ( eight in number ) being taken suddenly ill . A surgeon was sent for , who pronounced that they were suffering from the effects of arsenic , which appoars to have been mixed with a quantity of flour that had been given them . There is considerable mystery connected with tho affair . 3 ? or several hours the party -were in groat danger .

      Wo read in the RFord : — " Various explanations have been given of ; the nomination of the Duke of Malakoff as Grand Chancellor of tho Legion of Honour . The truth is , that since his marriage the Marshal has desired repose and residence in Paris , hence he wished for that appointment , " The population of Ferrara have compelled the Jesuits wno resided in that town to abandon it . Tho Government has not interfered either on , one side or the other . Advices from Verona state that the grapes are so much affeotod by disease in Lonabardy and Venetla that scarcely any aro expected to ripen . This loss , with tho partial destruction of the corn crops in upper Italy , leave a poor prospeot for the

      winter , t It appears that the account of tho breaking out of a' voloano in tho mountains near Qrihuelaf province of Murcia , in Spain , given a few days ago in tho Madrid journals , was a hoax . Generals Diou and Ladmirault , who wore wounded at Solforino , aro now considered oonvaloscont .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 30, 1859, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30071859/page/21/