The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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COLCHESTER-APRIL 2.

We had a larger show of wheat on offer at this market
to-day, and late rates were fully supported. Barley rather
dearer. Beans and peas unchanged.
Wheat, white 44s 508 Beans, lqazagan .. 28s 325
red 40s 44s tui.iclle & small.32s 36i
Barley
Oats

RINAIIAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
tr,„This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
-rtENCII ,
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
at.Le Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
e in the principal towns in England; or wholesale

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W.
g§serve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
Alnahan's LL Whisky."

VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT SIX PER
CENT. LOAN --e1,530,000.
In Bonds of £5OO, £2OO, and £lOO.

Tap
GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY
teg t OF LONDON (Limited)
nien, to announce that th(y are authori,ed by the Govern-
-4 of Venezuela to offer to the public a Lean for that State,
'° ne
Le
etent of XI 5.0 000 n urinal Capit 11, upon the fol ow•
rin
The B
euh. wads will be issued for sums of £SOD, £".CO, and £OO
at th They will bear interest as from the 'st October, 1861,
ray be of six per aent per annum, with Coup ,ns attached,
Othea le half-yearly, on the Ist April and ist October at the
do„ cell of the General Credit and Fi ance Company in I on-
herr;lul sterling,
_or at the Offices of It F srs. Salomon Oppen-
the d'atuh, and , Cologne, in tattlers, at the exchange of
h/ •
bQ price of issue is £6O per £lOO Stock, and payment will
.eftnired as follows :
_S on application.
xi', on allotment, less £1 half-year's interest accrued.
£l5 on Ist June.
415 en Ist August.
£l5 on I st September, less £3 hall-year's interest accrued,
due Ist October.

£63
o Pre-'lBcoun
at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum will be allowed
or -payments in full making, with allowances, the price
ne under X 55.
the ntse of non-allotment, the depo4it will be returned,
de 4A a less amount be a lotted than that applied for, the
ad°4Bit will be made availab e towarth payment on the
rncnt and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant.
rieja`r 2a cbject of the Loan is to effect a settlement of the
al financial condition of the country, to assist in mak-
vilrorlds and improved mmunications, inland and coast-
develop pay oft' some existing claims, and generally to
tAintr e the agricultural resources and industry the
The
&pea oans. Interest, and Sinking Fund are secured by a
taeat hYPothecation of the whole export duties leviable at
cail,P°ris of the It, public, La Guayra, Puerto Cabello, Mara-
'rem'
sand Ciudad Bolivar. These are warranted by the Go-
silbsreof as wholly uncharged (or that, it any claims can be
xoanbantiated, they shall be met out of. the proceeds of the
char )' and as producing more than sufficient to meet the
butige of the present Loan. The produce of the Export
ere es last year is stated to have been £221,500, and an in-
t, ta:? is expected. In the event of any deficiency, the amount
auch be made good by a further special hypothecation of the
,harged imprrt duties at all the ports of Venezuela.
consent of Earl Russell has been obtained for the col-
-4t ;en of the Inflect o hypothecated by her ajesty's Consuls
to
several Ports, associated with the Company's Agents,
to 4,,this requisite amount will be transmitted twice a month
tz, the General tjre iit and Finance Company of London.
at of the same, £120,000 a-year will be applied to the pay-
ilterit of the Interest and redemption o' the debt, as follows :
t,90,000 to be applied in the first instance to the payment of
4e interest.
t 30,000 to a sinking fund; this amount being augmented
Vedic:oly by the interest on bands that shall have been
"„,oght up or redeemed.
l'he sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase of Bonds
r 4 the open market, if price is at or below par, or to their
bettlforttion by lot in the usual way, if above ar, year by year
the whole shalt have been paid off.
144 e first pu chase or redemption to take place lst October,
a„he documents relating to the authorisation of the Loan,
erl the ratification of the same by the Constituent Assembly
t \r"eZUel under date 14th January, 1861, with Notariat
Iptnalations, are open for inspection at the offices of the Ge-
-8.7al Credit and Finance Coman, 7, Lothbury, where
treeillvceadt.ions for the Bonds, in they annexed form, will be
—APnlications will also be received by the London and West-
grinster Bank
311910 trio'n Bank of London
Cod at Cologne, by Messrs. Salmon Oppenheim, jun., and
ItinSte d
Pree afo. by Messrs. Lippmann, Rosenthal. and Co.
Leos, Pectuses and Forms of Application may be had at 7,
L'unt7, and of the Brokers.
Anion, 7, Lothbury, Apr.l, 186 i.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
.A.ZUELA. GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT. LOAN.
the Gene al Credit and F mance Company Of London
Gentle(Limited).
rnen,—l request that you will allot to me
require in th" above Loan, on which I have made the
d in
of 6 pi r Cent on £ and I
trZ.ue to assent that amount of Stock, or any less sum that
ille3;_be allotted to me: and to pay the further instalments
"13, according to the terms of the prospectus.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant.
Usual signature
Name in full .
Profession
Address

TilE CLYDE ENGINEERING AND IRON
SHIP BUILDING COMPANY, Limited.
(Introduced by the London Financial A ssoci
Capital £503,C00, in 10,(.00 shares of £5O each.
be „.„ First issue 5,003 shares.
XI per share on application and £4 on allotment.
irst call and subsequent calls not ex-eeding £5 per share
and an interval of three months between each call.

The 0, DIRECTORS.
Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., Chairman of the,
4-'4ltla, New Zea and, and Australian Royal Mail Com-
,,,anY•
...taTrvtal the Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford, K C. 8., late Admi-
,Joh,,LitPer,ntendent of Malta Dockyard.
Walker. Esq (Messrs. Walker, How, and C 3.,, Mer-
Canon-stieet, E,C., L 'rector of the Lcndon inan-
4„oi Associ tion
"„",r) 'ea Messrs. John Win and Co., Merchants,, 34.
churcuhl-lane, of the London, Buenos Ayres, and
b t.ver Plate Bank.
a„.°2l Smith, Esq. (Messrs. Smith and Rodger), Ship Builders
1r.7,:u Engineers, Glasgow.
VandeTbyl, Esq , Upper Hyde Park-gardens, Dirac-
aa-ur of the ICn gash and Scottish Marine In surance Company.
• fl,es Reid, Esq., of Calderbank (Messrs. John Stewart and
0,0., Merchants), Jackson -street, GI aszow.
"Pt 'awes Rennie, C. K., late Contro ler of Marine Affairs,
a Marine Secret/illy to the Government of India.
M. Hanintonj um, Esq. (Ii east's. David Hamilton and CO.;
Merchants, Graftow and Manchester). 14, Palk-terrace,
Glasgow, Director of the English and Scottish Marine In-
tssarance Company.
Macpherson, Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park,
Landon.
"as. Rodger, E•ct. (Messrs. Smith and Rodger, Ship Builders
Engineers), Glasgow.
,antain C. Halide Hamilton, RN Director of the Panama,
New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company.
Bert Walker, Esq. (llessra. Peter Stewart and Co., Ent-
and Machine Mallen), sw.
":„Pci Carson. Esq, (Messrs arson Warren, and Co., Mar-
: •
0."`8), urnsvenor-terrace. Glasgow.
8, Tinker, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell, Tinker, and Morgan,
Antpowners). Lr,adenhall-street, Director of the London,
a•.d Italian Steam Navigation Company.
keR SOLICITORS.
B. Dawes and Bona. Angel-court, Throgmorton-street.
Ild'endon E c
• •
ow! Lamonds and MaCluckie, 36, St. Vineent.place, Glas-

John
John., 148.11, Eeq. AUDITORS.
(Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co.), London.
00 London9lln sq. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and
Andersen, Esq., Chartered Accountant, Glasgow.

BANKERS.
The 4, Lombard-street, London.
Xeroantile ani Ex- 41, Mincinz-lane, Lond n.
change Bank, Limited, 17, Brown's-buildings, Liver-

pool.
US, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow.
The City of Glasgow Bank and Branches.
Gl'3ll4°ll-4' BROKERS.
, rands Barnand,Esq.,Connty-Oambers, Cornhill.
444'67. Messrs. Kerr, Anderann, and Brodie.
itster—itobert 111• Ewen, Esq., Bank-street, Exchange.
esio.„ CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
B. Bell and D. Miller, Civil Eug;nears, 4, Both-

_
street, Glasgow.
SECRETARIEa (PRO TEM )
E. Coleman, Esq., London,
IL Lamond, Esq., Glasgow.

14. TEMP OR4ItY OFFICES.
okerillouse-yard, London, E.C. , • and 36, St.

place, Glisgow.

„,hia PROSPECTUS.
rattin-61hPany has been formed for the purpose of par-
ani extending the valuab e and old-established
iVf.,'ldine• and Engineering Business of Messrs. l•mith
rnrer;"Glaspc, w, a firm well known on the Clyde,
"at quarter of a century, as succeisful build •rs.
Profit a, Probably no branch oi induatry which has been more
nil) 'bane In Scotland during the last few years than ir n
and when the great advantages possessed by
treiteW and its vicinity are considered, the rapin and in-
LiaTrAria 11l' expansion of the trade in that neighbourhood is not
,
h
s tia,„! Clyde possesses great advantages, compared with the
the in the lesser cost of coals, iron, and wages ; while
• Rkill and industry of the •...cotch artisans are universal y
,powledged
thella Directors have made a provisional Contract, by which
they have secured, under a very fa,ourable arrangement,
• business of Messrs. Smith and Rodger. including the
to4e of their building yard, engieng premises, pl.nt,
fra, n'oodwill, and connexion, as welts the benefits arising
‘0,,4 ,
Partly in sharets of the Companyla valuable exising contractloe paid for partly in cash
'
1) he partners of the firm have agreed to join the Board of
pk`ret,on• thus giving the Company the advantage of their
lit '
k,,,••able influence and experience, and as the entire staff of
th`„aars. Smith and tiodger will also be tran-ferred, under
arrangement referred to, the Company will be enable i
tienter immediately up ._n a business in full and profitable
Alth •
esto, ,nugh several Shipbuilding Companies have been
tpe,'l2Rhed in the vicinity of London and Liverpool, whose
he,i'ations hive been attench-d with great success, the bust-
s 0
rt the banks of the Clyde has hitherto been exclusively
keu ed On by private enterprise, and the large fortunes
illated by Scotch shipbuilders are a guarantee of
?an; Might be expected from the work ng of a Corn-
'eet;Jossessing ample means and influential body of Di-
5.
111 Z? franiense impetus given to iron shipbuild'ng by the
Lhe yletis Steamship Companies recently established under
alzo—annited Liability Act, which will require vessels of great
.moubtal,Pewer for
atrading to all parts of the wod
remunerativewillun-
.'airi vulY prove constant source of highly
_ea
faWraent to this Company ; audit is evident that
steh_
;144Poaching when iron steamships will be n d
4,y
^ttlk,:••• not only for the conveyance of emigrants and as-
nest' at but also of teas silks, and other descr ptions of the
P°rt o„‘°,l Most costly aiticles ofcommerze to and from every
„Jorr. Of the glbe.
`lleete",,g* to then revolution which iron-plated ships haovne
.
ruct” naval warfare, it has beome necessary to rec _
nit,ht the entire navies of Europe. 'and from the admirabe
;T(141.4_111 which the iron-plated vessels et war recently
znipb„,"l, the Bri qsh navy have been constrwted by private
Vaai.""fler, and 1 y th Thames Lon Ship-building Coin:
elo tinlthere is not the slightest doubt taat the building of
• fut7° of Great Britain and the other naval Po Nero will
4,4 ~„,re be large entrusted to such companies.
natrbeat element in the success of this Company is the net
‘ro,,'re will be a London Board, ready t contra() tor the
'n•ei.',B and impor ant contracts of the British and Foreign
1-I.4rts-Inent an l the large Shinping Companies, whose
k.hleh are naturally first placed in hand in London, and
‘,lnet„ftre Much more likely to be secured by the influence of
"al sii°lll)!ltan directory than by the application of a provin-
. he poailder.
sNeteET'rtiales and Memorandum of Association may be in-
sow.
zatt s
t,„ aL ond the Solicitors of th
ae Catnnany, Messrs. Dawes
n, and Messrs. Lmond and Macluckie, Glas-
It t A
thro,. ;Peetuses and Forms of Application may be obtained
11.-,etdb. 1-2endon Financial Associ awn (Limited), Thread-
Lreet
; the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors of the
/r4Z1:411-'• and of Messrs. G. H. and A. T. Jay, 15, Tokenhouse-
-
Cor r n,.s --

.118
erfina::)rua must ba delivered entire to the Bankers of the
aUfe,r • who Will tear off and retain the Form of Applica-
hares.
To the 1:),_1"ORM OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
ireetors of the Clyde n E aineerinz and Iron Ship.
qe-ntienienbuilding Company (Limited'.
Ele4p°olPF Paid into your bankers the sum of £ , being
bp. iltt Of £1 per share on shares in the atove Corn-
a4ucl tiereby request that you will allot me that number ;
uer ..ereby agi:e to accept such shares, or any less num-
,lll,Y uftit,nt nutY be altoted to ,• and I authorise you to Place
all —e uPon the Register of Shareholders for the shares
uited.

I am, Gentlemen,
Name in full
Itestdeneel,
- Proreasiotr.or Business
Date • t