The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE. c
~ 0
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... Dian' it
via .Marseilles
brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. moo,
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena—N°' ,o.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.3l°.o
via Marseilles ...INl°'

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Var. 0.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton— I\l3r' 0
via Marseilles.... ithin IS
India (Bombay), via Southampton
—. via Marseilles Nat. 6,
Portugal....
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nan 0
via Marseilles Nano,
Newfoundland . .Mar.
Oporto and Vigo ..
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Na r. ,
by U.S. packet ... 1"
by Canadian packet ga' 0.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Toneriffe Mar' 11'
Bahamas, via New York Mat. 15
'Mexic0..
.... Mgr'

All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Afar.
California. and British Columbia

The Paris savings banks during the last fort
received 966,939 f,, and reimbursed 883,819 f. The roc°,
of the Caisse de Itetraitos for the Aged during the
period amounted to 108,071 f.

Births.
101 P
ASTLEY.—On the 15th inst , at East Barshars,
the Hon. Mrs. Delaval Astley, of a daughter.
onivilif
CoLvILL.—On the 15th inst., at Bodmin, Mrs. '-
of a son. plor'

PRENDERGAST.—On the 15th inst., at Harlestone,
thamptonshire, Mrs. Lenox Prendergast, of a 5011.4.
the 15th inst., at Greenwich,
ROWTON,—On son.,
'Omen, of a son,

Marriages. Wet'
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ISAAC—Lrynr.—On the IGth inst., at Grafton",eot.,et
Bond-street, !Frederick S. Isaac, Esq., of bier
place, Portman-square, to Sara, second daughter
L. Levin, Esq.
STEAD—BARNES —On the 15th inst., Augus.u-
third son of 11. D. Stead, E.7q., of Stamford•hill, °ore 7
second daughter of James Barnes, Eeq., of St. G
Southwark.

Deat. foolif
ATTENBOROLTGII.—On the 15th inst., at Islip, 8'150014
relict of the late John Attenborough, of rite--
,
Northamptonshire, aged 84. ac Not
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FELTON.—On the 15th inst, at Warring e'
ton L('—,
wood, Henry Felton, aged 55.
FROGLEY.—On the 15th inst at Brighton, 11311)11 Allei,
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Frogley, of Houaslow, F.R,C.S., aged 71' v ricie
SAVAGE.—On tho 11th inet., at Southampton, -re
S. Savage, Esq., aged 64. lee'
for- p.
Talbot" Lien'
STOCKENSTItOM.—On the 15th inst , at 37,
Bayswater, Sir AddriesStockenst.rom, hart., 13'
oil of
Governor of the Cape, aged 72.
rad 0 Ao
WooDs.On the 15th inst " Percy William, see"; Id"
James Pontifes Woods, Esq„ of Torrington
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Claygate, Surrey, and Southwark.

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at E VANS' Covent-garden.

TILE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY
OF LONDON (Limited),
INVITE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR TUE
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER
ISLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited).
Capital £500,000, with power to increase.
First Issue, £250,C00, in 10,000 shares of £25 each.
Deposit on application, £1 per share. Payment on allot-
meat, L 2.
It is expected that no more than £5 per share will be re-
quired to be called up; sub -Equent calls, If any, not
exceed £t per share, and will not bo made at less intervals
than three months.

TRUSTEES.
,Tervoise Smith, Esq. I Henry Kingscote, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
'Tames Anderson, Esq. (Messrs. Andersm Thomson, and
Co.\ Director of the Bank of British Columbia.
ainies Caird, Esq., M.P.
George Campbell. Esq. (Messrs. A. N. Dickson. and Co., Lon-
Is n;
d)
don : and Dickson, Campbell, and Co., Victoria, Vancouver
Joseph Fry, Esq. (Messrs. Trueman and Fry), Director of
the Canada Agency Association.
T. W. L. Mackean, Esq., chairman of the Bank of British
Columbia.
A'exander Morristin, Esq., Director of the Bank of Otago.
Prldeaux melby. Esq., Director of the Vancouver Island Land
and Coal alining Company.

BANKERS IN LONDON•
Messrs. Smith, Papp., and Smith.
?3ANKES.S IN BRITISH. COLUXBIA AND VANCOUVER

ISLAND.
The Bank of Brit'sh Columbia,
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Baxter, Bose: Norton, and Co.
AGENTS.
The General Credit and Finance Company of London
Limited).
1.2 t TEMPORARY OFFICES.
Gresham. Rouse, and at the Offices of the General era

and Fin'ance Company, 7. _Lothbury.
SECRETARY (pro tern.) —Mr. George Stephens.

This Company is estab ished for the purpose of extending
to British Columbia and Vancouver Island principles of
business that have long since been adopted in other colonies
with very beneficial results both to the English capitalist
and the local property holder.
The Company will raise moneys on debentures on its own
Credit, on terms prevalent in this market, and will apply the
moneys so obtained to mortgage of real estate or other secu-
rities of a substantial and productive character in the two
colonies, at the much higher rates procurable there. When
It is mentioned that in British Columbia and Vancouver
Island fr m 12 to 16 per cent. per annum is regarded as a
favourable rate of interest at which to b rrow money on un-
exceptionable securities, it wil at once be seen how consider-
able is the margin of profit that will arise to the Company
under thi- head.
T e azquirement of property by purehase, to a limited ex-
tent, whether from the Government direct or fro e private
owners, will also, in cases pre,enting the prospect of advan-
tageous and early resale, have attention from the Company—
it is considered that the G,,vernment of the two colonies may
be induced, in consideration of the encouragement which the
Company will have the opportunity of offering to immigra-
tion, to accord grants of land to the Company under regulated
cerid tions of settlement.
The Company will also act as Agents in all matters of In-
vestment and Finance as between the home capitalist ,nd
the colonial property holder.
The Company's business in the colonies will be conducted
by specially se ected managers. The s-cutities selected will
be subjected to the strictest examination both as to title and
Value.
The debenture holder, under this course of business, will
'not only have the security of the subscribed capital, but also
the entire assets of the Company.
The prospects of the shareholders are best exemplified by
the large returns on capital obtained by the shareholders of
aboilar institutions.
The Company has taken powers which will enable it to
effect an union with any other Company having kindred ob-
jects in any of the British North Amerin colonies.
The Board of the Companyconsista of gentlemen who have
either applied the same principles of business to other colo-
Ides, er who, from their connection with the North American
possessions, will be regarded as authorities upon the subject
of Colonial securities.
As fields for investment British Columbia and Vancouver
Island may be said to be unsurpassed in advantages. The
!Ise andprogress of these colonies have been most rapid ; the
Imports into the port of Victoria (Vancouver lslandt alone
(luring the six months ending June, 1863, were 1,865,513
dole., being an excess over those of the first half of the pre-
year of upwards of 160,en0 dole. The value of property
in Vancouver Island has more than doubled during the last
Three years. The agricultural capacity of British Columbia
ls now also fast attracting attention.
The Memorandum and Articles of Association can be in-
fi,pected at the Offices of the Solicitors, Messrs. Baxter, Rose,
I°rten, and Co., 6, Victoria-street, Westminster, or at the
Temporary Offices of the Company.

FORM OF APPLICTIN FOR HARES.
To the Directors of the BriAtishO oltunbiaS and Vancouver
Island Investment Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,--Having paid to your Bankers te sum of'
, I request out allot me shah es in the
British Columbia anct V
and I ancouver Island Company (Limited),
to accepttog such shares ec,
or any less number that may be allot-
=eg me iSter of ; and I request you to place my name on the
members in respect of.the shares allotted me.
I am, Gentlemen.
Your obedient servant,
Name in full
Address
Profession or Bus'ness
Usual signature
Application for Date
Shares in the above may be addressed
to "The General Credit and Financeform Company of London
(Limited),`' No. 7, Lothburv, and the deposit must be paid
there or the Bankers, Messrs'. Smith, Payne, and Smith.

THE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY
(Limited-DOUGLAS PEEL. •
Capital £lOO,OOO, in 1 )-0,000 shares ofto £lO each, with usual
borrowing powers. Deposit V. per share on application,
further payment on allotment £1 10. s. per share.
DIRECTORS.
Bfollllol Gihron Getty, Esq., M.P., Belfast.
William M'Cormiek, Es M P Londonderry, and
(1.1 .;
_?Regent's-park, London.
.rtphard A. Mould, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool.
Rarrison Ridley, Esq., Merchant. Liverpool,
attPh Rigby, Esq., Kew, Surrey.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.
The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool.
Messrs. Durnbell, Son, and Howard, Douglas.

ENGINEER.
G'• W. Romans, Esq., C.E., 13, Queen-square,Westminster.
SOLICITORS. Xessrs, Littiodate, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's. build-
oanmel Harris, RN., Douglas.

AUDOR.
Tomas W, Read, Esq., 30.1 T
Castle-street, Liverpool.
SECRETA RY.
Thomas Bagot, Eeq., 5, James-street, Liverpool.

BR
P. B. Drinkwater. Esq 32OKERS., Exchange•t. E, Liverpool.
Charles Stanley, Esq., 3, Throgmorton•s streetas,t Loudon.
Edward Ashworth, Esq., Exchange chambers, Manchester.
U. J. Beverley, Esq., Leeds.
This Company has been formed for the construction of a
Railway from Douglas to Peel (passing through St. John's),
in the Isle of Man. The improved trade of these important
towns, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing
Population of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the
cumber of visitors during late years, call for the immediate
intr6duction of railways.
The Agricultural capabilities of the Island are great ; and
its Mineral products are acknowledged to be rich in yield
and avtrve average value ; whilst around the Coast there
are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited supply of Sea-
weed for -Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of
land- carriage, have hitherto rendered these advantages corn-
P' latively unavailable.
Slate Quarries are in active operation; and the quality
of the Slate is equal in closeness of grain and durability to
any produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granite
hear St. John's compares favourably with that now used in
the Liverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by means of
railway facilities, become available for export.
One of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St.
John's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is
also the centre of the Foxdale mining district. The produce
of these mines is now brcught by land-carriage (there being
no water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly
ten miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as
Well as all necessaries required by the inland population,
aro conveyed into the interior by the same mode. Besides
these items of traffic, the Fairs, which are frequently held
during the year in this district, must add considerably to
the annual revenue of the Company.
The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castletown,
Ramsey, and Laxey : Douglas being the chief port, and the
great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of
arrival and departure of the steam packets plying to and
from the Island. At the port of Peel the fisheries are prin-
cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels;
the place of destination for the produce is Douglas ; the
,route is tedi'ius, and the transit by the existing means ex-
pensive.

Tue access to the Island is easy, and the means of com-
munication with Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven,
Silloth, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and other ports, both by
.sailing and steam vessels, aro frequent and convenient.
Hence, Tourists visit the Island in large numbers, above
100,000 passengers having been landed at its Ports during
the past year. Such Visitors, attracted by the antiquarian
relics, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a
matter of coarse, go by the proposed Railway from'Deuglas
to the interior, and across the Island to Peel.
The highest medical authorities bear testimony to the
salubrity of the climate and purity of the water. The
picturesque is united with the more solid advantage of cheap
living, provisions being abundant and comparatively inex-
pensive, whilst the rates of duties on foreign produce are so
small as to render the Island most advantageous as a per-
manent place of residence.
Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities are
-now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of
the Ports of Douglas and Peel.
The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently
established.
The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings.
Thu length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the
gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula-
tion along it are most favourable to the project.
From Statistics recently collected on the spot, with much
care, by competent persons, and well supported by Official
Returns, it is confidently expected that the Traffic wi:l re-
turn a good Dividend upon the Invested Capital. The fol-
lowing is an Estimate of the Traffic :
Passengers, inclusive of Tourists £7.500 per annum.
Goods, Minerals, Fish, &c 5
rarcela and 500
1 ..... 5
0

,150
Working Expenses at even 50 per Cent.£l3 6,500

Leaving for Dividend ................ £6,00

Plans, Sections, dm., of the Line are completed, and all
hecessiry forms are being complied with, in accordance with
the St. nding Orders of the Court of Tynwald to obtain an
Act of the Local Parliament.
Neither Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island,
and those heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the
value of Railway property in England and other countries,
no less than to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can-
not, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this
Lino,

An eminent Contractor's firm have agreed to purchase
the land make the Railway. provide and fit up all Stations,
furnish Rolling Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs,
upon satisfactory terms, Interest at 5 per cent. per Annum
w►ll be allowed, until the opening of the Line, on the amount
paid upon shares.
An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon-
sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years.
Forms of Application for Shares may be obtainad from
the Secretary, 591jOiturer or Brokers of the CemPettY,