The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

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The NationcaPlu4oTyuiTnci:i(izrili
maples, and Pearce, F -
England.
SOLICITORS,
29, Threadneedle- t t
Messrs. Maples,
Jewry. eeOKERs. , rederick's.place, MI
enry Foreman
Messrs. Mullens, Marshall, and Daniell, 3, Lombard-street.
, tsgs ree .
Messrs. RobisnzeoZ.l,3=.,l
OFFICES, 6Z MOORGATESTRE -:
Council having E F.
Her MajestY in • t • means- granted a Royal Charter of
Incorporation, the Direc
the s a duty promptly to bring
into effective operation Which they believe best
calculated to insure the most direct and expeditious commu-
nication with Australia, and thereby to satisfy a requirement
of great and growing urgency.
The Route proposed, namely, the direct line connecting
England with Australia„ande crossing the Isthmus of Panama.
may be considered as divid d into three staees—the Atlantic.
the transit across the Istlimus,—and the Pacific;
passage,—
. passage—to. Sydney and Melbourne alternately ; coaling at Ota-.
' heite, or other convenient Station. On the fir t' is unneces-
, eery to dwell; of the second—all difficulties are in process of
I speedy removal !nettle line of Railway now approaching its
completion. [
The time of transit across the Isthmus by Raill.
will probably not exceed two hours,] with attendant accora-
. °dation of suitable hotels, at both extremes ; and the third
mfavoured as it is with the smoothest seas, with moderate
winds, a pleas
ant temperature, and the absence of adrerse
currents, .
indisputably be described
most g the
unobjectionable navigation in the World.
• The u Directors, therefore, availing themselves of the long
practical experience of Captains A. S. HAMONn, R.N., and
J.COCHneNE HosEASON, R.N., who for several years have
held Command of Steam ships on the Pacific, New Zealand.
and Australian etatiens, and, of whose published opinions,
the soundness has been fully confirmed by recent results,
adopt hi
sts curse, as combining the essential advantages of
speed, of omfort, of economy, of safety, reserving, however,
the power to avail themselves of any more desirable line etf
transit across any other section of Central America, which
time may possibly develope.
, The speed and regularity with Winch paddle-wheel steamers.'
on the Cunard and Collins lines, haee performed their pas-
sages across the turbulent seas of the North Atlantic, having
established a conviction that this mede Of propulsion is best
calculat for long voyages at high velocity, it is proposed to,
employedde-Wheel Steamers of about 3,000 tons, with com-
mensurate engine-power, combining all well establieied im-
provements, in reverence to machinery, uniformity of size,
proportions, and cabin accommodation.
The vessels will proceed at stated periods from 'Milford
Haven to Aspinwall, (Navy Bay,) on the Atlantic side of the
Isthmus, from whence Passengers and Cargo will be conveyed
by Railway to Panama en the Pacific side, and there re-em-
barked for Australia, accomplishing the whole distance, to or
from, in about fifty-five days. The Directors, after the most
deliberate consideration, have decided that Milford Haven,
as the port of departure, promises advantages which few other
' ports can supply, namely, the safest anchorage, entrance and
' exit, at all times, facilities of. repair, Supply of most suitable
coals, and easy communicatton, by rail, with London, Man..
chester, and all the manufacturing districts.
el is thought unnecessary to dwell on the great extension of
general traffic, wherever proper facilities of intercourse by steam have been afforde during nY, however, be briefly stated, that the produce of gold the
Year 18.52 in the colony of Victoria alone, amounted to over .*,18,000,000, with every prospect of a continuous increase, exclusive of the produce of
New South Wales, which forms a large addition to this va*
amount; that, during the months—January, February March.
the specie
thetransmitted Western Coast of Mexico, and
' from California,. amountdeq, te 20,410,796 dollars, exceeding ~1,000,000 sterling ;IT that the Passenger traffic by the route, and for the same period, amounted to 10,563
'arsons, irrespective of those conveyed by the San Juan de
Nicaragua line. It m. aae'rber,elttoreover, observed, that this
xtent of traffic, he
h"wevill arise to no adequate idea of.
• the vast trade which
,feed this line, when in full
' with all seenpotat advantages ofcompleted
a
operation,
f a syatic conduct of b •
• railway, and o
to this vast tralli business.
Large atiditioes c must necessarily flow
intercourse bet
the increasing . _ sour
from between North America and
Colonies, fact i ated as such intercourse i
Australian the .
of steamers alreadya bee
the powerful.
lines . _ established between
d States and the isthmus of Panam in -
the Unite a the North
• ne between California and Panama in the North
Atlantic, a
mented line of ste
the
fic. The aug _ e , amers, also employed by
tee pacific Steam Na igation Company," between Valpa.
- • . and Pnama,must considerably swell the stream. These
I'
esults stand in perfect independence of epro`
Brest r
which will, in all probability, at no distant .
ected, pertod.
with China; and like --
) t California%no Of traffic, the
connect
result of conveyance of passengers and vain bits
natural _
Ilse directed from old and circuitous routes. a - merchandise
The Directors
derive great encouragement from the know_
ors of this company are favoured with the
ledge that the
.esh merchants in general. XI
approval
of ri 1 ; • —any of the
high don houses lave strongly expre
most eminent Lon
he following document full 'seed their
pprobation ; and t . .
e, d d y
attests
the
a-
- • the enterprise is r ar eby several infl •
spirit
d Manchester firma. uential
and distinguishe .
d bein desirous of encouraging a line of kirst.class the
establishment of.
advantages for the -packets, offerin
increased facilities and_ _
g s and Goods, to and from Australia arid the different •
ye- errtantStates in the Pacific Ocean, and being deeplv nn-
with the advantages of thsehroute by the way of the-lil impressedus o
Panama, since the establi ment of the Railroad at that place
connecting the two Oceans, hereby aigeife
projected British and Australian Direct Y our approval of the
by Screw Steam -packet
Company, [the title assumed thiscompan . .
deon that the paddle-wheel should b adopted Pto the
remous .
pow ,er ] for the purpose of carryine the mottv
out theas e
cation to those parts in the most efficient line of,communi-
signed,
s, manner.'
igned, R. Gladstone and Co. 'len 13
Horroc ,
ks Jacson and Co. „
.1" • Jackson.
Robert Smith and Co. ta. 1. Fairbridge and CO.
11. Liebert.
Robert Gardner.
Samuel Mendel. Prescott Brothers and CO.
Robert Barbour and Brothers Thomas Cardwell and Co.
John Fender and Co. Oswald Stevenson anti Co.George Fraser, Son, and Co. J. A. Turner and Co.
As indicative of the approval of the Australian authorities
and community, they have much satisfaction in adding th....
. -...
following extract of a lettr received from Stuart Aiexander
Donaldson, Esq., member of the Legislative Council of ~,_
colony of New South Wales d 22nd Nov''''
, ,dated "Sydney, - ember.
1852.'
" In my place in council f have ever been a warm
advocate for the advantages of steam. and all I biter X"'
said has gained tenfold [
liioe since tee stupendous gold ins-
covery ; and, moreover, ateeliggy_iidyocated this yer
Panama line, and! carried, 01,1,ge grant Au gated
by a unani.
Mous vote Of the councii,AN bring Sydneo -t.6,000 a year as
the first company which lion. ..y
in origtoyarithin a course of
post of 1W days with lied the motion to o_ idea was all far
Panama, but I genwerif; first claim the booostitain unanimity;
and, that Panama the quickest boats. • I
r.feel quite sure.
The gold will gq , 1853 and 1854 no h Ile quantity of got&
to be produced
surly at the rate of .*2ouman being can tell; IC
is at present n
i neeatest interest in • ,000,000 a-year. I assure
you 1 feel the ~r
line
,_ /our success, and great cove
- whence that your will pay. 7
tneunsatisfactory state of the present
the Australian Colonies, coupled with t
vaient in favourof the Panama route— ficommunication witty
the feeling In"
Hitherto the communication by steamers,murne, April, 18.5:1..
Good Hope, instead of business boon t tee the Cape.ot
a serious detriment to. w. o the colonies, has heent
with our Eastern neighbours, for there anxiously lookineestablishment oft he
Panama line."—Times, 4th of July, 1853,1 this sty
-I—Points to
the only means left of establishing the Shortest possible perm
of communication; and the Directors, from thsed-etneastratiopte
and experience of the nautical members of their ereard, froine the assurances of the most successful slietui I ders are
engineers,. and from arrangements; formed at es a
, na, enter..
tam no doubt that the passage can be accomenre" in the titre
stated; and that the course of
o.post can be stile?' and regularly.
reduced to about 120 days, including '
ntervals betweene
arrival and departure of the 111 ails.
rve, that this Co In conclusion, the Directors ow
or m parry.
~,,,n constrained to a
not burdened with unsuitable sill
le ,onfidently anticipate the ad
unproductive deviations, ma
0,1 service. They feel assured tuel--. mate command of the Pos
rates for passengers, s • --at.
gnawing moderate . , . specie ant
afterr7e eht, au ample margin for working charges,l insurance,
a.i.
repairs, and also a reserved
tfufindi looralervtatt acttintltent Of abi;c•
and machinery, they are 1 iet
-us meat remunerative tis
TntnlC
promises to realise a m
d on b f dividend,
Line prom'
for Shares to be ma e or e ore the
Application
ItETART,, at the Company's oit 20thoit
August, to the SEC
o the Brokers ; or to the A„.„ ces, 62.
Moorgate-street ; t
Bank of England ; here, to "nts Of the
National Provincial Ban
11 Tow ii ,
JAMES SallTH, Julio , Tower-e arn Der •
and PATON, Stock ana . Bvor to
ROBERTSON a's Ilitrelerok
1 B k b •Id*
2, Royal an - m Inge, Me

July, 1553. -
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR, st,
To the Australian Direct Steam Navigati:,l4,,RES,
Panama.
any less number
-m uomPl,Vicir
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL, cii
I request you will allot me -
teind
ttoheniCe:trilpterand I
engage
te.
Shares 411TER.
such manner, ally at
the Deposit a
acicf, ?per Shares,tsli et Sr °lei fatri'tee's2r ses
eo each,na,ll. t
n
place as shall be appointed by the Direct
at such time, and.
for that purpose. And I further engage ,CITS of the Company"
Subscription, to the said Company, bi7l,Lo execute a Deeclor
and pay for the Shares allotted to me, ,:41_,Dg myself to accept
Deed or Deeds of Settlement of the Cot MI
also to execute ttil
Dated this (lay of
also
Letters and Notices to me may 1853.
be sent by Foal eAdfessed:

rrofessio
n or Trade.
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