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

LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC
k, ROO3l for Gentlemen. Remember, we wait for you at
1" ANS' after the Covent-garden Opera and the Theatres.

ICN NAHA'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN
EXHIBITION, 18i5.
PrlZecelebrated Old IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin
• (me Medal.
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
thßold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail Houses in London; by
dents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale

8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
“Observe the Red Beal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
-Itillahan's LL Whisky."

MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act ot Parliament, 1850),
14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON
p4I3VANCES MONEY on Personal Security, Bills of Sale,
reehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry
t)7 Or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or
ree years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills
neounted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also
irde towards the Purchase ot a House, repayable in 5, 10, or
eilyYeeiaor:e7Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped

EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

tpOYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and
u GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Este-
Pilled A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo-
I)(ace, London. , S.W.

ARTHUR R HAMILTON. Secretary.
Agents wantel in towns not yet represented.

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.

NEW YORK DIVISION FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION}
OHIO DIVISION SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS.
_lnterest payable Ist January, at the Consolidated Bank
tLisaited
,The Coupons from the above Bonds will be paid on Mon-
-443% the Ist January, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar and
knzipe s t be left two clear days at the Office of the Company, 5,
stml, ster-chambers, Victori t-street, Westminster, S.W.,
Previously for examination. It sent by post, a cheque for the
amount will be remitted.
St Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, West-
minster, December 16, 1885.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OF FICE.

Royal Exchange, London, Nov. 22, 1865.
~,The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Ex-
"onge Assurarce DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that
their TRANSFER BOOK, wiil be SHUT from Tuesday,
toe 12th of December next; to Thursday, the 4th of January
llowing ; and that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT
appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office on
re Royal Ex hange, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th of Decem-
ber, at Twelve o'clock at noon ; and that a Dividend will be
Considered of at the said Court.

ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Eitablished 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 JOHN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Robert
Bainbridge, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.'
fpbert Barclay, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
LJohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Geo. F. Malcolmson, Esq.
William
James Daniell, Esq. Henry Nelson. Esq.
Davidson, Esq. Lord Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq, Charles Robinson, Esq,
Alexander. Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
redk. Jos. Ed'mann. Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Charles H. Goschen, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
RiveradaleW. Greniell, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
t Obi. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq.

Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
tiNOTIcE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
*lttE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on
9th January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
-crPoration on advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uni-
H3rin rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or
"'trap, however small the Assurance may be.
EARIIING-STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use
°f Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has
averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent 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.
Life.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberal participation in Profits—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 LAFFITTE and COMPANY
(Limited).
Established under the Companies Act, 1862, by which
the liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount
of the Shares for which they subscribe, and in accordance
,With the International Treaty entered into between Eng-
land and France in May, 1862, in relation to Public Coin-
Dallies 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
slx 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.

DIRECTORS.
CHARLES LAFFITTE, Chairman.
Jolla Ennis, Esq., Director of the Bank of Ireland.
211'. P. P. Bayvet, Merchant, Censeur of the Bank of
France.
llarvey Lewis, Esq., M.P., Director of the National Bank.
H. Bourlon, I)eputd au Corps Legislatif, Director of
the Paris and Orleans Railway.
B. Henshaw, Esq., Director of the National Bank.
fir. L. C. Grimoult, Merchant, ex-President of the Tribu-
nal of Commerce of Paris.
George Bate, Esq., Great George-street, Westminster.
air. A. Gautray, 17, Rue du Cirque, Paris.
Sir John Gray, M.P., Charleville House, Dublin.
George Payne Kitson, Esq. (late of Sir John Guest and
Co.).

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Valiance and Valiance, Essex-street, Strand, and
George-yard, Lombard-street.

BANKERS.
The National Bank, London, and its Branches.
The Loudon Joint-Stock Bank, London.
The London and County Banking Company, Loudon.
jt he National Bank of Liverpool (Limited), Liverpool.
4tessrs. Charles Laffitto and Co., Paris.

BROKERS.
Itessrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour, 18, Old Broad-street.
,/tessrs. De Zoete and Gorton, 4.1, Warnford-court.
Edward Fox, Esq., 51, Dame-street, Dublin.
L. Charles Gide, Agent do Change, 18, Rue Drouot, Paris

SECRETARIES (PRO TEM.).
In London.—Mr. William 11. Read.
In Paris.—Mr. Paul Zucchi.
AUDITORS.
Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Evans.
E. H. Galsworthy, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
No. 18, Old Broad-street, London.
No. 48bis, Ruo Basse du Rempart, Paris.

PROSPECTUS.
This Company is formed to extend the business of the
1,131 d-established Bank of Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co., of
Basse do Rampart, Paris, to this country and elsewhere,
by 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
through an establishment having its centre in London,
and possessing the advantage of a name well known and
accredited throughout Europe, together with a thoroughly
°rganised, most extensive, and influential connexion.
The business of the Company will be similar in character
that hitherto carried on by Messrs. C. Laffitte and Co.,
and other great foreign banking-houses, viz., a combination
(3f banking business, financial agency, and general mer-
cantile monetary affairs, with the advantage of increased
resources and a more extended field of operations.
y An arrangement has been concluded with Messrs. Charles
'affitte and Co. for the purchase of their business, for the
8104 of £150,000, which amount has been arrived at upon a
moderate computation of its value, based upon a statement
7 the ofits actually realised during a series of years.
we-thirprds of the purchase-money will be taken in Shares,
(i.l CharleslLaffi per Share will be credited as paid-up
tte will continue his connection with the
lundertaking in the capacity of Chairman of the Company,
411(1 will give it all the advantage of his influence and
'3XPerience.
e negotiations are pending for incorporating with this
I.°,lllpany other banking, financial, and commercial estab-
lennaents, for the purpose of extending the sphere of its
Z)orations, and of affording to the establishments alluded
the opportunity of consolidating their business, and of
'clueing the existing liability of their shareholders.
case no allotment is made, the money deposited on
application for Shares will be returned in full.
t Forms of Application for Shares and every information
elh be obtained of the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitoor
Offices of the Company, where copies of the Memo-:VIM and Articles of Association, and of the Agreement
firth Messrs. Charles Laffitte and 0., may be seen.
becember 9th, 1865.

CHARLES LAFFITTE AND CO., LIMITED.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
IT° (To bo retained by the Bankers.)
I'o the Directors of Charles Laffitte and Co. (Limited).
Gentlemen,—
Wavingbei paid to your Bankers the sum of .£
ttOg deposit of £1 per Sharo on Shares in the
CLve Company, I hereby request that you will allot me
hi,a‘,llllmber, and I agree to accept such Itares, or any less
I),Tl.leer you may allot me ; I further agree to pay the de-
ei 91t Allotment, and the Calls as and when made, and to
u°edthe Articles of Asiation of te Company when re-
and I authorisoce you to insert name on the
ble'ster of Members for the number of Shares allotted to

Usual signature
Name in full
Residence
Profession
Date

CRARLES LAFFITTE AND COMPANY
(Limited).
ICOTT
ItITT CE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of
(Lo."',ICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will bo
lgth?M) for the Country THIS DAY (Monday), the
ust.

By order.

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Iltalligin,ll„,,(M? —That the FIERY CROSS has arriyed,
t -.tour° foaonificent KAISOW CONGOUS of delicious
he Ira, and which may now be had, at a mere commission on
40.5, real Price, of the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
4eAt St, Helen's CLurcliyarcl, Dishopsgste-street.