The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-16 00:00:00

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Y Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE
BY
for WAR—TO. BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION,
in the TOWER, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d of February,
1859, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the following
Stores, viz.:—(great Coats and Gregos ; Clothing (various) ;
Gold and Silver Epaulettes, &c. ; Beds and Bedding • Water-
roof Capes &c. ; Boots (Ancle) ; Saddlery ; Dubbing ;
Brushes (various); Tools (various); Accoutrements - Rags
(woollen, &c.); Bedsteads (iron) ; Grates, (Soldiers') Fire
•r'ngines ; Old Copper, Iron, Steel, and Miscellaneous .A -
tieles.

May be viewed at the Tower, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the
three days previous to the sale, and Catalogues had at the
War-office, Pall-mall; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal,
Woolwich.

:SALE OF PROVISIONS, &e., AT PLYMOUTH.
Admiralty, Somerset-place, 14th Feb., 1859.
THE COMMISSIONERS for. EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
....1,-INGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
11EREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 3d
Illarch next, at 11 o'Clock in the forenoon, the Captain
,SuPerintendent will put up to sale in her Majesty's Victual-
ling Yard at Plymouth, several LotaofVictuallino• and Trans-
ort Stores, consisting of Salt Beef and Pork, 'Biscuit and
Biscuit Dust, Cooks' Fat, Suet Casks and Staves, Paymas-
ters' Implements, Seamens' Clothing, Wrappers, Bedding,
oze, &c., all lying in the said yard.
Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super-
intendent for notes of Admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at
the yard.

PUBLIC READINGS SOCIETY.
COMMITTEE.
W. Brookfield. W. Charles K'e'nt, Esq.
rev. F. D. Maurice. S. C. Hall, Esq.
Rev.
J. M. Bellew. Wm. Hewitt, Esq.
Ilev• J. G. Lonsdale. Geo. Harris. Esq.
Rey. Alex. Watson. • E. Powell, Egl.
Rev. 0. P. Owen. &c.
tThe object of this Society is to establish Public Readings
3r....thes Entertainment and Instruction of the Working
" " •
Its planse are to procure Public Halls, School-rooms, and
? h r convenient places, at a small cost, and to supply Evening
Iteadings 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-
Itiodation at the uniform charge of one shilling, which will
be
ortheir contribution towards the cost of providing for the
po.
With this exception the Rooms will be opened to any Per-
than payment of One Penny ; and no more will be admied
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.
Xl3.—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.
Publiclnstitutions, Clergymen, and Parish Authorities,
Would much promote the objects of the Society, by lending
the use of Rooms convenient for the purpose.
Competent. Readers are invited to give their assistance.
Communications, subscriptions, offers of rooms for the
Readings, &c., are to be addressed to the Acting Secretary,
Mr.. Joinv CoLLETT, *t our Chambers, 1, Essex-court,
Temple, or to
EDWARD W. COX, or )
CHARLES J. PLUMPTRE, j honorary Secretaries.
NOTICE.
The Next Reading of the Society will be as follows :
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.

E. Alexander Watson ; Rev. 0. F. Owen ;
z.„. W. Cox, Esq. ; C. J. Plumptre, Esq. ; W. Charles Kent,
'4'B%; U. Lawrence, Esq., &c.
The doors will open at half-past Seven, and the Reading
will 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
Th„ (Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of
u."
-'-'IA. (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.

Chairman—DIRECTORS.
Colonel Grimes, Indian Service,. Norwood, and
Ampthill Lodge, Southampton.
unn Bourne, Es 9, Billitcr-street.
c aPtain P. Vere Cotton, R.N., Alport House, Whitchnrch.
Captain NV. H. Ham C. 8., Director of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
ara
V.aptain J. C. Hoseason, R•, N Highbeech, Essex.
es Kenned, Esq., late of
an Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy.
of
cir John Sp y
enc e r Logan, Indi Civil Service, Director 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.
AUD.
John Glenny, Esq. ITORS
Strand.
George May, Esq., Gresham House.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. H. R. Hill and Son, Throgmorton-street.
Messrs BANKERS IN ENGLAND.
, 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
eand undiminished demand for Steam Vessels upon the Indian
vers, and the wide field presenting itself for their profitable
r,l„PloYment, they have resolved to double the capital of the
~The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that the
',earners 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
livers 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
raj', has rendered every possible aid to the present under-
plng. At the same time the Directors have insured com-
te 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
'''`e Reports of the Company's servants in India, but the
Whole concurrent testimony of the advices received from that
Snlintry, 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-
Possible however, within the limits of an advertisement, to
Papitulate the numerous evidences of this truth which the
vectors are constantly receiving ; and they content them-
Ives, therefore, with giving the following quotation from a,
Inlecent leading article Times," which shows that simi-
lar information had been reaching that paper through its
correspondents.
From the 'Times,' Jan. 29, 1859.
" It is not only Government but the whole nation that seems
bennlisa• Any day during the last year we might have filled
~r columns with the complaints of shipbuilders at the de-
Stine of their trade, owing in a great measure to the happy
are
n_toincaotmioen. of the Russian War. But what do we now hear
1...r,901u India ? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are
'll3O t. Month after month they are expecting the steamers that
The Indian General Steam Navi,-,ation Company
lt,..lare tilts Muth,' says our correspondent, a dividend
been 4 ,00 and upwards per cent. The Home Government had
lzi requested to send out six river steamers, and it had sent
"ly one, which it said, wouldbe enough." Next month'
continues our inforniant, 'the Indian Government had to en,-
Kage all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would
r avo bought the new vessels wanted twice over. There is
ararand work, we are told, for 300 steamers on the Ganges
110%11% ,11°wingr, as it does, through a territory with a popula-
-416 to the square mile, with an export trade of
yee—",vuun, and an internal trade beyond human calculation.
th with this vast opening before us, there are found men in
e Prime of life, neither schoolboys nor dotards, who can
Waste their time in holding meetings and memorialising Go-
!e,r,ninent to find them customers for their shipping. Many
elk ere this has war ministered to peace, infusing a quicker
'i,gnient into its idle, dreamy soul. To this Mutiny, perhaps,
ratere the real opening of the Indian navigation to British
VerPil"
„ , and the railways which are certain to follow. But
and "ni sat ; we have said enough to start our shipbuilders
Tintitowners, if they are Englishmen."
e Directors have all along felt that neither the vessels
theY have already sent to India, nor those which they
...,tve at present in preparation, could do much to satisfy the
~„eat, want of Inland Steam Navigation which exists in that
i,';."ntrY. But they have also all along felt that the only safe
1,t7 of entering' upon such an undertaking was not to rnsh
it with sanguine precipitation, but to advance with gra-
and cautious steps, and without being dazzled by the
evregre prospect of p rofits it holds out. The first steps, s, .how-
, been successfully taken, the whole of the exist-
Ya aces in the Company having been allotted, and being
premium in the market, and the field being so large as to
require a large capital to work it in an efficient manner, the
-El,rectors are of opinion that the time is come when the capi-
2, of the Company may be advantageously increased, and
they have therefore, resolved to raise the capital to half a
smition sterling without delay.
~.-Arnplications for
officese Shares must be forwarded to the
Voinectors, at the of the Company, 9, Billiter-street,
Cawan.tiroddne,dpaoilittitloi7itile3v
London, on or before the 28th day of February next.
i;sip,liieirlealsitnip-srpfieeprrt Share to be made on appli-
The New Shareholders will standSfhoar
Shares.
niet
preciselyam the amount to be for-
terms as thsame
the di 'el e Original Shareholders, and will participate in
vt end as soon as it •
Calls • is payable.
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 StARES.
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,

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