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London, England, 1841-01-08 00:00:00

PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY, for establishing Steam
Communication with British India, Sze. ; under Royal Charter
of Incorpori.tion, granted November, IX4O. Capital One Mil-
lion, in 20,000 Shares of 501. each, with authority, under the
sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Maj(qty's Trea-
sur:,-, to increase it t

DIRECTORS.

*Arthur Anderson, Esq.
Iticharti Bourne, Esq.
Sir John Campbell, K.C.11,
*Francis Carleton, Esq.
Joseph C. Ewart, Esq.
James Hartley, Esq.
With power to add to their number, and elect a Chairman and
Deputy Chairman. •
1' The Managing irectors.
AUDITORS { The Hon. J. T. Leslie Illelylle.
Jameaon Hunter, Esq.
BANK r.RS—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere., and Co.
STANDING COUNSEL—H. Bellentlen Ker,

iCapt. Samuel Thornton, R.N.
I Hobert Thurhurn, Esq.
l*Brodie 11'Gliie Willcox, Esq.
Charles Wye Williams, Esq.
'Peter John De Zulueta, Eq.

SoLtcrrons—J. 13. De Mole, Esq., Merchant Tailors' Hall ;
J. A. M`Leocl, Esq , 13illiter-street.
SECRETARY-Mr. Janus Allan.

The Directors have the satisfaction to announce to the Proprie-
tory and the public, that the Charter of Jr corporation for the
Company, which, among other advantages, limits the responsi-
bility of Sharehelders to the amount their respective sub-
scriptions, has received the Royal Assent.
Applicants for Shares are informed that the First Issue at. Par
will be allotted on the 20th of January next, and that the Deposit
of M. per Share will be required to he l aid on or before the
Ist of February, 1841, to entitle Subscribers to receive a Di-
vidend out of the protit,, which will he declared in May, 1241.
No further instalment on such Shares will be required for
six months.

The following vessels, now the property of the Company,
are employed under the Mail Contracts with her Majesty's
Governm2nt, for which services the Company receive annually
66,6001. :

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Home Power.

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This Company has been formed under circumstances peen.
liarls favourable for .osuring its success, and the prospects for
the future arc based on the following advantages, viz.:—
l. It is already possessed of property in steam-shipping, Eve.,
to a large amount, in active and profitable employment, and the
proposed extension of its operations cannot fail to render the
lines already established greatly more productive.
2. The management is under the direction of parties who
have a competent knowledge of all the details connected with
steam navigation, derived from long practical experience, some
of them having been engaged in this branch of business for
sixteen years.

3. An important branch of the Company's business arises
from an already established trading and passenger intercourse
with the Peninsula.

4. It has the advantage of two beneficial Mail Contracts with
Government.

h. The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of
their shares, by reason of the charter of incorporation.
The Prospectus and form of application for shares may he ob-
tained at the Company's Office, 51, St. Mary-axe, and at 44,
Regent-street, London ; at the City of Dublin Steam-packet
Company's Offices, Liverpool and Dublin ; also of the Bankers
and Solicitors of the Company.
By order,- JAMES ALLAN, Secretary.

TIONDON STEAM DOCK COMPANY.
Capital £600,000.
To be Raised by Subscriptions for Stock of £lOO.
TRUSTEES.
SIR JOHN CAMPBELL, K.C.H.
CAPT. J. W. DEANS DLINDAS, R.N. C.B.
JOHN LABOUCHERE, ESQ.
mitrcroltS.
Henry Codes Bingham, Esq. Captain Sir A.
Sir John Campbell, K. C. H. R.N., K. C. H.
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Dundas William lye, Esq.
Campbell. Charles Unwin, Esq.
Captain lion. A. Duncombe, William Wilberforce, Esq.
R. N. , I.P.
AUDITORS—Thomas Sedgwick, Esq. ; James John Thompson,
Esq. ; John Taylor, Esq.

P. Green,

BANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. ; Messrs. Williams,
Deacon, Labouchere, and CO.
SOLICITORS.
James Phillips and Co.. 33, Clement's-lane ; Timothy
Tyrrell, Esq., Guildhall.
STANDING COUNSEL—PhiIip Twells, Esq.
INSPECTING ENGINEER—On behalf of the Right Hon. the
Lords of the Admiralty, Captain Brandreth, R. E.
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Bush, Esq.
SECRETARY—John T. Tidd, Esq.
The beneficial effects arising from the construction of Docks
has been amply proved by those already made in the port of
London, where the vessel is placed in perfect security, and the
property of the merchant is amply protected. The application
of steam to merchant vessels has established a new class of
shipping requiring peculiar accommodation, such as cannot be
obtained in the existing Docks. The time appears therefore
to have arrived, when the great. commercial interests of this
port and city should he provided with a Dock for the ocean-
going steam ships which frequent the Thames : and besides
this, the interests of humanity ask for the speedy inst. ation of
such measures as shall prevent the awfully numerous accidents
to life and property incidental upon the navigation of large
steamers in the crowded parts of the river between Deptford
and London-bridge.
One opinion only can exist as to the necessity and importance
of a Stearn Dock in the Pert of London ; and it is matter of
surprise, that the Metropolitan Port should not have preceded
in a matter of such pressing necessity, the other great Ports of
the Kingdom, Liverpool, Bristol, and Bull, in constructing
Steam Docks.

To accomplish the result, the present undertaking has been
projected ; which, besides the great and valuable objects it has
in view, offers the prospect of a fair dividend upon the outlay to
proprietors.
To satisfy the public of the secure footing upon which the
undertaking is established, it is only necessary to state that ar-
rangements have been made between the Company and the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by which the Public
Service will be greatly benefited in the establishment of this
Dock, and whereby the Company will derive such advantages
as must necessarily have the effect of securing its prosperity ;
the particulars of which may be seen at the Office of the Com-
pany, by application to the Directors, or Secretary.
The Commissioners appointed by their Lordships to examine
and report upon the undertaking, were Capt. Shirreff, R N.,
Captain Superintendent of her Majesty's Dock and Victualling
Yards at Deptford ; Capt.. Beaufort, 11. N., Hydrographer to
the Board ; and Capt. Brandreth, R. E., Civil Engineer to the
Admiralty.
According to these arrangements the works are to be pro-
ceeded with, and finished with all possible dispatch, agreeably
to Plans adopted by, and deposited 'with, the Board, who have
appointed Captain Brandreth, R.E., to inspect the Wsirks
during their progress ; and the line of frontage of the proposed
Dock is to be subject to the approval of Captain Beaufort,
R. N., Hydrographer to the Admiralty.
Upon a careful examination of the different sites on either
side of the river Thames, suited to the purpose of a dock of this
description, there is not one which offers such excellent qualifi-
cations as that situate between her Majesty's Dock-yard and
Deptford Creek. These advantages sre,—the depth of water
to be obtained close in shore,`—the proximity of the various
railways, south of the Thames, for the conveyance of goods
and passengers,—and the low value of the property necessary to
be taken.

These advantages will also be increased by the depth of water
at the Lock Entrance and Frontage of the proposed Dock. The
Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
having permitted to be adopted an arc founded off a radius of
4,500 feet, commencing at the Royal Dock-yard, and terminat-
ing at the Greenwich Pier, thus giving an extension of
wharfage into the River, which will tend greatly to improve the
navigation of that part of the Thames.
Amongst the advantages to be derived by the Steam Ship
Owner, may be enumerated the saving of wear and tear of en-
gines—of fuel—of freedom from risk of collision, and conse-
,p,mt expensive results—safety of the vessel—facility for in-
spection after long voyages—convenience for fit in;; and refitting
—an abundant supply of tittered water always et command—
together with a depot of coals within the Dock.
. A careful and detailed estimate has been made, and the same
is to be approved by the Engineer of the Admiralty before the
works are commenced.

It will not be unimportant to know that the Dock will con-
tain quay-room for vessels to lay alongside, of about 7,476 feet,
and capacity of water-room equal to the accommodation of 100
steamers, besides craft at one and the same time, with amply
space for loading and unloading, and lauding and embarking
passengers.

The affairs of the Company will be conducted by a Board of
Directors, consisting of not less than eight, nor mare than eigh-
teen, under a Deed of Settlement, to be approved of by the
Counsel of the Company on behalf of all parties, and by an Act
of Parliament, so soon as the same e,mn be obtained, to contain
all such clauses and conditions as may by such Counsel be
deemed necessary and available for the government of the
Company, and the limitation of the Subscribers' responsibility.
Application to subscribe for Stock, may be made to the Se-
cretary, post paid.
A deposit of 10 per cent. to be paid upon subscribing, and
no further call will be required for six months.
Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be allowed
upon a limited number of subser ptions for 100/. Stock paid in
full at the time of subscribing--to be received half-yearly until
the Dock is con.pleted, when the profits will be divided amongst
the Proprietors.
January, 1841.

JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary.

FORM OF ATPLICATION FOR STOCK.
Sir,—l request you will insert my name as a Subscriber for
Stock of the London Steam Dock Company, to the amount of
£ , upon the terms offered in the Prospectus. Dated
January, 18411.-1 am, Sir, &c.
[Name.]
[Place of abode.]
To the Secretary of the London Steam Dock Company,
King William-street, London 13ridge.
• At the average low water. neap tides, hi to 20 feet ; and
39 to 43 feet high water, ordinary spring tides, according to the
Admiral y survey of Captain bullock. lt.N. ; thus giving steam
vessels of the largest class the facility of arriving or departing,
independent of the tides.

NFI RMAR for the CURE of ST R IC-
TUP Es of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GOMM-
GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA-
TIVE ld URINARY ORGANS.

ri„t th!tan,,i ng the above Instil Lai- iselosed, Patients
~.tuntinuc tc receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur-
geon (A:r. Courtenay, 4!, Great .Mariborough-street,) by ar-
ii;ying at his own hcJSC instead of the Charity.
Hour., of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings
and front S,.ven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the
Morninu, hut not in the Evenisig,

CAUTION.
NOTICE Ilereby given that by the recent
VERDICT obtained by Messrs. MORISON against
certain Impostors for counterfeiting their Medicines, all persons
attempting to dispose of medicines as and for " AIORISON'S
PILLS," lAhich are in fact mere spurious imitations, are liable
to have actions brought against them for every box sold under
that came, which actions Messrs. Morison will deem it their
duty to in force in every case that comes to their litiowiedge.
British College of Health, Hamilton-place,
New-road, London, Dec. 29, Is4o.