The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT
ASSOCIATION. Established 1829.
Accumulated Invested Capital £295,162 19s.
Immediate Deferred, and Survivorship Annuities can be
secured at this Office upon safe and advantageous terms, the
rates of Premium for the latter having been recently revised
by 31r. Ansell, of the Atlas.
93, Cheapside, E.C.

PHILIP CURTIS, Secretary.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE
~.b.,
, IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF- YEARLY
NERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company
will be held in London, pursuant to Act of Parliament, at the
Paddington Station, on FRIDAY, the eleventh day of Feb.
next, at One o'clock precisely, for the Election of Five Direc-
tor in the place of A. K. Baker, Esq., John William Miles,
eun, Simonds Esq. Rowland Jones Venables, Esq.,
ge-figlnpnuWrpillosiaesmosi business.
eres stliring by rotation, and for other
is also intended that the said General Meeting shall be
en-
tered §pecial, for the purpose of submitting agreements en-
RV into respectively with the Directors of the Bndport
ItAaiiwaY Company and with the Great Western and Brentford
pr- waY Company, for the consideration and approval of the
~,,,lorietors upon terms and conditions for the lease and
~King severally of the said Bridport Railway, and of the
atraY between Southall and Brentford, and of the Docks
rentford connected therewith.
Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
FREDK. PONSONBY, Chairman.
• BARRINGTON, Deputy Chairman.
orThe Directors retiring. are re-eligible under the provisions
ei,44e act, and, in compliance with a bye- law, notice must be
thu t° the Secretary, on or before the 28th day of January,
electe names of any Proprietors who are to be nominated for
The Transfer Books of all Stock and Shares will be closed
,'..sod from the 27th day of January instant, and will not be
r
on opened Until after the said Half-yearly General Meeting
11th day of February.—By order of the Board.
• CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
Paddington •
Station, Jan. 21,1859.

PUBLIC READINGS SOCIETY

Rep COMMITTEE.
Rep NV. IL Brookfield. I W. Charles Kent, Esq.
P. D. Maurice. S. C. Hall, Esq.
buev. J. M. Bellew. Wm. Howitt, Esq.
Rev. J. G. Lonsdale. I Geo. Harris, Esq.
Alex. Watson. E. Powell, Esq.
Rev. 0. F. Owen. • &c. &c.
for, he Object of this Society is to establish Public Readings
Classes.
Its Entertainment and Instruction of the Working
Its plans are to procure Public Halls, School-rooms, and
tolher convenient places, at a small cost, and to supply Evening
'seadings from English Literature adapted to interest and
,nluse a general audience; such as the worke of Shakspere,
Goldsmith, Dickens, Macaulay, &c., &c. Some seats
will be reserved for those who can afford to pay for the accom-
?lodation at the uniform charge Of one shilling., which will
ee 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 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-
tribution, however small.
_Public Institutions, Cleigynen, and Parish Authorities,
the
much promote the objects of the Society, by lending
'Lie use of Rooms convenient for the purpose.
,e,empetent Readers are invited to give their assistance.
11,-eitimunications, subscriptions, offers of rooms for the
meratlin., gs, be addressed to the Actin_g Secretary,
tIMIN COLLETT, at our Chambers, 1, Essex-court,
envie, or to
EDWARD . COX, or
CHARLES J.. PLIDIPTRE,I Honorary Secretaries.
D• Maurice
READERS.
e following to Gentlemen have read :—Rev. F.
'
, Rev. J. M. Bellew, Rev. engagedW. H. Brookfield, Rev.
60 G. Lonsdale, Rev. A. Watson, Rev. 0. F. Owen ; E. W.
PIL ,eq•Harris, ESQ. ; U. Lawrence, Esq. ; C. J.
Nv7,,PLre, Esq. ; E. Powell,"Esq. ; W. Charles Kent, Esq. ;
C• StoCkdale, Esq. ; and S. C. Hall, Esq.
NOTICE.
The lirext Reading of the Society will be as follows :
Friday,
Feb.ll—At the School-room of St. George the Martyr,
Kneobald's-road. By the Rev. Alexander Watson ; E.
Jo Ty • Cox, Esq. ; and W. Charles Kent, Esq.
43118sien, One Penny. Some Reserved Seats, One Shilling.
TheHi doors will open at half-past Seven, and the Reading
it begin precisely at Eight. No admittance after the
--.lg has begun.
* a Schools admitted free of any charge whatever.

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
Ly(Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of
(Under Subsidy from the Indian Government)
Capital—£2so,ooo, in 25,009 Shares of £lO each.
Now proposed to be increased to £500,000.
a • TRUSTEE.-
841°8 Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Chaim, DIRECTORS.
an---C 00111e1 Grimes, Norwood, and Ampthill Lodge,
southampton.
euaaßourne, Es., 9, Billiter-street
Catt.in P. Vere Cotton, R.N., Alport House, Whitehurch.
—n /V. E. Hall, R.N., C. 8., Director of the peninsular
J.and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
at'ill J. C. Hoseason, R.N., ilighbeech, Essex.
Sir Relliledy, Agin, late of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy.
°Win Spencer L Director of the Oude Railway Com-
pany, ew.

MANAGING DIRECTOR.
John Bourne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
John Glenny, Esq., Strand.
George May, Esq., Gresham House.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. 11. R. Mil 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
Lind undiminished demandfor Steam Vessels upon the Indian
Iwers, and the wide field presenting itself for their profitable
'14103/tient, they have resolved to double the capital of the
,orapany.
tithe Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that the
Winners and barges, consisting of twelve vessels in all, which
they forwarded from this country in August last, have now
-`,Lrived safely in India, and will commence plying upon the
tivers without delay. An equal number of vessels of still
gl'eater power is at present in preparation, and will be sent
out as possible.
oreßooenmbarking in the present undertaking the Directors
uofittutu,nr:,tbountlythseaytihsafidedstehceumresdelves of its
.em. eminently profitable
for it the marked co-operation
ue- Indian Government, by the acquisition of a subsidy ;
and the Government, both by the gift of land for stations,
iWorkshops, and depots, of wood for fuel, and in every other
v„aY, has rendered every possible aid to the present under-
art exempt same time the Directors have insured com-
Bege ion from Government control and interference ;
this is the only Company so distinguished which pos-
rsaa any Government support.
the e Directors have the satisfaction of finding that not only
whole of the Company's servants in India, but the
concurrent testimony of the advices received from that
r vatl7, through whatever channel, completely confirms the
:tearable anticipations they long since formed of the profit-
pose character of the present undertaking. It would be im-
1, sable, however, within the limits of an advertisement, to
1,7-apitulate the numerous evidences of this truth which the
Wel,r_ecto theretotly receiving ; and they content them-
2ves, with giving the following quotation from
.a
g article iu the " Times," which shows that
Vlnformation had been reaching that paper through its
"'llan Correspondents.
"It From the 'Times,' Jan. 29, 1859.
tem,sa 8 110 t only Government but the whole nation that seems
our.AnY day during the last year we might have 'filled
Ile
ell titans with the complaints of shipbuilders at the de-
of their trade, owing in a great measure to the happy
fr`rnilnation of the' Russian War. But what do we now hear
abeoln India ? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are
are about Month after month they are expecting the steamers that
deei ° cnine. The Indian General Steam Navigation Company
or 1 are this month ' says our correspondent, a dividend
hee°° and upwards 'per cent The Home Government had
0 .11 re.quesfed to send out six river steamers, and it had sent
4;04 TILY one which it said, would be enough." Next month,'
tantinues our inforMant, 'the Indian Government had to en-
-I.:ge all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would
e bought the new vessels wanted twice over. Thee is
ale:, and work, we are told, for 300 steamers the Ganges
'non -,,'/IcLving Loathe does, through a territory with a popula-
-416 n,,`"' square mile, with an export trade. of
Yet' 'off, and an internal trade beyond human calculation.
t,_ this vast openino• before us, there are found men in
v`g Prime of life, neither'schoolboys nor dotards, who can
y "te their time in holding meetings and memorialising Go-
netl:nnient to find them customers for their shipping. Many
eieune ere this has war ministered to peace, infusing a quicker
Inent io its ie dreamy soul. To navigationy, perhaps,
e owe thecnte real pening of the Indian to British
'verb se, and the railways which are certain to follow. But
kid
sup?. sat we have said enough to start our shipbuilders
I„2:llo.owners, if they are Englishmen."
meg ifirectors have all along felt that neither the vessels
hay they have already sent to India, nor those which they
ge e at present in preparation, could do much to satisfy the
...at want of Inland Steam Navigation which exists in that
w:ntY. But they have also all along felt that the only safe
4_,), of entering upon such an undertaking was not to rush
ylmo it with sanguine precipitation, but to advance with gra-
anal and cautious steps, and without being dazzled by the
eprer. prospect of profits it holds out. The first steps, how-
in aving been successfully taken, the whole of the exist-
Shares in the Company having Vaen allotted, and being
a premium in the market, and the field being so large as to
;seßUire a large capital to work it in an efficient manner, the
Directors are of opinion that the time is come when the capi-
:F of the Company may be advantageously increased, and
"ley have, therefore, resolved to raise the capital to half a
billion sterling without delay.
,Applications fo offices w Shares
Company,e forwarded to the
„„4-nrectors, at the f the 9, Billiter-street, -London, on or before the 28th day of February next; and
eXisting Shareholders will have a preference in the allotinent.
A• deposit of two shillings per Share to be made on appli-

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Oriental Inland Steam Company
(Limited).
._ entlemen,—l request that you will allot to me of the
il,f issue of in this Company ; and I hereby under-
allotted to
he. to me-,
accept the same or any less number that may be
to pay the calls thereon when due, and to sign
Altmles of Association when required.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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