[26] Letter to the Right Hon. Joseph W. Henley, M.P.--By Robert
Christie.
[27] The Equitable even was regarded with a very suspicious eye by the
Court of Chancery soon after its commencement, and the names of bankers
and merchants as directors, great in their day and generation, did not
prevent the proprietors of the Royal Exchange, the Amicable, and the
London Assurance corporations from predicting its failure.
[28] The public is greatly indebted to Mr. Hartnoll, the avowed editor,
and Mr. Pateman, the publisher of the Post Magazine, for their great
exertions in the cause of Life Assurance.
[29] “Assurance Companies’ Accounts,” p. 43.
[30] “That the said Commissioners shall have full power to examine all
books, at all seasonable times, of such bankers as issue notes, and
to take copies or extracts from any such books or accounts.”--History
of the Bank of England, its Times and Traditions.--By John Francis: 2
vols. 3rd edition. Longman, Brown, and Co.
[31] The Morning Chronicle.