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

LONDON AND NORTH WE STERN RAILWAY.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the next
ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET-
DiGr of the London and North Western Railway Company,
will beheld at the Euston Station, Euston- square, London, on
WEDNESDAY, the 12th day of August next, at 12 o'clock
at_ noon, for the transaction of the general business of the
Company : And further, notice is hereby given, that so
Bonn as such business is disposed of or adjourned, a SPE
CIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will beheld
at the same place for the purpose of creating new Capital
(not exceeding £2,480,166), in pursuance of the Powers
contained in the Acts of Parliament. relating to the Com-
pany : And also for the purpose of considering, and
if deemed expedient, resolving to attach to such ca-
pital, or some portion thereof, or to the Capital al-
ready created but not issued, or some portion
thereof, a fixed and preferential Dividend upon such
terms and conditions as may be then determined :
And also for the purpose of creating jointly with the
Great Western Railway Company, £474,178 10s. Od,
of capital, for the purposes of the Birkenhead Rail-
way, in pursuance of " The Birkenhead Rail-
way (Vesting) Act, 1861." And also to authorise
agreements with the Conway and Llanrwst, Knighton,
South Leicestershire, Hampstead Junction, and Cannock
Chase Railway Companies : And for sanctioning the
exercise of the Powers authorising a Subscription by the
Company of £25,000 towards the construction of
the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway,under the
provisions of the " Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith
Railway Act, 1863," and £30,000 towards the con-
struction of the Knighton Railway : And also for
the purpose of considering, and, if approved of
authorising the conversion of a further portion of
the borrowed Capital of the Company into perpetual Deben-
ture Stock, in conformity with the Acts of Parliament
authorising such conversion.
Dated Euston 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, 1852, by which the
Liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount
of his Snares.
Capital £250,000, 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 £1 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 Rail-
way Company.
Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service
Bank.
John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com-
pany.
John Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and
South African Bank.
James Henry Young, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service.
AUDITORS.
T. R. Walker, Esq., 21, Hanover-square, and
A Shareholder, to be elected at the First General Meeting.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon-
street, E.C.
The London and County Bank, Hanover-square, W.
BANKERS 1N INDIA.
The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited).
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin- riars, E.O
BROKER.
Francis Burnand, Esq., 78, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14
County-chambers, Cornhill, E.C.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)
Macdonald Yates, Esq.
Temporary Offices :-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli
ment-street, Westminster.
The deficiency of Hotel 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 transi., by ocean and river steamers, and by
railways, which has been in rapid progress now for some
years, must imperfectly fulfil all its important objects, so far
as European intercourse with the East is conc.rned, until
this want is adequately supplied.
In England, and on the U, ntinent of Europe, it is now an
ascertained 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 may almost be said that good private Hotels
do not exist.
In Calcutta a joint-stock company has lately purchased
and undertaken the management of an Hotel, and the pro-
spects of the enteri.rise, as a commercial speculation, may be
info, red from the very high premium at which their shares
are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" July 17, the
"Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8,1863, and "Allen's
Indian Mail," viz., £25 paid, present value, £424 ex div.,
equal to 70 per cent. premium, and the payment of a dividend
of 10 per cent. for the hall-year ending 30th April last, equal
to 20 per cent. per annum. Bombay offers a wide field for
the 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 take
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
for profitab e operations.
The largerclass of the Company's Flotels will afford all the
conveniences of the best European Hotels, adapted to the
climate, and to the habits of those for whom they are in-
tended; whilst, in even the smallest class, the health and
comfort of the inmates will be carefully studied.
It is intended toconstitute local committeesof management
in each Presidency where Hotels may be established.
In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not
being subscribed for. no allotment will take place, and the
deposits will be returned to the subscribers, without deduc-
tion.
It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest
upon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de-
clared.
Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be
had on application to the Bankers, the Broker, or the Secre-
tary.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited).
To the Directors of the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the above-
named 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 place 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
Conallany, in manner provided by "The Companies Act,
1862.'
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, I authorise you to
cancel the allotment, and I agree that the Deposit paid shall
k be forfeited to the Company.
Dated this day ,1863.
Name in full
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Place of Business........
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CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY f
the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart , K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co., bankers, London.
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