The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

BANKERS.

Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchero, Thorn.
In -London ton, and Co., Birchin-lane
Messrs. Harkey, 7, Fenchurch-street.
In Volts Messrs, Gnillochin, Sons, and Co.
irt Paris Messrs. Charles Laffitte And Co.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Prnith, London.
Monsieur Dole; Avocat, Mons.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sen.
Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce.
SECRETARY —T. R Preston, Esq.
Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate•street.

The object of this Company is to develope the resources of 1
ertain collieries, situated in the most central and best portion
,of the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They
tetnprise two distinct sections, of which part is already in
full working operation, and the remainder consists of conces-
14ne front the Belgian Government, granted on condition
that the coal shall be worked
rae unworked concession, known as " Bonne Victcire,
altviated at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called
!`lllons Nimy" aria " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,000 acres ;
Ih6 well-ascertained coal seams run through their whole
I*:tent„
The oollieries in full work are five, viz., " Bonne Veine,"
: Bonne Esperance," Seize Actions," Ste. Cecile," and
Midi du Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,1100 acres,
with the right of working sixty•two seams of coal. It is cal-
ted that their produce could be largely increased, within
,Ztre years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Report,)
fro) plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and
•Flhstantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power
!el 939 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum
!tet profit of 40,0001 per annum (see Report), and it is agreed
that a preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the
'capital now to be raised shall be the first charge on these
l'etrtrik
Tha confidence of the vendors of the working Collieries in
.511 e success of their new undertaking is further shown by
their agreeing to accept in part payment of their property
,OAO shares (representing 200,0000 denominated Fl shares,
'Wh,,ch, though considered as paid up, are only to receive di-
'"hl‘ends in proportion to the amount' paid the A shores
‘eirered to the public. The remainder of the up
on
purchase money,
tensisting of 254,0001., is to be paid in cash, out of the first
lauds of the Company, at any time within two years from
!th,„e incorporation of the Company Two-thirds of the above
4u,000 shares will be annulled should the new concessions,
'contrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good com.
anereial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question
'WM list be .handed over to the sailers until such produce be
lesaised.
The coal is generally of a semi-bituminous quality. it is
loaded at the several pit-mouths into the waggons of the
!Northern Itai:tway of France for conveyance to Paris and the
towns and "manufactories along the line, at which there is a
Feat demand, and also into those of the Haut et Bas Flenu
'4l.llway (which traverses the collieries of the district, and
e..?l:lllects thew with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel-
g') for the supply of the towns and the extensive manufac-
luring districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the
bal, however, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, on the banks
„,"'; Which there are extensive sheds, where the boats are loaded,
the-oe existing facilities for transit will be further extended by
railway now in construction between Mons, Haumont,
844. Maubeuge. The constant demand by railways, iron-
rorks, gas-works, and for other manufacturing and house-
:told purposes, is ore than sufficient to absorb, at all times,
'O4 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.
pUdot, which report has been confirmed by Mr. It Gain, a
local mining engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr.
Charles Manby, C.E., was deputed to verify the statements
made, A majority of the Directors have also lately made a
Personal visit to the collieries, and having taken every means
,
Patisfy themselves of the soundness of the undertaking,
14°d the truthfulness of the above reports, they now feel justi-
"d ini inviting the investment of capital in the Association.
The capital of the Company is divided into 100,000 shares
101, each, which are sub-divided into two classes, viz., A
Zreferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will be
444,.. per share, and the first call of 21. per share will be duo on
the Ist June, 1857.
The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend
l',ll their B shares till 6 per cent, shall have been paid on all
re A. shares, thus in fact giving to the A shareholders a pre-
ferential dividend to the amount of 6 per cent. ; and in the
pent of the winding up of the Company's affairs, the amount
I,a-id on the A shares will be repaid to their holders before
InY 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
paid up on the several shares.
The administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is
carefully provided for.
The various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been
Printed, and may be obtained on application at the Com-
14nY's office, as also a chart, showing the position of the
collieries and the new concessions.
Applications for shares must be accompanied by the bank-
°tie receipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share
4Pplied for. The deposit will forthwith be returned on such
hares 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.
Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one
of the Bankers of the Company, one pound (11.) per Share,
en the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the
"Posit of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be
i!:en. In the event of the Directors allotting less than the
Whole 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
• money ledged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free
nt
"'charge.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the directors of the Mons United Collieries Company

(Limited).
Gentlemen —Having paid into the hands of Messrs.
the Bankers of the Company, £ to your
credit, I request that you will allot me preferential A
shares of 101, each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept
such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me,
to Pay the remaining deposit, to execute the articles of asso-
ciation or a printed copy thereof when required, and in all
ether respects to conform to the provisions of the Joint Stock
o 44apanies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform
'IIY of those stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now
~,11414 by me to your Bankers, and authorise you to cancel the
fitment.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY a
C kNADA.

—*GIFT I; lIEREBY GIVEN', That the Transfer Books of the
above Company will e Closed from Thursday, the Ist day of January,
1857, to Thursday, the 15th, both days inclusive, for the purpose of
making us th, Half Year's Interest accrued on the A ant B Series,
Queb c and Rich wild, St. Lawrhnee and Atlantic, and Toronto and
Guelph Issues of 4 4rand Trunk shares.

Th,se Shares are, Cy resolution of the shareholders, passed at the
General Meeting held at Toronto on the 10th ~r November last. con-
verte 1 and coupolidated i to a vneral capital stock, to be called the
" Consolidated Stock of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of
anal

The Certificates of the above Shares may be forwarded to this
°Mee, and exclbinged for Certificates of such Stcck, after the 15th
January next, and sll transfer. after that date v. ill be entered as
Transfer! Ir Stock of the ' !ompany. instead of Shares, as hitherto ; and
no Transfer:3 will registered unless accompanied with the certifi-
cates tor the amount.

By order of the Board of Directors.
C. P. BONE'S', Secretary.
21, Old Broad-street, December 16th, 1856.

C OMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON,
Lothbuty, and 6, Henrietta-street Covent-garden.
Subscribed ital, 1,500,0001.
Paid u Capital. 300,, 001.
Guarantee Fund, 71,5001.
DIRECTORS.
11f ARK TIUNTER, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN SAVAGE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Charles Butler. Esq. Jonathan llopkinsen, Esq.
Edwa d stillingfleet Cayley, William Jackson. Esq., M.P.
Esq , M.P. Sir Joseph Paxton, M P.
Cohn Alfred Chowne, Esq. Robert S!acey Price, Esq.
George Clive, Esc! Herbert Taylor, Esq.
William 000 per. Esq. Joseph Thompson. t sq.
Charles 11111, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq.
Thomas Wlnkworth, Esq.
Manager. Mr. Alfred Richard Cutbill.
A ccoun.s of parties received and kept on the plan generally adopted
by London Bankers.
l'arties havin.; current accounts with this Bank have the advan-
tage ,f transferring any surplus balance to a deposit account bearing
interest ; and sums of money are I eceived on deposit f om parties not
keeping current accounts. The rate of interest allowed is I per cent.
under the minimum rate of discount of 'he Bank of England, the
deposit being subject to 10 days' n• Lice of withdrawal.
The agency of country and foreign banks undertaken on such
terms as may be agreed upon.
Purchases and sales of British and Foreign Securities, &e., effec'ed,
dividends received, and every description of bankinq, business trans-
acted.
Letters of Credit Are granted on the principal cities and towns in
Europe and elsewhere.
No Christmas-coxes or other gratuities are allowed to be taken by
the officers of the Bank.

A. E. CUTBILL, Manager.

UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY
(FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITI S).

A.D. 1714.
Cornhill and 70, Baker-street, London.
Colloge-green, litiblin.—t..ronengen street, Hamburg.
Exchange-greet West, and Tlthebar,-street, Liverpool.
No,th Nelson-street, Ndirhureh.
instituted in the reign of Queen Anne, A D 1714, with large Invested
Furies.
DIRECTORS &C.
CHAIRMAN—JOH RE ‘• iNGTON urns, Esq.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN HENRY ALD WIN SOA M ES, Esq.
James 13,ntley, Esq. John i'synter,
Thomas Bodley, Esq. John Rogers, Esq.
i,aniel Britten, E,41 H. nry kutt, Esq.
Nicholas harrinaton, Esq. George Sltencer Smith, Esq.
Aston Chi:d, Esq. hichd. liorsms.n Solly, r Eq.
William G:lpin, Esq. W. Foster White, Esq.
Thomas
_c.d.!, Esq. Samuel Wilson, Esq., Ald-
Thomas Mills, Esq., M.P. I Stephen Wilson, Esq.
John orley, Esq.

LIFE.
Reduced rates for younr. and middle ages, with guarantee of a
company in eal-t-•flee upward.= of 140 years, and a large accumulated
eapital. he last Bonus (1855) gave additions to policies varying
from 25 to 70 per cent. on the previous seven years' premiums
Lower rates. NVithout profits. Two-thirds only of the premiums may
ha paid until Beat Decreasing and increasing ratcs of premium, and
half-yearly or quarterly. 3ledicai fees allowed.

FIRE.
Insurances at the usual rates, and profits returned on policies taken
out for sevei. years by p omp oa3 mein. 1.0 ses occasioned by ex-
plosion of ga, made good. The offices clos,, on Saturdays at two
o'clock. excepting in the fifteen days after each quarter-day.
Insurances now expiring must he paid on or before the 9th Janu-
ary, at the office in London, or of ;lie respective agents.
WIL LI A.At B. L EWIS, Secretary.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
THE xube ran ct- of the feelings, amid scenes of
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under the gaze of many friends, and therefore to devote especial
attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season tha t
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b
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CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West
Brompton.—secretary's Offiee,.l67, Piccadilly.—This Institu
ion has been e,tablished exclusively for the treatment of the poor
fffieted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167,
Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted
at the Brompton Esta lishment, for one month, end for a longer
period if recommended by the edical officers. The number of per-
ons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for
the last three year about 400 cases each Tear. Since the fetm4ation
of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every
form of this dr adful malady, have received the brnefits of this
Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa-
tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application
to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue
this reat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be
paid to William Loxham Farrar, E,q., the Treasurer. 66, Lincoln's-
inn-fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's
Oakes, 167, Piccadilly. _ .

By order.
W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary.

• OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
Patron— rhe QUEEN.—Founded 1828.
The sick poor are admitted ~n their own application alone; no re-
commendation is required.
inuring the past month the following number received the benefits
or this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal
oplleation:—

Week ending 7th November 2,154
Ditto 14th November 2,043
Ditto 2lBt November.... •• 1,972
Ditto 28th November 2,309
29th a.nd 30th November— •• ...•• 269

Tneetwal
cians,Neso,vtehmebererrie-r---
of which 2,775 were
(1117 under treat-
merit) having been admitted previously.
The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the
pat: en is.
Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such eaten-
;ive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of
the public.
The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors,
early elected from the general list of subscribers, at
Thursday, at the Annual
General Meeting in January. A Board is held every
o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business,
when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at
.11 times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun-
tary contributions and leiiacies, which are received by the Treasurer,
John lasterman, E-q., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts
and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; 'terries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ;
trescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co.
tones Co.; Loyd and Co. • ilarclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams,;
Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber-
nets-street;
Musterman and Co.; and at the Hospital.
Clothing for
the
destitute patients will be thankfully received.
By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman.

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