The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-13 00:00:00

STEAM TO AUSTRALIA

GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING
‘:-?11 COMPANY.

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NOTICE IS HERMIT GIVEN, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron
Screw Steam-ship ARGO, 1,850 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will
leave Southampton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on A EDNES-
DAT, the 4th of May next.
The accommodation is of a superior descrip' ion, and the cabins are
tally furnished. The rates of passage money—After abin, first
Class, 80/. ; Fore Cabin, second class, 501. These rates are exclusive
01 wines, beer, and spirituous liquors, which, however, may be had
on board at moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced
surgeon.
APPlications for passage to be wade at the Company's Offices, 2,
Exchange-buildings ; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs.
alfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe

EXCISE-OFFICE, in Old Broad-street, FOR
SALE.—To be SOLD, by TENDER, by order of the Com-
missotters of Inland Revenue, in several Lots, or, if an adequate
price be offered,
in One Lot, all those extensive, valuable, and 'highly
Important FREEHOLD PREMISES in Old Broad-street, in the city
°f 144Cicris known for many years as the EXCISE-OFFICE, awl,
recently, as the Inland Revenue-office; comprising the elegant and
filibstantial stone brilding fronting Old Broad-street, and the spacious
offices and inclosed yard contiguous, in the rear, with a carriage-way
entrance from Bishopsgate-street, all of which have been for the last
eighty Years vested in the Crown, and used for the w..rposes of the
4lcise Revenue.
l The vast importance of this property, in regard as well to its lout-
): as its extent, is of the highest charecter. The immediate neigh-
_ Urhood of the Royal Exchange, the Bank of England, the Stock
•change, the Auction At Mart, and th numerous other public and ri-
e establishments for business, renders its value peculiar ; and no
°Placrtunits of acquiring a site in the city of London, in any degree
approximating that now offered, will probaQy again present itself.
Printed particutirs and conditions of sale, with a form of tender,
.19,3, be obtained at the offices of the Secretary, and the Solicitor '.f
Nand Revenue, somerset-house ; and of William Herbert, Esq , the
kioard's Surveyor of Buildings, on the premises, in Old Broad-street.
1 tenders to be deliver.:d on or before the With Apr,l next.
Inland Revenue, Sonerset-house, 31st March, 1853.

ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT
INSTITUTION,
?0 'the Relief of Decayed Artists, their Widows and Orphan;.
Instituted 1814.
-,4,l4C°rPorated by Royal Chavez*, 1842, under the Immediate protection
- • of her most rameibm.t Majesty the Q tTEizN.
tATRON.--iiis Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G.
VICE PATRONS.
SIS Grace
Ifis
clenchthe Duke of Buc- Right lion. Earl of Dartmouth
Right lion. Earl de Grey
shire
Hr ace the Duke of Devou- Right on. Earl of Ellesmere
Rht ln. Lord Lyndhu
$l Grate tha thtke of Sather- Sir John Swinburne, Bart.
rst
and
Most Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P.
Noble the Marquis ofLans- Jesse Watts Russell, Esq.
downe

PREsincNT—Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, P.R A.
that ethNobility. Friends, and Subscribers are respectfully Informed
e THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be
celebrated in Freemason's Hall, on SATURDAY, the 16th of April,
The Right Hon. the EARL GRANVILLE in the Chair.

Richard Andsell, Esq.
orge Armfleld, Esq.
Anbrey Bezzi, Esq.
Ziftiarn Boxall, Esq., A.R.A.
..7 1111arn Brockedon, Esq.
vxhornas S. Cafe, Esq.
icholav J Crowley, Esq. BALA
io-sa• Grant De Vaux. Esq.
117"4 IlDton Eddis, Esq.
-j-eLIrY Parrer. jun., Esq.
w. Glass, Esq.
'tederles Goodall, Esq., A.R.A.

Henry Graves, Esq.
Louis Haghe, Esq
sarnuel Carter Hall, Esq.
Robert George Kelly, Es 1.
Thomas M. Musgrave, Esq
Edmund J. Nieman, Esq.
John Philip, Esq.
C. J Richardson, Esq.
Charles Rolt, Esq.
J. Sant, Esq.
George Virtue, Esq.

Tiev..... Dinner on Table at Six precisely.
k —...., 11. Is. each, to be bad of the Stewards ;of William Nicol,
.4,1 Honorary Secretary, 60, Pall-mall ; and of the Assistant Secre-
", Y, 45, Great Coram-street, Russell-square.
WILLIAM JOHN ROPER, Assistant Secretary.
14ADIES of DELICATE COMPLRXION, who
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141fli. suffer from exsure to colwinds and damp atediate and soothing relief in the application ofmosphere, will
ROWLANDS' KALY DOR.
This nnt
tees or z.clue Botanical Preparation allays all irritation end tender-
and 1-• ..e skin, removes cutaneous disfigurements, free= les, and tan,
*erats
6411 healthy and blooming appearance to the complexion,
delicacy and softness to the neck, hands, and arms. Perse-
else nerco in its application promotes a free and uninterruptedibrextetrie-
beautiful complex those important functions of the skin, so essential
Preservation of health, and the attainment and continuance of a
plexion
Gentlemen, after sh etvin. irritability and
Sinartin
.its purifying and refreshing prc
7, will also find it allay the
, g pain, and renier the skin soft, smooth, and pleasant.
.
by Royalty, and the_price several Courts throughout Europe, tog
bottle. 4s. 6d.
ditsBss.e6dl selection
eeenrr
CAUTION.—The wcrds " Rowland '
and " A Rowland and Sons, 20, liatton-garden.
s Ralydor' are
d n " on the
Government Stain
and
Chemists
an .
_el.?, affixed on each bottle. Sold by them, by
' lon tohe, wrapper,
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II

$E GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
COMPANY Or CANADA.

ThomDIRECTORS IN LONDON.
as Baring Esq., M P Agents of the province of Canada,
"rge Carr Glyn,Es M.P. an • Directors of the Company, on
alfof theCanadianGovernment
Remyert Y 'Wollas ton Blake,Esq.
xiihk M'Calmont Esq
.41,ItTni ati W.
' cigso'n Esq.
all W. Thompson, M.l
The DIRECTORS IN CANADA
G n °n• John Ross, Member of the Legislative Council, Solicitor-
l'hee`'"4l for Upper Canada, President.
The f.Zn• Francis Bincks, M.P., Inspector-General.
ZThe ile 1100' E• Tache, M.L.C., Receiver-General.
u‘s Ja
n• mes Morris M.L.C., Postmaster-General.
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Cott Malcolm iris,
M.P., President of the Executive ,4cil.
(leekn, R. E
Caron, Speaker of the Legislative Council.
er“ ".',."a McGill. M.L.O , President of the Bank of Montreal.
tord,,
Brocky Pie.
es Esn , Vice-President of the St. Lawrence and
Uway Company.
,w• Pont°
it.a.ziki;e-INv:iiti:tl4Bq,ioE:eq,QE.,,,::.}eacy.or of Belleville.
, Toronto.
London Messrs. Gltn, Mills, and Co.; Messrs. Baring
Zngth• Brothers and Co.
in Chief—Alexander M.Kenzie Ross, Esq.
SOHCi -28lstant-Engineer
—Samuel Ke fer, Esq.
t-1.8 in 7,er'etary in Canada—C. .and RoneY•
Sol —"gland—Messrs. SwwefstuninsterWaEgssqtaff, 30, Great
' cliore in n George-street,
4Ppli s, Canada—G. E. Carter. Esq., Montreal ; John Bell, Esq.,
nellev"C.Laurence, Cazenove,
and b C 4.012 for shares to be made to
or to Wlillam Chap •
nun: curce, Auction Mart, London, Brokers;
Alessrs.
Th!„"I', 2, Leadenball-street.
ii of Canada have by various acts
_-.,rovernment and Legislature
mpaniesfor the construction of diffLrent see-
on of the otTirtucnolc line of railway throughout the province;
!La acts of tile Canadian Parliament have also been passed authoris-
ing the amalgamation of all the companies whose raliwto s intersect
er join the main trunk railway with the Grand Trunk Railway Corn-
Dany, so as to form one company, under the name of the " Grand
Trunk Railway Company of Canada." Arrangements are accordingly
Progress for a fusion of the Gi and 'trunk Railway Company of'
...Canada East, the Quebec and Richmond Railway Company, the St.
-Lawrence and Atlantic Railway Company, the Grand Junction
Railway Company, and the Toronto and G uelph Railway Company,
With the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, forming together 964
Muffles of railway (including a bridge over the St. Lawrence at
,t.4lontreal, which will be constructed under the superintendence of
~°bQrt Stephenson, E5q.,11.P., and A. M. Ross, Esq., with a corn-
.ined capital o, 9,600,000 L and for a lease in perpetuity of the
•Itlantic and St. Lawrence Railway, from the point of its Junction
btll the Grand Trunk Railway to the City of Portland, 148 miles,
r"criebY access is obtained to the Atlantic at one of the natural
~..trbours of the Western Continent.
4,CceaPital
j,:,‘,.ade up as follows :-
-nt already raised In shares, and spent
911 Works of the St. Lawrence, and At-
.Ai Anti!: and Quebec and Richmond Railway
-nt already raked on bonds...-

X 683,400
733,000

£9,500,000

It"lery ed in shares and debentures for the £1,416,400
!shareholders in the St. Lawrence an i At-
lantic and Quebec and Richmond Railways
Pla the amalgamation and to the bod-
aolders of the Ontario,, Simcoe, and Hurn on
sway Company... ..... •••••*.•• • • • • • • 837,600

2,254,000
--
Leaving
.. £7,246,000
monnt shares reated and apportioned as follows :-
3,623,000
cit In 144,920 f 251. each •• •• •• ••" • • "
'ltlentur,s of 1001. each, payable in twenty-five years,
bearing interest at 6 per cent per annum, PaYab half.
Yearly in London, and convertible into shares on or
before the Ist day of January, 1863, at the option of the
holder •• • 17'
• •••••••• •••••••••••........• •••• ..
and dtbentures, convertible into bonds of the Provincial
bearing interrn of
tO6 per 0 each payable in twenty years,
est at 6 per cent.
per annum, payable half-
Yearly, in London... .
1,811,500

1,811,500

Of these 144 47,246,000
viz. I,Bi , ._ ,920 thares, it is proposed now to issue one-half,
other hai:l)°al. in shares, and the same amount in debentures, the
however ' having been agreed to be taken by the contractors, who,
2'illy, 1.84, !ir,age to give to the holders of such shares, on the lst
onaztitcwsectio.n of th
Ruhe ru;,,,r7te Months after the anticipated opening of the St.
to aZ., erroPort; ,• railway) the optionit o.f tacking,that ts
entitledeLe ?older of
arshoirds of such remainingtamto
Jule; '1854, be
alnount of iletentu2° thar" cmh shareats willar,, otnog h
etheer with 'an equal
bentures to bear inter
also at
.„ Par. Such additional shares and de-
Par/.of debentu :eat "' ° Per cent. from the said Ist July, 1854.
ith each 241 (one half of each description) will be issued at
bondsl3Y the law grantingof shares.
of the the provincial aid it is provided that the
bona, will , Province shall be issued as the works advance. These
thew,. “E therefore, be held in trust, to be delivered pro rata to
, , der of the convertible debentures.
et.Atnuteerest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum from the completion
11,,if antablareation until the entire works are shed will b paid
DwdYearly in London, 1n sterling on the amount from time to time
able in PP en
lieach sharLon e. The dividends, as declared, NI ill also be pay-
-1 Sterng in don.
tag be first Payment in respect of the shares and debentures will
e Place on allotment, as follows, viz , 51. on each share, and 20 per
cent.
ti on each debenture, to be paid at the Company's bankers in Lon-
-11;:4 LtverPool, or Canada. The remainder will be called up by instal-
:lre, le, not exceeding 21. 10s. per share, and 10 per cent. per deben-
, at intervals of not less than four months between each call, and
L e first call will not be made until the expiration of six months from
'Ele date of allotment. Subscribers will, however, have the privilege
t"„ant"Pating the calls upon the debentures, receiving 6 per cent. in-
se t foe deeE'TiPtion and objects of the Grand Trunk Railway are fully
..... rth in the Appendix, o which especial reference is craved.
T.he more prominent points therein are :
d 2 The completeness of the system of railway, engrossing, as it
~a, the traffic of Canada and the State of Maine, and precluding
—ll. Gas cornpetition.
amount of Government guarantee and of Canadian
l';'Pl.t al be two millions eight hundred thousand pounds
a•.erling.
...2. The fact that 250 miles of the Railway are now open for traffic
0. be increased to 398 miles by the close of the present year.
or,_ The execution of the whole remaining works being in the hands
tert exPerinced contractors ; th em
eeminent English firm ofiless•s.
5
ther ' i'reeseY.e Betts, and Jackson, having undertaken six-sevenths
eof, including the St. Lawrence-hrldge.
alreaP e cost of the railway being actually defined by the contracts
tits._un __3
lent madeis removed., where any apprehension of the capital being found
iby
merY of n the APPend
lerevenueix will also be found the data for the following sum-
Onpb.
1,112 miles, at an average of above
251. per mile, per week .............. £1,479,660
Deduct working expenses, 40 per cent ... 591,864
---£887,796
278,100

Ilverast on debenture debt 4,635,200 ....
Rental crAtlaltte and St Lawrence Rail-
-00000 ••••••

60,000

816,100

Thus thawing a profit on the share capital of
_ 4,861,8001., of early madeer cent......... • ..... £549,696
!cation for shares may be to Messrs. Laurence. Caze-
FOll7 attl Pearce; or to WI liam Chapman, Esq., in the following

FORM CF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
TO the Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada.
I the quest 3ou will allot to me shares of . each, with
t request
amount of debentures of each class in2sl the capital
;'' he above-named railway, and I agree to accept the same, or any
Lelle umber, and pay the deposit of 51. on each share, and 20 per
Dtent• on each class of debentures, and to sign any deed which may be
for givin elle& to m
g y subscription. Dated the day of , 1853.
Address •• •••
Profession .• ..... •• . • .. • ... •• • • • • • • • • ..
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ROMA ••••••
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