The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

SEABORNE MAILS.

[When the date for making up a mail falls on a SundaY, the u311,,1.
remains open until the day following; except in the case of the I
,a:
mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made up
evening previous.]

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FOR aa
Made up at W hence By what when By Whi't
the des-
Vessel. expected V
Post Office. patched.
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Lisbon.. • • .. t 7th,l7th, Bt} South- Alham- 24 lagn'S'
Spain
Gibraltar month. ampton bra.
esse .
Gibraltar 1
Malta • • • • Ath and
I Egypt .. • • . • 4th & 20th
Ceylon • •
ampton
India
Mauritius 20th of joloMbe
South-
(via Ceylon)
China
..... Jan. ••. 11/202
• •
Penang - ...
ampton
Singapore
Australia(vial 31 Jan South- Co'um- Dec.— Jacket
I
the Cape) • . ' 12 . ' J ampton bian
Cape of Good
Hope ..• • • • Dart- vics. Jan. 25 Ongllna
Mauritius
mouth Lindsay
Ceylon ...
India
Lisbon.. • 1
Madeira
CapedeVerds I
3I lan. 9.... =set,
1 South- MOW' Jan. 12 TPA
Brazil
BuenosAyres
Falkland Is-
lands ,)
West Indies
(except Ha-
vana and I st and
Honduras). 2d and 17th South- Magda- 16th of
Venezuela
Grey Town.. month. month.
New Granada
Chili
Peru .•
California • • 16th of
South-
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Honduras
i san. 17 .. 1
Nassau. . • . •
South- Magda- Orio°Ce
Mexico . • • • t m Jan. 2 ' • • • ampton lens Jan. 1
Havana • • • •
Madeira .. • •
t E Dec. 23 .• 1 Ply- Candace
Niger Jan. 6 CAn
Teneriffe • • mouth
W C.of Africa
British North t Liver. Persia
E Every Frl.l Asia
America • • pool 2
Dec.' arr.
-United States
D c 23 and
United States t e . 1
Liver- Atlafiti.
British North E alternate i Ericsson Dec, 19
America
United States kAg°
British North 31 Dec. 31 1 South- Wash- DeC. 26
America „ am ampton in ton
Aalo.
Canada • - N. A.Trle- j„,. 7 soos
pool rican 1-______---------

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CIIRIq I'M AS HOLIDAYS.
RETURN TICKETS issued on WEDNE,DAY. Dec. 24th, an,'
7te"rnechate days, will be ay.dede until MONDAY, the 29th, in
=Sive.
011 the Bristol and Exeter and South Devon linen tickets are not
"Itnable on Sundays.
The trains oh Christina-day will ran as on Sneays, with the addi-
Weof Down Day Mail from Paddington to Bristol at 10 A.m., and
UP Day Iran from Bristol, to Paddington at 10 a.m., which will
as en week days, with the exception et the Branch Trains be-
t 'ea West Drayton and Uxbridge ; Maidenhead and Wycombe ;
0,41i11t and Basinustolte ; Chippenhain, S ali sbry, nd Yeovil ;
'acester and Hereford; and over the south Waleus Linea.

bELIVERY of LETTERS.—Tho Postmaster-
General, anxious to promote rapidity and
~e?treetness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes,
"ided Loudon and its environs into ten districts, eack to be
:4ated, in many respects, as a separate town; and to render
s arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every
pus may be taken by the public for causing letters to be
,q.ected according to the district for which they are intended.
left
will suffice, and for the house at which this notice is
eft the initials are W. C., the district being the Western
lantral. In the direction of a letter, these initials should be
it)ly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end
tle address, thus :
Jlmss TRObIPSON, Esq ,
500, High Holborn,
W. C.

Orl When the letter is from the country, thus :

JAMES THOMPSON, Esq.,
500, High Holborn,
London,
w. C.

)thong other means of inducing this practice, it is sug-
rted that, when convenient, each resident of the Western
h;l6trict should add the name of the district, or the initials, to
Ail address inside his letters when writing to his corre-
andents, and on his address card, Also, that if in busi-
h7, lee should give the name of the district, or the initials,
the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or
trards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear
5 address,
e?errespondents not attending o the above arrangement,
lad be fequested to use the initials in reply.
linformation as to the district in which any locality is in-
tided may may be had at any receiving-house in London and its
tons, or at any head post-office in provincial towns,
of which alphabetic lists of streets, ez.c. will be
kePt for reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be
vtoenred (price 6d.) at any bead post-office, will hereafter
a similar street list showing the district initials : and
!'0 information, the Postmaster General is assured, will be
?'Den is the London Post Office Directory for the year 1857,
,t,14 part headed " Street Directory."
'l3O following additional information may prove useful :
TABLII OF DISTRICTS.

?Luxes. Initials.
astern Central District
*Western Central District
Northern District ~ N.
North Eastern District,

.......
Eastern District
South Eastern District
Southern District
South Western District S. W.
Western District
North Western District
the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart-
7'nt will be able to a. sorb with facility and correctness the
trUtry letters accordin to their respective districts, before
mIJ reach London in the morning.
titlY• a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully ono-third,
i,luch letters aro already so assorted with as much correct-
)l,4 as circumstances allow—a change which has greatly ex-
2ted the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous
0/talent, with full
all facility for correctness, can be extended
, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now
l'ogress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit
4 further and important acceleration of the morning deli-
111 throughout London.
By command of the Postmaster-General.
RowLAND HILL, Secretary.
(4elieral Post-office, Dec., 1856.

TUE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES
COMPANY (Limited).
%6.4,
`l.l, On. Million, in 100,000 Shares of 10/. each, deposit
21. per Share on Allotment.
TRUSTEES.
Ala
Grace the Duke of Wellington.
Right Roe. the Earl of Albemarle,
T S. Thornton, Esq.:, Banker, Birchin-lane.
"1- Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England.

DIRECTORS.
1 ,11814... General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairman.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury.
if_eut.-Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay.
on Gudin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris.
illiana Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and
";/, Old Broad-street.
". Porteseue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde-
krt.

Robert William Kennard, Esq,, Upper Thames-street.
Alexander Miller, Esq. , Ashford-house, Middlesex.
kt,biloßs--(ro be appointed at the first General Meeting).

RiliKE/tS.

141 Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn-
-4nden ton, and Co., Birchin-lane.
Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenchurch-street.
1' lions Messrs. Gnillochin, Sons, and Co.
4, •
iris Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London.
Monsieur Dolez, Avocet, Mons.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Joshita Hutchinson and Sen.
Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce,
SECRETARY—T. R. Preston, Esq.
,s, Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street.
4.les object of this Company is to develope the resources of
4s in collieries, situated in the most central and best portion
et well.known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They
sprig.) two distinct sections, of which part is already in
K.' working operation, and the remainder consists of cooccs.
ta-,lle from the Belgian Government, granted on condition
4t the coal shall be worked.
tsa. e insworked concession, known as " Bonne Victcire,"
I,l7ted as Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called
1S ens Ninsy" and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,000 acres ;
altwell-ascertained coal seams run through their whole
ant.
~
Ple collieries in full work are Ivo, viz., " Bonne V,eine,
Esperance,'' " Seize Actions," " Ste. Cecile, ' and
)'itSIV du Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres,
o~tSne right of working
ce sixty-two seams of coal. It
esi that their pr odu could be largely increased, within
Ths,t Years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Report.)
lal!tilAarit and other works are ample, well constructed, and
ttss4ntial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power
ati horses. These ccllieries are now yielding a minimum
thipofit of 40,0001. per annum (see Report), and it is agreed
capita preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the
141.11`ale now to be raised shall bo the first charge on these
theconfidence of the vendors of the working Collieries iu
taceneeess of their new undertaking is further shown by
204' agreeing to accept in part payment of their property
)04/90 shares (representing 200.0001.) denominated B shares,
sien, though considered as paid up, are only to receive di.
ttrends in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares
cane, to the public. Therremainder of the purchase money,
tss''lting of 254,0001., is to be paid in cash, out of the first
Chi of the Company, at any time within two years from
26,Leeerporation of the Company. Two-thirds of the above
ts,"'"U, shares will be annulled should the now concessions,
tse—st,arY to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good com-
Itarrel quality, and this proportion of the shares in question
tsalias& Ilet be handed over to tho sellers until such produce bo
1' Coal • llf a semi-bituminous quality. It is
Is genera y
0,71 Et the several pitpraouths into the waggons of the
tost"rn Railway of France for conveyance to Paris and the
54 and manufactories along the line, at which there is a
lit demand, and also into those of the
of the
odtistaisctFl.
and
"ayco (which traverses the collieries o
istteeets them with the net-work of the State Railways obfußfaecl..
ta:1) for the supply of the towns and the extensiv
Net districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion
etv.,, however, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, on thea of
fantkhes
'ts.'s"ich there are extensive sheds, where the boats are loaded.
one existing facilities for transit will be further extended by
sisitassilway now in construction between Mons, Haunronnt,
„..ataubeuge. The constant demand by railways, ii
gas-works, and for other manufacturing
and house
the' purposes, is more than sufficient to absorb, at all times,
lltreost produce of the collieries.
A
the request of the Directors, a detailed report on the
Drate4t state of the collieries at work, and to be worked, was
b isi`al'esi by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N.
'it, Which report has been confirmed by Mr. H. Gain, a
ase:lllnining engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr.
14,
,areles Manby, G.E., was deputed to verify the statements
Ds's_ • A majority of the Directors have also lately made a
Clete' visit to the collieries, and having taken every means
aada%st,isfY themselves of the soundness of the undertaking,
the truthfulness of the above reports, they now feel justi-
' in inviting the investment of capital in the Association.
4;,r,he capital of the Company is divided into 100,000 shares
silOt. each, which arc sub-divided into two classes, viz, A
'aferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will be
is! Per share, and the first call of 21. per share will be due on
e Ist June, 1857.
The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend
an their B shares till 6 per cent. shall havo been paid on all
Ilse A shares, thus in fact giving to the A shareholders a pre.
erential dividend to the amount of 6 per cent. ; and in the
event of the winding up of the Company's affairs, the amount
!aid on the A shares will be repaid to their holders before
117 payment is made on the B shares.
Dividends will be paid half-yearly at the Company's bankers
London, Mons, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be
4'1,1 up on the several shares,
The administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is
e4teully provided for.
TheJ various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been
„
L'ilted, and may be obtained on application at the Com-
office, as also a chart, showing the position of the
eellieries and the new concessions.
s,APPlications for shares must be accompanied by the bank-
'`'receipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share
*Pned for. The deposit will forthwith be returned on such
hares applied for as may not be allotted.
syissb ()M s of application may be obtained at the brokers' ;
at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgate-street.
fc's,`l
ach applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one
-tke Bankers of the Company, one pound (11.) per Share,
h
the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the
Ten
of 21 , in exchange for which a voucher will be
astle,tl- In the. event of the Directors allotting less than the
p I•°te number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro.
air Coted towards the deposit of(21.) per Share payable on those
ti'd• Should no allotment be made to the applicant,
cs-f° s4aseY lodged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free
aerge.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
110 the directors of the Mons United Collieries Compo.ny
(Limited).
Gentleman,—Having paid into the hands of Messrs.
credit , the Bankers of the Company, £ to your
. I request that you will allot me preferential A
°f 101, each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept
to-" shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me,
tiPaY the remaining deposit, to execute the articles of asso-
ttil.on or a printed copy thereof when required, and in all
e ,„". respects to conform to the provisions of the Joint Steck
it:—Nnica Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform
174,01 these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now
14151atint.e to your Bankers, and authorise you to cancel the

I an, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

••••••••• •

Name in full
Profession or occupation...

Date
Relidence in full
11490 9f IbiViill9lo. if iwy„,

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