The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-25 00:00:00

MR. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA TO-NIGHT
. at 8, and TO-MORROW at 3 and 8.

Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

•
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—II.R. H. THE PRINCE CONSORT.
Entirely New and Historical Lecture, illustrating the
Beauties of Gay's " BEGGAR'S OPERA." The Vocal Gems
.511 be sung by Miss Roden, Mr. Lennox Horne, and Mr.
Thorpe Peed. Every Evening except Wednesday, at Eight;
Wednesdays at three o'clock.
signor Novelty ; the -ITALIAN SALAMANDER,
.Apor BUONO CORE, walking in the Midst of Flames.
DISSOLVING VIEWS OF DON QUIXOTE.
~,Lectures on CHEMISTRY, NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
'ne ATLAS CHANDELIER, MOULE'S PHOTOGENIC
LIGHT, MUSIC, &c. &c.
MADRIGALS, &c., by the ST. GEORGE'S CHOIR.
Managing Director—R. I. LONGBOTTOM, Esq.

It. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
s. TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay-
market).
Open daily (for Gentlemen only).
LE CTUItES 4t Four and Eight o'clock, on importantand
int
er,,,,sting topics in 'connection With ANATOMY, PHY-
.LOI .04Y, and PATHOLOGY (vide. Programmes).
- Admission ONE SHILLING.
Ani KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO-
A ' -trr OF MARRIAGE; &c., sent post free, direct from the
tabor, on the receipt of twelve stamps.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High
Holborn, formerly Casino de Venise.—This establish-
,„
„_-'eirt, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and
rtehless beauty of its decorations, combined with theper-
n,efMa of its management, is OPEN every. EVENING.
oaebiated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer,
Iwilm a nightly varied selection of the most approved classical
and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8 ; overture at
Oosing at 12 punctually. Admission ls. N.B.—Mr. W.
;IT 'acker's errand Annual Benefit Bal Masque is fixed for
Ursday, 17th March.

RGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
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_Tr__ These popular and celebrated rooms are open every
th:ming. with It. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by
L. great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris.
ii:atier, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet-
ayston player, performs nightly, with other talented
ii"Bltes. Selections from Rigoletto, Trovatore, La Traviata,
...11glIenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha.
nutsßignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close
ns before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade.
lCll.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and
Balls
to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at
,the
Icoonee.

1:1OWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT
*UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—The ALHAMBRA
PALACE, Leicester-square.
The Morning Performances are particularly recommended,
Re the Pantomime can be seen with the same effect as at night.

_Sprites of the Silver Shower each performance—" Brack
Zfti rle," the horse of beauty.—The educated mules, "Pete"
*Rd " Barney."
I' it, ls.; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private
tox-es, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price.
GaLtery, 6d.
Ti.vo Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m.

QINOPOLION TAVERN AND HOTEL
FOR GENTLEMEN,
Nes. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn.
The Best Served Dinner in London for is. 6d.
Succession of Joints, &c., from One till Seven o'Clock.
Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s Wines and Spirits.
• Private and Smoking Rooms.

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
(Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of
—ll-"1A- (Under Subsidy from the Indian Government.)
Capital—£2so,ooo, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each.
Now proposed to be increased to £500,000.
TRUSTEE.
James Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Chai DIRECTORS.
rn,
--an—Colonel Grimes, Indian Service, Norwood, and
Jo Lodge, Southampton.
CT, Pourne, Esq., 9, Billiter-street.
Captain
F. Vere Cotton, R.N., Alport House, Whitchurch.
W. H. Hall, R.N., C. 8., Director of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Captain J. C. Hoseason, R.N. Highbeech, Essex.
Sir Ines Kennedy, Esq., late oeßury, Curtis, and Kennedy.
Jon Spencer Logan, Indian Civil Service, Director of the
Oude Railway Company, Kew.
MANAGING DIRECTOR.
John Bourne, Esq.
ENGINEER.
Edward Cooper, Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT IN INDIA.
Lieutenant Wood, Indian Navy.
RESIDENT ENGINEER IN INDIA.
Robert Leys, Esq.
. AUDITORS.
John Glenny, Esq., Strand.
George May, Esq., Gresham House.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. H. R. Hill and Son, Timagmorton-street.
BANKERS IN ENGLAND.
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchiu-lane.
BANKERS IN INDIA.
The Oriental Bank Corporation.
SECRETARY.
John Mathewson, Esq.
Offices : 9, Billiter-street, London.
and The Directors give notice that, in consequence of the great
. undiminished demand for Steam Vessels upon the Indian
rivers, and the wide field presenting Itself for their profitable
ViiPloyment, they have resolved to double,the capital of the
enipany.
...The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that the
steamers and barges, consisting of twelve vessels in all, which
the forwarded from this country in August last, have now
awed safely in India, and will commence plying upon tha
rivers without delay. An equal number of vessels of still
greater power is at present In preparation, and will be sent
out as soon as possible.
Before embarking In the present undertaking the Directors
had not only satisfied themselves of its eminently profitable
bature, but they had secured for it the marked co-operation
of the Indian Government, by the acquisition of a subsidy;
and the Government, both by the gift of land for stations,
Workshops, and depots, of wood for fuel, and in every other
Way, has rendered every possible aid to the present under-
taking. At the same time the Directors have insured cora-
*Leto exemption from Government control and interference ;
and this is the only Company so distinguished which pos-
sesses any Government support.
The Directors have the satisfaction of finding that not only
the Reports of the Company's servants in India, but the
Whole concurrent testimony of the advices received from that
country, through whatever channel, completely confirms the
favourable anticipations they long since formed of the profit-
able character of the present undertaking. It would be im-
possible, however, within the limits of an advertisement, to
recapitulate the numerous evidences of this truth which the
Directors are constantly receiving ; and they content them-
"lves, therefore, with giving the following quotation from a
rent leading article in the "Times," which shows that simi-
lar information had been reaching that paper through its
Indian correspondents.
From the 'Times,' Jan. 29, 1859.
"It is not only Government but the whole nation that seems
tealiss. Any day during the last year we might have filled
our columns with the complaints of shipbuilders at the de-
tittle of their trade, owing in a great measure to the happy
termination of the Russian War. But what do we now hear
from India ? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are
about. Month after month they are expecting the steamers that
1" to come. The Indian General Steam Navigation Company
declare this month,' says our correspondent, a dividend
rlOO and upwards per cent. The Home Government had
aen requested to send out. six river steamers, and it had sent
t only one, which, it said, would be enough.' 'Next month,'
continues our informant, 'the Indian Government had to en-
tage all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would
ave bought the new vessels wanted twice over. There is
_ Leorn and work, we are told, for 300 steamers on the Ganges
alone, flowing, as it.does, through a territory with a popula-
°,„n of 350 to the square mile, with an export trade of
-I'o,ooooooo, and an internal trade beyond human calculation.
et, with this vast opening before us, there are found men in
the Prime of life, neither schoolboys nor dotards, who can
Waste their time in holding meetings and memorialising Go-
vernment to find them customers for their shipping. Many
'Virile ere this has war ministered to peace, infusing a quicker
clement
enterprise and
its idle, dreamy soul. To this Mutiny, perhaps,
Iv' e owe the real opening of the Indian navigation to British
er
and the railways which are certain to follow. But
verbum sat ; we have said enough to start our shipbuilders
and shipowners, if they are Englishmen."
The Directors have all along felt that neither the vessels
which they have alreidy sent to India, nor those which they
Bare at present in preparation, could do much to satisfy the
great want of Inland Steam Navigation which exists in that
country. But they have also all along felt that the only safe
way of entering upon such an undertaking was not to rush
into it with sanc.cuine precipitation, but to advance with gra-
dual and cautious steps, and without being dazzled by the
large prospect of profits it holds out. The first steps, how-
ever, having been successfully taken, the whole of the exist-
ing' Shares in the Company having been allotted, and being
at a premium in the market, and the field being so large as to
require a large capital to work it in an efficient manner, the
Directors are of opinion that the time is come when the capi-
tal of the Company may be advantageously increased, and
they have, therefore, resolved to raise the capital to half a
million sterling without delay.
Applications for the new Shares must be forwarded to the
Directors, at the offices of the Company, 9, Billiter-street,
London, on or before the 28th day of February next.
A deposit of two shillings per Share to be made on appli-
cation, and the Bankers' receipt for that amount to be for-
Warded with the application for Shares.
The New Shareholders will stand on precisely the same
terms as the Original Shareholders, and will participate in
the dividend as goon as it is payable.
Calls will not be more frequent than once every three
months nor for more than £2 per share, at any one time. Five
per cent. will be paid upon all calls until the dividend is de-
clared, and upon all payments in advance of calls.