The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-29 00:00:00

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LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next
ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET-
I MG of the London and North Western Railway Company
Will beheld at the Euston 8 tatian, Euston-square, London, on
-WEDNESDAY, the 12th day of August next, at 12 o'clock
at noon, for the transactio' of the general business of the
'Company: And further, notice is hereby given, that so
soon as such business is disposed of or adjourned, a SPE
CIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will beheld
at the same place fe
r the purpose of creating new Capital
(not exceeding 4!::2
-480,166), in pursuance of the Powers
contained in the
: And • Acts of Parliament, relating to the Com-
pany also for the purpose of considering, and
if deemed r.apedient, resolving to attach to such ca-
pital, or r,orae portion thereof, or to the Capital al-
ready ciliated but . not issued, or some portion
thereof, a
fixed and preferential Dividend upon such
terms mad conditions as may be then determined :
And also for the purpose of creating jointly with the
Great
Western Railway Company, £474,178 10s. Od.
°, capitfd, for the purposes of the Birkenhead Rail-
Way, in pursuance of " The Birkenhead Rail-
way (Vesting) Act, 1861." And also to authorise
a,gre'iments with the Conway and Llanrwst, Knighton.
oor,th Leicestershire, Hampstead Junction, and Cannock
eaase Railway Companies: And for sanctioning the
"exercise of the Powers authorising a Subscription by the
Company of £25,000 towards the constructioenr of
the Cockermouth, Keswick, and l'enrith Railway,und thePenrith
provisions of the " Cockermouth. Keswick, d
Railway Act, 1863," and £30,000 towardsadn thelesecofne-r
con-
struction of the Knighton Railway
the purpose of considering, and,
au further portion of
thorising the conversion of a 'if Aaupproved of
the borrowed Capital of the Company into perpetual Deben-
ture Stock, in conformity with the Acts of Parliament
authorising such conversion.
Dated 78uston Station, London, this
25th day of July, 1863.
RICHARD MOON, Chairman
J. P. BROWN- WESTHEAD;Deputy-Chairman.
CHAS. E STEWART , Secretary.

THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY
(Limited). •

Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862, by which the
'Liability of each Shareholder is strictly limtted to the amount
of his Stares.
Capital .V 50,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each.
(With power to increase to One Million Sterling.)
First Issue 12,500 Shares, whereof a portion will be reserved

for India.

Deposit £1 per Share on application, and Li on allotment.
Calls not to exceed £2 per Share, with an interval of not less
three months between each call.

DIRECTORS.

Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.8., Chairman, late Lieutenant-
Governor of Bengal.
Colonel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail-
way Company.
George Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable,
Cannon-street, E.C.
Sir Frederick Currie. Bart Member of the Council of India.
Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda Rold:

way Company.
Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and. 'United service

Bank.
John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Kathie Inr.afrance Com-

John
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John Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and

South African Bank. -----
James Henry Young, Esq., late of the Tsengra Civil Service.

AUDITORS.

T. R. Walker, Esq.. 21, Hanover-P- are and
A Shareholder, to be cleated at `.he First General Meeting.

BANKERS -,24. LONDON.
The Ara and United Serrite Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon-
street, E.C.
The London and Coun4,y Bank, Hanover-square, W.

HANKERS IN INDIA.
The Am. and Uni red Service Bank (Limited).
SOLICITORS.

'Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin-'riars, E.O
BROKER.
Francis Burnand, Esq., 78, Lomtard-street, and 13 and 11
County-chambers, Cornhill, E.C.
SECRETAIri (pro tem.)
Macdonal.d Yates, Esq.
Temporary Offices :-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli

ment- Street, Westminster.
The deficiency of riotel accommodation in India, China,
and other places in the East to which Europeans now resort
in large and annually increasing* numbers, is a subject of
general compl.int.; and it is evident that the development
of the means of 4‘ransit by ocean and river steamers, and by
railways, which has been in rapid progress now for some
years, must imperfectly fulfil all iFs important objects, so far
as European intercourse with the East is conc.rned, until
this want is adequately supplied.
In England, and on the cnntinent of Europe, it is now an
asceqained fact that the joint-stock system may most suc-
cessfully be applied to the establishment of Hotels of the
first class. If this be so where good private Hotels :before
existed in large numbers, there seems no reason to doubt
that an equal degree of commercial success is attainable by
the application of capital, upon the same system. to the same
object, in countries where, though the demand is great and
increasing, it max almost be said that good private Hotels
do not exist.
In Calcutta s joint-stock company has lately purchased
and undertaken the management of an Hotel, and the pro-
spects of the: enter, rise, as a commercial speculation, may be
infer red from the very high premium at which their shares
are
,„ in the Calcutta market, see "Times" July 17, the
u'itiman's Weekly Mail" of June 8,1863, and "Allen's
Mail," viz., £25 paid, present value, .£42i ex div.,
eque;r to 70 per cent. premium, and the payment of a dividend
of i 0 per cent. for the half-year ending 30th April last, equal
t.o 20 per cent. per annum. Bombay offers a wide field for
it'hc establishment of an Hotel of a first class character. The
early completion of vast lines of railway converging in the
'island of Bombay, and the more frequent steam communica-
tion between that pert and Europe which will soon tako
place, must very much increase the demand for such accom-
modation. The same may be said of Madras.
It is under these circumstances that the Oriental Hotels
Company (Limited) is established, in the confident belief that
the application of European capital to India in this form will
not be less profitable than useful. It is proposed, in the first
instance, to supply the urgent requirements of Bombay and
Point de Galle. There are equally important places which
will naturally engage the early attention of the Company,
such for example as Madras, Singapore, and Kurrachee ; not
-to speak of many very important railway stations in the in-
terior of India, where there are now no Hotels at all, and
where, at a comparatively small outlay, there is a large field,
profitab e operations.
The largerclass of the Company's Hotels will afford 'Ail the
conveniences of the best Euro•peau Hotels, adapte•., to the
climate, and to the habits of those for whom trey are In-
tended ; whilst, in even the, smallest class. P,,,e health and
comfort of the inmates wil
It is intended to const,' ',. be carefully stud red.
management
',re Hotels may
in rach Presidency wh zute local commit4„ces of
In the event of tv-
in-thirds of the /;e established.
first issue of shares not
being subscribed to,r, no allotment will take place, and the
deposits will be r &timed to tht subscrib,rs, without deduc-
tion.
It is pr
opoeJed. to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest
upon
d. the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de-
clare
Prospentases and forms of application for shares may be
had on civiilication to the Bankers, the Broker, or the Secre-
tary. •

'FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
7..'HE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited).
To the Directors of the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the above-
aamed Company the sum of £ , I hereby request that
you will allot me shares in the said Company ; and I
agree to accept such shares, or any smaller number that may
be allotted to me, and to become a Member of the Company,
and I authorise you to Waco my name on the Register of
Members in respect of the shares to be allotted to me, and I
agree to be bound by all the conditions and regulations con-
tained in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company, in manner provided by "The Companies Act,
1852."
I undertake to pay the balance (if any) of the Deposit of £2
per share on the shares allotted to me within ten days after
notice of allotment, and in default thereof, 1 authorise you to
cancel the allotment, and I agree that the Deposit paid shall
be forfeited to the Company.
Dated this day ,1863,
Name in full
Firm (If any)
Business or Profession ....... ..
Place of Business
Residence

CELEBRATION
the BIRTH of S
Avon. The Tercenten
N. C. Hamilton, Bart,
ing SUBSCRIPTION
account of the Tercent
and Kidderminster or
Stratford-upon-Avon ;
Greenway, Warwick ;
Smith, Payne, and Co ,
Glyn and Co bankers