The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-14 00:00:00

London, Feb. 1, 1859.

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

PUBLIC READINGS SOCIETY,
COMMITTEE.
ReV, W. H. Brookfield. I W. Charles Kent, Esq.
Rev. F. D. Maurice. S. C. Hall, Esq.
Rev. J. M. Bellew. Wm. Howitt, Esq.
Rev. J. G. Lonsdale. Geo. Harris, Esq.
Rev. Alex. Watson. E. Powell, Esq.
Rev. 0. F. Owen. &c. &c.
The object of this Society is to establish Public Readings
for the Entertainment and Instruction of the Working
Classes.
_,Lts plans are to procure Public Halls, Schooi-rooms, and
er convenient places, at a small cost, and to supply Evening
-nestlings from English Literature adapted to interest and
muse a general audience ; such as the works of Shakspere,
Scott, Goldsmith Dickens, Macaulay, &c., &c. Some seats
Will be reserved for those who can afford to pay for the accom-
Inodation at the uniform chare of one shilling, which will
De their contribution towards the cost of providing for the
Poor.
With this exception the Rooms will be opened to any Per-
son ob PYment of One Penny ; and no more will be admitted
Per-
than
canape comfortably seated. As soon as the room is full,
..e doors will be closed. The Readings will begin at Eight
°'...,.e10ck precisely, and close at Half-past Nine.
4,-'4•l3.—The aid of Subscriptions will be required to defray
the expenses of the Society, and those who approve the object
are requested to put down their names for some Annual Con-
tributfon, however small.
Public Institutions, Clergymen, and Parish Authorities,
Would much promote the objects of the Society, by lending
the use of Rooms convenient for the purpose.
Competent Readers are invited to give their assistance.
Communications, subscriptions, offers of rooms for the.
Mrdings, &c., are to be addressed to the Acting Secretary,
JOHN COLLETT, at our Chambers, 1, Essex-court,
Temple, or to
- EDWARD W. COX, or
CHARLES J. PLUMPTRE, j Honorary Secretaries.
NOTICE.
_The Next Reading of the Society will be as follows :

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Tuesday, Feb. 15—At the School-room of St. Martin's-in-the-
Fields.
Wednesday, Feb. 16—At Wylde's Reading Rooms, Leicester-
square.
Thursday, Feb. 17—At the N,ational School-room, in Theo-
bald's-road.
Friday, Feb. 18—At Wylde's Reading Rooms, Leicester-
square.
E....READER.B.—Rev. Alexander Watson ; Rev. 0. F. Owen ;
W. Cox, Esq. ; C. J. Plumptre, Esq. ; W. Charles Kent,
•°.Bcl. ; U. Lawrence, Esq., &c.
The doors will open at half-past Seven, and the Reading
Reading h
beginas becr precisely at Eight. No admittance after the
un.
Admission, One Penny. Front Seats, Sixpence. Reserved
Seats, One Shilling. •
*** Schools admitted free of any charge whatever.

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
IN
(Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of DIA. (Under Subsidy from the Indian Government.)
Capital—S..2so,ooo, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each.
Now proposed to be Increased to £500,000.

James TRUSTEE.
Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
DIECTORS.
Chairman—Colonel Grimesß, Indian Service, Norwood, and
Asnpthill Lodge, Southampton.
g.,,aohn Bourne, Esq., 9, Billiter-street.
'allt_ain P. Vere Cotton, R.N., Alport House, Whitchurch.
al'"in W. H. Hall, R.N., C. 8., Director of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Captain J. C. Hoseason, R.N., Highbeech, Essex.
vitrnioesucilieennedy Esq , late of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy.
John Spenee'r Logan,. Indian Civil Service, Director of the
Railway Cmpany, 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.
OLICITORS.
Messrs. IL R. Hill and Son, Throgmorton-street.
Messrs.mas
BANKERS IN ENGLAND.
Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane.
BANKERS IN INDIA.
The Oriental Bank Corporation.
SECRETARY.
- John Mathewson, Esq.

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Offices : 9, Billiter-street, London.
The Directors giVe notice that, in consequence of the great
:lanvd undiminished demand for Steam Vessels upon the Indian
iners, and the wide field presenting itself for their profitable
C. Pi°any Yritent, they have resolved to double the capital of the
-Wttp.
The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that the
steamers and barges, consisting of twelve vessels in all, which
they forwarded from this country in August last, have now
"'rived safely in India, and will commence plying upon the
rivers without delay. An equal number of vessels of still
oe eater power is at iaresent in preparation, and will be sent
as Boon as possible.
had not
embarking, in the present undertaking the Directors
bat
not only satisfied themselves of its eminently profitable
only
but they had secured for it the marked co-operation
Of the Indian Government, by the acquisition of a subsidy;
lOW the Government, born by the gift of land for stations,
.It_Orkshops, and depots, of wood for fuel, and in every other
r'a,Y, has rendered every possible aid to the present under-
eng- At the same time the Directors have insured com-
exemption from Government control and interference ;
""d this is the only Company so distinguished which pos-
Seises any Government support.
%The Directors have the satisfaction of finding that not only
itePorts of the Company's servants in India, but the
PWhole concurrent testimony of the advises received from that
nntrY, through whatever channel, completely confirms the
*vourable 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
i7apitulate the numerous evidences of this truth which the
BAtectors are constantly receiving; and they content them-
elves, therefore, with giving the following quotation from a
nonleee.llt leading article in the Times," which shows that
P„rlnformation had been reaching that paper through its
correspondents.
From the Times,' Jan. 29, 1859.
reinl'l.t is not only Government but the whole nation that seems
0 I's- Any day during the last year we might have filled
cl•ir columns with the complaints of shipbuilders at the de-
tea" of their trade, owing in a great measure to the happy
de-
ter of the Russian War. But-what do we now hear
from n India? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are
Feecittietr'ectlm onet. h after month they are expecting the steamers that
The Indian General Steam Navigatir Co.m.pany
this month,' says our coespondent, a dend
I,Lyur and upwards per cent. Thee Home Government had
47,r0 4quested to send out six river steamers, and it had setl
°ontin Y mle, which, it said, would be enough." Next month,.
r_ our informant, 'the Indian Government had .to en_
"gu all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would
rnave bought the new vessels wanted twice over. There is
alo annd work, we are told, for 300 steamers on the Ganges
tion rwingr, as it does, through a territory with a popula-
-416 oP0) 350 to the square mile, with an export trade of
'yet' „21000, and an internal trade beyond human calculation.
the ~' "..th this vast opening before us, there are found men in
wasrune of life, neither schoolboys nor dotards, who can
Waste their time in holding meetings and memorialising Go-
; eSninent to find them customers for their shipping. Many
;Lane ere this has war ministered to peace, infusing a quicker
I;e:tent into its idle, dreamy soul. To this Mutiny, perhaps,.
entelve the real opening of the Indian navigation to British
verb se, and the railways which are certain to follow. But
411,, have' said enough to start our shipbuilders
shipowners, if they are Englishmen."
.--",ne Directors have all along felt that neither the
.vessele
,v_tivieeli they have already sent to India, nor those which they
,•12 at present in preparation, could do much to seat want of Inland Steam Navigation which exists inthat
ZauntrA• But they have also all along felt that the only safe
14,1 et •entering upon such an undertaking was not to rush
tb;,,`", it with sanguine precipitation, but to advance with gra-
h.,'" and cautious steps and without being. dazzled by the
evere sPect of profitsit holds out. The first steps, how-
-'" been successfully taken, the whole of the exist-
y Shares in the Company having been allotted, and being
premium in the market, and the field being so large as to
,elolte a large capital to work it in an efficient manner, the -I-.!lyectors are of opinion that the time is come when the °apt-
of the Corapany may be advantageously increased, and
they have therefore, resolved to raise the capital to half a
imilion sterling without delay.
...siApplications for the new Shares must be forwarded to the
t-) rectors, at the offices of the Company, 9, Billiter-street,
.Lotidon, on or before the 28th day of February next. A.
one 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 dend as soo as it is pyable.
Calls will not be more fraequent than once every three
rtionths 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.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Oriental Inland Steam Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me of the
new issue of Shares in this Company ; and I hereby under-
take
to accept the same or any less number that may be
allotted to me, to pay the calls thereon when due, and to sign
he Articles of Association when required.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON,
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ENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO -
PANY.—lncorporated by Act of Parliament, 71, Lom-
bard•street, London.—Notice is hereby given, that the
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS of this Company will be held at the Company's
°ffiees, 71, Lombard-street, on Tuesday, the 22d inst., at Two
o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to trans-
act the usual business, and to declare the dividend for the
half-year ending the 31st December, 18.58.
MARTIN PRATT, Secretary.