The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-09 00:00:00

NOTICE.
TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS,

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION will be CLOSED after the sth of MARCH antll
EASTER MONDAY, for the purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW
ROOMS for a PIiOTOi4RAPHIC SCH frOL, &c.
MODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to the Visi-
tors, WORKS of ART, &c., will be RECEIVED for EXHIBITION,-
free of expense to the Depositors, until the 21st of MARCH.

LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
Lone, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-
road. Opon Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during
the week, "The Thlstle,"" Shamrock,""Carilionneur." and" Wind-
sor-castle" Waltzes, the "Champagne Galep,".and "Marco Spada,"
"Le Cirque," and " Faridondaine" Quadrilles. Admission, ls.
Doors open at Half•past Eight; dancing to
,commence at Nine
o'clock, and to terminate at Half-past Eleven.

THE ARCTIC COMPANY.
To be incorporated by Royal Charter, or Act of Parliarffent,
with limited liability, as the " ROYAL ARCTIC COMPANY."
For the purpose of carrying on Whale and other Fisheries, and for
Mining and Colonising a certain tract of land in Davis Straits, under
a grant from the Crown.
Provisionally registered under the Act 7 and 8 Vict., c. 110.

Capital, 200,0001, in 20,000 shares of 101. each; deposit, 21. 10s. per
share, to be returned in full Hi the event of a Charter, or Act of Par-
liament, not being obtained. (With power to increase capital.)
TIMTELS.
Sir James Duke, Bart., 31.8., for London.
George Duncan, Esq., M.P., for Dundee.
Sir John Campbell, K.C.H.
DIRECTOES.

Richard Maxwell Fox Director of the General Screw
Steam Navigation Fox,
George Lathom Browne, Esq., 61, Torrington-square, Director of the
Upper India Railway.
William Ilogarth, Esq., mer.:haat, Aberdeen.
F. P. Holre, Esq., 3, Eccleaton-terrace, Belgrave-square.
(With power to add to their number.)
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT—Captain Penny, late Commander of the

Lady Franklin and Sophia, Arctic Searching Expedition.
Baoirras—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 2, Royal Exchange•
buildings...

The objects of this Corporation are the application of the powers
of the auxiliary screw to whaling vessels, and the establishment of a
fishing and mining colony in an inlet on the west side of Davis
Straits, known as Northumberland Inlet, or Hogarth Sound, disco-
vered by Captain Penny, the Arctic Navigator, where the whales
hunted from the other fishing groJnds find refuge, and especially
abound during the epri, g months, when the ice in Davis Straits
effectually prevents any vessel from approaching the coasts, and on
the adjacent shores of which there is great mineral wealth, especially
plumbago (blacklead)
In this inlet, lying in latitude 65 deg., longitude 65 deg., on the
west coast of Davis Straits, and on the rich mineral land adjacent,
her Majesty has been graciously pleased, under certain conditions, to
grant to Captain Penny and his co-adventurers a lease of land and a
right to trade, make settlements, work mines, and establish fisheries
within its limits.
The productiveness of the fishery in Northumberland Inlet was
tested by Captain Penny, in the years 1844, 46, 47 ; and in 1851,
twelve seamen, with only three boats, were landed from the Ameri-
can whaler " Maclellan" and killed no less than sixteen whales
during the spring months, when Davis Straits were closed by the ice.
Besides working the privileges conceded by the royal grant, which
are confined to the inlet and its adjacent shores, the Company pro-
pose to engage in the Nova Zembla fisheries, commencing with two
new screw steam whalers of 500 tons each, which the Company pro-
pose sending from Aberdeen in the spring months, the successful
prosecution of which is guaranteed by the superintendence of Captain
Penny, a successful whaling master of thirty-one years' standing,
who will go out to the colony, and pass the first winter in the inlet.
The whole of the expenses of Lease, Charter or Act of Parliament,
and Registration will be borne by the promoters, and no call will be
made without the consent of the Shareholders, or until a dividend
has been declared. . _ _ _

One-third of the capital having been already subscribed for (chiefly
in Scotland), applications for the remaining shares may be made to
the Secretary, William L. Hunt, Esq , 3. Cannon-street, City; or to
the brokers, Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Royal Exchange-
buildings.