The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1861.

India Office, Victoria-street, Westminster,
28th January, 1861.
TFIE SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in
Council gives notice that he will be prepared to receive,
on Friday, the Bth February, at or before One o'Clock, Ten-
ders for a Loan of £3,000,000, on security of Stock to be created
under the provisions of an Act of the last Session of Parlia-
ment, and to bear Interest at the rate of Five per cent. per
annum, payable half-yearly at the Bank of England, on the
sth January and sth July in each year.
The Stock not to be redeemable until sth July, 1870, but to
be redeemable at par on or after that day, upon one year's
previous notice having been given in " The London Gazette"
by the Secretary of State for India in Council.
The Books of the Stock will be kept at the Bank of Erigland,
where all Assignments and Transfers will be made. No
Stamp Duties whatsoever will be charged on the Transfers.
The Tenders to be for the whole or any part of such Loan,
but not for sums of less than £5OO stock, and to state what
amount of money will be given for every £lOO of the said
stock. The Tenders are to be delivered in, sealed, at the
Accountant-General's Department, at this Office.
A deposit of 2 per cent. upon the amount of stock tendered
for must at the same time be paid at the Accountant General's
Department, to be returned in the event* of the tenders not
being accepted ; and parties tendering must be careful not to
enclose the deposit in the sealed tender.
So much of the amount tendered and accepted to be paid at
the Bank of England, on account of the Secretary of State for
India in Council, on Friday, the 15th of February, 1861, as,
when added to the deposit paid on the tenders being delivered,
will leave eighty pounds for each hundred pounds of stock, to
be paid as under, viz. :
£2O per cent. on Tuesday, the 12th of March, 1861;
£3O per cent. on Tuesday, the 2th of April, 1861;
£3O per cent. on Friday, the 10th of May, 1861;
but parties who so desire may pay up in full, and will be
allowed a discount at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum upon
the anticipated payments.
The dividend payable on the sth of July, 1861, to be a six
months' dividend upon the capital amount of stock contracted
for on the said Bth February.
In the event of the receipt of tenders (at or above the mini-
mum price to be fixed by the Secretary of State for India in
Council on the Bth February) for a larger amount than that
proposed to be raised, the tenders, at the lowest price accepted,
wi:l be subject to a pro rata diminution.
Due notice will be given when the Scrip Receipts are ready,
and these will be delivered only to the parties entitled, or to
their order, at the Chief Cashier's Office at the Bank of Eng-
land, in exchange for the receipt for the first instalment.
For, each instalment after the payment of the first, which
is due on the 15th of February, 1861, a proportional amount
of fiteek will be created for the contributors. The Stock for
the first instalment, including the Deposit, to be created at
the same time with that which will be due on the last.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the said
Bth day of February, nor unless upon a printed Form, which
must not be enclosed in an envelope.
This Form may be obtained at the Accountant General's
Department of this Office, or of Mr. Henry Scott, the Broker
to the Secretary of State for India in Council, 16, Throgmor-
ton-street, London, E.C.
J. COSMO MELVILL.

NOTICE.—BUCKLEYS' SERENADERS.—
LAsr WEEK but TWO of the Season, owing to
several Provincial Engagements entered into previous to
their appearance in London. The Programme will bechanged
every week so as to enable them to produce all their most
Popular Novelties, the Hur:lesoue Operatic Selections will be
varied, " Lucrezia Borgia," " Cenerentola," " Tro-
vatore," and "La Sonnambula." Doors open every night at
half•past Seven. A Day Performance every Wednesday and
Saturday. Doors open at half-past Two. Stalls, 3s. ; Area,
2s. ; Gallery, Is.
St. James's Hall, Piccadilly,
• 19th January, 1861.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN-
MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY-
GRAPHIC HALL, King Wit lam-street Charing cross,
TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at
Eight. Private boxes, £1 ls. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ;
area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. - A plan of the stalls may be
seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box-
office, from 10 till 4. Morning Performance, Saturday, Jan.
19.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. - ARGYLL
ROOMS.—GRAND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established
eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by
Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing
at Nine o'clock.-Is. admission.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
High Holborn.—The most elegant entertainment in
the world. The dancing area is most extensive. The reading
and smoking rooms on either side of the spacious galleries are
replete with every comfort, and the refreshment rooms at-
tached to the ball room are unrivalled even by Oriental
beauty. The wines and refreshments are of the highest qua-
lity, and the band, conducted by Mr. Packer, stands alone for
its excellence. Admission, ls.

KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.—Statistics
show that 50,000 persons annually fall victims to Pul-
monary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the
Chest, and the Respiratory Organs. Prevention is at all
times better than cure ; be, therefore, prepared, during the
wet and wintry season, with a supply of Keating's Cough
Lozenges, which possess the virtue of, averting as well as of
curing a Cough or Cold ; they are good alike for the young or
for the aged.—Prepared and sold in Boxes, ls. lid., and Tins,
2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist,
&c., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all Drug-
gists, &c.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
Notice is hereby given, that the acct HALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Com-
pany will be held, in London, pursuant to Act of Parliament,
at the Paddington Station, on Friday, the 15th day of
February next, at One o'clock precisely, Mr the Election of
Four Directors, in the place of Viscount Barrington, the Right
Hon. Spencer Horatio Walnole, M.P., the Earl of Shelbourne,
and David Ogilvy, Esq., retiring by rotation, and for other
general purposes of business.
'The chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
SHELBUItNE, Chairman.
• BARRINGTON, Deputy Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions
the act, and, in compliance with a Bye-law, notice must be
given to the Secretary, on or before the Ist day of February
next, of the names of any Proprietors who are to be nomi-
nated for Election as Directors at the said Half-Yearly Gene-
ral Meeting.
The Transfer Books of all Stock and Shares will be Closed
on and from the 31st day of .January instant, and will not be
re-opened until after the said Halt-Yearly General Meeting
on the 11th day of February. •
By order of the Board,
CHARLES A. SAUNDERS. Secretary.
Paddington Station, January 21, 1801.

NO LICE OF DIVIDEND. - B ANK OF
DEPOSIT (Established A.D., 1844), No. 3, Pall-mall
East, London, S.W.—The WARRANTS for the HALF-
YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
on Deposit Accounts, to the 31st ult., are now BEADY Tor de-
livery, and payable daily between the hours of 10 and 4.

PETER. MORRISON, Managing Director.
January, 1861.
Prospectuses and forms sent free on application.

CONSUMPTION and ASTHMA CURED.—
Dr. 11. JAMES discovered, while in the East Indies, a
certain CURE for CONSUMTION, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Coughs, Colds, and General Debility. The remedy was dis-
covered by him when his only child, a daughter, was given up
to die. His child was cured, and is now alive and well.
Desirous of benefiting' his fellow-creatures, he will send post
free, to those who wish it, the recipe, containing full direction s
for making and successfully using this remedy, on receipt o
their names with stamped envelope for return postage.—
Address 0. P. Brown, 14, Cecil-street, Strand.