The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-20 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE RAILWAYS ROYAL COM-
PANY.—Capital, 35,000,000 franca (£1,400,600), in 70,000
Shares of 500 francs (X2O).
The SUBSCRIPTION to the above is OPENED at Messrs.
C. Devaux and Co.'s, 62, King William-street, where the
prospectus may be had, with copy of the statutes as approved
by Royal decree of the 22d December, 1859.

REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY
COMPANY.—Twenty-First Half-yearly General Meet-
ing.—Notice is Hereby Given, That the TWENTY-FIRST
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors in this Company will be held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 27th day of
April inst., at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, for the general
business of the Company, pursuant to the Act.
The Books for the Registration of Shares will be Closed
from Saturday, the 14th, to Friday, the 27th inst. Inclusive,
and transfers will not be received during that period.
By order. THOS. R. WATT, Secretary.
Company's Offices, 3, New Broad-street,
London, E.C., April 9,1860.

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SOUTHWESTERN -._
EPSOM SPRING RACES.
GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES, on THURSDAY,
19th, and FRIDAY, 20th April, 1860.
Frequent Trains will run during these days from Waterloo
and Vauxhall Bridge Stations to Epsom.
Ordinary fares will be charged down to Epsom till 11.15
a.m. and up from Epsom after 7 p.m., Viz.:—
Single Journey ......2s 3d .. is 9d is 2d
Return Tickets ...... 3s Od .. 2s 6d ls Od
Passengers holding these Return Tickets cannot return
from Epsom until after 7 p.m. on each of the race days.
Additional Special Trains will run from Waterloo-bridge
to Epsom from 11.30 a.m. tillp.m., returning from Epsom
from 3.30 p.m. till 7.0 p.in., during which time the ordinary
trains to and from Epsom will be suspended.
Fares by these Additional Trains :
To Epsom and Back
To or from Epsom

No particular class of carriage can be guaranteed.
A Special Direct Train will leave Waterloo-bridge station
for Epsom at 1 16 p.m. punctually on each of the race days.
Steam boats call at Waterloo and Hungerford Bridges
going up or down the river nearly every five minutes.
Tickets may be procured on and after Tuesday, 17th April,
at Messrs. Tattersalls' ; the Universal Office, Regent-circus ;
Griffin's, Green Man and Still, Oxford-street ; Golden Cross,
Charing-cross ; 53, King William-street, City ; the Swan with
Two Necks, Gresham-street, City; and at the Waterloo-
bridge station.
Waterloo-bridge Station, April, 1860,

By Order.

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIXTH SALE.
CUSTOM HOUSE, London, April, 1860.—
FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the COMMERCIAL
SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, on WEDNESDAY, 25,
Thursday, 26, Friday, 27, Nionday, April 30, and Tuesday,
May 1, 1860, at Twelve o'clock at noon, precisely, the fol-
lowing GOODS for home consumption, viz.:—
Arms, Brussels lace, bags, boats, braces, bracelets, braid,
brandy, brooches, brooch pieces, butts for piano action, cam-
bric handkerchiefs, embroidered; cartridges (blank), cap
crowns, capsules, clocks, marble, ormolu, &a. ; coffee, cotton
articles, &c. ; combs, embroidery or needlework, collars, &c. ;
furniture, Indian, carved wood, Florentine, mosaic, and mar-
queterie work, viz., cabinets, card tables, &c. ; Geneva, tilt
slides, ink bottles (pocket), ivory ornaments, &c. ; jewellery of
gold and silver, &c. , viz., Albert guards, hair pins, knives,
&c., neck chains, rings, bracelets, &c. ; lace articles, life buoys,
microscopes, mathematical instruments, mouldings, orna-
mented, &c., musical instruments, viz., clarionets, flutes, or-
gan harmoniums, violins, &c. ; needles, opera glasses, pistols,
pipe stems and pipes, Am ; perfumed spirits, porte-monnaies,
rum, shawls, wove and chenille ; segars, sewing machines,
soap stone ornaments, spirits plain and mixed ; silk manu-
factures, viz., broad stuffs, chenille, fringes, gloves, trim-
mings, Arc., stay busks ; sugar, Swiss wood work, tea, timber,
tissue cloth, toothbrushes, webbing, elastic ; waistcoating,
watches,silver, &C. ; wine, and various other goods. For ex-
portation or for home consumption on payment of the duties
—Sugar, spirits, tea, wine, and other goods. For exporta-
tion only—Plain and sweetened spirits. For the benefit of
the Crown—Sugar, spirits, &c.
The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Ware-
house, Custom House, Thames-street ; at the London, St.
Katharine, East and West India, and Victoria Docks; and
Tobacco Ground, Rotherhithe, Monday, 23, and Tuesday,
April 24, 1860, from ten o'clock in the morning until three
o'clock in the afternoon, and on the days of Sale, from ten
o'clock in the morning: until twelve o'clock at noon—the
tasting of spirits and wine being restricted to the day of sale
• as regards the Queen's warehouse.
Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be de-
livered until after two clear days of the day on which they are
sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Re-
ceiver-General after two o'clock in the afternoon, and that on
the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver-
General after eleven o'clock in the forenoon. _ .

Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom
House, Thames-street, ls. each.

METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,

27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
CAPITAL £lOO,OOO.
Assurances upon single and joint lives and survivorships.
Immediate annuities, and annuities to commence at a fixed
age. Endowments for children and for expected families.
Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years.
Three-fourths of the profits divided amongst the assured.
Policies purchased after five years premiums have bees paid.
No charge for polioy stamps, or other entrance foes. Loans
on approved real and personal security, in connection with
life assurance. Service permitted within the United king-
dom, in any volunteer corps free of extra premium.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

Just published,
SIXPENNYWORTH OF RIFLE-SHOT ON
CHURCH MATTERS.

By a POLITICAL VOLUNTEER.
London : Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange.

BENSON'S WATCHES
" Perfection of mechanism."--Morning Poet.

Gold
Silver 2to 50 guineas.
Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descr'p-
tive of every construction of watch now made, with their
prices
Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom fres by post, or to
India and the Colonies for ss. extra.
33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND
ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip-
pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF
LOVE.
And THE BOARDING SCHOOL.

HO YA L PRINCE S S'S THEATRE,
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.

TFIIS EVENING, the Farce, CRUEL TO BE KIND.
Mr. A. Harris, Frank Matthews, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq.

Fol:owed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Berthed°, a
Jester, Mr. Phelps.

To conclude with the extravaganza of THE SYLPIIIDE.
Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard,
Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank
Matthews, . _

Commence at 7.

ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Beni. Webster.
THIS EVENING, the popular original Adelphi drama of
THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster;
Messrs: P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J.
Smith, Billington, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool-
gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw.
After which tha Grand Fairy Extravaganza, THE FAIR,
)NE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso,
Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount
Verysoso, Sir. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolgar ; Queen
Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly.

Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. : Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Engagement for a limited number of nights of MissJIII.TA
DALY, the celebrated American Actress.
Mr. L EIG II IVIURRAY is engaged, and will shortly appear
In a favourite Drama.