The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-26 00:00:00

THE CITY MERCANTILE CLUB and
DINING HALL COMPANY (Limited).
(Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.)
Capital, £BO,OOO, in 8000 shares of £lO each.
Deposit, £1 per Share on application, and £1 on allotment.
Should no allotment be made the deposit will be returned
in full.
DIRECTORS.
A. J Brook, Esq., Leather Merchant, Holloway.
Captain Capel Coape, Army and Navy Club.
Join Sainsbury Davenport, Esq. (Deputy Commissary
General), Clarendon Lodge, Brighton.
Thomas Shann Derham, Esq. (of the firm of Wilkinson
and Co.), flax spinners, Leeds.
Frederick Augustus Legg, Esq., The Willows, South
Norwood.
Thomas Hardwick, Esq., Moorland-terrace, Leeds.
Thomas King, Esq., 23, St. Paul's-grove, Canonbury.
David Fraser Leckie, Esq. (Director of the City and County
Assurance Company), 26, Ashley-place, Victoria-street,
Westminster.
Captain Arthur Palliser, Oriental Club.
John Theodoridi, Esq., Merchant, Great Winchester-
street, Old Broad-street, City.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.—The London and County Bank, Lombard-
street, City, and Hanover-square.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Tippetts and Son, 2, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, City.
Messrs. Upton and Yewdall, Leeds.
AUDITORS,
Johnstone, Cooper,Wintle, and Co., SA, Lothbury, London.
H. W. Blackburn, Esq., Bradford.
BROKER—Alfred Ashton, Esq., 75, Old Broad-street,City
SECRETARY (pro. tort.)_..mr. J. W. Tempest.
Temporary Offices-24, Bucklersbury (two doors from the
Mansion Hoase.)
In introducing the City Mercantile Club and Dining
Hall Company to the public the Directors have pleasure in
knowing that they are supplying a great public want, it
being universally admitted that—
A Club adapted to the constantly increasing growth and
requirements of the commercial and mercantile world of the
City of London, and
A higher class public dining and refreshment hall are
greatly wanted.
The Club, with its private dining, reading, and smoking-
rooms for the exclusive use of members, will be conducted
under the management of a committee, strictly upon the
principles of similar establishments, with a small entrance
fee and subscription, and a moderate dining-room tariff,
adapted to the views of menof the commercial world. The
establishment will contain from 30 to 40 bed rooms.
Holders of ten shares and upwards will (subject to the
ballot) be admitted to the membership of the club, without
entrance fee.
The public dining halls will be on a scale worthy of the
City, and capable of comparison with any establishment on
the Continent.
The Directors have purchased in one of the best and most
central situations in the City, in close proximity to the
principal places of business,
a magnificent range of buildings
(recently erected under the superintendence of an eminent
architect) in the centre of Cheapaide, having nearly 30,000
feet of floor space, and pre-eminently adapted to the re-
quirements of all branches of the proposed establishment.
It will be for the consideration of the Directors whether
it is desirable to let off the ground and basement floors, the
residue of the premises providing ample space for the re-
quirements of the undertaking, and should these floors be
so let off they will -alone co lamand a rental sufficient to
guarantee a substantial dividend upon the paid-up capital.
The Directors have carefully considered the probable
profits and returns of this undertaking, and their most
moderate calculations show a dividend of from 30 to 40 par
ent.
The Directors congratulate themselves on having secured
the invaluable co-operation of several gentlemen whose
practical knowledge and experience will be truly desirable.
In consequence of a large amount of shares having been
already applied for (and a moot encouraging number of
applications made for Club membership),the Directors are
compelled to add that the list of applications for shares can
remain open for a limited period only, an the meantime
applications for the unallotted shares must be made to the
Solicitors or Secretary; the required deposit having
been
previously paid to the Bankers of the Company.
The Articles of Association can be seen at the Company's
Offices.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
No.
Hall Company (Limited).
Mercantile Club and Dining
TocitehnetiDemireecnt,o—rsl orfecituheestethitayt
You will allot me
Shares of £lO each, in the above Company, and I enclose a
cheque for the deposit of £1 per Share thereon : and I un-
dertake ta pay the further sum of £1 on allotment, to pay
all calls thereon, and to execute the articles of association
when required.
Dated this day of 18
Names in full
Residence.
Profession or trade........
Place of business

DOUBTFUL WHETHER THE LIBERAL MEMBER
FOR BATIE IS " RIGHT AND T/T-
E Colonel Hogg.
Conservative, son of Sir John Weir Hogg, Bart., has an-
nounced his intention of offering himself as a
candidate for
the representation of Bath at the next general election.
MUNIFICENT GIFT.—Sir Francis Crossley, Bart.,
M.P., has promised, on behalf of Messrs. J. Crossley
and Sons, of Halifax, to the National Lifeboat Institution,
to defray the cost, amounting to £3OO, of a new lifeboat to
be stationed at Redoar, Yorkshire. The present lifeboat on
that station is the oldest in the kingdom, and in going off
the other day over some rocks to the rescue of the crew of
seven men of the brig Fothers of South Shields, she was
stove in, and subsequently discovered to be affected with
dry rot,