The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

AWIDOW LADY, thoroughly a;!,quaiutecl
with the routine of Housekeeping, is desirous of an ,ntrag,-
Inent as Domestic Companion to an el.lerly or invalid Lady or Gen-
tleinan or Widower with young childreii, where one or m .re servant,
are kept. A comfortable borne the chief con-ideratien. Unexcep-
tionable references given.—Address C. G., Mrs. Powell's, 4, Trinity-
tare( t, Blackheath-hill.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES,
with New Costumes and v ,rious Novelties, Vocal and Chi-
racteristie, will be given during the Christmas Holidays, in the
P9lYeraphlc-hall. Ring William-street. Charinr-cross. Opening
Aight, FRIDAY, Dec. 26th. First MORNING PERFORMANCE
on SA.TURDAY, Dec. 27, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may
I,e secured without extra charge, at the Box-office. The Polygraphic
4,11 is being entirely redecorated.

DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster-
General, anxious to promote rapidity and
correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes,
divided Loudon and its environs into teu 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 for 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 are W. C., the district being the IVestern
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 :
JAYER TITOMPSON, Esq ,
500, High Holborn,
W. C.
61.,' when the letter is from the country, thus :

JAMES THOMPSON, Esq.,
500, ugh Holborn,
London,

W.C.
Among other means of inducing this practice, it is sag-
-ICeBted that, when convenient, each resident of the Western
tuleisiet should add the name of the district, or the initials, to
4i4 own address inside his letters when writing to his eorre-
Illondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi-
3, he should give the name of the district, or the initials,
the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or
Placards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear
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-
cluded may be had at any receiving-house in London and its
'tivirons, or at any head post-office in provincial towns,
at all of which alphabetic lists of streets, &c., will be
kept for reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be
Procured (price Gd.) at any head post-office, will hereafter
I.clltain a similar street list showing the district initials : and
'lke information, the Postmaster General is assured, will be
given in the Loudon Post Office Directory for the year 1557,
Iv the part headed " Street Directory."
The following additional information may prove useful :
TABLE OF DISTILIcTs.

Names.
Eastern Central District
Western Central District
Northern District
North Eastern District
Eastern District ..
south Eastern District
Southern District
South Western District
Western District
North Western District

• E. C.
~ W. C.
N.
N. E.
E.
E.
S.
• S. W.
,
w.
N. W.

If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart-
4'eut will be able to assort with facility and correctness the
,°,untry letters, according to their respective districts, before
`lle3r reach London in the morning.
,s.By a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third,
"' such letters are already so assorted with as much correct-
ness as circumstances allow—a change which has greatly ex-
pedited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous
t 0 41,
with full facility for correctness, can be extended
41, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now
In Progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit
!f a further and important acceleration of the morning deli-
"l7 throughout London.
By command of the Postmaster-General.
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, Dec., 1556.

THE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES
COMPANY (Limited).
%ital One Million, in 100,000 Shares of 101, each, deposit

21. per Share on Allotment. _
TRUSTEES.
t4is Grace the Duke of Wellington.
The Right Ho*. the Earl of Albemarle.
T• S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane.
• Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England.

DIRECTORS.
Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairman.
46 Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury.
ieut.Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay.
Baron Gudin, Chateau Bcaujon, Paris.
William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and
‘;°.), Old Broad-street.
Fortoscue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde-
Park.

Xabert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street.
AlexandekMiller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex.
'krln ons—(To be' appointed at the . first General Meeting).
BANKERS.
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn-
Itl London ton, and Co., Birchin-lane.
{
Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenehureli-street.
iti Moos 'Messrs. Guillochin, Sons, and Co.
11. Panig Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London.
Monsieur Dolez, Avocat, Mons.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sou.
Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce.
SECRETARY—T. IL. Preston, Esq.

Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street.
t The object of this Company is to develop. the resources of
tarn collieries, situated in the most central and best portion
ee the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They
ti,l,l:ndse two distinct sections, of which part is already in
working operation, and the remainder consists of couces-
-4-,4111 from the Belgian Government, granted on condition
,at, the coal shall be worked.
teThe unworked concession, known as " Bonne Vieteire,"
,;‘,..nated at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called
1541,, wellm and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,00.0 acres ;
s ascertained coal seams run through their whole
, The collieries in full work arc five, viz., " Bonne Veine,"
t°.nne Esperanto," " Seize Actions," " Ste. Cecile," and
-4.144„1di du Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres,
,„41 the right of working sixty-two seams of coal. It is cal-
io':iated that their produce could be largely increased, within
yl! years, at an outlay of 20,000/. (See Engineer's Repert.)
'' Plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and
stantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power
1, Y 39 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum
that profit of 40,000/. per annum (see Report), and it is agreed
_a preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the
4ital now to be raised shall be Clio first charge on these
,Itt,tns,
thelle confidence of the vendors of the working Collieries iu
Zauceessaof their new undertaking is further shown by
Z
arreerng, to accept in part payment of their property
vit•.ooo shares (representing 200,0000 denominated B shares,
ieh though considered as paid np, are only to receive di.
led
t.,ends in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares
Nered to the public. The remainder of the purchase money,
;Onsisting of 254,0001., is to be paid ,in cash, out of the first
trial' of the Company, at any time within two years from
incorporation of the Company Two-thirds of the above
t-" 1300 share's will be annulled should the now concessions,
entrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good coin-
,llte,reial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question
"u 1 not be handed over to the sellers until such produce be
coal is generally of a semi-bituminons quality. It is
Northern
at the several pit-mouths into the waggens of the
:tthern Railway of France for conveyance to Paris and the
k:nus and manufactories along the line, at which there is a
ii-aeaiit demand, and also into those of the Haut et Bas Flenu
es‘`'rY (which traverses the collieries of the district, and
ti„'-'4ects them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel-
tt;j4) for the supply of the towns and the extensive ras.nufae-
tb',ng districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the
r'', however, is conveyed by the Condo Canal, on the banks
1•:'t-Chich thereare extensive sheds, where the boats aro loaded.
existing facilities fort ransit will be further extended by
e railway now in construction between Mons, Ll:turnout,
tl4ffaitheuge. The constant demand by railways, iron-
-o,;'-e, as-work, and for other mnufacturing and house-
Purgposes, samere than sufficienta to absorb, at all times,
°utmost produce of the collieries.
At the request of the Directors, a detailed report on the
present state of the collieries at work, and to be worked, was
prepared by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N.
Dll (let, which report has been confirmed by Mr. H. Gain, a
mining engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr.
kaqe_srles Hanby, 0.E., was deputed to verify the statements
°- A majority of the Directors have also lately made a
t "'ennal visit to the collieries, and having taken every means
o tatisfy themselves of the soundness of the undertaking,
and the truthfulness of the above reports, they now feel justi-
'ell in inviting the investment of capital in the Association.
capital of the Company is divided iuto 100,000 shares
;I,l'olo/. each, which are sub-divided into two classes, viz. A.
fr. ferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will be
'4_/ per share, and the first call of 2/. per share will be duo on
the Ist Juno, 1857,
The vendors consent to
r claim to any waive their
on their B shares
cent. shall have dividend
till 6 pe
the A shares, thus i m
n fact been paid on all
ferential dividend to the amountgivg to the A shareholders a pre•
of 6 per cent. ; and in the
event of the winding up of U!, Company's-,
Paid on the A shares will be repaidtot'htffeiarirholders
a amount
e
447 payment is made on the B shares.
. Dividends will be paid half-yearly at the Company's bankers
t
"", London, Mons, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be
Paid up on the several shares.
The administration of the Company's affairs
in Belgium is
ettrefully provided for.
The various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been
Printed and may be obtained on application at the Corn-
lianY's office, as also a chart, showing the position of the
Collieries and the new concessions.
A-Pplications for shares must bo accompanied by the bank-
eiereceipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share
applied for. The deposit will forthwith be returned on such
shares applied for as may not be allotted,
Forms of application may be obtained at the brokers' ;
Rnd at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgate-street.
®f
Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one
-,tho Bankers of the Company, one pound (11.) per Share,
°,l—„the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the
gi-v"it of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be
;ren• In tho event of the Directors allotting less than the
ele number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro-
al'.ted towards the deposit of (2/.) per Share payable on those
otted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the
on,
Yge
lodged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free
har.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,
70 the directors of the Mons United Collieries Company
(Limited).
Clentlemen,—Having paid into the hands of Messrs.
, the Bankers of the Company, E,
credit )1 to
reqest tat you will e
hat.
" of 1.
n ,oe.o eachh th in e capitalallot thereof I aPgir.eefeelt.oil youraecc
pA
t
etneo shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me.
eTa?a3, the remaininr, deposit, to execute the articles of a550,,,1011
,,,1011 or a printed copy thereof when required, and ill all
"ber respects to conforra to the provisions of the Joint Steck
an°4lPanies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform
paid of these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now
'4115Y me to your Bankers, and authorise you to cancel the
alloulteut.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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