The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-31 00:00:00

-PDIN BURGH (R:-ioe,Yl FAroi), from Ironvtn--
A wharf. Tower.- Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s; deck
(so'dier, and s,ilors on y),7s 6,1; return tickets (available for
a month), :(Cs and !s rd. The ellea,est and qu,ckest sea
route by the s;, end d new -IT o) the LONDON
amt KDINBLIRGII SHIFTING COMPANY, sailing eye,y
Wednesday and Saturday, ar. ;0 morning. Apply at the
Spread Eagle, Regent-circus; or at Iron ate-wharf.

SEA.—VAC ki`.:ICIES for MIDSHIPMEN and
APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping' firm.
Premium mod-rate. Al.o xpprenti es without premium.—
dpplp to SIM lIONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill. East-
cheap, E.C. Third 4,./llnters and Stewards wanted.

SEA. First- class APPRENTICES required
in an East Indiarnan.—F it pramium, name f ship, ctc..
pspply to Messrs. Lain, and Co., ?7, Col,min-street, Bank.
0 control over or interference in the outfitting exercised

CHP,APEST PASSAGE--; to ell the Clinnie9.
I'ASSAGES ,e.stp:raniee' at CHEAPEST RATES to
41-'W ERICA, ANADA. BRITISH COLUMB IA, AUSTRA-
LIA, NEW EAT, :IND, i-'ORT NATAL. the CAPE, &c.,
&c., by M '..t.am and Clipper Sailitvr Ships weekly from
LONDoN, LIVERPOOL, and other ports.
Ste ;niers for AMERICA and AN FDA, every few days,
from £4 10s. to £5 58., sailing packets £3.
Passengers met at all the Stations and conducted to the
Docks, thereby avoiding much imoosition. trouble, and.
alloyam.e. Free Grants of Land obtained and Outfits pro-
vided. Through Tickets issued to all the chief Ports in Aus-
tralia and New Zealand, and the Towns and Cities of the
United htates and Canada, also to Halifax and St. Johns.
Fall particulars, free of charge, upon application to
PEARcE and CO„ First Floor, 100, Leadenhall-street, City,
London, or 43, Union-street, Liverpool.
Car Parzels and packages collected, shipped, and invoiced.

ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
7, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
Established 1838-
NOTI"E I l HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF-
YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 30th ultimo, after the rate of
Seven por Cent, per Annum, is in oourse of Payment to the
Shareholders. FRANK HASID', Secretary.
July, 1563.

THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY
(Limited).
Incorporated under the Corn ,anies' Act, 1812, by which the
Liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount
of his S ares.
Capital )5°,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each.
(With power to increase to One Million Sterling.)
First Issue 12,500 Shares, wher •ni a portion wi I be reserved
for India.
Deposit X' 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 ot Bengal.
Colonel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail-
way Company.
George Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable,
Cannon-,treet, E.C.
Sir Frederick Currie Bart Member of the Council of India.
Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda Rail-
way Company.
Colonel Hulland, Director of the Agra and United Service
Bank.
John "tewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com-
pan
Johny. 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, Ilinover-square, W.
BANKERS IN INDIA.
The Agra and Uni ed 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-ch imbers, Cornhill, E.C.
SECRETARY (pr-) tem.)
acdonald Yates, Esq.
Temporary Offices :-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli
ment-street, Westminster.
The deficiency o' Hotel accomm sdation in India, China,
and other places in the East to which Eu' opeans now resort
in large and annually increasing numbers, is a subject ot
general compl int ; and it is evident that the development
or 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 i-s important objects, so far
as European interc ,urse with the East is cone riled, until
this want is adequately supplied.
In England, and on the ntinent of Europe, it is now an
asce tattled fact that the joint-stock system may most suc-
cessfully be appLed 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 doubr
that an equal degree of commercial success is attainable by
the application of cap tat, upon the samo 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 purehased
and undertaken the management of an 'Tote', and the pro-
spects of the enter rise, as a commercial speculation, may be
inte red from the very high prem urn at which their shares
are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" Ju y 17, the
" Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8,1861, and "Allen's
Indian Mail," viz., £zs paid, present value, .£42i ex div.,
equal to 70 per cent. premt.rn, and the payment of a dividend
of 10 per cent. for the hell-year ending 50th April last, equal
to 20 per cent. per annum. Bombay offers a wide field for
the establishment of an Hotel ot a firs 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 tak
place, must very much increase the demand for such aec.om-
modation. Tie same may be sand of Madras.
It is under these circumstances that the Oriental Hotels
Company Limited) is established, in the confi ent belief that
the application of European capital to India in this form will
not be less profitable than useful. It is proposed, in thefirst
instance. to supply the uegent requirements of B rnbav and
Point de Galle. There are equally important places which
wilt naturally engage the early attent on of the Company,
such for example as Meras, Singapore, and Kurrachee ; not
to speak of many very important rail Nay stations In the in-
ferior 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 larger class of the Company's Hotels will afford all the
conveniences of the best European Hotels, relapted to the
climate, and to she h.bits 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 t o collet tute local committees of management
in . ach Presidency where Hotels may be established.
In the event of two-thirds of the first Lome of shares not
being- subscribed for, no allotmen- will take place, and the
deposits will be returned to the subsc*Plb rs, 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 Brower, 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).
Gi-ntlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the above-
Darned Comp -)ny 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 s ealler 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 Regist r 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-
tainea in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company, in manner provided by " The Companies Act,
18r,2."
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 forfeite to the Company.
Dated this day , 186'.
Name in full
Firm (if any)
kusiness or Proles ion
Place of Business
Residence

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SHA.KSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir. Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart , K.C. 8.. is Chairman are now receiv-.
lug SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
,Strattord-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.