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London, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

EAST INDIA must:, JAN. 26, 1853.
TCOURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That
the
Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on
fIiRSDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clo& , and opened
on THURSDAY, the lath April following.
That a General Court of the said Compan' will be held at their
gran, 1n Leadenhall•street, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th April, 1853,
,eau Nine o'clock in the Damning until Six o'clock in the evening,
!„,?,r the Election of Six Directors of the said Company for Four
A
That {he form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration for
In
abiling Proprietors of East India Mock to vote by Proxy on this
necasi„
soas®. may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this

That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready
lobe del vered on Thursday, 3lst March, 1853.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

IVIODITT CARBON CHARTERED COAL
XOl,l and IRON COMPANY.
ee • hereby Given, that NO MORE APPLICATIONS for
,t&RES in this COMPANY can possibly be RECEIVED. The
'"utrnent to present applicants will be proceeded with at ones.

30, Backlersbury, Apr;l 9. w.
By Order of the Board,
W. A. ROBBER, See
___

TO AGENTS.—Life Assurance Agents in any
of England may with advantage become Agents for Fire
Directors—"w
ee, Rad thereby g extend their Life business. The
Instif of the UNITY FlREreatly INSURANCE ASSOCIATION—an
i7mon established on new and important principles, ant possess-
ad• WPwarda of Two THOUSAND SHAREHOLDERS, whose names sand
ap lie:4 are published with the Prospectus—are ready to receive
O,Z mtious for Agencies, accompanied by references. By looking
Whom-4 List of Shareholders, applicants will probably find several to
they are known. For terms, prospectuses, &c. apply to
THOMAS H. B VYLIS, General Manager and Secretai y.
_Chef Offices, 40, Pall Mall, London.

LAITRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
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e Week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," "Rose," and "Amine"
ihe "Napoleon' Galop, "Le Cirque' Qaadrille ; "La
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NORTH. ..
ORTH OF SPAIN.RAI"LWAY.
ii Bayonne, Iran, St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Bilboa, Vitoria, Miranda,
eajLsea, Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, L'Escnrial, Madla•
R-„,_v.ial 29,925,000 piastres. 315.000 bharea of 95 piastres each for
":..no , SOO francs for France, er 201. for England. Deposit 19 piastres
"Pain, 100 fi ancs in Prance, or 41. in England. One fifth of the
capital
nfuls has been subscribed in Spain, two-fifths in France, and two-
remain for appropriation in England.
, President—The Duhe De Riansares.
Bankers in Paris—Messrs. Rothschild, Paris.
+walkers in London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. ; the
London and County Bank.
A in Bankers in Bordeaux—Messrs. Ezpeleta et Fils.
gents London—Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., 62, King William-
street,,ThesrorthCitoyf;spthai , whomnathaypapylications for shares may be made.
ac,j, including the branch to thei about I. r 685mbokilznetres, or 427 miles
Jha *ejectors-have already obtained theconcesiTOFro7D9 years, 1
or the Spanish portion. which
or 406 miles. They have
y are in paidso
7traverses a distance of 650 kilometres,
money. and the
for the section from Bayonne .100n1peirs:tres (157,0001.), the caution
'which is only 35 kilometres, actual treaty with the French Government
to the Spanish frontier ; the length of
, or 2
The Spanish Government guarantees to the Company, on a maxi-
'll_3.l2l capital of 30,000,000 piastres (6,315,7891.), a minimum interest
'..LPer cent., including 1 per cent, to be applied to a sinking fund.
„whe provinces and comn tines traversed by this railway, as well as
:,, contiguous provinces and communes, have agreed to share with
'''loverntnent the responsibility of this guarantee.
ree Spanish Government, perceiving the great advantage which
ptiVesult to the public revenue by the encouragement of railways,
5.(134 develop the various sources of national wealth, have faithfully
compote the guarantees they have given ; and even in cases wh ere
.oovei.Zes have not been able to perform their engagements, the
ierei,7"ellt has returned to such companies, whether native or
In the entire sums paid as cautionary deposit.
~
te,rder to secure to the shareholders in the North of Spain Rail-
siejit,,,_'me full value of the guarantee of 6 per cent., and 1 per cent.
eliss;g rand, a keaeral contract has been already.made for
stock °f Or the land, the construction of the whole line, and fore olling
at 4 ,2lant, &c., according to the requirements of the Government,
sitee,,,,,"ce within the guaranteed capital. The contractor has depo-
Them 7,°00 Piastres or 105,2631., as a guarantee for the due fulfil-
httheviri the contract, and is to leave 5 per cent. out of each certificate
Mall aniands of the directors as a further security, until such reserves
The _ omit to the sum deposited.
ethereontraet price covers all expenses incurred in surveys and
cent, oT,,_airto the present time, and leaves a fund of about 10 per
rtpshaeine capital in the hands of the directors, to meet the general
cent. Pe. er the undertaking, and to pay interest at the rate of 5 per
lien, r annum to the shareholders during the course of construe-
The aTorth e clai chief t O. Spain Railway connects Madrid with several provin-
'Moll as rf'tpowns,., t forming points of convergence of various high roads,
are also t.ia. "it, Where seven meet. Burgos, Valladolid, and Avila,
or'theentres
of similar streams of traffic.
district, Spainst,„," Railway traverses most important industrial
-" as the provinces of Biscay, Garipuzcoa, and Alava. It
r", alto thro
producing ugh districts rich in wools, wines, and corn—districts
export . ""21)401 more than they can either consume, or at present,
need ~,„', "wl Which, to gain access to the home and foreign markets,
will vm3, those facitities of economical transport which this railway
I,,Previde„
eaire Nrth of Spain Railway will establish a thorough communi-
h.J°a betseen the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Starting
Te:rs Bayonne and Biboa it will proceed through Irun, St. Sebastian,
xi,„4l, and Vitoria to Miranda. At Miranda it reaches the river
l''le which is now being canalised down to the port of Alfaques,
:`e'e shores of the Mediterranean. At Madrid also it will be placed
et,„e°,annunication with Mir great line of railway now in course of
A-truiction between the capital and Valencia.
at very important feature of this great undertaking is that
and radolid it will reach the river Douro, which runs to Oporto ;
ararPl„ IY, at Madrid, it will be brought into connexion with the
the-Vez Railway, which will be continued first to Badajoz to meet
S -. °I line to Lisbon, next to Cordova, and thence to
eeite
ro a" Cadiz.
esti
of Spain Inate the advantages which such data promise to the North
trenehßaillway, the distinction between Spanish, English, and
de k'irat,:"Zays must be kept in view.
atist, i-'""e cost of construction is greater in England or France,
entel'er -ii.4hEdi la of a higher value than in Spai.n. Labour is much
ce-tes bear4lland and in France than in Spain. Rails also and
kuti'-`l,, 4eire,, rs',,Ti Trance a price somewhat extravagantly high,. in
8,- they ai: the protection given to home industry, whi a into
ttitiertelly,,jr,raported from England free of duty..
,oantriowo, ate 1e return from railways in England or France are of
establiseiLranw ::I°Pnient than in Spain, because in the former
More oi.'`",„ rneki,‘,ave to compete with already existing and long
T11:-.;2' their eo-,„.,` tpliveyance whilst in Spain railways, from the
„ n, be
SP I —o"l.rna they absorb'the whole of the traffic.
'agin th„,74ise Profitable in England and France than in
'Whilst -;: n 141111.3 of i.,11 be secured only by incessant redactions
ratty - '''' Paiti ""e numerous competing means of transport ;
__ e in,, the tlriffs will, to a certainty, be largely remune-
ver cent. ~,7 Lacy cart reason bl be fixed at 50, 100, and even 200
Sloth pi, 'wove the , a y
'eaPer th„„ English and French tariffs, and still remain
aPPreciated the old means of transport, and be accordingly
The '
tion ii. distinction.
the .°,ll the ---are Well fourail-1, and have received conflima-
afillwa„, , results of all the existing railways in Spain ; hence
'nfer a re J ‘4,unPany trorn Valencia to Alcira has been compelled,
been, ..._..„%e Months' traffic, to double the rolling stock, which had
LartgreTnnated sufficient for teveral years. Upon the line from
kilernetre Maitre Asturias, the exorbitant tariff of 20 centimes per
_
tranto per ton sufficed to put down all competing means t
and,
lastly hagt. the coal of the basin of Sema to the port of "di
.1 i=i t
ierce, long.
and
1,,,,, line from Madrid to Aranjuez, only - - had in
1852 the runs to no centre of production or commerce,e
and ii-oe,,Lirst year of its working, a traffic o 309.
—tuvu toneof ~andise.
The , . mere..
expected from this lino have
000 pa..sengers,
h_ estimetes of the receipts to
be tndence or the provincial,
n framed under the special superintendence and establish upon
...Consular, and
return of 5,150,000 piastres, or
municipal
VS existing traffic an immediate
corporations of 131
45per cent. for working ex-
-,04,21u, which, aft" the capital of deducting
~
the Company of 10
Dense!, leaves a net profit upon
however, Is wholly irrespective of the in-
Per cent. This estitriao 0 dtme'eans of transport invariably ensures.
be nominated in the statutes of the
ereThasee Itwohiacrhd improved
'Pr
Direction will
owfilelight Spanish, four French, and three
EnglishCompany' and Three French Directors have been appointed,
Directors.
Viz. :

M. Ardouin, banker, Pm is,
M. De Grimaldi, Paris, and
M De Ezpeleta, Paris and Bordeaux.
London, April 9, 1853.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SNARES.
North of Spain Hallway Company.
To Messrs. C. bevaux and Co.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the above
undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any
less number you mat allot me, and to pay the sum of 41. on each
share allotted, at the time to be specified in your letter of allotment.
Dated this day of 185
Name In fall .. • • •• • • • • .
• Residence • • • •
Profession.

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