The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-26 00:00:00

PfLOSPICTUS.

TAI. Company has been formed to Meet Lhe wants of the L.rge
and increasang trade between Liverpool and the St. Laarrenre,
the
dequat enetang means of steam communication being altogether
inae.
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Ifortreal is second only to New York as a port of export n the
Atlantic seaboard of North America. The trade returns exhibit
an Increase to the Maness of the port of 100 per amt In embt
year.. during which period there luta bees no Increase whatever
In steamship tonnage between Liverpool and MoutreaL
Liverpool receives a much larger proportion of the reports
from the St. Lawrence lean all the other pore of the ('sited
Kingdom, and it is from Liverpool that shout fourLftha of the
Imports into Canada are shipped, and while there are two tibia
of screw steamers now running between Glasgow and the SL
Lawrence (a much inferior route both as regards passengers and
freights). there to only on* line running between Liverpool and
&best. Lawrence. . _

It Is well knewn that the profits of steamships between liver-
poa and Montreal are very large, and there can be no doubt.
from the great Moires." of the trade, that by careful and econo-
mical management, the earoings of this Company will yield •
profitable return to the shareholders. The Compaq baa received
promises of support from must of the leading firms In Canada ;
Ran, awes are reserved for allotment in the colony.
The River St. Lawrence Is the natural outlet of the trade, not
only of Canada. bet of all the great western States adjoining
the take. of North Mimics the grainixoducing poser of
these hates a so enemata that Champs, which in lass shipped
Italkiiit bushels. in ISO shipped 60,477,11 a bushels of grain,
besides not quantities of proviaions. The total quantity of
grata from theta western States, which Dow seeks a market by
way of the lakes, Is 10,000.000 quarters, and the animal increase
Is at the rate of 10 per cent.
The north-west has arrived at • valuta prodactiee beyoadeay
possible capacity for transportation except by the great natural
males It annually crowds canals and railway. with over
100.04111,000 bushels of grain, hence' Immense quantities of pro-
claims, and tide increasing tautness cannot be maintained
with-tit recourse to that natural outlet of the lakes, the River
St. Lawrence.
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By reason of the perishable nature of wheat and flour, and
the I. sustained by beating ou the lona voyage, of sailing
ships, steawen always command a lugh rate of treight In this
trade.

la consequence of the magnitude of the business, no undue
competition need be entered into with the Allan lice, and the
!Low:lass passenger Wake, which its ships ale specially adapted
to carry, will not be Interfered with by this Company.
It is proposed so build a Beet of screw steamers of about sOOO
tone, of large carrying capacity, and of moderate but sufficient
power. Such vessels can be built at a relatively much smaller
cost than where high speed I. required they can be silted more
ecouoibicidly, and offer Neel advantages to shippers of mer-
chandise and to steerage and intermediate passengers, who, from
their greater number and less este nave mode of transport, are
much more protitettle than first.clam µmangers.
lio provisional or other contracts have been entered into with
shipbuilders or others, and the Directors are tree to buy in the
best and cheapest markets.
The Directors are not enteritis upon an untried business, bat
are providing for the necessities of a trade which calls for an
Increase of steamship to, cage, and whsch hoe proved iargely re-
munerative to the existing Company.
It is usteaded to commence a fortnightly service each way, to
be Increased to a weekly line, ceiling at queetastowl4 no soon so
vessels tan be sot ready.
During the season when the St. Lawrence is closed the boob,
will run to Portland. which is now the meat centre of the winter
import and export trade of Canada, and where, by means of the
Omni Trunk hallway, • very large export of provisions, &c.,
(rum the Western States tallow carried on.

prteno7ineitoney ell be pei..l. sod the preliminary ex-
penses .111 consist solely of the sestet necessity dminareements
end le pal charges.

PONS OF APPLICATION Poe MAUI
To be retained by the bankers
To the Dtfeetors of the Liverpool, Quebec. and Montreal Steam-
ship Company ,lAmited,.
Gentlemen,—Daving paid to your bankers the sum of l
being a deposi. of per share on shares Is the starer Com-
pany, I hereby request that you will allot ins that number, sod I
1 11,Lesto become a member of the Company in respect of such
or in respect of any lees somber you may allot me. and
to execute the, Articles of Association who, required . and I
request that ray r wane may be placed on the register of members
for the shammed allotted.
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