The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-01 00:00:00

BA N 0 F ASI A.
Applicants for Shares are hereby informed that the
Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company
have signified by letter, dated 16th September, 1840, that
" they are prepared to authorize the Government of India to
grant a Charter to the proposed Bank of Asia."
The principle of a Bank for British India has now received
the sanction of her Majesty's Government and of the Honour-
able East India Company, and the conditions of the Charters
from the Croen and from the Indian Government, conveying a
limitation of responsibility to the Shareholders in England and
in India, are in progress of negotiation.
deposit on all applications for Shares must be
Bankers
of. the Company—Messrs. Smith, Payne,
n
Lombard-stmt; or Messrs. Herries, Farquhar,
andapadi SieOdnCnomt.pfttiSrlice o
.:n LJat.
mes's-street, previous to the applicant's being
entitled to registration; and the allotment of the Shares in-
tended for distribution in England will take place when the
necessary preliminary details have been completed. The Di-
rectors reserve to themselves the right of appppriating the
Shares in such manner as they' may deem conducive to the for-
mation of a solid and permanent proprietary.
For further required information, apply at the Offices of the
Bank, 82, Moorgate4treet.
R. MONTCP, MERY MARTIN, Secretary.

gN consequence of a very general request, and
with a vie* to the Instruction and Amusement of the
Younger _Class; who crowd the Exhibition during file MI-
CH AELMAS.HOLIDAYS, the POLYTECHNIC INSTI.
TUTION; 3;411 'NOT be CLOSED till the Evening of the
10th oVailfOctolser. STEVEN'S rATENT PADDLE
WHEEL; isn efficipint'usode of applying Steam Power, is added
to the,uutterous Models in motion,4-iiirsO, Dr. SPURGIN'S
Model for a Safety Carriage on Rail Roads. CHRO-
MATIC FIRE CLOUD, anci many of the present Scientific
Works will be withdrawn at the close, for additions and
changes at the re-opening.
The CHORD/EOLIAN, with Accompaniments, at Four
o'clock.

Admission One Shilling.
A New Edition of the Catalogue, with Illustrations.
309, REGENT-STREET.

PARTNER WANTED.

MERCHANT, at present engaged in a
LucratiVe and Respectable BUSINESS in LIVER-
POOL is desirous of taking a PARTNER, who can command
from .1,000/. to 2,0001. Every necessary information will be
given as regards the concern, and nothing but a desire to ex-
tend his bus►ness has induced the Advertiser to insert this.
Address (post paid), H. 8., 79, Coleman-street, London.

TEAM to MARGATE and HERNE
BAY DIRECT, Daily, at Nine o'clock (Sundays in-
cluded), by the CITY of CANTERBURY or RED ROVER,
from London Bridge Wharf. •
Alpo, DIRECT to CANTERBUTer DOVER:SA.I\ID-
WICH, DEAL, FOLKSTONE, SANDGATE; HYTHE,
and all the Eastern Parts of Kent, by means of Fast. Coaches,
from Herne Bay, daily, as above, on the arrival orthe packets.
Offices, No. 113, Yenchurch-street, and at London Bridge
Wharf.

TAONDON AND BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY.
CHANGE of TIME, INCREASE. of SECOND CLASS
FARE, and OPENING of the NEW STA:TION.
The public are respectfully informed that a New Station,
near the George, Commercial-road, and King Datid's-lane,
Shadwell, to .be called " The Shadwell Station,"- be
opened on, Tnnasnatr, the Ist of. October, and that on and
after the Ist of October, the Trains onthe•aboye Railway will
run (Sundays excepted) from the Minories to Blackwell, and
the intermediate Stations every Quarter of an Hour, from
Half-past Seven in the Morning till a Quarter-past Eight at
Night, and from-Blackwell to Stepney, Shadwell, and the Mi-
norie, at like. periods, from the saute time in the Morning up
to Eight at Night.
On-Sundays; fic,m-Bls.ckwall to Town, from Half-past Eight
till Half-past': Ten,- and from Half-past. One till Eight at
Night ; the same from Town till a Quarter-past Eight.
The Public are further requested to take'restice, that en and
after the said Ist of October, the Second Class Fare will be
4d. instead of 3d. ; as hitherto, First Class Fire 6d.
By order of the Board,
J. WARMINGTON, Secretary.
10, America-square, Sept. 28, 1840.

T.ONDON and the NORTH.—The cheapest
X A and, by nearly Eleven Niles, the hortest route between
London, Derby, and the North, is by the MIDLAND COUN-
TIES RAILWAY, through Leicester.

Between First Second Car-
London and! Class. Class. riages.
£ s. £ s. d. £ s.
1 7 018 0 .310
1 18 1 5 0 5 0
2 5 1 10 0 bl 5 1.
2 9 112 .8,, 0

One
e.
2 5
3 5
3 15

Horses.
Two
£ s.
4 0
5 15
6 10
6 15,

Derby
Sheffield
Leeds
York -

• F
_~

Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds.
and Derby.
Morning I Afternoon MorninglAfternoon

York; &c.

Morn- 4 fter-
ing noon
6 0 9 0•
9 30

6 0
9 30
11 0

106 0 1 0
5 0 930 9 0*
9 0*

THE TRAINS LEAVE

Hull. York. Leeds.
Morning Afternoon Morning Afternoon Morning Afternoon
7 0 4 13* 845 4 0 6 4.6 12 45
10 30 12 0 6 0* 930 445
6 40*

Sheffield. Derby.
Morning Afternoon Morning Afternoon
80206 0 1 15
10 30 6 0 8 30 4 45

8 0* I 10 45 10 40*
The Trains marked thus are Mail Trains.
J. F. BELL, Secretary.