The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-06 00:00:00

N. 20,631.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, August 4.1655.
COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
_ll_ INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a
SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be
held at their House in Madenhral-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
11th instant, at 11 o'clock iu the forenoon, for the purpose of
laying before the Proprietors of East India Stock an Act of Parlia-
ment, passed on the 2(1 instant, entitled "An Act for the Better
Government of India" (91st and 22d Vic., clip. 106).
J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, August 3, 1858.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA CO!IPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That they
will be PREPARED. at or before 12 o'clock, on the 17th day of
August instant, to RECEIVE TENDERS for a LOAN of £3,579,000
for five years, on security of Debentures (being the residue of the
amount atithorised to be raised under the provisions of the Act 21
Victoria. cap. 3), such Debentures to be of the respective amounts
of £l,OOO and £5OO, and to bear Interest at the rate of Four per
Cent. ter annum, payable by Coupons attached, half-yearly, at the
Treasury of the East India Company, in London, on the Bth day of
April and the Bth day of October in each year.
The Tenders to be for sums of not less than £l,OOO, and to state
how much will be given for every £lOO of the said Loan.
So much of the amount tendered to be paid to the Company on
the 23d of Angv.st, as will leave 75 per cent. of the capital to he
paid as under, viz.:-
25 per Cent. to be paid to the Company on the 20th day of Sept., 187)S.
25 Do. Do. Do. 18th day of Oct., „
25 Do. Do. Do. 15th day of Nov. „
from which dates the Interest of Four per Cent. per annum upon
the respective instalments will be calculated ; but parties who so
desire may pay up in full, and will be allowed a discount at the rate
of Three per Cent. per annum upon the anticipated payments.
In cases of equality of Tenders beyond the amount required, they
will be subject to a pro rata, diminution.
Scrip receipts will be given to the parties entitled, to be delivered
up in exchange for the Debentures when prepared.
The Tenders arc to be delivered in, sealed, at the Treasury in this
House, and to specify the proportions of each denomination of
Debentures required by the subscriber; a deposit of Five per Cent.
upon the amount tendered must at the same time be paid to the
Company's cashier, to be returned in the event of the Tenders not
being accepted, and parties tendering must be careful not to enclose
the deposit in the sealed Tender.
N.-) Tender will be received after 12 o'clock on the said 17th day of
August, nor unless upon a printed form, which may be obtained at
the Accounts Branch of the excretary's Office, in this House, or of
the Company's Stockbroker, Mr. Henry Scott, 16, Throgmorton-
street. J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

INDIA SERVICE COMPETITIVE
XAMINATIO.NS.—YOUNG GENTLEMEN are PREPARED for
the INDIA. CIVIL and MILITARY SERVICES• under the Govern-
ment of the Crown, by the Rev.Dr.ENIERTON, with the assistance
of Mr. J. 11. STOQUELER, author of "British India," "The British
°Ulcer," &c.. and other well-qualilled Professors.—Address The Rev.
the Principal, Hanwell College, Middlesex.

THE RED SEA and INDIA TELEGRAPH
COMPANY (Limited).
NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED
after WEDNESDAY, August 4.
By Order of the Board.
C. L. PEEL, Secretary,
S, Moorgate-street, August 6, 1858.

'ARIQUITA and NEW GRANADA
MINING COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SIXTH HALF-YEARLY
DIVIDEND of One Shilling and Sixpence per Share on the SHARES
of this COMPANY will be PAYABLE at the Offices on the 10th
instant, and on every subsequent Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
between the hours of 11 and 4. L. R. JONES, Secretary.
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2, New Bank-buildings, August 3, 1853.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from the 15th
to the 30th instant inclusive.

LONDON and COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY.
Subscribed Capital, £1,250,000 ; Paid-up Capital, £OOO,OOO ;
Reserved Fund, £105,000.
Head offiee-21, Lombard-street.
DIRECTORS.
William Champion Jones, Esq.
James Laming, Esq.
John Henry Lance, Esq.
William Lee, Esq.
William Nicol, Esq.
Richard Springett, Esq.

Philip Patton Blyth, Esq.
John William Burmester, Esq.
Thomas Tyringham Bernard,
Esq., M.P.
William Cory, Esq.
James Andrew Durham, Esq.
Jos. Christopher Ewart, ,
GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam M'Kewan, Esq.
At the Half-Yearly Meeting of Proprietors held on Thursday, the
sth August, 1858, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the fol-
lowing Report for the half-year ending June 30, 1858, was read
by the Secretary—WlLLlAM NICOL, Esq., in the Chair.