The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR WELSII C0A.1.8 FOR MALTA.

• • Degaitment of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,
• Somerset-place, 4th Fe:6,1859.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN. and- IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That. on TUESDAY, the Ist
March next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for snp-
ying* and delivering into Store at her Majesty's Naval
Pant at MALTA„ 13,000 tons of SOUTH WALES COALS,
fit .for the service of her Majesty's steam-vessels.
The conditions of . the contract and. a form of the tender
May be seen at the said office. No tender will be received
atVerTwo o'clock on the day of treatY, nor will any be noticed
unless the party attends; or an agentfor him duly authorised
In writing*.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in.the left-band corner the words" Ten-
der for Welsh Coals for Malta," and must be delivered
at gomerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two re-
sponsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering,
in the sum of £4,000, for the due performance of
the contract..

PUBLIC READINGS SOCIETY

COMMITTEE,

Rey. W. H. 'Brookfield— W. Charles Kent, Esq.
Rev. F. D. Maurice. - S. C. Halt Esq.
Rev. J. M. Bellew. Wm. Howitt, Esq.
Rev. J. G. Lonsdale. 1 Geo. Harris, Esq.
Rev. Alex. Watson. E. Powell, Esq.
Rev. 0. F. Owen, . Arc. Sr,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, Goldsmith, 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.8.--The aid of Subscriptions wilt 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 objects of the Society, by lending
the use of Rooms convenient for the purpose.
.Competent Readers arc invited to give their assistance.
Communications, subscriptions, offers of rooms for the
Readings, &c., are to be addressed to the Acting Secretary,
JOHN COLLETT, at our Chambers, 1, Essex-court,
Temple, or to

EDWARD W. COX, or I Honorary Secretaries.
CHARLES J. PLUMPTRE,
READ.
The following Gentlemen haveERS engaged to read :—Rev. F.
D..Manrice, Rev. J. M. Bellew, Rev. W. 11. Brookfield, Rev.
G. Lonsdale, Rev. A. Watson, Rev. 0. F. Owen ; E. W.
Cox, Esq. ;• G. Harris, Esq. ; Lawrence, Esq. ;C. J.
Phunptre, Esq. ; E. Powell, Esq. ; IV. Charles Kent, Esq. ;
NV. C. Stockdale, Esq. ; and S. C. Hall, Esq.

NTICE.
The Next Readings of theOSociety will be as follows :
Thursday, Feb. 10—At the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end.
By the Rev. J. M. Bellew.
rriday, Feb.ll—At the School-room of St. George the Martyr,
Theobald's-road: By the Rev. Alexander Watson ; E.
W. Cox, Esq. ; and W. Charles Kent, Esq.
Admission, One Penny. Some Reserved Seats, One Shilling.
The doors will open at half-past Seven, and the Reading
Will begin
precisely at Eight. No admittance after the
Iteadixig has begun.
*** Schools admitted free of any charge whatever.

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
(Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of
IN DI (Under Subsidy from the Indian Government.)
Capital—.£2so,oo3, 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,
Southampton.
John 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, RN., Highbeech, Essex.
James
Kennedy, Esq., late of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy.
air John Spencer Login, Director of the Oude Railway Com-
pany, rim.

MANAGING. DIRECTOR.
John Bourne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
John Glenny, Esq., Stramd.
George May, Esq., Gresham House.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. H. IL Hill and Son, Throgmorton-street.
BANKERS.
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
employment,
they have resolved to double the capital of the
Com
Thpe
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
Way, has rendered every possible aid to the present under-
taking. 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 advices received from that
country, through whatever channel, completely confirms the
favourable anticipations they long since formed of the profit-
"
„le character of the present undertaking. It would be im-
-Iv°hle, however, within the limits of an advertisement, to
,*.ef sCapitulate the numerous evidences of this truth which the
nrectors are constantly receiving ; and they content them-
l'eeives, therefore, with giving the following quotation from a
recent 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
remise. Any day during the last year we might have filled
our columns with the complaints of shipbuilders at the de-
cline of their trade owing in a great measure to the happy
erminatiOn 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
Ire to come. The Indian General Steam Navigation Company
declare this month,' says our correspondent, 'a dividend
g 100 and upwards per cent. The Home Government had
been requested to send out six river steamers, and it had sent
"t °IIIY one, which, it said, would be enough." Next month,'
continues our informant, the Indian Government had 'to en-
aloetM age all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would
nave bought the new vessels wanted twice over. There is
I.° and work, we are told, for 300 steamers on the Ganges
bought
flowing, as it does, through a territory with a popula-
" of 350 to the square mile, with an export trade. of
P6000,0h
this vOOO, and an internal trade beyond
the human calculationun .
Xet, witast openinc, before us, the are fond men in
"
1 Prime of life, neither schoolboys nor dotards, who can
Waste their time in holding meetings and memorialising Go-
a el:ntrient to find them customers for their shipping. Many
_time ere this has war ministered to peace ,infusing a quicker
element into its idle, dreamy soul. To this Mutiny, perhaps,
We owe the real opening of the Indian navigation to British
enterprise, 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 Director;have all along felt that neither the vessels
Which they have already seneto India, nor those which they
have
at present in preparation, could do much to satisfy the
great want of Inland Steam Navigation which exists in that
guntry. But they have also all along felt that the only safe
ay of entering upon such an undertaking was not to rush
into it with sanguine precipitation, but to advance with gra-
-I.ual and cautious steps, and without being dazzled by the
arge prospect of profits it holds out. The first steps, how-
ever, haying 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 ; and
existing Shareholders will have a preference in the allotment.
A deposit of two shillings per Share to be made on appli-
cation.

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person having an interest in domestic or farm animals
should obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical
food, which will prove invaluable during the approaching
season. For keeping horses in good condition it is unequal-
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flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkcepers will find
great advantage in the increased quantity and improved qua-
lity of the milk during its use. All animals are benefitted by
it. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by
Testimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri-
culturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing
448 feeds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any
Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders
payable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London.
N.B.—The public areeautioned against being imposed upon
by worthless Imitations.