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THE LONDON AND MEDITERRANEAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. . (LIMITED).
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Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Acts , and liability limited to amount of subscription . Capital £ 50 , 000 , in 5 , 000 shares of £ 10 each , with power to Increase to £ 250 , 000 . Deposit , 10 s . per Bhare , to be paid on application .. First call £ 2 per share , payable on allotment . DIRECTORS . C 6 L Sykes , F . R . S ., M . P . ( Chairman of the Hon . the East India Company ) , Chairman . , , „ » J . C . Alexander , Esq . ( Messrs . Sichel , Alexander , and Co . ) , Manchester , and London . Capt . Francis Stewart , Snrbiton-hill , Surrey , late of the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s service . G . H- Whalley , Esq ., M . P ., Reform Club . Charles Whetham , Esq ., 52 , Gordon-square ( Messrs . V hetham and Sons , Gracechurch-street , London ) . General ScpEbintendekt—Captain John Vino Hall ( late of the steamship Golden Fleece ) . Shipping Agents and Brokers—Messrs . Alfred Laming ' and Co ., 70 , . Corhhill , and Lloyd ' s . Auditor—John Ball , Esq ., of ilessrs . Quilter , Ball , Jay , and Co .: Bankers -Messrs . Smith , Payne , and Smiths , Lombardstreet . Somcitohs—Messrs . Hamber and Corsellis , 20 , King ' s . Arms-yard . Sharebrokxrs—Messrs . Huggins and Kowsell , 1 Threadneedle-street ; Messrs . A . L . Qawthorn and Scott , 75 , Old Broad-street . Secbetarv—George Grant , Esq . Temporary otfices—lfi , Bisho ' psgate-streit within , London , E . C . ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS . TT \ HE object of this Company Ig to establish a J- regular and efficient line of steamers between London and the largo commercial cities of Italy and Sicily—viz ., Genoa , Leghorn , Naples , Messina , Palermo , Ac , the traffic having been hitherto carried on by a small and inferior class of vessels , inadequate to the requirements of the The rapidly increasing trade between tliis country and the Italian States is proved by reference to the Custom House . Returns for 1848 , which state that the agqreffate value of the exports for that year were £ 2 , 212 , 357 , while those for 1868 were £ 4 , 089 , 720 , The Imports were in the aanie proportion . . , , ,. The promoters , having boon impressed with the importance of the trade , commenced operations on this un <» in October , 1857 , as agents for the owners of several steamers which have since continued to run , at various intervals , with jgrent success , a » may bo aeon by reference to thi > Appendix ( Table I . ) , tn which tho returns are collected to the cud of last year 1 but in order more fully to dcvolopo it , nnd with a view to meet the numerous complaints made to thorn of tho want of punctuality in snilincr , and of tho inferiority of many of fho vossols ( necessarily ooonsJoned by their hnvinir to charter with separate owners , and Also w / th vessels of various sizes and speed ) , the expediency of substituting an Judopondcnt an efficient'lino of steamers has been strongly urged upon the Directors , and the pro--motors , as tho shipping agents of this Company , ore prepared , unconditionally , to carry over in its 1 favour their established ngunoioa abroad , aotfcnt , in fact , its operations oan bo commenced without delay . Tho Directors , in resolving to establish this Company , nrc further onoowagotl by tho facts that a moBt suocpsflfuj line of screw steamers has for some years boon ongfucred in tho trade between Livorpopl nnd the Italian ports ; that tho lending merchants in London , intorostod Til the Italian trude , httvo eomo tlmo since urged by requisition , in writing tho onmnlsntlon of tho lluo now proposed 1 nnd tho Dlroctoru have ftlso boon informod that ninny of tho morehanta in Italy and Sicily , to aW their conif . lonco in tho fiuooesH of tho onterprleo , have oflVrod to oontrlbutu towards tho capital roqnirod , ami otherwise to support tho Company In every possible way . , „ , ., Tho intrhiBlo jmorlts of the lino now proposed will , tho Directors boliove , ftUly justify thorn In anticipating a favourable return upon the capital . Tho Directors oiiloulnto that steamers of about 700 tons register nnrt 120-horso power would bo . vequlrou lor tho working of tho Italian line , and propose thorn to bo HMod with Rowan ' s patent engine , tho bulhtovs oi ' which gunrnntoo a consumption of fuel not to oxoood six tonfi nov oloin , and to give n speed oi ten knots por hour , luWnntimeH lilthorto unknown In tlio annnlsof stontn navigation t in tho meantime tho Directors Intend chartering lh « i nt'tWBunry BtoamorH , bo tlint tho operation *) of the Compnny noou not ho delayed until their own Vossels nyo built . No BhuvehoHlorwill Incur any llnblllty beyond tho amount , of aharoB allottod to him , Two months' not loo will bo glvon of tho lime flxod lor Uio payment of any future call .
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ENGLAND AND FRANCE-UNION AND PEACE . TUFTY GUINEAS WILL BE GIVEN X' for tliobc-Ht 1 CXCJLIS 1 I ICSttAY on tho linnioHBuini . t » ort « noo of a oloso UNION OF KNGLAND AND FKAN 0 K , both for tlioir own intoront nnd welftiro , and ior the i > w \« u " nJi linnnliu-BB of mankind , with HiimroHtious on thu best uioftiiBof innkliitf thlH union povpetuiil . ArnvmCA-TOUH- Lord . Hrouffhnin and Vnux , l ' . C , J . l ! . fc > . s II 10 JOurl ol (" lnrflnilon / ' K . G ., 0 . C 13 ,, l » . U . j tho Kiirl of ^ A ^ SjnunK'VSSi n detailed piwnplilot in Kng ] lBh W » U , _ Ifjviwli , nmy bo oblnliiod on iipnllaAtlon , onolosiijpf ^ l ^ J * . ^ ostwo Btampe , to tho Wov . Dr . Umhutom , IJamveU A ^ h ^^ 's ,. vao , S » ddlvoox . X ' " V •« •¦ ¦ • • ¦ •' > '* " ^ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ :, ^ W , ft * i * Ai HwJm M : ' ¦^ #% | |
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BANK OF DEPOSIT , Estabi-ishbd A . D . 1814 , 3 , P A L L M A L L EAST . L O N D 0 iV . OAl'ITAL STOCK , £ 100 , OQO . T ) ARTIES DESIROUS OF INVESTING X >» iONEV nro roqueatcd to exanilno the l'liin of the jjivnk of Deposit , by which a high r « to of Intercut may be ° $ p ^ ' V "SfiSJ , Jg ^ ft » ftS \ SSf ftngfc Plrcfor . Forms for opening Aooouiitm sent JTi'ee on ajipllcHjIoii ^
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jr _ "" - . * m THE TALYSABN SLATE COMPANY ( LIMITED ) , CARNARVONSHIRE . Incorporated under the Joint-stock Companies' Act , the liability of shareholders being limited to the amount they each subscribe for . Capital £ 50 , 000 , in 6 , 000 BhaTeB of £ 10 each . £ 2 10 s . per share to be paid on allotment , DIRECTOR !? . „ _ , John A . 1 ^ . Barnard , Esq ., 52 Gracechurch-street , E . C . Janica Clifford Hodges , Esq ., 8 . 1 . Great ^ Tovrer-Btreet l ! j . C . The Rev . M . W . Lusignun , M . A ., AH Hullowfl , Thamea-Murk John Tomkins , Esq ., Green-bank Sawmills , St . George's east , and l'lniatow , Essex . IJANKEns . —tho Bank of London , Thrcadnccdle-street . Solicitors . —Messrs . Brady , Son , nnd Scott , CO , King v William-street , City , BKOKEn . —Roger Mortimer , Esq ., 77 , Old Broad-street . SficnETAHY ( pro tern ) . —Thomas In (? l «<; lew , Esq . \ udito » 8 . —Messrs . Fnrrles and Whltohend , Accountants . " OCTICE 8 .--14 , CHATJIAM-TLACEr BLACKFRIARS . rROSPECTUS . TIIIC Talyeam Estnto was purchased in 1827 by tho ^ celebrated goldsmiths , Messrs . ltundoll , JJrldge , and Co ., who oxpciulcd tliorcon , in machinery « nd tho par ^ Jnl development of the qunrrl . es , upwards ef , « 5 O , oqo ; . * r om that eminent firm tho lato proprietor purohasod tho eu-Irety , and lias since oxjpontlea sevoral thousand pounds ill refltorlng tho quarries to thoJr present profltable condition . Tho property purchased by tho Company comprises unwards of 70 aoros of frooholrt land , tho whole of which 1 h Bliito rook on tho celobratod JUangor veins , The qfuarrioa thereon have boon extensively workod for many yoars , and lmvo roalisod large proflto . Tho maoliinory nnd plant , which nro in complete ovdor and regular course oi working , oonsjHt of two steam engines , one of vrl > iol > has boen ru > contly oreotod } four vator-wheel » , with piunpinK unu breinpr apparatus connootod thorowllh ; Hawing machine i twollirliiu-ft'AmcR for raising 600 tons iv-rtny onoh } two wator-bamnooe of vaati powors four lnollued planoy . with drums , chains , and tramways complete ; » our weighing ' nmohlnoHt iron pumps , pipes , wngaons 5 nearly two ij ^ IIoh of trmnway \ 'iti cottaRuet 1 workshops . Implements , unu machinery of every description nooeeaary for oArrylng on 11 ( '" jfii ' o onHr ' o oatnto Ih elnto rock , tho quality of which onu- ' not bo ojtooUud , and tho nuarrk < a may Uo doomed pruotloully noxlmiiBtlble . The Nnntllo Hallway nausea through the nronoi'ty , by which tho HlatoH are now Uollvorod at tho port 1 of Cnrniu-von nt «« . 8 id . por ton , but by a projootot riillwny from tlio quftiTloa to tho hqu , tho cost of tranait will bo rediuwd a \ I lonut ono-half , wlilfo , nt the s . uno tlmo , fhclllHob vlll bo fttt ' ovtlod for the romovul oi nil tho wuuto rook , tho *
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VOL . X . No , 505 . ] SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 26 , 1859 . Price i % 55 $£ ^ " £ y 2 & EHOB
The London And Mediterranean Steam Navigation Company. . (Limited).
THE LONDON AND MEDITERRANEAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY . . ( LIMITED ) .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 26, 1859, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2322/page/1/
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