The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-16 00:00:00

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its Pristine boo. no matter at what are.

JNO. (')SHELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wow-. ,rful liquid. It is now offered to the public
a. more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each.
inclu ling- brush.
Red Prll Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames-
stre.t T.0nd0n.143.0.

EA -FRE 1: () Y A f 4. DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager. )fr. Chatterton.
'HITS EVF.r, :Net, nt 1-:ELLEs OF TPE KITCHEN.
At Ft, FOyMOSA . new four-net Drama, by Dion Boucienult:
ires,s,v. Barrett. H. Irving. David Fisher, Britt.ain Wright.
loin. Rouse; tiro Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald,
do l Kat hart ne Rodgers.
To conclude with tho farce of BORROWED PLUMES.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. BnckMone.
THIS EVENING. at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS.
Mr Compton.
A t a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN
AND OLD ACRES: Mr Burkstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr
Howe, Mr Rogers. Mr. Braid, Mr Duckstone, pin.; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss
C. Hill, &c.
Coneludinrz with (by desire) HIGIf LIFE BELOW
STAIRS : Mr Kendal. Mr Buelistone, Mr Howe, Miss F.
Wright, and Miss F. Gwynne.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.

THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTF,R.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr
Benjamin Webster: Messrs A. Stirling, G. Eclmore, J. G. Taylor,
W. liignold, Miss Furtado. &c.
To conclude with LOST AT SEA: Mr G. BE lmore, Mr A.
Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold. Mr C. IT. Stephenson. Miss
Rose Leolercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and
Miss Lennox rey.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking.
Places can be secured a fortnight in advance:: --e.

HOLBORN THEATRE.ROYAL.
Sole Lessee and Manager, BAURY SULLIVAN.
THIS EVFINTT.NO. at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of
THE BATH ROAD.
At 7.35, Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S
SACRIFICE; 3fr Barry Sullivan; Messrs. George Honey. J. C
Cowper, Charles IlorAman. Lin Payne, Lunt, Dyas, Arthur,
Re.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt,
Mrs. C. I (Inman, &c.
To conclude with STATE SECRETS.
Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks.
Acting Manager—ANON

GI OBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry.
Immense success of the new Comic Drama.
THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY : Miss Lydia
Foote. Mr Fleury Neville
At 7.#5, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three.
acts, written by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE
LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, Mr. H. J. Byron.
To conclude with THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN
EGGS: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens.
A new Burlesque, by Mr. Henry J. Byron, in which Miss
nny Josephs will appear, is in active preparation.

1 OYAL STRAND THEATItE.
Sole I essee and 31anageress, Mrs Swanhorough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS : Mr
CI ►rks.
Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke.
After which, *ENO; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner
Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, Ito.
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IMPERIAL OTTOMAN LOAN, 1869.
For £12,000,000 Sterling Money, or Francs 300,000,000
effective.
Authorised by Firman of his Imperial Majesty the
Sultan.
To be issued in Bonds to bearer of £2O, £lOO, and £5OO
each, bearing interest at Six per Cent. per annum, from let
October, 1869, payable half-yearly in London in sterling,
in Paris, and Constantinople.
The Loan is to be redeemed in Thirty-three Years by
an accumulative Sinking Fund of One per Cent. per
Annum, the Bonds to be publicly drawn by lot, semi-
annnedy in Paris, in the usual manner, and paid off at
par in Constantinople, in Paris, or in London in sterling.
Thu Dividends of this Loan, as well as the Bonds drawn
for redemption, are, by a special clause in the Convention,
declared by the Ottoman Government to be now, and at
acv future time, exempt from every kind of Tax, Charge,
or Deduction.
1. Messrs. Louis Cohen at.d Sons are authorised by
the Contractors to receive Subscriptions in Loudon for
the above Loan, at the pace of £6O les. for each £lOO
Stock.
2. The Bonds will be to bearer, and will carry interest,
until cancelled, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, pay-
able half-yearly, on the Ist of April and the Ist of Octo-
ber in each year at Constantinople, at the Office of the
Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, in Paris, and in sterling at
the London Agency of the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris,
London. The first payment of interest will become due
on the Ist of April, 1870.
3. The Loan will be redeemed at par in thirty-three
years, from Ist October, 1869, by means of an Accumu-
lative Sinking Fund of one per cent. per annum. The
Bonds will be publicly drawn by lot in Paris in the usual
manner in the months of March and September in each
year, and the bonds so drawn will be payable on the suc-
ceeding Ist April and Ist October in London, in British
sterling, and in Paris and Constantinople, when the in-
terest thereon will cease. As the definitive Bonds may
not be ready for delivery before the month of March next
the first drawing will take place in September, 1870, and
will comprise an amount equal to the two- first-half-yearly
drawings.
4. This Loan is secured on the general revenues of the
Ottoman Empire, and by a lien on the following revenues,
which aro specially appropriated for the payment of in-
terest and principal, as follows :
To the
amount of

1. The tithes of the provinces of Alqppo
and Adana, Syria, Janina, Trebizond,
Boniah,and of the Islands of the Arch-
ipelago .. £1,015,000
2. The tithes of the province of Iludavin-
diguar (District of Broussa, &c.)
3. The tithes of the province of Bosnia
(with the exception of the district of
Yeni Bazar)
4. The tithes of the province of Adin and
Menteche 105,000
5. The surplus of the taxes on sheep, 540,000
6. The revenues of Bagdad 225,000

Total .02,375,000
to meet the annual charge of interest and sinking fund of
the Loan of about £1,560,000.
Detailed statements have been received from the Otto-
man Government of the shove revenues, which show that
they have been continuously increasing for the past three
years, and amount to the full sum for which they are ap-
propriated.
5. The Ottoman Government guarantee these appro-
priated revenues to be free from any prior charge, and the
same are stipulated to be paid over on collection, by the
Agents of the Ottoman Government, into the hands of the
Contractors or their representative, until they amount to
the annual sum requisite to perform the service of interest
and sinking fund of the Loan, and to be remitted to the
Contractors at the chary of the Government to Paris ; so
that each half-year, at least one month before the matu-
rity of each semi-annual payment of interest and redemp-
tion, the Contractors may be in possession in Paris of the
requisite funds for such payment.
6. The Bonds of the present Loan will be accepted by
the Ottoman Government at par, as equal to Turkish
metallic legal currency, in satisfaction for any caution
monies, which may hereafter be deposited for all engage-
ments with the Government.
7. The payments by Subscribers will be as follows:-
5 per Cent. on Application.
10 per Cent. on Allotment.
15 per Cent. on 31st January, 1870.
15 per Cent. on Ist March, 1870.
deducting dividend
Balance 15 10s. per Cent. on Ist of 3 per cent. less
April, 1870 English Income
Tax.

£6O 10s.
In default of payment of the respestive instalments at
their due dates previous payments will be liable to for-
feiture. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit
will be returned without deductions and where an allot-
ment is made of an amount smaller than that applied for
the surplus deposit will be applied towards the amount
payable on allotment.
8. Subscribers may on allotment, or on any subsequent
Monday or Thursday, anticipate the future instalments
under discount at the rat., of 6 per cent. per annum.
The accrued interest from Ist October, 1869, and the
dh-count on anticipating the instalments render the price
of issue equivalent to abcnt 5. per cent. Taking into
consideration the reimbursement cf the Bonds at 100,
by means of the Sinking Fund. the return to the Sub-
scribers will be equal to about 111 per cent. per annum.
10. Scrip receipts to bearer will be issued by Messrs.
Colwn and Sons against allotment letters and re-
eeipt,z, as soon as possibfe. These .Scrip receipts will,
after payment in full, be exclr for Bonds to bearer,
as soon as they are received from the Turkish Govern-
ment. _ _

11. Applications must be made on the annexed Form,
and will be received by-
3Jessrs. Louis Cohen and Sons, 23, Throgreorton-
street, E.C. ; The London Agency of the Comptoir
d'Escompte de Paris, 144, Leadenhall-street, E.C.;
and
Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., Brokers to the Loan, 52.
Threadneedle-street, E.C. ;
from all of whom Forms of Application may be obtained.
12. The Subscription List will be open on the 15th,
16th, and 17th December, hut no application will be re-
ceived in London after three o'clock on Fridhy, 17th
December. Applications from the country posted on the
17th instant will be received.
13. Subscription Lists for the Loan will be opened
simultaneously in Constantinople, London, Paris, Amster-
dam, Berlin, and Hamburg; but Scrip Certificates issued
in respect of London allotments can only be paid on, and
exchanged for, Bonds in London.
Certified copies of the Imperial Firman for the Loan will
ho deposited at the Bank of England, and copies of the
documents may be inspected at the office of Messrs. W.
and 11. P. Sharp, 92, Gresham house, Old Broad-street.
23, Throgmorton-street, E.C., 13th December, 1869.

IMPERIAL OTTOMAN SIX PER CENT. LOAN

O F 1869.

N 0..,

.•
LETTER OF APPLICATION,
To be left with the Bankers, after payment of the Pre-
liminary Deposit to them of 5 per cent. on the nominal
amount applied for.
Messrs. Louis Cohen and Sons, London.
Gentlemen,—Having paid to the London and Westmin-
sterßank, Lothbnry, the sum of .£ request you to allot
to Pounds Stock in the above Loan, on the
terms of the Prospectus issued by yon; and hereby
agree to accept that or any smaller sum which may be
allotted to , and to pay the ins.alments thereon accord•
ing to the terms of your prospectus of the 13th Decem.
ber, 1869.

Your obedient Servant,
Signature
Name in full
Address in full
Date December, 1869.
Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay
in full.
desire to pay up subscription in full, receiv-
ing discount thereon at the rate of £6 per cent. per an-
num.

Signature

BANKERS' RECEIPT,
To to Retained by the Applicant, after being Signed by
the Bankers.

December, 1869.

Received of the sum of pounds sterling,
being the d:posit on application for an. allotment of
in the imperial Ottoman Six per Cent. Loan

of 1869.

X

For the London and Westminster Bank.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

THE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of
submitting the following statement, showing he
financial position of the Company:—

The CAPITAL available for the purpose of meeting any
unusual calamity happening to the assured is Two
MILLIONS STERLING. The amount actually paid up is
£288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand,
exceeds £1,800,000.
For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se-
curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted
to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and
the following is au extract from their report to the last
annual meeting:
" The whole of your books have been audited ; every
document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book,
and every security-all have been most carefully kept,
and there is not one doubtful security in the whole."
A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as
already published,
may be obtained on application.
An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at
31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr.
Samuel Drown, the result being—

LIFE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS.

'et Value

N amber.

,lAccumu-
lated Fund

Assurances)

Surplus.

General Life As-
surances, less
re• Assurance, 13,844
Children's En-
dowments .207
Annuities (Im-
mediate and
Deferred) 421

Total ...... ...1 14,472

17(35,021

21,263

137,511

£942,643

23,287

156,345

1£177,C22

2,027

18,801

1X928,825 1.C1,122,975

£198,450

The valuation has been made at 3 per cent. interest, and
the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings
for future profits and expenses are entirely held in reserve
and not brought into the valuation.
The results show a considerable furplus in the Life
branch, amounting in the whole to .£198,450.
J 03DT H. 2.1 • LAREN. Manager.
701 EN B. JOHITSTOY, secretary to Loudon.