The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-27 00:00:00

needle-,treet

Agents and Shipbrokers in England—Messrs. Cunird, Brett, and
Austen, London. Liverpool. and Southampt n.

OFFICES IN PARIS-20, RUE IN EtTVE DES OAPUCINES.
OFFICES IN LONDON-1 1, KING WILLIAM STREET, CITY.

In ac,ordance wifh the maul tions passed at a General Meetting
of Shareholders. held at the Offices. i.l Paris, on Saturday the 15th
Mar. h, 1856, the objects of this Company, which was orig pally
formed for the commercial purposes of communication between
France and P its in the Indian seas, with clipper-built sailing
ships have been considerably extended and the system• of opera-
Moos materially improved ; it•having been determined to unite the
maritime enterprise of the two greatest mercantile communities
in Furope—Fngland and Faance—and to substitute screw steam
clippers, of first-rate sailing capacity, with auxiliary propelling
power.
The undertaking combines a'l the elements of success that can
be contributed by each country; the newly-developed com.nerclal
requirements of France afford profitable employment, and the
cheap and long established constructive skill of England prosPes
the best immediate means, whilst the capital, mar antile con-
nections. and nautical genius of i'oth countries are united in a
common objvct, f the m )st im pot- ant and remunerative char a. to
Under such encour ging circumstances, the Comp ny have
arranged to commence operations st once, by a line of screw
clippers, of about 2,400 tots average reels er tonnage, to 841
regularly from Havre to Calcutta, touching at !belle fie la Reunion.
(Bourbon), and such oth, r intermediate Indian tots as may be
selected. It is also proposed to oven a communication, upon an
early day, with the Br: zils, and, via the Brazils, with the Cape of
Good Hope. The ships will call at the port of Southampton
outward and homeward, to receive or land goods, specie, or pAa-
sengers.

To open these lines without delay, a fine fleet of clipper screw
steamers, of established rapwation, has been purchased from the
General Screw Steam Shipping Company. viz.:—
JASON. ARGO,
GOLDEN FLEECE, QTJEI,N OF THE SOUTH.
INDIANA, LADY JOCELYN,
UkLCU HYOASFES.

By this important purchase, the Company will be protected from
the loss which would necessarily folow from their capital lying
unproductive while anew fleet was being built and equipped, a d
be at once prepared to open their trades with the most faithfully
constructed steam clipp-rs in existence—possessing the prestige of
their previous emp'oyment, and the very high character they have
since sustained io the transport service of the British and French
Governments.

A portion of the capital will be open for subscription in England
and the Colonies.

Each application for shares must he made in the appended form,
accomp nied by a payment of 25 franca or per share on the
number required, for which a voucher will be given. In the event
of leas then the whOle number of shares applied for being allotted,
the amount paid in excess will be applied towards the balance of
751. or .43 per share, then payable. Should no allotment be made
to the app'ieant, the money thus locked will be ;returned, free of
charge, within a week from the day of the. general allotment.
Calculations made by those most experienced in the traffic of
France, and the exports from Belgium, Switzerianci, and Germany,
via Havre, wi h the ascertained steam communication between the
pins selected• by this Company, warrant the Mee ors in stating
their conviction that no ma, itime enterprise ever commenced under
mote favourable auspices, or with fairar prospects of yielding large
returns to its proprietary.
Wt en the capital is fully subscribed, an application will be made
for permission to convert this Company, which is at present es ab-
lishe 1 under the French Commercial Law as a Societie en Com-
mandite, into a r;ociotie Anonyme. and the gentlemen composing
the Committee of Supervision in England will become members of
the Council in Paris.
Applications for shares, accompanied by the 25fr. or-el deposit, to
be made to Messrs. Cuaa ix Co., 29. Coruhill ; HUGGINS & Rows !ILL,
Stock-brokers. 1 Thre adneedle.street; CUNARD, Stamm& MYST.. sr,
Agents and Ship-brokers, 150 Leadenhall-street, London, 5, York-
buildings, Liverpool, and Canute-road, Southampton ; and at the
()mess of the COMPANY. in London and Pairis.