The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-24 00:00:00

N 0.16,7-22. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING

MESSRS. WICKHAM and CO.'s PUBLIC
SALES of RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held at the Hall
of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, EVERY MONDAY and
THURSDAYS, at One o'clock.
Orders received until Four o'clock of the day previous to each sale.
London, 1846.

GREAT WE STERN RAILW A.Y.
The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are ready to receive
TENDERS for LOANS of MONEY, in sums of not less than. 1,0001.
for a period of Rye or seven years, on the security of mortgage de-
bentures, bearing Interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum,
payable half yearly.
Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway
Office, Paddington station.
CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

WEXFJOURNCDTicmCARARILL oAlly,c'or‘AfPNANDY. DUBLIN,
Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the SCRIPHOLDERS
of this Company will be held, pursuaut to the sessilnal order of Par-
liament, at the Company's London Offices, 9, Whitehall-place, on
MoisnaT, May the 4th next, at One o'clock precisely in the after-
noon, and that at such meeting a copy of the Bill now pending in
Parliament, to empower the Company to construct their proposed
railway, will be submitted for consideration.
And notice is hereby further given, that all Scripholders attending
the said meeting will be required to PRODUCE their SCRIP, and to
allow the numbers thereof and their names to be registered
By order of the Previsional Committee,
April 23, 1846. CAD WR. WILSON, Secretary.

NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of the Pro-
prietors of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company will be
held in the Directors' Room, at the Railway Station, in the city of
York, on MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 18-10, at half-past 10 o'clock
in the forenoon; for the purpose of submitting for the approval of
the Proprietors of the said Company the draft of a Bill now before
Parliament, intitutled " A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Ber-
wick Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways in the
County of Northumberland."
Dated this 20th day of March, 1846.

GEORGE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the said Company.

NEWCASTLE and DARLINGTON'►
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice Is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of the Pro-
prietors of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Com-
pany will be held in the Directors' Room, at the Railway Station,
in the City of York, on MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 1846, at a
quarter past 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of submitting
for the approval of the Proprietors of the said Company, the drafts
of the following Bills now before Parliament, that is to say,—
"A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail-
way Company to make A railway from or near Thirsk to Mallon,
with a branch to IlehnFley-."

" A um for enabling the Great North*f England Railway Company
to lease, and also to sell, their Railway to the Newcastle and Darling-
ten Junction Railway Company, and to authorise the raising of addi-
tional money by the said last• mentioned Company, for those and
other purposes."

" A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail-
way Company to make a railway from the line of the Great North of
England Railway to Bedale."

"A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail-
way Company to make a Railway from the line of the Great North
of England Railway to or near to Boroughbridge."
" A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail-
way Company, to purchase the Durham and Sunderland Railway,
and the Weymouth Dock, and to make certain Branch Railways in
the county of Durham, and for other purposes."
" A Bill for authorising the Sale of the Pontop and South Shields
Railway to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Com-
pany."

And "A Bill for enabling the .Newcastle and Darlington Junction
Railway Company to construct a Dock at Jarrow Slake, in the River
Tyne, and to make Branch Railways and works to communicate
therewith, and for other purposes."
And at such meeting, it is proposed to confirm the deeds and
agreements already entered into between this Company and the
Great North of England Railway Company, the Durham and Sun-
derland Railway Company, and the Weymouth Dock Company,
either alone or together with any other companies, or between the
directors of the same companies, or any of them, relative to the pur-
chase and leasing of the said Great North of England Railway, the
Durham and Sunderland Railway, and the Weannouth Dock, or any
of them, and the works connected therewith respectively.
Dated this 20th day of March, 1846.
GEORGE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Newcastle
and Darlington Junction Railway Company.

VATES " will bring out a NEW WEEKLY
PAPER, starting with his DERBY PROPHECY.

BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL
The GALLERY, for the RXIIIBITION and SALE of the
ArORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Hive.

Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is.
WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.

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A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine
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OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY
of COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND, Old Broad-street,
London, Apri 8, 1846.
The Court of Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper
Miners in England hereby give notice, that a DIVIDEND, for the
half-year ending at Lady-day last, has been this day declared, at the
rats of five per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, •n the paid-up
capital stock of the Company, and will be payable at this Office, on
and after FRIDAY, the 24th instant, between the hours of Eleven
and Three.

By order of the Court of Assistants,
W. INGLIS, Secretary,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUA-
A.NCE SOCIETY,
26, COItNHILL, LONDON.
Capital X 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and snkotantial advt.n-
tages with respect both tA Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assl,red has, on all occasions, the power to borr Ivy, without ea•
pense or forfeiture of the Polley, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the convonfion
of hi- tutetoSts to meet other convenimees or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT:.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
.ach Policy effected on the Prolt scale.
EXAMPLES.

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0 Premium. <l' , ii .9'q ,„ Bonus ,nus in K d.d ,; ~..•
re
r p 4 I added. Cull. 6" g &.9, ; S
tzi : 9 3,1
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1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 £395 Il 1
Xll* 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3
60 1000 74 3 4 1839 132 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4
i 1840 29 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5

The &vision of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cemher of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.

GAUGE EVIDENCE.
In a few days will be published, in large royal Bvo., pp. 400, bound in
cloth, with a Nap, price 2s. 6d.
THE HISTORY and PROSPECTS of the
RAILWAY SYSTEM ; Illustrated by the Evidence given
betore the GAUGE CO.MM ISSIONERS ;
being a comprehensive and
impartial review of the entire question.
London : Charles Edmonds, 154, Strand ; Vacher and Sons, 29,
Parliament-street ; and John 011ivier, 59, Pall-mail.

Immediately,
11HE HISTORY an i PROSPECTS of the
RAILWAY SYSTEM;- Illustrated by the Evidence given
before the GAUGE COMMISSION. With a Map.
Edmonds, 154, Strand, and Vacher, Parliament-street.

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