The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-22 00:00:00

THE BRITISH COLONIAL STEAM SHIP
COMPANY (Limitak.
Capital, £460,000, In 0000 shares of LAO each.
With power to locrease.l
♦t per shore payable on application, L 4 on allotment
or than L. 28 per than, by instalments, will be coned
during the present year.

f... Brook. Esq.. ILP ,Loncet;=-
:.rr. tZillevie. boy. ,of Mews. Gillemisa Moffatt and Co.)

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4 lam Henry Carr Glyn, LW.
1. • iDireetor of the liadma's Bay Company. and
Ole !loyal Mall Steam Packet Company.)
n 1 emperley, Ernii. (of ileum Terapookys. Carter and Darker,
L-41.1.44
.1.4 II alter Douglas, laq, London.
I. AN us= Mewl Glyn, Will! and Co.,Lonabard .alreet.

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immery oMole-1. Wldie Ilon-wart, crown, LC.

PROSPECTUS.
pitman object of this Compsay is the establlatuneall of a
r Sur of steam sbipe httween the porta of 11,,ntreal and
in Canada. and the United Efniclont. particularly Loa-
n. at present totaffy unprevided tor. Accorimodatloa wW
aff .nied for the trade of Newfoundland, Nora Scotia, and
aa may be required, and as my offer remunera-
tte remits. . .

—Tee iaeesstty of direct and regular steam communisation
Between I,osion and British North America has long been meet
rri.usly felt by the merchants Interested In this trade : the want
bis for some years past compelled them to forward large
...unities of valuable goods to Liverpool and Glasgow, biennia'
ff.,. Beery expense of railway transit, and damage occasioned
berehy. as well as peat uncertainty in the time of shipment.
The large wholesale houses In Imam, for the sale of every
a s. ription of textile fabrics, are especially interested In this
rtslirg, they haring been seriously prejudiced by the greater
in :Idles for shipment fftdel their rivals in Manshester sad
:'. northern towns posses.
..nscini returns, It appears that the total Imports and exports
iloutreal were below 80,000,000 dollen In 1666, whereas they
resdbel in 1862 nearly 38,000,000 dollars. The tact of the trade
6,:ag nearly doubled in the space of seven years proves the
vs: relit) of more rapid and extended communication. whilst Use
sot progress in the production of the west all of which district
Is • seeking a transit through Canada as being the shortest and
route to Europe shows that the demand for tre
an steadily Improve. It Is a well known fact that the existing
Lao) rinsing to America have been largely remunerative, It Is
refers eenfklently believed that under proper and economical
irsaagenient, and with the important interests combined In this
LudertaJdng, a mammon's mercantile profit will he realised.
A large number of passengers of all classes from the east and
south of England and the soatinent of Euro will select this
nate. sad add further to the saner of the Company.
It is not intended at peewit to apply for any postal subsidy.
as it L believed the vessels will pay better exempt from govern-
meat control. In the event of insufficient employment offering
at any tune during the winter to Portland, the vessels will be
employed in other trades as circumstances may require end as
may appear advantageous to the Company.
Means bare been taken to bemire the services of pmcYeal men
immense{ with the trade, •nd arrangements will be made with
eras of keg experience to manage the ships and their outfits is
London and Canada.

177tnises of support to a considerable aaaauit bare twee lOUS
by merchants here and In Canada. 1,000 shares are resereed toe
rihscribeis to the colonies

and
of the principal movers in Portng Is bo
cotein and increase the connexion of the of London with
tht &UM& North American colonies, by urlsa • regular and
speedy conveyance for their goods No money will
le paid by the Company.