The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS
vv for ORPHAN and S:ECNSSITDIJi CHILD/MN, Pinner.

Patron, His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL HALF-
YEARLY COURT of the Governors of this Institution will be held
on MONDAY, the 29th inst., at the London Tavern, Bishoptigate-
street, to continence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, when an Election
of Children (ten boys and six girls) will take place. The report of
the Board of Management and of the Auditors will then be sub-
mitted, and all such other questions and matters as may be law-
fully brought before the Court will be discussed and decided.
ALFRED LENCH SAUL, Secretary.
$l, Cheapdde, Dec. 23, 1866.

DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster-
General, anxious to promote rapidity and
correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes,
divided London and its environs into ten districts, each to be
treated, in many respects, as a separate town ; and to render
this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every
means may be taken by the public far causing letters to be
directed according to the district for which they are intended.
Initials will suffice, and for the house at which this notice is
left the initials aro W. C., the district being the Western
Central. In the direction of a letter, these initials should be
legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end
the address, thus :
JAMES THOMPSIN. Esq.,
500, High Holborn,
W.C.

Or, when the letter is from the country, thus :
JAMES THOMPSON, Esq.,
500, High Holborn,
London,
W. C.
Among other means of inducing this practice, it is sug-
gested that, when convenient, each resident of the Western
District should add the name of the district, or the initials, to
hie own address inside his letters when writing to his corre-
spondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi-
ness, he should give the name of the district, or the initials,
In the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or
Placards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear
his address.
Correspondents not attending to the above arrangement,
Should be requested to use the initials in reply.
Information as to the district in which any locality is in-
eluded may be had at any receiving-house in London and its
environs, or at any head post-office in provincial towns,
lit all of which alphabetic lists of streets, &c., will be
kept far reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be
Procured (price-6d) at any head post-office, will hereafter
contain a similar street list showing the district initials : and
like information, the Postmaster General is assured, will be
given in the London Post Office Directory for the year 1857,
in the part headed " Street Directory."
Th* fdllewing additional information may prove useful :
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TABLI OF DISTRICTS.

• Names. Initials.
,lhistern Central District
t -Western Central District
-31•Prthern District —
North Eastern District N. E.
Eastern. District
South Eastern District S. E.
'Southern District
South 'Western District
Western District
North Western District . .
If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart-
latent will bio:able to assort with facility and correctness the
%Diary letters according to their respective districts, before
the' reach Leiden in the morning.
By a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third,
Of such letters are already so assorted with as much correct-
Use as circumstances allow —a change which has greatly ex-
iledited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous
sssortment, with full facility for correctness, can be extended
• all, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now
will eventually secure to the public the benefit
WA further and important acceleration of the morning deli-
•tel throughout• London.
• . -/ By command of the Postmaster-General.
,;*;-• ROWLAND Hitt, Secretary.
general` Peist-otfie-e, Dec., 1856.
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; a MOXS UNITED COLLIERIES
los'A •
COMPANY (Limited).
in 100,000 Shares of 101. each, deposit
1. per Share on Allotment.
• ,
Prue the Duke of Wellington.
if,TtlAttlfmy4ctlie he. of Albemarle.
• ILMiteimtep, Esq.:, Banker, 01.0111 A lane.
T. Y. wwwain Esq Governor the Bank of England.
: .• -Mak TOSS.
`ol 4i!,...._l4l9:iCitteneral the Right Hon. Lord James Hayi Chairman.
'l4! ItithS atoui'Lord Viscount Bury.
tient...Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay.
Baronicludin,,Chatean Beaujon,
Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thonnon Bonar and
'44, Old- Broad-street.
krit. Fertescue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde-

Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street.
Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex.
Anirceis—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting).
ROTHIRS.

Neesrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn-
bt Leyden ton, and Co., Birchin-lane.
Messrs. Sankey, 7, Fenchurch-street.
tk Mons Messrs. Guillochin Sons, and Co.
In Paris Messrs. Charles L;filtte and Ce.
• Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London.
Monsieur Doles, Avocet, Mons.
BROHNIS.
Messrs. Joshaa Hutchinson and Sou.
Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce.
SECRSTART—T. R. Preston, Esq.
Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street.
The object of this Company is to develops the resources of
!•arts.in collieries, situated in the most central and best portion
Pr the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They
42,1prIse'two distinct sections, of which part is already in
l working operation, and the remainder consists of conoes.
244 from the Belgian Government, granted on condition
that the coal shall be worked.
-tne uaworked concession, known as " Bonne Tictoire "
hosted at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called
I.l,olle,Nimy" and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,000 acres ;
It
0 well-ascertained coal seams run through their whole
eatent.
The collieries in full work are five, viz., " Bonne Veine,"
•„ %nue Esperance," " Seize Actions," " Ste. Cecile," and
Midi du Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres,
'With the right of working sixty-two seams of coal. It is cal-
rated that their produce could be largely increased, within
tear Years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Report.)
plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and
substantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power
"t 939 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum
het profit of 40,0001. per annum (see Report), and it is agreed
' that a preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the
4Pital now to be raised shall be the first charge on these
!-starnk
The confidence of the vendors of the working Collieries in
,I,,ssuccess of their new undertaking is further shown by
heir agreeing to accept in part payment of their property
4,000 shares (iepresenting 200,0001.) denominated B shares,
. Ithieh, though considered as paid up, are only to receive di-
lideuds in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares
%r•
ived to the public. The remainder of the purchase money,
Muds
of 254,0001., is to be paid in cash, out of the first
L4Ads of the Company, at any time within two years from
* the incerperatioa of the Company Two-thirds of the above
*u.ooo shares will be annulled should the new concessions,
aentrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good corn-
• laircial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question
• *ill not be handed over to the sellers until such produce be
The coal is generally of a semi-bituminous quality. It is
led at the several pit-mouths into the waggons of the
,Northern Railway of France for conveyance to Paris and the
•%• was and maanfactories along the line, at which there is a
V• at demand, and also into those of the Haut et Bas Flenn
`bailway (which traverses the collieries of the district. and
tfinects them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel-
' 4l‘,ank) for. the supply of the towns and the extensive raanufac-
. 'sitiug districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the
Zati however, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, on the banks
The
there are extensive sheds, where the boats are loaded.
the
existing facilities for transit will be further extended by
" railway now in construction between Mons, Haumont,
snd _
Maubeuge. The constant demand by railways, iron-
r. It !rk% gas-works, and for other manufacturing and house-
ti
purposes, is more than sufficient to absorb, at all times,
a Utmost produce of the collieries.
'At the request of the Directors, a detailed report on the
• - 14usent state of the collieries at work, and to be worked, was
tillared by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N.
, Udet, which report has been confirmed by Mr. H. Gain. a
• ,foal mining engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr.
Musks Manby, C. E., was deputed to verify the statements
little- A majority of the Directors have also lately made a
ttlianal visit to the collieries, and having taken every means
satisfy themselves of the soundness of the undertaking,
and the truthfulness of the above reports, they now feel justi-
'led in inviting the investment of capital in the Association.
' ' The capital of the Company is divided into 100,000 shares
• et IN. each, which are sub-divided into two classes, viz., A
.s. Preferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit wil be
‘• Per share, and the first call of 21. per share will be duo on
aka Ist June, 1857.
The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend
tieilte their
. B shares till 6 per cent, shall have been paid on all
• f At,shares,, this in fact giving to the A shareholders a pre-
erea 111.1 dividend to the amount of fi per cent. ; and in the
event of the Winding
up of the Coinpany's affairs, the amount
paid on the A shares will
llbe repaid to their holders'
before
any payment is made o the B shares.
• Dividends will be paid half
yearly at the Company's bankers
381 London, Mons, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be
Paid up on the several shares,
The administration of the Company's affairs is Belgium is
carefully provided for,
The various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been
?tinted, and may be obtained on application
Psny's office, as also a chart, showing the at the Com-
position of the
collieries and the new concessions,
Applications for shares must be accompanied by the bank-
• ets' receipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share
applied for. The deposit will forthwith be returned on such
meares applied for as may not be allotted.
Forms of application may be obtained at the brokers'
• and at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgate•street.
'!-'l,Ateit applicant for Shares will be iequired to pay into one
• !4./ e Bankers of the Company,* one pound (11.) per Share,
°II the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the
•
deposit of 2/., in exchange for which a voucher will be
given, In the event of the Directors allotting less than the
• *hole number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro.
Priated towards the deposit of (2/.) per Share payable on those
allotted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the
.""ay lodged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free
• of charge.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR stuns.
Te the directors of the MODS United Collieries Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid into the hands of 3iessrs.
the Bankers of the Company, £ to your
recta, I request that you will allot me preferential A
shares of 101. each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept
81,4. ell shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me,
") pay the remaining deposit, to execute the articles of asso-
ciation or a printed copy thereof when required, and in all
• other respects to confori to the provisions of the Joint Stack
' Companies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform
11'7 of these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now
laid by me to your Bankers, and authorise you to cancel the
4lotukeat. _

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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