The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-15 00:00:00

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N°. 22,352.

THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1864.

T" BRITISH and CALIFORNIAN
BANKING COMPANY (Limitel).
Capital £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £5O each. First issue,
20,000 shares.
Deposit, £1 per share on application, and £1 10s. on allot-
ment: with a further sum of £2 lOs por share within 14
days thereafter,
It is not intended to call up more than £25 per share. Calls
not to exceed £2 10s. per share, at intervals of three
months. Friority will bpe
given to shareholders in any
future issue.

AMENDED PROSPECTUS.

THE CREDIT FONCIER (LIMITED)
Land Credit Company for Great Britain and Ireland.
To be incorporated under " The Companies Act, 1862."
Capital, £1,000,000, in 20,00.) shares of £5O each. First issue,
10,000 shares. Deposit on application, £1 per share, and
£4 on allotment. Subsequent calls not to exceed £2 10s.
per share, and at intervals of not less than three months.
No call will be made until after the expiration of three months

A N APPEAL to the SHAKSPERE COM-
MITTEE fer the ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—
Patronised by her Most Gracious MAJESTY and his Royal
Highness the Prince of WALES.—The noblemen and gen-
tlemen forming the various Shakspere Committees are ear-
nestly prayed to ccnstder the appropriateness of devoting a
portion of the funds collecting for the Tercentenary Celebra-
tion of the great Poet to the above Institution, founded for
"the poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the
stage, and then is heard no more," and the education of their
children. What nobler monument could be erected to the
memory of Shakspere, himself a player, than the building
and endowing the two schools of this College in his name,
and enabling a few worn-out actors to pass in comfort to
their last home who have contributed to your pleasure and
amusement ? Shakspere writes :—" Good my lord, will you
see the players well bestowed! Do you hear, let them be
well used; for they are abstract and brief chronicles of the
time." B. WEBSTER, Master.

MR, SHERIDAN LE FANU'S NEW NOVEL.
WY D E R'S H A N D.
By the Author of " The House by the Churchyard."

Is ready at every Library.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

from the date of allOtrnPnt.
It is not intended to call up more than £lO per share ; but as
the operations of the company increase, and more share
capital can be advantageously employed, further issues of
shares will be made, a preference being given to the then
existing shareholders.
The Mercantile Credit Association (Limited) will act as

DIRECTORS.
Sir Henry E. F. Young, ('.8., the late Governor of Tasmania
and formerly of South Australia.
William Nicol, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and
County Bank.
Hugh C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P., Director of the London
and County Bank,
George Young, Esq., Director of the City Bank.
An^ rew Lawrie, Esq, Director of the City Bank.
Colonel James Holland, Director of the Agra and United
Service Bank.
P. G. Vander Byl, Esq. (Messrs. Vander Byl and Co., Caps
Town).
Frede, ick Harrifrn, Esq.. Director of the London and South
American Bank.
Richard B. Wade, Esq., Director of the National Provincial
Bank of England.
William Tabor, Esq , Director of the Imperial Bank.
William .1. Maxwell, Esq., Director of the National Pro-
vincial Bank of England.
George Campbell, Esq. (ffeFsrs. H. N. Dickson and Co.,
London„ and Dickson. De Wolfe, and Co., San Francisco).
George E. Scaramanga, Esq., (Messrs. Scaramanga Brothers,
London and New Yo k),
Robert Rodgers, Esq. (Messrs. Robt. Rodgers and Co., Liver-
pool. and Rodgers, Meyer, and Co , San Francisco).
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financial agents.
Xenophon Balli, Esq., merchant, Londofl.
'1 homas Dakin, Esq., alderman, Abchurch-lane.
James Dickson, Esq. (Messrs. Lenox, Nephew,
and Co.), London.
William H. Harford, Esq. (Messrs. Sir W. Miles,

Bart., and Co., Bristol).'
P. D. Hadow Esq., Deputy-Chairman Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany.
George F. Holroyd, Esq., Director of the Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company,
J. G. Homere, Esq., merchant, London.
P. Proudfoot. Esq., Manchester.
James Pim, Esq., Dublin.
Joseph Thornton, Esq., Beaver Hall, South-
gate.
F.G. Westmorland, Esq. (C. Joyce and Co.),

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London.
Alf red Wilson, Esq., Director of the Bank of

London.
Michael Zariii, Esq. (Zarifi Brothers), London. j

BANKERS.

Director'
of the

Mercantile
Credit
Association
(Limited).

DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. JAMES S rUART WORTLEY, Chairman.
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Director of the Midland and Great We-
stern Railway of Ireland.
The Hon. T. C. Haliburton, M.P.
Edward Warner, E6q., M.P.
Joseph Boyce, Esq., Director of the Royal Bank of Ireland.
Alexander Dunbar, Esq., Old Broad-street.
Alexander Boyle, Esq. (Messrs. Boyle, Low, Murray, and

The London and County Bank, Lombard-street and its

Branches.
The City Bank, Threadneedle-street, and 34, Old Bond-

street.
The Bank of Liverpool, for Liverpool.
The National Provincial Baak of England, for Manchester,
Birmingham and other Branches.
The Agra and United Service Bank, for India and China.
The Bank of Australasia, for Australia and New Zealand.
M. Pierre Rodoconachi, for Paris.

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Co.), Dublin.- -
Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's.
Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and
Co.), London.
James Levick, Esq., 9, King's Arms-yard, London.
James Pim, Esq. (Messrs. James Pim and Co.), Dublin.
Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square.
John Westmorland, Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance
Company), London.
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SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Wilkinson, S!eVens:incrWilkinson, 4, Nicholas-

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lane, Lombard-street.
Messrs. Atchinson and Hathaway, 14, Bedford-row.

BROKERS.

Messrs. 3luHens, Marshall, and Daniell, 3, Lombard-street,

London.
Messrs. Bates and Riddelsdell, 26, Throgmorton-street,

BANKERS.
Messrs. Ma terman, Peters, Mildred, and Co.
Messrs. Hallett, Ommanney, ani Co., Westminster.
The Bank of London.
The Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster.
Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., 28, Nicholas-lane.
BROKERS.

London.
Messrs Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street.
Messrs. Taunton and Co., Liverpool and Manchester.

SECRETARY.
Samuel Magnus, Fsq.

Temporary Offices— London Financial Association (Limited),

No. 1, Threadneedle-street.

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The London Financial Association (Limited) invite sub-
scriptions for the Capital Stock of the British and Californian
Banking Company (Limited).
This Bank is established to supply those facilities which
the great and increasing trade of California imperatively re-
quires. It is remarkable that, while British capital has been
seeking investment in joint-stock banking operations in
every part or the world. California has been hitherto over-
looked. This omission has excited no little surprise on the
part of the merchants and traders of that State, and the esta-
blishment of this Bank will be eagerly hailed by them.
The following facts show how large a field of operations
will be open to this Institution. The yield of the gold fields
is above £8,000,000 per annum, and is steadily increasing.
Silver mines discovered about four years ago in the new ter-
ritor. of Nevada are now producing £200,000 sterling per
month. Great progress has been made in agriculture, and
instead of importing grain, as the gold colonies of Australia
do, California exports largely. The population of the State
exceeds 500,000, exclusive of the Chinese and Indians, and is
on the increase.
The Gre 4t Pacific Railway, for uniting the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts, is now under construction. When completed,
it will take only six days to convey tassengers and goods
from New York to San Francisco, and the latter place will
then become an important depot for the trade to China,
Japan, and other parts of the East. For the purpose of com-
munication, California is already brought by telegraph
within ten days of Europe.
There is tri-monthly steam communication between Cali-
fornia and the Eastern States, and Europe, via Panama, and
hi-monthly between San Francisco and the British colonies
to the north. The direct trade between England and Cali-
fornia, and between the colonies and California, is rapidly
increasing; and a large proportion of the precious metals is
being sent to London instead of, as formerly, to New York.
The facilities for discounting commercial paper, and for
deposits, are at present very deficient, contrasting remarkably
with those in the Atlantic) States, in India, China, Australia,
and other British possessions. The rate of discount ranges
from 1 to 2 per cent. per month, and the exchange business is
capable of great development.
The business of the Bank will include advances on ship-
ments of gold, silver, and other produce of the country, the
purchase of bullion, the discount of commercial bills, ad-
vances for a limited period on available securities and
chandise, letterO of credit, and all other usual banking
operations.
Applications for shares must be made in the subjoined
form, which may be otained at h offices of th London
Financial Association (Lim' ted), tofe the brokers,e or of the
bankers.

Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throg-

morton-street.
Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—G. W. Benwell, Esq.
Temporary Offices—Offices of the Mercantile Credit
Association, 21, Threadneedle-street.

FORM Or APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
To the Directors of the British and Californian Banking
Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your credit with the
sum of £ , I request you will allot me shares
in the above Company, which I agree to take, or any less
number that may be allotted to me, to pay the calls that may
be made upon the same, and to become a member of the
Company.

Name in full
Usual signature
Profession or business
Address in full
Date ..

AMENDED PROSPECTUS.

In consequence of the New Regulation of the Stock Ex-
change, r assed 11th February, 1864, as follows :
" the Committee will not recognise transactions in the
Shares of any New Company unless one-half of the
nominal capital of the Company be issued, and at least
10 per cent. paid thereon,"
The first issue of Shares has therefore been increased to
50,000.

THE MARITIME INSURANCE COMPANY
(Limited).
Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under "The
Companies Act, 1852."
Capital. One Million, in 100,000 shares of £lO each.
First Issue 50,030 shares, instead of 25,000 shares, as before
announced.

Deposit on Applicationn iLi per Share.
per Share Further payment on
A.

DTRECTORS.
Francis Boult, Esq. (Messrs. Boult, English and Brandon.)
Alexander Duranty. Esq. (Messrs. A. Duranty and Co.)
William Harrison, Esq. (M ssrs. Harrisons and Latham.)
W 11. Haynes, Esq., Merchant.
Patrick Hunter, Esq. ( viessrs. Browne, Hunter, and CO
George B. Kerferd. Esq. (Messrs. Geo. B. Kerierd and Co.)
Peter Maxwell, Esq., Merchant.
P. M. Mil er, Esq. (Messrs. Miller and Mosman.)
William Nicol, Esq. Merchant.
Daniel Powell, Esq, (Messrs. Daniel Powell and Co.)
T. Harrison Ridley, Esq. (Messrs. Ridley, Son, and Co,)
J. Barkeley Smith, Esq. (Messrs. Houghton, Smith, and Co.)
With power to add to their number.
MANAGER AND UNDERWRITER.
Henry Case, Esq.
BANKERS.
The National Bank of Liverpool (Limited).
The National Bank, Old Broad-street, London.
And its branches in Ireland.
The Union Bank, Manchester.
BROKERS.
Henry Walker Lucas, Esq., 3, Copthall-buildings, London,
E.C.
Geo. Edwd. Schultz, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Tithebarn-
street. Liverpool.
Edward lox, Esq., 51, Dame-street, Dublin.
Frederick Fielder. Esq., cross-street, Manchester.
Charles Boult, Esq., 15A, St. Ann's-square, Manchester.

AUDITORS.
Messrs. Harmood Banner and Son.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Littledale, Ridlcy, and Bardswell.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
4 and 5, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool.
PROSPECTUS.
This Company is formed, nat for the purpose of establish-
ing a new Marine Insurance Office in rivalry with offices
already opened, but with the object of continuing the existing
Maritime Insurance business so long conducted by Mr. Henry
Case, under the firm of Price and Co., in Exchange-buildings,
Liverpool.
Mr. Case's serrices, as underwriter, have been secured
upon terms satisfactory to the Directors, dependent in part
upon the success of the Company, and without the payment
of any "promotion money," either in cash or shares.
It is anticipated that whilst the extensive connection al-
ready possessed by Messrs. Price and Co. will be retained
and consolidated by the formation of a Company, the busi-
ness will, at the same time, be considerably increased.
The success which has attended the operations of Marine
Insurance Companies in Liverpool, may be gathered from
the present vaiue of their Shares in the market, viz. :
Amount Present Equal
paid. price. to
The Thames and Mersey £2 £7 0 0 250 per cent pm.
The British and Foreign 2 415 0 137 „
The Union 2 5 1 3 1M „
The Empire
The Albion
The Mercantile
The strictest economy will be exercised in working, and the
preliminary expenses will consist solely of the actual neces-
sary disbursements and legal charges.
Applications for Shares must be accompanied by a payment
of £1 per share, which will be retained on account of the full
payment of £2 per share on the number of shares which may
te allotted to the applicant, and will be liable to forfeiture it
payment of the remaining LI per share be not made at the
time to be stated in the notice of allotment.
Forms of application for shares may be obtained from the
brokers, and also at the temporary offices of the Company,
4 and 5, Brown's-building's, Liverpool.
In cases where no allotments are made, the deposit will be
returned without deduction.

THE CREDIT FONCIER (Limited).
The following. Circular has This Day been issued to
all Applicants for Shares in this Company :
THE CREDIT FONCIER (Limited),

At the Temporary Offices of the Mercantile Credit Associa-
tion (LimitedN 21, Threadneedle-street, RC., London,
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Feb. 10, 1864.
Sir, —By a resolution of the Committee of the Stock Ex-
change, passed this day, it is required that all new companies
shall issue at least one half of the number of shares consti-
tuting their nominal capital, and shall call up not less than
16 per cent. of the amount of such shares before being entitled
to the privilege of being quoted on the Stock Exchange Offi-
cial List,
Under these circumstances, and to comply with the regula-
tion above referred to, the Directors have this day decided to
reduce the £lOO shares into £5O shares, to make the nominal
capital of the Company £1,000,000, in 20,000 shares of £5O
each ; the firs' issue to consist of 10,000 shares, as already
announced; and that £1 shall be paid on application and £1
on allotment.
I am consequently instructed to enclose herewith an
amended prospectus, and also a fresh form of application.
The Meeting of the Directors stands adjourned to Wednes-
day, the 17th inst., at one o'clock, by which time the amended
form of application should be returned, duly signed by you,
as all applications not then received by the Directors must
be considered as withdrawn, and the deposits already paid
will be returned.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
G. W. BENWELL, Secretary, (pro tem.)

CREDIT FONCIER of MAURITIUS (Limited).
Incorporated with limited liability under the Com-
panies' Act, 1802.
Capital £500,000. in 10,000 Shares of £5O each. Payable on
allotment £2 per Share. It is contemplated that about £lO
per Share will be called up.
DIRECTORS.

Lieut.-Col. F. A. V. Thurburn, late Deputy-Commissioner
of Revenue in Oude.
Henry Young, Esq., late Chief Secretary to the Govern-
ment at Bombay.
George Clerihew, Esq„ late Chief Medical Officer at
Mauritius.
mAuRITIIIS BOARD.
The lion. Ce.icourt Antelme, Member of the Legislative
Council and Landed Proprietor.
The lion. Henri Pitot, Member of the Legislative Council
and Landed Proprietor.
G. C. Bourguignon, Esq., Merchant and Landed Pro-
prietor.
Henri Plasson. Esq., Merchant and Landed Proprietor.
Volcy de Sennevill,_, Esq., Landed Proprietor.
LONDON AGENTS.
The Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited).
BANKERS.

LONDON BOARD.

Colonel Balfour, late Chief of Military Finance De-
partment of India, Director of the Land Mortgage Bank of
India. _ _ _ . _ . .

Sir John P. Grant, K.C.8., late Lieutenant-Governor of
Bengal, and Director of the Land Mortgage Bank of India.
George Henry Money, Esq., 9, Berkeley-street, Berkeley-
square.
George Palmer Robinson, Esq., Director of the Alliance
Bank of London and Liverpool. _ _

Richard Spooner, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Bank of
Hindustan.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Tu be retained by the Bankers.
The Maritime Insurance Company (Limited).
First Issue, 0,000 shares.
To the Directors of the Maritime Insurance Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—)having paid to the Bankers of the above-
named Corn any the sum of X , I hereby request
teat you will allot me Shares in the said Company.
and I agree to accept such Shares, or any smaller number
that may be allotted to e, and to become a member of the
Company, and I authorise you to place my name on the Re-
gister ot Members in respect of the Shares to be allotted to
me, and I agree to b bound by all the conditions and regu-
lations contained in the Memorandum and Articles of Asso-
ciation of the Company ; I further authorise you to forward
by post to my address, as below, the certificate for any Shares
which may be allotted tome.
Dated this day of 1861.
Name in full

London—Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool.
Mauritius—The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, Lon-
don, and China.

SOLIC [TORS.
Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane.
BROK t- RS.
Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour, 10, Old Broad-street.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Wm. Grreme Dick, Esq.
Offices, Land Mortgage Bank of India, 17, Change-

E.C.
The progress of Mauritius, as the chief seat of the produc-
tion of sugar by free labour, has been such as to create a
large and valuable landed property, which affords an excel-
lent field for the operation of a Land Mortgage Bank or
Credit Foncier. _

The following table of the exports of sugar from 31auTitius
gives the best pro fof this progress, and shows how firmly
the prosperity of the colony is now established :
Tons.
1850
1851

185`)

70,819
1853
1854
1855
7856
1857
1858
1859
1860
The crop of 1861, owing to a hurricane, only produced
.08,000 tons, but that of 1862 reached 160,000 tons,
This production tends every year to increase with the faci-
.ities of obtaining labour from India, with extended cultiva-
tion and irrigation, and with the establishment of railroads,
which are in course of execution, and will be partially open
to traffic in the early part of this year.
At the present rate of production the annual value of the
sugar crop may be t.ken at £3,00 x,OOO, and the fee-simple
value of the sugar e dates at £6,000,000 ; in addition to which
there is a large amount of real property in lands, houses, and
other forms.
There is also great scope for useful outlay of capital in im-
provements on estates, by erecting new machinery, clearing
waste lands, and irrigating.
The'rate of interest is exceedingly high, and a rate equal
to 10 per cent. per annum, or 8 per cent. interest, with 2 per
cent, commission, would be readily paid on loans redeemable
by annuities, and with a security never less than double the
advance.
It is estimated that a sum of £2,000,000 might be safely in-
vested at this rate.
Supposing £1,090,000 only to be invested at a difference of
4 per cent. between the rate paid upon bonds in England and
received in Mauritius, it Is evident that the profit on the
paid-up portion of the share capital, which would not exceed
£lOO,OOO or £150.000, would be very large.
The remainder of the share capital of £500,000, together
with the amount of first mortgages on first-class real pro-
perty, which would always equal the amount of bonds issued,
would thus give these bonds an unexceptionable security.
The legislation of Mauritius affords great advantages for
the establishment of a Credit Foncier,
It is the same as that of the French Code Civil, and a law

providing a simple and effective registration of all mortgages
has just been passed for the express purpose of facilitating
the establishment of Companies to lend upon land.
Under these circumstances an Application has been made
to the Directors of the Land Mortgage Bank of India, on be-
half of a large number of the principal members of the Legis-
lative Council and Landed Proprietors of Mauritius, to esta-
blish a branch there.
The Directors of the Land Mortgage Bank were of opinion
that Mauritius promised an excellent field of operations, but
as the nature of the properties and tenures of land are diffe-
rent from those of India, to which the original subscriptions
of their Bank were invited, it wa4 thought better to raise a
separate capital and constitute anew Company, which, while
connected with the Mortgage Bank by friendly relations,
should yet be a distinct institution. The close connection
between Mauritius and India renders this alliance peculiarly,
desirable, and will be the means of securing valuable busi-
ness to the new Company, while the expenses of an office
and establishment in London will be diminished by mutually
advantageous arrangements.
A deposit of £2 is payable on allotment, and calls by in-
stalments up to £lO per share will be made, after which it is
intended to issue Bonds.
The Articles of Association lie at the offices of the Solici-
tors for inspection.
Applications may be made in the annexed form, addressed
to the Offices of the Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited),
Change-alley, or to the Brokers.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Credit Foncier of Mauritius (Limited).
Gentlemen,
I hereby request that you will allot me Shares
in the above Company, subject to the Memorandum and
Articles of Association, and I agree to become a Member of
the Company in respect of such Shares, or in respect of any
less number you may allot me, and to pay the deposit of .£2
per Share thereon ; and I request that my n sme may be
placed on the Register of Members for the Shares so allotted.
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business
Date
Reference

Firm (it any)
Business or Profession
Place of Business
Residence

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miughain.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
ORDINARY FiALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET-
ING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the sr. GEORGE'S
HARBOUR COMPANY will be held at the Offices of the
Company, No.l, Robert-street, Adelobi, in the City of West-
minster, on MONDAY, the 29th February instant, at 12
o'clock precisely.
It WILBERFORCE BIRD, Chairman.
Dated this 12th of February, 1864.

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
FIVE PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES.
The Directors of the Great Eastern Railway Company
hereby give notice, that, in accordance with the Act, the
SECOND CALL of £2los. per Share is payable on or before
TUESDAY, the 23d February, 1684, at the Union Bank of
London, Princes-street, Mansion-house, London, or at
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, London.
It will be necessary for the holder of the t•crip to present
the same to the bankers at the time of making payment, in
order to have the receipt properly filled up.
The Five per Cent. interest will be paid on the Ist of
March and on the let of September in each year.
By order,
B. OViPEN, Secretary.
Blshopsgate-terminus, Feb. 4,1864.

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
FOUR-AND-A-HALF PER CENT. PREFERENCE
STOCK.
Tho Great Eastern Railway company are prepared to re-
ceive APPLICATIONS for SUMS of £lOO, or upwards, of
the above Stock, created under the powers of their Act of
1862, bearing a fixed Preferential Interest of 41 per cent. per
annum.
Interest commences from the date of payment.
Applications to be made either personally or by letter to
the undersigned. J. B. OWEN, Secretary.

AMENDED PROSPECTUS.
THE MEXICAN BANK (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.
Capital £1 000 000, in 20,00 shares of £5O each.
(Power to
)
First Issue
Deposit £1 per share on application, and £1 per share on
es
allotment. £3 per share three weeks after allotment.
Calls will not exceed £5 Per share, at intervals of three
months.

DIRECTORS.
Frederick Harrison, Esq., Director of the London and County
Bank.
Manchester.
James L. Hart, Esq., Consul for Mexico (J. Hart and Co.),
London.
Abel Heywood. Esq.
(ex. Mayor of Manchester), Director of
the Alliance Bank. 6
William J. Marshal, Esq.,
l, Esq. (Wilson, Bowles, and Co.), London.
Lewis Lanoworthy
John Paterson, Esq., chairman of the Standard Bank of
British south Africa.
Robert Rumney, Esq., Director of the Alliance Bank, Man-
chester.
Charles Alexander Thurburn. Esq., late of R. and H. Thur
burn and Co.„ of Alexandria.
BANKERS,

The Alliance Bank. LothiMry, London ; Brown's-buildings,
Liverpool; and King-street, Manchester.
SOLICITORS.
London—Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing-lane.
Liverpool—Fletcher, Hull, and Stone, Cook street.
RROKERs.
J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street, London.
Shore and Kirk, Manchester.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
16, King William-street, London, E.C.

THE MEXICAN BANK
(Limited).
The following Circular has been issued to all applicants for
shares in this Company :
The Mexican Bank (Limited), '
Temporary Offices, 16, King William-street, E.C.,
February 13, 1864.

Sir,—ln consequence of the Committee of the Stock Ex-
change having passed a resolution to the effect that all new
Companies must, before obtaining a settlement, issue one-
half of the nominal Capital, the Directors have determined
to issue an amended Prospectus, which they now enclose, at
the same time forwarding you a new Form of Application for
Shares in the above Company, which please to sign and re-
turn on or before Wednesday next at Four o'clock, otherwise
your application will be considered withdrawn and your
money returned.
The applic itions received amounting to nearly ten times
the number, no extended time can possibly be given, and no
increase of the number originally applied for can be received.
I am. Sir,
Your obedient servant,
WM. THOS. MORRISON. Secretary pro tem.

CREDIT FONCIER OF AURIT [US
(Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO FURTHER
APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be
RECEIVED atter Four o'clock on WEDNESDAY next, the
17th inst. •

By Order,
WM. GRZEME DICK, Secretary.

NORWICH 'UNION FIRE AND LIFE
OFFICES.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
The Directors hereby give notice, that, in consequence of
the immediate extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, they have vacated their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New
Bridge-street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES,
No. 29, Fleet-street, E.C,
February 4, 1861.

LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
No. 10, Fleet-street, London, February 9, 1864.
_ .

NOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING of this Society will be held at this
Office, at One o'elock precisely, on TUESDAY, the first day
of March next, at which meeting the vacancy in the Board of
Directors, by the death of the late Clement Tudway Swan-
ston, Esq.. Q.C., as well as the vacancies to be then created
by the retirement of four other Directors in rotation, will be
filled up.
At the same meeting, the vacancy in the office of Auditor,
occasioned by the resignation of John Osborne, Esq., Q.O , as
well as the vacancies to be then created by two other of the
Auditors retiring in rotation, will also be filled up.
Any person intending to become a candidate to fill either
of the above-mentioned vacancies must give notice thereof
in writing, to be left at the office of the Society, at least ten
days previously to the meeting being held.
The Directors and Auditors retiring in rotation arc eligible
for immediate re-election.
By order of the Board,
JOAN NETTLETON, Secretary.

SALE of the AUCTION MART, LONDON.
The DIRECT DRS of the COMPANY of PROPRIE-
TORS of the AUCTION MART will be prepared at one
o'clock, p.m., on MONDAY, the 29th of February next, at the
BOARD ROOM of the said Company in the Mart, to OPEN
sealel TENDERS from persons desirous of purchasing the
premises generally known as the Auction Mart, opposite to
the Bank of England, London, Each Tender mu't be ac-
companied with a receipt annexed to it. signed by the proper
officer of the Union Bank of London, acknowledging that the
sum of £2,000 has been paid into the bank by the person
making such Tender to an account there of " The Trustees of
the Auction Mart," and no cognisance will be taken of the
Tender of any person who shall not have delivered his Ten-
der with such receipt annexed thereto into the hands of the
Secretary of the said Company, either on Saturday, the 27th
day of February next, between the hours of ten a.m. and four
p.m., or upon the morning, of Monday, the 29th day of
Febraary, between the hours of ten a.m. and one p.m., after
which last-named date and hour no Tender will be received.
The highest Tender will be accepted, provided the sum ten-
dered shall be equal in amount to or exceed a reserve price
determined upon by the Directors of the said Company, and
openingplaced under seal prior to the opening of any of the Tenders.
If upon opening the Tenders it shaebe found that two or
more Tenders are of she same amount, such amount being the
highest amount tendered, the Directors of the said Company
reserve the power of deciding which one of such two or more
'renders suall be accepted, and of rejecting the one or more
not so accepted. A form of agreement has been prepared,
which will have to be exc.:lilted by the person whose Tender
shall be declared accepted, Immediately upon any such declara-
tion being made by the Directors of the said Company, and
in default of his so doing, such person shall absolutely forfeit
to the Company the sum he shall have previously deposited
In the said bank. Copies of the
said agreement, together with
copies of this advertisement, conditions of tender, and forms
of tender, have been printed, and nlay be had gratis on ap-
plication at the Auction mart, or at the Office of the Solici-
tors to the said Company, Messrs. uptons, Johnson, and
Upton., 20, Austinfrtars, E.C. The moneys deposited by all
parties whose Tenders may not be accepted will be returned
to them on application at the Union Bank of London, on tne
29th day of February, between the hour at which a final
de3laration may be made with respect to the Tenders re-
ceived at four p tn., or on the ensuing
day between the hours
of ten a.m. and four p.m.
The premises may be viewed by all Persons
provided with
tickets, to be obtained as above.
By order of the Board of Directors,
G.M. JAQUEs, Secretary.
Auction Mart, January, 1.861.

Shortly will be published, in Two Vole. Svo., with an Original
Introductory Notice and Map,
MEXICO: ANCIENT AND MODERN.
By MICHEL CHEVALIER,

Member of the Institute and Senator of France.
London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " WHITEFRIARS,"
Now ready, in Three Vols., Poat Bvo, price 31s. 6d.,
MADELEINE GRAHAM.
A NOVEL OF LIFE AND MANNERS.
London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street.

pI
IG Sie!d—INDIAN
and In every county in England, 10s ed per cwt. ; one cwt.
without oPutlhGuSsk!sith , P
sup Gp
RiAoyNal fParmiGs, 3'WlinEdAsL,
Windsor,
equal to la cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon-
don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PE A.RCE, Manager, 66,
Lant-street, Southwark.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.
31[OLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR
SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes,
and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAAL for Baths, free
from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving
the skin and body in perfect health ; they are a
and rheuma-
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remedy in curing local and cutaneous atections
tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most
eminent physicians ksec Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from
Nos. 1 to 5, accordln, to the degree of sulphur they contain,
sold at the depot, 2, Itupert-street, Coventry-street, London,
W., and at ali chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent
on application.

Now ready, in Two Vols., Bvo., price 325.,
FORTY YEARS IN AMERICA.
By THOMAS LOW NICHOLS. M.D.
"No one in Americ% has had wider or better opportunities
for observing the Life, the Progress, and the Disruption of
the Nation than Dr. Nichols has enjoyed for nearly half a
century."
London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-Street.

Now ready, In Two Vols., Post Bvo., price 215.,
THE SMUGGLER CHIEF.
By GUSTAVE AIMARD.
London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street.

NEW POPULAR WORKS.
To be had at every Circulating Library. Subscribers
should not experience any delay in obtaining copies.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE.
Two Vols.
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CANTERBURY HALL.
THIS EVENING, First Time, an entirely new and
original Optical Illusion, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM ; or,
The Fairies of the Magic Fountain and the Forest of
Shadows ; with novel effects, registered by Mr. C. Morton,
and now exhibited for the first time.
Prince Blossom, Miss E. Townley—in addition to the usual
entertainments of the establishment, supported by the whole
of the talented company.
Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is.
Open every Evening.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-
GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING,
at half-past 7 ; MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SATUR-
DAY, at 2 o'clock.

OYAL ALHAMBRA.-
IA) The best Male r.nd Female Riders—the best Trained
Horses—the Fanniest Clowns—the Greatest Gymnasts—the
Most Wonderful ELEPHANT in the whole World.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL
GALLERY ; established 28 years at the Bazaar,
Baker-street —A full-length MODEL of EDWARD IV.,
King of England, 1483, reported the handsomest man in
Europe, wearing the magnificent crown and coronation robes
of the period. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from
11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street,
Piccadilly,
IS OPEN EVERY EVENING.
During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance
Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele-
brated Argyll Band, forty in number.
Doors Open at half-past 8, commence at 9.
Admission le.

Manager, M. GRENET.

29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7
o'clock by a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng-
land, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edin-
burgh, tte., Arc. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman
and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the
Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre-
parations, tc. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years
old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only).

p RIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL
EXIIIBITION, 1862.1 3
FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., &C.,
To the Queen and the Pi ince of Wales.
(Established 17;0.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
testifies to lie excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manufacture.
A disti,,guished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of

WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS

says :
" I have found them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, com-
mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar."
Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. d. per lb.
Ordinary quality • • • • • • .. Od. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, With a Mixture of Wax.
Rest quality . • • • • • • • • • .. Is. sd. per lb.
Second quality •• • • ••
• • .. is. 3d. per lb.
Third quality .. • • • • • • is. ld. per lb.
Carriage pad in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.,
R, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory—
Kensington (Established 1730).
The largest Establishment in England for the Mai:llllQU=
of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar.

17, Chan.,,e-alley, Kai
Feb. 12, 1861.

MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO.
execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the
year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and
Westminster Bank. Yost-uffice Orders payable at Camber-
Well-park.
•-

N.B.—Betting• on the Waterloo Cup.

Address—Barr and JACKSON, "3ian of tho World" Wine
gwro, uegrgeltrest, Cgmberwcll-park, Luc

(IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,
Alabaser, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON-
CHOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each.

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand, W.C.

Steam Saw Mills, near Charlton Pier, Woolwich.
MR. ANDREW HIND will SELL by
AUCTION, at the MART, on WEDNESDAY, Feb
17, at One precisely, the lease and plant (consisting of steam
engine and boiler. circular and vertical saws, frames, benches,
shafting, &c.) of the lIARRINOTON SAW MILLS, now in
full work, doing a profitable and rapidly increasing business.
Particulars at the Mart, and corner of Little Carter-lane, St.
Paul's.

BUSINESSES. - MR. ANDREW HIND'S
JANUARY LIST,
Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, Lc..
Gratis.
Letters, enclose stamp. Particulars entered free.
Offices—Corner of LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S.

HOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for
SALE a Corner SHOP, at Holloway, and Three Pri-
vate Houses adjoining, producing £94 per annum. Ground
rent £25. Price £715, or separately. Also the following :
Chelsea, four. 1,000 guineas; ditto, £5OO and £nso; Camden-
town, two, £1,20!; Holloway, two, £670; Homcrton, six,
£135 each, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St.
Paul's.

Faraily Residence and Land.

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FARM WANTED to rent, from 50 to 200 acres,
with moderate-sized dwelling-house and outbuildings.
Particulars to be sent to A. IL,ls,Godliman-street, Doctors'-
commons, London.

MR. ANDREW HIND has to LET a comfort-
able HOUSE, in Essex, fourteen miles from town and
two from a station, delightfully situate on high ground, and
commanding extensive views. Contains lofty drawing*
room, dining and morning rooms, four best and five other
bed rooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure
and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow,
together about seven acres ; with lodge entrance, stabling,
coach house, green house, ornamental water, and bridge.
Rent, on three years' agreement, £120; fixtures, £5O; or the
lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price, with fixtures, £2OO. Cards
to view may be had at the Auction and Estate Agency Offices,
corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

HOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET
a spacious HOUSE, at Brixton Hid, containing nine
bed and reception rooms, with usual office, large pleasure
and kitchen gardens, dx. Rent, £lO5. Also a large house,
furnished, and the following —Lewisham, rent £BO ; Harrow,
£BO, itc. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. l'aul%

RESIDENCE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND hag to
LET or SELL an excellent Detached HOUSE at
Hackney, containing 10 rooms, basement, &c. The neigh-
bourhood is pleasant and healthy; soil gravel. Rent, £9O.
Price, freehold, £l,OOO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane,
St. Paul's.

IRELAND.-Mr. ANDREW HIND has for
SALE, the Lessee's Interest in a convenient Small
RESIDENCE and 78 Acres of prime LAND, pleasantly
situate near the City of Cork, and commanding. beautiful
views of the harbour and surrounding country. Good shoot-
ing and fishing. Term of lease. 01 years ; around rent, £72.
Price, £7OO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.
•

DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and Liver complaints, indigestion, wind,
spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. gd. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green paokage, with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

4

PRICE ..4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE
PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup
at EVANS', Covent-garden.

liINAHAN'
8 LLBRANHDTKY y.
COGNAC,
This celebrated Old IRIS II WHISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It i 4 Puce, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. 841, at the Retail Muses in London; by
the Agents in the prinoipo.l towns in England ; or wholesale
at

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, IV.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
Kinahan's LL Whisky."

FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and
FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in
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 in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted.
CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and
C . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un-
equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo
admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and
Bedsteads, 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
caie _ _

A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-roomed ditto ........
A Twelve-roomed ditto

Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass
of valuable informationto all requiring-househ 31d furniture,
carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy-
men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth,
Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great
Britain.

COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford-
bridge, London, B.E,

GOOD SECURITY and TEN PER CENT. for
THREE YEARS.

The STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited), is
now issuing BONDS bearing Ten per Cent. Interest for
Three Years, secured by a First Mortgage. The Bonds are
for X. 50 each, with Six Dividend Warrants of X 2 10e. each
attached.

Apply immediately at the Offices of the Company, 345,
Strand, W.C., or to Mr. T. G. Taylor, Stook and Share Broker,
11, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C.
By Order of the Board,
FREDERIC LAWEANCE, Secy.

THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear
are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street.
They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being
carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the
wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis."

ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS