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London, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

11E , TURKISH CHAS.qOIIIP ANY.
1„ Provisionally Registered, pursuantyto 7 anii„
le Provisionally
cap 110.
41100,000/. (with power to increase), in shares of 11.
each, to be fully paid up on allotment.
t Lolders of original shares will be entitled to a pro rata
interest in all future extensions of capital.)
DIRECTORS.
Ph Brown, Esq., 10, Clarence-terrace, Regent's-park, Di-
k!tor of the European Gas Company.
enbitt,-Esq., 52, Bedford-square: - -
l.: 'lowness earrEsq., Laurence Pountney-place.
Iti, ulJawes Barber, 136, Leadenhall-street, Chairman or
$1;? Oriental Gas Company.
118 Farquharson Es q., 28, Chesham-place, Elder Brother
/), 4 `ue Trinity House,q Director of the Oriental Gas Com:

,t„ ~-
,i'yeerge
,Hammack, Esq., Boxiands, Surrey, Chairman
q);45 Eatcliff Gas Company.
v,rt yenti, Esq.; Densworth, near Chichester.aiiii George Keun, Esq., (Kenn and Co., Constantinople,
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4 Lavine, Keun,and Co., Smyrna).-
(With power to add to their number.)
, Be/mans—The Commercial Bank of London.
4144 IN CONSTANTINOPLE --Charles Kenn, Esq. (Keun and
Co., Constantinople.)
.ilet AUDITORS.
• Backler, Esq., Secretary to the European Gas Com-
Y• John Gill, Esq., Secretary to the Ratcliffe Gas
4t,'Pal.),,v.
ktril'isa ENGINEER—George Lowe, Esq ' C.E., F. R. S.
4,
uleer-iwChief of the London Chartered Gas Company.
°4---Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and Co.,
London.
tßoirsas—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill.
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effects of civilisation, which have spread far and wide
1;1411rope to the remotest parts of the world, have not
I,' in spite of ancient prejudices, to penetrate gradually
Irkiela Empire, and it is not too much to say that a
cede
c revolution in the manners and customs of. Ottoman
,ft'S is rapidly progressing, and that but a short time will
r" before Turkey and its population will enjoy the advan-
Of European institutions.
' Project now submitted to the public has been for some •
elorder the consideration of loading and influential parties
etantiaople. Turkey has hitherto been, and still is,
ed of many useful and even necessary provisions for
Siefert and ornament of its numerous cities, not except-
' capital itself. Forem st amongst its most urgent re-
ents must be placed the adoption of Gas, now wholly
tti'wn there i aud it has been ascertained that the intro-
a°,ll of this admirable and economical mode of public and
-"righting will be hailed as a boon by all classes of the
‘lOll, from the lowest up to its high-minded. and en-
'led Sovereign under whose immediate patronage it is
.rased to place the present un !ertaking. • . .
E 0 Ottoman Empire affords a wide scope for the opera-
°f this Company, as the following facts will demonstrate
,4ntinople has a mixed population of Ilussuleaans, Euro.
48, Greeks, Armenians, &c., approaching a million of
it contains a large number of palaces and public edi-
h2be Sultan alone has several immense palaces ; the
-'e Porte, where the Government affairs are carried on,
of itself it small city ; there are also extensive barracks,
, manufactories, cafes, theatres, club-houses, and other
et publin'etrtertalmneut, several hundred mosques and
l elises, a large number of which, for the comfort and
h'
l'eienee of the inhabitants, are kept open during the
te,'iight, as the time most suitable for the enjoyment of
:riental luxury.
Pe have been taken to procure from the Sultan of Tar-
e Orman or concession, securing to this Company, for a
°l.Years the exclusive privilege of supplying with gas all
,e;!ivithin the sovereignty and dominions of the Turkish

fpra
of the directors, one hiving an intimate knowledge of
r etletry, the other being practically acquainted with all
ii!alls in relation to the manufacture of and lighting by
le already left this country for Constantinople, with
powers
to conclude the necessary arrangemen's.
'4B are to be had in Turkey, and it is believed that Eng-
Inorprise will work the native collieries more vigorously
ultherto ; but shipping employed extensively between
,iltuatries, especially in the grain trade, will always carry
tie lien of ballast from England at a moderate rate.
7l Coke, tar, and other products arising from the mann-
te'ls of gas, are sure to meet with a ready market.
'latiens have been made as to the expenses of the present
4of lighting with olive oil, and the directors are enabled
k ,:t that gas can beaupplied at a rate which will compare
p:_,lirably as to render certain ita general adoption.
Ter will bo reserved to take advantage of the privileges
ollaw that has been or may be uassed for limiting the
e,

'Y of shareholders in joint-stock companies.
,te directors have every confidence that the privileges they
fr„eklng will be granted exclusively to this Company; but
p 414,1 any cause they should deem it advisable to abstain
IpiZoceeding to carry out the objects of the Company, the
M, Will be returned, lesspreliminary expenses, which ;shall
4;esed one shilling and sixpence per share.
applications for shares to be made, on or before the 111th
:Cit the offices of Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29,
.'Aeedle-street.

TURKISH GAS COMPANY. —The
I,Jast day for receiving London Applications for Shares is
-"I. the 10th insta.,t. Those from the cos try will be admitted
T._—ttY. the llth.
qreadneedle-street, Bth March, 1856.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, OTIS MAacu, 106.
vTICE IS HEREBY GIVES, That the an-
hafted CODIC of REGULATIOsTS for the ADMISSION of
tuATES at the EX AMINATIONS to be held rbr the
tZTMENT of ASSIST ANT SURGEONS in the SERVICE of
itttkriipsiTonerB INDIA COMPANY,heAff irs 0
fhrausdbi
aer a
afar
earmille by
provisionst e uo aorfdt;),
the
th wed lith Viet , cap. 95, sec. 33.
'lt • •
itt,IONS FOR THIS ADMISSION OF CANDID/7 i FOE THE APPOINT.
OF ASSISTANT-SURGEON IN THE SERVICE .OF TIIE LAST INDIA
tAll ANT.
t.4aturai-born subjects of her Majesty between 22 and 28 years
17; tad of sound bodily health, may be canitidates for admission
t4ll service of the Mast India Company as Assistant Surgeons.
caust subscribe and send into Dr. Sc tt, the Physician to the
lok.,reble East India Company, 10 days before the period Axed for
'l'l„,,.ntination a declaration to the following' effect:—
tkiaristian and surname at full length), a candidate for em-
oettt as an Assistant-:surgeon in the service of the East India
413', do hereby declare, that I was years of age on the
ll.h4;:ay of last, and that I labour under no constitu-
elsease or physical disability that can interfere with the dne
`mss to
of the duties of a medical officer ; ae:d I also attest my
iis3 to proceed on duty to India within thr4ce months of recely-
% appointment."
k,,declaration must be accompanied by the following docti-
ll*
044_00f of age, either by extract from the register of the parish
the candidate was born, or by his own. declaration pursuant
t act b and 6 Wm. IV., c. 62.
"4, ~certifleate of moral character from a m agistrate, or a mi
11, the religious denomination to which t he candidate belongs,
• ;4 Personally known him for at least tvr,) preceding years.
Nil,,,cliPloma in surgery, or a degree in meriacine, provi ted an ex-
'44,4011 in surgery be required for such degree, from some body
,17ilent by law to grant or confer such diploma or degree.
:54t7, certificate of having attended two courses of lectures, o' six
each, on the practice of physic, and of having attended for
k4ii.2ntliB the practice and clinical instruction or the ohysietans at
,kll47ePa, containing at lest, on an averae, one hundred
1114 t 0; it
; orl of having attendeda one course of lectures of six months
A Pr act ice of physic, and clinical in.strucaion for twelve months.
,l,
certificate of having attended for three months the practical
tion given at one of the public asylaitts for the treatment of
are.
:Rbpti▪ k
certificate of having attended forttree months one of the in-
letto.llB or wards of an hospital especially devoted to the treat-
,C L,,".,` ophthalmic disesse.
N.,-Nidates who may not have been able to attend the practice of'
Itet• illtirn for the insane, or of an ophthalmic hospital, for 3 months
to their offering themselves for examination, will not be
N▪
-Zed from examination, but will, if successful in obtaining re-
'lliinteladatlen for appointments, be required to produce certificates
144,74 attended such practice during the interval between the
• :Mien and the time of proceeding to India.
'Fitt, Certificate of having attended a course of lectures on mid-
-44,1 of having conducted at least six labours.
'111:• ;
certificate Of having acquired a practical knowledge of cup-

kt klates may also, at their option, send In certificates of attend-
mot:.t any hospitals, or on any course of lectures, in addition to the
NIL Attendance on a course of military surgery, and the practi•
/CI! of surgical operations on the dead body, are recommended.
1,-; Examination will include the following subjects :
I, ',4rkery in all its departments.
NtlT•edicine, including the diseases Of wo Zen and children, The-
4, Pi, Pharmacy, ant Hygiene.
t ,Ilatomy and Physiology, including C Omparative Anatomy.
10 Mural History, including Botany and Zoology.
?4,Z5 following are the books recommended in—
ch`tllY and Comparative Anatomy—
itwnes ot the Structure of the Animal Kingdom, by Rymer Jones,

•
Elementaire d'Histeire Naturelie, par Milne Edwards.
Lt Y—
th,`",„ers School Botany, or
—`uere Elements of Botany.
It The Examination will be conducted—
,
2 11neans of written questions and answers.
'44:7 oblect examinations and experiments, when the subject ad,
stich tests.
itkeT practical examination of patients, and by operations on the
hilt viva voce examination:'
htio, Persons who shall be pronounced by the examiners to be the
vllrraed in all respects will ne aointed to fill the ramisite
of appointments as assistant.spuprgeons in the E tst India
'tilt "1137's Service, and, so far es the requirements of tke service
1,4 Permit, they will have the choice of the Presidencyla India to
they shall be appointed, accordeas: to the orde of erit in
411 they standon the list resulting from such exarnit,atlon.
aisistant-surgeons are required to subscria to the military or
t/e al, and medical retiring tunes, at the presidencies.to Which
att risay be respectively appointed, and to she Military Orphan So
all if appointed to Bengal. -•
assistant-surgeons who shall neglect or refuse to proceed to
tre under the orders of the Court of Directors, within three months
ril'l4o"he date of their ippointmen , will be considered as having for-
,tit, unless special circumstances shall justify a departure from
It'w;ulationa
ot these regulations, and any further information, may be
e. 'nod on application to the Secretary of the 31ilitaryrepartment,
slt India House.
d4The exarainetions will take place in the months of January and
lit4th each year; and due notice will le given by her adver-
thelent of the days appointed, and of the probable nn ..of can-
;44 to•be selected.
Examiners for Assistant Surgeons in the Honourable East
oti a Company's Service, having received many inquiries as to the
41tet and extent of the Examination in comparative Anatomy,
th'lrlgY, and Botany, have considered it desiraele to announce that
111' objects are,—
tio,: To ascertain who of the Candidates bitve devoted especial atten-
-44,1 to any of these sciences, and are hence qualified to undertake
0t.,`,:1s requiring a knowledge of them, as well as the general duties
tti,lselr profession. Proficiency in these sciences will, in classifying
Candidates by merit, be entitled to great coasideration.
o encourage all Candilates to avquire an elementary know-
of the structure and affinities o;the principal natural families
s!. t,Aliimals and of Plants, with the general p an upon which these
'6! constructed, and the functions and relations of their most layers
set organs. •
4,34, • To promote the study of Natural History as a most important
„Janet or preliminary to a liberal medical education; that of Corn-
Zative Anatomy, Zoology, or Botany, if properly cultivated, by
of specimens, ter even a short period, being eminently calcu-
,.74 to develope habits of close observation, and to strengthen those
,V,vers of reasoniug upon observed facts, which must be habitually
);',rcised by medical men everywhere, but which must be exercised
Olt the greatest energy nd promptitude by those who practise in a
eDleal climate, and whose
re often thrown wholly upon their own
sources.
8111 embrace
general examination in thesescierres will ise eementary, and
l embrace a very limited range of technical terms At the written
irbrelnation a considerable number of questions will be put, with
10.1._' view of ailowing each Candidate to select such subjects as he has
sc,Ltnded to, and, thereby, of enabling the Examiners to. ascertain
0 Particular departments of science in which the verbal examine-
should be conducted.
st.w, lin those Candidates who have attained proficiency in anbranch
hese science', the verbal examination will be pursued in the
aneh selected,so as to ascertain the full extent of their knowledge.
It la now annotmced that the next examination will be held at
house on the 14th July next. and succeeding
tab days, and that the
obable number of vacancies in the medical eslishment of the
'4Bt, India Company, to be then filled up. will lee thirty.
JAMES C. MELVILL. Secretary.

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Onds, without the iilighteA injury to the skin. A. IL will warrant
tnot to irriate the flesh in the smallest degre.?, and the hair to be
onrely destroyed.—Sold in bottles, at 3s. 6d., ss. lid., awl 10s. 6d ;
/'ailed at the Hair-dyeing Establishment, as above. Forwarded
ryas, free by post, eight extra.
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40ZEAIT'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED
CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physician‘
it,..`jessililly administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and
(4, , "'edged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder.
Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on ap i.
A',(!n•--Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; N, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor,
r,RIELJOZinCipaIEA.I7,
istFrencil chemist, ;49, Haymarket, London, And
Pr chems.