The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 2d Auiust, 1853.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COUI'ANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
That the Rate of Exchange at which they will receive Cash for
-1)1 is en Bengal and Madras will from the present date, anal until
...."'"it "er notice, be 2s 0 d the Company's rupee, and for Bills on
Bombay 2s. 034 d. the Company's rupee.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, AUGUST 2, 1853.
ryRE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY publi.h for the information of suck of
the Proprietors of the Promissory Notes of the Bengal Five per
the
Loans of 1825-26 and 1829-30 as may be resident in Eurore,
the following NOTIFICATION, which has been issued by the Go-
vernment of India and published in the " Calcutta Gazette Extraor-
dinary" of the 6th Jane, 1853:
PORT WILLIAM FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, JUNE 6, 1853.

NOTIFICATION.
Notice is Hereby Given, that all the five per cent. promissory
nines of this Government of 1825-26, which have not been already
advertised for payment, and are still outstanding, as also all the five
ter cent. promissory notes of 1829-30, will be discharged at the
lienersi
Treasury on the 7th of September next, on which day the
Merest thereon will cease.
Any of the notes, however, hereby advertised for payment, may be
.lziderd to the Sub-Treasurers at Fort William, Fort St. George, and
nornbaY, to the several residents, collectors, and other public offi-
cers authorised to receive subscribtions to Government loans, and
exchanged for acknowledgments of subscription to the lour per cent.
loan of 1842-43.
These acknowledgments, together with the promissory notes for
'en they may have been issued, shall, without fee or expense of
MY kind to the proprietors, be tran,mitted to the Deputy Account-
ant-G en eral
at Calcutta. who will forthwith cause to be prepared,
and issued to the parties entitled thereto, promissory notes in the
fear per cent. loan of 1842-43.
..,.?!erntlt settlement of principal and interest at the rate of five per
;Xt. Per annum to the date of advertised discharge will be made
th ProPrietors who may tender their notes for transfer to the four
eent' lean of '44142-43 ; provided, however, that interest at the
rate of four per cent. shall be allowed only from the date advertised
for diseba.cge of the five per cent. notes.
The fractional amount necessary to convert any note into one of
7,0e1 Ihundreds in Company's rupees, at the prescribed rate of 16
tom the
for 15 Sicca rupees, will He either paid to or received
,tie proprietor, at his option.
to.. Is further notified that, for accommodation of proprietors who
e not resident in India, and who have not furnished full powers
kotheir agents to receive the principal amount to be paid, the
_lest Noble the Governor-General of India in Council has autho-
-I_er of their notes .onal
..
P d the Deputy Accountant-General to allow the conditional trans-
to the four per cent. loan of 1842-43, leaving it
;T t
with the proprietors to confirm the transfer, or to require
Pa
tr ,Tent in
cash; provided, however, that no notice disallowing a
er will be received after six months from he present date.
India in Publishedby order of the Most Noble the Governor-General of
ladla in Council.(Signed) C. ALLEN, Secretary to the Government of India.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

IIItIGIRTON SELTZER WATER, 4s. a dozen.
Watery
lar• HOOPERREDUCED his PRICE for Brighton
Water: :d Fachingen from 6s. to 4s. per dozen. Also other a3rated
f1ia..40, Proportion, and which are unsurpassed, if not unequalled.
quanti`tiea haMpers carriage free. Balls and fates. supplied in such
es.°rdY as may be required. Delivery twice daily. A pro-
-I,.izs with list of prices ean be had on application.—/IOOPER, 7,
4" all East; and 55, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street.

A USTRALIAN DIRECT STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY, via Panama.
crated by' Royal Charier, bearing date 24th June, 1853,
sevgulY the liability of individual shareholders is limitc‘d to the
amounts of their shares.
Capita', £1,001,000, in 40,000 shares of £25 each,
With power to increase the same.
Deposit £2 per share.
DIRECTORS.
CHstIRMAN, pro tem.—Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, K.C.H., 10, Harley-
treet, Cavendish-square, Director of the National Provincial
John of England.
riSi-earttoe Morris, Esq., F.R S., late of the E. I. Company's Ser-
0, 10, Mansfield- street, Portland place.
Pher lt. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., 3, Cavendish-square, and
Capt.jatil, G amorgan, Chairman of the South Wales Rail .
CleunrFe.liferearit,e,
Gr Thomas Bulkeley, Ciewer-lodge, Windsor, Director of the
grhEaanqd.,South Wales Rai waYg•
georpr.ric,tig and co. 12, Old Broad-street, of the firm of G. and A.
134,—.‘1i0e, Esq., 20, Eaton-square, Director of the Commercial
aptail. of Londo.t.
ilern...AA, • 8. Damond, R.N., Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
S ")mlonds
Reading, Director of the Great Western and
eutli Wales Rai.w"ft.
l'eph Underwood, Esq., Eastcheap, Director of the Commercial
IViiirmk °,f London.'
ta?D'ltkiaa-nfte.rl4%°nnui'nEg;q:q" 10, Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park..
late of the East India CompEny 's Service.
qtorg, C lloseason, R.N.. 7, Stafford-street, .41bemarle-street. _
Latter artier, Esq , 50, Mark .lano, of the firm of Barber an, d
Jarnts
J.
DAtneintyre, irector of the Me, bourne Dock and Radway Compam
Syd • Esq., Syde nham-park, late merchant in
ney

(Wlth power to add to their number.)
DIRECTORS OF NAUTICAL DEPARTMENT.
Captain Andrew Snape lialliond, R.N.
Noe,- Captain John Cochrane Hoseason, R.N.
-'"I'M ZLYGINEER -Alexander Gordon, Esq., Member Inst.
~ C.E., 22, Fludrer-street, Whitehall.
sr t BANKERS.
The e s• 1 rescott, Grote, Cave, and Cave, Threadneedl-street.
4cleostsziralrfercial Back of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street,
Covent-garden.
'" BANKERS-The National Provincial Bank of England.
SOLICITORS.
Maples, Maples, and Pearce, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
...kass itir„, BROKERS.
alessrs' -""ens, Marshall, and Daniell, 3, Lombard.street.
-41- Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street.
Sxcavraity -Henry Foreman, Esq.
rfer If Offices-62, Moorgate-street.
Potation AiestY in Council having granted a Royal Charter of Incor-
eiDeratia. the Directors feel it a duty promptly to brig into effective
.elost ni'! the means which they believe best calculated to insure the
aterelie eet end expeditious communication with Australia, and
Th'r `6 satisfy a requirement of great and growing urgency.
AusiroTite Proposed, viz.-the direct line connecting Englandwith
thediyidlead Mid crossing the Isthmus of Panama,considered
,t4ae lath, into three stages-the Atlantic passage, the transit may
bet nsit across
'-`raatei t'S, and the Pacific passage-to Sydney and Melbourne al-
first it •Yl coaling at Otaheite or other convenient station. On the
Preee,;*.annecessary to dwell; of the second, all difficulties are in
its -of sPeed
- eornelet' Y removal by the line of railway approaching
Loth exti, min,* with attendant accommodation of suitable hotels at
smoothest
'leas, witrnes_teand the third, favoured as it is with thde
et aciverßeinettodrr ate winds, a pleasant temperature,osaipt
retshoeotaitsgence
the
ti'e,t neat:deed ents, may indisputably be described
enable navigation in the world.
The dlreeio
eXPerie„ rs,therefore availing themselves of the long practical
Rati...4eoefiaPts. A. S.'llamond,
on the pawl, r several years, havelth.Nel'eacodm'lm'Ca
published
%the el
tat r ecl '-
ul n-1:,1:: Cochrane roa nf steam-ships
l lose a s on,
Vantages of confirmed
Ese
enssi bj fire
yha
ae
develop ty,s__
_,
adZopetaland, and Australian stations, and of whose
the soundness has been fully
ad_
rPeea°-;erecit:°°f
this course, as comfbaienientgyt,hreeseesmsenotgi.alhow_
comfort, of economy, o
Trail themselves of any more desirable line of
p. °T
speedn?Zer.......section of Central America, which time may
11
the fictionet 1;1 ar
b an
rl
ed :it n
a,.,., that asdedCP-".ltY with which paddle-wheel steam
thisasitiodollfinettolefhave performed their passagese ma
across
established a con-
orthi
.Atlantic,is best
having
for long voy-
ki,Thi:t 111.,.
6ii velocity-Pirt°Plus propulsion is
proposed to employ paddle-wheel
ev4t, is of about 3 000 tons, ith commensurate engine power-
Nesting 9 Well 'established improvements-in reference to ma-
sthc,l;! Uniformity of cite, proportions, and cabin accommodation.
I,,essels Will proceed at stated periods from Milford Haven to
;k.i.„"811 (Navy Bay), on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus ; from
41114',Dassengers and cargo will be conveyed by railway to Panam.a,
t-o`Bcific side, and there re-embarked for Australia, accomPlitni:
,letb; Whole distance, to or from, in about fifty five days. h
'r ethat
illi;',%,.afier the most deliberate consideration, have decided
redo,, after
Haven, as the port of departure promises advantacs,whainehd
-"ittt,-er Dort; can supply, viz., the safest -entranceanchoragets
uitable coa,s
~,,' all times f cillties of repair-supply
lbc rs':°"Y com-m-unaication by rail with Londoenf, Mmaenachester, and all,
, It is Ttl.litacturing districts.
%rlflie ......_"eught unnecessary to dwell on the great ehxtesntesatoionhofavgeenheereaol
~-'4orcte,llerever proper facilities of lntercourshaet
the p
roduce of gold
Linin,,,;',,,; It may, however, be briefly stated t
tTOK,Te year 1852, in the colony of Viet orlaialoottoes,
ncfeaad
e. tooxoovhier_
Nve , 00/, with every prospect of a cont nu
forms a
large addi-
t the produce of New South Wales, which
0 this
r,,,are,h vast amount ; that during the months January, February,
-'ult• a I:04,.141 April last, the specie transmittedt across
from
lf• er,;!. and Chill, from the western cons
xE o theioo ,I sat:dm u s -
-te I'l i a sa- -ameu n t e d to 20,410,796 dollars, exceeding
o4t,oooaoo,odofoolf.
2e ~,, ' and that the passenger traffic by the same ro
~.,0,,e3,-2 period amounted to 10,568 pe_tsons, irresPective of th-se
°hlserv:( by the San Juan de Nicaragua line. It may be, moreover,
a
quitt 'a tha th extent of traffic, however great, affor
1
ihnid 'a oft the is
vast trade which will arise to feed hiss ne when
rai,lwaYeP:ra..tlen, with all the important advantages of a completed
, ,ar,; -n, of a syetematic conduct of business.
..berearinad. dintercourse between North America and the Australian
Itesaie4 Meditated as such intercourse is by the powerful lines of
s.atiiain a,lreaiY established between the United Statescalianfdarathiae
-od t,i- IN Panama in the North Atlantis, and between
Tha aarna in North Pacific. ktani ;110nent deline of steamers alsl employed by the Pacific
ralsidegatlon Comlany between Valparaiso and Panaa must
"elle::-bly swell the stream. These great results stand inm perfect
'hst,,lii'elice of a line projected which will, in all pr;bability at no
theliktetl°(l, connect California and China, and likewise oetrhaaoffic_
di,e div r5l result of conve anee of passe:. gers and valuable mere
The erted from old andycircuitons routes.
tliat thbhocthrs derive great encouragement from the knowledge_
°f liraorjeets of this Company are favoured with the high approval
▪ fies-}," la' rchmts in general. Mans of the most eminent London
(I,oetho-alat,,e_s.tronaly exp, essed their a .prohation ; and the following
'3' ,over,,Tiq' attests the spirit in which the enterprise is. regarded
'.1:•4 influential and distinguished Manchester firms .- .
R'ishQ the un4ersigned being desirous of encouraging the esta
14'1141: °f a dne of ft, s't claSs steam packets, offering increased
and e.„ and advantages for the transit of passengers and goods,. to
Ocean"la A ustr.:lla and the different important states in the Paeftic
:,3' the ,a,,',11 being deeply imor.-ssed with the advantages of the route
"le rail,. '," of the Isthmu; of Panama, since the establishment of
':_alr a.,,, °all at that place connecting the two oceans-hereby signi,y
rael,'-i10"ral of the projected British and Australian Direct Screw
attle,g)laPanY,t for the purpose of carrying out the line of com-
mon to those parts in the most efficient manner."
(Signed)
It Gladstone and Co. Henry B. Jackson.
liorrocks, Jacson, and Co. R. I Farbridge and Co.
- Robert Smith and Co. B. Liebert.
Robert Gardner. Prescott, Brothers, and Co.
tamuel Mendel. Thos. Cardweli and Co.
J°ht• Barbour and Brothers. Oswald Stevenson and Co.
cepn Fender and Co. J. A. Turner and Co.
~_ As hia,_ °°.riel Fraser, Son, and Co.
mulih.,:ucative of the approval of the Australian authorities and coin;
of a ielta-they have much satisfaction in adding the follow', g
(4
,!he Iroira', eived from Stuart Alexand,r Donaldson, Esq , Member.
'‘,Ydne..'"elative Council of the colony of New South Wales, dated
f , in :, 22d November,
er the my Pi4ce in council I have ever been a warm public advocate
fold fo ',vantage
h v tea sin sof steam-and el I have ever said has g _
A I carried on the
~•c latos, ce the stupendous gold discovery ; and, moreover. i
setli or ~ by
this very Panama line--aa- anted ten-
C,00,1, Aug nt
')(lt „-,Year to the first company that shall bring 3'..
a -11-> a unanimous vote of the council, a publicwgirtahniat oaf
that pi, but 1
l'ena-7 Post of 120 dal s with London. My originalSiddenalviast al
and
a, - generalised the motion to obtain neap.' y
the
4i and 1854 no ht'iman being can tell ;
in, go 41; --..4 'Will first claim the bonus I feel quite starch.
oTrhoed'ogoooldd
In tma Y the quickes' boats. The quantity of gold too: .
_l at
in-
tereq ienof 20000,0001. a-year. I assure you I l
feoeur line will pay."
it is at
feel the
greatest ne
The Your success, awl great confidence that Y
lstraii"
feelin prevalent in
8 actory state of the present communication with the
favour
orn Colonies, coupled with the strong -- ig means left of
estab,„. the Panama route I points to this as the on y
an
biree;amg the shortest pos'sible period of communicati • and the
Mietr:"{-rst from the demonstrations and experience of the' nauticalsh
allip.er,!..e their Hoard, from the assurances of the most succe a
a t
l'anaZ_?a alders and engineers, and from arrangements forme _
the tune entertain no doubt that the passage can be accomplished in
)arly "'rade stated, and that the comse of pest can be safely and regn-
alrlval --th2e4 to about 120 days, including the interval between
hi
eo,7t departure of the mails.
clerked
v4sion, the Directors observe, that this Company, not laur-
ceviatin'. unsuitable ships, nor constrained to adopt unproductive
llostai
ford
confidently anticipate the ultimate command of the
Ztlifg:chacer.ge:hey feel assured that, after arranging moderate
"lvork,.. Passengers, specie and freight-an ample margin for
insurance and repairs - and al'o a reserved fund
.4121,...ieataion.
belie,:f ePlacement of ships' and hin -th are justified in
11 ' 41g tbat zni mac ery ey
a.
're dividend s TRUNK LINE promises to realise a most remuner
for shares to be made on or before the 20th August, to
lireiTe';',,i,e.t ry at the Company's offices, 62, Moorgate-street ; to the
Zngisall: Or to the Agents of the National Provincial Bank of
JulY, 1853.

W the .cL Foilat or APPLICATION FR SHARES.
ustrallan Direct Steam NavigatiO
on Company, via Panama.
I r.
you
witincicoroptomrted by Royal Charter.
-quest
shares, or any less number of
Rhea 0f25/. each, in the Company, and I engage to accept the
,:„,,30 allotted tome, and to pay the deposit of 21. per share there-
-1',..r, such manner, and in such time and place, as shall be appointed
tligaY the Directors of the Company for that purpose. And I further
ge to execute a deed of subscription, to the Bald Company, bind-
.!!Egenlyself to accept and pay for the shares allotted to me, and also
xecu thise deed or deeds of settlement of the Company.
bated day of 1853.
Letters and ncticea to me may be sent by root addressed:
Name •• ...••• •••• •
Residence ...• •. • ..... ...
. •• .•
..
Profession or trade .. .. •• .
* The ti ... .
Reference ....
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-. hours ansit across the Isthmus by rail will probably not
exceed two
~t The title assumed by this Company previous to the decision that
'Be paddlewheel should be adopted as the motive power.
!Lear,
ners, via the Cape of Good Hope, instead of proving a boon to
the Colonies, has been a serious detriment to business.
the" We are as
looking—with our Eastern neighbours—for
OstAbuthmmt of the runama une."..—Times, July 4, 1153.