The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

VIRT op BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY

•c
day, r • onarnissioner Holroyd, the commissioner of the
°ate ,Iwaese,e.ngaged in his private room upstairs, over pri-
,eLosT„„Lings-
oti --G OF THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE.—
that`,s has been issued by order of the Lord Chancellor,
vsi.iitiult3ueofil cneexotf.the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy
October e closed on the 10th instant, and re-open on the
ring thus recess no dividend warrants will be issued

STERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

esti hogalafn"
the -e East s Navigation Company
Yde,aiur,lily general meeting o
13atu ern team
highly inte-
r .1.41 at the London Tavern,
when
e a proprietorswas
this
held oorn.
tal't undertakin read, and unammo •0,
Ar,.__ g was
report from the directors
construction t
ofus
unanimously
im p
adopted.o
first ship
the have been made for
the engines and hull of the me former being on the aggregate theofthe company,
breadthpaddle, 83feet; deth, 58 feet; wl Zhh,ors6eBopofweeert,;
elqines. Such will be the
ofse
these noble vessels, which
of ship build-
the The in our presentgiagraentdicestpinroesorttoioncsau.
rhg• The size above-mentionedyst.
' smallest that will insure the
vessels will not be
°rt, speed, and economy- These
yeswill carry all that
i se
re
nequiconsideredsite a
of t oc 0
mb e.
sThliged to
call anywhere for coal butbesides 5,000 tons
la necessary for the entire voyage,
space
estimated to be ob-
frB of the first class, with am
rila4llrement of merchandise, anpdlesoo cabins for passen-
ower-elass The speed
and
estwill reduce the
twined . passengers. for troops and
voyage is fifteen knots per hour,
pcle,ant do
thin between England and China, byen tEhneglCana
.uirty or thirty-three days, and between
s.
The hulls
ostfutaLtralia to thirty-three or thirty-six u
a "e vessels will be of iron, of unusual
Water -tight compartments.
-4ouble constru t. and divided into
notice of
c ion,
thin
remarks of the
. 8 report we close with the following
directo ' a
tenY
of
rs In concluding
edic-
y.our directors would have refrained from publishing
-3%ruo rk • t but
tt,, estima es,having .
to meet the Pr
n the Present
pus of failure made by those interested 1
t the ear-
our
olataiis
eoifr veels,
Calculationsth e they
(madeth ink
oit n right
thea
stsou state apttei
o=9the result
t the
ding capacity f
or goods outward should be occupied
FT I,lt. 41. 10s. per ton, being considerably below present
'Nuts, and onl one-half of cabin room occupied, .
rates for first-clYms passengers, 651. ; second-class, 351.,.;
e
aud third-class, 251 , including provisions, giving t° '
"f tl:l.e respective classes enlarged accommodation, and as-
bel-11g that only one-third of the vessel's capacity would.
the occupied on the homeward voyage), is that after making
(slie most ample allowance for working expenses, depTe-
lati°ll towear and tear, and insurance, a surplus remains
Invesgoal forty per cent per annum un the capital
talted. With these prospects, based onosound commer-
Principles, this company requires no Government
-s.aBt'l'eo •; all that is necessary is that no rival route or
rival I company shall be subsidised to your prejudice.
' Such are the views and considerations with which your
erectors have been led to make their final arrangements.
taoYllsl believe, as they have before stated, that every cnrn-
, and every individual engaged in steam navigabon,
as gradually become convinced by experience of the advan-
tage of size.
, en conclusion, your directors desire to state that they
believe the vessels of this company will su the .reat
oesideratum of the day, and will afford the speediest, the
safest, most punctual, and most economical means of coin-
Munication ever devised. between this country and her
Most distant Eastern colonial possessions."
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THE C

-,IIOLELIA.—The cholera continues its ravages in
Denmark with scarcely any diminution. TJp to the 2d
inst. 3,122 had fallen victims to the epidemic. Nearly
))0,000 of the inhabitants had quitted the city, which
presented a most deserted and melancholy aspec It is
stated that the disease is much aggravated by Chet.pr-
n of the yellow fever, brought here by vessels from
St. Thomas observation, it presents some new features
!9_oly of __ .