The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-20 00:00:00

DIRECTORS.

Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Branksea Castle, Dorset, Di-
rector of the London and Eastern Banking Company.
Robert L. Lcckio, Esq. (late of Bombay), George-street, Port-

man square.
William Shaw, Esq., 1, Kensington-park-terrace.
Gregor Grant, Esq., late Chairman of the Oriental Bank,
Bombay), 4, Great Russell-street.
F. C. Zillesen, Esq., Vice-President of the Dutch-Rhenish

Railway Company, Amsterdam.
Sir Henry Durrant, Bart., Scottow Hall, Norfolk.
Henry Ward, Esq., 11.E.1.C.5., K 1, Albany.
John Edward Pouter, Esq., Director of the St. George's In-

surance Company, and Fulham.
Andrew Walls, Esq., Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-street.
Captain Raymond, Albion-square, Dalston, Managing Direc-
tor •f the Steam Vessels.
(With power to increase.)
BANKERS.
Th• London and Eastern Banking Corporation, 27, Cannon-
street, City. . _

Messrs. Co; Cobbold, Rodwell, and Co., Bankers, Harwich,
Essex.
ENGINEERS IN CHlEF—Messrs. Newton and Fuller, 16, King
'William-street, City.
SIAREBROKERS.

London—Messrs. Rugginsand Rowseli, 1, Threadneedle-street
Liverpool—Messrs . Davies and Son, 2 ,Royal Bank-buildings
Suirrtso AGENTS—Messrs. William Felgato and Co., 4, Cle-
ment's-lane, City; Mr. R. Twigs, H. Son, Rotterdam.
STANDING COUNSEL—AIfred Hill, Esq.. 44, Chancery-lane.
SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Rymer, Murray, Rymer, and Jackson,
Hanover-street, Hanover-square, and 59, Chancery-lane.
AIIEGTORS.—Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, 35,

Coleman-street, City.
SECRETARY.—Hume Greenfield, Esq.

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Offices of the Company-44, Moor,'ate-street City, E.C.
This Company is established with a view to kord the pub-
lic increased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers,
specie, and merchandise
Hamburg,
England, via Harwich, and
the ports of Rotterdam,
Railway
ga, i
ofi Antwerp,years hasd E
1 traffic arrangement for a term cb.een entered
into with the Eastern Counties Company on advan-
tageous terms, and the Directors haii:seecured the co-opera-
tion of the authorities of the Dutch- Railway Com-
pany, and the other inland navigation and'irshailway establish.
ments in Holland and Germany, all of whom are so convinced
•f the advantages to be derived from this line of communica-
ffic, and the
tion, as the most desirable for passenger t
speedy conveyance of merchandise and perishable goods, that
they are anxious to promote the views of this Company to
the fullest possible extent.
The town of Harwich is 68 miles from London by railway,
and its port is the most convenient for direct comm
between London and all the great seaports in Hollanduuatiun
ie
n
Belgium, and thence to the northern and central parts of and
continent of Europe.
Passengers proceeding to India via Trieste, by Harwich
Rotterdam, and the Dutch-Rhenish Railway, will effect a'
saving of 48 hours, as compared with the route via Marseilles;
the line from Rotterdam to Trieste being on the eve of com.
pletion without a break.
The harbour of Tiarwich is safe, commodious, and easy of
access in all weathers and states of the tide—advantages
which no other port possesses on the eastern coast south of
the Humber.
3337 the opening of this route via Harwich the dangers and
delays of the intricate navigation of the Swin and the mouth
?the River Thames are avoided, whereby a saving of time
is effected to Hamburgh, Rotterdam, and Antwerp of from 10
toll hours ; whilst the route to Oberhausen and thence to the
Harwich partsa
Rof Euro 'pe is four hours and a quarter less by
otterdam than that by Dover and Ostend, as
per tabular statement, and thus the former must become the
direct o_fopostal communication.
', urn-EAsrmati TIME PER EASTERN COUNTIES
o liovor
London t ..... LwAy.
RAILWAY.
Dover to Ostend ...2.4 hours London to Harwich-2i hours
Ostend to Oberhausen 7 ~ Harwich to Rotter-
(2l4 miles)
....10i dam WI ~
**** ., Rotterdam to Ober-