The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-02 00:00:00

DIRECTORS.

William Frederick BariZ—Esq,Director of the Bank of
Hindustan,
Stephen Busk, Esq„ Director of the Merchant Banking Com-
pany.
William Dutlfe, Esq Director of the Standard Bank of Bri-
tish Scut Africa.
Athol Hay, Esq (Bell, Rennie, and Co.', Leith.
Clark Irving, Esq., Hyde-park-square.
James Lyali, Esq. (Lyall, R. nnio, and Co.), Calcutta.
James M‘Master, Esq. (late of William 111.`Mahter and
Brothers), Toronto and Manchester.
Irma ey De Courcy Nixon, Esq., Queen's-gate-o.ardens.
John Paterson, Esq., Directo of the Alliance Bank.
Felix Pryor, Esq. (of the late firm of IL and J. Johnston
and (20.)
John Swindell, Esq. (Swindell and Nlatthews), Mincing-lane.
WI liam Patrick Adam, 14,35 q., M.P., Blair Adam, Kinross-
shire.
henry Thurburn, Esq , 5, Queensborough-terrace.

BANKERS.
London The Alliance Bank, Lothbury.
The Consolidated Bank, Fenchurch-btreet.
Liverpool The Alliano- Bank.
Manchester The Alliance Bank.

The Consolidated Bank.
SOLICITORS.
Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane.
BROKERS.
J. and J. Whithead, 8, Moomate-street.
Temporary offices-1, East India-avenue.

PR CT US.
This company is formed w, hOSPE the special object of uniting
into one strong institution, with its chief office in London,
numerous smell local and colonial institu ions, requiring
con solidat on and additional strength and resource.
The principle of so uniting small colonial institutions has
been most successfully applied to colonial and foreign bank-
ing companies ; and as London is becoming daily more and
more the great "clearing house" of the commercial world,
the different colonial insurance offices have experienced the
absolute neces ity of being effectually represented there, and
this representation they now realise can only be ful y secured,
'lB in the case of the colonial local banks, through amalga-
Ination with some London c mpany of ample means and corn-
rnan ding general confidence.
The directors of the Home and Colonial Company have
~I!een applied to by shareholders in these companies to estab-
lish sue London institution, and are now in treaty
several very successful colonial insurance offices, either for
entire amalgamation, on very favourable terms, or for that
beneficial reciprocity of agency which will at once secure to
the Home and Colonial Assurance Company a most valuable,
fate, and lucr.ttive business as a co-operative assurance corn-
ny.
It may be mentioned. as indicative of the success of the
colonial insurance companies, that their selling prices
range from 1 0 to as high as 1,000 per cent. premium, and
the increase of insurance busines I in the Australian, South
African, Canadian, and Estate n settlements is at a rate of
Progress which has no parallel in European countries.
The princip e of assuring investments made through the
comp ny's agenc,—a pr nciple so uccessfully carried out by
colonial offices —will enter as anew feature into he objects of
the "Home and Colonial Assurance C mpany;" ,nd as in'
I 8 numerous agencies in all parts it will possess pecu'iar
'Belittles for making assured investments for individuals in
Sound foreign and colonial securities, the Directors confi-
dently anticipate, from the agency and insurance charges in
this department of their business, a very large and steady
revenue to their shareholders.
While. however, the Home and Colonial Assurance Com-
pany will specially direct its attention to foreign and colo-
nial basin as, it will not neclect at the same time to cultivate
a home business—a department which will be greatly fos-
tered through its colonial connection. It will also, as a Fire
Assu ance Company, share in that large increase of fire in-
surance business here, which may be expected to follow the
anticipate i abolit on of thc heavy and imp litic stamp tax
at present imposed on r•o,icibs of insurance.
No promotion money given in connection with this Com-
pany, and the 'rectors' remuneration to be left to the share-
holders.
Applications for hares to be made in the fo'lowing form,
conies of which and of the prospectus to be had of the solidi
tors, or brokers, or Lcting cretary of the company.