The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

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The Council of the Royal Dramatic College, considering
that the present is a favourable opportunity for promoting
one of the main purposes of the Institution they have
founded, beg to invite public support in aid of the E EtEC LION
and ENDOWMENT of a SHAIISPERE SCHOOL for the
classical and general education, with scholarships, of the
Children of Actors or Actresses and Dramatic Authors—the
noblest and most fitting Monument to the memory of the
Player and Poet.

The Council of the Royal Dramatic College beg to apprise
the public, that all Subscriptions intended for the endow •
ment of the Shakspere School should be paid only to the
Master, New Theatre Royal Adelphi ; or to Messrs. Coutts,
Bankers, Strand, London.
A Public Meeting will shortly be held in the Royal Adelphi
Theatre to advance this object, of which due notice will be
given. Ladies, noblemen, gentlemen, and others interested in
carrying out this design, are requested to communicate with
the undersigned.

BENJAMIN WEBSTER, Master.
Feb. 27,1864.
Committee Room (open from 11 till 4), 411, Strand.
Secretary, Mr. Thomas Stuart.

THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited).
To be iteorpora ed under the Co,rpanies Act, MU, wh'eh,
limits the _Liability of Sh3reholders to the amonat of their
Shares.

Alters ion of Title.--in consequence of some persons having
on the day the advert Bement of this Company went to
press registered themselves et t e Join -Stock Regis:er
Office under the title of "NATIONAL MARINE 41N-
SURANCIf COMPANY," such Title is ^h cooed, and the
Direc ore have substituted the ~bove Title.

Capital £1.000,000, in 40,000 Sh IT es of £25 each.
First Issue, 20.000 Share
£1 per Share to be p -lid on application, and £llos. per Share

on at otment.
It is not contemplated that more than £5 per Share w.
132 cilled up.

DIRECTORS.

Harrison Watson, Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and- Co.),
Chairman of the Cape Town tud. Dock Railway Company.
Robert W. Barclay, Esq. (Messrs. Tura, Barclay, and C 0.3,
Gresham House.
Abel Chapman, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of Marine
Investment Company.
H. A. Coffey, Esq„ Director of Marine Investment

Company.
E. De Pass, Esq.. Merchant, 9, Fenchurch-street.
John Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper
Thames-street.
Charles F. Ellis, Esq. (Messrs. Henry Ellis and Son), 17
Gracechurch-street.
G. Gilbert, Esq. (Messrs. Gilbert, Kerr, and Co.!, 3, Abchurch-
lane.
Cornelius Grinnell, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell, Tinker, and Mor-
gan , 7, Leadenhall-street.
A. Jarvis, Esq., Merchant, Director, Standard Bank, South
_ Africa. _ _ _

Robt. E. Shaw, Esq. (Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co.), 34,
Leadenhall-street.
U. E. Mavrogordato, Esq., 5, Copthall-court, and Lloyd's.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.

Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Twells, and Co., London.
SOLIC [TORS.
Messrs. Sewell, Sewell, and Edwards.
BitoX ERR.
London—Sir It. W. Carden and Sons. Royal Exchange-
buildings.
Liverpool—Robert Byrne, Esq., Royal Bunk buildings.
Manchester—Charles P. Allen, Esq., India-buildin4d.
Newcastle-on-Tyne—J. S. Chailoner, Esq., Dean-street,
Bristol —Henry T. Chamberlain, Esq.
Hull—Messrs. Wilkinson and Ingleby, Exchange-bil dings.
Leeds—Messrs. Ridsdate and Wailes, Park-row.
SECRETARY (pro tern.) Mr. W. Distant.
Atiorrons—Me srs. Cash and co., Tok eihuuse-yard.
Temporary Offices-4, lement's-lane, City.
Notwithstaniirg the fa' ilities afforded far the t, rmation
at-stockofjoi companies by the application of limited liability,
many of our lame shipping towns are si ill without any im-
proved means of effecting marine insurance.
The vast increase of shipping entering* and leaving the
various provincial ports of the United Kingdom renders it
very desirable that the inconveniences of the present system
adpted in such ports for effecting Marine Insurances should
be obviated, and the same facilities for insuring afforded as
can be obtained in the metropolis.
The Head Office of this Company will be in London, but
its operations will comprise such towns as Liverpool, Bristol,
Gloucester, Cardiff, Leith, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Hull,
whose commercial importance afford, a large and profitable
field .or Marine Insurance, and from the promises of support
which have already been received the Directors entertain
the greatest confidence In the success of the undertaking.
A reference to the following stet sties will show the great
success whi h has attended undertakings of his description
when properly conducted, as well as the estimation in which
their shares are held by the public, notwithstan ling the field
of operations open to them is far more limited than that con-
templated by this Company:—
Vet* share paid. Are now worth
Alliance Marine . £25 0 0 £55 0 0
Indemnity „
London
Ocean 91
Marine lB 0 0 .... 96 0 0
Thames and Mersey Marine 2 0 0 . 610 0
The profits made by Marine Insurance Companies gene-
rally, it is wellknown, are very large, butes some time must
necessarily elapse, from the magnitude of their operations,
before the actual amount realised can be arrived at, the
Directors of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Com-
pany (Limited),-propose to pay out of their profits interest
not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum for the first two years,
dividing the surplus by way of bonus and reserve fund at the
End of that period.
An arrangement will be made with an underwriter of high
standing toconduct the London business, whose connection
and influence will at once become available to this Company.
A fair proportion of the shares have already been privately
subscribed for, and the Board will allot at the earliest pos-
sible date.

Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained
from the Brokers, the Solicitors, or Secretary pro tem., at the
temporary of of the Company.

THE WARRANT BANKING COMPANY
(Limited.)
(vizia, ADVANCES ON MERCHANDISE AND SECURITIES.)
Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862.
Capital £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £5O each.
First Issue, 20,000 shares.
Deposit £l per share on application, and £4 per share on
allotment. Future calls will not exceed £5 per share, at
intervals of three months.

DIRECTORS.
Joseph Bravo, Esq., of J. Bravo and Co., London.
Archibald Bruce, Esq., of the late firm of Bruce and Co.,
Abchurch-lane, London.
W. J. R. Cotton, of Culverwell, Brool s, and Cotton, London.
A. D. De Pass, Esq., of De Pass and Sons, London.
Abel Heywood. Esq., ex-Mayor of Manchester, Director of
the Alliance Bank, Manchester.
George Harvey Jay, Esq., Tokenhonse-yard, late of the firm
of Quilter, Bali, and Jay, London.
Thomas Jolly, Esq., of Thom +0 Jolly and Co, Manchester.
William M'Andrew, Esq., of William M'Andrew and Sons,
London.
H. R. Marriott, Esq., of Henry Marriott and Co., Manchester.
William M. Neill, Esq., of Neill Brothers and Co.. London
and Manchester.
George Palmer Robinson, Esq, Director of the Alliance
Bank, London.
Albert Ricardo, Esq., of A. and W. Ricardo, London.
William Rawstron, Esq., of Ralph Rawstron, Manchester.
BANKERS,
London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank.
SOLICITORS.
London—Messrs. Fyson, Tathams, Carling, and Walls, Fre-
derick'• -place, Old Jewry.
Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane.
Liverpool —Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone.
Manchester—Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and
Seddon.

BROKERS.
London—Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead, Mo-rgate-street
Liverpool—Messrs. Gasquoine and Chamberlain.
Manchester—Messrs. Shore and Kirk.

TEMPORARY OFFICES.
21, Throgmorton-street, London.

PROSPECTUS.
While Exchange Banks and Credit Institu'ions have been
established to connect this country financially with almost
every foreign market, and to give fact ities for conveying to
our shores every description of merchandi e, it is remarkable
that as soon as the operation of importing is performed the
monetary facilities are withdrawn. The bills drawn upon
our merchants mature, and must either be 'net by the mer-
chant's capital unaided. or by sales. Thns, when tempo-
rani y there is an excess of any commodity imported, its
price is undu y depressed, and a rion4 losses are incurred.
Ordinary bankers and discount houses dislike making ad-
vances upon merchandise, having no organisation for exa-
mining the goods and correct y estimating their value.
What they want are good bills, drawn on those who, know-
ing the value, have accepted for a fair advance. Division of
labour is here as elsewhere found to be most convenient and
profitable..

To meet this want, which every merchant must acknow-
ledge, the Warrant Bank ng Company is formed. The bu I-
ness of the Company will mainly consist in making .idv nces
upon deposit of the staple articles of produce, represented by
dock warrants or other means of absolute assignment, duly
inspected and valued on behalf of the Company, and with a
proper margin to allow for depreciation.
These advances will be made in a ceptances by the Cora-
p,ny of the drafts of its customers, and as every bill will re-
present mer handise readily convertible, and b at the same
time secured by the whole ca ital of a powerful Company, the
exact position of which will be patent to al', there can be no
doubt that the whole Dia oust Market will be available when
it is desired by the holder to turn the bill into cash.
It will be readily apparent that the existence of such an
institution, while it will be of great service to merchants, an i
increase the stability of the entire class, will be an equal con-
venience to bankers and ais :aunt firms, furnishing them with
a class of bills ra"ely obtainable. In order to render the due
payment of the Company's acceptances certain, the Directors
undertake that the entire paid-up capital of the Company
will be invested, and, so far as practicable, remain invested in
British and East Indian Government securities, and upon
deposit at call, and it is proposed that the capital thus paid
up and invested within the first year shall reach the sum of
at least £200,000.
The field which exists for such an undertaking will be at
once apparent from a glance at the Board of Trade returns of
foreign impor s for the past year, which amounted (not to
speak of home produce) to over £200.00,000. If we estimate
the average stook of for, ign goods held in warehouse, as
equal to three months' consumption, it would represent an
amount of £50,000,000.

Advanceiimity t;lso be made when deemed advisable upon
Stocks and Shares, in permanent undertakings readily con-
vertible.

A. re ,sonable proportion will always be maintained be-
tween the extent of business undertaken and the cal ed-up
capital. Should it be necessary, the latter will be increased
to one million sterling, to be invested as already indicated,
simply as a guarantee fund.

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Branches will, in due time, be established at Liverpool,
Manchester, Glasgow, eic. &c.
Too Directors will not receive any remuneration until the
tharehblders have been paid Z 5 per cent. by way of dividend
on their paid-up capitsl. Atter payment of 5 per cent. the
Directors will receive one-fifth of the nett profits.
No promotion money will be paid for originating this un-
dertaking. The preliminary expenses will be confined to the
necessary disbursements

Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be
obtained of the brokers, bankers, solicitors, and at the tem-
porary offices of the Company, but no. application for shares
will be considered unless a deposit of £1 per share has been
previon ly p ,id to the bankers of the Company.
In the event of no a lot ment being made the deposit will be
returned without deduction, and should the number allotted
be 1 ss than the number applied for, the payment in excess
will be applied towards the balance of the deposit.

FORK OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.

No.—
To the Director; of the Warrant Banking Company
(L 'tilted).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of
being a Depo it of £1 per share on shares in the above
company, I hereby request that you will lot me that num-
ber, and I aqree to become a member of the Company in re-
spect of such shares, or in respect of any less number you may
airot me; and to pay on allotment the further deposit of £4
P r share thereon, and. I reqest that my name may be placed
0,1 the Register of Members for the
in full s' area so alloted.
ame
Residence
Profession or business
Date •••t

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the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class
goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to
Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select
rom, displayed iii Shbvt,rcottis occupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted
hGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT 'fa FUR.,
NISII are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and
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equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo
Wm -able engravings of every description of Furniture and
...easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and
post-free on application. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised
tale

A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Tea-roamed ditto
A Twelve-roomed ditto 191 11 0

l'ogether with a erice List of purified Bedding, aid a mass
of valuable informationto all requiring household furniture,
:.arpets or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy-
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Wells. Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborouuh, Margate. Kidder-
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linta
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TEN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS.-
STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited)
BONDS of £.50 each, are now ready for issue. constituting a
First Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable
in Three. Years, and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per
Annum, payable half-yearly.

Apply at the. Offices of the Company, 315, Strand, W.C.
or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stock and Share Broker, 11, Token
house-yard, E.C.
By Order of the Board,
FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy.

THE ALBION BANK (LIMITED)
Capital £1,000,000 in 20,000 Shares of £5O each.

First Issue, 10,0c0 Shares,

Deposit LI per Share on Application, and £1 per Share on

Affolment.

It is not intended to call up more than Zl5 per Share. No
call will be made for three months after allotment. Three
months interval, at least, will elapse between two calls, and
no call-will exceed £5 per Share.
To be Incorporated under the Joint-Stock Companies Act
of 1852, whereby each shareholder's liability is limited to the
amount of his shares.