The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-16 00:00:00

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
London.
MAIM OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO
FOUR-FIFTHS.
edeThe Man
agers beg to remind the public that persons effecting Po-
eT.7 "lut this Society_now or before Midsummer, 1853, will PARTI-
.,..rATE IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society at
2"e nett
pa Division, in proportion to their contributions to those pre-
nd according to the conditions contained in the Society's
ctrts.
If _ 'fhe Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
lower than in many other old-established offices, aud Insurers
es 'e
protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, In ad-
plB to the accumulated funds derived from the investments
mittals.
y _Prl3Peciuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
.eadon, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.
G-ENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING
COMPANY.
?tNo'rlca is IbrainT Clivais, That this Company's Auxiliary lron
rey/ Steam-ship GO, 1,850 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will
leave Southampton ARfor PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on ‘V EDNES
"AT, the 4th of May next.
„pie accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are
Y furnished. The rates of passage money—After Cabin, first
°fa". 801. ; Fore Cabin, second class, 501. These rates are exclusive.
r,‘vines, beer, and spirituous liquo-s, which, however, may be had
"" board at moderate prices. The ship will carry Illrgeoll.
I,o4lVicatlons for passage to be n' ade at the Com Pan
an experienced
y's Offices, 2,
ba3;4l, Exchange-buildings ; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs
'A.; Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe.

11-RE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
COMpANy OF CANADA.

DrICECTOIB IN LONDON.
Thomas Baring, rsq•, zg,p. Agents of the province of Canada,
Ge'rge Carr Glyn, RN.,M.p. ant Directors of the Company,om
eouiti
nom? Wollaston Blake
so
Gv
Robertt Esq: E behalfoftheCanadian
Ri..r.lnian Daniel Hodgson, Esq.
Alaerman W. Thompson, M.P.
DIRECTORS IN CANADA.
The
%on. John Ross, Member of the Legislative Council, Solicitor-
The for Upper Canada, President.
The Iron' Francis Hincks. Inspector-General.
Th. •
_. P. Tache, M.L.C., Receiver-General.
The' Ron, James Morris, M.L.C., Postmaster-General.
Hon Malcolm Cameron, M.P., President of the Executive
...Luc, Bon R,e ,-,aron, Speaker of the Legislative Council.
xn_7l,4runr.veocinniaPnweotfoiemrrdesM.
M.L.O , President of the Bank of Montretd.
Esq., M.P., Brockville.
EKI , Vice-President of the St. Lawrence and
Itail way Company.
Pon ton Esq., Mayor of Belleville.
uhodea, Esq., Quebec.
Wittternore, Esq., Toronto.
'takers in London—Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. ; Messrs. Baring
Brothers and Co.
Engineer in Chief—Alexander M`Kenzie Ross, Esq.
Assistant-Engineer—Samuel Keefer, Esq.
Secretary in Canada—C. P. Roney, Esq.
"'kora in England—Messrs. Swlt and Wagstaff, 30,
George-street Westminster. Great
~lleitors In Canada— G. E. Carter , Esq., Montreal ; John Bell, Esq.,
Bellevile.
PPlicatian for shares to be made to Messrs. Laurence, Cazenoye,
1.. Pearce, Auction Mart, London, Brokers; or to William Chap •
u'an, EN., 2, Leadenhall-street.
t„ The Government and Legislature of Canada have by various acts
,'eoPerated several companies for the construction of diff,rent sec-
'4°l.la of the main trunk line of railway throughout the province;
linld acts of the Canadian Parliament have also been p Assed author's-
21,,g,the amalgamation of all the companies whose raitways intersect
,7•10111 the main trunk railway with the Grand Trunk Railway Com-
tanY, 80 as to form one company, under the name of the "Grand
Trunk Railway Company of Canada." Arrangements are accordingly
in
Progress for a fusion the d
RGi chand Railway Companythe f
Canada East, the Quebecof
anmondTrunk Railway Company, e St.
Lawrence and Atlantic Railway Company, the Grand Junction
Railway Company, and the Toronto and uelph Railway Company,
With the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, fornling together 964
titles of railway (including a bridge over the St' . I awrence at
Montreal, - which will be constructed under the superintendence of
Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., and A. M. Ross, Esq., with a com-
bined capital of 9,500,0001. and for a lease in en ,etuity of the
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway, from the point of its junction
1 with the Grand Trunk Railway to the City of Portland, 4 miles.
whereby access is obtained to the Atlantic at one of the natural
harbours of the Western Continent.

The capital is • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • £9,500,000
Made up as follows :
Amount already raised in shares, and spent
on works of the St. Lawrence, and At-
Untie and Quebec and Richmond Railway. £683,400
amount already raised on bonds 733,000

Reserved in shares and debentures for the £1,416,400
shareholders in the St. Lawrence an i
optic and Quebec and Richmond Railways
9n the amalgaation, and to the bond-
holders of the Ontario Sim e and Huron
Itailway CornpanY• • •

2,254,000

Leavingl his ati.iout;t w• • • • • • • • •• • " • • • • • ' ' ••..'.•
.a.s.l.ollows :
~
titock lit 144 920 111
be created and apportioned. .
..
13,623,0ue
.... £7,246,000
c0e,,,,t . shares of 25/. each .•• •
of 10. each, payable in twenty-
betriurill
flve
eye:Jae.
before 'thn
yeariyg
interest at 6 per cent per annum, payab h
London and convertible on or into
the
4114 I,,,kit, e lst day of January, 1863_ at theoption. i,„4000
dtbenti:re;••,-..,•• • • • • • • • • --•
•••••• • • • • • • •I;o•vincial
(hi..erliment-' convertible into bonds of the t
years,
'"'athls iute: 1001. each payable in
twenayble half-
-31'843., ill Lo-st at 6 Per cent. per annum, pay
---11d0n..,_

1,811,500

..... • •• -
Of these
£7,246,n00
1,84 i ,144,920 , h._
issue one-half,
.nther hei-'"us. in sh" 4" es, it is proposed now
'.:Oareve
unlY. 18rk%elinagviagnge tAbeena.,rae:'eedandtothtee rakeenamb3o-un t itcnon t debentures,r:atnm .
w tnhne,
Lanr "1, (tweh.— glee to the holders of sucthh
in e enee and AU e Months after the anticipatedesohpaerneinsiign °onf ttithee filet!
to
r!luiti preporrinantic section of dui railway) the optniietyo;f taking,ha
nt;itr:deryholden.s, two-thirds of such remain m
amount 40 claim 100,39 such shares will, on thtmhegelrstwJiuthly,alnBseq4,nbael
benturet,°r debentureashares more
at
par,
2001 to hear in, also at par. Such adtdofteionaialdlsshtaarniesy
Par with dehent,„"ereat at 6 per cent. from the s
13 '''''' each 20013 (nue.half of each description) will be is'asndluBesd4da.et.
boolathe law greovnt shares.
=ulynia_s
doef.rt:oefitruolevinenelg the provincial aid it thatirskapradovvidanedne.
),q)e loilVill, therefor Shall be issued as the
4 teres eonveerdhbeielddeinbentrtusurte,at:o bew works
pro rata to
Of le
~...t agape r n these
half. 4'"alltuttion until entire works are finished will be P
ate of 6 per cent. per annum from the completion
the
YthinngLino
'UPon e nLodonn,dolnne.terlng on the amount from
also to time
able, , tn: e e._
r.r le
.ach. share. The dividends as declared, still be pay-
....un firste,..a:z.p_i_tte onPaaiYinlotmenetntin respect of the shares and debentures will
float.
, as follows, viz , Si. on each share, and 20 pe
doh, Lived each debenture, to be paid at the Company's bankers in Lon-
tbente,, or Canada. The remainder will be called up by instal-
tore, atr exceeding 21. 10s. per share, and 10 per cent. per debaennd-
the trn
Call of not less than four months betweea each all,
months from
in date I will not be made until the expiration of six -
or
eon_ of allotment. Subscribers will, however, have the privilege teesinotruflePsZt:utoh: calls upon the debentures, receiving 6 per cent. in-
set.
eodn the amount paid up in advance.
The and objects of the Grand Trunk Railway are fully
1 in the Appendix, to which especial reference is craved:
1.
..?nore rominent points therein are :
does, V!! of the system otrailway, engrossingtasit
,4 "(5 completenesscof Canada and the State of Maine, and precluding
4U..°00 competition
*
sterlingepia - 4arge amount of Government guarantee and of Canadian
11
veated--bemg two millions eight hundred thousand pounds
a. The ~
--..t
.0 be increased to 398 miles by the close of the present year.
4 The execution of the whole remaining works being in the hands
P' Mast experienced contractors ; the eminent English firm of Mess s.
fkletroee' lirl,r. naseY, Betts, and Jackson, having undertaken six-sevenths
including the St. Lawrence-bridge.
the contracts
ereedybemc:ds:of the railway being actually defined by
whereby any apprehension of the capital being found
insufileient is removed.
In the Appable rendixevenue. will also be found the data for the following sum-
wry of prob
On 1,112 miles, at an average of above ..s,
251. per mile, per week .... .........• £1,479,660
Deduct working expenses, 40 per cent 591,864
Interest on debenture debt 4,635,200 .... £887,796
278,100
Rental of Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail-
- way...................... .•••• • • • • • 60,000

838,100

Thus shelving a profit on the share capltal of
4,864,8001., of nearly 11% per cent....... ..• ..4549,696
Application for shares may be made to Messrs. Laurence, Caze-
hove, and Pearce ; or to William Chapman, Esq., in the Mowing
form :

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada.
I request you will allot to me shares of 251. each, with
the proportionate amount of debentures of each class in the capital
of the above-named railway, and I agree to accept the same, or any
eas number, and pay the deposit of 51. on each share, and 20 per
sent. on each class of debentures, and to sign any deed which may be
squired for giving electto my anbscriptlon.
Dated the • day of .- , 1853.
••• • •
Profession ..
• ••••••• • • • • • • • Reference • • ..._

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