The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-25 00:00:00

No. 16,7:3. •
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M
IDI, AND RA ILWAY.
The Directors of the Midland Railway Company are pre-
pared to receive TENDERS for LOA.NS, In sums of not less
half , pt in,
and
te than
1,0001. each, on. SECURITY of their DEBENTURESrest
after the rate of 41. per sent. per annum, papable yearly
for terms of Three, Five, or Seven Years,
Applications to be made to the Secretary, at the Comany's
Mice, Derby.
By order, j, r, BELL, Secretary.

April 14,
WAVENEY VALLEY. and GREAt-YXR-
MOUTH RAILWAY.
In pursuance of the resolutions adopted in the House of Commons
on the motion of Mr. Buncombe, M.P., on Thursday, 23d inst., the
Committee on every railway Bill will require to be produced and
verified before them, full and satisfactory information as to the
names of the original alottees, and the amount of the subscription
paid by them ; the amount of shares retained for the provisional
committee ;"the amount of shares paid up by the provisional com-
mittee; the number of shares now held by them ; a statement of
money in hand; an abstract of receipts and expenditure, and also a
statement of the source whence the deposit was paid to the Ac-
countant-General. It is now a matter of urgent necessity that the
scripholders should, Without delay, be made acquainted with the
financial condition and prospects of this Company, not only that they
may judge of the propriety of going on with the Project. but also be
Satisfied whether the Information which Parliament will require can
be satisfactorily supplied. It is therefore proposed that a requis-ti
should be signed as numerously and presented as speedily as possible,
calling upon the Directors to convene a meeting of the Scripholders
forthwith, find lay before them thd exact position of affairs.
Requisitions are now lying for signature. at the eltice. of O. M.
Strettan, Esq., IS, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, Loudon;
and C. S. Gelman. Esq., Bethel-street, Norwich. Scripholders, to
whom it is notconvenient personally to attend to sign, are requested
to send an authority to that effect, stating the number of scrip held
by them. .

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

lOCIETY 01? PAINTERS IN WATER
coLovns,
The rORTY-SECOND ANNUAL EXHIBITION WILL OPEN
at their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East, on Monday, April 27. Open from
Nine till Dusk.
Admittance, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence.
J. W,WRIGHT,

Novelties extronr intereo and inforip4iut; qt HIP
OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
IA). Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY forts a part of an en-
tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of
the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and
ARIA." g LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE;
also, Portraits of Sif Henry Hardine, Sfr Rubert and Lady Salo. 'fp.
PHYSIOSCOPE and 011ROILkTROPE, wl,ll new any IW4tit.lll
variations. The most interesting of the Noyelties at work are
MACINTOSWS IiOTAItY gNQI4t), MLEAtAN,I; BA'fENT
LOCOMOTIVE fpr ascending and descending Inclined
Planes, FARRELL'S A.RO/lIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE-
LOPE CUTTINQ 11.1A0ftXg, WOOlr*-Nr-IY rit-nt';'2lj PTE4m.
ENGINE GOVERNOR arid' HIP A:TMOSPIIERIC RAD4vAY.
Experiments with the DIVING BELL and btViik. Lectpres on
CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant

Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.
•
.4 brief Description of the Orego-i Territory, from Notes by a Nine
Yeats' gosident, presented to the Visitors.

NEW CLUB.--Candidates desirous of being
Included among tho original members of the BRITISH AND
FOREIGN CLUB, now formed, ender the auspices of the Earl of
Devon, Lord Metcalfe, Sir George Larpent, Mr. Benjamin Bond
Cabbell, and others anxious to facilitate the intercourse of foreigners
of distinction with English society, and to afford to &miry gentkmen
and their families visiting London the advantages of an agreeable
home, are informed that the. CLUB will ha OPENED early in MAY ;
and that a Liit of the CoMmittee and of the 3lemberS at present en-
rolled, may Up obtained at the British and Foreign Institute, -13,
George-street, Hanbwir-square.

BRITISH HOTEL, COCI(SPUR-STREET,
CRARING-CROSS.

BMANT respectfully informs Noblemen, Gentlemen, anti
Families, that he has taken the above Hotel, every part of which
has been renovated and greatly improved. H.. 8. begs to assure
those who may honour him with their patronage that every at-
tention shall be paid to their comforts, and his charges strictly
moderate.

The British Hotel is pleasantly situated, being near the Houses of
Parliament and the Theatres, and Is easy of access from all the
different Railway Stations. This Hotel contains Rooms suitable for
Committees and Public Meetings.

OYAL BANK of AUSTRALIA, 2, MOOR-
GATE-STREET.
KA)

This Bank grants Letters of Credit and Bills, at three or thirty
days' sight, on its Branches at Ssdney, Port Phillip, Hobart Town,
and Launceston, the terms for which may be had on application at
the Office, No. 2, Moorgate-street.
By order of the Board,
. G. 11. WRAY, Manager.

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church, April 9, 1846.
Notice is hereby given that the dividends on the eapital stock of
this Society, for the year 1845, are in the course of payment, and
can be received any day ('I uesday excepted) between the hours of
Ton and Three o'clock.

By order of the Directors,
GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary.

MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD,
AND-GREAT GRIMSBY RAILWAY.
A meeting of this company was held at Doncaster, on the
92d April, the Mayor of Doncaster in the chair.
ihe original estimate was one million, in 201. shares, but
only 24,520 shares were takcn up. Several branches ware
then lopped off, ap.-1 the estimate reduced to 702,000/. in
35,000 shares but those taken up only produced 51,4921, and
112Mre then this was required for the standing orders.
The directors, nothing daunted by the signs of the. times,
or the 10,480 shares not taken up; leaving a deficiency of
capital of 209,600/., persisted in going to Parliament, and
borrowed money to make up the standing orders and pay
current expenses, and exlaited to Parliament a subscription-
deed, purporting that dm entire cost of the undertaklog was
paivided for.
The report stated that the followinNexPenses were in-
curred, viz.:—
Mr. Billingtort, surveyor and engineer .................. £6,700
Law Expenses.
Mr. Floyd,. solicitor ....... £1,900
Mr. Capes, local agent • 932
Mr. (11yston, ditto ... .: . ..... 870
Mr. Sheardown ditto B5O
••••.„ .......................
Mr. Mence, ditto ............... 604
Mr. Dransfield, dittd ................. 406
........... ......
Parliamentary Agent l,OOO
Mr. Floyd's Town Agent
6,712
Printing, advertising, &c
Traffic-taker .. ...... .....
Mr. Dixon, surveyor ....................................... 113
Miscellaneous expenses (supposed)

21,000
or 17s. 2d. per-share, and the Bill only passed the standing
orders!!

In order to meet the increased cost of inaking the line, the
engineer proposed to lay difh 2s eagle line only from Don-
eager to Brigg. -
In answer to questions asked by W. W. BArryE, Esq., of
Huddersfield, whether all those whose names were on the
subscription deed had paid their deposits? it was stated that
they had not, and that it was the every• day practice to ask
gentlemen who had confidence to give their names to a sub-
scription-deed without having taken up a single share!
Mr. HEAPS, of Huddersfield, in a very clever manner, ex-
plained the present position of the railway world.
JOHN SUTCLIFFE, Esq, of Huddersfield, who had resigned
the chair three months ago, because the directors refused to
call a meeting of the shareholders, after commenting on
the golden harvest the professional men had reaped, moved,
" That the railway should be wound up under the provisions
of Sir R. Peel's Bill," which was seconded by the Rev. R.
WurrEr.ocK, of Saddlehurat, when there appeared—
For winding-up
Against it 1,070

Majority for winding-up
N.B. Three of the executive committee and eighty of the
provisional, and great numbers of the shareholders, have not
paid their deposU