The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-25 00:00:00

Established in Paris, udder Acts of the 4th and 17th Decem.
her, 1855, as a " Societe en commandite," by which the
liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount sub-
scribed.
Capital -Twenty-five Millions of Francs—One Million Sterling,
In 250,000 Shares of 100 francs, or 41. each.
In Two Series,—The First, 200,000 Shares (800,0001.)
The Second, 59,010 Shares (200,0001.)
The 'First Series only will be issued at present.
"411A-Ntfi or THE COMPANY—ntenamara, Carteret, Willing,

and Co.
MANAGERS IN LONDON.

Messrs. John Wilson, Messrs. Richard Hartley,
„ John Barber, „ John Trevett.
MEMBERS OF TILE COUNCIL OF SURVEILLANCE.
liobert Keating, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and
County Bank, London.
143 Comte De Lantivy, Paris.
Vacossin, Administrateur de la. Compagnie d'Assuranco 11.7 r.
haine, Paris.
Frederic Toche,•Banquier, Paris.
Elwin Chadwick, Esq., C. 8., London.
kugustin Dubois, Adininistrateur des Forges de Moatataire,
Paris.
Nia
rmou, Direeteur-Gerant de Minion Maritime, Paris.
Harrisson, Esq., London.

BANKERS.
In Paris Messrs. Greene and Co.
In London.. The London and County Bank.
'I Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.

SOLICITORS.
In Paris Mr. Petit Bergonz, Avoue au Tribunal de Pro-
t micro Instance.
II London... Messrs. Wilkinson, Gurney, and Co.
The undoubted advantages produced by the amalgamation
the omnibuses of Paris have originated the plan of concen-
trating in ono great enterprise the several associations now
Working the omnibuses of London.
If in Paris this amalgamation has made the capital con-
beeted with it the most productive of any employed in loco-
motion, it is destined to produce in London effects of still
treater importance.
Not only will large savings bo effected in the present cost
of Working the omnibuses lAndon, by a system which,
t'ejag well organised in all its details, and at the same time
amply supplying the wants of the public, will enable the Corn-
;;;1''!3" to withdraw duplicate and in some cases triplicate ye-
71es running over the same ground at the same time, hut
'nVortant improvements, alike advantageous to the public
and profitable to the Company, will be introduced.
a X--rarla the 4.1111 cunixt TegtgarktY in.rterN
°l;6e, \stitch will confer all the advantages
m that iu this reo-pect-
aris posesses over London, cobined with speed ; the
t4l,option of low scale .of charges, and the certainty that
4"0 will bo no frequent and sudden changes in their
amount : the departures and arrivals taken place at precise
i.'raes, and in accordance with a tie bill, which wi be
Med monthly, on the plan of the railway time tablell s. pub-
As regards the Shareholders : The receipts of the London
'trinibuse. average 2/. 7s. a day each, and the expenses, in-
'lading wear and tsar, about 2/. Is. 6d. ; this gives in the
!'resent state a net profit of about 100!. a year per omnibus.
finder the improved system of working, this profit would be-
fiend doubt be considerably increased. The average receipts
'teach of the Paris omnibuses before the amalgamation were
'4b°llt 2/, Ss. a clay; since the amalgamation their daily aver-
l`ge is 2/. 17s. 6d.
In England, horse keep—the most expensive item con-
.teted with omnibuses —costs less than in Paris.
The Paris Omuibas Company is liable, whenever the profits
,
%ch a certain. percentage on the capital, to have the annual
i;4t, to which it is subjected, increased by order of the Go-
tePirnent. No such power exists either with the English
4vernment or with the municipality of London.
iv
The purchase of a London omnibus comprises, as in Paris, the
its appurtenances, as well as the good-will or
lines" of the omnibus.
b In Paris the Government compel the running of the omni-
buses to be nearly the same at all seasons. In London, on
th
contrary, the omnibus proprietors can proportion the
u[ the
of vehicles to the season of the year and the hour
"1 the day, according to the wants of the public only. Hence
1,4 advantage in London denied to the Omnibus Company n
which is compelled to run as many vehicles late at
1,44 ht and early in the morning as in the most busy periods
the day, in the winter as well as in summer.
tola Paris the outside fare is only half the inside fare. In
I.,llden they are the same, and the outside of the omnibus is
''lnueh used as the inside.
4111)e indicator, as used in the Paris omnibuses, is unknown
: its adoption cannot fail to add largely to the
'eiPts of this Company.
fills soon as the present omnibuses are unfit for use, they
be replaced by others, affording more comfort and bet-
laccommodation to passengers.
th4.o obtain the foregoing advantages both for the public and
6 shareholders of this Comp. the services of the most
11'tterenced and intelligent oianrnibus proprietors have been
red, under whose management the business of the Com-

°eB will
bo conducted. -
er)ntracts have been entered into for tho purchase of the

ater number of the 810 omnibuses now working in Lou-
-1?4, and. it is expected that arrangements for the remaining
"'rtion will be completed at a very early date.
The First Series of 200,000 shares only (800,000/.) will be
tZled in the first instance. The capital so raised will pay for
810 omnibuses, the leases of stables, yards, and. other
°
rt.: worerty requi
ng red for the working the omnibuses, as well as
t)ki and reserve fund. The latter, amounting to
lit 200,0001., will give strength and security to the Com-
sTht Second Series of 50,000 shares can only be issued with
munction of a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the
"on_

Pany, and will be used to increase the business of the
-Pany whenever circumstances shall render it necessary.
each shareholder will have the right to this Second Series
shares, at the rate of one for each four of the First Series
'which he is the possessor.
The duration of the Company is for 60 years.
With the present imperfect system of working, each of the
;Mon omnibuses gives an average profit estimated at 1001.
annum, representing upon 810 omnibuses an annual pro-
-4 81,0001., which alone would. be sufficient to secure a di-
'load of 10per cent, upon the 800,0001. first subscribed.
Akstuning, in London, with the now system, an increase of
Per day (instead of Sc., as has been the result of the amal-
7ation in Paris) to each omnibus, the result would be, on
traffic of. 810 omnibuses, an annual profit of moro than
1000/., and upon the capital of 800,0001. would-inenre a
Ziend of nearly 20 per cent.
The Paris Omnibus Company is now paying at the rate of
It
cent, per annum.
le is the intention of the Company to publish every week.
`, traffic returns.
,14,84 per cont. of the dividend of the Company will belong
'he Shareholders-1A only being appropriated to the ma-
khinerit. •
l)lit of the capital subscribed a limited number of shares
been reserved for distribution in England, and may now
',...sDplied for.
qks applications for shares should bo made in tho sub-
sd form, und must be accompanied with a deposit of
Clare with the bankers of the Company, on the number
~lhares applied for. The remaining 3/. per share must be
'4l Upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARP'S.
the Gcrants of La Compagnie Generale des Omnibus de
Londres (the General London Omnibus Company).
,`*antlemen,—l request you will allot me sharos
„ht/, each in the above Company, and I engage to take the

°lei er any less number that may be alloted Co me. I hare
4,1 the deposit of 1/. per share, required by the prospectus,
,ne bankers of the Company, and I engage to pay the re-
miliag 3/. upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted
ale.

Name
Profession
Residence
Date
The ttbove application must be forwarded to the London
nd eemnty Bank, with the deposit of 11. per share on the
iik2l'aer of shares applied for, against which the bankers will
fish a receipt.
,^AI3--Forms of applications for shares may be had at the
-411Pany's Temporary Offices, 47, Old Broad-street, London.

kirHEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.—
Profesaor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of
,71North,' respectfully announces that this THEATRE will
;4'll on WEDNESDAY NEXT, Dec. 26, under his manage-
He has fortunately succeeded in arranging with the eL'lrectors of the Royal Italian Opera for a short season, dur-
Ze Which he will produce many novelties at this the most
Z4gnificent Theatre in the Metropolis. On WEDNESDAY,
26, he will have the honour of presenting his Entertain-
-04r of MAGIC and MYSTERY, on a now aad more ex-
i,74ded scale, as performed by him 129 times at the Lyceum
)Iheatre, before an aggregate audience of 339,000 ; to be fel-
;2red by the Great National, Historic, and Chivalric PAN-
ipltlME,'which has been so many months in preparation of
4t BELLE ALLIANCE ; or Harlequin Good Humour, and
that
Field of the Cloth of Gold. Professor Anderson hopes
et the Nobility andthe Public will appreciate his efforts to
'llopen Covent Garden Theatre daring the Christmas season.
aaociatecl as the history of the house is with so many glo-
.loUs recollections of Christmases that have long since passed
*ay, when " The Pantomime at Covent-garden" was the

`'lv•
rn talk at Christmas-tide, and when to go and see it was
• ranch a matter of course as to place the holly over the
i'vtritel, or hang the mistletoe in the hall. Mr. Anderson
ikats that a Pantomime reproduced on the same boards—the
"Dards whereon the fame of " Mother Goose" was acquired,
IL" the popularity of the " Great Bed of Ware" was won, and
troaluced.oa these beards with more attention to details and
scenic effect than has ever been given to any Pantomime,
:111111 certainly enlist the patronage, and those whose pleasant
'merles of Covent-garden rendered to them the recognised
field of Pantomimic triumph, as it will attract the visits of
those who have heard only with curiosity of that which
Ine stage of Covent-garden can produce. As the Royal
talian Opera, the house for years has been the most distin-
thished, as it is the noblest Theatre which London pos-
%nes. Since it has been rebuilt and remodelled it has been
,tomparatively shut up to the public generally. The
'theatre of Royalty, the house of fashion, the heavy expenses
V its directors, have rendered it impossible to open its doors
IA the usual theatrical prices. Professor Anderson now sub-
kits his intention (in fall confidence that it will be understood
aIId duly valued by the public), to make the admission to the
Theatre Royal Covent-garden the same as that charged to
theatres of less pretensions and with less capabilities to ac-
%mmodate an audience. The whole of the magnificent bal-
tony recently erected after the Continental model, and a pa-
; kllel to which is not to be found in any theatre in Great Bri-
•,:1 kin, will be retained, and present its unrivaled coup-d'oeil of
beauty every evening; the admission to it will be 4s. The Pri-
', Vote Boxes on the third tier will be removed to form a range
V Upper Boxes unequalled by any other theatre in London ;
the price of admission to which will be 2s, 6d. There will be
1;10 pit stalls ; but the entire of the extensive and majestic
alt, capable of holding more than 1,500 persons, will be given
'to the public at an entrance fee of 2s. The fourth tier of
oozes will be completely removed, and added to the Amphi-
theatre, so as to constitute one immense, commodious, and
most eligible gallery, the admission to which 'will be One
shilling only, while it will command a view of every part of
the stage, and of the stupendous and elegant house. In fact
Ito attention will be spared by Mr. Anderson to render Co-
bent-Garden Theatre, par excellence, the house for Christmas
entertainment ; nor will he forget, while consulting the con-
N'enienee of the public, to supply them with the best talent
that money can command for their amusement.
The inducements which have led him to undertake so large
a Venture have been numerous, and were he quite sure that
the public would feel interested in learning them and his ar-
rangements for their entertainment, he would cease to speak
of himself in the third person, and address them most re-
spectfully somewhat in this style :—Ladies and Gentlemen.—
eonsidering myself deeply indebted to my generous patrons,
the British public, who, after several years of uninterrupted
favours, have recently thought fit to visit me nightly at the
Lyceum Theatre, leaving use such substantial proofs of their
friendship and munificence as I scarcely know what to do
vvith, it seemed obviously my duty, in the commonest grati-
tude, to attempt something for the benefit and amusement of
that public, on a scale previously unattempted either by my-
. t self or others. The question was—how to do it ? 'Wizards,
after all, are but mortal men with restricted powers. The