The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-09 00:00:00

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 app lied to it,
as well in the interests of commerce as to the advantage of
those who desire a sate 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 lull operation, the Comn any will at
once enter upon a business ascertained to be of highly re-
munerative nature, with all the advantages of local know-
ledge anal exherience of the respective toreign mat kets.
The Company will avoid costly establishments abroad,
which ab,orb so large a por+ian of the profits of other bank-
ing establishments, and avail themselves of the agency of
Inareantile houses already established. - •
The Company will grant negotiable or other 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 staple manufactures cf this
country under do 3umentary bil s, or c in signed 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.
'I bey 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
or Foreign and Colonial Governments, and other constituted
public bodies.
They will receive deposits at their Head Office in London,
at th., current rates of interest, and grant loans, through
their Agents abroad, on approved securities.
The safety of the Merchant Banking Company of London,
Limited, as an investment w.ll be understood irom 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 descrip .ion of
business. . _ _

ROPrOmotion-money will be paid in connexion with this
Company; the pre iminary expenses will be strictly confiued
to actual disbursements.

The Articles of Assoclatian can be seen at the Offices of
the Solicitors.

Applications 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 w,ll
be considered unless a deposit of £1 per share on the num-
ber of shares applied for has been paid.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
No.
To the Directors of the Merchant Banking Company of
London, Limited.
Gentlemen,—having, paid to your Bankers the sum of
being a deposit of LI per share on Shares in the
above Company, I hereby request th it you will allot me that
Number, and I azree to become a Member of the Company in
respect of such Shares, or in respect of any less number you
May allot mde, and to execute the Articles of A ssociation
When r ; and I request 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 MERCHANT BANKING COMPANY
OP LONDON (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the List of Appli-
cations for SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED to
applicants from London THIS DAY, MONDAY, the 9th
inst., and from the Country TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, the
10th inst.

By order.
B. 'WILLIAMS BALL, Secretary pro tem.
Temporary Offices,
27, MOOrgate-street, London, E.C.,
November 9, 1863.

THE 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-
PO3l, on the 21st October, 186 t, BERNARD HALL, Esq..
Chairman of the Company, in the Cha'r, the D,recturs'
Report for the year stated—
That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted t 0..., £70,300
being an increase over the preco,dinz year of 22,580
That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three
years were
and for the past three years
being an increase in the latter triennial period
over the former of
That the amount accumulated since last Meeting, as
a Fire Reserve Fund, was
and the amount added to Life Fund was
That during the past five years the Company had paid
for Claims
The Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been
valued on the soundest principles, viz., Net Premiums at 3
per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to part cipating Policy-
holders averaged as much as 46 per cent. per annum of the
Premiums paid, while in some instances it was as high as 65,
70, an,i even 7i per cent.
A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per
cent. per annum.
J. MONCRIEPF WILSON, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN E. LEYLAND, secretary.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1809.
Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of
Parliament.
ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,122,828.
ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,401.
LONDON BOARD.
JOHN WHITE CATER, Esq., Chairman,
CHARLES MORRISON, Esq., Deputy hairman.
A. be Arroyave, Esq. John Nlolle.t, Esq.
Edward Cohen, Esq. I J.nius S. Morzan, Esq.
James du Buisson, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq.
P. du Pre Grenfell, Eaq. .Tohn 11. Wm. Schroder, Esq.
A. Klockmann, Esq. George Young, Esq.

EX-DIRECTORS.
A• A. Campbell, Esq. I Robert Smith, Esq.
P. C. Cavan, Esq. Frederic Somes, Esq.
P. P. Rail', Esq.

FIRE DE PARTMEN I'.
Manager, G. 11. Whyting.—Surveyor, Thos. Piper.
The Company gr lilts Insurances against Fire in the United
Ringdom, and all foreign countries.
Mercantile Risks in the Port of London accepted at re-
duced rates.
Losses promptly and liberally settled.
Foreign Department—Superintendent, G. H. Burnett.
The Director, having a practical know edge of Foreign
Countries, and being represented by Agents in all parts of
the World, are prepared to issue l'olic:es on the most favour-
able terms. In all cases a discount will he allowed to Mer-
chants and others effecting such Insurances.

LIFE DEPARTMENT
-Actuary—Andrew Baden, Jun.
Every facility offered to Insurers.
90 per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on
the Participating principle.
The following Statement exhibits the improvement in the
business during,
the las few years :
No. of Policies
Year. Issued.
Sums. Premiums.
18;9
1;54 455 ........ £377,425
P.; ........ 419,913
14070 1 6
18 0 ........ 4-5,649
1811
1862 Li 37
Thus in five years the number of Policies issued was 3,623,
assuring the large sum of £2,928,017.
The leading* features of the Office are:-
1. Entire Se^urity to Assurers.
2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the
prospect of a further Bonus at the neat investiga-
tion.
3. The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums
—unrestricted conditions of Policies—and general
liberality in dealing with the Assured.
CHIEF OFFICES :
I.OIVDON . 58, Threadneedle-street.
Z DING 4, New Bank Buildings, Lo hbury.
~,,,,,,,,,,64, Princes-street
WEST END BRANCH.... 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.
Branch Secretary—A. J. RUSSELL.
rFor further Explanation, Tables of Rates, dm, see the
°face
.4119 s
or any's rospectus, which may be had at any of the
AgPencies throughout the Kingdom.
DAVID SMITH, General Manager.
F. W. LANCE. Secretary.

ReillAL A.D. 1720.
EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
(Established b CORPORATION
FOR SEA FIRE, IF
,rter of his Majesty George the First)
0, PRE, LE, AND ANNUITIES.
-`l7 s,I Royal Exchange, London.
OCT/v-I;l'th Office, 29, Pall-mall.
GFORGE PE :%;,V4 WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
Sir JOnN lIENT,:,B , rIARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
"i. LTA-, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
ITenry Bainbridge, F DIRECTORS.Robert Barclay, Esq."'l.
c•liii-ia,jarr. Wilmot
Levenorl..oivlrl
aa
nnandni:
ndEj,lghe: lsvcii . 1 1 e .
,' ohn Garratt Cattle?, Es
Mark Currie Close, Esq. ''''
William Davidson, Esq.
111.1e-tenri7loNne.lJsoosnc'eElinsqe.W. Percy.
..,,Charles
LReoobinsonl'sqEsq.
Thomas Dent, Esq,
Alexander Druce, Esq,
Samuel Schuster,''.'
Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esn.
Riversdale IV. Grenfeli, El, xrie Carrineton Smith Esq.
1:oht. Amadeus Heath, Escii.• IVilliam Soltau, Es ~ '
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. `-‘,:?rlal Somes Esq.q.AP.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. .
qg Y ung Es .
ChalisuT Wall"oe,
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLarin
ed.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANc-Es T. Esq., F.R.S.
rorporatiou on advantageous terms,
maybe effected with this
The Reversionary Bmus on British Life Policies
raged early 2 per cent. per annum on the sema has aye-
Equivalent reductions have bexoen mmaadyebien
insured thes
ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonne,
The 'The divisions of Profit take placo every Five
years.
Any sum not exceeding* Xl5
Life. on one
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from
the liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual
Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital
Stock.
The advantages of modern practice,—with the security
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALE

RoyA,L Ei XCIIANGE, LONDON.
ROT. E. STEELE, Secretary.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
it in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, at Rimfs-cross.
Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BEICCLEUCTI, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
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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 ailords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.

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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
Mar erman, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutta and
CO. ; Drummond' and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and
and; Prescott Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn
C2O. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co.; W Mains, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITII Secretary