COMPANIES, SOCIETIES, OFFICES, &c. INCORPOR ADELAIDE gallery, incorporated, African company established, 1618, 1762 in 1746, government owed the company 11,686,8007., and its divided capital amounted to 10,780,000l., both which continued to 1776 --institution for exploring the African continent, 1807 Agricultural societies established in England, 1787 American philosophical society instituted, Jan. 2, 1672 colonization society, for establishing a colony of emancipated blacks on the coast of Africa, 1816 Amicable society incorporated, 1706 Antiquarian society incorporated, Nov. 2, 1751 at Edinburgh, instituted, Dec. 18, 1780 at Newcastle, 1812 Apothecaries' company, London, incorporated, 1617 Armourers' company, London, incorporated, 1423 Army Medical Officers' Benevolent Fund society, 1820 Artillery company revived, 1610 General Benevolent institution, 1814 Arts and sciences (society of), London, instituted, 1753 society established at New York, 1765 Arts (Royal), at London, instituted, 1768 Asiatic society, at Calcutta, founded by Sir Win. Jones, Jan. 15, 1784 - (Royal), 1820 Astronomical society, 1825 Augmentation office, established, 1704, Australian company (the South), formed, 1836 and on the 27th Feb., 1797, Caisse d'Escompte, in France - at Petersburgh, 1786 at Norway, 1816 Banks, saving. (See Savings B Barber-surgeons' company, Lo porated, 1308 Barnard's-inn society, in Chancer menced, 1445 Beneficence (society of) establis land, for the amelioration of t of the poor, 1818 Bible society commenced, under of Granville Sharpe, 1804 Blacksmiths' company, Londo rated, 1577 Blackwell-hall factors' compar established, 1516 Booksellers' provident institu blished in January, and enro 1837 Bowyers' company, London, i 1620 Butchers' company, London, incorporated, | East India company. The trade to India 1604 -hall burnt down, 1829; rebuilt, 1833 CABINET Council first constituted, April 25, 1670 Cap-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1650 Card-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1629 Carpenters' company, London, incorporated, 1344 Cemetery company, 1833 Charitable corporation instituted, 1708 abolished, 1731 Chatham chest first established, 1582 Chelsea water-works company incorporated, 1722 Chimney-sweepers' society established, 1803 City of London general pension society, 1818 literary and scientific institution, 1824 Clements'-inn society established, 1471 Clergymen's widows' and orphans' corporation established in England, July, 1670 - sons', &c. society, established in Scotland, Oct. 1794 Clifford's-inn society, began, 1345 Clock-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1632 Cloth-workers' company, London, incorporated, 1482 Coach-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1677 Comb-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1650 Commercial philanthropic institution, 1821 - travellers' society, 1831 Commissioners of sewers first appointed, 1425 Companies first established in London, 1198 Cooks' company, London, incorporated, 1481 Coopers' company, London, incorporated, 1501 Cordwainers' company, London, incorporated, 1410 Corporation of the sons of the clergy, 1665 Covent-garden theatrical fund, 1765 Curriers' company, London, incorporated, 1605 Cutlers' company, London, incorporated, 1417 DRAPERS' company, London, incorporated 1469 Drury-lane theatrical fund, 1777 EAST India company, at Embden, establish. ed, 1750 - in England, established, Dec. 31, 1600; their stock then consisting of 72,000l., when they fitted out four ships; and, meeting with success, they have continued ever since became a joint stock company, 1612 thrown open for three years, 1655 - India stock sold from 360 to 500 per cent. 1683 - a new company established, 1698 the old one re-established and the two united, 1702 judges sent from England by govern ment faithfully to administer the laws there, to the company's servants, April 2, 1774 -board of control instituted, 1784 the principal charters granted to the com- East India company of Sweden erected, - of France, established, 1664; abolished by the national assembly, and the trade laid open, Jan. 26, 1791 of Holland incorporated, 1604 East-land company incorporated, 1579 Embroiderers' company, London, incorporated, 1591 English copper office incorporated, 1691 FAN-MAKERS' company, London, incorporated, 1709 Farriers' company, London, incorporated, 1673 Felt-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1604 Fishermen's company, London, incorporated, 1687 Fishmongers' company, London, incorporated, 1536 Fishmongers' company, new hall of, north- | Horticultural society incorporated, April 17, west angle of London-bridge, began, 1831 First-fruits office established, 1543 Fletchers' company, London, incorporated, 1526 Founders' company, London, incorporated, 1614 Frame-work-knitters' company, London, incorporated, 1664 Friendly society of licensed victuallers', 1793 Fruiterers' company, London, incorporated, 1604 Furriers' company, London, incorporated, 1509 Furnival's-inn society began, 1563 -rebuilt, 1819 GARDENERS' company, London, incorporated, 1616 Gas-light conpanies in London, are: the City of London; the Imperial; the Phoenix, &c. General annuity society, 1827 Geological society instituted, April 23, 1826 Girdlers' company, London, incorporated, 1448 Glass-sellers' company, London, incorporated, 1664 Glaziers' company, London, incorporated, 1637 Glovers' company, London, incorporated, 1556 Gold and silver wire-drawers' company, London, incorporated, 1623 Goldsmiths' company, London, incorporated, 1327 Governor and company of British cast-plate manufacturers (the only one of the kind existing in this country), incorporated, 1773 Gray's-inn society began, 1357 -house built, 1687 Greenock society, for the encouragement of arts and sciences, formed, 1812 Grocers' company, London, incorporated, 1429 Gunsmiths' company, London, incorporated, 1638 HABERDASHERS' company, London, incorporated, 1407 Hackney-coach office established, June 24, 1694 Hamburgh company incorporated, 1296 Hawkers' and pedlars' licence office, 1697 Herring fishery established, Sept. 2, 1750 Hippodrome (the), at Notting-hill, opened June 3, 1837, when the first race meeting took place, 30,000 most respectable persons attending Horners' company, London, incorporated, 1638 LAW institution, Chancery-lane - association, 1817 Lead office established, 1692 Leather-sellers' company, London, incorporated, 1442 Lincoln's-inn society established, 1310 Liverpool society of arts instituted, 1810 London assurance-office charter granted, 1716 - incorporated, and obtained their first London geographical society, 1830 MADRIGAL Society founded, 1741 Masons' company, London, incorporated, 1677 Mechanics' institution, London, first stone laid, Dec. 2, 1823 Medical society at Dublin, instituted, 1785 -society of London, 1773 and chirurgical society, 1805 Medico-Botanical society, 1822 Mercers' company, London, incorporated, 1393 Merchant-taylors' company, London, incorporated, 1466 Metropolitan society of florists and amateurs, | RAINE'S charity began to portion out four 1833 young women, 1758 Reformation of manners (society for) formed, 1698 Refuge for the destitute, Hackney-road, 1806 Royal exchange assurance office charter granted, 1716 - miners' company incorporated, 1564 society, London, instituted, Dec. 30, 1660 incorporated and chartered, 1663 institution of Great Britain commenced, 1800 - society of musicians instituted, 1738 incorporated, 1790 humane society, 1774 Jennerian society for the prevention of small-pox by vaccination, 1803 - society of literature, 1825 Russel institution, 1828 Russia company incorporated, 1555 SADDLERS' company, London, incorporated, 1280 Salt office established, 1694 酱 duties formed, June 15, 1702 Salters' company, London, incorporated, 1558 Nightly shelter to the houseless, Old Broad- Samaritan society at the London hospital street, 1832 OSTEND company erected, Jan. 1722-3 abolished, March, 1731-2 PAPER-STAINERS' company, London, incorporated, 1580 Painting (academy of), in London, incorporated, 1768 'Parish-clerks' company, London, incorporated, 1232 Patten-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1670 Pensioners (the band of) established, 1590 Pewterers' company, London, incorporated, 1474 Philanthropic society commenced, 1788 Physic (school of) established in Dublin, 1814 1636 commenced, 1791 Savings' banks first instituted, 1816 - number of, in England, Wales, and Ire. land, to Nov. 1833,were four hundred and eighty-four -amount of investments in English savings' Schoolmasters' society instituted, 1798 Seamen's widows' corporation erected, Oct. 13, 1732 Secretary of state's office began, 1530 Shipwrights' company, London, incorporated, 1610 Sick and wounded seamen's incorporation began, June 24, 1747 Silk-throwsters' company, London, incorporated, 1629 Sion college, London-wall, founded, 1623 - incorporated, 1664 Skinners' company, London, incorporated, 1327 Soap-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1638 Societies first established in London, 1198 Society for the relief of persons confined for small debts, commmenced, 1772 - for the relief of the widows and orphans of medical men instituted, 1788 for bettering the condition of the poor instituted, 1796 for abolishing the common method of sweeping chimnies, commenced, 1802 national, for promoting the education of the poor in the principles of the established church, 1811 of ladies at Liverpool, for converting O female Jews to the protestant religion, | Temperance societies. (See col. 83) - for the suppression of begging, instituted - of antiquaries of London, 1751 - for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, 1754 for the diffusion of useful knowledge, 1827 of British artists, 1824 of painters in water-colours, 1804 of arts, first stone laid, March 29, 1772 -statistical, projected, 1834 -for the suppression of the climbing-boy system, 1822 - for the suppression of juvenile vagrancy - for exploring the interior parts of Africa, formed, 1788 of friends of foreigners in distress, 1807 - for relief of the houseless, 1820 for opposing and prosecuting fraudulent insolvent debtors, 1822 - of British artists, 1824 - of painters in water-colours, 1804 - of British banking and commercial clerks, 1802 for the prevention of cruelty to animals, 1828 for the suppression of vice, 1802 for promoting Christian knowledge, 1799 South Sea company began, May 6, 1710 its bubble, 1720 its directors' estates, to the value of 2,000,000Z. seized, 1721 compounded with Mr. Knight, their Stamp office established, 1164 Stationers' company, London, incorporated, Surgeons' company, London, incorporated, 1745 Swedish academy incorporated, March 31, 1741 dissolved, 1768 Tin-plate workers' company, London, incorporated, 1670 Tobacco-pipe-makers' company, London, incorporated, 1663 Trinity-house founded by Sir Thomas Spert, 1512 - incorporated, 1685 Turkey company incorporated, 1579 VICTUALLING office instituted, Dec. 10, 1663 Vintners' company, London, incorporated, 1437 UPHOLDERS' Company, London, incorporated, 1627 United service club, 1828 WARDROBE (great), in Scotland-yard, established, 1485 Water-companies of London, and the houses and buildings supplied by them in 1834, were The New River 70,140 46,421 The West Middlesex 16,000 The Chelsea 13,892 The Grand Junction. 8,780 The Lambeth 16,682 The South London 12,046 7,100 Watermen and lightermen's company, Lon- Weavers' company, London, incorporated, Welsh copper-office incorporated, 1694 Westminter medical society, 1773 YORK-BUILDINGS water-works' company in- ZOOLOGICAL Society, 1826 - gardens, Regent's park, instituted, 1826 |