The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-28 00:00:00

CHAIRMAN.

David Waddington, Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Coun

des Railway Company,
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.

John Chevallier Cobbold, Esq.. Chairman of the Eastern Union
Railway Company.
DIRECTORS.
Samuel Anderson, Esq.
John Raphatv, Esq.
George Fisher, Esq.
Thomas Gibbes, Esq. Directors of the Eastern Counties
Robert Killian Kennard, Esq. Railway Company.
Francis Valentino Lee, Esq.
Richard Paterson. Esq. •
William Routh, Esq.
rohu Cobbold, Esq. Directors of the Eastern Union Railway
Jeremiah Head, Esq. Company.

SOLICITOR.
John Duncan, Esq.
BANKERS.

r The London and Westminster Bank.
Messrs. Dennison, Heywood, Kenuards, and Co.
Messrs. Cox, Cobbo'd, and Co.
SECRETARY —C b arles T. Beake, Esq.

Harwich

The Harwich Steam Packet Company is formed for the purpose of
establishing steam communication with the ports of Northern
Germany, Holland, and Belgium, by which a considerable saving of
time and expense will be effected in voyages to and from these
ports.
Although the entire line of railway communication between Lon•
don and Harwich is not yet perfected, it is confidently expected that
the small portion from Manningtree to Harwich, which alone is
wanting to its completion, will be authorised during the next session
of Parliament; by which means, and by the erection of a steam-
boat pter at Harwich, the facilities of communication will be much
increased. The tedious navigation of the Thames and the dangerous
passage of the Swin will be entirely avoided, and in their stead will
be substituted a radway journey of two hours and a half. From
Hamburgh, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Ostend, :mil other ports, lines of
railway in connexion together and running to all tile capitals of
Europe, are in course of formation, many of them being in fact al-
ready completed.
The advantages to be derived from Harwich becoming the port for
passenger and other traffic to Northern and Central Europe, may be
gathered from the following condensed evidence, given by Captain
Washington, It.N., before a Committee of the House of Com-
mons:—
Harwich will become the Packet Station for oar communications
with Northern and Central Europe on the completion of the railway.
Letters dispatched front the London General Post Office would be
delivered in less than three hours on board the steam packet lying
alongside the pier. Passengers would walk on board, and in less
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lana quarter of an hour be clear out at sea in all weathers and;

times of tlie tide, with nearly sixty nautical miles in advance of those
dispatched from the Thames, and thus a whole tide would probably
be saved in the arrival at Ostend, the Brielle, or other bar harbours ;
while in north-easterly gales and fogs steamers would often make
their passages to the nearer ports before those starting from Lond n
could get clear of the shoals and currents of the Gulf which forms
the estuary of the Thames.

Besides this opinion of Captain Washington, the Commissioners
appointed by Government to examine the capabilities of the various
.11ar5ours of Refuge on the English coast, have made the following
report regarding Harwich :

Extracts from the Report of the Commissioners to the Lords of the
•Treasury on Harbours of Refuge.
HARWICH HARBOUR.
_

We have now to submit to your Lordships a few observations re-
specting Harwich Harbour, which we consider one of very great im-
portance to the trade of the country.
This Harbour, formed by the junction of the rivers Stour and Or-
well, is one of the finest, and may be rendered on of the most useful,
Havens in the kingdom. It has a sufficient depth of water and good
holding ground over an extent capable of containing many hun-
dred skips.
It is remarkably well situated for the convenience of a North Sea
squadron, and for the protection of the mouth of the Thames.
It is the only safe Harbour along this coast, and is In the direct
line of traffic between the Thames and the northern Ports of the
kingdom, as well as of the trade from the north of Europe.
There is a Dockyard, with building slips, belonging to the Crown,
and the property under the Ordnance Department is extensive.
The bottom at the entrance to the Harbour and the coast on each

side is composed of blue or London clay, in which are layers O;
" cement stone," in groat demand both in England and on the Con-
tinent. Hundreds of hands are constantly engaged in collecting it.
Nothing can be more manifest than the fact that Harwich, as far
as position goes (being actualy on the shores of the North Sea), is
the proper place for a squadron of steamers on that station, as well
as for a Harbour of Refuge for merchant ships; vrbile the neigh-
bouring anchorage in Hollesley Bay is favourably suited for ships of
the line.

In the Appendix there are reports to the Admiralty, from the
°Meer carrying on the sinvey,n- service In the neighbourhood of

Harwich, to which we beg torefer for a full confirmation of our
opinion of the necessity of thkingimmediate measures for the pre-
servation and improvement of this Harbour.

T. lIYAM MARTIN, Admiral, Chairman.

The Government works far improving Harwich Harbour, as sug-
gested in the ab:.ve report, are now being rapidly proceeded with.
Ihe great saving of time effected by the adoption of the Eastern
Counties and Eastern Union Railways and the Harwich Steam
Packets, is a matter of too great notoriety to be here dwelt on. But
it may be remarked that this great savin ; of time is on a sea voyage,
and that during tile winter months, and in bad w. tither, the difference
is often immense. Besides which, in calculating the duration of the
passage from and to the port of Harwich, the time is to he considered
as certain, that harbour being accessible for steamers in all winds
and at all times of the tide.

Independently of the advantages thus offered for the communica-
tion between London and the German and Putch coasts, it must be
added, that Harwich is nearer than Hull to Hamburg by more than
thirty miles, and to Rotterdam by upwards of one hundred miles;
so that when the railways now in construction and projected, for
connecting Har.l ich with the Midland, Western, and Northern
Counties of England, are completed, the proposed line of communi-
cation with the Elbe and with Holland will necessarily obtain the
preference, to a very considerable extent, over that by the way of

It is intent-led to provide powerful steam boats, built on the most
improved principles in respect of construction and engines, replete
with every possib'e convenience and comfort, and adapted to the
ample accommodation of passengers ; and that they shall also carry
a limited quantity of suitable cargo.
The expected traffic by the steamers has been ascertained from the
most correct data procurable, and the Tables of Traffic framed wi h
the greatest care ; and from the calculations made, the receipts of
the Steam Packet Cempany, after making ample dedu •tion for ex-
penses. will produce at least 7 per cent. upon the capital. In

tion to this, the calculations show that the Eastern Counties and
Eastern Union Railway Companies will be largely benetited by an
important inerease of revenue to their respective railways.
Arrangements have been made with the Eastern Counties and
Eastern Union Railway Companies, by which the Proprietors of the
Steam Packet Company win receive a Dividend of not less than 5
per cent, per annu n on their subscriptions; and therefore the Shares
will be distributed among the Proprietors of those two Railway
Companies cud Of the Northern and Eastern, and Ipswich and Bury
St. Edmund's Railway Companies, in the proportion of 24,000 Shares
to the Eastern Counties and Northern and Eastern Railway Compa-
nies, and 6,000 Shares to the Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury
St. Edmund's Railway Companies.

The registered Proprietors of the said several Railway Companies,
desirous of participating in the benefits of this undertaking, arc re-
quested to signify their Intention to take the shares allotted to them
by paying the deposit thereon to either of the Company's bankers.
The proportion of :he Harwich Steam Packet Company's Shares for
the holders of the new 141. 16s. Shares in the Eastern Counties Rail-
way Company, and for the holders of Scrip Shares in the Northern
and Eastern Railway Company, will beiet apart for them, and each
holder, on transmitting his Scrip to the office of the Eastern Counties
Railway Company, and requesting an allotment of shares, will re-
ceive a letter of allotment accordingly. The Mares not applied tor
on or before the 10th day of October next by such Scrip molders, will
be allotted by tbe Directors to such other persons as shall appear to
be most eligible.
The Deed of Settlement will provide for a proper reserved hind,
and will in other respects be prepared with the greatest care and in
the most approved form, for the protection-and be nefit of the Share-
holders, and giving the Directors power to apply for a Charter of In-
corporation.

Interest, at five per rent. per annum, will, under this Deed of Set-
lement, be payable to the Shareholders from the time of payment of
lie deposit.

A copy of the Deed of Settlement may be inspected at the offices
(Willis Company, and of the Eastern Counties and Eastern Union
Railway CampaWes.

fittrwlcii Steam Packet Comrany's-ofllce,
(3, St. Mildrett's-couri, Poultry, London, Sept. 24, 1846.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPANY.

The ho!ders of the new shares of 741. 16s. each, being entitled to
the same proportion of shares in the Harwich Steam packet Com-
pany as the proprietors of Consolidated Stock, the certificates for the
said new shares must be presented at this Oftlee any day not later
than the 10th of OCTOBER next, when the same will be examined,
and an allotment in the proportion of one Harwich Sleam-packet
share for c. cry ten new pilaus so presented will be issifid to the
holder.

By order of the Roard of Directors,
C. P. ROPEY, Secretary.

Bishopsgate Station, Sept. 25, 1846.

NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.
To the Holders of scrip Shares or 50/. and 121. 10s. each.
The Holders of Scrip Shares guaraateed 5 per ctnt. only, being en-
titled to the same proportion of shares in the Harwich Steam-packet
C Inpany, as the proprietor of registered shares, the Certificates of
the said Scrip Shares must be presented at this office any day not
later than the 10th 01 OCTOBER next, when an allotment in the pro-
portion of one Harwich Stearn-packet Share for every three Scrip
Shares of 501. so pr, sented, will be issued to the holder.
By order, W3f. BOURNE, Secretary.
°Mee, Dishopsgate Station, Sept. 25, 1846.

EXTENSION OF TIHE FOR REGISTRATION.
RIRMINGIIAAI :and OXFORD JUNCTION
Capital, 1,000,00114 i, LiiTSAlLes of 20!. each.
• A-A'
The Act for the Incorporation of this Company having • received
registered
are requested to
taz
theplle a.it:
subjoined
1 nto e d life. r
irn,
',rimed copies of which will
the roya assent, the Holders of Scrip' Ceit
for their respective
be supplied, if desired), and transmit the same, accompanied
inshaalrees,imaemcoerdtilalitieg,
Scrip Certificates, either to this Office or the LondonwisT the
No. 449, West Strand, on or before SATURDAY, the 3d daytneei
October next, when the Registers will 1c positively closed. - o
An official receipt will be given on the deposit of the scrip, which
receipt will afterwards be exchanged for the scaled certificates, with
as little delay as the nreparation of the same may require ; and due
notice will be given when the sealed certificates are ready for delivery,
Shares, in respect of which no application for registry shall be
made on or before the above date, will be registered in the name of
the original subscriber, after which no share can be passed otherwise
than by formal transfer, under the provisions of the Act.
By order of the Board,
THOS. HOLEOYD, Secretary.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Offices, No. 34, Ben-
nett's-hill, Birmingham, and No. 449, West Strand, London,
September 23, 1846.

FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway.

Shares 'in the aboie

I hereby deposit Scrip Certificates fur
Company, viz.,
No. to
and I claim to be registered as the Proprietor of the said shares,
subject to the general rules, regulations, and conditions contained
in the Act of Incorporation, all of which I hereby undertake to fulfil
and discharge. I also require sealed Certificates to be prepared in
exchange as under.

Christian Name and Surname at full length .
Designation
Address
Usual Signature
Witness to the Signature
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