The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-08 00:00:00

JAMAICA COTTON-GRO'M ING COMPANY.
Capital, £20,000, in £lO Shares..„ Deposit, £1 per Share.
(Limited baba]. ts,.)
Only £lO,OOO to be called up ,
for the first year.
BAN REIIB-11ICS8rS. Dimsdale, Prey :ett, Fowler, and Barnard.
PATRON—RAVIIt HA. Lc' rd BROUGHAM.
TREASURER—Robert N. Fowler, Esq.
COM-MITI IEE.
'Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P. Henry Ricketts, Esq.
Charles Henry Strutt, Esq. . l'eter Paul Grellier, Esq.
Stephen Bourne, Esq. I

kunrron—henry Ed 2 mund Gurney, Esq.
SOLICITOR—J. F'. Elmslie, Esq.
ACTING SECRETAR Bramston.
CONSULTING COMMITTEE 7 homas liazley, Esq., M.P.;
Thomas Clegg, Esq., Man cl tester ; Hon. Ed. Hill, John
Nethersole, Esq., Rev. John, Clarke, Frederick Vinen, Esq.,
and Christopher Codringto' Jamaica.
The chief originators of thi s C'Jrnpany are persons who have
long lived in the West Indies, 'and acquired great experience
as to the capabilities of thos e colonies, especially Jamaica, to
produce an abundant suppl' fr of good and cheap cotton. Oh-
servatirin and experience convince them that if the landed
propitefors in that count ry, the capitalists in England, the
marndacturers of Lancas hire, and the friends of freedom
generally, can be brought., Into harmonious co-operation, an d
Weir energies are directed to the growth of cotton, first in
Jamaica, and atterwarels in Guiana, Trinidad, and Domiy dca,
we shall soon be independeJat of the slave States of America,
and obtain a sufficient supply of good cotton by m,camt of free
labourers.
It is, therefore, intended to set on foot wit'flout delay an
experiment in Jamaica, the extent, probable, cost, and pro-
ceeds of which, together witJ'i a map of a Ja•maica estate, and
the opinions on the subject of many very distinguish ed states-
men, capitalists, and manufacturers, will be furnished to ap-
plicants, in a detailed prospectus, at 55, Cb aring--cross,--L on-
don ; at Messrs. Thomas Clegg', Clare, a',id Co.'s, I, Mount-
street, Manchester; or at 31r. Wm. C:ftater's, Lowestoft,
Suffolk, to either of whom application, for shares should be
forthwith made. _

The amount of shares already subs cribed is somewhat less
than the sum necessary to insure 'Lhe success of an experi-
ment with only 500 acres of land (' ,which will be X 5,0001; and
in case no more than this should be subscribed, the experi-
ment will be commenced at orlce, on this scale. Cotton to a
considerable extent is now be'in',.; sown in Jamaica, in antici-
pation of the operations of the Company, and it is believed
that new cotton from thenci.! will be in the market before the
Ist of August next.

This day, fcp. Bvo., extra cloth, 2s. 6d.,
BUSINESS LIFE; or, Some of the Experiences
of a London Tradesman, with Familiar Anecdotes and
Illustrations, and Practical Information for Men in Business.
Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row, London.

LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING
CO *(PANY.
subscribed Capital, -1z1„150,000, in 25,000 Shares of Z5O each;
Paid-up Capitsl, .£500,000 ; Reserve Fund, £llO,OOO.
DIRECTORS.
Thomas Tyringham Bernard, , John Fleming, Esq.
Esq., M.P, Edward Huggins, Esq.
Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. Win. Champion Jones, Esq.
John Wm. Burmester, Esq. ' James Laming, Esq.
Charles Salisburyßutler, Esq., John Henry Lance, Esq.
M.P. William Lee, Esq., M.P.
William Cory, Esq. William Nicol, Esq., M.P.

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GENERAL MANAG:ER—WiIIiam M'Kewan, EBq.
Heald Office, 21, Lombard-street (at present temporarily at
the South Sep, House, Threadneedle-street).

REPORT
Presented to the Shareholders of the London and County
Bank, at the :half-Yearly Meeting, 7th February, 1861.
WILLIAM NICOL, Fsq., 31. P., in the Chair.
USEFUL lIANDBOOKS.—NEW EDITIONS.
Your Directors have the satisfaction to lay before the Pro-
prie:tors of the Bank a statement of its affairs for the half- Price 3s. 6d., cloth extra, 400 pp.,
Ye ar ending the 31st December last. VONBLANQUE'S RIGHTS AND WRONGS:
From the balance-sheet placed before you, which has been
duly audited, it would be apparent that the net profit of the 12 A Manual of Household Law.
Bank for the half-year, after the several deductions of ex- And, price 2s. 68. each, cloth extra,
penses (including income-tax), rebate, interest to customers, HOLbSWORTH'S HANDY BOOK OF PARISH, LAW.
and making the required provision for bad and doubtful debts, SLF.IGH'S lIANDY BOOK OF CRIMINAL LAW.
amounts to £48,728 14s. 11d , including the balance brought FeaNBLANQUE'S HOW WE ARE GOVERNED.
forward from the previous June of £8,708 19s. 7d. STiRSON'S EVERY-DAY CHEMISTRY.
From the above the Directors recommend that a Dividend itIARDWICK'S FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
,
a
be now declared of 6 per cent. for the last half-year, free of London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
Farringdon-
income-tax, which, with 5 per cent. already paid, will make street.
11 per cent. for 1860. Your Directors propose a furtler
addition of £15,000 to the Reserve Fund, and to place the. ro.. I _
.rnainder, £3,728 14s. 11d., to the credit of Profit and Loss 'se. w
Account.
In consequence of the lamented decease of James AT Arew
Durham, Esq., early in November last, the Directors i.tave to
announce that the vacancy thus occasioned has been 1,111.eal up
by the election of Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq., M..r., to a
seat at the Board.
The Directors retiring by rotation are—
John William Burmester, Esq.,
John Fleming, Fsq., and
• William Champion Jones, Esq.,
all or whom are eligible for re-election, and offer themselves
accordingly.
'The Dividend will be payable on and after the 18th instant.

THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S
" GOVERNMENT' UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex
perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi-
ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive,
intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all
is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully
examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin-
ciples."

Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row.

Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58., by post free, ss. 6d.,
ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of
STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they
so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be
removed by the most simple means.
By P. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.,
And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the
Cure of Strictures of the Urethra.
" This work is the production of a surgeon whose special
attention has been directed, through a long professional life,
to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases
which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his
great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various
kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which
their management is founded. By his systematic management
an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is
attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can
most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable
contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and
ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject
to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858.
London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.

BALANCE SHEET OF THE LONDON iLND COUNTY
BANKING- COMPANY, 31st Decen Ab,er, 1860.
DR.

To Capital paid-up .
Reserve fund
Amount due by the Bank for Customers'

£500,000 0 0
110,000 0 0

Balances, &c
Profit and loss balance
broughtfrom last account. £8,708 104 7
Gross profit for the half year
atter making provision for
bad and doubtful debts .. 134,721 1 7

143,430 1 2

£8,286,01415 6

Cu.'
By cash on hand at head office
and Branches £645,,0:10 1 11
Vasil placed at call and at no-
tice

1,201,250 16 4

Investments,:viz. :
Grovernment and Guaranteed
Stocks
Other stocks and Securities 109,200 5 0

Just published, prig is. ; by post, ls. ld. ; sealed, is. 6d.,.
DR. BRIG'T'S MANUAL on SPERMA-
TORInVEA and other URINARY DEPOSITS.
With c
asrs and Drawings from Life, &0., &c. Licentiate of
the Cr.,llege of Physicians, Member of the Royal College of
Surgeons, &c., &c.
Contents :—Modern Treatment of Syphilis—Stricture—
Impotency—Unhealthy and Debilitated Offspring—Diseases
of the Urinary Organs—Non retention of Urine—Desire for
Solitude—Groundless Fears—lncapacity for Married Life,
&c. ; showing how these supposed incurable maladies may
be effectually eradicated by the most simple means. Pub-
lished and sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-
row, London.

Discounted Bills, Notes, s'Ad 725,150 17 5
temporary advances to C -
tomers in town and c(.nm-
try
—.... 3,828,652 11 7
Advances to Customc,ra on
special securities
Freehold d. 4,196,652 11 9

mold premises Lombard-street and
Nicholas-lane, Treehold and leasehold
property at the Branches, with fixtures
and fittings
80,299 11 5
Interest paid to Customers 32,391 19 8
Ealaries and all other expenses at iread
Office and Branches, including income tax
on profits and salaries

£6,286,04115 6
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
To interest paid to Customers DR.
Z 12,391 19 8
Exmases, as above 50,289 15 11
Wilde on Bills not due, carried to New
Amount
-Reserve Fund
Dividend of 6 per cent. for the lialf-year... . 30,000 0 0
Balance carried forward to Pr,Jfit and Loss
New Account

3,728 14 11

£143,430 1 2

33y Balance brought for Ca.
ward from last ac-
count
£8,70819 7
Gross profit for the h'slf-year, after making
provision for bad "Lind doubtful debts .... 134,721 1 7

£1.13,430 1 2
We, the unde,zaigned, have examined the foregoing Balance-
Sheet, and have found the same to be correct.
(Signed) FRED. HARRISON,
HENRY OVERTON, Auditors.
London and County Bank, let February, 1861.
The forei.roing Report having been read by the Secretary, the
followimg Resolutions were proposed, and unanimously
adopt ed
. Tinat the Report be received and adopted, and printed
forl Om use of the Shareholders.
2. That a Dend of 6ent. be declared upon the
tal. Stock of the Company,pore
er
the Half-year ending the 31st
elf December, 1860. clear of income tax, payable on and after
Monday, the 18th of February instant ; that the sum of
£1,5,000 be added to the "Reserve Fund ; " and that the
balance of £3,728 14s. lid., then remaining, ee carried to Pro-
fit and Loss New Account.
3. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to te Board
of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted
the affairs of the Company.
•4. That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to the
A uditors of the Company for the past year.
5. That Frederick Harrison, Henry Overton, and John
-Wright, Esquires, be re-elected for the current year.
6. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to William
lit'Kewan, Esq., the General Manager ; W. J. Norfolk, Esq.,
the Chief Inspector ; R. P. Nichols, Esq., the Secretary ; the
BranA. Managers, and the other Officers of the Establish-
Merit, for the zeal and ability/ with which they have severally
discharged their respective, duties during the past year.
The Election of three Directors having been proceeded
'with,
dthe following Gentlemen were unanimously re-
electe :

Jobn William Burmester, Esq.,
Johva Fleming, Esq.. and
Wtlliam Champion Jones, Esq.
(Signera) WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman.
The Chaim an having quitted the Chair, it was resolved
That the
and carried rmanimously :
*Willia cordial thanks of this Meeting be presented to
m 7*.:Jicol, Esq., M.P., for his able and courteous conduct
in the Vaalr.
(Signed) W. C. JONES, Deputy Chairman.
Er,
tracted from the minutes.
(Signed) It P. NICHOLS, Secretary.

-LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COM-
PANY.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Dii-
dend on the Capital Stock of the Company of 6 per Cent., for
the Half-year ending the 31st Dec., 1860, will he Paid to the
ll.use, Proprietors either at the Chief (temporary) Office, South Sea
`Threadneedle-street, or at any of the Company's
Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY', tho lath instant.
By order of the Board.
W. M`KEWAN, General Manager.
South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, Feb. 7, 1861.

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