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HOBBS' PATENT AMERICAIT LOCK COMPANY . : ¦ Provisionally registered under the Joint Stock Companies Act , F 7 rnd 8 V&t . c . 110 . Capital , £ 50 , 000 , in 10 , 000 shares of £ 5 each . The first oa& will not exceed £ 1 per share . Director * . tawis H Haslewood , Esq ., Angel Court , Throgmorton Street . T J Stevens , Esq ., Sauthwark . A C Hobbs , Esq ., Surrey Street , Strand . to ' W Boberta , Esq ., Surbiton , near Kingston . C . 'i / Braithvraite , Esq ., Gower Street . \ < Managing Director—A . O . Hobbs , Esq . Accountant—Robert Green , Esq . 7 ?^»^ m—Messrs . Heywood , Kennards , & Co ., 4 , Lombard St . B Solicitor— Richard Cattarns , Esq ., 33 , Mark lane . Secretary— Frederick Fortescue , Esq . ivro FURTHER APPLICATION FOR SHARES will be wwrEnrED AFTER MONDAY , the 1 st day of March next , «« i ' which day applications to be made for Shares to Lewis H . wislewood , Esq ., T $ , Angel Court , Tbrogmorton Street ; or to Sard Cattarls , Esq ., 33 , Mark . Lane , Solicitor to the Company , of whom Prospectuses and every information may be obtained .
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BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE OFFICES . 37 New Bbidge Sibeet , Biackfbiabs . PRINCIPLES . 1 These Societies are entirely distinct in their Funds and M 2 ?^ hey e adjust equitably the Payments and Profits of each M And return each Member the Entire Surplus above the cost price to the Offices of hifl Insurance . New Policies **** ' ¦ FlEB - Issued in _ . — ——r-t—— - — " — last 3 Years only . jj- q > Amount . No . Amount . 1849 708 ~ 107 , 629 1505 619 , 9 * 8 1850 809 136 , 365 1680 656 , 425 1851 1065 21 M 21 1898 740 , 031 Total last 3 Years 2582 £ 455 , 265 5083 £ 2 , 016 , 434 Persona assuring in 1852 participate in the next Division of Joan ' s granted to Members to the full Amount of their Assurance , and " the Legal Expenses paid by the Company . TV . S . GQVER , Actuary and Secretary .
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nrBAFALGAE LIFE ASSUBANCE J _ ASSOCIATION . _ Chief Oflice , 40 , Pall Mall , London . Fully subscribed capital of £ 250 , 000 , by upwards of 1000 Shareholders , whose names and addresses are published with the Prospectus , guaranteeing thereby most extensive influence and undoubted responsibility . The system adopted by thifj Association presents unusual advantages to every class of life assurers and annuitants . _ Loans are granted on personal or other securities , in connexion with Life Assurance . . Applications for Prospectuses , Forms of Proposal , Agencies , and all other information respecting the general business of the Association , are requested to be made to THOMAS H . BAYLIS , Manager .
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OFFICE ESTABLISHED FOR THE INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS OF PROPERTY IN TOWN AND COUNTRY . LOANS , ON APPROVED PERSONAL SECURITY , GRANTED BY THE ROYAL FABMEES' & GENERAL FIEE and LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN and ANNUITY COMPANY . Capital , £ 500 , 000 . Fire ami Life Insurance of every description effected at moderato Premiums . i Prospectuses and every information may bo obtained of the Agents in the Country , or at the Head OJIioo , 346 , Strand , London . Wit . SHAW , Managing Director ,
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PROVISION for WIDOWS and OTHERS , at the Smallest Yearly Outlay . —Annuities are guaranteed to Widows and other Nominees , upon a plan which secures a larger income than can be obtained in any other way . Example : —A husband aged 35 can secure to his wife aged 30 an annuity of £ 10 at his decease , for the yearly premium during his life time of £ 1 19 s . lid ., and one of £ 50 , for £ 0 19 s . 6 d . EAST OF ENGLAND LIFE OFFICE , 6 , King William Street , Mansion House , London , _ . TBTJSTEHB AND ItONOBABY DIRBOTOB 8 . The Right Hon . Lord Headley I J . Joliffe Tuflhell , Esq . The Rig ht Hon . Lord Rayleigh John Dianoy , Esq . Sir John T . Tyroll , Bart . M . P . I J . R , Spencer Phillips , Esq . 1 rospootuses with full particulars may be obtained from EDWARD BUTLER , Secretary .
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rpo THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES . — . ~* j . Suppose a man at the age of thirty , wishes to leave £ 20 to iim wido w , ohildron , or any one whom ho chooses , he will Juive to pay lOd . per month , or about the coat of ono pint of Door ]> or weok , so long us ho lives ; but if he should die the next fci 11 th () ilrst P | lymont » lliB f'imily wi « roceivo the £ 20 . aliould a porson bo unablo to continue the Assurance , the Nttm * paid will not be forfeited as in other Ctfloeti . as lie will bo granted another Policy of loss amount , but equivalent to tlio m ViVi S u l ™ Mly P «» d , and exonerated from , any futuro payments . The Directors of thp NATIONAL PROVINCIAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY propos e to extend tho benefits of Life Assurance in all its details , r ill , BH " a ol' tho community—in foot , ' to tho millions gone' any , hy adapting tho modes of payments to moot their views und oiroumatanoes . a it ¦ J 1 ''!' 08 of premium for every other system of Assurance , i \ m t ¦ lro 8 P ° oh"OH , containing a list of tho Shareholders of mo Moui « ty und every othor information , will bo readily afforded on iiimho ution to the Secretary , at tho Chief Olllooa of tho Society , w , Moorguto Stroot . Bank , London ; at tho Branch Olnoes , Uueon s Oliumhora . Mivrkot Btreot , Manchester ; or to any of tho Kfnga api >() Jtttod " * to * prlnoipwl townj Hwpughoufc tfio United
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__ .. 3 d ., but for any stated fntermediate distance of a mfle , —as irom ( IH AND 'ITnVfTfltiV nfllVTHTTC f . ftfflPAWY Hyde Park Corner to New Oxford-street , &c . —will bei charged UllAlllI JUUVllUIl UillJilDLlO l ; Ullira . lH . at one penny only ; for return / tickets on a single line , 4 rf . ; » d ^ ., aW . ; , ^ ^ nVo . ^ and in order to carry but more completely the idea suggested pbovisionally begistebbd , by ih& raayr& 7 system , day tickets for-all the routes willbe Issued AnAtobe Incorporated by Act ofParliament . at 1 » . each ^ payable for a series of" seven days in advance : and as soon as toe proper charge < 5 an be fixed , seaspu-ncJiets wm do CAPITAL , £ 100 , 000 , IN SHAKES OP £ 1 EACH , offered to the public . Time Tables will be published for the . several Districts . with no iTj » rKEit lumiiTT io the coMPANt ; Beyond these material advantages ,. this Company presents a t > ¦¦ ' -a •!! v , i . i * i . -a « , •/ - („ ifoi + o . Vvt ™ Mrrtf / iw claim to support which few will iail to appreciate . It will not IWr *» f 1 v ? ^ ? iP ?? tend * -f ° 5 KSi £ S ^ l'S . only be provable to its members and cony ^ nient to the public , . as the business of the Company may require it ; to be issued bu ^ highly beneficial to that large class known as " Omnibus in successive Series of ^ 100 , 000 , each S eries at an mcr ^ asing ^ J ^ J . Qa ££ t o ° f the j £ t Un the eondition of those premium to the general Public , with a preference , at par , who 8 erve the Wic m that ^ apacity i 8 one of constant and unto the original Shareholders , varying work . : From a comparatively early hour in the morn-The amount of the preliminary-expenses is limited , according to ing till past midnight , many of the men are constantly employedj . Act of Parliament , to Ten Shillings per cent . without the opportunity of social or domestic enjoyment ; and rtTrTww r » T ? T 7 TPT 7 ' to such an extent is this carried , that many of them only see their uiiiiii ! ujjjj iwj : children when they are asleep . Fifteen hours a day and upwards 36 t BlOOmSbUrV Street , Oxford Street , LoadOIl . isrequ&ed as iday ' s work from drivers and conductors in many ' J districts . This is the case , not only on week days , but also on ; ' "" the Sabbath , when the same quantity of work has to be per-TExrsxEKS . formed ; thus preventing all attendance at public worship , and Viscount Goderich , Carlton Gardens . all attempts at religious culture . It is only a wonder that such Sir John Heron Maxwell , Bart ., York Place , Portman Square . a state of things , tending to produce mental and physical E . P . Stringer , Esq . ( of the firm of Lindsay and Co ., Austin degradation , has been bo long tolerated by a religious corn-Friars , ) Inverness Road , Bayswater . munity . This Company proposes to reduce these hours Rev . Frederick Denison Maurice , M . A ., Theological Professor , of labour by not employing its servants more than twelve King ' s College , and Chaplain Of Lincoln ' s Inn ; 21 , Queen's hours , a proper time for meals being allowed and deducted ; Square , Bloomsbury . and by giving to every servant , at least , an alternate Sun-„„ , TmmTJT , -,, ,,, « .. nlIUT , ™ day of rest , and shortening the hours of labour . It ia committee ox mawagbmbnt . believed that this will react beneficially , by inducing , on Chairman—Lieutenant-Colonel Anstruther , Chepatow Villas , tlle papt of ^ men > whea they see that their interests are really Bayswater . _ cared for , an increased civility of demeanour and willingness to Thomas Hughes , Esq ., Berkeley Street , Berkeley Square . oblige ; and that improvement will be further ensured by the F . J . Furnivall , Esq ., New Square , Lincoln s Inn . intended participation of all those employed in the profit * of the J . Dove , Esq ., Great Coram Street , Russell Square . Company . Thelightemngof the labour of the men . willnot , as J . Borsley Esq ., Argyle Square . . maybe supposed at first sight , diminish the accommodation J . Hay , Esq ., 2 , Newgate Street . -at afforded to the public ; on the contrary , the time saved by a W . Humphries , Esq ., Saekville Street , and Westbourne ParJc well-ordered system will produce both greater efficiency and Villas . > opportunities of leisure . The servants of this Company will { With power to add to their numbers . ) also have their engagements weekly—riot daily , as at present—AUDiTOBS . a circumstance , which , though apparently small , will have a ¦ m -i / i -i * xt t » t a > ¦ »„ m ~™ . ««« irmt ;« ii Tnm tendency greatly to increase their respectability and comfort . M A . Garvey , Esq ., LL 3-, Jeffene * Te ™™ > Kentish Town . & | g a ^ ^ ^^ b 0 ^ Qn ey ^ ^ so ag W . Irving Hare , Esq ., Westbourne Green . to prevent the necessity for Sunday trading . ' BTANBlNd counsel . It is , perhaps , now only necessary to show that such aCom-Joseph Payne Esq Temple " pany would be what all successful Companies must be—a paying William Pitt Manson , Esq ' Temple , and Muswell Hill . one j and in order to do that , the following estimate is given , . based upon accurate figures , showing the results of the present solicitobs . omnibus trafiic on long lines . Messrs . Jones and Betteley , 10 , Brunswick Square , and ¦ _ 12 , Westbouime Vnlas , Harrow Road . Outlay of Capital for One Omnibut . W . Melton , Esq ., 0 , Bedford Row . Omnibus £ 110 manage * ob the cabbiage and SAVANTS - i > EPABTMEKr . HS ^ ' ^^ . !!^/ " ; : ! " ::::: ; : " ::::::: ' . r .: ' . " so Mr . James Scully , 7 , Union Terrace , Camden Town . ' ' " . — ' ¦ " * ' _____ covaTtvsixa mbdicai , osficeb . _ * W . B , Parkes , E 8 q ., 3 d [ , D ., Member Of the Royal College of Current Expentea of One Omnibus for One Tear . Surgeons , andTJicentiate of the Apothecanes' Company , Corn for 10 horses , at £ 4 2 s . per week . „ £ 213 4 0 London , 31 , Great Maryborough Street , Regent Street . - ^ ay apd Btraw for ditto , at £ 2 2 s , ' week 109 4 0 vbtebhtabt BtrBOBOKS . StabUng per annum 16 0 0 T . W . Gowing , Esq ., M . R . C . V . S ., Stucley Terrace , Keeper ' s wagesTatW ^^^'''' - ' - '' 57 4 0 ,, _ , CamdenToTO . Driver ' s dftto , at £ 2 per week .. „ 104 0 0 Samuel Baker , Esq ., Chelmsford , M . R . C . V . S . Conductor ' s ditto , at £ 1 10 s . perweek 78 0 0 subvetob . Wear and tear of harness and omnibus , proportion F . W . Porter , Esq ., Charlotte Street , Bedford Square . of costs of Management , Oflice expenses , &c ... 50 0 0 Ditto , horses , ,...,...,, * u u w BEOBBTABY . Duty on miles travelled .-,., , 127 8 0 R . J . Wilson , Esq . kUTTo Geneba ! syPEBiNTBKDEirT . The earnings of one omnibus for one year , Mr . W . Newman , at £ 19 5 s ; per week , amount to £ 1001 bankebs . Deduct current expenses as above 813 London & Westminster Bank , Bloomsbury Branch , Holborn , ^' 18 g ' , _ . ,. . Making the income of the Company upon 1000 Omnibuses , This Company is projected in order to afford , a profitable in-. costing £ 340 eaoh , £ 185 , 000 per Annum : and being a clear vestment of Capital , by providing the means for supplying a return of £ 185 per Annum for each outlay of £ 340 , or at tho great public want . Notwithstanding the vast number of vehicles ¦ Rate ^ 50 cent ^ per j _ nnum . which crowd our thoroughfares , there has never yet been intro- This , after paying all expenses , providing for the replaceduced that system of combined action whioh is necessary to menfc of the capital employed , and liberafly contributing to afford the greatest amount of accommodation , and to develop tn ^ qmkibus Sbbvakts' Pbovidehx Sooibty—an arrangotho passenger-traffic of the Metropolis and Suburbs . Hitherto ment by which a future provision in case of sickness , superthere has been always more or less uncertainty as to the times annuation , or death , will be made for the retiring servants at which vehicles would start and arrive at their destination ; of the Company , or their widows and orphans , by tho payment and tho inconvenience has been aggravated when the wisa ot of a small additional amount woekly , to be given as an oncouragepassengers to proceed by a cross route rendered a change ot mont to KOQ ( 1 BOrvants continuing in the service of the Gbabtd omnibus necessary . Belonging to separate Companies , olten to Juwotion Omnibuh Company—will leave a surplus fully adoindependent proprietors , tho times ot the omnibuses navo » ot quato to tne payment of a large dividend ; but it must bo obbeen regulated in accordance with the periods ot passing ol served , that under suoh a system as that indicated , the increase those on other lines , and great loss of time lias been tho result . of tratHo would bo immense , and the expenses far less , and tho Added to tliia , all have experienced the mconvonienco—wbeu proflts greater than they now can be . It is not too much to changing carriages in cold , wet , or sultry weather—of being suppose that tho gains will bo increased by at least one-third , compelled to stand in the open street for the want ol a system wuj £ h , will enable tho proprietors , after fairly compensating of passenger Waiting-rooms , whioh would be so easily organized themselves , to offer further advantages to the publio , and do by a largo association . In order to moot these acknowledged Btill mo _ _ the amoiiortttion and improvement of the eondit evils , this Company proposes , as soon as their orrangemonts tion of those employed . are completed , to place upon all the roads or the Metropolis a The offers of support to this Company have boon so great series oi linos of omnibuses running in combination with oacn Binoe ita first announcement , that tho Committee ore enabled tq other , and crossing at given points at stated times . With commence with a much loss amount of capital than was origioxistinG interests , every possible amalgamation will be mactoDy naJ 1 proposed . An arrangement has already boon effected the Grand Junction Company for supplying tho Metropolitan wnJon wjif onable the Company to place on the road omnibuses and Suburban Traffic . This system will connect the streets ana ffW > mope j- hfc eiogant > ana convenient than any whioh are cross routes with eaoh other , juBt as the mam and branou now runn j n _ ftna to horso them in a superior manner , on linos of a groat Railway Company are connected at the pro- hj w advftntag <) ouo terms . sent moment ; and tho passenger wishing to pass to any part All applications for Shares must be made to tho Secretory , at may always book himself for a stated furo , to bo paid in one tho olj ^ l > ao uioomsbury Street , Now Oxford Street ; to Mr , sum . r , „ , fl . x * James Scully , Manager of the Carriage and Servants' Depart * At all the intersecting points , Waitino-koomb will be nttoct ment 7 > un j on Terrace , Camdon Town ; or to th © joint Soliup , where passengers may find shelter , and other conveniences , oitor 8 of tJl 0 Oompauy , W . Molton , Esq ., ( J , Bedford Row , and hist as at an . ordinary railway-station ; and those rooms , an- Messrs . Jouos and Bettely , 10 , Brunswick Square , and 12 , pliod to those , and other purposes to be presently indicated , Westbourne Vilhw , Harrow Rood , will bo made not only self-supporting , but profitable to tno Au OftrJ d wi jj [ ^ 0 appOjut 0 d for tho allotment of Shares , g = gx . a ^ &sr assra « ass b . * . tob < w . _» --. aerving the purpones of Receiving and Delivery Houses ; and from tho great advantago of tho transmission of parcels thus (» 0 BK OJf iEfLiaiitOK * o » BKA . BSB . ) to bo effected , with » facility , ^^ T ^ ^ ^ L ^ Grand Junction Omnibu , Company . n ^ S ^ u ^ Ge « t , e n ,-I hereby ^ --t Uu * you ' wuf allot me _ oarriaffCH i d Lrwwi for ^ hiro , and to undertake , on a lurgo Shores , of Ono . Pound each , in the Grand Junction Omnibus 3 ^ 10 Sioss of , Gonor . il Jobmantors , with a view of there Ooihp . uiy ; which I ftgroa to take , or amr loss number you may liv nlwiivH Hnniirini ? a . ohiuioo of employ mont for thoir Bpuro men , allot me , and I will pay tho amount for the Bame into the London ho as Wimlnish tlio ov oflHivinff" odd men , " half employed . and Westminster ifank , Bloomsbury Branch ; and I hereby un-Of course , S w " ^ in be « Jfeotod to secure the patronage dort ake . to elgn tho Deed of tho Company when called upon so of tho publio , unless tho saalo of I ' areB is adapted to tho require- to do . montflof tho times , and in this roapeot an adaptation to tlio : V spirit of tho ago will not bo wanting A person proceeding to Addfoss ..... ^ ... y ¦¦ . ¦¦••• aiiy part of London , or tlio suburbs , may got into ono of tlio Profusion , Trade , or Occupation carriages onhe Grand Junction Company , and by tho pivymont , „ A "i ' of one fare bo oonvoyod to tho point of his uosUnn . tion by To tho Committee of Management of tho Grand changing inlo < my of the Company ' omnibuses , as they orosM Junotlon Omnibus Company , 86 , Mloomobury and'moot ou tlio lino . TUo single flwe of thifl Company wlu bo etaroot , JTow Oxford Street , London .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1852, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1924/page/23/
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