The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-14 00:00:00

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JOINT STOc.',K COMPANIES IN 1720.

The following ,k a list of some of the Joint
Stock t;omnanif;;; projected -at. the time of tin
SGuth litilible,t4k_en from. a -newspaper ..of -the
day : - . • - - •
-(-Prow' Tirecleig PeteNf /if J n 2. 1720,1
For building or buyin4-4 ships to I 4 -6r freight at Grairai4y's.;-
Exchan_gc-alley, • •,`
For the raising the growth 'array, silk; t,000,000/.:.
For lending, upon.the thlioSit of stock, tallies, ke. at
.Robins, Exchange-alley, 1,200,000/.- . .
For buying and selling of estates, Stocks, -govcrinnOnt
securities, and to lend IntnOr, .3',000,0001.
For carrying on the nudertaking.business for furzlishing fune-
rals, 1,200,0001. i.t the Fltece
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For buying lead mines andworking_thern,„ Ship "Tavern.
4,000,000/. for purchasing and improving commons and waste
lands, Ilanorer Coffee-house.
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A subscription for effectually settling the Islands of. Blanco
and SaltortugasY • ":.•'
For supplying the London market with cattle, Garraway s.

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For strieltingleltd:.ore in Derbyshire, Swan anditannuer.
2,000,000/. -for •importing walnut-tree fro& Virginia, Oar,
raway's.
For purchasing, tin and lead mines in Cornwall and Derby-
shire, Half-1110m Tavern.

2,00,000/. for an engi►ie to supply Deal with fresh water, &c.
Black Swan.

For making Joppa and Castile. soap, Castle Tavern.
4,000.0001. for exporting woollen stuffs and iMporOrig copper,
brass, and iron, and carrying on a general foundry, Virginia
Coffee-house.

This day, the Elth instant (Jan. 1720), at Sam's_Coffee-house,
behind the Royal Exchange, at three in the afternoon, a
;book will be opened for entering into a joint-copartnership for
carrying on a thing that will turn to the advantage of the con-
cerned.

For a settlement in the Island of St. Croix, Cross Keys.
2,000 shares for discounting pensions, &c., Globe Tavern.
4,0001. for improving all kinds of malt liquors, Ship Tavern.
A Society for landing and entering
.goods at the Custom-
house, on commissions, Robins.-2;1100,0001. for a Friendly
Society for purchasing merchandise, and lending money, King's
Arms.

2,000,000/. for purchasing and improving fens in Lincoln-
shire, Sam's. -

4,000,000 L for improving Lands in Great Britain, Pope's
Head.

The Gold and Silver Society.
For extracting Silver from Lead, Vine Tavern.
For Trading to Barbary and Africa, Lloyd's.
_Making Iron with Pit-coal.
Insurance Office for Horses Dying Natural Deaths, stolen,
or disabled, Crown Tavern, Smithfield.
A rival to the above for 2,000.0001. at Robins's.
For furnishing London with Hay and Straw. Great St.
James's Tavern.

100,0001. fora Perpetual Motion by means of a wheel mov-
ing by force, of its own weight, Ship Tavern.
A copartnership for insuring and increasing children's for-
tunes Fountain Tavern.
400,0(101. for manufacturing irorr and steel, Black Swan
Tavern.

200,000!. to be lent upon pledges, Blue Coat Coffee-house.
2,000,0001. for erecting salt-pans in lloly Island, John's
Coffee.house.

FlRE.—YestPrday evening, between the hours
of six and seven o'clock, a fire broke out at a cotton wadding-
manufactory in Charles-street, Mackfriars-road, which might
have been attended with serious consequences, but for the ac-
tivity of the workmen employed on the premises. Fortunately
it was got under without any further mischief than the destruc-
tion of a quantity of the materials employed in the manufac-
tory.
UNCERTATNTY OP WORLDLY HOPES AND
WI sius.—A young man of time name of Weaver,
who died on the preceding Thursday, was in--
terred in the parish church-yard On Tuesday, the
very day-which had been fixed upon for his wed-
ding !—(Cheltenham Paper.)