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

Deaths.

COOKE.—On the Ist inst., at 26, Cambray, Cheltenham
Charles Turner Cooke, EtFq., M.R.C.S., aged 70. ,
DUNSANY.--On the 30th ult., at 6, Chester-squAre, tha
Dowager Lady Dunsany, aged 84.
HoLoitoFT.--On the 29th ult., at Sevenoaks, Mrs. Col.
Holcroft, aged 80.
HOUGHTON.—On the 2d inst., at 1, Carrington Villas,
Richmond, Surrey, Mr. J. G. Houghton, aged 38.
MAYO.—On the 30th ult,, at Plaxtol, Kent, the Rev. R.
Mayo, M,A., aged 65.
SCOTT.—On the tat inst., at South Norwood, Alexander
Scott, Esq., aged 36.
TVRNEII.—On the 2d inst., at Portsmouth, Lieutenant F.
R. Turner, Bengal Staff Corps, aged 28.

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Kilellesa —Wednesday, May 4, 1861.

THE PROVINCT.,AL BANKING CORPO-
established under the PION (Limited).
Companies Act of 1862, with Limited
Capital,
share in £2,0"0,000 Liability.
20 in 40,000 shares of £5O. First issue,
4:with ower to to £4,000
Ten Thousand F,hares have already beenincrease subscribed, for0:0. The
remaminr,. Ten Thousand are offered to the pub lc.
Deposit, XI per Share on application ; £4 on allotment.
Calls not to exceed £5 at intervals of not less than three
months.
It is no Intended to call up more than £ 5 p,r share, and
shoi:dd no al otment be made, the deposit will be returned
in full.

DIRECTORS.
JalneS 'Goodson, Esq., Chairman of the Great Eastern Rail-
way Company, and Director of the Guardian Assurance
Company.
`T. W. Fleming Esq., M.P., 10, Lancaster-gate, Hyde-park.
G. P. Holroyd, 'Esq., Director of the Mercantile Credit AsS
i-
ciation, and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany.
W. Tabor, Esq., Bishonsgite-stree`, Director of the Impe-
rial Bank, an British and Californian Banking Company.
R. C. R. Cocci. Esq., 75, Inverness-terrace (late C. 11. It. Coq
and Co , Tuta-orin, Madras Presidency).
Andrew Walls, Esq. (of Lloyd's), Leadenhall-street.
John Hickie, Esq. I Hi:kie, Borman, and Co.), Leadeahall-
street, Directur of the London, Bueuos Ayres, and River
Plate River.
Alexander Thurburn, Esq. (late Joyce, Thu, burn, and Co.,
Railway.
Alexandria and London), Director of the South Wales
Esq , Queen's-gate-gardens, Director of the
Home and Colonial Assurance Company.
Lightly Simpson, Esq., Director of the' London and Lanca-
shire Insurance and of the Great Eastern Railway Com-
panies.
J. W. Holland, Esq., Forest-hill, Director of the Financial
Corporation.
I'. G. Van-der Byl, Esq., 3, Upper Hyde-park-gardens,
Dirctor of the English and Scottish Marine Insurance
Co mp
Bie-hardMichell, Esq., Ladbroke-scpare, Director of the
Great Western Railway Company.
BA
Imperial Bank (LimiNKEßS.ted), Lothbury.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Harrison and Lewis, 24, Old-jeWl7,
BROKERS.
London.
Messrs. Towgood and Strachan, 33, ThrogmOrtoll-Street,
Horsfall and Penny, LiverpOol,
R. Green, Esq., Leeds.
James Duncuft, Esq, Manchester.

Samuel Barrow, Es AUDITORS.
q., Ironmonger-lane, E.C. (Barrow and
Gates, Public Accountant.
Edgar Smalltleld, Esq., Dowgate-
countant, bill-Chambers, Public Ac-

SECRETt..-RT (PRO TEM.)
P.. Garden, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
21, Old-jewry, E.C.

PROSPECTUS.
This company is established for the purpose of acquiring
'the business and connections of ex sting provincial Bank-
ing Establishments and of carrying on, generally, the opera-
tions of Country Banking on the Joint-Stock principle.
Treaties are now pending for the purchase of some private
and joint-stock country establishments, which will form the
basis of a large and flourishing bank ; and, for that purpose,
lull powers for the increase of capital have been taken in the
Articles of Asso iation.
It is not proposed to do any banking business in London ;
but in addition to acquiring the goodwill and business con-
nections of crating- banks, i is intended to open branches
in proving ial cities and towns where, owing to the increase
of wealth and population, a satisfactory business can be esta-
blished.
The recent amalgamation *of tw) of the largest private 1
banks in London with joint. stock establishments, following
other combinations of a similar nature, and the continuous
advance in the pl ice of banking shares generally, afford con-
clusive evidence of the advantages of the principle of joint-
stoek association in bankfmg business.
If the system of banklng carried on by public companies is
admitted to be so attia-ntageous in London, where the pri-
vate establishments are generally large and wealthy, it can-
not be a matter of doubt that the principle is still more ap •
plicable to the collntry, where the resources and credit of
private firms are much more limited. The increase, also, of
trade in the coi-,ntry genera whilea crea ed a demand for fur-
ther banking accommodation it is only in the metro-
polis that ',he requirements of the mercantile community
have been adequately considered.
The Sl,,ares of the three Banks in London constituted for
Sbnitar objects are now quoted as follows, viz.:—
Paid. Present Prices.
The National Provincial £l2 .. X 4
The London and County
The Provincial Bank cf Ireland 25 .. 93
In further illustration of Ihe profitable character of the
business of the forty-one Joint-stock Banks established dur-
ing the past three years, it will be found on inspection of the
official list that, out of that number, the shares of all but
two are saleable at a considerable advance on their paid-up
Capital.
i'rospectuses and forms of application for shares may be
obtained at the Temporary Office of the Company, or of the
Brokers or Sol citors. The Articles of Association may be
seen at the Office of the Solicitors.
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THE PROVINCIAL BANKING
co tiPOR A.TION (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SHARE LIST
of this Comp an,. wiit be CLOSED, both for Town and
Country, on TITERS DAY, the sth May, at 4 o'clock
Temporary Offiles, 21, 0 d Jewry.

THE TAVISTOCK IRON WORKS AND
STEEL ORDNANCE COMPANY, Limited.
/Acorporated under the Companies' Act, 1662, with
limited liability.
Capital £200,000, of which one-halt will be first issued in
5,000 shares of £2O each.
Doposit, upon application, Ll per share, £2 per share upon
:allotment. An interval of two months between each call.
It is not intended, at present, to call up more than £lO
per share.

DIRE CT OR S.
Captain T. A. Blakely (late A.),
Works, Southwark. The Blakely Ordnance
Henry Alers Hankey, Esq., 38, New Broad-street, London,
Philip Henryßenett, Esq. H. Leighton and Co.),
19, Mark-lane, London, and Shanghai, China.
George Payne Kitson, Esq., 9, King's Arms-yard, London.
Charles Burn, C.E., Little Fife House, Whitehall.
J. J. Mussel], Esq. (Messrs. J. Russell and Sons), Wed-
nesbury, Birmingham.
CONSULTING kW GIXEERS.
Ordnance Department—J -Vavasour, Esq , The Blakely
Ordnance Works, Southwark.
Mining Department—John Hocking, jun., Esq,, Redruth,
BANKERS. The Agra and -United Service Bank, Cannon-street, London.
Messrs. Gill, Sons, and Co., Tavistock
Maurice AUDITORS.
Charles Wescotab, Es Thomas, Esq., 24, Basinghall-street, London; and
q., Exeter.
SOLICITORS,
Messrs. Cunliffe and Beaumon', 43, ancery -lane L• and
J. H. Mackenzie, Esq., 77, G;eshamCh House, Old Broad,
atr`..,et, London.
BROKERS.
Mears. Towgoo4 and Strachan, 33, Throgmorton-street,
London, E.G.

SECRETARY..
P. T. Rolls, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
14, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, E.C.

PROSPECTUS.
This Company is established to carry out, on ':.e. impor-
tant scale, the manufacture of steel under Aasseraer's or
(other patents, to construct steel ordnan:,
:steel shot and shell, draw steel wire, manufacture steam engines, boilers, and all kiwi ro.".nufacture and erect
.s of machinery and im-
plements for mining, manufacto::mg, and agricultural pur-
poses, and to carry on the bileineee of engineers and mill-
wrights, at Tavistock, in 'ate county of Devon.
The Directors have entered into an agreement for the
Purchase, on terms' favourable for the Company, of the pre-
mises, machiners, plant, stock in trade, patent rihts and
goodwill of t'ae business of Messrs. Gill and Compsy,
Engtneers and Iron-founders, of Tavistock, whose works
Lave been successfully cateled on for the last sixty years,
And who have long since establised a rep for the
excellence of their manufacture of steam enginesutation and boilers,
chains, hammered iron, edge tools, and every description of
mining and other machinery.
The property consists of about thirteen acres of land,
held under a long lease from the Duke of Bedford, and
Comprises, besides the ground devoted to the works, a com-
_tenable mansion with plantations and grounds, a house for
rthe manager, and cottages and gardens for the workmen,
all of which are let at remunerative rentals. There is also
never-failing water-power, maintained at the cost of the
Duke of Bedford, sufficient' to carry on all the operations of
the Cr.smpany, and by means of which great economy and
a Pr 4portionate increase of profit is secured.
f'he property and business thus purchased include several
iNluable patent rights and contracts; amongst others a very
Advantageous contract for the extensive manufacture of
.Crease's Pneumatic Tunnelling Engines, which are destined
to effect a complete revolution in the scientific working of
mines; also a licence on favourable terms to manufacture
the Blakely guns,_ fur which profitable contracts can be im-
mediately obtained. Other very important contracts, which
the board consider will alone produce a good dividend to
'the shareholders, have been provisionally secured, and will
be completed as soon as the Company is in a position to
undertake them.
The Directors only consider it necessary to allude to the
largo profits realised by the manufacture of steel (which at
the present cost of its manufacture ultimately take the place
'of iron in most instances), and the remunerative business of
manufacturing steel ordnance, shot, and shell, for foreign
Governments, to satisfy the shareholders that handsome
dividends will be realised.
The premises are easily accessible by canal from Ply-
mouth Sound, and by railway from all other parts of the
kingdom, and being situated in the midst of a prosperous
and constantly increasing mining district, a large amount
of business with mines can be ensured.
The Company will take possessio n of the
30th of April, 1861, and are to be entitled to thworks on the rofits o
Messrs. Gill and Co.'s business since the 30th
of September, 1863, as well as the benefit of all contracts entered into since
that date. No promotion money whatever will be paid.
Of the first Issue of 5,000 shares, nearly one-half have
been subscribed for, and the remainder ate now offered to
the public.
Copies of the Memoran4ura and Articles of Association
can be inspected at the offices of the Company, and of the
Solicitors, 43, Chancery-lane, and 77, Gresham House, Old
Broad-street.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares can be
obtained at the Offices of the Company ; of the Bankers to
the Company, in London and Tavistock; of the Brokers;
and of the Solicitors.
lu the event of no allotment being made, the deposits
will be returned in full, Sh',uld a less number of shares be
allotted than arc applied for, the deposit will be made avai,-
able towards the Payment due on allotment, and the balance
(if any) will be returned to the applicant.

FORA OF
APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Tavistock Iron Works and Steel
Ordnarki,
Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having
Paid to your Banters, the sum of
shares inthe Tavisto
£ , I hereby request that you will allot me
(Limited); ek Iron Works and Steel Ordnance
Company and I hereby agree to accept such
shares, or any less number that may be alloted to me n
to pay such calls as may from( ime to time be made upon
them ; and I agree to become a ember of the Company, and
to sign the Articles of Association When required ; ant I
request you to place my name upon the Register of Members
11l respect of the shares allotted to me.
Name in full
Profession or occupation
Residence in full ...........
Date. 4, . —,..••••(.••.,...••

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