The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-26 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

The object of this Company is to carry out the conces-
sions granted by the Municipal Council of Brussels, in con-
cert with the authorities of the province of Brabant and
the Belgian Government, for the drainage and coincident
improvements of the capital of Belgium.
The magnitude and value of th!se concessions will be
understood by the fact that they include subsidieS to bo
received by the Company in cash and Annuities, of the
value together of 26,000,000 f., or £1,010,000 sterling,
which have been voted by all the authorities and sanc-
tioned by tho. Crown.

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The Original' estimates for the principal part of these
works were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette,
Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works of
London, under the sanction of •that. body ; and these esti-
mates have been further tested by months of minute and
careful revision on the part of contractors and their respec-
tive engineers. •

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It is intended that the whole of the works shall be com-
pleted within four years.
The importance of the undertaking is evidenced in the
protracted official debates in the Brussels Municipal Coun-
cil, And also in the Belgian Chambers and Senate on the
subject, and by the . special report thereon from Lord
Howard do Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
at Brussels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through
Sir George Grey, to the Metropolitan Board of Works, in
London, and recorded in their Minutes under date of
May 18, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the
Prospectus.

His Majesty the King of the Belgians has expressed his
desire to inaugurate the works by laying the first stone in
State ceremony, which is fixed to take place at Brussels on
Wednesday, the 22nd of January next.
It will be at once seen by this brief description of the
concession that it is one of no ordinary character.
The capital of the company is fixed at £350,000, in
35,000 shares of £lO each, divided into 25,000 A Prefer..
ance Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares.
The privileges attached to the respective share capital
are as follows : -

The A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the
assets of the Company, -by drawing by lot, and each share
paid off at £l5 per share, being a bonus of £5 per share ;
the drawings will take place on the following dates,
viz. :

On the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £62,500,
72 1, 1871, 6,250 „ £62,500,
1872, 6,250 „ £62,500,
If Iv 1873, 6,250 „ £62,500,

Total shares 25,000 or £250,000
Until so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest
at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on
the Ist of January and Ist July in each year, for which
interest warrants will be attached to tho shares.
Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus
named, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in-
terest as follows :—thoso shares which are drawn, and
thus are

To be paid off on 22nd of January, 1870, will have re-
ceived a total interest and bonus of 241 per cent. per annum.
Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1871, will have re-
ceived a total interest and bonus of 20i per cent. per annum.
Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1872, will have re-
ceived a total interest and bonus of 18 per cant. per annum.
The Directors do not pledge themselves to make an
allotment to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the
shares, it being their desire to place this small capital it
the hands of bona fide investors.

Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1873, will have re-
ceived a total interest and bonus of 131 per cent. per annum
The 3d Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires'
interest in the Company. Those shares. will not be en-
titled either to payment of any interest or capital until the
whole of the Preference Shares have received their capital
back, with the interest and bonus before referred to ; there-
fore the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually
a guarantee to the Preference Shares.

applications for shares may be made in the annexed
form, which must be accompanied by the payment of £2
per share deposit, without which no application will be
considered.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.

No.-

To the Directors of they9lßian.yublic Works Company

(Limited),
Gentlemen—Having paid to your Bankers. Messrs. Smith,
Payne, and Smiths, the sum of £ , being a deposit
of £2 per Share on A Preference Shares in the
above Company, I hereby request tb fit you will allot me that
number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less
number you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospec-
tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to
sign tlao Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company, as duly registered, when required. And I au-
thorise you to insert my name on the register of membars
of the shares allotted to me.
Usual Signature
Name in full
Residence
Protession
Date December, 1866

The abovo is only a short, extract from the detailed
Prospectus, which can be had, with copy of the letter of
the British Minister in Brussels to Earl of Clarendon, on
application to the Secretary at the offices of the Company.

THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM-
PANY (Limited).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LISTS of
APPLICATION for SHARES in the above Company will
be CLOSED on FRIDAY NEXT, the 28th instant, for
London, and SATURDAY, the 29th instant, for Country
applications.

By ord9r of the Board,
W. J. L. HERIOT, Secretary.
St. Clemant's House, Clements-lane, E.C.

WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS
YOUR MOTTO ?
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Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S heraldic Office for a
Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of
man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form.
The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what
buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted,
fee 10 s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500
Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every
family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour,
price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi-
grees traced from authentic records, information as to the
obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's
name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal
family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran-
ourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C.

HYAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
The First Establishment in the Kingdom for Juvenile
Clothing.
Boys' Sandringham; Overcoats lss. to 355.
Boys' Prince Alfred Reefers
Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys
Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Eton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits
Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s.

HYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE foi GENTLEMEN,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.

Hyam and Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats.., 21s. to 30s.
Hymn and Co.'s Winter Reefer Capes 3os. to 84s.
Hyam arid Co.'s Winter Overcoats
Hyam and Co.'s Winter Suits 42s. to 70s.
Hyam and Co.'s Winter Jackets
ITyam and Co.'s Winter Frock Coats
Hyam and Co.'s Winter Vests
Hyam and Co.'s Winter Trousers

YAM and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS,
1. Gentlemen's Clothing for Immediate Wear.
2. Bespoke or Order Department.
8. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department.
4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department.

Q•
YANISII FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CA.NTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair, Sa 6d, 58 6d, and iOs 6d;
sent by post for 54, 81, and 144 stamps.—ALEX, ROSS, 248,
High
,tiolborn, London, and all Chemists.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by usinz ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO.
Thi, preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours,
removing the veryroot. Price 4s; sent by post for 80 stamps.
—2lB, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curb,
Ladles' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app tied. Sold
at 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
—Had of all Chemists.

I- a REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
\( ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYiC produoes a perfect colour
immediately It is used. It Is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effe. Price 3s scl, 6s 6d, and iOs 6cl; sent by post
for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Cheini4s.

HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn,
London.--ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes
superfluous hair from the face, neck. and arms, without effect
to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 6s 6d, and los 6d; sent for 51, 84,
and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists.

DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
VE IETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal-
lowness, dte. 2s 9d and 75 ed ; or pest for 40 and 100 stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains
so by an occasional using. 108 fid ;sent for stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps.
UGLINESS
of articles and means used for improving
the
appearance.
BayndABLEEL AUTROYss! being a Pamphlet
248, High Holborn,
London.

THE RESCUE
SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 8,087, who have
been Rent away in fire years.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of 3 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be reoelved gratefully by the Secretary,
fr. Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen •streeL. Choapside; or by Alessrc
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street

R°.',..L.F.R.:Ed,Eate'v..",r/rof'ttlaZirGoartaiir'uBr-tinnheru-rHoaald).!
amy Terminus, King's.crons.

Patron—Her nod Graciona Majezity the QUEEN.

Vioe- Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA.LILS,IIG.

President—His Grace the Duke of BO COL FIJCH, K.G.
the first to estab-
tBh2Be'sick ipoor, without
lisThhtlhaeHponsistpclitpalle, foofunirdeeeladinnitsheeloynearto
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
pendent for support ou voluntary contributions and f :gaciee.
It affords relief to a large number of In-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite Made to maintain them.
Contributions are received by thcir bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;Berries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co.;. Yresoott, GrOtA, and do.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet
and Co, Berners-street : and at the ilcoPital. from to till 3.
sramirogr) 6M1T13, Searcsaty,

jVO'riIING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AQUA A MARV, L
liesera. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.' Red Bull Wharf, 93,
Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect-
fully offer to the publics this truly marvellous Bill which
gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hae—no
matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the
properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. ?rice one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, fee. 61 Testimonials from artistes
°tithe highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

THE BEST REMEDY f'ol, INDIGE3TION.
NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy
for Indigestion, which I the cause of nearly all the diseases
to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grate •
ful and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural
Strengthener of the Human Stomach." " Norton's Pills "
act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; are mild in their
operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands of
persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived
from their use, as they have been a never-sailing Family
Friend for upwards of 20 years.
Sold in bottles at is. lid., 2s. 9d, and lie. each, in every
town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.

Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be
persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which
have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S
CA lIIOMIL E PILLS.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. £2,A00 required.
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

EIOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
WM. WILLI 1118, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£ll,OOO, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for one boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, lireat Queen-street. W.C.

pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FOR
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
I4A, Providence-row, Finsbury, 8.0.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly. 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only, condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
ceceives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhavo
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least .El,OOO more will bo required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamilies
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless,' and food to the really
starving ? Tho smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
-be offered in your behalf. -
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the... Rev.)). GILBERT D.D., • N0:22
•7
Finsbury-circus, E.O. .