The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-15 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS

The Discount Corporation is established to aid the mone-
tary arransements 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 transit r 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 Cc,lonies, lead to
the conviction that greater discounting facilities than at pre-
sent exist are required.
An establishment, which from its amply means will be able
to supply such requirements, will no dole- t be favourably re-
ceived by the trading, community, and will at the same time
afford a safe and crotitable return equally to those who seek
the permanent investment of their money, and to those who
merely desire the temporary employment of their surplus
fund s.

The known profitable operations of the old private Dis-
count Firms, and the new Discount Companies, give the as-
surance that a purely Discount business, prudently managed,
Will prove a complQte success.
The Head Office of the Corporation will be in London.
No promotio,,-money will be given for originating the
undertaking, a:nd the preAminary expenses will be strictly
Confined to srich as are indispensable.
Applications for Shares may be addressed in the annexed
form to th.e Directors, and 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 £1 per span.: 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,—Havingr, paid to your Bankers the sum of
, being a deposit of £1 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 this 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 request that my name
may be placed on the Register of Members for the Shares so
allotted,

Name in full
Residence
Profession or 8u5ine55...........
Date

DISCOUNT CORPORATION (Limited).
—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no further
APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Corporation will be
received alter SATURDAY next, the 17th October inst.
Ey order,

ROBERT SLATER, Jun.,
Secretary, pro tern.

Temporary Offices, 26, Chancre-alley, Cornhill,
October 13, 1833.

THE MARINE INVESTMENT COMPANY
(Limited).
a,tpital £500,100, in 20,000 shares of £25 each, with power to
increase, a deposit of 1)8. per shalt, to be paid on application,
and £1 10s. on allotment. First issue £250,009, 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 £2 108. per share, at intervals of not less than
two months.
DIRECTORS.
Ca Lain R. W. PELLY, R.N., Elder Brother Trinity House
(iDirector of the London Assurance. and late Director of the
Company), Chairman.
'l,lllleSßormanEsq. (Messrs. liickie, 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),
79, Old Broad-street.
Ambrose Emerson, Esq. (Messrs. Newby, Carson, and Co.),
Henryresham House, Director of the West African Company.
-g Fox, Esq., Director of the Loadon and Provincial
Marine Insurance Company.
John Hall, jun., Esq. (Messrs. J. Hall, jun., and Co., Mer-
chants and Shipowners), New London-street, lenchurch-
street.
Robert Hewett, Esq. (Messrs. Hewett Brothers, Merchants
and Shipowners), Trinity- .quare.
Wiliiam Anastasius Jones, Esq., late Local Director of the
Anp.clo-Mexican Mint Company, Wilton Lodge, Croydon,
Surrey.
John Rogerson, Esq. (Messrs. J. Rogerson and Co., Mer-
chants and Shipowners), Royal Exchange-buildings, aud
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
John Gustavus hussell, Esq. (Director of the London and
Lancashire Insurance Company), 61, Moorgate street.
Captain Litt, e Thomas, late of Aden. 136, Leadenhall-street,
and Nevill Lodge, Tunbridge Wells.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Dawes and Sons, 9, Angel court, Throgmorton-street.
BANKERS.
London and County Bask, 21, Lombard-street.
The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon-
street.

AUITORS.
Messrs. Edwards and JameDs, It, King-street, Cheapside,
STOCKBROKERS.
Messrs, Froom Brothers, 20, Change-alley, Cornhill.
SURVEYORS.
Timothy Harrington, Esq„ Consultirg Engineer, 61, Grace-
church-street.
Captain Thomas rribP, The Jerusalem, Cornhill.
SECRETARY—MP. Thomas Sharer, 27, Leadenhall-street.
TEMPORARY OFFICES OF TIIE COMPANY.
18, King-street, Cheapside.
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 policies of insurance, and on such other security as may
be found desirable. Money will also be received on deposit
for stated periods, upon interest to be sgreed, and will be
employed in like manner with the capital, the uncalled por-
tion of which, 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 mil-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
20. t 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
ver cent.
The detailed prospectus and forms of application for shares
10ay 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 IN VESTMENT COMPANY
(Limited).
NOTICE .—The Directors will proceed to an ALLOT-
zIENT on SATURAY 17th instant. Alica
Remaining Shares
to
be made not later than thattions date. or the

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

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MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON-
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each.
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ItOYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,
K.G.,
CITAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., P.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 Royal 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
N3ciety, and other means since its formation, is 13,220;
tor' which services 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals, and
£17,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £75,380 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-cart cages, and Boat-houses.
th-he Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
liirit,R'enerous support which they have received from the
has V, Public during the past few years, a support which
of 14abled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
beeT_ Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom
resq;jo,Bf,nsible, however, of the great responsibility that
state, them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
boats, whi,.
its Crews practised in the management of their
annual can only be effected by a large and permanent
countryin,:3e, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their
great and trui° aid them in upholding and perpetuating so
The Con, „„7 national a work.
tributiona,:ntee gratefully acknowledge the following con-

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Her Majesty the ..
Campbell, the ll griu-a,%11
Wm. Co., Bankers •
.. ..
Clerk, Colonel, R°A' --`B. G. • • • • • •
, .. .. .. annualannual 505 C 0 00
Coutts and o 3i---• ... annual 1 1 0
annual 10 0 0
E r
e Currie,
Lord Wm.,
,Tosti ' • • • .. .. 4th don.lo 0 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Ad„„ce 10 0
Fenwick, G. J., Egr'lral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0
sportinz Carriage.'" "t of a Lifeboat and Tran-250 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and • • • • • • • • 30 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Barr. • .. .. don.
Palmer, Sir Roundell, xf.p • • .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0
tor-General .. '' 11311.•8 Solid-
•• ..
Royal Yacht Squacron • • •.:
annual 10 0 0
Steel, Michael, Esq. ..
..
Thorns s, Lady, Weston-super-At .. don. 100 0 0
..
.. annual 2 2 0
..
..
..are.,.collectedb
yher
Ladyship
16 16 0
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. II '1 • •
annual 5 0 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Perci,ial, and 6, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., 59, Strand; Co.,Aessrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St.
James's-street, London ; by a 0 the Collectors of Customs
and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary,
Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Inetitution, ii,
John-street, A.delohi, London, W.V.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat-office, Aldershot, Oct. 9,1863.
TENDERS will be received at this Office, until
12 o'clock, noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November,
1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contraot
to supply

- FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD,
in such quantities as may be resiuired, from the Ist Decem-
ber, 1853, to 31st May, 1r64, for the
use of Her Majesty's
Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com-
mand.
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be-
tween the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and
delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
outside " Tender for Army Supplies"), and no tender will be
noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and
delivered by the hour appointed,

Y COONffiTeße
,ACT Aldershot,
CommissariatAß 3‘i
TENDERSwiII be received at Oct 9, 1863.
this Office
12 o'clock, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth ce, until
1803, from persons who may be willing to enter NcEvember,
tract to supply into Con
PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR noYAL
ENGINEER SERVICE,
in such quantities as may be required fram the Ist December.
1863, to 30th November. 1864, for the use of her Majestyq,
Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the coin_
mend.
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and
delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
out,ide "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will
be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office,
and delivered by the hour appointed.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn•road
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rai/.
way Terminus, at King's-cross.
Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCU,
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
Mas Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries 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 Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the ReePital.
STANFORD_S. SMITLL ecretary.