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London, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

•
ANWELL COLLEGE, 111iddlesex, is stil:
retaining, its high character.--United Service Gazette
A Prospectus will be forwarded ou application to the Rev.
Dr. Emerton, Principal.

GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT
ASSOCIATION. Established 1829.
Accumulated Invested Capital £295,162 10s.
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 Mr. Ansell, of the Atlas.
93, Cheapside, E.C. PHILIP CURTIS, Secretary.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-NOTICE
HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY
,N
GI; IS
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.
Itlext, at One o'clock precisely, for the Election of Five Direc-
i2rs in the place of A. K. Baker, Esq., John William Miles,
tdscl., Henry Simonds Esq. Rowland Jones Venables, Esq.,
and John Williams, isq , ret'iring by rotation, and for other
general purposes of business.
It is also intended that the said General Meeting shall be
rade pecial, for the purpose of submitting agreements
Railway
into respectively with the Directors of the Bridport
„ Company and with the Great Western and Brentford
pillwaY Company, for the consideration and approval of the
oprietors upon terms and conditions for the lease and
/t.„l,olng severally of the said Bridport Railway, and of the
at Brentford
between Southall and Brentford, and of the Docks
connected therewith.
The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
FREDK. PONSONBY, Chairman.
BARRINGTON, Deputy Chairman.
~,The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions
he act and, in compliance with a bye- law, notice must be
of the
to the Secretary, on or before the 28th day of January,
the names of any Proprietors who are to be nominated for
election as Directors at the said Half-yearly General Meeting.
„ The Transfer Books of all Stock and Shares will be closed
to and from the 27th day of January instant, and will not be
-opened until after the said Halt-yearly General Meeting
.11 the 11th day of February.—By order of the Board.
P a CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
_ a-dington Station, Jan. 21, 18.59.

PUBLIC READINGS SOCIETY.
commITTEE.
,Rev. W. H. Brookfield. W. Charles Kent, Esq.
P. D. Maurice. S. C. Hall, Esq.
Rev. J. M. Bellew. Wm. Howitt, Esq.
J. G. Lonsdalc. I Geo. Harris, Esq.
"-`ev. Alex. Watson. E. Powell, Esq.
Rev. O. F. Owen. &C. Esq
The object of this Society is to establish Public Readings
Coshe Entertainment and Instruction of the Working
es.
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
arouse a general audience ; such as the works of Shakspere,
13cott, Goldsmith, Dickens, Macaulay, &c., &c. Some seats
''ill
.be reserved for those who can afford to pay for the sworn-
Nllon at the uniform charge of one shilling, which will
- 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 re qu esteel
to pr
ut down their names for some Annual Con-
tribution howeve small.
Public, Institutions, ClergTmen, 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
Sze., are to be addressed to the Acting Secretary,
Jour/ COLLETT, at our Chambers, 1, Essex-court,
Temple, or to
EDWARD W. COX, or
CHARLES J. PLUMPTRE,} Honorary Secretaries.
REA.
,The following Gentlemen haDveERS engaged to read :—Rev. F.
i?• Maurice, Rev. J. M. Bellew, Rev. W. H. Brookfield, Rev.
.6 G. Lonsdale, Rev. A. Watson, Rev. 0. F. Owen ; E. W.
pcsx' Esq. G. Harris, Esq. • U. Lawrence, Esq. ; C. J.
I,l,..llltiptre, Esq. ; E. Powell, Esq. ; W. Charles Kent, Esq. ;
• C. Stockdale, Esq. ; and S. C. Hall, Esq.

NOTICE.
The Next Reading, of the Society will be as follows :
Friday,
Feb. ll—At the School-room of St. George the Martyr,
Tneobald's-road. By the Rev. Alexander Watson ; E.
a W. Cox, Esq. ; and W. Charles Kent, Esq.
thmssion, One Penny. Some Reserved Seats, One Shilling.
The doors will open at half-past Seven, and the Reading
hegin precisely at Eight. No admittance after the
c.tung has begun.
*** Schools admitted free of any charge whatever.

ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY
rv,....(Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of
• (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.
—es Allan, Esq., Managing, Director of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

DIRECTORS.
Chairman—Colonel Grimes, Norwood, and Ampthill Lodge,
Southampton.
e
'at Bourne,
Captain P. V e reEs Cotton,Billiter-street. R.N., Alport House, Whitchurch.
W. H. Hall, R.N., C. 8., Director of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Captain J. C. Hoseason, R.N., Highbeech, Essex.
Sir John Spencer Login, Director of the Oude Railway Corn-
PanY, Kew.

MANAGING DIRECTOR.
John Bourne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
John Glenny, Esq., Strand.
George May, Esq., Gresham House.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. IL R. Hill and Son, Throg,morton-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
,enlPloyment, they have resolved to double the capital of the
''etaan
Thpe D rectors
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
strived safely in India, and will commence plying upon the
rivers without delay. An equal number of vessels of still
greater power is at p resent in preparation, and will be sent
out as soon as possible.
Before embarking, in the present undertaking the Directors
h d 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
ar, has rendered every possible aid to the present under-
taking. At the same time the Directors have insured com-
viete exemption from Government control and interference
and this is the only Company so distinguished which pos-
aesses any Government support.
t,The Directors have the satisfaction of finding' that not only
,Beports of the Company's servants in India, but the
Whole concurrent testimony of the advices received from that
lonntry, 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
recapitulate the numerous evidences of this truth which the
'rectors are constantly receiving ; and they content them-
"lves, 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
4ndian correspondents.
From the 'Times,' Jan. 29, 1859.
"It is not only Government but the whole nation that seems
remiss. 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
rein India ? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are
about. Month after 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-
tage all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would
are 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-
0, n of 350 to the square mile, with an export trade of
1.4,000,0000, and an internal trade beyond human calculation.
_et, 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 ere this has war ministered to peace, infusing a quicker
element into its idle, dream soul. To this Mutiny, perhaps,
y
We owe the real opening of the Indian navigation to British
enterprise, and the railways which are certain to follow. But
terbum 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
gnat 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 an 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 ; and
existing Shareholders will have a preference in the allotment.
A deposit of two shillings per Share to be made on appli-
Cation.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Oriental Inland Steam Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—l request that yon will allot to me of the
nar issue of Shares in this Company; and I hereby under-
Ire to accept the same or any less number that may be
are
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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