The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-26 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

THE BURMESE OIL DISTILLERY
(Molted).
Incorporated under The Companies Act, WM"
Capital £103,000, in 10.000 Shares of f to each.
Tint Issiw, 3,000 Shares.
• minimum dividend of per cent. per annum guariateed on
the paid-up capital for the that three years.
Cl per share payable on application, and Cl 10a on allotment,
and calla not to cursed al 10u per share at intervals of not leas
than three months.
It is not proposed to can op more than C 7 10a. per share but
as more capital may be required for extending the works, it is
intended to issue further shares, etre-half, pro rata, amongst
the shareholders, at par, and one-hall to the public, the pee-
MUM on the latter to form part of • reesswe fund.
lita•CrOka.

JOHN OOLE (Mews Mk and Co.). Calcutta and London,
Chairman.
William Creaser, St. George's plow, Hyde-park, London.
John Alen Hanker, Jun. (Mean, Dumas. Hanker, and Co.),
London.
Witham Lyon 'Messrs. N. and W. Lyahl and C 0.., London.
R. Campbell Macrae, Rangoon and Loudon.
T. H. acarike °ugh. Blesossbiu7equare, London.
DavW N Gaon ,tlooara Wilma, %%manioc, and co.), Calcutta
and Loudon.
With power to add to their number.
Banana—The Agra and United Service Sank (Limited), Can.

nonetreet.
ikatereut-I—Drnise and Co., 7. Benk.buildiam. City. and
torts street, Westminster.
AUDMILI.
Stanley R. Bennett, Public Amonntent, Bleholas.lans.
Francis Chambers, ren.court, resiehurch-street
Bs,,Kins--zitms and Nul, A Bartle,tome-lam. Bank.
MAN•OI.II It S. Oreenstreet.
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Alan Rut Peals—Emile Golsen.. St. kue drs Petite' Zeolite.
lkikee—M. Groat St. Helot's, Ikahopegateratreet.
11106.1PLCITS.

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The description of oil called Petroleum." lately discovered in
Pennsylvania which has already grown Into a trade, employ-
ing millions sterling In Europe sod amerka. soil is now a I but
universally consumed for Junin:wing purposes. bat been known
and utilised by thousands of tons annually for at least four hula
died years Is the hutment empire, where A U obtaiguil of a
uniform and very superior quality.
Crude Petroleum.- or '• Earth OIL' though burned by the
poorer natives of Burusah, has never been used out of that
country for the purpose In consequence cf Its Impurities, which
can only be removed by a pecular mode of distillation—it has,
however, been shipped to, and dhtukd hi England, and a portion
of the reMied oil has been returned to the Last Indies.

The trade thus carried on has entailed large -losses .io the im-
porters of the crude oil, while odatillers have derive i large profits,
as scarcely otre-half can be converted Into One oil, the rest us
being comparatively of little value in !malaria, but coating the
Name for peeking, freight. Insurance. *e., which arnouut to from
to MIA per tea, whilst la Mangoes, Moulmein, &c., this
'cabin° is as valuable as the crude oil itself, for coating the
bottoms of native boats, so a substitute for grease, tor, vtc
1 o obviate this, and extract the fine oil oa the spot, the lease
for tea yearn from Ist March, 1861, of a piece .1 land In Man-
gum, comprising about 30 wee is portion of which has bees
let for gay per annum', admirably situated on the banks of the
Ittver Irrawaddy, was taken at a rental of £3OO per minium, and
on It a factory, with stills, steam power, superheating apparatus,
saw ndUs, and every other appliance, for working upwards of
100 tons of oil per week, erected by MA engineer wont expressly
from England; and wharves, cooperages. stores, £c., were built.
This property has, in consequenoe of the death of the resident
proprietor—wbich took place Just as he has completed the
corks"—been offered to this Company.
The prevent owner, who resides in England, will make meths
lease, factory, and plant (with option of purchasing the freehold
at A 6,000; for the sum of aOO,OOO. one-third of •hloh he wilt
take in fully paid-up shares, and has guaniuteed_ to the satisfac-
tion of the director., a minimum dividend of per centels
annum on the paid up capital fur the first three years, f
confident the profits will exceed Os per cent the refined
being saleable at very high prices, for horning, painting. &e., In
Calcutta. 11a.lrax, llormliay, Australia, and all over Xhe SGM.

The Weisumptlon of Calcutta alone is sudicient to absorb the
produc:lou of the factory for some time to come. whilst the duty
of 10 rents per gallon, lately Imposed on Penomylvanian oil by the
Amery au Government, u a direct Nom, of da per ton on this
oil, and has opened an improved market for it to England and
Franco dipsW 111 taking eff any surplus quantity.

-'ll;;Directors have a competent manager sod an engineer who
will at once proceed to Deepen. and have the advice and amiss-
/MOO of an eminent merawntlic Arm there, who have undertaken
to act asfageota for the Cona,any.
There to no paid promoter In this Company, end the prelimi-
nary eapenma will be Mrictly corded to necessary °allay.
One-fourth the capital has been privately subacribed by Um
Directon sod their friends. and the remaining shares will be
allotted with duriconableration to priority of application.
Preepoctums may be obtained from the bankers, brokers,
aall-
etton, or manager, at the ogleeo of the Company, where plans
of the land and distillery may be semi, and the Articles of Lao-
tian laspeeial.

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u triad In an Paola and Landon Neepitnin ander Is area el
Yews CaLevier, limed. Lloyd. rebind. nal lagroc Curt[
r Lancet.' Nov S. UST, enacts • can to an ammo al da2s
either In recant or chronic aissageca —Y. rd. per beg* by deed
2d., at C..loscatre, Irma chemist, it llamado*, Lander,
and 126. Da fl Magsoln. Pub.

YAM and CO.'S ATTIRE to ORDER.
68 and 67 OXPOILD.STB UT W.
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ifte meet ablisnje;pe.riWicer Cotten and workmen are em-
ployed. Traantting Trousers, lh dd.: Waits to match, to. tut
Attire for clerical, acedemlcal, medical, and other prof, sot
gentlemen. Ladies' Habits, three to eta guineas. ♦ *eland*
depirtment for Leitrim Page's suits, Its, : footman's, :
eoae►mu'a, ds►

Ow s'% TAM.)
ARRIVAL OF THE MISSING SHIP RE
OALANTUOMO.

TURIN, APRIL 25.

The Italian frigate B. Galantuomo arrived this
morning at Gibraltar aad moored@ to-day to
Naples.
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NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF RIIGEN
ISLAND.

BERLIN, Anil, Z.

Yesterday at 12.45 a. m. an engagement took place
off the coast of Rugen Wand, within view of the Post-
house of Wittow, between a Prussian gunboat and
the Danish ironclad frigate FordenakiohL The
Danish frigate sailed off pursued by nine slow sail-
ing Prussian boats, which failed to overtake her.
The Fordenekiold was, however, subsequently
overtaken by the Grille and leek ou hr., but the
Danes succeeded in extinguishing the lames.

SLIM WIG.
BERLIN, Aram 25.

The Minister of Public Worship has sent Privy
Councillor Stiehl to Sleewig, to inquire into the
condition and wants of the school system in that
duchy.

Caucus Hoarrral, BROYPTON. —The annual
meeting of the triads and supporters of this institutiou was
held on Friday at the aloes in Piccadilly ; Kr. J. 'vat*
Briscoe, M.P., in the cheir. The oommittee'e report for the
year 1853expressedregret that there had been a Idling off in
the receipts of tlie charity during the past year. which,
however, bad arises entirely from the hew legacies which
had fallen in during that period. The hospital bad cow
ample accommodatioa for 80 in-door patients, and it only
required the necessary Nods to *liable the committee to
admit that number; but happily there bail bees no rigida-
Woe to the aditomion of out-door patient., poverty and
deems being the only recomoseedatioa required. At pre-
sent the income only enabled them to axe py between 30
and 10 beds. During the pest year 131 primes had been
admitted into the ward, of the hospital, and 610 had bees
admitted as out-door patients. There use a falling off,
according to the financial statement, ID the receipts during
the peat year. thane for 1802 Wag 3,883/. lie. 8.1., while
those fur 1853 aniousted to 3,708/. We. M. The
committee, nevertheless, hoped that during the Doming
Tsar they would be able to pay cif all their
liabilities, amounting to 1,800., by the receipt of 1. genies.
There are three commodious wards in the new hospital
yet unoccupied; but they, however, limit ere long to
De in possessice of sufficient funds to appropriate those
ward. to the reception of indoor patient'. During the pest
year 151 patients have been admitted, vis., 101 females and
50 males ; and of the outdoor patients 538 (maiden and 102
males ; ssal sine, the formatioe of the hospital, in 1851,
4,500 females and 1193 males, making a total a 5,503. Out-
door patients ars still seen at the ollioes in Piccadilly three
times a week.

OUTRAN= IN ItiLAND.—Two murderous out-
nice see reported its the Clouse! Chronicle. Jaen Carey,
• tempt on Lord Derby's mime ia the coooty of Tipperary,
died es Thunday bight from the effects of •• brutal mom&
which took plain os the 7th Met, the 'Heppe used by Os
leme•Or Mesa • pitchfork. The decemed wee 16 years of
sge. A parson tamed Egan bas bees committed to prison
charged with the deem. Near • place called Aeaverty,
is the mares musty, 14 rose, with their faces bl.oksoad, se.
tared the home of • farmer mead Thomas qurice at mid.
eight, and best him sod his wife almost to death. Notice
was promptly gives to the police by • little boy, who es-
caped threegh the roof of the bona*, but woe of the party
bereleis approlisside'.