The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-12 00:00:00

The International Financial Society.

The following circular has been issued by the
International Financial Society (Limited) to appli-
cants for shares in the Anglo-Egyptian Navigation
Company :

" Sir,—Since the issue of the prospectus, on which your
application for shares in the Anglo-Egyptian Navigation
Company (Limited) was made, the following facts have
come to 'the knowledge of the directors of the Interna-

tional Financial Society, and they deem it proper to ac-
quaint you therewith. It appears that certain parties in-
terested in a rival line of steamers filed a bill in November,
1863, to restrain Mr. F. Chapple from employing his
vessels in the Egyptian trade. In December, 1863, the
Lords Justices refused to grant the injunction prayed by
the bill, and in Dec., 1864, the Master of the Rolls dismissed
the bill with costs. No notice of any appeal was given ;
but on Saturday last, when the proposed company had been
six days before the public, an intimation was served on the
directors of the International Financial Society that the
parties referred to had lodged a notice of appeal to the
Lord Chancellor. On search being made, it appears that
no such notice had been lodged. The object, however
of the parties is sufficiently apparent, and while the
directors of the International Financial Society have no
reason to attach any value whatever to the opposition
thus set up, they have nevertheless considered it their
duty to guard the interests of the shareholders in the
company against all contingencies in the possible event of
tne partieo who have served the notice pursuing their ob-
ject and obtaining a decision adverse to Mr. Chapple. Such
a decision could have no effect upon this company, except
in the way of depriving it of the individual services of Mr.
Chapple. The directors have accordingly arranged with
Mr. Chapple that the amount in excess of tho actual valua-

tion of the steamers being represented by paid-up shares,
shall remain in the hands of the International Financial
Society, to be cancelled in the contingency referred to,
so that in that event Messrs. Chapple would not receive
any consideration for goodwill. The directors of the Inter-
national Financial Society, however, consider it right that
you should have the option of withdrawing your applica-
tion for shares, if you should see fit ; and I have, ac-
cordingly, to request that you will communicate your wish
to me by return of post, and in the event of your still de-
siring an allotment of shares that you will at once 'renew
your application on the accompanying form. If your ap-
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plication is renewed for the same or a smaller number of
shares no new deposit will be necessary, but if your appli-
cation be for a larger number of shares it must be accom-
panied by a cheque for the difference of deposit.—l remain
your obedient servant, W. A. MICHAEL, Secretary."

FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE METROPOLIS.—Yester-
day William Cuthbert was driving a heavy laden
railway van through Long-acre, when one of the wheels
passed over a loose stone and he was jerked off the driving
box, and both wheels on the near side passed over his chest.
He was taken to the hospital, and expired soon after his
admission.—John Akers, a plasterer, was moulding the cap
of a chimney on some new buildings in the Britannia-
fields, when a portion of the brickwork gave way, and,
falling on the scaffold, carried it to the ground, Akers be-
ing killed on the spot.—Mr. John Bagman, importer of
foreign game. and poultry, expired at his residence in
Southwark from the effects of a fractured skull, sustained
by being thrown out of a dog-cart in returning from the
University boat race on Satu- day.
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