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

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.
ON AND AFTER IsT OCTOBER NEXT,
A T RA INS
ill run between Paddington and the City, calling at every
Station.
~,..THROUGH TRAINS will also run to and from the Great
'N rt horn and Great Western Railways.
The Metropolitan Company's NEW CARRIAGES,
-I,ICiIITED WITH GAS, will be ready in a few days.
MYLES FENTON, General Manager.
Paddington, Sept. 28, 18C3.

LONDON TAVERN COMP ANY (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies' Act, with Limited
Liability.

'Capital £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of £lO each.

-First Issue '6,ooo..‘:,l;ares.
Deposit on application £l, and .£1 10s. on allotment, with a
further Call not exceeding £2 10s. within three months.

DIRECTORS.
Mr. Alderman ABBISS, Chairman.
atph Causton, Esq., Eastcheap.
JC,usack P. Honey, 15, Lanzham-Pliace•
W. Chater, Esq , London Tavern, Manacing Director.
(With power' to add to their number.)
MANAGEn•
Mr. John Funge.
BAN HEns•
The Dank of London Threadneedle-street ; and 450,
Strand.

SOTiciTons.
Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 3 and 4, Alderman-
bury. E.C. ,
BROKERS.
Messrs, Eykyn Brothers, 22, Change-alley, E.C.
AUDITOR.
gent Roney, Esq. (Honey and Humphrys), 14, Ironmonger-
lane.
SECRETARY pro tern.
Mr. Bred.
Offices—The London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street.
PROSPECTUS.
It is proposed to form a Company to purchase the business
tithe well-known London Tavern, Bishorigate-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
Mr. R. C. Wilson, of 37, L.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
/lump.hrys, Accountants.
The Company 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 vane, 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, with deposit cf £1 per Share, to
the Bankers, Tne Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and
150, 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, 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, 1E62.
Gentlemen,-1 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 the Register for the num-
ber of Shares so allotted.
Signature ........................
Address in full ..................
Date ............................

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street; E.C.
Established 1821.
Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.
DIRECTORS.
Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman.
CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq.
Henry Bonham Carter Esq. 'John Martin, Esq.
..Charles F. Devas, Esq:
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq.
Taimes Goodson, Esq. j Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
liz)mson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq.
ohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. i I Henry Vig,ne, Esq.
x., redk. IL Janson, Esq.

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

AUD:

LIFE DEP.A RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN
ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In-
surers EIGIITT 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
Bonuses 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 £4,730,000, 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.—Insurances are effected upon
every description of property at moderate rates.
No expense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be-
yond the paymznt 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—
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.

ATINERALOGY—King's College. London.—
Prilessor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COURSE OF LECTURESen 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,They will be continued on each succeeding
Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s.
R. W. JELF, D.D,, Principal.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon rt
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robe
N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8.. is Chairmani are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTION, 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. but the centre of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
home, the town he luved, and where he lived and died.

IijOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grav'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 BUCCLEUC}T, 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 zovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom-
panied 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 Weekl Board feel it their imperative duty to make an
EARNESTAPPEAL to the public for continued support,
to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
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Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Masterman, 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. ; Giyn
and Co.; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co.
and ;at the Nisbet
HospitaL and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Office,
Aldershot, 2d September, 1863.
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
FORAGE,

..IsNovember,
et in such quantities as may be required, from
1'413, to 3'st October, ISO. for the use of
Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within Majesty'sivand.
F
fuand. u the com-
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and
delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
outside "Tender for Forage"). and no Tender will be noticed
unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered
by the hour appointed.
lIENRY B. MORSE,
Deputy Commissary-General.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
TENDERS will be received at this Office until
12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October, from persons who
may be willinz to enter into Contracts to supply
FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW,
of Her
in such quantities as may be required, for the use
Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the g planes,
from Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1861followin :
FORAGE.
1. Hyde-pa-k, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse
Guards.
2. Hounsl,,w and Kneller Hall
3. Frampton Court.
4. Windsor.
6. Brighton.
6. Sandhurst.
7. Enfield.

PAILLASSE STRAW.
Y. Brompton House. Hyde-park, and (Kensington.
2. Regent's-Park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street
Barracks.
3. New Barracks, Chelsea.
4, Wellington and St. Georg•e's Barracks.
5. Thw Tower.
6. Ifounslow and Nneller
7. Flampton Court.
S. Windsur.
O. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore-
ham.
10. Croydon.
Separate 'lenders must he made for Forage and for Pail-
asse Straw for each ot the
above mentioned Stations or Bar-
racks as grouuct and numbered.
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tenders on 'lie printed forms must he properly filled up
and si!!ned, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered
at the under-mentioned under closed envelope (marked
on the outside " 'render for Commissariat Supplies "), before
12 o'clock noon on the 3d October next.
(signed) W. T. POWER,
Comm'ssarY-General.
Deputy Commissary-General's Office,
5. New-street, Spring-gardens,
London, S,W., 10th Sopt„ 1803.