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

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.

ON AND AFTER IsT OCTOBER NEXT,
ADDITIONAL TRAINS
Will run between Paddington and the City, calling at every
Station.
THROUGH TRAINS will also run to and from the Great
Northern and Great Western Railways.

The Metropolitan Company's NEW CARRIAGES,
LIGHTED WITH GAS, will be ready in a few days.
MYLES FENTON, General Manager.
Paddington, Sept. 28, 1863.

ONDON TAVERN COMP ANY (Limited).
.1114 Incorporated under the Companies' Act, with Limited
Capital £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of £lO each.
Frst Issue 6 COO .
Deposit on application £l, and' £1 10s.Shares on allotment, with a
further Call not exceeding. £2 Ios. within three months.
DIRECTORS.
Mr. Alderman AIIBISS, Chairman.

Joseph Causton, Esq., Eastcheap.
Sir ( ussek P. Roney, 15, Langham-place.
J. W. Chater, Esq., London Tavern, Manacing Director.
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAGER.
Mr. John Fungc.
BANKERS.
The Bank of London. Threadneedle-street ; and 450,
Strand, W.C.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 3 and 4, Alderman
bury. E.C.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Eykyn Brothers, 22, Change-alley, E.C.
AUDITOR.
Henry Honey, Esq. (Honey and Ilumphrys,, 11, 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, Bishopsg-ate-strect.
The Directors have entered into a provisional agreement
with Mr. Chater, which g ves them the option 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
Mr. R. C. Wilson, of 37, I,rury-lane ; as to the fre hold, by
Mr. 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 fbrmation of this Companyno promotion-money has
been or will be paid, and with a view to avo d a 1 unnecessary
expenses, the offices of the Company will be at the London
Tavern.
Upwards of two.tbirds of the requisite ('apital for the first
issue has already been subscribed for by Mr. Chater, the
Ifirectors, and their friends.
Forms of Application for Shares to be made in the form
annexed to the Prospectus, with deposit of £1 per Share, to
the Bankers, Tae 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,
22, Change-alley, E.C. ; at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-
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, 1802.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of £lO
each in the above Company, and I hereby agree to accept
such 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 tile Register for the num-
ber of Shares so allotted.
Siznature
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 MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman.
CHARLES WILLIAM CCRTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman
henry Hulse 13crens, Esq., G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq.
llenry Bonham Carter, Esq. IJohn Martin, Esq.
Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq.
James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
Thomson Ilankey, Esq.. M.l' Abraham J. Robarts, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. 'Henry Vigne, Esq.
Fredk. H. Janson, Esq.

AUD:

'ORB.

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

LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—FNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN
ACT OF PARLIAMENT. this Company now offers to new In-
surers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial
Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium withoutparticipation of
Profits.
Since the establishment of the Company In 1821, the
Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in
cash value £860,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary
Bonuses of £1,058,000.
After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life
Assurances In force, with existinv, Bonuses thereon,
amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Liie
.I;raneli £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund,
independent of the capital, exceeded.Xl,6lB,ooo.
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 psymmt 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 st Michaelmas must be renewed within fifteen
days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's—
sitreet, 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.

lIINERALOGY.--King's College. London.—
Pr, fesecr TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COIJItSE OF LECTURES en 3IINERALOGY, with a view
to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of
mineral substarces in the Arts.
The Lectures will begin on FRIDAY, October 2, at Nine
o'clock, RAM They will be continued on each succeeding
Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

(YELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
N,_) 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. Hanburys 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. hut 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.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
IN in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, at Icing's-cross.
Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.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 accom-
'milted 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 500 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
Mas rerman, Esq.. Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. • Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; W 'Mama, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the HospitaL
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Office,
Aldershot, 2d September, 1883.
TENDERS will be received at this office, until
noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863,
from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for
the supply of

KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY-
ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded
to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862,
This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un-
rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches,
Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Sloths in furs, and every other
species of Insect.
Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy-
ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs.
Being the original importer of this now invaluable article,
which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to
vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to
observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the
autograph of THOMAS KEATING•
Sold in packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for
14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, st„
P,urs-churchyard, London, E.C.