The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-07 00:00:00

DIRECTORS.

Richard Henry Browne, Esq., Director of the London Char.
tered Bank of Australia.

W. M. Cadell, Esq., Merchant, London.
J. H. Reynell de Castro, Esq. (Carruthers de Castro and Co.,
Merchants), Manchester and Rio de Janeiro.
Lewis Fraser, Esq. (J. and L. Fraser, Merchants), London
and Singapore.
James M`Master, Esq. (late of Win. M'Master acd Brothers),
Toronto and Manchester.

John Paterson, Esq. (Pateison, Kemp, and Co., Merchants)
London and Port Elizabeth.
William Pearce, Esq. (William Pearce and Cc., Merchants)
London and Calcutta.
Jam( s Adam Smith, Esq. (Smith, Wood, and Co., Merchants)
London, Liverpool, and Manilla.
Thomas Stenhouse Esq. (Thomas Stenhouse and Co., Mer-
chants), London and Bombay.
Henry Thurburn, Esq., Queensborough-terrace, Paddington,
Harrison Watson. Esq. (J. It. Thomson and Co., 3ler.hants)
London and Cape Town.
Edward Weston, Esq., Director of the Standard Bank of
British South Africa.

13ANKERS.
London—The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool
Lothbury and Southwark.
Liverpool—The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool.
Manchester—The Union Bank of Manchester.

SOLICITORS.
Massa{. Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing-lane.
BROILERS.
ttessrs. J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street.
TEMPORARY OFFICE OF THE COMPANY,
27, Moorgate-street, London.

PROSPECTUS.
This Company is established in order, as its name implies,
to carry on the trade of Merchant Bankers. Hitherto this
department of business has been almost exclusively in the
hands of private firms, but it is confidently believed that the
Joint-Stock principle may be most beneficially applied to it,
as well in the interests of commerce as to the advantage of
those who desire a safe and profitable investment.
The Merchant Banking Company of London, Limited, is
in consequence projected, having been carefully matured
under the auspices of merchants, and, having every facility
already available and in full operation, the Company will at
once enter upon a business ascertained to be of highly re-
munerative nature, with all the advantages of local know-
ledge and exrerience of the respective foreign markets.
The Company will avoid costly establishments abroad,
which ab,orb so large a portion or the profits of other bank-
ing establishments, and avail themselves of the agency of
mercantile houses already established.
The Company will grant negotiable orother credits, by and
upon their Foreign Agents, to importers of produce in this
country, on the continent of Europe, and in America.
They will make advances on the staplemanufactures of this
country under documentary bills, or consigned to their Agents
abroad, for such periods as may be necessary to realise the
sale of such goods, and on terms favourable to the shippers.
they will also undertake to execute orders for produce
through their Agents abroad, on terms highly advantageous
to importers.
The Company will further undertake the monetary agency
of Foreign and Colonial Governments, and other constituted
public bodies.
They will receive deposits at their Head Office in London,
at the current rates of interest, and grant loans, through
their Agents abroad, on approved securittes.
The safety of the Merchant Banking Company of London,
Limited, as an investment will be Understood from the na-
ture of the business proposed to be transacted, and the profits
likely to be made by the Company may be in some measure
estimated by the well-known success of several mercantile
banking establishments engaged in the same description of
business.
No promotion-money will be paid in connexion with this
Company; the pre iminary expenses will be strictly confined
to actual disbursements.
The Articles of Association Can be seen at the Offices of '
the Solicitors.
A pplieations for Shares may he addressed, in the annexed
form, to the Directors ; and copies of the Prospectus may be
obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, or at the
Offices of the Brokers and Solicitors ; but no application will
be considered unless a deposit of £1 per Share on the num-
ber of Shares applied for has been paid.

FORM OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.

No.
To the Directors of the Merchant Banking Company of
London, Limited.
Gentlemen,—llaving paid to your Bankers the sum of
, being a deposit of I per Share on Shares in the
above Company, I hereby request tint you will allot me that
number, 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 execute the Articles of Association
when required; and I request that my name may be placed
on the lttgister of Members for the Shares so allotted.
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business
Date

THE MERCHANT BANKING COMPANY
OF LONDON (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the List of Appli-
cations for SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED to
applicants from London on MONDAY next, the oth inst.,
and from the Country on TUESDAY., the 10th inst.

By order.

Temporary Offices,
27, Itoorg,ate-street, London, E.C.,
November 4, 1863.

T" QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY.
156, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C.
Queen Insurance-buildings, Liverpool.
Capital ONE MILLION STERLING.
At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver-
pool, on the 21st October, 1861, BERNARD HALL, Esq..
Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, the Directors'
Report for the year stated--
That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted t 0.... £70,300
being an increase over the precedinz year of 22,80
That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three
years were ......................... 15.'49
and for the past three years

being sn -increase in the latter triennial period 43,557
over the former of .... . ................... qB,3OS
That the amount accumulated since last Aleeti.t,g, as .
a I,ire Reserve Fund, was ................ --
23 427
and the amount added to Life Fund was
"any had paid • ,
13,743
That during the past five years the Comp
for Claims
106,515
P, Life Liabilities had been
the Actuary reported that the
Prineir,ies, viz., Net Premiums at 3
that t
;earluceednotnintltieeressor
adneds
3...C.80nus to participating, Policy-
ta,orledmeirusmasvepraaigde,d
whileasmucl,, as 46 per cent. per annum of the
Per eP:nt.
4:a some instances it was as high as 65,
70, and even
,73
A divid wa`... declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per
cent. pert".
"1. MONCRIEFF WILSON, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary.