The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-17 00:00:00

OF A DAUGHTER.

On the 15th inst., at the Vicarage, St. Martin's-in-thei
Fields, the'wife of the Rev. G. W. Humphry.
On the 15th inst., at 10, Westbourne-terrace-road, the
wife of C. H. Onslow, Esq.

ARRIE D.
On the 14th inst., at St. James's, Holloway, Thomis
Smith. Esq., of the Great Northern Railway, to Martha
Ann Evans, late of Oldham, Lancashire.
On the 14th inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Alfred Terrett,
son of Jared T. Hunt, Esq., of Lambeth-wharf, Lambeth,
and the Willows, Mitcham, Surrey, to Sophia Hervey,
only daughter of George T. Smith, Esq., of 16, King's.
parade, Chelsea,

DIED.
On the 15th inst., at 5, Lansdowne-place, Brunswick.
snare John Risdon, Esq., aged 84.
On the 16th inst., at 2, Kensington-square, Ada Sarah,
the youngest daughter of T. R. Crampton, Esq.
On the 15th inst., at Mile-end, Mrs. Ann Walbancke,
aged 81.
On the 14th inst., at Devonshire-street,' l'ortland-place,
George Sydney Rutherford, eldest son of Dr: Rutherford,
aged 22.
On the 14th inst., at 44, Glocester-square, Leslie Graham ,
infant sou of Colonel and Mrs. Moucrieff.
On the 14th inst., at Park•street, Grosvenor-square, Mr.
Evan Humphreys, aged 47.
On the 14th inst., Catherine Anne, the wife of William
Clode, Esq., of the Registrar-General's-office, Somerset-
house, and of Harlington, Middlesex.
On the 31st ult., at Cairo, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
William Jackson, Esq., M.P., aged 21.

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potTRSITANT to an Order of the High Court of
Chancery, made in the matter of HORACE TWISS, late of the
Inner.temple, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, one of her Ma-
jesty's Counsel, deceasod, all persons claiming any debts or liabilities
affecting the personal estate of the above-named Horace Twiss, who
died in or about the month of May, 1849, arc, by their solicitors, on
or before the 7th day of March, 1857, to come in and prove their
debts, and liabilities at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir
Richard Torin Kindersley, Knight, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-
inn, Middlesex,: or in default thereof they will be peremptorily ex-
eluded from the benefit of the said order.
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noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating
upon the claims.

Dated this 29th day of January, 107.
CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.
FLAHCIATE, CLARKE, and FINCH. 43, Craven-street,
Strand, Solicitors for the Executors

THE LONDON and BIRMINGHAM IRON
and HARDWARE COMPANY (Limited.)
Offices and Warehouses. 253, Blackfriars-road, London.
Capital, 50,0001., in 10,000 shares of 51. each.
Deposit, 21. per share.
DIRECTORS.
Jokn P. Mnrrougb, Esq , M.P., New Inn, strand.
John Harris, Esq., 56, Stamford-street, and Effingham House, Burs-

tow, Surrey.
dames Melrose, Esq., Hatton-garden and Tiridale, near Dudley.
Henry Whatley Wood, Esq., 11, Leadenhall-street.

AirDITOR
To be chosen at first General Meeting of the Shareholders.
BANKERS.
London Joint• Stock Bank, Princes-street, Mansion House.
SECRETARY.
Mr. E. Guest.
This Company, as a commencement, have pirchased an old-esta-
blished business with one of the largest stocks in London, situated at
the corner of Holland-street, 253, Blackfriars-road, and 32, John-
street, the late- proprietor of which, Mr. Frederick F. Shaw, has
engaged to contitue in the active management of the concern, and
to make his remuneration nominal till after the shareholders have
received 8 per cent. dividend. From a most reasonable estimate it
is calculated that 15 per cent. will be the lowest dividend ever paid.
Applications for the remaining shares may be made to the Secre.
tary, at the Offices, 253, Blackfrlars-road.

THE LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI•
1 NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY,

(Limited).

Capital 100,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 101. each, with power
to increase. 2/. per share payable on allotment.

Incorporated under the Act 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by
which the liability of the Proprietors is limited. to the
.amount of their shares.

TRUSTEES.

Ralph Walters, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Eastern Counties Railway Company,
Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Director of tho London and

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Eastern Banking Company.
David Waddington, Esq., M.P., 4, Spring-gardens.
Jahn Bagshaw, Esq., M.P., Director of the Eastern Counties
Railway.

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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-tOrrace.
Gregor Grant, Esq., late Chairman of tte Oriental Bank,
Bombay), 4, Great Russell-street..
3. C. Zilleson, 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 St. George's In-
surance Company, Fall-mall and Fulham.
Andrew Walls, Esq., Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-street.
Captain Raymond, Albion-squaro, Dalston, Managing Diree.
for of the Steam Vessels.

..(With power to increase.)
Bezatras.
The London and Eastern Banking Corporation, 27, Cannon-
• street, City.
Xesers. Cox, Cobbold, Rodwell, and Co., Bankeri, Harwich,
Essex.
INCIINEERS ne CillEF—Messrs. Newton and Fuller, 16, King
William-street, City.

SEAREEROREES.
•
London—Messrs. !Tugging and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street
Liverpool—Messrs H. Davies and Son, 2,Royal Bank-buildings
Buirruzet AGENTS—Messrs. William Felgate and Co., 4, Cle-
ment's-lane, City ; Mr. R. Twiss, H. Son, Rotterdam.
STANDING COUNSEL lfred Hill, Esq., 44, Chancery-lane.
SOLICITOAS.—Messrs. Rymer, Murray, Rymer, and Jackson,
Hanover-street, Hanover-square, and 59, Chancery-lane.
AVDITOES.—Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, 35,
Coleman-street, City.
SECRETARY.—Hume Greenfield, Esq.
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• Offices of the Company-44, Moorgate-street, City, E.C.
This Company is established with a view to afford the pub-
lic increased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers,
specie, and merchandise between England, via Harwich, and
the ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, &c.
A traffic arrangement for a term of years bas been entered
into with the Eastern Counties Railway Company on advan-
tageous terms, and the Directors have secured the co-opera-
tion of the authorities of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Com-
pany, and the other inland navigation and railway establish-
' ments in Holland and Germany, all of whom are so convinced
_ of 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 thencO 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 Harwich 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 e the Swin and the mouth
• 'of the River Thames are avoided, whereby a saving of time
IS effected to Hamburgb, Rotterdam, and Antwerp of from 10
to 11 hours ; whilst the route to Oberhausen and thence to the
northern pats of Europe is four hours and a a carter 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.
TIME PER SOUTIL-EAEITERN TIME PER EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY.
London to Dover ...2a hours London t RAILWAY.
° hours
Dover to Ostend 7
~ Harwich to aßrOrther 21 -
Ostend to Oberhausen dam
"
9
(264 miles) ..... ~..10 ~ Rotterdam to Ober-
hausen (124 miles)4 ,

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THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work
on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the
effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse-
quences from the nse of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga-
tions of marriage, and directions for obviating cm taro disqualifica-
tions. By R. and L. PERRY and CO.I Surgeons. Sold by Piper
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ford-street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed to renovate
the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic ; its power
in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual if e-
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from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying
success in thousands of cases. Price I Is. per bottle, or four quan-
titles in one for 335., which saves 115.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi-
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the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as et uptions on the
skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat,
tonsils, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, Eke.
Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the
system is undeniable. Price I Is. and 335. per bottle, also a saving
oflis
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec-
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W. Edwax-
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PER SOUTII-EASTERN RAIL- PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL
WAY. WAY.
London, Dover, Ostend, to London,Harwich,Rotterdam,
Cologne. to Cologne.
Ist Class, Rail and Ist Class, Rail and
..itto
Steam ............ 23 10 6I
in Steam Z2IO 3
12 5
1
2d ditto ditt0...... 2 9 8 d2d ditto
Saving fadvsotueramof..H..a.
............
17 3
.
ditto 0 3
Ist Class, Rail an
0
2d 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. -
It is intended, in the first instiarncte,
communicationt o
ie.
or am-
tions of this Company to the direct
London, via Harwich, to Rotterdam.d
commodious packets,
This Company will have swift
' and its management will be carried out wicotnahftohrte,uat
so as to secure expedition, safety, and and the ecadrei,-
rectors submit that the traffic cannot fail to realise a hand-
some dividend to the shareholders.
The capital Will bo divided into 10,000
Five on which 2/, per share is to be paid on allotment.
shares of 101. each,
s per share is to be paid to the bankers of the Company,
and their receipt must accompany the letter of application. If less than the number of shares applied for be allotted, a
't
proportionate part of the dewill be immediately re-
turned. .No call will exceed 2/posi .
per share, and will not be a
• a less interval than three months.
Forms of application for shares may be obtained at the
brokers and offices of the Company,44, Moorgate-street,
City, London, E.C. i A
' and at the offices of Oliver John Wil-
liams, Esq., age
,Essex loyd's, and Vice Consul of the Nether.
lands, Harwich -
Application for shares and
Secretary, who will give information.p.rosituseg to be made to the
All letters addressed
attention.receive
~ secretary', will immediate
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[PRICE 4D. STAmpED SD.

scat NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE
CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND
IN REV LENTnildA' ASTHMA,
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DU
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Dr. Ingram,
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Stuart de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, an Lard
other well-known individuals, whose health has been restoredso'ooo
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tried
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Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1817.
The Consul-General bas been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry,
that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his
Du Barry and Co.,
Majesty the Emperor, has by imperial permission, been forwarded to
the Minister of the Imperial Palace.
with full instructions. In
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tunate that hers the witnesses contradicted the admission
of the parties. His Honour then questioned the witness
as to the notice in Walton's case, and Mr. Gatherer did
not recollect the :applications said to have been made.
The case then stood over for the purpose of examining
the party making the admissions.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the
Steam Packet of the London, Harwich, and Continental
Company (Limited), 44, Moorgate-street,
City, E.C.
Gentlemen,—l enclose you a receipt for 2
request to
the
uest you will. London and Eastern
allot me Banking Corporation, and Ipaid hereby
shares in the London,
and I hereb y
Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited);
agree to accept such shares or any smaller
number
P 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.
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picked
iocakredd thethe
miip unfortunateatsea .
The following is a report mat
named Tougar, a stoker, and Cedars,
h o'clockem , w
except lost •
the French Consul at Rio, at which'
landed. by the American' ship Essex,
oestvleyssseali.lorsA. boAultllolft
I left the raft and went on boarde sight
4th of November Captain D v as in his
—"
with Dr. Claris, the
were
sioevinga,lnillitertsholje me odri
distance
4innie e auix w
and gig
chambre five
sailors. They
provisions
the Lyonnais,
tmh
our companions,
sionsur, immedi-
ately where I was rejoined by 20 tio-
fc
them.f from
made an attack on the
It was in vain that we endeavoured to andp wine.d
them to assist in constructing a new raft - tehrsua e
plied that they would die on board the vesseleyFroer-
us, who wished to escape death, we began to con-
struct two, which we sent to the large one. The
night came on stormy, and was a-dreadful one. to
pass. One of the small rafts which we had sent to
the large one, and which had remained attached to
the latter, parted is hawser at 11 o'clock at night,
and went adrift, having on it the chief cook, named
Cayelle ; Romain, first stoker ; and four others.
At that moment the sea was very rough, and every
movement of the vessel gave such a shock to the
large raft, which was fastened to her, that we
thought it would go to pieces. The unfortunate
men who were on it uttered the most piercing
cries, begging that the hawser might be cut and the
raft set adrift before it went to pieces. That we
could not consent to, for if the raft floated away
we thought we should lose all chance of safety.
Alas ! when daylight appeared not a vestige be-
yond the part to which the hawser was attached
was visible. By the side of us our drunken com-
panions were still asleep, with their bodies half
under water. We sought to rouse them up by de-
claring the vessel would soon go to pieces, and that
it was necessary to construct a new raft. One of
them opened his eyes, and, finding that it rained, re-
plied, 'I will not do.anything while it rains.' Four
men set to work with me, and at 6 o'clock in the
morning of the sth a last raft was completed and
launched. The water had then reached to a level
with the deck of the vessel, and there was not a
moment to be lost. We got on the raft without
-provisions, and almost without clothes, With -OM
empty barrels, the -cabin doors, and some cordage.
The raft was about 30 feet square. I had with me,
besides my present companion, the ship's steward,
the second cook, and a stoker, whose papers are
now in Our possession. As to those who remained
in the vessel, to the number of 15, we saw them
take refuge in the forepart as the water rose over
the afterpprt. We had not got to more than four
times the vessel's length from her when she gave a
lurch to starboard, and then suddenly disappeared,
with a noise similar to an explosion of a mine.
There was a smart breeze blowing at the time, and
the sea was very rough. Our raft, formed of
planks suspended on two barrels, had neither oars
nor sails. Throughout the whole of the sth the
weather was squally, with rain, sleet, and snow.
On the 6th there was a very-heavy sea. The raft
gave a heavy lurch, and the second cook was
washed away. A short time after another man in
despair threw himself into the sea. The steward
twice attempted to follow that example, but we
dragged him on board again. He, however, soon
afterwards disappeared, after a very heavy sea had
washed over us. There now remained only us
two. We had then become very weak from long
fasting, and exposure to the wet and cold. Our
hands and legs had swollen. At eight o'clock in
the morning of the Bth we saw a vessel at about
cannon's shot distance, but she did not see us, and
continued on her route. At four o'clock in the
afternoon we saw another steering for us, and she
soon came close. We were saved. Some of the
crew of the vessel jumped on our raft ; and, finding
that we were too weak to move, had us slung and
hoisted ca. board. She was the Essex, of Boston,
bound to Rio with a cargo of ice. The captain and
his wife treated us with the greatest kindnes,, and
we arrived at Rio on the 25th of December." On
being asked te furnish information as to the
probable fate of the other persons embarked on
board the Lyonnais, the man declared that he had
seen on the raft Richard and Voison, the two principal
stokers ; Remeur, the coalman ; a young French
girl who had embarked at New York as femme de
,chambre to the passengers, and three American
lady passengers, one a young girl of from 10 to 12
years of age. These women had bsen picked up
after the logs of one of the boats. The MALI further
affirmed that he saw on board the vessel during the
last night the two coalmen (Brimot and Louis) and
the first stoker (Romain),*Cayolle, the head cook,
and some otheTs.

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BANSERW RECEIPT.
Received the day 1857, the sum of
on account of the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam
Packet Company (Limited). London,