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London, England, 1857-09-09 00:00:00

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mina], every Tuesaay, from 10 till 1 o'clock. Mr. Henry
Pickering is appointed Secretary to 'the Ladies' Committee.

Subscriptions will be received by the Bank of England and
all the London Joint-Stock Banks, at their Head Offices and
Provincial _Branches, as well-as by all the private bankers in
London.

HENRY BARKLEY HENDERSON, Lieut.-Col.,
Hon. Sec., Agent Bengal Military Fund,
Greshani-house.
DAVID FORREST, Secretary.
Mansion-house, Sept. 8, 1857.

TNDIA and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY, 14, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall, S.W.
'INDIAN ASSURANCES. •
Military Officers or Civilians proceeding to India may effect As-
surances on their lives at greatly reduced rates, on application at the
()dices as above. A. It. IRVINE, Manager.

Paedcneo:faeys
west Mail received atSthleseAOffici.
Offices till W
t(1. )9tVit I.SEoerptle nA.ND TO L
tci•Li bcr; or until Two o'clock on Thursday, the lOt
upon payment of 2s. Ga. extra.- Specie and jewellery tteelyed till
the 10th in:tant.—Enropesa and Australian Royal Mail- Company
(Limited), 12, St. 11,1ensszplace, Ittshopsgate, R.C.

A:US•TR:ALIA.—SHAKESPEARE.
White Star Line of British and Australian ex-Royal Mail
Packet. sailing betvuen Liverpool and Melbourne, on the 20th and
'27th of every month, punctually at noon.
Passage money 141. and. upwards. •

Ship. Captain.' Reg. -Bur. . To sail. -
SHAKESPEARE— .. Norcross. 2,470 5,200 Sept. 20.
BRITISH LION .. Harrington. 1,450 4,500 Sept. 23.
R 11) J ACK ET .. • • .. al 2,460 5,000 To follow.
The Shakespeare is the largest and finest clipper ship in England,
and from her immense size and speed, is exowted to make the fastest
Passage on record. She Is magnificently fitted up for all classes of
passengers.

The British Lion is one of the fastest ships afloat, and has made
the passage from Calcutta to Havre in 91 days, frequently logglng,
16 knots per hour, and making 362 miles in One day. Passen;e.a
embark on the 19th add 28th of September.
For freight or passage apply to
IL T. WILSON & CHAMBERS,
21, Water-street, Liverpool.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 2D SEPTEMBEII, 1857.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of Pie EAST
COMPANY Widish foe the Information Of PrOprie-
tors of Promissory Notes of the Bengal 4 per cent. Loans, who may
not he resident in India, the following Notification, which has been
Issued by the Government of India, and published in the "Calcutta
Gazette Extraordinary" of the 20th July, 1857 : •

No. 27.
'FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT,
THE 20TH JOLT, 1857.

The holders of Four. per Cent. Pr9mhsory Notes Otitis Govern-
ment are hereby informed that, until curther orders, Subscriptions to
the open Five per Cent. Loan will be received from them, half in
cash, and half in the said promissory notes.

In cases in which nminissory Notes of the Icca Rupee Loans are
suirTabed, and hi which, by. conversion into. Company's rupees, the
amount of such notes, added to the equivalent amount subscrib-d in
cash. may not make up even handreds, it.will be optional with the
Alers to pay such additional sums in cesh es May be necessary to
make up ev, n hundreds, or to receive back the difference between
the amount of the notes subscribed and the amount necessary to
make up even hundreds. _ . _

Any broken interest that may be due on the Four peg Cent. Pro-
mi,sory Notes will be paid at the time the notes are subscribed to
tbe.Five per Cent. Loan.
" (Signed) C. H. LIISITINGTON,
Secretary to the Government of India.
JAMES C. MELTILL, Secretary.
•

FrIIE RHINE AND GERMANY.—The
Shortest and Cheapest Route, via. Rotterdam, to the Rhine
and Germany, is by THE DUTCH ItiIENISH RAITMAY.
Through Trains, in conjunction with those of the Cologne-Minden
Company, start three times a day.
Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger.
Further particulars forwarded, post free, on applicalion to the
2ompany's London Agent, Mr. Joi( C. JAwsoN, 61, Gracechumh-
street.

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