The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-28 00:00:00

4.410

VIJIINTTURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and
FLOORCLOTFT, CARRIAGE-FREE. to any house in
he kingdom, rezardless of amount or distance. First class
Zoods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to
9enzymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock. to select
from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground.
•Lvery arriele warranted
Cr,;RGY it EN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and
Co. are pnblishinfr an entirely New Edition of their un-
equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ilbistrated by4lo
admirable engrayino-s of every descr.ption of Furniture and
Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent path; and
Post-free on application. This costly work also contains
comeplete estimates for furnishing on the following revised
Butl

A Six-roomed Parsonage
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-roomed ditto
A Twelve-roomed ditto 191 ll 0
2o nether with a Crice List of purified lsedding, and a mass
of alnable information to all requiring household furniture,
carpets' or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cleruy-
baen and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern. Southampton,
Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, l'Zyde, Plymouth,
Hells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. Alban's, Worcoster, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great
Britain.
bridge
COB (SETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford-
, London, S.E,

THE
CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT
COMPANY (Limited).
(The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing
the name of the Company.)
To be incorporated undrr "The Companies Act, 1862," by
Which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the
amount of share z.
Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O.
First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application £1 per
share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5
Per share, and at inter. ale of not less than three months.
It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share.
DIRECTORS.

GeorEze Walter Constable':iis-q76le-s-srs. Henderson and Con-

stable', Cannon-street.
George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great
St. Helen's.
William Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway.
Wm. WArthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander
3PArthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street.
P.•J. Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargood, Katz, and Sargood),
London and Melbourne.
Th-mas Shenherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos
Ayres and River Plate Bank,
James Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and
ro ), Gutter-lane.
*Hugh Fraser Sandeman, Esq.
*Richd. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co.
*Samuel Baker, Pg.
_

-7*
COMmittee of Management
;BANKERS.
Tho London and Westminster Banic.,,
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick.
BROKERS.
James Shepherd,.Esq.' Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lane.
Messrs. Sandeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings.

Offices—No. 4, Abehurch-lsne.

PROSPECTUS

In forming this Company tii; Directors have secured the
ft-operation of Messrs. Sandeman and Co.. of Abchurch-lane.
Whose well-known and long-established business it is the
object of this Compar y to take up and develope.
The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary
discount business.
The terms on which the business of Messrs. Sandeman and
Co. has been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating
a profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up
capital.
The Company will take possession of the premises now oc-
cupied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the Ist day of
January, ant the business of the Company will commence
from that day.
No promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses
will be strictly confined to the necessary payments.

Prospectuses and forms of applications for shares may be
ob•ained at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and
of the Solicitors.

In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will
be returned in full ; should a less number of shares be al-
lotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made avail-
able toward• the payment on allotment, and the balance, if
any, returned to the applicant.

FORM OF APPLIUTION FOR SHARES.

To the Directors of the Consolida4ed Discount Company

(Limited).

Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of
£ ,
I request you to allot me shares in the
Consolidated Discount Company (Limited), end I hereby
agree to become a member of the Society, and to accept such
shares, or any less number that may he allotted to me ; and
I request you to place my name on the Register c f Members
in respect of the shares allotted to me.
- -

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant.

Name in full .
Address ..
Usual signature
Date

CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY
(Limited).
NOTICE IS -HEREBY GIVEN, that no APPLICATIONS
for SHARES in this Compa,,y will be received after WED.
NESDAY next, the 30th instant.
By order.
Temporary Offices, 4, Abchnrch-lane, E.O ,
Dec. 24, 1863.

NORTH BRITTSH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE.
This Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for
Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced
scale of rates.
Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle-
Street.

SPECIAL NOTICE,

THE BOOKS OF THE

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,

For the Year 18G3, close on 31st December.
Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an
additional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants.

During— -
the Four Years preceding last Division of
Profits (1858), the 4 ompany issued 1,595 Life
Policies, assuring £1.221,603
During the Four suc ceding Years the number of
Li!e Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the
Sums assured to £2,22',522
BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT.

The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM-
PANY'S PROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865.
-

THE WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU-
-I,k TED SINCE nisi' DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN
RE DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. ALLOCATED
AMONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING
SCALE.

CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABILI ry granted,

and every facility offered to Insurers.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Insuran-es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most
liberal terms.
Forms of Proposal and every infor nation will be given at
the Head Office, or any of the Company's Agents.

By order.
F. W. LANCE, Secretary.

Londcn, November, 18M.
HEAD OFFICES:
tB, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury,
4DINETTRGII 64 West-end Office , Princes-terlo-strpeet.lac, Pall-mall.
, Prie

LONDON..

THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF

GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY

/RE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL
POST-OFFICE, 'WAR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL,
INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
DIRECTORS IN LONDON.
RENRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
John Cheetham, Esq., Staleybridge.
John Field, Esq., Warnford-court. City.
Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall.
Richard Francis George, Fact , Bath.
Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's•wood.
Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury.
John Hedgine, Esq., Cavendish Club
James Edward Thronnell, Esq., Wolverton.
C. W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia.
Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of
Cust^ms, Bombay.
H. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford.
Thomas Winkworth, Esq , Gresham Club, and Canonbury.
J. P. Brown-Westhead, Eaq., M.P. for York.
Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank-
ing and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies,
Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust.
Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad-
vantageous terms.
Prosnectuses, F'rms of Proposal, and every information
may be ob,ainedfromthe Chief Offices, 2. Waterloo-place,
ra
Pall-all, London; ana 39, George-street, Edinburgh.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Eetablished by Charter of his. Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM. Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARRER BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOHN HENRY PELLy, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
. -

ot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq. of Leven and Melville.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq.
John Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. j„. Manning, sq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
'Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, E
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster,
, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
PobE, Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
NOTICE. The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
STtIhRE January. E5l IS tailing due at Christmas will expire on
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES
may
be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms.
Insurances against Fire on Merehandize in the docks and
Warehouses in the Port of London are accepted at the late
reduced rates of Premium.
FARMING-STOCK.—No extra chs.rge is made for the use
of a Steam Thrashing Machine.
The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave-
raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
the Premiums
Equivalent reductions have been made in
Payable by persons who preferred that form of
The divisions of Profit take placo every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
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 HALF.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AGIJA AMAREL LA.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, I.wmbard-
street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer
to th:; public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually
restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at
Ivhs, t age. The Agua A marella has none of the properties of
dYeo ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and
When the hair is once restored one application per month
will keep it in perfect colour Price one guinea per bottle, or
;11 half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the
tlighest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta-
antAtp may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell
,?. have been appointed Fertumera to her Royal High-
'4'4l the Macao of Wales,