Путешествие на Луну

           Itboldlydeniedthepossibilityofsuccess,andpronouncedinfavorofthetheoriesofCaptainNicholl.ButthiswasnothingmorethanmereEnglishjealousy.

           Onthe8thofOctoberPresidentBarbicanepublishedamanifestofullofenthusiasm,inwhichhemadeanappealto"allpersonsofgoodwilluponthefaceoftheearth."Thisdocument,translatedintoalllanguages,metwithimmensesuccess.

           SubscriptionlistswereopenedinalltheprincipalcitiesoftheUnion,withacentralofficeattheBaltimoreBank,9BaltimoreStreet.

           Inaddition,subscriptionswerereceivedatthefollowingbanksinthedifferentstatesofthetwocontinents:

           AtVienna,withS.M.deRothschild.

           AtPetersburg,StieglitzandCo.

           AtParis,TheCreditMobilier.

           AtStockholm,TottieandArfuredson.

           AtLondon,N.M.RothschildandSon.

           AtTurin,ArdouinandCo.

           AtBerlin,Mendelssohn.

           AtGeneva,Lombard,OdierandCo.

           AtConstantinople,TheOttomanBank.

           AtBrussels,J.Lambert.

           AtMadrid,DanielWeisweller.

           AtAmsterdam,NetherlandsCreditCo.

           AtRome,TorloniaandCo.

           AtLisbon,Lecesne.

           AtCopenhagen,PrivateBank.

           AtRiodeJaneiro,PrivateBank.

           AtMontevideo,PrivateBank.

           AtValparaisoandLima,ThomaslaChambreandCo.

           AtMexico,MartinDaranandCo.

           ThreedaysafterthemanifestoofPresidentBarbicane$4,000,000werepaidintothedifferenttownsoftheUnion.WithsuchabalancetheGunClubmightbeginoperationsatonce.Butsomedayslateradviceswerereceivedtotheeffectthatforeignsubscriptionswerebeingeagerlytakenup.