The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC,
including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON,
1.1115 EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except
Saturday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Three.
St4llB. 3s. (which can be taken at the box-office every day from 11
till 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

WILL CLOSE on SATURDAY Next.—
SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS. The
Fiftieth Annual EXEIB I ['ION at their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East,
from Nine till Dusk.—Admittance Is. ; Catalogue 6d.
JOSEPH J. JENKINS, Secretary.

NATIONAL FESTIVAL, in Celebration of the
UNION between ENGLAND and FRANCE.—A MEET-
ING of the GENERAL COMMITTEE for conducting this Festival
will be held, by penni.sion of the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-
house, on FRIDAY NEXT, for the purpose of taking into consider-
ation the most convenient period for holding the same. A full attend-
ance is desirable.

The LORD MAYOR will take the Chair at 2 o'clock precisely.
By order, GEORGE SE UGWICK, Sec.

NATIONAL FESTIVAL, in Celebration of the
UNION between ENGLAND and FRANC E.—The object of
the proposed Festival is to cultivate the amicable relations now ex-
isting wi'h the French nation, by inviting to this country some of the
most distinguished u•en connected with legislation. arts, science,
literature, commerce, and agriculture, and facili. ate their acquaint-
ance with what is worthy of their obscrvatt,n and admiration, and
demonstrate to the world the great advantages of the alliance now
happily subsisting between the two nations, an alliance the con-
tinuance of which is eminently calculated to accomplish and to pro-
Mote, in all coun' ries, the permanency of peace and its consequent
blessings, order, Prosperity, and happiness.
Subscriptions alreidy announced, 4.7501. 10s.
The arrangements for the Festival must depend upon the amount
of the subscriptions, which will he received by the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor (the Treasurer), and by the following Bankers:—Master-
man and Co. ; London and Westminster Bank ; Smith, Payne, and
Smiths. London Joint stock Bank ; Banburys and Lloyds; Davies
and Co.; Twining and Co ; Berries, Farquhar, and Co. ; Scott and
Co.; the Royal British Bank ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; and the
National Bank of Ireland ; also at 20, New Bridge-street, Dlackfriars,
Where every information of the proposed Festival maybe obtained.
By order, GEO. SEDOWICK, Sec.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN and
MIDI, AN D RAILWAYS.
NOTTINGHAM RACES,
On THURSDAY and FRIDAY, 20th and 21st July.
Express Day Tickets, and Ordinary Ist and 2d Class Day Tickets,
issued on the 19th, 20th, and 21st instant, from the Euston t&tation
to NOTTINGHAM, are available for return by any train on the 20th,
21st, and 22d instant.
The 6.15 a.m. train from Enston arrives at Nottingham at 10.0 a.m.
and the 9.30 a.m. at 1,15 a.m.

By order.

July 11, 1854.

ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.-
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—By the Excursion Trains
every SUNDAY Morning at 7.45 from Waterloo Station, THROUGH
RETURN TICKETS are issued to the ISLE OF WIGHT, via
SOUTHAMPTON, for COWES, or PORTSMOUTH, for RYDE.
Fares:—Closed Carriages, Bs.; Seated Open Carriages, 55., which
include all pier dues and s'emnboat fares, but not conveyance
between the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from
Ryde will not be available via Cowes and Southampton, nor those
from Cowes via Ryde and Portsmouth.
THROUGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and RYDE, via
PORTSMOUTH, PORTS EA, and GOSPORT, available for Four
Days, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at following fares,
which include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class,
365. Bd. ; 2d Class, 275.81 Single Journey Fares—let Class, 205.6 d.;
24 Class, I bs. 6d
Waterloo Station, July, 1854

ARUM. SCOTT, Traffic Manager.

CONTRACT FOR KNAPSACKS AND KNAPSACK SLINGS
FOR THE ROYAL MARINES.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualing and
Transport Services, Somerset-place, 15th July, 1854.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Cod Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on FRIDAY,
the 21st instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
each persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Victualing Stores at Deptford,