The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-04 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

This Company is established in order, ai 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 experience of the respective toreil.rn markets.
'1 he Company will avoid costly establishments abroad,
which absorb so large a portion of the profits of other bank-
ing establishments, and avail themselves of the agency of
mercantile 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 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.
1 hey 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 securities.
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 descrip ion 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.
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 will
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 per Share on Shares in the
above dompany, I hereby request th tt 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 me, and to execute the Articles of Association
when required ; and I request that my name may be placed
on the Ittgister of Members for the Shares so allotted.
Name in full ...
Residence
Profession or Business ......
Date . ...

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, £122,401.
• LONDON BOARD.
JOHN WHITE CATER, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES MORRISON, Esq., Deputy ( hairman.
A. De Arroyave, Esq. John Stolle' t, Esq.
Edward Cohen, Esq. Junius S. Morgan, Esq.
James du Buisson, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq.
P. du Pre Grenfell, Esq. John IL Wm. Schroder, Esq,
A. Klockmann, Esq. George Young, Esq.
EX-DIRECTORS.
A. H. Campbell, Esq. Robert Smith, Esq.
P. C. Cavan, En. I Frederic Somes, Esq.
P. P. Hain, Esq.

FIRE DE PARTMEN
Manager, G. 11. Whyting.—Surveyor, Thos. Piper.
The Company grants Insurances against Fire in the United
Kingdom, 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 Directors, having a practical knowledge of Foreign
Countries, and being represented by Agents in all parts of
the World, are prepared to issue Policies on the most favour-
able terms. In all cases a discount will be allowed to Mer-
chants and others effecting such Insurances.
LIFE DEPARTMENT
Actuary—Andrew Baden, Jim.
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.
135 s
1859
18 0
1831
1862
Thus in five years the number of Policies issued was 3,623,
assuring the large sum of £2,928,917.
The leading features of the Office are:-
1. Entire Security 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 :
LONDON 5B, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings, Lo'hbury.
EDINBURGH..... ....... .64, Princes-street.
WEST END BRANCH 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.
Branch) Secretary—A. J. RUSSELL.
For further Explanation, Tables of Rates, Arc., see the
Company's Prospectus, which may be had at any of the
Offices or Agencies throughout the Kingdom.
DAVID SMITH, General Manager.
F. W. LANCE. Secretary.

THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY.
156, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C.
Queen Insurance-buildings, LiverpooL
Capital ONE MILLION STERLING.
cherreoneetheef 2tlhset
Coe6tieopbeeer,y, 18
in the
At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors held at Liver-
pool,the BERNARDCheI
Chair,
t hlp .DLI Lr
e, 0 trig; :
IRhepatortthieorr
itrheely,reearmisuratatsedfo—:the
year amounted to ,
being an increase over the pr dins, year of 220380
That the Life Premium Receipta for the first three 470
3°o
years were ....... ..................
and for the past three years .... : 35`249
Il since last Meeting,
being an increase in the latter tii-enzjial.p—eiVo.ei 43'557
...... .. . -.. 28,308
heeetif otr mace% r
reofe
l.e.t.e
as a Fire Reserve Fund, wa5...,........
23 427
and the amount added to Life Fund was .....
: 13'743
That tohveeramt
That during the past five years the Company had paid '
for Claims
106,515
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 participating 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, and even 75 per cent.
A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per
cent. per annum.
J. MONCRIEFF WILSON, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary.

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder
and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir-
cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These
costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair,
teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be
had only at Madame BACH EL'S, 47A, New Bond-street,
where she call be consulted daily. All communications are
strictly confidential.

NOTHING IMPUSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of theday, AGUA AMARELLA.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard-
street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer
to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually
restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at
what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the properties of
dyes ; 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 ;mines, per bottle, or
in half bottles, 10s. Gd. Testimonials from artistes of the
highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta-
bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Cosnell
and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
NJ the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
/won. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co , bankers, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion ti. 4 to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
Ptelraascroeettoott.hrsethhaeir aid and assistance. The Committee
r!st their. claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
greats p e
Poet's
tb, but twtohrek
works and
centrean d
thatot
all
home, the town he loved, and where he lilted and died.

BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER.
MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY."

Just published,
ABOOKOFB E A U T Y.
By Madame RACHEL.
To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d.

11" 0X F ORD,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the
MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA.
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, Huish, ac., with full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c.
Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Eugene,
W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French
Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND.
Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his
wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments.
The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.
Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ;
private boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order
to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds,
Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, "THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a
new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample
view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the
Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give
(with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects),
REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at half-past
Nine o'clock.

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All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth
(the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E.
Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The
Marvels of Peru, the most wonderful Performers in
the WorId—LANGLOIS, the marvellous Indian Juggler.,
—Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family.
and Mons. Ratel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies.— The beauti-
ful FAIRY FOUNTAIN—NICOSIA, the eminent Italian
Violinist.

Special Notice.—lmmense attraction on THURSDAY, sth
November. The celebrated Frenoh Clowns, ARTHUR. and
BERTRA.ND, will make their appearance in a new Enter-
tainment, reserved expressly for their engagement at this
establishment.
Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. 'Great
Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR
NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every
Evening.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.-THE
PRINCE'S BIRTIIDAY.--A Grand FANCY BALL
will take place on MONDAY next. Tickets at the principal
Libraries and Costumiers, and at the Alhambra.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These el,,gant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redecorated.
Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. JULLIEN.
Great Success of his new Quadrille, " The Prince of Wales,"
nightly encored.
The band Is selected from the Italian Operas and the
Household Troops.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, Is.
Manager—M. GRENET.

STAMP YOUR PAPER,
WNVE LOPES. INVOICES, &c., with JONES'S
PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING- PRESS.
The above would be found useful to youths at school for
embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, &c. The Press
complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, Ps. 6d.
Note the Address:—WlLLlAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press
Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op-
posite Day and Martin's).

LUXURIANT WHISKERS or
MOUSTACHES.—My formula forces them to grow
heavily in six weeks upon the smoothest face, without injury
to the skin, and a sure remedy for baldness. 13 stamps.—
Mr. FOX. Macclesfield. Fox's celebrated Hairwash Formula,
for removing scurf and curling the hair, seven stamps,

lIEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER
INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in-
vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into
the ear, not perceptible, removes singing noises in the head,
and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at
public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly.

A GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES
WILL TAKE PLACE AT
ST. JOSEPH'S RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N.,
On THURSDAY, the 26th of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in
liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and
Organ ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of
St. Nicholas in Paris, now under the charge of the Passionist
Fathers.

The prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of
objects of art and other precious articles, Presented by His
Holiness, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of
distinction in Rome.

TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACII.
The amount realised will be disposed of as follows :—That
arising from the sale of tickets in England will be applied to
St. Joseph's, and that from the sale of tickets in France to
St. Nicholas', in Paris.

THE DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL BE ON THE
PRINCIPLE OF THE ART UNION.
Any one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be
entitled to a large Engraving, either of the Death of St.
Joseph, or of Blessed Paul of the Cros., which will be
forwarded by post upon receipt of 4 postage stamps.
Catalogues as well as tickets may be had on application at
St. Joseph's Retreat, Highgate, and at 39, Rue de Berri, Paris.