The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-17 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

The Discount Corporation is established to aid the mone-
tary arranfre..nents of the increasing commercial interests of
Great Britain and its dependencies.
In founding this undertaking the Directors have secured
the co-operation of an old and highly-respected Discount
Firm in London, with whom arrangements have been made
for the transfer of its lucrative business to this Corporation,
and two of whose partners join the Direction. It will thus
be manifest that the Discount Corporation starts with a
large and valuable connection, and acquires the experience
of Directors whose influence and intelligence are certain to
command the confidence of the public.
The material basis of the Corporation will be a large sub-
scribed Capital, judicially distributed.
The recent creation of several large Indian and Colonial
banking institutions coupled with the expanding home and
continental trades of the country, and the greatly extending
commercial transactions with India and the C4.lonies, lead to
the conviction that greater discouating facilities than at pre-
sent exist are required
An establishment, which from its ample means will be able
to supply such requirements, will no douht be favourably re-
ceived by the trading community, and will at the same time
afford a safe and profitable return equally to those who seek
the permanent investment of their money, and to those who
merely desire the temporary employment of their surplus
funds.

The known profitable operations of the old private Dls-
count Firms, and the new Discount Companies, give the as-
surance that a purely Discount business,iprudentlymanagec•
tt'ill provfi a oemplete success.
The Head office of the Corporation will be in London.
No promotio ,-monef will be given for originating the
undertaking, and the preliminary expenses will be strictly
confined to such as are indispensable.
Applications for Shares maybe addressed in the annexed
form to the Directors, snd copies of the prospectus may be
obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Corporation, or at
the Offices of the Brokers and solicitors ; but no application
will be considered unless a deposit of LI per sbare on the
number of shares applied for has been paid.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
No.
To the Directors of the Discount Corporation (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of
, being a deposit of .CI per Share on Shares in
the above Corporation, I hereby request that you will allot
me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Cor-
poration 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 reque•it that my name
may be placed on the Register of Members for the Shares so
allotted.
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business.....
Date

THE DISCOUNT CORPORATION (Limited).
—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no further
APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Corporation will be
received after THIS DAY (SATURDAY), the 17th October.
By order,
ROBERT SLATER, Jun.,
Secretary, pro tern.
Temporary Offices, 20, Chanrre-alley, Cornhill,
October 17, 1863.

THE MARINE INVESTMENT COMPANY
(Limited).
lapital £500,000, in 20,000 shares of £25 each, with power to
increase, a del osit of 108. per shar to be paid on application,
and £1 10s. on allotment. First issue £250,000, in 10,000
shares, of which only £l2 10s. per share is intended to be
called up. No second issue will take place until £l2 10s.
per share has been called up on the first issue. Calls not
to exceed £2lox. per share, at intervals of not less than
two months.
DIRCTORS.
Captain R. W. PELLY, R.N.,E Elder Brother Trinity House
(Director of the London Assurance. and late Director of the
Hudson's Bay Company), Chairman.
James Borman, Esq. (Messrs. Hickie, Borman, and Co., Mer-
chants), 127, Leadenhall-street.
Alexander Calder, Esq. (late Director of the India General
Steam Navigation Company, Calcutta), Putney.
Abel Chapman, Esq. (Director of the Mid-Wales Railway),
70, Old Broad-street.
Ambrose Emerson. Esq. (Messrs. Newby, Carson, and Co.),
Gresham House, Director of the West African Company.
henry Fox, Esq., Director of the London and Provincial
Marine Insurance Company.
John Hall, jun., Esq. (Messrs. J. Hall, Jun., and CO., Mer-
chants and Shipowners), New London-street, Fenchurch-
street.
Robert Hewett, Esq. (Vessrs. Hewett Brothers, Merchants
and Shipowners), Trinity-, quare.
Wililam Anastastus Jones, Esq., late Local Director of the
Anglo-Mexican Mint Company, Wilton Lodge, Croydon,
Surrey.
John Rogerson, Esq. (Messrs. J. Rogerson and Co., Mer-
chants and Shipowners), Royal Exchange-buildings, and
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
John Gustavus Russell, Esq. (Director of the London and
Lancashire Insurance Company), et, Aloorgate street.
Captain Luke Thomas, late of Aden, 138, Lcadenhall-street,
and Nevill Lodge, Tunbridge Wells.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Dawes and Sons, 0, Angel court, Throgmorton-street.
BANKERS.
Londbn and County Bask, 21, Lombard-street.
The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon-
street.

AUDITORS.

Messrs. Edwards and J-Lne.;:lB7-Eing-street, Cheapside,

STOCKBROKERS.
Messrs. Froom Brothers, 20. Change-alley, Cornhill.
SUVEYORS.
Timothy Harrington, Esq„R Consulting Engineer, 61, Grace-
church-street.
Captain Thomas cribs, The Jerusalem, Cornhill.
SECRETARY—Mr. Thomas Sharer, 27, Leadenhall-street.
TEnPORARY OFFICES OF THE COMPANY.
18, King-street, Chedpside.

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
This Company is established for the purpose of granting
temporary loans and advances on eligible ships and other
marine property, by way of mortgage or assignment, covered
bY be found desirable. Moey will also be received on deposit
for stated periods, upon interest to be ;Treed. and will be
employed in like manner with the capital, the uncalled por-
tion of whit , and the property held on mortgage by the
Company, will at all times afford ample security to depo-
sitors.

The estimated value of British vessels mortgaged is up-
wards of five millions sterling. It thus becomes apparent
that a wide field exists for a well-established Company of
this kind.
The want of some ready channel for obtaining loans on
shipping has been so severely felt that the Directors enter
with confidence on the prosecution of a class of business
hitherto transacted by private individuals with considerable
profit.
In addition to the profits on capital, which are estimated
at from 10 to 15 per cent. the Directors have facilities for
borrowing at such rates as, to yield a surplus profit of 5 to 6
per cent.
The detailed prospectus and forms of application for shares
may be obtained of the Secretary Brokers, and Bankers, and
at the Offices of the Company.
Should the full number of shares applied for be in excess of
those at the Directors' disposal, the surplus will be credited
to the allotment, or returned at the applicants' option,

MARINE INVESTMENT COMPANY
(Limited).
NOTICE.—The Directors will proceed to an ALLOT-
MENT on SATURDAY, 17th instant. Applications ior the
Remaining Shares to be made not later than that dam.

By order of the Board,
(Signed) THOMAS SHARER, Secretary.
18, King-street, Cheapside, Oct. 9, 1863,

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OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,
K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, since
the beginning of the year 1861, the Royai National Lifeboat
Institution has expended £28,550 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 13,220;
for which services 82 Gold MPdals, 733 Silver Medals, and
£17,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
t4,9ll has also expended £75,380 on Life-boats, Life-boat
IStmorting-cari cages, and Boat-houses.
th-',fle Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
britigenerous support which they have received from the
has 41hapublic during the past few years, a support which
ot 12.5 ud them to establish tother present magnificent fleet
Deeply
8.
eteboats on the shores f the United Kingdom
rests tit,t_stbie, however, ot the great responsibility that
state, ariq to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
boats, v„ht ~_._utrews practised in the management of their
annual it,c,`,`,-14 !only be effected by a large and permanent
countrymen t. they earnestly appeal to all classes of their
great and trui;
taid them in upholding and perpetuating so
ramitueational a work.
The Co
tributions:— gratefully acknowledge the following con-

Fier Majesty the Q
Campbell, the 110nne,.." £ S. d
.. .. annual 50 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.ik.-"Il• G. ...
Contts and Co., :Ares • . - . • .. annual 50 0
, srs. ~. - .. annual 1 1 0
Currie, Wm. Esq., , -oankers
Frle, Lord Chief •Instio;* • • •
.. annual 10 0 0
- .. 4th don.lo 0 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir.; - - .. don. 10 10 0
Fenwick, G. J.. EN 1C
~ cost ef", - C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0
sporting Carriage . a Lifeboat and Tran-
Harvey, Rev. G. G. andlars." •• .. 250 0 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. 7. don. 30 0
Palmer, Sir Roundel], Mx., ii.....
,e Solid-
..
...n. 8 souei_ 7th don. 10 0 0
tor-General .• ..
.. • • • • annual 2 2 0
Royal Yacht Squadron
Steel, Michael, Esq. • • .. : • • annual 10 0 0
Thomas, Lady, Weston - super-Marj, eat • • n . 100 0 0
Ladyship • • • • • - •- ecteddoby her
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. -... .. 16 16 0
kfully re_
Donations and Annual Subscriptions wiuhMual 5 0 0
C 0.,.; 16, St.
reined by the Bankers of the Institution, Areans
Perci.zal, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; bleskiitrnsd. trosu.tWtsiansci
Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar,
James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of
and Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the sectirilcus
Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office Of the lustitgtion, Yi:
.10A-street, Adelphi, Lyndon, Tf.‘;.

110YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray'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 BUCCLEUCH, 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 governors' 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 Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an
EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support,
to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; W lliants, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITH SeCretary.