The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-14 00:00:00

E VII,NING EDITION.

GENER AL CONVENTION.-
A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on SATURDAY NEXT, for the
purpose of laying before the People of London the reasons
which have caused the Delegates to fix the beginning c.f May
for the Presentation of the National Petition, and to invoke all
true Radicals to render their aid and cordial co-operas ion to-
wards promoting the objects of the Convention—the People's
Charter

Chair taken at Eight e' Clock precisely.
By Order of the Convention,
WILLIAM LOVETT, Secretary.

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V)1 cooRnK,IINO,GDA, MEN'Sm,,Ru 18, A. S S
PUBLIC O C I April
:I;
NO
ENR
W i 1.
be given by the above Association, at White Conduit
House. to JOHN FROST, Esq., Delegate to the General
Convention for Monmouthshire, as a testimony of their appro-
bation of his spirited rebuke of the Secretary of State's uncon-
stitutional interference with the free expression of his political

opinions

W. CARPENTER, Esq.
Delegate for Bolton, in the Chair.
Dinner on table at Six o'clock.
Tickets, 3s. each, may be obtained of the Stewards; of Mr.
Mitchell, Secretary, 67, Red Lion-street, Holborn ; of Mr.
Lovett, Secretary of the Association, 6, Upper North-place,
Gray's Inn-road; at the Chartist Newspaper Office, 16, Cathe-
riue-i3treet, Strand; and at White Conduit House. All tickets
unsold to be returned to the Association's Rooms by Eleven
o'clock on Sunday next.

CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
BRISTOL.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the DIRECTORS will re-
ceive at their Office in Bristol, on or before FRIDAY, the 26th
„lay of April next, at Twelve o'Clock. TENDERS for the
exeCation of the foll.)wing CONTRACTS :
CONTRACT No. 12, B.

The excavation and formation of the earthwork, and con-
struction of bridges, culverts, and other masonry, and the
entire completion, excepting the ballasting and laying the per-
manent rails, of that portion of the Railway commencing at a
point in the field No. 4, in the parish of Bathampton, and
terminating at a point in the field No. 32, in the same parish,
being a distance of about 2,280 yards.
CONTRACT No. 13 B.
The excavation and formation of the earthwork, and con-
struction of bridges, culverts, and ether masonry, and the en-
tire completion, excepting the ballasting and laying the per-
manent rail, of that portion of the railway commencing at the
east side of the prbposed bridge over the river Avon, in the
parish of Bathford, arnl terminating at a. point in the field
No. 18, in the same parish, being a distance of about 1,156
yard

CONTRACT No. 14 B.
The excavation and formation•of the earenvrork, including
the diversion of roads and construction of bridges, culverts,
and other masonry, and the entire completion, excepting the
ballasting and laying the permanent rails, of that portion of the
railway commencing at the eastern extremity of Contract No.
13 13, and terminating in the field No. 19, in the parish of
Box, being a distance of about 2,76 yards.
1 CONTRACT No. 15 B. _

The excavation and formation of the earthwork, in-
cluding a short tunnel and construction of bridges, culverts, and
other masonry, and the entire completion, excepting the bal-
lasting and laying the permanent rails, of that portion of the
Railway, commencing at the Eastern extremity of Contract,
No. 14 B, and terminating at the Box Brook, in the parish of
Box, being a distance of about 1,006 yards.
Drawings and Speculations of the above Works will be ex-
:iibited at the Company's Office, Corn-street, Bristol ; and
printed forms of Tender may be had on application at the same
office, on and after Monday, Ist April. Th Directors will not
consider themselves bound to accept the lowest Tender, and they
expect the several parties to attend at the Office, at One
o'Clock, on the 26th of April.
CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, /
Secretaries.
THOMAS OSLER,
Offices, 2, Princes-street, Bank, London ; Corn-street, Bristol.

MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
EXTENSION RAILWAY.
i TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF THE
BOROUGH OF CONGLETON.
We, the undersigned Gentry, Clergy, Manufacturers,
t Tradesmen, and other inhabitants of the Borough of Congleton
1 and its vicinity, do hereby request your Worship to convene an
; early PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of this town
I and- neighbourhood, to consider the propriety of Petitioning
both Houses of Parliament to pass the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Extension Railway Bill, now before the House of
1 Commons; the success of which measure being of vital impor-
-1 tanee to the commercial and general interests of this town and
neighbourhood, and the country in general, which at present
labours under a grievous railway monopoly.
Thomas Hall Jno. 0. Chapman
Thomas B. Ingham, Minister Thos. Brightmore
Ed. Wilson T. Steele
William Bull and Sons Thomas Craddock and Son
i J. Bullock George Barlow
1 John Jackson Mark Barlow
John Pickford Thos. and Arch. Templeton
James Broadhurst Thos. Vaudrey
Charles Vaudrey Cbas. Barlow and Son
Beech and Rideout George Reade
John Barber Arthur Reade
Richd. Goodwin John Andrew
1 Thos. Goode Richd. Edwards
William Clarke I Jno. Brown
W. Warrington I Edw. Snelson
Joseph Lockett 1 Charles Pedley
John Dakin Chris. Moorhouse
Thomas Goodall Thos. Read
Samuel Woolley Henry Hogg
Joseph Twells Thomas Johnson
: .ino. Bayley Read, Johnson, and Co.
i Thomas Sheldon Jno. Johnson
P. _MI' Coy '
i Congleton, March 11th, 1839. •
In pursuance of the above requisition, I do do hereby appoint
a PUBLIC MEETINfiII of the Inhabitants of this town and
\neighbourhood, for the purpose therein mentioned, to be held
Til at the Town Hall, in the said borough, on orinalr next, the
18th day of March instant, at Twelve o'Clock at noon.
JOHN F. READE, Mayor.
] Congleton, March 12, 1839.

Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA,
His Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA,
And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA.
having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis.
.zriUttanns of Money, which (though they are NO LOT-
TERIES, offer a great many possibilities of obtaining
LARGE FORTUNES,
HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and
HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK,
are NOW SELLING Sii3RES for any of the said DIS-
TRIBUTIONS of MONEY, a; various prices. The Dis-
tributions contain various portions, from
NINE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS
and upwards. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE-
VIOUS to giving any order, the Prospectus and Particulars,
upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to
HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURG!".
P.S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION
CONTAINS PORTIONS OF 4,0001., 7,5001., and 30,0001.
.12,0

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 14,
Will be performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called
RICHELIEU, OR THE CONSPIRACY,
Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart.
The Characters by
Mr. Elton, Diddear, Mr. Macready, Mr. Warde, Mr. An-
derson, Mr. Vint,. • Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben-
nett, Mr. Howe, 'Mi.,' E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar.
nold, Mr. W. 1,. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender,
, Mr. Paulo, Mr. Gough, Mr. 'Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur-
(l,t, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. nollingsrorth, Mr. Will-
Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr, T. Matthews, 311*
Ilcien Faucit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee,
Va:anduke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan.
After which,
FRA DIAVOLO.
1, Marquis San Carlos, Mr. Frazer ; Lorenzo, Mr. Burnett ;
Zerlina, Miss Rainforth.
To-Morrow there will be no performance.
On Saturday, Richelieu, with The Agreeable Surprise.
Oil Monday, Richelieu, with The Portrait of Cervantes, and
Chad is Come Again.
I On TnC4daY, King Lear, with Rob Roy.
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