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

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES,
with New Costumes and v .rions Novelties, Vocal and Cha-
racteristic, will be gives during the Christmas Holidays, in the
Polyrraphlc-hall. King William-street. Charing-cross. Opening
Night, FRIDAY, Dec. 26th. First MORNING PERFORMANCE
on SATURDAY, Dec. 27, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may
be secured without extra charge, at the Box-office. Ihe Polygraphic
Hall 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 London and ite 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 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 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 THOMPSON, ESq ,
500, High Holborn,
W. C,

Or, when the letter is from the country, thus : •• •
Jewas THOMPSON, Esq.,
500, High Holborn,
London,
Among other means of inducing this practice, it is Bug-
ge,slied that, when convenient, each resident of the Western
District should add the name of the district, or the initials, to
his own address inside his letters when writing to his corre-
spondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in 'isi-
zeta, 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
kis 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
environs, or at any head post-office in provincial towns,
at all of which alphabetic lists of streets, drc. will be
kept for referenee. 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
~:;,igies,o In the London Post Office Directory for thy year 1857
• in the part headed " Street Direeterfr..tki-sAA-. ,
The following additional information may prove useful :

TABLE OF DISTRICTS.

Names.
Eastern Central District
Western Central District
' Northern District
North Eastern District
Eastern District .
South Eastern District S. E.
Southern District
South Western District..
Western District
North Western District

Initials.
E. C.
W. C.

N. E.

S. W.

N. W.

If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart-
scent will be able to assort with facility and correctness the
country letters, according to their respective districts, before
they reach London 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.
mess as circumstances allow—a change which has greatly ex-
pedited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous
assortment, with full facility for correctness, can be extended
to all, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now
in progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit
Ufa further and important acceleration of the morning deli-
very throughout London.
By command of the Postmaster-General.
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, Dec., 1856.

THE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES
COMPANY (Limited).
Capital One Million, in 100,000 Shares of 101. each, deposit
21. per Share on Allotment.
TRUSTEES.
Kis Grace the Duke of Wellington.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle.
H. S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane.
T. M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England.
DIRECTORS.
Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairman.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury.
Lieut.-Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay.
Baron Gudin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris.
William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Boner and
Co.), Old Broad-street.
J. Fortescue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde,
park.
Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street.
Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex.
Awe oas—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting).
BANKERS,
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn-
, In London ton, and Co., Birchin-lane.
Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenchurch-street.
In Mons !Messrs. Guillochin Sons, and Co.
In Felix Messrs. Charles LE:ffitte and Ce.
SOLICITORS.
Mesa% AlliorV. Travers, and Smith, London.
Monsieur Dolez, Avocet, Mons.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son.
Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce,
Secarraar—T. R. Preston, Esq.
Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street.
The object of this Company is to develope the resources of
certain collieries, situated in the most central and best portiOn
Of the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They
comprise two distinct sections, of which part is already in
full working operation, and the remainder consists of conces-
miens front the Belgian Government, granted on condition
that the coal shall be worked.
The unworked concession, known as " Bonne Tictoire,"
situated at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called
" Mons Nimy" and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,000 acres;
156 well-ascertained coal seams run through their whole
extent.
The collieries in full work are five, viz., " Bonne Veine,"
" Bonne 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-
culated that their produce could be largely increased, within
four years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Relied.)
The plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and
substantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power
of 939 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum
net profit of 40,000/- 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
returns.
The confidence of the vendors of the working Collieries in
the success of their new undertaking is further shown by
their agreeing to accept in part payment of their property
,20,000 shares (representing 200,0001) denominated B shares,
which, though considered as paid up, are only to receive di-
vidends in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares
offered to the public. The remainder of the purchase money,
consisting of 254,0001., is to be paid in cash, out of the first
funds of the Company, at any time within two years from
the incorporation of the Company. Two-thirds of the above
2%000 shares will be annulled should the new concessions,
contrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal ef a good corn-
, lee/vial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question
' will not be handed over to the sellers until such produce be
realised.
The coal is generally of a semi-bituminous quality. It is
loaded at the several pit-mouths into the waggons ef the
Northern Railway of France for conveyance to Paris and the
' towns and ilaiufactories along the line, at which there is a
treat demand, and also into those of the Haut et Bas Flenu
Railway (which traverses the collieries of the district, and
connects them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel-
' slum) for the supply of the towns and the extensive manufac-
turing districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the
coal, however, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, on the banks
of which there are extensive sheds, where the boats are loaded.
The existing facilities for transit will be further extended by
the railway now in construction between Mona, Haumont,
and Maubouge. The constant demand by railways, iron-
"works,. gas-wwks, and for other manufacturing and house-
hold purposes, is more than sufficient to absorb, at all times,
the 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
pprepared by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N.
Dudet, which report has been confirmed by Mr. H. Gain, a
14)011 mining engineer of great exrience, Subsequently Mr.
Charles Manby, C.E., was deputed to verify the statements
bade. A majority of the Directors have also lately made a
personal visit to the collieries, and having taken every means
to 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 ef the Comps is divided into 100,000 shares
of 101. each, which are sub-divided into two classes, viz., A
Preferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will be
21. per share, and the first call of 21. per share will be due on
the Ist June, 1857.
The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend
on their B shares till 6 per cent. shall have been paid on all
Pe A shares, thus in fact giving to the A shareholders a pre-
ervntial dividend to the amount of 6 per cent. ; and in the
event of the winding paid on the hares
up of the Company's affairs, the amount
any payme:ilrraarease
onwill be repaid to their holders before
Dividends win
In London, Mons, paid
half-yea yrl at the Company's bankers
au Paris, upon whatever amount may be
paid up on the several shares,
m administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is
carnfully provided for.
The various reports alluded to in this
printed, and may be obtained on
application
at the Com-
pany'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-
ers' receipt 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' ;
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 (it.) per Share
on the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the
deposit of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be
Liven. In the event of the Directors allotting less than the
whole number applied for, the amount paid hi will be appro-
priated towards the deposit of (2/.) per Share payable on those
allotted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the
Loney lodged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free
of charge.

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

(Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid into the hands of Meosrs.
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, the Bankers of the Company, £ to your
credit, I request that you will allot me preferential A
shares of IA each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept
such shares 3, 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
other respects to conform to the provisions of the Joint Steck
Companies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform
any of these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now
Paid by nee to your Bankers, and authorise you to cancel the
alletraent•

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

Name in full
Profession or occupation.
Date,

Residence in full ..
Place of badness, if oay