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

BANKERS.

The Alliance Bank, Lothbstreet
iOndon ; Brown's-buildings
Liverpool ; and King-street. Manchester.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Desborongh, Young, and Desborough, 9, Sise-lane.
Messrs. Swift and Co., 32, Great George-street, Westminster,

BROKERS.
Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM )
Mr. Chester Earles.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
2, Copthall-chambers, Angel-court, Thro2morton-atreet.

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
The Directors having received she support of eminent
foreign capitalists and banking establishments, and the c
operation of many of the leading firms in thi • country con-
nected with public works, are already in a position to an-
nounce that they have secured a Dulness which will of itself
yield a large return on the capital.
The general objects of the company are the same as those
of other compan es of a kindred nature which have Nen
lately established in this country, and which, by the judicious
employment of capital, h Ave been enabled to secure for the
shareholders such large dividends.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the temporary offices of the
company, or of the brokers.

THE ENGLISH and FOREIGN CREDIT
COMPANY (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the LIST of AP-
PLICATIONS for SHARES in this Coan will be
CLOSED, for London, on mp y WEDNESDAY, the 27th inst.,
at Four o'clock, and on THURSDAY, the 28th Just, for the
Country.
By order,
CHESTER EARLES, Sec. pro tem.
2, Copthall-ehstreetambers,22d Angel-courtlB6l, Throgmortou-
, April. .

THE LIVERPOOL, QUEBEC, and MON-
TREAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1884 by which
the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of
his shares.
Capital £1,000,000, in 50.000 shares of £2O each.
First issue 25,000 shares.
Deposit £1 per Share on Application and on allotment.
Subsetequ Calls will not exceed £2 per Sharem, and will be
t intervals of not less than three onths.

DIRECTOtS.

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 Ryrio), 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), Lendon, Liverpool, and
Manchester.
The National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
and Aberdeen.
The Bank of British North America, St. llelen's-place,
Bishopsgate-street.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone, Liverpool.
Messrs. Flux and Argles, East India-avenue, London.
BROKERS.
Messrs, J. and A. Scrimgeour, 10, Old Broad-street,
London.
Messrs. G. and T. Irvine, Fenwick-street, Liverpool,
::Mvssrs. Kerr, Anderson, and Brodie, Glasgow,
Messrs. Macdougall and Davidson, Montreal.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM )
James Tabley Pownall, 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 porta 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.
'I he 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 55,477,104 bushels of grain, besides vast quantities
of provisions. Tho 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 production 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 maintained 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 sustained 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 whore 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 rand Tunk Railway a very large export
of provisions, &c.G, fromr 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.

of Application for Shares (to be retained by the
bankers).
To
rth
e Directors of the Liverpool, Quebec, and Montreal
Steamship Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Havlng paid to your bankers the sum of
being a deposit of £1 per share on -- shares in the
I above Corapan hereby request that you will allot me
h
that number, and I agree to become 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 the,shares so
allot t el. Name in full
Residence
Profession or business
Date,,, .11tootegotttotv 0.

ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA,
April 21, 1861.
CONTRA CT FOR GREAT COATS.—The
Right Honourable the LORDS and OTHERS COM-
MISSIONERS for Managing the Affairs of the ROYAL
HOSPITAL, Chelsea, Do Here Give Notice that they are
ready to receive TENDERS from and to treat Ns ith such
persons as may be willing to contract to supply the In-
Pensioners of the said Hospital with GREAT COATS, to be
delivered on or before the 30th Septe ber next. Those per-
sons, therefore, who may be inclined to treat for the same
are desired to apply at the Office of the Secretary, any day
between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock, when particulars of the
Great Coats required and forms of Tender may be obtained,
which Tenders must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the
Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or parties
tendering, or by some persons appointed on his or th it be-
half, on TUESDAY, the 10th May, at 12 o'clock, at which
time the Commissioners will be prepared to take the same
into consideration. _ _ _

It is further to be observed that the contractor will be re-
quired to find security for the due performance of the said
contract, and that no tender will be received after the hours
above mentioned. . . _

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The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the
lowest tender.

LAND CREDIT COMPANY OF IRELAND
(Limited.)
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, which wipe•
daily limits the liability of each shareholder to the amount
of his shares.

Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 shares of £5O each.
First issue, 10,000 Shares.

Deposit on application £1 per share, and £1 on allotment.
Calla not to exceed £5 per share, nor to be made at intervali

of less than three months,
DIRECTORS.

The Right Honourable Lord Fermoy, M.P., Trabolgan,
County Cork, and Pembridge-square, Lonon.
Alexander Boyle, Esq. (Messrs. Boyle, Low, and Co.),
Bankers, Dublin.
Joseph Boyce, Esq., Director of the Royal Bank of Ireland,
Dublin.
William Walter Cargill, Esq., M,P., Director of the
Oriental Bank Corporation, London.
Eugene Collins, Esq., Director of the London Bank of
Scotland, London.
Edward Corry, Esq., New Broad-street, Director of the
West Cork Railway, London.
F. Cotton Finch, Esq., Director of the Blaenavon Iron
Works, London.
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Director of the Credit Fonder,

London.
J. Lewis Farley, Esq.. Threadneodle•street, Director of the
Ottoman Financial Association, London.
Joseph Kincaide, Esq. (Messrs. Stewart excl. Kincaide),

Lublin. _
D. Macpherson, Esq., Director of the Clyde Engineering
and Iron Ship Building Company, Glasgow and London.
James Pim, Esq. (Director of the Mercantile Credit Asso-
ciation), Dublin.
Charles Richardson, Esq., 19, Bruton-street, Berkeley-

_
square, London.
George Scamell, Esq. (Director of the Submarine Tele-
graph Company), London.
G. S. Trower, Esq. (Messrs. Trowors and Lawson), St.
Mary. at-Hill, London.
The Hon. H. P. Vereker, F.R.G.S., Portman-square,
London.