The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-15 00:00:00

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PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY, for establishing Steam
Communication with British India, &c. ; under Royal Charter
of Incorporation, granted November, 1840. Capital. One Mil-
lion, in 20,000 Shares of 501. each, with authority, under the
sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury, to increase it t 3 1,500,000/.
DIRECTORS.
*Arthur Anderson, Esq. !Capt. Samuel Thornton, R.N.
Richard Bourne Esq. Robert Thurburn, Esq.
Sir John Campbell, K.C. H. *Brodie M'Ghie Willcox, Esq.
*Francis Carleton, Esq. 'Charles Wye Williams, Esq.
Joseph C. Evart, Esq. Peter John De Zulueta, Esq.
Janes Hartley, Esq. • 1
With power to add to their number, and elect a Chairmin and
Deputy Chairman.
a' The Managing Directors.
AUDITORS{ The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melvqle.
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Jameson Hunter, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Co.
STANDING COUNSEL—II. Bellendcn Ker, Esq.
SOLICITORS—J. B. De Mole, Esq., Merchant Tailors' Hall ;
J. A. M'Leod, Esq., Billiter-street.

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SECRETARY-Mr. James Allan.
The Directors have the satisfaction to announce to the Proprie•
tory and the public, that the Charter of Incorporation for the
Company, which, among other advantages, limits the responsi-
bility of Shareholders to the amount Hf 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 al. per Share will be required to be paid on or before the
Ist of February, 1841, to entitle Subscribers to receive a Di-
vidend out of the profits, which will be declared in May, 1841.
No further instalment on such Shares will be required for
six months.

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

:Tens. Horse Power,
ORIENTAL
(GREAT) LIVERPOOL ... 1,540
TAGUS
BRAGANZA
IBERIA
ROYAL TAR
MONTROSE
Insurances have been effected on all these Vessels.

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This Company has been formed under circumstances pecu -
liarly favourable for insuring its success, and the prospects for
the future are based on the following advantages, viz. :-
1. It is already possessed of property in steam-shipping, &c.,
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.
5. 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 be 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.