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GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT
ASSOCIATION. Established 1829.
Accumulated Invested Capital £295,182 19s.
Immediate, Deterred, and Survivorship Annuities can he
secured at this Office upon safe and advantageous terms, the
rates of Premium for the latter having been recently revised
by Mr. Ansel', of the Atlas.
93, Cheapside, E.C. PHILIP CURTIS, Secretary.

BARNUM - TWO ALTERNATE SATUR-
DAYS, at ST. JAMES'S HALL, Feb. 26, and March 12.
The continued application for Tickets to Mr. BARNUM'S
ENTERTAINMENT on " MONEY-MAKING and HUM-
BUG," compels the announcement of the above arrange-
ment.
Open at 7, commence at 8. Carriages for a quarter to 10.
+Stalls, 3s. ; balcony, 2s. ; body of hall and gallery, ls.
Places secured, without extra charge, at Chappell's, Mit
shell's, Cramer and Beale's ; Jullien's ; Keith's, 48, Cheap-
side ; and at the Hall.

LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT-
CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT-
LAND-STREET.

This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public, for
the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES.

The Photographic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory,
General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh-
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several departments.
ADMISSION FREE.

DH. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay-
market).
Open daily (for Gentlemen only).
LECTURES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and
interesting topics in connection with ANATOMY, PHY-
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Admission ONE SHILLING.

DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO-
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Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High
Holborn, formerly Casino de Venise.—This establish-
ment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and
matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the per-
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The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer,
plays a nightly varied selection of the most approved classical
and. modern music. Doors open at half-past 8 ; overture at
9 ; closing at 12 punctually. Admission ls. N.B.—Mr. W.
M. Packer's grand Annual Benefit Bal Masque is fixed for
Thursday, 17th March.

ARGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These popular and celebrated rooms are open every
evening, with It. It. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by
that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris.
Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet-
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artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, II Trovatore, La Traviata,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha.
Manager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close
ten minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade.
N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and
Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the
Rooms.

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

Sprites of the Silver Shower each performance—" Black
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and " Barney."
Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private
Boxes, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price.
Gallery, 6d.
Two Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m.

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
(Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of
INDIA. (Under Subsidy from the Indian Government.)
Capital—X2so,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.
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Chairman—Colonel Grimes, Indian Service, Norwood, and
Ampthill Lodge, Southampton.
John Bourne, Esq., 9, Billiter-street.
Captain F. 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, Highbeech, Essex.
James Kennedy, Esq., late of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy.
Sir John 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 41enny, Esq., Strand.
George May, Esq., Gresham House.
SoLicrrous.
Messrs. IL R. Hill and Sou, Throgmorton-street.
BANKERS IN ENGLAND.
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane.
BANKERS IN INDIA.
The Oriental Bank Corporation.
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
Company.
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
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-
able character of the present undertaking. It would be im-
po3sible, 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-
selves, 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
termination of the Russian War. But what do we now hear
from India ? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are
about. Month at ter month they are expecting the steamers that
are to come. The Indian General Steam Navigation Company
declare this month,' says our correspondent, a dividend
of 100 and upwards per cent. The Home Government had
been requested to send out six river steamers, and it had sent
out only one, which, it said, would be enough.' Next month,'
continues our informant, 'the Indian Government had to en-
gage all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would
have bought the new vessels wanted twice over. There is
room and work, we are told, for 300 steamers on the Ganges
alone, flowing, as it does, through a territory with a popula-
tion of 350 to the square mile, with an export trade of
£16,000,0000, and an internal trade beyond human calculation.
Yet, 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
a time crc 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
♦erbum 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 already sent to 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
country. But they have also all along felt that the only safe
way of entering upon such au undertaking was not to rush
into it with sanguine 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 soon 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.

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

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
(Limited). Under subsidy, from the Indian Govern-
ment. The Directors give Notice that,no further Applica-
tions for the New Shares of this Company can be received
after the 28th instant.—By Order.
JOHN MATTHEWSON, Secretary.

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