The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-29 00:00:00

3fe SOLICITORS.
ssrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 3 and 4, Alderman-
bury, E.C.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Eykyn Brothers, 22, Change-tiley, E.C.
AUDITOR.
henry
~..oney, Esq. (Honey and Humphrys), 14, Ironmonger-
lane.
SECRETARY pro tem.
Mr. Reed.
Offices—The London Tavern, BishoPsgate-street.
PROSPECTUS.
It is proposed to form a Company to purchase the business
of the well-known London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street.
The Directors have entered into a provisional agreement
'With Mr. Chater, which g ves them the cption of purchasing
the Freehold (within three years), or leasing the property at
a fair rental.
The stock in trade. good will, wines, plate, furniture, fit-
tings, &c., are estimated at £30,000, and' the present Proprie-
tor guarantees a minimum dividend of 10 per cent. on that
amount for three years.
These estimates have been verified as to the furniture and
Plant by Mr. Daniel Cronin ; as to the wines and spirits, by
3fr, R. C, Wilson, of 37, Drury-lane; as to the fre hold, by
31r. Debenham, of the firm of Debenham and Tewson, 80,
Cheapside ; and a report has been made on the profits of the
business by Mr. Henry Honey, of the firm of Honey and
Humphrys, Accountants.
The t ompany to take possession on the Ist October next,
and the profits will accrue as from that date. The option of
purchasing the freehold of constantly increasing va ue, and a
substantial guarantee of a minimum dividend of 10 per cent.,
are obviously great advantages.
In the formation of this Company no promotion-money has
been or will be paid, and with a view to avo d a'l unnecessary
expenses, the offices of the Company will be at the London
Tavern.
Upwards of two-thirds of the requisite Capital for the first
issue has already been subscribed for by Mr. Chater, the
Lirectors, and their friends.
Forms of Application for Shares to be made in the form
annexed to the Prospectus, w.th deposit of £1 per Share, to
the hankers, The Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and
450, Strand.
The Articles of Association can be inspected at the offices
of the Company.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the office of the Brokers,
12. Change-alley, E C. ; at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street ; and at the Company's Bankers.
The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the
amount of his subscription, and if no allotment be made, the
deposit will be returned in full.

TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON TAVERN
COMPANY (Limited).
Registered as a Limited Company under the Joint-Stock
Companies' Act, 1862.
Centlemen,—l request gnu to allot me Shares of £lO
each in the above Company, and I hereby agree to accept
Buell Shares, or any less number that may be alloted to me,
and to pay the deposit of £1 10s. on allotment, and I further
authorise you to enter my name on tue Register for the num-
ber of Shares so allotted.
Siffnature •••• •••••••• -••
Address in full
Date

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
Established 1521.
Subscribed Capital, Two Millions,
DIRECTORS.
Sir mnfTo FARQUHAR. Bart., M.P., Chairman.
CHARLES WILLIAM CORTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman
henry Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J. ShawLefevre, Esq.
-11enry Bonham Carter, Esq. John Martin, Esq.
(liarles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq.
Tames Goodson, Esq. ' Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq.
;!-ohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Henry Vig,ne, Esq.
rredk. H. Janson, Esq.

AUDITORS.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq.
Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary

LIFE DEPAILTMENT.—UNDER Tim PROVISIONS OF AN
ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In-
uirers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial
Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of
Profits.
Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the
Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in
cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary
Eonuses of £1,058,000.
After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life
Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon,
amounted to upwards of £1,730,000, the Income from the Lite
Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund,
independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon
every description of property at moderate rates.
No expense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be-
yond the paymmt of the Annual Premium and Duty, when
the Premium amounts to ss.

Claims liberally and promptly settled.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies
'which expire at Michaelmas must be renewed within fifteen
days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. :Tames's-
street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents
throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void.
Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to
the Secretary.

ItrINERALOGY —King's College. London.-
-LT Prrfealor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COURSE OF LECTURES en MINERALOGY, with a view
to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of
mineral substances in the Arts.
The Lectures will begin on FRIDAY, October 2, at Nine
o'clock, a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding
Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, L 2 28.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

('IELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
.J the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton. Bart., K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Ilanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co., bankers, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeare. but the centre of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, at King's-cross.

Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, B.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.

This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free
and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is FlCCOM-
prailed by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient
magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered
capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of
the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the
funds in order to have NO beds available for the reception of
these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover,
it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.

The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an
EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support,
to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutta and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Retries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; W 'Marne, Deacon, and
_Co.; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary.