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

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS,;D CB.
19,
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. VaY -
..1. 0.
via Marseilles Mg 4.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. NA' .79.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena APrili,
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.MaY.l 0,
via Marseilles APII
Falkland Islands lo'
Gibraltar, via Southampton Aprils
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton 318);?,
via Marseilles April .0
India (Bombay), via Southampton .... Ap".6,
via Marseilles /sIaY .
Portugal.... !la) 'O,
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aril Is,
via Marseilles APriiil,
Newfoundland ..INIaY
Oporto and Vigo
U. z.,:. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... APri

. .
.by U.S. packet io
by Canadian packet INDYI ~/
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. April ,
Bahamas, via Now York ,... IN10: 50,
Mexico..
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 April 2s
California. and British Columbia.

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Births.
SMYTIL—On the 22d inst., at Bridge House, ifer2Ptol•ll;
court, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Ralph SraYt'-') -
son.
odge'
WILLIAmsoN,—On tho L
23d inst., at Hamilton g
Kensington-gorl, the Hon. Lady Williamson, °'f
daughter. ar cot
WlLcosoti.—On the 21th inst., at 1, Blackheath-te bq't
Blackheath, the wife of Arthur Wilcoxson,
of a daughter.

Marriages.
BOLTON—IRELAND—On the 20th inst , at Saint Gelc,gtl
Hanover-square, Richard George Bolton,. Esq 'lll°'
tthere
offt otyhael
lateH or seG
Thomasue James
a(
mB leuse Wel
aßneda,t rEi cEti,t,b iorfd Baus e 0
Hall, Suffolk. iuiti
RtmsAy—CRA.WFURD.—On the 23d inst., at Hob' Tr
Church, Brompton, George Thilhonse RamsaY,,
son of the late Sir Aexander Ramsay, Bart., of 3"41171
it incordineshira, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of
Crawfurd, Esq., of Queen's-gate.
Deaths.
BADGER.—On the 22d inst., at Rotherham,
Yorkshire/
Henry Parkin Badger, Esq., aged 41. Eaton
CARROLL.—On the 24th itißt., at the Rectory,
Bishop, Hereford, Mary, widow of Lieut.-Colonel John
Carroll, aged 84.
EVANS.—On the 24th inst., Mr. Joseph Evans, 0f Pen..
mark •hill, and isiewgate-streer, ci.y, aged 77. ,s•
MAUDSLY.—On the 2id inst., at his res'clenos,
A.
hill, Norwood, Thomas Henry Maudslay, Esq.,
of Lam
beth, and of Banstead-park, Surrey, aged 72•

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Ir:II:PERSONS SEEKING LANDED
S'i ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
.-.YEEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PROPER VIES GENERALLY.—
„ RE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls
nVr.°ughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices,
y, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's
oc„fROPERTY AEGISTER," containing a varied selection
deta and holtse properties now in the market, from
nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
"u'age with its few acres.
OWNERS or PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can CM-
u:aee the o-pportunity that the medium of ;this Register
!Fords, by sending
I:Bufate oen the partictears of their properties to the
mi ---3eB, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs.
rh-eT can in most cases introduce immediate customers,
ere the property is of an elimible character, thereby avoid-
ingietkeee
r,:l.isadvantages of deray and its attendant incon-
IRRE Is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
chaser is introduced throumb Messrs. Lumley's Agency,
-hen only the usual moderate commission.
Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London.

E INTERNATIONAL
COMPANY, Limi ed.
orporated under the Joint-stock Companies Act, 1862
Capital £4,000,000, in 80,000 Shares of £5O each, with
power to increase.
First issue 40,000 Shares, of which 30,000 Shares are
4iready subscribed. LI on application and £4 on allotment.
gib DIRECTORS.
Excellency Senor M. Jose de Salamanca, of Paris and
Madrid.tiVilliam
Latham Bailey, Esq. (Messrs. Bailey Brothers
sirnd Co.), Liverpool.
John Gray, Director of the Land Securities Company.
Jtor‘bert Simpson, Esq. (Messrs. Fredk. Levick and Co.),
Celyn Iron Works, and London.
S. Fletcher, Esq. (Messrs. Alexander, Fletcher, and Co.)
L. Roe, Esq., Bowling Iron Company, Bradford.
S.„amuel Gibson Getty, Esq., M.P., Belfast.
v • Bavier (Messrs. S. and J. B. Bavier, Bankers), Switzer-
land.
Jules Levits, Advocate to the Austrian Legation, Paris.
\V in. Evans, Esq., Gresham House, Director of the Dub-
lin and Droghea Railway.
D. J. Hoare, Esq., Director of the Bank of Hindustan.
George P. Kitson, Esq., King's Arms-yard, Director of
the Continental Banking Corporation.
.
Alers Hankey, Esq., 25, Old Broad street.

BANKERS.
The Bank of London.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 68, Aldermanbury.

ItROKERS.
llessrs. Seymour an'a Co., Bank-chambers, Throgmorton-

'street.
OFFICES.
9, King's Arms-yard.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
Frederick Wilkins, Esp.

~.111).e Company is formed as an auxiliary to the Great
Financial Associations recently established.
It is not the province of these Institutions to carry out
llae public works contemplated in the concessions they ob-
r!iob-
tain.They are therefore compelled to seek the co-opera-
on of contractors whose capital and position offer an un-
deniable guarantee for the completion of the works, thus
relieving the financial associations of that responsibility.
The constantly increasing scale on which public works of
All kinds are carried out, and the immense capital involved,
place them beyond the reach of individual contractors un-
eBg This
by joint-stock enterprise.
..lompany has, therefore, been formed fer the put.-
i'eBB of undertaking the execution of great public works,
and strangements have been entered into with well known
contractors, by which contracts to the amount of £11,000,000
Bte ding will be turned over to the Company.
Among other contracts handed over to the Company is
1 t for the construction of the European Central Railway,
141leh has been secured on favourable terms, and will be
'commenced forthwith.
_ The active services of an eminent Contractor, whose bnsi-
'teas has been secured, will be retained to execute the work
Oct, terms highly advantageous to the Company, he retaining
the interest in the Company by receiving payment for
transfer of his contracts in Shares with £5 only credited
thereon,
It is well known that many undertakings of great corn-
ercial value have hitherto remained in abeyance for want
of Contractors who can command the necessary resources to
ensure their completion. This Company, combining the in-
.etience of a large subscribed capital, extensive financial co-
Operations at home and abroad, with administrative experi-
ence and ability, will secure such an amount of confidence
on the part of governments, public bodies, and the great
financial institutions, as will enable it to command an ex-
teusive business on favourable terms.
Prospectuses, with forms of application, may be obtained
at the Offices of the Company, also from the Brokers, Soli-
citors, and PJankers.
In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will
4'e returned in full. Should a less number of shares be
-allotted, than are applied for, the deposits will be made
iivail'Able towards the payment on allotment, and the
nal'Ance, if any, returned to the applicant.

'THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT COMPANY
(Limited).
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.

No.
To the Directors of the International Contract Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers, the
ofß ank of
London, the sum of , being a deposit £l rer
share on shares in the above Company, I hereby re-
quest that you will allot me that number; and I agree to
accept such shares, or any less number you may allot me;
and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the
Articles of Association of the Company when required ; and
I authorise you to insert my name on the Register of Mem-
bers for the number of shares allotted to me.
Usual Signature .............. : ••
Name in full
Residence
--
Profession
Date

THE INDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE
, COMPANY (Limited). Capital One Million
la 40,000 Shares of £25 each. £1 per Share to be paid on
aPplication. and £1 10s. per Share on allotment. Calls not
exceeding £1 per Share, at intervals of not less than Three
Months.

DIRECTORS.
Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper
Thatnes.streat, Director of the National Provincial
Marine Insurance Company.
George Haines, Esq., Merchant, 36, Lombard• street.
John Ingledew, Esq., Cambridge House, Lee Park, Kent.
William Knight, Esq. (Messrs. William Knight and Co.),
11_83, Lombard-street.
For
GrirY Ledgard, Esq., est-hill, Kent.
eorge S. Symons, Esq. (Messrs, G. S. Symons and Co.),
2,0 and 21, St. Dunstan's-hill. Tibbs and Son),
John E. Tibbs, Esq. (Messrs. J. E.
Threadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Roll-
.) y. ing Stock Company
e'rues !Arnhem, Esq. (Messrs. James Lanham and Co.),
a 231, High-street, Borough.
luez Voss, Esq. (Messrs. Voss, Meek, and Co.), Billiter-
quare.
w. tter Brodie, Esq., 13. Delamere•terrace, Hyde-park,
late Nlember of the House of Representatives, Now
Z ealand.
(Influential names in Manchester and Liverpool will be
immediately added to the Direction.)
4111(tRS—The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 79,
Cornhill, E.C.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Bennett and Stark, 4, Farnival's
Sv Inn, Holborn.
IlvETon—James Edmeston, Esq., ELBA., Crown-
court, Old Broad-street.
)Inlans—Messrs. Scrutton and Son, Si, Old Broad-street;
Mr Samuel Hernyhough and Messrs. Black and Robson,
of Glasgow.
AnDrrons—Meesrs. Cash and Edwards, Public
Accountants, 13, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C.
GE
1"8.A.L AND RESIDENT MANAGER—Mr. Robert Steers,
SECRETARY—Mr. George Drew Hodges.
°Prices-29, Nicholas-lane, Lombard .street, E.C.
I,lThfe Company has for its purpose the transaction of the
Portant and remunerative business of Fire Insurance,
a'nd that only, to the exclusion of other branches of busi-
ess not unusually associated with it, under the same direc-
tion, and operating on one and the same capital. The
directors are satisfied that the scope for the business of fire
insurance
presented by this country and its def
pendenmount
cies,
82 as a commercial speculation, deserving o para
attention •on and, the contract being one terminable annually,
thet profits or loss arising determine in like manner, year by
year, and exhibit at once a company's financial position
and its resources.
While the partial remission of the fire insurance duty
iOW in the contemplation of Government, and applicable
'34IY to the insurance of stock-in-trade, will afford a cora-
Aaratively limited relief from the onereus oppression, the
birectors have resolved to allow upon payment for every
Policy, and afterwards at each renewal, an immediate draw-
aek, which, in many instances, will amount to a total ex-
Unction of the entire duty of three shillings per cent.
To the public at large, and to the greater proportion of the
manufacturing and mercantile community, this arrange-
Inent will prove a highly acceptable advantage. The draw-
back allowed by a few of the older offices by way of per
tentage on premiums, at intervals of years, is of im-
portance only to those ho are rated at premiums ranging
chilly from one guinea per cent. upwards, and is partici-
natedd at the in only by those who may have premiums
rn be re-
ewe per od of the making of these retus ;to whereas
by the principle adopted by this Company, the owners of
the classes of risk of the more ordinary occurrence, are
they. who will be the more substantially and at the same
Lane promptly benefited.
The concession to be thus made to the public will cer.,
!,ainly be the means not only of increasing in their respec-
:Lye amounts insurances now existing, but of multiplying
V, a very large extent the number of insurance contracts in
this Country and its colonial connections.
The insurable property in this kingdom alone, including
'lB enormous and increasing importations arising from the
Ilse interchange of tariffs, is believed to approximate to
:4,000,060,000, whereas A 300,000,000 only is insured ;
altogether
leaving nearly three-faurths of the insurable amount
Tgether unprotected from loss.
't would be difficult to find any class of investments which
dirYielded such large profits as the shares of well-con-
ducted &re offices. The shares of the older offices have in-
creased in in value immensely, being, In one case, at a pre-
ce,glll of about 1,300, and in another of nearly 2,000 per
of , on the sums originally paid up. The increased value
t.‘ll shares of offices established within the last 20 years
a "11,1 at from 80 to 200 per cent. im
bleu! s under these circumstances, and considering the
tors manse presented for operations to come, that the direc-
t° (gferve taken advantage of so favourable an opportunity
40_ to the public the benefits of the principle of business
bei7 adopted by them; and they have every reason to
e.0.,?_,e that by its special feature and the public support
eia"ealu.p. that must necessarily invite the undertaking will
14_1ily be productive of the best monetary results.
e4,s_u_tlexecutive will be entrusted to officers of tried experi-
'ely them business of fire insurance, and the directors have
trendofmatured arrangements for the immediate establish-
five hundred agencies.
Al directors desire to give the most unqualified assur-
,44bie,e to. the public that nothing of the nature of frivolous
too-etions to a prompt and liberal settlement of claims for
thlnDeneation will ever be entertained or countenanced by
eta.
~Yrsorreg cf a for shares may be had at the offi
:-;_e Companpp lication
y, or of the Brokers, Bankers, or Solicitocres
be ine event of no allotment being made, the deposit will'
___f_eturned in full.

INDEPENDENT FIRE COMPANY
(Limited).
mThe
,a Directors of this Company have much pleasure in
a,.°,,lincing that, in consequence of the substantial and
pi:,ed support wh,ch has been accorded the Company by
taciert"
41.1ngers and numerous commercial firms in the City, the
aktLlug
ST mawill be CLOSED in a b cnsidered as of
few days.
certain success, and the
01
By order,
GEO. D. 110DiES, Secretary.
2o
--64014a-lajle April 3,1664.

THE LIVERPOOL, QUEBEC, and MON-
TREAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 186:, by whioh
the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of
his shares.
Capital £1,000,000, in 60.000 shares of £2O each.
First issue 25,000 shares.
Deposit £1 per Share on Application and £1 on allotment.
Subsequent Calls will not exceed £2 per Share, and will be
made at intervals of not less than three months.

DIRECTORS.
Francis Anderson Clint, Esq. (Chairman of the West
India and Pacific Steamship Company, Limited) Liver-

pool.
James Houghton, Esq. (Director of the Alliance Bank,
Limited), Liverpool.
Charles Melhuish, Esq. (Messrs. Melhuish and De la
Rue), Liverpool.
Edward Alexander Prentice (Messrs, Prentice, Moat, and
Co.), Montreal.
George Henry Wakefield (Messrs. Wakefield, Nash, and
Co.), Liverpool.
George Borthwick, Esq. (Messrs. Gillespie, Borthwick,
and Ryrie), Liverpool.
J. Bloxam Elin, Esq., Director of the Bank of British
North America, London.
(With power to add to their number)
BANKERS.
The Alliance Bank (Limited), Lcndon, Liverpool, and
Manchester.
The National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
and Aberdeen.
The Bank of British North America, St. Helen's-place,
Bishopsg ate-street.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone, Liverpool.
Messrs. Flux and Argles, East India-avenue, London.
BROMERS.
Messrs, J. and A. Scrimgeour, 10, Old Broad-street,
London.
Messrs. G. and T. Irvine, Fenwick-street, Liverpool,
"'Messrs.
Kerr, Anderson, and Brodie, Glasgow,
Messrs. Macdougall and Davidson, Montreal.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
James Tabley Fownall, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
6, Cook-street, Liverpool,

PROSPECTUS.
This Company has been formed to meet the wants of the
large and increasing trade between Liverpool and the St.
Lawrence, the 'existing means of steam communication
being altogether inadequate.
Montreal is second only to New York as a port of export
on the Atlantic seaboard of North America. The trade
returns exhibit an increase in the business of the port of
100 per cent. in eight years, during which period there has
been no increase whatever in steamship tonnage between
Liverpool and Montreal.
Liverpool receives a much larger proportion of the ex-
ports from the St. Lawrence than all the other ports of the
United Kingdom, and it is from Liverpool that about four-
fifths of the imports into Canada are shipped, and while
there are two lines of screw steamers now running between
Glasgow and the St. Lawrence (a much inferior route both
as regards passengers and freights), there is only one line
running between Liverpool and the St. Lawrence.
It is well known that the profits of steamships between
Liverpool and Montreal are very large, and there can be no
doubt, item the great increase of the trade, that by careful
and economical management, the earnings of this Company,
will yield a profitable return to the shareholders. The Com-
pany has received promises of support from most of the lead-
ing firms in Canada; 3,000 shares are reserved for allotment
in the colony.
'The River St. Lawrence is the natural outlet of the
trade, not only of Canada, but of all the great western
States adjoining the lakes of North America. The grain-
producing power of these States is so enormous that Chi-
cago, which in 1854 shipped 12,863,912 bushels, in 1862
shipped 65,477,104 bushels of grain, besides vast quantities
of provisions. The total quantity of grain from these
western States, which now seeks a market by way of the
lakes, is 15,000,000 quarters, and the annual increase is at
the rate of 10 per cent.
The north• west has arrived at a point of prcduction be-
yond any possible capacity for transportation except by the
great natural outlet. It annually crowds canals and rail-
ways with over 100,000,000 bushels of grain, besides im-
mense quantities of provisions, and this increasing business
cannot be maintaine4 without recourse to that natural out-
let of the lakes, the River St. Lawrence.
By reason of the perishable nature of wheat and flour, and
the loss susblined by heating on the long voyages of sailing
ships, steamers always command a high rate of freight in
this trade,
In, consequence of the magnitude of the business, no un-
due competition need be entered into with the Allan line,
and the first.class passenger traffic, which its ships are
specially adapted to carry, will not be interfered with by
this Company.
It is proposed to build a fleet of screw steamers, of about
2,000 tons, 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 is required ;
they can be sailed more economically, and offer equal ad-
vantages to shippers of merchandise and to steerage and
intermediate passengers, who, from their greater number
and less expensive mode of transport, are much more pro-
fitable than first-class passengers.
No provisional or other contracts have been entered into
with shipbuilders or others, and the Directors are free to
buy in the beat and cheapest markets.
The Directors are not entering upon an untried business,
but are providing for the necessities of a trade which calls
for an increase of steamship tonnage, and which has proved
largely remunerative to the existing Company.
It is intended to commence a fortnightly service each
way, to be increased to a weekly line, calling at Queens-
town, as soon as vessels can be got ready.
During the season when the St. Lawrence is closed the
boats will run to Portland, which is now the great centre of
the winter import and export trade of Canada, and where,
by means of the Grand Trunk Railway, a very large export
of provisions, ace., from the western States is now car-
ried on.
No promotion money will be paid, and the preliminary
expenses will consist solely of the actual necessary disburse-
ments and legal charges.

Form of Application for Shares (to be retained by the
bankers).
To the Directors of the Liverpool, Quebec, and Montreal
Steamship Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of
being a deposit of £1 per share on -- shares in the
above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me
that number, and I agree to beoome a member of the
Company in respect of such shares, or in respect of any
less number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles
of Association when required and I request that my name
may be placed on the register of members for theshares so
allotted.
Name in full
Residence
Profession or business
patewm, ttttt ~14.51,41. ifs

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE 5,K.G
President—B is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K. G.

Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.

The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad-
mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the
affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged
to treat as out-patients many distres dug cases which. with
more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards.
The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500
beds.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by
the Treasurer, Edward Alas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and
Co. ; Ransom and Co.;• Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith,
Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay
and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Wares, Deacon, and Co. ;
Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ;
Masterman and Co.; I. flamed and Co., Liverpool; and at
the hospital, from 10 till 5.
bTAINFOIW Segot4l7.

TEETH.—Mr. ESK ELL'S INVENTION in
the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the
following advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work-
manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the
most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without
pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes
of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without
wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the
gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option
of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the eotmtry can ad-
just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the
aid of a dentist They are not so liable to injury, are always
useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea-
tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps.
Inspection of specimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor-
street, Bond-street, W, Pj4: 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir-
nlhagbaiat

THE HUMBER IRON-WOItKS and SHIP.
BUILDING COMPANY (Limited%
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.
THE MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION, LIMITED,
AND THE clam MOBILIER, LIMITED,
Are
_pretared to receive applications for the capital of THE
HUM BER IRON- WORK 3an 1 S IP-BUIL LANG
COdi-
I'ANY.
Capital £',ooo,roo, in 21,000 shares of .V.O each, of which
1( ,0 0 have been already subscribed.
Deposit on application £1 per share, and £4 on allotment.
No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of
not less than three months.
It is not contemplated to call up more than £l2 10.. per
share ; any further capital that may be required will be
raise I by the i sue of new shares, a preference being given
to the holders of extating
DIRECTORS.
E. W. Watkin, Esq., Dirco'or of the Great Western Railway
Company, and President of the Grand Trunk hallway
te
Company of Canada, Chairman.
D. J
r.- Baca, Esq. (Tana, Cremedi,
and Co.), Great Winches-
eet.
E. 11. D'Avigdor, Esq., 5, Upper Harley-street.
Captain Heath, C. 8., Austin Grangy, Dorking.
John Lumsden, Esq., Mayor of Hull (Brownlow, Lumsden,
and Co.), Shipowners, Hull.
Capt. J. 11. Marryat, (Joseph Marryat and Sons), Lawrence
Poantney-!ane.
W. L. Merry, Esq., Director of the Mercantile and Exchange
Bank, Limited.
J. Morrish, Esq., Director of the Metropolitan and Provincial
Bank, Limited.
W. H. Moss, Esq., Alderman, Hall.
Christopher Simpson, Esq., Director of the Hull Dock Com-
pany, Hull.
W. H. Smith, Esq. (Smith, Barry, and Co.), Leadenhall-
street.
Julius H. Thompson, Esq. (Ju'ius H. Thompson and Co.,
Shipowners), Leadenhall-street.
MANAGING DIRECTOR, HULL.
Martin Samuelson, Esq., M.I.C.E.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
George Hinton Hoyt'', Esq , Duke-street, Westminster.
CONSULTING MARINE ENGINEER.
Charles Atherton, Esq., WhitehalL lae t chief engineer at
Royal Dockyard, Woolwich.
BANKERS.

Bank of London.
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Limited.
Mercantile and Exchange Bank, Limited, London, Liver-
pool, and Glasgow.
Messrs, Samuel Smith Brothers and Co., Hull.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster.

BROKERS.
Mews. Rob!na and Barba, Threadneedle-strect.
_ TEMPORARY OFFICES. _ _

At the Offices of thOifferean---tile Crediiissocistion, Limited,

2), Threadneedle-street;
And the Credit NMlier, Limited, 80, Lombard-areet.

SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
Arthur Dossor, Esq.

The Company has been formed for purchasing and ex-
tending the well-known iron ship-building establishment of
Messrs. Martin Samuelson and Co., of Hull. The capabilities
of these works are unsurpassed by any in the kingdom—they
occupy 11 acres of ground, with water frontage to the river
Humber and river Hull, having a depth of water of 30 feet.
The present iron chip-building power of the establishment
is equal to the construction of 20,000 tons per annum, at
which rate the works are now being carried on. Messrs.
Samuelson and Company have orders on hand for ships ex-
ceeding 20,000 tons ; other large orders are offered, and it is
proposed to take 11 acres of land adjoining the present yard,
and which Messrs. Samuelson and Company rave secured,
so as to extend the works to meet the large daily increasing
profitable demand for ships, and to erect rolling mills for the
manufacture of the iron required for ship bulldog, as well as
for all kinds of railway and engineering works.
In addition to the engineering works, foundry, and ship-
building yards, there is a patent slip for repairing ships of
the largest class. This is a highly profitable part of the buil-
ness. The demand for the use of this patent slip has been
such that it has never been unemployed since Messrs. Samuel-
son and Company constructed it at a considerable cost some
years ago.
The situation of this establishment gives it special advan-
tages over others of a like character. The pri e of ship-build-
ing labour is lower at Hull than in any of the iron ship-
building ports of the kingdom; it is in the great iron district
of Yorkshire; coal is cheap, railways run into the works,
and connect them with all parts of England. Freights are
very moderate from Hull, and the large timber trade of
Hull offers advantages for the purchase of the timber, which
is used in large quantities, on highly advantageous con-
ditions.
Two thousand workmen are now employed at the works.
The present orders in hand for ships, engines, and general
engineering work amount to above £300,C00, all at very remu-
nerative prices.
Reports made by some of the most eminent engineers who
have examined the works, and who are specially acquainted
with this branch of manufacture, show that atter making
large allowances-30 per cent. off the capabilities of the
works, the trade will, with the judicious management and
employment of the capital, return a dividend of 20 per cent.
and upwards to the shareholdersmuch, and if the works continue
a la amount.
to be hilly emPloYel. rger
Tha terms oft urchase are highly advantageous; the plant
and machinery, buildings, freehold and leasehold premises,
together with al the stock of materials, are to b; taken at
the valuation of two engineers, one named by the Company
and the other by the vendors, with an umpire in the usual
way. The goodwill of the business, including the profit
on works in hand, is to be paid for at one year's pur-
chase of the net profits, but on an average of three years'
working.
In the event of no allotment being made, the deposits will
be returned in fu 1. Should a less number of shares be al otted
than is app .led for, the deposit will be made available towards
the paym nt on allotment, and the balance, it any, returned
to the applicant.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be
obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 21,
Threadneedle-street, and 80, Lombard-street, and ox the
Brokers and kioliettors.
April, 1861.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.

No. -
To the Directors of the Humber Iron-works and Ship-build-
ing Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,
Having paid to your bankers, , the sum
of , a deposit of II per Share on
Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will
allot me that number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or
any less number you may allot to me ; and I agree to p.y the
deposit on Allotment, and to sign the Articles of Association
of the Company when required, and I authorise you to insert
my name on the Register of Members for the number of
Shares allotted to me.

Usual signature
Name in full
Reel d. nce
Profession
Date .• 4. " 1664

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