The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-07 00:00:00

GREENWICH RAILWAY.
An Advertisement having appeared in the Newspapers of
yesterday, announcing that New Shares may be had on application
at the Offices of the Company, the Directors beg to inform the
public, that such Advertisement was inserted without their know-
ledge or sanction, the whole of the New Shares having been dis-
posed of as stated in their Advertisement, dated the 27th of Feb-
ruary last.

By Order of the Board,
J. Y. ALERMAN, Seeretisy.
London Terminus, March 7, l NtB.
CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
READING DIVISION.
Notice is hereby given, that the DIRECTORS will meet at
their Office, No. 2, Princes-street, Bank, on Thu asiiat-, the •)2d
of March, at Twelve o'clock, to receive TENDERS for the execu-
tion of the following WORKS :
CONTRACT No. 3 R.—The excavation and formation of all
the earthwork, and the construction of all bridges, culverts, and
other brickwork and masonry, and the entire completion (except-
ing the laying the permanent rails) of that portion of the line ex-
tending from the bridge No. 1 i, now building over the river
Thames at Gathampton, near Bassildon, Berks, to the bridge over
the Thames at Moulsford, in the same county, being a distance of
about three miles and 23 chains.
CONTRACT No. 4 11.—The excavation and formation of all
the earthwork, and the construction of all bridges, culverts, and
other brickwork and masonry, and the entire completion (except-
ing the laying the permanent rails) of that portion of the line
extending from Moulsford to a road near Vauxhall Farm, in the
parish of Dudcot, County of Berks, being a distance of six miles
and four chains.
Plans and specifications of the above works may be seen, and
printed forms of Tenders obtained, at the Company's Offices, in
Princes-street, Bank, and at the Railway Office, at Streatley, in
Berks, on and after MONDAY, the 26th inst. The Directors do
not consider themselves bound to accept the lowest Tender, and
they expect the parties to attend at the Office at One o'eloek on
the 22d of March.
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, t
THOS. OSLER, Secretaries.

MAGNIFICENT ANCIENT FURNITURE and WORKS
ART, entirely the property of a well-known Importer, and the
whole just received from Paris.
MESSRS. OXENHAM and SON have the
honour to announce they will SELL by AUCTION, at
their spacious Rooms, 353, Oxford-street, on Tit tr RS nay-, March 8,
and Two following Days, at Twelve,
A VERY SPLENDID AND HIGHLY INTERESTING IM-
PORTATION of ANCIENT DECORATIVE PROPERTY,
collected throughout the Continent with considerable taste, and of
which the following will be found most conspicuous :
A SUPERB STATE SUITE FROM THE PALACE OF

MARLY,
in the richest style of Louis XIV., consisting of a canopied bedstead,
with six chairs, two fauteuils, and a duchesse ensuite ;
SUMPTUOUS MOSAIC SEVRES ANDBOULE

CABINETS,
decorated with the richest bronze d'or, also eommodos, secretairee,
and other salon objects, by De Reimer and Boule.
OLD 'ITALIAN BRONZES AND SCULPTURES,
chiefly of the cabinet size, including many unquestionable works of
the real old Florentine school, among which are some superbly
mounted on pedestals of vieux boule ; also,
OLD ROYAL SEVRES PORCELAINS,
in turquoise and bleu du ciel colours, exquisitely pencilled in de-
bonnaire subjects, Beauvais tapestry of great beauty, boulo
clocks, &c. ; about 100 carved old French picture frames, to-
gether with
A MATCHLESS ASSORTMENT OF ANCIENT OAK

CARVINGS,
principally of the periods of Francis the First, Henri Quatre,
and Louis the Fourteenth, the whole eminently deserving the at-
tention of the admirers of the olden times
To be (
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
°ruing

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

" Black Diamond," with a number of other communications concerning
the Coal Monopoly, shall appear in due season. We must solicit the
forbearance of all our correspondents on the subject till the debate
on Sir W. Molesworth's motion is at an end. •