The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-02 00:00:00

QACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-
HALL.
On FRIDAY EVENING, March 6, •a-ill he performed, IiNGEDI
(an adaptation of Beethoven's MOUNT OF OLIVES) and Men-
delssohn's LOBGESANG,
Principal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Mr. Hobbs.
and Mr. H. Phillips.
The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Performers.
Tickets 3s. each, Reserved Seats 55., may be obtained of the prin-
cipal Musicsellers ; or of Mr. Bowley, 53, Charing-cross; Mr. Rios,
102, Strand; or Mr. Maslen, 39, Charing-cross.
THOS. BREWER, Hon. Sec.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments,
by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'clock. During
Lent a series of LECTURES on ASTRONOM f. by Dr, Bachhoffner
ou the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days, illustrated by a beautiful DISSOLVING ORRERY, accoom-
pfthied by Dr. - Wallace on Grove's -Melodian, a new Musical
Instrument, and on Braby's CALOTONE. A daily LEC-
TURE on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, illustrated by 'a
Working Model carrying Visitors. A New and Powerful Working
Model of COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, which
ascends and descends Inclined Planes with one or more passengers.
The PHYSIOSCOPE, OPAQIII: MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING
VIEWS, CHROM ',TROPE, &c. Experiments with the DIVING
BELL and DIVER. Open from Eleven to Half-past Five, and
from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admittance, One Shilling. Schools. Half-price.

r FIBE HUMAN TRIPOD, or the THREE-
.II_ LEGGED CHILD and FIRST BIPENIS ETER SEEN or
HEARD OF.

The nobility and gentry, and the lovers of natural sciences, are re-
spectfully invited to view the following unprecedented phenomenon
of a Male Child, Six 3fenths old, by name JOHN BernsT DOS
SANTO?, a native of Portugal, having THREE LEGS and
TWENTY TOES, and being otherwise a very fine, well-made,
healthy, and lively boy. He Is a bipenis as well as a trisceles, and
the causes of this extraordinary gemination of limbs and organs, and
the probabilities of their future growth and development, may well
affotd ample field for the speculations of the learned,
EXhibitecl. every day (Sunday excepted) from Eleven to Five,
and from Seven to Nine o'clock, at No. 66, QUADRANT, REGENT- •
STREET.
• Admission, Half-a-Crown.
The Child will be shown privately at the residences of the nobility
and gentry, by applying to Antonio Dos Santos, at the same address.

TO RAILWAY PROPRIETORS AND SHAREHOLDERS.
MESSRS. WICKHAM and CO., Share
Auctioneers, inform their friends and the public, that their
PUBLIC SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held every
MONDAY and THURSDAY, at the HALL OF COMMERCII,
Threadneedle.street, London, to which place, or to the office of the
Auctioneers, 2s, Threadneedle-street, all favours and instructions are
requested to be addressed.
AA Scrip and Share Certificates must be forwarded to or deposited
at the office of the Auctioneers, as above, at least the day preceding
the day of public sale, and .advioes of the result of the sales will be
forwarded by the first poet after the sale, and Ufa proceeds imme-
diately disposed oramording to Instructions.
SCALE or CRALGINZ.—Under 20/., Is. per share; under 501., ih.
under 100/., 2s. 6d. ; and Ss. for all above.

GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES
-- ----AND WORCESTER RAILWAY. -- -
The Petition to Parliament against this Bill will lie fbr signature
the Whole of MONDAY, the 2d of March, up to Twelve o'clock on.
TuEspeit the tid of March, at the Hall of Commence, Th. enidneecUi-
street., Attend at once and sign !
FREDERICK LAWRAIME,
Chairman of the Comraitteee of Shareholders.
Founder's Hall, Lothbury, Feb. 28, 1846.

MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
Notice Is hereby given, that the time, for paying the deposit of ss.
per share upon the allotment letters issued by this Company, dated
81st January last, is-extended to gATURDAT, the 7th March, which
Will bethe last day for receiving such payments.
By order, •
25th 'Feb., 1846. N. J. KEMPE, tieeretary.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the NEXT HALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be
held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station,
London, on WEDNUIDAY, the 25th of February instant, at Twelve for
One o'clock preeisely for the Election of Pour Directors and an Au-
ditor ki the place of the same number, who will retire by rotation,
and for other purposes of businees. The chair will be taken at One
o'clock precisely.

CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-eligible tinder the provielone of the
Act.

The Ttansfer-boeks will be closed on and after the lith blatant,
a,d will not be re-opened until after the said Half-Yearly General
Meeting ou the 25th instant.
By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Sec.
South Wales Railway-office, 449, West Strand, London,
February 4, 1846.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
EXTENSION OF TIME FOR RECEIVING TENDERS
FOI CONTRACTS FOR WORKS.

Notice is hereby given that the Directors of the South Wales
Railway Company will receive, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th of March,
1846, at Twelve o'Clock, at their Office, No. 449, West Strand, London,
tenders for the execution of the three several contracts, extending
from the river Lougher, through Swansea to Neath, being a distance
of about fourteen miles, and comprising tunnels and a large amount
of earth work ; likewise of several contracts in the neigh-
bourhood of Newport, comprehending also a tunnel and other im-
portant works. Drawings and specifications may be seen at the re-
spective offices of the resident Engineers at Swansea, and at New-
port, and printed forms of tender may be had at the same places, Sr
at the Company's office in London.
The Directors will not consider themselves bound to aceept the
lowest or any tender. They request the parties to attend at the office
of the Company. in London at two o'clock on Wednesday, March
11th, 1346.

By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary.
South Wale. Rai/way Office, 449, West Strand,
February 4, 1846.

UNIVERSAL, GAS-LIGHT COMPANY
Capital, loomor., th 5,000 Shares of 201. per'Slittre.
• Deposit; 2s. per Share. in accordance with the Act.' '
_ :(rrevisionally Registered.)
N.B. The allotment of Shares will take plea* on the 16th of March
• next ensuing.
William gtiles, Eeq. Professor Ryan, M.D., LL.D.
Captain it enyon Robert Nicholson, Esq.
Henry Frauds, Esq., Patentee Dominique Causse, Esq.
Joseph Peplow, Esq. Henry Anil, Esq.
Charles Brooke, Esq. John Kissick, Bag,
SoLICITOR—J. F. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq.
Baxxsas—gir Claude Scott, Bart., and Ce.
This Company is formed fir the purpose of carrying oat, and bring-
n; into general use, all invention (secured by letters patent) for an
m proved manufacture of gas of a superior quality, and at much less
expense than the usual cost, by an apparatus se simple in eonstrae-
tins and so compendious in form, as to be available M any building
or situation where the ordinary supplies of gas are not accessible.
Full details in prospectus, which may be had at the eftlees of the
Company. 159, Drury-lane, with forms of applieatien for shares, and
'where may be seen the apparatus at work, and tke brilliancy of the
gas exemplified. Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, to when must
be made all esiainnnications, post free.

UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.-
CONTRACTS TAKEN for lighting up with a superior GAS,
and at a reduced rate, towns, villages, lighthouses, doekyards, hos-
pitals, theatres, public oniees, manufactories, printing-ellees, prisoaa,
barracks, railway-stations, asylums, sehools, aid other large build-
ings, where the ordinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be al,
dressed ts Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, 159, Drury-lane.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt-
ANCE SOCIETY,

This isistitutElomn7o:ffweeer°C7R34a'ipiblitaliymlLAl7ocLsrtt6oan°l:'°:l?i°aran.Dli ;:sEutk.stantistl advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr, yr, 'without ez-
pause or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meat ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted en the lowest possible rates.