The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-24 00:00:00

NOW EXHIBITING, AT TEE

F GYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY,
F
the most EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION of A.BORI-
GI NES EVER SEEN in EUROPE, landed in Liverpool by the
brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler.
TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and a BABY, of the BOSJESMAN
or BUSH TRIBE, from the interior of South Africa, a race that,
from their wild habits, could never before be induced to visit a place
of civilization. This opportunity of gratifying the man of science
and the student in zoology has only been obtained by great personal
exertion on the part of the gentlemen who have brought them to
England, at an immense outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe
a baby was born at sea, thus adding to the great interest that must
be excited by their appearance.
From the Liverpool Journal : —" Bosjesmans, or Bush People, from
Southern Africa—lnteresting specimens of a most extraordinary race
of human beings have been landed in our port; they are the Bosjes-
mans, or Bush People from the interior of South Africa, of which so
mach has been written by the missionaries, and the few who hare
travelled to that far distant region. They are natives of the country
bordering the Great Orange River, 1,200 or 1.400 miles from Cape
Town. They exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intellertual or
higher faculties as is observable in the skull of that mockery of
humanity, the Baboon, while the preponderance of the animal is al-
most equally as great. In every respect they are calculated to excite
the greatest astonishment, and to confirm to the full those " Tales
of Travellers" which we have certainly been inclined to look upon
with suspicion. We could scarcely have credited that such a race
could be in existence on the earth. That they are genuine no one
can doubt ; in proof of which we give the following extract from a
Cape Town Paper of the 24th December, which we have just re •
ceived :—" We understand the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, which
recently left Table Bay for Liverpool, had on board an unusual kind
of exportation, viz., two males and two females of the genuine Bush-
man species; they are in charge of a Mr. J. G. It. BLshop, who has
been at considerable trouble and expense in procuring them from the
interior. They are authentic specimens of this diminutive and ra-
pidly decreasing tribe of Aborigines, found only in Southern Africa.
For particulars of the habits and disposition of the Bosjesmans,
see Professor Letchtenstein's, Barchell's, Campbell's, Backhouse's,
Methune's, and Moffatt's Travels in South Africa.
Admission One Shilling, and Reserved Seats Two Shillings and
Sixpence.

ASCOT RACES.-GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that on TUESDAY,
the Ist of June, and on THURSDAY, the 3d of June, SPECIAL
TRAINS will run between Paddington and Slough, for the conve-
nience of parties attending Ascot Races. Additional booking offices
will he opened at Paddington, and in order to prevent as far as pos-
sible, the inconvenience experienced in endeavouring to procure
tickets during the crowded state of the booking offices, the Directors
have determined to issue First and Second Class Tickets at the Pad-
dington Station for any or all of the race days upon any previous
evening, the holders of which, upon showing them, will be admitted to
the platform through the iron carriage gates, without having to pass
through the booking offices. Tickets so taken will not require to be
stamped on the return journey, but inertly shown on entering the
trains. These tickets can also be obtained on application at the
Railway Offices, No. 449, West Strand ; 29, Gresham-street, Ba4ik ;
and at Messrs. Tattersal's, Groevenor-place, Hyde Park Corner, on
Mom:Lay and the subsequent days.
Persons wishing to send carriages or horses to Slough or HAWAII-
hea d for Ascot Races, must make early applicationa
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stations to secure a track or horse-box for that purpose.
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DAY, the 19th of May. itzs-
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liy order of the Dlrestors,
CHARLES SA.UNDERS, Secretary.
Paddington, May 17, 1847.

ASCOT RACES.—Mr. DYSON, of Windsor,
Contractor fur the Omibuses to and from the Slough Station
of the Great Western Railway, begs to inform the public that he
has arranged for the plentiful supply of well appointed OMNI.
BUSES, to coach from the Slough station to ASCOT and back en
the four race days. These Omnibuses will be conveniently placed in
the station yard, with the sanction of the Railway Company, ready
to start for the course on the arrival of the several trains. They
will be conspicuously marked with Mr. Dyson's name, and numbered
so that gentlemen may easily recognize, in the afternoon, the
vehicles that conveyed them in the morning.
All the Omnibuses will leave the course a quarter of an hour after
the last Race on each day.
The fare will be 10s. for the journey from Slough to Ascot and
back.