The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-29 00:00:00

- ,T,Tger- for the AID and BENEFIT of DRESSMAKERS and
:111ILLINtUg•leill belteld at Two on THURSDAY, April 30, at
thaßtelanriot;the :Statistical 'SocietY, 12, St. James's•-scplare ; the
IFAII,4IItASHLEY, President, in the chair. No collection.
FIE GENERAL) STin AM NAVIGATION
.COMPAI•F'S splendid and Tr-A-erful first-class STEAM-
.
trig fire appointed to leave Vie Velstom House er Tower for—
HAMB URGH, carrying her I.l.lajesty's Malls—Every Wednesday
and fiattirday Morning. :
.carrying her Majesty's Mails, from Blackwall
Mr—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at Ten.
ANTWERP—From Blackwall Pier—EVery Thursday, at Eleven,
Morning.
HAVR..--From St. Katharine's Wharf—Every Sunday and
• ;Tliur9dr..)-, at Eight, Morning.
From London Bridge Wharf, for—
..
`-`4l'END—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning.
ii.IOI.IIOGNE---Every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
OCII.EXISEvery Thursday and Sunday Morning. - '
HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Maiming.
YARMOUTH—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Six, Evening.
--RAMSGATE—Saturday, May 9, at Half-past Nine.
From Brown's :Wharf;,l'oplar, for—
I NDINBURGH—Redueed Fares—April 29, and May 2,9, 13, 16 ,
. _ .
23;27; and-30, at Ten, Evening. • • •
From Colman's Irongate Wharf—ltedueed Fares—for—
NEWCASTLE—Every Saturday, ittrEliht, Eveaing.
Between BRIGHTON and; DIEPPE—Avery Wednesday aod
Saturday. - ' • •
To secure Berths, for Freight and Bills: containing hours of
departure, fares; &c.; apply at the OfliCes, 6g, Lombard-street ; 37,
Regent-pircus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street._

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LON DON' AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
From an anxious desire to meet the public convenience, and with
a view to placing the varied advantages of their Railway, in respect
both of business and pleasure, more Within the reach of every class
of the community, the Directors of this Company have resolved, on
and after the Ist of May ensuing—
To increase the number of the trains and to accelerate their speed,
anti vary the hours of departure and arrival of many of them.
To carry Second-Class Passengers ,with their Express Trains.
To abolish their Slow Trains altogether, and to convey Third-
Class Passengers at the ParliaMentany fares, with their ordinary
Trains, four times a day each way, and at hburs to allow of an early
departure and, late return to and fro.
To make he following great Reduction in their Fares through-
on

Express Train, first class reduced to 2Cs.
SCefilla class —17 s.
Fast Trains, first class"— 17s.
secon I class —14 s.
Jinxed 'trains, first class 141.
second class . Ws.
Third class at..........6a. 6d.

By an arrangement with the Floating Bridge Company, the Omni-
bus fare between Gosport and Portsmouth' is reduced from Is. to 6d.
each Pasaenger, including the same weight of luggage as allowed by
the Railway Company. First class,- 1121 b. ; second class, 841 b.;
third class, 561 b.
Steps ere in progress to increase the Convenience of passengers
procceding.by.steaul to France, the Clastunel Islands, the Southein
• Coast, and the Isla of Wight. This route to France, although some-
what longer, Is by far the most certain anct secure, from there being
good harbo,ars for departure and arrival at both ports.
Parcel:, will be carried at a greatly reduced scale, the throughout
chariPlait between' Southampton Gosport, and London, including
deliver,by passenger trains, being fixed as follows, viz.—
Is. Od. for 28 lb.
Is. 6d. „ 66 lb.
23. Od. „ 112 lb.
Time Bills, giving full particulars, are in course of publication.
(By order), P. LAURENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary.
April 18, 1846.

LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby ven. tt a SPECIAL GNERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS that
of this COMPANY E
will be held at the
Euston Station, London, on TIIIIasDAY, the Yth day of May now
xteXt ensuing, at 12 o'clock, when copies of the undermentioned Bills
11)/r Pending in Parliament, will be submitted to the proprietors for
their approval, by which Bills it Is proposed to authorise the London
and Birmingham Railway Company, either to construct,or to become
the lessees or proprietors of, or to contribute towards the formation
Of the railways therein mentioned, that is to say—
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the
county of Oxford.
A Rill for making a railway from Oxford, to the London and Bir-
Thittgham Railway at Bletchley, in the county or Buckingham.
A Bill fer making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of War-
'wick, to the town of Banbury, in the county of Oxford.
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in• Arden, in the county of
Warwick, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the parish
of Ashcharch, in the county of Gloucester.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch railway from the London and Birmingham Rail-
Iva'. near Coventry, to the Trent Valley Railway, in the parish of
Nuneaton.
A Bill for making a railway from or near the city of Worcester, to
ththe London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Weedon, in
e county of Northampton, with a branch to Alcester, in the county
Warwick.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch from the said railway, to the Blisworth and Peter-
borough branch thereof.
, A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to extend their line at Leamington, and to enlarge their stations at
Coventry and Rugby, and for other purposes
A. Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway. to or near to Navigation-street, in the borough of Biz-
raingham.
„, A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
irailr.vay, in the parish of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, to Leam-
ington and Warwick, in the county' of Warwick.
YA Bill for carrying into effect certain arrangements between the
aidon and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of
'Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, and for granting
Certain powers to the said respective Companies.
A Bid tor making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton
and to the Grand Junction Railway in the parish of Bushbury, with
a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to
tindley.

A Bill for making a railway from Sinethwick, in the parish of Har-
borne, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of Wor-
cester, with branches therefrom.
A Bill to consolidate the L .radon and Birmingham Grand Junction
and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies.
A Bill for making a railway from Blisworth, in the county of
Northampton, to Ashchurcli, in the county of Gloucester, to be called
"The Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway."
A Bill for making a railway from Bliswortb, in the county of
Northampton, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford, to be called
The Northampton and Banbury Railway."
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch railway from Rugby to the Syston 'and Peter-
borough Railway at Stamford.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to snake a railway from Wolverton to Newport Paguell and Bedford.
• A Bill for vesting the Aylesbury Railway in the London and Bir-
mingham Railway Company.
• AIV
11. to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com.
rilitilwa6 froth Thu London and Birmingham—Rail
near 'Watford, to St.Albans and Di:instable, with a branch to Luton.
A Bill to authorise an improvement of the line of the West London
Railway and the Extension thereof to the river Thames.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany to enlarge their stations In London, and for other purposes.
Tile chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
Dated this 22d day of April, 1846.
GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman, 1 Of the Board
JOSII. FREDERICK LEDSAM, Deputy Chairman, S of Directors.
By order, RICHARD CREED, Secretary.

MIDLAND RAIL W A Y.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held at
the Derby Station, Derby, on SATURDAY, the 2d day of May now
next ensuing, at twelve o'clock, when the drafts of the undermen-
tioned Bills, introduced into Parliament in the present session, will
be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval, under which Bills
It is proposed to arthorise the Midland Railway Company, either to
construct, or to become the Proprietors of, or to contribute towards
the formation of the Railways, and to purchase the Canals therein
mentioned ; that is to say—

A Bill to authorise certain alterations in the Line of the Syston and
Peterborough Branch of the Midland Railway, and tke formation of
certain other Branch Railways in connexion therewith.
A Bill for vesting the Leicester and Swannington Ralway in the
Midland Company, and for authorising the last-mentioned Company
to alter a portion of the Leicester and Swannington Railway, and to
make certain Branches.
A Bill to enable the Midland Railway Company to make a Rail-
way from Burton-upon-Trent to Nuneaton with Branches, and to
purchase the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal.
A Bill to authorise the purchase of the Oakham Canal by the Mid-
land Railway Company.
A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a
Railway from Pye Bridge to the Clay Cross Station of the Midland
Railway and a Branch in the Parish of Crick.
A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make several
Branches from, the Erewash Valley Railway.
A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Rail-
'Way fr.ra Nottingham to Mansfield with Branches therefrom.
A toempower the Midland Railway Compaey to make a Rail-
way from the blidland Railway at Clay Cross, to join the Notting-
Jura and Lincoln Railway Branches.
A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a
Branch Railway from Swinton, in the West Riding of the County of
York, to Doucaster, Gainsborough, and Lincoln, with Branches
therefrom.
A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make cer.
tam Branch Railways from the Main Line of their Railway and for
other purposes.
A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to extend their
Line at Birmingham, and for other purposes.
• A P.lll for making a Railway from the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway, at Kings Norton, in the County of Worcester, to Hales
wren, in the same County.
A Bill for making a Railway from the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway at Ashchurch, In the County of Gloucester, to Great Malvern
in the County of Worcester.
A Bill for making a Railway from the Bristol and Gloucester Ban_
'way at Stonehousc, in the County of
rGloncester, to the Birmingham
and Gloucester Railway, at Glouceste
A Bill for making a Railway from the Bristol and Gloucester Rail-
Way, at Mangotsfleld, to Bath.
A Bill to Consolidate the Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham
and Gloucester Railway Companies.
A Bill to Consolidate the Bristol and Gloueester,andßailßiwnnay mingcho.
Birmingham
and Gloucester Railway Companies with the Midland
Com-
pany.
A 'Bill for making a Railway from the Middlfeonrd, withdßai a Branchlwaynear
Leicester to the Towns of Northampton and Bedford,
to be called the South Midland Railway Northampton and Bedford
Lines.

A BUI for making a Railway from the proposed South Midland
Railway (Northampton and Bedford Lines), to Huntingdon, with a
Branch to bo called the South Midland Sailway, (Huntingdon Branch).
A Bill frr making a Railway from Poole to join the proposed Man-
chester and Southampton Railway in the Parish of Collingbourn
Due) es, in the County of Wilts, with a Branch therefrom.

A Bill for making a Railway from Southampton to Swindon, in the.
County of Gloucester, to be called the Manchester and Southampton
Railway.
A Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham
Railway at Cheadle, in the County of Chester, to or near to the
.kiabergate Station of the Midland Railway in the County of Derby,
to be called the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junc-
tion Railway.
A Bill for making a Railway or Railways from Wolverhampton
and Dudley to the Midland Railway at Wichnor Forge in Tatenhill,
to be called the Trent- Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction
Railway.
A Bill for making a Railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway in the Parish of Hampton, in Arden, in the County of War-
wick, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the Parish of
Ashchureh, in the County of Gloucester.
A Bill for making a Railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the Parish of Hampton, in Arden, in the County of War-
Wi, to the Town of Banbury, in the County of Oxford.
A k
e Bill for making a Railway from or near the City of Worcester to
London and Birmingham Railway, to the Parish of Weedon, in
the County of Northampton, with a Braack to Alcester, in he
County of Warwick.
The Chair will be taken at Twebre o'clock precisely.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairm of the Board
JOHN ELLIS, Deputy-altain an,j of Directors.
By order,

Datel this 22d day of March. 1845,