The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-03 00:00:00

DIRECTORS.
FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman.
HENRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
John Dixon, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. James Morris, Esq.
• Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Henry Norman, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq. Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart.
• John Labouchere,-.744. John Thornton,
sq Req.
...John Loeb, t. -James Tulloch, Esq.
DterWart MarjoribaifilrE -Henry Vigne, Esq.
•t. ORS.
Lewis. W. Robarts, E .ITenry Sykes Thornton, Elq.
L Lloyd, jun., ESQ. -John Henry Smith, Esq.
George Keys, Esq., Secretary.
Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.TInder the provisions of an Act of Par-
liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of
the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium
Without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when
all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits.

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At the five divisions of Fronts tnade by this Company, the total
reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000.
At Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in torte amounted to upwards
• of 4,240,0001. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more
than 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the
Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East
and West s, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
i
United Ste America, have been materially reduced.
INVALID Fa.—Persons who are not in such sound health as
Iff v
Would enable them -to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums
112: have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, receiveit
and registered.
MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be
Made for Policy Stamps.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. Inmrances are effected upon eves
description of property, at moderate rates.
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company.

THE LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI-
NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.
(Limited).
Capital 100,0001., in 10,000 Shares .of 101. each, with power
to increase. 21. per share payable on allotment.
rEe"Porated under the Act 19 and 20 Vie., chap. 47, by
which the liability of the Proprietors is limited to tho
amount of their shares.
TAVSTEES.
Ralph Walters, Esq Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Eastern Counties Railway Company.
• Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Director of the London and
Eastern Banking Company.
David Waddington, Esq., M.P., 4, Spring-gardens.
John Bagshaw, Esq., M.P., Director of the Eastern Counties
itailway.

DIRECTOnS.
Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Branksea Castle, Dorset, Di-
rector of the London and Eastern Banking Company.
Robert L. Leckie, 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 Russel 1-street.
F. C. Megan, Esq., Vice-President of the Dutch-Rhenish
Railway Company, Amsterdam.
Sir Henry Durrant, Bart., Scottow Hall, Norfolk.
Henry Ward, Esq., H.E.1.C.5., K 1, Albany.
John Edward Panter, Esq., Director of the SL George's In-
surance Company, Pall-mall and Fulham.
Andrew Walls, Esq., Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-street.
Captain Raymond, Albion-square, Dalston, Managing Direc-
tor of the Steam Vessels.
(With power to increase.)
BANIMRS.
The Leaden and Eastern Banking Corporation, 27 Cannon-

street, City.
Messrs. Co; Cobbold, Rodwell, and Co., Bankers, Harwich,
Essex.
PAlrcxxxas >x Cam—Messrs. Newton and. Fuller, 16, King
William-street, City.
SHAREBROXERS.
London—Messrs. Ruggins and Rowsell,l, Threadneedle-street
Liverpool_Messrs. H. Davies and Son, 2,Royal Bank-buildings
IltuTme Aems--Messrs. William Felgate and Co., 4, Cle-
ment's-lane, City; Mr. R. Twigs, H. Son, Rotterdam.
STANDING Cotrxm—Alfred Hill, Esq.. 44, Chancery-lane.
lgomerrois.—Messrs. Rimer, Murray, Rymer, and Jackson,
Hanover-street, Hanover-square, and 59, Chancery-lane.
ktrmunts.—Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, 35,
Coleman-street, City.
SECRETARY.—Hume Greenfield, Esq.
Offices of the Company-44, Moorgate-street, City, E.C.
This Company is established with a view to afford the pub-
as increased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers,
speedo, and merchandise between England, via Harwich, and
the ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp,
A. traffic arrangement for a term of years has been 'entered
into with the Eastern Counties Railway Company on advan-
tageous terms, and the birectors have secured the co-opera-
tion of the authorities of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Cora-
l/11V, and the other inland navigation and railway establish-
Lents in Holland and Germany, all of whom are so convinced
•f the advantages to be derived from this line of communica-
tion, as the most desirable for passenger traffic, and the
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 communication
between London and all the great seaports in Holland and
Belgium, and thence to the northern and central parts of the
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 liarwich 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.
By the opening of this route via Harwich the dangers and
delays of the intricate navigation of the Swin and the mouth
of the River Thames are avoided, whereby a saving of time
is effected to Hamburgh, Rotterdam, and Antwerp of from 10
to 11 hours ;'whilst the route to Oberhausen and thence to the
northern parts of Europe is four hours and a quarter less by
Harwich and Rotterdam than that by Dover and Ostend, as
per tabular statement, and thus the former must become the
direct route of postal communication.
This PER SOUTII-EASTERN TIME PER EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY. RAILWAY.
London to Dover ...2i hours London to Harwich...2i hours
Dover to Ostend ~. 7 ~ I Harwich to Rotter

Ostend to Oberhausen
(264 miles) ...10a „

dam 9i ~
Rotterdam to Ober-
hausen (124 miles)4 ~

20 hours

I 15i hours
ich

Saving in favour of liar ,
FARR,
I PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL-,
Pas BOUTN-EASTERN RAM-
RAT,
SPAT,
London, Dover, Ostend, to London, litoarwicoseo
lit Class, Raillkußoe.tterdam,
Cologneand .
lit Class, Rail and
10 6 I .£2 10 3
Steam ............ £3
29 8 -
dBcit ietatmo ditto
24 ditto ditt0...... 9
Saving in favour of Harwich.
17 3
0
Ist Class, Rail and Steam
2d ditto ditto
A deputation has been in
Holland, and submitted the views
of this Company to the Postmaster-General, the Minister of
Finance, and the Minister of the Interior, who have promised
their cordial co-operation in support of the undertaking,
instance, to confine the opera-
tionsication from
,
It is intended in the first
of this Company to the direct commit)
Loudon, via Harwich, to Rotterdam.
This Company will have swift
and
commodious packets,
the utmost care,
and its management will be carried out with and the di-
AN to secure expedition, safety, and comfort,
rectors submit that the traffic cannot fail to realise a hand-
some dividend to the shareholders.
The capital willbe divided into 10,606 shares of 101. each,
Five shil-
On which 2/. per share is to be paid on allotment.
Hogs per 'share is to be paid to the bankers of the Company,
and their
If loss than the receipt utnet accompany the letter of application
number of shares applied for be allotted, a
proportionate part of the deposit will be immediately re-
a less interval than three months re
turned. No call will exceed 2/. por sha and will not be at
. '
brokers
Forms
and of ap
offiplcesicatof the ion for shares may be obtained at the
Compay,
City, London, B.C. ; and at the
offices 44 of Oliver John Wil-
liams, Esq., agent to Lloyd's, and Vice Consul of the Nether-
lands, Harwich, Essex.
Application for shares and prospectuses to be made to the
Secretary, who will give information.
All letters addressed " Secretary" will receive immediate
attention. _

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SRARRS.
To the Directors of the London, Harwich, and Continent°.
...00rgate-street,
Steam Packet Company (Limited), 44 IT
City, E.C.
Gentlemen,—l enclose you a receipt for paid to
the London and Eastern Banking Corporation, and I hereby
request you will allot me shares in the Londoi
Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited);
and I hereby agree to accept such shares or any smaller
number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the calls
thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds of the Company.
I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name in full
Address in full
Occupation
Date
BANKERS' RECEIPT.
Received the day 1857, the sum of
on account of the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam
Packet Company (Limited), London.