The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

°Mee of the Gas tight and Coke Comp,
Horseferry-read, We.itmlnster,
October 8, 1853.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a
~, HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL ot the Proprietors ot this
'onitany 'will be held on TrEsnsy, the Is day of Novemiier next,
at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the Company's Gas Works,
the
orseferry-road, Westminster, and that for seven Days previously
Accounts ot the t:o+:+ am will be open to the inspec-
tion of the proprietors at this Office, and at the Station ot the Corn-
My, in itrick-14: e. 0 d-,tree', on an order stored by three of the
ectors, to be procured st either stitloti
NOTICE is hereby a'so given, that w‘t the same Meeting, the
Annual Election of Auditors will take place ; and should a Ballot be
required, it Will continue open for four hours from its commence-
nretit.

• By order,
CHABLE3 BURLQ, Secretary.
N.B. The Chair Will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, and
bone but Proprietors admitted.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
The gECOND PART of an FIESTORICAL LF.O ['EIRE on "THE
!:ItikitES," from its Source to its Estuary, by ( F.O RGE I:UCKLAND,
fs's(l., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with NEW SO GS And NEW
••CENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock,
Bta very Evening except Saturday at
4cTIME.S.—By.J H. Pepper, Esq.: On P HOT 'GRA PHY, with

lornings and Evenings.
By Pr. Bachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and
SILVERING.
plhe
•""ELI) ANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE and BITE'S DI-
FIRE ESCAPE exhibited in Use and explained Daily
r.°._Puen Mornings and Evenings %dmission, Is.; '4ehools, and
ren nnler Ten years of age Ralf-price.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CIiEAP EXCURSION TO OXFORD, CIRENCESTER
S mom), GLOUCESTER, and CIIELTE NEI AM.
On grivn
October 16th, an Excursion Train for the above
ilres will leave Paddingt to Station at 7 4i a.m., returning the
Stroud,
evening nom Chelte ham, at 6. 0 ; Glruicest r, at ^.50 ;
at 7.20; Cirencester, at 7.35 ; and th.ford, at 3 50.
Fares there and Back -- Ftrbt Class. Covere i Carriages.
Oxford
....... rg. 3s. 6d.
Cirenct ster or Stroud 93. ss. Od.
l'zo Gloucester or Cheltenham .. • 10, 6s. Od
lugage showed' Tickets can be obtained p-aviously at the
11811 w plagces.
Paddington Station, Oct. 5, 1853

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
xoti_AILWAY.—EDINBI7RGEI PEACE CONE R
leth ~,,7, Is Hereby Given, that on MOND VY and RECCE.
the
Will b."' 11th 01 October, 'RETURN TICKETS TO EDINBURGH
itt the
Issued at Euston Station to First and Second• class passengers
6 following fares, viz.:

London to Edinburgh and Back.
Pir.t clay The„_ , ass.... • • 41.108. Second-class.... • •
Tu,s,,f' t!ekets will be available for return by any
to3ltdr6a:h.ild
divide the
i,uriis'e4..Y,Octobzr 25th. Pa sengers who would prefer
York oir'ebY resting on Monday night on the way, may do so
iat
burgh 0,„4,,r11•51e, the same ticket carrying' them througu to Ed n-
'....e ret,',...`ue following day. this arrangement will also apply to
'''oladay'; journey,y pnvi ed they leave Edinburgh ou or bstant.
~, s tickets are not transferable. '''
"ener ar ' By order, MRS HUISII.
----__4l 7anager's Office, October, 1853.

TEL GRAPH BETWEEN LONDON AND

TO mr GR,IVESEND
Opn„..---RCHANTS, SHIPPE.RS, AND THE PUBLIC.
~COmpA"4z4,,,G of the SUB MA RI E and EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH
lariff GRAVESEND OFFICE. Great Reduction of
von. ',and Instantaneous Communication between Gravesend, Lon-
teni, 'Over, and Devi, and between Gravesend and the Conti-
e•
and ages of 20 Words from Gravesend to London, Dover, or Deal,
'lee versa, One
h additional 10 words or fraction of 10 word% Sixpence.
f),'' Porterage charged for, delivery for the first mile trom any of
-11 Corn pante.' stations.
fra„e"ages may he sent from Gravesend to nearly every town o
pon.4 ce on the Continent and in the United Kingdom
r‘ Boatmen on the river will bring Messages from the ships to the
s-orn ~ •
shorep...niess Office. Messages sent by boat to vessels lying off the

For further particulara, apply at the Office, 45. The Terrace,
Gravesend (between The Terrace Pier and Custom House, and close
to the river).

Offices:—London: 30, Cornhill; and 43, Rei.ent-circus. Birming-
ham: 104, New-street. Gravesend : 45, The Terrace. Dover : 7,
Clarence-place. Deal: 100, Beach str.- et. Prance: Paris—Rue
Richelieu; Calais—Railway station. Belgium—Brussels: Place de
la Mounaie.

G. L. PARROTT, Secretary.

CONTRACTS FOR RUM, TEA, SOAP, MUSTARD, AND
PEPPER.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 6th Oct, 1853.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY. the 20th
21_stant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons
Mdestys
May be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her
maiestys Victualling Stores at GOSPORT and PLYMOUTH the
undermentioned articles, viz.:—

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Ittlt..

TEA. (Congou)..

SOAP ..... •..• • • •
I'vIIST %RD (in Flour)...
PEPPER (whole Black)

The Rum, Tea, and
Duties,