The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-24 00:00:00

VENING EDITION.

TWO to FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS
for Five, ,Eight, or Twelve Years, hearing interest
VE PER CEN T., payable half-yearly semi ed. The
nder, if of
good address, may employ his time in a profes-
Lin bringing him in 200/. to 500/. a-year, or a young person
"laY be introduced to a profession, with other advantages.
Address (by Principal only, who has tie money at immediate
v°rnmand), P. 8., Peel's Coffee-house, Fleet-street.

THE cOMMERCIU, COMPANY'S
fast and splendid STEAM SHIPS will leave London-
bridge Wharf as under
R AMSGATE—DaiIy, at Nine, Sundays included.
GRAVESEND, Southend, Sheerness, and Chatham-
-1-4.4y at Eleven. Sunday included.
WOOLWICH—DaiIy, at Eleven, and on Sunday at Half-
Past Three in the Afternoon.
IE of WIGI,II', Southampton, Weymouth, Torquay,
and DSL
artmouth—Sunday Mornings, at Seven
GUERNSEY and JERSEY—Saturday, 25th July, at Se-
ven in the Morning.
BOULOGNE—Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.
DlEPPE—Mondays and Thursdays.
HAVRE DE GRACE from Southampton—Tuesdays and
Fridays.
GUERNSEY and JERSEY from Southampton-41°n-
days and Thursdays.
I's!ti43: l'aiticulars may be obtained at the Offices of the
C°mPaby, 17, Fish-street-hill ; Chaplin's Universal Office,
R_egent-circus ; or of Mr. Joseph Robinson, 12, Water-lane,
Lower Thames-street.

EASTERN COAST of CENTRAL AME-
RICA COMMERCIAL and AGRICULTURAL
COMPANY.

Capital £200,000, in Debentures of £2O each.
The First Series of 5,000 issued, bearing Interest at Four per
___

Cent. per annum. payable 1-11 f-yearly.

P. 11. Abbott, Esq. DIRECTORS.
William Hood, Esq.
Captain P. D. Bingham, R.N. Adam Murray, Esq.
Charles Bour'ot
Jolt i ' Esq. David Pollock, Esq., Q. C.
4Dawson, Esq. John Spurgin, Esq., M.D.
With power to add to the number.
SECRETARY—PhiIIip D. Souper, Esq.
CASHIER AND ACCOUNTANT—L. S. Coxe, Esq.
-UPETtnrctinxxx IN CENTRAL AMERICA—Young Ander-

No. 14,937.

%TORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
11 OPENING OF THE LINE THROUGHOUT...

The Public is respectfully informed that the TRAINS of this
COMPANY, in connexion with those of the London and Bir-
mingham, Birmingham and Derby, Midland Counties, York
and North Midland, and Hull and Selby Railways, will
START and ARRIVE according to the following Tables,
until further notice:—

DEPARTURE and ARRIVAL of TRAINS BETWEEN
LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, DERBY, SHEFFIELD,
LEEDS, YORK, and HULL.
DOWN TRAINS.
Doparture from I Arrival at

London

h. in.

6 OA . m
9 OA M.

and
9 30A. M.
I Or M,
8 3' P.M.

Birming-1
ham. I Derby.
h, m. Ih. m.
fi 45A.m it 9 30A.m.
10 30a.m.112 45e.m
OP.NI 3 45e.m.

5 30P.m.' 8 OP, M
3 15A M. *6 011.1'41

S 0A.1.4.

12 30P. m.

8 :iOP.

3 154

irture fn

Hull

York,

I 7 15A.m

+.B 45A. INI

SUND
3 OP.]
7 OP. M.
6 OA. Al

Leeds.

ti
8 0A.1,1
9 30A. m.
1 OP. NI.
4 45P.m.
SUNI
13 SA. m.
1 30P. m.
104 45P.M.

'Sheffield

I OA. a.
s()P.rii,

5 50P.m

HO P.M.
8 JA. J 1

IAY TR.
5 Sp.M.
9 BP.m.
6 SA.M.
' TRAIT

Leeds. York,

ISheffield.

8 OA.M.
9 151. m.
10 30A.m.
2 Op.m.
6 oe. m.
IAY TR.
11A.m.
3 26p.m.
6 26P.m.

h. in. h. in.
I OP. NI. 45P.
4 OP. M. ! 4 46P.M

7 0P.m.1 7 45P M.

I 1 30P.M.
9 ISA.M. 0 04. M.

LINS.
6 30P. m. 7 :5P.m
10 30p.m.
9 15A.M.

Arrival at
Birming.
ham.

Derby.

Hull.

h. m.

9 15p.m.

London,

10 I5A.m. 12 45A.m. ti OP. M.
I 1 NOA. NI. 2 OP. M. 645p.m.
12 45P.M, '7 OP.M.
4 15P. M. 6 45P. M. 11 30P. m.
8 15p.m. 10 50P. M. 5 30a.m.
.AIMS.
111 45a. M. 2 15P. M. 7 30P. M.
5 Oa M. 7 45p.m.
8 15P.m. 10 15P.m. 5 30a. M.

- +1215p.m
*2 OP.M. 4 OP. NI

7 30A.m

In addition to the direct trains, passengers may go to and
from Hull by the trains marked f, by waiting at Sherburn for
the passing of the York and Hull Trains. *Western Mail, to
and from Birmingham. Third Class Passengers will be con-
veyed by the trains marked thus t.
NOTE.—Passengers may be booked through at any of the
above places, at the respect►ve Railway Stations, excepting so
far as passengers to and from Hull are concerned, who will
have to re-book themselves at Ni akefield.
Coaches to and from all parts of the kingdom meet the Up
and Down Trains at the Principal Stations. Half an hour is
allowed for refreshment at Derby.
The Public are respectfully informed, that owing to the ar-
rangements between Derby and London not having been com-
pleted, the direct night Trains will not run until further notice.
Passengers and parcels leaving London at Half past Eight
p.m. by the night mail for Leeds will therefore have to go to
Birmingham, and from thence by the Train which arrives in
Leeds at a Quarter past Nine a.m.
Passengers and parcels leaving Leeds for London by the last
Train, at Three-quarters past Four p.m., will also have to go
for the present by this Train to Birmingham, and thence to
London by the Train which arrives there at Half past Five a.m.
FARES.
Ist Class 2d Class.
London to Sheffield £2 3 0 ... £1 10 0
„ Leeds
„ York ... 213 0 ... 117 6
Birmingham to Sheffield... 1 1 0 ... 0 14 0
Leeds
York
One One Two Three

Carriage. Horse. Horses. Horses.
London to Sheffield ... £5 15 o:£3 17 OX6 15 0...E9 0 0

„ Leeds 6lO 0...4 7 0...7 10 0...10 0 0
„ York 615 0...4 12 0...7 15 0...10 50
Birmingham to Sheffield 2 14 0...1 18 0...3 6 0... 4 9 0
Leeds 3 9 0...2 8 0...4 1 0.., 5 9 0
If York 3 14 0...2 13 0...4 6 0... 5 14 0
By Order.
H. PATTESON, Secretary.
Office, Warnford-court, Throgmorton.street.
July 21, 1840.

MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.

CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and BIR-
MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY will meet at their Of-
fices No. 23, Bond-street, Manchester, on WEDNESDAY, the
12th, and THURSDAY, the 13th of August next, at Twelve
o'clock at Noon, to RECEIVE TENDERS for the following
CONTRACTS : on WEDNESDAY, the 12th of August, for
No. 12, or PEOVER CONTRACT; and on THURSDAY,
the 13th of August, for No. 13. or SANDBACH CON-
TRACT.

No. 12, OR PEOVER CONTRACT.
To make and complete that part of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway commencing at the north end of the
north abutment of a viaduct or bridge intended to be erected to
carry the said railway over the river Dane, in the township of
Twemlow, and county of Chester, and terminating in a field
marked on the Parliamentary plan as No. 8, in the township of
Nether Alderley, in the said county, being a distance of about
seven miles and six chains, including all the excavations, em-
bankments, archways, bridges, culverts, drains, fencing, bal-
lasting. and laying! of the permanent way, and also to com-
plete the ballasting and Lying of the permanent way of the
said railway over the whole of the Dane viaduct, being an ad •
ditional distance of about twenty-six chains, and to keep the
whole of the said works in repair for the space of twelve calen-
dar months after completion, and to find and provide all the
requisite materials, according to the plans, sections, drawings,
and specifications, within the period, and upon the terms and
conditions mentioned and contained in the draft contract.