The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-18 00:00:00

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
4..,°beerve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
stuzithan's LL Whisky."

IVILTTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850),
' b'‘IIBSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON
Vt„ C'VANCES MONEY on Personal of Sale,
f4ethold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry
th: or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or
(1.,15e years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills
4;:,ounted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also
1: towards the Purchase of a House, repayable in 5.10, or
:Cars —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped
Yetopo.

EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

OYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURA.NCE SOCIETY (Esta-
,,aued A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo-
"'lee, London, tI.W.
ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary.
Agents wanted in towns not yet represented.

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.
NEW YORK DIVISION FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION/.
SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS.
ORIO DIVISION
pl,nteret payable Ist January, at the Consolidated Bank
‘44mite4
The Coupons from the above Bonds will be paid on Mon-
;l7, the Ist January, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar. and
zilit be left two clear days at the Office of the Company, 5,
Westmi ,ster-chambers, Victori ...street, Westminster, S.W.,
l'hsteviously for examination. If sent by post, a cheque for the
',omit will be remitted.
I, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, West-
minster, December 16, 1865.

ttOyAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OFFICE.

Royal Exchange, London, Nov. 22, 1885.
Co
than e urt of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Ex-
ge Assurance DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that
ti!eir T ANSFER BOOR.; wid be from Tuesday,
:
I,ie 12thR of December next, to ThursdaySHUT, the 4th of January
110 Wing ; and that the ANN UAL GENERAL COURT
,13100inted by their charter will be holden at their Office on.
iS 5 Royal Ex hange, on EDESDAY, the 20th of Decem-
,slr, at Twelve o'clock a noon; and that a Dividend will be
"'llsidered of at the said Court.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
Ctitablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall, S.W.
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
JAMES STEWART HODGSON, Esq., Sub-Governor.
CHARLES Joni.; MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.

Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.
Wiimot Holland, Esq.

Jhenry Bainbridge, Esq.
obert Barclay, Esq.
Garratt Cattley, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Ma ark Currie Close, Esq. Geo. F. Malcolm son, Esq.
dillward James Daniell, Esq. Henry Nelson. Esq.
am Davidson, Esq. Lord Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq,
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
.area H. i-tosctien, Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
'PrersdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. Chilliam Wallace, Esq.
'obc. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee. SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
10,.1\TOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed willayment of
y,,,RY, ',RI:MUMS falling due at Christmas expire on
tot January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
-orporation on advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uni-
°ll)l rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
tr`To charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or
!MP, however small the Assurance may be.
FARMING-STOCK—No extra charge la made for the use
0,
4 Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has
k..
'eraged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
tquivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
PaYable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
L if
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
' Liberal participation in Profit's—with the guarantee of
a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption, under
Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership.
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.

CHARLES LAFFITIT and COMPANY
(Limited).
the
under the Companies Act, 1862, by which
'lie liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount
°f the Shares for which they subscribe, and in accordance
;4'ith the International Treaty entered into between Eng-
land and France in May, 1862, in relation to Public Corn-
Panics established in both countries.
Capital, £3,000,000, divided into 150,000 Shares of £2O
each.
£1 to be paid on application, and £4 on Allotment, and
ejx months to elapse after date of Allotment before any
call is made payable.
First issue, 75,000 Shares, of which 25,000 have been
Privately subscribed

DIRECT ORS.
lir. CHARLES LAFFITTE, Chairman.
I,oln Ennis, Esq., Director of the Bank of Ireland.
"Ir• F. P. Bayvet, Merchant, Censeur of the Bank of
France.
Ilarvey Lewis, Esq., M.P., Director of the National Bank.
'lr. R. Bourlon, Deputd au Corps L6gislatif, Director o
the Paris and Orleans Railway.
13. Henshaw, Esq., Director of the National Bank.
air. L. 0, Grimoult, Merchant, ex-President of the Tribu

of Commerce of Paris.
...eorge Bate, Esq., Great George-street, Westminster.
air. A. Gautray, 17, Rue du Cirque, Paris.
sir John Gray, M.P., Charleville House, Dublin.
',Gorge Payne Kitson, Esq. (late of Sir John Guest and
Co.).

SOLICITORS.
Itessrs. Valiance and Valiance, Essex-street, Strand, and
George-yard, Lombard-street.
BANKERS.
The National Bank, London, and its Branches.
The London Joint-Stock Bank, London.
:the London and County Banking Company, London.
National Bank of Liverpool (Limited), Liverpool.
Alessrs. Charles Laffitte and Co., Paris.

BROKERS.
Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour, 18, Old Broad-street.
Messrs. De Zoete and Gorton, 4i, Warnford-court.
taward Fox, Esq., 51, Dame-street, Dublin.
'lt• Charles Gide, Agent de Change, 18, Rue Drouot, Paris
SECRETARIES (PRO TEM.).
In London.—Mr. William H. Read.
In Paris.—Mr. Paul Zucchi.
AUDITORS.

Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Winne, and Evans.
E. H. Galsworthy, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
No. 18, Old Broad-street, London.
No. 48bis, Rue Basse du Rampart, Paris.

PROSPECTUS.
This Company is formed to extend the business of the
°,
d-established Bank of Messrs. Gharles Laffitte and Co., of
by Besse du Rempart, Paris, to this country and elsewhere,
5' converting it into a Joint-Stock undertaking, on the
principle of limited liability, and thereby to afford the com-
mercial community and general public facilities for trans-
acting their Foreign Banking and Financial operations
and
an establishment having its centre in -London,
4 possessing the advantage of a name well known and
accredited
ecredited throughout Europe, together with a thoroughly
o
rganised, most extensive, and influential connexion.
t he business of the Company will be similar in character
° that hitherto carried on by Messrs. C. Laffitte and Co.,
411, d other great foreign banking-houses, viz., a combination
banking business, financial agency, and general mer-
resources and a more extended field of operations.
-41-n arrangement has been concluded with Messrs. Charles
afatte and Co. for the purchase of their business, for the
1;,,1113. of £150,000, which amount has been arrived at upon a
°derate computation of its value, based upon a statement
ot
the profits actually realised during a series of years.
WO-thirds of the purchase-money will be taken in Shares,
1.11 Which £lO per Share will be credited as paid-up ; and
r. Charles Laffitte will continue his connection with the
undertaking in the capacity of Chairman of the Company,
,'t Will give it all the advantage of his influence and
11)erience.
Negotiations are pending for incorporating with this
li?lllPany other banking, financial, and commercial estab-
'olents, for the purpose of extending the sphere of its
Zllrations, and of affording to the establishments alluded
reducing
opportunity of consolidating their. business, and of
,ocing the existing liability of their shareholders.
it4ll case no allotment is made, the money deposited on
y,ieation for Shares will be returned in full.
Forms of Application for Shares and every information
at he obtained of the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors, or
I..,'_,ee Offices of the Company, where copies of the Memo-
random oin and Articles of Association, and of the Agreement
December
Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co., may be seen.
'ecomber 9th, 1865.

OIIARLES LAFFITTE AND CO., LIMITED.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
(To be retained by the Bankers.)

Usual signature
Name in full
Residence
Profession
Date

By order.

To the Directors of Charles Laffitte and Co. (Limited).
u Gentlemen,-
13.4. 4viog paid to your Bankers the sum of £
ttbol3g deposit of £1 per Share on Shares in the
thje Company, I hereby request that you will allot me
1111-- ''umber, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less
tober you may allot me ; I further agree to pay the de-
ti?B,„it,on Allotment, and the Calls as and when made, and to
qiri; ',he Articles of Association of the Company when re-
; and I authorise you to insert my namo on the
keTsLer of Members for the number of Shares allotted to

CHARLES LAFFITTE AND COMPANY
(Limited).
NOTICEDpi. IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of
(.3140,,.u.,1CAT10NS for SHARES in this Company will be
Igth'3-ta) for the Country THIS DAY (Monday), the
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