The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-12 00:00:00

DINNER of the FRIENDS of the BALLOT.—
A PUBLIC DINNER of the Friends of the Ballot
will be held at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, Lon.
don, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1850, at half-past 6 p.m.
The Hon. F. HENRY F. BERKELEY, will preside.
Major-Gen. Thompson, M.P. A. W. Young. Esq., M.P.
I
Sir Chas. Napier, M.P. John Locke, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Roupell, Esq., M.P. R. P. Collier, Esq., M.P.
Sir Rd. Bethell, M.P. Guildford Onslow, Esq., M.P,
Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P. Sir J. S. Lillie, G.C.B.
Sir Thos. E. Perry, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Gaselee.
James Wyld,'Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Parry.
S. M. Greer, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Woolrych.
A. S. Ayrten, Esq., M.P. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq.
James Pilkington, Esq., M.P. Robert Charles, jun., Esq.
Frank Crossley, Esq., M.P. Wm. Barnard, Esq.
Donald Nicoll, Esq., M.P. Edwd. Wilson, Esq., of Mel-
Sykes, Esq., M.P. bourne (Victoria).
James White, Esq., M.P. E. C. Whitehurst, Esq.
And many other Members of Parliament and other gentle-
men are expected to attend.
Tickets, price £1 ls., to be had of Mr. Wm. Wickham, Hon.
Secretary, Ballot Society's office, 5, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall-street, E.C.

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Trays, Ranges, Kitcheners, Hot Air Stoves, Baths, &c.
Toilette Sets. Tin, Copper, and Metal Goods, &c., &c.
Every article is marked in plain figures, and it will be per-
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N•R—The best Colza Oil, 4s. 3d. per gallon • Moderator
''amps, from 4s. 6d. each ; Pundonians, 4s. 6d. ; Balance Ivory
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PUBLIC READINGS SOCIETY

Rev. COMMITTEE.
W. H. Brookfield. I W. Charles Kent, Esq.
Rev. F. D. Maurice. S. C. Hall, Esq.
Rev. .T. M. Bellew. Wm. Howitt, Esq.
Rev. J. G. Lonsdale. I Geo. Harris, Esq.
Rev. Alex. Watson. E. Powell, Esq.
Rev. O. F. Owen. &c. &c.
The object of this Society is ,to establish Public Readings
For the Entertainment and Instruction of the Working
Classes.
Its plans are to procure Public Halls, School-rooms, and
other convenient places, at a small cost, and to supply Evening
Readings from English Literature adapted to interest and
amuse a general audience ; such as the works of Shakspere,
Scott, Goldsndth, Dickens, Macaulay, &c., &c. Some seats
will be reserved for those who can afford to pay for the accom-
modation at the uniform charge of one shilling, which will
be their contribution towards the cost, of providing for the
Poor.
With this exception the Rooms will be opened to any Per-
son on payment of One Penny ; and no more will be admitted
than can be comfortably seated. As soon as the room is full,
the doors will be closed. The Readings will begin at Eight
o'clock precisely, and close at Half-past Nine.
N.B.—The eta 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-
tribution, however small.
Public Institutions, Clergymen, and Parish Authorities,
would much promote the objee,s of the Society, by lending
the use of Rooms convenient for the purpose.
Competent Readers are invited to give their assistance.
Commnnication.s, subscriptions, offers of rooms for the
Readings, &C., are to be addressed to the Acting Secretary,
31r. JOHN COLLETT, at our Chambers, 1, Essex-court,
Temple, or to
EDWARD W. COX, or Honorary Secretaries,
CHARLES J. PLUMPTRE,
NOTICE.
The Next Reading of the Society will be as follows :
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 National School-room, in Theo-
' bald 's,-road.
Friday, Feb. 18—At Wylde's Reading Rooms, Leicester-
square.
READERS.--Rer. Alexander Watson ; Rev. 0. F. Owen ;
EE• W. Cox, Esq. ; C. J. Plumptre, Esq. ; W. Charles Kent,
sq.; U. Lawrence, Esq., &c. -
The doors will open at half-past Seven, and the Reading
. wfll begin precisely at Eight. No admittance after the
Reading has begun.
Admission, One Penny. Front Seats, Sixpence. Reserved
Seats, One Shilling.
**. Schools admitted free of any charge whatever.

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
(Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of
JA DIA. (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.

- DIRECTORS.
Chairman—Colonel Grimes, Norwood, and Ampthill Lodge,
,ohn outhampton.
Bourne, Esq., 9, Billiter-street.
Captain P. Vere Cotton, R.N., Alport House, Whitchurch.
Captain W. H. Hall, R.N., C. 8., Director of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Captain J. C. Hoseason, R.N., Highbeech, Essex.
"Tames Kennedy, Esq., late of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy.
Sir John Spencer Loin, Director of the Oude Railway Com-
pany, Rm.

MANAGING DIRECTOR.
John Bourne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
John Glenny, Esq., Strand.
George May, Esq., Gresham House.
OLICITORS.
Messrs. H. R. Hill and Son, Throg,morton-street.
BANKE RS.
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane.
SECRETARY.
John Mathewson, Esq.
Offices ; 9, Billiter-street, London.
The Directors give notice that, in consequence of the great
and undiminished demand for Steam Vessels upon the Indian
rivers, and the wide field presenting itself for their profitable
_employmenty, they have resolved to double the capital of the
uotaan.
Thep 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
arrived safely in India, and will commence plying upon the
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
nature, 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
has rendered every possible aid to the present under-
"'King. At the same time the Directors have insured com-
plete 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 advises received from that
ourablheoawnetivceirp,ations they long
country, through whatever channel, completely confirms the
since formed of the profit-
able character of the present undertaking. It would be im-
possible,within the limits of an advertisement, to
I.:.ueealrepoittourlsataerhe numerous evidences of this truth which the
constantly receiving ; and they content them-
selves, therefore, with giving the following- quotation from a,
ecent leading article in the "Times," which shows that simi-
lar information had been reaching that paper through its
Correspondents.
From the Times,' Jan. 29, 1859.
;nllcctoiisumnontsonly Government but the whole nation that seems
remits . Any day during the last year we might have filled
l",
with the complaints of shipbuilders at the de-
of their trade, owing in a great measure to the happy
rnination of the Russian War. But what do we now hear
arant 3ro
India ? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are
nnth after month they are expecting the steamers that
dreo.o come. The Indian General Steam Navigation Company
41ate this month,' says our correspondent, ' a dividend
bee and - Upwards per cent. The Home Government had
n requelited to send out six river steamers, and it had sent
etit °WY one, which, it said, would be enough." Next month,'
eontinuea our informant, 'the Indian Government had 'to en-
rV_age all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would
ove bought the new vessels wanted twice over. There is
al°lll and work, we are told, for 300 steamers on the Ganges
ion ' fiwing, as it does, through a territory with a popula-
tp of 350 to the square mile, with an export trade of
yeT°°ooooo, and an internal trade beyond human calculation.
th • with this vast opening before us, there are found men in
4frlnle of life, neither schoolboys nor dotards, who can
te their time in holding meetings and memorialising- Go-
41:nment to find them customers for their shipping. 3lany
mile ere this has war ministered to peace, infusing a quicker
element into its idle, dreamy soul. To this Mutiny, perhaps,
w tewe the real opening of the Indian navigation to British
e 4 erPrise, and the railways which are certain to follow. But
rbitm sat ; we have said enough to start our shipbuilders
and shi
r„,_ Pawners, if they are Englishmen."
Directors have all along felt that neither the vessels
Znich they have already sent to India, nor those which they
'a•ve at present in preparation, could do much to satisfy the
great want of Inland Steam Nabig-ation which exists in that
gauntry. But they have also all along felt that the only safe
into ° entering g
upon such an undertakin was not to rush
it with sanguine precipitation, but to advance with gra-
Tat and cautious steps, and without being dazzled by the
urge prospect of profits' it holds out. The first steps, how-
! er, having- been successfully taken, the whole of the exist-
ng 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
egors are of opinion that the time is come when the capi-
talthe
sterling may
they have, therefore, resolved to raise the capital to half a
be advantageously increased, and
g 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.

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
hew 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
the Articles of Association when required.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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