The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-14 00:00:00

GRAVESEND vi& BLACKWALL RAIL.
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Railway and Boat included in one Payment.
Fares, to er from London.
Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING
Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE.
To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers,
Fore Cabin 9d. Saloon • • • • .. • • Is,
No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.
From The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7, 8%.* 9%, 11%, 1,2, 3,
4,5, 6,6%, 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7, 8%,* 10%, 11%, 1,3, 4,5, 6,
6%. 7,7%, and 8.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9,9%, 10, 10%, 11, 12,
1%. 2%, 3%, 414, 5%.* 6, and 7.* Sundays, at B}4, 9,9%, 10,
10%01, 1%, 2%, 3%, 5,6, 7,* and N.*
The TRAINS starting ono quarter of an hour before each of these
times.
Passages marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per-
mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats.
Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London
every quarter of an hour.
BOAT TICKETS'.-Twelve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ;
Three Months, 11. 155.; to be had of the Collectors on board the
packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders,
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall.
t For Packets for Excursions apply to Mr. Morgan, Star Office, Fen-
church-street Station, Blackwall Railway.
June 10. 1848.

CHEAP EXCURSION BY RAILWAY,
On MONDAY, JULY 31, and MONDAY, AUGUST 7, al-
lowing a choice of Seven or Fourteen days.
From LONDON to EDINBURGH or GLASGOW and BACK, for
TWO POUNDS.
From LONDON to BANGOR or CONWAY and BACK, for ONE
POUND EIGHT.
From LONDON to LlvEnrooli. MANCHESTER, or CHESTER
and BACK for TWENTY-ONE SNILLIEGS, in covered carriages.
Tickets and every other information may be obtained ONLY of
Mr. D. R. MARCUS, itianager and Conductor of the Excursion
Trains, 2334, Crosby Ball-chambers, Bishopsgate-street.
Attendance from Ten till Four daily.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL,
GRAY'S INN-ROAD.
At a General Court, held at the Hospital on Wednesday, July 12,
1848, to receive the Qaarterly Report of the Weekly Board, it ap-
peared that during the three months ending June 30, there had bees
7,272 destitute sick persons admitted and relieved, and that above
3001. has been paid off the debt since the last quarterly report. It
was resolved unanimously, that the thanks of the Court are pre-emi-
nently due, and are hereby given to the Members of the Weeklx
Board, for their unremitting attention to the internal and general
management of this Charity, whereby the difficulties under which
the Institution laboured are now nearly overcome (foar-fifths of the
debt having been paid off) whilst the usefulness of the Charity has
remained undiminished.
Board-room, Jnly 12, 1848.

EDMUND HALSWELL, Chairman,

LAST WEEK BUT ONE.
ROYAL ACADEMY
TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN,
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven) One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Sec.

of ARTS.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET,.

Entirely New and Important Experiments in Electricity, by Isham
Baggs, Esq., illustrating the Phenomena of Thunder-storms and the
Cause of Lightning, in Lectures, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
at Two o'clock, and in the Evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Sa-
turday, at Nine o'clock.—Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and Dr.
Bachhoffner.—Dioramic effects are exhibited in the new Dissolving
Views, which, with the Chromatrope and Microscope, are shown on
the large disc.—Experiments with the Diver and Diving-bell.—New
Machinery and Models described.
Open daily from Elevea to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
Saturday) from Sevea till Half-past Ten.
_Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, 10.

THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN EUROPE.
THE CHINESE JUNK,
The KEYING, manned by a Chinese crew, as visited by
her Majesty the Queen, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Visitors are re-
ceived by a Mandarin of rank and a Chinese Artist of celebrity,
habited in full Chinese Court Costume. Grand Saloon gorgeously
furnished in the most approved style of the Celestial Empire.
Splendid Joss or Chinese Idol, &c., &c.
The KEYING is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION, from Ten to
Six, in the East India Docks, adjoining the Brunswick Pier and
Railway Terminus, Blackwall.

Admission, 2s. ; Children, Half-price.
Junk Tickets, including fare and admission, are issued at all the
Stations of the Blackwell and Eastern Counties Railways. Convey-
ance also by Steam-boat from all the Piers between Westminster-
bridge and Woolwich.
Catalogues, obtainable only on board, price Sixpence.
"There is not a more interesting Exhibition in the vicinity of Lon-
don than the Chinese Junk--one step across the entrance, and you
are in the Chinese world—you have quitted the Thames for the vi-
cinity of Cauton."—The Times.

CASTLE COMMERCIAT, INN, NORWICH.
MRS. TAYLOR appeals to her Commercial
Friends for a continuance of that kind support which for
more than twenty years was accorded to her late husband. She begs
to inform them that she intends carrying on the business at the
CASTLE INN for her own benefit, and assures those who may ho-
nour her with their support, that the same attention to their comfort
and convenience will be continued as heretofore. Her whole atten-
tion will be given to assimilate the accommodations of her Esta-
blishment to the comforts of a private house. The CASTLE INN is
situated in the centre of the City. Omnibuses and Conveyances to
and from the Railway Station are always passing. The Commercial
Boom is amt to be one of he finest in England ; iis lofty airy,
and spaciouds,i andted commands at fine view of the Castlet and its, envi-
rons. The Bed-rooms are neat and comfortable, and replete with
every convenience.