The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
TO CONTRACTOR% AND BUILDERS.
The DIRECTORS are desirous of Receiving TENDERS for the
ERECTION of ADDITIONS to tLe EXISTING ENGINE BOU
at the RUGBY STATION, and ,or the ERECTION cf an ENGINE
ROUSE at NORTHAMPTON-.
Parties desirous of Tendering may Liz, the Drawings and Speci-
fications, and obtain Bills of Quantities. at the Engineer's Office,
Ruston-station, on Thursday, February 3d, 1853, between the hours
of 10 and 4.
Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, should be sent in not later
than 10 o'clock on Wednesday, the 9th February, 1853.
C LISS. E. STE IVART, Sec. etary.
Secretary's Office, Euston-si ation,
25th January, 1853.

ARIS.—MARRIAGE of the EMPEROR.—
On SATURDAY, the 29th instant, the TIDAL TRAIN for
PARIS, via Folkestone and Boulogne, will start. from the SOUTH-
EASTERN RAILWAY TERMINUS, London-bridge, at 10 50 a.m.
Arrival in Faris, 10.45 p.m. the same day. Sea passage, two hours.
G S. HERBERT, Secretary.
London bridge Terminus, 25th January, 1853:

BANKS OF DEPOSITS AND SAVINGS BANES,
INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL.
PARTIES desirous of Investing Money are re-
quested to examine the plan of the National Assurance and
Investment Association, by which a high rate of Interest may be
obtained, combined with perfect security.
Prospectuses and full information may be had at the office, or sent
-oat free on application.
PETER MORRISON. Managing Director.
7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London.

NOTICE OF DIVIDEND.
NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND Y
INV INTEREST ENT ASSOConIATION.
THE HALF-YEARLthe
INVESTMENT STOCK. of this ASSOCIATION, at the rate of
per cent. per annum, to 31st December last, Is now in course of
payment. and may be received at the office daily, between the hours
of 11 and 3 o'clock.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, 9th January, 1853.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY,
33, Norfolk-street, Strand.
A DRAWING will take place at the Offices on SATURDAY, the
- 12th of February, at twelve o'clock, for FIFTY RIGHTS of CIIOICE
on the Society's Estate. All persons becoming members on or be-
fore the I lth February will participate in the advantages of this
Drawing. The Offices are open from 10 until Bon Mondays and
Fridays, and from 10 to 5, on the Tues.lays, Wednesdays, Tingly,:
days, and Satardaats, • •
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FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S
THEATRE.-SEASON 1853.

Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the SEASON of
FRENCH PLAYS will be COMMENCED on MONDAY next,
Jan. 31, by the engagement of Monsieur Ravel (of the Theatre
du Petals Royal —his rrbt appearance since the year 1844). The
first performance will consist of two new and amusing Vaudevilles,
entitled UN MONSIEUR QUI SUIT LES FEMMES, and YORK; ou,
Une Recompense Honette, m both of which Mons. Ravel will ap-
pear. Mr. Mitchell has the satisfaction to submit the following
List of Artistes, engaged to appear during the season :—Monsieur
Ravel, Madame La•u bert (of the Theatre du Palais Royal), Madlle.
Berlin (of the Theatre Francais), Madlle. Luther (of the Theatre du
Gymnase—her first appearance in England), Monsieur Lafont,
Madlle. Emma Fleury (Eleve du Conservatoire, Paris), Madlle. Page
(ot the Theatre des Varietes—her first appearance in England),
Monsieur Adrien Fede, ntons.eur Leonard, Madlle. Madeline Brohan
(rf the Theatre Franvtis -her first appearance in England), and
Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Eraugais). The eminent Trage-
dienne, Madlie. Rachel, is also engaged for Twelve Representations,
and will appear in Monsieur Emile Angler's succe'sful Play of
DIANA, at the commencement of her engagement.—During the en-
gagement of Monsieur RavO, at the beginning et the season, it is
intended to give Four Representations a week—on Monday, Wed-
nesday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings—the Mondays ard Fridays
being, as usual, Subscription Nights.—lt is also respectfully an-
nounced that, during the Easter week, from Monday, March 28,
until Saturday. April 2, M. Robert Houdin will exhibit his extraor-
dinary Entertainment of Soirees Fantasiques, being his last appear-
ance in England. previous to his final retirement from his profession.
—The French flays will be resumed after Easter, on Monday, April
4. The Subscription will be arranged for Thirty Representations, on
Mondays and Fridays, untd the end of May. The favour of an early
application for Season Subscriptiont is respectfully solicited at Mr.
Ilditcheln Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the principal
libraries, as usua'. —33, Old Bond-street, Jan. 22.